Chapter Eighty-Three: Entering the Palace

Hearing Liu Hou's words, Xu Jing was happy and worried, happy that he not only saved his life, but could continue to be an official, and worried that he would be exiled to the southernmost part of the motherland and be in the company of the miasma, poisonous insects and cannibals.

"But, but, Your Majesty, this day there is a barbarian rebellion in Nanjun, and I am afraid that the safety of Mrs. Wu and the two princes will be endangered." He was embarrassed to say that he was afraid that it would be dangerous for him to go there to be an official, so he only used the mother and son of Empress Dowager Wu as an excuse.

"You don't need to worry about this, I have already sent Fei Yi and Gao Ding to lead the army through Lingnan and attack Jiaozhou. It is believed that now Shixie has either surrendered or been killed, but the road is far away, and the news has not yet arrived.

They will not stop the pace of the offensive after pacifying Shixie. I have given them the task of clearing out all the barbarians who pose a threat, and extending the territory of the Great Han southward to the sea.

Therefore, Rinan County will not be the southernmost county of the Han Dynasty, and the small Linyi Kingdom will not exist zài. You can go to Panyu City in Nanhai County to live for a while, and then it will not be too late for them to return to Rinan after they pacify the Linyi Kingdom.

Lord Xu, don't think that Jiaozhou is a wild place, in fact, there are very rich products. There is plenty of sunlight and a warm and humid climate, which is the most suitable for crops.

Rice can be grown there three times a year, and in addition, it is not only along the coast, but also has a dense network of rivers and abundant catches.

I plan to send a group of elite students from the graduates of the college to the counties of Jiaozhou to carry out large-scale development, and vow to turn Jiaozhou into a big granary of my Han Dynasty. ”

"Your Majesty has great ambitions, and it is very human." Xu Jing couldn't calm down for a long time after hearing this, he didn't expect that Liu Hou would have such a grand plan for Jiaozhou. I only heard Liu Hou continue:

"It's just that there are two problems in the development of Jiaozhou, Lord Xu, you listen well, when the time comes, you need to pay attention to these two points as an official, otherwise it will be difficult to govern Rinan County well."

"Please give me advice." When Xu Jing heard this, the emperor was still willing to point out his own governance plan, and he was relieved in the hall, and the expression on his face relaxed, like a blooming chrysanthemum.

Although he is a veteran of officialdom who has been rolling in the political arena for decades, and the other party is just a teenage rookie, what he cares about is not how clever the other party's idea is, but the emperor's attitude towards him.

Since the emperor is willing to point out his own policy and prove that the emperor really wants to use himself, not to rectify himself in disguise, not to play the trick of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, he finally really put his mind at ease, no longer afraid of being settled by the new emperor, and does not have to worry about how long his head can be stored on his shoulders at all times.

"Jiaozhou is located in a remote area, there are many barbarians, there are few Han people, and many barbarians do not obey discipline, and when the army kills, it will inevitably be massacred, otherwise these places will not be able to be subdued at all. In this way, there is a smaller population, which is an essential element for the development of agriculture.

So, when you go to Nissan, the first thing you have to think about is how to increase the population. There is a lot of power in people, and there are many people who are easy to do, these are all wise sayings. As for the method of increasing the population, you have to think about it slowly, I give you two suggestions here, you can refer to it, but you don't have to do it according to the methods I said, I don't know the specific situation of Rinan County, the specific situation is analyzed, you have to take advantage of the situation at that time. ”

"Jing understands." Xu Jing was really obedient at this time, and he didn't call himself an "old man" or a "grass man", but even called himself "Jing", which was a more intimate self-title.

"First, you can provide preferential policies to attract the displaced people in the Central Plains to cultivate in the past, such as providing them with arable land, farm tools, seeds, tax exemption for a certain number of years, and so on. Second, you can fight the barbarian ideas and find a way to attract or force them out of the mountains and forests and teach them to grow crops. It is best to find a way to educate them about the culture and traditions of our Han people, and gradually sinicize them.

As long as they wear Han clothes, speak of Sinicization, and act according to the cultural traditions of the Han people, then they are Han people, and they are no longer barbarians. In terms of increasing the population, I will give you these two proposals, and you need to think of more ways to do the rest. ”

"Yes, thank you for your advice, Jing will definitely do things well and will not disappoint His Majesty's expectations." Xu Jing promised in his mouth, but Liu Hou never expected that after this old boy went to Rinan, he first used the two strategies that Liu Hou said and could not achieve good results, and then he actually launched a muddy alliance and colluded with Gao Ding to develop a slave plantation industry.

Gao Ding was responsible for leading the troops to attack the small barbarian countries and tribes, not only robbing the property of other people, but also plundering a large number of people, and then selling them to Xu Jing.

Xu Jing established a large number of plantations in Ninan, and used these sold slaves as labor to vigorously develop agriculture, and for a time also developed Ninan decently. That's a later story, so I won't say much about it here.

"The second thing I brought to your attention was the issue of epidemic prevention. Jiaozhou is located in the south, the weather is hot, miasma, poisonous insects are numerous, these things are extremely dangerous to the human body, and must not be taken lightly. There are a group of military doctors in the Hong army, who have accumulated rich experience in epidemic prevention when they followed me to attack Nanzhong and Lingnan.

I will send a medical team to follow you to Nanzhong, and you must listen to their opinions and do a good job in epidemic prevention. Otherwise, it will harm others and oneself. Gao Ding suffered a loss in Jiaozhou before, and you must know it. He was lucky enough to save his life with the crude medicine method that time, but he might not be so lucky next time. ”

Gao Ding and his subordinates had contracted malaria in Jiaozhou before, but fortunately they were cured by the Artemisia annua crude drug developed by Liu Hou under the guidance of the army doctor, and Xu Jing sat in the center and naturally knew about these things. At this time, when he heard Liu Hou's words, he hurriedly nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice.

This was also one of his worries, a place like Nichinan belonged to the land of smoke miasma, and he was also worried about how long his body could last if he went there at his age. He also knew that he would definitely not be able to come back if he went there, but if he could live a comfortable life there, it would be better than getting sick and dying within a few days of going.

I didn't expect this emperor to be so caring that he even sent a medical team to follow him, and now his life was completely guaranteed. There is the army to protect the safety, and the doctor to ensure his health, not to mention that he is now demoted, even when he is still a Taifu, he may not have such a good treatment, he is a little moved to tears.

Liu Hou didn't know what Xu Jing thought, what he thought was naturally different, and the angle from which he considered the problem was naturally different with different statuses. He thought, since he wanted to pardon Xu Jing's capital crime, then squeeze out all the remaining value of this old guy.

It's like what was said in that movie: Even if it's a pair of bottoms#pants, a tissue has its use, and the country won't forget you. Therefore, Liu Hou naturally will not let this old bone retire and go home to enjoy Qingfu, he wants to give full play to the last bit of residual heat of this old guy, and use him to be a barren cattle and develop that barren land.

As for whether he and the two princes will grow stronger in the south, and then take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, he is not worried at all, he is confident in himself, his power will become greater and greater, and his throne will be extremely stable. And the prince, who is located in a county and is closely monitored by the people he has sent, is nothing more than two prisoners living in a larger prison.

"Alright, you go, do your best to get things done, there is still more than an hour left before the unitary time, and it is enough for you to act. You sue that woman, I don't care to do that fratricidal thing, but I can do anything when I am in a hurry. After Liu Hou said this seemingly contradictory sentence, he waved his hand to let Xu Jing withdraw.

After Xu Jing thanked the emperor again, he returned to the palace. The guards on the palace wall used bamboo baskets to hang the Taifu on the head of the city, and Xu Jing walked briskly towards the Queen Mother's bedroom.

After listening to Xu Jing's relays of Liu Hou's promise to be a marquis, Empress Dowager Wu did not immediately agree to surrender, but cried and said: "He asked our mother and son to go to Rinan County, that place is full of miasma, poisonous insects are rampant, barbarians are rampant, and if you go there, sooner or later you will die, he clearly didn't have any good intentions, he just wanted to use this method to kill our mother and son, woo woo woo ......"

Xu Jing persuaded the Empress Dowager Wu to cry for a long time, and he told her some of Liu Hou's arrangements and told her Liu Hou's plan to develop Jiaozhou.

"Queen Mother, the new emperor asked the old minister to be the Taishou of the South of Japan, which is to save the meaning of letting the old minister take care of the Queen Mother and the two princes nearby. If he has the intention of causing harm, he only needs to send a cool official as a magistrate, and no matter how good the county and county the queen mother and the two princes are sealed to, they will not all be killed.

It can be seen that the new emperor is indeed not intent on rectifying the two princes and the queen mother. Moreover, he also arranged for the army to take the lead and sweep away the barbarians who were in turmoil in the territory, and arranged for a medical team to accompany us. All this is enough to show that he is not a cruel person, and he is also benevolent to his queen mother and the two princes.

You know, we are committing the crime of rebellion, since ancient times, what is the punishment for the crime of rebellion, I believe the Queen Mother, you also know that he can take care of us so much, which shows that he still cares about brotherhood. I hope the Queen Mother will think twice. ”

After listening to Xu Jing's words, Empress Dowager Wu's heart gradually calmed down, thinking about Liu Hou's various arrangements, and there was indeed no evil intention in it, so under Xu Jing's painstaking persuasion, she finally agreed to open the palace gate and surrender.

When there was still a moment left in the unitary hour, the palace door finally opened, and hundreds of officials lined up in front of the door to welcome the heavenly army into the palace, and the Empress Dowager Wu and the two princes couldn't pull off that face, and still stayed in the dormitory, and did not come out to welcome the arrival of the new emperor. If there is a cruel emperor, maybe this can be used as an excuse to cut off their heads.

However, Liu Hou didn't have a temper, he didn't feel the need to worry about the losers, so he didn't care about them, just mobilized the army and quickly occupied the palace. As usual, he will not enter the city first, and he will not dare to let the vulture bones take the lead, this guy is good at destruction, not good at construction, let him go in and don't know how many good things will be harmed.

Liu Hou asked Guan Xing to lead the team into the palace to take over the defense, among the generals under him, Guan Xing has the best temper and the most calm temperament, and now he wants to enter the palace full of antiques like a museum, of course, it is most suitable for him to go.

Soon, Miyagi's guards were disarmed and gathered to withdraw from Miyagi, and went to the prisoner camp to join the defenders who had surrendered to Cheng. In fact, this can't be called a prisoner camp, it should be called a reserve camp, because these soldiers themselves are soldiers of Shu, and they can serve the court again as long as they do a little training, and they are Liu Hou's reserve soldiers.