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A large number of civilians from the Central Plains flocked to Jiuyuan, and all of these civilians who arrived in Jiuyuan were allocated land, and according to the policy of Jiuyuan, they did not need to 'pay' a grain to the state, and they did not exploit their nobles above them.

In addition to attracting civilians, Wu Wei also posted recruitment notices. Xiang Ye's recruitment of talents is eclectic, not completely based on articles to decide whether to appoint like the imperial examinations in later generations, he has people prepare many specific cases, these cases involve many areas of national governance, and those sages who come to participate in the recruitment answer the questionnaire, and choose the best answer to entrust them with important tasks.

After a set of reform measures, almost all the officials of the Jiuyuan Kingdom have been replaced, and the economy has also developed by leaps and bounds. Due to the increase in population, the number of the Jiuyuan Army has rapidly expanded from less than 30,000 at the beginning to 150,000.

Xiang Ye attaches great importance to the construction of the Shen's 'shooting' battalion and the Tianji battalion, and will fight against the Xiongnu in the future, if he fights with heavy cavalry, on the one hand, the Jiuyuan Kingdom is inferior to the Xiongnu in terms of war horse breeds, and on the other hand, it has not trained powerful cavalry, and it will inevitably suffer a big loss on the battlefield. If you rely on crossbows to 'shoot' the Hun cavalry from a distance, wait until the Hun cavalry rushes closer, and then use the spear array of heavy infantry to resist the charge of the Hun cavalry, you will minimize casualties.

Xiang Ye never gave up on the construction of heavy cavalry, and almost all the training of Li Xinpeng's tiger camp was cavalry tactics, and Xiang Ye allocated all the war horses he could prepare to them. This army will be used as the main force to attack the Huns in the future, Xiang Ye has always advocated that attack is the best defense, he will not bear to be blindly attacked by the Huns, and he can only defend passively.

It only took two months for the Jiuyuan Kingdom to embark on the road to prosperity, and this was also due to the fact that Xiang Ye was a person from two thousand years later to the Chu and Han dynasties. He 'kneaded' the experience of governing the country in later generations with the reality of the contemporary era, and chose a compromise line, which naturally encouraged the people's positive 'sex' in production.

While adopting the new policy, Xiang Ye did not forget to select a group of literate people to be assigned to various villages to teach children to read, and at the same time, he also asked people to compile books that praised their own merits, instilling blind respect for the monarch in ordinary children.

Although the common people are literate, Xiang Ye has always believed that the people cannot make them wise, and the more the people think, the more the regime will move. If the people have an independent outlook on life, even a small omission is likely to cause a storm. He must start from the source and instill a respectful outlook on life into the minds of the people.

The rapid development momentum of the Jiuyuan Kingdom made the surrounding princes feel very uneasy, and Yan Zhao and other countries all sent a large number of garrisons to hoard on the border to guard against the rising Xiang Ye.

Xiang Ye didn't pay much attention to the princes of Yan Zhao at all, and all his 'essence' strength was concentrated in the Xiongnu. Now the Xiongnu are his henchmen, and before Liu Bang leaves Hanzhong, he must defeat the Xiongnu, transfer the army to the Central Plains battlefield, and help Xiang Yu defeat the battle between Chu and Han.

When Xiang Ye was committed to the development of the Jiuyuan Kingdom, the Xiongnu Mao Dunshan Yu also began to pay attention to the newly rising Jiuyuan Kingdom.

The Central Plains is rich in products, and the people are mainly engaged in agriculture, every time the Huns loot, they can plunder a lot of the materials necessary for their survival, if the Jiuyuan country is strong, the Huns will lose this natural warehouse, and the life of the Huns will become more and more difficult.

Since the implementation of the new policy, Xiang Ye has spent almost all of his daytime leading a group of generals to hunt on the outskirts of Jiuyuan City, except for going back to the palace at night to rest.

The Huns were good at using cavalry, and although the economy of the Jiuyuan Kingdom was developing rapidly, due to the short cycle, grain, grass and money were not effectively accumulated. If you want to start a war with the Xiongnu, it is difficult to support a protracted war, both militarily and financially.

What Xiang Ye wanted was to take advantage of the trouble that the Xiongnu had not yet come to him, and hurry up to develop the economy and military. The training of crossbowmen and cavalry was a major priority.

An elk passed through the bushes not far from Xiang Ye, its body rubbing against the branches and leaves of the bushes, making a "rustling" sound.

Xiang Ye hurriedly bent his longbow, put an arrow on the bowstring, and aimed at the elk's distant back.

No sooner had the longbow drawn into the shape of a full moon than the elk spun twice and disappeared behind a bush.

After the elk fled, Xiang Ye put away his longbow with some disappointment, sighed and said to Wei Feng on the side: "When can I be like you with a bow and arrow!" ”

Wei Feng shook his head with a smile and said to Xiang Ye: "The king doesn't know, the practice of this bow and arrow is quite different from swordsmanship, if the swordsmanship is good, as long as you practice diligently, you can achieve success in the short term, but if you want to succeed in the short term, it is really difficult." ”

Xiang Ye nodded and said, "If you don't say it, I also know, just the strength of this bow is very particular, the strength will determine the flight trajectory of the arrow, and the landing point is completely different when the strength is strong and the strength is weak, when 'shooting' at the target at the same distance." ”

Wei Feng was about to reply to Xiang Ye's words, a soldier of the Yulin Army rode towards them, and when the soldier ran to the place where there was still half a 'shot' from Xiang Ye, he turned over and jumped off the war horse, ran over quickly, and half-knelt on the ground and said to Xiang Ye: "King Qiqi, the Huns Mao Dunshan Yu sent an envoy to ask for a meeting, and the prime minister asked the king to return to the court to meet the Xiongnu envoy." ”

"The Huns sent an emissary?" Xiang Ye frowned, since he was named the king of Jiuyuan, although the Xiongnu have also disturbed the border several times, but in the case of the border guards alienating the civilians in time, there is not much threat to the civilians of the Jiuyuan Kingdom, only a few people who did not have time to escape were killed or taken away by the Xiongnu, in this case, the Xiongnu also sent envoys to come, it should not be a good thing.

"Okay, let's go back to the palace, I want to see what 'tricks' the Huns want to play!" Xiang Ye pulled the reins and walked towards the palace with the people who came to hunt.

When Xiang Ye returned to the court, Wu Wei, Han Sheng and a group of ministers were already waiting outside the 'door', and when the ministers saw Xiang Ye coming, they hurriedly lined up on both sides and waited for him to go to the court.

Passing through the line lined up by the ministers, Xiang Ye went straight to the main hall, and after sitting down on the throne, he said to the 'female' official standing beside him: "Go to the court!" ”

After Xiang Ye took charge of the Jiuyuan Kingdom, he abolished the use of internal officials, and all the chores in the palace were all 'handed over' to the 'female' officials. Even in the last dynasty, Xiang Ye was accompanied by a 'female' official.

Hearing Xiang Ye say that he was going to the court, the 'female' official shouted outside the hall: "Your Majesty has gone to court!" ”

Hearing the call, the minister's 'door' entered according to his position, and sat down on both sides of the main hall.

Xiang Ye looked at the ministers in the hall and nodded with a little satisfaction. After some selection, the ministers in the court have almost completely changed. In the past, those who only knew how to make sycophants, but did not know how to do practical things, and completely relied on hereditary status to occupy high positions were driven out, and now they are all talents who can take charge of themselves.

Xiang Ye was very satisfied with this new team of ministers, he knew very well that the nobles who had been driven out of the court were secretly planning a 'yin' scheme, but he couldn't raise the slightest vigilance against those people, those people were too stupid to be qualified to be his opponent at all.

"I heard that the Huns sent envoys to call them up, and the widow wants to hear what they have to say!" After all the ministers were in place, Xiang Ye said to the 'female' officer beside him: "Call them up!" ”

After getting Xiang Ye's will, the 'female' official shouted outside the hall: "Xuan Xiongnu envoy to meet you!" ”

It didn't take much time, and a few Huns came down to the hall under the guidance of the 'female' officer on duty outside the palace.

After the Huns entered the palace, they were straight 'up' and 'upright' pestle there, and they couldn't even salute, looking arrogant.

The celebrant sitting on one side saw that the Huns were rude to Xiang Ye, and became a little annoyed, knelt down and said to the Hun envoy: "Don't the Huns even understand basic etiquette?" When I met the king of Jiuyuan, it was not even a courtesy, could it be that you Huns had no one, and sent you to wait for the goods to come to Jiuyuan? ”

His words were extremely sharp, but the Hun envoy ignored it at all, and said to Xiang Ye with his head held high: "The king of Jiuyuan is above, and my great Hun envoy only worships heaven and earth and the great king of kings, the Hun Dadanyu, and he will not bow down when he sees any king!" ”

Xiang Ye smiled slightly, and didn't break the embarrassment of the Huns when they were bullied by Donghu, and said to the Hun envoy: "Since there is this rule, then don't worship." I don't know what the envoy is doing when he comes to my Nine Plains Country? ”

The Xiongnu envoy held his head high and said to Xiang Ye: "The king of Jiuyuan is the king, and our Great Xiongnu have not come to congratulate him. Da Shan was deeply disturbed in his heart, and specially ordered me to bring three silver fox skins to the king to show his goodwill! ”

Xiang Ye nodded, and said to the Xiongnu envoy: "The envoy, please tell Da Shan Yu for me that the Jiuyuan Kingdom is willing to reconcile with the Xiongnu forever." A few days ago, the widow was discussing with his courtiers to open the border city and trade with the Xiongnu to promote trade between the two sides. In addition, I prepared 10,000 stone of rice and grain as a gift to the Xiongnu Da Danyu. ”

Hearing Xiang Ye say this, the previous arrogance of the Xiongnu envoy suddenly disappeared a lot, and he said to Xiang Ye with a smile on his face: "If my Xiongnu Da Dan Yu knew that the King of Jiuyuan was so friendly, I would be very happy, but Da Shan asked me to come here this time, and I also hope that the king can give some extra silk and bronze ware, some merchants who came to the Great Xiongnu from the Western Regions like those things very much." ”

Xiang Ye was stunned, he didn't expect that the Xiongnu envoy would ask for silk and bronze ware, when the Jiuyuan Kingdom was developing commerce, these things had been listed as goods prohibited from importing, but at this time, where did he go to 'get' so many silk and bronze ware? ~