Surprise, it came quickly.

Three days later, Liu Wei and his entourage rode horses, left Chenliu County, and were walking towards Jizhou Julu.

Huangfu Jian handed over a notebook and said, "Your Majesty, it was sent from the palace." ”

Liu Wei was already a little familiar with the horse, so he let go of his hand with confidence, took the notebook and opened it, glanced at ten lines, threw it back with a smile, and said, "This Yuan Shao also knows how to advance and retreat." ”

This is Yuan Shao's 'Guilty Script', which probably means that Yuan Tan is to blame, and he, as a father, is not strict in discipline, and he is also guilty, so please punish the court severely.

Huangfu firmly put it into his arms, and then beat the horse closer, and said in a lower voice: "Your Majesty, the surprise has arrived, and it is in Julu County." ”

"Oh?"

Liu Wei showed interest, touched his chin, and said, "What is the step of Sun Liu's marriage?" ”

Huangfu Jian looked straight, sat back and said: "Back to Your Majesty, it is said that the matchmaker is shuttling among them, and is agreeing on the specific details of the marriage, and the wedding date is set for July." ”

Liu Wei reviewed the situation in Jiangdong again in his mind, and after a long time, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with a smile: "Okay, let's take a look again, who is better between this little overlord and Uncle Liu Huang." ”

Liu Wei nodded slightly, and said, "With Sun Liu here, it won't be a problem to block Yuan Shao." If Yuan Shao wants to go south, he will go. Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, Shixie, you have to keep an eye on it, and there are Wuhuan, Xianbei, etc., you can't be careless. I want a period of peace, but if I have to fight, I have to beat them hard enough and hurt enough! ”

"Wechen understands." Huangfu raised his hand in response, his expression cold and serious.

Liu Wei rode his horse, pondered leisurely, and said, "According to the plan, should we bypass other county towns and go straight to Julu?" ”

"Yes." The answer was Zhao Yun, who was in charge of Yiying's escort and the arrangement of the road ahead.

Liu Wei looked at the faintly visible mountain in front of him and said: "People say that Hebei is the danger of the world, and it is not unreasonable. In this case, go to the Lieren County in front of you first, don't go in, find a village to stay for the night. ”

"Wechen takes orders." Zhao Yundao.

He didn't care about any of this, his duty was just to protect Liu Wei, and he didn't care about the itinerary.

Huangfu Jian Chang understands very well, Liu Wei is worried that someone has arranged it for him in advance, and he can't see the real world.

Liu Wei was riding a horse, with various notebooks in his hand, he didn't approve it, he was just reading.

I don't know how long it took, Huangfu Jian came up, and said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, there are no villages in front except for Lieren County. ”

Liu Wei was fascinated by it, and when he heard this, he was stunned, turned his head to look at him, and said, "There is no village? What do you mean? ”

Huangfu Jian didn't seem to know how to answer, and paused for a while before saying, "The guards have investigated a radius of more than ten miles, but they are basically empty. Yes, they all fled. ”

Liu Wei frowned, did not speak, looked up at the Lieren County in front of him, and already understood in his heart.

Lieren County is a small county town under Julu County, Jizhou, which is inconspicuous. However, Jizhou has been invaded by bandits, although it is far less serious than that of Henan and Qingzhou, but after many years, it is normal for the people to be displaced.

Normally, the Yellow Turban Army has been defeated for many years, and today, a few years after the pacification of the Montenegrin Army, it still has not recovered.

After being silent for a long time, Liu Wei grabbed the horse's head and said, "How many counties are there?" ”

The emperor did not answer, because he did not know.

Liu Wei also didn't know that although he had the transcript of the 'Huding Registration' that came up from Jizhou last time, there were only counties in it, not counties.

Judging from the current situation, there will not be many people in Lieren County.

"Let's go."

Liu Wei hit the horse again, looked not far away and said, "Let's spend the night in Lieren County." ”

Zhao Yun and Huangfu Jian responded to the order and began to make urgent arrangements.

By the time Liu Wei arrived in Lieren County, it was already dark, and the city gate, which had been closed, was still open.

A group of people came to a restaurant that had been wrapped up in a lot of money and settled here for the time being.

Standing at the window, Liu Wei looked at the empty street and said curiously: "Is this a curfew, or are there not many people in the first place?" ”

Huangfu Jian said: "Childe, according to the news of the guards, there are still many people during the day. ”

"Okay, let's rest today and go out for a walk tomorrow." Liu Wei didn't pay much attention to it.

Huangfu Jian observed Liu Wei's side face for a long time, and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen will bring that surprise tomorrow?" ”

Liu Wei snorted and said, "Okay, pay attention to the movements in the next state, and report any news immediately." ”

Wu Jing is the new pastor of the state, and Cao Cao has also gone, as the banner of the 'New Deal', Liu Wei's eyes have never left.

"Yes." The emperor replied with a long time, and then quietly retreated.

Liu Wei looked at the sparse moonlight, holding the teacup, and kept thinking in his heart.

The situation of the Han Dynasty was much more serious than he expected, and the maladministration was not simply abolished, but the consequences of the maladministration needed to be corrected by strict law, and it would take years or even decades to slowly change.

"Sometimes, it's easier to break and rebuild than to tinker......"

Liu Wei couldn't help but sigh softly.

The current situation of the Han Dynasty is actually in between, the Han Dynasty almost perished, although the country has been preserved, but almost all over the country has been beaten to pieces, but it is not a reversal, the court is in decline, the family has been highlighted, under the elimination of the other, the prestige of the court has fallen to an unprecedented level, and the families around the country have evolved into a 'de facto princes'.

These 'de facto princes', large and small, are entrenched in every part of the map of the Han Dynasty, holding almost all the power in politics, economy, land, talents, and young people.

After Liu Wei succeeded to the throne, he began to implement the 'New Deal', with the aim of restoring order, but in the predicament at that time, it only played a role in 'maintaining stability'.

"It's been six years......"

Liu Wei looked at the gray sky, his eyes were like stars, and he said to himself: "Everything is ready, it depends on my determination......"

In six years, Liu Wei solved many problems, the imperial power was strengthened, the national strength was restored, the heroic style of the Han Dynasty loomed, and the argument that 'the Han family will end' gradually disappeared - the time has come!

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, Liu Wei was dressed neatly, and took Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, and Huangfu Jian to walk around the streets of Lieren County.

"It's really popular."

Liu Wei observed that on both sides of the road, there were many open shops, and people came and went, which was quite lively.

Huangfu Jian didn't dare to say anything, he went to investigate yesterday, and there were less than 1,000 households left in Lieren County, that is, one county, and there were only 35,000 people at most.

Jizhou is a populous state, and such a figure is really shocking.

After shopping for a while, Liu Wei found that the people in the shops on both sides of the street flocked to one direction from time to time, all with gifts in their hands, and they were very lively.

It didn't take long for Liu Wei to find that the shops on both sides seemed to have been agreed, and suddenly closed, and the principals, large and small, hurried to the road ahead with gifts.

It didn't take long for half the street shops to close, and the people who came and went disappeared.

Half a street, empty!

Liu Wei looked ahead and couldn't help but wonder: "What are those people doing?" ”

"Let's go, let's see." Without waiting for Huangfu to speak, Liu Wei was already in high spirits and strode over.

Dian Wei and Zhao Yun immediately followed, and the plainclothes guards not far away were tightly surrounded by front and back.

As I walked forward, I found that more and more people were squeezing over, and I actually blocked a road.

Liu Wei looked at the mansion not far away, vaguely as if these people were going, and just wanted to ask, he heard conversations not far away one after another, which became even more lively.

"Look, that's from the Langya royal family......"

"That, it seems to be someone from the Zhen family in Zhongshan......"

"Taishan Chen family, Changshan Han family, Chen Liudong family......"

In fact, there are many more, because they are too vague or Liu Wei has no impression at all, but they are only impressed, and there are more than ten famous families today, all over Hebei, Yan, and Qingdao.

Liu Wei stood not far away, watching quietly, very curious, who and what alarmed the whole street?

Huangfu Jian came to his side quietly and said in a low voice: "Childe, it is the birthday of Old Lady Qiao, and families from all over the world have come to congratulate him." ”

Liu Wei raised his eyebrows, glanced at him, and said, "Is that Qiao?" ”

Huangfu Jian Chang seemed to know which 'Qiao' Liu Wei was asking, and nodded: "Yes." ”

Liu Wei groaned, and just about to speak, a young man stretched out his head, looked Liu Wei up and down with a cold face, and said angrily: "I said, where are you?" Coming empty-handed? Is there a shame in it? ”

Liu Wei looked at him, and immediately smiled: "Passing by, it looks lively, so come and take a look." ”

The young man's eyes widened suddenly, as if he had discovered something incredible, and he said loudly, "What? Watching the hilarious? Do you know that today is Mrs. Qiao's 80th birthday, and she didn't give gifts to celebrate her birthday, but she dared to come to see the excitement and say, which family are you, I have to come to ask your parents, how did they teach you!? ”

Liu Wei was stunned, what's the matter with this person?

"Young man, hurry up and buy a congratulatory gift, it's still too late!"

"That's right, hurry up, if you can make Mrs. Qiao happy, your future will be rich!"

"What are you doing in a daze, seeing that you are not wearing an ordinary family, doesn't Old Lady Qiao know?"

The onlookers hated that iron could not become steel, and some people even came over to pull Liu Bian.

Dian Wei suddenly stepped forward, glared at the tiger, and scared all the approaching people back.

When the original young man saw Dian Wei, he knew that Liu Wei was not easy to provoke, so he snorted coldly and said: "Kindness is regarded as a donkey's liver and lungs, and I don't know how to cherish the good future in front of you, I really don't know how your parents taught it!" ”

Liu Wei was originally just a kind of 'game world' mentality, seeing the young man mentioning his parents again and again, he couldn't help but feel angry, and directly kicked over, saying, "Think about why I kicked you!" ”

The young man was caught off guard, and with a sigh, he was kicked to the ground, stunned, and suddenly got up and shouted: "Okay, good, you actually dare to kick me, I will let you know how many eyes Lord Ma has today!" Whoever comes, come over to me, beat me, beat me to death! ”

Not far from the door of Qiao's house, more than a dozen family members suddenly poured out, holding big sticks, and rushed over violently.

The strong man in the lead looked particularly angry, and shouted: "Who dares to bully the impostor, give me a beating!" ”

Seeing this, Dian Wei Zhao Yun stepped forward to block in front of Liu Wei, and the plainclothes guards not far away quietly surrounded him, and the short crossbow on his arm was already exposed.

"That's it!"

Suddenly, a middle-aged man appeared at the door, staring at Liu Wei with a cold face, and said, "I don't know which family you are so ignorant, but today is the old lady's birthday, so I won't care about you." Let's go. ”

When the originally aggressive family members heard this, they snorted coldly at Liu Wei, and turned around with a big stick.

The young man who was kicked touched his chest and said angrily: "Count your kid away today!" ”

Liu Wei ignored these, looked up at the direction of Qiao's gate, touched his chin, and said, "Second son, you say, do we want to celebrate our birthday too?" ”

Huangfu Jian looked around for a long time, stepped forward and whispered: "Childe, there are many people here, and the secret guards can't get in, so don't go in." ”

Liu Wei smashed his mouth and said, "That's right." But that can't be the case. You have to find a way to get the congratulatory gift that Old Lady Qiao received this time to show me. After a birthday, the big families from all over the country rushed over to not say anything, but half of the street was empty, which is amazing......"

(End of chapter)