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Chapter 224 Duan Xing Returns
After the little fat man Liu Bian was beaten up by his father, he was still handed over to He Xiu to be taken away. He didn't even let the little fat man meet Queen Song and Queen Mother Dong, and he was carried away by He Xiu Well, after sending him away, the Son of Heaven also had some headaches. He himself was very stubborn when he was young, and now he has suffered retribution, and Yuan Shu has also suffered retribution.

He was originally a dandy that no one in Luoyang would dare to provoke, but he never thought that one day he would be beaten up by another dandy who was bigger than him, and even remembered by him.
At this time, Liu Bo, Zhang Jiao and others who were far away in Hebei had not waited for the arrival of the envoy, but Duan Yan, who was stationed in Hezhou, greeted the angel and asked him to return to Luoyang Mianjun immediately. But he still has to stick to this place to deal with the Dingling tribe who has been making moves lately. However, the target of these Dingling tribes around Hezhou is not the big man who is in the sky today.

Their targets are more migration and border residents who are planning to enter the territory of the Han Dynasty. After the Huairou policy in which the meritorious ones moved to the heartland, there have been countless such migrations.

Youzhou alone has increased household registration by nearly 10 people in a short period of time. The arrival of these people not only enriched the local household registration and added labor, but also started to reclaim and develop border states and counties, making Youzhou, The four prefectures of Hezhou, Xinzhou, and Liangzhou gradually had more cultivated fields, especially the construction of the Yuyang Road, which made Youzhou the wealthiest state among the four prefectures.

The livestock, wool, minerals, etc. produced here were transported to Jizhou, Yanzhou and other regions. There were many business travelers. Even if the temple tried its best to suppress these merchants, it could not stop their enthusiasm. The previous business tax reduction order was more aimed at private handicrafts. , It can be regarded as for the sake of the people, the relatively low handicraft industry tax has opened up a new path for the people.

On weekdays, the people who wasted their time outside of farming began to invest in the production of handmade products on a large scale. As mentioned earlier, some big merchants also took advantage of the loopholes in the regulations to make their servants wait for them. Make handmade products and sell them, but these handmade products cause trouble after they are produced too much.

Under the self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy, there is no broad market for them to export products. Therefore, their targets are placed on the border states and counties, and placed on the territory outside the Great Wall. The four northern states have become the big Han In the largest foreign sales area, these Dahan merchants bought the handmade products made by the Dahan people at low prices, and then sold them at extremely high prices.

Even, they collectively unite, only use Han money for transactions, and then deliberately drive up the purchasing power of Han money. Many tribal countries outside the border of the Han Dynasty cannot privately mint Han money. They exchanged a bronze mirror for three cows, and a wine cup for seven or eight slaves, which made the rulers of these surrounding countries hate the big businessmen.

And the most hateful thing is that the border guards of the Han Dynasty, including the Northern Army and the Southern Army, attached great importance to the people of the Han Dynasty. Although the superiors hated the merchants, if they dared to touch these merchants, they would attract the full retaliation of the Han Dynasty. Previously, Youzhou Outside the country, some natives robbed the merchants of the big man and slaughtered these profiteers. The final result was that the entire tribe was slaughtered by the angry Dong Zhuo, leaving no women and children behind!
In addition, those Confucian scholars who want to educate the world can be seen everywhere around the Han Dynasty. Although they did not plunder like merchants, they did more harm than merchants. It is to learn the various languages ​​outside these borders, organize them, compile translations, etc. After that, they start teaching and preaching the way of saints.

They regard this as their most sacred mission. Of course, this kind of behavior has also been praised by the great Confucians, especially Zheng Xuan, who is even more generous and praised for their behavior of wanting to educate the world and promote Confucianism. This led to a large number of migration booms, and the household registration of the big Han is increasing crazily. They increased the number of cultivated fields, increased output, and provided opportunities for merchants.

There are also many important ministers who expressed dissatisfaction and fear. For example, Yuan Feng, although he is a confidant of the emperor, he still reported to the emperor, saying that if this continues for a long time, there will be more and more aliens on the border, and the country will not be a country. The statement naturally aroused the anger of many ministers. Dong Zhuo, Duan Xie, Lu Zhi, Zheng Xuan and other ministers all criticized his remarks.

Because under their account, there are many ministers who are serving the great Han, such as the group of Xiongnu soldiers under Dong Zhuo's account, the Qiang people under Zheng Xuan, such as Qieli Tui, etc., and of course Shan Yufulo who is now enjoying the blessings in Luoyang, As a servant of Jinxuan, Yuan Feng naturally had many officials around him to support him, and disputes became a habit, but no matter how much they argued, it was useless.

Everything still needs to be decided by the emperor himself, and there is another person who also expresses dissatisfaction, but this person is different from Yuan Feng, this person is He Xiu, he advocates attacking and killing aliens, turning them into labor coolies, etc., he must not be kind to them, At present, no one agrees with his thoughts. In this era, Han people are not called a single ethnic group, but all the people in the Han territory are Han people.

Even those Banchuman, Jiangxiaman, and a large number of mountain people in the south are also Han Chinese, and no officials will call them barbarians in person, unless they are rebellious. However, after Wang Fu arrived in Yangzhou, rebellion is very common in the south. It has become very few, and coupled with the establishment of official schools, the foreigners who migrated from around are all learning the customs of the great Han, to be precise, learning the customs of the north.

Facing the natives captured by Dong Zhuo, they would even look at them with disdain as big men.

The emperor let the most elite cavalry of the Han Dynasty continue to guard the north, which is enough to see that the emperor still prefers Wang Fu's government orders. After receiving the emperor's edict, Duan Yan did not dare to slack off at all, making Sun Jian and others always vigilant , and hurried towards Luoyang.

Along the way, Duan Xi was extremely low-key. He did not declare on the way that he was going to Luoyang. It can deter the surrounding enemies even more. After running all the way, half a month later, he just rushed to the outside of Luoyang City.

He rode a horse and approached slowly with four or five attendants. He hadn't returned to Luoyang for several years. The changes in the heart of the big man were really great. However, for some reason, there were few carriages and horses around Luoyang, which was very inappropriate. The truth is, there is a lot of traffic outside Luoyang, why are there so few vehicles and pedestrians in this place near the east gate, and only a few of them are running around along the way?

Duan Yan suddenly felt a little timid in his heart, and his breathing gradually became a little short. He looked around cautiously, for fear that a few crossbow arrows would be shot from somewhere. On the road, only the crisp sound of horseshoes could be heard, and many attendants fell silent.

Suddenly, some crowns, flags, and a group of soldiers were vaguely seen in front of them. These soldiers were riding horses and dressed as guards of honor. Returned!"

The shouts became one, and after the soldiers, he could vaguely see the yellow cover that symbolized the emperor, and Duan Yan relaxed.

Your Majesty has never betrayed you.

Ugh.
(End of this chapter)