Han family achievements

Chapter 174
Liu Bian sat on the carriage, his eyes flickered, and his mind was still spinning like lightning.

The surprise Huangfu Jian gave him was really big!

Get him a few years of taxes in one go, enough for him to do too many things!
"As expected, I saw him right!"

Liu Bian looked at the memorial in his hand again, paying attention to the situation in Yuzhou, and said out of the window: "Pan Yin, Cao Cao is attending the Zhonglu as a guest."

"Yes." Pan Yin outside the window responded.

Riding on the horse, Zhao Yun and Dian Wei who followed on both sides were looking at the curtain of the carriage, hesitating to speak.

Seeing Liu Bei, Lu Bu and others making military exploits repeatedly, they also wanted to go to Beijing to lead the army.

Who would not want to be named a Marquis by virtue of meritorious service? !
The carriage hurried to Zhuque Gate, before the carriage approached, Zuo Li came out from the side in small steps, and said respectfully and joyfully: "Your Majesty, Lady Tang is pregnant."

Liu Bian, who was dozing off in the carriage and thinking, suddenly opened his eyes, then pulled the curtain down, looked at Zuo Li and said, "Did the doctor confirm it?"

"Yes, it has already been diagnosed. The empress dowager is overjoyed when she heard the news." Zuo Lixue said with joy on her white face.

Liu Bian narrowed his eyes slightly, and his heart was filled with excitement.

Cai Wenji is pregnant, not necessarily a boy, and with Tang Ji, the probability is doubled!
As long as one of them gives birth to a boy, it will be of great use in stabilizing the hearts of the court!

Liu Bian glanced at Huangfu Jian's long memorial in his hand again, smiled and said to Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and others: "Today is a good thing, tonight you are allowed to drink to your heart's content, eat meat and drink!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty!" Not only Zhao Yun, but Dian Wei and the plainclothes guards all around also responded with beaming brows.

Liu Bian waved his hands, thought and thought, and noticed Zuo Li from the corner of his eye, he paced forward and said, "You all go back, Zuo Li will follow me."

Pan Yin, Zhao Yun, and Dian Wei saw that Liu Bian was about to walk to Shi Zhonglu, they didn't think much, they were in the palace, not a few steps away, they followed Liu Bian's back in response.

Zuo Li's heart tightened, and he followed Liu Bian in small steps, with his head lowered and his eyes flickering slightly.

"Then Chen Gong did a good job in the Luoyang Order." Liu Bian said slowly, looking in the direction of Shi Zhonglu.

When Chen Gong came to Luoyang, he did his best to appease the people and rectify the law and order, which greatly changed the appearance of Luoyang City.

Zuo Li didn't dare to speak, and lowered his head even more.

Liu Bian walked for a while, saw that Huangfusong had just entered the servant's cottage, so he stopped on a small bridge, looked up to the south, handed the memorial book in his hand to Zuo Li, and said, "Look at this memorial. Book."

"Yes." Zuo Li quickly took it over, not daring to raise his head, and opened the playbook.

Zuo Li and Huangfu Jianchang are completely two systems, so the news does not communicate with each other. This melody was directly in Pan Yin's hands, and Zuo Li still didn't know anything about it.

Zuo Li looked at it quickly at first, but after a while, his face turned pale, and then his expression became tense, and he was both startled and panicked.

"This Huangfu Jian is so calm, he actually did such a big thing!" '

Zuo Li's eyes flickered violently, the greater the credit for Huangfu Jianchang, the more useless he seemed!
He was short of breath, thinking quickly in his mind how to make meritorious deeds and restore the Sacred Heart.

Before he finished thinking, Liu Bian said calmly: "Jingzhou is in chaos, you go."

Zuo Li suddenly realized, and panicked even more, raised his hand and said: "The villain understands the decree."

In this playbook, it has already explained what he needs to do.

Liu Bian took back the memorial, glanced at him, and said, "Do it a little more covertly."

"Little man understands." Zuo Li bowed knowingly, but secretly decided in his heart that he would definitely do better than Huangfu Jianchang!

When Liu Bian walked towards the Shizhong Lu, the people in the Shizhong Lu had already discussed for a long time.

Huangfu Song, Xun You, Xun Yu, Cai Yong, and Cao Cao were present, and they were still talking about the affairs of Henan and Yangzhou.

Xun You looked serious, and said: "Yangzhou is a vast land with few people and a lot of smoky places. It may be several times more difficult than Yuzhou to put down the chaos."

It was the first time for Cai Yong to participate, and he was in a strange mood, and because of his special status, he pretended to be reserved, and kept nodding his head.

Cao Cao stroked his beard, then with serious eyes, he said, "Yuan Shu is only a man, if the imperial court gives me [-] soldiers and horses, within three months, Yangzhou will definitely come!"

Xun You glanced at him, but didn't answer.

To be honest, Xun You still has deep doubts about Cao Cao's ability. At present, this one is only credited with pacifying Yanzhou, and the others are almost ruined, enough to behead his head and ransack his house.

Xun Yu's youthful and mature appearance sat there without making a sound.

Huangfu Song looked at Xun You and said, "Xun Shangshu, Xia Tax, how much can the court collect?"

Xun You heard the words, his face was slightly condensed, and he said: "Don't lie to Da Sima, Hu Cao has carefully calculated and double-checked, the grain tax and so on are at most [-] million yuan, plus the salt tax, Shihou paper and what the bank can use. The sum is not enough to make up for it. last year's hole."

The court of the Great Han Dynasty has been eating rations for many years, and in addition to various things last year, it does not know how much it borrowed under various names.

The holes in the front are still getting bigger, and holes appear one after another in the back.

Huangfu Song frowned, and said: "Let Dong Zhuo go for now, we can send troops from Xu and Jing to encircle Yangzhou and try to calm it down in a month."

Cao Cao agreed with Huangfusong's proposal very much, and said in a deep voice, "I would like to lead the army and destroy Yuan Shu!"

Huangfusong pretended to think, he had always kept a low profile in the Da Sima Mansion, and he would never act arbitrarily when it comes to military power.

Cai Yong understood a little bit. He has participated in the Shangshutai a lot recently and knows more about government affairs. He suddenly said, "I think General Cao should go to Qingzhou, and Zhu Shijun of Qingzhou should lead the army to attack Yuan Shu. In this way Dong Zhuo was afraid to move, and Xu and Jingzhou could be convinced and willing to obey orders."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help looking at Cai Yong.

In their eyes, Cai Yong is just a rotten Confucian who is full of talent and keen on fame, this view surprised them quite a bit.

Xun You stared at Cai Yong, thinking about his special identity, and wondered if Liu Bian was using Cai Yong's mouth to give them a message.

At this moment, Xun Yu, who had been silent all this time, said to Huangfu Song, "No matter what, Da Sima, Yuan Shu cannot be given time to calm down and be a surprise soldier!"

"Why surprise soldiers?" Huangfu Song said.

Xun Yu said: "Order Lu Bu, the school captain of Pinglu, to cross the Yangtze River, lie down day and night, and surprise Liyang!"

Liyang, the seat of Yangzhou, is located in Jiujiang County, adjacent to Guangling County in Xuzhou.

At present, Yuan Shu, Han Fu and others are stationed in Wujun and Danyang.

If the Yangzhou government is breached, the blow to Yuan Shu's rebels can be imagined.

Huangfusong pondered for a while silently, and said: "Yes."

Xun Yu looked at Xun You and said, "I remember, there is an arrangement for Shangshutai at Jiaozhi, can I use it?"

Xun You thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Jozhi is very complicated, Zhu Fu may not be able to get out."

In Dahan Thirteen, Jiaozhi is special because it is not a 'state'.Zhu Fu, the governor of Jiaozhi, was the son of Zhu Jun.

Jiaozhi is not only full of many aristocratic families, but also complex barbarian people intertwined among them. Various rebellions fluctuate. The Zhu family has been in office for three years, and was almost murdered time and time again. As for the situation in Jiaozhi, it can only be said that it is stable.

Xun Yu thought of Sun Jian, and suddenly looked at Cao Cao, with hesitation on his old face.

Cao Cao understood in an instant, raised his hand to Huangfusong, and said in a deep voice, "Grand Sima, please order me to lead the troops from Yuzhou to Jiujiang to support Lu Bu!"

"Cao Qing's family is going on an expedition?"

At this time, Liu Bian's voice came in from outside.

A group of people hurriedly got up and saluted: "I will see you, Your Majesty."

Liu Bian waved his hand and said, "Excuse me."

The five people watched Liu Bian sit on the main seat before putting down his hands.

Cao Cao's eyes sparkled, he raised his hand, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, I'm waiting for a discussion. I ordered Lu Bu to attack Liyang unexpectedly. I ask you to respond."

Liu Bian looked around at the expressions of the five people, and said, "No need, I'm going to mobilize soldiers and horses from Yuzhou and Xuzhou to attack Yangzhou together!"

Xun Yu looked at Liu Bian suspiciously.

Dong Zhuo urged for money and food, but it was clearly written in the playbook. If there was no money and food, he would not move.

Gongsun Zan and others had to check and balance Dong Zhuo, and they couldn't walk away at all.

Where did the soldiers and horses come from Yuzhou?What Xuzhou can use is only the [-] troops of Liu Bei and Lu Bu.

Not only he was puzzled, Huangfu Song, Xun You, Cai Yong, Cao Cao and others were also puzzled.

Liu Bian smiled slightly, and said: "Yuan Shu can recruit so many people, so many soldiers, horses, money and food, there is no reason why other people can't do it. This matter is settled like this. All the nobles of Shangshutai, you must concentrate on government affairs."

Xun You thought, but 'military and political' are not separated, how can we concentrate?
"I don't know, Your Majesty, who do you plan to send to lead the army?" Huangfusong looked at Liu Bian with a cold and expressionless expression.

Liu Bian stretched out his hand to take the teacup, and said, "I have already been selected, and you will know in a few days. I am here today, and I want to talk about three things."

Having said that, he bowed his head and drank his tea.

The five people couldn't help but look at each other, who has chosen?who is it?
Liu Bian held the teacup in his hand and said: "The first matter, Qingzhang Tianmu and Hu Ding in Sili, Yanzhou, and Bingzhou have checked it. Up to now, the progress has been slow and there are many resistances. Shangshutai has to come up with tough measures. , Eliminate interference, and push forward with all our strength. By the end of this year, I will look at the preliminary results."

Xun You and Xun Yu showed a stern look on their faces, bowed and said, "Your servant is waiting for the order."

Qingzhang Tianmu and Hu Ding checked, in addition to the slackness and corruption of officials appointed by the imperial court and the local government, the biggest resistance was the local wealthy nobles who took action to stop it!

So far, not to mention Sili, even Bingzhou and Yanzhou, which have been ravaged by successive wars and dilapidated, still need to be "supported" by local gentry families, whether they are officials appointed by the imperial court or local factions, and local gentry giants The relationship can be said to be intricate, I have you, you have me.

If you want to find out the situation of the fields and the number of households, the difficulty is not at 01:30.

Liu Bian glanced at them, and said: "The second thing is to govern Su Duwei and the salt administration. Zhang Liao has already controlled the Jizhou salt field. The suggestion given by Xun Yuqing's family is that the salt should be in charge of the state, county, and county officials. , the amount of money earned will be paid every six months and escorted to Taicang. What do you think?"

Huangfu Song acted as if he hadn't realized it, and sat there, looking thoughtful.

Seeing this, Cai Yong thought of his Shi Hou paper, and said, "Your Majesty, you still have to consider the loss on the way, driving up the price of salt, and making huge profits."

Liu Bian raised his eyebrows, looked at Cai Yong and nodded, "Cai Qing's family is right. This matter will be handed over to the Taicang Order. Don't be careless!"

Xun Yu raised his hand with a calm expression, and said, "I accept the order."

Liu Bian took another sip of tea and said: "The third thing I want to talk about is the separation of civil and military affairs. The state shepherds, prefects, and county magistrates do not command soldiers, and set up assistant officials and captains to lead the soldiers of the state, county, and county. Quota is limited. In addition, the imperial court will gradually send generals to lead the troops to be stationed in various states, and they will be under the jurisdiction of the Da Sima Mansion, not affiliated with the Shangshutai and the localities."

Liu Bian has mentioned this matter one after another since his ascension to the throne. At that time, it was a cautious temptation. Now, he doesn't need to worry so much.

As the great Sima, Huangfu Song knew it very well.

On the contrary, Cao Cao's long and narrow eyes flickered, and he was still somewhat struggling in his heart.

He chose the path of 'General', so he couldn't guard one side.

General Zhengxi is his dream, and so is Mushou!
Everyone knows these three things about Liu Bian, but this time, Liu Bian is ready to take action.

Xun You and Xun Yu looked at each other, Xu You raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, should we wait until Yuan Shu is destroyed before implementing it?"

Liu Bian handed the teacup to Pan Yin, stood up, smiled faintly, and said, "Little Yuan Shu, gentlemen, don't think too highly of it. Counter-insurgency is counter-insurgency, government affairs are government affairs, and we can't delay because of him."

Xun You, Xun Yu raised his hand and sent Liu Bian out respectfully.

"Your Majesty is indeed wise and powerful, with the demeanor of Sejong!" Cai Yong exclaimed in the silence after Liu Bian went out.

Everyone glanced at him, but no one paid attention.

Xun You turned to Xun Yu and said, "Uncle, what do you think?"

Xun Yu raised his eyelids, glanced at everyone from the corner of his eye, and said, "Your Majesty's words are reasonable, and the court is too worried about Yuan Shu."

Xun You hesitated to speak, but didn't think so in his heart.

Yuan Shu's rebellion was the biggest rebellion in the world in decades or even hundreds of years of the Han Dynasty. If it can't be put down quickly, the hearts of the aristocratic family will be shaken and separated.

Cao Cao snorted disdainfully, he was very familiar with the brothers Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, and he knew the nature of the two brothers very well.He is confident that if he is given 3 troops, Yuan Shu can be wiped out in a month at most!

Xun Yu suddenly raised his hand to Huangfu Song, and said, "Dare to ask Da Sima, do you know the leader of the army? Can you tell me?"

Huangfusong said without hesitation, "I really don't know."

Cao Cao followed, "The Da Sima Mansion has no further plans to conquest Yangzhou for the time being."

Xun Yu put down his hands, a solemn expression appeared on the old man's face, and said, "You can't be the King of Bohai."

Huangfusong's expression changed, and then he nodded slightly.

A solemn expression appeared on Cao Cao's face.

If Liu Xie goes out to lead the army, it will certainly have an impact on Yuan Shu and other rebels' righteousness, but the risks involved are too terrible. Once there is a mistake, it is likely to cause brothers to fight against each other, and even the Han Dynasty to split!
The courtiers were worried about Liu Bian's unreasonable playing of cards. During the discussion, Liu Bian returned to Jingfu Hall.

He stood under the eaves with his hands behind his back, quietly looking not far away.

A middle-aged man approached slowly under the escort of the guards.

It was only when he got close that the person's face could be fully seen.

He has obviously taken a bath and changed his clothes, but his hair is not taken care of, his beard is unshaven, his face is tired, his eyes are dull. It is not like a year ago when he led troops into the Forbidden Palace and slaughtered thousands of people. He is heroic and murderous Teng Teng even killed in front of Liu Bian who had just succeeded to the throne, the Huben Zhonglang general who had no intention of backing down——Yuan Shao!
Yuan Shao has experienced too much in the North Temple Prison of Huangmen, and he already knows the earth-shaking events and changes that have occurred in just over a year, such as the collapse of the Yuan family and Yuan Shu's rebellion.

He walked up to Liu Bian in silence, raised his hand expressionlessly and said, "Criminal Yuan Shao, see Your Majesty."

Liu Bian looked at him, his heart fluctuated for a while, and it was difficult to calm down.

It's only been more than a year, it seems like a lifetime away.

At that time, he was indeed frightened, Yuan Shao was fierce, the sword in his hand was dripping blood, and the soldiers under him were red-eyed, and they would kill anyone they saw, without any scruples.

Not only in front of Jingfu Hall, but also the corpses of eunuchs and maids were everywhere in the palace, blood flowed like a river, and the sound of killing was overwhelming.

Looking back now, Liu Bian still has lingering fears.

Seeing that Liu Bian didn't speak, Yuan Shao raised his hands still, and there was no emotion on his tired face.

Zuo Li stood aside, lowered his head, staring at Yuan Shao coldly, a chill appeared on his snow-white face.

That day, he was lying in the flower bed, pretending to be a dead person, motionless, hearing the clear sound of swords slicing across his body, and warm blood splashing on his face.

To this day, he is often awakened by nightmares.

I don't know how long it took, Liu Bian let out a sigh of relief, retracted his thoughts, his eyes gradually focused, looked at Yuan Shao in front of him, took out the three memorials from behind, and said: "The three memorials you gave me, take a look. , whether they concealed, modified, or concealed."

Yuan Shao looked up, reached out to take it, and opened it very slowly.

There are still fresh blood scabs on both hands, and the ten fingers are as thin as branches.

Not long after, he raised his hands back and said, "There is nothing wrong with returning to Your Majesty."

Liu Bian nodded, looked to the south, and said, "How sure are you?"

Yuan Shao's expression was unmoved, his tone was calm, and he said: "Yuan Shu's weapon is small and narrow, and he can't stand setbacks. The guilty ministers will fight against him within a month at most."

Liu Bian narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "But the imperial court has no money and food, and no extra soldiers and horses for you."

Yuan Shao didn't change his face, and said: "As long as there is the order of His Majesty, criminals can recruit themselves."

"Your Majesty, Great Sima has arrived." Pan Yin said beside Liu Bian.

Liu Bian looked up, and sure enough, he saw the gate not far away, Huangfu Song had already entered.

Liu Bian pondered for a while, and said lightly: "You have meritorious service in killing the eunuchs, and you were in prison when the Yuan family conspired against you, so you had nothing to do with it. I will pardon you for all your crimes, and I will add you as General Wu Yi to lead the troops of Yuzhou and Xuzhou. Liu Bei, chancellor of Pengcheng, and Lu Bu, captain of Pinglu, have a total of [-] soldiers and horses, and they are at your disposal."

A light flashed in Yuan Shao's dull eyes, he raised his hand, and said, "The minister leads the decree."

Huangfusong walked over, from the back, he couldn't recognize Yuan Shao at all, just about to raise his hand to salute, he glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, his expression was stunned, he opened his mouth and said, "I see Your Majesty", but abruptly didn't say it.

Seeing Yuan Shao, he naturally understood.

For a moment, my heart turned like electricity, and countless thoughts flashed through.

Huangfusong thought about many people who could lead the army, including Cao Cao, Zhu Jun, Liu Xie, even upstarts like Zhao Yun, he had thought about it, but he never expected that it would be Yuan Shao!
"You go." Liu Bian glanced at Huangfusong and said to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao raised his hand and said, "I will leave."

He backed away slowly, turned around and left. From the beginning to the end, he showed no expression, neither happy nor sad.

Huangfusong waited for Yuan Shao to leave, a stern look appeared on his usually cold face, and he said: "Your Majesty, is it a little risky to use Yuan Shao?"

After all, Yuan Shao belonged to the Yuan family, if he suddenly turned against the water and merged with Yuan Shu, he would become the imperial court's unworldly enemy!

Liu Bian didn't speak, but waved to Pan Yin and the others.

Pan Yin understood, gave the other servants and guards a look, and all retreated, leaving only Liu Bian and Huangfusong.

Liu Bian looked up at the sky, and suddenly smiled and said, "Summer is coming, and the weather is getting hotter."

As he said that, he rolled up his sleeves, then lifted his trousers, sat down on the steps, and said to Huangfusong: "The Qing family sits next to me. I have something to talk about with the Qing family."

Huangfu Song was startled, but without hesitation, he knelt down beside Liu Bian.

Liu Bian looked outside the palace and said, "Qing family, do you still remember the first time you saw me, what you said to me?"

Huangfusong looked thoughtful, the first time?
The first time, it was his rebellious son who bumped into Liu Bian in the street, and he brought Huangfu Jianchang into the palace to plead guilty.

Carefully recalling what he said at that time, Huangfusong was still a little puzzled, and said: "I am confused, please give me instructions from your Majesty."

Liu Bian smiled and said: "The Qing family said at the time that the imperial court should be vigilant against the power of the local gentry and should not give them too much power."

Huangfusong naturally remembered, but he didn't understand what Liu Bian meant.

Liu Bian glanced at him from the corner of his eye, and said, "I have the same thoughts as the Qing family. However, I feel that not giving power is not enough. I also want to see which families are loyal to my big man, and which families are loyal to me. The family is the generation of tigers and wolves."

Huangfusong suddenly understood.

No wonder His Majesty took a conniving attitude towards Yuan Shu's rebellion. This is - fishing!
And with Yuan Shao, the essence is the same!
Huangfusong raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, is the price too high?"

Yuan Shu started from Yuzhou, not to mention Yuzhou was beaten to pieces, Xuzhou was also affected, if Yangzhou was to be attacked again, even Yangzhou would have to be attacked from north to south.

How could Huangfusong have thought that Liu Bian's thoughts were the words 'no breaking, no building'.

Which emperor would want to smash his country to pieces and start all over again?

Liu Bian smiled and said, "Cao Yin, the prefect of Wuling, has rebelled. The Qing family thinks that even without Yuan Shu, the world will be at peace?"

Huangfusong frowned deeply. The chaos of the Han Dynasty was too complicated to be summed up in a few words.

"Your Majesty, what should I do with Dong Zhuo?" Huangfusong stopped entangled with the two brothers Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, and talked about Dong Zhuo.

Sitting on the steps, Liu Bian suddenly felt unaccustomed to his legs. He slapped his thighs and said casually: "Qing's family, in the past, there was a pool of stagnant water, and no one knew what was hidden under the stagnant water. , Someone threw a strange fish in, and this strange fish stirred up the stagnant water continuously, and all the things under the stagnant water came out one by one."

Huangfusong understood, raised his hand and said, "I accept the decree!"

Liu Bian and Huangfusong made friends with each other, crossed their legs, thought for a while, and said: "Xianbei and Wuhuan are basically fine, and Youzhou is temporarily stable. The threat to Jizhou mainly comes from the Black Mountain Army. Qingzhou The resurgence of the Yellow Turban Army is controllable. There are two problems now, one is Yangzhou and the other is Yizhou."

Huangfusong listened to Liu Bian's familiar treasures and meditated silently.

He knew very well in his heart that calming chaos was not Liu Bian's goal, but the 'New Deal' was.

Liu Bian glanced at him and said, "Recently, someone has been impeaching Yang Biao and Wang Yun, what do you think of the Qing family?"

The conflict between Yang Biao and Wang Yun gradually expanded, and some people continued to fan the flames in private. Some people have already started to publicly impeach Yang Biao and Wang Yun, and cited criminal evidence.

Huangfu Song thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, for the time being, no one can replace Yang Gong."

Liu Bian nodded slightly.

The court of the Han Dynasty needs a person who can convince both the government and the public to stabilize the situation. Apart from Yang Biao, who is the fourth generation and the third prince, he really can't find a second one.

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