The Power of the Three Kingdoms at the End of the Han Dynasty and the Imperial Power of the Han Dyna

Chapter 156 Return to Zhongshui
"Uncle Emperor!!!"

A little girl rushed out of the palace.

"Little Ying'er, you've grown taller again!"

"Kekeke, Ying'er is already seven years old!"

Since going to Luoyang in the first year of Guanghe, Liu Han has not returned to Hejian for four years.

"I, please pay my respects to the King of Hejian."

"Ouch, sister-in-law, what are you doing?"

Liu Han quickly walked over and helped her up.

"The gift cannot be neglected."

"In my heart, you will always be the Queen of Han Dynasty."

"I am just a non-existent person. I was rescued by His Highness and managed to save my life. Those things outside of me are just floating clouds."

Liu Han knew that the emperor's sister-in-law had become heartbroken after that incident, so he said no more.

Mrs. Song also knew that this matter had nothing to do with Liu Han, and there was no family relationship between the Tian family, but she could not forgive him.

Is he affectionate?If he had love, his father and brother would not die, and his family would not be slaves.

Is he heartless?If he had been ruthless, he would have become a withered bone in the grave, and Ying'er would probably not have a happy death.

It's just a pain for this sensible brother.

Behind Liu Ying, there was a little guy, "Sister Zhen'er, the emperor's uncle is back!" (Mi Zhen is 5 years old)

Only then did Liu Han see her. This was also the first time Liu Han met her. "Little guy, are you used to living in the river?"

"Ah."

Mi Zhen nodded. Ever since she could remember, her brother had sent her to Hejian Palace. Fortunately, the people in the palace were easy to get along with.

"That's fine."

Regarding Mi Zhen, Liu Han really didn't have any thoughts in that regard. Now it's more like he has an extra sister.

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Hejian country.

Due to Liu Han's changes, the former Hejian King Liu Bei, the son of Hejian An King Liu Li, was transferred to another place.

An interesting thing must be said here. The former prime minister of the Hejian Kingdom was named Gai Sheng. This Gai Sheng was a notoriously corrupt official. He embezzled hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes and caused public resentment.

Unfortunately, his affairs were exposed by Qiao Xuan. Qiao Xuan had a career full of ups and downs, he was strong and upright, he did not follow the powerful, and he was as incorruptible as water. He knew that there was a quarrel between this man and the emperor, and the ministers kept silent for fear of getting angry.

So he found Liu Han, who was young at the time, and told everything Gai Sheng had done.

Of course Liu Han couldn't bear it. Such a worm in the country would definitely be strangled to death, so the two of them joined forces to kill him. This is why Qiao Xuan, although he is a nobleman, has always helped Liu Han.

Now, the Prime Minister of Hejian is Guoyuan, who comes from the Guo clan of Gaixian County. His ancestor is the Shangqing Guo clan of Qi State. Like Liu Han, he is a disciple of Zheng Xuan.The county magistrate of Zhongshui is Huang Xu, the son of Huang Zhong. Although he was rescued by Liu Han, he was unable to inherit Huang Zhong's mantle and practice martial arts. Now he gave up martial arts and studied literature and became the county magistrate.

Hejian Kingdom has now become a feudal state of Liu Han. Due to Liu Han's rectification of the government, elimination of wealthy families and landlords, liberation of illegal households, detection of hidden populations, and treatment of refugees, the original number of 65 people increased to 110 million in ten years.

The population of a county is 20 less than that of the state!
This shows that the wealth of the inner counties is far beyond that of the border counties!

This is also the reason why Liu Han has been reluctant to break up with the nobles and go to war.

Liu Han returned to Hejian Kingdom this time to sort out his affairs.

There are eleven counties in the Hejian Kingdom. The county seat has been moved from Lecheng to Zhongshui. There are a total of [-] county soldiers and [-] state-owned elite soldiers, including [-] cavalry.The general fiefdom of a vassal king is small, with only one county or a few counties. The court's control over the county has also been strengthened. The county and the country are called together. The status of the prefect of the county and the prime minister are similar. They are directly appointed by the central government. The princes and kings do not have the same status. He could not decide the candidate for the prime minister, but could not govern the people of the country. He could only rely on taxes from the feudal country to maintain a princely standard of life.

But Liu Han was different from other vassal kings of the Han Dynasty.Although there is only one county, in terms of personnel appointment and dismissal, Liu Han nominates and the emperor just goes through the motions.Moreover, in principle, the county soldiers in the fiefdom are not under the command of Liu Han. In practice, there is no difference. Not to mention the elite soldiers of the state, they are Liu Han's private soldiers.

Not to mention the [-]-strong army in Bingzhou, which was also the confidence that he could not be afraid of the nobles.

"Zhu Ling?"

Today, the cavalry captain of the elite national troops in Zhongshui County is named Zhu Ling.

Guoyuan: "My lord, Zhu Ling, named Wenbo, is from Qinghe County, Qinghe State. This man has a clear distinction between public and private affairs, and is good at running the army. He should be a good general."

Liu Han nodded. Zhu Ling's name was Yaxu Huang. He was a general under Yuan Shao at first, and later joined Cao Cao. He followed him in his expeditions to all directions and made many military exploits.After he became a general, he was granted the title of Marquis of Gaotang and his posthumous title of Weihou.

Liu Han thought to himself: "With this person in the river, I have no worries."

He originally wanted to strengthen the military commander configuration in Hejian, but now that Zhu Ling was there, Liu Han gave up his original idea.

"Is there a Taiping Road in Hejian?"

Guoyuan: "My lord, this is strange. Last year, Taiping Dao was still active in the countryside in Hejian, and there were many believers. But for some reason, Taiping Dao disappeared from Hejian two months ago."

"Ha" Liu Hanhan laughed, "He ran pretty fast."

After meeting Zhang Jiao years ago, Liu Han sent a message to Bingzhou to drive out Taiping Dao, but before he could take action, Jushou came to report that Taiping Dao had withdrawn from Bingzhou himself.

To be honest, Zhang Jiao also regretted meeting Liu Han out of curiosity, which forced him to give up several years of hard work and evacuate Bingzhou.

Later, he felt that it was not safe enough and ordered people to evacuate from the river.

The King of Hejian had a reputation for being evil, so Zhang Jiao did not dare to gamble.

"Forget it, since people give me face, I'll be more generous and won't pursue it."

"Here."

After talking about business, Liu Han looked at Huang Xu and said, "Huang Xu, I would like to congratulate you. I just received the news today that you are going to have a younger brother or younger sister."

After hearing this, Huang Xu chuckled and said, "My father has suffered a lot because of me, and now he has finally come to the end of his suffering."

(The author sets: Huang Zhong was born in 147 years, Huang Xu was born in 164 years, and now in 182 years, Huang Zhong is 35 years old.)
Yes, Liu Han received information from Huang Zhong that his new wife Du Xiuniang was pregnant and was expected to give birth in January of the next year.

"It's a good thing. You're not young now. If you find someone suitable, just ask, but the prerequisite is that you can't marry her by force. You have to know that in my place, the rules are the rules."

"Here."

"And you, Guo Zini, your marriage should also be put on the agenda!" (Guo Yuan should be about the same age as Guan Ning and Bing Yuan, or slightly younger. I set Guo Yuan as a person born in 160.)
"Lord, I...I don't want to do this for the time being."

"Ah"

Liu Han looked at this boring gourd, he was even less fun than Sun Qian.

Isn't Liu Han clear about his little thoughts?
Looking at the entire Han Dynasty, who is the prefect of a county at the age of 19?
This is the advantage of following the right person, and this is also the reason why scholars both love and hate Liu Han.

After being attracted by him, he didn't take a shortcut, but a road to the sky.

Guoyuan is now 22 years old, but he has four years of experience as a prefect. If nothing happens, he will gain a few more years of experience in the local area, transfer to the central government, and then be decentralized, and he will definitely be the governor of a state.

There are only thirteen governors in the Han Dynasty. As expected, this one will become the governor before the age of 40.

If you perform well, you will definitely have a place in Jiuqing after the age of 40. Can you not be jealous?
(End of this chapter)