I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 133 Follow-up

"Bian'er, are you still willing to let uncle help you?" He Jin understood the implication of Liu Bian's words.

"Why not?" If He Jin can really get rid of the pursuit of false fame, he may not be unable to be reused.

He Jin, full of worries, left under the leadership of Xun Yu.

"Let's go!" Liu Bian said to Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun, who had been a transparent person for a long time, finally couldn't help but ask before leaving: "Your Highness, will there really be a day when everyone has no worries about food and clothing?"

The sky above Luoyang is exceptionally clear after a long rain. The moon disappears, leaving a sky full of stars.

"There will be." Liu Bian said solemnly.

"There will be!"

Luoyang was not peaceful that night.

Liu Bian returned to Yeting. Empress Dowager Dong and Empress He were still there, and Emperor Ling was lying on the couch with his eyes closed to rest.

Queen He immediately cast an inquiring look. Liu Bian nodded slightly towards her and walked to the couch.

In the West Garden, Jian Shuo summoned seven captains, took out the edict he had received, and announced: "Your Majesty has an order. From now on, the entire army will take turns to prepare armor and wait for the edict."

Later, the edict was handed over to seven people who took turns to read it.

The seven Xiyuan captains were worried, but they all had no objections.

Jian Shuo added: "This edict is confidential and must not be spread outside. All ministries strictly guard the military camp. If there is no edict in the next few days, only entry and exit are allowed in the military camp! Our captain will step up inspections, and violators will be dealt with according to military law!"

All seven captains took orders.

Yuan Ji, who knew the news in the palace, had some guesses, but after all, he was trapped in the military camp and could not know more information.

But for people like Liu Bei and Huang Zhong who lacked information sources, the only thing they knew was that they received orders to garrison the military camp during the day.

The only thing they have in common is that they are all aware of the coming storm.

……

The next day, He Jin's memorial to resign as general arrived at the chancery early in the morning.

Although Lu Zhi didn't know what happened, he immediately handed the memorial to Liu Bian, who had arrived at Yuntai Hall early.

Liu Bian also breathed a sigh of relief. He Jin didn't have such big ambitions after all. Being able to avoid fighting is the best option.

Without making any concessions, Liu Bian immediately approved He Jin's request.

Then He Jin was appointed as the former general as promised. The former general held the same position as Jiuqing and had no authority to open a government office.

Liu Bian did not discuss these matters with Lu Zhi, and Lu Zhi did not ask any questions and only did his job as Shangshu Ling.

As the edict arrived at the General's Mansion, those who were originally only subordinate officials in the General's Mansion were said to be unemployed on the spot.

He Jin was unexpectedly decisive by Liu Bian. He only summoned his subordinate officials to announce his decision to resign as general. He did not even inform the former officials recommended by him.

Later, after He Jin announced that he wanted to rest quietly, the former General's Mansion, now the former General's Mansion, closed its doors.

Yuan Shaoren, who was most valued by He Jin, was temporarily unable to go to the Northern Army. Zhang Jin, a retainer of the general's palace who often served as the two men's messengers, was also rejected.

Only the cavalry general He Miao was able to enter the palace, but he left soon.

Not long after He Miao left, he appeared in Yuntai Hall.

He didn't know what happened before, and He Jin didn't say much to him.

"Your Highness, my brother asked me to hand this over to His Highness. It records the resumes of some of the original officials of the General's Palace. My brother said that there are still some useful talents among them, and Your Highness can choose to use them."

Liu Bian took the silk from He Miao's hand and said, "Thank you uncle for me."

He Miao nodded in agreement.

Liu Bian opened the silk and found many familiar names, such as Chen Lin, Kong Rong, Wang Kuang, Wu Fu, etc.

He watched for a while and saw that He Miao made no move, so he asked: "Did uncle tell second uncle what happened yesterday?"

He Miao shook his head: "Although I don't know what happened, I believe that this is the best result." "My brother used to be cheerful, informal, and used to make friends with heroes and knights. At that time, He was in the local area. The superior can only be regarded as a powerful person, but he is less than the superior and more than the inferior... Later, the queen entered the palace, His Highness was born, and the He family suddenly became rich... This was originally a great good thing, but I don't know when, my brother changed, and he We have become people who would have looked down on us from above..."

Once upon a time, He Jin became allies with eunuchs.

But that all changed later.

"Second uncle, are you willing to be a general?" Liu Bian suddenly asked.

The hussar general is nominally higher than the cavalry general.

……

In the evening, Yuan Shao finally had time to visit the general, but he still couldn't see him.

A few days later, Yuan Shao still returned without success.

The alert in Xiyuan lasted for several days before normalcy returned.

Not only that, the inspections at the city gates of Luoyang and the road checkpoints in the outer city walls that had suddenly become strict have become lax again.

But only those who have been in and out of positions for a long time know that in the past few days, there have been more and more court horses coming and going.

Hedong County.

Under Gai Xun's governance, the place gradually cleared up the mess left by the previous governor.

When the news that Luoyang began to rectify the lower-level rural officials reached Hedong, Gai Xun chose to follow suit.

He held the county soldiers in his hands and relied on the prestige gained from fighting to make the rectification go smoothly.

It's just that he doesn't have a university student as a supplement, so he can only choose local people with good reputations, and at the same time strictly supervise them.

This is the normal situation for some honest governors to govern the place.

There are only so many people who can use it, and we can't let an illiterate person count the household registration of each family's land and the taxes payable!

Now, supervising the administration of officials has become the focus of Gai Xun's work.

The rain that lasted for several months affected most of Hedong County.

Although luckily the sowing of wheat was not affected, during this period soybean planting in rotation with wheat had to be abandoned. Although soybean yield was low, accounting for less than 20% of wheat, it was still a necessary ration for the people.

Although Gai Xun does not understand that the growth of soybeans can increase the nitrogen content of the land, he also knows that due to the influence of rain, the wheat yield per mu will inevitably decrease next year.

If the imperial court had not reduced the 20% tax required by the people in the disaster-stricken areas, Gai Xun would have planned to file a petition for this.

Although the reduction was in tax rather than land rent, Gai Xun didn't care.

What he cares about is whether the township officials have fulfilled the imperial decrees and whether they have enriched their own pockets by using the taxes reduced or reduced by the imperial court.

When collecting the calculation tax, the court often divided the calculation tax into months, considering that the people did not have so much cash. This can be called benevolent government, but it provides the village officials with room to exploit the people and makes supervision difficult.

People's livelihood is difficult.

How could Gai Xun wish that the good governance of the imperial court would be destroyed at the hands of traitors?

Gai Xun was visiting the fields when he received the latest official document from the court. Most of the county officials were from the local area, so it was inevitable that they would behave in a shielding manner. This is something Gai Xun is always wary of.

He said goodbye to the farmer he had just spoken to, opened the official document, and looked serious.

It asked him to pay attention to the military movements around Hedong, especially in the direction of Bingzhou.

Gai Xun had actually paid attention to Bingzhou for a long time.

Thanks to the Han army's attack on Xiutu tribes, the Xiongnu tribes who were unwilling to obey the royal court's orders did not dare to invade Hedong for the time being. The tribes hoped that the leader they elected could replace Qiang Qu as the new chanyu, but they were never recognized by the court.

From the perspective of the imperial court, as long as it could fight against Xianbei, it was not willing to waste troops, money and food for Qiang Canal.

Under such circumstances, Gai Xun, apart from his administration, had been paying attention to the movements of the Huns in Xihe County.

Most of the Southern Huns were accustomed to living in Bingzhou. Gai Xun was born in Dunhuang County, Liangzhou. He knew very well how much disaster these uncontrolled Hu people would cause if there were any natural or man-made disasters.

And at the moment when yin and yang are changing positions, the probability of natural disasters is too high.

(End of this chapter)