I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 191 Huangfu Song returns to Beijing

After Liu Xie was arranged by Liu Bian to study with Dongguan, Dong Guiren replaced Liu Xie and accompanied Empress Dowager Dong almost every day.

Her grandson was often not around during the day, so Empress Dowager Dong put part of her care and attention on her granddaughter.

Liu Bian was also happy to do this, saving Empress Dowager Dong from focusing on money again.

After Empress Dowager Dong learned that Liu Bian was staying at Cai Guiren's house, she also arranged for Dong Guiren to stay in the middle palace.

In her opinion, being placed in the middle palace means that she is qualified to compete for the position of queen. But she would still call Dong Guiren to her side during the day.

Although Queen Mother He was a little dissatisfied with this, she did not have an attack after all.

Under Liu Bian's persuasion, she decided to use practical actions to tell Queen Mother Dong how she treated her bride.

Empress Dowager He thought to herself that the next time she quarreled with Empress Dowager Dong, she must mention this matter, which would definitely leave Empress Dowager Dong speechless.

For Liu Bian, as long as the two of them didn't say anything that would make anyone scratch their heads when they quarreled, he would just let it go.

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It is normal for states and counties to have conflicts, because the initial mission of the state governor is to supervise the county. If the states and counties live in harmony, it will be more worthy of vigilance.

However, when conflicts between states and counties outweighed the normal handling of county affairs, Liu Bian had to intervene.

Jiao He, the governor of Qingzhou, believed in divination, delayed the war, and watched the bandits in Beihai wreak havoc. He was dismissed from office on the spot and sent to Luoyang for punishment.

If Liu Benian had not expanded the army for the prefectures and counties in the end, Jiao He would not have been able to escape the death penalty.

Later, Liu Bian issued another edict: From the Third Duke and below, those who believe deeply in the art of divination should not use it.

The person who was worshiped by Liu Bian as the new governor of Qingzhou was Chen Ji, the servant. This great Confucian scholar who came to Beijing with Xun Shuang was a real scholar. Compared with the Xun family, Chen Ji's family was not wealthy.

Historically, Chen Qun, the son of Chen Ji, formulated the nine-level Zhongzheng system with the support of Cao Pi. However, after inheriting it for several generations, Chen Qun's descendants were no longer ranked at the peak of clan politics and had to It is also a historical irony to say this.

Chen Ji's academic attitude was quite pragmatic. Although he lacked official experience, Liu Bian sometimes got results when he called him to ask questions, so he had high hopes for him.

Liu Bian said: "With Chen Gong as the governor, I have thought about it, and I always feel that the talents are overqualified. However, the situation in Qingzhou is special. The Yellow Turbans are still causing trouble to this day, and the conflicts between the prefectures and counties have accumulated for many years. I really can't find a more great scholar like Chen Gong. The right person.”

Chen Ji was very wise and replied: "The affairs of Qingzhou are related to the people's livelihood. His Majesty has ordered that the ministers have no shirking responsibility. Moreover, the official rank is not worth the name of the minister, not to mention the inferior position and power of the governor. A wise man can make the people of a state gain success." install."

Chen Ji was known as a talker since he was a child, and for a time both the emperor and his ministers were very happy.

Liu Bian understood that in this era where people could enhance their reputation by refusing imperial conquests, if Chen Ji and others chose to accept his conquests, there would be people behind them who would ridicule them for coveting wealth and not being able to protect themselves in their later years.

This kind of social atmosphere cannot be changed in a short time, and Liu Bian can only take his time.

Liu Bian added: "The imperial censor Sima Fang wrote a letter to impeach Beihai Prime Minister Wang Fang for his poor performance in suppressing the rebellion. When Chen Gong leaves, he should also find out whether Wang Fang is worthy of Beihai Prime Minister!"

Chen Ji should not mention it.

After Chen Ji took office, Liu Bian transferred Chen Qun to the Shangshutai to guard Shangshulang.

The Shangshu Desk handles so many documents every day, so it is a good place to cultivate talents.

In May, wheat was put into warehouses. There were no surprises in the harvest of Sanfu's field work, and Huangfu Song of Jingzhao Yin went to Beijing to report on his work with the results.

Huangfu Song was in charge of the third auxiliary, working in the fields and assisting Liangzhou in the battle. He worked conscientiously, obeyed the imperial edicts, and never complained. He could be called the pinnacle of Kansai.

This was the first time Liu Bian saw Huangfu Song after he ascended the throne. He attached great importance to Huangfu Song's arrival and asked Xun Yu from Shangshutai to go out of the city to greet him on his behalf.

The first words Huangfu Song said after meeting Liu Bian were: "Your Majesty, Liangzhou can be restored!"

It has been almost two and a half years since we first decided on the strategy to deal with the Liangzhou rebels.

In the past two and a half years, the military expenditure of 70 to 80 million yuan a year originally set has not been interrupted, and because a small part of the money came from Xiyuan, neither the original Emperor Xian nor the current Liu Bian had any doubts about this amount of money. Pay attention wherever you use it.

Unlike Sanfu, Liangzhou had been farming for more than three years including Fu Xie as the governor of Hanyang.

Not to mention that Fu Xie was willing to let the Qiang people learn classics and serve as county officials, which opened up their upward path in the Han bureaucracy.

These are enough for Fu Xie's reputation to spread throughout the Qiang tribe in Liangzhou.

History has proven many times that the Qiang people are not naturally rebellious. They are anti-Han only because Han officials and Han tyrants oppressed them to the point where they could no longer survive.

There is no problem in letting the Qiang people farm, but the Qiang people cannot be forcibly moved to an uncultivated wasteland. Water conservancy, farm tools, and seeds are not provided, especially the latter two, and the Qiang people must be exchanged for miscellaneous livestock. In this way, it would be strange for the Qiang people not to rebel.

When officials like Fu Xie appeared in Liangzhou again who were willing to treat the Qiang people well, many Qiang people who had already joined forces with the local Han powerful people still turned to the Han Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, it is really a good idea to use barbarians to farm the fields in the third auxiliary area. When the warehouses were opened in February and March this year, the Huns and Anding Qiang from the north sent people to express their intention to go to the Han."

"Now that most of the Longxi County has been restored, most of the Longxi Qiang are willing to farm in Liangzhou. When I came, Ma Teng, one of the leaders of the Liangzhou rebels, wrote a private letter with the intention of surrender and only asked for pardon."

"I believe that Ma Teng was frightened by the edict not to pardon the leader of the thieves and did not dare to resist any longer."

Moreover, with the military expenditure of the imperial court as a backing, unless there is a great military victory, the Liangzhou rebels will not be able to defeat the Han army no matter what.

"Okay! I will inform Master Lu and the others today and hold a court meeting tomorrow to discuss this matter!"

Huangfu Song hesitated to speak, and finally asked: "Your Majesty, the output of the Sanfu farm this year still needs to be used for the newly moved people. It cannot support the army, and there will not be much leftover from the Hanyang County farm. This military expenditure... "

At this moment, Liu Bian suddenly thought of the time when he asked Emperor Xian for money from the Western Garden.

He gritted his teeth: "Both the Young Master and Xiyuan have some spare money, plus the treasury, we can always make it together!"

All I can say is that I am grateful to Shi Changshi for sending me the family property.

If it doesn't work, he will sell him to another prostitute and ransack his house.

Liangzhou has been dragging it out for so long, so it’s time to resolve it.

Liu Bian couldn't help but think about it. To the west of Liangzhou was the Western Region. When Liangzhou was restored, he could try to use the Silk Road to replenish the weak treasury.

Moreover, the Western Region is a good place to grow cotton, and the cold resistance of cotton and linen cannot be compared.

As the climate becomes colder and colder, the big man cannot live without cotton.

(End of this chapter)