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In the Pingzhangtai meeting hall, hundreds of ministers knelt down and congratulated Liu Jing, "Congratulations to Zhou Murong for being promoted to His Highness the King of Han!"

Everyone rejoiced, the lord was proclaimed King of Han, and the Kingdom of Han was established. This was the moment they had dreamed of, and it finally came true. Xu Shu couldn't help but burst into tears. Since Chaisang became self-reliant, it has been ten years, and they have grown from weak to strong step by step. , Expanding the territory step by step, from two thousand soldiers to hundreds of thousands of armored soldiers, with a territory of thousands of miles, and recalling the weakness of the isolated small city back then, Xu Shu was deeply moved by this earth-shaking change.

Liu Jing said with a smile to everyone: "Although I am the King of Han, I still hope that everyone will call me the State Shepherd, which is more affectionate."

"No!"

Dong He came out and gave a salute, and said solemnly: "If you don't establish rules, you won't be able to make a circle. Your Highness can no longer be called casually like before. Your Highness respects your own name, which means respecting us."

Sima Yi felt that Dong He was a bit too serious and didn't quite understand Liu Jing's mood. He smiled and smoothed things over and said, "Dong Shangshu is right, we are going to be promoted, Your Highness is called State Shepherd, we can't just be a group of state officials !"

These words were very relaxed, and immediately relaxed the tense atmosphere in the lobby. Liu Jing also smiled and said: "Since everyone wants to be promoted, I have no choice but to avoid it, and I will be promoted to His Highness the King of Han first, but what Dong Shangshu said is true." Very good, if we don’t establish rules, we won’t be able to establish a circle. Since we have established a country, we must have the momentum of a country, our official positions must be promoted, our salaries must be increased, and our generals must become generals. All these must gradually change.”

Speaking of this, Liu Jing's smile disappeared, his expression became very serious, and he said loudly: "Cao Cao established the Wei State last year, and his fiefs include the Central Plains of Hebei. , the Great Han Dynasty still exists, and since we have also established the Han Kingdom, please work together with me, based on the Han Kingdom, to revive the Great Han Dynasty and reproduce the glory of the Great Han!"

Everyone bowed together, "The ministers are willing to devote themselves to the revival of the great man, and die!"

"Everyone, please go back to the government office! I want to talk to several ministers about the founding of the country. I believe there will be good news that everyone is looking forward to."

Everyone was looking forward to it, and they saluted one after another and left the meeting hall. There were only five ministers and waiter Yin Mo left in the hall. At this moment, Liu Jing waved his hands and said with a smile: "Everyone, please sit down!"

Several ministers sat down, and Liu Jing said to everyone: "I think everyone knows that this time being the king of Han is one of the compromise conditions reached by me and Cao Cao, and I proposed it on my own initiative. This is because we captured Guanlong , already has the foundation for the founding of the country, as for the official title, it is actually a minor issue, the major issue is that we have to consider moving the capital, and this is what I want to discuss with you today."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. It was indeed a bit sudden. They only accepted the canonization in the morning. Everyone was thinking about changing their official titles. Unexpectedly, Liu Jing got straight to the point and talked about moving the capital with everyone. Needless to say, everyone understood that the capital must be moved to Chang'an Even Sima Yi, who knew Liu Jing well, was a little surprised.

At this time, Xu Shu leaned forward and said, "Your Highness wants to move the capital to Chang'an, we can understand, but I don't think it's the right time, the conditions are not ripe for at least a year or two. First, the population in Guanzhong is withered and Chang'an is dilapidated. Secondly, Longyou is still unstable, Qiangdi and the Xiongnu in the north have not returned, which is a great threat to Guanzhong. If we want to move the capital to Chang'an, we must first pacify the four barbarians, otherwise we will find it difficult to gain a foothold in Guanlong due to internal and external troubles."

Sima Yi also persuaded: "Your Highness, have you forgotten Yang Wanwan? Dihu colluded with Cao Cao and almost put us to death in Qishan, and now he doesn't send envoys to admit his mistakes and seek peace. He obviously refuses to accept us, and Liangzhou, There is still no news so far, although we have the name of Guanlong, but we do not have the reality of Guanlong, I think we should use the opportunity of the truce with Cao Cao to concentrate our efforts to wipe out Guanlong and create conditions for moving the capital to Chang'an."

"Everyone is right. When I said that the capital was moved to Chang'an, I didn't mean to move the capital immediately, but we had to start preparations. For example, all the refugees from Guanzhong in Hanzhong had to be repatriated, and I recently went to the Jiangxia Copper Mine. Released, but the condition is that they settle down in Guanzhong. This is to increase the population of Guanzhong. As for the manpower of the copper mine, they can recruit barbarian miners to supplement it. One thousand yuan a month is higher than the income of soldiers. There must be many people who are willing. In addition, Bashu There are also many Sanfu refugees, that is, Dongzhou scholars, as long as we use the method of profit temptation, I think many people are willing to move back to Guanzhong."

"Does the temptation of interest that His Highness mentioned mean tax exemption?" Jiang Wan asked carefully from the side. He was in charge of taxes and was very sensitive to this.

Liu Jing nodded, "Not only tax exemption, but also granting land. I once talked to an old farmer from Guanzhong in Hanzhong. The reason why his family stayed in Hanzhong and refused to return to Guanzhong was for the benefit of half a dou of rice per mu. , if we were exempted from taxes in Guanzhong for five years, I think not only the fugitives from Guanzhong would scramble to go back, even many people from Hebei and Central Plains would be willing to move to Guanzhong. After two years, I believe that Guanzhong will definitely change a lot. "

Liu Jing's ambition not only moved the hearts of northerners like Xu Shu and Sima Yi, but also those who had stayed in Bashu for a long time, such as Fei Guan and Dong He. Support His Highness’s plan, sooner rather than later, I hope we can make a decision before the new year and fully implement it after the new year.”

Everyone expressed their support, and even Jiang Wan, who felt that the five-year tax exemption was a bit more, nodded in agreement. As for granting land, there are a lot of vacant land in Guanzhong, which can be taken back and re-granted. This rule should be implemented first. .

At this time, Liu Jing resolutely said: "Since you are so supportive, then we will divide the work and cooperate. Pingzhangtai is responsible for restoring the population and economy of Guanzhong, and I will lead the army to quell the Guanlong Siyi and create a safe environment for the relocation of the capital."

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When Liu Jing returned to the official room, a guard stepped forward and said, "General Tiger has been waiting for the state shepherd with two old men, who are said to be members of the state shepherd's clan."

Only then did Liu Jing remember that he wanted his clansmen to come to the General's Mansion to look for him today, so he nodded, "Please come in!"

After a while, Liu Hu walked in quickly with two old men. Liu Xian was supposed to bring them here, but Liu Xian wanted to help Liu Zhi learn sacrificial rituals, so Liu Hu brought them here. The two old men had already discussed , You must not put on airs of elders in front of Liu Jing, and you must not even have the etiquette of the tribe. As soon as they entered the official room, the two hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "Liu Fang, Liu Yi pays homage to His Highness the King of Han!"

These two old men were brothers of Liu Biao's clan in the past, and they were relatively close in blood. The reason why Liu Jing wanted to meet them at the General's Mansion was because he didn't want to be a junior to the two. , the resentment in his heart was a little better, and he quickly helped them up and smiled: "Please get up, both of you! Please get up!"

He then ordered the guards, "Prepare soft seats!"

The two guards spread soft seats, Liu Jing asked them to sit down, Liu Hu also sat aside, the elder Liu Fang said with a smile: "We are really happy to hear that His Highness has been named King of Han, although there are still some county kings in the clan, Most of them are in name only, whoever controls thousands of miles of country and country like His Highness, this is the true son of heaven, what is that shit puppet in Yedu?"

Hearing that what he said was too vulgar and blatant, Liu Hu couldn't help coughing heavily, and gave him a hard look. Only then did Liu Fang realize that he had lost his composure, and he laughed awkwardly, "I mean to say"

Without waiting for him to continue, Liu Jing waved his hands and said with a smile: "I understand, there is no need to explain, but I want to know the current situation of Liu Cong and Mrs. Cai, how are they doing?"

"Liu Cong is hopeless. The children in Yedu know that he is an eunuch. His reputation has been lost. He eats and drinks all day long and is as fat as a pig. Mrs. Cai has ignored him for a long time. Doesn't your highness know, Mrs. Cai? She remarried three years ago."

Liu Jing was taken aback, he really didn't know about this, and quickly asked, "Who did you remarry to?"

"Xiahouyi, the prefect of Changshan County, does Your Highness know this person?"

Liu Jing frowned, "It seems to be Xia Houyuan's younger brother."

"It is this person, it is said that Cai Mao is the one who leads the thread, that Xia Houyi is as strong as a bull, how can Madam Cai's delicate body and bones stand up to his abuse?"

Next to him, Liu Hu coughed heavily, interrupted him again, and gave him another look with dissatisfaction. This old guy is also 60 years old, why is he talking nonsense, Liu Fang was too scared to say anything.

But Liu Jing understood that Cai Mao wanted to marry his daughter to Xiahouba in the past, but Cai Shaoyu refused. He had no choice but to marry the widowed sister to Xiahouyi. In order to climb the big tree of Xiahou's family, it can be said that he worked hard. If Mrs. Cai does not dare to remarry, she will not be buried next to Liu Biao's tomb, which is not a bad thing.

Liu Jing didn't have time to chat with these two old men. Seeing that they were just expressing their attitude, Liu Jing smiled to appease them, "Don't rush to move back from Yedu for the time being. You can also stay in Yedu. The good thing is that I spend more time with my third uncle, and I will let my third uncle take care of you. If you have any difficulties, my third uncle will help you, and when you leave, I will also give each of you a generous gift, which is my kindness."

Liu Fang and Liu Yi were overjoyed, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed to thank them. Liu Jing was really bored, so she gave Liu Hu a wink and asked him to take the two away. Come back in a hurry, "Is Zhou Mu looking for me?"

Liu Jing nodded, "Sit down! I want to talk to you about the heavy armored infantry."

Liu Hu cheered up, this was the topic he was most interested in, Liu Jing walked to the window with his hands behind his back, stared at the wintersweet blooming in the snow outside the window, thought for a moment and asked: "I want to expand the number of heavy armored infantry to 8000 People, that is, add another 2000 people, can it be practiced within two months?"

Liu Hu thought for a while and said: "Training is not a problem, the key is the equipment. The heavy armor and the saber are time-consuming. At present, there are only [-] sets in my warehouse, and I will build [-] sets within two months. I'm afraid it's not realistic."

"I've thought about it. There are [-] Saber Sabers in stock, and the Eagle Strike Army has [-] more. They can be transferred and the knives will be ready. The key is heavy armor. I will organize [-] craftsmen to build them day and night, and order them to Within two months, [-] pairs will be produced, and you just train me with [-] recruits."

"No problem, I will use the cruelest training methods to ensure that they are qualified!"

Speaking of this, Liu Hu asked cautiously again: "Is it going to hit Dihu?"

Liu Jing smiled slightly, "Who said you are stupid, you are really mistaken, you are smarter than anyone else!"

Since the seizure of Longxi, Qishan Road has become a busy road for business travelers. Although it is the end of January, the ice and snow in Qishan Road have not melted, and the road is still extremely difficult. Trekking and running on the covered Qishan Road, they trafficked furs, medicinal materials and livestock from Longyou to central Shu, and trafficked silk, porcelain and various daily necessities from central Sichuan to Longxi and Liangzhou.

At noon that day, a large-scale caravan came up Qishan North Road. In fact, there were not many people, only about [-] people. It was because they trafficked thousands of war horses that they appeared to be large. Carrying a double carp flag means that this is the caravan of Dow Trading Company.

The Tao family is no longer an ordinary merchant, but transformed into a military merchant. The so-called military merchant is a merchant who specializes in serving the Han army, including transporting supplies, handling spoils, transporting prisoners of war, etc., and the profits are extremely high.

In Jingzhou, the Tao family controls a huge Yangtze River fleet, specializing in iron ore and grain transportation and trading. In fact, it also serves the military. For this reason, both brothers Tao Sheng and Tao Li have official identities. Sheng was granted the title of Marquis of the Township and the title of Doctor Censor.

Tao Li was granted the title of Marquis of Ting and the post of school lieutenant. Although they were all vain positions, they were all official identities. The caravan from Liangzhou was led by Tao Li. He went to Liangzhou to buy horses for the army, but actually went to carry out the secret mission Liu Jing entrusted to him, contacting the Qiang people to jointly attack Dihu.

The envoy of King Qiang also went south with Tao Li. The envoy was a man in his thirties, that is, Jiang Wei’s father, Jiang Jiong, who fled Chang’an with the son of King Qiang. Wang Zhiming went to meet Liu Jing to discuss the specific matter of attacking Dihu.

The team was in a hurry, but at this moment, several Qiang cavalry guards rushed over and shouted: "A large group of unknown bandits are chasing from behind, hurry up!"

Tao Li was taken aback, how could there be bandits on Qishan Road, Jiang Jiong reacted very quickly, immediately understood, and said anxiously: "It's not some bandits, it must be the Di people who came to intercept us."

Tao Li suddenly became anxious, he hurriedly said: "This place is fifty miles away from the nearest Shangang Valley, how can we make it in time?"

"Escape before it's too late, or die here!"

Jiang Xiong urged the horses to flee, Tao Li also hurriedly galloped on the horses, more than a dozen men urged the horses to run, followed by ten Qiang cavalry in the rear.

At this time, there was a thunderous sound of horseshoes, and soon, a black mass of chasing cavalry appeared in the distance. The speed was so fast that there were hundreds of them. They killed the ten Qiang cavalry who were lagging behind, and accelerated their pursuit.

These people are all wearing thick black leather robes, leather caps, and holding bows and arrows and spears. They are just like the Qishan horse bandits in the past, but the Qishan horse bandits have long been wiped out by the Han army. The Dihu cavalry came, and their targets were Tao Li and the Qiang King's envoy Jiang Jiong.

The leader, General Di Hu, saw the cavalry in front of him from a distance, he grinned grinningly, and shouted: "Catch up and kill them!"