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Seeing Zhao Yun's solemn expression, Liu Jing nodded, "There are too many people here, let's go and leave the account. (The update is the fastest and most stable)"

The two came to sit down in another big tent, at this time there were only Liu Jing and Zhao Yun in the tent, even so, Zhao Yun was still very cautious, and said cautiously: "His Royal Highness, it is best to transfer Liao Hua back to Hexi. "

Liu Jing was taken aback by this sentence, and he immediately realized that Zhao Yun was actually implying that he should be careful of Ma Chao. Did Ma Chao do something in Hexi?From the feedback Liu Jing has received so far, Ma Chao did not do anything out of the ordinary in Hexi. Of course, he may not have discovered it.

But Zhao Yun is cautious and never speaks ill of anyone. Today he reminded himself for the first time to be careful of Ma Chao. Something must have happened. Liu Jing immediately asked: "What happened?"

Zhao Yun took out a letter and handed it to Liu Jing, "This is a private letter from Juyan County Magistrate Li to His Highness, the eldest son of the Li family in Li Longxi, Your Highness, please take a look."

Liu Jing opened the letter, in which he accused Ma Chao of suppressing the Li family. The Li family originally bought a large piece of land on the south bank of the Zhangye River from the Qiang king Nangongsuo, and planned to reclaim it as farmland. So he no longer recognized the deal, robbed Li's farmland, and turned them into pastures again. Li was furious and sued Ma Chao, but Ma Chao favored the Qiang people and refused to recognize the deal between the Li family and Nangong Suo.

Judging from the content of the letter, the problem is not very serious. After Nangong Suo Han's enemy was defeated by the Han army, it is reasonable for Ma Chao not to admit Nangong Suo's deal. Zhao Yun will never use this incident to imply that Ma Chao is not Sure, there are other reasons.

"Is there anything wrong with going to Hexi this time?" Liu Jing asked quietly.

"It went well when I went, but I encountered a little trouble when I came back."

"What's the trouble?"

"The Qiang people in Hexi are really different from those in Longxi. The Qiang people in Longxi are low-key, gentle, pay taxes and pay taxes, and get along well with the Han people in Longxi. However, the Qiang people in Hexi seem a little A little ostentatious."

"How do they show off?"

Zhao Yun sighed and said, "When our team reached Zhangye, some scouts found that two groups of Qiang cavalry with more than [-] men were approaching us. Several Qiang chiefs stopped us and asked to leave half of the population, cattle and sheep behind. .”

Liu Jing's expression darkened immediately, and he asked coldly, "What about Ma Chao's attitude?"

"Beizhi immediately sent someone to notify Dudu Ma to come to deal with it, but when he got the news, Dudu Ma went to Jiuquan to inspect. Fortunately, he brought [-] cavalry and immediately put on a posture to attack the Qiang people. The Qiang people were forced to withdraw, and we were able to Leave Hexi."

At this point, Zhao Yun said worriedly: "I feel that the Qiang people in Hexi have not changed much compared to before the Han army took over Hexi, and they are even stronger. Of course, I may think too much about the humble position."

"boom!"

Liu Jing slapped the table hard and stood up abruptly. He almost couldn't contain the anger in his heart. Zhao Yun tried his best to downplay the matter, but Liu Jing could still feel the tension at that time. 30 Huns and millions of cattle Sheep are of course huge wealth, but the Han army fought bloody battles and defeated Liu Qubei for the war dividends. The Qiang people want to compete with the Han army for these wealth, which is simply audacious.

However, Ma Chao went to Jiuquan at this critical moment. Even if he was not instigating behind the scenes, he deliberately stayed out of the matter. At first, in order to stabilize Hexi, Liu Jing specially appointed Ma Chao, who had a high prestige among the Qiang people, as the governor of Hexi. Instead of implementing his own strategy of making the Han strong and the Qiang weak, he supported the Qiang people, which gradually increased the power of the Qiang people in Hexi.

This made Liu Jing quite dissatisfied, but seeing the Han-Hungarian war, Liu Jing temporarily endured this dissatisfaction and prepared for the Huns with all his strength. In the ensuing Lingzhou raid, Ma Chao and the Qiang people worked very hard, especially at 10 taels. Regarding the ownership of the gold, Ma Chao ordered Liao Hua to be sent back to Chang'an overnight, which slightly eased Liu Jing's dissatisfaction with him.

But this time Zhao Yun's report finally made Liu Jing a little bit unbearable. It seems that putting Ma Chao in Hexi was indeed a big mistake of his own. Although Hexi was temporarily stabilized, in the long run, it left another hidden danger. I also underestimated Ma Chao's ambition.

Zhao Yun saw Liu Jing's anger, but when he decided not to move Ma Chao now, he hastily persuaded him, "Your Highness, although something unpleasant happened in Hexi, it is not to the point of changing the sky. I just remind Your Highness to be careful. Take precautions, we will carry out the Hefei campaign in a few months, this is the top priority of the overall situation."

Liu Jing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, trying to calm himself down. Zhao Yun is doing well, the battle in Hefei is imminent, and there must be no trouble in the rear. He not only needs to guard against Ma Chao, but also needs to stabilize Ma Chao.

Thinking of this, Liu Jing said slowly: "It's not appropriate to transfer Liao Hua back to Hexi. I plan to promote Ma Dai to the rank of partial general, and appoint him as the captain of Wuwei. Together with Leng Bao, he will lead the [-] Han cavalry to garrison Wuwei County."

Zhao Yun gave a thumbs up. This is a very clever move. Although Ma Dai is the younger brother of Ma Chao, he is loyal to Han. Once Ma Chao has a different heart, Ma Dai will not help Ma Chao, but will also restrain Ma Chao from going eastward. Offensive, more importantly, to increase the number of Han troops stationed in Hexi, which is also a deterrent to the Qiang people.

Liu Jing thought for a while and asked, "How many supplies have you stored in the official warehouse in Zhangye City?"

"His Royal Highness, the main items are gold, red gold and Wuzhuqian. Among them, there are about 15 taels of gold, about 40 catties of red gold, and countless Wuzhuqian. There are at least several hundred large boxes."

Liu Jing nodded, and immediately ordered: "The gold must be transported back to Guanzhong immediately, but you can distribute the red gold and five baht coins to the various tribes of the Qiang people, so as to appease them first, and then settle accounts with them later."

"Follow your orders!"

Zhao Yun hurriedly went to make arrangements, Liu Jing pondered for a moment, then found another guard, he handed the letter from Juyan County Magistrate Li to the guard, and told him: "You can go to Hexi overnight, and hand over this letter face to face. Governor Ma!"

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Danri is also called "Zhengdan", that is, today's Spring Festival. Regardless of whether it is still in the Han Dynasty, Zhengdan is the most important festival of the year. On this day, the whole family worships the ancestors. , must be rushed back home. Today, the ancestor worship ceremony has disappeared, and it has gradually evolved into a family reunion.

Zhengdan drinks winter wine, elders drink pepper and cypress wine, and children give lucky money. Many families also have the custom of keeping the year old. Throwing a pot of arrows, spending the day happily, welcoming the arrival of Zhengdan.

Liu Jing finally rushed back to Chang'an on the afternoon of New Year's Eve. This year, the annual mausoleum sacrifice ceremony was officially canceled, but the family sacrifices of every household will still be held. This year, Liu Jing and Liu Hu will still hold the ancestor worship ceremony in the family temple. It is arranged at the third quarter of the first day of the first lunar month.

The night was getting late, and in the main hall of the back house of the Dajia Palace, Liu Jing and Liu Hu's family gathered together to drink and watch the New Year, laughing and laughing, waiting for the clock to ring.

The hall was brightly lit, and a family of more than a dozen people sat around. In addition to Liu Jing's four wives and five children, Liu Hu, his three wives, two daughters and one son were also sitting in the hall. In addition, Tao Zhan ordered someone to invite Qiao Xuan and Da Qiao to celebrate the new year with their whole family.

The lobby was full of laughter and laughter, everyone was drinking and chatting. The eldest son Liu Zhi and Liu Hu's eldest son Liu Qiang sat on one side and played with scorpions, while Liu Zhu and Liu Hu's two daughters were on the other side throwing arrow pots for fun.

Everyone was drinking and chatting, and the topic unknowingly came to Hun women. Tao Zhan also heard some rumors, and asked her husband with a smile: "Husband, we all heard that you demolished mandarin ducks in Qi County, and many Hun women knelt in front of you. I beg you to let them reunite with their husbands, but you firmly refuse, are these all rumors?"

Liu Jing took a sip from his wine glass, shook his head and said, "This is not a rumor, but it is true, it is completely true."

Sun Shangxiang next to him said in surprise: "Fu Lang, don't you just break up other people's couples?"

But Liu Hu knew the truth, he smiled from the sidelines and said: "Your brother and sister don't know, His Highness separated the husband and wife and forbade the concubines of the Huns to reunite with their husbands. As far as I know, those women are only attached to the Huns. The real wives of the Huns have all been sent to reunite with their husbands, and His Highness is actually doing it for their own good."

Tao Zhan still didn't understand, and asked Liu Jing, "How can my husband be good to them?"

Liu Jing took another sip, but glanced at Da Qiao from the corner of his eyes, seeing that she was looking at him intently, as if waiting for his answer, he smiled and said: "It's very simple, these Hun men are all prisoners of war. Within three years, they will be registered as slaves, and no slaves are allowed to marry concubines, and the Huns can only get enough food and rice for a day's work, and they can barely make ends meet. How can they raise wives, concubines and a lot of children? Well, instead of these women going to starve, suffer from cold, and live a life of extreme poverty, it’s better to remarry to a wealthy family and have someone to rely on for the rest of their lives, don’t you?”

Da Qiao's face was slightly hot, she was extremely sensitive, she felt that Liu Jing's words were directed at her, she bit her lip lightly, then smiled slightly: "Your Highness's words must have some truth, but there is no Completely correct."

Liu Jing suddenly became interested and asked her, "What's wrong?"

"My Highness doesn't know women well. She thinks that every woman is realistic and wants to live a comfortable life. Actually, no, many women don't care how she lives? How she eats? They don't care whether they have beautiful houses , or an expensive screen, she actually prefers to eat chaff and vegetables with the man she loves, and be in love with each other."

After that, Da Qiao stared deeply at Liu Jing with her bright beautiful eyes. Her words made everyone laugh, and Tao Zhan nodded and said, "Well done Da Qiao, your husband is indeed a bit too sexy, no matter what Poor woman's own thoughts."

Liu Jing was silent, and after a while he slowly said to Da Qiao: "At least I hope they can understand my painstaking efforts."

At this moment, a bell sounded faintly in the distance, and the children immediately cheered. The 21st year of Jian'an finally arrived. Liu Jing got up and smiled at everyone: "The family temple will be sacrificed next, everyone follow me to the family temple!"

Everyone got up one after another, Liu Jing and Liu Hu rushed to the family temple first, at this time, Tao Zhan saw that Qiao Xuan was too drunk, and was helped by the servants to the guest room to sleep, she smiled at Da Qiao: "Why don't you also follow me, sister?" Let's go together!"

Da Qiao hesitated for a moment, glanced at Liu Jing quickly, lowered his head and said in a low voice: "You worship your ancestors, what am I going to do?"

Tao Zhan likes Da Qiao very much. Da Qiao's gentle and elegant temperament, as well as her tolerant and understanding character, are somewhat similar to Tao Zhan. Da Qiao has always had the best relationship with Tao Zhan since he was in Chang'an for several months.

Tao Zhan stepped forward to hold her arm, and said with a smile, "We still need a priest, so you can do it!"

Da Qiao was helpless, she saw that Liu Jing had already gone first, so she nodded, "I used to be a priest in Jiangdong, since eldest sister is so kind to invite me, I will give it a try!"