This winter, Cao Ren mobilized heavy troops to surround Huarong. Zang Ba led troops to attack Anlu, and Xiahou Yuan attacked Xiling. The four northern counties of Jiangxia changed hands, and Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu immediately felt the pressure.

The security zone of the strategic buffer is further compressed. Before, Cao Jun couldn't step into Jiangxia, but now the Nanyang soldiers are here, and the Yuzhou soldiers are also here. Cao Jun's troops have all appeared in Anlu.

Fortunately, Sun Ce did not let Jiangxia's important ministers wait long, and first Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai led six thousand elite soldiers to come. Then, Xu Sheng and Pan Zhang led 20,000 sailors to help in the battle.

was able to free up another 20,000 soldiers and horses, or Sun Ce accepted the persuasion of Zhang Hong, Gu Yong, Lu Su and others, made a table to the Qingzhou court, and bowed to the northern bigwigs in a subordinate tone.

Speaking of which, here in Yangzhou, in addition to asking the court for canonization, he will call himself a minister, when will he take the initiative to report to the court at other times?

However, although Sun Ce is young and vigorous, he is not a reckless person, he must bow his head when he should bow his head, Liu Bei is a strong man in the north, although he disagrees with it on the surface, he is still convinced in his heart. People have built such a foundation with their bare hands, and they have forcibly put the divided dynasty together again. He is also ashamed of this achievement.

Liu Bei received Sun Ce's recital and smiled at Xun Yu and the others: "The young tiger has bowed his head." Okay, go to Yunchang, and don't embarrass Sun Ce, let Sun Ce let go and fight with Cao Ren and compete in Jingzhou. It doesn't matter who wins or loses, it's their strength that is consumed. It is good for our army to seize Yuzhou with all their hearts. ”

When Xun Yu, Jia Xu and others heard this, they couldn't help laughing. Of course it should be. The two families were fighting, and they were happiest when they sat next to them and watched the excitement. Now Sun Ce is worried that he can't beat him, and they have to help. It is best that the two families are evenly matched in Jingzhou, and they will lose both sides. That's the joy of people.

So there were left and right letters and sent them to Xuzhou.

After saying this, Liu Bei said again: "This year's case has been completed, what is the situation?" ”

Hearing this, Xun Yu stood up, bowed his hand to Liu Bei, and said: "Lord, the statistical table has been released, the number of households in all states, counties and counties has increased by more than 30,000 compared with last year, and the fields have increased by 100,000 mu compared with last year. ”

Liu Bei listened, and secretly said in his heart, he has been fighting in the past few years, and the mortality rate is still too high compared with the new population. It seems that it is still necessary to speed up reunification. By next year, when the data of Yanzhou and Yuzhou are also included, the numbers are estimated to be much better.

Well, in the Han Dynasty, officials would also whitewash the numbers for the sake of political achievements. In ancient times, when officials wanted to be promoted, they also had to speak on the basis of their political achievements. This would disregard economic development. Then we can only talk about things in terms of population, land, education, public security, and so on.

In ancient times, the population growth, well, during the Taiping years, the growth would naturally be fast. But to catch up with the famine year, let alone growth, those who lost their land and sold themselves into slavery, those who couldn't survive as homeless, those who fled into the mountains to resist taxes, and those who had the courage to act as thieves...... At this time, in order to whitewash the peace and performance, it is necessary to change the numbers.

Otherwise, everyone else is in a good situation, and if you engage in negative growth here, doesn't it mean that the Son of Heaven is immoral and the minister is incompetent? Are you still going to be ashamed?

After Liu Bei knew about this situation, he was also confused, the Han Dynasty actually had this kind of divine operation? Later, when I learned about it in detail, let alone this, the wise and martial Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty couldn't avoid this kind of thing. Bureaucrats, there will always be a way to deal with the above. Of course, if you can hide it, you can hide it. I can't hide it, what should I do if I am discovered by the assassination history or the imperial history?

If you run into a cool official, you can only complain about your life. When you meet a good emperor, at most, you will go to work. The cost is not high, and the risk is not too large. So this business has continued to the present. It's become an unspoken rule that I know by heart.

Liu Bei didn't spare his hands to engage in audit work for a while. The protection of officials and officials is not a joke in this era. The world has not yet been unified, and the four seas are still divided. Nor does he intend to carry out a major internal rectification movement. When the water is clear, there are no fish. He is still clear about this truth. So for the time being, I can only turn a blind eye.

After all, the situation is really complicated, and he won't be able to start for a while. If he really wants to send someone to conduct an audit, he is afraid that his territory will be in chaos immediately.

As for the fields, they are fine for now, although the local landlords will not stop annexing the land. But because of the war, a large number of landlords died. Therefore, a lot of ownerless land was taken back by Liu Bei, and then distributed to the soldiers under his command according to his military merits. It is tantamount to the redistribution of interests, and a new group of landlords has been created. Of course, now he Liu Bei is the biggest landlord in the north.

His land was distributed to many people for cultivation free of charge, and he did not charge rent, but just let them pay the emperor's grain according to the rule of thirty taxes and one day. In addition, the title deeds of these lands are still in his hands. It is forbidden to buy or sell these fields.

Liu Bei's division of land has brought great positive effects to the stability of the north, and the so-called people with constant production have perseverance. Only when there are a large number of yeoman farmers can this society be considered stable. Otherwise, they are all landlords, tenants, and slaves, what else do you want him to do?

In addition, the government organized the reclamation of wasteland, and most of them were divided, so as to attract the homeless hermits who fled to the mountains......

Thinking about it, Liu Bei felt a little headache, there were too many things. Although he has a lot of talents and manpower in all aspects, many affairs are piled up, and he still feels too busy to make decisions.

Although he has been growing up step by step over the years, he still thinks that it is easiest to go out to fight with the army than to deal with government affairs.

It's just that as his status grows higher, it is impossible to raise troops to fight again. Many people's hopes for the future are pinned on him. Now, as long as he proposes to pro-enlist, I am afraid that he will immediately receive countless objections.

In addition to government affairs, family affairs also gave him a headache, and several children were growing up and becoming sensible. Don't ask some strange things every day, the boss still likes to take a few small ones and run to the academy. Of course, it's nothing to run to the academy, but what is the matter with going to the Gewu Academy every day?

Although Liu Bei didn't think there was anything wrong with his son being a master craftsman, others didn't allow it. Especially when there is His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhongshan in it, this is even more inappropriate in the eyes of Confucianism.

The prince can be interested in things, but at this age, shouldn't he learn more Confucian knowledge, lay a good foundation, and don't lose his mind by playing things?

The number of people who sued was wave after wave. But under the banner of me being good for His Royal Highness the Prince, Liu Bei could only stare dryly. Of course, it's okay to go back to the backyard and teach your own children, but the children are also learning to be well-behaved now, as long as they flatten their mouths, the child's grandmother will come out.

Mrs. Liu doesn't care what kind of Zhongshan king Liu Bei is, what kind of general. She only knows that her grandson is the most important. Of course, the lesson is terrible, and there is another bad thing that is, where does Liu Bei sleep at night. hit the child, and the child is not happy.