In the spring of March, the grass grows and the warbler flies, the birds sing and the flowers are fragrant, and a convoy appears outside the plain city. On both sides of the official road, farmers are busy. It is a good time to sow seeds, but I dare not delay the agricultural time.

The convoy walked slowly, and when it reached a fork in the road, it stopped. At this fork in the road, there are several large trees, and under the trees, there is a grass shed. Travelers from the south to the north often choose to stop here.

At this time, in this grass shed, more than ten people gathered in twos and threes, drinking hot water, eating, and chatting with each other. Liu Bei walked out of the carriage. The guards behind him immediately leaned in. Liu Bei waved his hand and let them disperse, but he walked in with great interest.

He returned from a tour of the north. Because this year's preparations are still in Chang'an and preparing for the southern expedition, he wants to take a look at the situation in the north. All the way from Youzhou to Bingzhou, the grassland was calm, and the attached Hu people saw his car, knelt on the ground, and did not dare to raise their voices. Liu Bei was very satisfied with this, he didn't want to be in the south when he was going south, and suddenly there was news of Hu people making trouble in the north. Now it seems that the two states are doing a good job in this regard.

For the Hu people, Liu Bei gave two instructions: for those who dared to resist, kill them all; For those who surrender to the inside,Good students are placed,And do everything you can to induce them to be sinicized.。

For the sinicization of the Hu people, in fact, the Han people are very good. Ma Qian of Taishi Company likes to find ancestors for all kinds of Hu people, saying that you are also Zhuxia. This repeated brainwashing, after a long time, even Hu Ren himself believed it. Then slowly let them change their customs and start to speak Chinese, write Chinese characters, wear Hanfu, and become diehard loyalists of Chinese civilization. Historically, many Hu people have quietly integrated into the Han people.

And the attached one, Liu Bei divided it into two types. One is to voluntarily leave the tribe and move into the interior to farm and raise horses, which is basically the easiest to sinicize. You can divide the field and the land. The other is to live with the tribe and herd horses for the Han people. This can be sinicized.,But at the same time, you have to be vigilant.。 They can be arranged to live in the border area, let them defend the border for themselves, and put the officials under surveillance. These people must not be allowed into the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Those who are not of my race will have different hearts. Are there still few lessons from history? Many Hu people were thoroughly assimilated by the Han Chinese. At the same time, there were many Hu people who only submitted temporarily. When the Han people were strong, they bowed down to the dust and hid their minions. When the Han people were weak, they showed their brutal nature. Such a person is not worth believing at all.

After inspecting Youzhou and the two states, Liu Bei ignored Kong Rong's request to inspect Chang'an City from the state and Guanzhong, but returned to Qingzhou from Jizhou. Along the way, I observed the people's customs and customs, and today I arrived outside the plain city in Qingzhou. The journey was tiring, and although Liu Bei was sitting in the carriage, he also felt quite tired. I happened to see the busy farm outside, and I had the idea of resting.

Liu Beijing entered the store and exclaimed, "Shop! ”

The owner of this grass hut is an old man, and when he heard the sound, he came out from the inside, and when he saw Liu Bei's extraordinary bearing, he knew that he was not an ordinary person, so he hurriedly welcomed him inside, and said with a smile: "Your guests, please sit down, what do you need, just ask." ”

Liu Bei said with a smile: "The store has a lot of food, just come up." But don't drink alcohol, just give me cold boiled water. ”

After a while, a few naan cakes and some snacks were served. Liu Bei drank cold boiled water with a smile, and two guards sat opposite.

When everyone in the grass shed saw that Liu Bei also brought guards, they knew that they were only afraid that they would be rich or expensive. For a while, the voice of the speaker couldn't help but be quieter. However, the Han Dynasty did not sin against others, especially ordinary people. As long as you don't lie to the public, no one will care about you. So it was only a moment before the voices began to sound again.

"Brother Zhao, do you think the imperial court will go south this year?"

"Probably not, Yan and Henan were only collected last year, and the imperial court hasn't had time to rectify it, so it's a southern expedition, can you afford it?"

"That's not necessarily, Lao Zhao, in the past few years, the north has harvested year after year, and the imperial court has enough food, do you say that the general doesn't want to use force against the south?"

"Alas, there are soldiers everywhere, how innocent are the people!"

"Hey, Brother Li, don't pretend here, the big war is together, you businessmen, won't you be able to open your mouth again."

"Brother Zhao, I just want to earn a few hard-earned money. Don't mention it. By the way, I heard that the Chang'an Palace has been renovated, and the Son of Heaven will return to Chang'an this year. When the time comes, it will be miserable. ”

"I've already bought a shop in Chang'an, haha, this is called the first strike."

"Alas, you said that the general is still in Chang'an, not Luoyang, doesn't he really have that kind of mind?"

"Hey, are you stupid? The general is also a descendant of the authentic Liu family, and even if he has that thought, it is normal. If there is no him, this country still doesn't know who the surname is. Even if the general wants to ascend the throne and become the Son of Heaven now, I am also in favor of it. ”

"Are you in favor of having an egg? Are you the Three Princes and Nine Ministers or the Minister of the County, and you need your consent to major events in the world? ”

From state affairs, to gossip, to parents, Liu Bei listened quietly. It is the voices of these ordinary people and the people under his rule that allows him to accurately grasp the hearts of the people. also let him know that he has done at least a good job over the years, and he has not made the people feel disgusted.

It's just that that's not enough. He still has a lot of work to do in order to restore production in an all-round way and to go all out to emancipate the social productive forces. Time is running out, he is already in his forties. Now is the time for him to do his business with energy. He's got to seize every second.

After sitting for a while, Liu Bei prepared to leave. The convoy stretched out and headed towards Plains City. When he arrived outside the city of Pingyuan, only Wang Lang, the prime minister of Pingyuan, greeted him at the gate of the city.

Wang Lang greeted Liu Bei's car and whispered outside the carriage: "General, Wang Shuo of the Plains is seriously ill and can't go out to greet him." ”

Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly asked Wang Lang to get in the car and ask.

Liu Shuo, the younger brother of Emperor Huan of Han. More than 40 years ago, he was named the king of the plains by Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, lived in Boling, inherited the incense of his father Liu Yi, and guarded the cemetery of his father Liu Yi. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he fled to his own food plain, where he has stayed ever since.

Liu Shuo is in his early seventies, and he usually drinks like his life, so it is a miracle that he can survive until now. This time I was traveling with my concubine, I was exposed to the spring cold, and I have been bedridden since I returned to the city, and my condition has been good and bad. He refused to follow the doctor's instructions to recuperate. It's time to eat, it's time to drink. I'm going to force myself to try it at night. Even a miracle doctor can't save him. In the past few days, the condition has suddenly worsened. The doctor said that he was terminally ill and that the medicine stone could not be saved.

Liu Bei listened, and after bathing in the city, the first thing he did was to go to the Plains Palace to visit Liu Shuo. Liu Shuo can be said to be the oldest old man in the current clan. Emperor Huan of Han had only two younger brothers. One is Liu Shuo, and the other is Liu Kui, the king of Bohai. Liu Kui was falsely accused of rebellion during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and committed suicide unjustly. Now Liu Shuo is alive.

And Liu Shuo is also very miserable, in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, his wives and concubines and children died and scattered. In history, this year, after Liu Shuo's death, because he had no heirs to inherit the incense, Cao Cao abolished the Plains Kingdom.

Liu Bei met Liu Shuo. This old man, with a white beard, was groggy and waiting for death on his couch. Hearing that Liu Bei was coming, I couldn't help but perk up. As soon as he turned his eyes, after seeing Liu Bei, a few lines of turbid tears dripped down. He stretched out his hand as thin as a chicken's claw and stretched out it to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei hurriedly lay down beside the couch, held Liu Shuo's hand, and said softly: "Does the King of the Plains have something to order?" ”

Liu Shuo struggled and said: "Xuande, I have only been wine-colored in my life, when I am old, I can't imagine that my children will die before me, I have a life expectancy of seventy, and I am not afraid of death, I am afraid that after death, I will have no face to see my imperial brother." If he were to ask me how the Plains King had become an heir, how would I answer? After that, the old tears rolled down his eyes.