Chapter 1 Danger lurks in the fifteenth section Li Hong took a turn in Jinyang City, and then went to the Mansion of General Gotian Zhonglang.

The principal officials of the Mintun District in Jinzhong gave a detailed account of the matter of fallow land next year. Considering that the current scourge of the Yellow Turbans is becoming more and more serious, it is difficult to ensure that Jizhou will have sufficient surplus grain to supply northern Xinjiang next year, so the Hussar General's Mansion has suggested several times that the Hussar General's Mansion reformulate the fallow policy, plant as much more fields as possible to alleviate the crisis of grain shortage in Jinzhong, and then implement a fallow rotation system ranging from one year to three years on this basis.

The proceedings went on for a long time. For dinner, Li Hong and the officials of Hutian Mansion ate together, that is, simple noodles and vegetable soup.

During the banquet, Li Hong was very emotional and said a lot of words of thanks to the officials. In today's difficult and unbearable situation of the Han Dynasty, the northern Xinjiang can tenaciously persevere, can ensure that more than 3 million people can barely survive, can ensure that more than 100,000 border troops can defend the border fortress, can ensure that there is no rebellion of displaced people in the northern Xinjiang, and you have made great contributions.

When the Tuntian officials saw Li Hong wearing shabby leather armor and combat boots, sitting with them eating simple coarse food with relish, and saying words of thanks over and over again, they were very happy and comforted.

Li Hong is now the emperor of the Han Dynasty, not only is he a high and powerful person, but he also has 8,000 households, but he is still the same as in the past, dressed simply and shabbyly, eats the same food as the soldiers, and lives in the same military tents as the soldiers.

There is a joke among the wealthy men of Jinyang that among the great generals of the Great Han Kingdom, Wei Qing of the Xiaowu Emperor Dynasty is considered to be very poor.

But today there is an even poorer one. Wei Qing still has a house, but Li Hong doesn't even have a place to live, and he is extremely poor.

This kind of person is an idiot. Li Hong didn't think so after hearing this. There are really a lot of idiots like this in the Great Han Kingdom.

When the former Taiwei Qiao Xuan died, the family had no money for the funeral, and it was Yuan Fengyang who gave a few old friends to pay for his burial.

The former left chariot cavalry general Huangfu Song eats and lives like the soldiers, and the food and food are also donated. His residence in Luoyang was rewarded by the first emperor, otherwise his family would not know where to live.

During his tenure as pastor of Jizhou, the people of Jizhou sang songs to praise him, and the world knew it. Former Jingzhao Yin Gaixun used to sell his wealth to help the homeless when he was in Xiliang, but he became a poor egg.

Taifu Liu Yu's virtue is very famous in the court, but his reputation is accompanied by a lifetime of poverty.

In the past, Li Hong thought that he also accepted bribes, but later learned that Liu Yu used this method to get money, and then donated the money to the government treasury to help the displaced people or give gifts to the Hu tribe.

There are still a certain number of officials like Qiao Xuan, Liu Yu, and Gai Xun who are dedicated to serving the people and having a clean breeze in the Han Kingdom, and there are also many generals like Huangfu Song who share weal and woe with the soldiers.

Li Hong once said at the meeting of the northern Xinjiang provinces that the great Sima (Liu Yu) wore cloth clothes and went barefoot to farm the land in Youzhou, and some of us here complained that their salaries were less and their official uniforms were old.

I don't understand, you have studied the scriptures and etiquette all your life, have you learned them all in vain? Could it be that the saints of the past taught you to be men and govern the country?

Is it the saints who tell you in the scriptures how to enjoy yourself? How to go about getting something for nothing? How to get corrupt?

How to kill and loot people? Some people scolded Li Hong for being hypocritical, ambitious, and pretentious. Some people also scolded Li Hong for being a barbarian, in addition to killing people or killing people.

However, in the eyes of some people, no matter what Li Hong's purpose is for living in the Hu tent, it can at least show that Li Hong currently has the intention of sharing weal and woe with the northern Xinjiang, which is countless times better than his fine clothes, building mansions, and doing all the extravagant things.

After all, most of the officials in Northern Xinjiang have a conscience, they are loyal to the Han Kingdom and loyal to the Son of Heaven, Li Hong's words and deeds undoubtedly tell them that this person is trustworthy, his virtue is worthy of praise, and his majesty is worthy of respect, which makes them gradually trust and accept Li Hong, and are willing to defend the dangerous Northern Xinjiang with him.

For the sake of Sheji and the people, many people have been working diligently and conscientiously in northern Xinjiang for several years, silently dedicating their meager strength.

Without these people, Li Hong and Zhao Qi would have three heads and six arms, and they would not be able to defend the northern frontier and maintain and push the northern frontier forward with great difficulty.

Li Hong, as usual, was humble and peaceful, which made many Tuntian officials who were familiar with him dare to speak their minds freely.

At this meeting, for the first time, a proposal was put forward to streamline the border army. There are currently 120,000 border troops in northern Xinjiang, and another 40,000 iron cavalry will be built in the next few years, but it will be difficult for the imperial court to turn over in the next few years, and there will not be a single money to send to northern Xinjiang.

It is simply impossible to rely on Northern Xinjiang's own strength to support such a huge border army expenditure. This year, there is a financial gap of one billion yuan in northern Xinjiang, but because the imperial court has allocated all the funds for the tuntian in northern Xinjiang for ten years, northern Xinjiang can use this money to temporarily support it.

This year has passed, but what about next year? And the year after? If the issue of military resources for the border army cannot be resolved, northern Xinjiang is bound to be quickly dragged down by it.

From the perspective of Tuntian in northern Xinjiang, the officials in Tuntian were unwilling for Li Hong to misappropriate the Tuntian funds to the border army, so that the northern Xinjiang Tuntian would fall short, which Li Hong could understand, but what could Li Hong do if he did not embezzle the Tuntian funds?

The issue of military resources for border armies is one of the biggest problems plaguing northern Xinjiang. At present, the military expenditure in northern Xinjiang has been greatly reduced, the salaries of non-commissioned officers have been reduced by 30 percent, the time for the army to replace ordnance has also been extended, and the repair of important passes has been stopped, but this is the case, the 120,000 army still needs to spend at least 800 million yuan a year.

800 million money, Li Hong, who had lost the support of the imperial court, could only shake his head and smile bitterly when he heard this number, helpless.

He now deeply felt why there were only 2,000 border troops in Lulongsai when he fought the Great War.

If there is no money to pay the military salary, where will the soldiers come from? In order to get more money, the officers secretly cut the number of non-commissioned officers to eat the empty quota, and as a result, the border troops became smaller and smaller, and they became more and more vulnerable.

In the past, the northern and southern armies of Gyeonggi were generally maintained at 50,000, but after Dong Zhuo took office, it was expanded to 120,000 (100,000 in the north and 20,000 in the south).

No matter how rich Dong Zhuo is, he can't afford to support the military of the 120,000 army for a long time, so he, like Li Hong, will soon be unable to protect himself.

Although the imperial court has allowed Northern Xinjiang to mint money independently, can this money be minted casually? If there is more money, less food, and a shortage of other materials, prices will skyrocket, and finally northern Xinjiang will collapse.

In addition, even if Northern Xinjiang wants to mint money, it must have enough copper, but the current copper production in Northern Xinjiang is very low, and the amount of coinage is very limited.

The only way to do this is to reduce the number of troops, as in the past. It's not that Li Hong hasn't thought about this, but the desert has just been pacified, the border counties have just been recovered, and the Gyeonggi crisis has not shown signs of easing so far.

When Li Hong returned to the post house with a heavy heart, it was already late at night. Light rain and wind and snow are still chatting with the cracking wind.

Fengxue has been in a very good mood recently, and he is smiling every day. She came to a very strange place away from the desert, except for Li Hong and Xiaoyu, there was no relatives around, which made her very lonely.

The arrival of the eldest brother Cracking Wind gave her a lot of comfort and happiness. After Li Hong came back, the family talked and laughed happily for a while.

Splitting Tempest saw that it was not too early, and then got up to take his leave. Li Hong accompanied the crack wind to the courtyard. Crack Storm asked if there was going to be a war in Northern Xinjiang, he knew that he was not good at asking about this kind of national affairs, but he was going to leave in a few days, and this matter had been held in his heart, and he was really unhappy.

Li Hong smiled and shook his head,

"I have already told you, and I have also told Liu Bao and them, don't worry, as long as I am in the northern Xinjiang, the desert will be fine."

"Don't lie to me." Cracking Wind looked at Li Hong suspiciously and said,

"You really don't draw a soldier from the desert?" Li Hong stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and whispered: "For three years, I swear not to transfer a single soldier from the desert within three years." I can't promise that it will be too long, but I can promise it in three years. Crack Wind nodded and smiled, "If you say that, I'm relieved." Now the Huns are strong, Liu Bao and Liu Ming have fought a lot with you, all of them are fierce generals, if they take advantage of the lack of strength of our Xianbei people to suddenly attack, we can't stop it. You have 70,000 troops stationed in the north and south of Yinshan, and the Huns have this heart, but they don't have the courage. Three years, three years is enough, as long as there is no more snow in the desert like last year, we can barely recover and protect ourselves. Li Hong said with a smile: "I invited a few of you here this time just to warn you, don't think that if there is chaos in my Han country, you will have a chance." My Han will never give up the desert, the 70,000 border army is only temporary, and in the future, when my Han stabilizes, the border army will be expanded to at least 100,000, and there will be at least 50,000 iron cavalry. Last year, the desert suffered a snowstorm that was rare for decades, and if you follow the situation in the past, not only did you freeze to death more than half of the people and animals, but you also had to go south to fight in the spring, but what is the actual situation this year? My Han has successfully relieved the Hu tribes, saved many Hu people, helped you survive the harsh winter, and saved you from the suffering of war. How can the strength of my great man be resisted by a small tribe of yours? It is far better to be friends with us than to be enemies with us. You should feel it very deeply this time, right? Cracking Wind smiled faintly and asked worriedly, "The current situation in the Great Han Kingdom is so bad, are you sure to stabilize the situation?" ”

"As long as nothing happens in the desert, I have a way."

"Nothing happens in the desert?" Cracking Wind smiled bitterly,

"If you had left the Huns south of Yinshan, the situation in the desert would have been much better than now. After the first battle of Sunset Plains, our strength was greatly reduced, and then we suffered heavy disasters, especially in the northern and central Xianbei, and we struggled to survive. On the other hand, the Huns, who were less affected, received more and more timely relief because of their proximity to the border counties, so their strength was not only not diminished, but also slightly improved. Now the Huns are dominant in the desert and are a huge threat to everyone. If you don't believe it, ask the ink ci, the deer breaking the wind, ask the wind and sand, the foot of the building, and ask them what they are most worried about now? Li Hong smiled and said nothing, seemingly unimpressed by the words of the Split Wind.

Cracking Wind looked at him and said worriedly: "If there is another snow disaster in the desert this year, no matter how big or small, something will happen in the desert. Do you believe it or not? Li Hong's heart trembled, and the back of his head suddenly felt cold.

In the event of another snow disaster, it is impossible for northern Xinjiang to have enough food for relief in the desert, and those affected tribes who have no food will be even more vulnerable, and those tribes that have not been affected by the disaster or still have strength are bound to wait for an opportunity to attack.

The hatred between the Hu people for generations, coupled with the Hu people's nature of engulfing each other, wars are inevitable.

Even if there was a strong army in the desert that was strong enough to intimidate the Hu tribes, it would not be able to stop the fighting between the Hu tribes.

The brothers and sisters in the big family have to quarrel often, not to mention these Hu tribes who have a deep hatred like the sea.

If you want to be stable for a period of time, you need to think of more ways to formulate more strategies.

Li Hong and Crack Wind walked side by side on the silent path, silent. How can northern Xinjiang survive?

？ The next day, Li Hong was invited by Wang Rou to be a guest with Xu Rong, Zhang Yan, Li Wei, Zhu Mu and others.

After Li Hong arrived in northern Xinjiang, he never accepted the invitation of any gate lord family, which was the first time in the world.

Li Hong's move is undoubtedly to give a warning to the Hedong Gate Valve. In today's situation, whoever is willing to provide the greatest help to northern Xinjiang will be able to obtain greater benefits in northern Xinjiang.

In the early days of annexing Tuntian, Hedong Gate Lord, Chang'an Xu Ling, Lizhong and others gave Li Hong great assistance, but they immediately received a rich reward from the northern Xinjiang, but now they are not satisfied with this return, they become more and more greedy and unscrupulous.

Li Hong planned to use the Jinzhong Gate Valve to suppress and eliminate the threat brought to the north by the Hedong Gate Valve, and at the same time, he also wanted to use the Hedong Gate Valve to restrain and reduce the influence of the Jinzhong Gate Valve on the military and political affairs of Northern Xinjiang.

The mansion of the Wang family is located in the east of Jinyang City. The coast of Jinben covers an extremely wide area. There are earth mountains and gradually platforms, high corridors of cave gates, pavilions and pavilions that are in front of Zhoutong, flying beams and stones that cross the waterway, and there are many buildings that belong to Miwang, which is very magnificent.

Occasionally, there is a secluded pond flowing water, and strange flowers and plants are dotted among them, which makes people sigh that there is no lack of a little beauty and elegance in its simple and solemn atmosphere.

What particularly made Li Hong jaw-dropping was that on some of the cornices and corners, the column wall carvings were specially decorated with copper lacquer, and from a distance, they were yellow and clear, and they were extremely eye-catching.

Li Hong's heart ached, and quietly asked Zhang Yan beside him: "Brother Feiyan, why didn't you demolish this house when you occupied Jinyang?" It's all money. Zhang Yan laughed, helplessly approached Li Hong's ear, and whispered: "After we defeated Jinyang, Wang Rou and some other gate valves had already gone to Hedong. They removed everything in the house, everything they could dismantle, not even the windows. Except for the empty house, there was not even a ghost. Li Hong shook his head regretfully, pointed to a beautiful window carved with a cloud qi fairy spirit diagram, and sighed in a low voice: "This window sash is worth at least a thousand dollars." An ordinary farmer can't afford to buy a ...... for a year's land," Zhang Yan looked sad and sighed.

Li Wei stood in front of a four-story tower and lingered for a long time. Li Hong walked up to him, looked up at this magnificent building, and exclaimed: "This building can not only climb high and look far away, but also defend against the enemy." I don't know how much it costs to make such a tower? ”

"Lord Wang's mansion has been around for nearly a hundred years, and after several generations of construction, the amount of money spent must be very amazing." Li Wei smiled,

"I don't think it's a mansion anymore, it's a dock fort. You see, general, this tower, plus the high walls, corner towers, and pavilions that extend in all directions, if there is enough food and ordnance, it will not be a problem to hold it for several months. Li Hong looked at Li Wei in surprise and said in a low voice, "Zhong Yuan, if I use a stone thrower, I can blast it away in one day." Li Wei was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "General, we have that thing, but others don't have it." Li Hong smiled and asked, "Have you been to the Hedong Wei family?" How is it better than here? ”

"I've been there, and it's pretty much the same as here. These gate valves are extremely wealthy people in the Han Kingdom, with hundreds of slaves and servants in every family, dozens of wives and concubines in the back room, and in the deep hall, there are even more people who advocate and enjoy music, and they are extremely extravagant and lustful. Look at the clothes they are wearing, everyone is embroidered on their mattresses, and the fox is platinum, and then look at us, isn't it shabby? Li Wei pointed to the shabby leather armor on Li Hong's body, and laughed,

"When I left, I told you not to wear this thing, but you didn't listen. You see, the clothes worn by the servants of the royal family are worth more than your clothes. Li Hong's face was slightly red, and he said embarrassedly: "If you don't come next time, you should stay in the barracks and be ......" He looked around, lowered his voice and said,

"When I got to this place, I didn't feel comfortable. It's true that I'm poor, I'm embarrassed, I don't care. But I want to rob, do you think I was born to be a horse bandit? Li Wei was stunned for a moment, touched his chin, glanced at the tower, then shook his head and sneered,

"Grab the ......, it's not thorough, it's better to burn it." Li Hong nodded solemnly,

"Tear it down, it's a pity to burn it." The Wang family is a northern gatekeeper, and the ancestors are military generals, and most of the children in the family are both civil and military.

Whenever the autumn hunt is in the autumn, the children of the Wang family are the most prominent in the Jinyang area. The Wang family's healthy horses and hounds are second to none in northern Xinjiang.

Li Hong was not interested in the Wang family's horses, which could not be compared to his past mount, the Black Panther, and the wind and snow's mount, Feixue, and he was very interested in the Wang family's hunting dogs.

Originally, he wanted to ask for one, but when he saw Wang Rou triumphant, looking like the best dog in the world, he was angry and didn't want it.

At the noon banquet, Li Hong was an eye-opener, he couldn't imagine that there were such luxurious people in poor northern Xinjiang.

Li Hong remembered that when he spent the New Year in Luoyang, the first emperor feasted his ministers, which was the most luxurious, and then this time.

The table was filled with all kinds of eating and drinking utensils, lacquered, silver, and jade.

The slaves kept serving wine on the dishes, and Li Hong didn't know what the names of some dishes were, and some of them were served away before they even had time to taste them.

The sound of female music in the lobby is melodious, and the graceful dancers dazzle everyone.

Li Hong couldn't eat after two sips of wine. It's not that I don't want to eat, but I'm not in the mood to eat. He asked Li Wei in a low voice, isn't this female music only available to the royal family and the army?

How can these gate valves dare to violate the law and enjoy women's music privately. Li Wei almost squirted out a sip of wine,

"General, the law is the law, and extravagance is extravagance, these are two different things. The power of wealth has long shattered the law of etiquette, as long as you have great wealth, whether it is a prince or a wealthy businessman, no matter how much you enjoy luxury, it is not a crime. As early as the time of Emperor Xiaowen and Emperor Xiaowu, the wind of extravagance had spread excessively. After the general fled back to Dahan from Xianbei, he has been fighting on the battlefield, and he has never been in contact with this kind of thing, and it is normal not to know, but the general must not ask again next time, so as not to make people laugh. Li Hongyi was even more angry when he heard this.

For the sake of Tuntian in northern Xinjiang, I implored the Son of Heaven to open up the salt and iron business for the benefit of the country and the people, but I was accused by the ministers of the DPRK and China of violating the law, and I did not agree to it, and I also instigated the Taixue people to make trouble.

What about themselves? It is accepted that there is nothing wrong with violating the law for hundreds of years. As long as you have the right and money, any violation of the law and etiquette is not worth bullshit, just a joke.

"What kind of world is ......" There are piles of mountain delicacies on the difficult case, the beautiful maids and maids around him, and the female music singing and dancing in the lobby, Li Hong is dizzy and a little angry,

"Groups of people outside are starving to death, and even changing wives and children to eat, millions of people, tens of millions of people have rebelled, but here they are spending all day and ...... wine" Li Wei saw that Li Hong's face was getting more and more ugly, and knew that he was out of shape, so he hurriedly persuaded: "General, if you hold on for a while, don't be angry." As soon as the banquet was over, we left immediately. Li Hong swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, the muscles on his face twitched violently a few times, and a trace of murderous aura suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Li Wei was taken aback, and then persuaded: "General, Lord Wang and the Jinzhong Gate Valve have brought down the price of grain within a month, which shows the importance of the Gate Valve to Northern Xinjiang. There are some things that can be solved without killing. Killing a gate valve can save more than 100,000 displaced people at most, but what about next year? We've killed all the gatekeepers this year, but who are we going to kill next year to save the homeless? ”

"The meat in the door valve's house can't be eaten, and it is thrown away when it is broken, and the wine in the door valve's house can't be drunk, and it is thrown away after it is broken, but these meats and these wines can't actually save many people. If we want to save the world, we need meat and wine every year, and millions of people can eat and drink enough every year. Li Hong let out a long sigh of anger, and then said hatefully: "I will never enter the gate of the gate valve house again." "Jump to