Ma Yun's body was still very lazy, even if she wanted to be angry, she couldn't get angry, so she had to pretend to be angry and said: "You guys are really begging, you dare to laugh at me, I want to see what you look like in two days." ”

Cai Yan covered her mouth and smiled: "My sister is still in confinement, presumably the master won't take it." ”

Bian Yu also smiled: "There is a sister who has endured this night, what is there to be afraid of my sister." ”

After saying this, Bian Yu's own face turned red first, and her body, which had not been watered by rain and dew for a long time, was hot and dry, and she even looked forward to the early fall of the night.

Cai Jue stroked her high bulging lower abdomen, and said with a smile: "Sister Hugh listened to their nonsense, and the lord accompanied Miss Zhu to visit her father." ”

Liu Xin originally planned to visit Zhu Ding in the morning, if he hadn't occupied Qike County and appointed Zhu Ding as a taishou, Zhu Ding would not have suffered such an unwarranted disaster, as far as this point is concerned, Liu Xin also felt a little guilty in his heart.

But when it comes to his position, there are many things that he can't help himself, his people no longer belong to him, and time naturally no longer belongs to him. A few days ago, they all knew that Liu Xin was working on Kuai Liang's funeral, and they were more knowledgeable, so they didn't come to disturb him. Now, Kuai Liang's burial has been completed, and Fu Zhu and Tian Feng have been waiting in the front hall of the state pastor early in the morning, they are not here to find Liu Xin to catch up with the past, but they all have important things to report.

After Kuai Liang's death, the position of the secretary of the criminal department became vacant, and Tian Feng, as the secretary of the ministry, naturally proposed a successor for Liu Xin to decide. The establishment of the six departments is said to be Liu Xin's "initiative", Tian Feng has not really understood the significance of the six departments, so he only delineated Han Song, Jia Xu, and Man Zhong from the two perspectives of personal ability and fame for selecting the candidates for the Shangshu of the Criminal Department.

Liu Xin glanced at the list, not very satisfied. Liu Xin knows that although some laws have been promulgated in this era, there is still a distance of 108,000 miles from the rule of law, and now it mainly relies on the rule of man. The reason why he appointed Kuai Liang as the secretary of the criminal department in the first place was because Kuai Liang was gentle, benevolent, righteous and loved the people, and he served as the secretary of the criminal department, so as to avoid the emergence of a group of cool officials who liked to extort confessions by torture and torture into tricks.

Since there was no suitable candidate, Liu Xin was not in a hurry, put down the list gently, and said lightly: "Yuan Hao, this matter is not busy, when the situation in various places gradually stabilizes, local officials and generals in the army need to make some adjustments, and then let's decide together." ”

In the eyes of Tian Feng and Fu Zhu, Liu Xin is the future Han orthodoxy, and Liu Xin's words are like a holy decree when they reach their ears. As soon as Liu Xin's words came out, Tian Feng responded with a "promise" and got up to leave. Tian Feng is a person who knows how to measure himself very well, although he is from the alliance with Fu Zhu, but they have their own duties, not to mention that Fu Zhu is also in charge of the Phantom Secret Spy, and there are some things that he should not know.

Actually, what he said today didn't need to be hidden from Tian Feng, it was he who thought about it himself. What he wanted to report was about the war in the two places of Qike and Jiangnan, and Tian Feng already knew about these things.

Since Zhao Yun and Dian Wei arrived in Qike, they have fought more than ten battles with the Central and Southern Coalition Army led by Meng Huo, and have driven all Meng Huo's troops out of the territory of Qike, but without Liu Xin's further orders, they did not dare to go deep into the four counties of Central and Southern China, and the two sides only set up camps on the border and confronted each other.

The situation in Jiangdong is very good, with the help of Xu Chu's 20,000 fresh troops, Yuzhang, Huiji, and the counties under the jurisdiction of Wu County are all looking down.

Liu Xin heard this and asked in a deep voice, "Have you found out the whereabouts of Wang Lang and Yan Baihu?" ”

Frustrated and said: "Wang Lang and Yan Baihu have been entrenched in Jiangdong for many years, and once they escape, it is really difficult to hunt them down. However, according to the information obtained by the phantom secret spy lurking in the Jiangnan area, it is very likely that these two people have fled overseas. May I ask my lord, do you want to organize people to go to sea to track down their whereabouts? ”

Liu Xin groaned: "In the vast sea, it is not easy to find out the whereabouts of a few people. Forget it, it's just two incompetent people, and if they can't afford to make a big Lang, let them go. ”

In fact, Fu Zhu was also worried that Liu Xin had a brain fever for a while, and ordered to hunt down Wang Lang and Yan Baihu, because people at that time had a limited understanding of ***, and there was still some fear. Hearing that Liu Xin didn't plan to continue to entangle these two people, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The lord is wise! This time to be able to pacify Jiangdong, General Gan can be said to have contributed a lot. ”

Liu Xin shook his head slightly, and said: "Merit is merit, fault is fault, Gan Ning did not get the order, and used troops without authorization, but he cannot be punished." Now that Jiangdong has been decided, I plan to transfer Xu Chu and the 20,000 soldiers to Qike, and this time I will not tolerate the four counties in central and southern China! As for Gan Ning, let him continue to sit in Wu County and allow him to make meritorious contributions. ”

Frustrated, he bowed and said: "Lord Qi, my subordinates think that General Xu's men and horses are not suitable for them to move lightly. Nowadays, although the counties of Jiangdong are peaceful, the largest group of water bandits led by Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin is also willing to surrender, but there are still many bandits and water bandits. ”

Liu Xin was surprised: "When you and I first arrived in Jingzhou, bandits were rampant, if you don't use iron-fisted means, where will there be today's Lang Lang Qiankun." What is there to be polite to these thieves and bandits, as long as they dare to show their heads, they will be resolutely defeated! ”

Frustrated, he arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, his subordinates also took the initiative to suppress the mainstay, and later General Xu sent a gentleman to ask to see his wife, and persuaded his wife to open up to the Jiangdong bandits. This gentleman's surname is Yu's name, the word Zhongxiang, is the Huiji Yuyao people's family, upright, and quite talented, what he said also has some truth, all of them can't make up their minds, or ask the lord to decide in person. ”

"Yu Flip?" Liu Xin silently recited the name twice, and seemed to have some impressions, but he didn't remember what major feats he had, so he couldn't help but say, "Where is this person now, I want to see him." ”

Fu Zhi got up and said, "This Mr. Yu waited outside the gate of the mansion early in the morning, and because he didn't get the call of the lord, he didn't dare to come in. His subordinates went to call him. ”

Liu Xin raised his hand lightly and said, "Gonghe, I will go with you to invite you." ”

Since it is a thirst for talent, it is necessary to have a thirsty appearance, Liu Xin understands that many literati in this era have a good face, even if they are just pretending, they will make them grateful.

Sure enough, seeing Liu Xin personally greet him out of the gate of the State Pastoral Mansion, Yu flipped his hands and clenched his fists, so excited that he couldn't speak.

After Kuai Liang's death, Liu Xin closed himself in the study for three consecutive days, this matter has already spread in Xiangyang, and after several evolutions, it finally became Liu Xin because of Kuai Liang's death, did not eat meat, did not approach women, fasted for three days, and burned incense and prayed for Kuai Liang. The so-called "women are pleasing to themselves, and scholars are dead to confidants", can be appreciated by such a lord, what are the requirements of being a subordinate? Seeing Liu Xin personally greet him, Yu Fu had already secretly made up his mind to swear allegiance to him.

Everyone returned to the front hall to sit down again, and Liu Xin said: "Mr. Zhongxiang, listen to the public and say, for the Jiangdong bandits, you advocate using Fu instead of suppression, and you are willing to hear about it." ”

Yu turned to Liu Xin and said: "Back to the lord, the reason why there are so many bandits in Jiangdong is because the people live a difficult life, if the people have food, clothing, and housing, who is willing to risk killing their heads to come out and be robbers?" ”

Liu Xin thought for a while and said, "Mr. has been in Xiangyang for a few days, and you have also seen that the people of Xiangyang are full of food and clothing. I think that as long as the policies implemented in Xiangyang are moved to Jiangdong, the food and clothing of the people should not be a problem. Could it be that this alone can solve the problem of bandits in Koto? ”

Yu turned his face and said: "Since ancient times, the land in Jingzhou has been fertile, the water and grass are abundant, and the people have lived a rich life. However, there are many rivers and lakes in Jiangdong, and the climate is humid, so I am afraid that the implementation of the lord's policy will not adapt to the water and soil. ”

Liu Xin laughed and said, "Hehe, it's so unadaptable." I heard that Koto is a land of fish and rice, and I think that as long as these policies can be implemented, there is no guarantee that the people will be rich, but there should be no problem with their livelihoods. ”

Yu Fu smiled bitterly: "The lord is right, Jiangdong does produce fish and rice. It's just that fish should not be stored for a long time, and it cannot be eaten as food. The environment is not suitable for growing high-yielding wheat, and the little rice harvested each year cannot feed many people. Moreover, the humid climate often causes people to get sick, and once the laborers of the family fall ill, then the family is finished. ”

Liu Xin suddenly understood, no wonder there would be a vast and sparsely populated area in Jiangdong, and the poetic and picturesque nature of the small bridges and flowing water in the south of the Yangtze River in the eyes of later generations brought great trouble to people's survival at that time.

For people who are accustomed to sitting on the floor, the humid climate often leads to a variety of diseases, and in the Han Dynasty, where medical conditions were extremely poor, a small wind chill often killed people.

Most of the land in the south of the Yangtze River is paddy fields, which is more suitable for growing rice, but the yield of rice at that time was very low, less than half of that of wheat, and the farmers worked hard for a year, except for the rent and taxes, the rest was not enough to support themselves. This was an important reason why the majority of the population at that time was concentrated in the north, which was suitable for growing wheat.

The crisscrossing of rivers and lakes makes it difficult to reclaim the land, and it is difficult to form large tracts of contiguous farmland. Moreover, in addition to the plains, there are many hilly and mountainous areas in the south of the Yangtze River, which are not suitable for growing rice or wheat. In addition, natural disasters such as floods and typhoons have also brought great threats to the survival of the people in Jiangnan.

In addition, the government and the powerful imposed harsh taxes on the people, and levied them violently, the people really can't live, and it is still light to fall into the grass.

Liu Xin figured out these deep-seated reasons, couldn't help laughing, and said: "Zhong Xiang, I have a way to solve the problems you mentioned, and in time, the people of Jiangdong counties will not only have no worries about food and clothing, but will also gradually become rich." ”