Xu Huang stroked his palms and laughed: "It's a good minister to choose the master, Berning, that's a good point." ”

Seeing that Xu Huang agreed with his words, Man Chong was about to take the opportunity to say another word, when he suddenly heard Xu Huang's words turn around, and asked in a deep voice: "Berning, let me ask you, since you choose the master, what is the master." ”

On the way to this question, Man Pet had already thought about it, and said unhurriedly at the moment: "Gongming, I can't hide it, Man is now in charge of Cao Gong, the Taishou of Dongjun, although Cao Gong is only a county guard in name, but he sits on Qing, Yan'er Prefecture, most of Yuzhou and Luoyang City, he is humble, courteous and virtuous, and he is really a rare master." ”

Xu Huang said with a smile: "So Cao Ying is the master in Boning's eyes, so in Boning's opinion, how does Cao Ying compare with my lord." ”

Man Chong naturally knows Liu Xin's strength, on the way here, Cao Ying also asked Man Chong to Xu Huang to be a high-ranking official, but Man Chong shook his head and said nothing, Cao Ying is short of money and food, how can he compare to Jingzhou's wealth, and how much benefit can he give Xu Huang, it can only be said with reason, even Man Chong himself feels that no matter how you look at it, Cao Ying is not as good as Liu Xin, maybe there will be a chance to surpass Liu Xin in the future, but at present, it is definitely not possible,

So, Man Chong did not answer Xu Huang's words directly, but said with a smile: "Lord Liu, as the pastor of Jingzhou, is a high and powerful position, but he is only a prince, and now, Duke Cao assists the emperor, and will soon be ranked among the third princes......

Xu Huang unceremoniously interrupted Man Chong's words and said: "Liu Xie killed his brother and usurped the throne, where did he come from the orthodoxy of the Han family, even if it was not Liu Xie's idea to kill the young emperor, he is also a puppet, can a puppet also be regarded as the master of the Ming, my lord has already issued a letter in the name of the Han clan, and after the world is calmed down, another Ming monarch will be established, at that time, all those who follow Liu Xie and wave the flag and shout are all rebels, Boning, you and I have been friends for many years, you still listen to me and find another way out." ”

Full of favor couldn't help but be stunned, he was here to be a lobbyist, how did he become the object of persuasion, he just wanted to say something more, but heard Xu Huang say again: "Boning, the real Ming Lord should focus on all the people in the world, you see that my lord has been benevolent in Jing and Yierzhou over the years, and the people are prosperous, looking at the world, who else can compare to my lord, you have personally experienced today's scene, which side the people are willing to stand on, with Berning's intelligence, you will not be unable to see it." ”

These words are to the point, today's different attitudes of the two armies towards the dead impressed Man Chong, these corpses are placed there, it is possible to cause a plague, or it is possible that there will be no plague, but Liu Xin can consider these things thoroughly, without a heart of love for the people, it can't be done, and Jingzhou's wealth has long been famous all over the world, although Man Chong has not seen it in person, but it is also longing for a long time,

Seeing that Man Pet was silent, Xu Huang continued: "Berning, for the sake of the old acquaintance, I don't embarrass you, if you are worried about being persecuted by him because of the small family under the rule of Cao Ying, you and I will finally meet in the future, if there is no family drag, then listen to my advice, and say that I will vote for the Lord as a whole, my lord is dedicated to the revival of the Han family as his own responsibility, Xu follows the lord to make contributions, glorify the ancestors, and say that it is okay, if Berning is interested, Xu is willing to introduce you to it." ”

When Man Pet heard this, he was really a little moved, and hesitated: "It's okay for my family to be small, it's all placed in a proper place, but it's just a shame to go back to the Lord for glory, and the world is ashamed......"

Xu Huang laughed and said: "Berning, what did you say to me just now, good birds choose trees to perch, good ministers choose the lord to do things, why can't you be a good minister." ”

Man Zhong remembered that Cao Ying attacked Xiangyang with 100,000 people, which led to a big defeat, and couldn't help but be ruthless, and said: "That's good, just listen to Gongming's words, but Man still wants to wait until he meets Lord Liu before deciding everything." ”

Xu Huang was overjoyed and said: "Xu also has many things here that are difficult to decide, and he needs to ask the lord in person, since Berning is interested, then you and I will set off overnight to visit the lord in Chang'an." ”

Man Zhong said in surprise: "Go to Chang'an, could it be that Chang'an has been conquered." ”

Xu Huang stood up and said proudly: "Does Bo Ning think that there are still people in this world who are the opponents of my Han Legion, not only Chang'an has been conquered, but even Dong Zhuo has already been awarded." ”

When I woke up in the morning, Liu Xin didn't have a moment to spare.

first handed over Dong Zhuo to Yang Biao and Huang Wan to dispose of, and then personally interrogated Niu Fu, Li Ru and Beigong Boyu, and when he learned that Zhang Fei had conquered Xiao Pass, he personally sent Beigong Boyu and his captured more than 10,000 people back to their hometowns, Beigong Boyu and those released Qiang soldiers were naturally grateful, and they swore to the sky that they would be loyal to Liu Xin for life and never rebel, Liu Xin knew that people at that time attached great importance to the oath, and most of these Qiang people would not rebel again in their lifetime.

The land in Guanzhong was originally fertile, but under the tyranny of Dong Zhuo, it made the people miserable, but now they have missed the agricultural time, even if they provide the people with farm tools and seeds, they can't solve their immediate difficulties, if you want to relieve these people, the best way can only be to work for relief, Guanzhong is dilapidated, on the contrary, it also provides many opportunities, roads, water conservancy must be repaired before spring ploughing next year, so that a large number of manpower is needed, just can recruit local people to engage in these work, both to solve the problem of manpower, and can take care of the livelihood of the people, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

In the past, Liu Xin has always used the captured captives as cheap or even free labor, but in these wars, there are too many prisoners captured, and it is impossible to integrate all of them into the engineering team, and if you want to implement cash-for-work in Guanzhong, there is no need for so many prisoners, and the only way is to repatriate them to their hometowns.

Although these captives belong to Dong Zhuo's subordinates, they come from different camps, and their status in Dong Zhuo's group is not equal, so for them, Liu Xin can only treat them differently, most of the Guanzhong army and the old army of Luoyang are local people, for this part of the captives, they will naturally be sent back to their hometowns to farm, and they will each be given a severance pay, the captured Xiliang army is about 35,000 people, and these people will also be dismissed in the future, but that will have to wait until Liu Xin controls Liangzhou,

As for the 15,000 captured Hun cavalry, their fate was not so good, not because Liu Xin had Han nationalism, but because Liu Bao escaped, and he has not been caught until now, Liu Xin does not want the tiger to return to the mountain, let these Hun captives return to Liu Bao's hands, continue to fight against themselves, can only send them all to participate in forced labor, and will neither give them freedom nor pay them, although the Southern Xiongnu are attached to the Han Dynasty, but still practice slavery, Therefore, the Hun captives were able to accept such a result.

Whether it is repairing water conservancy facilities, building bridges and paving roads, or rebuilding cities and palaces, it takes a lot of financial resources, Dong Zhuo's money and grain hoarded in Yiwu City can just come in handy, and a large amount of money from the homes of Taishifu, Li Ru, Niu Fu, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others can also make up for the needs of the project, saving Liu Xin a lot of silver.

The most headache for Liu Xin is the family members of Dong Zhuo and others and the folk women they robbed, Cheng Yu is worried that Liu Xin will be arrogant and luxurious after entering Chang'an City, Liu Xin is not worried that his subordinates have lost their surnames in the face of mountains of gold, silver and jewelry, and beautiful women like clouds, Cheng Yu, Chen Gong, Huang Zhong, and Zhang Fei have no problems, but some middle- and lower-level officers see these money beauties, and their eyes are straight.

Liu Xin understands that this is also human nature, in the past, when persuading people to study hard, they would often say that "there is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book", and its ultimate goal is not to learn knowledge, so that you can make a fortune and marry a beautiful woman in the future.

Dong Zhuo's female dependents are easy to deal with, and reward meritorious ministers as slaves and maids, and Liu Xin has always done this, but those women from good families who they robbed, Liu Xin can't do this, those who can contact their families will be taken back by their families, and those who have been ruined will ask for their own opinions, or give single soldiers as wives, or let them find their own way out,

These things don't need Liu Xin to do it himself, but none of them can be separated from him to make a decision, now, as long as his words, can change the fate of many people, he can't help but think about it repeatedly, be cautious, and be busy until the sun is tilting in the west, Liu Xin stretched a lazy waist and slowly walked back to the Taishi Mansion, this day was too tiring, even Yang Biao invited him to the house for a banquet three times and five times was rejected by him, Yang Biao didn't know why Liu Xin didn't agree to come to his house as a guest, and he was worried for a long time, It wasn't until the housekeeper heard that Huang Wan's invitation was also declined by Liu Xin, so he put a little snack, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

Dong Zhuo's Taishi Mansion in Chang'an City is not only large, but also very luxurious, but Liu Xin only occupies that clean room, and even the study room is sealed, because there are many royal things that Dong Zhuo snatched back from the Luoyang Palace in the study, even if Liu Xin wants to be the emperor again, he must avoid suspicion now.

Because Liu Xin occupies a small place, the maids waiting around him don't need too much, Yang Biao and Huang Wan have the heart to shoot Liu Xin's sycophants, and carefully selected four from the hundreds of women in the Taishi Mansion, these four maids are sweet-looking, they have all been sold into large families as maids since childhood, they are only thirteen or fourteen years old, and they are all virgins, Liu Xin also has many maids in the state pastoral mansion in Xiangyang, those maids are not only beautiful, but most of them are from the family of official eunuchs, but when it comes to the ability to wait for people, compared with these four maids, That's too far off,

Liu Xin was lying comfortably on the low couch, his eyes slightly closed, the two little maids were half-kneeling, two pairs of pink little fists were unhurried, not light or heavy to help him beat his legs, and two little maids, one of them served a plate of chilled pears, as long as Liu Xin's mouth was slightly open, he quickly picked up a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, and would never delay a little longer, and the other person held a fan and waved it lightly on the side, the slightest cool breeze carried the girl's unique aroma like an orchid and musk, which made Liu Xin reverie.