In the afternoon of the next day, Liu De stood on a hillside at the foot of Wu Mountain, moved his body slightly, and asked the eunuchs around him: "Where is Brother Wang?" Any news? ”

"Your Highness, in the previous life, Zongzheng said that the acting king is only thirty miles away from Wu Mountain, if you want to come, in a few moments, you should be able to arrive, right?" A eunuch replied. ?......

"Oh......" Liu De let out a long breath.

Today he did a day's work to welcome guests.

From the morning to the present, the marquis who have been welcoming Hedong, Hanoi, Hexi, Taiyuan, Zhao and other places who have rushed to pilgrimage to the Son of Heaven have smiled a little stiffly.

But there is no way, there is such a son as him by my father's side now, and he can only let him do the work of welcoming the Minister of Chehou.

In particular, the princes and kings must be greeted by Liu De in person, and other ministers cannot do it for them.

Soon, on the horizon in the distance, a huge convoy appeared.

A code flag caught Liu De's eyes.

Acting King Liu Deng came.

Liu De then tidied up his crown, and rode forward with the welcoming team.

Seeing Liu De's greeting procession, the convoy on the opposite side stopped, and from a four-horse carriage, a man about the same age as Liu De walked down wearing a royal robe and wearing a nine-hundred-year. To be honest, Liu De laughed so much that even he felt a little hypocritical.

Liu Deng, the acting king, is nominally Liu De's cousin, but in fact, Liu Deng's line of princes and kings has almost zero sense of storage in the lineage of the princes of the Han family, that is, the sense of storage of King Yan's line is much stronger than that of Liu Deng's lineage.

A very simple example can show how little attention is paid to the line of kings.

Generally, the princes and kings are three years, but the king, from the beginning of Liu Shen, the king of filial piety, is a five-year dynasty, the son of heaven of the Han family. I never issued a special edict and thought of summoning the acting king to Chang'an.

Moreover, Daiguo is notoriously poor!

There is a law in the Han Law that specifically stipulates that the manuscript tax can be reduced or not levied on behalf of the land and the evil.

As for the field tax......

Hehe, in a place where it is difficult to produce even two stones per mu, how much land tax can be collected? Especially nowadays, the tax rate is 30 taxes and 1.

What's even more chilling is that the country is vast and sparsely populated. Therefore, not even the poll tax and conscription money can be collected.

Therefore, at the beginning, when Liu Wu's acting king moved to the king of Liang, the first emperor was too lazy to reclassify Liu Wu's dynasty as a county and directly incorporated it into Liu Shen's Taiyuan state. If Daiguo was still the poor and sour he was more than ten years ago, he would not have the financial resources to assemble such a team and honor guard.

"Your Highness is gracious. Widows dare not be! Liu Deng got out of the car, saluted Liu De, and said, "His Royal Highness Labor welcomes you from afar, and the widow is ashamed!" ”

"Brother Wang, don't do this!" Liu De returned the salute, then grabbed Liu Deng's hand and said, "Although I haven't masked my face with Brother Wang for a long time. But Brother Wang and I, siblings, are connected by flesh and blood. When I heard that Brother Wang was coming, I naturally wanted to go out to greet me in order to fulfill my brotherhood! ”

Liu De's words moved Liu Deng almost to tears.

God is pitiful, since his father died, his family has never received a reward from the imperial court, let alone any condolences and encouragement.

He has been in the Jinyang Palace for seven or eight years, from a boy with hanging sideburns to a father with children. In total, I met the Son of Heaven twice.

One was last year, when the Son of Heaven ascended the throne. The first was the death of the Empress Dowager this year......

It's all tears!

Now that Liu De said something, his heart was warm.

Well. At least, the imperial court, the Son of Heaven, and His Royal Highness still remember him.........

For Liu Deng, that's enough!

Because what he is most afraid of is that the court does not remember that there is such a prince and king as him, so if there is any benefit in the future, it will definitely not be his share.

For example, change places and become princes......

Well, Daiguo is a cold, poor, remote and dangerous place, if possible, he doesn't want to stay anymore!

So, Liu Deng said: "The widow has no virtue, and he has no merit in the community, and when he sees the Son ......of Heaven, the widow is ashamed, and he doesn't dare to greet His Royal Highness in person."

Liu De smiled.

He has already read the information of Dai Guo from Chao Cuo and Zongzheng, including but not limited to the growth of Dai Guo's population and the number of acres of land in recent years.

From these materials, Liu De showed an interesting thing.

In the last seven or eight years, the population, acres of land, and households of the Daiguo have been steadily increasing, and although the annual increase is not large, it has been increasing every year.

For Dai Guo, such an achievement is really rare!

You must know that Daiguo is not only mountainous and evil, but also faces the threat of the Huns, and the Huns run to fight the autumn wind on behalf of the country every once in a while.

Therefore, in the vast area north of Jinyang, the system of integrating the military and the people and the whole people is currently being practiced.

In such an environment, the population of the country, especially the number of households, can continue to increase, and the system of the king is at least qualified!

Well, now, the princes and kings who don't toss are all considered virtuous kings!

"Brother Wang lives in Daibei all the year round, I don't know if you have ever heard of something called cotton?" Liu De asked Liu Dengdao.

"Cotton?" Liu Deng looked confused, he had been in the Jinyang Palace for seven or eight years, almost did not go out of the gate, did not step out of the second gate, he really didn't know anything about plants, and he didn't bother to understand, anyway, he handed over state affairs to the prime minister, and the military affairs were handed over to the captain, the guard and the lieutenant, and other things, Neishi could also help him deal with them.

So, he turned his head, called his prime minister, and asked, "Have you heard of cotton?" ”

His prime minister shook his head: "The minister has not heard of it!" ”

So he called his lieutenant and asked, "Has the general ever heard of cotton?" ”

The lieutenant also shook his head and bowed: "I don't know!" ”

Just when even Liu De felt disappointed, Liu Deng was still full of confidence, and he said to Liu De: "Your Highness, don't panic, the prime minister doesn't know, the lieutenant doesn't know, and the widow's internal history must know!" ”

That's how he has been running the country for the past seven or eight years.

Ask the prime minister first, the prime minister can't solve it, ask the lieutenant, if the lieutenant can't help it, he will find Neishi, there will always be someone to help him solve the problem.

That's how he came over since he ascended the throne, and his courtiers have basically not let him down in the past seven or eight years.

Even last year, when the Xiongnu entered the Kou in a big way, with the help and assistance of the ministers, he also defended Jinyang and most cities, and did not let the Xiongnu get any advantage.

So, he summoned Neishi and asked, "Aiqing has heard of cotton?" ”

His internal history made Liu De a little curious, like Han Yudang, Liu Deng's internal history was obviously mixed-race, and it was a mixture of Huns and Serbs.

With a round face, big eyes, nostrils and perforations, it is obvious that this is a Xiongnu subordinate.

However, as soon as this person spoke, it was a pure official language that could not be more pure, and he knelt down and bowed: "Back to the king, the minister once heard his father say that there seems to be a flower in the Western Regions, called cotton, and Wusun Kunmo once offered this flower for the birthday ceremony of the Hun old Shangdan!" ”

After listening to this, Liu Deng said to Liu De with a proud and proud face: "Your Highness, look, the widow is not wrong!" ”

Liu De finally how Liu Deng governed the country, he followed the path of Emperor Hui Liu Ying!

And knowing that the cotton Huns also have it, this solves a big problem for Liu De.

"Cotton has fallen ......"

If you want cotton, do you need to fight?

No, you don't!

In October this year, according to the custom, the Xiongnu and the Han family will each send envoys to greet their respective monarchs, and when the time comes, Liu Detuo will send envoys to the Xiongnu to bring back cotton, and at most give the Huns some benefits, nothing more than gold and silk! )

ps：?? Well, it's raining so hard in Nanning today~ So the plan to go shopping has come to naught...... I'm obediently going back to the codeword

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