Han Dao world

Captain Xu Sheng, who was in charge of the main offensive task, was wearing heavy armor and holding an iron spear. He took the lead to climb to the top of the city and tore through the defense of the top of the city.But under ten times the enemy's counterattack, he was seriously injured, almost all fifty personal guards were killed, and more than 300 soldiers were lost.

Other ministries also suffered a lot of losses, with a total of nearly 2000 casualties.

In contrast, although Zhang Fei failed to take the credit for being the first to ascend, he lost less than a thousand people, and most of them were slightly injured.After simple first aid, these people can resume fighting.

Because of this, Liu Bei entrusted Zhang Fei with the task of continuing his march and approaching Yecheng.

It was not only Chen Deng who wanted revenge on Zhang He, Zhang Fei also endured Zhang He for a long time.

Although Chen Deng was not reconciled, there was nothing he could do.There were too many casualties, and Xu Sheng, who had the strongest combat effectiveness, was seriously injured and could no longer fight. Even if Liu Bei entrusted him with this task, he would not dare to accept it.

In desperation, he could only ask Zhuge Jin to come forward and ask Hua Tuo to heal Xu Sheng.

The second is that Sun Ce, Prime Minister of the North Sea, entered the Bohai Sea.After conquering Nanpi, Bohai Commandery, Sun Ce quickly marched into Dongguang, defeated the Jizhou army in Dongguang, beheaded nearly [-] people, and then stopped at Qinghe, asking for orders whether to continue to march into Qinghe, or to rest on the spot and promote Dutian.

It was Zhang Hong who assisted Sun Ce in the battle, and Zhang Zhao was in charge of saving the fields.

Zhang Zhao rejected the imperial court's recruitment, but he was very active in Dutian.He had promoted Dutian in Beihai before, and even had a debate with the great Confucian Zheng Xuan about it.Although Zheng Xuan had profound knowledge, he was not Zhang Zhao's opponent at all when it came to governance, and was rendered speechless by the debate.

Zhang Zhao's method of saving the field is somewhat similar to Tian Chou's suggestion. It is not as rough as Xun You, but it is more convincing.

If you don’t want to hand over the land, you can first check whether the price you paid for the land at that time was fair, whether there is any suspicion of extortion, and then check whether you have owed taxes in the past few years, and make up all the owed.

Of course, such a large amount of data cannot be found clearly in a short period of time, so Zhang Zhao adopted the method of clearing up.

Give you half a month to provide proof yourself to prove that you are innocent, otherwise don't blame me for sending troops to the door.

In half a month, who can find sufficient evidence, especially the testimony of the land seller.After a few fake evidences, those who tried to get away with it were spotted by Zhang Zhao and beheaded in public, no one dared to play tricks anymore.

At the same time, Zhang Zhao set several examples.

There are a few tyrants who don't have much land, the price is fair, and they were annexed only recently, with complete evidence and not much tax owed.After they were completed, Zhang Zhao let them go, and announced with great fanfare that as long as they could meet this standard, anyone could own more land with peace of mind.

In the end, although Zhang Zhao did not forcibly save the fields, he still achieved the same effect as forcibly saving the fields.

News also came from the northwest direction that Shi Sun Rui led the expanded Northern Army into Changshan and defeated the defenders at Jingxing Pass.

Under the cover of the arrow array of the Shesheng Battalion, using the boarding car made by the commander of the chariot, Xu Huang, the commander of the middle base, led a hundred heavy armored infantry, divided into ten teams, and launched a fierce attack at the same time. , Immediately increased the number of troops, and did not give the defenders at the top of the city a chance to breathe.

Before the defenders at the top of the city could react, the defense at the top of the city was defeated. Wei Jie, the infantry captain, praised the young man for fear, and at the same time sent light infantry to the city.

In just half a day, Shi Sunrui conquered Jingxing Pass, and then captured Puwu and Huolu counties, and came to the Yuanshi city.

While repaying the victory, Shi Sunrui asked the emperor to send people to Changshan to carry out Dutian.

Liu Xie received the battle report, and immediately asked Tian Chou to take some people to Changshan to assist Sun Rui in the field.

Considering that the generals marched too fast and it was too late to train the county magistrates who were competent in Dutian, Liu Xie had no choice but to accept Shi Sunrui's suggestion that he would be willing to surrender, and supported some county magistrates in Dutian to stay in office and implement the plan on the spot. Du Tian.

At the same time, he asked the generals not to rush forward, and to complete the siege of Yecheng before the autumn harvest.

In addition, he sent a letter to Situ Mansion, asking Situ Mansion to select and send some scholars or serving officials who supported the imperial court to go to Jizhou.

Within a few days, Liu Xie received a reply from Situ Mansion.

Yang Biao recommended Situ Tuan and Du Ji as Chancellor of Changshan, who will be fully responsible for the affairs of Changshan.

Yang Biao said that Du Ji is shrewd and powerful, skilled in government affairs, and able to take charge of his own affairs.With him alone, Chang Shandutian can handle it.

Liu Xie was familiar with Du Ji and believed in Du Ji's ability, so he immediately approved it.

Almost at the same time that the documents from Situ's Mansion arrived, Dong Zhao, the prefect of Hanoi, recommended two people to come to visit. One was from Wen County, Sima Yi's elder brother Sima Lang, and the other was Yang Jun, a martial artist.

Although Yang Jun is a disciple of Bian Rang, he is shrewd and capable, capable of managing government affairs, and capable of taking on important positions.

Sima Yi also wrote to recommend Yang Jun.

After Liu Xie met Yang Jun, he also felt that this person was useful, but he was more or less a celebrity, so he arranged him by his side to try to guard the prefect of Wei County, and planned to observe for a period of time before making a decision.

Looking at a series of personnel appointments, Xing Yong was dumbfounded.

After thinking over and over again, Xing Yong asked to see him again.

Before asking for an interview, he wrote an article and asked Liu He to submit it to Liu Xie, discussing his experience in reading newspapers during this period of time.

Generally speaking, he still opposes Xun You's one-size-fits-all method of saving land, and thinks it is unfair.Although saving the land is beneficial to the common people, it cannot harm the law-abiding rich and powerful people, so we should adopt Zhang Zhao's method and treat them differently.

Of course, he didn't agree with Zhang Zhao's practice of making people voluntarily prove their innocence, and felt that it was a crime.In contrast, he prefers to take it slow.

After reading Xing Yong's article, Liu Xie met him, had a long talk, and asked him to go to Situ's Mansion. Yang Biao arranged for him to choose a suitable county as much as possible, and let Xing Yong show his skills and try his slow-moving skills. The art of pictures.

Chapter 892

The sun is shining and the cicadas are singing.

Xing Yong stood on the side of the road with his hands folded, looking back at the direction of the imperial camp, and sighed.

Until this moment, he still seems to be in a dream, he can't believe that he has been appointed by the emperor, and he can be appointed as the magistrate of any county only after the Situ Mansion's approval.

Liu He, who came to see him off, couldn't help laughing when he saw it, but he was a little proud.

All of this was within his and Tian Chou's expectations.They believe that Xing Yong will be convinced by the emperor, and they also believe that the emperor will use Xing Yong, so they spare no effort to promote it.

"Zi Ang, are you surprised?"

Xing Yong nodded slightly and gave a wry smile.

There were so many surprises that he didn't know where to start.

"The Son of Heaven governs without following the old system, does not seek perfection, and dares to try and make mistakes, but one thing has never changed." Liu He sighed slightly, full of emotion in his heart. "That is the determination to realize the kingly way. Ziang, as long as you are working hard to realize the kingly way, you have nothing to worry about. Do it boldly."

Xing Yong pondered for a moment, nodded. "I will do my best to live up to the Son of Heaven, the Confucianism, and the hard work of you and Zitai. But for some reason, I'm always a little nervous, worried that I won't be able to do well."

Liu He laughed and patted Xing Yong on the shoulder. "Zi Tai, the brave are afraid. You can be afraid, which means that you know that governance is not easy, and you no longer think that reading a few words of the sage's scriptures can bring order to the world. But this is also the meaning. If governance is not difficult, everyone can do it. , why should a gentleman like you do it? Don't worry, no matter how difficult it is, it will not be more difficult than keeping your heart."

Xing Yong agreed deeply, and bid farewell to Liu He.

He was about to board the car and leave when there was the sound of horseshoes in the distance. He looked up and saw several fast horses galloping towards a light car.A knight rushed to the front of Xing Yong's carriage first, reined in his mount, and said loudly: "Mr. Xing, please stay a little longer, I will offer wine to see you off."

Xing Yong stroked his beard with a smile, he thought that Bei Zhan would not come.

Liu He frowned.

After a while, Humble's car arrived in front of him.Bizhan got out from inside, and before he could stand still, he waved and asked the waiter to bring some gifts.

"I heard that Mr. Xing would like to see you. I knew that Mr. Xing was flying high, but I didn't expect it to be so soon. I have been busy in the bookstore for the past few days. Yesterday, I was busy all night proofreading the manuscript. I heard that Mr. Xing was going to Let's go, I hurried over, I didn't even have time to wash my face."

Xing Yong saw that Bei Zhan's eyes were red, his eye circles were black, his forehead was full of oil, and he was immediately moved.

"Is this a major publication?"

"What a masterpiece." Bei Zhan laughed, took out a thin book, and stuffed it to Xing Yong. "This is an enlightenment book I compiled for children in Jizhou. I brought a copy here to relieve Mr. Xing on his way. If there are any deficiencies, please write to me, Mr. Xing, so that I can correct them in the next revision."

Xing Yong nodded again and again, carefully put away. "Must read it, definitely read it."

Bei Zhan took a few more gifts and put them on Xing Yong's car.

"This is my wish, and it's nothing valuable. I hope Mr. Xing will accept it with a smile. I heard from the master that Guanzhong is different from Jizhou. You may need to buy some summer clothes on the way. Chenliu's weavers are the best, and Hedong The cheapest ones, you can pick and buy as you see fit..."

While taking care of him in a rambling manner, Bizhan introduced the gift.When he took out four ingots of horseshoe gold, Xing Yong quickly refused.

"Wen Xiu, I've accepted the things, but I can't accept the money. I'm on a business trip this time, and I can stay in the posthouse along the way, and I don't need money."

"Haha, I didn't give it to you. It's the salary advanced by Mrs. Zun. I just entrusted it to you."

Xing Yong was taken aback. "I... madam?"

"Exactly. The northern army entered Changshan, and northern Hebei has been recovered. The owner of the workshop rushed to Zhongshan and Hejian, planning to build a printing workshop in Hejian, and met Mrs. Zun by chance. Mrs. Zun is willing to join the printing workshop and assist the owner of the workshop. She is worried. You don’t have enough expenses here, so you have advanced your salary for one year and entrusted me to hand it over to you.”

Xing Yong looked at the four golden horseshoes and was dubious. "Even so, shouldn't there be so many?"

"This is the standard of the master in the workshop. There are indeed many, but there is no special care." Bei Zhan stuffed the box into Xing Yong's arms. "It's good to be at home for a thousand days, but it's difficult to go out for a day. There are too many places to spend money, so you should bring it with you, so you can be prepared."

Xing Yong still couldn't believe it, and Liu He also persuaded him to accept it.As far as he knew, the salaries of the principals of bookstores and printing workshops were not low, and four or five gold a year was not too much.

Seeing that Liu He also said the same, Xing Yong reluctantly accepted it.

Although he is a scholar, he also knows the difficulty of going out, and there are many places to spend money.With these four ingots of horseshoe gold, he was much calmer.

Xing Yong expressed his thanks again and boarded the car far away.

Liu He stood by the side of the road, watching Xing Yong's carriage disappear into the distance of the official road, turned around to look at Bizhan, and smiled slightly.

"When did Master Zhen go to Hejian?"

Ben Zhan's eyes flashed. "Just a few days ago."

Liu He got on his horse and shook the reins. "I'll send a document to Hejian. I can find out when your Lord Zhenfang entered the country and who you met. If you don't match up, if you are misunderstood and deliberately concealed your whereabouts, you know the consequences."

Bizhan was startled, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Captain, why is this necessary?"

"Then tell me the truth, what's the matter with the four golds? Don't tell me that you gave it yourself. Although your salary is rich, you can't afford the four golds in cash."

Humble Zhan made a bitter face. "Don't dare to lie to the governor, the four gold is indeed the salary advanced by Mrs. Xing Ziang. After Xing Ziang arrived, the workshop owner sent someone to Hejian to invite his wife to work in the workshop. Xing Ziang's wife did agree."

"Since that's the case, why do you say that Fangzhu went to Hejian?"

"Isn't this avoiding suspicion?" Bi Zhan was a little frustrated. "I don't know who is going forward to slander in front of the emperor, saying that the owner of the workshop is using the tools for private use to win people's hearts. Now even wine can't exist and food is eaten. What's wrong with the folks in this village? If you don't even allow this There is no human touch, so why talk about relatives and virtuous people?"

"It's not that you can't be humane, it's that you can't go too far." Liu He snorted: "It's lucky that Xing Ziang didn't hear your words, otherwise he would have scolded you for ungrateful, right and wrong. With your thoughts, I really doubt whether the enlightenment book you edited can be used, and whether it will miss the Jizhou children."

Bei Zhan's face was flushed red, and he was about to argue with Liu He, but Liu He ignored him, shook the reins, and galloped away lightly.

Bizhan stomped his feet angrily. "This Liu Gongheng has a prejudice against me, Jizhou, and picks thorns everywhere." He spoke with confidence, but couldn't help but feel uneasy in his heart. He walked back and forth twice, and quickly got back into the car.

"Huiyinfang, go to see the owner of the workshop."

Chapter 893

Zhen Mi was instructing the workers in the workshop to bind and pack the newly printed books, and she was somewhat surprised to see Bizhan rushing in with a bad expression on his face.

After hearing how Bei Zhan saw Xing Yong off, especially Liu He's warning, Zhen Mi also frowned.

Mrs. Bian asked someone to send back the wine she kept in Shangshi, and she thought it was Mrs. Bian to avoid suspicion.Judging from Liu He's performance, this may be dissatisfaction from the emperor.

Even Liu He knew it, so it was a secret.

Zhen Mi thought for a while, took two newly printed books, and went out.

When they came to Xingzai, Zhen Mi did not go to Daying to see him, but came to the small river on the south side of Daying.As far as she knew, in the early morning, the emperor often took a walk by the river, except for the horse nobleman and a few casual riders and female riders, there were not many followers and it was relatively quiet.

Sure enough, as soon as she reached the river, she was stopped by a female rider.

After explaining her identity and purpose of coming, Zhen Mi was brought before Liu Xie.

Liu Xie tilted his head and looked at Zhen Mi.

It's been a while since I saw Zhen Mi, she's even more beautiful.Not only the facial features are exquisite, but the eyebrows and eyes are vivid, and the figure has also grown a bit taller, becoming more and more slim.But the most noticeable thing is the confident light on her face and the calmness brought by her bulging pockets.

"I heard that Yinfang is very busy recently, why are you free to come to see me?"

"Just now an enlightenment textbook has been printed, and I'm sending it here for His Majesty to have a look at it." Zhen Mi said, presenting two books respectfully.

Liu Xie took it, flipped through it casually, and handed another copy to Ma Yunlu.

The book is not thick, only twenty or thirty pages long, about a thousand words long.Four sentences, a bit like "Book of Songs", there are no uncommon words, and they talk about common things, but they are catchy.

"I think it's pretty good. Yunlu, what do you think?"

Ma Yunlu echoed: "I also think it's good. Even if you don't have a little foundation, if you read it once a day, you will be able to recognize it in half a year. Is this compiled by that Bei Wenxiu?"

"Exactly." Zhen Mi said with a smile: "Although the article is simple, it is really troublesome to compile it. After rewriting it more than a dozen times, it almost drove him crazy. Having said that, I am afraid there are still many problems, so I can only try a paragraph first. time, and then revise."

"That's the way it is, how can it be perfect just once." Liu Xie shook the book in his hand. "You are afraid that someone will criticize you, so come to me to report first? In case someone criticizes, you can let me be a shield to block arrows."

Zhen Mi covered her lips and smiled. "Your Majesty is wise. Your Majesty will see through my minister's little thought."

"You are still honest." Liu Xie said with a smile: "Don't worry about doing it, if you have any criticism, I will support you."

"With His Majesty's support, I will be more courageous." Zhen Mi smiled even more happily.

"Then will you also give me two pots of Zhongshan Dongniu?"

"If Your Majesty does not dislike it, I will send all the Zhongshan Dongjiu to Xingzai when I turn around, without leaving a single drop. The Yinfang was built too small, and it has been piled up with various materials in the past two days. There is no place to rest, where is there room to put the wine."

“So generous?”

"It's not that it's generous, but it's useless. I left it in Shangshi before, because I was worried that people from northern Hebei would be in a bad mood. I drank a sip of home wine before seeing the driver, so as to relieve my homesickness, so that I could calm down See you. Now that northern Hebei has been recovered, if someone comes to see you again, he will be overjoyed, so there is no need to drink."

Liu Xie couldn't help laughing.

He knew that Zhen Mi's sophistry was justified, but he had to admit that Zhen Mi's sophistry was reasonable.Fortunately, this matter has been resolved, since Zhen Mi admitted his mistake, there is no need to pursue it further.

He just wanted to beat Zhen Mi and tell her not to be too explicit, not to suppress Zhen Mi.