The border war is still raging, and the battle lasted from September, when the golden wheat waves rolled, to the twelfth lunar month, when snowflakes were flying.After unremitting efforts, the Han army finally regained Yunzhong County and pushed the front line to the southeastern border of Wuyuan County.Now Dingxiang and Yunzhong counties have returned to the Han family.With the civilians recruited from all over the country gradually settling down in Dingxiang and Yunzhong, the population of the two counties has also been well replenished, even exceeding the peak population in history.

After the two counties were invaded and occupied by the Huns, most people's wealth was looted by the Huns except for a few people's hidden things that were not discovered by the Huns.The looting of the wealthy households was even more miserable. The Hun cavalry rushed to the most magnificent houses first to scramble for gold, silver, jewelry and beautiful women.After the war, most of the servants and maidservants of rich households who were lucky enough to survive escaped in the chaos.

After being invaded by the Huns, almost everyone in the two counties fell into a state of abject poverty.At the same time, the crops in the field have been greatly reduced this year due to lack of care due to the war.After the Han army took back the wealth of the two counties, considering the lack of food for the people at that time, the prefect of Taiyuan County and Lu Bu ordered that except for the retained military rations, the rest of the rations should be divided into thousands of equal shares, and all of them belonged to the local people, as did sheep, chickens, ducks and other livestock.Bingzhou officials did not dare to tamper with cattle, gold, silver and jewelry, silk and satin, and rare books. They went to the imperial court to ask the emperor how to deal with and distribute them.

Liu Xie believes that this is actually a great opportunity for wealth redistribution.He refuted many suggestions from the court, and even the suggestions of Xun You, Xun Yu and others were not adopted.No matter how high-sounding these suggestions are, but subject to the vision of the times, the essence is nothing more than concentrating wealth in the hands of a few people.Liu Xie nationalized all this wealth and used it as the original capital for running state-owned enterprises in the local area.

In the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty rewarded Wei Qing and Huo Qubing with innumerable treasures and lands. This is impossible for Liu Xie, who is stingy and lives with his belt tightened.Although Liu Xie has always been rewarded for meritorious service, as long as the wealth value of this meritorious person reaches the warning line, most of the rewards he will receive are general titles and titles, etc. Gold, silver and land are impossible to increase.

All order in Bingzhou was destroyed by the Huns, and even slavery ceased to exist.As for the escaped slaves, the Bingzhou officials turned a blind eye to how they had no time to verify and arrest them and return them to their masters.

"From now on, Bingzhou no longer needs slaves. It is wrong to exploit many people just for the enjoyment of the top one." Liu Xie sighed heavily when writing this sentence.Without him, it would have been very difficult to abolish slavery in the Han Dynasty.According to the household registration data he saw, there were a full 500 million private slaves in the country at the last count. Adding in official slaves, this number may have reached 550 million, accounting for more than one-tenth of the country's population.A large number of slaves are closely tied to the interests of families, big and small, and selling themselves as slaves has existed for thousands of years. Abolishing this system cannot be done overnight.

He thought for a while and crossed out the sensitive words, and wrote down the instruction directly: "In Bingzhou, as long as you are willing to join the army, even if you are only a logistics guy or a doctor's odd job, no matter your origin, gender, or age, Give them the opportunity to establish their own accounts." After thinking for a while, he wrote: "The population of Bingzhou is declining, and I will convey my will throughout the prefecture. No more private slaves are allowed to be bought and sold, only official slaves are allowed." Since it is impossible To abolish this system, it is better to control all the personnel in your own hands first, and turn them into employees of enterprises with similar tenure.

After receiving the decree, Lu Bu, governor of Bingzhou, didn't think much about it, and ordered the notification to go down level by level, and ordered his subordinates to accompany the commoner guards to post the imperial list and inform the people.

Tian Feng, who was already on the front line of the Bingzhou battlefield, was a little puzzled: "This year's wars have continued, and the harvest in the fields has been greatly reduced. It is a good choice for those who can't get rid of the pot to sell themselves to Taiyuan, Xihe and other counties that have not been harassed by the Huns. Enter A wealthy family can at least have enough food and clothing, so why is it so well banned by His Majesty?" He was wondering in his heart, and within two days, the court issued another decree to him, Lu Bu and the prefects of Bingzhou.The emperor wanted to rebuild various systems in Bingzhou, establish a branch of the Supervision Institute and Dali Temple, and sent personnel from the Supervision Institute and Dali Temple.

Liu Xie also specially decreed that while Tian Feng is in Bingzhou, he should make full use of these mental workers: "Order Tian Feng of the Supervisory Council to improve the supervision of personnel at all levels in Bingzhou, and formulate various supervision rules and regulations with reference to Sili Prefecture."

It was as if there was a thunder on the ground, and several prefects in Bingzhou were a little uneasy.

Tian Feng admired in his heart, and happily put away this decree: His Majesty is more determined to rectify the administration of officials than ever before, and the clean and bright days of official administration in the world are just around the corner.Seeing that Lu Bu's expression was normal after receiving the order, he said with a smile, "General Lu, it seems that there are four words written on your face."

Lu Bu nodded and said bluntly: "I wrote to ask for people from Dali Temple. In the future, I will set up branches of Dali Temple in all counties of Bingzhou like Sili Prefecture. Your Majesty has recruited a large number of professionals to train in Dali Temple. , There are those who are proficient in investigation and investigation, and those who are proficient in observation and autopsy, and they all act as a crime-solving team. With their support, it is better than the county magistrate of Bingzhou who pats his head and judges the case."

He remembered that when he was young, he often saw people weeping and blood accusing the county magistrate of unfair judgments, and he even saw someone whose innocence was slandered for no reason, and the county magistrate beat him up indiscriminately and directly tortured him to extract a confession.A few days ago, when I was inspecting, I saw the magistrate judged the case alone, and none of the yamen guards next to him corrected his obvious mistakes. He was very angry and immediately issued an imperial edict requesting the establishment of a branch of Dali Temple in Bingzhou.

The prefect of Taiyuan County looked hesitant: "With the Dali Temple, the workload of the county government can be greatly reduced, and they have more energy to be responsible for patrolling. But it seems that apart from Sili Prefecture and Jingzhou, other places have not set up special branches of the Overwatch Council. Why set it up in Bingzhou first?" It's unlikely that the governor of Bingzhou asked for it to be monitored.Could it be that they have been victorious recently, and their military power and Bingzhou wolf cavalry have made the emperor suspicious?

Lu Bu said indifferently: "This is a matter of time. Originally, the governor's role was to supervise and inspect. Unfortunately, the function of the governor has gradually become directly in charge of administration over the past century, and there have been loopholes in this system. Today, the son checks for omissions and fills in vacancies. It is not surprising that the branch of the Overwatch Council is set up in Bingzhou."

Zhao Yun said with a smile: "Although there are many talented people in Luoyang, they will not be able to spare enough people to be dispatched to other prefectures for a while. Now that the military situation in Bingzhou is tense, there must be no chaos. It is necessary to have a clean and clear administration to stabilize people's hearts. The Son of Heaven loves and values ​​Bingzhou!"

Tian Feng nodded in agreement: "What Zhao Taishou said is absolutely true."

Yu Jin, Le Jin and other generals had only a half-knowledge, and they were discussing in low voices: "Is this the Supervising Army? Is it because we have seized too much property?"

Lu Bu knocked on the table, signaled everyone to be quiet, and said calmly: "After the emperor came to the throne, Luoyang was rectified first. Now, in just half a year, Luoyang is well-governed, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Corrupt officials dare not make mistakes. Bu does not want to merge the state extravagantly." It is as prosperous as Luoyang, but at least the people under the rule should not suffer injustice, and everyone should have enough to eat."

Everyone agreed: "The general is right!"

"The Overwatch Council and Dali Temple are here to help you, I hope you can understand." Lu Bu said solemnly, "According to the emperor's order, we must cooperate in everything."

After all, he waved his hand and ordered everyone to retreat.On the other hand, he looked carefully at the imperial edicts. Recently, the edicts of the emperor have been issued very frequently, probably because the aristocratic family has no foundation here. Before the new aristocratic family can gain a foothold, the emperor must take the opportunity to establish order.

Sure enough, two days later, the emperor's edict arrived again.

Commoner guards aim to set up large and small state-owned shops in big towns and counties, responsible for selling seeds, harvesting grain, selling agricultural tools and selling salt, etc., and the names are crudely and concisely using local names + official operations + main business, such as Cheng The official seed shop in Le County, the official salt shop in Chengle County, etc.The emperor ordered Bingzhou Inspector Lv Bu and the major prefects to support and cooperate, and the Supervision Institute has the power to supervise.The property in the treasury that the government took back from the Xiongnu before was also collected in batches by the person in charge of these hundreds of shops.

In addition, the angel also brought fifty thick clothes.

The angel presented the clothes to Lu Bu, and said with a smile, "General, His Majesty rewarded the meritorious soldiers in the army. These clothes are very precious. There are only a hundred pieces in the world. The emperor is sympathetic to the soldiers in front. We will bring half of the clothes to Bingzhou Woolen cloth."

Lu Bu frowned and said, "Since it's precious, wouldn't it be a waste to use it in the military?"

The prefect of Taiyuan County smiled and said: "I don't know what kind of clothes, is this old man on the list of rewards?"

Yu Jin and Le Jin also stared wide-eyed, looking at the big burden brought by the angel, but their qualifications are still young, and it would be rude to speak before the veterans speak, so they had to suppress their curiosity.

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