Chapter 555(1/2)
Yedu.
In early autumn, the vast farmland has turned gratifying golden, and farmers are busy harvesting.
Although it is only a year of good or bad, when these crops are harvested, the food for winter and the spring seeds for next year will be settled.
The farmers' dirty faces all showed a gratifying smile.
Liu Yu, who was light and simple in clothing, was standing on the side of the road and looking at the farmland on both sides, feeling a sense of pride.
"Although I have made up my mind to rest this year, the war has never stopped, but I can still do this, which is already satisfying myself."
Liu Yu couldn't help but boast about it.
Looking at these ordinary farmers, his sense of accomplishment was almost no better than that of any previous battle.
Only when these farmers can farm and live peacefully can they have a real peaceful scene.
"After this year's autumn tax collection, they should still have some savings left."
Liu Yu looked at the busy farmer in the distance and said lightly.
"Your Majesty is kind, and the people will definitely be able to survive the winter safely this year."
Cui Yue, the servant next to him, said.
Now there are more officials in the Han Dynasty who hold the position of "Shizhong" than usual.
Because Liu Yu intended to eliminate the Wei and Jin dynasties, he used the position of "Shizhong" as the prime minister.
He planned to slowly implement the "Three Provinces and Six Ministry System" that followed the thousand-year-old future generations, and the positions of the Secretary and the Shizhong who had extremely high power would naturally be weakened accordingly.
Therefore, among the high-ranking clans who actively surrendered to the Cui clan of Qinghe, Wang clan of Taiyuan, Xun clan of Yingchuan, many people held positions in Shizhong.
It can not only place these talented scholars, but also avoid the emergence of powerful ministers.
"You said this well, you really have to survive the winter!"
Liu Yu said with some emotion.
There is no cotton planting in the Central Plains today, which means there is no cheap and durable cold-proofing thing.
Fur, blanket and other items are all expensive items, which are not something that ordinary people can use.
"I am wrong, Your Majesty forgive me!" Cui Yue seemed to feel a little rude.
"No, you are not wrong. Now the people's life is really about having to survive the winter."
Liu Yu waved his hand and said.
"However, I believe that I will really have a life without worries about food and clothing in the future. Even these hard-working farmers can still be filled, warm and happy."
After hearing this, although Cui Yue looked convinced on her face, most of her heart did not believe it.
He was a person who experienced the prosperous era of Emperor Wu of Jin, and even the "prosperity" he claimed was not as good as the common people as Liu Yu said.
Liu Yu is now in a state of war and has been fighting for almost years. If it weren't for the successive victory and the money and food he paid would have been rewarded, he would have long ago slaughtered the people.
"By the way, your Qinghe Cui family has nearly ten thousand-dians now. If you cannot release your good fortune as soon as possible, you are afraid that when you issue an edict in the future, you will lose in vain."
Liu Zhou looked at Cui Yue and said.
A large clan like the Cui clan in Qinghe, even after several orders to release the slaves, there are still a large number of Tiankes occupied by them.
Therefore, Liu Yu has now seen the virtues of these high-ranking clans.
There is no need to think of any reasonable and well-founded persuasion, just order it with tough means.
Let these high-ranking clans release their slaves and turn these "black households" with household registration into "good people" who pay taxes and food.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I, Cui, Qinghe, has released as many as 70% of the Tiankes. Now some of the remaining Tiankes are the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, just take them in for a meal." Cui Yue explained repeatedly.
Although Liu Yu said this casually, Cui Yue had to pay attention to it.
Now the imperial court is using troops everywhere, with the Xianbei tribes in the northwest, the Li clans in Yizhou, and the Dongpingzhou in the east, all of which are money-burning matters.
Many powerful families who took advantage of the situation and refused to let go were ordered to migrate by Liu Yu.
So Cui Yue dared not cause trouble to his Qinghe Cui family.
"Okay, I won't make things difficult for you anymore."
Liu Yu smiled gently, and he could see Cui Yue's nervousness.
To deal with these powerful families, we not only need to suppress them, but also need to win over and exploit them.
He is not in a hurry to work immediately.
"Tell me, how has the matter of recruiting prisoners from various states to serve as troops in Dongpingzhou now?"
Liu Yu asked.
Now the Murong Xianbei is fighting all over the country in Baekje on the peninsula, almost doubled the territory of Dongpingzhou.
So much land is a happy worry for Dongpingzhou, which has a small population.
Therefore, Liu Yu hoped to replenish the population from the Central Plains as soon as possible, and had achieved the goal of completely replacing Fuyu and the three Koreans.
"Report to Your Majesty, although there are many prisoners in each state, there are not many strong and healthy people among them. Moreover, many compliant prisoners now have many work-based mining tasks, and many prefectures and counties say that they cannot be transferred." Cui Yue said.
Although the total number of criminal criminals in ten states is large, the number of people suitable for military combat is much less than Liu Yu's expectations.
"Since that's the case, I'll order to recruit son-in-law and those who are from Hu Nu will be reborn as soon as possible, so that some people who are not willing to do so." Liu Yu said slowly.
In an evil society, equal people are divided into different levels in order to be calm when they need to be harvested.
Now, in order to supplement the troops, the lowest-ranking prisoners are not enough, so naturally they have to recruit son-in-law who is also very low-ranking, Hu Nu and others.
As soon as he returned to the city, Cui Yue immediately took the order to make arrangements.
As soon as Liu Yu entered the palace, he met Gongsun Sheng and Xun Sui who had been waiting a little anxiously.
"Two, what's the urgent matter?" Liu Yu asked.
"Your Majesty, there are two major things now!" Gongsun Sheng said anxiously.
"What two things?" Liu Yu continued.
"First of all, it is the war in Yizhou!"
"Is there any danger in the war in Yizhou?" Liu Yu immediately panicked.
He has a full understanding of Yizhou's easy defense and difficult attack.
Therefore, Liu Yu did not force Xi Jian, Gou Xi and the others to advance urgently, as long as they fight steadily.
"Gou Xi led his army to advance quickly and has captured Guanghan City!" Gongsun Sheng said.
"What, captured Guanghan?" Liu Yu was surprised in advance.
Guanghan can be located in the important road between Chengdu and Hanzhong. If Gou Xi can lead his army to cut off the place, it may make Li Xiong's Ba Di army ending in response.
If the food route can be cut off, the Ba Di army without the supply of the Chengdu Plain may collapse at any time.
When Liu Yu thought of this, he felt nervous again.
"Gou Xi went straight into Guanghan from Yinping. The so-called light troops advanced rapidly. I'm afraid there was no excess food and grass reserves at all." Liu Yu said with a frown.
Although Gou Xi's actions were very shocked by Li Xiong.
However, for the Han army, it is not a big test.
If Gou Xi is not careful, he may be defeated and killed by the enemy troops on both sides.
"That's why Xi Jian sent someone six hundred miles to speed up!" Gongsun Sheng said.
Then, Liu Yu knew the whole story.
After learning that Gou Xi led his army to the hinterland of the country, Xi Jian immediately realized the key point.
If he can respond properly to Gou Xi, he can attack Li Xiong and surprise Chengdu.
Otherwise, once Gou Xi is defeated, the Hanzhong army will become lonely and hard to roar.
"Xi Jian said that Li Xiong has now shown signs of leading his army back to kill. If he can chase the enemy and kill, he will definitely defeat the thief army!"
"If you follow and chase after the food, you will have to stay away from the food route and you will be doomed." Xun Sui said with some concern.
Liu Yu had another thought in his heart.
"As long as we can siege the Ba Di thieves in Yizhou as soon as possible, what's the point of following and chasing them? It's better to attack Chengdu!"
"What Your Majesty said makes sense, but all this must be supplied with food and grass!" Gongsun Sheng said.
"I understand what Xi Jian means, it's just that it's short of soldiers and food." Liu Yu said very seriously.
"What is your Majesty's plan?"
"What else can it do? Of course, it's to give soldiers and food!" Liu Yu said.
"Tell me my order to let the people of Yongzhou and Sizhou, and the military soldiers return to their own camps and stand by at any time."
"As for food and grass, all the people of Yongzhou and Sizhou who can export food will be awarded the corresponding titles of twenty-fourth grade!"
Liu expected that as long as Xi Jian led his army too far, even if the mountain road was difficult to move, the soldiers' physical strength would be guaranteed.
To be continued...