Throughout August, there was only one thing going on in Henan, and that was the autumn harvest.

Shao Xun took his eldest son Jin Dao, his second son Badger Lang, and a group of soldiers to the fields to harvest.

There is a large wasteland to the north of Shahai, part of which was taken over by Yang Xianrong, and manpower was deployed from Guangchengze to plant pasture and raise livestock; the other part was used as Shitian and Lutian. Because there were not enough manpower to cultivate it, large areas

Part of it has been used to graze horses, and only a few hundred hectares of grains have been planted. It is now harvest time.

The sharp sickle flew up and down, cutting the bundles of soybeans to the ground.

The two children followed their father, carefully picking up the pods and peas that had been left on the ground.

Shao Xun said while harvesting: "There are treasures at the roots of this thing, which can fertilize the fields. Remember it."

"Oh." Jin Dao Badger Lang responded.

Shao Xun chuckled and continued harvesting.

He remembered that when soybeans were harvested in later generations in rural areas, most of them did not wait until they were fully mature. Instead, they uprooted the green beans while they were still green and used them as edamame for cooking. After all, in the age of chemical fertilizers, the little nitrogen-fixing fertilizer effect on the soybean roots was not

They value it very much. In addition, they don’t plant much and they eat them as they are pulled. By the time the soybeans are fully mature, there are often not a few left.

But in this era, the nitrogen-fixing role of crops, including leguminous grasses, is very important. The roots are generally left in the ground and turned over after harvesting, allowing them to slowly decay and decompose.

The main reason why I brought my sons with me today is to let them experience the hardships of being a farmer. So that when they are in power in the future, they will not have a clear idea and cause trouble - they are all about squeezing the people, but there are usually two results if they have a concept or not.

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"Eldest brother, second brother, drink some water." Fu Bao came bounding over, handed Jin Dao and Badger Lang a water bag, and then looked at them with a smile.

The two brothers thanked each other profusely and started drinking.

The two of them were originally very alienated from this new sister, but Fu Bao didn't recognize strangers at all and became familiar with them, so they quickly got along with each other.

"Grandpa, drink water." Fu Bao took another water bag from the soldier and handed it to Shao Xun.

Shao Xun was elated. This little cotton-padded jacket was not leaking at all.

Fu Bao's birth was originally an accident. Now it seems that it was a surprise sent to him by God. Shao Xun liked it very much. In just a few days, he had already given her many things.

Her little mouth not only deceived her father, but even her grandparents were coaxed into confusion and were rewarded continuously.

Fu Bao put the treasures he got into his small box, which was almost full. He heard that he was already looking for a second box.

I don’t know what it will be like when I grow up in the future.

Mrs. Liu also came over, sat in the carriage, opened the curtain and looked this way.

Shao Xun waved his hand.

Because Yu Wenjun was pregnant, he had been staying with Mrs. Liu these days, mainly to comfort her.

They cuddled together at night, talked about things from the past, and said some love words, without doing anything, and slowly adjusted her mood.

Shao Xun is a scumbag, but he is not heartless. If a woman loses her son and is in a gloomy mood, it would be unjustifiable if she still ignores him.

After drinking the water, they continued harvesting and were busy until the sun was getting darker, then they stopped and rested among the woods by the river not far away.

Prime Minister Yu Chen took advantage of the opportunity and brought Liang Guo's minister Yang Man, lieutenant Chen Yougen, palace minister Cai Cheng (formerly the prefect of Wei County), and censor Zhongcheng Cui Yu to come over and report on the work.

Shao Xun waved and asked his two sons to come over and listen.

Yu Chen looked at Jin Dao and Badger Lang and greeted them with a smile.

Yang Man took a peek at Yu Chen's face.

Chen Yougen and Cai Chengze looked curious but indifferent. They are both descendants of Liang Gong. What is the difference?

After the second child arrived, Yu Chen signaled that Chen Yougen came first and reported: "Ming Gong, former general Li Chong reported that Xiongnu cavalry broke into Jizhou and plundered everywhere. The people could not bear the disturbance and the autumn harvest was greatly affected. Please

Yibing the troops in Changshan, Zhongshan, and Zhao’s counties.”

The "former army general" is an official of the Liang Kingdom. Li Zhong is an old man from Yuancong and has made a lot of achievements. It is normal to become one of the generals of the front, rear, left, and right armies.

After July, he took up his post in Zhao County as a general of the former army, controlling the troops and horses of the counties and states at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain.

The lieutenant Chen Yougen served as was one of the six ministers of the Liang Kingdom. He was in charge of the recruitment, training, and deployment of soldiers, but he had no command or logistics rights.

In addition to the generals of the front army, the generals of the left army Wang Que'er, the generals of the right army Jin Zheng, and the generals of the rear army were given to Hou Feihu.

The Liang Kingdom currently only has these four generals, and they will slowly add more generals later.

After hearing Chen Yougen's words, Shao Xun thought for a moment and asked, "The Yi Congjun family members are still scattered in Guangchengze, Xiangcheng, and Xuchang, right?"

"Exactly." Chen Yougen replied.

"Wei Commandery experienced many wars and was short of household registration. It took two years to move Yi Congjun and his family to Liyang, grant land and buy a house." Shao Xun said: "What Li Zhong asked for was done. Three thousand people were transferred.

Ride north and leave him in his hands."

After saying that, he looked at Yu Chen.

Yu Chen immediately responded.

In front of the "founding emperor", the prime minister actually did not have much power at all. Because the founding emperor was too prestige and very capable, he also liked to care about all aspects of affairs, and even directly intervened, intentionally or unintentionally eroding the power of the prime minister.

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However, Yu Chen was in a good mood. Even if Liang Gong bypassed him and directly issued orders to the ministers and generals below, he would not have any objections - what objections could he have? So what if he had an objection?

After Chen Yougen retired, Cao Cheng, the Minister of Cao in the palace, came forward and said: "There are no soldiers in the palace. There are many guards and they still need to be replaced."

After Cai Cheng was transferred back, he was immediately awarded the title of Chief Cao, one of the six Cao Cao, in charge of the palace's military, rituals, and treasury.

To put it simply, he manages the palace guards, honor guards, traveling carriages and horses, treasury, etc.

He just said that there were "a lot of guardsmen" in the palace. He was being polite. In fact, there were almost none. Lao Cai was the bare commander.

At present, Liang Palace only has one Fangzhou Pavilion and more than 20 buildings have been completed. Huang Nu Palace and Guanfeng Palace are still under construction, and the ancestral temple is even in the preparation stage.

Shao Xun felt that this matter was not urgent. Until now, he had been using his own soldiers as bodyguards.

But Cai Cheng brought it up today and thought it would be better to be more standardized. After all, the pro-army is actually a field army, not a gatekeeper, so he said: "Congfu soldiers, silver guns, black scorpions, and righteous soldiers should be selected from among the sons of the fourth army. You can choose the position."

Waiting for discussion."

"As ordered." Cai Cheng slowly stepped back.

Next is Cui Yu, the censor Zhongcheng.

"Ming Gong, the supervisory censors are ready and can inspect the counties." Cui Yu said.

"Then let's go on an external tour. We will go to Hebei in pairs. We will inspect the three counties of Ji, Wei and Dunqiu. If any officials do anything illegal, report it immediately." Shao Xun said.

The official position of Yushi Zhongcheng has long been held, and he is the deputy to the Yushi doctor.

At this point, his power has been reduced, and he can only correct trivial matters such as the etiquette of officials in Beijing.

Shao Xun ordered the establishment of a supervisory censor to regularly inspect the ten counties of the Liang Kingdom and impeach officials for illegal activities. Cui Yu was responsible for this aspect.

In fact, Shao Xun wanted Pei Xian to do this.

Pei Jingsi's practical ability is a mess, but he is an honest official, his family has no money, and his moral level is very high - he can't do anything, but he can find faults!

Unfortunately, Pei Xian is still in Youzhou. Let's wait a little longer. It will be more appropriate to transfer him back next year.

When Shao Xun saw Cui Yu, he thought of Wang Jun's wife Cui.

This woman is now placed by him in Junyi County. To be honest, Shao Xun doesn't like her green tea properties, but he doesn't know why. Every time he sees Cui, he feels a little angry or impulsive and wants to kill her.

Punishment ravages this woman.

A few days ago, when I was touring the counties of Chenliu, I spent the night in Junyi, crawling on Ms. Cui’s body all night. I regretted it greatly at dawn, and had been tricked by a ghost again!

Thinking about it carefully, it was probably because Mr. Cui liked to pretend to be frightened and frightened, and kept begging in the middle, and his mouth was full of polite words, which made him more and more excited.

Damn it, I'll never look for her again - maybe next time.

After Cui Yu finished his report, his servant Yangman came forward and said: "Ming Gong, King Langya sent people across the sea to Qingzhou. The envoy arrived in July and has not left yet. It is said that he will be entrusted with the title of Dongguan County Duke and Qingzhou Shepherd.

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"Is it reliable?" Shao Xun asked.

"Nine times out of ten it came from Mount Tai," Yang Man said.

Shao Xun believed it.

When it comes to intelligence these days, aristocratic families are still more powerful because of their powerful network of connections.

As a ruler, if you want to establish an intelligence organization, you have to rely on them, using local people or even people from aristocratic families.

It is unrealistic to send intelligence personnel from the central government to other places. Don't talk nonsense. They will be captured by some Wubao manor and used as slaves on the way.

However, sending a large team of troops would be very costly and would be too public, which would not be conducive to spying on intelligence.

The assassination governor of Shao Xun's brother Shao Fan currently has a very limited scope of activities, mainly in the western Henan, Chenjun area and inside big cities such as Luoyang, Xuchang and Yecheng.

Outside this range, it is basically inoperable, the loss of personnel is very serious, the cost has increased sharply, and not much valuable information can be obtained.

In ancient times, when princes were fighting for hegemony, if something happened to one side, the other side would not know until a long time later. Do you really think they are imbecile? Don’t you know how to set up a detailed organization to spy on intelligence? The social environment is different!

It is difficult to recruit people, difficult to spy, and difficult to deliver...

But it's much easier to rely on aristocratic families. They get more information than you and are more advanced because they have access to decision-makers.
To be continued...