Officials from Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou arrived one after another, and each county began to measure acres of land, allocate land to the people, and establish militia groups.
The Hujun camp and the right army broke away from the disaster relief work and gathered a few people to sweep away the bandits and desperate nobles in the territory.
Also arriving at the same time as the Jizhou officials were Tian Feng, Fan Xian, Yuan Min, Wang Xing, and Liu Yu.
Investigate the illegal activities of officials and nobles, build workshops, coal fields, and furnaces, calculate water conservancy projects, and direct wasteland reclamation matters. If these things can be completed smoothly, the Anping Army will be able to take root in the three auxiliary areas and take control of Guanzhong.
In the fourth year of Chuping (193), there was a solar eclipse on the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month, which made people panic.
Yilang Zhao Min made a statement at the court meeting, and the heavens warned him that Chief Minister Kong should resign as a sign of repentance.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, whenever such a disaster occurred, a San Gong would be dismissed from his official position. This has become a tradition.
But Liu Xiang never expected that someone would dare to point the finger at him.
He laughed angrily. This man is so courageous. He plucks his beard from the tiger's mouth. You are seeking death!
But before he had a seizure, Liu Yu stood up, holding a watch in his hand, and said loudly: "There is an eclipse in the sun, which is a warning from the sky, which means that there is no sun. I and the twelve princes and kings signed a play to respectfully invite the Great Sima to ascend the throne."
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This is the clan's choice.
Emperor Liu Xie had no children. According to the official return process, after his death, the Queen Mother should be the regent, and a royal son from the line of the Hejian kings would be selected to succeed him.
However, Dong Zhuo deposed the emperor and Empress Dowager He died. In Liu Xie's dynasty, there was neither a queen mother nor a queen. There were only a few concubines of the late emperor who had moved from Gui Palace to Changle Palace and had no rights at all.
Liu Xiang was just holding back during this period. He did not ascend the throne, nor did he choose a clan member. His attitude was actually quite clear. Now, the choice of clan clan came.
Very good, he was not disappointed. Twelve princes and kings signed their names, and among them there must be several princes from the Seven Kingdoms Alliance.
But he hasn't seen the scholar group's stance yet, so now is not the time.
So, he said: "My virtues are shallow, I cannot bear the responsibility of the country, and I dare not spy on the artifact. This matter cannot be mentioned again."
Liu Yu didn't make any scene where he burst into tears and lay on the ground to remonstrate. Before the time came, he stood up and persuaded Liu Yu to come in. He just expressed the clan's attitude to show Liu Xiang and the world, in order to build momentum.
To pave the way for the Lord to ascend the throne.
After hearing this, he bowed and bowed, then returned to his seat.
Liu Xiang looked at Yilang Zhao Min, who announced his resignation, and wondered if this person was really stupid or if someone was instigating him behind his back.
To scare people with celestial phenomena?
Who do you look down on?
"This man has deceived the public with his evil talk. Take him to jail and find out who else is accomplices with him."
Today is the first time Liu Xiang has presided over a court meeting in the front hall of Weiyang Palace. Liu Xie has been buried in the imperial mausoleum for three months. The court meeting cannot stop forever, and he cannot rule the country forever. Although the high-ranking officials at the center of the imperial court will die in nine out of ten
, but there are still many officials who need to be controlled and absorbed.
Therefore, the court meeting must be reopened, and prestige and authority can be increased by hosting the court meeting.
But, obviously, it didn't go well.
There were only a few officials who were qualified to go to court. The palace was empty and very quiet. After a meeting, other people did not dare to say anything.
Um?
Liu Xiang reacted.
Is this the purpose of Zhao Min? To create a rift between those officials and him?
This is a conspiracy. The first time he presides over the court meeting, he will be dismissed from his post. If he is not investigated, his majesty will be ruined. If he is investigated, the court will be divided.
You use your life to make plans, you are really willing to go out of your way.
But what's the use? I don't rely on these people to govern the country. If I weren't afraid that removing them all would be criticized and affect the recruitment of talents, how could these people stay in Chang'an well?
But I don’t care, I don’t care, I’m being tricked, and I feel very unhappy.
"Let the dynasty disperse, Jia Xu, Tian Feng, Fan Xian and Wang Xing stay."
After leading the four people to the side hall, Liu Xiang suppressed the anger in his heart and asked: "Yuan Hao, how is the investigation of the illegal activities of officials?"
"Reporting to my lord, the implications are wide."
"Then we'll do it all and hand it over to the Justice Department. No one will be spared. The Tingwei is vacant and Xia Houlan will take charge of the military law enforcement."
"Wei." Tian Fengmang was very happy and said that he was brave enough to do it because he had never met a master who was tougher than him before. Look at it now, is there any need for me to do it?
Liu Xiang turned to look at Jia Xu: "Wenhe, how many new people have Jin Yiwei selected?"
"Five hundred and thirty-two people."
"It's too slow. There are more than 4,000 vacancies out of the 10,000 quota. This is not good. Send an order to select 3,000 people who can ride and shoot well in the garrison corps of the four states in You and Qingji. If the selection is insufficient, select them from the militia.
The government schools and academies select 500 students to enrich the Jinyi army. They also allocate a thousand cavalry to serve as the third assistant."
Liu Xiang knocked on the memorial table: "I want to completely control the third assistant, the sooner the better."
"The last official obeys the order."
After giving instructions to Tian Feng and Jia Xu, he looked at Fan Xian: "Ziming, how about the three assistants dividing the fields and clearing up wasteland?"
"My lord, the third auxiliary Qingzhang has 41,082 hectares of land, and 410,000 men have divided the fields. The river canal planning has been completed. If the project is completed, more than 10,000 hectares of wasteland can be reclaimed. We have recruited young men to reclaim the land.
Fifteen thousand people are involved in the project, and it will be completed before the end of the year. The alfalfa planting in Shanglin Garden employs 50,000 old men and boys, and it will take half a year to complete."
Liu Xiang frowned. There were still not enough fields, and it was difficult to promote rice on a large scale in the Guanzhong Plain. Millet and wheat were mainly grown here, and the yield would be lower. It was difficult to be self-sufficient in food, and it had to be transported from outside.
It’s not that the area in Guanzhong is insufficient, it’s that many places are not in major river basins, and large-scale water conservancy projects need to be built first before land can be reclaimed.
There are still many virgin forests that need to be cut down and then dug out to create good fields. The manpower and material resources required are too great, and large-scale reclamation is not possible for the time being. Liu Xiang is also worried about completely destroying the environment, so he does not dare to do so.
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For both of these projects, the amount of work is not small, and the cost is too high. I am afraid that even if it takes 20 to 30 years to grow crops, the cost will not be recovered. In the short term, such projects will weaken Liu Xiang's strength. He also has foreign enemies.
Don't dare to be so promiscuous.
This year's water conservancy project is based on the river channel, digging ditches outwards to divert water for irrigation. It is still in the river basin, but the irrigation area has been expanded.
Such a project costs relatively little, is quick to produce results, and has high returns, so he dared to start the project.
In the Sanfu area, it is difficult to be self-sufficient in food in the short term, so it seems that we must increase efforts to develop handicrafts.
"Wang Xing, the silk weaving in Mingguang Palace needs to be expanded. At least 30,000 weaver girls will be recruited from the private sector. I will order the third assistant to encourage silkworm breeding. You will also arrange manpower to go to various counties to build woodenware, vehicles, linen, ready-made clothes, and weaving mats.
, shoes, oil pressing, sauce making and other workshops, I need you to build a workshop area for 300,000 female workers within this year."
"How much labor will you give me, my lord?"
"You go and recruit yourself. I still have to lead troops to attack Liangzhou. At most, I won't recruit civilian men from the third auxiliary."
Wang Xing curled his lips. The young and strong people are focused on water conservancy and land reclamation. Where can he find people? He can't find a group of old men, children, and women to build houses, right?
But after the lord gave an order, he had to find a way to fulfill it: "Can I lead people to capture slaves?"
"You can't arrest Han people, and you can't arrest Hu people who have surrendered."
"Okay, I'll order people to arrest the Qiang and Di people." After Wang Xing finished speaking, he turned to discuss with Fan Xian: "Can I trade Qiang and Di slaves with you for young Han people? The Qiang and Hu can't build houses or dig soil.
Still will."
"Can."
"Thank you."
Liu Xiang waited for Wang Xing and Fan Xian to finish their discussion before speaking: "I have discussed matters in the palace with Liu Bo'an, and he is opposed to abolishing the palace maids, at least not now.
Therefore, we have to set aside a palace in Changle Palace and convert it into a silk brocade weaving workshop and an embroidery workshop. Wang Xing, you arrange the palace craftsmen to build it on a scale of 10,000 people."
"only."
Seeing that it is February, spring has returned to the earth, and vegetation has sprouted. We must arrange the affairs of the third assistant as soon as possible, and then send troops to Liangzhou. The sentinels have already been sent out. Ma Teng, Han Sui and others are not honest and have signs of gathering.
Should we charge forward and kill Ma Teng first, break up the anti-thief alliance, and defeat them one by one? Or should we attract them to assemble, and then take advantage of the chaos to defeat the main anti-thief force.
Liu Xiang was a little hesitant. He felt that these two strategies were not safe.
There are too many rebels in Liangzhou. Most of the food in his hands must be reserved for disaster relief, and he does not dare to send out too many troops. He cannot afford to fight a battle involving hundreds of thousands of troops.