Liu Xin couldn't believe her ears. Is this still the Queen Mother? How could she say such a thing? Liu Xin was startled and said hurriedly: "Queen Mother, please don't misunderstand me. We ministers will never dare to have the slightest malice."
Ma Yun also rushed forward, helped He Lian up, and said: "Queen Mother, who are you listening to? My husband is a good man, how could he do such a terrible thing? He was entrusted by the late emperor.
Assisting the new emperor, who knows..."
Liu Xin also came to her senses, interrupted Ma Yun and asked: "May I ask the Queen Mother, Your Majesty, how did he die?"
He Lian was diverted by their series of words. It seemed that Liu Xin was not as bad as the rumors. Then she dared to raise her head and take a peek. Sure enough, she saw that Liu Xin and his wife were both respectful. She couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
, the whole person seemed to have been drained of strength, and suddenly fell to the ground.
After listening to Liu Xin's question, Tang Xian couldn't help but think of the tragic scene of Liu Bian being strangled to death by several soldiers. She couldn't help but scream "Ah" and murmured: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, ah, Your Majesty is
Those who were killed by them..."
Liu Xin and Ma Yun looked at each other and shook their heads together. Unexpectedly, one was the queen mother and the other was the empress of the deposed emperor. They were actually made a little crazy by Dong Zhuo. After finally figuring out the whole story, Liu Xin secretly praised the danger.
, Fortunately, he invited Ma Yun to come, otherwise it would be a bit unclear if the news spread. This Li Ru was indeed a good trick!
In this way, Liu Xin did not dare to leave the two of them in the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion anymore, so she quickly ordered to find a large house nearby, asked people to clean it up, sent He Lian and Tang Xian there, and called
He had many maids and slaves to serve them. According to Kuai Liang's opinion, these slaves should be sentenced to castration, but Liu Xin did not agree. He felt that this was too cruel.
He Lian also gradually woke up from her fear. Liu Xin was not as scary as Li Ru said. However, she had no interest in Liu Xin's suggestion of raising troops to avenge Liu Bian. He Lian was already heartbroken.
Frustrated, she poisoned Wang Meiren. Although there was an element of jealousy in it, it was more because Wang Meiren also gave birth to a son. In order to preserve her son's status, she took this cruel action. Now, she
Her son was strangled to death in front of her, but Wang Meiren’s son still sat on the throne. Since her son is dead, what’s the point of fighting anymore?
Along the way from Luoyang, in addition to fear, she also thought a lot, especially in Jingzhou. Seeing the carefree lives of ordinary people, He Lian already regretted marrying into the palace. If she was just an ordinary person,
, how happy it would be to have children and grandchildren around our knees now! But now, the son is dead, the elder brother is dead, the younger brother is dead, and even my mother was killed by Dong Zhuo. She is really alone now. She no longer wants to
She no longer thinks about the fight for power and profit, she just wants to live well.
Tang Xian was just a little girl waiting to bloom. She was just thirteen years old this year. It was not surprising. Liu Bian was only fifteen years old when he died. Liu Xin saw that she was still young, so he proposed to send her back to Ying
Sichuan's natal family, but she was unwilling to do so and insisted on staying with the Queen Mother, so she had no choice but to let her go.
Liu Xin settled He Lian and Tang Xian down, and all he could do was take care of their lives. In addition to ensuring their daily needs, he also opened a vegetable patch in the backyard at He Lian's request.
He Lian now only wants to live a normal life. She has no relatives. Since Tang Xian refuses to return to her parents' home, she treats Tang Xian as her own daughter. The vegetable patch is where she spends her boring time.
Every day I work on the fields, loosen the soil, water and fertilize. After a day's work, I can sleep more soundly at night and have fewer nightmares.
Ma Yun would often take Bian Yu, Zhu Qian and the others to visit He Lian's home. Firstly, she would chat with He Lian and pass the time, and secondly, she would also let them experience He Lian's tragic experience firsthand. Ma Yun in later generations
When I was a kid, I often watched some costume TV dramas. In these TV dramas, palace battles were an essential part.
In fact, He Lian was also a victim of the palace fight, although she appeared as a winner at the beginning. If He Lian had not poisoned Wang Meiren, she would not have been ignored by Liu Hong and remained a widow for seven years. Regardless.
After all, she is the queen, and her brother is the general. It is impossible for Wang Meiren to shake her and Liu Bian's status. Liu Xie will call her "mother queen" when he sees her. And if Wang Meiren does not die, Liu Hong will also
He would not be so self-destructive. Even if he was equally wicked, his body could not collapse so quickly and he would die at the age of thirty-four. If Liu Hong did not die, Liu Bian would grow up slowly under his wings.
If Liu Bian had succeeded to the throne in his twenties, the situation would have been completely different. Like dominoes, a palace fight brought about this series of consequences.
Ma Yun knew that Liu Xin was now bent on fighting for the world, and maybe he could really succeed. If he succeeded, she, Bian Yu, Cai Yan, and Zhu Qian would all become Liu Xin's concubines. She didn't want to fight in the palace.
A good show is happening to her sisters. Ma Yun wants to prepare for a rainy day and let Bian Yu and the others experience the tragedy caused by He Lian's palace fight.
After Liu Xin settled He Lian and Tang Xian, the first thing he did was to hold the foundation laying ceremony of the Memorial Tower for the Fallen Soldiers. In the first year of Zhongping, Liu Xin came to Xiangyang, first to recover Wancheng, then to clear out the remaining Yellow Turban bandits, and then to pacify Bei
Yu, Su Dai's rebellion, and subsequent battles against Jiangxia counties, as well as the most brutal Battle of Bajun, there were dozens of battles, large and small, and the total number of soldiers killed reached more than 6,000. Here will be
To place the memorial tablets of these more than 6,000 soldiers, the government will also hold public sacrifices twice every year during the Qingming Festival and the Winter Solstice.
The memorial tablets of all fallen soldiers will be properly placed, and sacrifices will be continued throughout the four seasons. Liu Xin also awarded all fallen soldiers the title of "martyrs". Their family members are all "martyrs" and can receive generous pensions. In the future, they will be taxed
You will also receive special preferential treatment from the government in other aspects.
From Cai Yong's doting on Cai Yi, Liu Xin could see how much people of this era attached great importance to the inheritance of the family line, so he made a provision that martyrs with children would be raised by the government; those without children would be raised by the children of their brothers and sisters.
Choose an orphan to be adopted into their name, or choose an orphan from an orphanage to be adopted into their name. Because Liu Xin knows that there will be many battles waiting for them. One general will succeed and thousands of bones will wither.
There are countless soldiers who want to shed their lives and blood, and it is his responsibility to ensure that the soldiers can kill the enemy with peace of mind.
Liu Xin also made special provisions to take care of disabled soldiers. In addition to receiving a one-time pension when they retire, all disabled soldiers can also receive a certain subsidy every month in the future, and those engaged in production can also be exempted from half
Taxes so that they will not live in poverty due to disability.
The implementation of these preferential policies requires strong economic support. Except for Liu Xin, other princes really do not have the strength to adopt the same policies. It is true that money makes things easier.
Because he was not short of money, Liu Xin decided to quickly expand his troops. The land of Jingzhou became lively again, and each county set up recruitment offices. When Liu Xin first arrived in Jingzhou, the policy of conscription was implemented, but now in Jingzhou, being a soldier is considered a
It is a relatively promising profession. Every winter when the farmers are slack, long queues of young people would line up at the recruitment offices in each county, which became a local scene.
In the past few years, the number of soldiers recruited each time was very limited, but this year is different. Liu Xin divided the target of recruiting 100,000 soldiers into various counties, including not only the nine counties of Jingxiang, but also the newly occupied Zangke and Henan provinces.
Bajun was also recruiting troops.
After receiving the order to recruit troops, all counties took action quickly. This is done every year, but this year more people were recruited. Jushou and Tian Feng even actively mobilized various supplies to ensure that the newly recruited soldiers could
Wenpin's military training center will definitely not be able to accommodate 100,000 recruits, and all five armies will undertake certain training tasks.
Liu Xin was not idle either. He changed into casual clothes and went to various recruitment sites in person to conduct unannounced visits. After all, the number of recruits this year was very huge. If too few people signed up, he would adjust the policy in time. There will be countless battles starting next year.
According to him, these recruits may not necessarily be sent to the battlefield next year, but the losses in the war are staggering, and they will all be used as important reserve forces, so the supply of 100,000 recruits this year must be guaranteed.
According to Liu Xin's estimation, such a large-scale recruitment indicates that there will be a major war. During the war, many people will try to evade military service, so the number of people who will apply will definitely not be more than in previous years. Who knows, he has not seen it yet
When he arrived at the alley of the recruitment office, the long queue had already turned into the next alley. Liu Xin was very surprised and decided to go to the recruitment office to see what was going on. He did not want the officials below to force the people to come in order to complete their tasks.
The situation of joining the army as a soldier.
Liu Xin quickly grabbed a young man in the team and asked, "Are you willing to apply?"
Everyone around looked at Liu Xin like a monster. The young man said: "It's not voluntary. Are we all crazy? We got up so early and came to line up."
Liu Xin was even more confused and said: "There are many places to recruit this year, is it necessary to be so nervous?"
Everyone suddenly booed. There was an older middle-aged man standing next to the team. He obviously accompanied his son to apply. He looked at Liu Xin and said, "Young man, you don't understand. This year's recruitment
With so many people, we will definitely not be recruited again next year, or even the year after that. If you can’t be selected this time, maybe you won’t be selected in this life. Can you not be nervous? I see you are tall, like
It’s a good piece of material, hurry up and queue up at the back, maybe you can still make it in time.”
Liu Xin suddenly realized it and couldn't help shaking her head. It turns out that this is the case. This is also a different kind of buying up and not buying down. Why do Han people have this bad habit?
At this time, a fierce quarrel suddenly came from the front.