Liu Xin asked strangely: "Honey, what's going on? Do you not welcome me back?"
Ma Yun glanced at him angrily: "You have nothing to do with Liu Bei's peach garden friendship. Do you also want to learn from his brothers who are like brothers and feet, and his wife is like clothes. When clothes are torn, they can be sewn; when limbs are broken, they can be repaired?"
"This big-eared thief, I annoy him the most, he is full of hypocrisy." Liu Xin shouted that he was wronged and sat next to her and said, "In my eyes, brothers are like the limbs of a centipede, and wives are like winter clothes."
Ma Yun spat, "I know I'm a talker." But she smiled and snuggled into Liu Xin's arms.
Liu Xin hugged her smoothly and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, shouldn't I prepare a few more sets of these clothes?"
When Ma Yun heard this, she stomped on his foot hard. Liu Xin screamed "Ouch" and ran away like a rabbit. Ma Yun's "gurgling" laughter and the strange laughter of the servants came from behind.
look.
As time goes by, the drought in the north continues to intensify. "Man can conquer nature" is destined to be nothing more than a joke. The power of nature is ruthless. Despite our best efforts, in that era of relying on the sky for food, Hejian County's summer
The harvest is still greatly affected. The only good thing is that the dug wells guarantee people's drinking water. Other counties are not so lucky. The summer grain harvest is almost impossible. Many villages have difficulty even drinking water. A large number of refugees have appeared.
As the number of refugees increased, epidemics also began to spread.
The opportunity that Zhang Jiao had been waiting for finally came. On the one hand, he organized Taoist people to provide porridge and relief in counties with serious droughts. People called him Zhang Dashan. On the other hand, Zhang Jiao also based on several people he found.
In ancient times, medicinal materials are collected, boiled into juice, bottled, and called holy water to cure people's diseases.
After the patients drank Zhang Jiao's holy water, some were still not cured, while others were cured. According to Taiping Taoism, the reason for the uncured patients was naturally because they were dishonest. As a result, many refugees regarded Zhang Jiao as a god descended to earth.
It spread the word so much that the number of people who came to Zhangjiao to seek medicine every day ranged from hundreds to dozens.
As a result, the people of the eight states of Qing, Xu, You, Ji, Jing, Yang, Yan, and Henan, all of whom did not know the name of the great virtuous teacher Zhang Jiao, admired each other, and even sold their property to fight for his disciples, traveling all over the country.
Although he refused to die, his followers actually numbered in the hundreds of thousands. So far, Zhang Jiao had privately set up thirty-six parties. There were more than 10,000 people in Dafang and six to seven thousand people in Xiaofang. Zhang Jiao saw that the number of followers was increasing day by day, and people's hearts were rising.
Surrender, secretly search for food and grass, train military horses, and only when the time is right, raise the flag to rebel.
Although the local people in Hejian had no worries about food and clothing, the large influx of refugees still attracted Liu Xin's great attention. Tian Feng and Jushou were busy traveling to various counties all day long, and Zhao Yun, Xu Huang and others also led troops to various places to maintain the situation.
Order. Due to drought, summer sowing has been unable to be carried out, and many young and middle-aged people living at home have also been mobilized. In addition to helping to maintain order, there must also be dedicated personnel responsible for the environmental sanitation of refugee settlements. Liu Xin attaches great importance to epidemic prevention work, and all dead livestock
, poultry were also burned intensively, buried, and covered with lime.
Since the river is almost dry, and drinking water for people and animals in Hejian County, all people and animals rely on wells dug in various places, which has prevented the water source from being polluted and causing the disease to spread on a large scale in the river. After dozens of days of continuous efforts, the situation in Hejian has been improved.
Gradually it stabilized.
Liu Xin, who was in the prefect's mansion, was not at ease. He was walking anxiously outside the door. Ma Yun's heart-rending shouts came from time to time in the room. Every time they came, he
My heart will be pinched.
Cold sweat broke out on Liu Xin's forehead, and finally a baby's cry of "Wow" came from the room. The loud cry penetrated through the clouds, and the midwife came out with a beaming face and said: "Congratulations, sir."
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"How is Madam?" Liu Xin asked eagerly before she could finish speaking.
The midwife was stunned. She had been delivering babies for decades. The first thing everyone would ask was "Is it a boy or a girl?" But it was the first time that the prefect asked his wife first, and she couldn't help but express her expression.
I was stunned and speechless.
Liu Xin saw that the midwife had a different look on her face, and immediately became nervous. She grabbed the midwife, picked her up, and shouted sternly: "How is Madam doing?"
This adult has always been kind, but I have never seen him speak so loudly. The midwife was so frightened that she trembled all over and said in a trembling voice: "Madam, mother and child are safe, mother and child are safe..."
Liu Xin breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as her hand loosened, the midwife fell to the ground, her whole body was limp and she couldn't get up.
Liu Xin saw Ma Yun lying on the bed. She was so weak that her face was pale and without the ruddy color of the past. Liu Xin said softly: "Honey, you have worked hard." Ma Yun smiled happily at him. Liu Xin asked again: "Yes.
Boy or girl?”
Ma Yunyou's face became increasingly red, and she finally couldn't help shouting: "What are you doing and why are you asking now? Get out, I'm going to breastfeed my son."
It was only half a year before the Yellow Turban Uprising. Liu Xin wanted to expand the size of the army, but the imperial court had regulations on the military establishment of each county. If he did not do it well, he would be suspected of treason. Liu Xin had to focus on the army.
In terms of training and equipment, we took advantage of the severe drought to acquire a number of horses one after another.
The refugees have been resettled together, but they only have porridge for three meals a day, which can only prevent them from starving to death. It is impossible to eat enough. Looking at the refugees who are getting weaker and weaker, Tian Feng came up with an idea
With the idea of working for relief, he organized young adults among the refugees and invested in repairing city walls in various counties. Because Hejian is an inner county and has lived a peaceful life for many years, the city walls in most counties are in disrepair, and many of them are in disrepair.
The place is in dilapidated condition.
This is indeed a good idea. It not only solves the idle situation of the refugees, but also allows some refugees to have enough to eat. After listening to Tian Feng's suggestion, Liu Xin immediately ordered the implementation.
At the same time, memorials to the court requesting for disaster relief also piled up in front of Liu Hong like snowflakes. Disaster relief costs money, which is simply too difficult for Liu Hong, who lives on money. Liu Hong's instructions are strict orders.
The prefects of each county raised their own money and food to provide relief to the victims, and were supervised by the provincial governors. The only thing the court did was to halve this year's tax revenue, which had made Liu Hong distressed for several days.
When the prefects of each county received the order, they were dumbfounded. There was not a grain of grain harvest this year. Not only did the court not allocate a penny, but they also collected half of the tax. So the prefects showed their magic, some apportioned it to big households, and some
They robbed the people by force, causing complaints and making it easier for Taiping Dao to act.
The situation in Hejian is much better. After all, the people still have part of the harvest this year, and Liu Xin exempted the people from taxes, and all the money handed over to the court will be paid by the county government. But in this way, the increase in taxes last year will also be paid this year.
It was all consumed.
After autumn, the precipitation gradually increased, and the drought in various places has been significantly alleviated. However, the people have missed the opportunity to farm. This year is destined to have no harvest. Many people do not know whether they can survive this winter. Fortunately,
Fortunately, Liu Xin, the prefect of Hejian County, organized food distribution, and Taiping Road organized food distribution in other places. Not too many people died of starvation. The difference is that as long as the refugees participating in the work-for-relief program in Hejian, their families
Everyone can eat enough, while others can only ensure that they don't starve to death.
However, as the drought has eased, many refugees have begun to return to their hometowns. After all, most Chinese people believe that it is difficult to leave their homeland. Hejian County has become much quieter recently, and the government offices in other counties have finally begun to open warehouses.
Grain is released. In Hejian County, people praise the achievements of the prefect Liu Xin, but in other places people praise the benevolence of Zhang Jiao, the "great virtuous teacher and Taoist Taoist of Taiping". Many people serve the great virtuous man at home.
The name of the master Zhang Jiao. One of these two people was the governor of Hejian in Jizhou and the other was from Julu County in Jizhou. Therefore, Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou who was responsible for supervising local responsibilities, wrote a memorial to praise the merits of these two men.
This unprecedented severe drought finally passed, and Liu Hong's mood improved greatly. When he saw Han Fu's memorial, he ordered it to be discussed with the ministers and proposed a commendation.
After Situ Yangci learned about it, he wrote this memorial and said: "Liu Xin, the governor of Hejian, has not been in office for a long time. It is commendable to be considerate of the people, but it is just a matter of duty. We should pay attention to what he does in the future before praising him."
Not later. As for Zhang Jiao and others who deceive the people, it will be a trouble in the future, but now his power has spread. If the states and counties are immediately ordered to arrest and punish him, I am afraid that he will rebel soon. I ask the emperor to appoint him as a state
The governor, send his followers back to their hometowns, wait until his followers disperse and Zhang Jiao is alone, then send officials to arrest him, it will be effortless!"
Yang Ci's strategy is actually quite powerful. If Liu Hong adopts it, it's hard to say whether the Yellow Turban Uprising will break out. His idea is to win over Zhang Jiao with a false post as governor to show that the court has commended him and the people have heard about it.
He will naturally speak well of the court. If Zhang Jiao rebels at this time, his good image will be destroyed. If he is not in a hurry to rebel, as long as he becomes an official, there will always be a way to find mistakes in him, and then he will be justified.
Before arresting him. If Liu Xin sees this memorial, he will definitely think of the story about Taibai Jinxing tricking Sun Wukong into heaven.
But what Yang Ci did to Liu Xin was very unfair. There were so many disaster-stricken counties in the world, but Hejian County did the best, but it couldn't get praise. In fact, this was because Yang Ci heard that Liu Xin and Zhang Rang
The friendship was not shallow and the two parties often interacted with each other, which was why Liu Xin was classified as an eunuch.
Liu Hong saw that Yang Ci's memorial was very different from what he thought, so he put it aside for many days without using it. Yang Ci felt ashamed for a while, so he claimed to be sick and begged for leave.
A few days later, another official, Liu Tao, reported: "Zhang Jiao's conspiracy has been going on for more than a day or two. Rumors have spread from all over the world, saying that Zhang Jiao and others secretly entered the capital, peeked into the government, and had evil intentions.
They are jealous of each other and dare not report it to the court. They also ask the emperor to issue an edict to arrest Zhang Jiao. If anyone dares to avoid it, he is in the same category as a thief."