Jushou was shocked and asked repeatedly: "My lord, you still want to promote Liu Bei?"
Liu Bei's current official position is in the literary department of the Chongwen Department of the Ministry of Rites, which is one level lower than Yuanwailang, and is an official of the sixth rank. Logically speaking, the highest official in Rinan County is the Rinan Prefect, an official of the fifth rank. And Liu Xin
Liu Bei will be appointed soon
The official position is called literary promotion envoy, which is under the jurisdiction of Rinan County. Liu Xin just said that two are not enough, so this literary promotion envoy is at least a fifth-grade official, which is on the same level as the county magistrate and the chief historian.
, he is considered a high-ranking official in the county government.
Liu Xin smiled and said: "This literary promotion official does not need to give him any power, nor do he need to deploy manpower. He does not even need to manage the school in Rinan County, but the level can be set higher, starting from the fourth grade.
Bar."
Jushou said in surprise: "From the fourth rank? Isn't it half a rank higher than the prefect? Since the literary promotion envoy doesn't have to do anything, why give him such a high rank?"
Liu Xin nodded and said, "It's not like we don't have to do anything. We can let him go to Rinan County to collect folk customs."
Jushou asked with a confused look on his face: "What does Cai Feng mean?"
Liu Xin said without thinking: "The so-called collecting style is to let him appreciate the great scenery of Rinan County and work hard to write a few good articles. When he writes good articles, when will he be allowed to return to the Central Plains!"
Liu Bei had not been good at studying since he was a child. Although he had great ambitions, his writing was not very good. Hearing Liu Xin's explanation, Jushou couldn't help laughing and said: "My lord, my subordinates understood what I mean, which is to send Liu Bei to
Go to Rinan to take care of his old age. Haha, my lord has been extremely kind and righteous to him."
"Retirement? He has a great idea!" Liu Xin suddenly said bitterly, "Liu Bei has always refused to settle down. Doesn't he like to toss? This time I will let him toss as much as he wants. Not only do I let him toss, I also
We need to find someone to torment him!"
Following Liu Xin for many years, this was the first time that Jushou saw Liu Xin getting so angry. It seemed that Liu Bei was still unwilling to surrender sincerely and was entangled in Liu Bang's affairs. Liu Xin was finally touched. This was going to happen.
Get serious.
Jushu didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he stood up and said, "Please don't worry, my lord, I will draft an order right away."
Liu Xin waved her hand and said: "The first order can be sent out immediately. Let's not be busy with the second order. I have already sent an urgent letter of 800 miles to Feng Lie, asking him to do something.
It won't be too late to issue the second order after Feng Lie gets a reply."
Before dawn the next day, Cai He was waiting outside the door of the Prefectural Mufu. After his last mission to Dawan and other countries, Liu Xin promised that his official position had not been settled, and he did not dare to ask, but every day
They were all looking forward to someone coming from the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion, but they didn't come even if they waited.
You didn't come even if you waited. Finally, around noon yesterday, the eldest sister Cai Yue suddenly came to the house and brought a letter of appointment, which was a formal document stamped with the official seal. As a result, Cai He hugged him all night long.
I couldn't sleep a wink while looking at this letter of appointment.
Liu Xin invited Cai He into the study, patted his shoulder affectionately, and said, "Cai He, from today on, you will officially become an official of the Han Dynasty. Work hard in the future and don't embarrass your sister and me."
Cai He had already heard from Cai Yue yesterday that he was appointed as Foreign Minister Wai Lang this time in order to let him represent the Han Dynasty as envoys to several countries. However, Cai Yue was not familiar with the names of the countries Liu Xin had mentioned, so he did not know.
I can remember it. Cai He could not help but pat his chest and said: "Please tell me, my lord, which country to send envoy to this time. Cai He promises to fulfill his mission."
Liu Xin nodded with satisfaction and said: "This mission is not that difficult. It is still the same five countries as last time. There is no doctor in the Foreign Affairs Department yet. As long as you work hard, you will have a future."
Although he still went to the same five countries as the last envoy, the situation was different. This time, in addition to serving as the envoy of the Han Dynasty, Cai He also had an important task.
Now, with the strong display of military power of the Han Dynasty and the huge profits brought by the opening of trade routes, the countries in the Western Regions have completely surrendered to the Han Dynasty. The decrees of the Western Regions Protectorate are flowing smoothly throughout the Western Regions, and the caravans of the Han Dynasty are walking in the entire Western Regions.
The Western Regions are like walking in the Central Plains. However, in the past six months or so, although there have been many more Han caravans traveling in the Western Regions than in the past, their footsteps have only stopped in the Western Regions, and have never stepped forward one foot further.
Liu Xin knew that merchants in the Han Dynasty had always been cautious, and it was very difficult for them to go to a strange country to do risky things. Only when others took the lead and made sure that it was safe, would these treacherous businessmen do it.
Follow the trend.
This time Cai He is going to Dawan, Wusun, Kangju, Guishuang and Shendu as envoys. He will also lead an official Han Dynasty caravan as an envoy of the Han Dynasty. Because Liu Xin signed an agreement with Dawan.
Among the "Treaty of Shule" and the treaties to be signed with the other four countries, the most important one is that the caravans of the Han Dynasty must be allowed to travel and trade freely in these countries. If the caravans of the Han Dynasty do not go out, he has gone to great lengths to sign the treaty.
These treaties are just pieces of paper and have no meaning.
Since it is an official caravan, it is naturally different from the private caravan. In addition to the temporarily recruited civilian husbands, the caravan Liu Xin handed over to Cai He also had an elite guard selected from the Feihu guards, which could ensure that the merchant caravan was safe.
The team's safety is the reason why Liu Xin can dare to give Cai Jue a guarantee. Otherwise, if Cai He makes any mistakes on the road, Liu Xin really won't tell her.
Of course, the bigger difference between this official caravan is the goods they carry. These goods not only include silk and white porcelain that are already allowed to be traded by private caravans, but also a large amount of tea.
Because tea has just emerged even in the Han Dynasty. People in the West have probably never even seen it, not to mention drinking it. Therefore, Liu Xin specially arranged a group of tea ceremony masters in the caravan.
Girls. These little girls are the family members of criminals who were made slaves. They say they are proficient in tea ceremony, but in fact they have just gone through a few days of surprise training. But there is nothing that can be done about it. No matter how good this thing is, others will not know how to do it.
Who would buy it if they knew what it was for?
After several days of careful preparation, Cai He finally took the Han talisman and set foot on the road to the Western Regions with the official caravan. At this time, Feng Lie also sent someone from Jiaozhi to send a reply.
In order to maintain the stability of the three counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan, Liu Xin will not easily withdraw the Seventh Army before the Agricultural Reclamation Army has officially taken root in the area. However, as the chief and deputy of the Second Army,
Legion commanders Zhang Fei and Yan Yan no longer need to stay there. They have returned to their stations a few days ago. Now the deputy commander of the seventh legion, Feng Lie, is leading the seventh legion.
Feng Lie was originally a barbarian. Although the barbarians in Jingzhou and the barbarians in Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen and Rinan were not of the same race, their habits were not much different from each other. He stayed in the three counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen and Rinan.
He was like a fish in water. In just over ten days, he had a lively relationship with the leaders and elders of the local tribes, and he lived a leisurely life.
However, Feng Lie was stunned when he suddenly received an eight-hundred-mile urgent secret message from Liu Xin. Liu Xin made an incredible request in the secret message, but this request was issued in the form of an order. Feng Lie was stunned.
Lie is a soldier, and military orders are like mountains. No matter how difficult the matter is, as long as the order is given, he must do it.
The order itself was very simple, asking him to choose four local women. However, the requirements for these four local women were extremely strict, so strict that it was a bit harsh, leaving Feng Lie at a loss as to what to do.
Liu Xin wanted Liu Bei to serve as the literary promotion envoy from the fourth rank. According to the decree promulgated by Liu Xin personally, officials from the fourth rank in Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan must marry four local women to be their own
Wives and concubines. Needless to say, these four local women were the ones Liu Xin asked Feng Lie to find and arrange for Liu Bei.
Now, with the arrival of the Agricultural Reclamation Corps, the power of the Han Dynasty in Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan counties has been greatly consolidated. Because the soldiers of these Agricultural Reclamation Corps are not prisoners exiled here like in the past, they are all innocent.
Although they are farmers, most of the harvest in the fields belongs to themselves. Not only that, they also receive a large amount of military pay every month. With such conditions, in Jiaozhi, Jiu
Really, in a remote country like Ninan, there is no need to worry about finding a wife. The local women are vying to marry these soldiers.
A few days ago, another good news came. The Han Dynasty issued another decree. Not only did these soldiers have to marry local women as wives, but even those who were officials had to marry local women as wives and concubines. In this way, is there anything wrong?
The local women who were less eager to marry the soldiers of the Reclamation Corps also waited and watched. Even if they were given low status as concubines to those who were officials, they would still be considered to be in a wealthy family. They didn't have to work and they were still being cared for. Where could such a good thing be found?
Therefore, it has been half a year since the Dahan Agricultural Reclamation Corps has been stationed in Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan. However, it is not difficult to select four local women, and it is even easier to select four beautiful women.
But Liu Xin's first request was to choose four powerful local women, regardless of beauty or ugliness, which put Feng Lie in a difficult position. If you want to be powerful, you must be tall, and most of the local women are petite.
.This request alone made Feng Lie spend a lot of time.
Fortunately, Feng Lie has been fighting fiercely with the leaders of various tribes these days, and he is the highest military officer in Jiaozhou. Following Feng Lie's order, all the tribes in Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan counties became busy.
.In fact, most foreign women are not as weak as Han women, but it is still very difficult to meet the standard of Kongwu and strength. Casting a "big net", out of hundreds of thousands of people, only about 30 people who fit this category can be found.
Women with certain qualifications, but their appearance makes people dare not compliment them.