Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 117
In 225 A.D., the third year of Jianxing, Emperor Liu Chan of the Han Dynasty, in December, Changqiu Palace.

The fire lamps in the palace are distributed little by little, illuminating the road at night, and a row of maids walks slowly through the palace.Snowflakes fell from the blazing firelight, crystal clear and finely divided, and fell on Gong'e's fiery red robe one after another.

The wind in the snowy night was piercing, blowing through the Changqiu Palace, the attendants outside the palace and the palace ladies couldn't help trembling.The snowflakes at night are broken, and the petals of the snowflakes are hard to see. They fall down and reflect on the lights of the Changqiu Palace. The moment is so peaceful.

Liu Chan stood quietly at the window of the palace in underwear, watching all this solemnly.

Suddenly, the cloak covered Liu Chan's shoulders, and then a burst of fragrance came, a pair of jade hands wrapped around Liu Chan's waist, and the beauty leaned on his back.

"It's late at night, why isn't Dalang still asleep?" the beauty said softly.

Liu Chan came back to his senses, clasped the jade hand on his waist with both hands, and said in a gentle voice: "There is something in the country, Yun'er goes to sleep first, and I will come later."

Empress Zhang rubbed her head against Liu Chan's back, parted her lips lightly and said, "How can I sleep without Da Lang by my side."

Empress Zhang closed her eyes again, smelled Liu Chan's breath, and said slowly: "Since Dalang entered Changqiu Palace, he has been in a bad mood. If Dalang has any troubles, you can tell them together."

Liu Chan patted his jade hand lightly, and sighed: "It's nothing, let's go to rest. What can I do, besides, there is still Xiangfu here."

"The concubine is here with Dalang to enjoy the snow." The beauty said arrogantly.

"If Yun'er doesn't sleep, play a song for me!" Liu Chan turned around, looked at the beauty's pretty face, kissed her forehead, and said slowly.

"No!" The beauty smiled quietly, waved her sleeves and left, leaving only a faint fragrance.

The beauty knelt in front of the harp, hooked the string with her left hand, and wiped it with her right hand, and the sound of the harp resounded in the hall immediately.

Liu Chan looked at the snow scene outside the palace and listened to the rustling, his thoughts drifted away.It was reported at dusk today that the officials in Fujie County, Jiangyang County were deceiving their superiors and subordinates, and the new farming methods were not promoted in the county at all.Faced with the increase of tax targets by the central government of the Han Dynasty, the county officials could not reach the target according to the previous tax rate, so they imposed heavy taxes on the local people. The people complained, and countless people sold their land to pay taxes.

If Dong Yun and Huo Yi hadn't come back to Chengdu from Nanzhong, encountered the local situation on the way, and found out the whole story after inquiring, Zhuge Liang and Liu Chan would not have known about it at all.

Thinking of this, Liu Chan wished to execute the county officials immediately, and even felt dissatisfied with Zhang Yi, the prefect of Jiangyang County.

Liu Chan's eyes were in a trance, and he caught a glimpse of several attendants in the corner of the palace covered with snowflakes, but they still didn't move. With this in mind, he shouted: "Come here, order the kitchen to boil water and boil ginger, and give it to me." Guard at night, don't let it catch the cold."

"No!" Gong'e bowed and stepped back to pass on the message.

"Is it possible to be in the imperial palace with ears and eyes uncovered, but not knowing the affairs of the country?" Liu Chan sighed faintly in the snowy night.

Liu Chan's sigh came out of the window with the rustling sound, and outside the window in the long snowy night, those mountains, palaces, and houses were being covered with layers of snow.

The next day, as the sun rose in the east, the Han Empire's Great Court Conference was held in the Xingong Palace.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the autumn harvest in all the counties and counties of Yizhou has been completed, and the tax and land taxes of all counties and counties have been handed over to the government treasury. This year, the land taxes paid in the counties and counties that have implemented the new farming method are all higher than in previous years. About 3%; In addition, after Nanzhong was pacified, Nanzhong’s gold, silver, lacquer, leather, cattle, and war horses were also transported to Chengdu. The treasury of the Han Dynasty is sufficient this year.” Yang Hong came out and informed Liu Chan and the court officials good news.

After saying this, Liu Chan, who was displeased by the deception in Fujie County, was also very happy in his heart, and so were the officials present.

From Liu Chan's accession to the throne to the present, in the past two and a half years, the big man has been suffering from a shortage of money and food.Although the big Han also had recuperation and accumulated food and grass during this period, the food and grass they had accumulated were also lost due to the Southern Expedition and the lack of settlement of the flying army.

For this reason, all the concubines in the palace weaved brocade, and Liu Chan cultivated it himself.After a long time, finally ushered in a turning point.Of course, all these savings are for the Northern Expedition, but the court doesn't have to worry about it.

"Good, your family has worked hard. All that you have done today is for the revival of the great man. I will never forget what you have done today." Liu Chan sat upright, with the jade beads on his crown shaking, his voice loud and deep Said.

After a pause, his face was indifferent, and he said slowly: "But I heard yesterday that the officials in Fujie County, Jiangyang County deceived their superiors and did not promote new farming, but imposed heavy taxes on the people in order to meet the requirements of the county's Zhongtian tax. Is there such a thing? "

Hearing Liu Chan's words, everyone in His Highness talked about it.

Zhuge Liang's face was heavy. He also knew about it last night, and he kept thinking about it last night.

After pondering for a while, Zhuge Liang came out and replied: "Your Majesty, there is indeed such a thing, and I have ordered Pan Sizhi to investigate it personally."

Liu Chan stared at Pan Jun through the bead, and said in a slightly serious tone: "Chengming, I will explain to you about Fujie County, don't let me down!"

"I will live up to the hope of the country!" Pan Jun said with a calm face, and he came out of the line and clapped his hands.

Liu Chan looked around at the crowd and said in a deep voice: "If Dong Shilang and Huo Yezhe hadn't come through with the matter of Fujie County, the government and the public would not have known about it at all. I tossed and turned last night and couldn't sleep at night. I have been on the throne for more than two years, but I don't know much about state affairs. I didn’t hear it, but I didn’t see it with my eyes. That’s why I want to set up a wind-collecting envoy to spy on the officials of counties and counties in the country for me and the nobles in the court. What do you think?”

Everyone in His Highness saw that Liu Chan was well-founded, and in the name of the central government, the purpose was to know the state of affairs of local officials.

Everyone also said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise!"

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Zhuge Liang went out to salute, looked at the emperor of the Han Dynasty on the jade steps, cupped his hands and said: "The country has been usurped by Cao Pi and established himself as emperor for six years. If he recuperates and recuperates, our Han emperor will naturally be invincible. But he succeeded himself Since then, I have been fighting every year, and the three southern expeditions to Dongwu have all failed, and the great labor labor has cost the people and money, and this is self-destruction!"

"During the Han Dynasty, I closed the territory and worked hard to farm, raise the people, and manage the armored soldiers, waiting for the Northern Expedition. But the Northern Expedition must pass through Hanzhong. Therefore, the old minister thought that he could appoint a sage general as Dunong Xiaowei to lead [-] military households to garrison troops in Hanzhong. Waiting for the Central Plains to change and launch the Northern Expedition."

After Liu Chan heard about it, he agreed with Zhuge Liang's army stationed in Hanzhong, and knew that Zhuge Liang should have a suitable candidate in his mind, so he followed his intention and asked slowly: "I don't know who the prime minister thinks can be the captain of the Dunong school?"

"I think that Deng Ai, the supervisor of my sect, can take up this position!" Zhuge Liang replied solemnly.

"Yes, Deng Ai, the governor of the left gate, was promoted to be the captain of the agricultural school in the Hanzhong military station. The specific location of the military station will be discussed with him by the inner government." Liu Chan said lightly.

Just like in the past, the Grand Court Meeting didn't end until noon, and it seemed that there were many affairs.But the really important matter was discussed and confirmed by a few people such as Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang in private.

Big things and small meetings, big and small things.It has been like this since ancient times!
(End of this chapter)