Cheng Yu smiled and said, "Young Master might as well be more attentive to Xun Gong. If you can get his support, it will be very helpful to the young master. However, the Xun family has always been neutral and the young master needs to be patient."

"I understand, I will try my best to win him over."

At this time, Cheng Yu smiled and said, "Today, the Prime Minister met, I want to congratulate the eldest son!"

"How could Mr. Cheng know that there was a happy event?" Cao Pi asked in confusion.

"It's very simple. I just met Hua Xin. He told me that the Prime Minister had decided to give the former prime minister's residence to the eldest son to live in. Isn't this a good thing?"

Cao Pi nodded, "It's indeed a good thing. My father has decided to formally sign my Little Mission, Deputy Prime Minister, and be in charge of daily government affairs. He is no longer in charge of the war. Except for major military and national affairs that he has to report to him, I will decide the rest of the daily government affairs."

After Cao Pi finished speaking, he saw Cheng Yu pondering silently. He was slightly stunned and asked quickly, "Does Cheng Gong think there is something wrong?"

"Of course it's a happy event. You guy doesn't have to worry about anything, but I think a lot."

"I wish to listen to Mr. Cheng's teachings!"

Cheng Yu gently stroked his beard and said, "It might be better to understand it from three aspects. First, the young master performed well in recent years and was recognized by the Prime Minister. Second, Liu Jing is now in a great situation in the south, especially the Northern Expedition has shaken the foundation of the country. The Prime Minister was extremely worried and had to be freed from the complicated daily government affairs and concentrate on dealing with Liu Jing. Third, the young master Zhi's performance disappointed the prime minister, so the prime minister finally chose the eldest son, but there is a little hope that the eldest son understands that this is still a distance away from the position of the crown prince, and everything is possible."

"I see!"

Cao Pi nodded silently, and he asked again: "Mr. Cheng means that it is possible for the third brother to turn the situation around?"

"How to say it? Mr. Zhi is not an incompetent person. It's just because he lacks political experience and the Prime Minister has high hopes for him and gives him the major things that he is not competent yet. Of course, he can't do well, and he is not lucky."

Speaking of this, Cheng Yu laughed, "I heard from Chen Qun that when Jia Xu represented Liu Jing to formal negotiations, he ran to Qingcheng Mountain to visit. How could the Prime Minister not be angry? It was because of the failure of two missions that the Prime Minister was disappointed with him, but if he was asked to do something within his ability, maybe he could do a good job, the key is"

"What's the key?" Cao Pi asked nervously.

Cheng Yu said with a serious expression: "The key is to see if the Prime Minister will continue to take him with him when he goes to war. If he doesn't take him, the position of prince will be worry-free, but if he continues to take him, there will be changes."

"I understand?" Cao Pi sighed softly.

At this time, Jia Xu asked again: "Has the Prime Minister mentioned the promotion to King of Wei?"

Cao Pi hesitated for a moment and shook his head, "Father didn't mention this to me!"

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From Xinye, you can take a boat to the north along the Qingshui River and go directly to Wancheng. This is also an important waterway for Wancheng to transport food, grass and supplies to the south. From Xinye, you can reach Qingyang County first. Qingyang County is the southernmost county in Nanyang County. The county town and Xinye border are only more than ten miles apart, and three thousand Cao troops are stationed.

The chief general of the Cao army stationed in Jingyang County was a school captain named Li Shun, the younger brother of Li Tong, the prefect of Runan. Although he was a border army, the pressure on the Cao army was not great. Two years ago, Prime Minister Cao and Liu Jing, the governor of Jingzhou Prefecture, signed a mutual non-invasion agreement. Within three years, the Cao army would not invade Jingzhou, and the Han army stationed in Jingzhou would not invade Nanyang.

Two years have passed, and the troops of both sides have never crossed the border and are in peace. Over time, Cao's soldiers have gradually eliminated their worries and patrolled the city and the border every day, and lived a leisurely life.

At noon that day, the patrols on the city had just changed their posts. The soldiers, as usual, had changed posts, but few people had the intention to patrol the city. The soldiers gathered together in groups of three or five, either sitting together drinking and chatting, or hiding in the corner to gambling.

But at this moment, more than a dozen Cao troops rushed over from a distance, and many were covered in blood. They were so scared that they shouted in fear, waved their hands, and looked at the sentry on the tower saw it and immediately sounded the alarm bell.

‘Dang! Dang! Dang!’ The alarm bell echoed at the city. The Cao army soldiers ran from all directions and looked down from the city. After a moment, more than a dozen Cao army patrolmen rode their horses to the city, ran into the city gate, shouting: “Close the city gate quickly!”

The soldiers on the city closed the city gate one after another. At this time, the captain Li Shun rushed over when he heard the news. More than a dozen sentry soldiers bandaged the wounds inside the city gate, and half of the soldiers were even shot. Li Shun asked anxiously: "What happened? Where are the other brothers?"

A military marquis reported in a crying voice: "General, we are normal on the border and were ambushed by the Han army. The brothers were killed and injured, and only a dozen of us escaped back."

Li Shun was shocked. Only a dozen people fled back to the patrol of hundreds of people. How many people in the Han army ambushed? At this moment, soldiers on the top of the city shouted: "General, the enemy has appeared!"

Li Shun rushed up the city and looked into the distance. He saw an army of hundreds of people running out of the woods beside the Qingshui River. He drove a large group of people to the county town. The people stumbled and cried and shouted. Two hundred steps away from the county town, the army suddenly shot arrows from behind and screamed. In just a moment, hundreds of men, women, young and old were shot to death by the army.

Li Shun was furious and ordered: "Get the army and fight out of the city with me!"

At this time, a general quickly advised: "General, be careful, this can be the enemy's plan to lure troops."

Li Shun suddenly woke up and gave up the idea of ​​breaking out of the city. He closely monitored the situation of the enemy outside the city. He saw hundreds of Han soldiers coming forward to provoke him, but Li Shun saw signs of ambushing in the woods. He was vigilant and refused to leave the city.

It was not until it was dark that the Han army finally withdrew. At night, news of villagers being killed came from all over Jingyang County, which made Li Shun feel a little confused. The Han army has always been strict in military discipline and never disturbs the people. How could it kill ordinary farmers?

The next day, the Han army stopped appearing. Li Shun sent people outside the city to check the situation. The news he brought back shocked him. From yesterday to now, in a day and a night, the invading Han soldiers killed nearly 200 Cao army patrols and thousands of ordinary people.

The situation was very serious, and Li Shun did not dare to hide it. He immediately sent someone to Wancheng to report the matter to Zhang Liao. Although Zhang Liao knew the matter well and did not agree with the prime minister's use of this method, he still reported to Yedu urgently that the Han army violated the armistice agreement and invaded Nanyang.

The news of the Han army invading Nanyang shocked the government and the people of Yedu. In a rage, Cao Cao announced that the armistice agreement would be invalidated and began to increase troops to Nanyang in large numbers, and personally led his army to Nanyang. The clouds of war once again enveloped Jingzhou.

The first snow in Chengdu was more than twenty days later than Yedu. It was not until early December that the first snow fell one after another. It was gentler than the heavy snow in Yedu. It was like white elves slowly falling from the sky, hanging on trees, falling on roofs, floating into the water, covering the fields shallowly, and the earth became white.

The charcoal in the brazier was burning brightly, and a string of sparks burst out from time to time, baking the study in a particularly warm manner. Liu Jing wore a thick white robe, wrapped in a flat towel, and sat at the table and wrote quickly. There were dozens of silk scrolls piled up beside him, all of which were tax documents sent from Jingzhou and Yizhou.

Jingzhou and Yizhou both implemented the Han Dynasty tax, which was divided into four types: land tax, calculation tax, mouth tax, and even tax. In addition, merchants also had commercial tax, and land tax was implemented with 15 taxes and one quota, with a fixed quota of six liters per mu.

The calculation of tuition is the counting tax. For adults over 17 years old and under 60 years old, each person is 60 yuan per year; while tuition is the counting tax for children, which is 30 yuan for half of the age of six to seventeen.

As for the new tax, it means that the people are unwilling to serve labor, so they can pay money or grain to avoid labor, which is calculated based on one liter of rice a day or four cents.

Although Jingzhou has always been a prosperous place, after a large-scale southern expedition by Cao's army, the tax losses were huge. The taxes in the 13th year of Jian'an were only half of the eight years of Jian'an. After nearly two years of restoration, Jingzhou's tax revenue has gradually recovered to 70% of the eight years of Jian'an.

However, the taxes in Yizhou were indeed beyond Liu Jing's expectations. No wonder it is known as the country of Tianfu. The annual taxes in Yizhou are more than twice that of Jingzhou. In addition, the taxes received by 100,000 households in Hanzhong each year are enough to support the army of 200,000.

This year, the sufficient taxes and the capture of Xicheng made Liu Jing feel quite pleased. He was in a very happy mood during this period. Just as he was writing and reviewing the official documents, he suddenly heard a faint cry from afar, and footsteps running into the yard. Liu Jing heard the crying sound, which turned out to be the cry of his son Liu Zhi.

He was surprised in his heart. He put down his pen and walked to the window. He opened the window and saw his son crying and running into the yard. A female guard squatted on the ground to coax him. Liu Zhi is almost four years old this year and looks very much like his mother. He is not tall, quiet and delicate, completely different from Liu Jing's tall and burly.

"Zhi'er, why are you crying?" Liu Jing asked with a smile on his face in front of the window.

Liu Zhi wiped his tears and pointed to the direction of the yard and sobbed, "The snow horse I made was eaten by my mother."

Liu Jing was puzzled and asked with concern: "How did your mother eat it?"

"I left it in the house and then disappeared."

The female guard laughed out loud, and Liu Jing laughed loudly. He jumped out of the window, walked to his son, picked him up, patted the snowflakes on his head with love and smiled: "The snow horse is afraid of heat, so when it enters the house, it turns into water."

"Why does it turn into water?"

"Because snowflakes are transformed by water, they are the elves of water."

Liu Jing stretched out his hand, and a snowflake fell gently in Liu Jing's palm. He placed it in front of his son, "Look at it!"

Liu Zhi widened his eyes, and gradually, the snowflakes disappeared and melted into water. Liu Zhi immediately clapped his hands happily and said, "It turns out that the snow is really water-changing, so how could the water turn into snowflakes?"

This question is difficult to answer. Liu Jing thought for a while and laughed: "Because the clouds in the sky are water vapor. In summer, water vapor turns into rain, and in winter, the water vapor freezes and turns into snowflakes and falls down."

"Dad, what is water vapor?"

"this"

Liu Jing let out a breath, "This is water vapor!"

"It turns out that water vapor comes out of your stomach."

At this time, Tao Zhan came over with a few maids in panic. When she saw her son in her husband's arms, she breathed a sigh of relief. She stepped forward and carried her son over, patted him gently on his butt, and smiled at Liu Jing: "This brat piled up a snow horse and hid it in the house. He said that he would play together after his sister woke up, but found that it was missing, so he insisted that I ate it, cried and made a fuss, and ran away in a blink of an eye. I guess I came to complain to my father, and it was true."

Tao Zhan slapped his little ass again, "Tell me! Did my mother eat the snowma?"

Liu Zhi did not dare to cry, lowered his head and said timidly: "No, it has turned into water."

Everyone laughed. At this time, a housekeeper reported at the door: "Master, Xu Changshi is here, waiting for the master in the study outside."

Liu Jing nodded, "I'll go there now."

He stroked his son's little head and smiled: "If you can think of playing with your sister, it's a good kid. When the snow falls a little older, Dad will build a snowman with you."

"OK!"

Liu Zhi was so happy that he wanted to clap his hands, but he saw that his mother was still calm and frightened him so much that he did not dare to be arrogant. Tao Zhan held back his smile and said, "Husband, go quickly! Don't let Changshi Xu wait in a hurry."
Chapter completed!