Chang'an in September is undoubtedly the same as March, an intoxicating season. The autumn is clear and the food harvest is in sight, and people are in a particularly pleasant and comfortable mood. As the war gradually faded away from Guanzhong, and with the rapid development of trade, Chang'an also reappeared in the grand scene of the Han Empire.

First of all, the population is growing rapidly, and there are endless wealthy families moving to Chang'an from all over the world. Within a year, nearly 8,000 families moved to Chang'an from all over the country. Based on one household and twenty people, this is the increase of the population of 160,000 to 170,000, as well as the families of officials moved from Chengdu and their military generals.

In just one year, Chang'an's population has soared from 100,000 to 300,000. Although it has brought about many public security problems, it has also greatly promoted the development of Chang'an and the huge changes in the appearance of the city.

In fact, together with the craftsmen from all over the world who came to Chang'an to find work, merchants from all over the world, and the troops stationed in Chang'an, the actual population of Chang'an has exceeded 400,000.

The entire Chang'an City is full of construction houses and shops, turning Chang'an City into a bustling construction site.

That morning, a team of Xiongnu envoys from the south of the desert slowly entered Chang'an City. The team consisted of a hundred people, but they were carrying thousands of camels. The camels were covered with heavy items, which were all excellent fur and medicinal materials, as well as many platinum and gems produced in Yinshan. They were gifts given by the Xiongnu Chanyu Daman to King Liu Jing of Han.

Daman's special envoy was named Hulan Shizhuliuduo. He was Daman's brother and the King of Youguli of the Huns. He had a high status in the Huns. Shizhuliuduo lived in Taiyuan for several years. He could speak fluent Chinese and gave himself the Chinese name Liu Duo, which was also the transliteration of his name in the Huns. In the Huns, everyone generally called him King Liu Duo.

Liuduo was about forty years old, and looked very old, with gray hair and wrinkles on his face, and looked like he was over 60 years old. This was Liuduo's second time in Chang'an. A few months ago, he was commissioned by Shanyu Daman to negotiate with the Han Dynasty, demanding the redemption of some of the captured soldiers and the women and children of the Huns.

The Han Kingdom also agreed to their request and offered to redeem one person for fifty sheep. This price was within the bear range of the Huns. Liuduo agreed, but both sides had to report to their respective lords. Liuduo returned to the grassland, and Pingzhangtai's expedited express letter was also sent to Hefei.

This time Liu Duo arrived, to finalize the final agreement and negotiate some details. The Huns were very urgent to get back the captured tribe members. To be precise, they were eager to get back the captured Hun soldiers, and the rest of the Hun women and children were just a cover-up.

Just two months ago, they fought with the Xianbei people in Mobei to compete for the ranch. They used to provoke the Xianbei people, but this time it was the Xianbei people who came to seize their ranch. Although they defeated the Xianbei people in this battle, they themselves suffered heavy casualties.

More importantly, this is a warning. The nomadic people are very sensitive to warnings. The upper class of the Huns had already felt the threat from the Xianbei people to them, so it was very urgent for the Huns to redeem captured Hun soldiers.

The streets of Chang'an were crowded and very lively. Most passers-by were dressed brightly and radiantly. The shouts of various shops on both sides of the road were heard one after another. Hu people from the Western Regions could be seen everywhere, including Qiang people from Hexi wearing short clothes and long boots; there were Wusun people wearing narrow-sleeved white robes and wore a humble hat; there were Kushan people with deep eyes and high noses, fair skin, and Sogdians with hair cuts and necks, and pointed hats on their heads.

Almost all of these Hu people in the Western Regions were merchants, holding a large group of camels, with their eyes full of hope of getting rich, and it seemed that there was no difference between them and the Xiongnu envoys. It was precisely for this reason that Chang'an pedestrians also regarded the Hun envoys as a Hu caravan from afar, nodding to them, which was quite polite.

Liu Duo sighed and said to the deputy envoy Ali, who was begging for his side: "Twenty years ago, I came to Chang'an. It seemed that it was the second year after the Li Kui rebellion. It was also at this location. What I saw was a large area of ​​ruins, rats and foxes formed a nest, and groups of beggars were everywhere. Women were not covered in their clothes, and they could be seen everywhere. It made people feel very desolate. But today when I look at Chang'an, I actually felt the reappearance of the Han Empire. I understood why Shanyu planned to surrender to the Han Dynasty. Liu Jing is really a heroic lord!"

Ali also nodded, "The king said it well. The feeling today is indeed different from two months ago. The change is so fast."

As he was speaking, more than a dozen officials rode on horseback across the street. The head of the official was about thirty years old, with a medium figure, and his bright eyes were full of shrewdness. Liu Duo recognized this person at a glance. It was Liu Min, the Minister of Rites of the Han Dynasty who received them last time. Liu Duo was overjoyed and waved his hand and shouted: "Envoy Liu!"

Liu Min also saw him and urged him to step forward and smiled, "I'm about to leave the city to greet you, but I didn't expect you to have entered the city."

Liu Duo smiled, "The Huns are very strict in their work. We went straight into the city without resting outside the city."

Liu Min looked at their luggage and smiled and said, "Why did the prince bring so many things?"

Liu Duo pointed to more than a thousand camels loaded with items behind and smiled: "I brought a lot of grassland specialties, which were gifts specially given to His Royal Highness the King of Han by my Shanyu."

Liu Min smiled happily and said, "Thank you so hard, please follow me to the inn to rest first."

Liu Duo was anxious and hurriedly pulled Liu Min and whispered: "It's still early now, and my subordinates can go to the inn to rest, but I want to meet the ministers first. I wonder if it's convenient?"

"The prince is too impatient."

Liu Min looked at the sky, it was still early at noon, and then smiled and said, "Okay! I will take the prince to meet Sima Shangshu. Now it's his turn to govern the country."

Liu Duo was very happy, "Then I'll be bothering you."

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Although Liu Jing, the King of Han, was not in Chang'an, the multi-phase balance system he established still enabled the government affairs of the Han Dynasty to operate smoothly and smoothly. Only with major military and national affairs must be decided by Liu Jing.

Whether it is a major military and national government affairs is decided by the Shizhong Yin Jing, who is the supervision of the Shangshu, which prevents the Shangshu from expanding their power without authorization.

On the Pingzhang platform, the ministers were gathered in Sima Yi's official room to discuss the matter of sending troops to Bingzhou. Today is the fifth day after Sima Yi served as the ruling minister. The so-called ruling minister is the prime minister. Except for major events that require negotiation, the other trivial matters are decided by the prime minister.

The ruling business was originally rotated every ten days, but since last year, Liu Jing considered that ten days were not conducive to a complete solution to one thing, so he changed the ruling business to a one-month rotation. In this way, it is easy to judge the pros and cons when the monthly report is released, which is also a pressure on the ruling businessman's ruling businessman.

Sima Yi served as the Minister of War, in charge of the daily affairs of the Ministry of War. This was also the reform at the beginning of this year. The five ministries and nine ministers were established, and five ministries were established, including the officials, households, soldiers, punishments, and work. Xu Shu was appointed as the Minister of Personnel, Jiang Wan was appointed as the Minister of Revenue, Sima Yi was appointed as the Minister of War, Dong He was appointed as the Minister of Justice, and Fei Guan was appointed as the Minister of Works. Two ministers were appointed as the deputy below. When it was the turn to refer to the political affairs, the Minister of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration of the State Administration

So this month, Sima Yi, who was in charge of the overall situation, Sima Yi handed the express letter sent by Liu Jing to everyone, and said with a smile: "This is your handwritten letter, everyone can take a look! Your Highness seems to be trying to expand the situation of the war. Not only will he fight against Hefei, but also Ye County, and forcing Xuchang. Now he is preparing to send troops to Luoyang and Bingzhou, which is very lively!"

Everyone took the letter and read it. Xu Shu smiled and said, "These should be His Highness's bluff, putting pressure on Cao Cao, forcing them to strengthen their military equipment to weaken Cao Cao's strength. I heard that the food production in Bingzhou will be reduced this year, and Cao Cao will be under great pressure. I'm afraid he will really not be able to support it."

Dong He next to him asked in confusion: "The grain harvest in the mid-autumn autumn is still good, how can Bingzhou grain production be reduced?"

Xu Shu pointed at Jiang Wan and smiled and said, "You ask our God of Wealth! He knows better than anyone else."

Jiang Wan was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and controlled the finance, taxation and civil affairs of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, everyone in the Han Dynasty called him Jiang Caishen. When Jiang Wan saw Xu Shu calling him the God of Wealth in person, she had to smile bitterly and said, "The reason why the grain production in Bingzhou was reduced by a large number of military farming tenants in Hedong County moved westward, leaving nearly 70% of the fertile land in Hedong County unplugged. I calculated that this year, the autumn grain production in Hedong County will be reduced by at least 60%, Shangdang County will be reduced by 30%, and Taiyuan County will be approximately 30%. Even if Cao Cao ordered the relocation of refugees to make up for it, it would be too late, and it will continue to affect the summer grain harvest next year."

Everyone looked at each other and couldn't help but be moved. You should know that the three southern counties in Bingzhou have always been Cao Cao's granaries, especially Hedong County. Nearly half of the military rations of Cao's army came from military farms in Hedong County, and the output was reduced by 70%, which of course would put huge financial pressure on the Wei State.

Jiang Wan continued: "In fact, after years of war, the population has dropped sharply, and there are only so many farmers in various places. We use the means of dividing land and reducing taxes to attract a large number of Bingzhou farmers to Guanzhong. Naturally, there will be fewer farmers in Bingzhou. Unless Cao Cao can also implement the "dividing land and reducing taxes", the farmers in Bingzhou and the Central Plains will sooner or later be lost."

Sima Yi nodded, "I heard that Cao Pi sent people to measure the land in Bingzhou and Hebei, probably to follow our example and divide the land. However, the distant water cannot quench the near thirst. What should I do if the military rations of the Hefei war? Your Highness has launched a war in the Central Plains and Bingzhou again. Where can the Wei Kingdom prepare for the war? Your Highness is using national strength to fight Hefei, which is indeed a big deal!"

Xu Shu pondered for a moment and asked Jiang Wan again, "Can our taxes, money and food afford it?"

Jiang Wan pondered for a while and said, "In fact, we are under great pressure. The grain warehouse in Jingzhou is empty, and 70% of the grain stored in Yizhou has been removed. We even mobilized all the grain stored in the military city on Qishan Road. Fortunately, there are still many cattle and sheep from last year, which can be supported. Frankly speaking, even if the autumn grain harvest is bumper this year, we can only hold on for half a year at most. I hope the battle in Hefei will end as soon as possible."
Chapter completed!