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Li Le glared at Pei Mao, wanting to get angry, but didn't dare, he didn't know what to say in embarrassment.

"Sir...Sir..."

Liu Xie waved his hand. "Lingjun, punishing you without teaching is the evil government that the sage said. It is understandable that the generals did not hear the teachings of the sage and did not know the etiquette of the court."

"Wei." Pei Mao bowed and retreated with a respectful expression.

Li Le looked at it, and while he was relieved, he also became serious and saluted politely.

"But the Shang Shuling came here on behalf of my imperial edict. Regardless of the righteousness of the monarchs and ministers, the monarchs are the hosts, and they should not be rude to the guests." Liu Xie's face darkened. "Are you being rude to Shang Shuling, do you despise the court and me?"

Li Le was so upset by Liu Xie that he didn't know what to do. Seeing that the emperor's voice was stern, his legs subconsciously went limp, so he knelt down on the ground with a plop and kowtowed repeatedly.

"I... how dare I, I'm guilty."

Pei Mao's eyes straightened immediately.

So simple?

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Li Le, who has always been the most scheming, knelt down, and Hu Cai and Han Xian didn't think much about it, and subconsciously knelt down on the ground.

It's like following the trend in combat.

"Get flat." Liu Xie flicked his sleeves, turned around and looked at the river valley behind him. "How many thousand people are hidden here?"

Li Le, who had just stood up, blushed and turned to look at Hu Cai and Han Xian.

Hu Cai and Han Xian were also surprised.

None of them expected that the Son of Heaven would be so direct, exposing all their petty thoughts.

"Not...thousands of people." Li Le spat and stammered.

Liu Xie looked back at Li Le, the corner of his mouth curled slightly. "Then how many thousands of people do you have in total now?"

"Seventy to eighty thousand people." Li Le said vaguely.

"8 to [-] people." Liu Xie repeated, then turned to Pei Mao and said, "So, nearly half of the lost household registrations in Hedong are here, right?"

Pei Mao didn't take it seriously, but he didn't want to poke Li Le in front of the emperor.

"If there are really 8 to [-] people, that's about it."

Li Le could hear Pei Mao's disdain, and couldn't help retorting. "A few years ago, there were even more people, more than [-]."

Liu Xie immediately asked: "There have been 3 or [-] people missing in the past few years? Did they die in battle, starve to death, or return to the fields?"

Li Le's tone was a little slow. "All of them. After Marshal Guo died in battle, Yang Feng led his troops to flee, and more than 1 people were lost. Last year, there was a severe drought, and some people died of starvation. Some returned to the fields, but not many, and even if they returned to the fields, they were only dependent on big households. , being a tenant slave is not necessarily better than being in the mountains. So in the past six months, people have come back one after another."

Liu Xie thought about it, and felt that Li Le's words were generally reliable, and the figures could be matched.

"When the Baibo army was the largest, how many people were there?"

Li Le's eyes dimmed, and he was silent for a while, before he said: "In the first year of Zhongping, when Daxian... started the incident, the number of people was the largest, with a total of 245 million people. Later... some died in battle, and some were disappointed , Gradually reduced to about 10 people."

Liu Xie's heart tightened.

245 million people, accounting for almost half of the registered permanent residence in Hedong.

From 24 to about [-], even if some of them left the team, I am afraid that many died in battle or starved to death.

The area of ​​Baibo Valley is only so big, and there is only so much arable land, so the number of people who can support it is limited.

When Yang Feng left at the beginning, apart from the internal struggle for power, there were also reasons why he could not support himself in food.

When he was in Yang Fengying, he heard sporadic mentions from the soldiers, but he didn't think about it at the time.Thinking about it now, I feel a chill down my back.

"It's tough in the mountains, let's go out and settle down." Liu Xie changed the subject. "Do you know the news about the military colony? Do you want me to explain it again?"

"I heard..." Hu Cai spoke quickly, and just halfway through speaking, Li Le glared at him and held back.

Li Le bowed and said: "If Your Majesty can explain a thing or two for the ministers, the ministers will be very grateful."

After hearing this, Hu Cai and the others nodded in agreement.

They didn't quite understand the official documents, they just listened to Yang Feng's recitation.It would be great if the Son of Heaven could explain it himself.If nothing else, the Son of Heaven said it himself, so you can't deny it.

Liu Xie had long guessed that these people had little trust in the prefect's mansion - with Wang Yi's attitude of thinking only for the big family, how could the prefect's mansion gain the trust of the Baibo army officers and men.

As for Xun Yu, who knows who he is.

Liu Xie ordered someone to fetch some horses and sat around with Li Le and others.

Xun You and Pei Mao were on the side, Wang Yue and Shi A stood behind, holding the saber ring with their hands, not daring to be careless.

The generals of Baibo were also a little nervous, not daring to get too close to Liu Xie, so as not to cause misunderstanding.

"Juntun is initially set at [-] households." Liu Xie said unhurriedly. "Because at least one person is required to join the army, not everyone can become a military household. Military households are counted as dictation fields, ten mu each for men and women, seven mu each for men and women, and five mu each for men and women... ..."

Liu Xie explained one by one, stopping from time to time to ask them what questions they had.

Most of the affairs in Hedong have become half-baked meals. The military settlement is his last big idea, and it is also the key to stabilizing Hedong in the future. It must be done solidly to avoid deviations in principle in the future.

The purpose of implementing military settlements is to have a stable source of troops.

This is the key to keeping Gyeonggi and Byeongju in the future, and also the basis for rebuilding finances.

Hedong's experience has taught him that it is not easy to take action against a rich family under the premise that the officials are basically rich.If he is not careful, he may become a loner, and the imperial edict cannot be published or even written.

If you want to have the right to speak, you must firmly grasp the military power.

The basis of military power is household registration.

He wants to attract as many accounts as possible to become his solid foundation.

A family of five can own about [-] to [-] acres of land. In addition to meeting their own food and clothing expenses, they can also provide a strong man with a year's rations for fighting.

As long as the military settlement can be implemented smoothly, he will have 4 soldiers in one year, and the food for these [-] people to fight for a year.Even in the worst situation, he still has the confidence to hold on to Hedong.

"Your Majesty, won't the army keep the money?" asked a young-looking soldier behind Hu Cai.

"If someone is a soldier, he won't take the money." Liu Xie explained: "You have raised this question very well, and I will explain it emphatically."

The young soldier was a little embarrassed to be praised by the emperor, and the people on the side also laughed.

"For example, in a family of five, there is one strong man. If there is a war, this strong man will go to the army. If there is no war, but there is corvee, this strong man will also go to the army. In short, the strong man must be on standby at any time. Even if there is neither war nor corvee, or even not in wartime, you still have to participate in military training.”

"Then this strong man died or was injured in battle, and he can no longer fight, what should we do?" Someone asked again.

"When a strong man dies in battle, his family has two options. One is to quit the military settlement and become an ordinary registered household. This usually involves moving. The land in the military settlement is fixed and cannot be mixed with ordinary registered households. One is To keep the army, as long as he has children who can be recruited within five years. Before his children reach adulthood, they don’t need to go to war, as long as they provide corvee.”

Pei Mao coughed: "Your Majesty is benevolent, there is an edict that underage men and women are not to do heavy work, and there are special corvee contents, such as working in the ordnance workshop, or assisting the government in cutting bamboo and wooden slips. All in all, it is within our ability It won't hurt your body."

"Is there such a thing?" The soldiers whispered in surprise.

Liu Xie was very satisfied. Pei Mao's positive and measured attitude was the compliment he needed.

It is indeed his request not to allow minors to participate in heavy physical labor, but it is not out of benevolence, but to ensure the quality of the military source.

These [-] soldiers are the foundation of his infantry, so of course they can't be filled with indiscriminate use.

Provide adequate nutrition, coupled with adequate training.In a few years, he can have a real elite team.

There is no hope for those veterans.To be strong, we must start from the young.

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When Liu Xie was talking to Hu Cai and others, except for the servant Baiqi who followed him, the others kept moving forward.

When Hu Cai and others found out, more than half of the team had passed, leaving only the tail of the supply camp.

Hu Cai was a little curious, so he mustered up the courage to ask.

"Your Majesty, are you going to Pingyang?"

"That's right." Liu Xie glanced at Hu Chuquan. "I have two things to do this time. One is to arrange your way out so that you can live a peaceful life; the other is to arrange Shan Yu's way out so that they can have a home."

Hu Cai was stunned, and then felt a little regretful. "Your Majesty has also prepared a clean-up for His Majesty."

"Wait for my class teacher." Liu Xie didn't say specifically, and he didn't know if there were any spies of the Huns in the Baibo army. It would be bad if the news leaked out. "Originally, I wanted to spend a few days with you and discuss morality, but I didn't expect that none of you understand morality."

Li Le and the others looked at each other with embarrassing expressions.

Although they belonged to the old department of the Yellow Turban, none of them really knew the Taiping Jing. When Yang Feng sent someone back to invite them, they had no choice but to refuse.It's a bit embarrassing to be ridiculed in person by the emperor now.

"But it doesn't matter." Liu Xie said again: "The meaning of Tao is not to talk about it, but to practice it. Although you don't understand righteousness, it doesn't hinder the practice of Tao. I hope you can be peaceful, and you also have to restrain your thoughts of looting and living in peace. Wait In the future, the world will be peaceful, and it will not be too late for you and my monarchs to sit down and discuss the Dao and review the gains and losses."

"Yes, yes." Li Le and the others nodded in agreement.

Although they don't understand morality, they know the value of peace.

The great virtuous teacher Zhang Jiao has died for more than ten years, and the Yellow Turban has suffered major blows one after another. "The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand" has become illusory. On the contrary, it is somewhat strange that the emperor is willing to let them live a peaceful life.

But they didn't care about that much. After ten years in the mountains, now they have the opportunity to come out of the mountains, and they can't wait for it.

Liu Xie talked with Li Le and others for a long time, then they bid farewell, got on their horses, and chased after the team.

To show their sincerity, Li Le and others sent Liu Xie across Fenshui and stood beside the official road.Looking at the emperor in the distance, looking back, everyone was filled with emotion.

"Although the Son of Heaven is not a fierce man with a height of eight feet, he is a great sage." Hu Cai smacked his lips. "Perhaps he can really bring peace."

Han Xian echoed: "Aiming like a son is nothing more than that. I have heard so many stories, but there are not many good people who can be as close as the emperor. If there is such an emperor in the Han family, maybe there is a possibility of resurgence."

Li Le let out a sigh of relief. "Don't jump to conclusions. Even if he is sincere, those officials of the court may not be sincere. Juntun said so well, can it really be realized?"

"The emperor said it himself, how dare they deny it?" Hu Cai stared. "I chopped them up."

"That's right." Han Xian said: "If those officials dare to deceive the emperor, we will chop them up, Qing... Qing..."

"Mr. Qing's side." Li Le glanced at Han Xian, got on his horse, and rode away with his subordinates.

Han Siam was very angry. "This Zhuzi, isn't he just read a few books, how proud is he?"

Hu Cai laughed twice. "Old Han, haven't you seen it yet? The emperor said just now that he wants to teach you and my children to read, which shows that the emperor also values ​​scholars. Li Le is a scholar, not a rough man like you and me. In the future, he will If you become an official, you will naturally be promoted faster than you, maybe you can catch up with Yang Feng and become a general."

"Bah!" Han Siam spat. "The general was cut out with a knife, and reading is worth it? If the emperor hadn't chopped off Li Jue's head with a single knife, who would treat him as a human being?"

Hu Cai was in a daze for a moment. "Old Han, do you think the emperor can really cut off Li Jue's head? I don't think he is very strong."

"You don't understand, the real masters are not strong, the strong ones are cattle." Han Xian said triumphantly: "A dog that bites does not bark, a rooster that is good at fighting does not crow, and a real master never barks. You Do you know who the guy next to the emperor is?"

"Which guy?"

"It's the older one standing behind the emperor."

"I don't know, who is it?"

"Swordsman Wang Yue."

Hu Cai was startled, his face changed slightly. "really?"

"It's absolutely true." Han Xian laughed, very proud of his knowledge and knowledge. "Ten years ago, I met him once in Luoyang."

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Liu Xie galloped all the way and caught up with the Chinese army.

Cai Yan kicked his horse to meet him and asked about the situation just now.

For the convenience of marching, she did not wear women's clothes, but dressed like a scholar.

Liu Xie briefly described it.

There is not much to say about this matter. Most of the content is to explain the details of the military settlement. This is the most concerned issue of the generals of Baibo, but it is not what compilers of history books like Cai Yan are interested in.

Unless she can understand his good intentions behind this series of operations.

"After arriving in Pingyang, you can go to Taiyuan with Gongqing." Liu Xie said.

"Why?" Cai Yan froze for a moment, her heart beating faster inexplicably.

"After I meet up with the Huns, I will speed up the march and rush to Meiji. It's too hard." Liu Xie turned to look at Cai Yan, and found that Cai Yan's expression was a little unnatural, and asked with concern: "Does your leg hurt? If you can't hold on, go to the car."

Cai Yan made up his mind and agreed.

Although she grew up in northern Xinjiang when she was a child and adapted to the climate in northern Xinjiang, she had never experienced long-distance marches, and she marched in a hurry.

Reluctantly, she is likely to become a burden to the emperor.

As for the entrustment of the queen and Mrs. Hongnong Wang, she has tried her best, but she really can't do it.

"The minister is waiting for the news of His Majesty's triumphant return at Yanmen."