Chapter 461

It is said that during the Yan Han Dynasty, Guangling was a big county with a population of 80000. The spinning industry was very developed. It can be regarded as a land of fish and rice.

Now we are talking about the Yan Han, we are talking about the Eastern Han Dynasty, not the Western Han Dynasty. There was a time when Yan Han could not be mentioned. At the beginning of Cao Pi usurping Han, it became taboo for Liu Yuan to establish pseudo Han. It was due to the inferiority complex of the small court of Jin.

According to the historical records, because of the western and Eastern Han Dynasties, there is also a Han state established by the Huns. If Liu Yanzhen recovers the old land of the Han family and makes the Han state stronger and stronger, Liu Yan, who is also Liu's before the two Liu Han empires of the western and Eastern Han Dynasties, is really not a good name for the Han state.

"Once I heard the king talk about..." Wang Meng said in a slightly hesitant tone, "will it be recorded as the third empire? The third empire of the Han Dynasty."

Wang Meng was walking in the city with Xie Daoyi, accompanied by Gao Ping and some Han soldiers.

A few days ago, there was a heavy snow. The ground and roof were covered with snow. The people who cleaned the snow in front of the door were the most seen on the street.

"Empire?" Xie Daoyi is a scholar. She knows clearly what the word Empire means. It can be called Empire not only by unifying the Central Plains, but also by being strong. She opened her mouth in surprise and said, "that's not only to recover the old land of the Han family, but also to recapture the western regions, and even..."

In fact, in addition to defeating another empire in the war, the Western Han Dynasty used to attack the Hun empire. The Eastern Han Dynasty, which continued the Western Han Dynasty, had the scale of the Empire in terms of strength, but did not win any imperial competition.

There were four important foreign wars in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In order to stabilize the xuantu county and Lelang county established in the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty had a lot of competitions with the ethnic groups such as Koguryo, Korea, filth, raccoon, Woju, etc. the biggest opponents in the Northeast were Wuhuan and Xianbei. The most successful one was to defeat Wuhuan. In fact, the other ethnic groups were only deterred and established Wuhuan captains.

Then there are the remaining Southern Huns from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Western Han Dynasty, but in the early stage, they fought against them based on the Great Wall. Later, they made the Huns surrender in name with the policy of consumption and solicitation, and the establishment of Hun captains had a little control. Judging from the fact that the southern Xiongnu would go south to thresh the valley from time to time, the control of the Eastern Han Dynasty over the southern Xiongnu was not as strong as expected.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the problems left over in the Northwest were various ethnic groups that lived by herding sheep, commonly known as the Qiang people. The army of the Eastern Han Dynasty had a long-term local war with the Qiang people. In the most prosperous period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, all Longxi counties were occupied by the Qiang people. The establishment of a guard captain for the Qiang did not play a positive role. On the contrary, it worsened the situation and led to the chaos of the Qiang people in the following hundred years, It was not until Duan Shashen (Duan Ying) used killing methods to intimidate the Qiang, but later the Eastern Han Dynasty played off again. During the chaos of Dong Zhuosheng, the Qiang even killed into Sili and went straight to Chang'an.

The most successful foreign war in the Eastern Han Dynasty should be against the south, that is, Wujun, Kuaiji, Nanhai, Hepu, Jiuzhen, Jiaozhi, Yulin and other counties. However, this time was not counted in the four major wars of the foreign war, because those people in ZhuYue and Jiaozhi did not even have the qualification to be called the enemy.

The war for the recovery of the western regions is the recognized "one of the four", but compared with the control of the Western Han Dynasty, the control of the Eastern Han Dynasty over the western regions is less than that of the Cao Wei period.

"As can be seen from the above, the Han kingdom that the king of Han wanted was not the (Eastern) Han after ZTE, but the (Western) Han Dynasty, the direct descendant of the founding emperor Gaozu." Xie Daokai stopped walking. She saw Ah Liu on the way. Obviously, ah Liu also found her. She raised her hand and said hello from a distance. She asked Wang Meng, "can you go and have a look?"

Wang Meng habitually looked at Gao Ping.

Gao Ping nodded silently. They haven't received new instructions yet. Xie Daokai's stay in Guangling city is actually a very good result.

Guangling city is a recovering city. The former county magistrate led the people to carry out some repairs. After Wang Meng took over, he also paid attention to the repair of the city wall for the first time. In this way, the people now generally have no sense of security. Having a solid looking city wall will make the people feel more at ease.

The buildings in the city are basically thatched huts. Few buildings whose roofs are rubble can be seen. Except for the city tower, there is no house more than two feet high.

There are about 3000 people in the city. They usually live in the city and go to the suburbs to do agricultural work.

According to Xie Daokai, after a day or two, there seems to be no business in Guangling City, that is, there is no market. She was not sure whether there was no market because of the snow or whether there was really no market in the city.

Of course, ah Liu saw Xie Daoyu. He didn't recognize Xie Daoyu in a long white dress. He was stunned that Xie Daoyu waved to him.

"Ah Liu." Xie said hello again with a smile, pointed to the opposite room and asked, "is this your home?"

The current urban planning is not so strict. Only one main road in the city is straight, and the other roads change according to the location of the house. The house is not neat. It looks like one in the East and one in the West. In places with dense houses, strangers are more likely to get lost.

A Liujia's house is very ordinary. There is a wall directly beside the road. A small door is only covered with a grass woven fence. It looks like there are no windows.

"Me." Xie Daoyi pointed to his small nose and said, "we had a good chat on the way."

"It's you..." ah Liu's broom fell down somehow. I can see that he was very surprised: "you are... Yes..."

Today's Xie Daoyi is different from when she was wearing burlap. She is wearing a long white dress with red trim. She also has a set of valuable animal fur on her shoulders, a hairy hat on her head, and a black cloak behind her. No matter how she looks, she looks extremely rich and noble.

"May I go in?" In fact, she had gone to the door, stepped back from the fence and walked in: "it's dark, and the air is stuffy."

The rapid footsteps followed. Three or four Han soldiers with swords in their hands entered. After they entered, they stood in a semi fan-shaped distribution, just to protect Xie Daokai in the middle.

Ah Liu was a little confused before he followed in. After entering, he directly called "Niang". A middle-aged woman's voice came from the inner room.

The woman who came out of the inner room could not judge her age from her appearance. She was wearing a coarse cloth Ru skirt that traditional Han women would wear, and she had something that looked like a shuttle in her hand. As soon as she came out and saw so many people in the room, she was stunned for a while before she said, "there are guests?"

At this time, ah Liu had come to the wall and heard a stiff sound. There was no light in the room until the wooden doors and windows were pushed open.

"Good aunt." Xie Daoyi saw the shuttle in the woman's hand and said with a smile, "is your aunt weaving?"

"Well, ah? It's making trouble with the machine. You have to wait until spring." The shuttle in the woman's hand was indeed used for weaving thread. She was completely adapted to the darkness. She saw Xie Daoyu dressed up as a noble woman with inexplicable tension. Looking at the room, there was a man who was a soldier, but smiled, turned her head and said to ah Liu, "take care of it."

Ah Liu said "Hey" and pushed the back door out.

People in the room can hear the sound of something moving. Looking out from the back door, there is a small garden, and there is a house directly opposite.

Xie Daokai really forgot that she didn't hear the "creak" when she came in, so how could women be weaving.

In winter, everything is dormant, and weaving needs hemp. The residents in Guangling city have original locals, and more people come from the south of the Yangtze River. Ah Liu's family is a new southerner. They did not participate in labor and would not produce any output the previous year. Ah Liu was hired by the government to repair the city and get some food to live.

With the light, you can see the things in the house clearly. There are several tanks on the east wall, and some pots and pans are placed on the boards nailed to the wall. I can't see the table or chair, just because the table and chair are not popular now. The table is the table and the sitting garden is the chair.

The earth is directly on the ground. The long-term trampled relationship looks uneven, but it can be seen that there are no sundries.

The aunt had an inexplicable enthusiasm for the soldiers of the Han Dynasty, but she was extremely indifferent to Xie Daoyu, who looked like a noble woman. She was asking soldiers some questions. The topic was whether the country had recruited soldiers again, or whether there would be any corvee in need of manpower in the near future.

After a while, ah Liu entered the room again, holding a hot clay pot in his hand. First he put it in the corner and went out. Then he came back with some bamboo cups.

"What is hot is boiling water."

Ah Liu was very impressed by the requirement to drink boiled water. He didn't understand what raw water is. Parasites are easy to make people sick. He was so requested by the military when he was in corvee service. He always wanted to join the army, so he kept this habit in mind. He quickly poured water and held it in his hands one after another. When it was Xie Daoyu's turn, he looked hesitant.

Xie Daoyu was not slow. He did it himself without service. As a result, ah Liu was both embarrassed and at a loss.

"Aunt, we're just passing by." Although Gongqiao was a soldier, he was also a first-class knight. There was an iron badge on his right chest. He knew why his aunt's enthusiasm was. Seeing the eagerness in her eyes, he thought for a moment and said, "corvee should be more frequent. Your child doesn't lack work."

"That's good, that's good..." the aunt immediately showed a happy smile: "work for the king. You can eat and take food. The king is a good king and the government is a good government."

Xie Daoyi was deliberately left out very uncomfortable. She didn't have any attack, but she didn't have the original interest. She politely saluted and withdrew.

Wang Meng did not enter the house, but stood on the street and looked at the people cleaning the snow, with a gentle smile on his face. When he saw Xie Daokai coming out, he could see that Xie Daokai seemed very unhappy.

"I had a good chat before..." Xie Daokai was unhappy and lost: "this was the case with people in the south when they went to the countryside, and the same was true when they came to the North..."

There are classes in society. Some classes are used to stay away. They feel inexplicable in the Bureau, and there are also people who enjoy it. Since ancient times, people have been naturally alienated from dignitaries. After all, it may not be good to be close to them, but they will be broken and killed at any time.

What Wang Meng said to Xie Daokai was just a smile. He knew in advance that Xie Daokai couldn't contact the people in this way, but he couldn't remind him because he didn't have a close relationship.

"Let's go, let's go." Xie Daoyi's mood changed a little fast. Before she left, she waved to ah Liu standing beside the door. After walking for a while, she suddenly asked Wang Meng, "will the people get close to you?"

"..." Wang Meng came from the people. After becoming an official, he knew it was difficult to get along with the people again. He smiled bitterly and said, "without fear, Meng feels very satisfied."

They said as they walked and soon went away.

Ah Liu looked at the beautiful figure and didn't turn his head for a long time. After waiting for Xie Daokai's figure to disappear completely, he turned and saw his mother's eyes full of hatred.

"Your father, your eldest brother and your second brother all died at the hands of rich families in the south." Aunt Huang's daughter-in-law said to ah Liu very severely, "Huang Liu, you should firmly remember that the big families in the south are our enemies."

Don't ask them how their family knows that Xie Daokai was born in the Southern family. People's looks and temperament anywhere may not follow, but they can definitely see the clue from the dress characteristics.

"Niang......" ah Liu wanted to say that the fine gentleman just now didn't look like a bad man. On the contrary, he looked very beautiful, but he didn't dare to say what he thought in his heart. He had to answer: "I know."

"You are too young to join the army." The aunt seemed to think of something, showed a disappointed expression and whispered: "listen to them, there will be a lot of corvee in the near future. You have to ask the old uncle for more help..."

The old uncle in aunt's mouth is the mayor of the neighborhood and a retired Han Sergeant because of his disability.

The cooperative commune system is adopted in most areas of the Han Dynasty. At present, it is gradually turning to the normal social system. In order to arrange many soldiers retired due to injury, the number of households has a Baochang. The Baochang is responsible for transmitting some information from the government, and the list of corvee collection is also determined by the Baochang.

"It's a good thing for a big man to serve corvee." Aunt likes to nag, and there is an obvious ardent expectation in her nagging: "all the food and drink to serve the corvee are from the government, and you can be preferentially selected to join the army when you have served the corvee more times. You are not old enough, you should do more corvee, and it will be easy to join the army in the future. If you become a king's soldier, you have five mu of land. If you have a field, you can ask for a daughter-in-law, and you can make meritorious contributions to your children and grandchildren..."

Ah Liu listened to his mother chattering while sweeping the snow with a broom. He had expectations in his heart and felt a heavy responsibility.