Under the attention of everyone, under the correct leadership of Emperor Liu Jixing, and under the deliberate arrangements of the Ministry of Rites, Zhou Jian and his fifty-eight soldiers returned to Prince Xing's Mansion. After enjoying the emperor's hand in hand, all the ministers accompanied him and welcomed him into the imperial city.
Naturally, it inevitably became a topic of conversation after dinner in Prince Xing's palace, and it also became an opportunity for ordinary people to actively join the Southern Han army. Everyone's enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high. Liu Jixing knew that the people's support could be used to the extreme, so he rewarded the heroes who traveled northward in front of all the civil and military officials and the general public.
Zhou Jian jumped several ranks and was named General Dingyuan of the fifth rank, and was awarded the title of Enshang's palace maid. His deputy, Wei Yiren, was also granted the title of Ranger General. This was a position worth two thousand dan from the fifth rank. Like Zhou Jian, he was also given the title of a palace maid. The rest of the people naturally received generous rewards and promotions. The most important thing was that everyone settled in Dongcheng and was awarded a house in the building complex designed by the emperor himself.
Of course, these houses were very luxurious according to the standards of later generations. They were large houses with blue bricks and black tiles three doors deep. But in this ancient era when people were sparsely populated, although many people could not afford to build such good houses, the area of houses with this layout was really not very large. Of course, in Prince Xing's Mansion, where every inch of land is at a premium, these houses are also valuable, not to mention that they were given by the emperor himself. This is something that can make descendants worthy of glory for generations to come. Everyone is eager to see this reward and grace.
As for those soldiers and their relatives who have not returned, it is even more worth looking forward to. Liu Jixing had already ordered the Ministry of Household Registration to be registered. The serving staff of the Ministry of War strictly recorded the records, and the Ministry of Rites made considerate arrangements. Even the most ordinary person who participated in this operation, as well as the soldiers who were still outside and had not returned, and the worst ones were all rewarded with the rank of Colonel Yihui from the seventh rank. Not to mention those who have made meritorious deeds, Liu Jixing is not stingy at all in rewarding these people. Anyway, these false titles cost nothing to Liu Jixing.
As soon as the emperor's reward came out, even the families of those soldiers were grateful, not to mention the ordinary people. The imperial edict shocked the whole court, and the people praised it loudly, and their support for the Liu Dynasty of the Southern Han Dynasty reached the highest level. .
This evening, the palace held an all-night celebration. The emperor ordered the entire city to lift the ban, and personally gave a banquet to the fifty-eight heroes in the palace, allowing all the seventh-rank and above officials in Beijing to enter the palace to celebrate.
Naturally, the palace banquet will inevitably invite envoys from various countries stationed in Prince Xing's palace. The most embarrassing thing is the envoys sent by Zhou Xingfeng after Chu Di stayed, because since Emperor Liu Jixing came to the throne, Chu Di has not sent envoys because it has surrendered to Zhou State. Congratulations. Later, the troops of the Southern Han Dynasty infiltrated into the Chu region and tried to seize territory. Zhou Xingfeng was a little worried about dealing with it. When he had no choice but to do it, he sent someone over to negotiate with Liu Jixing.
These envoys came to Prince Xing's Mansion at the end of October. Initially, they had some intentions of having equal contact with the Southern Han Dynasty court, but Liu Jixing never had any intention of receiving them head-on. Moreover, these envoys from Zhou Xingfeng also had some tricks. They had been dealing with officials from the Ministry of Rites, and several times asked the Ministry of Rites to give advice to the emperor Liu Jixing, hoping to see the emperor. However, the emperor always put aside the report. Once, the head of the Ministry of Rites came forward again and was scolded by Liu Jixing and demoted to another place.
No one informed them of this banquet, which was actually expected by many people.
Although the Chu Di envoys were embarrassed and uncomfortable, they also understood that these so-called heroes of the Han Dynasty gained their reputation by killing their own people and causing trouble in their own territory. Although they are a little helpless, as officials appointed by the political power, they must have this consciousness.
Although I was not invited, looking back, I saved a lot of trouble and unexpected excitement. Now that the hearts of the people of the Southern Han Dynasty are available, these envoys from Chudi don't want to get into trouble again. This one can only stay in the embassy post and drink.
This night in Prince Xing's Mansion, there were really some happy people and some sad ones. As for other things and developments, it was not something that the emperor Liu Jixing would know about and need to worry about again and again.
Liu Jixing quietly looked at the misty lake and welcomed the heroes back. After putting on a big show, everyone finally had a peaceful and peaceful New Year.
There is really good news from all over the world. First of all, Guo Jing successfully established the Zhanzhou base area, winning over the barbarians of all ethnic groups, and he continued to assimilate the states and counties everywhere. The officers and soldiers under his command also developed their own affairs. Based on the county and village, they independently developed their own small base areas and engaged in various struggles with the Chu region's regime.
Then there is his other trump card, the navy commanded by Wu Yanrou on the sea. Led by Deputy Envoy Shao Tingqi, they won a complete victory on the East China Sea line. They not only established bases on major islands, but also established fulcrums on land along the coast. Because Shao Tingqi's other famous name is at the height of his popularity in the world, Captain Jie Ke of the Pacific Pirates.
When Liu Jixing unearthed this little-known official that day and handed it over to Wu Yanrou, Wu Yanrou was very surprised. However, after Shao Tingqi adapted to the sea for a season, he boldly took a fleet to sea. In less than two years, Shao Tingqi has become a general who can compete with Wu Yanrou, and his momentum is even worse.
In later generations, Shao Tingqi died at the hands of Liu Qian. Now Liu Jixing feels that he will never do it again and will become a great help to him. At least Liu Jixing doesn't have too much pressure in these two aspects. Even in the imperial city, he doesn't have to worry about anything now.
Although the palace has been under Liu Jixing's control, there have been fewer idlers and maids. However, in order to coordinate various forces, Liu Jixing also accepted many women into the palace.
On the surface, these people seemed to be weak women, but Liu Jixing never believed that these people were simple, as complicated as the agents of later generations. Naturally, Liu Jixing would not be able to tell his secrets to them, not even in front of Wang Yu and Xiao Yue. Since there were a lot of people in the palace, there were naturally many things that needed to be coordinated, but with two helpers, Wang Yu and Xiao Yue, Liu Jixing didn't have to worry at all.
Now that the new year is here again, I have been in this era for so long, and sometimes I can’t help but give people an illusion. Now Liu Jixing even feels that he belongs to this era! Although he has not had much contact with people in the Liu family since his soul traveled through reincarnation, he is not afraid that someone will think there is something wrong with him.
Even though he had the most contact with Liu Sheng, a cheap old man, and he had Dao Zunshi Zhenren, a magic stick, as a shield, so until Liu Sheng's death, he didn't notice the difference between himself and Liu Yun, let alone worry. Someone else. What's more, among the Liu family's immediate relatives, except for Liu Sheng, there are almost no other members, so Liu Jixing doesn't have anything to worry about.
He even said that he didn't have much contact with Liu Sheng. In the feudal era, the competition for royal rights was ruthless, which seemed to determine the weak relationship between relatives. But now everything he owns undoubtedly belongs to the Liu family. Liu Jixing understands that even his current state cannot change his concept of coming from later generations.
Nowadays, my cheap brothers are worried about me, fearing that I will be as cruel as when I was a boy, or as terrifying as my father Liu Sheng who killed more than ten brothers. In later generations, they will still be children. At this time, they should all have established government offices, and I should make good arrangements for them.
Even during the Spring Festival, when they came into the palace to deal with themselves, they couldn't wait to run away! It seems that they are all afraid of themselves, afraid of making themselves uncomfortable and making themselves crazy when facing them.
Liu Jixing also understood these things, and he also knew that what the royal family was most worried about was their status being shaken, but Liu Jixing had never had Liu Sheng's crazy ideas.
The most uncomfortable person may be King Gui. Because of his mother, he has not sent him to the Guizhou fief yet. Liu Jixing never thought that he was an adult and worried that this child would dig a hole for him.
Although the actual age of Liu Yun in his body is only one year older than King Gui, the actual age of Liu Jixing's descendants is not too young, but it is not much younger than King Gui's father, the late Emperor Liu Sheng, otherwise he would not feel at ease. , accepted Pan Yulian, the mother of King Gui.
As for the younger brothers, they are even more afraid of Liu Jixing. Compared with Liu Jixing's thoughts, they are even more naive. If they can be their princes with peace of mind, Liu Jixing thinks that they will live very happily. If they think Liu Jixing doesn't mind being a bad guy for once if he uses evil ways to cause trouble for himself or to make trouble. After all, I have nothing to do with them, and the Liu family has the right to do so.
During the Chinese New Year, everyone came as usual to pay New Year greetings to Liu Jixing, and to the remaining concubines of Liu Sheng in the palace. Of course, there were even two concubines of the great ancestor Liu Yan. As for the women around Liu Jixing, they would naturally not catch a cold. When they saw Liu Jixing, they went to the palace to see those women, and then ran away as fast as they could.
Of course, Liu Jixing also sent Guanmiao back to Luofu Mountain to pay New Year's greetings to the Taoist Master. Unexpectedly, he failed. It is said that he did not know where Zhenren Shi went to wander around. Liu Jixing can take responsibility because this old magician has not ascended yet.
Liu Jixing naturally cares about the people who helped him. There is nothing he can do if they are not there, and Liu Jixing will not be stupid enough to send people to look for them.
There is also a great god in the palace, namely Zhenren Shi's disciple Xia Qinghou. According to Shi Wu and Yang Jiong's analysis, Xia Qinghou's practice has broken through to another level. Although Liu Jixing didn't know what level this was, it was obviously beyond his control now, and it was even more inconvenient to disturb Xia Qinghou.
In fact, Liu Jixing is still looking forward to having a magic stick who can become an immortal. Then he has something to look forward to, and he can also practice Taoism. Will he be able to return to the future one day? Liu Jixing knew that this was basically nonsense.
The imperial court usually had a holiday during the Spring Festival, but worship was still performed on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Liu Jixing was not stingy and gave everyone some gifts.
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Xia Qinghou came to see Liu Jixing for a drink, and the two of them drank in the thatched cottage all night. As Liu Jixing's cultivation level improved, although he did not deliberately use his cultivation level to resist the drunkenness by using the movement of Qi, Xia Qinghou was impressed by his true drinking capacity.
After calming down, Liu Jixing now thought about how he didn't even have lofty ideals. He never thought that in this troubled world of the Five Dynasties, he would be able to dominate the world immediately with his bastard spirit, or think about how to revitalize the Liu family in Southern Han Dynasty.
But at least he is living in such troubled times now, and it's also because the Liu family has a good background. Although Liu Yuan's reputation was not very good before, now that he has taken over this body, he must first get his reputation back, and he certainly does not want his power to be annexed immediately.
What's more, in history, after the Five Dynasties separatist forces established the Song Dynasty, the Liu family of the Southern Han Dynasty did not last long. The coward was killed cleanly by Zhao Kuangyin without sending a few troops.
So Liu Jixing was thinking of all the ways to protect himself. In other words, he was thinking of all the ways to make himself stronger. Only by concentrating and making one's power absolute can one remain invincible among the chaotic separatist forces.
Now in this feudal era, we need to be aware of the characteristics of this era. Liu Jixing would not be so foolish as to quote the complete ideas of his time in advance at this time and in this era. The advanced capitalism and socialism of later generations, using their ideas and methods to guide and educate their own people, will only be swallowed up and expelled by this era.
Even if there are ideas in this regard now, they are only introduced and used in one's own world of imperial power in a one-sided way according to the needs of this era. Because Liu Jixing deeply understands one thing: the process of advanced thought in any era has a development and transition process. Even if you come from the civilized world and society of later generations, you can't change the fact of today's feudal society!
But Liu Jixing at least knew that he was still himself, and would not be as cruel, aloof, ruthless and indulgent as the character of the later master Liu Yuan described in later history. At least for now, within the scope of his power control, Liu Jixing still hopes that the Han Dynasty court in the south of Lingnan can develop in the direction of his imagination.
Now that I have changed, I have become like the empress Liu Yuan in the history books, and I will hang out with my concubines and maids in the palace every day; I have indeed changed, becoming more like and closer to myself in future generations, His thoughts and actions are obviously different from Liu Yuan's.
Normally, I would care about others and consider the survival of the people under my rule. Just like the boss of a large company in later generations, who has many employees under his control, he needs his own courage and decisiveness to arrange for everyone to perform their respective responsibilities. Even my current appearance and temperament are becoming more and more like my previous body! Liu Jixing also thought about finding a way to return to his previous world, but now Liu Jixing sometimes feels that it is necessary!
Maybe with his own appearance, the world has shifted slightly! Liu Jixing doesn't know how much this shift will change, but at least it won't be the same as the previous history. Let’s not talk about the changes in the big historical pattern, but simply talk about the changes in the political power of Lingnan and Southern Han. If this is still the history of that world later, then today’s actions will obviously have a profound impact on the history and development of later generations.
The first is the information submitted by secret parties from various places. According to surveys, the people of Southern Han Dynasty’s understanding of the imperial court has greatly changed. At least everyone knows about the existence of the Liu Dynasty, the existence of the little emperor Liu Jixing, knows that he is a citizen of the Southern Han Kingdom, enjoys the gifts of the emperor, and has a sense of identity and belonging to the country and the emperor.
The lives of ordinary people are obviously changing, because under the strong supervision of Liu Jixing, the country's development and great changes in agricultural water conservancy are undoubtedly rapidly changing everyone's past thinking and life.
Although the improvement and promotion of the three-crop rice introduced by Liu Jixing is far from comparable to the rice production of later generations, the harvest in this era is already thrilling and surprising. What's more, the climate in Lingnan is extremely conducive to the growth of various plants. Liu Jixing is searching for various crop seeds from various places to plant in Lingnan, and personally incorporates the thinking of later generations to improve them. The increase in output and variety, coupled with the abundance of fruit specialties, was improved and collected by Liu Jixing with later preserved fruit technology, which completely eliminated waste and strengthened the export of crop products to various places.
Although even in the era of Liu Jixing, there were still people in some places north of Lingnan who were so poor that they couldn't even put on trousers. But at least in this era, especially under the leadership of the imperial power, Liu Jixing did not want this kind of thing to be too common. After all, the social contradictions of later generations have become too obvious under the influence of money and power.
In this era, under the privilege of the emperor, this problem also exists and is unavoidable, but it is also the straightforwardness and uniqueness of the naked and supreme imperial power. The common people absolutely know their position and status, and the middle class, the doctors and landlords, know their position and basically accept their fate. In this era, the imperial power enjoyed supreme authority.
According to the accurate information collected by the Secret Party, the population of the Southern Han Dynasty increased by nearly 50,000 households in less than two years. Now the household registration in the Southern Han Dynasty has reached the historical peak of the late Five Dynasties of the Southern Han Dynasty, reaching nearly 170,000 households. Liu Jixing understands that at any time, as long as the society is relatively peaceful, the number of people will only increase. There will definitely be no less.
I believe that within a few years, the population of the Southern Han Dynasty, which is developing smoothly, will reach another level under its own policy of cultivating health and recuperating. Although it is still far from being compared with the population of Shuzhong, Southern Tang, Zhou, and Wuyue, it is obviously far more than the war-torn Chu land of Hunan, Jingnan in the cracks, and the Northern Han Dynasty in the outside world, as well as the disintegrated Later it became the Fujian territory under the sovereignty of Qingyuan Army.
Liu Jixing is now even confident that in the next few years, developing the military, strengthening agriculture and protecting the population, he can immediately turn Southern Han into the Jiangnan of Lingnan, a sacred place of survival in the minds of the Central Plains people. However, will history give itself time?
At the same time, Liu Jixing continued to reduce unnecessary taxes in Southern Han Dynasty, and only increased the taxes of those merchants who had suddenly become rich. Of course, in order to prevent businesses from passing on these increased taxes to ordinary people, Liu Jixing strictly controlled the prices of all livelihood items. Although the promotion time was not long, the effect and effect were very obvious due to Liu Jixing's strong methods.
The state also granted additional amnesty to many people who had recently moved to the Southern Han Dynasty and paid taxes on their cultivation and production after settling down in the Southern Han Dynasty. Let them quickly restore the foundation of their lives, settle down and develop in Lingnan with peace of mind, and have a comprehensive and correct understanding of the Southern Han Dynasty.
What's more, the climate in Lingnan has been good in recent years, which undoubtedly created more favorable conditions for Liu Jixing's development and ideals. Coupled with improved crops such as rice and cereal plants, a large number of good situations have followed. Even the fleet that went to sea brought back other overseas crops for planting, making Liu Jixing more confident and hopeful to make people's lives better.
Of course, in less than two years, Liu Jixing almost spent all the considerable wealth accumulated by generations of Liu family members. All these people's sacrifices and sacrifices have been invested in people's livelihood and military construction. If Liu Sheng and Liu Yan knew how Liu Jixing used money underground, Liu Jixing would probably crawl out of the coffin in distress and beat Liu Jixing severely. Of course, Liu Jixing can now be said to be almost the poorest emperor in history.
If it weren't for Abbas, an elite businessman, he would have been serving himself wholeheartedly since he followed him. Not only does he have a dedicated team to handle his business, but he is now receiving a large amount of income continuously every day.
Without Abbas, a good businessman, Liu Jixing estimated that he would have collapsed due to money. However, Liu Jixing didn't worry about anything else. Because the Han Dynasty now earns huge profits from sea trade in Prince Xing's Mansion every day, and the continuous export and income of materials, as well as the black income from various places that Liu Jixing is proud of, Liu Jixing can develop and move forward boldly with confidence.
Two generations of emperors, Liu Yan and Liu Sheng, spent forty or fifty years searching and creating in Lingnan and accumulated huge wealth. Later history said that after Liu Qian had been emperor for more than ten years, even in Lingnan, a place where birds did not lay eggs, the reason why he was remembered and conquered by Zhao Kuangyin was because of his huge wealth.
Otherwise, Zhao Kuangyin, who later did not even attack the Wuyue Kingdom and even divided Dali, would have set his sights on Lingnan, a remote and remote place. It is said that after capturing Prince Xing's Mansion, the leading general Pan Mei blocked the imperial city of the Southern Han Dynasty. In the end, more than ten ships were able to transport wealth to Bianjing alone. Not to mention the belongings on the ship that were abducted by the eunuch Le Fan at sea. One can imagine how wealthy the Liu family dynasty of the Southern Han Dynasty was at that time.
Liu Jixing didn't feel bad at all that he had spent so much money, and he felt that he was very happy and useful in spending it, because the wealth Liu Yan and his son left to him was originally used to spend it on himself!
It's just that Liu Yuan, a prodigal, didn't know how to spend money, so he finally took advantage of Zhao Kuangyin. If the money is not spent and kept in the inner treasury, is it really used for viewing? I can't sleep on it when I usually lie down on it, I can't use it as food or water to drink, and what's the use of letting it turn to ashes in the end!
Therefore, Liu Jixing feels that taking these things from the people and using them for the people is the royal way! Rather than the royal way! Therefore, Liu Jixing was very careful and calculated, spending a lot of money, and only then did he see today's success and fruits.
In terms of the army and military affairs, Liu Jixing did not skimp on expenditure at all. But Liu Jixing's smart approach was not to give these soldiers how much money they had as military pay! Just imagine, in such a difficult environment, Mao Zedong of later generations led an army with the largest number of people and the most powerful force in history, let alone a rich second generation like himself!
Liu Jixing took the lead in spending all his money on the soldiers and their relatives. This only relieved their worries and made these military relatives feel warm and feel that their efforts for the country and homeland were worth it. Therefore, Liu Jixing established a large number of military-affiliated areas and post-war base areas in various places.
The treatment given to these soldiers outside is only the support and investment in weapons; there is also the huge investment in information and intelligence, the huge network organization, and the development of the complex overall operating system, all of which support their success in Nanhan. borders, as well as funds for the development of foreign separatist forces. This allows the entire intelligence agent system to operate quickly and provide the latest and most complete information at all times.
Liu Jixing didn't know exactly how much money each place would cost and how much money would be needed to operate the operation. But Liu Jixing still has a rough calculation method and method. The biggest reliance now is to be good at using everyone's potential, so that each of them can become a unique figure in his environment.
Liu Jixing felt a little numb and confused after hearing the quarterly expenses reported by Shi Wu and Yang Jiong's subordinates. If it weren't for the Liu family's internal treasury, Liu Jixing believed that he didn't know how long he could last and how long his plan could go forward.
Fortunately, with some reference from later generations and some mature understanding of affairs, Liu Jixing had some innate advantages, took the lead in developing some economic changes, and could continue to earn a considerable income. In particular, under his own instructions, Abbas's business and overseas trade in Prince Xing's palace were in full swing, which also made him trust him and entrust him with important responsibilities.
Liu Jixing actually doesn't have much pursuit. He just thinks that in this era, the best way to survive is to survive well. Successfully becoming the crown prince of the Han Dynasty in Lingnan made Liu Jixing feel that the wheel of history had not changed. However, as he became the emperor of Lingnan, Liu Jixing felt that history was going awry.
He is still the emperor. He has not been controlled by Gong Chengshu and Lu Qiongxian. He has become the crown prince emperor in history. Now he has his own ideas. The most important thing is that with the help of Tao Zun, the magic stick, he can carry out his actions openly.
Now that he has changed, Liu Jixing no longer has too many worries, so he must rely on his own strength to do something, even if it is a small change in history or a small change in the Southern Han Dynasty. Liu Jixing, who came from a later generation, naturally did not think about strengthening the privileges of the ruling class or adding more privileges to himself, but wanted to give ordinary people a stable living environment.
This is a turbulent time, and it is also an era that will soon be unified. Liu Jixing feels that his hope is not far away.
