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Chapter 464: People Have Hope


It is rumored that during the Yan and Han dynasties, Guangling was a large county with a population of 80,000, and the spinning industry was very developed.

Now when we talk about the Yan Han Dynasty, we are talking about the Eastern Han Dynasty, not the Western Han Dynasty.

There was a period of time when Yan Han was not allowed to be mentioned, first by Cao Pi usurping the Han Dynasty, and then it became taboo for Liu Yuan to establish a pseudo-Han dynasty, which was probably due to the inferiority complex of the small court of the Jin State.

According to the record law of the historical books, because of the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was also a Han State established by the Huns, if Liu Yan really restored the old land of the Han family and made the Han Kingdom strong again, with the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty in front of the two Liu Han Empires, Liu Yan, who is the same Liu's family, is really not easy to call.

"I once heard the king talk about it," Wang Meng said in a slightly hesitant tone, "It will be recorded as the Third Reich of the Han Dynasty." ” Wang Meng was walking in the city with Xie Daoyun, accompanied by Gao Ping and some Han soldiers.

There was a heavy snowfall a few days ago, and the ground and roofs were covered with snow, and the most seen on the streets were people sweeping the snow in front of the door.

"Empire" Xie Daoyun is a well-read person, she knows very clearly what the meaning of the word empire is, not only can it be called an empire if it is unified in the Central Plains, but it is not only strong and prosperous can be called an empire.

She opened her mouth wide in surprise, and only came back to her senses before saying, "That is not only to restore the old land of the Han family, but also to recapture the Western Regions, and even be." ” In fact, it is necessary to add the victory over another empire in the war, the previous Western Han Dynasty was to take the Xiongnu Empire, and the Eastern Han Dynasty, which continued the Western Han Dynasty, had the scale of the empire in strength, but did not achieve any victory in the imperial contest with foreign countries.

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

In order to stabilize the Xuansu County and Lelang County established during the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty had a lot of contests with Goguryeo, Korea, Zhu, Zhu, Raccoon dog, Wofu and other ethnic groups, and the biggest opponent in the Northeast was Wuhuan and Xianbei, and the most successful one was to subdue Wuhuan, and the rest of the ethnic groups were actually just deterred, and the Wuhuan school captain was set up.

Then the Eastern Han Dynasty defeated the remaining Southern Xiongnu against the Western Han Dynasty, but in the early stage, it was based on the Great Wall to confront it, and then it was the policy of attrition and co-optation that made the Xiongnu submit in name, and the establishment of the Xiongnu school captain only had a little control.

Judging from the fact that the Southern Xiongnu would go south from time to time to fight in the grass valley, the Eastern Han Dynasty's control over the Southern Xiongnu was not as strong as imagined.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the problem left in the northwest is a variety of sheep herding for a living, a group of Qiang people, the army of the Eastern Han Dynasty has been engaged in local wars with the Qiang people for a long time, and the Longxi County in the strongest period of the Eastern Han Dynasty was all occupied by the Qiang people.

The most successful foreign war of the Eastern Han Dynasty was against the south, that is, Wujun, Huiji, Nanhai, Hepu, Jiuzhen, Jiaozhi, Yulin and other counties.

However, this time it was not counted in the four major wars of foreign wars, because those people in Zhuyue and Jiaozhi were not even qualified to be called enemies.

The battle for the recovery of the Western Regions is one of the "four great" that is recognized, but compared with the control of the Western Han Dynasty, the control of the Western Regions by the Eastern Han Dynasty is not even as strong as that of the Cao Wei period.

"It can be seen from the above that the Han Kingdom that the Han King wants is not the Eastern Han Dynasty after Zhongxing, but the Western Han Dynasty that is the direct descendant of the founding Emperor Gaozu."

Xie Daoyun stopped walking and walking, she saw Ah Liu, who she met on the way, and apparently Ah Liu also discovered her.

She raised her hand to greet her from afar, and then asked Wang Meng, "Can you go over and have a look?"

Wang Meng habitually looked at Gao Ping.

Gao Ping nodded silently.

They hadn't received any new instructions yet, and Xie Daoyun's stay in Guangling City was actually a very good result.

Guangling City is a city that is recovering, the former county magistrate of the city wall has led the people to carry out some repairs, and Wang Meng took over after the first time to pay attention to the restoration of the city wall.

This is the general insecurity of the people nowadays, and having a seemingly solid wall will make the people feel more at ease.

Most of the buildings in the castle are thatched huts, and there are few buildings with rubble roofs, and there are no houses that are more than two feet tall except for the castle tower.

There were about 3,000 people in the city, who usually lived in the city and went to the suburbs to do farm work.

According to Xie Daoyun's visit for a day or two, there doesn't seem to be any business in Guangling City, that is, there is no market.

She wasn't sure if it was because of the snow and it didn't open, or if there really wasn't a market in the city.

Of course, Ah Liu saw Xie Daoyun, he didn't recognize Xie Daoyun who was wearing a white dress, and was a little stunned by Xie Daoyun waving his hand to greet him.

"Ah Liu."

Xie Daoyun greeted again with a smile, pointed to the opposite room and asked, "Is this your home?"

Nowadays, the city is not so strict, and only one of the main roads in the city is straight, and the rest of the roads are changed depending on the location of the houses.

The house does not look neat, it looks like it is one in the east and one in the west, and it is more likely that strangers will get lost in a densely populated place.

The house of the Ah Liu family is very ordinary, there is a wall directly next to the road, and a small door is only covered by a fence woven with grass, and there are no windows.

"Me."

Xie Daoyun pointed to his little nose and said, "We had a good chat on the way." ” "It's you" The broom in Ah Liu's hand somehow fell, and he could see that he was very surprised: "You are" The current Xie Daoyun is like two people when he wears coarse linen, wearing a long skirt with a white body but red trim, a set of expensive animal fur on his shoulders, a furry hat on his head, and a black cloak behind him, no matter how you look at it, he looks extremely rich.

"Can I go in," Xie Daoyun said, in fact, she had already walked to the door, retreated from the fence, raised her feet and walked in: "It's dark, and the air is so stuffy." ” Hurried footsteps followed, and it was three or four Han soldiers with the hilt of their swords in their hands entering, and after they entered, they stood in a semi-fan-shaped distribution, just protecting Xie Daoyun in the middle.

Ah Liu was stunned for a while before entering, and after entering, he called "Niang" directly, and a middle-aged woman's voice came from the back room.

The woman who came out of the back room, unable to tell her age by her appearance, wore a coarse cloth skirt that traditional Han women would wear, and had something in her hand that looked like a shuttle.

As soon as she came out and saw so many people in the house, she was stunned for a moment before saying, "Guests are coming."

Ah Liu had already walked to the wall at this time, only to hear a stiff sound, and there was light in the room after the wooden doors and windows were pushed open.

"Hello Auntie."

Xie Daoyun saw the shuttle in the woman's hand, smiled and said, "Is Auntie weaving?"

"Well, ah, it's a pounding machine, and the weaving thread has to wait for the spring to have hemp."

The shuttle in the woman's hand is indeed used for weaving, she is completely adapted to the dark, seeing Xie Daoyun dressed as a noble lady with inexplicable nervousness, and then looking at the man in the room who is a soldier, he smiled, turned his head and said to Ah Liu: "Zhang Luo." ” Ah Liu answered "hey" and pushed open the back door and went out.

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The people in the house could hear the sound of something moving, and looking out through the back door, there was a small garden, and there was a house directly opposite.

Xie Daoyun really forgot that she didn't hear the "crunch" sound when she came in, so how could the woman be weaving threads.

In winter, everything is dormant, and hemp is needed to weave threads, and the residents in Guangling City are the original locals, and more people are from the south of the Yangtze River.

Ah Liu's family is a newcomer to the south, who did not participate in labor in the previous year, and will not produce anything, so Ah Liu was hired by the government to repair the city and get some food to survive.

When there is light, you can see the contents of the house, there are several jars on the east wall, and some jars and jars are placed on some wooden planks nailed to the wall.

I can't see tables or chairs, all because tables and chairs are not popular now, desks are tables, and sitting gardens are chairs.

The ground is directly covered with dirt, and the relationship between being trampled for a long time does not look smooth, but it can be seen that there is no debris.

The aunt has an inexplicable enthusiasm for the Han soldiers, and Xie Daoyun, who is a noble girl at first glance, is extremely cold.

She was asking the soldiers questions about whether the country was recruiting again, or whether there would be any short-term conscription that would require manpower.

After a while, Ah Liu re-entered the house, holding a hot clay pot in his hand, first putting it in the corner and then going out, and then came back with some bamboo cups.

"It's boiling water."

Ah Liu was extremely impressed by the requirement to drink boiled water, and did not understand what it means that raw water has parasites that can easily make people sick.

He poured the water neatly, holding it with both hands one after another, and looked a little hesitant when it was Xie Daoyun's turn.

Xie Daoyun is not sluggish, and he does it himself without anyone to serve him, which causes Ah Liu to be both embarrassed and at a loss.

"Auntie, we're just passing by."

Although Gongqiao was a soldier, he was also a first-class knight, and there was an iron badge on his right chest to show this.

He knew why the aunt's enthusiasm was, and when he saw the eagerness in the aunt's eyes, he thought about it and said, "The conscription should be more frequent, and your baby has no shortage of work." ” "That's good, that's good" The aunt immediately showed a happy smile: "There is food for the king to work, and there is food to take."

The king is a good king, and the government is a good government. ” Xie Daoyun was deliberately snubbed very uncomfortable, she didn't have any seizures, but she lost her original interest, and politely bowed and withdrew.

Wang Meng did not enter the house, but stood on the street and watched the people sweeping the snow, with a gentle smile on his face.

When he saw Xie Daoyun come out, he could see that Xie Daoyun seemed to be very displeased.

"I had a good chat before" Xie Daoyun was unhappy and disappointed: "In the south, the people I met when I went to the countryside were like this, and the same was true when I came to the north."

There are classes in society, and some classes are used to stay away, feel inexplicable in the bureau, and there are people who enjoy it.

Since ancient times, the common people have been naturally alienated from the powerful, after all, it may not be beneficial to get close, but if you provoke it, you will be ruined at any time.

Wang Meng just smiled at what Xie Daoyun said, he knew in advance that Xie Daoyun was dressed like this and couldn't contact the people at all, but the relationship was not close and could not be reminded.

"Let's go, let's go."

Xie Daoyun's mood changed a little quickly, and before she left, she waved her hand to Ah Liu, who was standing on the side, and after walking for a while, she suddenly asked Wang Meng: "Will the people be close to you when they see you?"

Wang Meng came from the people, and after becoming an official, he knew very well that it would be difficult to mingle with the people, and said with a wry smile: "Without fear, Meng feels very content."

The two talked as they walked, and soon left.

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

"Your father, your eldest brother, and second brother all died at the hands of rich and noble families in the south."

The eldest aunt is the daughter-in-law of the Huang family, and she said to Ah Liu very harshly: "Huang Liu, you must firmly remember that those big families in the south are the enemies of our family. ” Don't ask them how they know that Xie Daoyun is from a southern family, the appearance and temperament of people in any place may not be traceable, but they can definitely see the clues from the characteristics of the dress.

"Mother" Ah Liu wanted to say that the fine gentleman just now didn't look like a bad person, but on the contrary, he looked very beautiful, but he didn't dare to say what he thought in his heart, so he could only respond: "The child knows." ” "You're too young to join the army."

The aunt seemed to think of something and showed a disappointed expression, and whispered: "I heard them say that there will be a lot of forced labor in the near future, you have to ask the uncle for more help."

The uncle in the aunt's mouth is the chief of the neighborhood in this area, and he is a Han soldier who retired because of disability.

In order to arrange for a large number of soldiers who retired due to injury, there was a security chief in how many households, and the chief was responsible for conveying some news from the government, and the list of conscripts was also determined by the chief of security.

"It's a good thing for the Han to serve as a servant."

The aunt likes to nag, and there is an obvious ardent expectation in the nagging: "The food and drink that goes to serve the conscription are all from the government, and the more conscription times you serve, you can be given priority to be selected to enlist in the army."

Your baby is not old enough, you should go out to serve more, and it will be easy to join the army in the future.

The soldiers who have become kings have five acres of land, and with the fields, they can ask for a daughter-in-law, and they can make meritorious contributions to their children and grandchildren."

Ah Liu was sweeping the snow with a broom, while listening to his mother's chatter, looking forward to it in his heart, and feeling a heavy responsibility

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