A few days later, Liu Xiu went north to Zhuojun to return to his hometown.
Wealth and honor do not return home, just like walking in brocade at night.
After becoming the governor of Jiujiang, it was time to go home and show off in front of the folks. Suddenly, Liu Xiu understood why Xiang Yu decided to make Pengcheng his capital.
Half a month later, Liu Xiu returned home, knelt down and said, "Meet my mother!"
"My son is back!" said the mother, "My son is a prefect and has made great achievements. It's time to worship his ancestors!"
His words were full of joy.
Liu Xiu looked into the house and saw that there were straw sandals and straw mats. After becoming rich in business, Liu Xiu often sent money to his mother, but her mother was still diligent and frugal in running the house.
"Mother, your family is too shabby and you are living a miserable life!" Liu Xiu frowned and said, "My son has become a prefect and his salary is two thousand dan. Mother should be blessed!"
"Every porridge and meal should be remembered as hard-earned; every trace of it, I should always think about the difficulties of material resources." Mother said: "The world is in turmoil, hungry, and there are many poor and homeless people. How can I be luxurious? Why not save money to help?
poor!"
"My child has learned a lesson!" Liu Xiu bowed and said.
At home, enjoying family happiness.
In his spare time, Liu Xiu visited various famous figures and former classmates in Zhuo County. When he met Gongsun Zan again, he was full of heroism and no longer childish as before, becoming a famous general. In Yuan Shao, Cao Cao fought against the Yellow Turban Army.
At a time when the civil war was going on, Gongsun Zan was fighting Xianbei in front of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing.
"haven't seen you for a long time!"
"haven't seen you for a long time!"
Then the two men drank to their heart's content and talked about the past.
"Chaos is coming, Bogui must be careful!" Liu Xiu warned.
"I know!" Gongsun Zan said.
"I am going to Jiujiang to serve as the governor, but the barbarians are causing trouble, so I asked Bogui to borrow troops!" Liu Xiu said.
"That's easy to say!" Gongsun Zan said: "When you get to the military camp, you can pick it yourself!"
Gongsun Zan is indeed a good brother.
The next day, when they arrived at the military camp, they selected a thousand elite cavalry, and one of them was named Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun, a native of Changshan Zhending, was extremely inconspicuous among the Youzhou army. In other words, among the Youzhou army, he was able to defeat the general Tai.
There were too many, and Zhao Yun blended in among them and was extremely inconspicuous.
Five days later, Liu Xiu and his mother went south.
On the road, I met Guan Yu. Guan Yu came to seek refuge with him, but the three sworn brothers in Taoyuan did not exist. He also had Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu and others come to seek refuge with him.
Relying on the name of Jiujiang Governor, along the way, he recruited many heroes and scholars from poor families, and used them all, both talented and useless.
Arriving in Luoyang, I picked up Cai Yong's family and headed to Jiujiang. Along the way, I saw wilderness and ruins. People were displaced and starved everywhere. The prosperous Luoyang was in sharp contrast with the miserable Central Plains. The Yellow Turban Army was pacified, but the world was even more chaotic.
All the way south, we attracted refugees. Jiujiang was a vast land with few people, which was perfect for farming.
Cai Yong said: "It's time for Xuande to get married!"
"That's right!" Liu Xiu nodded.
After choosing a good and auspicious day, the wedding began and lasted from morning to evening.
Wedding clothes are not the bright red of later generations, but Xuan clothes. The red in the black is "Xuan", the color of the sky is Xuan, and it is actually the supreme color. When welcoming the person, the son-in-law wears a juebianxuanduan, and the wife wears
Pure clothes.
The chariots and chariots used to welcome brides are above the level of the prefect. According to the Han system, when a scholar is welcoming a bride, the chariots, chariots and uniforms can be upgraded to a higher level. It is not considered rude. Under Xun Yu's arrangement, everything went on in an orderly manner.
The people along the road came after hearing the news and greeted each other along the road, with a bustling crowd.
The courtyard of Cai Mansion was swept clean and the lanterns were hung high. Liu Xiu welcomed the bride into the car and accepted the congratulations from the people along the way.
In the Han Dynasty, brides did not have the custom of wearing a red hijab, nor did they have the custom of riding in a sedan chair. Cai Yan and Liu Xiu rode in a car together. The car had no carriages, only a black veil. The two newlyweds sat on the carriage, Liu Xiu
His face is like a crown jade, a jade tree stands in the wind, his appearance is majestic, and he is extraordinary handsome. Cai Yan is even more beautiful, elegant and graceful, noble and youthful, and captivating the country and the city.
There were seven wedding rituals in the Han Dynasty: worshiping in the hall, washing the bathroom, facing each other, sharing the bed, tying the knot, tying hair, and holding hands. With the blessings of the guests in the hall, Liu Xiu and Cai Yong completed every aspect of the wedding step by step.
step.
The first is the worship hall. The bride and groom first bow to heaven and earth, secondly to the high hall, and the husband and wife bow to each other.
After that is the wash basin, where boys and girls bring two basins of water for the newlyweds to clean their hands and face, and wash themselves up. The male and female sit across from each other, and the servants serve wine and food, three vegetarian and one meat, for the newlyweds to eat together.
A plate of meat dishes means eating the meat of the same animal at the same time. It is a joint prison, and then drinking from the same cup, it is called a joint meal.
The last part of the ceremony is for the bride and groom to cut off a section of their hair, tie it together and wrap it up. This is probably the reason why the couple became a married couple.
Finally, under the cheers of the guests, the two held hands and entered the bridal chamber, and the wedding was completed.
The wedding banquet was held, and the guests came to enjoy themselves and drank till they were drunk. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were so drunk that they were on their backs, while Zhao Yun only drank a few drinks.
It was already dark, and Liu Xiu entered the bridal chamber.
Red candles flickered, and Cai Yanhua, dressed in fine clothes, sat quietly on the couch and waited.
Liu Xiu entered the bridal chamber, feeling slightly dizzy.
"Too much alcohol is harmful to your health, so your husband should drink less," Cai Yan said.
Liu Xiu smiled slightly, hugged her slender waist, and said: "What Madam taught me is that from now on, only Madam's words should be followed."
Cai Yan said: "Husband, you are joking."
Liu Xiuhuai hugged the beauty and laughed and said: "How can we waste this beautiful night? Madam, how about we sleep together?"
Cai Yan didn't avoid it anymore, he was intoxicated and nodded shyly.
Liu Xiu held her in his arms and walked towards the quilt tent.
The candlelight flickers, extinguishing the soul.
When she woke up the next day, Liu Xiu held her beloved wife in her arms and thought about last night, feeling full of happiness.
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When he became the prefect of Jiujiang, Liu Xiu did not show off or mess around. Instead, he built high walls and hoarded grains without claiming the title of king. He opened Shuimu Academy, with Cai Yong as the mountain chief; Guan Yu and Zhang Fei each led a battalion of soldiers and horses.
They also selected elite troops to build the Jiujiang camp, which Liu Xiu personally led and Zhao Yun assisted.
Again, Xun Yu was appointed as the meritorious officer, responsible for farming and personnel; and Xi Zhicai was appointed as the military advisor, responsible for training troops.
Jiujiang County is located in the south and is a backward place with few aristocratic families and few main forces.
Liu Xiu knew very well that in this era, the biggest enemy was not Cao Cao, Sun Quan, or the Yellow Turban Army, but wealthy families.
Cao Cao suppressed the aristocratic families, which led to constant rebellions, making it extremely difficult to conquer the world, but his foundation was solid; Yuan Shao relied on the aristocratic families to come to power, but the aristocratic families continued to fight, and it was difficult to reconcile, leading to their demise; Sun Quan allowed the aristocratic families from the north to constantly fight with the local aristocratic families, maintaining the
Balance consolidates the world, but external expansion is insufficient.
Later, in order to become emperor, Cao Pi compromised with the aristocratic family and established the nine-rank Zhongzheng system.
For aristocratic families, we can only stew slowly, boil frogs in warm water, and not be impatient... Before there is no new class to fight against aristocratic families, we can only rely on aristocratic families, and at the same time suppress them.
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In the winter of the second year of Zhongping in the Han Dynasty, Zhang Tao, a powerful man, started a rebellion. Governor Liu put it down and killed 300 people. Jiujiang was shaken.
Later, the victims of the disaster in Runan entered Jiujiang, and Governor Liu resettled the refugees, cleared the land, sorted out taxes, and encouraged mulberry farming, and Jiujiang became peaceful.
In the third year of Zhongping, the water thief Zhao Ping came to Jiujiang and plundered the counties. Guan Yu led his men to resist him. He killed a dozen of the thief's leaders and took advantage of the situation to lead his troops to attack. The water thief was defeated and more than 10,000 people were killed. The remaining people surrendered. Liu Taishou
The strength of his troops increased instantly
In the autumn of the third year of Zhongping, the mountain barbarians rebelled and led one hundred thousand people out of the mountain to plunder. Liu Xiu brought Xi Zhicai, Guan Yu and other 30,000 elite troops to come to the rescue, and they destroyed one hundred thousand mountain barbarians and surrendered more than one hundred thousand.
Time is passing by, and in the blink of an eye it is the fifth year of Zhongping.
In five years and five years of farming, Liu Xiu successively eliminated the dangers of powerful men, water thieves, and mountain barbarians. With the assistance of various civil servants, the counties and counties were in great order, the people within the territory lived in peace, and bandits disappeared. Liu Xiu's reputation spread.
All over the three prefectures of Xu, Yang and Jing.