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Chapter 273: Liu Cong wants to become king

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    Luoyang has prospered for nearly two hundred years since Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu established his capital here.  It has been more than twenty years since Dong Zhuo's fire turned it into ashes.  In the past twenty years, the city of Luoyang has been a scorched earth, and there is no human world around Luoyang, as if it has become a dead place.

    But during this period, it suddenly became prosperous again.  The official road, which had been silent for a long time, was extremely lively. There was an endless stream of passing merchants and dignitaries. Soldiers and horses were also stationed in the military camps outside the city. The abandoned Eight Passes of Luoyang were gradually restored, including Hulao Pass, Sishui Pass,  Soldiers and horses were also stationed at Mengjin, Xiaopingjin and other passes.

    The South Palace is still under construction, and the North Palace has been turned into the Han Palace. The shops in the city are springing up like bamboo shoots after a rain, with new ones opening every day.  Some famous families in Xiangyang, such as the Ma family, Kuai family, Cai family, etc., have built their own mansions successively. The Hongnong Yang family, Yingchuan Xun family, Taiyuan Wang family, Hedong Wei family and other aristocratic families all have some of their own families or Pang family.  His descendants settled in Luoyang City one after another and spent a lot of money to buy a land and house.

    Although the imperial capital moved from Chang'an to Xuchang, and from Xuchang to Yecheng, in the eyes of many people, Luoyang was the real imperial capital.

    Liu Cong, the shepherd of Jingzhou, was preparing to ascend to the throne of Han Dynasty. Many people and the children of aristocratic families were a little surprised and talked a lot. However, the officials and people of Jingzhou were extremely excited. They felt that Liu Cong becoming the king was the real success.

    There is still half a month left before the date of the throne of Han Dynasty. Ma Liang, Cui Zhouping, Meng Jian, Jiang Wan, Wang Can, Cheng Gongying, Zhong Yao and other important ministers are all very busy.

    Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Liangzhou and other places all need heavy military garrison. Therefore, many military generals do not have time to come to Luoyang, but they also sent their subordinates to congratulate.

    The former posthouses in Luoyang City have also been repaired, specializing in receiving envoys sent by various princes and representatives sent by giant merchants in the Han Dynasty.

    Originally, according to the wishes of Ma Liang and others, business representatives could just build a posthouse outside the city, because there were too many of them, and most of them were of low status.  However, Liu Cong disagreed and demanded that representatives of merchants and envoys of princes should be treated equally.

    During the last wedding in Xiangyang, Liu Cong discovered that every business representative would give a heavy gift. Although the representatives of the princes were also polite, they were very light.  And there are some envoys who seem to be here specifically to make things difficult.

    Why should you give them such generous treatment and make things difficult for yourself?  Moreover, Liu Cong has always attached great importance to business. It is precisely because of the efforts of these businessmen that he became so wealthy and could support him to seize Yuzhou and Xiliang.  If we just rely on agriculture as before, it will be good to be able to keep Jingzhou, but we will not be able to compete with the powerful Cao Cao.

    Therefore, the status of businessmen in Liu Cong's hands must be improved.

    The Yiji envoy has returned from his mission to Yecheng. What Liu Cong did not expect was that there was no obstacle to his accession to the throne of Han Dynasty, and the imperial edict from Yecheng arrived smoothly!

    Almost all the envoys and business representatives from the princes arrived ten days before the enthronement ceremony.  Ma Zhong and his Tianwang camp suddenly became busy. Liu Cong wanted to know the movements of all these envoys, who was often with whom, what they talked about, when they talked about it, which aristocratic families they interacted with, which officials they interacted with, etc.  wait.

    In this regard, his own site is large and strong, and there are more officials. The superior person must master their movements in order to make a good balance and be proficient in controlling the officials in the future.  On the other hand, he also asked Ma Zhong to train and establish an organization to supervise hundreds of officials in the future.

    Liu Cong looked at the information sent by Ma Zhong. The envoy sent by Cao Cao was Sima Yi, the envoy sent by Liu Zhang was Zhang Song, and the envoy sent by Sun Quan was Gu Yong, but each of them carried one hundred to three hundred  There are also some important people among these guards, but they have not been found out yet.

    "Lord, we have conducted a detailed investigation on those guards. Some of them have special identities and are obviously not ordinary guards. Should we arrest them secretly?" Ma Zhong asked after seeing Liu Cong read the information.

    "How many people are there in the Zhongtian Net Camp in Luoyang City?" Liu Cong asked.

    "One thousand people!"

    "How many people are there in Liu Hu's Imperial Army now?"

    After arriving in Luoyang, Liu Cong asked Liu Hu to rename his bodyguard the Forbidden Army and expand it from the previous 500 to 5,000.  It's just that the requirements for everyone are very strict. If there are not enough people, you can find them slowly. It is better to have a shortage than to overload.

    "Reporting to my lord, General Liu has expanded to 3,000 men!"

    "There are only a few hundred guards for the various princes' envoys. There are already 4,000 people in the Zhongtianwang Camp and the Forbidden Army in Luoyang City. Is it possible?Do we still need to arrest them?  "

    "My subordinates understand!"

    "Where is Liu Bei now?"

    "Liu Bei led 10,000 troops and horses to go to Nanzhong with Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Chen Dao and other generals, as well as Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, Sun Qian and others!"

    "Oh" Liu Cong nodded. In previous history, the hero Liu Bei had already captured Yizhou at this time.  It seems that because of his appearance, Liu Bei's hero was useless and he helped Liu Zhang. At this time, he was still the king of Shu.

    "We will also step up our collection of news from Chengdu, Yecheng, and Wu County recently!"

    "No!"

    "Is there anything else?" Liu Cong asked, looking at Ma Zhong who was hesitant to speak.

    "My Lord, there is someone who wants to join the Skynet Camp, I don't know"

    "For the personnel of the Skynet Camp, didn't I tell you earlier that I would let you decide?"

    "Yes, my lord, it's just that this person is special and it's hard for me to make a choice"

    "who is he?"

    "Shi Ah!"

    "Shi A, Wang Yue's disciple!"

    "Yes! This man is highly skilled in martial arts and is suitable for being a spy. He found me and wanted to defect to the Tianwang camp. His subordinates sent people to investigate. Since the last time he assassinated the lord in Yuzhang, he has never returned to the ghost army. Moreover,  Jia Xu also eliminated him from the ghost pawns, apparently thinking that he was dead."

    "Shi A is also a talented person. Since he wants to defect to us, let's accept him!" Liu Cong nodded.

    "No!"

    "Report to my lord, Jiangdong envoy Gu Yong is asking for an audience." At this moment, a soldier came in to report.

    "Let him wait in Deyang Palace!"

    "No!"

    "My lord, my subordinates resign!" Ma Zhong saluted Liu Cong.

    "Go!" Liu Cong waved his hand.

    "Come here, please order Ma Liang and Wang Can to go to Deyang Hall to receive Gu Yong first!"

    "No!"

    After a while, Liu Cong came to Deyang Hall.

    "See my lord!"

    "The foreign minister has met Liu Zhoumu!"

    Seeing Liu Cong coming in, Ma Liang, Wang Can and Gu Yong all bowed their hands in salute.

    Liu Cong came to the main seat, sat down and waved to the three of them, "No need to be polite, just watch your seat!"

    The three of them knelt and sat on both sides.

    "Yuan Tan saw the Honzhou Mu today. I wonder what the matter is?" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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