Chengdu, Liu Qi's residence.

In the past few days, Liu Qi was too tired from rectifying the government affairs in Yizhou.

After all, it is a large southern state, and the number of elderly people within the jurisdiction of Yizhou is also very large. How to achieve effective and stable development of Yizhou has been Liu Qi's top research topic during this period.

First of all, farming, building terraces, and expanding production and supply are the top priorities for stabilizing Yizhou.

As for Shu brocade, as a unique specialty in Yizhou and a hard currency that has experienced social tests in history, Liu Qi needs vigorous development.

In addition, Yizhou well salt and mineral resources, including the famous Panzhihua iron ore in later generations, need to be mined and utilized rationally.

Shu County, Guanghan County, and Ba County have been suffering from constant wars in recent years. The population in Shu has dropped sharply, and the military and civilians are exhausted. Most of the reasons for this situation are that the Yizhou high-level officials have no effective way to calm down the old people in the territory.

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The number of old people in Yizhou is almost no less than that of the Han people, and even worse than that of the barbarians in Jingnan.

If such a huge group can be used rationally, it will greatly increase tax revenue and improve productivity. However, if it is not managed well, it will cause huge harm just like the Shanyue of Soochow in history.

Moreover, the Yi people in Shu are relatively scattered. There are a large number of Yi tribes in Bajun, Jianwei County, and Guanghan... Of course, the most concentrated places are in the four counties of Nanzhong.

Compared with the five counties in the north of Yizhou, the four counties in Nanzhong are in an undeveloped state. The degree of development of the tribal people there can be said to be quite backward. Not to mention not knowing how to farm and plant, a large part of them

People still live in caves and cannot even build decent houses.

But precisely because it is primitive, the space that can be mined is naturally larger.

After careful discussions with his subordinates, Liu Qi felt that according to the current situation, it would be better to adopt a policy of restraint for the elderly people in Yizhou.

The specific measures of the restraint policy are relatively complicated, but to put it simply and straightforwardly, it is to use the leaders of ethnic minorities to serve as senior local officials, but they need to be supervised by the Duhufu with the highest administrative power set up by Liu Qi in the local area. To put it bluntly,

, is to establish a separate autonomous region.

The old people in Yizhou have rebelled repeatedly for more than ten or twenty years. The root cause is that the powerful squeezed and squeezed too much. In history, Zhuge Liang's method of governing Nanzhong was the most successful example among the Three Kingdoms at that time. He used restraints to rule.

, focusing on attacking people's hearts, adopted policies to win over ethnic minorities and loose control methods, making the southern and central areas an important logistical support for the Shu Han's future Northern Expedition.

Liu Qi did not intend to leave the policy of governing Yizhou to the local powerful people or nobles, because they had too deep hatred against the local Yi people, and their loose policies towards the Yi people would inevitably reduce the number of local powerful people.

interests, because in the chain of interests among many large clans, the most important one is to squeeze the living space of the barbarians.

After much deliberation, Liu Qi finally decided to leave the important matter of governing and educating the barbarians in Shu to a group of Jingzhou scholars headed by Xu Shu.

Xu Shu and Zhang Yun are now in charge of the Guards Department, and since Shuzhong will become Liu Qi's rear area, the Guards Department will naturally expand its layout here. Especially the supervision of the powerful families in Shu must not be relaxed.

In addition, Liu Qi transferred two young men, Li Yan and Pang Tong from Jingzhou, as well as Cui Jun and Shi Tao, two people who were developing elementary schools in Jingzhou, to come to Shuzhong.

There were also people from Yi, Liu He and others who stayed in Shu to help deal with the matter.

The reason why a large number of Jingzhou students were sent to Sichuan to deal with this matter was because the complexity of this matter was far more than just lip service.

After a series of research and planning, Liu Qi finally finalized policies and factual plans for the elderly people in Yizhou.

That night, he went to Cai Yan's room to relax.

Cai Yan's small courtyard is next to Cai Mi's courtyard, and in the room where Liu Qi and Cai Yan rest, separated by a small wall, lives the sister that Cai Mi just recognized, Mrs. Zou.

Although Zou is a woman, because she was born in Liangzhou, she has been practicing horse riding and bow and arrow for twenty-seven years.

That night, Ms. Zou had nothing to do. She was kicking and practicing martial arts in front of her door in her best clothes. However, she vaguely heard the beautiful sound of the piano and flute coming from the courtyard next to her.

Mr. Zou was sweating profusely, practicing each move carefully in the courtyard.

Hearing the sound of the piano playing from the courtyard next door, Zou's movements gradually slowed down.

When I was young, I saw that she was no longer stretching her legs and feet, but standing by the courtyard, closing her eyes, quietly listening to the sound of the piano playing in the courtyard next to her.

She was born in Liangzhou since she was a child. Because she is located in a dangerous state and county, she is always at war. Therefore, as a woman, she has to practice archery and horse training since she was a child as a means of protection. Men in Liangzhou and

Qiang and Hu are all savage people with violent personalities and a thirst for bloodthirsty.

But this does not mean that Zou does not yearn for the life of a Central Plains woman. The beautiful scene of weaving and harmonizing with her husband's piano often appears in her mind.

Especially after going to Luoyang, she had met many Sili women. To be honest, Mrs. Zou envied their kind of life from the bottom of her heart.

Especially when she heard the beautiful music played by the people from the Central Plains, she felt an indescribable fascination in her heart.

Women are full of longing for beautiful things, this is a woman's nature.

But unfortunately, she could only envy her in her heart, because although she liked listening to the sound of Xiao Qin, she didn't understand the art of music.

Mrs. Zou was not practicing her kung fu, but leaning against the wall, closing her ears and listening to the music of the piano playing in the courtyard opposite.

Although she was from a border county, she also knew Cai Yan's name and knew that her piano skills were unparalleled in the world and that she was the most talented woman in the world.

No wonder this song is so good...it seems to take away people's soul.

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After listening to Mrs. Zou for a while, she felt a little doubtful. Finally, she made up her mind, turned around and jumped up, but she grabbed the top of the low wall with both arms. Then she used her arms hard, and her feet left the ground smoothly.

The one on the ground lifted his body up!

If Liu Qi saw it, he would definitely applaud and cheer.

How much arm strength, waist strength, and flexibility are required to do this?

It is true that many men can do this, but for women, such an action is a bit difficult.

Zou climbed up the wall and looked carefully into the courtyard...

Sure enough, in the pavilion in the courtyard, the person playing the piano was Cai Yan, and the person playing the flute on the side was Liu Qi.

The two of them were playing and blowing, with smiles on their faces. The feeling of mutual affection between them could even be felt by Mr. Zou, who was peeping on the wall not far away.

What is dog food, this is it?

While listening to the music, Mrs. Zou glanced at Liu Qi and Cai Yan with envy.

This was the day and mood that she had always longed for.

When they were young, Liu Qi and Cai Yan finished playing a song. They stood up together, held the qin and Xiao, and walked into the house hand in hand.

"Why don't you play anymore?" Seeing that the two of them stopped playing music, Zou felt a little disappointed... To be honest, Cai Yan's way of playing music is indeed very attractive.

Zou sighed softly, looked regretfully towards the courtyard, and wanted to jump under the wall.

But at this moment, a faint sound in the room reached her eardrums.

In this quiet courtyard, even though there was a wall, the sound was extremely clear, which made Zou's cheeks turn red.

There was not only a woman's voice in that charming voice, but also a man's roar that seemed to be faintly mixed in.

Ms. Zou let go of her hands gently and jumped down from the wall. Her cheeks were still hot at this moment. For some reason, her long legs seemed to be a little difficult to walk.

It's like someone stepped on your tail.

"Why is a man barking so loudly? He's a donkey?" Zou bit her lips, muttered something in a low voice, turned around and walked into her house.

…

Early the next morning, Liu Qi stretched out and walked out of the courtyard, yawning, and happened to meet Zou practicing martial arts in the courtyard again.

Liu Qi smiled and nodded to her and said, "Mrs. Zou."

But for some reason, Mrs. Zou's cheeks immediately turned red when she saw Liu Qi. She put down her high-raised legs, then bowed her hands to Liu Qi and said, "I have met the king."

Then, he found an excuse and hurriedly turned around and left.

Liu Qi looked at her back, shook his head in confusion, and said to himself: "This woman is very weird, why did she run away when she saw me?"

However, her legs are really long. Look at her walking as fast as flying when she left.

Liu Qi was sighing secretly when he saw the housekeeper of the mansion coming to him and whispering: "Your Majesty, over there in Jingzhou, General Huang has an urgent document to send to Jingzhou."

Liu Qi opened the wooden box delivered by the butler and carefully looked at the contents inside.

It would have been better not to look at it. Upon looking at it, Liu Qi's expression suddenly became extremely solemn.

The content of the letter was nothing more than Huang Zhong telling Liu Qi that Liu Bei, who was defeated in a battle with Cao Cao in the Central Plains, came to talk to him and asked Liu Qi to make a decision!

Liu Qi waved his hand and asked the housekeeper to leave temporarily. He took the letter and went to his study.

Liu Bei...

In terms of pure ability, if Liu Bei came to join him, he could naturally greatly expand his own power. Moreover, he not only came by himself, but also came with him, including Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun, three powerful generals. In history,

They are all famous big shots.

The problem is that Liu Bei often visited acupuncture points in history, but every time he visited acupuncture points, he made a lot of money every time.

Gongsun Zan, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, Yuan Shao... Liu Bei has all relied on these people, but none of them can make Liu Bei stick with him forever.

But there was only one person who allowed Liu Bei to willingly assist him for seven years until his death. This person was Liu Biao.

Whether Liu Bei can be used and how useful he is, Liu Qi, who has never seen him, can't judge right now.

After some careful thinking, Liu Qi made a decision.
Chapter completed!