Summoning the best emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 5 Three Strategies for Borrowing Grain
Seeing that Song Lian was hesitating, Liu Xie knew that Song Lian had something to hide, so he comforted him, "Song Gong, but it's okay to say."

"Hey, no matter, for the sake of the people in the city, even His Royal Highness punished Lian to admit it." Song Lian said with a heartbeat: "The only way now is to find someone to borrow food. Lian has already sent people to the prefect's mansion and neighboring counties. I went to explain the situation to them, but so far no one is willing to borrow money. Lian concluded that they are determined to protect themselves. I am afraid that if His Highness goes there in person, even if they can borrow money, it will be a drop in the bucket. In addition, those who are able to borrow money , only the aristocratic family is left. It’s just that the aristocratic family is the most important inheritance, and its actions have always been based on its own interests. With the current conditions of Yongqiu, I simply don’t have enough bargaining chips to borrow food.”

"Isn't there nothing we can do?" Liu Xie frowned.Well, you old man, with a lot of beards and bad intentions, originally thought that there could be some kind of magic trick to turn stones into gold, but who knew that the beating around the bush made him count again.What can I do, I am also very helpless.

Song Lian is no longer entangled now. He smiled confidently and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. In fact, there is still a kind of people who have food, and they can get as much as they want. That is the merchant family. The merchants are rich. Although they have thousands of dollars, their status is low. , They often have accumulated countless wealth in business for generations, money is nothing to them, and the promotion of class status is their lifelong pursuit. As His Highness, go to borrow food and make a little promise, and it will definitely be achieved."

Now Liu Xie was depressed instead, and said: "Since Mr. Song has a good plan, why didn't he say it earlier, which made him worry for a long time."

Song Lian smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "It's not that Lian deliberately showed off and refused to say that scholars, farmers, businessmen and businessmen are the last, and their status is low and low. Lian's plan is to make His Highness condescend to ask them, which is really harmful to His Highness's reputation." Song Lian No matter how high his political ability is, he would naturally not belittle businessmen. He said this because he was afraid that Liu Xie would save face and would not condescend to act.

Liu Xie suddenly realized that business is a low-level business, and businessmen occupy a lot of labor, which is in great conflict with the small-scale peasant economy advocated by the ruling class, so their status has never been high.No matter how good the business is, no matter how big the family business is, they are still ordinary people, and they are far from the family, let alone compared with Liu Xie, the emperor's brother, the great Han prince.However, he comes from a later generation, and he does not have the concept of belittling business or even businessmen. After all, later generations can be called Ma Yun's father casually.

However, Liu Xie still pretended to be lofty and said: "Mr. Song has worked hard, and I will be considerate. Since it can solve my urgent need, I don't care about sacrificing a little reputation. The sooner this matter is resolved, the better, Mr. Song." Since this is a good strategy, Duke Song must have already figured out who to borrow food from."

"To support the three-month rations of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in my city of Yongqiu, we need at least [-] shi after excluding the [-] shi we have left now. Besides, far away water can't dissolve near fire. Those who have the ability now, There is only one family in Chenliu County, and that is the Wei family in Xiangyi."

"The Wei family in Xiangyi, isn't that the Wei family that sponsored Cao Aman to recruit volunteers to attack Dong Zhuo? Why don't you do it so thoroughly? I just robbed Cao Aman of Chen Liuyongqiu, and now I want to go find him again Your sponsor, the Wei family, is supporting you, Ah Man, Ah Man, it's not that I sincerely want to betray you." Liu Xie sighed.But this kind of interception, especially the interception of Hu Cao'a concealed such an inexhaustible hero, he just wanted to ask if there will be another time, one time is not enough.

Song Lian then sighed and said: "His Royal Highness first arrived in Chenliu. He was not familiar with the place and was inconvenient to do things. Lian should have followed His Highness to Wei's house to borrow food, but Yongqiu has a lot of work, and it is really inseparable from Lian. Your Highness is going now." It is inevitable that there will be twists and turns in the journey, and there is an urgent need for a talented person who can give advice, and unfortunately, I, Yongqiu, have no one who can do it now."

At this time, a personal guard came in and said: Your Highness, there is a person outside the door who claims to be Yu Yunwen, who says he is the housekeeper of His Highness Luoyang City Mansion. He heard that His Highness stayed here, so he followed him. "

"Haha, Father Bin is finally here, please hurry up, no, go and pick him up alone." Liu Xie was overjoyed. He didn't expect the little Lolita of the system to be so considerate. He and Song Lian were worrying that no one would be available. Just arrived.Handsome people are not too unlucky, and I, Liu Xie, want to speak for this sentence?
"The person who is so highly regarded by His Highness and personally welcomed him must be a great talent. Lian also wants to see him." Song Lian also got up and followed Liu Xie out.

As soon as Liu Xie arrived at the door, he saw a [-]-year-old man standing there, who else could it be if it wasn't Yu Yunwen.Yu Yunwen's body was straight, and although his face looked exhausted, his eyes were piercing, as if he could see people directly.

"Haha, Father Bin, you are here too. When Gu comes out of Luoyang, only you and Ding Fang are willing to continue to follow him. Gu is really touched." Liu Xie said loudly from a distance.

"Yunwen is afraid, and I pay my respects to Your Highness. It is truly a great man's blessing to see His Highness safe today." Yu Yunwen waved his sleeves and was about to salute.

Liu Xie waved his hand to support him, and said: "Father Bin, why do you need to be more polite? Come, let me introduce you alone. This is Song Jinglian, the Duke of Song, whose political talent is not inferior to the ancient Xiao He; Song Gong, this is Yu Yunwen Yu Father Bin, is good at military affairs, predicts the enemy's opportunity first, and is good at making changes."

Seeing Liu Xie's evaluation of each other, the two dared not neglect each other, and hurriedly saluted each other for a long time, Liu Xie said again: "How did Father Bin know that he is alone here?"

Yu Yunwen replied unhurriedly: "On that day, Yunwen asked Dingfang to go out of the city to look for His Highness, but he never thought that both His Highness and Dingfang would not return, so he knew that things had changed. Dingfang, a middle school and a young man with similar appearances, left together to the east, and Yunwen knew that His Highness saw that Dong Zhuo was harboring evil intentions, and understood that Luoyang was not a place to stay for a long time, and must be coming to Chenliu."

"Haha, Father Bin is really powerful. Just based on this, you can guess that Dingfang and I have arrived in Chenliu. Song Gong, don't you worry that I don't have a wise person to help when I go to Wei's house? With Father Bin, what's the point?" What are you worried about?" Liu Xie couldn't help clapping his hands hard, and said to Song Lian.

Yu Yunwen said again: "His Royal Highness went to Wei's house, but to borrow food?"

Song Lian was startled when he heard this. Unexpectedly, Yu Yunwen could see the key to Yongqiu City at a glance just after entering the city, and even guessed his countermeasures. It is really extraordinary. Although His Highness is young , but there is really no mediocrity in the people around her.

Song Lian came back to his senses, smiled slightly, and said, "That's right, with Father Bin's help on this trip, great things can be expected. Your Highness only needs General Dian to come back tomorrow, and then he can leave."

Immediately after the decision was made, Liu Xie invited the two of them in and ordered his servants to prepare food and wine to welcome Yu Yunwen.

On the second day, when Dian Wei returned after completing his mission, Liu Xie entrusted Song Lian with all the affairs of Yongqiu, and at the same time ordered Su Dingfang to continue his military training, and went to Xiangyi in a low-key manner with only Dian Wei, Yu Yunwen and a few personal guards. .

Xiangyi, as the foundation of the Wei family, is naturally incomparably prosperous, far from being able to compare with Yongqiu, who has just experienced the disaster of the Yellow Turban bandits.Before Liu Xie and others entered the city, they could see the merchants coming and going, and the voices of hawkers hawking were endless.

As soon as they found an inn to live in, Yu Yunwen asked his personal guards to go out and find out about Wei's family.Only by knowing ourselves and the enemy can we prescribe the right medicine and get the greatest benefit at the least cost.

The three returned to the guest room after having lunch at the inn, and several guards also came back after hearing the news.

A person headed by the personal guard said in a low voice: "Young master, the little people found out that the big house of the Wei family is in the east of the city. The head of the Wei family, Wei Hong, just came back from business not long ago. I don't know why, and there are very few commercial accidents with the outside world. The young people know that the Wei family has been hoarding food and grass secretly, buying iron to build soldiers, and the family members, servants, and slaves have also been secretly brought to the city. The outer manor conducts training according to the military system."

"You've worked hard, go down and rest." After hearing this, Liu Xie waved them away, with a dignified expression, secretly puzzled.What is the Wei family going to do? Even according to the historical inertia, the Wei family will have to wait two years before funding Cao Cao to recruit volunteers?Hey, no!In history, after Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo and fled back to Chenliu, he immediately raised a well-trained army. No matter how powerful Cao Cao was, no matter how good Cao Ren and Xiahou brothers were at commanding troops, it was absolutely impossible to do so in such a short period of time. arrive.The only explanation is that someone was training the army in advance.Now it seems that Cao Cao, the black dwarf, has already planned everything, and he has already made it clear that the Wei family will assist him.It's just that there is an extra accident now, that is, I also ran to Chen Liulai by mistake.

After figuring out the twists and turns, Liu Xie was not only not relieved, but even more depressed.If it was really Cao Cao's conspiracy, since the Wei family had this action, it would not only be impossible to borrow food from them, but would even startle the snake and get Cao Cao's attention, then the gain would outweigh the loss.Liu Xie frowned, looked at Yu Yunwen, and asked, "Father Bin, what do you think?"

Yu Yunwen caressed his beard, frowned, thought for a while, and then gradually calmed down, and said: "These things the Wei family has done are really not in line with the businessman's style, even if it is to call guards to buy weapons to ensure the safety of the caravan Absolutely not sneaking around, for fear of being known. From my point of view, there must be other people working behind the Wei family. Recruiting soldiers and buying horses is a big deal, and we probably won't be able to take advantage of it now. However, I still have some advantages There are three strategies for you to choose from, the middle and the bottom."

Dian Wei's head grew dizzy when he heard it, and he said in a muffled voice, "Sir, what you're saying is straightforward, why bother to play tricks, it's not a good idea."

"Uh, Father Bin is a great talent, let's talk about it quickly." Liu Xie knew that the ancients liked to come up with three strategies. Some people showed off their talents, while others really had their own. Gains and losses, the choice is up to the listener to decide.Now that he had a bad start, Liu Xie pinned all his hopes on Yu Yunwen.

Yu Yunwen said slowly: "The best policy, you can directly show your identity, and ask the Wei family to send food to rescue Yongqiu in the name of righteousness. It's not even a loan, and you don't have to pay it back when the time comes; the middle policy, you just give up. The Wei family, taking advantage of Yongqiu's barely able to hold on for a month, borrowed food from another big family; as for the worst plan, it is to directly tell the prefect Zhang Miao about the Wei family's affairs. If you move your sphere of influence, you will definitely take action, but this is too passive, and it can't alleviate the situation of Yongqiu."

After Yu Yunwen finished speaking, he sat down and waited for Liu Xie to make his own choice.

Liu Xie carefully compared these three strategies. The best strategy is just like what Yu Yunwen said, as long as he reveals his identity and makes a big publicity, the Wei family will have to lend him food, or even give it away for free.It's just that in this way, not only did he gain the reputation of being a bully, but he also directly eviled Cao Cao who was behind the Wei family, which was really not worth the loss.As for the worst strategy, it not only depends on whether Zhang Miao has the determination to go to war with the Wei family, but even if the two families go to war, it will be difficult for Yongqiu to get a share of the pie based on Yongqiu's current strength.On the contrary, it is the most moderate and ordinary strategy, which seems to be more able to resolve the crisis.It's just that there are almost no people who have this ability and are close to Yongqiu if they want to find someone to borrow food now.

"I choose the middle strategy, how will Father Bin teach me?" The ancients offered up and down, but in fact their favorite is the middle strategy, and they deliberately hide it in the middle to let you choose.Liu Xie stopped thinking hard, since Yu Yunwen dared to speak out, he must already have a suitable candidate in his heart.

"My lord, when we were having dinner just now, the common people were talking about one thing. Tomorrow, everyone with the surname Cai will accept apprentices. For this reason, many young heroes from all over the world flocked here, hoping to worship Cai's family. Do you know, my lord?" , Who is this Master Cai?"

"But I don't know." Liu Xie naturally heard that all the diners were talking about this matter, but everyone used the respectful name of Master Cai and never mentioned the name, but Liu Xie didn't know who it was.

"This person is the writer of the "Xiping Stone Classic", the young master's calligraphy teacher Zhonglang Cai Yong Cai Bojie." Yu Yunwen said word by word.

"What, it's Master Cai! I didn't expect Master Cai to take refuge in Xiangyi." The incident of Cai Yong teaching Liu Xie's classics and history calligraphy actually happened when his predecessor was a child. Liu Xie didn't remember it clearly, and he didn't know how Cai Yong became so famous. I ran here to live in seclusion.

"At the beginning, Bo Jie bluntly advised the late emperor to stay away from treacherous eunuchs. In the end, he was framed by Shichang servants. The late emperor was angry and exiled Bo Jie to Shuofang. It was not until the current emperor inherited the Datong and pardoned the world that Bo Jie was able to regain his freedom. It's just that After going through so many ups and downs, Bo Jie was already disheartened about fame and fortune. After the amnesty, he returned to his hometown in Chenliu with his family and devoted himself to writing classics and history, teaching and educating people. Yun Wen has always been like-minded with him. It is only through correspondence that we know that he has been living here."

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