[Three Kingdoms] After crossing, I opened the sick and weak main road line

After Cao Cao came to Guanzhong, he was full of anger. He brought Cao Hong and Xiahou Dun over to quell the chaos, but when he arrived, both Liu Biao and Zhang Lu had retreated, leaving him with a lot of mess to clean up.

After finally calming down the rebellious people, just thinking about starting to rectify the army, the locust plague came again.

He served as Sili Xiaowei to guard Guanzhong, monitor Sanfu, Sanhe and Hongnong, and keep the Guanzhong area from causing trouble. The seven counties of the capital are all under Sili. The hundred Zhongdu officials and apprentices are not for display.

Is it appropriate for a Sili captain who used to be called Crouching Tiger to be turned into a purely civilian official by him?

Cao Cao wondered whether he had come to the wrong place every day. Fortunately, it was Cao Hong, not Cao Ren, who was with him. Cao Hong could help with the work anyway, and let Cao Ren follow him. God knows if he would be pissed off here.

He worked hard in Guanzhong for several months, getting up early and staying late to appease the people to clean up the locusts. Guanzhong has been droughted for several years. If the ditches for water diversion were useful, it would not be so dry. Now it is too late to build ditches to divert water. Clean it out and burn it clean.

Jizhou urgently transported food to solve the urgent need in the customs. The adult locusts can be exchanged for food, and the eggs dug out of the ground can also be exchanged for food. There are millions of people in the huge Guanzhong. As long as the food can be supplied, all It is no problem to dig the fields once, and it saves two years of laborious land reclamation.

But the problem is that the government has to pay for the rations of millions of people for more than half a year, and the government in Guanzhong must not be able to afford it. Even the granary in Chang'an City is not enough to pay the officials' salaries, let alone other places. However, those people who are cornered will not fight all the way to Chang'an.

The price of food cannot rise, once the price of food soars, the people who have just been appeased will immediately become chaotic again, but he has been allocating food from Jizhou, he always feels that Jizhou needs to be emptied, and there are millions of mouths waiting to eat. I can't bear to spend so much.

Cao Mengde didn't know how much grain was stored in Jizhou, but he felt that there was no grain in Jizhou. A few years ago, Yanzhou borrowed a lot of grain from Jizhou. It said that this borrowing was actually the same as directly asking for it. After all, the situation there had just changed. For the better, my warehouse has just been covered, and what I can return is only a drop in the bucket.

Jizhou needs to keep enough food just in case, and now Guanzhong needs so much food, where can we make up for such a big gap?

Wei Ji just came back from Liangzhou, before he had time to ask about the situation in Guanzhong, he was dragged by Cao Cao and talked for a long time. He wanted to interrupt this newcomer several times. He wanted to interrupt Cao Cao several times, trying to tell this man that he was just a small county magistrate under Hedong County, and even if he was still an official of Situ Mansion, it would not be Wang Yun's turn to make decisions when he was in power.

He hasn't had time to go to Yecheng to report the situation, and he doesn't know what position he will take up next. Even if he is from Hedong, it's useless for Captain Cao to drag him so much.

Cao Cao doesn't care so much, he thinks it is useful as long as it is useful.

He came to Guanzhong just to be a carefree general, and he has already inquired about the things that should be inquired. Now Situ is their elder brother, and none of the officials in Situ's mansion can be idle. A great talent, a small county magistrate is not enough to look at, at least he will be Jing Zhaoyin after he comes back.

It doesn't make any difference whether the letter of appointment arrives sooner or later, you just take over the work first.

After all, Wei Ke is a native of Guanzhong. Before Wei took the business of selling fine salt, he also took over the task of stabilizing grain prices in Guanzhong. He is more familiar with the situation in Guanzhong than Cao Cao. Cao Mengde has already spoken to this point. He couldn't refuse anymore, so he could only get off the car and get on the horse to start working.

Several business families control the salt road, which can not only prevent the salt price from skyrocketing, but also stabilize the grain price. The Hedong Wei family and the Chen Liuwei family have connections in officialdom and shopping malls. It is impossible not to care about the life and death of the common people, the amount of money earned is not important, the important thing is that the official function cannot be promoted.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen and scholars are the first and the merchants are the last.

The officials in the government do not know when they were replaced by the top, but at least the county magistrate who can be seen by the court is at least a county magistrate, and the parents and officials who go deep into the village are basically the three elders or rich families who have a certain prestige in the local area. , These people do not necessarily obey the orders of the court.

Now that the imperial court is in decline, it is far worse to rely on the government to stabilize food prices than to let the local big clans stabilize and be reliable. It is a matter of urgency to decentralize the power, and then find a way to take it back in the future. Since Yuan Huan dares to do this, he will be ten percent Sure enough to end.

If you want to control the salt roads and food prices, you have to pay attention to the policies of the local governments. After all, Guanzhong was still in the hands of the imperial court at the time, and Wang Yunwang Situ was a temperament that changed from day to day. If you don’t know the factions of the officials in the county and county, you may end up not only not making money. , and will lose everything.

The Wei family in Hedong is a famous family in Hedong, and its name is also famous in Guanzhong. In addition, Wei Ji, the patriarch, is very good at means, and all parties are willing to give him face. The salt road in Guanzhong.

Cao Cao asked him to take over government affairs. I have to say that he has a good vision.

Wei Qi was stopped by Cao Cao outside the city, and he followed him to the village outside Chang'an to check the situation. Not long after the locust plague had passed, the fields were barren, but the farmers were not idle. All the men, women and children in the family came out to dig the eggs , dig three feet to pull out those harmful bugs.

The government said that locusts are not punished by heaven, locusts harm their crops, they can also kill locusts to save their own lives, the life of insects is life, and the life of people is also life, there is no such thing as killing too many nonsense that hurts peace, even if it is true There will be harm to the sky, and too many locusts will hurt the sky.

The people dug up insect eggs to exchange for winter food. Anyway, there is hope. Cao Cao is now catching corrupt officials who will not exchange food for the people. It’s just that he has been in Guanzhong for too short a time. If it's useful, he won't worry if he doesn't go down to see for himself.

Just now that Wei Ke is back, the farming and internal affairs will be handed over to this person, and he has to find a way to get the army out of the general pass as soon as possible.

Guard against Liangzhou in the west, keep people stationed at Hangu Pass in the east, guard against the Xiongnu's silence and chaos in the north, and Jingzhou and Yizhou in the south. OK.

Coincidentally, Cao Mengde is such a general who can stand on his own.

Cao Cao was in a hurry to hand over his official duties, and after touring a county, he took Wei Ji back to Chang'an, thinking that many things were in Guo Jia's mansion, so it would be better to go to the government office and go directly to Guo Jia.

He often ran here these days, and he could enter just by saying hello to the concierge. He never expected that before he saw Guo Fengxiao, he would hear someone brazenly saying that he wanted to beat his son.

His son was young and promising, and he was fortunate to be taught by his elder brother. Now, no one would say that he is a young talent. Lu Fengxian has just returned from Liangzhou, and his son is doing well in Yecheng. The two of them haven't even seen each other. Why does this guy have trouble with his son?

Don't think that being tall can do whatever you want, Cao Mengde is also fierce in fighting, who is afraid of whom?

Lu Bu looked out the window with erratic eyes, pretending not to see Cao Cao's angry eyes, looking at the sky and the earth but not people.

Guo Jia laughed awkwardly, and froze between the two of them, "Lieutenant Cao came back early today, is there anything wrong here?"

If you want to fight, don't fight in his study. He rarely goes to bed late and gets up early to work hard. He spends more time in the study than in the bedroom every day. If anyone dares to make trouble in his study, he will immediately go back to Yecheng to file a complaint.

Cao Cao glared at Lu Bu, walked in across the threshold, and introduced to Guo Jia the head of the Wei clan who had just returned from Xiliang. He didn't know what position Wei Ji would take up next, but it would definitely not be up to him to take charge of government affairs. There will be mistakes.

Guo Jia's eyes lit up, and when he looked at Wei Xie again, his attitude immediately warmed up. He could be regarded as someone who could help. I'm not very familiar with the situation, but it doesn't matter, Jia has everything here."

Account booklets, food support, financial accounts, etc., they have everything they want, and they can go to the government office next door to pick up anything they don’t have. The handover should be done sooner rather than later, and there is no need to wait for tomorrow. Just hand over things now.

Lu Bu was too bulky, so he was quickly kicked out by Guo Jijiu to have a blast. Cao Cao turned around and wanted to go out with a straight face, but was pulled back by Guo Jia, "It's not a day or two since that guy can't talk, you care about him What are you doing so much?"

You have to be a little self-aware, don't see everyone think you can fight, Lu Da fool is so much taller than him, plus Cao Hong and Xiahou Dun, three of them may not be able to beat one of them, it's better not to go and humiliate yourself up.

Cao Cao angrily found a place to sit down, "My boy didn't provoke him, he is so big that he doesn't feel ashamed to bully children."

"Little General Cao Ang is waiting by the lord's side. That guy is sore, let him do it. Anyway, he can't be with the lord at any time, so he can complain a few words." Guo Jia shrugged and fell down. Bring the glass of water to Cao Cao, and then warmly greet Wei Ji to go to the other side to look at various official documents and chores.

Unexpectedly, one day he, Guo Fengxiao, would be able to be so thoughtful. Sure enough, he had practiced a lot, and he was able to handle any job with his hands.

It was getting late, and the servants of the mansion took Lu Bu to rest. The lights in the study room were on for half a night, and Guo Jia still looked tired when he saw that the sky was about to light up outside again. It was because Cao Cao couldn't stand it, the poor Patriarch Wei could have Chance to rest for a while.

I know why Cao Cao is so impatient. There is an even more impatient Guo Jia beside him, and he can make people become impatient by subtle influence.

It was rare for Guo Jia to be so energetic, and he didn't think he was too much. Chao Wei showed an innocent smile and took him to the guest room to rest. Go back and rest?"

"There is still something to do." Cao Cao rubbed his shoulders, and his eyes were not even half sleepy, "Wei Bocuo just came back from Liangzhou, and Ma and Han asked him to help deal with the problems caused by the locust plague, which means that they have already Make up your mind to seek refuge with your elder brother, Liangzhou is different from other places, where the soldiers are strong, the horses are strong, the people are tough, and the Qiang people and Di people are capricious, Ma and Han will probably do the same."

Liangzhou is bitterly cold, and there has been no news of the Changshi Mansion of the Western Regions in the west for a long time. Since the founding of Emperor Guangwu, the Changshi Mansion of the Western Regions has replaced the Protectorate Mansion of the Western Regions. The command.

There is an army under the Changshi Mansion, which can both farm and fight. It has all kinds of judicial punishments and prisons. Once it is cut off from the imperial court, it will be no different from ordinary small countries in the Western Regions. It is just that I don’t know what Zhang Yan, the chief history of the Western Regions, thinks.

Now I think the Western Regions Changshi Mansion is a bit far away, the main reason is how to prevent Ma Teng and Han Sui from rebelling after taking advantage of it.

The world is in constant war, and small caravans are afraid to wander around the border counties. Except for the big caravans like the Wei family, there are very few merchants from the Central Plains in Liangzhou to do business there. There are quite a few foreign merchants on the grasslands, but those who come Food is what Liangzhou most wants to buy.

The locust plague has just passed, and the grassland is not completely affected. The locusts eat crops and pastures. There is not enough fodder for cattle, sheep and horses. The foreigners on the grassland are having a hard time this winter. When they slowed down, they turned their faces and refused to recognize anyone.

The heart of defense is indispensable, the Qiang people are cunning, and the Liangzhou people who have been dealing with the Qiang people all the year round are naturally not going anywhere. Ma Teng and Han Sui must not be easy to fight in the melee. Relying entirely on Wei's caravan to communicate, there is no guarantee that Hedong Wei's will not be careful.

Guo Jia pinched his chin and thought the same thing. It is not a good thing for the Wei family to be dominant. Their lord's attitude is obvious. They want to suppress the family and promote the poor family, so that the children of the poor family have more opportunities to climb up. Now reuse these official and business methods There are aristocratic families involved in hunting in order to stabilize food prices and reduce the suffering of the people from wars, but what should we do when there are no more wars in the future?

The aristocratic family that dominates the officialdom has blocked the advancement of the truly capable children of the humble family. If there are a few more wealthy and powerful aristocratic families, wouldn't it be more difficult to deal with in the future?

The two of them looked at each other, and they didn't think it was wrong to suspect that he had second thoughts when they confided with the patriarch of the Wei clan just now.

Guo Jijiu pondered for a moment, rolled his eyes and quickly came up with a solution, "With Colonel Cao in Chang'an, Wei doesn't dare to go too far. I'll talk about the specifics when I return to Yecheng and tell the lord. I can't explain this kind of thing in letters. , we can talk about it after meeting the lord."

Captain Cao nodded with a serious face, "When is Guo Jijiu going to leave, did you tell brother?"

Guo Jia smiled happily, "When Lu Fengxian first arrived in Chang'an, he sent someone to deliver a letter to Yecheng. I, no, I will go with that guy early this morning."

"Leave early in the morning?" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, his eyes gradually becoming fierce.

He didn't expect Guo Fengxiao to be in such a hurry. It was clear that most of the government affairs in the government office were reviewed by him from early to late, and there were not many in this person's hands. Why did he run away as soon as he had the opportunity, as if he had been wronged so much?

Did this guy really work when he was in Yecheng?Could it be that he has been dodging his laziness all the time?

Guo Jijiu knew that his words were a bit painful, but who made him an official in Jizhou? He was in Jizhou, not Sili. He was able to return to Ye City after retreating, because he stayed to help because of the sudden locust plague in Guanzhong. If it wasn't for the locust plague, he would have gone back a few months ago.

Don't worry about him being chased back after he goes back, the lord is so soft-tempered, how could he do such crazy things?

"So you came back like this?" The soft-tempered former boss looked at Guo Jijiu with a smile, bent his knuckles and tapped on the desk twice, looked him up and down for a long time, and then continued "I only knew that Feng Xiao was good at conspiracies before, and it was really inappropriate to ignore Feng Xiao's political talents. Guanzhong recovered quickly under the joint management of Feng Xiao and Meng De. If this is the case, then Feng Xiao will go to Qingzhou to help. .”

"What are you going to do in Qingzhou? There is no locust plague in Qingzhou!" Guo Jiayi slapped the table with serious words. He managed to escape from the house full of official duties and wanted to spend a few days comfortably in Yecheng. No one would let him go out again.

The locusts started from Guanzhong, and affected only Jizhou, Yuzhou, and Liangzhou. There might be small groups of locusts flying over the grassland, but they were not enough to cause a disaster. Qingzhou and Guanzhong are far away. What kind of help do you need?

don't go!quit!no!

"Let's talk about it, if Qingzhou is really short of people, please order Feng Xiao to serve in Qingzhou. It's not bad." Yuan Huan smiled softly, seeing Guo Jia's eyes wide open to refute, he waved him back to the mansion to rest, Spend more time with Guo Yi these days, otherwise there may be less gatherings and more separations in the future.

Guo Jia:! ! !

Does this person speak?

"host……"

"Have Feng Xian and Bo Cui arrived yet?" The original boss interrupted him, sat up straight and looked outside, "After they come, just come in, there is no need to wait outside."

Guo Jia left as soon as he said, and Lu Bu also wanted to return to Yecheng. Wei Xi's official position had not yet been fulfilled, and he needed to report on the situation in Liangzhou. Cao Mengde was the only one left.

It's useless to be angry, no matter how angry he is, he can't stop Wei Ji from letting him go, after all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Lu Fengxian is not a civil servant, and Wei Boqie can only do it himself when reporting official duties.

After walking from Guanzhong to Yecheng for several days, Lu Bu and Wei Ji had to change their clothes before coming back, only Guo Fengxiao was too lazy to wash up, and immediately went straight to the state pastoral mansion.

Now we are going to change the name to Situ Mansion. The first edict written by the little emperor with the lost and recovered jade seal was to promote Jizhou Mu Yuanhuan to Situ. The plaque at the gate was replaced early on. Situ, one of the three princes, sounds louder than Zhou Mu. Jizhou Mu can only take care of Jizhou affairs, but Situ Neng can take care of the whole big man.

The feeling of respecting the emperor to order the world is completely different from the feeling of being tied up in everything before. There is a saying that is good, there are people on the top who are good at handling things, there is no Wang Yunming to make trouble in secret, and the little emperor is not meddling. This summer Government orders from various states are issued much faster than before.

Unfortunately, some troubles will find their way at the same time.

Leaving aside Yizhou in Jingzhou, Sun Rui, Sun Junrong, the governor of Qingzhou who has a heart for the big man, wrote more than once to ask the emperor to return to the old capital Luoyang after knowing that the emperor had arrived in Yecheng.

How can the majestic emperor not be in the capital? Luoyang is dilapidated, and they are trying to rebuild it. How can the emperor be placed under the fence? How did Yang Taiwei protect his majesty?How can you let His Majesty stay in Yecheng and not leave?

The imperial court is just empty now, that is, Yang Biao is still trying to teach the little emperor. Others either take the initiative to pay at home or are forced to stay at home. Talented people will take up official positions with real power, and those who want to mess around will continue to be the former officials Son.

Jizhou is willing to support the imperial court, but has no intention of letting them intervene in Jizhou's affairs. Similarly, he is not prepared to let them go. The little emperor knows this, Yang Biao knows it, and all the officials of the empty-handed court know it.

Shi Sunrui's letter was sent to Yuan Huan before it was delivered to the little emperor. After reading it, Yuan Huan just smiled and put it aside. They will return to Luoyang, but not now.

It took a lot of money to rebuild the new capital. Luoyang City was burned to the ground by Dong Zhuo. If he wanted to build a more magnificent capital than before, at least he had to wait until the world was peaceful, otherwise he would not be willing to spend so much money to build a house.

As for now, Ye City is very good.

The little emperor lived more comfortably in Yecheng than in Chang'an. No one dared to treat him harshly for food and clothing. He went to the library with him, and no one stopped him if he wanted to experience the people's feelings. To be honest, only by seeing how the people live with their own eyes can we know how ridiculous the Second Emperor Huan Ling is.

Yecheng is the capital city of Jizhou. There are hundreds of thousands of people living in the city. There are many people from other places who come to do business and visit relatives, and even more people come to study.

The common people discuss political affairs after tea and dinner, as long as they are not excessive, the government will not interfere. No one can say what the little emperor will hear when he is observing the people's sentiments. It is not surprising that the little emperor will hear anything.

Guo Jia sighed and looked at their lord, holding his heart in his hands and started to mess around, "Jia traveled all the way back to Yecheng, the lord doesn't say rewards, it's fine, and even wants to send Jia to remote places like Qingzhou, where the lord is by his side. Is there a newcomer? It is said that only the newcomers laugh and the old ones cry, Jia today can truly understand the bitter tears hidden in this sentence."

"Feng Xiao made a good guess. A lot of newcomers have indeed come to Yecheng recently." Yuan Huan nodded seriously, thinking that Guo Jiayou's resentment was not strong enough, and continued to add fuel to the fire, "There is a saying The righteous young man is from Guanzhong. His family is in Mei County, Fufeng County. He just won the crown this year. He is the grandson of Fazhen, a famous scholar. Like filial piety, he is especially good at intrigue."

Guo Jia:? ? ?

"what?"

How many days has he been away?Where did such a messy person show courteousness in front of the lord?Don't Wen Ruo know what to watch?

Cao Ang at the door is full of energy, and it is fun to do small things like guarding the outside as a guard. He doesn't feel that standing here is inferior to his talents. Being a guard for the lord is a sought-after job, and others want to do it. Not on it.

General Cao stood at the door with his head held high and his chest held high. He saw the colorful pheasant feathers swaying around from a distance, and immediately knocked on the door to announce, "My lord, General Fengxian is here."

Guo Jia turned his head angrily, and stared fiercely outside through the screen, thinking that Lu Da fool must be more aggressive later, don't look at Cao Mengde's face and show mercy to his son, this brat is too I owe a beating.