Chapter 1098
The drought in Guanzhong has begun to appear, and famine is almost inevitable, and the difference is only different in degree. If a great famine occurs, a large number of people flee for survival, and the court will become a rootless tree.
Guanzhong is no longer the fertile land that was once a thousand miles away. The three counties of Jingzhao Yin, Zuo Fengyi and You Fufeng combined, with a household registration of less than 100,000. The reason why I chose to move the capital to Guanzhong was because more than 100,000 households were moved from Luoyang, and the total number was more than 200,000. If the operation was done properly, taking advantage of the Battle of Guandong, we would attract some household registrations, naturalize some Qiang people, and cultivate farms in Guanzhong, at least the imperial court's plan to separatist Guanzhong.
But God did not seem to have planned to give them this opportunity. He just stabilized and started to farm farms, build wood schools, and implement new policies. There was a heavy rain last year, and then a severe drought this year. Guanzhong had no reserves and could not withstand such troubles. It was almost inevitable that population escape would be possible. Without population, how could the court develop?
To stabilize the situation and avoid large-scale household registration losses, the best way is to transport grain from other places before the population fled, alleviate the disaster, and keep the population in Guanzhong as much as possible. Guanzhong people will have a chance to come back in the future. Once Luoyang people leave Guanzhong, the possibility of returning is very small.
Where can I get food? Yizhou has food, Jingzhou, Yangzhou has food, and Jizhou has food. According to Xun Yu's plan, if Yuan Shao could transport two or three million stones of grain from Jizhou, everything would be solved, and Yuan Shao could still win a large number of people's hearts. But he knew very well that Yuan Shao had neither the will to do this nor the ability to do this. Jizhou had food, but Jizhou's grain was in the hands of the Jizhou family. If the aristocratic family did not agree, Yuan Shao would have no food to transport.
In this way, only Yizhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou can help the court solve this problem. Yizhou is separated by heavy mountains and ridges and has difficulty in transportation. Moreover, Cao Cao is fighting at Liu Yan. Even if he defeats Liu Yan, he cannot tell how much grain he can raise in a short period of time. It is most convenient to transport grain from Jingzhou. From Wuguan Road to Guanzhong, the strong transportation capacity of Nanyang is almost a small task.
Sun Ce had obtained Yangzhou and Zhou Yu had obtained the four counties in Jingzhou and Jiangnan. As long as Sun Ce was willing, it would be no problem to raise millions of stones of grain.
Xun Yu was unwilling to give Sun Ce this opportunity, but he had no other way to imagine except asking Sun Ce for help. He could not watch the people in Guanzhong fleeing, nor could he see the great man just saw a little hope and faced collapse. Even if he could make up his mind to refuse, there would be others working with Sun Ce.
For example, Zhong Yao.
Xun Yu knew that compared to him, Zhong Yao had no good feelings for Yuan Shao. If Zhong Yao took over his position, the connection between Yuan Shao and the court would be a little weaker. Zhong Yao left this opportunity to him, but he didn't want Sun Ce to feel that there was any difference between them. But if he refused this opportunity, Zhong Yao would not refuse again.
It is not difficult for Zhong Yao to gain the trust of the emperor with food that can save the court's urgent needs. On the contrary, if he was wholeheartedly considering Yuan Shao and regardless of the safety of the court, the emperor would not trust him anymore.
Xun Yu held the car door and lowered his head. Flashes of cold sweat poured out, soaking his collar, dripping on his chest, and landing on the ground.
Seeing Xun Yu shaking, Bao Chu rushed over and wanted to help Xun Yu down. Xun Yu stepped on his feet several times and wanted to get off the car, but there was always a voice in his heart reminding him. After getting off the car, he never had a chance to get on.
Xun Yu gritted his teeth and forced himself to calm down. He slowly pushed Bao out and returned to the couch, squinted his eyes and looked at Jiang Gan without blinking.
Jiang Gan smiled, poured a cup of iced fruit pulp and handed it over. "Let me relieve the heat, don't worry, think slowly."
Xun Yu slowly lowered his eyelids and looked at the fruit pulp in his hand. The fruit pulp was very cold, but his heart was even colder.
Jiang Gan savored the wine slowly and looked at Xun Yu with a smile, feeling indescribable. So what about Wang Zuozhi's talent, so what about the Xun family's children? Without food, you can only be at my mercy. Your talent may be comparable to Zhang Zigang, but behind Zhang Zigang is General Sun. Who is behind you? A arrogant and arrogant child of aristocratic family, a young emperor who is still underage.
In troubled times, not only will the king choose ministers, but the ministers also choose kings. If you choose the wrong choice, it will be useless if you have the talent of Yilu.
Xun Yu took two sips of fruit pulp and slowly calmed down. He linked Zhong Yao and Jiang Gan's words together, knowing that he didn't have many choices. Yuan Shao made big mistakes one after another, and the people of Ruying could not place all their hopes on him, and they had to have another choice. The court needed Sun Ce to provide food, and He Yong also needed Sun Ce to let him go. He had no capital to negotiate with Sun Ce, so he could only choose to make concessions and overcome the current difficulties first.
Only by living and firmly grasping the court and the emperor can he have the opportunity to realize his plan.
"What is the evidence about Yuan Jizhou's forgery of the edict?"
Jiang Gan smiled meaningfully. Xun Yu called Yuan Shao Yuan Jizhou, which was putting Yuan Shao and Sun Jian on the same level, which was a significant improvement. "Guo Yi, He Chun is in the Tingwei Prison, don't you ask?"
"No one said that this matter is related to Yuan Jizhou." Xun Yu drooped his eyelids and pretended not to understand Jiang Gan's joke, but could not control his face. "For such a big thing, you always need conclusive evidence."
"Then I will go back to General Sun and ask him to send the relevant evidence to Chang'an. After taking down Rencheng, I seized a lot of documents and should be used. By the way, do I need to send Yuan Tan over here? Is it necessary to hold a prisoner offering ceremony, maybe God will be moved and there will be a rain."
Xun Yu bit his lip and forced himself to swear and curse people. He offered prisoners and killed Yuan Tan to sacrifice to heaven. Yuan Shao knew that this would kill nearly a hundred people from the Xun family in Yecheng. He raised his cup, took a sip of fruit pulp, but the smell of blood was smelled.
"Jun Jiang, what other requirements do General Sun have besides investigating the edict case?"
Jiang Gan frowned. "Xun Lingjun, can we not play the puzzle?"
"What puzzle?"
"Jun Xun Lingjun, General Sun has never made excessive demands. He is actually like you. He only hopes for a court with clear rewards and punishments, and only hopes for a peaceful and stable world. If you can do it, he will be happy to see it happen. If you can't do it, he will eliminate those hypocritical hypocrites who are full of moral articles and build a bright world by yourself."
Xun Yu's lips moved, and just as he was about to retort, Jiang Gan suddenly sat upright, leaned forward, and his face pressed to Xun Yu, facing Xun Yu's eyes, and his forehead almost pressed against Xun Yu's sweaty forehead.
"Mr. Xun Lingjun, have I made it clear enough?"
Xun Yu subconsciously held his breath, leaned back, and distanced himself from Jiang Gan. He looked at Jiang Gan's face, and his eyebrows were twitching involuntarily. His blood-lost lips trembled a few times, but he couldn't say a word, so he could only nod and signal.
Jiang Gan's eyes were sharp and pressed step by step. "Are you sure you really understand?"
"I... understand." Xun Yu bit his lip, squeezed out a few words from his teeth, and there was still a trace of blood.
Jiang Gan raised his eyebrows and retreated, smiling. "You'd better understand. With your style of sitting and discussing the edict, you can investigate the edict and report to the world. It's really hard to say whether the Guanzhong household registration can be left. Xun Lingjun, time is too late, you don't have much time."
Chapter completed!