Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 399

"Okay, if you punish me for such a trivial matter, I won't be able to survive that day."

Yuan Tan patted Zhuge Jin on the shoulder, and said helplessly: "In short, I am very relieved that the Ministry of Civil Affairs is entrusted to you, but there is one thing to pay attention to. Although the harvest is bumper, the officials below must keep an eye on it. The number is huge. It is very easy to do some small tricks in the middle of storing the grain and fodder, after all, it is also very troublesome to count."

Having said that, Yuan Tan turned his attention to Chen Deng who was also standing aside, looking at the bewildered dragon-like grain transport team below the city, and coughed.

Chen Deng finally came to his senses, seeing Yuan Tan had something to say, he quickly bowed and waited for the order.

Yuan Tan said with a smile: "Yuanlong, you should work hard during this period, keep an eye on the officials below, and join hands with Ziyu to try to solve the problem before it goes into the warehouse."

Chen Deng was startled by the busy food team in Xuzhou City just now.

He grew up in Xuzhou since he was a child, and he is also a rich Xuzhou family. When he was young, his father became an official, and when he was older, his father and son became Xuzhou state herdsmen together.

I have seen many similar scenes of taxes entering the city, but I have never seen such a grand occasion.

However, he has outstanding abilities. Although he was stunned for a moment, he still didn't miss what Yuan Tan said before.

Immediately, he cupped his hands in a deep voice and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will take orders, and I will definitely not let the situation that you are worried about happen!"

Yuan Tan knows that corruption can never be eradicated, as long as there is governance, there will be similar problems.

But he is very optimistic about Chen Deng's statement. If Chen Deng doesn't even have the courage to say this, the so-called seeking the best will get it.

I have to think about whether I want to change someone to take charge of the official department.

At the moment, he was very satisfied with Chen Deng's reaction. He immediately nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, in that case, you and Ziyu go down and prepare, and work hard. Our future is not limited to Xuzhou."

Before leaving, he drew a big cake for the two, and watched the two leave happily.

The smile on Yuan Tan's face also disappeared, and he beckoned to Xun Yu who had been waiting by the side, and asked in a deep voice: "Sir, after seeing the grain team just now, he has been smiling without saying a word, I don't know what's the matter, I want to remind next?"

Xun Yu had been on the city tower before, and he also saw the scene of the grain team entering the city, but Xun Yu's background was different from that of the Chen family, which belonged to one county and one state.

Xun Yu's Xun family is a real aristocratic family, and its relationship network and political influence are not on the same level as the Chen family.

Although the similar scene was grand, after being a little surprised, Xun Yu came back to his senses and began to think about more long-term things.

On the city wall before, when Yuan Tan and Chen Deng gave orders to Zhuge Jin.

Xun Yu gave Yuan Tan a wink, and Yuan Tan asked Zhuge Jin and Chen Deng to leave first, and asked Xun Yu what happened.

When Xun Yu saw Yuan Tan questioning him, he quickly approached a few steps, and said in a low voice: "In my opinion, counting grain and fodder is a trivial matter, and the most urgent thing is to ask you to block the news for now, at least block the officials. Don’t let outsiders know how much Xuzhou’s real taxes are.”

Seeing that Yuan Tan's face was still a bit puzzled, Xun Yu pointed out the answer: "Don't forget, my lord, the autumn harvest in Hebei this year is not very plentiful!"

Hearing Xun Yu's words, Yuan Tan finally came to his senses, and when he looked at Xun Yu's eyes, he felt a little strange.

What Xun Yu said was quite straightforward.

Yuan Tan wanted Yuan Tan to block the news about Xuzhou's harvest and let the outside world see that Xuzhou looked like it was just a slightly better harvest than previous years.

This is not only to make the outside world underestimate Xuzhou's strength, but more importantly, to avoid an edict from the old man's side, and let the food and fodder accumulated in Xuzhou be transferred to Hebei!

Others don't know, but Yuan Tan knows well that the cheap father is not greedy for Xuzhou's food, even if it is ten million stones of grain, in the eyes of the cheap father, it is actually... well, ten million stones may make cheap Dad was also shocked.

But what the cheap dad wants is for him to farm and develop in Xuzhou until Hebei recovers people's livelihood and power.

Then join the army of Hebei and march eastward together to attack Cao Wei.

From the very beginning, when Daddy Cheap sent him to guard Xuzhou, he thought that the broken Xuzhou would be able to hold him back and let him wait for Daddy Cheap's orders and the arrival of the army.

Although this is also Daddy Cheap's love for his son, but there is an inherent conflict between this plan and Yuan Tan's pre-determined strategy.

But cheap daddy is impatient to listen to his reasons and plans, in the eyes of cheap daddy's proud character.

His own decision is correct, and his son's decision is simply a child's nonsense.

It's just that Yuan Tan is getting bigger and bigger, and his official position is getting higher and higher. Under the tough order, Yuan Shao has to take into account Yuan Tan's face and dignity among his courtiers.

Only then was Xuzhou given to Yuan Tan so that he could face it.

The reason why I was able to farm safely in Xuzhou was that I received a lot of support from Hebei even in the initial "entrepreneurial" stage.

Isn't it because in Yuan Shao's view, his Xuzhou can't support himself to fight a war against the Central Plains?

But what would happen if Yuan Shao knew that Xuzhou suddenly had tens of millions of stones, grain, and grass?

Yuan Shao would definitely not change his mind because of this, and sent a large army south to attack Cao Cao.

After all, what is needed for a large army to attack is not only sufficient food and grass, internal stability, and the strength of the people, etc., are all very important factors.

It is definitely not the saying in the novel that "the food and grass are ready, and the armor is enough" can bring out a large army to attack.

Therefore, when he found out that his uneasy eldest son had produced a large amount of food and grass, it was enough for him to lead the Xuzhou army to fight a war in the Central Plains.

It's not difficult to guess the cheap daddy's reaction.

After all, Xuzhou is currently a subordinate of Hebei, not an ally, and it is impossible for him to throw away his status as the eldest son of the Yuan family and directly split with the cheap daddy.

Therefore, if Daddy Cheap wants to stop him from attacking, the easiest, most direct and most effective way to hit Yuan Tan's life gate is to pass down an edict.

Let yourself send a large amount of grain and grass north to support the recovery of production in Hebei.

Of course, with Daddy's temper, he definitely wouldn't ask for so much food for nothing.

At that time, there will definitely be other rewards on my head, and I may not be able to go further as a general who conquers the East, such as generals of chariots and generals of hussars.

In the Taiping era, such an official position was definitely a bargain.

You must know that even the most stupid Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, when selling officials and nobles, these two general positions have a very high price and a very high purchase threshold.

If the official rank is not promoted to a certain level, he is not even eligible to pay for these two official positions!
(End of this chapter)