The Three Kingdoms: Summoned generals at the beginning, shocking Cao Cao

Chapter 396 Famine in Bingzhou, Liu Bian returns to Beijing

This letter from Prince Liu Hao is very important.

Liu Bian opened the letter, and the more he read it, the more frightened he became.

"There is a catastrophe in Bingzhou, it's a drought!"

"Bingzhou suffered from floods not long ago, and now it is suffering from drought again. This year's crops are completely wiped out."

After Liu Bian closed the letter, he said to Du Yu and others.

"Your Majesty, Bingzhou is close to the capital Luoyang. It is very dangerous. Once there are tens of millions of refugees, if they have no way to survive, they are more terrifying than the rebels." Du Yu was worried.

"That's right, that's why the crown prince said that the situation in Luoyang is unstable now, and I need to go back to sit in charge." Liu Bian said.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the rebels here are no longer in good hands. Your Majesty can just go back to the capital and take charge of it, and leave this place to me," Du Yu said.

Liu Bian was very pleased with Du Yu's words.

After so much time of experience, Du Yu's military methods were already very powerful, and there was no need to estimate that the remnants of the rebels would be defeated.

"Well, I think so too. Since this is the case, then I will return to Luoyang immediately, and I will leave the counter-insurgency here to you." Liu Bian said.

"Obey, Your Majesty!" Du Yu hurriedly clasped his hands together.

"To deal with the local traitors, we must kill the culprits, but we must be more merciful to the people who were deceived." Liu Bian instructed.

"Your Majesty's benevolence, the general will abide by it!" Du Yu said.

Afterwards, Liu Bian gave instructions to the other generals, and then led a dozen or so entourages, and embarked on the journey back to Luoyang overnight.

The power of Wu Zai's horse was quickly reflected. The dozen or so accompanying mounts were incomparable at all. After walking for less than a day, their horses and mounts couldn't keep up with Wu Zai.

"You guys walk slowly behind, I will go by myself first." Liu Bian said loudly.

"Your Majesty, we must protect Your Majesty!" said the leader of the guards.

Liu Bian smiled slightly, "I don't need you to protect my abilities, so take care of yourselves!"

Immediately, he ignored the crowd and embarked on the journey back to Luoyang alone.

Prince Liu Hao was very worried about the situation in Bingzhou. Although there was no rebellion, various rumors spread among the refugees.

Some people rumored that it was the various factories set up by the Han Dynasty that destroyed the local geomantic omen and caused local disasters.

There are also rumors that it was because the emperor did not abide by the thousands of years of tradition of treating scholars with courtesy, which led to natural disasters, in order to warn the emperor.

Anyway, no matter what, there are many aristocratic families fanning the flames behind the scenes.

This time Liu Bian returned to the capital to rectify it.

After traveling day and night, Liu Bian finally arrived at the city of Luoyang.

Looking at the majestic Luoyang City, Liu Bian actually had a feeling of long absence.

"Your Majesty, you are back!"

The soldiers guarding the city immediately recognized Liu Bian.

It wasn't that he saw Liu Bian's appearance, but that the black-tailed horse Liu Bian was riding was so eye-catching that he could see it from a long distance away.

"shelf!"

Liu Bian shouted loudly and rode his horse into the city.

He flew all the way back to the palace, just as he entered the palace gate, Empress Bao Si came up to welcome him.

Bao Si, who hadn't seen her husband for many days, when she heard that Liu Bian was back, she rushed to greet her impatiently.

A pretty face was reddish, exuding a mature charm, if there were not urgent matters to be dealt with, Liu Bian would definitely have picked up Baosi and sent him to Hu Tianhei for three hundred rounds.

"Your Majesty, it's been a hard journey to come back after looking at it like this!" Bao Si said with some regret.

Liu Bian grabbed her and rubbed his hands, and said softly.

"Now that the prince is in a hurry, how can we not worry about it, not only for the prince, but also for your fear in Luoyang."

"Your Majesty loves my family so much, I am so happy." Empress Bao Si actually showed off her shy little girlish attire.

Immediately, Liu Bian, who had not known the taste of meat for many days, felt hot and dry.

However, business matters, he concentrated his mind and came to the Taiji Hall of the imperial palace.

Prince Liu Hao, Wei Zheng, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Juzheng and others were all in the main hall, and happened to meet Liu Bian coming back.

"Father!"

"His Majesty!"

"See Your Majesty!"

Liu Bian smiled slightly, stepped onto the throne, and stretched out his hands.

"Everyone is flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you, Father!"

Prince Liu Hao and others were discussing how to quell the disaster in Bingzhou, when Liu Bian returned.

"Father, my son and I have just discussed and dealt with the disaster situation in the state." Prince Liu Hao said.

"Oh, let's talk about how your discussion went." Liu Bian listened attentively.

"Father, the situation is very bad. Bingzhou is doomed to have no harvest this year. The people will have nothing to gain after working hard for half a year. Moreover, because of the continuous famine, Bingzhou's government has run out of grain. If we want to help the victims, we must Allocate food from other states and counties." Prince Liu Hao said.

"That's right, then allocate food from other states and counties for disaster relief." Liu Bian said.

Prince Liu Hao and the others hesitated for a while, and said falteringly.

"Father, because of the rebellion in many places, the food in all places has been allocated almost, and there is no surplus food to be allocated for disaster relief." Liu Hao said.

When Liu Bian heard it, he suddenly realized.

No wonder the prince and others are worried, this is already hard for a clever woman to cook without rice.

"Your Majesty, the catastrophe in Bingzhou is not only for the refugees, but also for the Qiang Hu and Hun tribes who originally moved westward on the grasslands. They are about to starve to death without the exchange of food and grass," Zhang Juzheng said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, if Bingzhou is in chaos, the grasslands will be in chaos again, and Zeng Bing's plan to go to the Western Regions will also be greatly affected." Zhuge Liang said.

The main guards that the Han set up in the Western Regions mainly relied on these grassland nomadic tribesmen.

However, for these soldiers and horses to go to the Western Regions, they must not only provide them with tribal food and grass, but also provide them with high-quality food and grass, otherwise they will not be able to support such a long journey.

And these places where food and grass pass through are inseparable from Bingzhou.

If Bingzhou is in chaos, the grasslands will be in chaos.

Once the grassland is in chaos, the guards of the Western Regions of the Great Han Dynasty will face a shortage of soldiers.

"The countries in the Western Regions do have some food, as long as they can be sent to the Western Regions, there will be no shortage of food and grass." Wei Zheng said.

Bingzhou is now the top priority.

How to stabilize the disaster victims in Bingzhou is not only related to the safety of Bingzhou and Luoyang, but also the safety of the grassland and the Western Regions.

"Then what if the grain is allocated from Luoyang?" Liu Bian said.

"Your Majesty, although there is grain in Luoyang, there is no surplus grain in the official warehouse." Wei Zheng said.

"What does this mean? What does it mean that there is no food in the government warehouse, but there is food in Luoyang?" Liu Bian asked.

"Your Majesty, the official granaries in Luoyang have almost been exhausted, and only many private tyrants still have a large amount of grain in their hands." Wei Zheng said.

(End of this chapter)