Great Wei Nengchen

Only six people participated in the meeting. Cao Cao, Cao Pi and his son, Xiao Yi, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, and Xia Houdun were all core figures in Cao Ying, holding military and political power in their hands. Guard up, no one is allowed to approach!

As for the others, Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi are young and superficial, and they are easy to leak information; Content conflicts!

The second son, Cao Pi, is clever and cunning, and has a deep palace. He has gradually won the favor of his father and intends to train him to be an heir. He attended important meetings this time to test several important ministers and pass on some cryptic messages!

"Heavy rain fell, the disaster was serious, and the common people suffered unspeakably. It was thanks to everyone's concerted efforts that the situation was stabilized. Xiao Lang went out of the city to inspect the camp and was almost seriously injured. He still calmed people's hearts. He is really a minister of the country. !

Cao Cao spoke at a steady pace, without revealing any expression of joy or anger, but his slightly red eyes clearly showed that tonight is not a reward for meritorious officials, but an urgent matter to discuss!

"The turning of the crisis into safety depends on the prime minister, Hong Fu. We will do our best to unify the land of the Central Plains as soon as possible!"

Everyone knew in their hearts that the Prime Minister was worried about the refugees, and disaster relief was actually not difficult. As long as the officials were clear and well-arranged, all natural disasters could be overcome, but there was one important thing-food!

Chapter 1058 Food - Noble clansmen, conflict of interests!

The Chinese people are ingenious, industrious and simple, and their endurance is amazing. Without a house to live in, they can build a shack and without bedding to keep out the cold. There will be no rebellion. The problem is that there is a serious shortage of food now!

Cao Jun launched a large-scale Northern Expedition, dispatching hundreds of thousands of soldiers, millions of peasants, and countless livestock and vehicles. Every day, people ate horses and fed them, and the material consumption was extremely huge. Officials, working day and night to raise food and grass, there are many people who are exhausted!

Even so, the logistics supply is still difficult. Because of the shortage of food and grass, Cao Cao prepared to withdraw his troops several times, but fortunately he persisted tenaciously. Then he conquered Yecheng, captured and killed Yuan Shang, and won a brilliant victory!

Victory was won, and the price was equally heavy. Cao Jun was killed more than [-] and injured countless. More importantly, after nearly a year of fighting, the treasuries of Yu, Yan, Xu, and Sizhou were already exhausted. Exhausted, that is, no food, no money!

Some people can't help but ask, Jizhou is a fertile field thousands of miles away, has a household registration of millions, and is a famous grain-producing area. It is enough to collect grain and grass locally, and it can save the pain of long-distance transportation. It can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone!

The answer is: Although Jizhou is rich, the outside is strong but the inside is dry, there is really no food to collect, and this bad situation is all thanks to Yuan and his son!

The Yuan family dominated Hebei for more than ten years. They built large-scale construction projects, lavished extravagance, lavished miscellaneous taxes, and continuously recruited civilians to join the army. The good and fertile land was forced to suffer from five tuberculosis and seven wounds. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many refugees after a snowstorm!

"How long can the food in the camp last? What's the price of food in Yecheng? Can Wen Ruo and Gongda raise some food quickly?"

Cao Cao is proficient in strategy, so he naturally knows that "the army will perish if it has no supplies." Once the soldiers are hungry, they will loot the people and corrupt the place;

"There are only 20 dendrobium of grain left in the camp. Even if we save food and money, we can only last about [-] days for supplying soldiers and relief victims. The price of grain in Yecheng is as high as [-] to [-] dendrobium per dendrobium, which is a few times lower than in normal years." Ten times, the imperial court has no financial resources to buy it!

The government treasuries of Yan, Yu, Xu, and Si prefectures have been exhausted. Xun Yu and Xun You are exhausted, but they can't raise much food. Moreover, it is snowing heavily and the roads are blocked. Even if there is food, it will be shipped. don't come! "

Cheng Yu smiled wryly, and stroked the strands of hair on his temples. They were all hard-earned recently. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers, hundreds of thousands of refugees, he has great abilities, and he can't feed so many mouths!

Moreover, the price of food in the city has been rising all the way, and the hundreds of thousands of original residents of Yecheng are also facing the embarrassment of food shortage. Once famine and riots occur, the consequences will be disastrous due to internal and external difficulties!

What's even more difficult is that you have to pretend to be nonchalant even though you're exhausted physically and mentally and physically and mentally exhausted, otherwise you will let people know that food and grass are about to run out, and countless troubles will arise!

"I have sent an order to the governor of Xiliang, Zhong Yao, and the tribes of the Xiqiang and Xiongnu to gather a batch of cheese, butcher shops, cattle and sheep as soon as possible, and drive them all the way east, so as to alleviate the famine in Hebei!

He also asked Zhang Xiu to lead the Xiliang soldiers to clear the snow and clear the roads, and stationed at Baima Ferry. As soon as Xuchang's grain and grass arrived, he immediately escorted them to Yecheng! "

Xiao Yi stroked his left rib, with the same frown. The two measures he took were just a drop in the bucket and could not solve the problem fundamentally. If he wanted to feed millions of soldiers and civilians, he had to use some extraordinary means!

"It's better to divide the troops and station in Qingzhou and merge the two prefectures to alleviate the food shortage in Jizhou. As long as we wait until the end of next spring, things will be much easier!"

"It's snowing and the roads are blocked. You can't let the soldiers march hungry. Besides, there is famine everywhere. There is no food in Qingzhou and Bingzhou!"

"If it really doesn't work, we can forcefully disperse the refugees, save food and grass to raise soldiers and horses, and starve a few refugees to death, Hebei is still ours. If the soldiers die of starvation, everything will be relieved!"

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They also proposed several methods, but none of them worked. If they really wanted to 'kill the people and raise the soldiers', they were afraid of losing the hearts of the people in Hebei, and those who lost the hearts of the people would surely lose the world!

In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that Hebei was rich and rich, and it was not that there was no food, but it was impossible to get it out, because the food was in the hands of the gentry!

Aristocrats - big families, big business, mules and horses, food piled up like a mountain, enough to solve a famine, the problem is, they are not willing to donate food, and they are not willing to help the victims, because the big snow disaster in front of them is good for them too big!

First of all - to accumulate wealth, in times of famine, rice is as expensive as pearls, and the elites have food in their hands, which can be exchanged for a lot of money. The price of food in Yecheng has risen three times a day, which is also caused by their behind-the-scenes operations and hoarding. As for how many people died of starvation , The elites don't care at all!

Secondly - annexation of the land, the land is the lifeblood of the people, but under the hunger and cold, they can only dig up the flesh to fill the sores, and sell it at a low price in exchange for the rations for the whole family to survive. , The orchard in the mountain villa was all obtained in this way!

Finally - raising slaves, the people pawned their property, and it was still difficult to survive. In the end, they had nothing to sell and could only sell their own bodies. In the years of famine, only a few liters of grain were needed to exchange for a strong slave, or a beautiful slave. slave girl!

All the noble families in the world have raised a large number of servants, ranging from hundreds to thousands. There are also some super families with more than [-] servants, and they obey their masters. The army is the capital of rebellion!

Therefore, the more serious the disaster was, the more refugees there were, and the greater the interests of the gentry family members, they naturally refused to donate food for relief.

Money, land, population, the lifeblood of the country, as long as these three things are controlled, the gentry clan will expand infinitely, and even the imperial court will be elevated to become the actual ruler. Half of the responsibility for the decline of the Han Dynasty lies with the clan clan body!

Of course, as the ruler of the dynasty, he is also suppressing the power of the clan. For example, after Qin Shihuang unified the world, he destroyed the world's weapons and cast them as twelve golden men, and forcibly moved [-] wealthy households from all over the country to Xianyang City to monitor their every move. move!

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was even more domineering, appointing Zhang Tang, Zhao Yu, Ning Cheng, Yi Zong... a large group of cruel officials, massacred local tyrants, prevented land annexation, and safeguarded the interests of the country!

The problem is, when you meet a wise emperor, you can still frighten the clansmen, but you can’t do it when you meet an innocent emperor. A generation of waste, the clans took the opportunity to annex the land, raise private slaves, and the country is not in chaos!

Now, this problem has arisen again. If we want to solve the famine problem, we must get a lot of food. If we want to get food, we have to attack the elites of the gentry. This is not a good decision!

"I want to imitate Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and use the king's whip to whip the elites of the gentry, so that they will be obedient and hand over the food in their hands?"

Cao Cao stroked the sword with murderous intent in his eyes, and was about to use force to solve the problem. There was no other way, so it was better to use force to break the situation. If Emperor Wu of the Han could kill him, why couldn't he kill himself?

"The clan's influence is deep-rooted and has a great influence. If it affects the whole body, it may cause drastic changes. Please think twice, Prime Minister?"

"Hebei has not yet been completely pacified. At this time, deterring the elite of the gentry may cause great chaos. The Yuan family will take the opportunity to make a comeback, and the situation will be unpredictable!"

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu hurriedly dissuaded them. At least [-]% of the officials in the world were from the gentry, or were related to the gentry. Once this behemoth is angered, how to clean up the mess?

Cao Ying has always been talented, looking for, promoting, and reusing the children of the poor family, trying to cultivate a group of common people, but it is not a day's cold, and it will take a long time to fight against the noble family. Woolen cloth!

Xiao Yi also shook his head frequently, opposing the use of force to solve the problem. On the one hand: the gentry clan is deeply entrenched and has power all over the government and the public. If it is really a head-to-head confrontation, it is hard to say who will win and who will lose, and even both sides will suffer!

On the other hand, Cao Cao, a traitor in troubled times, even if he wanted to deal with aristocrats, he would not do it himself, but borrowed a knife to kill people. As for the sharp and handy knife, it might be Xiao Yi himself!

In this way, it not only deterred the elite of the gentry, consolidated the Cao family's foundation, but also made Xiao Yi's hands bloody, made countless enemies, and lost the chance to win the world. It can be said that it is the best of both worlds!

Xiao Yi's goal in life is not to be someone else's knife, but to be a knife holder. Naturally, he must resolutely oppose it. He only kills for the country, not for others!

In this way, everyone discussed repeatedly and worked hard for most of the night, but there was no result, so they had to go back to rest and think about whether there was another way to get food in a short period of time!

Touring the camp - encountering assassination, plotting in the middle of the night - no good plan, Xiao Yi was physically and mentally exhausted, went back to the bedroom and fell into a deep sleep, slept until noon the next day, and then got up from the bed!

At the same time, a soldier came to report that his lifelong friend - the second chaebol in the world - Liang Xiaoyu, came to visit him!

"Haha! The God of Wealth is here, and the food problem will be solved easily. Please invite him in quickly!"

Chapter 1059 The friendship between brothers is more than mountains!

A true friendship has nothing to do with status, power, wealth...all of it, like-mindedness, equal treatment, life-and-death help...this is the true meaning of the word "friend". Xiao Yi let go of his status as Da Sima, and brought Zhao Yu, Dao Xiang, Deng Ai, Hao Zhao, dressed in normal clothes, and went out to greet him, looking very easy-going!

There are not many people in the world who can let 'Ghost Face Xiao Lang' go out to greet them. Pedestrians on the street stopped one after another, wanting to see who is so holy, who has such a big face, and then they were stunned. In other words, blinded by the glittering golden light!

"Da da da!"