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

Things have to be prioritized, Guanzhong has been suffering year after year, and the government's most important thing is to resume farming. If the "famine" hanging over their heads is not solved at any time, no one will leave the land reclamation and turn to road construction.

The official road in Guanzhong has been in disrepair for a long time, and it is difficult for a carriage to walk on it. Yuan Huan has not suffered this kind of crime for many years, and his face is getting uglier every day, but this time he can't pass out with a bowl of medicine like before. He has to see it with his own eyes. The current situation in Guanzhong.

Outside the mountain forest, the ragged refugees bent down to find wild vegetables and dig grass roots. Fortunately, it was spring and summer, and there were wild vegetables and fruits in the forest to satisfy their hunger. No one cared whether they were full or not. To them, there was something Being able to eat is already a blessing from God.

Spring and summer can be supported by wild vegetables and fruits, but there is always a time when the wild vegetables and fruits are exhausted. In autumn and winter, there are only weeds and dead branches everywhere, and the sight of desolation is the most difficult time.

It is easy to die in winter, and those who died of freezing and starvation are piled up in mass graves. They were not dragged to fight, but they would not survive without fighting.

Yuan Huan's face was pale and his eyes drooped. He knew what kind of cruel era he had come to. In the decades of troubled times at the end of the Han Dynasty, the population dropped by half. The word "half" sounds nothing, but it is tens of millions. Live life.

Chang’an City received refugees, and the surrounding counties also received refugees. Going out, Jizhou, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou all received refugees. However, most of those who fled from their hometowns had no dry food. Some starved to death on the road, and some fell into the grass and became bandits.

Being a bandit may not necessarily lead to survival, and not being a bandit will definitely lead to death. It's all about living.

He has no way to save everyone, but he wants to save as many people as possible, not for fame or profit, but for the sake of less suffering records in the history books of later generations. It is not easy to leave a name in the history books. It would be fatal if it fell on any one of them.

As it was getting late, the convoy stopped to set up camp, and Lu Bu carefully helped the unwell lord off the carriage, only regretting that he didn't bring a few more maids and servants with him when he came out.

Yuan Jing trotted over and looked at his father with worried eyes. A few days ago, he knew that he was fine and could make jokes to make his father happy, but now he knew that his father was not feeling well, and he would only make his father feel more uncomfortable if he continued to chatter.

The other little guys also sat obediently by the fire, looking at the refugees in the mountains and forests who immediately ran away when they heard the noise, and for the first time there was no smile on their faces.

They are young, and on weekdays they only need to worry about the homework being too difficult to finish, and the gentlemen will not let them go out to play, and they only give one day of rest every ten days, too little rest time, etc., they are pampered and have good food and clothing on weekdays, and remember things by themselves Since then, he hasn't left Yecheng much, and he can't imagine the scene outside at all.

Cao Zhi and Xun Yun sat side by side next to their elder brothers, taking small bites of the pancakes Cao Pi gave them. Cao Zhang and Sun Yi were just naughty, and Yuan Jing’s mischief was even worse than theirs. Guo Yi looked at them The three were already very difficult, so Cao Zhi, Xun Yun and Cao Pi and Sun Quan took over the care of the two younger ones.

It's not safe to take them out with two children aged six or seven, and Xun Yu felt that it was not enough to just read books for enlightenment. It happened that their master wanted to teach the little ones to gain knowledge, so he was very firm in talking and persuading his family. Cubs were stuffed into the convoy.

Yun'er can already read and write, and he will be able to learn to ride and shoot in two years. If he is a father who stays behind in Yecheng and has no time to take care of his children, it is better to let the little guy go out with the lord to gain knowledge.

Ever since, Cao Pi and Sun Quan, who originally came out thinking that they might be able to help with some serious business, had no choice but to start their journey of raising children.

They set up their camps and there was a lot of movement. The refugees not far away looked at these nobles vigilantly, and hurriedly took the dug wild vegetables and hid deep in the woods.

Yuan Huan stood on the ground for a while, and asked Lu Bu to send someone to find some people among the refugees and bring them back.

All the cities in Guanzhong received refugees. He wanted to know how hard these people were forced to give up going to the government and choose to go away. The letter was not very clear. The easiest way to know the truth was to ask the refugees.

Not long after, a few sallow and skinny young men came up behind the soldiers tremblingly. Yuan Huan originally wanted Yuan Jing to go to the other side to stay with the little guys, but before he spoke, he felt that the little guys no longer knew everything. Little boy, everything will be decided by him in the future. It is not a bad thing to see these earlier, so I just rubbed the little guy's head and let him sit by his side and listen obediently.

A few refugees stepped forward tremblingly, their faces were covered with dust, and they knelt on the ground with a plop before they got close to the campfire, trembling and afraid to speak.

There are very few old and weak women and children who leave their homes and bump around. The life of fleeing famine is difficult. Old and weak women and children often fall down on the way. There were more than 300 people in their village when they came out, but now there are only less than half of them left. All young and strong laborers like them.

Before they escaped famine, they were all farmers who planed food in the fields. They had never seen what a nobleman looked like. They only knew that if this nobleman like a fairy was born in their village, [-]% of them would not be alive now. Life is hard, and healthy children can be raised. Not alive, not to mention weak and sick, such a beautiful and sick person must be someone who can only be raised by a wealthy family that they can't imagine.

Yuan Huan looked at the young man who was kneeling on the ground and did not dare to come forward, then turned to look at the murderous General Lu, and reluctantly signaled him to restrain his momentum, and then asked a few young people to come closer in a warm voice, "Don't be nervous, we don't have any Malicious, come here, bring some dry food to the little brothers."

Several people raised their heads suddenly when they heard the word dry food, and their skinny bodies trembled even more. They couldn't believe what they heard just now was true, until someone actually brought them pancakes and ate them hungrily. Realizing that he was not dreaming, he was stunned for a while before tearing down his face, he put away the remaining pancakes and put them in his arms.

They are young, they can go hungry, and there are children waiting to eat behind them. It is only decent to leave the bread to the children.

Not far away, Cao Pi and the others were eating hot and soft meat pies without taste. They only ate one and stopped touching the food basket. Xun Yun moved to the side and asked in a low voice, "General Dian, they are obviously very hungry. , why don't you eat it?"

"It's not enough to eat a full meal. You can eat a few more days if you eat a little to fill your stomach. You can live a few more days if you eat a few more days." Dian Wei sighed, and when he saw the appearance of those young people, he remembered the past "My mother used to worry that I would starve to death. When there was only one morsel left in the house, she would never leave that morsel to herself."

Xun Yun sniffed, looked at the half-eaten pancake, and stuffed a new one into Dian Wei's hand. The little nurse's voice was already crying, "General Dian will eat it."

Cao Pi frowned, and hurried to change the subject, but he didn't dare to let the little guy cry at this time. General Dian is not hungry now, the hard days are over, and it will get better and better in the future. Even if you don't believe in others, you have to believe in them. A group of capable fathers.

General Dian Wei smiled naively, took the pancake stuffed by the little guy and chewed slowly.

Yes, it will get better and better in the future, even if you don't trust others, you still have to trust their master.

People who have been hungry for a long time can't suddenly overeat, but eating a few bites is obviously not up to the standard of overeating. Yuan Huan sighed silently and didn't bother about it. He just asked Lu Bu to pass them a water bag, and then He asked slowly, "Guanzhong counties are trying to appease the people, why do you leave your hometown?"

The young man covered in mud at the front took a sip of water, and resentment flashed in his eyes when he heard this question. He didn't know who the person in front of him was, but he shouldn't be a bad person if he could give them food and water.

Even if they were bad guys, they couldn't resist them. The guards around him looked like they were not easy to mess with. They were even more ferocious than the most ferocious bandits they had ever seen on the road. They already had nothing, and they had nothing to worry about.

If the god in front of him could get rid of those evil officials who oppressed them, they would be worth dying on the road.

The young man lowered his head and his voice was hoarse, "It is true that the counties and prefectures are recruiting people who can't afford food, but those who passed by were all arrested as coolies, and people who died of exhaustion and starvation were thrown into random graves every day. Fleeing from Hedong, no matter how hard the road is, you can save your life, if you are caught by the government, the whole family will be reduced to the point of being thrown into a random grave."

Farmers were not allowed to withdraw freely or migrate to other places, but had to farm according to the orders of the farmer. To be a farmer was equivalent to half a soldier, and he had to undertake certain hard labor to participate in training, and he had to go out to fight in emergencies.

These are not big problems. Even if they are not farmers, they will be forced to fight in an emergency. It is not a problem to farm according to the government's order. The food they grow has to be taxed. The government can't make fun of food.

The people in the government said it nicely. Farming, canals and city walls are paid and food is paid. If you work as farmers for the government, the government will give them cattle, seeds, and farm tools. They only need to contribute, and they will pay half of the harvest to the government. tax, and the remaining half they keep for themselves.

[-]% of the tax is not too high for them. If the government only collects [-]% and there are no other tax increases, compared with previous years, they still make money, not to mention that the seeds and agricultural tools are all from the government. , There are also government cattle that can be rented. As long as they work hard, half of the food left is enough for the whole family to survive starvation.

When the government recruited people, they said it nicely, but when they actually went there, they realized that it was not like that at all. There was no so-called share, and everyone used to be a coolie. They ate porridge with few grains of rice every day, and their work was slow. He will also be whipped, and the life of the farmer is miserable.

If it was just like this, they wouldn't drag their families and flee with their lives. The government is really deceiving people too much. Seeing that they can't recruit enough people to open up wasteland and garrison fields, they even sent troops to arrest people from village to village. If they hadn't fled overnight, They are also the ones who are whipped to work now.

The young man was a little incoherent when he first started talking, but he forgot where he was while he was talking, and complained hoarsely about the atrocities of the officials with his fists clenched.

Yuan Huan's complexion was getting worse and worse, Yuan Jing was anxious and angry, afraid that his father would also be angry, so he got up and ran to pull Guo Jiyi who was decocting medicine in the distance, hurry up, father is going to be angry soon sick.

Lu Bu reacted very quickly and took a few refugees down, ordered his soldiers to bring them some dry food and clear water to settle them down, and then hurried back to stand in front of their lord. disposal."

Yuan Huan covered his heart and didn't speak. Several blood marks had already been pinched out on his palm. Seeing this, Doctor Guo immediately took out the small pill he had just researched and fed it to him. The person slowed down before going back to change the prescription.

The young master Yuan Jing walked away, and was emphasized several times not to let his father get emotional, even if the sky fell, otherwise the situation would only get worse.

The little guy wrote it down with a straight face, and asked him to order a bottle of the small pill just now, and then hurried back after asking when the effect of the medicine would be available.

The little guys around Dianwei were already scared to death. Cao Pi kicked Sun Quan, saw that the tent had been set up, and sent all the children to the tent one by one. With a serious expression, he told him several times to sleep well and not to go out. , coaxed the two little ones into the bed, looked at Sun Yi and Cao Zhang, and told Guo Yi to let him keep an eye on these two brats who were always looking for trouble, and then quietly left the tent.

It wasn't that they were worried, but that they knew these two boys too well, so they wouldn't let Guo Yi watch carefully. If General Feng Xian went to Hedong to arrest people at night, they would probably hide behind them.

Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case, and kill all possibilities in their infancy so that they can rest assured.

The dusk swept in, and unconsciously there was only the light brought by the bonfire. The fire was flickering and flickering. Yuan Huan sat next to the fire with a flickering expression. It was clearly the warmest place, but he couldn't feel any warmth.

I don't know how long it took, when Lu Bu and Yuan Jing were frowning and discussing whether to knock him out and send him back to the tent to rest, Guo Jiyi finally boiled his medicine. The smell had already spread before the medicine bowl came in. , the situation is special, in order to preserve the efficacy of the medicinal materials as much as possible, Guo Jiyi immediately gave up improving the taste.

Young Master Yuan Jing took the medicine bowl and was thinking about how to coax his father to drink the medicine. He brought the medicine bowl over with his pale and slender hand, and drank it down as if he couldn't feel the taste. Nothing has changed, "Jing'er, go rest in the tent."

"But..." Yuan Jing was a little hesitant, worried that their father would be left alone, but since he was too young to speak, his father gave him a light look, and even if he turned around every step of the way, he would still go to the tent to find other friends.

Lu Bu gave him a bowl of honey water with a wink, and when the lord finished drinking, he lowered his voice and continued, "The Diannong officials from Lianhe River were arrested together, and they will be released together when we arrive in Chang'an."

If it wasn't for Cao Mengde's inability to move, he even wanted to catch that guy together.

"No hurry, let's take a look again." Yuan Huan shook his head, his expression was unclear under the firelight, "Is the Diannong official making his own claim, or is the Diannong official colluding with the prefect, is it only the case of Hedong County, or This is the case in all the counties and counties in the field, first send people to the surrounding counties to inquire, and send a letter to Cao Cao, asking him to carefully check the people around him."

He thought that what was written in that letter was already too much, but he didn't expect that there would be more too much, forcibly plundering the people to farm and work, who gave them the courage to do such a thing?

Lu Bu quickly nodded in response, and carefully persuaded him to rest, turned around and immediately changed his expression, his whole body was full of evil spirits, as if he had just returned from fighting on the battlefield.

Seeing that something was wrong, Cao Pi and Sun Quan turned around and ran away, and they sat down after returning to the tent where they were resting, patted their beating hearts.

"I have an ominous premonition that my father is really in trouble this time." Cao Pi licked his dry lips, his face turned pale.

Sun Quan sighed, "My father can't escape this time either."

The fathers of both of them used to work in farming, and now that there is such a big problem, even if the two of them didn't get involved, there would be a charge of dereliction of duty, not to mention that their fathers are not very good-tempered, so they may not be able to arrest the people by force Going to Tuntian this kind of thing.

Wars are frequent, military rations are under great pressure, and the food of the people is not enough to eat, so they are so hard to figure out how to open up wasteland and how to increase food production. The people are displaced, and there are waste land everywhere. Seed farm tools sound like a good idea.

Their father may send troops to grab the people to farm the fields, but they will definitely not let those people work for nothing, otherwise they will be reported when they were in Yanzhou a few years ago. Yanzhou is close to Jizhou, so it is impossible to hide all the news .

The biggest problem is not their father, it must be that the subordinates make their own opinions. This kind of villain who deceives the people and harms the people can be punished by everyone. Don't let them know who it is, or they will definitely chop him up Feed the dog.

The two half-year-olds gritted their teeth and scolded in the middle of the night. They were carrying knives and chasing and killing the wicked in their sleep. The restless night passed, and the next morning, all the little guys looked like they didn't sleep well, which was the most worrying thing. Yuan Huan's state is not as scary as last night.

The team packed up their things and set off again. Yuan Jing didn't dare to leave his father in a car by himself. After talking to Guo Yi a few words, he followed behind his father step by step. He didn't even feel at ease when he was eating. He looked up after taking a bite. Those who didn't know thought he was watching people eat.

Yuan Huan had nothing to do with the little guy, so he could only let him follow.

They set off from Yecheng to Chang'an, walked all the way through Hongnong, Hanoi, and encountered many refugees on the road. Yuan Huan would ask the nearby refugees to talk to them every time he rested. There has never been a need for emergency medical assistance.

Lu Bu and Dian Wei are only responsible for obeying orders, and they are relieved to see that their master's face is okay without orders. The little guys are sensitive, and the closer they are to Chang'an City, the less they dare to speak. It is impossible for their feelings to make mistakes together. It hasn't gotten better, and it will definitely explode after arriving in Chang'an City.

Yuan Huan's expression was as usual, and he called the little guys over to see if they didn't feel uncomfortable on the road. They were still alive and kicking before letting them go back. Cao Pi and Sun Quan turned around with bitter faces, as if they had seen the tragedy of their father being dismissed and returning home. .

No matter how serious the situation is, it is not impossible to go to jail.

Chang'an City is close at hand, Yuan Huan doesn't want to be angry anymore, at the beginning, the same rights were given to Diannong officials and prefects to let them work hard, so that they would not be manipulated by the prefect when implementing policies. Naive.

The regulations for Tuntian have been very detailed up to now. Generally, there will be a Diannong Duwei in the county, and a Diannong Xiaowei or Diannong Zhonglang in the county. The Diannong officer is at the same level as the county government office, but it does not belong to the county government office Management, and even many places do not handle official business together.

Diannong officials built another city to live in outside the county capital, which was more convenient for them to manage farming affairs. The disadvantages were also very obvious. The Diannong official system could easily conflict with the county system.

Counties and counties need young and middle-aged people to serve in the military and corvee service, and agricultural officials need young and middle-aged people to farm, but a county and a county only have so many people. If there are more people in one side, there must be less in the other side. Everyone feels that they need more people here, and it takes a long time. No wonder there is no conflict.

Just like in Hongnong County, Captain Diannong suspected that the magistrate was hiding young and middle-aged laborers, and the county magistrate suspected that Captain Diannong was hiding the hidden people and did not report them.

The county magistrate of Taishou has soldiers in his hands, and Captain Diannong only has farmers doing farm work in his hands. It is really no match for the opponent in a fight. After being beaten severely, the captain of Tuntian had his leg broken, and his official position was gone.

What's all this about?

At this time, in an inconspicuous small town in Hanoi County, a young man was sitting in the courtyard with a sad face, and beside him was an old man with white hair and childlike face, who was leisurely drinking porridge. If the three grains do not rise, it is called famine; if the four grains do not rise, it is called health; if the five grains do not rise, it is called great invasion. Today’s porridge is good, with all five grains, and this year will definitely be a bumper harvest.”【1】

"Mr. Wujiao, you cooked this porridge yourself." Sima Yi clenched his fists, and he had no energy to argue with him, "Now that Yuan Situ has left Yecheng, it's not easy for you and me to go there again. What should we do?"

Zuo Ci smiled and drank the porridge, "Young people, don't be impatient, what should come will always come, there is no point in being anxious."

Sima Yi looked at him weakly, "This is different from what we said before."

It was agreed that Yuan Situ would immediately be amazed at him when he saw the sufferings of the people carefully written by him, and then personally order him to help?If Yuan Situ really gave the order, how could he not even go to Yecheng now?

Zuo Ci paused, embarrassment flashed in his eyes, he laughed dryly and continued to drink his porridge.

People make mistakes, horses make mistakes, and it is not easy to send things over without any mistakes. He can't force anything else, and he didn't expect Nayuan Situ to be so calm.

If he made a mistake, wouldn't it be okay if he admits it?

Sima Yi shook his head, and couldn't help but sighed again.

His eldest brother Sima Lang has a good relationship with Cui Yan, and is now an official in Jizhou. It is not difficult for him to become an official, but probably smart people have the arrogance of smart people, and feel that relying on their father and brother's family cannot show their ability. You have to go out in person without telling others.

Hanoi County belongs to Sili, which is the land of Gyeonggi. The large area north of the Yellow River, east of Taihang Mountain, and south of Zhanghe River is called Hanoi. The Sima family is a Hanoi family. He grew up in Hanoi and is most familiar with the counties and counties around Hanoi. .

The Sili area has suffered serious crimes in recent years, and the situation has improved a lot since Cao Xiaowei came, but it can't stop the people below from recovering from the germination.

He started to study away from home two years ago. He has been to Hanoi, Hedong and Hongnong counties, and also to many counties and counties in Jizhou. He has seen much more than the books, but there are many good things and bad things. Not less.

Sima Yi thought well. The original Situ had a lot of talents. Now is the time to employ people. It is not difficult to become an official with his ability, but it is not easy to get ahead. Do extraordinary things at extraordinary times, Mr. Wujiao said That's right, as long as he is different enough, Yuan Situ will definitely notice him.

Sima Yi was full of confidence, thinking that if he was found out, he would definitely be reused, but the result was good, the original Situ didn't look for anyone at all.

He has little talent and reputation, is erudite and well-known, so he naturally has the capital to be proud of. It just so happens that he went to Yecheng to try his luck at the original Situ's mansion quietly, but he did not expect to meet this magical Wu on the way. Mr. Angle.

It's also because he is young and ignorant, he doesn't know the dangers of the world, and being kind may not be really kind, otherwise he wouldn't end up like this. He left home to be an official, not to be a wanted criminal.