Han Dao world

Chapter 183 Whose fault is it?
Before Liu Xie crossed the river, he received an urgent message from the governor of Hedong, Wang Yi.

The Wei family in Anyi was in chaos, detained the Taiwei Yang Biao, and surrounded the Taishou Mansion.

After reading the document, Liu Xie thought for a while and called Pei Qian.

"Wei Shi is in chaos, will anyone respond to him?"

Pei Qian didn't think about it. "There must be. The Wei family in Anyi is the surname of Hedong, and he was a county official in the past. The clan is strong and powerful, so there are many old officials and in-laws."

Liu Xie nodded.

Wei's involvement was so extensive, he felt relieved.

Pulling up the radish and picking up the mud, taking this opportunity to clean up a group of people will be good for the future governance of Hedong.

"Your father and son are in court, will the Wei family endanger your family?"

Pei Qian said calmly: "Although the Wei family is strong, they can't reach Wenxi."

Liu Xie is very satisfied. "Go to General Zuo's camp and assist General Zuo to seize Yanchi and Tieguan."

Pei Qian froze for a moment, and his mood became very complicated.

On the one hand, the blood is surging, and on the other hand, I feel the cool breeze blowing from behind.

He was reused within half a month after joining the job, which is the emperor's respect for him.

The emperor sent Yang Feng first, but not to save people, but to seize Yanchi and Tieguan.

Fortunately, Wen Xi Pei had surrendered to the emperor early, otherwise this time, he might have been involved.

The strength of the Hao family in Hedong is not weak, but the emperor not only has the Baibo army under his command, but also the powerful soldiers from Xiliang, so it is easy to flatten the river.

Pei Qian didn't dare to neglect, took the edict and left in a hurry.

Liu Xie then summoned Sun Rui, a guard. "The Taiwei was detained by Wei Gu, so you can do what you can, and perform your duties first."

Shi Sun Rui looked distressed. "Your Majesty, this is Wei Gu's rebellion, not the dereliction of duty of the Taiwei. At this time, I am dismissed, and I dare not obey the order."

Liu Xie said: "I didn't dismiss him, but let you act as the Taiwei, preside over the military, and deploy counter-insurgency matters."

Shi Sun Rui was relieved and thanked him. "The minister obeys the imperial edict."

Liu Xie then ordered someone to find out the list of Liu Biao's contributions and hand them over to Shi Sun Rui.

Marching and fighting requires not only soldiers and horses, but also food and supplies.Currently only Liu Biao's contributions are available.Duan Yan and Yang Feng took some away, and the remaining amount was limited, not enough to supply the entire army.

The matter of combat can be pushed back, and raising food is the top priority at present.

Without food, no army can fight.

"Wei Wei has worked hard, come up with the charter as soon as possible, so that I can observe and learn."

The scholar Sun Rui surrendered to take the order, but he hated Zhao Wen and Zhang Xi in his heart.

You are eager to fight for power, but let me suffer along with it.

Government affairs are all lip service, but raising food is a real task.If there is no food for a day, you will be hungry for a day.

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Shi Sunrui received the edict, turned around and went to Pei Mao, the Minister's order.

The matter was urgent, and he didn't make any detours. He asked straight to the point, can Hedong raise food?
Raising food locally is the cheapest and most efficient way.

Pei Mao flatly vetoed it. "No."

The reason is also very simple. Since the Yellow Turban incident, there has been no peace in Hedong.

First came the White Wave Army, the old Yellow Turban army.

Later, when Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, he sent people to Hedong and fought against the Baibo army for years.

Later, the Huns failed to sue, stayed in Hedong, and plundered the people.

In the past ten years, except for those rich and wealthy families who have the ability to protect themselves, ordinary people have fled if they can.No one, where's the food?

No matter how fertile the land is, if there is no cultivation, it can only grow grass and cannot grow food by itself.

Shi Sun Rui gave Pei Mao a look, but hesitated to speak.

He knew why the emperor asked him to act as Taiwei at this time.

Pei Mao's words are very clear, ordinary people have all fled, and there is no way to raise food.

But those rich and wealthy families who have the ability to protect themselves and have not run away have food.Not only is there grain, but there is a lot of grain.

Because they can take the opportunity to annex unowned land, and at the same time absorb refugees as a part.

Collecting food from them will most likely solve the problem.But their food is not free, there must be enough benefits to exchange.

What the court can exchange, one is an official, and the other is a noble.

It stands to reason that nobles should not be rewarded indiscriminately, but there is no such problem for officials. It is easy to confer official positions with false titles, which is a matter of issuing an imperial edict.

The emperor's attitude is very clear, and he does not intend to use rewards to solve the problem.

Sun Rui also disagrees.

But facing the reality that food was about to run out, he had to think about a question: why so many big families, from Yuan Shao, the fourth generation and three princes, to the Wei family in Anyi, were alienated from the imperial court.

Ordinary people rebelled because they couldn't survive, and why were they?
How other people are doing, he doesn't know.He knows exactly how extravagant the Yuan family's life is.

Is it the court's fault, or theirs?

"There may be food in Hanoi." Pei Mao reminded.

"There is food in Hanoi, but it is inconvenient to transport it." Shi Sun Rui sighed. "Even if Zhang Yang is willing to work hard and carry it on his shoulders, how much food can be transported. Most of the food consumed on the way, even if everyone in Hanoi comes to transport food, it will not be able to support the expenses of tens of thousands of troops."

Pei Mao was silent.

In fact, he knew the solution, but he couldn't say it.

Knowing that the emperor sent Pei Qian to assist Yang Feng to control Yanchi and Tieguan, he realized what the emperor wanted to do, but he couldn't stop it.

This is a test of the emperor for their father and son.

Yang Feng was born in the old Yellow Turban tribe. Now he is only loyal to the emperor and has no good impression of the Hedong clan.Whatever the emperor told him to do, he would do.Not to mention controlling Yanchi and Tieguan, if he is in a hurry, he may even rob Hedong.

It's not that this kind of thing has never been done before, it's just that the Baibo army's offensive ability at that time was too weak to break through the big clan's Wubao.

Today's Yang Feng has been trained by the emperor, and his combat power has soared. Those Wubao may not be able to stop him.

Between the Son of Heaven and the great clan of Hedong, he can only choose the Son of Heaven.

But let him suggest that Sun Rui also attack the Hedong family, he can't do it, he can only pretend to be deaf and dumb.

He believed that Shi Sunrui was like him, not because he couldn't think of it, but because he couldn't do it, at least he couldn't say it confidently.

The two talked about him tacitly, feeling a little heavy.

After a long time, Pei Mao let out a long sigh. "Guo Tu has done a lot of harm."

Shi Sunrui sneered: "If the Wei family is as loyal to the court as Juguang, even if there are ten Guotus, what can we do? Juguang's words are extremely inappropriate, and we should reflect on ourselves."

After speaking, he stood up, flicked his sleeves, and walked away.

Pei Mao's face was red, his ears were red, he was speechless, and felt uneasy in his heart.

He could see that Shi Sunrui had already made a decision, and someone had to pay for their choice.

Soon, Shi Sunrui summoned Situ Zhao Wen and Sikong Zhang Xi to discuss Hedong affairs as a fake Taiwei.At the meeting, he straight to the point put forward two opinions:

One is that Guo Tu, as Yuan Shao's envoy, disrespected the emperor and incited the people of Hedong to rebel.Whether this was his personal choice or Yuan Shao's instigation, the Situ Mansion should inquire with official documents and order Yuan Shao to submit an apology and explain the situation.

Even though it was Guo Tu's personal decision, Yuan Shao also had an inescapable responsibility.

What's more, Yuan Shao's own buttocks are not clean either.

The second is that the people from Hedong, headed by the Wei family in Anyi, despised the court laws and detained the three princes, which was tantamount to conspiracy.The Taiwei's Mansion should lead troops to suppress the rebellion, punish the chief culprits severely, and deal with the relevant personnel as appropriate.

Facing the tough scholar Sun Rui, Zhao Wen and others looked at each other, but were speechless, so they had to express their agreement and jointly wrote a letter asking for an imperial edict.

(End of this chapter)