I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 160, as stable as an old dog
The main hall of Shang Shuling is full of important officials of the imperial court

Lu Zhi pointed to the map of Youzhou. Emperor Ling, Taiwei Cui Lie, Situ Xuxiang, Sikong Dinggong, General He Jin, Zongzheng Liu Yu and other three princes introduced that the court had just obtained information about Youzhou!

"Currently, the two thieves Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju have gathered 10 rebels. Their morale is strong, and the Youzhou Army is hard to stop. Huwuwan Xiaowei Qi Chou and Zhuojun Taishou have led 5000 Youzhou Army to Jicheng in Guangyang County. , preparing to stop Zhang Chun and the others in Jicheng, Liu Zheng, the prefect of Youbeiping County, is short of troops and facing Zhang Chun's two soldiers, and is now gathering troops to defend himself. The prefect of Liaoxi County has been killed by the two thieves, and the entire Liaoxi County has been destroyed. Break through."

Lu Zhi pointed to the map and introduced, "The prefects of other counties are leading troops into Yuyang County, preparing to resist the rebels of Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju in Yuyang County!"

Liu Yu couldn't believe it and said: "How is it possible? Youzhou has 10 soldiers stationed in the field. Even if Xuande brought 3 troops into Jizhou, the strength of Youzhou's troops should be enough to defeat Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju!"

Emperor Ling didn't understand and said, "That's right, the imperial court has 10 troops in Youzhou, why didn't they wipe out these two thieves in one fell swoop, do you still want to wait for them to become powerful?"

Lu Zhi smiled wryly and said: "Youzhou can't afford to support 10 troops. The new governor of Youzhou has cut off all these field soldiers. Now Youzhou has only 3 troops, and the two thieves Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju have contacted tens of thousands. The Karasuma people rebelled, and these Karasuma people's cavalry are not inferior to the frontier army in Youzhou, so now the Youzhou army can only defend against the two thieves Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju."

Liu Yu said painfully: "They are Tuntian soldiers, they don't need Youzhou to support them at all, why should they be disbanded!"

Liu Yu spent more than a billion yuan to settle the farm soldiers. He originally thought that these soldiers could be the help of the frontier army in Youzhou, but obviously the elites in Youzhou dismantled the help, and it was an excuse that they could not afford it. !This is Liu Yu's achievement, and what he is most proud of, but now it has been disintegrated by Youzhou in half a year!

Shang Shu made the hall silent, and such things as the death of a man and the rest of the government are too common in the big man, but it is just that when Youzhou is unlucky and needs soldiers, he disbands the army to protect him!

Emperor Ling said coldly: "Sure enough, it is self-inflicted, and the officials in Youzhou are ordered to kill Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju within a month. They cannot all go to prison!"

Cui Lie immediately stopped and said: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to fight. If this decree is sent to Youzhou, the whole Youzhou may fall. Your Majesty, don't forget that the current big man is not peaceful. There is Lei Gong in Mayi, Zhang Yan on Taihang Mountain The rebellion in Xiliang has not been completely wiped out, if Youzhou falls and the ambitions of these bandits are aroused, the whole north will be on fire!"

Emperor Ling said angrily: "They have the ability to crush my 10 army within half a year, presumably they have the ability to create an army of 10 within a month, even with a 10 army, they can't put down a single rebellion! If you don’t come out, you will die on the battlefield! The Great Han Kingdom has too many wastes like this!”

At this time, Liu Yu turned to persuade Emperor Ling: "Your Majesty, calm down and put the country and the country first! If Youzhou falls completely, Jizhou and Qingzhou will be in danger. At that time, the northern part of the Han Dynasty will be completely engulfed in flames of war!" "

Emperor Ling took a few deep breaths and said: "Let the soldiers and horses of Youzhou stay in but stick to Jicheng for three months, and don't let the two thieves Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju go deep into the hinterland of the Han Dynasty. Then he asked Lu Zhi, "Where else are there soldiers?" horse? "

Lu Zhi immediately said: "Jizhou already had 5 soldiers and horses. When Liu Bei quelled the rebellion, he brought 3 Youzhou troops. Later, Liu Bei even settled in Jizhou. If there are enough weapons and equipment, Jizhou alone can raise 10 troops." Wan Dajun, and he is also a veteran with rich combat experience, as long as Liu Bei leads the army northward, it will be enough to put down Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebellion!"

Emperor Ling thought for a while and said: "Decree, let Bei Zhonglang send Liu Bei to raise 10 troops to go north to quell the rebellion in Youzhou!"

Da Sinonong Wang Han immediately said: "Where does your Majesty's 10 troops come from for the money and food? Although this year's war is not fierce, it has not stopped since the beginning of the year, especially since the number of troops is increasing. Not to mention the northern and southern armies, Chang'an has 5 troops to guard against Xiliang's rebellion, Taiyuan has 10 troops to guard against Lei Gong, and now His Majesty wants to send 10 troops to the expedition, the court really can't afford the money! Please also ask your majesty from inside Take out 10 billion in the treasury, otherwise Liu Bei will not be able to leave Jizhou even if he has an army of [-]!"

Emperor Ling said angrily: "I don't have any money, don't ask me for money!"

Wang Han said: "In order to raise military funds, Your Majesty has repeatedly reduced the salaries of officials such as Sangong and Jiuqing, and sold all kinds of civil and military officials such as Guannei Hou, Huben, Yulin, Tiqi Battalion, and Five Doctors. According to statistics, His Majesty received 180 billion yuan from these titles alone, while the treasury received less than 80 billion yuan, so it’s fine if His Majesty took the bulk, but until this crisis moment, His Majesty still puts the country and society of the great man as the most important thing!"

It is a lie to say that Emperor Ling has no money. In the past, Emperor Ling bought and sold officials to make money, but he soon discovered that this kind of thing has endless troubles. These people who bought officials with money went to the local area and then plundered the place viciously. Forced to rebel against the people, the money he earned was not enough to counter the rebellion. The big man didn’t know what happened these years. As long as there was a slight disturbance, the people would immediately rebel. He didn’t care about the difficulties of his father. Now the court Knowing that rebellions with less than [-] people are already ignored, let the local rebellion be suppressed, and only the local rebellion that cannot be suppressed will be taken seriously.

So after the lessons of the past few years, Emperor Ling changed his strategy, instead of selling his official position, he sold his title.

You can get money without arranging official positions for these people to force them to rebel against the common people. The most important thing is that the official position is a radish and a pit. You can sell as much as you want, and a Marquis in Guannei is worth 1000 million yuan, which is absolutely innocent.

As soon as the deal came out, the whole big man was a sensation. At this time, the majesty of the big man was still there, and the title was still very honorable. Dong Zhuo had fought for 30 years, and he had made many military exploits. In the end, he spent tens of millions of money to get a Marquis of Tai Township. Among the generals of the Han Dynasty, there will be no more than 5 generals who have Marquis. From this, we can see the dignity of the Han Dynasty.

Now that there is a chance to become a Marquis, all the wealthy people of the Han Dynasty have rushed to Luoyang City to buy the title of Marquis of Guannei. Even if the money is not enough, they will also buy some titles such as Zuo Shuzhang, Da Shangzao, and Five Doctors.

Therefore, Emperor Ling made 180 billion in this wave. Maybe the money came too easily. Emperor Ling unexpectedly became less generous, and handed over 80 billion to Da Sinoong with the imperial court.

It's a pity that the eight billion yuan is too useless. It has made up for the previous arrears of the court and supplemented the soldiers' salaries. In addition, the army of the big man has more than doubled compared to a year ago, and the expenses have also doubled. , All the money was spent in less than half a year!
When Lingdi heard Wang Han's words, he was furious and said: "Wang Han, you dare to monitor me. You have no king and no father. Someone will drag Wang Han down and put him in prison!"

"Your Majesty, Da Sinong is doing this for the great Han's country, please calm down!"

Sangong and Jiuqing panicked, knelt down and pleaded with Wang Han, now is the time for war, should we still fight the battle after shutting down Da Sinong?

But Wang Han had touched Lingdi's bottom line. Wang Han dared to miss his small treasury. In Lingdi's view, this was a bigger rebellion than Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, so he didn't listen to anyone's words, and directly Let the soldiers drag him down!

Seeing Wang Han being dragged away, the atmosphere in the hall froze for a moment, and no one dared to speak out.

At this time, Liu Yu stood up and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, during the Jianning period, Duan Xi spent 44 billion military funds on his war against Xiliang. Zhang Yan's rebellion cost the imperial court 60 billion yuan, but even if the imperial court has not wiped out Zhang Yan, His Majesty is still the emperor without money, but if there is no country, His Majesty will not be able to keep the money in his hand, micro I implore Your Majesty to strengthen the country of the Han Dynasty, and use the money from Wanjintang to supplement the military resources."

Emperor Ling said angrily: "Liu Yu, you are bold!"

The other officials also knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please put the country and the country first!"

Being forced by the ministers like this, Ling Emperor was furious, but he knew that now was not the time to be angry with them, so he rolled his eyes and thought of a good way!

Emperor Ling: "Okay, I will add 10 billion to the national treasury!"

Liu Yu and the others said in surprise, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Luoyang City, Yuan Mansion!

Jian Shuo, who was beside Lingdi, found Yuan Kai.

Seeing Jian Shuo, Yuan Kai saluted and said, "Meet the angel!"

Jian Shuo smiled and said: "I can't bear this worship from Yuan Taifu, the miscellaneous family has a private business to come here today!"

Yuan Kai also said with a blank face: "Please let the angel speak clearly!"

Jian Shuo said: "Now that the national treasury is empty, Your Majesty has given the Taifu's disciples and old officials a chance to make contributions. As long as they pay 1000 million yuan for atonement, the imperial court will no longer hold them accountable for their crimes."

Yuan Kai was surprised: "But the homes of these people have been raided, where did they get the money?"

Jian Shuo laughed and said, "It depends on whether the Grand Tutor attaches great importance to these former disciples, otherwise he will always find money! Tai Tu thinks about it, the miscellaneous family has resigned!"

After Jian Shuo left, Yuan Shao appeared and asked, "Father, what is this eunuch doing at our house?"

Yuan Kai smiled wryly and said, "Your Majesty wants us to redeem people, ten million per student!"

Yuan Shao was surprised and said: "Who can get this out!"

This time, the Yuan family has more than 30 former disciples and former officials who have been imprisoned. It would cost more than 3 million yuan to redeem them.
Yuan Kui gritted his teeth and said, "Sell all the stored grain and find a way to raise money. If it is not enough, sell some shops!"

Yuan Shao was shocked and said: "Father, our house is not empty anymore!"

Yuan Kai said angrily: "Short-sighted, without these disciples and old officials, can our Yuan family still be regarded as the top family of the Han Dynasty! At the beginning, you must remember that money and land are not the foundation of our Yuan family, but the foundation of our Yuan family. It’s these disciples and old officials, giving up some branches and leaves to strengthen the foundation is what you should do, otherwise you will never want to be a Sangong in your life!”

Yuan Shao lowered his head and said, "My lord, my child knows I was wrong!"

Yuan Kai continued: "You should do this yourself, and you must take out all the former disciples of our Yuan family safely!"

Yuan Shao said: "My child knows!"

The news sent by the Emperor Ling was not limited to the Yuan family, the Yang family, the Xu family and other clans whose disciples and old officials had been imprisoned. The Emperor Ling sent people there. It was the Yuan family who paid the money first, and if they didn’t pay, the old disciples and old officials would lose their minds. In this way, how can they lead the team in the future? !

After Yuan Kai and others knew what happened in the court, they had no choice but to secretly say: "Our Majesty is really a talented businessman, but he is not a good emperor!"

Bingzhou, Mayi!
Although Mayi in August is in a slack period for farming, the tribes in Mayi still have no free time.

The engineering team is really busy connecting the various counties in Mayi with rails. The entire Dingxiang County and the nine counties of Mayi have been connected to Mayi by rail, which makes the entire Mayi a small rail network.

All the businessmen who come to Mayi are concerned about the track network. With the track, Mayi not only has a large transportation volume, but also has a fast speed. The original three-day journey will not take even one day with the track Mayi. This speed is great for caravans. It's so convenient, but it's a pity that the track is only available within a radius of 300 from Mayi.

Now that the three counties of Yunzhong, Wuyuan, and Shuofang have been occupied, the rail carriages of Mayi began to slowly extend towards the three counties of Yunzhong, but this road is not as flat as the Datong Basin, and the workers who continue to build the road will encounter no small troubles. !
The farmers in Mayi have no leisure time. Now is the time when the weather is good, and there is not much work in the fields. Everyone gathers in small teams and big teams to extend the canals of their homes one by one. Even if Xu Wei invests heavily in the canals, Ma Yi Now more than half of the land in the city is dry land, and if you want to water it, you can only use wooden buckets to carry it.

If you want to have a bumper harvest next year, you can only work hard to build water canals at this time. Therefore, the Mayi elevated water canal is extended every day. Whenever a piece of land flows water from the high-priced canal, you can see the local farmers. smiley face.

The industrial area is even more busy. Summer is the time when the Sanggan River has the most abundant water flow, and the time when the water flow is the largest. The waterwheels in Mayi are also the most powerful. The entire Mayi industrial area is busy manufacturing various industries. products, and then brought them to all directions through the merchants in Mayi!

At this time, the council hall in Mayi was also extremely busy, and all the high-level officials of the Tengjia Army in Mayi gathered in the conference room.

The huge northern map of World War I was erected in front of everyone.

Xu Wei, Old Man Wang, Old Man Niu, Zhang Baiqi, Wang Ge, Wang Yong, Zhao Rong, Xu Juan, Sun Qing and other Mayi executives were all staring at the map.

And Niu Gui pointed to the direction of Youzhou with a thin wooden stick to explain to everyone.

"In August, since Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebellion began, it is said that more than 10 people gathered! Everyone in Youzhou is in danger!"

Zhang Baiqi was surprised: "How could there be so many? The whole Youzhou has only a million people. Could it be that all the people in Youzhou were bewitched by Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju!"

Niu Guidao: "It should be an exaggeration, Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju was originally a powerful man in Youzhou, the private soldiers of the two families should exceed 4 people, and there may be 5 to 4 young and strong recruits, but the most important thing is that the two People formed an alliance with the entire Youzhou Karasuma people. The four Karasuma forces in Youzhou except Shanggu County Karasuma Lord Nanlou did not join Zhang Chun and the others, like Liaoxi County Karasuma Lord Qiu Liju, Liaodong State Karasuma Lord Su Pu Both Yan and Wu Yan, Lord Karasuma of Youbeiping County, joined Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebellion camp. It was the Karasuma people from these three counties who provided 5 to [-] cavalry. Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju dared to rebel and proclaim themselves emperor. confidence!"

Old man Wang was surprised and said: "Now there are more and more big men rebelling. It was rarely heard that there were ten thousand people before, but now as long as there is an uprising force, there must be more than a hundred thousand people!"

Wang Yong sneered and said: "Doesn't this just show that the big man is unpopular? Qu Shuai, according to my opinion, let's just join forces with Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju to deal with the big man. We occupy Daijun, Shanggu, Yuyang, Guangyang, Zhuo In these places in the county, Zhang Chunzhang called them to occupy the rest of Youzhou."

Wang Ge retorted: "Then we can help Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju to isolate the big man's attack. The two of them can recuperate in the land of Liaodong. We will lose both when we fight the big man!"

Wang Yong looked at the map and it seemed like this, he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment!

Xu Wei said: "Wait for Niu Gui to finish talking first, and then discuss it!"

Now Wang Yong and the others finally shut up and looked at Niu Gui!
Niu Gui continued: "Now the entire Youzhou army has been mobilized by Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju. The reinforcements from Huwuwan Colonel Qi Chou and Juojun Prefect Li Yu have rushed to Jicheng in Guangyang County, and Liu Zhenghe, the prefect of Youbeiping County Huang Yu, the prefect of Yuyang County, led the army to block the rebels along the Baoqiu River in the area of ​​Lucheng and Hunucheng. The army of the Han Dynasty is only about 2, and the army that can be mobilized in the future will not exceed [-]. It seems that the Youzhou Army Can only fight defensively!
"As for Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju and the others have only two directions of combat. One is to march towards Liaodong to completely solve their future troubles and occupy the entire four counties of Liaodong. The other is to attack the Youzhou Army in the direction of Yuyang and completely defeat the Youzhou Army. !"

Xu Wei asked in surprise: "Last year, the Youzhou Army could mobilize more than 10 troops. Why are there only this few left now? Where did their 10 field soldiers go?"

Niu Gui smiled and said: "Youzhou is not as rich as our Mayi, and the Youzhou army was only 3 to 4 at the time, and it also relied on Jizhou's financial support. However, Jizhou has suffered many wars over the years, so how can it be supported again? Youzhou army. So after we defeated Helian, Youzhou cut off these field soldiers because of financial emptiness.

The end of these field soldiers was very miserable. Liu Bei took away more than 3 veterans when he set off. After the governor of Xinyouzhou filled the 10 vacancies with these 3 field soldiers, they were dismissed by him, and the remaining 7 The soldiers wanted to go back to the place where they farmed, but the nobles in Youzhou had already taken a fancy to these fields. Liu Yu went to Luoyang City, and Liu Bei was in Jizhou. Tuntian, most of the more than 7 Tuntian soldiers have become refugees again. If they could not come to our Mayi along the Sanggan River to ask for a living, they would have to launch an uprising in Youzhou sooner or later! "

Then Niu Guibu smiled meaningfully: "So Zhang Chun, after Zhang Ju's rebellion, Youzhou didn't have many soldiers! The new governor of Youzhou will miss these soldiers very much!"

Xu Wei was surprised and said: "Are the nobles in Youzhou crazy? We, the Tengjia Army, are by their side. They don't want to strengthen the Youzhou Army, and even cut it off. They really don't worry about us sending troops to Youzhou?"

Niu Guidao: "Maybe they are really not worried. We have been in Mayi for more than two years, and we have not marched towards Youzhou. Instead, we have marched towards Heshuo and the grassland. Especially the nobles in Youzhou saw that they had occupied Shuofang County and defeated them." The Xianbei people in the west, they think that we have sinned and the Xianbei people on the grassland have no strength to march to Youzhou!"

Xu Wei's evaluation of these people can only be: "A bunch of idiots!"

After Niu Gui introduced the situation in Youzhou, everyone had a general understanding!

Old man Wang asked: "Shuai Qu, do you want to send troops to support Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju?"

Xu Wei shook his head and said: "Although they are also rebels, they are allied with the Karasuma people. We have been in Bianjun for more than two years. Naturally, we know that these barbarians have always been lawless. If they are allowed to wreak havoc in Youzhou, the entire Youzhou will be destroyed." I'm afraid I'm going to be beaten to pieces! Alliance with them is equivalent to helping them massacre the common people of the big man, we can't do such a thing!"

Niu Gui was surprised and said: "Shuai Qu, you don't mean to help the big man!"

Xu Wei shook his head and said: "I'm not stupid, how can I help the big man, at most the two don't help each other!"

Wang Ge felt regretful: "Shuai Qu, is this an opportunity? Although Taiyuan County still has Dong Zhuo's tens of thousands of Xiliang troops, but now Youzhou is in chaos, and we took the opportunity to occupy several counties. The court probably can only stare blankly!"

I have never seen a rebellious person like Qu Shuai, who is as stable as an old dog. As long as he is not touched, he will not want to occupy the territory if he has the opportunity.

We are rebelling, handsome!Who wouldn't take the opportunity to expand the territory!

Looking at the anxious eyes of his subordinates, Xu Wei can roughly guess what they are thinking!

Xu Wei is also speechless, you guys don't have this self-awareness yet, I don't want to find a way to pile up equipment, pile up organizational speed, pile up elite soldiers, how dare I lead you to fight in the world.

More importantly, you don’t know that I am a time traveler. I know that Dong Zhuo will occupy Luoyang City, and then all the princes in the world will attack Dong Zhuo.

After sinking for a long time, Xu Wei said calmly: "May is about to harvest in autumn, now is not the time to send troops. But we can make preparations to recruit refugees from the war to come to Mayi, and even trade with merchants in Mayi. If we come to Mayi, we can give them 100 yuan. If this uprising by Zhang Chun and the others can increase our population by hundreds of thousands, it will be equivalent to occupying several counties of the big man, and it will not cause the big man's rebellion. Be alert! It just so happens that our newly occupied Yunzhong County, Wuyuan County, and Shuofang County all need a large number of large households!"

The barbarians in the three counties of Heshuo already account for 6-7% of the population. If this population structure does not change, Heshuo will be turned into a barbarian sooner or later!
(End of this chapter)