I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 263, Dong Zhuo's Dilemma
In January of the second year of Chuping (AD 191)!Luoyang City!

After the warning order was launched, Dong Zhuo finally had enough money and food to support Huangfusong, but the price was extremely high. He found that he could not sell anything other than money and food, even because of the warning order. , the economic ties of the whole big man were severed, the prices of the big man's goods were skyrocketing, and the whole big man's resentment was accumulating, all of which were pointed at Dong Zhuo!
Because Dong Zhuo presided over the complaint order, the officials and soldiers who went to various places to preside over the complaint were all his confidants.I also know that the Xiliang army will kill indiscriminately under Dong Zhuo's nose.Once they left Luoyang City, they were still lawless. They relied on Dong Zhuo as their backer, ignored the laws of the Han Dynasty, and brought their habits from Xiliang to the Central Plains.

And the elite clans of the Central Plains kept encouraging Dong Zhuo’s subordinates to kill, wanting to fish in troubled waters, so as to buy these merchants’ shops and properties at a very low price. After all, the Central Plains was ravaged by the Yellow Turban Army for a year. Counting, many aristocratic families seem to want to annex some big businessmen and powerful families to restore their vitality, and even these ruined aristocratic families are just big pieces of fat, and they are told to give them a chance to eat small fish.

Where does Qiu Ba under Dong Zhuo know which family is rich in the local area?Which big businessman?It's not about relying on the local elites, so these elites falsely accused their opponents, rich and powerful merchants, as profiteers.

The soldiers of the Xiliang Army did not investigate, and were even delighted to have the help of local elites and nobles, which allowed them to make accurate copies and get a lot of money. Reward them with enough money and food. In Dong Zhuo's view, even if some merchants have been wronged, what can he do? He would not spare some merchants for the sake of a big man.

And Dong Zhuo's actions made the soldiers in his hands even more unscrupulous. As long as the quota is paid, the rest can be owned by himself. There are no merchants behind, powerful and small families are also targeted by these Xiliang soldiers Well, it can be said that a small part of the money obtained by the complaint order was obtained by Dong Zhuo and his subordinates, and most of it was annexed by the nobles of the Central Plains, and the blame was also held on Dong Zhuo's head!
In the end, the matter intensified, and finally implicated the nobles from all over the country. The powerful nobles in the Central Plains even killed each other with the help of the Xiliang Army. Yang Biao and Zhang Wen finally realized what was wrong. Let alone killing businessmen, how could they kill each other? His own head was on the line, and many aristocrats in the Central Plains began to write letters to Yang Biao and Zhang Wen, accusing Dong Zhuo of the behavior of his subordinates, and asked them to stop Dong Zhuo from continuing to implement the warning order.

The ministers of the court couldn't bear it, so they jointly wrote a letter to the emperor, saying that it should be stopped and the corrupt officials should be held accountable.In fact, it is to let Dong Zhuo kill his messy subordinates to stabilize people's hearts!
Dong Zhuo also realized that something was wrong at this time. Now he can stabilize the big man, relying on him and the Kansai clan alliance, and secondly, the threat of the Rattan Army and the Yellow Turban Army, so that the clans in the Kanto dare not resist him.

But these warning orders not only made the Kanto clan dissatisfied with him to the extreme again, even his ally Yang Biao began to be dissatisfied with him.If Yang Biao broke up with him, Dong Zhuo would not be able to maintain the regime in Luoyang, because he could not govern the country with a group of warriors.

Dong Zhuo was extremely disappointed with his subordinates. If they were controlled, they would die, and if they were released, they would be chaotic.

Dong Zhuo immediately ordered his subordinates to return to Luoyang City, but Dong Zhuo did not listen to the suggestion to kill his subordinates at all. He would not do things that would damage his foundation, but he still had to learn a lesson.

Dong Zhuo let all the Xiliang officers who returned to Luoyang City enter the prime minister's mansion.Then he whipped these officers with two whips!The Xiliang officers who were beating them ran wildly, panting for breath before stopping!

"How many troubles do you idiots have to get into before you realize that Luoyang City here is in the hinterland of the Central Plains! It's not Xiliang, don't bring the Western Liang style to the Central Plains!" Dong Zhuo shouted angrily: "One by one, follow the idiots! I don’t even know if I’m being used by others!”

A Xiliang military officer was not convinced and said: "Minister Guo, we have listened to your order, and we have also obtained 10 shi of grain and 100 yuan in property. This is considered a meritorious service. You treat the meritorious officials like this. Convinced!"

Dong Zhuo couldn't hold back his anger any longer and said, "I'm still not convinced! This old man will beat you to death!"

Dong Zhuo was beaten again and again, and the officer screamed again and again!Niu Fu at the side immediately grabbed Dong Zhuo and said, "My lord, enough is enough, if you hit him again, you will kill him!"

Dong Zhuo said angrily: "It's better to die! I don't have to suffer!"

However, Dong Zhuo stopped, and then asked Jia Xu to take out a stack of memorials and said, "I will convince you! This is a good thing you did. You collected 10 shi of grain and 100 million yuan in Chenliu County. You are greedy." You bought more than 200 catties of gold, but your good brother Zhang Chen got 2 mu of land, 3 manors and 12 shops. These things are worth more than 4 million yuan! You fool, you are not even willing to give You, just throw a little bit of scum at you, and you still proudly call others brothers and sisters, the old man's reputation is ruined by you idiots!"

Dong Zhuo also dared to act bravely when the warning order caused chaos in the Central Plains, but now it seems that he got the most money and food. After investigation, he found that he only got a little dregs, and the top elites got it, nothing else The value of the millions of acres of land in the hands of these big merchants alone is worth more than 2 billion yuan. You must know that this is the most fertile land in the Central Plains, and one mu can be sold for [-] yuan.

Not only did Dong Zhuo get the least, but he also took the blame. Now the whole big man is dissatisfied with him. Even Yang Biao and Zhang Wen have said a few harsh words to him, which even affects the foundation of his rule. , This makes Dong Zhuo not angry!
Moreover, due to the killing of merchants in large numbers, merchants from all over the country fled, cutting off the commercial routes of the entire Central Plains, and causing the prices of goods in the entire Central Plains to skyrocket.

And what made Dong Zhuo helpless, these merchants all ran to the territory of the Tengjia Army. Doesn’t this mean that his big Han country is more like a bandit than Lei Gong? Although Dong Zhuo has a thick skin, he also feels a blush .

When Dong Zhuo said this, the officers who came out of Luoyang City were dumbfounded. They didn't expect that all the family leaders who were good with their brothers would treat them as fools.

Niu Fu was even more excited and said: "Minister Guo, our people can't just let them cheat, I will take 5000 cavalry to the Central Plains, and kill all these villains!"

Dong Zhuo said angrily: "You know how to kill people if you have any brains. You want the truth to be kicked out of Luoyang City, don't you?"

"Leave them alone this time, but remember them for the truth, and when we defeat Lei Gong, the truth will come to trouble them!"

Then Dong Zhuo looked at the Xiliang officer kneeling on the ground and said angrily: "You all go to the vanguard camp for the truth. If you can't take the crime and make meritorious service, let's see how the truth will deal with you!"

Knowing that they survived, these officers said, "Thank you Prime Minister for your mercy!" Then they left the Prime Minister's Mansion one by one!

Dong Zhuo helplessly sat on the rocking chair and shook his head: "Everyone is not worry-free!"

He doesn't even know what's wrong with the big man. The military affairs are still normal, but as long as it involves government affairs, it's okay to not move. As long as there are any policies, even if he formulates them very well, it will cause turmoil, and even the whole country. .

Just like the warning order this time, Dong Zhuo obviously only wanted to target some powerless merchants, but let’s not talk about merchants now. The local tycoons, powerful families, and even ordinary people were all affected. Originally, they only offended The class of merchants, but under Dong Zhuo's subordinates, Dong Zhuo completely offended the entire big man's scholars, farmers, industry and commerce!
He managed to improve his reputation, and now his reputation is stinking again. Local officials have started calling Dong Zhuo, Dong thief!

This simply made Dong Zhuo feel a little helpless, and even a little scared. Although the warning order cannot be stopped now, after all, it cannot be changed overnight, so that his prestige will decrease faster.

But Dong Zhuo had taken back his subordinates, and at the same time handed over all the matters of the complaint order to Yang Biao and Zhang Wen.

Anyway, what he wanted at the beginning was just money and food, and now the court has enough money and food, and now Dong Zhuo used the excuse of forming a 10 army for the Northern Expedition, entrusting the government affairs to Yang Biao and Zhang Wen, which was barely a step for himself. up!

Then Dong Zhuo looked at Jia Xu and said, "Whatever the logistics materials are prepared, can the army go out in March! Brother Yizhen is very urgent. If we can't attack Taiyuan County in March, the entire Youzhou may not be able to survive! "

Jia Xu said helplessly: "The imperial court is not short of food and grass now. The imperial court has accumulated 500 million stones of grain and grass in Linfen, which is enough for an army of 10 to use for a year. Cars, trebuchets, bed crossbow siege equipment, etc. are not even half satisfied, and there is also a large shortage of clothing, tents, and various herbs for treating knife wounds!"

Dong Zhuo said strangely: "Now the imperial court has tens of billions of money, and they can buy whatever they need. I need to teach you this!"

Jia Xu smiled wryly and said: "But the current situation is that they cannot be sold. In less than a month, the imperial court bought goods worth billions of dollars in Luoyang City, and basically bought out all the goods in Luoyang City. The price of a kitchen knife is close to that of an iron sword. No matter what goods the court buys, it will immediately increase by 10 times. In the past, woolen cloth could be bought for 1000 yuan in Luoyang City, but now it is difficult to buy even if you have tens of thousands of dollars. Your Majesty has arranged purchasing envoys all over the Central Plains, but it is a pity that there are no merchants in the Central Plains under the order of notification, and the common people have already started bartering!"

Dong Zhuo’s suing order confiscated all the wealthy lands of the Han Kingdom, and now the merchants in these places are fleeing to death, and business activities have come to a complete standstill, and Dong Zhuo actually wants to use money to buy goods, isn’t it a joke? Bar!

Jia Xu even complained that these big soldiers from Xiliang didn't understand anything. If they transported the merchant's goods to Luoyang City, he wouldn't be in such a difficult situation. It was sold to the local aristocracy at a low price.

What they transported to Luoyang City were grain, copper coins and gold, so that now the entire Luoyang City has tens of billions of money, but there are not many goods. get the goods.The price of the entire Luoyang city skyrocketed.

Although Jia Xu doesn't understand the economic knowledge of inflation, he is a smart person, and he can vaguely feel that the price of Luoyang City has risen so fast and there is too much money in Luoyang City!
And he also had a feeling that there was a mastermind behind the scenes pushing up the price of Luoyang City. He found several aristocratic families who wanted to buy their family's goods, but these family owners said that their goods had already been purchased.

Jia Xu could feel that what these patriarchs said was true. Thinking about it, it might be that the Tengjia Army was also buying supplies in Luoyang City. After all, they were also maintaining an army of more than 40. , I don’t care what kind of thunder is not thunder, knowing that it can’t be stopped, and it will easily affect the relationship between the Xiliang Army and the Kansai clan. Jia Xu didn’t tell Dong Zhuo!
Although Jia Xu is smart, he doesn't understand business matters after all. He only thought that the purchase of these goods by the Tengjia Army was preparing for war, but he didn't expect that this was actually a part of the economic war, and the price of Luoyang City could be pushed up to what it is now Thanks to Wei Chang and the others who used woolen cloth as a bond to buy the goods in the hands of the aristocrats.

In order to purchase goods from the Central Plains and Sili, Zhang Baiqi prepared 1000 million pieces of wool cloth, and the price was set at 1000 yuan a piece, which was equivalent to a purchasing power of 100 billion yuan. The woolen cloth bonds can be doubled by changing hands, so naturally they are willing to hand over the goods in their hands to the Rattan Armor Army, and wait for the woolen cloth in half a year.

These aristocrats are not worried that Lei Gong will renege on his debts. Lei Gong has been in the big man for several years. They are extremely strict, they don’t take the people’s needles and threads into account, and the business is very fair. At least they haven’t done anything that would damage their reputation. Their trust in Lei Gong is even higher than that of Dong Zhuo. They don’t worry about the money in their hands. Bonds don't get woolen cloth.

And in Zhongyuan, there are no merchants to transport goods, and tens of billions of goods are missing, so the price will not skyrocket!Even a smart person like Jia Xu didn't expect that the Tengjia Army would buy so many goods.

He was still thankful that his fellow villagers were not stupid to the end, and left him some food and grass, otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to raise enough food and grass for the army to march out!
(End of this chapter)