I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 375, the embarrassed Yuan Shao
Liu Hu nodded and said: "This Xizhong is a capable person. With a small village, he managed to get 3000 people. This can be regarded as a small county in the past! Now we have hundreds of thousands more in Liaodong. Population, the original counties are already difficult to manage so many people, you can lead people to plan and see if those villages can be merged into a county seat, this drama is not small, you merge the surrounding villages into a county!"

Although Liaodong is barren, its area is not small. If the four counties of Liaodong are removed, the area of ​​Liaodong alone can be compared with the area of ​​other counties in Youzhou. From this, we can see that Liaodong is empty, but now there are more With a population of hundreds of thousands, the 11 counties in Liaodong alone can manage these populations very well.

Gongsun Du smiled and said: "With the demonstration of Xizhong, other high-ranking officials will find ways to accommodate more Hu people. In this way, the development of Liaodong will definitely exceed the expectations of the ruling party!"

From Liu Hu's order, Gongsun Du felt that he still liked Xizhong.The reason is also very simple. Liu Hu was originally a Hun, and he belonged to the Hu faction in Dagan. He naturally didn't want the officials of Dagan to be too tough on the Hu people in Liaodong. The naturalized Hu people in Liaodong have strengthened the power of his faction. .

September of the fourth year of Chuping in the Han Dynasty (AD 193)
Liu Hu reported to Xu Wei that 10 new counties were added in Liaodong, and Xu Wei also agreed to Liu Hu's report. The new county magistrate was appointed by an outstanding village head originally dispatched to Liaodong, and Xi Zhong became the new county magistrate of Liaohe County. , Take charge of 10 Tunbao in the surrounding area!
Xu Wei was excited by the news from Liu Hu in Liaodong. Because of the disaster victims in the Central Plains, more than 500 people immigrated to Liaodong this year than Xu Wei expected. This year alone, [-] million mu of land has been reclaimed. These lands have reduced Big dry grain pressure.And if tens of millions of acres of land are reclaimed next year, Liaodong's grain may be able to support Youzhou.

This is definitely a surprise for Dagan, which is currently suffering from drought, and it has aggravated Xu Wei's idea of ​​increasing development of Liaodong. Now Dagan has the potential to become a granary only Liaodong is left. Although Jizhou The development is good, but Xu Wei knows that there should be natural disasters in the Central Plains in the past few years, and Jizhou Granary may be hard to count on.

Although the drought in Jizhou was not too serious this time, it affected a very large area. According to the information obtained by Xu Wei, Yanzhou and Sili were the places where the drought was most severe.

And this drought made Xu Wei suddenly think of "The Legend of Cao Cao" he played.

This time period should be when Cao Cao and Lu Bu are fighting for hegemony in Yanzhou.The two sides fought three times to compete for Yanzhou (this is the case in the biography of Cao Cao!) and had to stop halfway through the second time, because the entire Central Plains was suffering from drought. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it was said that Lu Bu and Cao Cao lived on rice and meat. In this crisis, Cao Cao even robbed the Yuzhou Yellow Turban Army for food.

And Xu Wei also remembered that Cao Cao occupied the fertile Central Plains, but whether he was fighting Tao Qian, Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, or even Yuan Shao later, he would experience food shortages (here I have to talk about Guandu In the war, Cao Cao's troops and territory were not much less than Yuan Shao's, but firstly, he was the place of the Fourth War, and secondly, he did not have enough food, so his army strength was not as good as Yuan Shao's, and even if he had several times less troops than Yuan Shao, in the end It was Cao Cao who ran out of food first. You must know that Cao Cao occupied Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Sili, all of which were the most fertile lands of the Han Dynasty, but Yuan Shao only had one Jizhou, which was actually not as much as Yuan Shao’s grain and grass!)

When beating Yuan Shu, he also borrowed the head of the food official!Obviously, when Cao Cao occupied the Central Plains, natural disasters were specially against him, so that his occupation of a fertile Central Plains grain became his biggest shortcoming.

With these memories, plus Xu Wei's own thinking about the current situation in the Central Plains, Xu Wei feels that the big man will not be very good in the next few years!So it is very necessary to develop a new granary.

At the same time, Xu Wei also has a feeling of causing disaster. He has been plagued by the food problem for several years, even if it has not completely disappeared, now it is finally Yuan Shao's turn, Cao Cao and the others are out of luck!In particular, all of Yuan Shao's core sites were devastated, but he even had an army of 20. Given the current situation in the Central Plains, he must be overwhelmed by the sudden drought!

Jingzhou, Xiangyang City!

Yuan Shao was really having a hard time at this time. He decided to give up force to deal with Liu Bei. He planned to compete with Liu Bei for power in the court.

Compared with the humble Liu Bei, all civil and military officials in the court have opinions on Liu Bei. If it weren't for Liu Bei who is capable of conscripting and fighting, the court would have been excluded long ago. In fact, they are still more optimistic about Yuan Shao's mastery of the big man military power, because Yuan Shao is one of his own.

It's a pity that Yuan Shao's ambition is too great. Now everyone knows that he has a bit of Sima Zhao's heart. Yuan Shao's actions are smashing their jobs, which makes the powerful clan headed by Yang Biao unite with Liu Bei to resist Yuan Shao.

And now Yuan Shao came to the court to show that Gao Tu, who replaced the Han Dynasty, was created by Yuan Shu, a prodigal son, and has nothing to do with me, Yuan Benchu. You see, I have come to Xiangyang City without letting go of the army. I, Yuan Benchu, are loyal to the Han Dynasty A lesson from heaven and earth!
Although everyone didn't believe it, they also believed that Yuan Shu's fate suppressed Yuan Shao's ambition and made him see the power of the court, which made Yuan Shao leave Luoyang City and come to Xiangyang!
As for Yang Biao and Zhang Wen, as long as Yuan Shao let go of his ambition of splitting the great Han and even proclaiming himself emperor, for them, Yuan Shao is his own. At least Lei Gong and the others still need Yuan Shao to resist.So Zhang Wen and others befriended Yuan Shao one after another, and Yuan Shao felt like returning to Luoyang City for a while.

But it didn't take long for Tianfeng to get bad news. Yanzhou suffered a severe drought, which affected the entire Central Plains. Then Sili also suffered from drought, and an earthquake occurred around Huashan Mountain.

This series of bad news made Yuan Shao's officials panic. Officials in this era are very superstitious and pay attention to the relationship between heaven and man. So many disasters occurred just after Yuan Shao occupied Sili and the Central Plains. Could it be that Yuan Shao's virtue is not enough to hold back Sili and the Central Plains, that's why there are so many disasters.

Although Yuan Shao didn't believe this, he suddenly found that he needed the support of the Xiangyang court to survive this disaster, mainly Liu Bei's support, because Liu Bei in the south was not afraid of drought at all, but was afraid of floods. It is beneficial for the development of South County.

This left Yuan Shao speechless. He still wanted to compete with Liu Bei for the control of the court, but now he asked Liu Bei instead. Under such circumstances, how could he have the nerve to compete with Liu Bei for power and profit.

After Xu You and the others discussed for a while, they also felt that now is not the time to fight for power and profit with Liu Bei, and it is most important to ensure Sili and Yanzhou!This made Yuan Shao sigh, even God is helping Liu Bei!
And not long after Yuan Shao arrived in Xiangyang City, Liu Bei led the Eastern Expedition Army back to Xiangyang City!

Yuan Shao and Liu Bei talked happily, as if they were good friends.

But Xu You and others looked at Liu Bei with three points of disdain and seven points of contempt. A down-and-out family like Liu Bei has become a general. No wonder the big man is declining day by day!

The haughty and domineering attitude of Xu You and others angered Zhang Fei who was on the side. He pulled Yuan Ji to Xu You's side and said, "Isn't this the Yuan family's slave? Seeing that the Patriarch didn't come to pay his respects, This is because the Yuan family has no rules, and they still want to rebel!"

Xu You and others were furious: "What are you talking about, you reckless man, who is a house slave?"

Yuan Shao was embarrassed at this time, because although Yuan Ji was his eldest brother, he was also an official next to Liu Bei. According to the tradition of this era, Liu Bei was Yuan Ji's lord, so Yuan Shao was inferior to Liu Bei in terms of identity!
Fortunately, Liu Bei said: "Yide don't be careless!"

He doesn't care about Yuan Shao's opinion, but he has to care about Yuan Ji's thoughts. After all, Yuan Ji has helped him too much since he became his long history. This time the battle with Yuan Shu alone, if it weren't for Yuan Ji, he would definitely not be able to go so fast. The forces that put down Yuan Shu get the whole of Yangzhou!Even if it was for Yuan Ji, he would not embarrass Yuan Shao!
While entering the city, Yuan Shao told Liu Bei what he had done during his stay in Sili, and emphasized that Gao Tu, the generation of the Han Dynasty, was made by Yuan Shu and had nothing to do with Yuan Shao!

Liu Bei smiled lightly and said, "It's good to clear up the misunderstanding. Your help, Brother Benchu, is indispensable if you want to revitalize the great man! If Brother Benchu ​​attacks Lei Gong in the north, even the position of General, Bei can be handed over to Brother Benchu!"

Yuan Shao didn't dare to answer these words. He had fought with Master Lei, so he naturally knew Lei Gong's strength. Now the Northern Expedition is just to die!Not to mention, now that his 20 army is about to eat grass, there is the ability to make a northern expedition!
He could only say: "Brother Xuande is a famous general in the world, and he has been invincible in all these years. Xuande has become a general who is trusted by the world. How dare Shao peek at the position of a general!"

Liu Bei was also very surprised by Yuan Shao's attitude towards him, and even felt a little flattering, which made him feel weird!

Liu Bei met with the emperor and reported the situation of the battle to the emperor!

The emperor naturally rewarded Liu Bei and his subordinates!At the same time, Yuan Shu and all his subordinates were demoted to Lingling County for reclamation!The war triggered by Yuan Shu is considered to have come to an end.

After the dynasty, King Chen Liu Chong and Zongzheng Liu Biao found Liu Bei together and told Liu Bei the current situation in the Central Plains.

Then Liu Chong said helplessly: "Ben Chu said that the people in the Central Plains are now fleeing to Lei Gong's territory. If the imperial court does not support the Central Plains, he may not be able to resist Lei Gong! The Central Plains may be taken by Lei Gong!"

Liu Chong has a close relationship with the Yuan Clan. Back then, he and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were both the second generation of the top officials of the Han Dynasty, so his relationship with Yuan Shao was also very good.But when Yuan Shao formed the Kwantung Allied Forces to attack Dong Zhuo, the relationship between Liu Chong and Yuan Shao began to deteriorate.

It was the same even if Yuan Shao made him a general to assist the Han Dynasty. Later, the situation of the Han Dynasty changed too quickly, and the Yellow Turban Army suddenly broke out in the entire Central Plains. He had no choice but to protect himself in the Yangxia City of Chen State. Ten thousand people, and even trained an army of [-].Because both sides wanted to suppress the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains, and then Lei Gong became bigger, and the big man had to deal with Lei Gong with all his strength. At this time, the relationship between him and Yuan Shao eased a little.

But not long ago, the entire Central Plains was rumored that "Yuan's family replaced the Han" and Liu Chong believed that Yuan Shao was ambitious and a rebellious minister of the great Han!Originally, he didn't want to intercede with Yuan Shao, but Liu Biao found him and told Liu Chong that Yuan Shao is indispensable in the Central Plains, the Central Plains is in chaos, and if Lei Gong took the opportunity to seize it, the world of the great man would really perish.

Liu Chong thought for a long time and felt that Lei Gong was far more harmful than Yuan Shao, so he asked Liu Bei to intercede for Yuan Shao.

Hearing this, Liu Bei was surprised and said, "Is the drought in the Central Plains really that serious? Sili is the most fertile place in the Han Dynasty. Now there is no need to support the imperial court, so it can't solve the drought in the Central Plains?"

Liu Biao sighed and said, "Due to the rebellion of the Xiliang army, half of Sili has become a piece of white land, and this time the drought broke out in the Central Plains, and Henan has also suffered disasters. It can barely protect itself and cannot support the Central Plains at all. Now millions of people in the Central Plains are suffering from disasters. Every day, people cross the Yellow River and flee to Lei Gong's territory. Now Benchu's subordinates are already preventing such behavior. Lei Gong has already become big. If he is allowed If we recruit the victims, the entire Central Plains will be empty, where will we go to recruit troops to resist Lei Gong!"

Liu Bei asked, "How much food and grass do you want at the beginning?"

Liu Biao said: "Brother Benchu ​​said that without five million shi, it would be difficult for him to stabilize the Central Plains!"

Zhang Fei on the side said angrily: "Yuan Shao has such a big tone, the moment he opened his mouth, he paid 500 million shi. He really thinks that the imperial court belongs to him!"

Then he pointed at Liu Biao and cursed: "You can be regarded as a clan member of the Han family. It's fine if you don't help us, but you actually helped Yuan Shao to plot against my elder brother!"

Liu Biao was said to be blushing. Liu Biao had eight cooks among the scholars. He had been friends with Yuan Shao since he was a child. He and Yuan Shao had a friendship of more than 20 years. After arriving in Xiangyang City, he knew that the strength of the great Han had declined sharply, so he reused capable Han clansmen, and Liu Biao was recommended by Liu Bei as Zongzheng, one of the nine ministers, during this period.

Logically speaking, he should be Liu Bei's person, but now he is helping Yuan Shao to speak, and Yuan Shao is Liu Bei's biggest political enemy, so it's no wonder that Zhang Fei wants to curse.

Liu Chong helped Liu Biao explain: "We are also for the sake of the big man. Don't forget how the Yellow Turban Army broke out and how Lei Gong grew stronger. It's not like they have grown stronger after disasters. Now we don't help Yuan Shao solve the drought problem in the Central Plains. The Yellow Turban Army may break out again in the Central Plains, even if there is no outbreak, Lei Gong's army will sweep the Central Plains, and the people of the Central Plains who are suffering from drought will definitely turn to Lei Gong. Now that we don't support Yuan Shao, I'm afraid it will be too late for us to regret it!"

(End of this chapter)