Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 316 Open the door
Tian Yu and Yan Rou looked at each other, and obeyed.

Yan Rou and Yuan Xi didn't have much contact, and Yuan Xi really didn't want these people to die well, but the leader of the Black Mountain Army over there shouldn't be so easy to fall for it, right?

These cavalry soldiers who were sent back will receive some suspicion. The best way to deal with it is to disperse these people and monitor them. Otherwise, what else can they do, and they can all be killed?
If you really want to do this, the spirit of the Montenegrin Army will be broken, and I'm afraid it will collapse without a fight.

Just when he felt that Yuan Xi's strategy might fail, Yuan Xi turned around and arranged another matter for Guo Jia who rushed over.

The nearly thousand refugees who were going to be expelled from Beixin City before were also mixed in and sent back.

Over the past few days, there have been quite a few refugees who have escaped from Montenegro, among which the good and the bad vary greatly.

Although there are those who abide by the law and work honestly, there are also those who have not changed their habit of banditry from the beginning to the end, and have repeatedly robbed and caused trouble in the city.

These offenders were all arrested and locked up, waiting for Yuan Xi's fate, but Yuan Xi decided to drive them back to Montenegro, together with the cavalry captured today.

Yan Rou is thoughtful, this envoy seems to have a lot of ideas, so the Black Mountain Army will have even more headaches when facing this group of people.

And maybe there are really spies sent by Yuan Xi mixed in!

After doing this, Yuan Xicai dismounted from the city and mounted his horse, and took everyone to the Chengshou Mansion to meet Xu You.

When the refugees who entered the city along the way saw them, they stood by the side of the road and saluted the team, their eyes flashed with awe.

Some of them were active in their minds and wanted to go to the city to do things. When they saw Ji Dagen's head hanging on the top of the city, they were secretly chilled and restrained unconsciously.

Xu You had been waiting in front of the mansion for a long time. He had known earlier that Yuan Xi came back this time to check the grain and grass accounts of Beixin City!
So these days, he tried his best to find a way to fill the vacancy, so as not to be made a victim by Yuan Xi.

My own nephew, he killed as soon as he said he would, with his head hanging on the top of the city. This fierce tiger of the Yuan family has a brain problem, and he doesn't care about the face of the noble family at all!

Xu You regretted being ordered by Yuan Shang to come to Youzhou to work. If he had known Yuan Xi was so cruel, he would not have come if he was killed!

Xu You was relieved to hear that the black mountain cavalry outside the city was harassing. He thought that he might have to fight until night today, and the audit would have to be postponed until tomorrow.

As a result, within two hours, all the Black Mountain cavalry outside the city were wiped out, and the leader was also decapitated. Hearing that Yuan Xi was bringing people to the mansion, Xu You hurriedly led his subordinate officials, straightened their clothes, and stood at the door to welcome Yuan Xi.

Not long after, Yuan Xi led people to arrive, he jumped off the horse and smiled at Xu You: "Mr. Ziyuan has worked hard, please move out the account, I want to see it."

Xu You saw that Tian Yu and Yan Rou next to Yuan Xi were covered in bloodstains, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly led everyone to the backyard, and opened several rooms, which were full of accounts, rolls of bamboo slips, piled up Almost to the roof.

When Yuan Xi saw it, he ordered Jushou to take the lead, and the subordinates read it separately.

Seeing everyone's serious expressions, Xu You thought to himself that he might not be able to finish reading these things for a few days, and he had almost made up the shortfall, so there shouldn't be any problems, right?

Thinking of this, Xu You gritted his teeth with hatred. Isn't the purpose of being an official for the gentry is to make a lot of money from it, otherwise what are you working so hard to be an official?
If he didn't know that Yuan Xi would definitely target him, he wouldn't bleed profusely and spit out money and food again!

Contrary to Xu You's expectations, Ju Shou and the others just took out the summary of the running accounts for the past six months, read them roughly, and ordered someone to write down the approximate figures. It took less than half an hour before they finished and left the house.

Xu You was very pleasantly surprised. It seemed that Yuan Xi was doing superficial work to prepare everyone to be friendly?

He hurriedly smiled at Yuan Xi: "Your envoy will be busy all the way, so prepare some thin wine."

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Mr. Ziyuan has worked hard, but everyone is tired, and it's war time. As the governor, it's not good for me to take the lead and make an exception for drinking."

"Mr. Ziyuan's wishes, Xixin has accepted, and we will have to rely on Mr. Ziyuan's care for the logistics in the future."

Xu You quickly agreed, and saw Yuan Xi leaving with everyone, Xu You seemed to be in a dream, is this the end?
It seems that Yuan Xi is still very jealous of Yuan Shang, maybe he doesn't want to tear himself apart with Yuan Shang?
Xu You couldn't help feeling a little complacent, but as a top strategist, he couldn't be clear-headed, and always had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

He thought about it, and called a few of his confidants to leave the mansion and secretly follow behind Yuan Xi's team, to see if he went back directly to the mansion.

Not long after, a confidant ran back anxiously and reported: "The envoy has not returned to the mansion, he brought some people, and was talking to the people in the market!"

Xu You thumped in his heart, quickly changed into casual clothes, messed up his hair, and quietly left the house through the back door.

He trotted all the way, according to the place his confidant said, he soon saw Yuan Xi leading Zhao Yun and others, talking to an old man selling straw mats by the side of the street, surrounded by a few people.

Xu You rolled his eyes, turned his back and approached slowly, and walked dozens of steps away, pricked up his ears, and eavesdropped on what Yuan Xi was saying.

I saw Yuan Xi's voice came, "I remember Mr. Zhou, you used to make rice buckets, why are you selling straw mats now?"

The peddler heard this, and said with a happy smile, "Master, you actually remember the villain!"

He immediately sighed: "Don't mention it. Since the Chinese New Year a few months ago, for some reason, almost no one has come to buy rice buckets. Up to now, I still have hundreds of buckets in my house, and I almost can't put them down."

"I don't think there is a solution, so I quickly changed careers at the beginning of spring, and bought some reeds to make mats and sell them to make ends meet."

Yuan Xi said with a smile: "Master Zhou's rice buckets are perfectly made, and he is a carpenter. It's a pity."

"I'm short of carpenters under my command now. Do you want to follow me? If you can lead an apprentice and teach one more person, I will give the old man an extra share of money."

The peddler listened and said with a smile: "Is there such a thing?"

"Then I'll be cheeky and eat with the young master!"

Everyone burst into laughter after hearing this, but Yuan Xi turned to the people around and asked, "I bought Mr. Zhou's bucket two years ago, and it is very strong. Does anyone know why no one bought it?"

Everyone was silent for a while, and then someone muttered: "During the Chinese New Year, it is difficult to buy food. Everyone's buckets are empty, so why buy buckets?"

After Yuan Xi heard this, he said, "Why, isn't rice on the street supplied daily by the head?"

He said to Zhao Yun: "Before Zilong and I left Beixin City, didn't we make bamboo chips, can the people in the city buy grain with this?"

Zhao Yun nodded and said: "Indeed, there are unique marks on the bamboo chip, it is difficult to fake it."

Someone in the crowd said: "We all have bamboo chips, but we are often short of food. Halfway through the queue, they are gone. One day's food can be eaten for three days."

Someone laughed and said, "I've been hungry for days more than before, we're content, we can make it through, we all believe in you, sir."

Yuan Xi heard this, and said with a smile: "It's my fault. There were a lot of wars in the past few days, and the military rations were adjusted to make you suffer."

Everyone hurriedly said: "Where is the young master, without the young master's soldiers guarding the city, we would have died somewhere."

Xu You's cold sweat broke out, and he finally understood why Yuan Xi didn't look at the accounts. He knew that he had adjusted the accounts and couldn't find any major problems, so he simply gave up looking for problems from the accounts!

Then he directly started from the ordinary people in the market, and directly asked about the living conditions of the past six months!
Around the Chinese New Year, when Jushou left Beixin City, Xu You mobilized food and grass in the city to make up for the shortfall. Although it could ensure that the people in the city would not starve to death, because of frequent mobilization, there was often a shortage of food in the market.

Xu You thought that the food would be mobilized once every few days, as long as people in the city didn't starve to death. He himself had food to eat anyway, so he didn't think there was anything, but the people below remembered the hunger very clearly.

Seeing Yuan Xi in the distance, although he was smiling, his brows were slightly wrinkled, and his heart felt cold, something bad happened!
Yuan Xi said to everyone: "Please rest assured, I will try my best to avoid such things from happening in the future."

Everyone laughed: "It is enough for the young master to have this sentence. We know in our hearts that as long as the soldiers are full and win the battle, and the hungry are full, we will survive more or less."

"If we lose the battle, even if our family has hundreds of dendrobium grains, we won't be able to eat them."

Someone echoed: "That's understandable. Besides, there is no one in our family who is a soldier. They all came here from hunger with the young master."

"So we didn't panic at all when we went hungry for a few meals a year ago, because the young master promised at the beginning that he would not abandon us."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi was suddenly touched.

Why Zheng Boke Duan Yuyan, although the strategy is good, but these people in front of him are the ones who suffer.

They trust themselves so much, can they bear to abandon them?
He resolutely said: "Okay! If you have any difficulties, you can come to my residence at any time. Even if I'm not here, someone will listen to your complaints, and I'm sure they will spread the word to my ears!"

The crowd cheered after hearing this.

In the distance, the cold sweat on Xu You's face became more and more.

He discovered that he had miscalculated one thing!
Back then, there was a shortage of food in the city, and there was no turmoil. He was complacent, thinking that the people in Beixin City were docile, but he didn't expect that it was because they trusted Yuan Xi that they didn't gather crowds to make trouble!

Yuan Xi told the audience to disperse, and then led them into the food store of the restaurant. Xu You could clearly hear that he was checking the current accounts for these days.

His mouth was full of bitterness, knowing that there was no need to listen any longer, so he sneaked away.

Things can't be hidden anymore, I have to find a way to protect myself!

Yuan Xi looked at the accounts of the restaurant and said to Guo Jia, "I just heard what the people said, and I have an idea."

"People have difficulties, but they have nowhere to go to the government. Even if they can go in, it is difficult to find someone in charge."

"Everyone has high hopes for me. When I go back, I will keep the side door of the mansion open, find a room behind the door, and put a few relatives there to receive people who have something to tell."

"At that time, everything will be recorded, and those that can be dealt with will be directly sent to the relevant officials for handling, and disputes will be reported layer by layer until the person who solves it is found."

After hearing this, Guo Jia smiled and said, "My lord, this idea is very unique."

"There is a custom among the gentry to receive visits to famous people, but the son is a filial piety, and he will not refuse anyone who comes. In this way, the popularity of the people will inevitably rise."

Yuan Xi said in his heart that he really wanted to solve the problem, after all, this model is very useful for future generations.

The door of the superior should always be open to the people at the bottom. The purpose of government orders is to benefit the people and facilitate the people, not to disturb the people and harm the people.

Otherwise, how is it different from people like Xu You?
(End of this chapter)