Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 258 Drought in Guanzhong, Xun Chen wants to talk about Xun You

For Wen Chou, any conspiracy is like a chicken and a dog in the face of absolute power.

The Sixth Battalion set up a flag?

Thirty thousand elite soldiers?

Can it compare to the [-] tigers and leopards of General Wen Chou?
As Yuan Shao's power became stronger and stronger, all the generals under Yuan Shao's command began to become arrogant.

In the past, Gongsun Zan, the mighty Great Saibei and the self-proclaimed general, has now become a shy bastard in the Yijing Tower in Yijing City.

The three kings of Wuhuan, Tadun, Su Puyan, and Wuyan, the Xiongnu Shan Yufulo, and Ma Teng and Han Sui, who came from the Xiliang army, were all awed and succumbed to the prestige of Yuanmen.

In particular, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Yuan Shao's two generals from Yuan Cong, looked down on the three states and boasted that they were invincible.

Facing Wen Chou's refutation, Xun Chen couldn't help but frowned.

For a son of a wealthy family like Xun Chen, a martial artist like Wen Chou is out of sight.

All day long, he only knows how to kill, kill and kill, and doesn't understand at all what "soldiers and conquests" are.

"There is a saying in the art of war: Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the place of death and life, the way of survival, must be observed."

"The war between the two countries is related to the life and death of the country. It must be carefully observed and treated."

"General Wen is brave, but he is not a general who is victorious in every battle."

"If you lose the army, the whole country will be in a difficult situation because of your defeat."

"In today's situation, the two emperors are in the same sky. Most of the three prefectures of You, Ji, and Bing follow the orders of the general, while the six prefectures of Qing, Yan, Yu, Xu, Yang, and Jing, as well as the land in Guanzhong of Luoyang, all follow the orders of the general in name. Liu Xie ordered."

"Lu Bu and Zhang Miao honored Liu Xie and ruled Guanzhong, and Zang Hong, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Liu Biao ruled the six prefectures in honor of the Son of Heaven."

"Liu Xie didn't have enough appeal to call on the heroes, but the heroes all regarded the general as a military exploit."

"I am not afraid of fighting, but don't fight carelessly!"

Wen Chou, a military general, although he knows some military strategies, how can he be an opponent of a famous strategist like Xun Chen who can see the general situation.

After this analysis, De Wenchou was speechless when he refuted it.

Liu Xie is indeed as Wen Chou said, his appeal is not strong.

However, in the eyes of Lu Bu, Zhang Miao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others, Liu Xie represents the imperial power of the Han Dynasty and righteousness.

It doesn't matter whether it has appeal or not. The important thing is that everyone can take advantage of Liu Xie's power and justice to crusade against the rebellion of the false emperor and make an indelible contribution.

Yuan Shao stroked his short beard, nodded in praise and said, "Youruo's words are very kind! Who would like to go to Qingzhou to find out Liu Bei's real intention?"

As soon as the words fell, Xu You, Guo Tu, Feng Ji and other counselors either closed their eyes to rest or bowed their heads in meditation. No one planned to go to Qingzhou to inquire about news.

Xun Chen glanced at the crowd, snorted secretly, then cupped his hands to Yuan Shao and said, "General, Chen would like to go to Qingzhou personally."

"Chen's nephew, Xun You and Xun Gongda, are also visiting friends in Qingzhou. When he is going to Qingzhou, Chen persuades Gongda to come to Zhuocheng to assist the general in accomplishing his great cause."

Yuan Shao was taken aback: "Xun Gongda also went to Qingzhou? In the past, He Jin was in charge of the government and recruited more than [-] famous scholars from all over the world. Xun Gongda was also among them."

"I admire Xun Gongda's intelligence and courage."

"Later, when Dong Zhuo was in chaos, Xun Gongda conspired to assassinate Dong, but unfortunately, the villain leaked the secret and was imprisoned by Dong Zhuo in Chang'an."

"Xun Gongda's planning and decision-making can be compared to good and flat. If he can come to Zhuocheng, he will be appointed to the post of Shangshu, and he will wait for it!"

Xun Chen said happily: "If Gongda knows that the general has such a heart for seeking talents, he will definitely come here happily."

What Xun Chen didn't know was that if it was just to find out Liu Bei's purpose, no one wanted to get involved in Xun Chen's affairs.

But now, Xun Chen said that he would go to Qingzhou to invite Xun You to Zhuocheng, and Yuan Shao even wanted to leave the post of Minister in vain, which violated the taboo of all the counselors.

The current position of Shangshu is vacant. Yuan Shao is currently the general of the "Northern Dynasty" and records the affairs of the Shangshu.

Whether it is Xu You, Feng Ji, Shen Pei, Guo Tu, they are all staring at the position of Shang Shu.

after all.

The post of Shangshu governs all officials and takes charge of all government orders.

Whoever becomes the minister will be the No. 1 civil servant of Yuan Shaohui!
"Xun Youruo, knowing that he can't get the Shangshu, so he invites outsiders to grab it."

"If Xun You is allowed to become a minister, Xun Youruo will inevitably take power because of it. The Xun family will be the only family."

"Hmph! Shameless people, are you fooling us so ignorantly? If Xun Gongda takes half a step into Jizhou, I, Guo Tu, will kill myself on the spot."

"If you think that you have refuted Wen Chou, you can look at no one. Xun Youruo, you are looking for death yourself, and don't blame the wall for falling and everyone pushing you."

Xu You, Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Shen Pei and other civil servants all cast extremely unfriendly eyes on Xun Chen.

Xun Chen didn't know it at this time, and he was already thinking that after Xun You came to Zhuocheng and became a minister, he would be able to make drastic changes in selecting talents and appointing them.

"Brother, Chen, I won't be worse than you." In Xun Chen's mind, the conversation with Xun Yu in the past emerged.

Xun Yu went to vote for Cao Cao, which made Xun Chen very embarrassed under Yuan Shao's tent.

Especially after Cao Cao blatantly chose to support Liu Xie, Xun Chen's position became even more embarrassing.

So this time, Xun Chen made up his mind to persuade Xun You to enter Zhuocheng!

Changan.

Liu Xie got Liu Bei's memorial.

Seeing that Liu Bei also proposed to move the capital, Liu Xie frowned immediately.

Previously, when Cao Cao proposed to move the capital, Lu Bu, Zhang Miao and Chen Gong opposed it, and most of the public officials were unwilling to travel long distances to move the capital to Luoyang.

Luoyang was burned to the ground, and there were no people living in it for hundreds of miles. Moving the capital back to Luoyang is naturally not as comfortable as staying in Chang'an.

So Liu Xie also temporarily abandoned the idea of ​​​​moving the capital.

But now, Liu Bei has also written a letter to move the capital, and the reason makes it difficult for Liu Xie to choose.

One reason is that Guanzhong is in decline and cannot last long, and the roads are rugged, making it difficult for tribute from various states to arrive.

Another reason was that the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan was coming to an end. If Yuan Shao went south, it would be difficult for Liu Xie, who was far away in Chang'an, to order the soldiers of the six states to fight against Yuan Shao.

Liu Xie, who was undecided, once again convened a group of ministers to discuss the move of the capital.

"Moving the capital again?"

Lu Bu, Zhang Miao, and Chen Gong all frowned.

The last time Cao Cao proposed to move the capital, it had already caused headaches for the three of them.

Fortunately, most of the officials and ministers did not want to return to Luoyang, which made Cao Cao's proposal to move the capital to nothing.

As a result, Liu Bei also proposed to move the capital now!

"It must be that Cao Cao had communicated with Liu Bei before, that's why Cao Cao and Liu Bei proposed to move the capital one after another." Chen Gong whispered, and quickly guessed the reason.

Zhang Miao also said in a low voice: "Qingzhou is remote, and it is difficult to take care of the affairs of the court. If the capital is moved back to Luoyang, Liu Bei can enter Luoyang with light riding to meet the emperor."

"Liu Bei has already taken charge of the three states. If we meet the emperor again, we will lose our status."

"Never move the capital!"

After discussing secretly for a while, Zhang Miao loudly dissuaded him: "Your Majesty, now that Guanzhong is initially settled, it is time to treat the scholars and people kindly. If the capital is moved to Luoyang at this time, and the people waste money, it will definitely arouse the complaints of the Guanzhong scholars and people."

"Your Majesty is a benevolent monarch, how can you not give priority to scholars and common people?"

"The former Yuzhou Mu Cao Cao wrote a letter to move the capital, and the ministers have already refuted it based on reason. Today Qingzhou Mu Liu Bei said to move the capital, so don't pay attention to it."

"Could it be that if His Majesty doesn't move the capital, can't he order the soldiers of the six states to fight against Yuan Shao?"

As soon as Zhang Miao opened his mouth, another minister tried to dissuade Liu Xie from moving the capital. The reasons for the dissuasion were almost the same, and almost all of them were waste of money and people.

However, there are also ministers with low status in the court who strongly support the move of the capital.

These ministers did not really agree to move the capital, but if Liu Xie decided to move the capital, their status would rise.

Suddenly.

Senior Secretary Nong Zhou Zhong came out: "Your Majesty, I have something important to report!"

Liu Xie had a headache from the quarrel of the ministers over the matter of moving the capital, so he quickly asked, "What's the important thing for Da Sinonong?"

Zhou Zhong's tone was a little worried: "Your Majesty, since the first month of this year, it has been May now, and it rarely rains in Guanzhong."

"I made a special trip to check the files of Guanzhong for the past five years, and found that the number of rainy days in Guanzhong is decreasing every year."

"I am worried that there may be a severe drought in Guanzhong this year!"

"I think that the matter of moving the capital is imminent. Moving the capital one day earlier will allow the six prefectures to send money and food to Luoyang to help the common people."

Liu Xie was taken aback: "There is a severe drought in Guanzhong? How is this possible? Da Si Nong, have you checked it out?"

Zhang Miao, Chen Gong and others were also shocked.

"Da Sinong, do you know what you are talking about? How can you scare me in front of the emperor?" Zhang Miao was horrified and couldn't help shouting.

If there is a severe drought in Guanzhong, Zhang Miao's plan to spend three years in Guanzhong will be ruined.

Zhou Zhong was neither humble nor overbearing, and he was not moved by Zhang Miao's scolding, but said frankly: "It's recorded in the file. This year's rainy day is the least in the past five years."

"If Master Situ has visited the fields, he should be able to tell that the rivers in many places in Guanzhong have dried up."

"People have to irrigate their crops, and they have to fetch water from far away."

Liu Xie said movedly: "If there is really a severe drought, the crops in the field will hardly be harvested. Could it be that I have just been in charge, and the newly changed year name will encounter severe drought?"

Zhang Miao was moved when he heard the words, and suggested: "Your Majesty, you can set up an altar, offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, and pray for rain on the stage, so as to show your majesty's benevolence and love for the people."

Zhou Zhong's eyes suddenly became complicated.

Since ancient times, praying for rain has never really succeeded.

Zhang Miao is not a corrupt Confucian, how could he not understand?
However, Zhang Miao persuaded Liu Xie to pray for rain?

"Zhang Mengzhuo is too selfish, the country is in trouble." Zhou Zhong sighed secretly.

This group of ministers in the court survived the chaos of Dong Zhuo and Li Jue, and all of them are masters of maneuvering.

Zhou Zhong could see through Zhang Miao's thoughts at a glance.

Zhou Zhong didn't speak again, to avoid causing trouble to his upper body.

In terms of being wise and safe, these Chang'an ministers are also excellent.

Liu Xie wanted to pray for rain, so the proposal to move the capital was naturally shelved again.

However, although Liu Xie was the Son of Heaven, God did not respond to Liu Xie's prayer because of this.

As the weather got hotter and hotter, more and more rivers in Guanzhong dried up, and Liu Xie's prayer for rain flustered people's hearts.

The aristocratic families in Guanzhong also sensed the signs of the drought, and began to hoard and drive up food prices vigorously.

All of a sudden, the price of grain in Guanzhong was increasing by terrifying numbers every day!
Xu County.

Xun Yu, who has been paying attention to the situation in Guanzhong, also got the news of Liu Xie praying for rain and the soaring food prices in Guanzhong.

"There are signs of drought in Guanzhong, and my plan is about to come true!" Xun Yu's eyes became more excited.

After Confucius, Confucianism was divided into eight schools.

Mencius and Xunzi each belong to their own school.

Mencius followed the law of the ancestors, practiced benevolent government, and put forward the idea that the people are more important than the emperor, and the benevolent is invincible, which is mostly ideal and romantic.

Xun Zi Ming Wang Dao, rites and music, advocated both rituals and laws, kings and hegemony, and more emphasis on realism.

As the most orthodox ideological successor of the Xun family, Xun Yu also advocated etiquette and hegemony, focusing more on the interests of the gentry and despising the interests of the people.

For Xun Yu, Liu Xie must move the capital due to severe drought in Guanzhong.

And the vision of the emperor and Yingchuan scholar-bureaucrats ruling the world together can be realized.

As for the people in Guanzhong, whether they will be affected by the drought is not in Xun Yu's imagination.

Human nature is inherently evil, and those who have not been educated in etiquette can only be regarded as evil people in Xun Yu's eyes.

In other words, only scholars who have been educated in etiquette can be called good people!

The world is in chaos, and to save people, it is natural to save the good rather than the evil.

Therefore, Xun Yu would not object to Cao Cao's massacre of the city, nor would he object to Cao Cao treating the villagers as private slaves.

The attitudes towards the scholars and the people are naturally different due to the different positions of the classes.

Immediately.

Xun Yu found Cao Cao: "Duke Ming, Yuan Chang sent a letter: Liu Bei wrote to ask the emperor to move the capital, but Zhang Miao and other ministers refuted it. There are signs of drought in Chang'an, and the price of grain has skyrocketed. Now it has reached 20 yuan per dendrobium, Qian Yihu Dou Mai!"

Cao Cao was taken aback: "20 yuan for a dendrobium grain, [-] yuan for a dendrobium bean and wheat? Why don't you grab it?"

The market price of grain in a good year is only two hundred yuan, and when there is a shortage of grain, it is only three thousand yuan, and most of the time it will not exceed two thousand yuan.

As a result, now 20 yuan per hugu rice has directly increased the price by dozens of times.

How is this different from stealing money?
But soon, Cao Cao came to his senses, and his tone was joyful: "Drought in Guanzhong, Your Majesty has to move the capital. Wen Ruo's intention is to ask me to write a letter again, asking the emperor to move the capital?"

Xun Yu nodded: "Duke Ming is wise, that's exactly what Yu meant!"

"Duke Ming can send people to Guanzhong to spread nursery rhymes, bluntly saying 'Dong Thief burns Luo, Heaven punishes Chang'an', 'The land where Yingchuan is prosperous, the King of Zhongxing will come out!'"

The situation is changing, and so is Xun Yu's plan.

Originally, Xun Yu agreed with Guo Jia's idea and asked the emperor to move his capital to Luoyang.

Now, there is a severe drought in Guanzhong, and a god-sent opportunity.

Dong Zhuo had violated the law of heaven by burning Luoyang; heaven punished Chang'an because Dong Zhuo moved his capital to Chang'an.

And Yingchuan is the land of Longxing, as long as Liu Xie comes, he can become the king of Zhongxing.

Even if Zhang Miao and Chen Gong could see the purpose of the rumor, they couldn't stop Xun Yu's plan!

God's will is hard to violate!

The drought in Guanzhong continued, so Zhang Miao and Chen Gong couldn't break Xun Yu's plan.

Cao Cao clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Meng Zhuo is at the wrong time! If you are in the middle of the pass, you will not be able to achieve great things. This emperor, let me, Cao Mengde, assist you!"

Thinking of Zhang Miao's desperation in Guanzhong, Cao Cao's mood instantly became happy.

Since Zhang Miao recommended Zang Hong as the governor of Yanzhou, Cao Cao had a grudge against Zhang Miao.

Later, because Zhang Miao greeted the emperor first, Cao Cao couldn't let go of Zhang Miao.

Now that Zhang Miao is devastated, Cao Cao only feels that his internal organs are extremely happy.

(End of this chapter)