A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 417: Short-sightedness and short-sightedness are far away.

Faced with Tian Feng's impassioned speech, Yuan Shao had not spoken yet. Guo Tu, a clever little man who claimed to be his lord's confidant, a roundworm in his belly, and his pioneer, stepped out and said to Tian Feng:

"Hmph, my lord, don't listen to Tian Biejia's nonsense. He is not exaggerating, but bending the facts.

As far as I know, the real situation is completely different from what you said? Now that the big families and families below heard that the lord's military resources were in short supply, they donated generously for the sake of the world and the lord's great cause.

Some people even sold all the ancestral property they had inherited from their ancestors in order to support their lord in winning this battle.

Well, now in your mouth, Tian Feng, these enlightened gentry and selfless wealthy people have turned into powerful bullies, and they are simply crazy.

My lord, Tian Feng's move is simply to confuse the people's hearts and intend to cut off the lord's logistics. This is a move towards Liu Bei. I ask the lord to behead him as a warning to others and to reassure the people. "

Tian Feng's rival Guo Tu finally caught Tian Feng's fault and now launched a crazy attack on him.

Guo Tu is a well-known favorite under Yuan Shao. He is not only a descendant of the Guo family of a wealthy family in Jizhou, but also the biggest profiteer from this grand feast of the wealthy families in Jizhou.

"My lord, what Guo Tu said is purely false. He is confusing right and wrong in order to confuse my lord. My lord..."

"Okay." Yuan Shao interrupted Tian Feng very seriously, and then said in a cold tone: "I can tell whether it is true or false, but you, instead of staying in Yecheng to raise food and pay for the army, you secretly What is the purpose of coming here?"

"Lord, I..."

"Okay, I don't want to listen to your sophistry anymore. You and I will take it down, put you in jail, and escort you back to Yecheng Prison. We will make a final decision after I defeat Liu Bei."

"My lord, you can't act like this, you will lose the support of the people of the world, my lord..."

Guo Tu felt so happy when he saw Tian Feng, who had been most at odds with him in the past, being imprisoned, and it was because of his own hands. This made his slightly handsome face look so proud.

But what he didn't notice was that from above, a cold gaze looked at him, as if looking at a cow or sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

"Now that Tian Feng has been convicted and imprisoned, there is a vacancy for the person responsible for the army's food and salary. I have decided to appoint the chief secretary Guo Tu as Jizhou Fajia to be responsible for raising the army's food and salary."

Guo Tu didn't expect that such a good job would fall on him, so he happily accepted the task.

After Yuan Shao left the tent, Xu You, another counselor who had served with him in the past, came up to him and said flatteringly, "Congratulations to Guo Bie for your promotion."

Guo Tu pretended to be cool, smiled slightly, and said with satisfaction: "Haha, it's easy to talk, it's all important to the lord."

Xu You then revealed his purpose. When Guo Tu heard that business was coming, he immediately coughed and glanced around with clear eyes:

"Since Mr. Xu has something to ask me about, it's not appropriate to discuss it here. Why don't we go to our military tent to talk about it. After all, I will be leaving for Ye in the next few days."

"Oh, look at my head, Guo, don't drive, please!"

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In contrast, Yuan Shao's rear frequently encountered problems, while Liu Bei's rear was actually as stable as Mount Tai. Of course, this was not because there was Mount Tai on Liu Bei's territory.

Xuzhou, Xiapi, Chang Shifang on the left side of Zuojiang Mansion.

"Your Majesty, this is an official document from Qingzhou Biejia Zhuge's birthday. It is an urgent document."

Bai Dian's head was buried in piles of bamboo slips and cloth. Several people in the room were hurriedly coming and going. Apart from the sound of slight footsteps and one or two simple explanations, there was only the sound of flipping through the bamboo slips.

"What did you say?"

"There was civil unrest in Beihai County, and the local government suppressed it with force. Seven people were killed and dozens injured."

Bai Dian stopped writing furiously and raised his head: "Show me!"

He placed the brush on the pottery Bijia Mountain, took the cloth, lit the candle, and squinted his eyes to take a closer look. However, since the light in the room was really bad, and there were mountains of letters on the desks, it seemed even darker.

When an employee on the side saw this, he immediately put down what he was doing, took two quick steps, picked up the candle in front of him, and approached Bai Dian.

Bai Dian just glanced at it and ignored it. His eyes were slightly bigger and he could read the words clearly.

"Hmph, why are the people making trouble and resisting taxes? They didn't resist last year, they didn't resist the year before, and they didn't resist the increase in taxes now. Why are they resisting?
There is no drought in Qingzhou this year, and the harvest is on par with previous years. Coupled with the promotion of agricultural books and the guidance of agricultural officers sent there, no matter how much the production is increased, at least it will not be reduced. How can there be civil unrest? I think this is Yi'an The order, together with local powerful men, secretly increased taxes and provoked a popular uprising. "

Bai Dian put down the cloth and reprimanded him angrily, and then waved away the young man who was lighting him. After thinking for a while, he ordered: "Tell Zhuge Dan to arrest this Yi'anling first and interrogate him carefully. If not, The problem is, when he is transferred to other places, if he really colludes with the local powerful, he will be sent to prison directly. If he is vomited out what he has eaten, he will not die.

But if you can't make up for the gap, choose another day to ask for death.

Second, if the local powerful people collude, I will arrest the people directly, take twice as much damage from the powerful people’s homes as compensation to the people, and confiscate the rest.

The dead people will be compensated five times first. If their families are willing, they can be sent to the Taishan Mintun Orphan Camp. If they are not willing, forget it.

If the local powerful people do not cooperate, I will directly send strong troops to suppress them. All the government servants and powerful people who beat people to death will be executed on a certain day at the Yi'an market for all the people in the county to see.

Tell him that in the future, the following problems will be handled according to this example. A good official must not be wronged, but a corrupt official must not be let go.

Now the Lord in the front is leading the army to kill the enemy desperately. If anyone in the back dares to let me off the chain, I will recognize him, but the law will not recognize him. Forget it in normal times, but now is a critical moment, please be honest with me. "

"It's the envoy."

After handling this matter, Bai Dian looked at the young man who held the lamp for him just now: "Ji Zhong, is there any news about Bai Jin and Mi Zhu's caravan recently?"

Wu Zhi was a native of Jiyin, Yanzhou. He was from a humble background and was not valued by the locals, but he was very knowledgeable. He heard about Liu Bei's recruitment order and compared it with Cao Cao's unlimited recruitment order. In comparison, he decided to join General Zuo. Under the account.

After receiving Bai Lu's praise, he was recommended to Bai Dian. As Zuo Changshi of Zuo General Mansion, he was in his early twenties this year. He was the youngest one under Bai Dian's command and the most valued by Bai Dian.

"Replying to the envoy, yesterday Bai Canjun and Mi Canjun sent a message, saying that they had recently contacted Bai Guo by sea, purchased hundreds of ships of grain from Bai Guo, and also purchased hundreds of war horses from Hanoi County through Hedong.

In addition, wealthy businessmen from Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Jiangdong have gathered in Xiapi, and the investment conference held by Bai Canjun started today.

We purchased grain, cloth and other items at double the market price. These merchants were very enthusiastic about purchasing. Bai Canjun even told them that if they could transport grain and other military supplies to Donglai County, they could get twice the reward.

When I went to see him this morning, the businessmen all said that General Zuo was kind and all of them smiled like flowers on the road. "

When Bai Dian heard that these things were going smoothly, he felt relieved, said he understood, and then buried it in the document again.

Wu Zhi paid a courtesy to Bai Dian, then sat down and began to copy the official documents that needed to be issued.

In order to help Liu Bei's frontline army in an all-round way, when the frontline army came to a stalemate with Yuan Jun, Bai Dian knew that the food and grass he had stored before was simply not enough.

So he summoned Bai Jin, Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, Sun Qian and others to find ways to raise food, grass and armaments.

Because Liu Bei occupied the two states of Qing and Xu, that is to say, he could communicate with the mainland through the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and he was also the core of communication between the north and the south.

This is also the reason why one of the two most wealthy families in the world is located in Xuzhou.

Nowadays, apart from the Bai Kingdom, there are famous and extremely wealthy families in the world. One is the Zhen family from the Zhongshan Kingdom in the north. They have earned a lot of wealth by doing business with the Hu people in the border counties.

The other is the Mi family in Xuzhou, who made a lot of money by selling horses and other livestock from the north to the south, and selling excess grain from the south to the north.

Now the head of the Mi family, Mi Zhu, relies on Liu Bei. He knows very well that the overwhelming wealth cannot guarantee the safety of the Mi family. Only power is the eternal wealth, so he knows that Liu Bei needs money and food, and decisively donates the Mi family's money. Most of the family property.

After Liu Bei heard about it, he wrote a letter to express his gratitude to Mi Zhu, and clearly told him in the letter that Liu Bei and his descendants would always remember Mi's friendship. Will not be destroyed.

When Bai Dian handed this letter to Mi Zhu, Mi Zhu was very excited, and later showed 200% passion for work. His energy was so strong that even Bai Jin, who was also an important member of Liu Bei's business territory, felt Clicking tongue.

With the efforts of Bai Jin, Mi Zhu, Bai Dian and many officials in General Zuo's Mansion, resources gathered from all directions were continuously sent to Gaotang and Xipingchang City.

October
The Yuan and Liu armies are still in confrontation. Now the two armies are no longer competing for military strength, but for their respective national strength and the abilities of their officials.

Cao Cao had already withdrawn from Xudu in September, keeping a close eye on the final outcome of Liu Bei and Yuan Shao.

Because he knows that he must not intervene at this time. If he intervenes rashly, he will not achieve the purpose of damaging the other family, and may even give the other family a big gift.

And when they decide the winner, or both lose, it will be the best time for him to take action.

Not only Cao Cao, but also Sun Quan of Jiangdong, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, and even Liu Zhang, who was self-isolating in Shu, also sent people out to inquire about the latest war situation in Hebei.

(End of this chapter)