Xuande

Chapter 206 Abandoning Liangzhou again?

In the winter of the first year of Zhongping and the early spring of the second year of Zhongping, the overall situation of the whole world was relatively stable.

Even in Jizhou, which is most likely to be in chaos, there has not been the irreversible chaos that Lu Zhi worried about.

Ultimately, Liu Bei contributed a lot to it.

It is not that Jizhou has never experienced a crisis. Due to food shortages and soaring food prices, small-scale civil uprisings have broken out in Jizhou, but they were suppressed by Lu Zhi in time, and he immediately sent someone to contact Liu Bei to discuss countermeasures.

Liu Bei's countermeasure is very simple.

Zhen's.

Zhen Yan dispatched, contacted the Zhen family and a group of local tyrants who had a good relationship with the Zhen family, obtained a more accurate figure of grain storage from them, and then contacted Lu Zhi, who would use public funds to pay these places Haoqiang buys grain at a relatively favorable price.

With Liu Bei and Zhen's support in the middle, both sides of the transaction were more happy, and Zhen also took the initiative to contribute to the transfer of this batch of grain and bear a considerable part of the transportation cost.

Lu Zhi had a lot of food to use, and the local tycoons also made a small fortune.

Then Liu Hong took advantage of the situation and promoted Liu Bei to be the official servant of Shangshu, who performed the duties of Shangshuling on his behalf. He trusted Liu Bei more and seemed to entrust more government affairs to Liu Bei to handle.

Liu Hong sighed and sighed. In order to save 500 million yuan, he couldn't even eat, and kept drinking, as if he wanted to use alcohol to relieve his worries.

Today, this voice has sounded again, and this time, it seems that it has really gained more fans, because everyone can no longer accept a century-old war again.

This is the second time that the voice of abandoning Liangzhou officially appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

It's better to just give up and save a lot of trouble.

At the same time, at the beginning of the first month of the second year of Zhongping, Liu Hong publicly sold officials and lords in Xiyuan on the grounds that the court's expenses were difficult, and made several good big deals.

That was the business of Cui Lie, a celebrity in Jizhou, buying the seat of Sikong.

At the meeting, the new Sikong Cui Lie seemed to want to show his status, or to restore his declining reputation, so he suggested to the court to abandon Liangzhou completely and move Han people inward, so as to get out of Liangzhou, so as not to waste the court's money.

It wasn't without his unpleasant business, though.

Decades ago, this voice was very loud in the imperial court, but it was not adopted after all.

The one who can't help is not his own unlucky son A Dou in history. The one who can't really help is Liu Hong in front of him.

In this way, Liu Bei became Liu Hong's "Prime Minister in the Mountain" in the true sense.

Because of this batch of food, Lu Zhi successfully pacified a large number of people who were displaced and lacked food and clothing due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, successfully controlled their grievances, and resolved the civil uprising that had not yet occurred.

Can't change it.

Of course, Liu Bei never intended to help Liu Hong sincerely.

For this reason, Lu Zhi was very happy, and specially submitted a table to the imperial court, mentioning Liu Bei's contribution in this matter, and asked the imperial court to reward him as appropriate.

When things got to this point, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty finally realized that the chaos in Liangzhou was hard to deal with, and it had reached the point where Liangzhou would be completely lost if they did not send troops.

The former Sikong Zhang Wen had the misfortune to resign because of the dispute between Yuan Kui and Yang Ci. Cui Lie, a celebrity who has always had a good reputation.

Mrs. Cheng spoke on behalf of Xiang, and she tried to talk about it softly and hard. She ran several times for this matter, but Liu Hong couldn't do anything about it, and finally sold Sikong Zhizhi to Cui Lie for 500 million yuan.

How wonderful?

Hearing such a statement, especially that such a statement still has a large number of fans, this situation made Liu Bei very angry.

Faced with such a situation, Liu Hong was helpless and annoyed to stick out his head from the gentle village, and held a military meeting to discuss the matter comprehensively.

Thanks to Lu Zhi's ability and Zhen's contribution, Jizhou is safe and Hebei is still stable. Therefore, when the news of Liangzhou's rebellion and the inability of Liangzhou's army to resist comes to Luoyang, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will not be at a loss. , Dilemma.

Seeing his appearance, Liu Bei could only sigh besides sighing.

Liu Bei is like Liu Hong's external brain, handling all the things that may embarrass him for him, so that he can spend a relaxed, happy and comfortable life, and let him enjoy the glory of the Holy Son of Heaven.

However, Liu Hong was very dissatisfied with this deal. In private, Liu Hong complained to Liu Bei, saying that the human relationship really bored him, so much so that Cui Lie took the position that could have been sold for 500 million yuan for [-] million. It's really a big loss.

He successfully avoided the possibility of a second peasant uprising on a large scale, and successfully avoided the ending of mass death due to famine and severe cold.

Only then did Liu Bei know that Cui Lie had followed Liu Hong's nanny, Mrs. Cheng.

Such a broken place, why keep it?

It is worth mentioning that this line of thinking did not lack supporters in the Luoyang court after the Han-Qiang War.

What he cares about is Liangzhou.

No matter what government affairs there are, no matter what Yuan Kui and Yang Ci think of them, Liu Hong will hand over to Liu Bei any matter that is on Liu Hong's side, and then use Liu Bei's opinion to pass it on to San Gong, who will let San Gong toss about it.

Anyway, when the Dahan was first established, Liangzhou did not belong to the Dahan, and it was not considered the land of the ancestors.

This kind of thing starts from this moment, and for thousands of years to come, it will often appear when the dynasty is in crisis. At this time, there will always be officials who want to give up the war-torn territory out of consideration for their own interests, in exchange for come to peace.

"If I can persevere, this position can be sold for at least 1000 million yuan. Cui Lie is really abominable. I really have no choice but to ask my wet nurse to persuade me and her to intercede. Alas! It's a big loss!"

The century-old Han-Qiang war really consumed too much money, killed too many people, and changed too many things by the Han-Qiang war, so the Kanto people hated Liangzhou to the extreme, and they all It is believed that Liangzhou is the bloodletting tank of the imperial court, which can only increase difficulties, but not increase income.

But can concessions and compromises lead to peace?

Liu Bei didn't care about this matter, and he didn't care about Cui Lie's reputation dropped greatly afterwards, so he was restless day and night, and then he wanted to beat his son to vent his anger, but he was speechless by his son's backlash.

After Zhang Rang learned about it, he praised Liu Bei's achievements with embellishment, which made Liu Hong even happier after learning about it, and repeatedly praised Liu Bei as a man who seeks the country and a practical talent who can do things.

On the 28th of the first month of the second year of Zhongping, Yang Yong, the governor of Liangzhou, couldn't bear it anymore, regardless of his care, he went to Luoyang and cried for help.

This matter made Liu Hong brood.

He said that Liangzhou's rebellious army has numbered [-] to [-], and the scale is huge. People continue to join the rebel army and join forces with the rebel army. Take precautions, otherwise, it's over.

The crisis was finally resolved. Lu Zhi lasted until the spring plowing season, and then actively persuaded the farmers to cultivate, finally calming down the situation in Jizhou.

Only by resolutely fighting, even if you cannot win, you must fight to the end, so that peace can be ushered in.

Seeing that none of the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty stood up to refute Cui Lie's remarks, Liu Bei couldn't help it.

Under the surprised gaze of Cao Cao beside him, Liu Bei stood up.

"I once read the historical records, and I heard that the ancients once said that Qin is a matter of land. For example, it is like putting out a fire with a salary. The salary is endless, and the fire is not extinguished. Now Liangzhou is in crisis. Qin? Isn’t this a situation where you have to pay for the fire?”

(End of this chapter)