I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 624 Sizhou Secret War
In Liu Jian's memorial, he explained to Liu Bian that he was currently suspending the court's new policies in the land of Three Rivers just to stabilize the court's situation.

The government of small money may be good governance, but the current local situation is too chaotic, and some people are harboring evil intentions.

Liu Jian acted like this out of necessity.

Therefore, I specially wrote this memorial, hoping to get the support and understanding of the imperial court.

After Liu Jian's memorial reached the court, it caused another uproar.

First of all, Wang Yun, Yang Biao, Chun Yujia and others began to continue to report to Liu Bian. Chen Ming Liu Jian's words were misleading.

On the surface, it seems to be to share the worries of the court, but in fact it is to paralyze the emperor, which is a truly sinister intention.

Xun You, Ma Rixi, Liu Biao and others expressed their opposition.

They thought Liu Jian was dedicated to serving the public good, and asked the emperor to stay calm and not to fall out with Liu Jian at this moment.

Yang Biao, Wang Yun and others maintained different opinions. They firmly requested the emperor to issue an edict to reprimand Liu Jian, and even removed Liu Jian's title of General Fuyuan.

At this critical moment, Dong Zhao stood up and said something to let Liu Bian know what situation he was in now.

"If Your Majesty writes an edict at this time to rebuke Liu Jian, or strip Liu Jian of his title of general, then Liu Jian and the court will be distracted, and who can restrain Yuan Shao?"

"Besides, Liu Jian didn't want to rebel at first, but once this edict was issued, it actually forced him to rebel."

After listening to Dong Zhao's advice, Liu Bian suddenly realized.

He looked at Wang Yun, Yang Biao and others angrily, and shouted: "Are you Yuan Shao's wings?"

Yang Biao, Wang Yun and others were shocked when they heard this and hurriedly defended Liu.

Therefore, Liu Bian, with the support of the Qingliu family, expressed his tacit approval of Liu Jian's actions.

At the same time, Hebei's propaganda mouthpieces began to mobilize their power.

Over the years, Hebei has launched Ta Kung Pao, which is led by the Hebei official office and releases the latest news about the Han Dynasty to all counties, townships and gatherings every half month.

Although these news were not published under the leadership of the imperial court, Ta Kung Pao has indeed become the most authoritative propaganda carrier in the hearts of northerners... and even some people in the south.

When Liu Jian first established Ta Kung Pao, the imperial court and the southern princes were competing for territory and did not react to this incident.

However, by the time they reacted and wanted to set up their own propaganda carrier similar to Ta Kung Pao, it was already too late... Hebei Ta Kung Pao has become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has become authoritative.

No other official announcement can match the impact of Ta Kung Pao.

Coupled with the fact that Ta Kung Pao and the books published in Qingzhou complement each other, it can be said that the Hebei government has now completely controlled the direction of public opinion along the north and south sides of the Yellow River.

Ta Kung Pao has recently released heavy news one after another, saying that the general will serve the people, abolish small money, and stabilize the situation in Sizhou.

The general also mobilized most of Hebei's property and supplies to pacify the rebellious people in Sizhou and maintain stability.

The general also plans to maintain stable food prices and so on...

Ta Kung Pao did not bluntly say that small money is a bad disease, but only strengthened and beautified Liu Jian's current behavior of abolishing small money.

In fact, to a certain extent, this was a slap in the ear of the imperial court, or in other words, a slap in the ear of Liu Bian.

But it happened that Liu Bian had to endure these two slaps on the ear. Whatever pain he had, he had to swallow it in his stomach now.

Of course, Ta Kung Pao is official and can only publish some positive information. As for gossip, it cannot be published through Ta Kung Pao.

However, in terms of gossip, Liu Jian now has the powerful weapon of the school affairs office, which is fully capable of complementing Ta Kung Pao.

The biggest rumor spread in the school affairs office now is the rumor about Lu Qiang's death.

There is no doubt that Lu Qiang's death was a stain on the emperor. Although the person who died was only an eunuch, this eunuch was a eunuch who was of great help to the court and Liu Bian at critical moments. .

He can even be said to be a breath of fresh air among eunuchs and a role model among eunuchs.

However, such a rare role model among eunuchs, and also the emperor's former benefactor, died in such an unexplained way, and the rumors also pointed to the current emperor.

Therefore, those who are interested can use this incident and this rumor to continue to hype up the people and slander the emperor.

This is indeed very detrimental to the emperor's reputation.

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After Liu Jian remonstrated with the court, he immediately sent someone to inform Xu Rong without waiting for a reply from the court, letting him go ahead and do whatever he wanted in the land of Three Rivers.

Xu Rong has been holding back in Jizhou for many years. It can be said that he mustered up his energy this time.

He immediately began to lay out the land of Three Rivers.

Among his plans, the most critical point is to stabilize food prices.

But the current food prices are difficult to stabilize even if the small money is eliminated. One is because inflation has reached a certain level and it is difficult to absorb it quickly.

Secondly, for the top noble families in Sizhou who are cultivating grain, now is their best opportunity to expand their power and harvest the bottom.Moreover, this opportunity was given to them by the imperial court, so it was justifiable.

The last time Guo Si talked to them and killed several of their people, they had already rebelled to a certain extent. Now these noble families have joined forces with Yuan Shao and they just refuse to keep the price of food down.

This was a huge obstacle for Liu Jian to stabilize the situation in the Three Rivers Land.

Xu Rong also sent people to talk to the main prominent families in the Three Rivers Land, asking them to lower the price of food. Of course, the bloodletting was not in vain, and Liu Jian would definitely benefit them in the future.

Moreover, the Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Trade will also be stationed in the Land of Three Rivers, using Hebei's wealth to coordinate with local prominent families to stabilize the bleak situation in the Sizhou Land as soon as possible.

In fact, logically speaking, the plan proposed by Xu Rong is the best plan, but these noble families are blinded by the immediate interests. They don't care about the life and death of the common people at the bottom, nor the stability of the court situation.

What does it have to do with them?
They just want to hoard food now and suck blood desperately!

Suck all the blood of those savages and low-class people.

According to Xu Rong's past temper, if these people did not cooperate with him, he would definitely send troops to destroy their Wu Fort and adopt the same method as Guo Si.

But over the years, Xu Rong has been with Liu Jian and has seen and learned a lot. He also has his own way of playing, especially before he came, Liu Jian had already told him how to deal with these things.

The attitude of these noble families was also within Xu Rong's expectation.

After all, these people have secretly joined forces with Yuan Shao.

Therefore, Xu Rong followed Liu Jian's instructions and cooperated with another group in Sizhou.

This group is the local middle-class powerful people in Sizhou and some poor families.

In other words, it is those families who failed to stock up on food in a forward-looking manner before this chaos, resulting in a small amount of food in their homes.

The current high food prices have not only affected ordinary people, but also the middle and lower class families.

Although the food in their hands is enough for their expenses, it does not allow them to earn huge profits.

And they also have to purchase some of the sky-high-priced grains from noble families.

They could only watch helplessly as the top families who had hoarded a lot of food worked hard to harvest the people at the bottom, even middle-class families like them.

Their hearts were full of jealousy and resentment, but there was nothing they could do.

But now, Xu Rong gave them a chance.

Xu Rong, on behalf of Liu Jian, invited these families to cooperate with them to stabilize food prices and destroy the current interest chains of those top families!

When these interests are regained control by the Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Trade, a new ecological chain of interests will be established, and these middle-level families who have helped Hebei will naturally be the optimal beneficiaries in these interest chains.

For these middle-level heroes, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them to take a step forward!

And the person who came to them for cooperation was none other than Liu Deran, the wealthy man who governed the four states of Hebei!

trustworthy!

How could they miss such a good opportunity?

Therefore, with the support of these middle-class wealthy families and poor families, Hebei quickly attracted a force in the land of Three Rivers that could help them fight against Yuan Shao and the local prominent families.

With the support of these people, coupled with the arrival of a large amount of grain from the Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Xu Rong has sufficient backing.

It’s not just once or twice that the Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Trade has controlled grain prices around Hebei and outside the north for so many years.

Their experience is no less than that of the prominent families in Sizhou.

In Liu Jian’s view, this is a confrontation between ancient capital and ancient capital.

Let's squeeze each other to see who can squeeze the other to death.

If you want to hoard food and raise the price of food sharply, I will let a large amount of food enter the local market of Sizhou through these local middle-level families in Sizhou, and completely suppress the price of food in your hands.

I'll make you pay so much that you won't even have any pants left.

Of course, this kind of operation will also cause Hebei to suffer losses, after all, the opponent is very powerful!

The land of Luoyang in Sizhou has been a place where wealthy people have gathered since ancient times. Even if Hebei is now rich and prosperous, they are still enough to fight against it.

Especially with the Yuan family behind this!

Liu Jian planned to take action in many aspects. He sent people to contact Zhang Miao and other Eight Kitchen Groups in the Central Plains and asked them to cut off the Central Plains' food supply channels to the prominent families in Sizhou and other places.

In addition, he also sent people to the court and asked Xun You and others to report to the emperor and ask the court to issue an imperial edict to limit the price of grain in Sizhou and make all behaviors that inflate good families illegal!
Liu Jian's series of operations naturally caused the situation in Sizhou to suddenly undergo earth-shaking changes!
The top families in Sizhou are eager to dig up Liu Jian's ancestral grave!
But they don't have the ability.

In this passive situation, the Sizhou noble families unanimously discussed and jointly requested Sun Jian and others to take action!

If it's not soft, it's hard!
Just let Sun Jian fight Xu Rong!
Defeat him!
Let’s see what else Hebei people can do!
(End of this chapter)