People in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu and Han respected together

Shu County, Chengdu!

Cheng Gongying, governor of Yizhou, had already received a letter from Li Yao. There was a severe drought in Guanzhong, and Yizhou needed to continue to help.

For this matter, Cheng Gongying immediately started preparations. Yizhou is located in the southwest. In recent years, except for Li Yao's attack on Liu Yan, there has been basically no major turmoil, so it is relatively prosperous.

Moreover, when Li Yao attacked Liu Yan, the real tough battles were all in the Shu Road. After they entered the middle of Shu, all the cities surrendered one after another, and the harm to the people was minimized.

Although only 60 shi of grain and grass were sent out of Shu in the first half of the year (60 shi of grain and grass were lost on the way), but after the autumn harvest, another [-] shi of grain and grass can be sent out of Shu.

This is still in need of supply. After Hu Zhen's department, Beigongli's department, Zhang Ren's Shu soldiers, Gao Shun's Dongzhou soldiers, and the salaries of officials in one state, they can send another 60 shi grains and grass out of Shu, and squeeze another Squeeze can send more.

In fact, Yizhou is peaceful, there has never been any turmoil, so there is no need for so many troops, but since Li Yao arranged it, there must be his deep meaning.

First of all, after counting the grain stocks in each county and county, Cheng Gongying asked someone to calculate and estimate how much new grain will be put into the warehouse after the autumn harvest...

After knowing everything, Cheng Gongying wrote back a letter to Li Yao, explaining the situation in Yizhou and the food and grass that could be provided, just like an informal work summary.

At the same time, just after the work summary, there was a letter of introduction stating that Gan Ning, the other Sima in Berkshire, was really capable, and in just half a year, he cleaned up the local bandits and water bandits.

Then they clamored and asked Huang Hua, the prefect of Berkshire, to help him write a letter and tell Li Yao in Chang'an of his achievements.

Huang Hua was so annoyed that he reported the situation to Cheng Gongying. Cheng Gongying also knew about Gan Ning. After all, he was another Sima appointed by Li Yao.

For Gan Ning, he was originally a local ranger, doing the work of bandits, killing the rich and helping the poor, and robbing merchants. He was known as the Jinfan Bandit, and he was the biggest bandit.

Now let him exterminate bandits and water bandits, his methods are fierce, and he uses both suppression and appeasement, so that there will be no more bandits and water bandits in Berkshire.

Cheng Gongying personally felt that this is a capable person, so he wrote a letter of introduction about his situation and achievements, and sent it to Li Yao.

When Li Yao received the letter, it was half a month later, and he had carefully read the two letters.

Li Yao took a long breath:

"I can send 50 shi of grain and grass, and when necessary, I can send another 30 shi of grain and grass, just to get through this winter, there must be no problem..."

"Wait until next year, it's best if it rains. Even if it doesn't rain, we should divert water through channels. In short, this land must be able to grow food. The population of Guanzhong is nearly 200 million, but they are still waiting to eat..."

"Everything depends on this winter. When there is snow, there will be rain. The auspicious snow heralds a good year. No matter how weird the weather is, it will not be like this every year. There will be snow in winter, but there will be no rain in summer..."

"In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although natural disasters and man-made disasters continued, but in the end, man will conquer nature. As long as I am not stupid and prepared, it is not impossible to overcome natural disasters..."

"As for the plague that has taken the lives of too many people, it seems that it will take a few years for the outbreak to be concentrated. It is the princes in various places who fight every year and kill people every year. They just created epidemics that spread all over the place in the era of underdeveloped transportation. plague……"

"I don't know if I can catch up. If I can catch up, stop it if I can. There are many more people who died in a plague than in a war..."

Speaking of this, Li Yao thought of what the second letter said, and murmured:
"Gan Ning first followed Liu Zhang, then Liu Biao, and finally got attention from Sun Quan. In every respect, he is a strong general, but now he is transferred to Guanzhong, and there is no major battle. I am afraid that he will need to be buried for several years. Only then can it truly shine…”

"However, he, the Jinfan thief, should also be regarded as a general of water warfare. There are a lot of northern cavalry in our army, but there are not many cavalry generals who can swim..."

"The land of Bashu is located in a remote place. I want to train a navy in secret. It should not be known to the outside world. In the future, land and water will advance side by side. Jingzhou and Yangzhou will have no opponents..."

"However, it is still better to transfer him to Guanzhong and let him make his own choice, so that he can make the best use of his talents and resources!"

At this time, Li Yao immediately wrote a reply letter, asking Liang Cao and Gan Ning to come to Chang'an together.

When he asked someone to deliver the letter, he temporarily forgot about it, because there was another thing that attracted his attention.

Yuan Shao sent envoys here, but his goal was clear, that is, to get back the top officials.

Being his own nephew with good abilities, Yuan Shao naturally didn't want Gao Gan to be killed. Ever since Gao Gan lost contact, Yuan Shao sent people to look for him.

However, it was separated by the Taihang Mountains, so it took some time to find out the whereabouts of Gao Gan. For the local forces in Bingzhou, Yuan Shao now has a grudge, but his nephew Gao Gan must be rescued.

As for the high-ranking officials, since Li Yao came back, he was so busy that he never cared about him, but Yuan Shao was a potential enemy, how could Li Yao let the high-ranking officials go back.

It can make Yuan Shao feel apprehensive and apprehensive, and spending some food to raise high-level cadres is also worth the money.

After all, to be able to enjoy the same treatment as Yuan Shao's sons Yuan Xi, Yuan Tan, and Yuan Shang, and to be in charge of a state, it can be seen that high-ranking cadres are valued more.

With Li Yao's clear instructions, Jia Xu had a solid foundation in his mind. Faced with Xu You's euphemistic suggestion that he would exchange gold, silver and treasures for high-ranking officials, he smiled firmly and said that it is impossible, absolutely not...

Yuan Shao only sent Xu You as an envoy, so Li Yao didn't want to go there by himself, but sent Jia Xu to receive him.

Jia Xu and Xu You also knew each other. After all, they were both officials in the imperial court. But at that time, Jia Xu was born in Wuwei and had no one to rely on. Although he had some reputation, he could not be reused.

Xu You was born in Nanyang, and the people he associates with are all young heroes, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Zang Hong... These kinds of people, although they have never been a high-ranking official, are involved in major events. For example, together with Wang Fen, they tried to abolish Lingdi Liu Hong.

But this time, in order to complete the task, Xu You exchanged Yuan Shao's nephew Gao Gan, even when facing Jia Xu, he kept a low voice, but Jia Xu refused.

Xu You was furious in his heart, but he soon came up with a clever plan to use public opinion to force Li Yao to release him.

He came as an envoy and asked to see the emperor instead. This reason was justified. After all, Li Yao couldn't prevent foreign ministers from seeing the emperor.

The palace, the hall, and the court meeting!

Facing this baby emperor, although Xu You dismissed it in his heart, on the surface, he was extremely respectful:
"Foreign Minister Xu You, I pay my respects to Your Majesty, Your Majesty will last forever, and the Great Han will last forever!"

(End of this chapter)