I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 467 Eat Melon
Liu Bian felt that he had a tendency to become a master of melon-eating recently.

Weijun prefect Li Panzhen and Li Ji were from the same family, so he led the army to report the news to Liu Bian.

Among the ancestral precepts handed down by the Li family, there is indeed one: Be slow in speech and quick in action, and be cautious at the beginning and the end.

Liu Bian finally understood where Li Pan's personality came from.

But compared with the other big melon, Li Pan's melon pales in comparison.

——After Yang Xiu was sent to Dong Zhuo by Yang Biao in a fit of anger, he was beaten badly as expected.

When Yang Biao's wife Yuan returned, she found that her son was gone. Then she discovered Yang Xiu's miserable condition at Dong Zhuo's place and immediately became furious.

Yuan was the biological sister of Yuan Ji and Yuan Shu. Even though Yang Biao was one of the Three Dukes, he did not dare to do anything to Yuan. Not to mention that although Yang Biao's name sounded fierce, his actual character was relatively soft.

So, in the few days after Yuan came back, Yang Biao took leave.

Liu Bian didn't expect that he would be able to appreciate the Hedong Lion's Roar at this time.

When Dong Heng, who was accompanying the emperor, heard Liu Bian talking about this matter, she asked in a low voice: "I noticed that Your Majesty seemed to be curious when he talked about this matter..."

"I'm not, I didn't!" Liu Bian denied it three times in a row.

He has no masochistic tendencies.

but……

It doesn't seem wrong to try something new occasionally.

……

A few days later, Xingzai was still in Weijun, and his spies who were helping Liu Bian to keep an eye on Dong Zhuo heard another big piece of news.

——"Is Yang Xiu trying to persuade Dong Zhuo to persuade me to re-measure the land and measure the land in the world?"

"That's right." Qian Zhao answered respectfully.

"What is the reaction of the Minister of Justice?" Liu Bian asked.

"The Minister of Justice seems to be somewhat moved."

Liu Bian suddenly thought of a dramatic scene - Dong Zhuo was hated in history, and if Dong Zhuo listened to Yang Xiu's advice now, he would also be hated.

It is indeed the same end.

Liu Bian suddenly felt that Dong Zhuo was indeed a suitable person to propose the re-measurement of land.

It's not because Dong Zhuo can be abandoned at any time, but because once Dong Zhuo offends the powerful families in the world, he can let Dong Zhuo go with confidence - the value of the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty is so high that no powerful family can withstand it.

He said to Qian Zhao, "Keep an eye on this matter! If the Minister of Justice is really interested, please report it immediately!"

Qian Zhao took the order and left.

Liu Bian was left to ponder. Lu Zhi, who stayed in Luoyang, once said that the period would be two years. He knew the reason - re-measuring the fields would inevitably affect grain output, and the Han Dynasty, which had just survived a disaster year, had insufficient grain reserves.

In other words, even if Dong Zhuo had this idea, he would have to wait at least until the rice harvest in the south in the second half of this year, if not two years.

Then, he can go with the flow.

Can Dong Zhuo afford to wait for several months?

……

"No more waiting, it's now!" Dong Zhuo finally made up his mind.

Yang Xiu immediately said, "Mr. Dong should have made up his mind long ago."

"Just wait for me to come back!" Dong Zhuo left after leaving these words.

Yang Xiu looked at Dong Zhuo's leaving back and secretly rejoiced.

During this period, Dong Zhuo was punishing Yang Xiu. Although Yang Xiu was being exploited, he was unwilling to accept this and would instigate Dong Zhuo whenever he got the chance.

As long as Dong Zhuo is busy, he will have no time to take care of him.

Yang Xiu had a beautiful thought, and then...

"Why did Lord Dong come back so soon? I noticed that Lord Dong didn't look well. Could it be that he didn't see His Majesty?" Yang Xiu had a bad feeling in his heart, but he had clearly understood Dong Zhuo's utilitarianism and his strong desire to become one of the Three Dukes during this period. There shouldn't have been any accidents. What went wrong?
While he was thinking, he heard Dong Zhuo say: "Dezu, today I will introduce you to an elder. In order to invite him to teach you, I have spent a lot of favors... Please don't let me down."

Yang Xiu was startled.

There was no way. Dong Zhuo was never reasonable. He introduced an old soldier to him. If he showed any disrespect, the old soldier would beat him up in front of Dong Zhuo without any explanation...

There are countless such things.

He felt that even if he used all the bamboos in the Nanshan Mountains to describe all the suffering he had endured at Dong Zhuo's hands, it would be difficult to describe it.

"Don't worry, this guy won't hit you today. He's a reasonable person."

After hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Yang Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he was willing to reason, he would be invincible.

The next second, Yang Xiu heard Dong Zhuo shouting, "Wenhe, aren't you coming over yet?"

Wenhe? Jia Wenhe?

School affairs lieutenant?

When he heard the name, Yang Xiu regretted that he didn't have a stick so that he could knock himself out on the spot.

Jia Xu was talking about reason, but if he believed it, it would be weird. I'm afraid it's not the case of calling a deer a horse.

……

Half an hour later, Dong Zhuo, who was waiting outside, finally saw Jia Xu coming out.

He used to have such an ordinary general under his command, but now he is on equal footing with him. Although his official rank is lower, he is still more powerful than him... Every time Dong Zhuo thought about it, he couldn't help but sigh.

Dong Zhuo did not put on the airs of a former boss and quickly stepped forward and asked, "Wenhe, is it done?"

"It's settled! Yang Xiu will submit a petition in August with a public vehicle, requesting a re-measurement of the land. You can go with him then."

"As for the Minister of Works, Yang Xiu will go and persuade him himself, so you don't have to worry."

Dong Zhuo burst into laughter upon hearing this: "Thank you, Wenhe. Now that this matter is over, I will not care about you kidnapping my jailer."

Jia Xu smiled and said goodbye and left.

After seeing Jia Xu off, Dong Zhuo turned back to see Yang Xiu.

But Yang Xiu was seen sitting on the ground in the pavilion, leaning against a pillar, curled up and shivering.

In Dong Zhuo's impression, no matter how badly Yang Xiu was beaten and how much he cried for his parents, he never felt such deep fear because he knew that Dong Zhuo would not kill him.

Dong Zhuo suddenly asked, "Dezu, what did Jia Wenhe say to you?"

When Yang Xiu saw Dong Zhuo coming, he immediately pounced on him and hugged him, regardless of whether he was dirty or not.

After a while, he calmed down and answered Dong Zhuo's question: "Prisoner Jia only said one sentence to me."

"What?"

"If Mr. Dong listens to me today and really proposes to re-measure the land, my whole family will die without a burial place."

"And then?" Dong Zhuo asked.

Yang Xiu shook his head slightly.

So this is all Jia Xu said in this half hour?

Dong Zhuo was a little skeptical at first, but then he felt that Yang Xiu would not tell such a clumsy lie, and his fear could not be fake.

He looked at Yang Xiu, who was still trembling, and suddenly understood the reason.

It would be more accurate to say that Yang Xiu was scaring himself rather than Jia Xu scaring Yang Xiu.

After secretly saying "serves him right", Dong Zhuo felt that after what happened today, Yang Xiu should be able to go out on his expedition.

August, he can wait!
……

When the emperor was traveling, the chefs who usually prepared food for him found that today's dishes were a bit strange. The emperor actually wanted to eat chicken ribs.

(End of this chapter)