Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 675

When the sun set on this day, the people in Chang'an saw that the emperor of the Han Dynasty returned to Weiyang Palace with a stack of written policies.They all knew that those theories were taken from Zui Dongfang.Moreover, when the emperor left Zuidongfang, he looked at those policy discussions triumphantly and said: "Chang'an talents will finally have this opportunity to recommend themselves. After the imperial examinations are revived, I want all the world's talents to enter the game!"

Scholars in Chang'an, rich or poor, all know what's going on.The fifth floor of Zuidongfang is closed on weekdays, but there are a large number of scholars discussing the policy of Guojing. It is said that this matter was ordered by the owner of Zuidongfang restaurant by the emperor himself.Its purpose is to broaden the horizon and recruit talents.

Today, the emperor deliberately took these strategies from the Zuidongfang Restaurant, which shows that the emperor did not act on a whim.All of a sudden, Drunk East's business was full that day, and there was an endless stream of people who wrote letters.Therefore, the event that the emperor climbed the building with a mysterious girl seems to be gradually forgotten and ignored by people.

And Liu Xie, who walked into Shangshutai humming a ditty, didn't care what kind of sensation he caused in Chang'an City this time.After entering the Shangshutai, he looked at Fazheng who was about to retreat after saluting himself, hooked his fingers and said: "Your ancestor was Mr. Xuande, who was the best at promoting talents. Please help me to have a look at these strategies and theories." .”

The Mr. Xuande that Liu Xie mentioned has nothing to do with Liu Bei.The person who called himself 'Mr. Xuande' was Fazheng's grandfather Fazhen, who had removed Hu Guang for his father Faxiongjian.

Faxiong used to be the prefect of Nanjun. He was upright and upright. He was known for his strict law enforcement. He was very demanding on the scattered officials of his opponents.One year when he was selecting talents, he was also in a dilemma. Normally, those subordinate officials were all cautious and cautious in front of him, but it was not easy to really select talents with outstanding talents.Fa Xiong thought about it and couldn't make up his mind. At the critical moment, his son Fazhen came.

Fazhen not only has outstanding knowledge but also looks great, but he just doesn't want to come out to be an official. When the court recruits him, he would rather hide in the deep mountains and old forests than meet the imperial envoy.Fa Xiong knew that his son had sharper eyes than his own, so he asked Fazhen to meet these scattered officials one by one, and recommend a Xiaolian for him.

Fazhen respected his father's order, but refused to meet these people. He changed his servant's clothes quietly, and peeked at the words and deeds of these scattered officials for three days in a row.Three days later, Fazhen came to see his father with the chosen one. Faxiong saw that it was Hu Guang who was usually the most conscientious.

And it was this Hu Guang, who was tough and soft with the famous minister Huang Qiong at that time, who supported the court when the "dominant general" Liang Ji was in power and when the imperial power was at its weakest.Before Dong Zhuo's rebellion, there were still portraits of Hu Guang and Huang Qiong in Luoyang's East View Hall.

However, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Liu Xie's words were actually an excuse.Fazheng's grandfather had a good understanding of people, could Fazheng be like his grandfather, and how many talents could Jane pull out from among these strategies?If this ability can be inherited, then the future court should adopt the hereditary system.

But Fazheng acted as if it should be taken for granted, and after slightly bowing, he replied to Liu Xie: "I would like to obey the holy decree." After saying this, he took the heavy stack of policies from Leng Shouguang's hand, Check it out on your desk.

Everyone thought it would take Fazheng half a month, but they didn't expect Fazheng to throw out the first one on the spot after taking away the pile of strategies: "Mediocrity!"

Afterwards, the second and third ones came one after another, Fazheng read ten lines at a glance, and flipping through policy theory was like a child's play, and he still gave out "vain words", "take it for granted" or simply "fool" and "rotten Confucianism" ' Such a comment.In less than half a stick of incense, most of the policy theory has been thrown away by Fazheng.

At this time, Liu Xie turned a blind eye to this scene.The old god even sipped tea on the ground, and chatted with Xu Huang and Zhao Yun about today's events.

"Your Majesty, the Zhen family said that in the past two years, they have mastered the supply of food and fodder for the black mountain bandits in Bingzhou. If our army conquers Bingzhou and the Zhen family does not provide food and fodder at the right time, then the army of black mountain bandits will be like a castle in the air, and they will win in one battle!" Xu Huang He seemed very excited. When he said this, his eyes flickered, his arms opened, and he clasped his hands together and made a crisp "snap" sound, as if he had slapped a mosquito to death.

However, Lu Su who was on the side curled his lips after hearing this: "Gongming, borrowing from Fazheng's little friend just now, you just took it for granted. Do you really think that the Zhen family can control the food and fodder of the entire Bingzhou Black Bandit?"

Xu Huang looked at the mysterious Lu Su and the even more mysterious Liu Xie, and suddenly understood something: "Could it be that we still have some insider information here?"

Liu Xie took a sip of tea leisurely, and couldn't help but smile more happily: "Where do we have any insider information? We are clearly the biggest insider. The Zhen family thought that they sold some grain and fodder to the black bandits every year, so they took it for granted that the black bandits have More than a hundred thousand people calculated that they had grasped the lifeline of the Black Mountain bandits. But in fact, they didn't know that everyone in the Black Mountain bandits in Bingzhou was already a thief, or that they were also thieves. At least as far as I know, Zhang Yan's subordinates There is an army of 30, and the little grain of the Zhen family, but Zhang Yan does not want to become a vassal of the Han Dynasty, just a little struggle."

"Reduced to a vassal of the Han Dynasty?" Xu Huang was a little dumbfounded, then looked at Lu Su's inscrutable face, and suddenly realized: "It turns out that we are the largest supplier of grain and fodder for the Black Mountain Bandits..."

"That's right, the black mountain bandits hide in the Taihang Mountains and produce very little. They can only use this method of purchase to raise a large number of soldiers. Even if the Han Dynasty supplies them with high-yield crops, they don't have a lot of fields for them to cultivate. Zhang Yan also didn't want to let the abandoned thieves under his command return to the people, so he had to drink poison to quench his thirst like this."

As for Bingzhou in the north of him, the area that should have been a barrier for the Han Dynasty, Liu Xie said that it was impossible without a little planning.Of course, his plan was carefully structured and showed results over time. Fortunately, coupled with the drive of the current situation, the Black Mountain Army was essentially the Han Dynasty supporting the vassals.

As early as the first battle when Yuan Shao colluded with the Black Mountain bandits to plot against Liu Xie, when Liu Xie defeated Zhang Yang in Hanoi, he had some confrontations with the Black Mountain bandits.However, the Black Mountain bandits at that time were just a few who had no opinion and were lured by Yuan Shao.However, it was those thousands of Black Mountain bandits who were fooled back by Liu Xie's provocative speech.At the beginning, in most of Heishan in Bingzhou, I looked forward to the big cake that Liu Xie drew for them.

Although these thousands of longings are silent and invisible, their energy should not be underestimated.The world is full of wars and turmoil, and the people's livelihood is in decline. Few people don't like An Ansheng who farms, marries a wife, and spends his life peacefully.This most simple and simple wish is almost imprinted on the body and thoughts of Huaxia Lishu like a gene.

Frankly speaking, Zhang Yan is a good commander-in-chief, but he is by no means a leader who knows everything.Therefore, when that trend of thought spread quietly, he didn't notice it.But when that trend of thought had influenced the thinking of the entire Black Mountain Army, he was already powerless to stop it.

He can only rely on his prestige to maintain the Black Mountain Army, and at the same time, he has to use repeated looting in exchange for food for the entire Black Mountain Army to ensure that the Black Mountain Army will not collapse due to food shortages.But after a few years, the effectiveness of his efforts has shown marginal attenuation. Many members of the Black Mountain Army began to abscond, returned to the land of Bingzhou, and became good citizens who "endured the exploitation of the court" again.

At this time, some small actions of the Han Dynasty also quietly started at the right time.The place where Zhang Yan buys grain and fodder is nothing more than merchants who are closer to Bingzhou.Among them, the Hedong, Hanoi, and Sili areas are major suppliers. However, Hedong was conquered by the Han Dynasty, and Hanoi was also conquered. The Sili area did not need to be conquered at all...

Then, the Sima family in Hanoi expressed that they were going to mix with the Han family, and the Wei family in Hedong also suggested that the Han family should be better. I can't wait to let their daughter go to the palace to serve Liu Xie as a court lady.

Ordinarily, Zhang Yan's doomsday is coming, because apart from the area in Hebei, he will not be able to find a way to buy grain.But these big families who have followed the Han Dynasty still said to Zhang Yan's purchase request: "Sell!" Not only sell, they also want to buy better and more productive food crops...

Zhang Yan really wanted not to buy it, so that he would not become a vassal of the Han Dynasty.However, looking at the sight of his eyes so hungry that his eyes turned blue.He found out in despair that he had to buy...

"Your Majesty, that is to say, the current Bingzhou, even if we don't take it, is still in our pocket?" Xu Huang listened to this strategy of softening the economy and thieves for a long time, and his eyes lit up.But then he frowned, and immediately became suspicious again: "In this case, why do you still talk nonsense with that Miss Zhen's family for a long time?"

Liu Xie didn't speak, but at this moment, Fazheng stretched his face with a piece of policy theory, and said a rare sentence: "Unexpectedly, there is still an article that is interesting..."

That is, when Fazheng's voice fell, Leng Shouguang at the door hurried in and said to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, it's not good, Dr. Kong is here again!"

Liu Xie suddenly became excited, and immediately made a gesture to the confidantes at Shangshutai, and all the confidants also looked like they were facing a big enemy, and they understood Liu Xie's gesture.At this time, Liu Xie snatched the strategy theory from Fazheng's hand, and said to Xu Huang, Zhao Yun and Leng Shouguang, "The wind is tight, don't worry!"

(End of this chapter)