The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 486 Luoyang is Luoyang ([-])

Sima Yan, who had been doused with a bag of water, went down the tower in a state of embarrassment.He quickly got into his imperial chariot, only thinking about returning to the palace quickly, changing clothes and holding the court meeting.

It's a pity that this convoy only came down from the city wall and was stopped before entering the inner city.

The residents of Luoyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty, because of Dong Zhuo's relationship, died and moved, and there are not many aborigines left.At this time, most of the people in Luoyang were descendants of three generations of Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and Cao Rui, and many village leaders were descendants of Cao Cao’s veterans... So, strictly speaking, if you If you want to ask these people whether they are more interested in Wei or Jin, the answer will probably not make the Sima family happy.

But ordinary people can't control the affairs of the country.The old Cao's family lost their country by themselves, and they couldn't do more than sigh when no one was around: if you don't eat for a day, you will feel flustered, and if you don't eat for three days, you will die.For us common people, the most important thing is to have a full stomach.

But now, I can't even get enough to eat, this, we are going to talk to your emperor!

"What's going on ahead? Why did you stop?" The weather in the fifth month of the lunar calendar is already very hot. Sima Yan's whole body is soaked and wrapped in a thick curtain, which is quite uncomfortable.At the moment, I only think about how to get back to the palace as soon as possible.Therefore, after the convoy stopped for a while, His Majesty the Emperor became anxious.

"Your Majesty, there are thousands of people blocking the way ahead. Uh... According to my visual inspection, there are more people coming in large numbers from behind."

"What's going on? What are the people asking for?"

"The common people said that the imperial court only allowed each household to buy one liter of grain (about one catty) per day. The common people complained that the family could not eat enough. Therefore, after seeing His Majesty's imperial chariot on the city wall, they Some people rushed to tell each other, and then..."

As the people in the capital area, their living standards must be higher than those in other places, and every household has some surplus food.Therefore, Shangshutai implements the policy of concentrating all the grain and then restricting the sale of it uniformly, and each account is only allowed to buy one liter of grain per day.At the beginning of the siege, the people did not arouse too much resistance.

But now, more than two months have passed since the city was besieged, and the food surplus of the people's households has basically bottomed out.You are still restricting the purchase of grain at this time, so how do you live?
What you have to know is that there is no family planning in this era.A family generally has four or five, seven or eight members, one catty of rice a day?It's not enough to cook porridge!

Anyway, I can't live anymore, and it just so happens that your Sima family is not happy - when the old Cao family was here, no enemy could come to Luoyang!What do you guys do for food?
After all, Sima Yan was not his idiot son who said 'why not eat minced meat'.He still knows what it means for a household to have a catty of rice a day.So when he heard the report from the accompanying eunuch, he immediately became angry: "Where is the minister shooting? How does he do things. Tell him to come here quickly!"

"The minister has already sent someone to inform Yang servant of the shooting. It's just that the people are so angry that they demand to see His Majesty. It's impossible to say, so the Imperial Forest Army can only suppress it."

"It's absolutely impossible!" Sima Yan took off his coat and the jade crown at this point, and then found a scarf to tie it on: "Let's go out with me to have a look."

It’s okay if you don’t go out, but after you go out, you can see that it’s amazing: Where there are thousands of people blocking the road at this moment, it’s clearly tens of thousands or tens of thousands of people blocking the road between the inner city and the outer city.And there are more people coming here.

But at this time, the army in Luoyang City is in the hands of the Sima family's own people, so in just a short while, Sima Lun on the city wall and Sima Gui in the inner city have received the news, and the army has also quickly moved. come over.

"I pay homage to Your Majesty." Following Sima Gui to Sima Yan, it was Yang Yao who was in charge of logistics supplies in the city.

"Wenju, what's going on here? How can a household have one liter of grain a day to feed the common people?"

"Your Majesty, there is no other way. Because the Han army came too fast, only the grain from Wancheng was brought in. When the Han army encircled Luoyang, the entire grain depot was only 300 million shi of grain. This grain needs to support two or three Years are definitely not enough. The minister has no choice but to make a bad move..."

"...I...understood. It's just that the people are treated so harshly. If the Han Kingdom does not come to fight, we will be in chaos. Let's make a little change."

"I understand, but in this way, the time Luoyang can hold on..."

"You don't have to worry about this. Let's do it, and limit the purchase to two liters per household per day."

"Here, the minister receives the order."

Later, dozens of small yellow gates shouted together: "Your Majesty ordered that from today, each household will be limited to two liters!"

Such a small improvement is actually not satisfactory to everyone.But with two liters of grain per day, the whole family would be able to hang their lives if they drank porridge.At this time, more and more troops were coming.So the people of Luoyang finally dispersed—without saying thank you, Your Majesty, or Long Live Your Majesty.They just spread out silently.This scene really hurt Sima Yan's heart.

……

On the other side, Pei Mansion.

"Masters, I'm waiting for the two of you to appear here, why do you come here, I think you have a good idea, don't you?"

At the beginning of February, after Lu Ya got the results of the Daluze Battle, she immediately sent a messenger into Luoyang, activating Ji Han's current only two secrets in the Luoyang court.

Needless to say, the Xu family has always had some connection with the Shu Han.Even after Zhuge Liang came to power, Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang also had private correspondence.Xu Cong, on the other hand, got in touch with Si Wencao after he went to Wuyuan County as an envoy.

Although Lu Ya's movements were fast, Jia Chong's reaction was not slow.Not long after Lv Ya's special envoy entered Luoyang, martial law began in Luoyang, allowing entry and no exit.The Siwen Envoy in the city completely lost contact with the outside world.

However, as Luoyang was encircled, especially when the purpose of Ji Han's trenches became apparent, these two dared to stand up.

The fall of the Jin Kingdom is imminent, and these two naturally want to take advantage of this time to do something: Otherwise, if the Han army enters the city, who knows who you are?
The first thing they contacted was Pei Xiu's eldest son, Pei Jun: eldest son, the Pei family has a branch in Jihan, and their status is not low.The Wenxi Pei family will still be one of the wealthy families in the future, but it's hard to say whether the head of this wealthy family is yours.Your father is now the Minister of Jin, even if the Jin is destroyed, with his current status, he will still be a high-ranking official in the Han Dynasty.But what about you?You are still young!
Therefore, under Pei Jun's begging, Pei Xiu, who was already extremely dissatisfied with Sima Yan, finally stepped out and did what someone would do sooner or later.

After Xu Cong and others revealed their identities, the hall fell into a moment of silence.After a while, Ma Long stood up: "You two, the fall of Jin is inevitable. As a general of Jin, Long has fulfilled his responsibilities. Therefore, Long does not want to interfere with what the two of you want to do. However, you must raise Soldiers harming His Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable! And..." At this point, Malone smiled miserably: "Everyone here has been deprived of military power. Even if we want to do something, there is nothing we can do."

"Hehehe, how dare you let all the senior officials here bear the infamy of being a traitor and begging for glory. What I want to say is that if the Emperor Jin convenes a great court meeting, all the senior officials only need to do this..."

(End of this chapter)