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Now the officials did not dare to be silent.

Ling Hu Chu understood that the officials and businessmen in the place had colluded.

So Ling Hu Chu said alone: "These grains have come from the hands of the people, and now the people are starving, so we should sell them to the people at the lowest price." If all the grain in these 20 granaries is sold at the lowest price, the common people should be able to survive this famine. ”

The officials did not dare to make a sound, and after they stepped down, they immediately went to see the profiteers and informed them of Ling Hu Chu's intentions.

The profiteers were shocked to learn that they had a large amount of grain in their hands, and if the grain was stored for too long, it would rot and spoil, and then they would really lose a lot of money. The profiteers immediately sold their grain at a lower price than the official price, and the people rushed to buy it when they learned of it, and thus survived the famine. And the grain in the official granary is left untouched. ”

After finishing speaking, Shangguan Che asked Jiang Yuetang: "Yueting, what do you think is the secret of Ling Hu Chu's success?"

Jiang Yuetang said: "He caught the mercenary psychology of those unscrupulous profiteers in the local area. ”

"That's right. Shangguan Che said again: "It stands to reason that the grain in the official warehouse is not allowed to be sold, and Ling Hu Chu is just cleverly using this matter to achieve the effect of scaring the profiteers, which shows his resourcefulness and courage." As the saying goes, 'civil officials govern the country, military attaches defend the country, and strategists win the world', and the strategists of the five Central Plains countries require both civil and military officials, so if you want to become a top strategist, it is a necessary condition to have strategy and knowledge. ”

Jiang Yuetang nodded.

Shangguan Che said again: "Linghu Chu is not only a politician, but also an excellent writer, and the teacher recommends that you read his writings when you have time." After that, he wrote the words "Qi Xi Ji" on a blank piece of paper.

Jiang Yuetang hurriedly said: "Okay." ”

Shangguan Che continued: "In the third year of Longqing (1569, during the reign of Ming Muzong), Gao Gong was appointed as a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion and a scholar of the Ministry of Officials, and the local official of Guizhou at that time, An Guoheng, because of a personal grudge with An Zhi, raised an army and killed him, and arrested a large number of An Zhi's subordinates, which made the local chickens and dogs jump for a while, and the people were panicked, and the local governor went to the court to say that An Guoheng was rebellious, and the local officials led troops to encircle and suppress several times without success, so they asked the court to transfer troops to support.

The new governor went to see Gao Gong before taking office and asked Gao Gong for a solution.

Gao Gong sighed for a while and said: "An Guoheng was originally promoted to an official by a traitorous minister, and he killed An Xin, the younger brother of An Zhi, because of personal enmity, which made An Xin's family impoverished, and An Zhi held a grudge, so he would raise an army to retaliate." At the moment, they are attacking each other, and the exit is full of hatred, and it is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong. However, the original governor favored An Zhi because An Zhi had defected to the magistrate, so he reported An Guoheng on the charge of 'rebellion'. What is rebellion? What does it mean to invade the imperial court. An Guoheng just raised an army out of personal vendetta, so what does it have to do with the imperial court? The magistrate reported to the imperial court in the name of 'rebellion,' and of course he would not be convinced. Changing 'rebellion' to 'vendetta' is considered to be fair and well-founded, so that An Guoheng will not be dissatisfied.

The new governor immediately did the same, but because An Zhi was still on the side of the local government, An Guoheng was very worried that the imperial court would be deceitful, so he still refused to accept the trial, refused to let An Zhi's people go, and once again went to the court to defend himself.

The new governor had no choice but to ask the imperial court again to send troops to recruit An Guoheng.

Gao Gong thought that the conquest would lead to the death and injury of a large number of innocent people, which was not the best policy, so he asked the officials to give Jia San to personally come forward to try the case, and spread the news to Guizhou before Jia San left, so that An Guoheng knew that the imperial court would intervene in the matter.

An Guoheng learned that it was the officials of the imperial court who came, not the officers and soldiers who were encircled and suppressed, so he obediently went to the local yamen to be tried.

The new governor announced the following measures: 1. An Guoheng should hand over the people he had arrested; 2. An Guoheng should give corresponding compensation to the families of An Xin and the other deceased; 3. Divide the corresponding land to An Xin's mother and An Zhi's family; 4. Abolish the hereditary system of Tusi; 5. Give heavy punishments to An Guoheng and An Zhi to severely punish such evil deeds.

Now it was An Zhi's turn to disagree, he thought that An Guoheng was promoted by traitors at the beginning, and in the future, these traitors would inevitably help An Guoheng secretly, and the new governor dealt with the traitors who had promoted An Guoheng at the beginning. An Zhi finally gave in. As a result, this sensational chaos in the local and imperial courts was calmed down before Jia San arrived. After Shangguan Che finished speaking, he paused for a moment, and then asked Jiang Yuetang: "Why can Master Gao convince An Guoheng?

The little guy thought for a moment and said, "An Daren distinguishes between right and wrong, and is fair and strict, so An Guoheng can be convinced; ”

Shangguan Che nodded and said, "Being good at recognizing and employing people is a talent that a powerful minister should have, so you need to read more such books in the future." ”

"Yes. ”

Shangguan Che picked up a piece of pastry and handed it to her, saying, "Let's rest for a while." ”

The little one immediately took it and ate it with relish.

After a short pause, Shangguan Che continued.

"When King Chu Xiang was the crown prince, he was taken hostage by the State of Qi, and after the death of King Chu Huai (the father of King Chu Xiang), King Chu Xiang asked to return to Chu to succeed to the throne, and King Qi said: "Give me five hundred miles from the east of Chu State, and I will let you go back, otherwise you are not allowed to go back." ”

King Chuxiang had to ask Shen Dao 2 to help make a decision, and Shen Zhi said: "If you don't love your father, you will be unjust." ”

So the king of Chu Xiang came to see the king of Qi and expressed his willingness to allocate 500 li of land to the king of Qi.

The king of Qi then released the king of Chu Xiang to the state of Chu and asked Shen to go to Chu to assist the king of Chu Xiang.

As soon as the king of Chu Xiang arrived in Chu and ascended the throne, fifty envoys sent by Qi arrived. After the envoy of Qi finished giving the salute to King Xiang of Chu, he said: "Your Majesty promised to give 500 miles of eastern land to the State of Qi, and the King of Qi promised to let you return to Chu in advance." Now that the King of Qi has sent us to pass on the message and follow up on this matter, Your Majesty will definitely not break his word, right?"

King Chu Xiang didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so he hurriedly asked the Qi envoy to sit down for a while, and then invited Shen Dao, who had persuaded him to dedicate the land, and whispered in his ear: "The Qi State really sent someone to ask for the land, what should I do now?"

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Note 1: Guizhou Tuguan refers to the leadership of the Miaoman region, which is generally hereditary by the natives.

2: Shen Dao, a thinker and politician during the Warring States Period, liked Taoist thought in his early years, and later became one of the founders of Legalism.

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