Let's say that when Duan Rong, under the instigation and instruction of Cai Ji, was busy setting off to publish heroic posts, the Central Plains was once again ravaged by the locust plague. It must be known that as long as the climate is suitable, locusts can occur in two generations a year, summer locusts and autumn locusts, so the autumn locusts in September of the first year of Xingping are actually the descendants of the summer locusts in April before. Since the county of Dongnai had already carried out large-scale locust eradication activities in May and June under the command of Cai Ji, the autumn locust outbreak in September did not affect Dongnai county. As for those prefectures and counties that were busy stockpiling food and fighting wars during the summer locust outbreak and neglected to resist disasters and eradicate locusts, it was natural that they suffered from flying locusts again.

Just like Cao Cao, who had been with Lu Bu for more than 100 days under Puyang City, he had to withdraw his troops back to Juancheng for disaster relief in the face of the sudden locust plague. And Lu Bu, who was sticking to Puyang City, was no better than Cao Cao. Due to the siege of the city for months, the food in Puyang City has long been exhausted. Therefore, after Cao Cao withdrew his troops, Lü Bu personally led his army to invade the neighboring Chengshi County to grab grain, despite the opposition of Chen Gong. As a result, he was defeated by Li Jin, a native of Chengshi County, and retreated east to Shanyang. Instead of plundering the food he needed, Lü Bu's move also exposed the fact that he was strong on the outside and dry on the outside. In addition, Chengshi County was originally subordinate to Yanzhou, and Lu Bu, as the lord of Yanzhou, not only did not sympathize with the people under his rule, but also led troops to plunder his own people. As soon as the hearts of the people in Yanzhou were born, there was a new trade-off between Lu Bu and Cao Cao. It can be said that the natural disasters of the late Han Dynasty are like a pair of invisible hands, testing everyone in their unique way.

In Chang'an in October, the cold wind is bleak, and the former imperial capital has long since lost its former prosperity, replaced by devastation and hungry people. Since April of this year, there has not been a drop of rain in the vicinity of Beijing for more than 100 consecutive days, and with the ravages of flying locusts, the price of grain has soared all the way to 500,000 yuan per hundred, and the price of beans and wheat has also risen to 200,000 yuan per hundred. The hungry people around Jingshi poured into the city to beg for food, and the city of Chang'an was overcrowded, and the white bones would appear from time to time between the ruins and broken walls.

In the face of the tragic phenomenon of "cannibalism and accumulation of white bones", Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, who was the lord of a country, decisively ordered to open a warehouse and release grain, and assigned the imperial envoy Hou Wen to preside over the cooking of porridge and alms for the hungry people, in order to save one person is one person. However, a month later, the hungry people in Chang'an City have not been saved by the relief of the imperial court, on the contrary, a large number of people still starve to death every day because they cannot get food.

Why will people starve to death?

Could it be that there is less relief food distributed by the imperial court......

There are still people who are filling their pockets!

For the question of starving to death, the young son of heaven of the Han man prefers the latter answer. But Liu Xie is not an impulsive person. When he was still a toddler, his biological mother Wang Meiren was killed by Queen He. His father, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, was afraid that he would also be assassinated by the empress, so he handed him over to the Empress Dowager Dong to raise, and Liu Xie was later named King Chen Liu. In the sixth year of Zhongping, Emperor Ling died, the general He Jin was murdered by the ten permanent servants, and Yuan Shao and others entered the palace to kill the eunuchs. In panic, Liu Xie and the young emperor Liu Wei were abducted from the palace by the eunuchs Zhang Rang and Duan Gui. Later, he was rescued by Shangshu Lu Zhi and Peng Mingong in central Henan, and met Dong Zhuo's army on the way back to the palace. Because Dong Zhuo thinks that Liu Xie is raised by the Empress Dowager Dong, and he is of the same clan as the Empress Dowager Dong, he thinks that the Liu Association is relatively close. Therefore, in order to facilitate the control of the government, Dong Zhuo abolished and killed the young emperor, and in September of that year, Liu Xie, who had just turned nine years old, was appointed as the emperor, and he used him to coerce the Son of Heaven and order the princes. After that, the Kwantung princes raised troops to attack Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo burned the capital Luoyang, and coerced Liu Xie to move the capital to Chang'an. Soon, Situ Wang Yun teamed up with Wenhou Lu Bu to kill Dong Zhuo. But less than a month after the two co-presided over the government, Dong Zhuo's general Li Dao and others defeated Lü Bu, killed Wang Yun, occupied Chang'an, and learned from Dong Zhuo to continue to serve Liu as the puppet emperor.

It can be said that although Liu Xie is only 14 years old now, the experience of being displaced in the past ten years has made his mind much more mature than that of teenagers of the same age. Therefore, even though he knew that it was just a puppet in the hands of Li Dao and others, Liu Xie still sat upright on the court with a tall posture, and watched with a calm gaze as the attendants below poured five liters of rice and beans into a cauldron mixed with water and boiled.

After a short time, a burst of sweet grain fragrance filled the entire court. The chamberlains and ministers present all stretched their necks and looked around when they heard this tempting aroma of porridge. Chang'an City has been short of food for several months, not to mention the ordinary people below, even the ministers and doctors will inevitably have dishes on their faces at this time. Even Liu Xie himself couldn't help but swallow his saliva secretly the moment he was boiling the pot.

Incense, really incense. But I don't know how thick this porridge is? Thinking of this, Liu Xie, who was wearing a crown of heaven, immediately got up and walked down the throne quickly to the pot of rice porridge, stretched out his hand to the waiter on the side and said, "Spoon." ”

The chamberlain hurriedly handed over the wooden spoon. After Liu Xie took the wooden spoon and stirred it in the pot, he found that although this porridge was not as good as the Cheng dù of "porridge can stand chopsticks", it was not as thin as rice soup. Faced with such a situation, Liu Xie's face immediately sank, threw away the wooden spoon, and turned around and ordered Dao Ru and others to put this porridge into a basin. ”

The attendants were drunk by the Son of Heaven, and hurriedly poured the rice porridge from the pot into the large basin for soup porridge, no more, no less, just two pots. Obviously, this amount is much more than the amount reported by the officials below. Seeing this, the surrounding chamberlains and ministers all lowered their heads, because some of them were going to be unlucky this time. It's just that everyone knows that Liu Xie's mood when he looks at these two pots of porridge at the moment, but he is more sad than angry.

At present, Li Dao and others' minions are all over the court, and the imperial envoy Hou Wen is one of the few courtiers who do not go along with him. It is precisely because of this that Liu Xie will hand over the matter of opening the warehouse to Hou Wen, and hopes to take this opportunity to win over the hearts of the people. But who would have thought that Hou Wen would be greedy for food for disaster relief. This made Liu Xie both angry and sad. He was angry that Hou Wen had the grace of God to do such a hurtful act; The sad thing is that it was not easy to find a courtier who could be trusted, but after a try, he was a big rat who could not get on the table. The matter has come to this point, and it is inevitable to punish Hou Wen and give an explanation to the people of Chang'an. However, how to punish Hou Wen has become a difficult problem in front of Liu Xie. It is true that Hou Wen did such a despicable thing, but this person was promoted after all, if Hou Wen was severely punished, it would not mean that he would be slapped in the mouth of Liu Xie. And Li Dao and others still know how to protect their shortcomings, if this king is not treated by his subordinates, will he be regarded as a careless person by the courtiers? Will there be no one to help again?

The young Liu Xie lacked experience in governance, and there was no good teacher to guide him, so he naturally had to refer to the people around him. Therefore, after a long time, Liu Xie finally made up his mind to speak, "Liu Qi." ”

"The minister is here." Liu Qi came out of the service to receive the order.

"I order you to investigate strictly. As for the imperial envoy Hou Wen, his majesty was not effective, and he had fifty sticks and sticks to serve his best. Liu Xie ordered with a cold face.

Liu Xie's move was obviously to beat Hou Wen with fifty military sticks, but secretly he made a conclusion about his coffin, which means that no matter how big the matter is found in the future, it will have nothing to do with Hou Wen. Liu Qi can sit in the middle of the waiter, and this status will naturally not be an idle person. Therefore, after listening to the decision of the young Son of Heaven, he immediately understood in his heart and bowed down to receive the command. ”

Seeing Liu Qi in the middle of the service leading the order, Liu Xie returned to the throne in a dejected manner. After all, no matter how old Liu Xie is, he is just a fourteen-year-old boy in his bones. The temper of a child often seems unreasonable. No, the more Liu Xie thought about it at this moment, the more he felt that everyone present was laughing at him in their hearts for not knowing who he was employed, and his handsome little face suddenly turned slightly red. So, he immediately flicked his long sleeves and shouted angrily, "Give it all to me!" ”

The chamberlains and ministers present saw that the young emperor was in a bad mood, and they didn't want to stay here longer. At this moment, when they heard that the Son of Heaven wanted them to retreat, they were naturally happy to flee. However, just when the people and others were scattering, a scribe ignored the order of the Son of Heaven and stayed alone. This person is Wu Shuo, the speaker of the council. Wu Shuo was also one of the few courtiers in the court who did not associate with Li Dao and others. However, Wu Shuo is low-key on weekdays, so he has not attracted the attention of the Son of Heaven. At this moment, seeing Liu Xie's anger and driving people, Wu Shuo knew that the Son of Heaven suffered a big dumb loss for the first time he was in power, and he would inevitably be disheartened. If this is allowed to continue, the Son of Heaven will surely lose his enterprising spirit. The plan now must be for the Son of Heaven to temporarily put aside his previous failures and think about new goals. With such thoughts, Wu Shuo even went forward in the face of the holy anger and persuaded His Majesty to calm his anger. The rats who are greedy for rice and grain are hateful. However, it is also an indisputable fact that the national treasury has a shortage of grain. ”

Liu Xie didn't expect someone to stay. When he looked up and saw that it was Wu Shuo, the speaker was Wu Shuo, the anger in his heart immediately calmed down. This is because Wu Shuo is clean and self-conscious, and he never associates with Li Dao and others, and secondly, Liu Xie's personality is relatively mild, even if he loses his temper when he is angry, he will not be violent enough to harm the innocent Cheng Dù. So in the face of Wu Shuo's advances, Liu Xie sighed helplessly and said, "I also know that the treasury is empty at the moment. It's just that this year, the grain harvest of Sili is out of order, and the hungry people are everywhere, where does the imperial court go to collect grain? ”

Wu Shuo saw that Liu Xie sighed for a long time because of the lack of food, and thought that although the Son of Heaven was young, he cared about the people of the world, and he was really a rare Ming Jun. As a minister of the Han Dynasty, he should stand up to help the king solve his worries. Therefore, Wu Shuo immediately bowed down and said, "With all due respect, Your Majesty can temporarily borrow some grain and grass to fill the treasury. ”

"Borrowed food? Q: Who borrows it? At the moment, everyone in Beijing has a dish on their faces. Where can I borrow it? Liu Xie frowned slightly and smiled bitterly.

"Since there is no one in Chang'an City to borrow grain. Why don't you look beyond the division? Wu Shuo said meaningfully.

"Outside the Division?"

"For example, Yuan Shao of Jizhou." Wu Shuo bowed his head and nodded.

"Yuan Shao?" As soon as Liu Xie heard Wu Shuo mention Yuan Shao, the expression on his face couldn't help but become more strange.

To be honest, Liu Xie's impression of the Runan Yuan clan was not good. Since Yuan Liang of Runan, Yuan has been Sikong and Situ since his grandson Yuan Anguan, Anzi Yuan Chang and Yuan Jing are Sikong, Jingzi Yuan Tang is Sikong and Taiwei, Tangzi Yuan Feng is also Sikong, and his younger brother Yuan Kui is also Sangong and Taifu. There are as many as five people who occupy the position of the third prince in the fourth world, and they are known as the "three princes of the fourth world". It stands to reason that the Yuan family, who was deeply favored by the emperor, should have been in the Han family. However, after Dong Zhuoxi left Chang'an, Yuan Shao was bent on abandoning Liu Xie and setting up Liu Yu as the new monarch. Even if Liu Yu himself categorically refused, Yuan Shao still did not give up, and asked him to receive the Shangshu and accept the worship, of course, this move was still rejected by Liu Yu. Therefore, Liu Xie has always been jealous of Yuan Shao. So much so that he was also skeptical of Wu Shuo's mention at this time.

Wu Shuo saw that Liu Xie looked jealous of Yuan Shao, and knew that the Son of Heaven was still angry about Yuan Shao's desire to be the new king. But this kind of thing is the selfishness of the Son of Heaven, and it can only be understood but not spoken, so Wu Shuo explained to Liu Xie in a different way: Your Majesty should not worry. Yuan Shaohui refused the edict. As long as the imperial court rewarded Yuan Shao with a title, he would pay tribute to the imperial court to thank Longen. After all, the face of the fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family in Runan was there. ”

Sell the official beard! When Liu Xie heard this, these four big words suddenly popped up in his mind. It is said that although the sale of official beards began with Qin Shi Huang. But it was Liu Xie's father, Emperor Liu Hong, of Han Ling, who really took this move to the extreme. At the beginning, after Emperor Liu Hong ate up the already tired treasury, he immediately began to sell his official position publicly, first "selling the marquis of Guannei, fake gold seal purple ribbon, passed down to the world, and made five million money". After tasting the sweetness, he ingeniously set up an exchange for buying and selling officials, and determined the level of official prices according to the size of the officials and the quality of their place of office. Even important positions such as the Three Princes and the Nine Secretaries are all clearly marked and sold publicly. Except for the emperor's position, which is not sold, it can be sold. If there are many people buying and the competition is fierce, the bid will be bid, and the highest bidder will win. Although Liu Xie felt that his father's move was quite absurd. But now that the treasury is empty, Liu Xie has to take risks. After all, compared to his father's wanton squandering, Liu Xie's selling of officials is to save the Han family.

Since he had such determination, Liu Xie immediately remembered Yuan Shao's twist and turn that he had put aside a few days ago. Yuan Shao not only asked the imperial court to be the right general, but also recommended several so-called talents to serve as Taishou, Beijia, County Cheng and so on. But in Liu Xie's eyes, these people are Yuan Shao's minions. Therefore, although the third prince agreed to this matter, Liu Xie deliberately pressed the fold again and again. However, at this moment, listening to Wu Shuo's explanation, Liu Xie suddenly felt that there was a lot to be done in this piece, so he happily ordered Wu Shuo to Wu Shuo, and you will write a letter to Yuan Shao for me. ”

"Whoa." Wu Shuo respectfully bowed down to receive the order.

At this time, Liu Xie was busy finding Yuan Shao's letter from a pile of memoranda on the case, taking out the jade seal, and solemnly stamping the big seal. Of course, Liu Xie didn't notice at this time that in Yuan Shao's long list of recommendations, there was a girl of the same age as him - Cai Ji.

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