Liu Xian laughed and came out of the crowd from behind.

walked in front of Yang Jie and said to Yang Jie: "Lord Yang Jie, this is wrong. There are some things that you do seem to have a sense of, but these also depend on what the time and what the situation is. ”

When Yang Jie saw that it was Liu Xian, his face suddenly did not look good, and he said to Liu Xian with a dark face: "Young Master Liu Xian, you came just in time, I was just about to ask, as a member of the Han family, this can not be untrustworthy, when will the grain money you owe to the Yang County Government be returned?" I, Yang Jie and others, are indeed real money and paid more than 500,000 yuan of food, which is not false. is the so-called debt repayment, it is a matter of course, and now Yang asks the government for the grain that belongs to us, but the government does not deliver a penny, so Yang and others use the government as collateral, where is the difference? ”

"That's right, I didn't say you were wrong with asking for food. It's just that sometimes you really can't be too greedy. Sometimes you can't do everything. There are some things, in fact, everyone knows in their hearts, you can also touch your own conscience, you hold the price and estimate, a pound of rice and grain to buy a hundred dollars, is this reasonable? Liu Xian pointed at Yang Jie, then touched his heart, and said to Yang Jie.

"Liu Xiangongzi, Yang is now a businessman, everyone knows that scarcity is expensive, and now the entire Julu and even Jizhou, and even the states and counties near Jizhou, there is a shortage of food everywhere, so our grain is sold at a higher price, isn't it unreasonable? What's more, we are only selling and buying publicly, and we have never forced anyone to buy our food at the price we have set. Since you are willing to do so, and we are so generous, we can let the buyer make a blank slip first and default on the grain payment, so it can be regarded as worthy of the buyer, right? What do you think of Liu Xiangongzi, what do you mean, why does it seem to be our fault? ”

"You're not right!" Liu Xian shook his head and said to Yang Jie: "I can tell you this." If you are reasonable, you seem to be reasonable. However, this theory is extremely ridiculous. Every commodity has its true value, and you must not grab a handful of dirt and say that its price is better than gold. If it's unreasonable and unreasonable, who will support you? Who's going to pay for you? ”

When Liu Xian said this, his face turned cold, and he stretched out his hand to stop Yang Jie's words that he wanted to distinguish, and said to him: "This is just from the direction of reason. Then let's talk to you about the direction that doesn't make sense. How can you say that it doesn't make sense? There is a cloud: Under the Putian, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. There is another saying: The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. There is also a saying: The king is light and the people are important. There is another way: water can carry a boat and also capsize a boat, and the government forces the people to oppose the people. ”

Liu Xian pointed at Yang Jie and said: "This world is the world of the Han Dynasty, and everything you have belongs to the current emperor, including you personally." And even if this is the case, an emperor must understand that no matter how noble a king is, he is not as important as all the people in the world. In the entire Han court, from top to bottom, which one is not to better govern the people? Do you want to make life better for the people of the world? And if you think about it, as a member of the Han Dynasty, whether you are an official of the imperial court or a wealthy squire, the so-called rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband. But how do you do it? As government officials, have you ever thought about the people who are starving and suffering, and who are already suffering from hardship to death? Have you done anything that is good for the people? ”

"As a wealthy landlord in Yangshi County, you should have that right, responsibility and obligation to help your parents and villagers as much as possible, so that your parents and villagers can tide over the current predicament. But instead of doing so, you have intensified your efforts to use the surplus food you have to make a huge fortune. This is called an unscrupulous profiteer, who makes money from war and makes money from disaster. In doing so, are you not afraid of being criticized by the people? ”

At this time, the people are in despair, they can't survive, and if they want to rise up against you, what about you? Now you look at it again, all around here are the people of Yang's County, you ask, which of the people will say a good word about you Yang Jie? ”

"In times of national crisis, you should lead by example, and you should be generous to give the people a way to live as much as possible. It will never be like you, who will accept the people as domestic slaves and domestic servants, so as to give one and two living bread. It can be said that the imperial court and government are not very wrong with you, and they are not willing to requisition your grain in vain, so they buy it from you at a high price, which is actually just an expedient measure. ”

"I can tell you clearly, whether you are still a county magistrate of Yang's County, or just an ordinary local rich family. In fact, the imperial court and government have the right to requisition your money and food from you, in fact, don't say that it is money and food, when necessary, the imperial court and government can also requisition you yourself. For example, if the Han is invaded by a foreign enemy, how can there be eggs under this nest? The court called on the righteous people of the world to rebel and requisition your young men to participate in the war, what about you? Do you still dare to disobey the orders of the imperial court? ”

"Even now, now that the imperial court and government have directly ordered the requisition of your family wealth to relieve the people of Yang's County, so that the people of the county can live, what should you do? With these hundreds or thousands of private armed forces on hand now, you want to oppose the imperial government? In your current situation, the government above did not pursue your crimes, but only dismissed you, which is already a great favor. But instead of thanking the government for its amnesty, you have the courage to ask the government for unreasonable food, which is really a big guts. Do you think that with these thousands of people in your hands, you can be the king and hegemon in this Yang County? You guys try to be the king? The Yellow Turban Army has millions of people, right? Isn't it now defeated by the officers and soldiers of the imperial court and will be completely wiped out? Do you want to confront the government and the people of the entire Yang County? Want to confront the Han court? Want to rebel? ”

When Liu Xian said this, he looked at Yang Jie coldly, and said coldly: "Do you understand what it means for a monarch to die, and a minister has to die?" If you think that it is reasonable for you to sell these 500,000 catties of grain to the government at a high price, and it is in line with the laws of the Han Dynasty, you are still so justified. That's good, the court and government can actually settle accounts with you, or even without liquidation, you can find a random reason to put you in prison, and when the time comes, you can't say anything. ”

Liu Xian's words suddenly made Yang Jie sweat profusely, and his face turned pale.

Because what Liu Xian said is indeed such a truth. Now the government is reasoning with him, so he doesn't do anything with them. However, everyone needs to be self-aware, because no one is stupid in this world. In other words, if the government sells you grain at the same price, will they buy it? Some things, if they say it explicitly, are actually their faults, or they are not doing it properly.

What's more, this world is still the world of the Han Dynasty, and the local government is only an extension of the power of the Han court. No matter how strong he Yang Jie is, it is impossible to confront the government.

As Liu Xian said, even if the government does not buy grain from them, what if it directly requisitions it from them? Do they dare not give?

The law of the Han Dynasty, when they protect them, they can be landlords and rich households, and no one can do anything to them. But when the law of the Han Dynasty no longer protected them, how could they hold on to their current land and wealth?

"But, we did deliver 500,000 catties of grain to the government. At least now, with this 500,000 catties of grain, the people of the entire Yang County can survive. But that grain does belong to us, so we can't hand it over to the government for nothing, right? ”

Liu Xian waved his hand again and said, "Lord Yang Jie, you should also know very well in your hearts, the reason why you have this surplus grain now, where does this grain come from?" Could it be that you have worked your own? In fact, these grains of yours are all cultivated by the people of Yangshi County, and then handed over to you for the land rent and grain tax. You can also think about it, if the people of this Yang County are starved to death, then in the future, who will plow your fields for you? If there is no one to cultivate the fields, where will you come from the fields and rent the fields and collect the taxes? Therefore, people should not be too short-sighted, and they should not only care about immediate interests without caring about the lives of all people. Sometimes, when you are helping others, you are actually helping yourself. ”

"That, that's according to Liu Xian's intentions. The grain of Yang and others was delivered in vain? Then Liu Xiangongzi, yourself, what do you say about the grain money you owe to the government? Yang Jie is still a little unwilling, he doesn't want to be persuaded by Liu Xian, after all, 500,000 catties of grain, how can he be willing to see wealth like this? It can't be because of Liu Xian's words, he just forgot it and didn't ask the government for it.

Liu Xian nodded and said: "Lord Yang Jie, in fact, I Liu Xian know very well in my heart, do you think that you now not only have the white slip that the government owes you for food, but also the white slip that I Liu Xian owes to the Yang County government." So I have no fear, thinking in my heart, even if the government can't pay you that food, but it can recover from me Liu Xian, let me Liu Xian pay back the food, and then pay your food? Hehe, I really want to be beautiful. ”

"What? Could it be that you, Liu Xian, dare to rely on the accounts of the government? Yang Jie glared at Liu Xiandao in disbelief.

"Definitely!" Liu Xian said: "Now that the matter is over, I, Liu Xian, will tell you clearly." As I said before, it is indeed an expedient measure for Wenshen County to buy grain from you on behalf of the government, and it is the so-called urgency of people, and in terms of the current situation, it is indeed the first priority to live the people of Yang County. Not only are you unwilling to give food to the people, but you are not even willing to lower the price to sell the surplus food you have. Only in this way can we let you hand over the food in your hands, and then we can use this batch of food to save the people of Yangshi County. Do you understand what expediency is? To put it bluntly, this is actually a scam, taking advantage of the fact that you are all consumed by your desire for profit and all fall into the eyes of money, so that you can take out the food. After all, you are also the people of the Han Dynasty, and as an official government, it is impossible to directly requisition your food from you for no reason, right? What's more, even if it is requisitioned, but in this Yang County, you have these horses in your hands at that time, even if you don't take the grain out, Wenshen County Cheng will not have a way to take you, if you can only watch the people of Yang County starve to death. So, this so-called government buying grain from you is actually a scam, now, do you understand? ”

"This—this can't be...... You, you've gone too far. Since you dare to cheat our food in the name of the government? Either way, you are buying food from us in the name of the government. Moham! That's all you want? Yang Jie shuddered, his face turned red again, he really didn't want to believe that he and the others had been deceived.

If Wen Shen and they don't have the support of the people of the whole county now, and they don't have the hundreds of people behind him, he really wants to give an order and let his people control Wen Shen and Liu Xian.

But now, he really didn't dare.

In addition, he actually understood something in his heart. However, at this time, he regretted it too late. At that time, he felt that Liu Xian used their food to help the people of the county, which made Liu Xian's prestige and fame among the people of Yang's County skyrocket, so that the people of Yang's County only knew that there was Liu Xian, but there was no Yang Jie, the county commander of him.

At that time, he was still thinking about the huge amount of grain money, and thought that Liu Xian would not threaten him even if he gained the prestige of the people of Yang's County. Now that I think about it, he was wrong, from the beginning, he should have found a way to stop and destroy Liu Xian's soup soup in Yang's County. Even, this kind of thing can be done by yourself, and you don't need Liu Xian to come in with a foot, so that Liu Xian has gained the prestige of the people in this Yang County in vain.

"Yang Jie. We don't really want to do it all the time. After all, in any case, you did organize men and horses to fight against those Yellow Turban rebels during the Yellow Turban Trouble, whether you did it for yourself or something else. By the way, it did protect the people of Yang County, so that these people of Yang County were not slaughtered by the Yellow Turban Thieves. This can be regarded as meritorious. Liu Xian slowed down his voice at this time and said to Yang Jie: "Therefore, the so-called debt repayment is a matter of course, and there is really nothing to say." ”

"I can tell you now that it is true that I, Liu Xian, owe Yang County grain, but this is definitely not what you imagined. Because for now, it is impossible for me Liu Xian to come up with such a huge amount of money. Therefore, I have another agreement with Wenshen County. Within three years, if I am unable to pay the arrears of the Yang County government for the purchase of grain, then the Yang government will allow me to return the same amount of grain to the Yang County government. So, you see, this is the reasonable thing to do, I bought grain from the government, but I don't have the money to pay for it, then I will return the same amount of grain. Do you think that makes sense? ”

After Liu Xian finished speaking, he stared at Yang Jie and said.