Liu Xie's fingers lightly tapped the back of the throne, thoughtfully, could it be that Cao Cao wanted to exclude dissidents?

At this time, the Baibo army had collapsed, and the only forces around Luoyang were Zhang Yang's annexed state army, and Cao Cao, as a newcomer, of course had to sweep away all the forces that could threaten him.

Although Liu Xie didn't want to see a situation in which one force dominated the dynasty, Zhang Yang pushed back his edict last night, and it was a fact that he would not be saved when he saw death, if he was not forced to admit his mistake, where was his emperor's majesty?

"According to what the Qing family said, I issued an order to reprimand Zhang Yang, as for the army to levy, and look at its declaration."

"No!"

An official went to draw up the decree and sent it to Zhang Yang.

Not long after, a waiter from the Yellow Gate came to report: "Your Majesty, Zhang Yang's tent is under the Lang Dong Zhao to ask to see." ”

"Announce him in!" Liu Xiedao.

As soon as he heard the words Dong Zhao, Liu Ping's heart suddenly moved, thinking that this was his father-in-law's so-called clever plan.

He knew that Dong Zhao was one of the important strategists in the later period of Cao Wei, and his father-in-law's plans to be crowned Duke of Wei and King Wei in the future were all from this person.

The corners of Liu Ping's mouth turned up slightly, and he looked at his father-in-law opposite who was looking at Dong Zhao with an angry face, and couldn't help but feel funny in his heart, and his acting skills were slightly exaggerated.

However, his father-in-law's plan was very thoughtful, and he first impeached Zhang Yang with righteous indignation, in order to draw a clear line with Zhang Yang and show that he was incompatible with Zhang Yang.

Then he took advantage of the situation to bring out Dong Zhao, who came to apologize, and Dong Zhao's current identity on the surface is Zhang Yang's Yilang.

If the policy of moving east to Xu County was proposed by his father-in-law, the Son of Heaven and the Manchu Dynasty would definitely be suspicious, worried that he would like to take the opportunity to control the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, but if it was proposed by Zhang Yang's people, naturally no one would suspect that this was his plan.

It's just that how Dong Zhao wants to persuade the emperor to go to Xu County, Liu Ping is very interested, and he watched the two sing double reeds with interest.

"Your Majesty, General Zhang Yang was not in the camp last night, delaying the opportunity to come to the rescue, General Zhang Yang regretted his return, and the special minister came to ask His Majesty for his guilt," Dong Zhao couldn't stand on the ground, and his attitude looked extremely sincere.

Liu Xie didn't speak with a cold face, he naturally didn't believe Zhang Yang's nonsense, thinking that Zhang Yang just wanted to preserve his strength and didn't dare to fight hard with Bai Bojun.

Perhaps, Bai Bojun had already approached Zhang Yang before the incident, and had secretly reached a compromise with him.

"Let's get flat!" After a long time, Liu Xiecai said lightly: "Zhang Yang has a good abacus. ”

"If Your Majesty doesn't believe the minister's words, the minister dares to swear to the sky, General Zhang Yang was indeed not in the camp yesterday," Dong Zhao's legs were numb on his knees, and he finally stood up with his hands on the ground.

"Zhang Qing is not in the camp, where did he go?"

"Your Majesty should know that there is a great drought in the world this year, and the grain harvest in various places is not enough, and now the grain and grass in our army are less than three days, and General Zhang Yang has gone to raise grain and grass," Dong Zhao shook his head and said extremely sadly.

"Hmm!" Liu Xie groaned slightly, he knew that if there was a big drought today, it would be the truth.

Previously, when he was in Chang'an, he received a report that there was a great drought in Sanfu, the price of grain was expensive, and a grain was worth 500,000 yuan (recorded in the official history), and there was even an incident of cannibalism in Chang'an City.

So he ordered Shi Houwen to go out of Taicang to cook porridge and relieve the people, but because of the lack of food, many people still starved to death.

"Your Majesty, when the people's livelihood is withering today, and every family has no food for tomorrow," Dong Zhao continued to say bitterly: "What's more, the surrounding area of Luoyang has been war-torn for a long time, the white bones are exposed in the wilderness, there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, and the people are not more than one, and now tens of thousands of troops are stationed here, where does the grain and grass come from?"

In a few days, I am afraid that not only the army will run out of food, but even the grain and grass in the palace will not be able to be offered on schedule. ”

At this time, the emperor and the ministers were all enshrined by Zhang Yang.

As soon as they heard that even their grain and grass supply would be cut off, the emperor and the ministers could not sit still, and began to discuss in a low voice.

In fact, they don't know that today's Luoyang is surrounded by thousands of miles of red land, and if they want to maintain the garrison and the royal family, they must mobilize grain and grass from other places.

But which prince in the world is short of food, and where can he get it?

It is said that Yuan Shu's troops all rely on digging river mussels to survive, and Yuan Shao's men and horses live by picking mulberries, not to mention whether they are willing to serve the imperial court, even if they are willing, I am afraid that they are more than willing but not enough.

"Let's discuss, where should we raise grain and grass in the future?" Liu Xie stood up from his throne and glanced at the ministers in the hall.

All the secretaries lowered their heads and didn't speak, how could they have the ability to raise food?

There was silence in the main hall.

After being silent for a long time, Dong Zhao suddenly said: "The minister has a plan, but I don't know if it is feasible or not." ”

"Speak!"

"The minister heard that the drought is getting lighter and lighter as the drought goes eastward, why doesn't Your Majesty lead the ministers to temporarily move eastward to a densely populated place to survive this crisis?"

"Where do you think I should move?"

"Lu Yang!" Dong Zhao said confidently: "This county is located in central Henan, the war is slightly shallow, and the people's livelihood is slightly richer, so it can be used as the first choice of His Majesty." ”

"Lu Yang?" Liu Xie frowned slightly, glanced at Cao Cao, who bowed his head and was silent, and stared at Dong Zhao tightly, as if he wanted to see what he was thinking.

Luyang County belongs to Nanyang County, located at the junction of Yuzhou and Jingzhou, not far from Luoyang.

But this Luyang is closer to Xu County, where Cao Cao is now governed, what is the difference between arriving in Luyang and Xu County?

Liu Xie rubbed his hands lightly and walked around in front of the throne, obviously undecided.

In fact, this was exactly what Cao Cao and Dong Zhao had planned in advance, they were afraid that if they directly proposed to let the emperor go to Xu County, the emperor would be worried, so they came up with such a compromise plan.

Although Luyang is relatively close to Xu County, it is not Cao Cao's territory after all, and this was raised by Dong Zhao, and it has nothing to do with Cao Cao.

But looking at the emperor's meaning now, it seems that there are still doubts.

The two of them touched each other imperceptibly, and they obviously didn't expect that the emperor would be so stubborn, he had already been forced to this point, and he still refused to obey.

It's a pity that all their tricks have been used up, and they can only stare at this time.

"Liu Qing, what do you think?" Liu Xie asked Liu Ping inexplicably.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is better to go directly to Xu County than to go to Luyang," Liu Ping said directly.

Liu Xie shook his head in disappointment, and suddenly remembered that Liu Ping had persuaded him to go to Xu County when he saw him for the first time, but he refused at that time, but now he asked Liu Ping what to do?

It's a vain question to ask.

Cao Cao stared anxiously at the side.

When he discussed the plan with Dong Zhao, he was worried that the emperor had been controlled by various factions for a long time and had become a frightened bird, so if he directly proposed to let the emperor go to Xu County, he was afraid that the emperor would be controlled by him again, so he chose the place of Luyang.

But Liu Ping was good, he directly proposed to go to Xu County, didn't that make the emperor more alert?

This kid has always been so smart, why is he confused now?

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there are many benefits to going to Xu County, please let Rong Chen return and make a decision," Liu Ping continued.