Jiang Qian and his entourage went to Xu State, Jiang Min had never mentioned it before, and Chen Yunfeng had not said anything at all, and they still didn't say anything to this day, maybe they had said it privately before they came.

Jiang Min took out an official letter sent by Chenling and handed it to Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) to read, the content was very simple, he wanted Guangxin to provide grain for disaster relief.

"Disaster relief?" Bailiyan was surprised.

"Yes, spring ploughing is imminent, and eight or nine out of ten people were damaged by the locust plague last year, if we can't stabilize the people's sentiment before spring ploughing, it will inevitably cause unrest in the situation. But Qian'er rushed all the way back, and there were already signs of locusts rising again along the way. This time, the Lingling donated grain, and I feel very embarrassed, so I would like to invite you to come and discuss this matter. ”

However, where there is a knight, there is almost no need to pay taxes on the income in ordinary times, but it is not without worries, whenever the country is in a great disaster, the tax collection is not collectible, the centralized power can be forced to pay the knights.

For example, in the great drought of that year, Guangxin Gong was "decided" to donate 300,000 stone of grain, as well as countless gold and silver treasures, almost emptying most of the savings accumulated in the inner government.

In the past few years, I have just taken a breath, and I have to apportion, even the landlord's family has no overnight surplus grain, not to mention that Guangxin Gong is waiting for a rebellion, and he will come to pay for it every now and then, and sooner or later he will be hollowed out by the side of Chenling.

If you don't give it, you will give it to Chenling, and if you give it, you will have to hollow yourself out, which is really a dilemma.

At this time, Chen Yunfeng, Jiang Qian, Jiang Rong and everyone present all looked at Bai Liyan, most of them had reached a consensus before, and they had made up their minds to see what kind of attitude he had.

Baili Yan Si Brew for a moment said:

"Lord Qiqi, I thought that this grain should be borrowed."

"Why should I borrow it?" Chen Yunfeng asked unexpectedly, only thinking that Wei Xian should also propose to refuse.

"Brother Chen, if the people of Xianxi and Chunan counties change, and millions of people are displaced and rise up, the situation will definitely be more turbulent than the drought of the year, and Beihai County and Dujun will bear the brunt, dare to ask Brother Chen, what should Guangxin do in the face of the surging rebels."

"King Xian will definitely send a large army to suppress it, not to mention that the Jin army is stationed in Jiangdong, and the sailors are all over Beihai, and they can land at any time to repel the rebellious people." Chen Yunfeng said, and the others watched silently.

"That's the case, but if the Jin army watches the fire from the other side, and the Xian army has no food, who will Guangxin City rely on to protect itself."

"But even if the donation is pledged, it is difficult to ensure that the rice and grain will not be seized and swallowed by the Lingling, and the chaotic people will still rise up, and the Lingling will still see death and not be saved, what is the difference between not donating grain."

"Brother Chen's words are wrong. If you don't donate food, you will definitely not come to the rescue, and if you don't donate food, the lord can find a way out. ”

Chen Yunfeng was stunned when he heard the news, and asked again:

"How to find a way out for yourself, do you have to advance the big things? Never. ”

"Definitely. If after donating grain, Chenling still sees death and does not save it, what reason does Guangxin have to be bound by King Xian again, it is difficult to support the army and defend the land. ”

"Hiss......"

Jiang Min's heart lit up, and when he was thinking about it, Luo Songting, who was next to Jiang Qian, stood up and said:

"My lord, what Wei Gongzi said is not unreasonable. It's just that when the rebels will start an incident, it is not yet known, and it is not known whether the situation is dangerous, if the rebels toss for three or five days and then die, the lord will donate grain for nothing to make a wedding dress for King Xian.

If the rebellious people rise up after the autumn, there are still two seasons of grain to be levied in the three counties of Dongyuan, Suidang, and Jiangdong, not to mention that the king of Xian can also buy grain from the Jin Kingdom. ”

What Luo Songting said, Bai Liyan didn't expect it before. Chaos will start this is the consensus of the Guangxin Mansion, only the pig next to King Xian will whimsically think that the world is peaceful and there is no war.

If the basic strength of the people's uprising is insufficient, it is not enough to set off a huge war, but it is easy to be pacified by the Xian army, and Guangxin City will not get any benefit from donating hundreds of thousands of grains, and the king of Xian will understand the depth of Guangxin.

If the civil uprising occurred after the autumn, the capital county and Dongyuan county, which were less affected last year, and the Suidang and Jiangdong counties that were not affected by the disaster, still have two crops of rice that can be requisitioned, and the probability of quelling the civil uprising is extremely high, and no one can guarantee that the civil uprising will definitely sweep the whole country, not to mention that the Jin Kingdom will not see death without help.

Even the eldest grandson will stab the rebel army in the back, and it is not impossible for the three kingdoms to join forces to exterminate the chaotic people.

However, pledges and non-contributions are politically in two completely different positions. If you don't donate, you will be extremely passive politically.

As Luo Songting said, it is difficult to determine the momentum of the popular uprising and the time of intensifying the contradictions, and if the popular rebellion is quelled early, it is easy to fall into the hands of King Xian without donating grain, and even at the expense of military strength to force Guangxin Gong to cut down the domain.

If you pledge a donation, it will be just a matter of positive pressure on the people's uprising, and it will be regarded as charity, and it can also reassure the people in Chenling.

If a large-scale peasant uprising breaks through Beihai County, and the troops come to the city of Guangxin, the tomb will not be saved. At that time, it is logical to expand the armament and war mercenaries to respect themselves, even if the rebellious people are pacified, it is true that tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in their hands are true, what face does King Xian have to ask Guangxin to disarm and forcibly cut off the military power, and finally cause a large-scale popular uprising and Guangxin Gong rebellion again.

Therefore, pledging grain and grass will gain the political initiative at home and abroad, and if you don't donate, you will be extremely passive, which is equivalent to telling Chenling in advance that Guangxin City will not be saved when you see death, and you will not be saved if you are persecuted to see death. If the people's rebellion is suppressed, the Xian army and the Jin army may wipe out Guangxin with a heart of disobedience, which is the most dangerous.

But Luo Songting's worries are not unreasonable.

Whoever has the resources in his hands is not the fruit of hard work, and it is not hundreds or thousands of stones of grain, even if he opens his mouth, he will have to requisition hundreds of thousands of stones, even if Guangxin is rich, and then draw hundreds of thousands of stones of grain, he will have to empty the old bottom.

In case the people's revolt is huge, and Shanling will not be saved again, Guangxin will not even have the capital to expand the army and raise troops, so how can it protect itself. Thinking of this, Bai Liyan also knows that there is a dilemma between donating or not donating, the two plans have gains and losses, and it is almost impossible to take care of both.

He didn't refute, Luo Songting continued what he had just said, and continued:

"Lord, the matter of donating grain should be replied to King Xian, and at most 10,000 or 20,000 stones of grain and grass can be sent away. As for what the King of Xian thinks, let them go.

As far as the current plan is concerned, the soldiers of Beihai County are weak, and the lord should prepare for military affairs as soon as possible and reorganize war preparedness, so as to protect himself after the intensification of the civil uprising. If it is really as Wei Gongzi said, the people are changing greatly, and the Jin State is also standing by and watching, it is not impossible for the lord to act at that time. ”

"What Songting said is extremely true, this plan is very lonely."

The four words "inside and outside" made Bailiyan suddenly realize, and it is no wonder that Luo Songting is full of confidence. Once civil strife broke out in Xianguo, and the Xian army was dragged in the quagmire of pacifying the people's uprising, shouldn't the Jin army be wary of Zhiguo going north.

Without the Xian army as cannon fodder, Zhiguo attacked Xianguo, how could the Jin army not save it when it saw death, if the Jin army did not save it, the prestige of the Jin State would be gone, and Xianguo might also be annexed by Zhiguo, but let Zhiguo pick up a cheap one.

At this time, Guangxin Gong announced behind his back that he would abolish the Xianwang and join forces with Zhiguo, and the Jin State would be extremely passive, and the main force of the Jin State would have to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Zhiguo in the territory of the Xianguo, and if the Jin State was defeated, the Zhiguo would advance to the hinterland of the Jin State in an all-round way on the eastern front.

"Sure enough, it's a step ahead, why didn't I think of it." Bailiyan said secretly, fortunately, he didn't lend this batch of hundreds of thousands of stones, grains and grass, if he really wants to lend it, how will he raise soldiers in the future.

After the meeting ended, Chen Yunfeng came to himself:

"Brother Xian, how can you mention the matter of donating food."

Chen Yunfeng seemed to complain, Bai Liyan smiled lightly and didn't care at all:

"It's not appropriate to think about it below, and Senior Luo is thoughtful, but it's beyond the reach of the next."

"So, Brother Xian also agrees with Luo Songting's plan?"

"Exactly, if you can combine the inside and the outside, you have a seventy percent chance of achieving great things. If you follow the next plan, you can only be a peaceful prince of Beihai. ”

In fact, there is nothing wrong with being a Beihai Duke, taking advantage of the God-given opportunity for the rebellious people to break through the cities of Beihai County, Guangxin Gong expanded his army to recover the cities of Beihai by himself, and then the people will be pacified, and the king of Xian can still let Jiang Min spit out the occupied city.

As long as the banner of King Xian is still carried out, it is better than colluding with foreign armies and cutting off the feudal domain to stand on its own, and politically breaking with the Jin State, the Xian State, and the Changsun State at the same time, the only people who can rely on it are the Zhiguo and the rebellious people's army, and the risk is extremely high.

Of course, high risk means high income, once successful, will completely seize the royal power, and can also subdue Jiangdong's lost land, then Jiang Min's prosperity and prestige will reach the extreme in the country, and no one will care about Xianguo taking refuge in the old enemy Zhiguo.

However, there is still one variable, that is, Qin Han.

Qin Han's activities in the past few months have been extremely low-key, and it is still unclear what the relationship between Qin Han and Jiang Min is, what role Qin Han will play in the future chaos, and then there are those two or three thousand strong crossbows, and the Guangxin Mansion does not seem to have gotten it, so where can it go.

Not long after Bai Liyan left the mansion, Jiang Qian returned to his mansion, and he was still quite dissatisfied with the opposition of the other party, Wei Xian:

"Wei Xian can really be talented? In my son's opinion, it's just a vain name. ”

Luo Songting smiled faintly:

"Childe must not underestimate this person, this person does have great talents. The strategy just proposed is from below, and it is actually a top-up policy. ”

"The best strategy?" Jiang Qian was surprised and said, "Mr. Luo can see it." ”

"If there is enough grain and grass in the inner house, what a pity of hundreds of thousands of stone grain and grass. If you can really exchange hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and grass for the unkindness and injustice of today's Xian King, it is better than the power of 100,000 lions. But Wei Xian didn't know how tight the inner government was, and he really wanted to pledge hundreds of thousands of stone grain and grass, and when the rebel army was coming to the city, how could the lord raise the soldiers, this matter was unknown to Wei Xian. ”

"So, this man has some insight."

"It's not just knowledge, Gongzi should go to the ice cellar later to see what Wei Xian has melted."

"Oh, it is rumored that this son has witchcraft, and this cold ice is what he turned into, and this son really wants to go and see it."

Since the fire burned the locusts, the rumors that Wei Xian, the demon doctor in Guangxin City, had witchcraft were rampant, Jiang Gan, Luo Songting and others learned after entering the city was that Wei Xian would do witchcraft, but Luo Songting didn't think so, he knew the way of burning locusts, it was expected that the cold ice did not come out of thin air, and it was also created by Wei Xian in some unknown way.