Chapter 154: Borrowing Grain
Leaving Hongnong, Yang Shuo ordered Zhao Yun to command more than 10,000 foot soldiers, and Yang Zaixing commanded 8,000 cavalry to rush to Hedong with him.
In the early spring, compared with the warmth of Hongnong, the east of the river still has a trace of cold, and the clothes wrapped by pedestrians on the street are much thicker than Hongnong. The reason why Zhao Yun was left to command the infantry and let Yang Zaixing go with them was because what he did next was not suitable for Zhao Yun's character.
Hedong County Governor Anyi, Taishou Mansion is stationed here, but Xu Huang's army is not stationed here, in order to be able to monitor the party and the state cadres in real time and respond quickly, but stationed in the Linfen area.
After two days of rapid marching, Yang Shuo and his entourage came to Anyi, the cavalry was stationed outside the city, Yang Shuo only took Shi Jin and Liu Ji into Anyi, and Jia Kui, the Taishou of Hedong, was already waiting to meet them.
After a simple greeting with Jia Kui, Yang Shuo went straight to the point, "Has Liang Dao prepared everything?" "As early as when Yang Shuo set off, he had already sent someone to inform Jia Kui of the purpose of Yang Shuo's trip and what he was going to do.
"I've invited them all!" Just said that, Jia Kui's face was worried, and he said again: "Will this cause the dissatisfaction of those big families?" ”
Yang Shuo's face was a little heavy, and he sighed: "You also know that there is a shortage of food in the army, I can't help it, the army assembled by the senior cadres in Jinyang is likely to be aimed at us, and it is likely to be a protracted battle, so we have to guard against it!" ”
"It's just..."Jia Kui was about to say something, but Yang Shuo directly interrupted: "Liang Dao doesn't need to say it anymore, in troubled times, he doesn't accept some people to give him a smile, but instead teaches him a lesson, he licks his face every day and begs you!" ”
At this point, Yang Shuo must have made all plans, Jia Kui understands that persuasion is definitely not persuaded, but he must let Yang Shuo know the thoughts in his heart, as a subordinate, he knows that there are some things that the lord knows in his heart, but he still has to say it, one is to remind, and the other is to let the lord know what you think in your heart.
Under the leadership of Jia Kui, Yang Shuo quickly came to the most luxurious restaurant in Anyi City, two hundred black cavalry lined up at the door of the restaurant, like Yin soldiers in transit, making the entire Anyi quiet in an instant, the people in the restaurant had already been emptied, and Yang Shuo went directly to the top of the restaurant.
At this moment, on the highest floor of the restaurant, the whole floor is like a huge banquet hall, with the first desk on the top and seven or eight desks arranged on the left and right sides in turn.
These people are all the largest powerful families in Anyi and even Hedong, all of them dominate one side and stomp their feet to make Hedong tremble. Everyone bowed their heads and whispered, or toasted to each other, or talked eloquently, but they were indifferent to the delicacies on the desk in front of them.
"I don't know what this Jia Taishou is asking us to do? And even the head of the Wenxi Pei family is here! One asked the people around him in a low voice.
"I heard that I want to meet some important person," the man said, shaking his head, "I don't know who it is!" ”
"See people? I said, "Why is the seat at the top empty?" The man looked at the empty seats at the top and the left and right and at the bottom and thought.
"Who is the one I don't know?" Saying that, the other person pointed to the empty seat above and said, "Except for Jia Taishou, the two empty seats above are in front of the head of the Wenxi Pei family, this person doesn't seem to be simple!" ”
Just when everyone was secretly guessing, the door of the council hall suddenly opened, and everyone turned their heads to look over, and the first thing that appeared in everyone's eyes was a handsome and dashing young man in a purple power suit, followed by Jia Taishou Jia Kui in their mouths. The young man at the head of the group went straight to the top position and sat down under the gaze of everyone, while Jia Kui and another middle-aged man in a long robe sat at the bottom.
"This?" Everyone was stunned and didn't know what to say, Jia Kui, the head of a county, was sitting at the bottom, while the young man who didn't talk was sitting at the top, where did this person come from?
After everyone sat down, Jia Kui spoke: "Today, everyone who is feasting according to the lord's order, how to say it to the lord!" ”
Lord? Isn't Jia Kui's lord the most famous today, known as the young hero of General Zhenxi, Captain Sili, and Pingyang Hou Yang Shuo? Could it be that the young man at the top is Yang Shuo, I have heard that Yang Shuogang and the weak crown are very young, but they don't believe it too much if they haven't seen it with their own eyes, but after seeing the real person, they were even more surprised.
Seeing that everyone was full of questions, Jia Kui also understood everyone's thoughts, but his lord was too young to make people suspicious, so he stood up and explained, "In front of you is the general of Dahan Zhenxi, the captain of Si Li, and Pingyang Hou who were personally canonized by today's son. ”
At this time, even the head of the Pei family, who was as steady as Mount Tai and did not squint, was not calm, and got up and knelt on the ground one after another, shouting in his mouth.
"Okay, get up!" After waving his hand to interrupt everyone, and let everyone sit down, Yang Shuo's sharp gaze swept over the crowd, and said lightly: "Sili area was tragically troubled by Dong Zhuo, causing the people to leave their hometowns, and the people are not living, I have occupied Hongnong and Hedong since last year, and this spring I occupied Henan Yin, the time is still short, although I have worked hard, but with the influx of a large number of people fleeing the famine, the money and grain are somewhat beyond our means, and today I will discuss with you whether you can borrow some grain and grass to resettle the people, and you will be doubled in the future!" ”
Liu Ji's strategy was to borrow grain from the Hedong clan, and the reason why Jia Kui didn't agree too much was that he had already vigorously rectified Hedong when he solved the Beiqu Horse Merchants last time, and Yang Shuo also took the opportunity to extort 300,000 stone grain and grass from it to seize Luoyang.
The reason why Yuan Shao was able to quickly stabilize Jizhou and quickly occupy the land of Sizhou was because he was the fourth and third dukes of the family, and he represented the interests of the family, so there would be a large number of families who took refuge in him and allowed him to develop rapidly. With a large number of Han disciples, Cao Cao, who was the only one, was also able to develop after compromising with the family and getting the support of the family. The same is true of the Jiangdong Sun family, when Sun Ce was in power, he relied on strong soldiers and horses, young heroes, and blindly suppressed the scholars, so that the Southern Barbarians were in turmoil, and he died at his hands, and then Sun Quan succeeded to the throne and was gradually stabilized with the support of the four major families in Jiangdong, Yu, Wei, Gu, and Lu.
Therefore, in the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei kept claiming that those who win the hearts of the people win the world, but in fact, they win the world. Liu Bei shouted this slogan from Youzhou to Xinye, and shouted for most of his life, not only did the world not get it, but Xuzhou, which he picked up in vain, was also lost, and then the support of the Jingxiang family headed by Ma Liang quickly developed.
Before, taking the opportunity of rectification to extort money and grain from the family clan has moved their interests, and now borrowing grain will definitely also move the interests of the family family, again and again, the family will obediently obey him? Losing the support of the family means losing the hearts and minds of the people! Don't think much about the consequences!