Chapter 89 The grain was distributed and the seeds were suddenly corrupted, and the Chai Luo was cut to rectify the rule of officials

On the paper, Liu Bei led the Taishou of Xiapi County and came to Xiapi with joy.

Seeing the scene, the expectations in his heart were immediately extinguished.

The wealthy merchants in the city all hid in Xuzhou during the rebellion, and only some of the stewards of their clan remained in Xiapi. And the remaining officials of the county government, such as Chai Luo, are the eyes of these scholars who remain in the mansion.

Seeing that Liu Bei was so young, none of them took this county guard in their eyes.

When the county government posted a notice to An Min, they wanted to benefit from it, but who would have thought that Liu Bei was one step ahead of them, sending Chai Luo and others to count the existing population in each village, and sending his own people to quietly register the property.

When a piece of paper was posted on the public wall again, it was too late for these scholars to think about it.

The thatched huts and firewood houses left by the civilians all became public ownership.

It was with these thatched huts and firewood houses that Liu Bei was able to take in more than 300,000 displaced people who poured into Xiapi.

The only fertile land was all divided into his own hands by those scholars, and Liu Bei ignored it considering the stability of society and the forces behind these scholars.

He cares about large swaths of wasteland that have been barren for years.

After Chai Luo and others handed over the land registration in the hands of the major scholars, he announced the public land system.

It turned out that Liu Du once told him:

"Ruined cities, gather surplus fields, enter the metric system; Collect the displaced people, give good seeds, and reclaim wasteland. When encountering evil officials, they should be punished and beheaded; Knowing the virtuous and virtuous, seek it first, and raise it well. ”

It means that if you are given a ruined city to manage after a war, you must collect those fields without a lord and let the government manage them, and never fall into the hands of individuals.

When the time comes, there will be many displaced people, and you must seize this opportunity, take them in, lease them the good grain from the treasury, and let them reclaim the wasteland that you have gathered; When the harvest comes, let them return the grain seeds and the rent, and fill your treasury.

When exercising management, you will always encounter corrupt officials and bad officials, remember to punish them and give them enough lessons as a warning; If their guilt is great, you may even need to behead the most heinous ones.

As soon as you hear that there are sages and talented people somewhere, you must go and make friends; If possible, even if it is to his liking, find a way to get him to come and assist you......

In this way, Liu Bei temporarily exerted his strength in Xiapi and started a new round of his journey.

However, some people refused to let him complete his vision so happily.

That county Cheng Chaluo is the leader of these people.

He thought that Liu Bei, a milky kid, would definitely come to beg him and let him continue to serve as the county prince.

Who knows, although Liu Bei did not announce that he would not let him do it, nor did he admit that he was still a county prince, but gave him some seemingly inconsequential tasks.

However, whenever he reported on those tasks, Liu Bei would always issue a notice.

The notice also stated that it was he, Chai Luo, who reported the situation to him. The first notice was the land ownership of the nobles. Those scholars thought that Lord Taishou wanted to collect food from the scholars through the amount of land, so everyone reported very little. As a result, as soon as the notice came out, everyone was stupid - it turned out that the rest of the land was returned to the government.

Each of them had words of suffering, so they had to swallow their broken teeth into their stomachs and turn their heads to accuse Chalo.

When Chai Luo and a dozen of his men were divided into houses, these warriors learned the lesson of the last time and incorporated all the houses into their homes.

Liu Bei's notice made them dumbfounded again. The notice told them to repair the houses that had been damaged in the war at their own expense, and the repair deadline was scheduled before the winter; If the repairs are not completed before the winter, all properties will be confiscated.

At this time, where is the artificial?

The war has just subsided, and there is not much labor in the Shi family?

As a result, none of them completed the repair task before the onset of winter.

As a result, Chai Luo took the parents of the major scholar clans to intercede with Liu Bei.

Liu Bei gave them enough face and did not confiscate their properties, but the properties that were originally civilians were all dug out of their mouths.

The next day, Liu Bei sent 16 teams of infantry, distributed to 16 counties, and the team was responsible for local security, turning the real estate handed over by the local scholars into areas under the jurisdiction of the government, and posting notices to recruit displaced people.

As a result, the news came out, and fifty or sixty thousand displaced people came out of the mountains one after another.

The troops stationed in the county town led the resettlement of the displaced people in the so-called government jurisdiction.

Those warriors wanted to make trouble somewhere, but they were frightened away by the invisible murderous aura on the hundred soldiers!

Later, they saw that the homeless people and soldiers were digging grass roots and hunting wild animals in the wilderness, and their lives were very hard, but they did not act too much.

Maybe they don't see any lucrative opportunities!

It's been a very peaceful winter!

Until the beginning of spring next year.

Xiapi, tens of thousands of catties of grain stored in the treasury became Liu Bei's hope. Even when the winter was at its coldest, when food was at its most scarce, he didn't use it.

Because he has received nearly 300,000 displaced people, there is more wasteland to be cultivated and more grain to be planted. Where is there enough for tens of thousands of catties of grain?

Perhaps it was a gift from God, Zhang Shiping, a Zhongshan merchant he once saved, sent tens of thousands of catties of grain, which relieved him of his urgent need.

But at this time, someone moved the grain that he attached great importance to.

Things have to start with those lower pi nobles.

Chai Luo repeatedly folded under the new young Taishou, and his heart was naturally unwilling.

Throughout the winter, he hid at home on the grounds of poor health and discussed with the parents of the big and small Shi clans about countermeasures to deal with Liu Bei. They couldn't guess Liu Bei's next plan, so there was no movement for a long time.

Of course, not only for this reason, but also for Liu Bei, in addition to assigning the wasteland that no one wanted to the government, did not affect their interests too much; Although the property of the civilians was repossessed by him, the property was not theirs after all.

So, they held back.

When Liu Bei took in a large number of displaced people, they originally thought that Liu Bei would open a warehouse to help those displaced people, but they never saw any movement in this regard.

When the homeless people followed the soldiers into the wilderness to dig wild vegetables and hunt wild animals in the mountains, they muttered in their hearts.

Until the beginning of spring, notices were posted at various yamen, and the people in the county, whether rich or poor, could go to the gate of the government to fill out the lease documents and receive grain. Civilians lease grain seeds, return them in the autumn, rent ten liters and pay one liter of interest; The scholars lease grain seeds, return them in the autumn, rent five liters and pay one liter of interest.

As for the release of grain, Liu Bei handed over seven counties, including Liangcheng, Siwu, Xia Xiang, Tu Xian, Gu Guo, Xiaqiu, and Xu County, to Chai Luo and others, and the rest of the counties sent the military marquis and tun chief in their own army.

Half a month has passed.

Liu Bei sent Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Tuoba Kun, Huang Zhong and others to go to various counties in four teams to check the grain release.

Guan Yu's department went to Liangcheng County.

Entering Liangcheng, Zhou Cang, who came with Guan Yu, found that no one was ploughing the land on both sides of the avenue at all, and the land requisitioned by the government was still barren.

"General Guan, it stands to reason that the grain has been distributed to the people, why haven't they reclaimed the famine?" Zhou Cang asked puzzled.

Guan Yu squinted Danfeng's eyes, swept around, and asked, "Which one is Liangcheng who distributes the relief grain?" ”

"Lord Hui, it's Cheng Chailo of the original county." A soldier on the side looked through the account book and found it and reported it.

Guan Erye opened Danfeng's eyes suddenly, his eyebrows jumped, his bare face turned purple, and he exhaled fiercely: "Old horseman, after taking the words of the eldest brother as a deaf ear!" I won't spare you! Zhou Cang, you immediately go to the city and find the leader of the county team to meet me. ”

"Yes!" Zhou Cang agreed, and the royal horse went straight to the county seat.

Half an hour later, Zhou Cang came with the team stationed in the county seat.

Seeing that the team was coming, Guan Yu squinted Danfeng's eyes and asked sharply: "Lord Taishou sent you and others to settle in the county seat, are you derelict in your duties?" ”

The team leader just stood up, and knelt down again with a click: "Second general, I am here to obey the orders of the lord, and there is no trace of distraction!" What is the reason for the general's words? ”

"Humph! Then let me ask you, did Chai Luo come to distribute grain seeds? ”

"Back to the general, half a month ago, Lord Chai Luo escorted dozens of truckloads of grain into the county seat. But their swords were scarred all over their bodies, and when asked by their subordinates, Lord Chai said that he had encountered thieves on the way and had lost more than a dozen truckloads of grain. Based on the clues he provided, I went in pursuit with my brothers and recaptured the grain. ”

"So, Chai Luo distributed grain seeds?"

"When the subordinates returned to the county office, there was no more food on the car. The subordinates asked Lord Chai about it, and Lord Chai told his subordinates that he and the county magistrate had already distributed the grain to the people, and only the grain of the Yu Cheng Sergeant clan had not been distributed! ”

"That is, you didn't see him handing out the grain, yes or no?"

"Yes!"

Guan Yu stroked five locks of long hair, squinted Danfeng's eyes, smiled, and said, "The old man actually bullied me like this!" Wait for me to enter the county! ”

After speaking, he rode straight to the county seat.

To be honest, Chai Luo has always looked down on Liu Bei and others, and he is even more disdainful of the red-faced man who always squints.

Knowing that Guan Yu had arrived, he was still sitting in the county office and chatting with the county order.

Guan Yu came in with everyone, and then he stood up and said with a haha: "It turns out that Lord Taishou's righteous brother has arrived, I don't know what to do?" ”

He didn't take Guan Yu seriously at all!

Zhou Cang and the others were furious when they heard this, so they wanted to step forward, but were stopped by Guan Yu.

After following Liu Bei for a long time, Guan Yu was already familiar with the Spring and Autumn Period, and he already had a certain number in his heart, and said coldly: "I'm afraid Lord Chai has forgotten that Guan is a cavalry captain under my eldest brother, in charge of all the soldiers and horses in the county. ”

"Hey! You see, I really forgot! Lord Lieutenant is here, I don't know what is important? "The old guy changed his face so quickly.

The county magistrate on the side was submissive and didn't dare to speak.

Guan Yu asked directly: "Lord Chai, Guan didn't see the people farming all the way, I don't know why?" ”

"Do you doubt that I didn't distribute the grain?" Chaillo immediately bit back.

Guan Yu sneered: "Did Guan Mou say that Lord Chai didn't distribute grain seeds?" ”

"This ......"

Without waiting for him to speak, Guan Yu said again: "It seems that Lord Chai really didn't distribute grain seeds!" Presumably, Lord Prefectural, you have a share! ”

Guan Yu was not angry and arrogant, and naturally exuded a murderous aura on his body, which was intimidating.

The county commander had experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and he had long been frightened by this momentum, and suddenly fell to his knees with a snap, and said with a stumbling voice: "My lord, General Guan, this is none of my business!" It's all Chai-sama who asked me to do this! ”

Okay!

That's it!

Chai Luo was anxious when he heard it.

He pointed at the county order and scolded: "You thief, what did I ask you to do?" Don't you talk nonsense, okay? ”

Guan Yu had already seen all this, and shouted: "Bold Chai Luo, dare to withhold food." Zhou Cang, take them down! ”