Ma Chao was overjoyed when he heard this, and the haze that had accumulated in his heart for a long time was swept away, and he laughed: "There are all the great talents who make suggestions, even if Yuan Shao has an army of millions, he also regards it as a chicken, a tile, and a dog!" It's a good and wonderful plan! In accordance with this, Ben will immediately send a capable person to envoy Liu Biao and reward him greatly! ”

Hearing this, Chen Qun stood up, hugged his fists and said: "Qun Bucai, I am willing to send Liu Biao to make this matter happen!" ”

Ma Chaoxi said: "There is a long article, this matter will come naturally!" This will immediately let the Son of Heaven issue an edict, seal Liu Biao as the pastor of Jingzhou, lead the post of general of Zhennan, the military of Jing, Henan, and the two states, and add the title of Xiangyang! And support Liu Biao's grain and grass 300,000 Hu, money 1 billion! Three thousand horses! There are 5,000 sets of fish scales and black iron helmets, 5,000 swords, and 3,000 two-stone iron tire bows. After a pause, he said: "Changwen wants to make a big show here, and he must let the people of the world know that Liu Biao has taken refuge in the imperial court, and the general will also vigorously support Liu Biao." ”

Chen Qun said: "Don't worry, my lord, this matter is not trivial, don't dare to be slack!" ”

Ma Chao's heart moved, and he said: "Jingzhou not only has Liu Biao, but also the remnant of the Dong thief Zhang Xiu entrenched in Nanyang, this will be named General Tiger Ben, fake festival, support his grain and grass 100,000 Hu, 2,000 sets of war swords and armor, 1,000 war horses, 1,000 iron tire bows, let him assist Liu Biao in charge of Jingzhou's defense!" ”

Xun You nodded and said: "The lord's move is very good, Nanyang County is the northern gateway of Jingzhou, and it is also the southern gate of Luoyang, once it is lost, Luoyang will directly face Yuan Shao!" Proper support for Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu can also buy a little more time for the lord! ”

Ma Chao said: "That's right, Zhang Xiu has a strategist Jia Xu under his command, this person is talented, Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu are willing to go all out to fight against Yuan Shao, and it will definitely not be a problem to persist for a year and a half!" ”

Everyone nodded yes, but secretly wondered how Ma Chao knew Jia Xu, they had been in Luoyang for a long time, but they had never heard of Jia Xu. The strategic direction was formulated, and everyone began to work on the details again. The drought has spread to a wide range, and Guanzhong, Hongnong, Hedong, Hanoi and other places under its jurisdiction have been seriously affected, and even Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and the southern part of Yangzhou, as well as the entire Xuzhou and half of Qingzhou, have different degrees of disaster, and Jingzhou has little impact except for Nanyang County.

After several years of accumulation, Ma Chao has full warehouses of grain in various prefectures, but he is still unable to help the world. After discussion, a feasible plan was finally formulated.

First of all, porridge was put in local government offices, which could ensure that the elderly, weak, women and children would not starve to death, but it was impossible to eat enough. On this basis, the counties organized the refugees to work and implemented the model of providing relief through servitude. Both local refugees and displaced people from other states and counties can come to the camps as long as they have the labour. It is mainly engaged in infrastructure construction such as digging water conservancy, paving roads and bridges, opening up wasteland and cultivating fields, and repairing cities.

Labor is paid very lowly, and only one mouth is brought out to fill the stomach every day, in addition to a small amount of food. For example, a family of four only needs one laborer to ensure that the whole family survives the year of famine. Not only that, Ma Chao also used female surname labor for the first time, such as participating in some manual labor such as sewing and weaving, and the remuneration was slightly lower than that of male surnames.

These policies are very beneficial, and the benefits of giving a lot of food are also huge. It not only ensures that the name of the rule can survive the disaster year, but also vigorously develops infrastructure to benefit the country and the people. The most important move is to buy the hearts of the people and attract refugees from the south to settle in the north, and if Yuan Shao, Cao Ying and others do not respond to disaster relief, a large number of people will definitely flow into Jizhou and Sili areas.

After all, in a feudal society dominated by agriculture, population is the key. Of course, in this way, the food required will be immeasurable, and we can only take one step at a time, and if we can't do it, we have to find another way.

The next step is to deal with Gongsun Chan and completely take Youzhou into his pocket. Because of Ma Chao's arrival, Gongsun Zhan was not satisfied, Liu Yu vigorously suppressed it internally, and Zhao Yun and Zhang He were eyeing him externally. Now that Tian Kai has taken refuge in Ma Chao again, Gongsun Zhan's situation is even worse.

And because Liu Yu has an only son, Liu He, who is an official in the imperial court, he does not dare to openly oppose Ma Chao if he gives him two dares. Historically, Liu Yu pursued leniency in Youzhou, persuaded the people to farm, opened the Hu market in Shanggu, and developed the salt and iron industry in Yuyang, so that the people were happy and accumulated a lot of grain. In order to escape the Yellow Turban Rebellion, more than 1 million scholars and people in Qingzhou and Xuzhou came to Liu Yu to defect to Liu Yu, and they were all taken in and resettled. Later, Gongsun Zhan was ordered to conscript Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju to rebel, and was subject to Liu Yu's temperance. Gongsun Chan only paid attention to the strength of his troops and allowed his subordinates to harass the people, while Liu Yu paid attention to benevolence and cared for the people, so there was a conflict between him and Gongsun Zhan.

Ma Chao has not been free to deal with Gongsun Chan before, the main reason is that there is no excuse, after all, Gongsun Chan is still a minister of the Han Dynasty, not that he can fight. And Liu Yu won the hearts of the people in Youzhou, if he rashly sent troops, it was very easy to arouse the anger of the people, so he could only adopt a soft policy towards Liu Yu, raise his official position, and force him to enter the court as an official, which just happened to replace Lu Zhi, who died of illness, as Situ.

After agreeing on various policies, Tian Feng, Fu Zhi and others returned to the administrative center one after another to carry out disaster relief work. Sending troops to Youzhou can't be in a hurry, at least wait for Yuan Shao to send troops to Jingzhou, with Zhao Yun's 50,000 soldiers and horses entrenched in the Hejian and Bohai areas, it is enough to crusade against Gongsun Zhan. Before that, he had to be convicted of a crime.

After taking care of these trivial matters, Ma Chao still has to be busy with the future of Liu Xieli. Liu Xie was born in 181, that is, he will be fourteen years old, and he should have had a future as an emperor in the area. At the beginning, Mrs. Dong took a fancy to Ma Chao's sister Ma Yunlu, but this move was strongly opposed by Ma Chao and ended in a miscarriage. But Mrs. Dong did not give up, and Ma Yunlu couldn't marry, so she started the idea of Sikong Cai Yong's two daughters.

First of all, the target is of course Cai Yan, but Cai Yan is Ma Chao's woman, of course Mrs. Dong knows about it, and Cai Yan is five years older than Liu Xie, which is not suitable. Mrs. Dong retreated and wanted to hire Cai Yan's sister Cai Rui as the queen. This move is well-intentioned! Once this matter is successful, Liu Xie and Ma Chao will be Cai Yong's sons-in-law, if Ma Chao dares to usurp the throne, it can be said that there will be a lot of trouble, and Cai Yong and Cai Yan will not let him go.

Cai Yong agreed, but Cai Rui was just ten years old, far from the age of marriage, how could the mother of a country be [***] little Lori? Of course, Empress Dowager Dong also thought of this, but she only wanted to set her name and get married when Cai Ruiman was in the same year. In this way, Cai Yong had no room for opposition, and it happened that Ma Chao was in Qingzhou, so he immediately agreed.

Ma Chao was depressed when he learned about this, Liu Xie was originally his brother-in-law, and now he has added the identity of a brother-in-law, if he replaces him in the future, he will be criticized by future generations. Cai Yong, who was even more depressed, was also a die-hard member of the Han family, and if he ascended the throne as emperor one day, he would definitely be fiercely opposed.

Thinking about it, Ma Chao had to discuss countermeasures with Cai Yan in private. Cai Yan has been sorting out tens of thousands of books in Yuntai, stone rooms and other places with Cai Yong and others during this time, and he is very busy. In advance, because Ma Chao and Princess Wannian were married, Cai Yan and Du Xiuniang were not less jealous, and now Liu Li, Diao Chan, Yang Wan and Dong Xuan have all had skin to skin relations with Ma Chao, but the two of them are still guarding the empty room, and they don't even have a name.

Cai Yan knew that Ma Chao had the intention of ascending the throne as the emperor, but this matter was not something that she could participate in as a woman, and the two discussed for a long time and still did not discuss countermeasures. Cai Yan saw Ma Chao's brows tightened, gritted his teeth, and said: "There is a way to solve this matter without a concubine!" ”

Ma Chao's heart moved, and he frowned: "Yan'er, let's talk about it!" ”

Cai Yanxiu frowned slightly, and said coquettishly: "The general is generous to the world, and it is only a matter of time before he replaces this [***] government, and how can he take the private feelings of his children to heart at this critical moment." Although you and I have a personal relationship, but we have not decided on a name, the general only needs to forget about the concubine, so why bother with this matter! ”

Ma Chao shook his head when he heard this, and said: "I will love the country, but I love the beauty even more!" Although Yan'er is not the first woman I know, she is the confidant who knows me best. Ben Jiang would rather give up the country than give up Yan'er, this is not to be mentioned again! Ming said that Ben Jiang will find a matchmaker to find Mr. Cai to propose, I want Yan'er to marry into the Ma family as a flat wife, and its specifications will never be worse than the wedding between Ben Jiang and Princess Wannian! ”

Cai Yan was moved by the words, his eyes were slightly red, the corners of his eyes flashed, and he persuaded in a low voice: "The man is ambitious, if the general marries a concubine, once he ascends the throne as the emperor in the future, he will be criticized by the world, and the concubine has no face to face his own sister, so why bother?" ”

Ma Chao sneered: "Setting a name does not necessarily lead to good things, many changes can happen in four years!" Besides, history is written by the victors. Ying Zheng burned books and enslaved millions of people to build the Great Wall, but when it comes to Qin Shi Huang, which descendant does not respect it? No one is perfect, when people make mistakes, Ben Jiang is just a mortal, it is a lie to say that the reincarnation of the gods, what can grow old with Yan'er, and there is a stain on his back? ”

Cai Yan was even more moved when he heard this, leaning on Ma Chao and not speaking, his face was rippling with happiness.

Ma Chao was also emotional, Cai Yan was two years older than him, and now he is nineteen years old, and he was definitely a mature woman at that time. As soon as he lowered his head, he kissed the delicate red lips, and with his arms strong, he picked up Cai Yan and walked to the couch.

Cai Yan trembled, it was not uncommon to kiss and hug Ma Chao in the past two years, but now she knew that Ma Chao was going to move seriously, she was surprised and happy, and she was faintly looking forward to it.

Lightly dismantled Luo Shang, spring is shining, Ma Chao can't hold the snow-white towering with one hand, Cai Yan's figure is hot, convex and backward, plump breasts, fat buttocks and willow waist, without a trace of fat, which can be called perfect. With a familiar moan, Ma Chao's breathing gradually became heavier, and the doppelganger found the place where the spring water was bubbling. )