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At the end of August, Ma Han urgently summoned all the senior officials of the Liaodong Group above 1,000 stones to gather in Xiangping.

Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Xiahoulan, Bing Yuan, Guoyuan, Tian Yu, Wang Lie, Lü Dai, Gongsun Xian, Li Zhen, Jia Gu, Guan Hai, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, Liu Yi, Zheng Gao...... Except for Lejin, who was still sweeping away the remnants of the enemy in Wofu, who failed to return in time, almost all the senior officials of the six counties and one country in Liaodong were present.

In the main hall of the Taishou Mansion, dozens of civil and military officials were divided into two shifts, waiting for the Taishou to announce important matters. In the main hall room, Ma Han was communicating with Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, and Tian Yu first.

Under the inquiring gaze of the three people, Ma Han officially announced the identity of Liji, and finally took out the jade seal for the three of them to see.

With Zhao Yun's calmness, Tai Shici's calmness, and Tian Yu's steadiness, when they learned this amazing news, the three of them were also disgraced and speechless in shock.

Ma Han finally asked, "You say, what are we going to do next?" ”

Tai Shici had lost his usual calm, stood up, his face was full of excitement, he waved his arm to the southwest, and blurted out: "Shangda!" ”

Tian Yu's cheeks bulged, his fists clenched and released, and then he slammed the case hard, and his voice was sonorous: "Shangyu!" ”

Zhao Yun looked at Tai Shici, then at Tian Yu, and finally his gaze stayed on Ma Han's face, and bowed slightly: "Shangyu!" ”

Ma Han suddenly laughed, sure enough, the hero saw the same thing!

That's right, the top priority is to go to the court and determine the identity of Liji. Only when the identity of the princess of Liji is confirmed, can Ma Han's identity rise to the top, and then break the limitations of his origin. Squeezed into the top of this era.

At this moment, Zhao Yun, Tian Yu, and Tai Shici all saw the god-given opportunity to break out of the encirclement of the lord who had been troubled by his origin.

Throughout Chinese history, the most powerful relatives are the two Han Dynasty. Except for the founding Yuan Rong, under normal circumstances, all the previous generals (Da Sima) are all relatives. Whether it is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who is eloquent and strategic, or Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, who only knows how to play and make money, there is only one standard requirement for the supreme commander of the national army - not talent, not military merit, not strategy, not prestige, not to mention martial bravery...... But relatives! Relatives, to be exact! That is, the maternal family or the wife's family.

The two Han Dynasty are powerful and external. To put it bluntly, it lies in the natural combination of interests. As an emperor, who would you trust in terms of stakes? First of all, it is definitely not a clan, two Han Dynasty and four hundred years, for the sake of the Ninety-Five Supreme, there is still less cannibalism between father and son? And then it's not the minister, every high-powered minister has the interests of the family and power they represent standing behind it, for them. Family interests are definitely higher than loyalty to the royal family. There is also the eunuch group, but this group has inherent shortcomings, which can be trusted, but cannot be reused.

And so it goes. There is only one force that can be trusted and reused, and that is the foreign relatives group. What father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, cousin, etc. Although this power will also be at odds with the emperor. There have been life-and-death struggles between each other, but on the whole, interdependence is the mainstream. Especially in the Eastern Han Dynasty, a dynasty where young lords ascended the throne with a high frequency. The dependence and dependence on foreign relatives are more obvious.

Liji is a princess, and she is the eldest princess, she is not the emperor's daughter, and the emperor's sister, this generation and authority, are mentioned at once. It's a pity that Ma Han is alone, if he has a sister and is stuffed to Emperor Xian, then he will be the second Wei Qing.

Zhao Yun, Tian Yu, and Tai Shici are all people who know history, and they all sigh in their hearts.

Ma Han didn't think about this, his thoughts drifted to Chang'an, thousands of miles away, the iconic figure representing the former Three Kingdoms era - Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. Before this, Ma Han never thought that he would be associated with this late emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. And Liji's gorgeous transformation connects two seemingly unrelated people thousands of miles apart, making him inevitably closely connected with the young emperor, coexisting.

From the news about the Central Plains brought back by Tai Shici, and then the history of the Three Kingdoms in his impression, Ma Han has already determined that this cheap brother-in-law is having a very hard time at the moment. He was first taken hostage by Dong Zhuo to Chang'an, and after Dong Zhuo was killed, he fell into the hands of Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou and other Xiliang warlords, fiddling like a puppet. Two months ago, there was frequent civil strife in Chang'an, first Li Dao killed Fan Chou, and then attacked Guo Yan, and then Li Dao's generals Yang Feng and Song Guo rebelled again, and the two armies attacked and killed each other. Thieves are rampant in the entire Chang'an City, plundering during the day, and guarding the city separately, but it is still not forbidden. It has become a miasma of smoke and chaos, the central government has stopped functioning, and the entire imperial court has been paralyzed.

The above are all news sent by Kong Rong's old friend in Chang'an, and Kong Rong passed these news to Tai Shici to show that he had tried his best to play the Liaodong Taishou for Ma Han, but if the court situation was chaotic, I was afraid that the matter would be stranded.

"Stranded...... Ma Han smiled slightly, he didn't worry about this at all at the moment. As Liji said, as long as they appear in front of the emperor, don't say a real Taishou, even generals and feudal marquis are not a problem.

The purpose of Zhao Yun and the other three people is just to let the lord lead Liaodong in a righteous and obedient manner, and break the confinement of his background and recruit talents, while Ma Han thinks further - at present, few princes in the world can see the value of offering emperors, and they all regard him as a hot potato. Cao Mengde, who turned this potential stock into a high-performance stock in history, is now fighting with Lu Bu in Yanzhou, and he doesn't bother to glance westward at all. So, can you catch up with Cao Cao and put Emperor Xian in your hands?

Thinking of this, with the calm work that Ma Han has honed in the past few years, he can't help but feel his heart surging and his blood is stirring.

Compared with Cao Cao, he has many advantages: in terms of identity, Emperor Xian is naturally close to him, and his relatives are completely different from Cao Cao's kind of forced daughter into the palace and forcibly squeezed into the ranks of relatives in order to control Emperor Zì. In terms of strength, he asked himself that he was not under Cao Cao, and even exceeded, he was confident that he would ensure the safety of himself and Emperor Xian. And his biggest advantage is not just identity or strength, but food!

That's right, it's food!

Kong Rongxin mentioned that the hundred officials of Chang'an have not sent Lu rice for many days. Many officials below a thousand stone had to be dismissed because they could not afford to support their servants, so much so that they had to go up the mountain to cut their salaries...... There are daily rumors of officials starving to death in Chang'an. "It's 500,000 grains, 200,000 beans and wheat, cannibalism, white bones, and stinking roads." This is the content of Kong Rong's original text, which is shocking.

The two things mentioned by Kong Rongxin made Ma Han speechless. I am more aware of the significance of the large amount of food I hold in my hands.

The first thing is that because of the grain shortage in Chang'an, hundreds of officials have not received rice, and the Son of Heaven wants to appease everyone's feelings, and asks Li Yu for five rice and five ox bones in order to reward the ministers - generally the Son of Heaven rewards the ministers with money and silk or something, and now they can only reward rice and cow bones, these officials used to have an annual salary of 600 stone and 2,000 stone of grain, and now they can get a load of rice is a great reward, how poor is this? But what was shocking was that Li Yu sent over five deteriorating cow bones...... Kong Rong's words read between the lines. Full of indignation and rage.

The second incident was that at the beginning of July, Zhang Ji, Guo Yan, Yang Ding, Yang Feng, and Dong Cheng all returned to Luoyang with the Son of Heaven. Fortunately in the Baling Tomb, the officials and guards were hungry. Zhang Ji, a hussar general, distributed food according to the size of the official position of hundreds of officials - does it sound like a refugee? No. It's a refugee!

In addition, Ma Han also received a piece of information from Hawkeye, Emperor Xian wanted to summon Lu Bu to meet him, but Lu Bu used the reason that the army had no food and it was difficult to worship. Send an apology. Emperor Xian also suffered enough from lack of food, and he deeply understood the taste, so he didn't blame him. Instead, he was named General Pingdong.

When Ma Han saw this, he could only sigh: What a great opportunity! Lu Bu's army is definitely the first-rate strong army of the Three Kingdoms, if he takes it and holds Emperor Xian in his hands, the Xiliang army will definitely not be able to help him, and even Cao Cao may not dare to touch him again...... As a result, I was stumped by food!

In the first year of Xingping, the great drought that swept thousands of miles and affected the Central Plains, Guanzhong, and Lianghuai, and its evil consequences have been fully revealed. The word "grain" has changed the possibilities of how much history. Grain has become a real strategic weapon.

There are soldiers, food, and relationships, this time, before Cao someone, replace him, the success coefficient is not ordinarily large!

The opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will not come again, and God will not take it, but suffer from it.

Ma Han looked around at the three hearts and abdomen, and clapped heavily: "Shang! ”

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In the second year of Xingping, on the second day of the ninth month, the Liaodong Taishou Mansion issued a summons: Liaodong is too guarded by horses, and will soon go to the eastern capital with his relatives and relatives to make a pilgrimage to the Son of Heaven to fulfill the courtesy of the ministers. The military and political affairs of Liaodong were decided by Zhao Yun, Xiangping, Tian Yu, Changshi Wang Lie, and Donglai Taishou Tai Shi Ci. All counties and states should be officials, and they must fulfill their duties and assist the government and the people......

On the seventh day of the ninth month, after detailed and careful preparations, Ma Hanqin led a battalion of Zhoucang, Wuchai and White Wolf Foot and Cavalry, and a well-equipped elite thousand people, marching towards the Yushi. In addition to Princess Wannian, Ganmei, Zhen Qin, Nian Nu and other female dependents, there are also "Feiyan Ling" led by Ma Yunlu and Zhao Yingzi. The task of this hundred-person female cavalry is not to fight, but to protect the female dependents led by the princess of Wannian, and there are two hundred white wolf warrior guards on the periphery. For the sake of safety and security, the identity of Princess Wannian is still kept secret, but she must not be sloppy in terms of guard level, this is a real Han princess.

In addition, the most important thing this time is food. Ma Han carried a total of 100,000 grains and grass this time, enough for thousands of soldiers to eat horses and chew for about half a year, but considering that after arriving in Luoyang, he had to pay tribute to the imperial court and buy off the warlords of Zhulu, so it would be good to be able to leave half of it. In other words, it's only enough for about three months.

Three months of use, it sounds like a lot, but once you calculate it, you know that it is really not enough. You must know that just from Liaodong to Luoyang, it will take more than a month on the road, and it will take more than two months to go back and forth, which is really enough to support the time to do business in Luoyang, but it is actually less than a month, which is obviously not good. Therefore, compared with carrying grain, it is more important to ensure the smooth transportation of grain routes.

Ma Han planned to set up a granary in Donglai County to transfer a large amount of grain from Liaodong to Donglai Huang County for storage, so that it could save a lot of time by transporting it from Qingzhou to Luoyang. The work was divided into two parts, from Liaodong to Qingzhou, and was in charge of Liu Yi, the chief secretary of Donglai County; From Qingzhou to Luoyang, Sima Guanhai of the Bohai Navy was responsible.

Since Gongsun Du stewed more than 100 families and Haoqiang in Liaodong, the grain reserves of Liaodong's official warehouse are enough to squeeze into the top ranks of hundreds of counties in the world. I dare not say that it is not a problem to support an expeditionary force of more than 1,000 people.

From Xiangping to Yushi, this section is a land route. More than 1,000 paces, nearly 1,000 servants, female dependents, and hundreds of baggage, naturally couldn't get up quickly, until September 18, finally arrived at the Yushi.

On the pier, the sea breeze is fierce, and the sides of the large and small ships are full of colorful flags, hunting and flying under the sea and sky. Three building ships, two sills, 30 grain ships, and hundreds of boatmen and shipwrights are all on standby.

In the distance, Guan Hai was grinning and led the generals of the Bo Navy to greet him.

Ma Han stationed and rode up, the red sun was rising, the blue sky was thousands of miles, a goshawk roared in the sky, the sun passed, and the wings flew south.

(Vol. IV. (To be continued......)