After hearing this, Yang Xiu turned his head and asked Ma Teng, "Master Ma, what do you think of this?" ”

Ma Teng stroked his beard and said, "That's fine!" It is best to let Chen Ling do their job and take the initiative to pay off the taxes, and everyone will save the harmony! Since this is the case, this matter will be supervised by Chen Ling, and we will come back in a few days to see the situation! ”

"Don't worry! I will do my best to do their job and share the worries of the people! Serve the court! Ma Daren has a lot of hard work all the way to come, I have prepared a banquet in the house, one is to pick up the wind for Ma Daren, and the other is to talk about the tax matter again, Ma Daren must appreciate his face? Chen Xin then complimented.

Ma Teng hesitated a little after hearing this, but Yang Xiu immediately said: "It's difficult to be gracious, but Chen County Order is so enthusiastic, Master Ma should not live up to Chen County's heart!" I will not delay my official duties, and I hope you will forgive me and forgive me! ”

"Since Master Yang can't stay for a long time, how can the old man delay, keep this meal and eat it later, let's go back!" Ma Teng got up and was about to leave after speaking, Chen Xin saw this and hurriedly stood up to pull Ma Teng, Ma Teng shirked and insisted on leaving, Chen Xin was stubborn, and the last few people said goodbye and left

After Ma Teng and a few people left, Chen Xin fell into a confusion, he immediately sent his subordinates to inform the big households to come to the house to discuss major matters, according to the list listed on the previous gift list, his subordinates made a report to the big households, the next day the big households came to Luoyang Ling Mansion one after another, more than 100 people gathered in the house again, the big families shouted: I don't know what important things Lord Chen invited? ”

Chen Xin frowned bitterly and explained the matter of the imperial court's collection of taxes to these big households, and the big families were really shocked when they heard it, and some of them shouted: "The imperial court is too fucking inhumane to do things, we have already hemorrhaged and donated so many silver taels before." Why is it that the lion still opens his mouth, this time there are more and more? ”

"Yes! What's going on? Do you think that we are soft persimmons? Another voice shouted.

At this time, someone shouted: "This is forcing good people to become prostitutes!" Don't think we're easy to bully, just come with two knives and rub oil on us, our Guan Yu is not a good cake! ”

"It seems that he Guan Yu doesn't know how powerful we are, I think he is toasting and not eating and punishing wine! Don't give him some color, see if he doesn't know the three eyes of the prince of horses! "Another big household is also anxious.

Another landlord shouted: "Guan Yunchang is not an ordinary person. He has military power, has a lot of connections in the court, and his power is unprecedentedly high, but he is a real power faction, not to mention us people, how about the modern archmage of Luoyang White Horse Temple? Does that Zuo Fengzuo have energy? Don't talk about this, just talk about Dong Zhuo from the previous time, which of these people is easy to mess with? Didn't you let Guan Yu clean up one by one? ”

"That's true, Guan Yu is now under one person and above ten thousand people, to put it more clearly, he is covering the sky with one hand! We people have money and some power, but if we want to fight him, it will be tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg! If Guan Yu really initiates Weilai, we will suffer! And there was another man in the great household.

Another person in the big family said: "I think this matter still needs to be coordinated by Lord Chen, and we have relied on Lord Chen all these years." I have dedicated myself to you Lord Chen, we have been providing for you for so many years, and now it is a critical juncture, you Lord Chen have to find a way to help us get through the difficulties! ”

"That's right! Lord Chen, we have honored you a lot over the years! Now it's time for you to behave, if we don't protect you, Lord Chen, this black gauze hat will be crumbling, this is called cold lips and teeth! A large household chimed in.

The more Chen Xin listened, the more he felt uncomfortable, and hurriedly stopped: "Enough is enough!" When is it, you are still engaged in this nest fight. Didn't I summon you here today to work with you on the best of both worlds? Look at what you're doing here! Can it solve the problem? ”

After Chen Xin finished speaking, these big families were speechless all of a sudden, and the whole house became calm. At this time, a large family asked, "Lord Yichen, what should we do?" ”

"Don't be in a hurry! This is a matter that has to be considered in the long run! As the saying goes, 'the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth', we need to make preparations with both hands, this matter is very urgent, I heard the call for reform a few years ago, Guan Yu's determination to reform is so great, and his power is even greater. If we want to protect ourselves, this is not a desirable way to fight hard, do you have the money and potential to compete with Guan Yu? The army in Luoyang exceeds 100,000 people, and there is no shortage of ministers and generals around you, do you have anything but a little money, this is not good at all. So we have to think of a perfect way, not only to get mixed up under Guan Yu's rule, but also not to fall out with him, so as to avoid suffering losses! Chen Xin continued to analyze.

Chen Xin's words about these landlords and old wealth nodded frequently, and one of them asked: "I don't know what kind of plan Lord Chen has!" Now it's a critical time, and we still have to rely on Lord Chen! In the past, we relied on Lord Chen to get through difficulties again and again, but this time Lord Chen can't see death without help! ”

"Don't be impulsive and don't panic, do what I say, the current wind is blowing very urgently, the momentum is very fierce, this time is not as good as before, the driving force behind this is very strong, but this wind is only a year to be exact, as long as we survive within this year, then we will win, so don't worry about this matter, I think this thing is best done like this, what to do? Isn't the imperial court going to collect taxes? The persecution is imminent, the more anxious he is, the more we must stabilize our position, don't get things to the cusp, the wind of reform is blowing very urgently, and the collection of taxes is only one of them, we must not let this matter become the top priority of reform, attract Guan Yu's attention to it, then we will be finished, the leader of this matter is Ma Teng, what is his position? It is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple who supervises Jin Wu, that is, he is in charge of the affairs of justice and prison, the deputy member of the first product, this person is the warlord of the previous Xiliang was subdued by Guan Yu and returned to the imperial court, since Guan Yu sent him to supervise this matter, but he took a fancy to Ma Teng as a newcomer to the Beijing Division, ordinary people do not know him, and rarely suffer resistance to do this kind of thing, ordinary people can't drag it up and can't intercede, but as far as I know, this Ma Teng is loyal to the Han family! Especially the royal family. He is also very respectful, so I think as long as the people of the royal family come forward, he Ma Teng will inevitably compromise, it depends on your energy, most of you are the remnants of the royal family, and you still have the ability to reach the sky. I think it's up to you to do it yourself, and I've already shown you the way, and the next thing is for you! Chen Xin nodded to the big households.

After hearing this, the big households nodded their heads in approval, and one of them shouted: "The county official might as well be in charge now!" Since it is this Ma Teng on an errand, then we have to target him, since he is in charge of this matter, this matter naturally has to be settled with him, we are also a relative of the emperor, it is not a problem to find someone in the imperial court, although we can't mess with Guan Yu, but this Ma Teng, there is still hope! ”

"It shouldn't be a problem to settle Tamateng. We don't have any other abilities, and it's not difficult for us to shake a court member with a deputy first-rank position, right, Lord Chen has to do something, right? Can't we sweep the snow in front of our door? Another member of the large household spoke.

Chen Xin smiled after hearing this: "You have spoken with cold lips and teeth!" Now that you are in trouble, how can I stand idly by and sit idly by? Although you are busy with you, I have my own way of dealing with it here, Ma Teng cannot have direct contact with you, he will definitely come to me next time, and I will delay as much as possible to buy you time, I said that whether this matter can go smoothly or not is up to me. If I had thrown myself to the court, you would have been finished, and I would have repeatedly provided you with help and protection. How can you say that I am not interesting enough? ”

"Lord Chen, look at what you said, don't we people still have to rely on you to cover us for so many years! If Lord Chen helps us survive this catastrophe this time, we will definitely not treat you badly! Said one of the most high-ranking members of the family.

Chen Xin smiled after hearing this: "It's good to understand this, it's good to understand!" Let's work together! ”

However, it was said that Ma Teng and Yang Xiu returned to the court non-stop after explaining the matter, and Yang Xiu was busy with Ma Teng's explanation, and then he was ready to accompany Liu Bei and Zhu Jun and his party, and Luoyang had not yet settled on this matter, and he waited there. As the prime minister's secretary, the burden on his shoulders is really not light, he was not able to attend the previous agricultural conference, what an important meeting! But this time he's about to have another meeting, what meeting? That was the second reform meeting convened by Guan Yu himself.

After Guan Yu arranged the agricultural meeting last time, this time he is intensively preparing for another meeting. What kind of meeting? That is about the development of heavy military equipment and the development of industry and commerce to promote the meeting, as the prime minister as a leader of a general coordination, every work must be concerned, every work must be asked, naturally every work can not be pulled down, just held an agricultural conference Guan Yu and can't wait to convene the second meeting of the reform, the theme of this meeting is mainly to study the production and manufacturing of heavy military equipment and the development of industry and commerce in various places to prosper trade and other key work, these two work involves the imperial court investment of 500,000 taels of silver, This work is also promoted as the key work of the reform, this day Tai Changqing will be the minister of the Fu, the servant Lu Kui, the great Honglu Zhou Huan, the Si Li school captain Wen Ping, the Changshui school captain Wang Qi, the Yue cavalry school captain Xu Huang, the Fubo general Zhang He, Henan Yin Liang Xi, Hongnong County Shou Changlin, Hanoi County Shou Yang Jun, the Prime Minister's Mansion Chang Shi, the horse commander Du Xian, the Siyan school captain Wang Lian, the main Bo Yang Xiu have appeared, the scale of this meeting is obviously smaller than the agricultural meeting, but there are a lot of people who came to attend

Guan Yu once again made a mobilization speech: "Today I convened you to discuss the work of promoting the manufacture of heavy military science and technology equipment and the development of industry and commerce and prosperous trade in various places, our reform is a systematic and comprehensive reform, as two important contents of the reform, and agricultural work should be put on the agenda as soon as possible, and the requirements put forward in the implementation plan should be implemented as soon as possible. Strive to do a good job in the preparation of production, this work should be carried out after agricultural production and manufacturing, to avoid slow progress because the stall is too large, equipment production and manufacturing this work by Taichang Qing will be responsible for the minister's planting, Changshi, the horse commander Du Xi to assist in the implementation, Sili school captain Wen Ping, Changshui school captain Wang Qi, Yue cavalry captain Xu Huang, Fubo general Zhang He to actively cooperate with the completion of this work; A large number of round square hole money was issued as the main circulating currency in the market for trading, and gold and silver were also allowed to be traded as monetary units, changing the previous policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, and striving to build a number of farmers' markets in larger cities, and in some areas to establish large-scale fur trading markets and horse trading markets to activate commercial trade, but also to develop catering industry, pawnshops, teahouses, hotels, dart boards, silk shops, restaurants, iron shops, salt industry, noodle shops, rouge and gouache shops in larger cities. Rice, oil, salt, cloth villages, pharmacies, etc., to be built and prosperous in an all-round way, Luoyang and Chang'an should focus on building a number of science and technology project factories, this work will continue to be promoted by Tai Changqing will be the minister of the Ministry of Cultivation, Tai Servant Lu Kui, Da Honglu Zhou Huan is responsible for promoting, Siyan Lieutenant Wang Lian actively assisted and assisted, Henan Yin Liang Xi. Hongnong County Shou Chang Lin, Hanoi County Shou Yang Jun and others actively cooperated in promoting this work and completed it under their governance. The work of reform is complicated, all departments should actively formulate plans to promote the implementation of the work in charge, all regions should actively cooperate with and assist the higher departments to carry out their work in their own areas, and cooperate with the top and bottom to jointly complete the implementation of the important task of reform! ”

Guan Yu's second reform meeting sounded the horn again, and everyone felt an unprecedented sense of pressure and urgency, especially when Tai Changqing was the minister, he felt that Yali Mountain was big, and he had more responsibilities than other races, and this time he was awarded a heavy responsibility. At the previous agricultural meeting, he was entrusted with the chief person in charge of supervising the production and manufacturing of agricultural science and technology projects, and he had to participate in the construction of urban defense before, but this time he was entrusted with the role of the main person in charge of the three tasks, so that this old member of the first product really felt the pressure, can there be no pressure? The identity before the kind of brush was just a Tai Changqing, although Tai Changqing was ranked as a first-class member and ranked Jiuqing, but the main person in charge was the sacrificial buddy. There is no real power, and the work is not so heavy, since Guan Yu served as the prime minister. He was given a new role, that is, he will be a minister, but it is such a role that allows him to play a major role in the reform, which will be no better than Tai Changqing, although it is a deputy role, but this role is a real power, especially in the reform. It shows his power and energy, one is production and the other is engineering, which is inseparable from his participation! This development of industry and commerce also pushed him to the forefront.

Chong Fu never thought that he was so reused and so responsible that he had reached the twilight of his life, but it was also because of his old age, especially for this work, he was not very experienced, so he was afraid that he would take this responsibility, take this responsibility, bear the court, and bear Guan Yu. As an old man, he is also very cautious and cautious in doing things, and reform is like walking on thin ice for him, and when Guan Yu finished this meeting, he found Guan Yu and stated: "Prime Minister! It's not that the old man is incompetent, nor is the old man passive, this reform is very important, the old man is already old, he is already a person who has passed the age of the sixtieth year, and his experience is limited and his energy is limited. ”

After saying that, Guan Yu looked Chong Fu up and down, thought for a while, and then said, "Are you worried that the burden on your body is too heavy to bear?" In fact, you don't have to, I'll give you an analysis and analysis, first of all, you supervise the production and manufacturing of agricultural science and technology projects and the production of military projects, can these two work be combined into one, I will also personally participate in this work and put forward opinions and requirements in a timely manner, this production work is a big deal after all, you see I also equipped you with quite a few personnel, like what Shang Shu Shot, Chang Shi Du Raid This person is definitely an expert in military equipment logistics and supply, is a rare talent, and is still very good at military equipment production, In addition, I also gave the kind of adults four generals to help with manufacturing, there is absolutely no shortage of manpower, in the production of agricultural science and technology projects, I am assigned to the adults of the Sili School Captain Wen Ping, West Cao Seal Zhao Yan, Prime Minister's Mansion Changshi, Shang Shu Servant Shot, Prince Taiwei Du Raid, Siyan Captain Wang Lian, especially this Zhao Yan, this is also a rising star, in Zhao Yan, the word Boran, Yingchuan County Yangzhai County (now Yu County, Henan) people. Born in the third year of Jianning (170 A.D.), Zhao Yan successively served as Pingyang County Commander, Sikong Mansion Peng's subordinate, the main Bo, the governor of the army, etc., and has experience in agricultural equipment science and technology. ”

Guan Yu's words suddenly opened, as if he saw light in the darkness, and suddenly became brighter, but he still had some concerns, and then said: "The prime minister is well-intentioned and the old man is grateful, but the old man is old and weak after all, so I am afraid that the prime minister will not be able to do things!" ”

"Kind of adult! Don't you understand my intentions? As a veteran of the Three Dynasties, it can be said that the Lord is highly respected, and these things are of far-reaching significance for you to take the lead, and the Lord must understand my hard work! Reform this thing is by no means easy, all dynasties have been cautious and cautious about this matter, today's government has reached such a point that non-reform is unsustainable, to promote the reform must have a capable team, for this I have worked hard to ponder repeatedly brewed and finally finalized the candidates, the newly promoted young people can be said to be talents, are the elites I selected from the grassroots, both young and professional, many people have experience and experience, with these people to pave the way for reform there is a foundation, But how to let these people give full play to their talents to sail in the cause of reform, this still needs someone to lead, and these people still have such and such problems and defects in their careers because they are young, which requires more guidance, and these people are all newcomers promoted from the grassroots level. In the business, you don't have to study deeply and don't have to be too professional, you just need to use these people well, your work is basically done, you think too much, you don't have to bow down, otherwise I won't choose you to be the captain, as an elder, you just need to take this group of little brothers, manage them well and everything will be fine, you can not understand the technology or not understand the business, it doesn't matter, managing people and managing things are two different things, I want to manage a few people This will not tire the kind of adults, right? Guan Yu explained to Chong Yu in a serious tone. (To be continued......)