Chen Qun's mansion is not far from Zhong Xuan's mansion, two Zhong Mansion family members helped him go home directly, halfway through the cold wind, he couldn't help but squat in the corner of the wall to choke his throat, at this time, his housekeeper also heard the news and rushed to help him back to the mansion.

His wife Xun and son Chen Tai also got the news and hurriedly rushed to the gate to pick him up, "How is your husband?" Xun asked worriedly.

At this time, Chen Qun had already come to his senses, and he waved his hand, "Help me go to the inner study first, I have something to talk to you about." ”

Xun and his son hurriedly helped Chen Qun to the inner study, they helped her husband sit down in the study, and Xun served her husband fried tea by herself, and asked the maid to prepare hot towels, busy inside and out.

Chen Qun sat in a daze, he was still reminiscing about what he said to Zhong Xuan, although it was a drunken remark, but it came from the bottom of his heart, and now that he was sober, he was more aware of the danger, which made him more determined to do so.

At this time, Xun washed his face, he waved his hand, asked the two maids to retreat, pointed to the door again, and said to his son Chen Tai: "Close the door, I have something to say to you." ”

Chen Tai was puzzled, and hurriedly closed the door, standing aside with his hands down, while Xun Shi held her husband's hand and asked, "What does the husband want to say to us?" ”

Chen Qun said slowly: "I have decided to leave the Wei State and go to serve the Han State. ”

Xun Shi was taken aback, "How can the husband have this thought?" ”

Chen Qun sighed and said: "I saw Duke Wei today, he has not had much time, if the prince succeeds to the throne, he will not allow me, I will not go again, there is only a dead end." ”

Xun is the daughter of Xun Yu, she knows that her father was excluded by Cao Cao because of his heart to the Han Dynasty, and finally died depressed, she never wanted her husband to go down the same path, she nodded and said: "If the husband has decided, I will definitely support it." ”

"What about you?" Chen Qun asked his son again.

Chen Tai is only twenty years old this year, but he is both civil and military, and he is also a very potential general, Chen Qun only has this son, and two other daughters, both of whom have not yet married.

At present, Chen Tai is a guard in the Tongque Palace, and he happens to be at home today, and he is also a very intelligent person, so he nodded and said: "The hearts of the people in the world are towards Han, if the father serves the King of Han, it is a wise move, and the child fully agrees." ”

Chen Qun's wife and son's statement made Chen Qun extremely pleased, and he said to the two of them: "I have an idea, it will be the New Year in a month, we will take our family back to Yingchuan to worship our ancestors, and then we will go directly to Nanyang County." ”

Xun didn't have any ideas, but her husband was looking forward, but his son Chen Tai was thoughtful, he thought about it and said: "Although this is reasonable, but my father didn't say that Cao is really Cao Pi's person, will he send someone to monitor his father's whereabouts?" ”

"You're right, I have to watch out for that."

Chen Qun also knew that he wanted to follow Jia Xu's example and lead his family to retreat, if he didn't have the help of the Han Kingdom, it would be difficult to succeed, especially since Xuchang was Cao Pi's sphere of influence, and Cao Zhen would inevitably monitor him closely.

After pondering for a long time, Chen Qun had a rough plan in his heart, and he said to his son: "I have a plan, I'm afraid I need you to implement it." ”

On the morning of the third day, there was still chaos in the capital city, although Cao Pi ordered to invest 100,000 stone of grain to stabilize the price of grain, set up ten grain sales points, and sold them at a price of 200 yuan per bucket, and limited each person to only five buckets of rice.

This is Cao Pi's experience half a year ago, more than half a year later, there was a conflict in Nanyang, which also caused the price of grain in Yedu to skyrocket, Cao Pi invested 100,000 stone of grain to stabilize the price of grain, and three days later, the price of grain was suppressed.

This time, Cao Pi concocted the same method, according to the normal state, the price of grain will fall in three days at most, but this time it is a little different from the last time, it is still the same crowd, each point of sale is lined up in three teams, each captain is several miles, almost everyone in every household is dispatched, even children as young as five or six years old also appear in the team.

What Cao Pi didn't expect was that the purchasing power of the people was extraordinarily strong, and the 100,000 stone grain invested was bought up in one morning, and he had to invest 100,000 yuan of grain again the next day, but the supply was still in short supply, and many people from other places also rushed to Yedu with their families to buy grain.

Although the government has invested 200,000 stone of grain to stabilize the price of grain, the price of grain in the market has not been suppressed, and it is still 500 yuan of rice, while in other counties of Wei County, where Yedu is located, the price of grain has risen to 600 yuan of rice, which is very severe.

Cao Pi did not expect that half a year ago, free trade was liberalized, so that a large amount of Han money poured into Wei, and the people accumulated too much money, and the loss of Lishi County was undoubtedly a fuse, so that the price of grain in Wei suddenly out of control, prices soared, not only grain, but also all daily necessities rose in price, which is the serious consequences caused by the shortage of materials.

Of course, this shortage of goods will not last forever, but it will remain high for at least a year or two, and this is the result of economic warfare, and this consequence is not formed in a day or two.

As early as ten years ago, the new Han money was gradually accepted by the Wei people, and gradually replaced the five-baht money in the Central Plains, which planted the roots of today, and the free trade half a year ago was just the last harvest of the Han Kingdom.

Although the government has begun to stabilize food prices, the streets of Yedu are still very chaotic, full of queues and quarrels, people are constantly fighting in the streets, and soldiers who maintain order are running everywhere, and they are frustrated.

The Honglu Pavilion in the Han Kingdom was relatively calm in front of the gate, with more than a dozen Cao soldiers standing guard in front of the gate, and their duty was not only to maintain the safety of the Honglu Pavilion, but also to closely monitor the contact between the officials of Yedu and the Honglu Pavilion.

Near noon, two groups of ruffians broke out in front of the Han Pavilion over a few bags of grain, and then a big fight, causing chaos in front of the Honglu Pavilion, and the dozen or so Cao Army soldiers guarding at the gate were furious, rushed up and whipped them with leather whips, "Get out!" Don't make trouble here. ”

Just as the Cao soldiers rushed forward to maintain order, a young man took advantage of the fact that there was no one guarding the gate and quickly slipped into the Honglu Pavilion

The young man who slipped into the Honglu Pavilion was Chen Tai, the son of Chen Qun, although Chen Qun's strategy was very simple, it was very practical, and there were fights and brawls everywhere in the city, and no one would pay attention to the fights in front of the Honglu Pavilion.

The two groups of fighting ruffians were hired by Chen Tai for money, as long as the Cao soldiers guarding the door were attracted, the ruffians dispersed in a hurry, and Chen Tai, who was mixed in the crowd, took the opportunity to sneak into the Honglu Pavilion.

In the room, Chen Tai handed his father's handwritten letter to Shaoqing Zheng Li, "This is a handwritten letter from my father to His Royal Highness the King of Han, my father is willing to serve the Han Kingdom, and I only hope that the Han Kingdom can assist our family to leave the Wei realm." ”

Another important task of Shaoqing Zheng Li in Yedu was to recruit high-ranking officials of Wei and the former Han Dynasty who were willing to serve the Han State, and they had already contacted many middle- and lower-level officials, and Chen Qun was the first high-ranking official willing to defect to the Han State, which made Zheng Li attach great importance to it.

Zheng Li took the letter and immediately said: "We warmly welcome Ling Zun to contribute to the restoration of the Han Dynasty, please rest assured, I will immediately arrange a qiē to ensure that Ling Zun and the whole family leave the Wei realm safely." ”

Chen Tai was overjoyed and said: "My father was going to return to Yingchuan to worship his ancestors in the New Year, so he took that opportunity to go to Nanyang County, and my father was worried that Cao Zhen would send someone to spy on him, so he hoped that Han Guo would help us at that time." ”

"Don't worry! We'll take care of it, and there's never a chance of slipping up. ”

After a pause, Zheng Li said again: "The key matter must be kept strictly secret, the fewer people who know about it, the better, and we must not leak a little rumor, including my side." ”

Chen Tai nodded, "At present, only my parents and I know about this, not even the two younger sisters, we will not let the fourth person know, in addition, how can I leave in concealment, not let people know that I have been to Honglu Pavilion, and I hope that Zheng Yuanjun will help." ”

Zheng Li smiled mysteriously, "There is a secret passage in the Honglu Pavilion, which has never been opened, and Gongzi is the first person." ”……

At night, Chen Tai drilled out of a secret passage, and he found that he had reached a small river a hundred paces away, which was no longer within the scope of defense, and there were no soldiers guarding it, and the exit of the secret passage was set on the stone wall above the river, which was very well sealed to prevent the river from backing up.

There is a painting boat moored outside the exit for many years, which just covers the exit of the secret passage, and there is another small boat parked next to it, which can be rowed directly from the boat and left, or you can go ashore and leave.

Zheng Li kept sending Chen Tai out of the painting boat, and then said to him: "Son, please take care, we'll see you in Chang'an!" ”

"There will be a date later!"

Chen Tai waved his hand, jumped ashore, and strode away.

When Zheng Li returned to the Honglu Pavilion, he immediately wrote a quick letter, put it in a paper leather bag along with Chen Qun's handwritten letter, and handed it to a confidant. instructed him: "Hurry to Chang'an, hand over this letter to Liu Zhengqing, and ask him to forward it to His Royal Highness the King of Han immediately." ”

With a salute and a handful of papers, he left Yedu with two entourages that night and hurried to Chang'an......

After the Han army seized Xihe County, it did not continue its eastward advance, nor did it launch any other offensive, and it was obvious that this attack on Lishi County was intended to detonate the economic crisis that had accumulated within the Wei state.

At this time, the Han State had completely stopped trade with the Wei State, and also blocked all official roads leading to the Wei State, only allowing goods to be transported from the Wei State, but never allowing the goods of the Han State to be shipped out.

The Han army immediately raided 14 shops suspected of smuggling pig iron and grain to Wei, arrested more than 100 people, Liu Jing ordered all the owners of the 14 shops to be beheaded for public display, and confiscated all family property, warning Han merchants that those who violated the prohibition of smuggling would be killed.

The circulation of materials was cut off, the Han money of the Wei State could not flow back, the prices within the Han State were stable, but the Wei State was in chaos, the prices soared, the people's grievances were boiling, the families with solid families felt that their wealth had shrunk, but the people at the bottom were miserable, a large number of hungry people poured into Yedu, and they could not afford to buy food and could only become bandits, or make trouble and rebel, and there were people in seven or eight counties in Hebei who rebelled.

On the eve of the New Year, the price of grain grew to a thousand dollars of rice, and Cao Pi had no choice but to adopt Zhong Xuan's construction, stop the sale of goods, confiscate the grain of the people, and begin to implement a strict grain rationing system.

In the midst of chaos and disorder, the New Year of Jian'an's twenty-four years has finally arrived.

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