When Xu Ji returned to Yang Biao's mansion, it was already dusk.

Although Xu Ji is restrained because he has not abandoned his martial arts for many years, and his physique is also very abnormal, he feels unbearable without eating all day. couldn't wait for his subordinates to cook for him, so he secretly ran to the kitchen and brought a lot of leftovers to chew on the case.

There are a lot of things that make him happy today, first Xun Yu turned his hands into clouds and hands for rain on the court, and played the courtiers between the palms, so that he didn't know it. Then there was a conversation with Cai Wenji, although he didn't know how effective it was, but looking at Cai Yan's obviously touched appearance, Xu Ji felt very happy, not to mention that this is also a time when Xu Ji can really express his thoughts, although Yin Ning and he have a deep relationship, but Yin Ning is more like a traditional woman, after marrying herself, she is devoted to herself, in fact, Xu Ji is quite stressed, because he is busy with political and military affairs, it is difficult to have time to spend with his wife, and he can't help but feel a little guilty of snubbing the beauty. But today's words made Xu Ji finally fully express his thoughts on feelings in his heart, so it was naturally much easier, so Xu Ji felt that the leftovers in his mouth were very sweet, like priceless delicacies.

When Xu Ji was enjoying himself, Xun Yu came in, and when he saw Xu Ji's appearance, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Looking at the appearance of the lord, he must have encountered some happy event." ”

Xu Ji nodded, seeing that Xun Yu had no intention of asking any further, he felt very strange, so he said to Xun Yuqi: "Brother Wen Ruo, don't you want to know what happened?" Also, you don't have to worry too much about etiquette in private, so why should the relationship between you and me be so external? Xun Yu said casually: "The lord can't." There is a difference between monarchs and ministers, and the lord calls me kindly. But your subordinates must not be disrespectful. As for what happened, since the lord had just returned from Mr. Cai Yong's house. Then the matter must be related to Miss Cai, how can I ask? After speaking, he squeezed his eyebrows at Xu Ji, although the words in Xun Yu's mouth were very strict, but his expression was really breathtaking.

Xu Ji laughed at it, put aside this topic, and said to Xun Yu: "It's okay, Brother Wen Ruo is at his own convenience." Speaking of which, I am really convinced, and your appearance in the court today is really wonderful. Although I knew that you had the means to implement the imperial examination system. But I didn't expect things to become so smooth in your hands, and even Wang Zifu and others raised their hands in agreement. Xun Yu smiled when he heard this: "I have been dealing with the family members in Yanzhou for a long time. Who knows their tricks better than I do? I already knew that the prince would give me a dismount. Because they have already suffered a big loss at the hands of the lord, they dare not directly target the lord anymore. Of course, if you want to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, start from me, since the topic of the place has been set by the lord on the appointment of Yizhou Thorn History and Jingzhou Thorn History, then of course I will wait for the other party to provoke it, but that Zhou Huan's IQ is really low, I think this person is very introverted and arrogant, if the lord wants to deal with Wang Zifu and others, Zhou Huan is really a good breakthrough. ”

Xu Ji was moved by Xun Yu's words, and secretly shouted in his heart that Xun Yu was really powerful. At the same time, I began to think carefully about this matter in my heart. Looking at the pensive Xu Ji, Xun Yu said again: "Lord, now that Liu Bei and Sun Ce are appointed as the Yizhou Thorn History and Jinzhou Thorn History, we can't do anything about it, and I think the situation in Jiangdong is similar." There will be no major wars in the world for a period of time, and in my opinion, it should be time for our Yanzhou merchants to play. ”

Only then did Xu Ji react. Wen Yan smiled and said, "Wen Ruo, how are you going to start doing this?" ”

Xun Yu said in a deep voice: "The first thing we have to do is to achieve economic exchanges with the princes of various places. Xu Ji was stunned when he heard this, and immediately understood: "During this time, the world is in chaos. And now the forces of all sides have gradually become clear. The princes of the world regard themselves as their greatest enemies. Therefore, it can be imagined that it lies in the place where the boundary of the zhì land area is controlled. These princes will definitely take strict precautions and impose a blockade. Therefore, in order to use economic means against the enemy, then the first step is to first eliminate the blockade of the princes. ”

However, Xu Ji also knew that this matter was not simple. After all, these people see themselves as enemies. Xun Yu looked at Xu Ji, who was frowning, knowing what Xu Ji was worried about, and said with a smile: "Lord. It is not difficult to break the blockade, we can do it through negotiations. ”

Hearing this, Xu Ji looked up a little inexplicably and asked, "Negotiation?" ”

Xun Yu nodded and replied, "Yes, negotiate. As the war progressed during this period of time, a large number of weapons and equipment in Yanzhou have been known to outsiders, and I think those princes must be very interested in these weapons and equipment, so why don't we sell them some?" Xu Ji immediately understood: "I see, Brother Wen Ruo is saying that a weapon is sold as a temptation to make the other party have economic exchanges with us. ”

Xun Yu laughed and said: "That's right, my lord, I'm in Yanzhou, every day there are new inventions, and a large number of inventions are used in the production of Taoist weapons, the weapons that outsiders know are just the tip of our iceberg, we can sell some weapons that are about to be eliminated in our army to the other party at a high price, so that not only does our army always have a technological advantage, but also can get a lot of money from the enemy, why not?" Xu Ji finally fully understood Xun Yu's intentions at this time, and said with satisfaction: "Brother Wen Ruo has also undercalculated an account, you must know that my weapons in Yanzhou are produced by assembly line, and the error of the length of all weapons is almost negligible, take the strong crossbow as an example, if you want to fully exert its power, then you must use eccentric wheel technology and unified crossbow arrows, with the technical strength of the princes in various places, they can't do this, if we want to use these things, then we must keep buying crossbow arrows from us, The amount of money will be incalculable. Xun Yu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded vigorously, Xu Ji imagined the scene at that time, and said happily: "Even if they find this loophole and ask us for the technology to produce crossbow arrows, then what's the matter?" We just give it to them, after all, their weapons technology has always lagged behind us, and once we fight, we can still restrain them, and they will suffer because of this unified system of weapons and equipment that lags behind us. ”

Xun Yu smiled: "That's right, and we can open the channel of doing business with the other party through this method, as long as we can achieve this step." The rest of the story will be easy to say. Xu Ji smiled and said, "Brother Wen Ruo, fortunately, I am not your enemy." Otherwise, I don't know how to die, the trick just now is already very vicious. Who would have thought that this was just the beginning? ”

Xun Yu smiled slightly and said, "That trick just now can make the other party suffer some losses." But it will not do much damage to the other side at all, after all, we cannot sell too many weapons and technology to the other side. To deplete the other party's financial resources. We first need to find out what the other party's financial sources are. Offshore Koto. In addition to farming, the fishing industry must be very prosperous, Jingzhou has developed water transportation, and there are still large tracts of uncultivated land, of course, in the previous war, many people in the north have run to the four southern counties of Jingzhou, if nothing else. These people will bring 10,000 acres of fertile land to Sun Ce, but Sun Ce has a lot of headaches. There are a lot of barbarian tribes in the south of Jingzhou, and Sun Ce has to go to the conquest to pacify it, otherwise the friction over land ownership alone will be enough for Sun Ce to be uncomfortable; As for Yizhou and Hanzhong, it is the land of abundance, the land of the Qin and Han dynasties, where the emperors made achievements, where the resources are rich and the land is fertile. In the land of Bashu, the land of Qiangtaizi, there is a capital that is more powerful than that of the six countries, and the handicraft industry is very developed. Textiles, in particular, have always been the best in the world. Over the years, it has been on a par with the textile industry in my Xiangyi. ”

Xu Ji saw Xun Yu talking eloquently, and when he talked about the economies of various places, he knew that he had put a lot of effort into this matter. Looking at his confident expression, I think there is already a way to deal with it. Therefore, he listened to Xun Yu's analysis very quietly.

Xun Yu came to Xu Ji and sat down, and said confidently: "Let's talk about the common way to deal with the three first. Regardless of the economic characteristics of each place. But there is one thing that is indispensable......" Xu Ji said with a flash of inspiration in his mind: "Could it be that Brother Wen Ruo is talking about human resources in various places?" ”

Xun Yu nodded and said, "That's right, so we have to find a way to drain the manpower in these places and reduce the enemy's financial base." ”

Xu Ji asked with great interest: "The question is, is there any way for Brother Wen Ruo?" We can't force this kind of thing, after all, we can't send troops to other people's places to pressure those ordinary people to come, right? Xun Yu laughed and said: "People die for money, birds die for food, this is an indestructible truth, seeing that we can't start a war with each other for a long time, we want the people there to come, of course we have to lure them to profit."

After a pause, Xun Yu said in a deep voice: "We can recruit landless peasants in various places, promise them a good reward, and let them work in our northern states, anyway, we are now in a period of construction, and the northern states need a large number of manpower."

Xu Ji was stunned when he heard this, isn't this a migrant worker in the future? I didn't expect Xun Yu to think of this hand.

However, this hand was indeed vicious, because it undoubtedly broke the legs of various princes. Xun Yu said confidently: "We use generous remuneration to attract a large number of farmers to work with us, maybe at the beginning, we can only attract those landless farmers, but within a few years, the lives of these farmers will be turned upside down, and when they return to their hometown, they will become an excellent example, when other farmers find that working in us is far better than working in the field for a year, then more farmers will come to us, for a long time, There were fewer and fewer people cultivating the land of those princes, and when something happened, they were afraid that they would not even be able to gather food and grass. Xu Ji also knew the ideal effect of this matter once it was implemented, but this matter was definitely not that simple, and he frowned and said: "Wen Ruo, the problem is that we can't make it too obvious, the princes in these places are all treacherous, and the strategists under them are all exhausted, and if we don't get our intentions right, the other party will find out." Moreover, the Han Dynasty has a strict household registration system, and it is impossible for the princes to be unaware of the importance of human resources at this time, and it is conceivable that they will definitely strictly control the flow of population, as far as I know, Cao Mengde began to migrate a large number of people from Xuzhou to the south of Yangzhou a long time ago in order to develop Jiangdong. Xun Yu shook his head and said: "We will not come forward in person in this matter, what we are going to send is the merchants of Yanzhou, let them go to the places of the princes to do business, establish branches of various industries there, and recruit people to come to our northern states through these branches." "This is a good idea, and by the time the princes find out, I'm afraid it's too late.

Xun Yu said again: "As for the household registration system, it's not a big problem. We can add this clause when negotiating with the other side: if you want weapons, then don't restrict the peasants from going out to work. Xu Ji laughed and said, "Brother Wen Ruo." Yours is it! In that case, let's do what we do. Now there is only one chance left to negotiate with these princes. …… Not...... Now the emperor is in power. I will build the emperor to invite all the princes of the world to come to Chang'an to worship the emperor. It doesn't matter if those princes don't come. We'll just talk to their messengers. ”

Xun Yu patted his thigh and said, "The lord's clever plan!" Xu Jixin said What is this, this is not Cao Cao's plan? After building the Tongque Terrace, the heroes of the world will be summoned to congratulate, who would be so stupid? Only Ma Teng went, but was killed by Cao Cao. Of course, he will not take the opportunity to eradicate dissent like Cao Cao, because no prince in the world will come to Chang'an in person, but Cao Cao's strategy can be used. ”

At this time, Xun Yu said again: "My lord, in addition, we can also dump a large number of Yanzhou's merchants from Yanzhou to various places." Xu Ji was stunned and said, "Brother Wen Ruo said that he deliberately raised the price?" ”

Xun Yu said coldly: "It's good." It works. We make those rare things in Yanzhou into popular objects for high-ranking officials and nobles in Chang'an City, and then sell them to the disciples of the big families in various places who are vassal and elegant, isn't it a steady and profitable profit? ”

Xu Ji saw Xun Yu's cruel words in the air, and couldn't help but say: "This matter is easy to say, Yanzhou has produced a lot of good things over the years, but unfortunately there are not many people in my northern states who buy these things, and those families who are afraid of us have run to Jiangnan one after another, they are very rich, this time we will scavenge the money in their pockets." Xun Yu said hesitantly: "These things are naturally expensive, but we have to sell the grain cheaper."

Xu Ji immediately understood. Nodding and sighing, "Brother Wen Ruo. Of course, it is in my favor to do so, but I am afraid that the people will be miserable. He understood what Xun Yu meant. Xun Yu wanted to deliberately reduce the price of grain in the first few years of trade with the princes, so that the grain was cheap and the peasants were injured, and the taxes were very heavy. The peasants will find other ways to make a living, and a large number of peasant workers will come to the northern states. Once a trend is formed, there will be fewer and fewer people cultivating the land in the princes. In a few years, he will stop selling food to these places. Then the grain in these places will soar to sky-high prices, and one will not be able to get it right. The economy of these places will collapse. In the final analysis, Xun Yu hoped that this method would make the people everywhere dissatisfied with the local clans and princes. The method is quite vicious.

Xun Yu said silently for a while: "Lord, I also know that this method is against the way of heaven, but it is better than looking at the enemy, and we will send troops to recruit fewer dead and wounded, right?" ”

Xu Ji also knew that Xun Yu was right, so he nodded heavily. Speaking of this, the two of them were a little excited, and casually said something else, and the two went back to their rooms to sleep.

The next day, nothing special happened in the early dynasty, first officially issued the appointment of Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and then Xu Ji asked Liu Xie to appoint Tian Chou as Youzhou Assassin, Min Rou and Yan Zhi respectively Youzhou and Changshi, Liang Xi as Bingzhou Assassin, Xu Huang as Bingzhou Beicha, Du Qi as Sizhou Assassin, Han Hao as Sizhou Beicha.

This is just a matter of form, after all, these prefectures and counties are all within Xu Ji's control, and Liu Xie has also recognized Xu Ji's right to control these places. This kid knows what it means to be step-by-step, and he knows that things have to come step by step, and he fights with Xu Ji for the control of Chang'an.

Therefore, the appointment of Zhang Ji's Yuzhou assassin was also issued at the same time.

It seems that his next step is to further entrap Jia Xu.

Then, Xu Ji proposed to ask the princes of the world to send envoys to Chang'an to worship the emperor. This incident made the prince's party more and more inexplicable, and on the surface, Xu Ji's mention was beneficial to Liu Xie. Liu Xie was also a little surprised, but he still agreed, because he really couldn't see any harm to him in this matter.

Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Xu Ji let out a sigh of relief.

Subsequently, Liu Xie issued a holy decree asking the princes of the world to send envoys to Chang'an to worship. After that, time passed quickly, Xun Yu repeatedly discussed the details of the implementation of the imperial examination system and the various forces in Chang'an every day, and had to preside over the unified deployment of reforms in various places, so busy that he couldn't even eat.

Tian Feng was busy with military training, and Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu were of course still pretending to be in Shenling.

Fu Zhu and Zhang Yan's army finally met, and to Fu Zhu's delight, the peerless tiger general Gan Ning, who followed Zhang Yan's army, knew Yizhou and Hanzhong very well, which helped Fu Zhu a lot in his march. At the same time, Zhang Yan's army also brought a piece of news: Yuan Shao's adviser Guo Tu, who had been holding on to the Lingbi all along, jumped off the city wall and committed suicide after learning the news of Yuan Shao's suicide.

Although they are friends and foes, Xu Ji still feels a little sad for the other party.

When Guo Jia arrived in Bingzhou, he made a lot of power, and the 1,000 families in Taiyuan led by the Wang family posted posts. The war in Youzhou is still in a stalemate repeatedly, the Xianbei people come and go like the wind, and Chen Zhi, who does not dare to drive straight in, has no thorough solution to them, only to see how Tian Chou and Min Rou run Youzhou.

As for Deng Ai's little guy, there was still no news at all, which made Xu Ji a little worried.

After receiving Yining's letter to report safety, Xu Ji's heart was warm, and he remembered his parents at home, and he couldn't help but feel a little lovesick in his heart.

There was peace in Chang'an City, and surprisingly, Cai Yan had never come to Xu Ji since that day, and he didn't know what this peerless talented woman was thinking. Two months passed in a hurry, and the reply from the princes finally arrived, and they all expressed their willingness to send envoys to Chang'an to pay homage to Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

In this way, a new round of dragon and tiger struggle is in full swing. (To be continued......)