However, he said that Yuan Shu had already had the heart of being the emperor, and when he read Sun Ce's book, he was very annoyed: "Sun Ce Xiao'er borrowed my soldiers and horses to start an incident, and now he has the ground in Jiangdong, but he doesn't want to repay the favor, but wants to return the jade seal, which is really rude." "While replying to the book, I don't return the jade seal; On the one hand, the generals were gathered to discuss, and they wanted to send troops to recruit Sun Ce.

Yang Hong, the chief of Yuan Shu's account, was good with Sun Ce, and hurriedly stopped him and said: "Sun Ce is in danger of the Yangtze River, and the soldiers are fine and the grain is wide, and there is no way to make it. Now we should attack Liu Bei first, in order to repay the hatred of attacking each other for no reason the day before yesterday, and then it is not too late to try to take Sun Ce. ”

Yuan Shu asked, "What should I do?" ”

Yang Hong replied: "Liu Bei's army is Xiaopei, although it is easy to take, Nalu Buhu is in Xuzhou, if he sends troops to help Liu Bei, I am afraid it will be difficult to try it." I have a plan to make Lu Bu not help Liu Bei. ”

"Will the plan be released?" Yuan Shu asked again.

Yang Hong said: "The previous time I promised to give Lu Bu gold silk grain and horses, I have not met so far. I am afraid that he will help him, and now he should let people send food to tie his heart and make him stand still, then Liu Bei can be captured. Capture Liu Bei first, then Tulu Bu, and Xuzhou can also be obtained. ”

Yuan Shu was overjoyed when he heard the plan, that is, with Yang Hong's plan, Gu Su 200,000 Hu, and ordered Han Yin to take the secret book to Xuzhou to see Lu Bu.

The secret book said: The last attack on Xuzhou promised a military fund, and 200,000 Hu Su was offered, hoping to attack Liu Bei when he did not move.

Lu Bu agreed and treated Han Yin seriously.

Han Yin told Yuan Shu back, and Yuan Shu immediately sent Ji Ling as the general, Lei Bo and Chen Lan as the deputy generals to lead tens of thousands of troops to attack Xiaopei.

Liu Bei was shocked when he heard the report and gathered to discuss.

Zhang Fei shouted to meet the battle: "The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth." Although Lu Bu is brave, how can he resist my Taoyuan brothers? ”

Sun Qian said: "There are only 5,000 soldiers and horses in the county, and there are few soldiers and soldiers, so how can the enemy have tens of thousands of heavy soldiers. This is Yuan Shu's plan to 'fake the Dao and cut down the enemy', which can persuade Lu Bu to send troops to rescue. ”

According to Sun Qian's words, Liu Bei sent a man who could speak well to ask Lü Bu for help, and said that this was Yuan Shu's plan to "fake the way to cut down the enemy", and asked Lü Bu to rescue.

Lu Bu read Liu Bei's letter and thought to himself: Last time, Yuan Shu promised military funds to make me attack Liu Bei, but he didn't give it back. This time, I sent food and told me not to save Liu Bei. Now Xuande came to ask me for help, thinking that Xuande lived in Xiaopei, and it might not be my disaster. And Yuan Shu's plan of "false Dao and defeat", if he gets Xiao Pei, and then connects the generals of Mount Tai to me, wouldn't it be dangerous!

After weighing it again and again, Lu Bu decided to rescue Liu Bei, and only then did Lu Bu stage the scene of "shooting halberds at the gate" to make peace for Yuan Shu and Liu Bei.

Ji Ling returned to Huainan to see Yuan Shu, and said that Lu Buyuan shot the halberd to make peace, and the right to send food was used as compensation for the last time.

Yuan Shu read the book and couldn't help but be furious, that is, he wanted to raise heavy troops by himself, personally recruit Liu Bei, and ask Lu Bu.

Ji Ling hurriedly dissuaded him, and offered a plan of "intimacy", so that Yuan Shu's son and Lu Bu's daughter would marry, and the two families would get married, and then ask Lu Bu to attack and kill Liu Bei.

Yuan Shu sent Han Yin as a matchmaker to Xuzhou to propose marriage to Lü Bu.

Lu Bu had two wives and one concubine, first married Yan as his wife, then took Diao Chan as his concubine, and married Cao Bao's daughter as his second wife when he was Xiaopei.

Cao Nu died without giving birth to children, Diao Chan had no children, and only Yan gave birth to a daughter, who was very loved.

Han Yin proposed marriage for Yuan Shu, and Lu Bu consulted with his wife Yan.

Yan heard that Yuan Shu was about to be called the emperor, and he only had one son, so he thought that if he married his daughter, he would have the hope of being a concubine. Even if you can't become a queen, you can also keep Xuzhou worry-free.

Seeing that the Yan family agreed, Lu Bu agreed to the family affair and treated Han Yin favorably.

Han Yin replied to Yuan Shu, that is, he prepared a dowry and ordered Han Yin to be sent to Xuzhou.

Lu Bu accepted the dowry, set up a banquet to entertain, and left Han Yin to rest in the pavilion.

Chen Gongyin repeatedly suggested that Lu Bu get rid of Liu Bei, but Lu Bu didn't listen, so he went to the pavilion to meet Han Yin privately, explaining through Yuan Shu's plan of "sparse intimacy", I was afraid that the matter would be discovered later, and Han Yin secretly discussed the strategy of sending Lu Bu's daughter to Huainan as soon as possible.

Lu Bu listened to Chen Gong's suggestion and sent his daughter out of the city with gongs and drums.

Chen Jue heard that Chen said that there were various interests to dissuade him.

Lu Bu repented and urgently ordered Zhang Liao to lead his troops to chase after him thirty miles away, snatch his daughter back, and arrest Han Yin and put him in prison.

Yuan Shu used a plan to form a good relationship, Lu Bu should repent, a story is quite exciting, and the plot is not much repeated.

Let's say that Lu Bu snatched back his daughter and detained Han Yin.

Chen Qi persuaded Lü Bu to send Han Yin to Xudu in order to marry Cao Cao.

Just when Lu Bu was hesitating, he suddenly reported that Liu Bei was recruiting troops in Xiaopei.

Lu Bu didn't care about it at first, and heard that Liu Bei's third brother Zhang Fei pretended to be a thief and snatched one hundred and fifty good horses that Lu Bu had bought in Shandong.

Lu Bu was furious and divided his troops to surround Xiaopei on all sides.

Zhang Fei played against Lu Bu, and there was no victory or defeat in 50 rounds.

Liu Bei was afraid that Zhang Fei would lose, so he urgently ordered Mingjin to withdraw the army, sent people to Lu Bu's camp, and said that he was willing to return the horses, and the two sides dismissed the army.

Lu Bu was about to agree, but Chen Gong said: "If you don't kill Liu Bei today, you will be harmed by him after a long time." ”

Lu Bu did not obey the invitation, and the siege was even more urgent.

Liu Bei hurriedly consulted with Mi Zhu and Sun Qian, and Mi Zhu said: "Lu Bu is capricious, even if he agrees to the invitation today, he will repeat it in the future. ”

Sun Qian said: "Cao Cao is jealous of Lu Bu, so it is better to abandon the city and go to Xu Du to defect to Cao Cao and borrow the army to attack Lu Bu." ”

Liu Bei according to his words, ordered Zhang Fei to be in front, and after Guan Yu was broken, he and Mi Zhu and Sun Qian lived in the middle to protect the old and young, and in the third watch of the night, taking advantage of the moonlight, he went out of the north gate and threw himself to Xu Du.

Zhang Liao chased after him, and Guan Yu blocked it.

Lu Bu saw that Liu Bei was gone, but he didn't chase after him, and then went into the city to calm the people, and ordered Gao Shun to guard Xiaopei and return to Xuzhou.

It is said that Cao Cao was worshiped as a general in Xuchang, the son of heaven, and was worshiped as a general, so he asked the emperor to issue an edict and worship Yuan Shao as a captain.

Yuan Shao thought that he was born noble, the fourth generation and third duke of the Yuan family, when he crusaded against Dong Zhuo, he was respected as the leader of the alliance, when Cao Cao was in front of his own account, but now he is holding the Son of Heaven hostage to monopolize the government, and he is a general, in charge of the world's soldiers and horses.

Although the captain is expensive, his status is below the general, Yuan Shao felt deeply humiliated, and the above table was not worshipped.

Yuan Shao was even more jealous, so he regretted not listening to the advice of the frustrated professor, but Cao Cao took the lead and lost the opportunity, so he followed Guo Tu's suggestion and asked the emperor to move the capital to Yecheng, because it was closer to him, it was easy to control.

Cao Cao not only refused, but also rebuked Yuan Shao in a fake edict of the Son of Heaven, saying: "You have a large number of soldiers, but you have established a private party; I didn't see you out of the king of Qin, but I saw you sending troops to attack each other. ”

Yuan Shao knew that it was Cao Cao's troublemaker, so he had to defend himself in a book, and said angrily: "Cao Cao almost finished up several times, but I saved him." Now he is giving orders to me in the name of the Son of Heaven! ”

At that time, Cao Cao had just gained a foothold in the unstable, and there was Xuzhou Lu Bu in the east, Huainan Yuan Shu in the south, and Nanyang Zhang Xiu in the near vicinity, all of which were eyeing each other, and their own strength was not as good as Yuan Shao, and at the same time thought that Yuan Shao was just a local warlord in Jizhou, so Cao Cao took a restrained and patient attitude, gave up the position of general to Yuan Shao, and appointed himself as the general and rode the military to calm Yuan Shao's heart.

When natural disasters continue, locust plagues are raging, and there is a shortage of food and cooking; The armies rose together, the wars were frequent, the people had no plan for the end of their lives, they plundered when they were hungry, and abandoned the surplus when they were full; The army lacked food and grass, dug wild vegetables and scraped tree bark, and ate mulberries on their backs.

Cao Cao gathered hundreds of officials to discuss the abandonment of large areas of fertile land, the serious damage to agricultural production, the displacement of people, and even the tragic scene of cannibalism.

There are different opinions, and Yulin Jian Zao only put forward a proposal for Tuntian based on the practice in Dong'e.

Zao only followed Cao Cao when he raised his army, and Cao Cao occupied Yanzhou and was appointed as the commander of Dong'e County to guard Dong'e.

Zao Yi was only committed to persuading farmers to teach agriculture, accumulating grain and grain together with Ren Jun, diligently repairing military equipment, organizing military and civilian drills, and reinforcing and repairing the fortifications of Dong'e City.

Lü Bu and Chen Gong took Cao Cao's troops to Xuzhou, and suddenly attacked Yanzhou, and the counties and counties rebelled one after another, and only the three cities of Dong'e, Juancheng, and Fanxian were still loyal to Cao Cao.

After Lü Bu and Chen Gong occupied Yanzhou, they sent troops to storm Dong'e City, because the Dong'e city wall was strong and had sufficient military supplies, Zao only led the army and people to resist stubbornly, and Dong'e City was never captured, and it became a reliable rear military base for Cao Cao's counterattack on Lü Bu to recapture Yanzhou in the future.

According to the old practice, the collection of taxes was only linked to the number of cattle, and "counting cattle and losing grain" meant that there was a certain tax standard for each cattle.

Zao only believes that this kind of style is produced in times of peace, and in troubled times, it cannot be rigid in the law, and must be boldly changed to make the style beneficial to oneself.

Zaoyi's countermeasure is to divide the cultivated cattle into official cattle and private cattle according to their ownership, and those who use private cattle are divided into fifty or five with the imperial court, and those who use official cattle are divided into six or four shares. Due to the different levy standards according to official cattle and private cattle, if the Tuntian guests rented the official cattle, they had to pay the corresponding harvest as cattle rent, and the imperial court would also make a profit. In this way, it not only stimulates the interest of the borrowed livestock, but also helps the ruler to develop the plan.

Zaoyi's proposal was opposed by many parties at the beginning, and the most fierce one was the military sacrifice wine marquis.

Hou Sheng believed that the original system of counting cattle and losing grain had been implemented for many years, and if it was abolished and a new system was adopted, it would be beneficial to the imperial court and the shogunate, but it would be very unfair to the people who had tuntian, and there was a lack of appropriate incentive mechanism, that is, the so-called "convenience for officials and inconvenience for guests".

Some ministers also said: "When I first arrived in Xudu, the government was unstable, and the princes of the Quartet were eyeing each other, and the top priority was to defend against the attack of the separatist forces, so as not to repeat the mistake of Dong Zhuo and the emperor losing Luoyang, and Wang Yunyong losing Chang'an." ”

Cao Cao was hesitant at first. Ren Jun, the general of Diannong Zhonglang, has been following Cao Cao and is responsible for the transportation of grain and grass and the supply of military supplies, and he has a deep understanding: "Although it is important to have good soldiers, the supply of military supplies is indispensable, otherwise it will be self-defeating." ”

Cao Cao naturally knew that the reason why the army had developed to this point was inseparable from Ren Jun's perfect logistics supply.

Listening to Ren Jun's suggestion today, Cao Cao suddenly remembered Ren Xun: "I don't know where your cousin Ren Xun is now?" ”

Ren Jun said: "I didn't expect that Ming Gong still remembered his cousin, he was still serving as a gong cao peng official in Zhongmu. ”

Cao Cao said: "Back then, I was in trouble, but thanks to my cousin Ren Xun and Ren Botong, I can have today. It is better to let Ling's cousin serve as the commander of Zhongmu County and Tuntian first. ”

Ren Jun expressed his gratitude, and immediately sent someone to Zhongmu to issue an edict to Ren Xun and arrange the affairs of Tuntian.

Cao Cao asked Xun Yu again about the matter in Tuntian, Xudu.

Xun Yu said: "Ming Gong adopted Mao Jue and Mao Xiaoxian's strategy of 'cultivating and planting, livestock and military resources' to take deep root and achieve remarkable results in Yanzhou. When Zao Yi was appointed as Dong Aling, he was already familiar with Tuntian, and as long as it was improved on the original basis, the plan was feasible. In this way, not only can military supplies be supplied, but also displaced people can be returned to the farms, which will be easier to control and avoid disasters. ”

Only then did Cao Cao make up his mind in Xudu Tuntian.