Dong Zhuo rubbed his head and twisted his head to the side with a painful expression.

"Oh, that's annoying."

Dong Zhuo sighed bitterly: "How could there be so many rebellions all of a sudden? Is it possible that the army left behind in Guanzhong will be pacified? ”

Liu Ai said: "According to the report, the troops in the hands of Li Dao and Guo Yan, who are responsible for guarding Chang'an, are enough to deal with these rebellions, after all, most of the rebels are homeless or low-level savages, although they can swarm and gather, but they will be defeated when touched, and these traitors have almost no armor, and their weapons are not sophisticated, and there are no people who are familiar with military aircraft, so there is no major event at present." ”

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, and he said with emotion: "That's good, that's good, it's just good, how can so many rebellious thieves emerge?" Isn't this a big deal to spoil the old man? ”

When Liu Ai heard this, he didn't speak for a long time.

"What's wrong? Liu Shizhong seems to have something unspeakable? There is something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it! ”

Liu Ai saluted Dong Zhuo very respectfully: "Xiangguo, in fact, according to the last official, the reason why there are so many rebellions in Guanzhong is because the five-baht small coins are newly minted, which are widely spread among the people, and they have greatly plundered the wealth of the local area, which has led to more and more local rebellions." ”

Dong Zhuo frowned.

"The more the people's wealth is plundered, the price of grain in Guanzhong has risen wildly, and the local nobles have controlled the price of grain and made a windfall, resulting in ordinary Li Shu not even being able to eat.

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he slapped the edge of the bed in annoyance.

Because his movements were too large and too involved, Dong Zhuo suddenly began to cough violently again, and his coughing was very serious, and the attendant next to him hurriedly stepped forward to soothe his chest.

Dong Zhuo stretched out his hand to push those attendants away, and then glared at Liu Ai fiercely.

"What should you think?"

Liu Ai was silent for a while before he slowly spoke: "According to the opinion of the last official, there are only two ways to avoid the situation from continuing to deteriorate. ”

"Tell me about it."

Liu Ai said very seriously: "Xiangguo, now in addition to the jurisdiction directly controlled by the imperial court, whether it is Hebei controlled by Liu Jian, or Jingchu controlled by Yuan Shao, or Jiangnan controlled by Cao Cao, or even Yizhou where Liu Yan and Yuan Yi competed, they all clearly respected the imperial court, but in fact, they secretly resisted and did not want to circulate small money, so that most of the materials that the imperial court could loot were actually Guanzhong, Sizhou or Li Shu under the jurisdiction of the Central Plains......"

When the words fell, I saw Dong Zhuo yelling angrily: "Yuan Shao, Liu Jian's generation, is really hateful!" On the surface, it seems that they respect the imperial court and put the Son of Heaven first in everything, but in fact, they are all selfish and plotting against each other secretly! ”

Liu Ai sighed and said: "These people are hateful, but we have nothing to do with them now, and now the court is exploiting our own people with a small amount of money. How can the displaced people from all sides not rebel? ”

"Ignorant people!"

Dong Zhuo said angrily: "The matter of the Western Expedition, the benefit is in the Qianqiu, and the merit is in the Sheji, at the moment, the imperial court is just asking them to borrow a small profit, and when Liangzhou is pacified, the Western Regions are conquered, and the trade is endless, it will naturally let them profit, what is the opposite!" Can't you just endure it for a while?! ”

When Liu Ai heard this, he sighed secretly in his heart.

If it were Dong Zhuo in the past, although his temperament was brutal, he would never say such superficial words.

But now......

It seems that Sangkook's illness has overwhelmed his reason, and it is not only his body that is getting weaker and weaker, but also his mind.

Liu Ai patiently persuaded Dong Zhuo: "Xiangguo, ordinary Li Shu people, let them endure it, it's not impossible, the problem is that the current food price has been raised extremely high by the Haoyou families in Guanzhong, and ordinary people Li Shu seem to have no way to live, let them continue to endure, it is nothing more than cutting off their way of life...... No one wants to die. ”

Dong Zhuo raised his hand suddenly and said: "In short, the current war in Liangzhou is urgent, it is a matter of the overall situation, and it is a battle commanded by the old man himself, and there is no room for failure!" The politics of small money cannot be withdrawn at this critical time, which is related to the trend of the war in Liangzhou, and it is also the support of the old man's army! ”

"Regarding Guan Zhonghao's right to raise the price of grain, the old man will naturally send someone to deal with it, you don't have to worry about it, your main task at the moment is to assist the old man to succeed in the northwest! You know? ”

"Whoa, whoa......"

Liu Ai lowered his eyebrows and saluted Dong Zhuo, he knew that Dong Zhuo was already extremely angry at this moment, and if he continued to discuss, it would be easy to anger Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo, once he turns his face, then this is the six relatives who don't recognize it, who they catch and kill whom.

Don't look at Liu Ai is now second only to Li Ru's think tank, but if Dong Zhuo is in a hurry like this, he won't have any distress if he kills Liu Ai.

"Ahem, ahem!"

Dong Zhuo turned his head and coughed for a while, and then he looked at Liu Ai on the side.

"It's just that when the local tyrants took advantage of the imperial court's policy of imposing new money, they raised the price of grain, put the people in fire and water, and destroyed the country's social welfare, which is really hateful.

"Order, Guo Yan began to investigate this matter thoroughly, and when necessary, arrest a few leaders of the old man who hoarded grain and raised the price of grain, took them to the downtown and slaughtered them, confiscated the goods, and corrected the law of the country!"

When Liu Ai heard this, he hesitated: "Will it be too radical?" ”

Dong Zhuo said coldly: "This is still a fierce method? How many people from the wealthy family has Liu Jian killed over the years? Compared to him, the old man is already good! ”

Liu Ai actually wants to say that it is a little inappropriate to let Guo Yan deal with this matter, after all, Guo Yan is a horse thief from Liangzhou, and now although he has become a general, he has not changed his bad nature, and he is afraid that punishing the leader of the wealthy clan in Guanzhong will make him mess up......

But when the words came to his mouth, Liu Ai still swallowed what he wanted to say.

After all, Guo Yan is Dong Zhuo's descendant, and perhaps for Dong Zhuo, Guo Yan is far beyond himself in his heart.

is the so-called inseparable intimacy, with his position in Dong Zhuo's heart, to say bad things about Guo Yan, it is inevitably a bit out of bounds.

And Guo Yan is not a good person, once the matter reaches his ears, I am afraid that this person will definitely not rest with him.

What do you do to offend that husband!?

"Report!"

At this time, I saw a guard of the Xiliang Army hurriedly running to Dong Zhuo's tent, and said to Dong Zhuo: "Xiangguo, General Lu sent someone to bring good news to Xiangguo!" ”

"Oh? How is it? ”

"General Lu set up an ambush in the southwest of Nan'an, and broke the cavalry team under Ma Teng, and the thief leader Ma Chao was personally defeated by General Lu!"

"Good!"

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he was very happy.

That Ma Chao was young, but he was very brave, he followed Ma Teng's side, and defeated the Xiliang soldiers under his command several times, which made Dong Zhuo extremely angry.

This time, let Lu Bu out of the horse and clean up Ma Chao fiercely, which can be regarded as relieving his anger!

"Okay, very good, send someone immediately, and reward Fengxian again! Ma Teng and Han Sui, the old man wants to see how long they can jump! ”

……

……

In fact, the people who have been keeping an eye on Liangzhou and Guanzhong are not only Dong Zhuo and Liu Jian, but there is another person, and that person is Yuan Shao.

As the head of the Yuan family, as Yuan Shao, who has now integrated all the resources of the Fourth World and the Third Duke, he has a large number of elite advisers under him, and among these people, there are many far-sighted people.

"Gong Yuan, Dong Zhuo has begun to order Guo Yan today to rectify the people who raise food prices in Guanzhong, it seems that Dong Lao Thief seems to be a little unable to hold on."

"When today's Zi set up a small money policy, it can be described as extremely stupid, he vainly wants to loot the Kanto prefectures and counties, but where do you know, the people of Kanto, how can they be slaughtered by him, now the emperor is cocooning himself, and the period of turmoil in Guanzhong is not far away."

The person who spoke was Kuai Yue, and now Yuan Shao is extremely respected.

At this time, in the hall, there were only two people, Yuan Shao and Kuai Yue.

Yuan Shao leaned forward and asked, "Sir, what should happen at this time?" ”

Kuai Yue told Yuan Shao very simply.

"At this time, you can send people to Guanzhong, spread rumors, and secretly unite the nobles in Guanzhong to move the foundation of the imperial court."

There will be a change in a while

(End of chapter)