Yuan Shu frowned and snorted coldly: "The heroes are all recruiting, why do you want me to cut off the soldiers?" Want to cut off Huainan's hands? ”

"The minister has no such intention, the current natural disaster has led to a reduction in grain production, and the court generals have a huge expenditure, and they really can't afford to continue to increase the army..."

Yuan Shu said that the emperor placed the ministers and hundreds of officials, and the officials were still the original officials, but the officials generally rose with the promotion of official positions, in addition to this, Yuan Shu also built a large number of buildings to build a new palace of pleasure for himself.

This emperor of the Zhong family can share wealth with the middle and upper classes, but he still ignores the lower level of officers and soldiers, and the people at the bottom are completely ignored.

The army is the lifeblood of the country, no matter how mediocre Yuan Shu is, he will not be disarmed, he stood up directly after listening to Yan Xiang's defense, first looked at His Highness and the ministers, and finally his eyes fell on Yan Xiang.

"Natural disasters are not limited to Huainan, which one of Lu Bu, Cao Cao, and Liu Biao has dismissed the soldiers? The anti-thief Sun Ce occupied Wu County last month, and there are also locust plagues and droughts in Jiangdong, will Sun Ce be cut because of the large number of soldiers? Without an army, what would he do to defeat Zou Tuo and Yan Baihu? ”

"That's not what I mean..."

"It's not good, Yan Qing, as a big farmer, only needs to coordinate the country's money and grain, don't worry about the military, I have my own plans with the generals..."

"I..."

Yan Xiang wanted to cry without tears when he heard this, from the main secretary to the big Si Nong, although the official position has been greatly improved, but the scope of authority has not changed at all, but this family is becoming more and more difficult to do.

After Yuan Shu finished beating Yan Xiang, he stared at Yang Hong and asked: "Qing's plan to hunt wolves and tigers is not successful, but let Sun Ce break through and occupy Wu County individually, and then don't curb the fear of Jiangdong, you don't have anything to say?" ”

Yang Hong wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, walked out of the train, and bowed his hand to explain: "Your Majesty, Zou Tuo, Qian Tong, Wang Sheng, Yan Baihu and others are all selfish, and they have no unified dispatch and fight separately, which made Sun Ce take advantage of the loophole..."

"Don't talk about the reason like Da Si Nong, what I want to hear now is the countermeasure, understand?"

"Uh... Our army was newly defeated, the soldiers had no fighting spirit, coupled with the raging natural disasters, the food and grass were difficult to raise, at this time it was inappropriate to conquer Sun Ce, and there were many thieves entrenched in Jiangdong. ”

Yuan Shu pondered for a moment after listening, then stretched out his sleeves and sat down, looked at Yang Hong and asked: "As Qing said, Huairou Jiangdong Sect thief, deal with the anti-thief Sun Ce, but what about Cao Cao?" What about Lu Bu? Even Chen Yu's kind of goods dare to rob Guangling, so the conscription and expansion of the army have to continue, and you can also give Dasi Nong ideas to solve the problems in front of you. ”

After hearing this, Yang Hong turned around and glanced at Yan Xiang, he also knew that Huainan's expenses were mainly in the imperial court, but cutting off people's wealth was like killing his parents, so he didn't have the courage to let Yuan Shu do it to the official gentry.

"Your Majesty, you have a fellow villager from Chen Guo last year, it is said that under the rule of King Chen, there have been bumper harvests year after year, the people live in peace and the treasury is full, why doesn't Your Majesty borrow grain from King Chen?"

There was no good way to throttle internally, so Yang Hong quickly thought of open source externally.

"King Chen? That's a good idea. Yuan Shu nodded slightly, and then instructed: "I have an old relationship with King Chen, and since this matter was initiated by Yang Qing, I took Qing to go to Chen Guo to ask for 100,000 yuan of grain and rice for me." ”

"Hmm... Yang Hong bowed and saluted, and when he bowed his head and answered, he felt like he was cocooned.

Chen State is located in Yuzhou, Yanzhou between the small county state, from the second year of Zhang and the second year (88 years) Liu Xian established the country, to the current monarch Liu Chong has been six generations, the country ruled Chen County, Xinping, Changping eight counties, by Yingchuan, Chen Liu, Runan, Peiguo, Liang Guo surrounded in the center.

Runan is adjacent to Chen, and Yuan Shu was born in the first wealthy family in Runan, so it is said in the palace that there is an old relationship with Liu Chong, and the current Runan and the southern part of Peiguo are actually controlled by Yuan Shu, and the north of the two counties is Cao Cao's sphere of influence.

Because of the jealousy of Cao Cao in his heart, although Yuan Shu knew that Chen Guo was rich, he never dared to fight Liu Chong's idea, if it wasn't for Huainan facing a predicament, Yuan Shu would not agree to Yang Hong's plan.

Subsequently, Yang Hong took Yuan Shu's letter and sent Chen Guo to ask for food.

thought that Liu Pet would sell Yuan Shu's face, even if he asked for less than 100,000 grains, 350,000 should not be a problem, but the result was often unexpected.

Yang Hong didn't even see Liu Chong's face, so he was sternly rejected by Minister Luo Jun, who not only scolded Yuan Shu for being a traitor, but also beat Yang Hong out of Chen County.

Yang Hong was beaten and returned to Shouchun with a blue nose and swollen face, and prostrate in front of Yuan Shu with tears in his eyes, reprimanding Liu for instigating the state minister Luo Jun to be rude.

"Yang Qing has been wronged, since Chen Guo refuses to borrow grain, tomorrow I will convene the ministers to discuss and see if there is any other way..."

Yuan Shu felt very uncomfortable in his heart when he saw Yang Hong's appearance, as the so-called dog beating depends on the owner, even if you don't borrow food, you shouldn't be so rude.

Yang Hong heard that Yuan Shu didn't plan to pursue it, and said in his heart that he would be beaten in vain? So he got up angrily and said: "Your Majesty, Luo Jun's intention is the intention of King Chen, Luo Jun expelled his subordinates with a stick, but he is actually sweeping His Majesty's face, it doesn't matter if His Majesty is beaten, but how can Your Majesty's face be blasphemed?" ”

Yuan Shu raised his eyes and replied: "What Qing said, don't I know?" It's just that Chen is adjacent to Yingchuan, if he dares to use troops against it, Cao Cao will inevitably take advantage of the situation to attack, and Huainan's current military morale may be difficult to defeat Cao Thief's soldiers..."

"Cao Cao was defeated in Wancheng at the beginning of the year, Zhang Xiu took the opportunity to seize Wuyang and other places, he should be too busy to take care of himself now, how can he have the spare energy to take care of Chen Guo's affairs? Now that there is a famine in various places, who is not short of food in Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Sun Ce? Your Majesty does not take it, but it will be taken by others. Yang Hong said that in the end, he was heartbroken.

"I'm worried that once I use troops against Chen State, Lu Bu will take advantage of the situation to attack, and Huainan is currently having difficulty raising food, and it may be difficult to support a big battle..."

Yang Hong said again: "It is indeed unwise to attack Chen head-on, Your Majesty can use clever tactics to get it..."

"Ingenuity? Come on. Yuan Shu was shocked when he heard this.

Yang Hong patted the court clothes, cleared his throat and said: "That Liu Chong is a relative of his clan, and he has some martial arts, so the domestic armament is not secret, Your Majesty can send his henchmen to kill him, and if Chen Guo is killed, the country will be chaotic. ”

"It's a good idea... But..."

Yuan Shu stroked his beard and nodded slightly, pausing slightly and then hesitating.

"Once I open to the north, the fine work that lurks in Shouchun will definitely spread the news, I am afraid that before the Huainan army arrives in Chen State, Lu Bu and Cao Cao will send troops to contain it, and at that time, Yang Qing's clever plan will marry someone else..."

Yang Hong was confident and said confidently: "Chen Yu took advantage of the chaos to steal Guangling, why didn't Your Majesty pretend to attack Guangling?" Divert the attention of Lu Bu, Cao Cao and the others, wait until the army enters the Guangling realm, and then turn around and enter Peiguo..."