Chapter 108: The Real Enemy
Pei Xiu was thrown to the door of his mansion, and he sighed again when he looked at Zhong Hui who was leaving.
The era of the great clan died in infancy before it officially arrived, and the gate valve had just risen, and it encountered unprecedented suppression by the current emperor.
Pei Xiu felt that at this point, it was time for him to change his position slightly.
As Zhong Hui said, if the executor is himself, there is still a lot of room to be saved, if he is no longer trusted, and a more radical person is replaced to hold the knife, then the Pei family will also be unlucky.
Pei Xiu thinks that he has done an excellent job in these days, and in the future, it will depend on everyone's creation.
Anyway, there's no way I can do more for these people.
The next thing to do is to think in the direction of how to become the emperor's favorite.
Pei Xiu thought about these things, and as soon as he walked into the mansion, a person stood in front of him with a smile.
"Brother!!
When Pei Xiu heard this, her heart trembled subconsciously, not because she was happy, but because she was disgusted.
That's right, the one standing in front of Pei Xiu smirking at this moment is his unsuccessful cousin, Pei Kai.
Pei Xiu has a lot of clansmen, even in Shudi, there are a few younger brothers who are not successful.
In this year's imperial examination, many of his clan brothers also showed their talents.
But what disgusted Pei Xiu the most was the Pei Kai in front of him.
His clan brother is a bit like Sima Yan.
Leniency is generosity, but it is a bit bold, not advocated.
This guy is extremely good-looking, and he is one of the few people who can compete with Lian Wall.
He was amazingly learned, and when he was thirteen or fourteen years old, he was able to annotate the classics and write essays to amaze everyone.
But this person doesn't have much desire to be aggressive, always likes to hesitate to do things, and likes to ask what others think.
And his final decision often depends on the last person to talk to him.
He is a very good friend with Sima Anshi, but among Sima Anshi's many friends, he is good, but he has some flaws in his personality and has no problems with himself.
Pei Xiu looked at the younger brother in front of him, he hadn't seen him for a few years, his younger brother had become more handsome, his figure was more slender, his eyes were shining, and the whole person had an inexplicable gentleness, tenderness from the inside out.
"Aren't you in Yizhou? How did it end up here? ”
Pei Xiu asked.
Pei Kai hurriedly replied: "I was promoted because of my outstanding political achievements!" ”
"To be a lang in Shangshutai!"
Pei Xiu snorted coldly, "Shang Shulang? ”
He walked towards the study by himself, Pei Kai followed behind him, and the two walked into the study, Pei Xiu sat on the top seat, and Pei Kai sat beside him.
"Since you're here to be a lang, why don't you come to Shangshutai, why do you want to come to me?"
"Ah, I'm here to see Shangshu!"
"Yet"
Pei Xiu suddenly startled, "Libu Lang? ”
Pei Kai smiled and nodded.
Pei Xiu was silent for a moment, "It stands to reason that you can't serve in the Ministry of Rites, it's the Zhong Hui who asked you to come, right?" ”
"Ah, but Zhong Shizhong said that my brother asked me to come to the Ministry of Rites to serve!"
Pei Xiu glanced at him, "I'll give you a three-day vacation, if you want to visit friends, you can visit friends, if you want to play, don't bother me within three days!" ”
"Yui!!"
Pei Xiu drove away this younger brother and reluctantly picked up paper and pen.
Hurry up and start writing, if you don't write again, you, the book that promoted your relatives, will have to be pulled out to ask for guilt!
After I finished writing, I threw this guy into another department.
After Pei Kai came out of him, he went directly to meet his old chief officer, Xun Miao.
Unlike Pei Xiu's attitude, Xun Miao values him very much.
I was very happy to see him come back, and immediately asked people to prepare a meal to entertain this old subordinate in the past.
The two sat together, and Xun Miao took the initiative to ask about the situation in Bashu.
Pei Kai said very seriously, and Xun Miao listened seriously.
"What about the situation in the Preparatory Mansion?"
After Pei Kai finished talking about the situation in Bashu, he took the initiative to ask about the situation here in Xun Miao.
Speaking of this, Xun Miao's expression was a little solemn.
Since the second year of Ganlu, disasters have been frequent.
Especially in the north, in the most fringed areas, winters are becoming more and more brutal, with heavy snow covering, and even in the autumn when there is a lot of snowfall, which takes a heavy toll on crops.
On the other hand, Liangzhou is becoming more and more arid, and the rainfall is decreasing, and the government predicts that there may be a multi-year drought in the area.
The situation everywhere is not very rosy.
Xun Miao pondered for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Fortunately, our situation here is fine." ”
He didn't tell the kid the truth.
This little doll knows what to do.
Xun Miao is also one of Sima Anshi's friends and cronies, although he is flattering, greedy for life and afraid of death, but it is not without merit, he is still a little kind, as long as it does not affect himself.
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The two talked for a long time, and after Pei Kai resigned and left, Xun Miao couldn't sit still.
Again, he took out the many paperwork he had prepared.
It's really hard to do things in the house.
No emperor is willing to listen to people's worries.
Since ancient times, those who report good news often receive many rewards, but those who report bad news will not die well.
This has nothing to do with whether the emperor is virtuous or not, no matter how virtuous the emperor is, after all, he is also a person.
Who wants to hear a man come every day to report his worries?
is called Xun Xun himself, seeing a person report his worries every day, every time he appears, I am afraid that I don't have the idea of killing him.
And his department is specifically responsible for reporting worries.
When the Aribi Prefecture was first established, it was very popular with everyone, and it was thought that this department could mobilize grain stocks from all over the country at will and had great rights, but when it was learned that they were just doing some useless homework and that their power was not as great as they imagined, this department was almost forgotten.
Only Cao Chao attaches great importance to this department, even if the treasury conditions are not good, they will never lack funds for them.
With the support of a large amount of funds, Xun Miao also lived up to Cao Chao's high expectations and successfully set up prepared yamen in various places.
Their yamen has no conflict of interest with almost any force, and unless they meet someone like Shi Jian who deliberately conceals the local disaster, they will basically not embarrass them.
Although the reputation of today's Youbei Mansion is not prominent, it is actually very large in terms of scale, but it has no influence, so it has not been discovered.
Pei Kai's inquiry today made Xun Miao even more embarrassed.
The report must be reported, but how to report it?
Xun Miao hesitated for a long time, and repeatedly determined the documents in his hand, before he asked people to prepare a carriage and prepare to go to meet the emperor.
Even if it causes the emperor's dislike, it must be retributed, otherwise the consequences will be more serious.
When Xun Miao arrived, the attendants took him to the East Hall.
But the emperor was not in the East Hall, Xun Miao waited here.
After a while, Cao Xiao's laughter came from outside.
Xun Miao hurriedly prepared to bow and meet.
Cao Chao took Cao Wen's hand and walked into the hall together.
Xun Miao hurriedly visited.
"Chen Xun Xun greets Your Majesty!!"
"Chen Xun Xun greets His Royal Highness the Prince!!"
Just this year, Cao Chao's eldest son Cao Wen was crowned the crown prince.
Therefore, when the ministers saw Cao Wen, they could no longer treat the prince with the attitude, even if it was Cao Qi, they couldn't pinch Cao Wen's face at will, after all, this is the prince now, as soon as this identity comes out, except for his parents, the rest of the people have to bow even if they are elders.
Cao Wen looked at Xun Miao with a smile, and before Cao Chao could speak, he followed his father's past appearance and shouted, "Get up!" ”
Xun Miao smiled, but didn't get up.
Cao Chao patted Cao Wen's head, "It's not time for you to give orders, go and play with your brother!" ”
The little one turned and ran away.
Cao Chao smiled and helped Xun Miao up, "Gong Zeng, let you wait for a long time, right?" ”
"How dare you! How dare you! ”
Looking at Xun Miao's appearance, Cao Chao could probably guess the other party's thoughts in his heart.
But Cao Chao will not be bothered by Xun Miao's frequent visits to report his worries.
He set up this department in the first place because he was ready to face this endless natural disaster.
Twenty years later, Liangzhou will usher in a drought on a scale that exceeds that of the Later Han Dynasty, and the continuous drought will cause no local harvest, which will spread to Yongqin and other places, and will give birth to hundreds of thousands or even millions of victims.
These people could not find food, so they began to flee in all directions, and a large number of people fled into Bashu, and even migrated to Bingzhou and other places.
And those who can't afford to flee will start a rebellion, so that we don't have enough to eat, and we will eat you!!
There is a poem as proof:
Jackals are rampant by nature, gathering crowds to roar and dare to be wanton. I don't believe in the founding day of the Jin Dynasty, I have heard that the traitor tree is in the West!
And that's just the beginning.
Cao Chao is mentally prepared, and he set up the Prepared Mansion to compete with these natural disasters in the future.
He frowned and said with some displeasure: "Xun Gongzeng, although you are also diligent during this period of time, your department is still derelict in your duties." ”
Xun Miao was stunned for a moment, he was fine just now, why did he suddenly ask for sin?
He hurriedly pleaded guilty.
Cao Chao continued: "At the beginning, you said that instead of providing disaster relief after a disaster, it is better to predict and prevent disasters before they occur. ”
"I've just set up a department, but now, you rarely report forecasts from all over the world, do you think doing so will disgust me?"
Xun Miao pursed his lips, "This minister"
"Gong Zeng, I'm not afraid of hearing any bad predictions, nor am I afraid of hearing bad news, I'm just afraid that you will hide it."
"Even if you were wrong in your predictions and the disaster didn't happen, I won't blame you."
"Disasters are the suffering of tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of people, and it is okay to pay any price in order to resist disasters."
"Gong Zeng, if I dare to set up a reserve government, I will not be afraid of your predictions, in the future, I must speak freely, don't hide it, if our monarchs and ministers can survive this catastrophe and leave a successful precedent for future generations, how many people will survive because of this?"
"This is a great event for the ages!"
"You and I should work together to deal with it."
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