On the second day, early in the morning, when Zhang Han got up, Dian Wei and Gao Shun were already waiting outside the door, and the three of them took a team of guards to the government office.

One morning, Cao Cao sat in Tancheng, ordered to go to various places to collect the city, the whole territory of Xuzhou into the bag, busy until noon, Bao Xin led the troops to converge, Yanzhou's north and south two troops and horses, gathered in Xuzhou.

Bao Xin's demeanor is still the same, he is lean, his eyes are bright, a few strands of hair are scattered in front of his forehead, and the rest of his long hair is tied, he is dressed in a strong robe, his left hand is on his sword, and he has to go up the steps into the lobby.

Cao Cao and Zhang Han greeted them at the door.

"Bo Chang, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come here unharmed," Bao Xin and Cao Cao looked at Zhang Han with relief on their faces after greeting each other.

When he confronted Zang Ba near Kaiyang, he heard the news of Zhang Han's meritorious service several times, Wenzhi had the merit of preventing and controlling the great drought in Yanzhou, and Wu Luo was a general under Lu Bu, which can be described as a spring breeze.

"Thank you Bao Xiang for your concern, you are fine."

Cao Cao snorted and said, "Don't worry about Bochang, the scourge will last for thousands of years, and this kid will not die so easily." ”

"It's Yuncheng, from today onwards, I'm afraid I'm going to call Bao Xuzhou."

"What does Mengde mean?" Bao Xin was suddenly startled and looked at him with burning eyes.

Cao Cao put his hands behind his back and nodded solemnly: "Yes, I plan to entrust Xuzhou to Yuncheng, I can't trust anyone else." ”

"Trustworthy, but not this ability, think about it, only you, the most suitable," Bao Xin once went back to Mount Tai, and gathered 3,000 warriors overnight to go to Luoyang, if Yuan Shao dared to start a war with Dong Zhuo, at that time Dong Zhuo's old department was more than 5,000 people in Luoyang, and the outcome was unknown.

It's a pity that Yuan Shao didn't dare, Bao Xin could only lead the crowd back, and after returning to Mount Tai, he raised his arms and gathered 20,000 people, and stationed nearby.

Dong Zhuo was afraid of the might, so he immediately went to the Son of Heaven and asked the Son of Heaven to worship Bao Xin as the prime minister of Jibei and stabilize people's hearts first.

This Bao Xiang's prestige and connections, at least in the Taishan area, can be called admirable, Cao Cao knows that his family assets are thick, and he also has the demeanor of a hero, plus Yuncheng knows people well, and he is well-versed in internal and external affairs, and can guard Xuzhou.

Hearing these words in person, Bao Xin was still a little dazed, but he smiled and nodded lightly, "Since Meng De has decided, Xin will live up to his mission and guard Xuzhou for you." ”

"Hey, hey, haha!" Cao Cao grabbed him by the shoulders and invited him into the lobby together, while continuing in his mouth: "That's right! If there are still trustworthy people who can defend the city, Cao Ren is among them, but why don't I entrust Xuzhou to him? The reason is very simple, Cao Ren's internal governance is not good, and Yuncheng is well-connected and deeply popular, and the Taishan people are probably more convinced of you. ”

"The Yu Ban under your command is really a good military and political hand, I have inspected the area of his tuntian, more than in Yanzhou, there are such capable people to help under his command, Xuzhou will definitely become my big granary!"

To the north, there are Taishan Mountains, a natural barrier to block the invasion of Qingzhou, and to the east coast, if there are ships to transport goods in the future, the whole territory can be connected to the north and south, and the west is adjacent to Yanzhou, which is equivalent to its own strong barrier protection.

The only thing that needs to be garrisoned is the south, Yuzhou and Yangzhou Huainan, both can take the road to the north, it is possible that Yuan Shu will run at any time, loot and destroy the soil, so it is necessary to plant grain in the tuntian area to the hinterland, as for how to completely solve the threat, it depends on Yuan Shu.

After a few people sat down, they talked for a long time, verbally divided the merits first, and then talked about the difficulties of the moment, Liu Bei listened in the guest seat, and he only occasionally smiled with Bao Xin to show respect for the war and exploits of Fang Cai.

But when it comes to the current difficulties, he is more interested, after all, people under the roof have always received a lot of favors, if they can effectively solve some problems for Cao Cao and make meritorious achievements, even if they leave him in the future, they will not feel ashamed.

"At present, the autumn harvest has arrived, the people around the country are busy cutting wheat and threshing, but the destruction of fertile land in Xuzhou is very serious, when I came yesterday, I have finished reading the table sent by the counties, this winter, Xuzhou will have a food shortage."

Cao Cao said with a cold face.

This is a crime of war, the war itself consumes a lot, most of the grain and grass were forcibly requisitioned by Lu Bu when he levied grain, and then fought for several months, and destroyed the fertile land, and Guangling and other places have been occupied by Yuan Shu, and those southern Taishou under Tao Qian, intriguing with each other, have been broken by Yuan Shu one by one.

Now from the south of Huaishui, almost all of them are Yuan Shu's forces, and he doesn't know how many Chen soldiers are in Huailing and Guangling.

Accepting the reality, it is said that Yuan Shu is really insidious, not to mention the territory of Jiangdong, taking advantage of the Xuzhou army, he has been expanding to the south of Xuzhou, and he has indeed achieved many benefits from fishermen, and has been invested by many people.

Cao Cao knew, Lu Bu also knew, but there was nothing he could do, this was Yuan Shu's ability, he not only had the privilege of fake Jieyue in his hands, but also the Han Dynasty's military talisman signal, acting on behalf of the Son of Heaven, recruiting troops and gathering soldiers, which was more powerful than the ordinary princes, that is, the fox and the fake tiger.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if there is any good way to speak freely?"

Liu Bei shrank back very quickly, and said helplessly, if he had 10 million stone grain, he would definitely give Cao Cao 1 million to thank him for his kindness in accepting and appointing him, but if he had 5,000 stones, he couldn't give Cao Cao 500, because he really had 5,000.

All in all, the poor are not qualified to discuss this matter, and he is not familiar with the rich families of Yan and Xuzhou, so he can only listen to it.

Xi Zhicai immediately shook his head and said: "There is no good plan below, this is a disaster of war...... It is also a natural disaster, Xuzhou did not prevent and control the dry drought in advance, resulting in a grain failure, I am afraid that it will be difficult to avoid this year, all I can think of is to use the grain of Yanzhou, allocated to Xuzhou, so that the people can receive grain for the winter, and after the fertile land is cultivated next year, and then the autumn harvest will be taxed to replenish the reserves of grain and grass in our army. ”

"However, the levy of taxes will be painful, and this year's rescue of the people may not be able to win their gratitude, and the trend of people's hearts is not yet known......

Although he has the talent to be taught by good teachers and friends, he knows the hearts of the people, and they hate the matter of taxation, no matter what the reason, once it touches the tax, there will be complaints.

Even if you receive a large amount of relief food because of disaster relief in the previous year, you will also have resentment.

And this standard, if it falls on a "benevolent and righteous king", will be infinitely magnified.

The Wenchen present were gossiping, expressing their opinions, and they all talked about the current situation, and some even mentioned Liu Yu, who was not so transporting grain and grass for disaster relief at the beginning, opening a warehouse and putting porridge, spending it with the military and civilians as one, and earning a lot of fame and merit.

But as soon as he mentioned this name, he was immediately sneered at by Xi Zhicai, turned around and looked coldly: "What you say, it can't be compared, who is Liu Yu?" It is the great Han Zongzheng, to Youzhou for the pastor, is from the palace of the jade steps down the people, to Youzhou after the local Taishou scramble to make friends, businessmen, gentry, scholars all obey its orders, he wants to relief, people will rush to send money. ”

"The current situation of Yanzhou and Xuzhou, how can we say that the big clans in the territory can be moved? It is not the same thing, and this should be a different matter. ”

What he said was very reasonable, so the scene was cold again.

Liu Yu could solve it back then, but it doesn't mean that Cao Cao can.

They are not people of the same class, they are scholars and businessmen, and they will contribute money and efforts for Liu Yu's reputation and disaster relief, and even those who are slaves, that is licking Liu Yu, and they will be appreciated in the future, and they will soar from then on.

But the scholars in Yanzhou didn't want to lick Cao Cao, they were scholars after all, and once they betrayed the class, the foundation would be ruined in the future.

This is certainly not the same.

The most brutal decree was to plunder the money and grain of the Shang Jia family to give the people to survive the food shortage, but the price was that from now on, there would be no more commoners and scholars to follow, and unless he was put on the neck with a knife, he would work for Cao Cao.

The most benevolent decree was to sacrifice his own military food reserves, take out all the grain in the granaries of Yanzhou, and give it to the people of Xuzhou, but if he did this, once the news spread, the surrounding princes and thieves would quickly attack Yan and Xu to increase Cao Cao's internal and external troubles.

Neither path can be taken, only a compromise, and how to compromise has become the subject of discussion.

At this time, Zhang Han, who was almost asleep when he heard it, was poked by Dian Wei and whispered, "Why don't you say a few words?" ”

"I don't know," Zhang Han whispered, his brain has been so tired lately that he doesn't want to think.

To think about the layout, think about the decree and slowly, it is far less pleasant than drinking the mountain, anyway, you don't need to be in charge of speaking, you can also copy poems to appear in front of people, and after the appearance is over, you will see the love swordsmanship, isn't it happy.

"I've calculated recently, our merits are almost exhausted, your merits are roughly offset, and I have to add a little merit," Dian Wei felt that the merit of capturing Lu Bu alone was not as good as drinking in private for half a month.

No matter how much I will definitely be scolded, I was just scolded by Cao Gong last night.

"Yes," Zhang Han thought for a while, and stood in the middle of the strategist on the left, standing relatively backward, suddenly stood on tiptoe and straightened his neck, and said loudly: "It's not good to give grain directly, so how about distributing grain and grass on the grounds of borrowing grain!" ”

As soon as he finished shouting, he immediately stood back on his feet, and when the advisers discussed it on their own, he only made one such suggestion, and did not say that he had to do it.

Cao Cao raised his eyes and clearly heard Zhang Han's voice, but he didn't see his figure, so he shouted: "Zhang Bochang, stand up and speak!" ”

Zhang Han squeezed out of the two older Xuzhou officials and arched his hand: "Lord." ”

"Say, "What is the reason for borrowing grain?" That's all. ”

Cao Cao said in a deep voice, at this time, many people raised their eyes and stared at Zhang Han, and Liu Bei and others did the same.

This person's thoughts are different from ordinary people, so he can think of borrowing grain, but how to borrow, who to borrow, how much to borrow and how much to repay, are all things that need to be explained in detail, Liu Bei said in his heart.

He only thinks that the so-called borrowing of grain is to borrow some grain and grass from the surrounding princes to relieve the disaster and save the people, and wait for next year to repay, but the advisers under the command of other princes will also consider it, and they may not borrow it after discussion, after all, no one wants to see Cao Cao sit on Yanzhou and Xuzhou and grow.

Moreover, isn't the nearest prince Yuan Shu?

Yuan Shu has collected a lot of grain from the requisition, and he is afraid that there are hundreds of thousands of Hu military rations in the warehouse, if he borrows him, is he willing?

Liu Bei's thoughts roughly represent many people, but everyone understands that Zhang Bochang will not talk about it, there should be a reason for him to say this, after all, when it comes to farming, and the corresponding farming policy, everyone present should not be able to compare with Zhang Han's achievements.

Including Chen Deng and Chen Gui, who are standing in third place.

Zhang Han drafted for a moment, carefully considered the words, and after feeling that he was foolproof, he gave up his hand and said: "I think that you can find people with outstanding conduct and good reputation in various pavilions, villages, and counties to be promoted as grain officials, and then issue loan coupons, and those who have no food at home can borrow food with this coupon." ”

"The grain will be distributed by Yanzhou and Xuzhou, and will be returned after planting the land and getting grain in the next year; At the same time, you can also invite local businessmen, scholars, and wealthy families, and those who are not official officials can get a 10% interest rate hike back, and this interest will be paid by us for the people to the businessmen. ”

"The people are all farmers, and the farming in Xuzhou has been ruined and ready to be revitalized, so when this method is used to encourage the people to cultivate and reclaim the ownerless fields, to repay the grain debts on their loans, so that the gentry family's grain hoarding can increase income, and at the same time alleviate our difficulties, which can also be regarded as merit; The people were able to borrow food, and the land was doubled in the coming year. ”

"In this way, the disaster relief is not to reach out and wait for death, but to do what they can do."

After Zhang Han finished speaking, the hall fell into a long silence, everyone was thinking about the feasible method of this strategy, as well as the concept that Zhang Han mentioned just now, the people will double their cultivation in the coming year.

These farmers just want to live, and they don't seem to be tired, because most people need to support their families, and filial piety is the first thing to inherit.

Moreover, with a loan interest made up by one percent, it is still regarded as their merit to pull the merchants and scholars to save the people, and how can it not reduce the burden of the Cao regime, Cao Ying's grain will not be all taken out and lent, and half of it can be paid out by the big clans in Xuzhou alone.

Then there is only a question of trust.

At this time, Chen Deng looked at Zhang Han in confusion and asked, "Master Zhang, there is a question below, what if these people who borrowed grain still can't afford to pay back the grain?" ”

"Or if there is no bumper harvest next year, there will still be a poor harvest, and there will only be food for the winter, how is it good?"

Zhang Han arched his hand and said: "Then pay it back in installments, and pay it back the year after tomorrow, you can always pay it off." ”

"Then if the person who borrowed the grain is lazy to eat, and he only knows how to ask for it, but he can't afford to pay it back, what should he do?" Chen Deng was a little angry in his heart, he always felt that Zhang Han's strategy was too soft and benevolent, and it was absolutely impossible to control it when he encountered a scoundrel, and a scoundrel was likely to breed a bunch of them, which would cause a mutiny at that time, causing all the people who borrowed grain not to pay it back.

Eventually, it's civil strife.

This is completely predictable.

"If you can't afford to pay it back for two years in a row, you will be immediately arrested in the military camp and your family property will be confiscated," Zhang Han still smiled very kindly.

Chen Deng frowned, and suddenly felt that it was not simple, "What if he dies?" ”

"The debts of the father and the son are repaid, the debts of the children and grandchildren are repaid, and the children and grandchildren are endless."

"I ......"

Chen Deng has nothing to say, I'm sorry, I misjudged you, I actually think you are merciful.

Isn't this just signing a deed of sale of slavery?!

And as soon as it is sold, it is the whole family, right...... As long as you can pay it back. I have to admit that Zhang Han still retains a little human appearance in the ruthlessness.

Cao Ying's strategist Tiantuan, I have heard of you a long time ago, ruthless and unjust, wine-colored and wealthy.

That's right, and it lives up to its name.

"I still have one more question," Chen Deng sighed, and said, "This law can indeed reduce the food burden of our army, and can also allow the people to get food for the winter, and can also encourage the people to protect the land and cultivate it widely in the coming year, but it involves trust." ”

"How can the local gentry in Xuzhou make them trust this government unreservedly?"

Zhang Han suddenly smiled, and said: "I got acquainted with a few heroes, who were also Xuzhou don't drive at the beginning, named Sun Qian, he has two friends named Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, they can trust first, if the rest of the scholars are unwilling, I will let them call friends and help each other." ”

Chen Deng was shocked, took a deep breath and was speechless for a long time.

Cao Cao on the main seat and Bao Xin on his side, their eyes also lit up at the same time at this moment, and they turned their heads to look at each other at the same time, and then looked strange and seemed to be smiling, and they didn't think about whether to scold on the spot or applaud for a while.

It's been a long time, so you kid is waiting here!?

You're really, old sow wears bad omens, one set after another.

I, Chen Deng, still have a very critical question, can I return the money and food you stole from my family...... I'm so involved.

For you to watch the game at four o'clock, I will update it early, and I will write another chapter before four o'clock, alas, I am so good to you, so touched

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