The drought in Guanzhong has already begun to appear, and famine is almost inevitable, and the difference is only in the degree. In the event of a great famine and a large number of people flee for survival, the imperial court will become a tree without roots.

Guanzhong is no longer the fertile field Qianli it once was, and the three counties of Jing Zhaoyin, Zuo Fengyi, and Right Fufeng add up, with less than 100,000 household registrations. The reason why the capital was moved to Guanzhong was because more than 100,000 households moved from Luoyang, plus the original household registration in Guanzhong, the total number exceeded 200,000. If the plan is properly planned, taking advantage of the Kwantung War, attracting some more hukou, naturalizing some Qiang people, and tuntian in Guanzhong, at least the imperial court's plan to divide Guanzhong can be realized.

But God doesn't seem to intend to give them this opportunity, just stabilized, began to tuntian, build a wooden school, implement a new policy, last year there was a heavy rain, this year followed by a heavy drought, Guanzhong has no savings, can not withstand such a toss, population flight has almost become inevitable. Without population, what does the imperial court rely on to develop?

In order to stabilize the situation and avoid the loss of a large number of household registrations, the best way is to transport grain from other places before the population flees, alleviate the disaster, and keep the population in Guanzhong as much as possible. The people of Guanzhong will have a chance to come back in the future, and once the people of Luoyang leave Guanzhong, the possibility of coming back is very small.

Where is the food? There is grain in Yizhou, there is grain in Jingzhou and Yangzhou, and there is also grain in Jizhou. According to Xun Yu's plan, if Yuan Shao can transport two or three million stone grains from Jizhou, everything will be solved, and Yuan Shao will be able to gain a large number of people's hearts. But he knew very well that Yuan Shao had neither the will nor the ability to do so. There is grain in Jizhou, but the grain in Jizhou is in the hands of the Jizhou family, and if the family does not agree, Yuan Shao has no grain to transport.

In this way, only Yizhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou can help the imperial court solve this problem. Yizhou is separated by heavy mountains and mountains, transportation is difficult, and Cao Cao is fighting in Liu Yan, even if Liu Yan is defeated, it is impossible to say how much food can be raised in a short time. Only the most convenient way to transport grain from Jingzhou, from Wuguan Road to the customs, with the strong transportation capacity of Nanyang, it is almost a gesture.

Sun Ce is new to Yangzhou, Zhou Yu is new to the four counties of Jingzhou and Jiangnan, as long as Sun Ce is willing, it will not be a problem to raise millions of stone grain.

Xun Yu was reluctant to give Sun Ce this opportunity, but he had no other way to think of than asking Sun Ce for help. He can't watch the people in Guanzhong flee, and he can't watch the big man just see a little hope and face collapse. Even if he could refuse ruthlessly, there would be others who would cooperate with Sun Ce.

For example, Zhong Xuan.

Xun Yu knew that compared with him, Zhong Xuan had never had a good impression of Yuan Shao. If Zhong Xuan took his place, the connection between Yuan Shao and the imperial court would be a little thinner. Zhong Xuan left this opportunity to him, but he didn't want Sun Ce to feel that there was any difference between them. But if he rejected this opportunity, Zhong Xuan would not refuse.

With the food in hand that can save the urgent needs of the imperial court, it is not difficult for Zhong Miao to gain the trust of the Son of Heaven. On the contrary, if he thought about Yuan Shao wholeheartedly and disregarded the safety of the imperial court, the Son of Heaven would no longer trust him.

Xun Yu held on to the car door, lowered his head, and bursts of cold sweat poured out, soaking his collar, dripping on his chest, and falling to the ground.

Seeing that Xun Yu was crumbling, Bao Yu hurriedly rushed over, wanting to help Xun Yu down. Xun Yu's feet took a few steps and wanted to get out of the car, but there was always a voice in his heart reminding him. When I got out of the car, I never had a chance to get up again.

Xun Yu gritted his teeth and forced himself to calm down, he slowly pushed Bao out of the way, returned to the small couch, squinted his eyes, and looked at Jiang Gan without blinking.

Jiang Gan smiled, poured a cup of ice fruit syrup and handed it over. "Let you cool off, don't be in a hurry, think slowly."

Xun Yu slowly lowered his eyelids and looked at the fruit pulp in his hand. The pulp was cold, but his heart was even colder.

Jiang Gan tasted the wine slowly and methodically, looking at Xun Yu with a smile, and he was indescribably proud. What about Wang Zuozhicai, what about the children of the Xun family, if you don't have food, you can only be at my mercy. Your talent may be comparable to Zhang Zigang, but behind Zhang Zigang stands General Sun, who is behind you? A proud child of a family, a young man who has not yet reached adulthood.

In troubled times, not only the monarch chooses the minister, but the minister also chooses the king, if you choose the wrong one, it will not help if you have the talent of Iro.

Xun Yu took two sips of fruit syrup and slowly calmed down. He linked the words of Zhong Xuan and Jiang Gan, and knew that he didn't have much choice. Yuan Shao made big mistakes one after another, and the people of Ruying couldn't pin all their hopes on him, they had to have another choice. The imperial court needs Sun Ce to provide food, and He Hao also needs Sun Ce to be blamed for the past, he has no capital to negotiate with Sun Ce, so he can only choose to make concessions and get through the difficulties in front of him first.

Only by surviving, and firmly grasping the court and the Son of Heaven, can he have a chance to realize his plan.

"What evidence is there about Yuan Jizhou's edict?"

Jiang Gan smiled meaningfully. Xun Yu called Yuan Shao Yuan Jizhou, which is to put Yuan Shao and Sun Jian on the same level, which is a big progress. "Guo Yi and He Chun are in Tingwei Prison, didn't you ask?"

"No one said that this matter was related to Yuan Jizhou." Xun Yu drooped his eyelids, pretending not to understand Jiang Gan's ridicule, but he couldn't control his hot face. "For such a big thing, there must be conclusive evidence."

"Then I'll go back and send a message to General Sun, and ask him to send the relevant evidence to Chang'an. After taking Rencheng, a lot of documents were seized, which should be useful. By the way, do you need to send Yuan Tan over? Hold a ceremony to sacrifice prisoners, maybe the heavens will be moved, and it will rain. ”

Xun Yu bit his lip and forcibly refused to let himself explode and curse. Sacrifice prisoners, kill Yuan Tan and sacrifice to the sky? Yuan Shao knew that this had to kill the nearly 100 people of the Xun family in Yecheng. He raised his glass and took a sip of the fruit pulp, but he got the smell of blood.

"Jiang Jun, in addition to investigating the Jiao Zhao case, what other requirements does General Sun have?"

Jiang Gan frowned. "Xun Lingjun, can we not play dumb riddles?"

"What dumb riddle?"

"Xun Lingjun, General Sun has never made excessive requests, he is actually the same as you, he only hopes for a court with clear rewards and punishments, and only hopes for a peaceful and stable world. You can do it, and he'll be happy to see it. If you can't do it, he will clean up those hypocrites who are sanctimonious and full of moral articles, and build a good future for himself. ”

The corners of Xun Yu's mouth moved, and just about to sneer at each other, Jiang Gan suddenly sat up straight, leaned forward, and his face was pushed up in front of Xun Yu, facing Xun Yu's eyes, and his forehead was almost against Xun Yu's sweaty forehead.

"Xun Lingjun, did I make it clear enough?"

Xun Yu subconsciously held his breath, leaned back, and distanced himself from Jiang Gan. He looked at Jiang Gan's face, his eyebrows twitched involuntarily, and his bloodless lips trembled a few times, but he couldn't say a word, so he could only nod his head.

Jiang Gan's eyes were sharp, and he pressed step by step. "Are you sure you really understand?"

"I ...... Got it. Xun Yu bit his lip and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, as well as a trace of blood.

Jiang Gan raised his eyebrows and retreated, smiling rather than smiling. "You better understand. With your style of sitting and discussing, it is really hard to say whether half of the Guanzhong household registration can be left when the case of the edict is investigated clearly and the edict is told to the world. Xun Lingjun, time is running out, your time is running out. ”