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"Are you addicted to robbery? Kill all, burn all? Luoyang is in ruins, what good is it for us? Do you think I can't die? Dong Zhuo pointed at Li Dao and Guo Yan and scolded, "Xu Rong and Yang Feng have already arrived in Gyeonggi, you give me a little restraint, don't let the leopard catch the handle, and don't provoke him." You are all people who have fought for more than ten years, can't you see the danger of Luoyang now? Once Xu Rong and Yang Feng collude and rebel, they should cooperate with the outside and fight back, then we won't even be able to go back to Chang'an. Do you think that the leopard sent troops to Gyeonggi to help us defend the Gyeonggi division? You sober me up, don't die and don't know how you died. ”

Li Wei accompanied the smiling face, with a look of disdain, "Xu Rong is only 20,000 people, Yang Feng is only 10,000 people, 30,000 people can kill us?" Your Excellency is too much of a Northern Frontier soldier, right? ”

Dong Zhuo sighed and said, "You look farther. The rebellion is strong, spread over several wealthy states and counties in the southeast, and even if we can defeat them near Gyeonggi, we will not be able to go on an expedition to quell the rebellion in the short term. In other words, we can't get the taxes of these rebel states, we can't get a grain of grain or a penny from them. In Gyeonggi County, because of the requisition and the forced requisition, the people and merchants fled one after another, resulting in the inability to quickly resume farming and farming, and we will not be able to support ourselves in the short term, so we can neither afford to fight nor delay this battle. ”

"The leopards are probably worse off than we are. This year, northern Xinjiang suffered a snowstorm in winter, but more and more people were affected, and it is estimated that the little grain that northern Xinjiang had worked so hard to store has been exhausted. If the leopard does not want to find a way to solve the current crisis, he will probably have to feed his hunger with the seeds of spring ploughing. ”

"In December, the Son of Heaven issued an order urging him to go south to quell the rebellion, but in order to preserve his strength, he was unwilling, so he reluctantly sent Xu Rong to Luoyang to fool me. In the first month, I moved the capital to Chang'an to force him, but he didn't react at all. What now? Don't let me urge it, he himself sent three generals south in one go, and also raised tens of thousands of Tuntian soldiers, which shows that the snow disaster has rapidly aggravated the crisis in northern Xinjiang, and the leopard can no longer bear it. For the sake of the stability of northern Xinjiang, he could only do everything he could to help me put down the rebellion. ”

Dong Zhuo smiled bitterly: "During this time, we have accumulated a lot of treasures in various ways, and gold and silver silk are piled up all over the house, but these things can't be eaten." The leopard is the same, for the sake of the northern Xinjiang tuntian, for the expedition to the desert, he kept asking the court for money and grain. Now that he has run out of food, there is money left, but what is the use of that money? Isn't it just a pile of broken copper and iron? If there is no grain, the price of grain will rise, and even if the soldiers get a military salary of 2,000 yuan a month, they will not be able to buy a stone of corn. The result? As a result, the families of the soldiers will starve, and the soldiers will have no intention of fighting, so they will make trouble. ”

"Where's the food? In Jizhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou, east and south of Luoyang, there is no grain in western and northern Xinjiang, and the grain in Gyeonggi County has been eaten up by us. Dong Zhuo patted the case lightly and said helplessly, "The leopard is very hungry, he wants to eat people." Now he is anxious to send troops south, the purpose of which is to intimidate the rebels and deter us, with the intention of quickly resolving the crisis, finding a way to buy food from Jizhou and other places, and relocating the victims to Jizhou and Gyeonggi counties as much as possible. Leopards don't really want to fight. ”

"What about us? Our purpose is the same as that of the leopard, we don't want to fight, we also want food, but we are even more reluctant to withdraw from Luoyang, so we can't solve the current crisis, only the leopard can solve it. Dong Zhuo looked at the two generals and said earnestly, "It is true that I invited the leopard to go south in December to defeat the rebellion, but as things have developed, my purpose has changed. Although I need to protect the Son of Heaven and protect Luoyang, if I want to do this, I can't do it without money, and I can't do it without food and materials. ”

Li Dao and Guo Yan had already understood at this time. Li Wei hesitated and asked, "What do you mean by your lordship, do you want us not to come out as much as possible, not to fight, and to leave this matter to the leopard to solve?" ”

"Yes." Dong Zhuo nodded and said, "It doesn't matter how many people die, it doesn't matter to us, as long as we keep the Son of Heaven, the army, and Luoyang, we will win." After all, moving the capital is a means to solve the current crisis, and in the future, the rebellion will be swept away by us, and the Son of Heaven will still return. We stayed in Chang'an, backed by the barren western and northern frontiers, and in the face of a rebellious siege, we would all starve to death sooner or later. Therefore, how to solve today's crisis is very crucial, which is not only related to our survival, the survival of leopards, the survival of those rebellious people, but also the survival of Dahan Sheji. The Han Society has fallen, and it will be difficult for us to survive. ”

"If there were no leopards, we would soon have to retreat to Chang'an due to lack of food, and then burn Luoyang and destroy Guandong in order to stop the rebels from continuing to attack Guanzhong in the west, but now that there are leopards and the northern frontier has also fallen, this matter has taken a turn for the better." Dong Zhuo said, "If the leopard wants to stabilize the northern Xinjiang, the best way is to maintain a situation of tripartite checks and balances." He drove me to Guanzhong, and then suppressed Yuan Shao's gang of rebels outside Gyeonggi, and let him control Luoyang and forcibly put down the current crisis. In this way, the war cannot be fought, and the taxes and grain of the states and counties will be handed over to the national treasury one after another. With this respite, we can quickly recover and win over the divisions of various states and counties. When we are strong enough, the treasury is full of money and food, and when the time is ripe, we can go out and quell the rebellion. However, at that time, perhaps the counterinsurgency will not be needed, and the crisis may have subsided over time. ”

Guo Yan asked in surprise: "Do you want to give up Luoyang?" Give up Luoyang, how will we get out of the customs in the future? What if the leopard and the rebel team up to attack Guanzhong in the future? ”

"Of course you can't give up Luoyang." Dong Zhuo smiled, "I didn't say I wanted to give up Luoyang. Now, whatever is good for us, we must support the leopard and help the leopard to do, and whatever is not good for us, we must restrain the leopard from doing it. For example, in the army, we requisitioned the main force to Sanfu, Chang'an, Tongguan, and Hanguguan in the west as much as possible, and requisitioned all the troops in the north to the east and south to Heyang, Xingyang, and Yangcheng to resist the rebellious coalition forces. For example, for disaster relief, we can give hundreds of millions of dollars to northern Xinjiang. Without food, no matter how much money I give him, it is useless, and he will starve to death. ”

"The leopard wants to move back to the Gyeonggi area, but this can't be done. The more people, the greater the crisis we have. The reason why there is today's crisis in northern Xinjiang is because too many victims have poured into northern Xinjiang in recent years. The reason why Jizhou was able to provide food and salary for the rebellious army this time was because Yang Qi had driven all the victims to northern Xinjiang in recent years, and as a result, Jizhou not only did not become poor because of the disaster, but became richer and richer. Dong Zhuo sneered, "The population in the Gyeonggi area is already large, and this time I just took the opportunity to drive them out." With fewer people, a reasonable population, and enough money, we can recover very quickly. On the contrary, the northern Xinjiang is struggling because of the problem of displaced people, and the leopards will become poorer and poorer, and finally their strength will be greatly reduced, and the threat will be eliminated. ”

Dong Zhuo pointed at the two and said: "The so-called cleaning up of Luoyang is to ask you to turn more people in Luoyang, as well as in Yin and Hongnong counties in Henan into displaced people, and then drive these displaced people to Hedong and Hanoi north of the Yellow River, and even drive them to Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Jingzhou." Of course, there are many advantages to this, one is to increase our money; second, it can increase the crisis in northern Xinjiang and force the leopard to exert its power as soon as possible; Third, we must supply the limited grain to Chang'an and the garrison troops in the west as much as possible, while the northern Xinjiang army in the east and south directions, as well as the armies of Li Su, Lu Bu, Wuqiu Yi, Zhang Yang and others, will gradually run out of food. So what do they eat? Just eat these vegetable people. As for the fourth, of course, it is to prepare for the future. In the future, when the society is stable, I guarantee that each of you will have millions of acres of fertile land, and your children and grandchildren will not have to worry about poverty and enjoy all the glory and wealth. ”

Li Dao and Guo Yan suddenly realized, and hurriedly knelt down and thanked them.

Dong Zhuo's eyes were murderous, and he looked at the two of them seriously, "I'll say it again, this is Luoyang, not Western Xinjiang, if you make another mistake, I'm not welcome." Killing people with a knife will only increase your notoriety, and it will not do you any good. If you can let someone else kill someone for you with a knife and bear a bad reputation for you, this is called ability, understand? ”

In February, Luoyang.

Li Wei looked at Dong Zhuo's chubby face, bowed lukewarmly and said, "Lord Xiangguo must have been in a good mood recently, and he has been blessed." ”

Dong Zhuo laughed and said, "Zhong Yuan, you have lost a lot of weight, you have to pay attention to your body and don't work too hard." ”

"It's hard to say tired, it's just too hungry to eat every day." Li Wei smiled reluctantly, "My lord, do you have a feast here today?" If there is, I'll stay for a meal. ”

Dong Zhuo smiled: "Zhong Yuan is too outward. You're a guest, and of course I'm going to have a feast for you. Then he stroked his long beard and squinted his eyes and asked, "Zhong Yuan, I remember that you bought a large amount of grain for Northern Xinjiang at the end of the year, why can't you even eat enough now?" What about grain? ”

"Hehe...... Li Wei smiled bitterly, "My lord, I'm here for this this time." Hedong displaced people......"

"Not enough money for disaster relief?" Dong Zhuo waved his hand very generously and said, "Zhong Yuan, don't worry, since the hussar general is willing to help me this time, of course I will also help him." How much do you want? Is 100 million money enough? Last year, I allocated you 2 billion yuan for disaster relief, did I run out of money? ”

Li Wei hurriedly bowed down and thanked him, "Northern Xinjiang is too difficult, I wonder if you can give me more?" ”

"How much does Zhong Yuan need?" Dong Zhuo asked.

"How about giving 200 million?" Li Wei suddenly came to his senses and smiled brightly.

Dong Zhuo had a smile on his face, and he was very puzzled. What does Li Wei want a lot of money for? When to eat? Dong Zhuo shook his head. Two hundred million dollars, that's too much.

Li Wei immediately said: "My lord, it is very difficult for the displaced people in Hedong to move back, first, they are afraid of war, and second, they ......" He looked at Dong Zhuo and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth. Dong Zhuo's atrocities made the people of Gyeonggi miserable, and even if they starved to death, they did not want to return. Li Wei coughed and continued, "The displaced people don't want to come back, and we have no choice but to wait until April when the spring ploughing is time to see if they are willing to go home." However, the question now is not whether the displaced people are willing to return, but rather that the number of displaced people who have fled to Hedong has not decreased, but has increased. Hedong has already begun to starve to death. ”

"Why is that?" Dong Zhuo asked pretending to be puzzled.

Li Wei glanced at him intently, and smiled angrily, "Since the Son of Heaven moved westward, the Northern Army Iron Cavalry has driven the people of Kanto to move west with the Son of Heaven, and even the houses of those who resist a little have been demolished. But after the westward migrating people arrived at Tongguan, the Tongguan defenders refused to let the people of Guandong enter Guanzhong. The people had no choice but to follow Fenglingdu into the east of the river to avoid trouble. My lord, I really don't understand, once the Hedong refugees riot, what is the benefit to Luoyang? ”

Dong Zhuo nodded solemnly and said: "The proposal of the minister of the DPRK and China is indeed unfavorable to Hedong, and I strongly opposed it at that time. But you know, I have my problems......"

Li Wei arched his hand and said, "Xia Guan understands." Lord Xiangguo is also having a hard time, so I won't mention it anymore, I just hope that my lord can allocate a little more money to Hedong for disaster relief. Hedong is now 3,000 yuan per stone of millet, adults can calculate, how much grain can be bought with 200 million yuan? There are millions of displaced people in northern Xinjiang, and the victims need to eat, and 200 million yuan will not last long. ”

"Zhong Yuan, the imperial court can't come up with 200 million money for disaster relief in Northern Xinjiang."

"The court should take out the 200 million yuan." Li Wei dragged out his voice while looking at Dong Zhuo, and smiled very warmly, "I heard that the Luoyang Zhuling ......"

Dong Zhuo looked up to the sky and smiled, "Haha...... I can't hide anything from you. Okay, good, just 200 million dollars. ”

The feast was very rich, and some officials who stayed in the capital participated, including Shangshu Zheng Tai, Hua Xin, Henan Yin Zhujun and others.

Dong Zhuo had no intention of drinking, nor did he have the intention of watching beauties dance, he only thought about food. Li Wei doesn't want food but wants money, so where does he go to buy food? Judging from the current situation, it is impossible for Jizhou to sell grain to northern Xinjiang. Other states and counties are far away, let alone impossible. Although the wealthy families of Hedong Gate Valve have food in their hands, can Li Wei afford it? Could he have a way to buy food for these people?

Dong Zhuo has been restless about food recently. The princes and nobles of Gyeonggi County, Luoyang and Chang'an, and the families of gate lords, all have food, but Dong Zhuo did not dare to do whatever he wanted at this time, and blatantly went to rob it. The already down-and-out magnates, ordinary tycoons and wealthy businessmen, he can bully him, and even dare to connive at the soldiers to ** prostitution and plunder, but when he encounters such prominent magnates as Ma Valve and Yang Valve, he does not dare to be too presumptuous. These gatekeepers have manors and dock forts, and it is normal to store grain for a few years, and if they want to buy it, the price is right, and of course they are willing to sell it. However, now that the price of grain is so high, Dong Zhuo is unwilling to buy it anyway. If you rob or buy it at a low price, it will inevitably anger the gate lords in the court, and if everyone becomes rebellious, Dong Zhuo may not even be able to stay in Chang'an City.

The only thing Dong Zhuo can count on now is Yizhou's grain. Yizhou is far away from the capital, and the tax storage time is generally very late. As early as December, Dong Zhuo had already sent people from Guanzhong south to Yizhou to find Yizhou Mu Liu Yan to urge him to pay taxes and buy grain. From Yizhou to Guanzhong, the road is very difficult to walk, and the transportation is even more difficult, so even if this batch of grain can be transported to Guanzhong, it will be around April, and the quantity will not be too much.

If it can be solved nearby, of course, it is a good thing. Dong Zhuo's heart was itching, so he called Lang Zhongling Li Ru to his side, whispered in his ear, and told him to find out clearly from Li Wei's mouth.

After the banquet was over, Li Ru was very polite and accompanied Li Wei to send Zhu Jun home. On the way back to the post house, Li Ru asked sideways: "Zhong Yuan, there is no food in Hedong, since you are for disaster relief, you should ask the court for food, but why do you ask for money?" Could it be that there is still food in Hedong? ”

Li Wei sighed: "There is indeed no grain in the treasury of Hedong Mansion, but there is still food in the hands of the giants of Hedong and Jinyang gates. The price of grain in northern Xinjiang is too high for the people to afford it, and neither can the officials of our northern prefectures afford it. 200 million dollars, a drop in the bucket. As long as I go to northern Xinjiang and announce the sale of grain, the price of grain will soon double. Now the situation is different, and we can't coerce by force, so we have to find another way. ”

"Zhong Yuan, what can you do?"

Li Wei hesitated for a moment and said, "I need Lord Li's help in this matter." I didn't come to Luoyang to relocate the victims, nor did I ask for disaster relief money. This money was actually given by Lord Xiangguo on his own initiative, not me. ”

"What do you need my help with?" Li Ru said with a smile, "As long as I can quickly quell the rebellion and stabilize the society, I will help with anything." ”

Li Wei smiled: "Okay, what I'm waiting for is your words, you will definitely be able to help with this favor." I'm short of money, I'm desperately short of money, so I hope that Northern Xinjiang can mint money. There is iron and copper in northern Xinjiang, and it has the ability to mint money, and it can be minted as much as you want, but I now lack a holy decree that the imperial court allows northern Xinjiang to mint money. ”

Li Ru looked at Li Wei in shock, and his eyes suddenly emitted irrepressible excitement.

"I know that the free minting of money in the county will cause chaos in the currency system, cause the price of goods to rise, and directly threaten the finances of the Han Dynasty, but now I have no choice but to mint money." Li Wei explained, "After the rebellion of the prefectures and counties, the imperial court lost its taxes, and the land and water transportation to northern Xinjiang and the Kanto region were all cut off by them, and the materials could not be brought in. In this divine situation, if we want to survive this situation, we must first have the money, and use more money to buy the supplies we urgently need from the local gate lords and other places. No matter how expensive it was, we could afford it. ”

Li Ru was silent in thought, but it could be seen that he agreed with Li Wei's suggestion.

"Emperor Xiaowu of this dynasty in order to open up the wealth of the Yuan Hunt five years (118 B.C.) ordered the abolition of the right to mint money in the county, and replaced it with the unified coinage of the three officials of the imperial court, this system has been implemented for more than 300 years, and today it is suddenly restructured, I am afraid it will ......" Li Ru said very embarrassed, "I'm afraid the resistance is very great." ”

("Shanglin Sanguan" is Zhongguan (palm coinage), copper (palm raw materials), and Junyi (palm system), which is the central minting agency of the Han Dynasty, responsible for minting five baht coins, also known as Shanglin money and Sanguan money.) ）

Li Wei said with a smile: "If today's son, Sangong and Jiuqing are not in Luoyang, the government is actually the final say of Lord Xiangguo, how can there be resistance?" The speed of Shanglin Sanguan minting money is too slow, and the current situation is so tense, if Shanglin Sanguan and Northern Xinjiang mint money at the same time, the speed of minting money will be greatly increased. This will do more than harm to alleviate the current crisis. ”

Li Ru smiled lightly, "Okay, I'll go to Xiangguo Mansion now." ”

Dong Zhuo was pleasantly surprised after listening to Li Ru's report.

"This Li Zhongyuan, what kind of fame, such a good thing, why don't you tell me directly?" Dong Zhuo laughed and said, "Quick, notify the Shanglin Sanguan of Shanglin Yuan, and immediately mint money for me, day and night." ”

"When you mint money day and night, the materials for the copper mansion are not enough." Li Ru said, "Your Excellency can urgently write to Niu Fu and Jia Xu, and order them to immediately transport copper and iron from Hedong to Beijing. ”

Dong Zhuo said happily: "Okay, you immediately write a warrant for me and give them a warrant." ”

Dong Zhuo couldn't suppress his joy, walking back and forth in the house, letting out a few excited laughter from time to time. Got rich.

"Changsheng, I see that in Luoyang City, as well as in the palace, there are a lot of copper people, there are a lot of copper beasts, it's a pity to put rain monsters, just move them to the Copper Mansion, melt them and mint the money, what do you see?"

"My lord, this is a wonderful plan, very good."

"And ......" Dong Zhuo suddenly thought of something, pointed at Li Ru and said, "When you send the holy decree to Zhong Yuan tomorrow, you tell him that the 200 million disaster relief money will not be given, let him cast it himself." ”

Li Ru smiled: "Okay, good, the lower officials must bring it." However, this coinage cannot be minted without moderation, and if too much is minted, causing prices to skyrocket, it will be a bad thing. My lord, how much do you think it is more appropriate? ”

Dong Zhuo said without hesitation: "Ten billion, first cast ten billion money." ”

Li Ru was dumbfounded.

"My lord, 10 billion dollars is impossible, then Gyeonggi and Northern Xinjiang will completely collapse." Li Ru was frightened and dissuaded, "If a stone of grain rises to tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars, the people will not be able to live." The amount of coins minted must be controlled, and we mint this money only for emergencies, not ......"

"Don't say it." Dong Zhuo shook his hand and said, "We have discussed together many times, if the leopard wants to control the situation in northern Xinjiang, he must properly deal with the problem of disaster victims and spring plowing in April. In other words, in a month's time, the rebellion should have a result. You don't have to worry though, just mint money. I'll leave this matter to you. ”

The next day, Li Wei got his wish and got the imperial court's holy decree to allow northern Xinjiang to mint money.

After Li Wei sent Li Ru away, he immediately called two personal attendants, "One of you goes to Heyang and the other goes to Xingyang, tell General Xu Rong and General Yang Feng that spring ploughing is going to be in April, please hurry up." ”

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