Yan Qing, who had dug a big hole for himself and fell headlong into it, only admitted that he had lost the bet and fulfilled it, accompanying the diligent and studious Lu Bu, studying the three pages of essence that were carefully selected and filled with the creator's enthusiasm and imagination, and practicing them in person.
By the time this long night had passed, the couch was a wretched mess.
An insatiable Lu Bu familiarly put away the bed sheet, a moment so as to go and destroy the corpse, and called for a trip to the water, attentively waiting for Yan Qing to take a bath.
Yan Qing only felt that his waist was both weak and soft, if it wasn't for the fact that he was gifted with an incredibly supple limb, it would be impossible for him to strike all those strange poses and still be able to eat that vicious tossing and turning.
Caving in for the moment, he was in the comfort of warm water, and with Lu Bu wiping him off with a soft cloth towel with not too much force, his eyelids grew heavy and he fell asleep without realizing it.
By the time he woke up, it was dawn, still quiet outside, and Lu Bu had already changed both him and himself into clean lined shirts, and was unceremoniously wrapping his arms around him with a contented look on his face, apparently still sleeping soundly.
Yan Qing originally wanted to get up, but when he saw that Lu Bu, who had always been a light sleeper, had rarely slept so deeply, he must have been exhausted. Knowing that the moment he moved, Lu Bu, who had his arms around him, would definitely be awakened, Yan Qing couldn't bear to do so, so he simply closed his eyes and slowed down his breathing rate.
It's nice to be lazy every now and then and take a slight nap back to sleep.
Anyway, recently let those physically weak strategists overworked, yesterday said that after lunch today, and then regrouped to discuss the ......
What Yan Qing didn't expect was that Lu Bu woke up shortly afterward, and also because he was harboring the same thought, he didn't even dare to move, continuing to maintain the same posture, brightly beginning to appreciate the flawless sleeping face of his own priestess.
Until Guo Jia couldn't bear to come over and yell at someone.
In some ancient books, there have been people through careful observation, pointed out the "drought and locusts" and "long drought will be locusts" these laws, and later research has also proved that the more dry and solid soil, the more suitable for locust reproduction.
When he heard someone inform that there are signs of drought this year, I'm afraid the harvest is not good, Yan Qing knew that the locust plague, which often accompanies it, is not far away.
In this no pesticide available at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in addition to increasing the proportion of agricultural land surrounded by vegetation, digging deep wells, the construction of water conservancy facilities in the south of the Yangtze River, and the wide accumulation of food and food for prevention, Yan Qing also deliberately ordered a small amount of money to encourage some of the not share a limited number of agricultural tools, and can only rely on the government to repair roads and other types of levies to maintain a family's livelihood of the migrants to livestock, as well as the protection of spiders in the field.
It is so that these natural enemies of the locusts can be fully utilized as soon as this critical moment arrives.
With Yan Qing as the god of "foreknowledge", the drought locusts that ferociously swept through Guandong, Guanzhong and Guanlong areas became very loud thunder but little rain when they harmed the three counties under Lu Bu's rule that had been prepared for it.
Only in other state and county jurisdictions was the true power, and the hideous fangs, revealed.
The first to be overwhelmed is not Yuan Shao, who is temporarily unaware that his side has been cut off from grain and grass transportation with the killing of Jianbei and is deeply trapped in the quagmire of the war, but rather the small court that is imploding in Sili.
It is said that Liu Xie was coaxed by his beloved concubine Ma Yunlu, who has foreign blood, blonde hair and blue eyes, and is delicate and lovely, so he forgot about it for a moment, and lost the several percent of grain and grass that Lu Bu had left behind when he first finished off Dong Zhuo, and gave to General Huangfu, who had gone to receive the last bit of the results of the battle, to the clean end.
To Lu Bu to ask for unsuccessful, Liu Xie was going to be furious, but a Yan assassin's folders written in a flowery manner, but also courtiers to persuade him, but also because of the shortage of food and grass, he has not yet felt the real meaning of the crisis, in the gas for a while, it is not too much to put on the heart.
It didn't take too long to go from not being able to make ends meet to being stretched to the point of sitting on the sidelines.
And so a cadre of civil officials headed by Wang Yun, had to be politely put forward in a day in the morning court, now not to mention the supply of that claim to guard the capital, in fact, only hear the sound and not see the shadow of the Western Liang iron horsemen's rations, and even the rations of the court officials, but also at best to last a month or two again. Liu Xie then realized the seriousness of the matter, a little pondering, he tried to say: "Last year's wind and rain, that levy to the tax ......"
"Your Majesty," Wang Yun's eyes were half-open and half-closed, after witnessing the Son of Heaven's flip-flopping, new and old ways, when he acted, he invariably tightened up a lot. He reminded: "The barren land has not been reclaimed, the lack of agricultural tools, even if there is no shortage of farmers, but also like that skillful woman, suffering from no rice to cook. Last year's harvest is just ordinary, can be used by the people to make ends meet, if the forced conscription, on the one hand, it is detrimental to His Majesty's reputation of benevolence and love for the people, and the harvest is not destined to be plentiful."
Liu Xie heard a great sense of surprise, lost his voice: "even half a point can be collected to the surplus is not?"
Wang Yun leaned over and bowed, his face did not change color and said, "alone for the Qing Zhuo thief ambushed, that exempt Chang'an residents five years of grain and rice tax edict, or you personally under the mouth."
Hearing the long-lost name of 'Zhuo Thief', Liu Xie, who was sitting high on the dragon chair, reflexively cringed.
Even if the child forgetfulness is big, to Dong Zhuo such even the emperor (brother Liu Wei) want to kill on kill, want to abolish on abolish, the people were killed blood into the river, corpses everywhere, the Han Dynasty ancestors' graves were dug up and stolen, civil and military officials under the silver power of the trembling, the heinous traitor, Liu Xie is doomed to remember the bone marrow of the memory of.
Despite the fact that he forgot all about what he promised four years ago, Liu Xie is also clear that Wang Yun could not be so bold as to dare to come to the shadowless thing to deceive the king.
If you go back on your word, from the hands of the populace to fight for the few money, is indeed a hemlock to quench the thirst of the stupid and blunt action, have to put the face of the Han Dynasty to lose all the face.
Liu Xie pretended to cough lightly to cover up the embarrassment and annoyance, and then stared at Wang Yun who retreated back to the ministerial column without saying a word, and began to ponder in an annoyed manner.
It wasn't that he didn't want to order the encouragement of farming, just that before the words came out of his mouth, even if he didn't have any common sense, he still remembered that it was almost June, and the spring plowing had long been over, so what was the point of talking about this?
But Liu Xie in this day before, also only default that the grain warehouse silver warehouse, are inexhaustible, inexhaustible, dream did not expect, as a hall son of heaven, there are stifled need to worry about the day of insufficient money and food.
He also did not spend freely, at most opened a few times, but also not for their own selfish pleasure: first rewarded the loyal, came to return to the father-in-law Ma Teng and his brother Han Sui some of their request for a long time of food and money; and to the martial arts outstanding minister Zhang Xiu, that looked very shoddy thousands of men and women to create a good armor; and then could not resist the pleas of his beloved consort Ma Yunlu, to build a small summer palace for her; and finally is to see the bitter cold of winter Bitter cold, compassion for the common people, ordered in the streets of Chang'an, those displaced, homeless, half a month of hot porridge ......
Is there no tribute from the lords?
Upon hearing Liu Xie's question, Wang Yun calmly waved his wide sleeve and presented the folders that he had prepared beforehand.
Liu Xie heart greasily gave birth to a bad feeling of foreboding, hard to unfold, only to see the collation of this data of the official is very attentive, will be over the years into the tribute over the vassal name, from the number of into the total by more at least ground for sorting, one does not omit.
On this not-so-long roster, Yuan Shao Liu Yu Liu Watch Cao Cao, a few of the names of the vassals who ruled the fertile land and claimed fame, were completely extinct, but some people who were so minor that Liu Xie couldn't even think of them, were on the list.
For example, general Duan Kuma, governor Zhang Yang, Wang Yi ......
Liu Xie's only one to recognize, but also the name followed by a string of numbers that can look proud of everyone underneath, the most exalted one, naturally, is that by Liu Xie gradually fade away the benefits, only to remember more and more disobedient and unruly Hussar General, Yuzhou Assassin Lu Bu Lu Fengxian.
Liu Xie stared at the familiar name with unblinking eyes, and after a while of stunned fascination, he sighed deeply.
"Set it aside for the time being, until I have deliberated on it and allowed it to be discussed later."
Even if he listened to the slanderous words and neglected his loyal ministers, where in this world is there an emperor who apologizes to his ministers in a low voice?
I only hope that the Yang lieutenant who went to mediate will bring good news, and in the future, he should also alienate Zhang Xiu who is blinded by his uncle's hatred.
However, once the locust plague arrived with the drought, there was no room for the young emperor's indecision.
Obviously, the harvest season is less than two months away, and the green crop seedlings cultivated by the farmers' hard work are eaten up by the overwhelming locusts in just half a month.
Some of those who had a good harvest last year and still had a little surplus might be able to survive the winter if they ate the seeds they had set aside. But more, or usually can barely support, encountered an unexpected situation, will not be able to take half of the surplus food to meet the needs of the people.
The locusts are full of food, still flaunting, hovering not to go, but also left behind the woeful, and hastily open the granary relief of the full of the court.
Only enough food for a few thousand people to eat for a few months, suddenly there are tens of thousands of mouths, at best, to solve a temporary emergency, and how can it hold out?
But two weeks passed and the granary was completely bottomed out.
Liu Xie in these days, just watched it fly empty, anxious to all the lords to send an edict to ask for food, but none of them are sinking like a stone. Occasionally responded, sent only a drop in the bucket.
Liu Xie has no knowledge of this, the whole day fretting, even the tip of the tongue are up a prairie blister, but have the heart but not the power, to only enough left to officials to eat half a month of food, he only has eyes full of sorrow to listen to the hundred officials advise, it will be closed again.
Ma Teng and Han Sui see this situation, afraid of a gray face of the emperor in the desperate, will use the imperial power to force them to the previous swallowed military food to spit out to fill this bottomless pit, and hurriedly find a reason, feet wipe the oil, fly back to Xiliang to go.
To add insult to injury, the people of the capital see even the emperor is helpless against this natural disaster, the heart of despair, in order to save their lives, only to throw their weight around, listen to the rumors that do not know whether it is true or not, dragging their families, thousands of miles, to move to the east, want to go to that paradise in general, everyone is well-fed and well-coated, live in peace and happiness of the Yangzhou Yuzhou went.
After a few days, Chang'an had lost more than half of its population.
Liu Xie heard this, his heart sank, he naturally will not be naive enough to think that this can alleviate the crisis of food shortage, after all, even the people who can plow in the future are no longer available, the people under the feet of the emperor also do not trust him as the emperor, that would really be called the aftermath of endless trouble!
But the people insisted on leaving, so could he stop them from living?
And Liu Xie's mountain is at the end of his rope, that's when Yan Qing and the others will strike.
Author's Note: I'll get the specific car when I have time to scarf it up~ I've been busy lately, so I don't have time.