The Super Summoning System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 520 The first step is full of rumors
Liu Bian told the ministers about the coercion and lure of the four major businessmen, and the ministers were relieved. If they don't need to spend money from the treasury, then this plan can be tried, and Wei Xiaokuan and Xun You are unparalleled in their wisdom. Working together, nothing will go wrong.Once successful, there are great benefits.

By this time, these ministers reluctantly agreed.

The first step of the plan is to build momentum, creating confusion in public opinion is the first step in the business war, but it is necessary to cover the actions of the businessmen, so that Yuan Shao's heart will not be aware of this matter.

So what happened to divert Yuan Shao's attention?It was because others were going to attack Yuan Shao, so Liu Bian decided to let the wind go, and deliberately stationed soldiers and horses on the border of Jizhou, pretending to attack Yuan Shao, to attract Yuan Shao's attention, and to cover the actions of the merchants.

In this way, Yuan Shao's attention will be on Liu Bian, and he will definitely have no time to take care of the chaos in Jizhou. When Yuan Shao reacts, I am afraid that Jizhou has already been turned upside down.

"Since you have no objections, Xiaokuan and Gongda, you secretly go to Jizhou to direct this matter. When you settle down in Jizhou, I will release news to support you." Liu Bian ordered.

"No!" The two bowed their hands and accepted the order.

The next day, four businessmen went to Jizhou. Their family had a big business, and Jizhou was the largest state in the world. They all had strong assets in Jizhou.Afterwards, Wei Xiaokuan and Xun You also went to Jizhou secretly. They did not meet with the businessman, but directed secretly. If something happened, even if the businessman defected, the disaster would not fall to them.

After several people arrived in Jizhou, Liu Bian held a court meeting. At the court meeting, Liu Bian announced: "Last year I destroyed Yuan Shu. The fourth and third members of the Yuan family didn't want to serve the country, but wanted to pretend to be emperor, and Yuan Shao successively attacked Youzhou for no reason. , Qingzhou, with ulterior motives, when I summoned various places to attack Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao even stood still."

"So I decided to attack Yuan Shao. I ordered Li Xianzhong in Taiyuan, Bingzhou, to organize his army and prepare for war. He went out of Huguan to attack Changshan area. Luoyang soldiers stationed troops in Hanoi, preparing to attack Muye and Chaoge area! In autumn, we will attack Jizhou."

As soon as this remark came out, the whole hall was in an uproar. All civil and military officials looked at Lu Zhi, Cai Yong, Tian Feng, Xun Yu and other important officials, hoping that they could dissuade Liu Bian.After all, didn't the emperor just order to recuperate and develop business and agriculture?It is not good for the overall situation to send troops rashly.

However, Lu Zhi, Cai Yong and other important officials were all indifferent, and did not intend to dissuade them at all.A few days ago, Liu Bian had already discussed with them, and deliberately releasing the news of sending troops was just to confuse Yuan Shao, and it was not a real mobilization of troops.

Moreover, the time spent in this commercial war is only one or two months, and the area around Luoyang Bingzhou will only put on a show, and the soldiers and horses will not be really mobilized to hinder farming and planting.

Some courtiers tried to dissuade them, but they were all dismissed by Liu Bian, and the matter seemed to be settled.After retiring from the court, Yuan Shao's former students and officials in Liu Bian's court and his eyes and ears quickly notified Yuan Shao that Liu Bian intended to attack Jizhou.At the same time, the news was also spread to the ears of other princes.

The reactions of the princes were all puzzled. This is not the best time to attack Yuan Shao. Could it be that Liu Bian, the young emperor, has become bloated and has no one in his eyes?You must know that what Liu Bian needs at this time is to recuperate. If he is not defeated in a difficult battle, not only will Liu Bian not be able to send troops to attack Yuan Shao for several years, but the areas in the interior that have just been governed will collapse again.

The most important thing is Qingzhou. Once Liu Bian is defeated, Qingzhou will lose Qingzhou.

But at this time, all the princes could only think that Liu Bian was inflated, and they were even more delighted in their hearts. They hoped that Liu Bian would become arrogant. Once Liu Bian was defeated, they would have a chance to rise.Even Zhao Kuangyin was always paying attention to the situation between Liu Bian and Yuan Shao. Once Yuan Shao's power weakened, he would not hesitate to send troops to attack Liu Bian.

And just when the princes of the world focused on Liu Bian's announcement of attacking Yuan Shao, Wei Xiaokuan and Xun You secretly came to Yecheng, Jizhou.Yecheng is the seat of Jizhou. If you want to mess up the whole Jizhou, you still have to start with Yecheng.

After the two came to Jizhou, before Liu Bian announced that he was going to attack Yuan Shao, Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping used their power to buy grain.What they have to do is to consume all the food on the market in Jizhou.

Right now the food price is still cheap, so they are naturally buying like crazy, the more the food becomes more and more expensive, and they will lose more and more money, so now they only have to buy like crazy to reduce losses.

The four major chambers of commerce joined forces to purchase grain on the market, but within a few days, the price of grain increased.

Five hundred dollars a stone!Under Liu Bian's rule, the grain was [-] yuan and [-] stone, but now Jizhou has raised it five times, and it is [-] yuan tall.Originally, the harvest in Jizhou was not good this year, and the food was already expensive. With the acquisition of several chambers of commerce, it was raised to [-] yuan in just a few days.

At this time, the news that Liu Bian was going to attack Jizhou also came.

That night, in a remote house in Yecheng, Wei Xiaokuan and Xun You got together, and Wei Xiaokuan said: "The news that His Majesty is attacking Jizhou has also spread, and it's time to spread rumors. Tomorrow I will go to the north of Jizhou. In Yecheng, we join hands to spread rumors from the south to the north."

Jizhou spans thousands of miles from north to south, and Yecheng is in the southernmost Wei County. If public opinion is created on the side of Yecheng, the effect will be very poor. If rumors are spread according to the territory, it will definitely sweep the entire Jizhou.

"Okay, Zhu Min and Wang Lin's two chambers of commerce have gone to North Hebei a few days ago, and you are in command of them in North Hebei! But be careful not to reveal your identity, the merchants won't trust you!" Xun You warned.

Wei Xiaokuan smiled and said: "I have been in charge of Jinyiwei for several years, so I can naturally protect myself, but you, here in Yecheng, although Yuan Shao's advisers are fighting openly and covertly, they are not vegetarians, you have to be careful."

Xun You also smiled and said, "Have you never heard of the darkness under the lamp? If those counselors really find out, I still want to fight with them, don't worry."

"Haha, the Southern Hebei Jinyiwei forces are fully entrusted to you to dispatch, and to protect myself, I will leave first." Wei Xiaokuan handed Xun You a number plate ordering Jinyiwei and left, planning to set off for Northern Hebei early in the morning. confusion.

On the second day, Wei Xiaokuan went to the north of Hebei, and the south of Hebei was operated by Xun You, and Xun You took advantage of the news of Liu Bian's attack on Jizhou and started to build momentum as soon as it reached Yecheng.

A restaurant in Yecheng. This restaurant is located in the center of the city and is quite prosperous. Jinyiwei must start from the prosperous place to build momentum.At ten o'clock at noon, the restaurant was full of seats. The two people on a table looked at each other and said, "Brother Gao, how much food did your family harvest this year?"

"How can there be any food? I don't even have enough food for my family. I'm afraid the tenants under my hand will starve."

At the end of the Han Dynasty, apart from the private ownership of the land, it belonged to the state and the aristocratic family. The annexation of land was the inevitable result of the development of each era to a certain extent, and the annexation of land in this era belonged to the aristocratic family.

There are a lot of fields in the hands of the family, and they annexed the land, and the people could not survive and attached to the family, and it became their private property.

The people around listened to the conversation between the two, and they all pricked up their ears.

"Hey, what about your family? How much food did you harvest?" the man surnamed Gao asked.

"Hey, aren't they all the same? Our harvest in Jizhou is not good this year, and we haven't confiscated much grain. It's not enough to eat. I plan to buy more grain while the grain price is not high."

The man surnamed Gao pretended to be surprised: "You are crazy. Now the food is sold for five hundred yuan a stone, which is not high? I think you are crazy, right?"

"Five hundred shi is still expensive? You don't know, the emperor has sent a message to attack Jizhou. After a while, the grain on the market will be confiscated by the lord for military rations. I'm afraid the grain will be more expensive by then. It's getting more expensive, even thousands of dollars can't buy a stone of grain. While it's not expensive now, stock up more, and the harvest will only be available in April next year, and your family's grain will last until then?"

"Is there such a thing? If that's the case, I'm afraid that if I have money, I won't be able to buy food. No, I have to stock up more while the price of food is not expensive now. Years of famine and years of wars, it's hard It's us people." The man surnamed Gao sighed and walked out of the restaurant, apparently going to buy food.

The other man was drinking alone. At this time, many people in the restaurant were a little scared by the previous two's remarks. Most of them were small farmers. Although they had some food at home, they were also afraid of the coming war.After all, if a war is fought, if Yuan Shao's power is weak, he will definitely collect grain at that time, and this year's harvest is not good, so there is not much grain.And the war will also affect the cultivation, not to mention whether it can last until next year's harvest, or it may affect this year's cultivation.

Therefore, stockpiling grain to protect themselves is their only means.

Most of the human nature is like this, when the rumors come, the people will buy like crazy, and the merchants will hoard and keep raising the price.

Many people in the restaurant wondered if it was time to buy some food for safety.

At this time, a person walked to the previous table case, and asked the person who spread the news: "Brother, please, how do you know that the emperor is going to send troops to attack Jizhou?"

"The news has spread slowly. I have relatives in Luoyang, so they told me early. Let me hoard more food, so as not to starve when the war comes. After all, my harvest in Jizhou is not good. Once the war When it comes, the cultivation will have to be delayed, how can we insist on next year." The person who spread the news replied.

"The Son of Heaven really wants to attack Jizhou?" the man asked doubtfully.

The person who disseminated the news said displeased: "Can I still lie to you? I heard that there are still two ways to send troops, Bingzhou soldiers and horses go out of Huguan, Luoyang soldiers and horses station troops in Hanoi. This is probably to deal with Jizhou like attacking Yuan Shu. If you don't believe it Forget it, don’t blame me for the news that the price of food is so high that you can’t afford it in a few days.”

(End of this chapter)