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Volume 1 Chapter 41 The food shortage is coming

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    Seeing that Zhu Guang was speechless, he thought he was shocked by his remarks, or simply didn't understand the truth, so he changed the topic to something he could understand: "Also, look at how rampant the Black Mountain bandits are, Zhongshan, Changshan,  Zhao County, and even our Zhuo County territory, Youji and Hebei Provinces are all suffering from it! Although the Yellow Turban bandits are no longer sweeping the world, they are still enough to cause a headache. I estimate that the imperial court will send important officials to various places to suppress the bandits.  Let the provincial governors take responsibility. Then your chance will come." Zhu Guang gently put down his wine cup, Qi Zhou was not a common man.  His words, although missed, were not far off.  The Yellow Turban Rebellion made the Han court realize that there was something wrong with the system that had been implemented since Emperor Guangwu, whereby the captains of all the counties in the interior were dismissed and the prefects were also in charge of the military.  It is true that among the governors from various places, there are many who are capable of martial arts, but after all, they are not specialized in martial arts.  You can't force everyone to be like Lu Zhi.  Secondly, it is too dispersed from the central government to the counties, which is not conducive to gathering strength to accomplish major tasks.  To make trouble with the Yellow Turbans, if there is a first-level organization between the central government and the counties, then they can respond quickly and assemble the forces of several counties or even dozens of counties. If this is the case, the Yellow Turbans cannot cause such a violent incident.  There is no need for the court to rush to recruit elite soldiers from all over the world to suppress it.  Historically, it was precisely because of the above two reasons that the position of "zhou shepherd" combined military and political power appeared, and ultimately affected the situation in the late Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, and even the Wei and Jin Dynasties when local forces threatened the central government.  It is said that the establishment of "state animal husbandry" was suggested to the emperor by Liu Zhang and Liu Jiyu's father, and it should have been within the past two years.  Qi Zhou didn't predict history like he did, but he could guess about 70% of it. Is this an ordinary person?  What's even more valuable is that he is not an important minister of the imperial court, but just a small county magistrate.  After thinking about this, Zhu Guang spoke.  "Brother Shi'an, have you ever thought about a question?" "Say." "This is already the case locally. If there is another change in the court, what will happen to the world?" Qi Zhouduan did not expect him to ask such a sentence  Come, he played with the wine cup and thought for a while: "What do you mean?" Zhu Guang just smiled but did not answer.  Qi Zhou thought about his words carefully. Something happened to the court?  What changes could happen to the court?  It's nothing more than a struggle between the foreign relatives and the eunuch group. Now that the eunuchs have the upper hand, does it mean that the foreign relatives will do something?  No, the emperor favored the eunuch very much, as long as he was Thinking of this, Qi Zhou's brows suddenly raised.  The emperor should be thirty-two this year?  Since the Guangwu Zhongxing, there have been seven consecutive emperors from Emperor He to the late Emperor Huan. The one who lived the longest was the late Emperor, with a lifespan of thirty-six years.  The shortest one is Emperor Shang, who is only two years old.  Among the seven emperors, three were under ten years old.  Could it be that what Zhu Guang said was referring to the absence of the emperor?  This is amazing!  " If the emperor were not here today, and the two princes are both young, no matter who is promoted to the throne, the queen mother will inevitably be in charge.  Once the Queen Mother is involved, her relatives cannot be avoided.  When the relatives and eunuchs started fighting again, the emperor was young and would not be able to control the situation.  After all, the Queen Mother is a woman and cannot be arbitrary.  At that time, the court was chaotic and the place was a gangster. What would be a situation in the world of the Han Dynasty?  Qi Zhou was silent for a long time, until the wine in the cup was already cold, he sighed: "Brother Xian, you shouldn't say this." "Did I say something wrong?" "That's right." Qi Zhou said in a tone of voice  Very helpless.  "It's precisely because you are right, so the more I think about it, the more chilled I feel. I can almost see what kind of troubled times it will be in the future, but there is nothing you can do. You are deliberately making me sad." "Haha, brother Shi'an, why are you like this? Since there is nothing you can do in troubled times,  To avoid it, a hero must come out to clarify the world and save Li Shu, just like Guangwu Zhongxing. My brother is talented, so why should he be afraid of a hero who doesn't have the insight to recognize people? " Qi Zhou thought about the truth of this and couldn't help but re-examine his colleague.  Suddenly he smiled strangely and said, "Do you want to be a hero?" "Do you think I look like a hero?" Zhu Guang said with a smile.  Qi Zhou laughed, his previous depression and decadence swept away, and he kept urging him to drink.  The more the two of them talked, the more they became more and more congenial. They really regretted that the drink came too late.  Qi Zhou was "deeply in love" and staggered over with a cup in his hand. He put his arm around Zhu Guang's shoulders and sprayed the alcohol on his face.  "Brother Zhu Xian, I usually only think of you as brave and brave, and your ability to defeat enemies is your specialty. After eating this drink today, I know you have such knowledge! It's amazing, it's amazing, come on" Before he could finish his words, a sudden voice  A figure rushed into the hall.  Before Zhu Guang could see clearly, he heard a "yeah" sound and the figure ran out again.  Who is this?  "No rules!" Qi Zhou shouted.  "There are guests here. Now that we are here, how can we hide our heads and show our tails?" When Zhu Guang was about to ask him, a burst of laughter came from outside.  It was as crisp as a handful of jade jingling on a silver plate.  &nbsp"Brother, don't be upset, I didn't see anything." Although I couldn't see her appearance, I could already imagine her smiling face after hearing these words.  Um?  See nothing?  What does it mean?  Only then did Zhu Guang realize that Qi Zhou was still hugging him, and he couldn't laugh or cry for a moment.  Qi Zhou also blushed, drank wine happily, and lost his composure for a moment.  He hurriedly took his hand away, stood up straight, and said to the outside: "Go, go, go, it's getting more and more unruly." After that, he apologized to Zhu Guang and said, "It's my sister." "Haha, fine, fine.  , very good." What else could Zhu Guang say.  Damn, his sister said this, Qi Zhou shouldn't really like that tone, right?  Thinking of this, I stood up on guard and looked at Qi Zhou, who had already returned to the main position and was also very embarrassed.  "My parents passed away early, and she was the youngest, so she got used to it, which makes you laugh." Zhu Guang was about to say a few words of courtesy when he heard the voice coming from outside: "I knew that my brother was saying bad things about me again."  Looking for a voice, he saw half of his head sticking out of the door. Only half of his face was visible, and he quickly retracted.  I didn't see anything clearly, I just saw a big eye flickering.  Qi Zhou was immediately annoyed: "You're not leaving yet!" There was another burst of laughter like silver bells, accompanied by brisk footsteps, and this time he really left.  After she made such a fuss, we couldn't talk about this anymore, and we couldn't drink anymore.  Zhu Guang thanked the host for his warm hospitality and said goodbye.  He committed suicide and retreated from Li Damu and Zhang Lei Gong's thief tribe. Zhu Guang's reputation in Zhuo County became more and more famous. The thief said that he was the general who was under the command of Cao Cao, the cavalry captain, who had revealed the fortune in Cangting. He did not dare to stroke the tiger's beard easily. Fan Yang  It was quiet for a few months.  That day he came home from the county office with no food in his stomach. He complained that he was hungry as soon as he entered the door.  Because Gao Shun went to the countryside to do business, Jia brought out food, including two bowls of yellow rice, a bowl of boiled vegetables, and eight slices of mutton.  There were really eight pieces, Zhu Guang counted them at a glance.  Mother and son are eating. Zhu Xianwei is a martial arts practitioner. Especially in the past two years, he has been making rapid progress in practicing the skills of skin and bones as strong as iron.  My strength has increased, and my appetite is not small. I can eat three large bowls and two kilograms of meat in one meal.  This little diet is just enough to fill the gaps between teeth.  "Mom, there is no food at home?" "Yes, there is, but you have to eat fast. The old woman next door has two grandchildren. There is no food in the house. The adults don't have enough to eat. The baby has no milk. She is so hungry that she cries all night long.  "Didn't you hear?" Jia took a small bite of her rice.  "Then just give them some food. I have a salary of two hundred shi, and Gao Shun also eats public food" "As a county captain, haven't you heard the news? Now the price of food in the city is every two or three days.  People are saying that a food shortage is coming. "Food shortage?"  In March, great things happened in Zhuo County.  When the Yellow Turbans rebelled, Youzhou was also in trouble. Even Guo Xun, the governor of Youzhou, was killed by the Yellow Turban thieves.  In addition, there was not enough rain last year, and the harvests in the fields were greatly reduced. However, the government still collected taxes as usual, and local powerful people still collected rents.  After going back and forth, the farmers' rations were reduced to a few dan.  In addition, the Black Mountain bandits are causing trouble, and there is no shortage of food, and spring famine is coming.  It¡¯s better in the city, so just tighten your belt and get through it.  It was miserable in the countryside. Some families ran out of food as soon as March entered, but the food could not be harvested until May at the earliest. Whether it would be delivered to your own granary or to the den of bandits in the Black Mountains was another question.  Food is the most important thing for the people. If there is no food, the people will dig some wild vegetables first, mix them with the roughage to feed the livestock, and cook them to satisfy their hunger.  After digging out the wild vegetables, it¡¯s really just bark and grass roots.  When Zhu Guang went to the countryside, he would occasionally see tree trunks that had been stripped bare.  Although he had not received any news of people starving to death yet, he still reported the situation to Fan Yangling.  The county magistrate was also anxious. He reported to the county several times and asked for food release.  But after waiting and waiting for no news, this good old man entrusted the county's official affairs to Qi Zhou and went to Zhuo County to see the prince in person.  By mid-March, what Zhu Guang was worried about happened.  If the farmers have no food rations, how can the bandits in Montenegro fare better?  Within two days, five groups of thieves invaded Fan Yangjing.  They are all thieves, they just run away after robbing.  By the time you lead the men and horses in pursuit, they will have long disappeared.  "That's not all. The farmers have no way to survive, and the government and powerful people refuse to save them. Then there is only one way left, and the fallen grass will become bandits.  I surrendered to the Black Mountain Bandits and went to grab food together!  Those who did not surrender to the thieves had no choice but to suffer.  He would fight over a handful of wild vegetables and kill someone!  The county captain is in charge of public security, but how can Zhu Guang manage it?  People are starving to death, why are they still afraid of your law?  Even if you are willing to be killed, the emperor will dismount you!  He and Qi Zhou discussed it several times, but they had no choice but to wait for the county magistrate to bring back good news.  "The county magistrate is back." Upon hearing this, Zhu Guang quickly put aside a few murder cases in his hand and rushed out.  Qi Zhou also rushed out, and the two of them stepped forward to greet him.  As soon as Fang left the second hall, he saw Fan Yangling coming in with a sad face.  Seeing this expression, the county magistrate and county captain looked at each other and said, "No way."The three principals came to sit in the hall. Fan Yangling just sighed. Although Qi Zhou had already guessed it, he still asked: "What did the Lord say?" "The Lord said that this county also needs food, and that county also needs food.  Food, how can we get so much food? We didn't have enough food last year, and there was no extra food to help the hungry people. " Qi Zhou was furious when he heard this: "What can we do by ourselves?  In the past few days, more than a dozen people have starved to death in the village! A handful of wild vegetables could kill someone! Two tables of bamboo slips were set up to report the crime!"
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