If stabbing Lu Yi to death would fundamentally change the situation, Sun Quan would do it without hesitation. Because in Sun Quan's consciousness, he believed that everything about Lu Yi belonged to him, from his body to
Even the soul, everything belongs to him. It was Sun Quan who gave Lu Yi everything, including glory, wealth, power, salary, mansions, beauties, wine, meat, brocade robes, etc., it was all given by Sun Quan, so when Sun Quan wanted to take it back
, naturally you can take it back.
Lu 1 also understands this. Of course, it is impossible for Lu 1 to say that these things were given by you voluntarily, why should I take them back because I earned them based on my ability, etc., because this is a transaction in itself. Sun Quan gave Lu 1
The reward was beyond the normal scope, so the price Lu Yi had to pay was naturally to be Sun Quan's dog.
Previously, Lu 1 was a somewhat competent dog. Whether it was guarding the house or catching small prey, he was good at it. But after all, dogs have their own territory. All Lu 1 could see was in Wu County.
In the surrounding areas, such as the drought in Jiangdong and the soaring of overall food prices, this was not the first outbreak in Wu County. Of course, Lu 1 had no way to predict it in advance.
When Sun Quan ordered the opening of warehouses to stabilize grain prices, Lu Yi instinctively sensed that something was wrong, but before he had time to think things through, the situation had already developed in an irreversible direction.
When interests are put on the table, the warmth and coldness of human relationships are torn apart, and the real huge danger and malice are revealed. No matter what kind of beauty you were before, at this moment, only the greedy nature and ugliness are left.
With their faces, the big and powerful businessmen colluded in one place, entrenched in the air, eating and drinking human blood, breaking bones and sucking marrow.
"What did they say?"
Sun Quan's voice seemed to come out from between his teeth.
Lu 1 lay on the ground and raised his buttocks high, "They said... there is no food left..."
"Don't you have food?" Sun Quan said almost word for word, and then he laughed angrily, "Aha! No food?! Hahaha..."
In recent years, the climate affected by the Little Ice Age has been primarily in the north. The climate in the Jiangdong area has been relatively stable overall, and the harvests have been relatively stable.
The small-scale peasant economic system in Jiangdong is the strongest, because from the Yangzhou area to the south, you enter hilly and mountainous areas. Although the altitude of these hilly areas is not very high, it is not easy to walk, and the land that is suitable for farming is
It is also often located around water sources and rivers. Therefore, under the current productivity of the Han Dynasty, it is easier to form a relatively closed economic circle.
In such an environment, an ordinary farmer may never leave the village where he works. The farthest road from home is the one to go to the market.
All the output of these farmers and tenants is concentrated in the hands of large local landowners, and this grain can only be liquidated when merchants pass by. However, due to price or transportation reasons, it is not like later generations, well,
Even with the transportation conditions of later generations, there are still situations where a large amount of agricultural products cannot be purchased, let alone the current Han Dynasty.
Therefore, powerful households in these places often hoard a large amount of grain and grass. Sometimes the grain and grass are stored for too long and become rotten and cannot be eaten, so they can only pile them into the ravines and burn them...
What? If you can’t eat it, why don’t you distribute it to farmers? Haha.
So Sun Quan didn't believe it when the powerful and powerful households in Jiangdong had no grain in their hands. "Didn't you tell them that if they were willing to donate grain and grass, I would give them official positions? Commendations! Official positions!!"
"I told you..." Lu 1 still stuck his butt out, "I told you everything... but they said that there is really no food and grass. If there is any, they will definitely donate it..."
Donate more money and food, and then get an official position, and at least have a commendation deal. There have been many since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In the Qin and Han Dynasties, it only flourished. In the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, even titles were attached. How much food should be donated?
Just changing the title, being able to represent a place, etc. are all basic operations.
"You don't want awards and official positions?" Sun Quan sneered, "This is asking for someone's life! Haha, since you want someone's life, someone will kill them first!"
Lu 1 lowered his head, not daring to express his anger.
All Sun Quan's plans were disrupted!
It’s not just about a celebratory drink!
Well, maybe too...
More importantly, Sun Quan originally wanted to take this opportunity to rectify the shortcomings and hidden dangers that had always existed in Jiangdong, and to change the political power of Jiangdong. That is to say, Sun Quan's core power and the Sun family did not have strong control over the local area and the army.
question.
Under the Jiangdong military system, the degree of formalization and professionalization of the army was very low, the degree of return of soldiers to generals was too high, and the interests of soldiers were deeply tied to the generals, making the orders of Sun Quan, the "monarch", even worse than that of a certain
The general's order works!
I'm talking about you, Dudu...
But is there any way to make everything in this world go as everyone wants?
On the day when Lu Su arrived in Wu County and hurriedly went to see Sun Quan, the price of grain in Jiangdong suddenly exceeded 5,000 yuan per stone!
In a normal year, the most expensive rice is only 400 yen per stone. Ordinary millet is 200 yen, and the rice in Jiangdong is about the same price. Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the price was basically the same.
Later, when Dong Zhuo minted evil money, the highest price of grain at that time was only about ten times more than 2,000 yuan.
Therefore, as soon as this grain price came out, the people in Jiangdong suddenly cried out.
Affected by the rise in food prices, the atmosphere in the really affected areas in Jiangdong has become extremely tense.
Although it was said that some grain and grass had been transferred into the disaster-stricken area under the assignment of Sun Quan, the local victims did not receive immediate comfort and order was maintained. Beggars and refugees began to gather in larger towns, unable to eat.
There are more and more people in the country, and everyone is looking for food, or in other words, food, anything that can be eaten.
This disaster was not registered in history, but it suddenly became violent.
Under such circumstances, there are still kind-hearted people.
For example, the Lu family.
Outside the Lu family's old manor, hundreds of refugees gathered, almost all of them filling up the open space outside the Lu family's manor.
In front of the gate of the manor, a straw hut was set up. In the hut, ten large cauldrons were arranged in rows. The porridge that had been cooked for a long time was steaming, bringing the breath of life to these refugees...
Under Zhuang Ding's maintenance of order, the refugees stood in a long queue and came forward to receive porridge and soup one after another. Each person received a spoonful of porridge and soup, and there was no need for more. Naturally, it was an illusion to be full, which meant that they would not die of hunger for the time being.
Those who received the porridge and soup, some hurriedly drank it without saying a word, but most of them praised the Lu family for their unparalleled kindness, longevity and longevity, etc., although most of them did not know Mr. Lu.
Brother, I don’t know that the husband of the Lu family is not old at all.
But every time at this time, Zhuang Ding, who was standing by the pot and cooking porridge for these refugees, would immediately say, this is the porridge of General Sun, the lord of Jiangdong, and the Lu family is just waiting to make porridge...
Inside and outside the walls of the manor, there are almost two worlds.
The tall and thick walls of the village blocked out the hustle and bustle outside. Lu Xun was sitting in the hall, drinking tea slowly.
Lu Hao walked in, frowned and said: "There are more and more refugees outside. I went to see them today and there are more than 40 more people. If this continues, when will they be called the end? We...we can't keep giving out porridge like this."
?If this continues, it will cost dozens of dan per day...How many days can we sustain it?"
Lu Xun nodded and said, "It really won't last long..."
Lu Xun's voice was calm, as if he was describing an ordinary thing.
"Then brother, you..." Liu Hao frowned, unable to understand what Lu Xun meant.
At this moment, a follower suddenly came outside the door and said, "The head of the family and the chief historian are here to visit!"
"Look, isn't this coming?" They smiled one after another and said, "Open the middle door and wait for me to greet you in person!"
When Lu Yi was almost stabbed to death by the furious Sun Quan, Ji Yan, who was also Sun Quan's lackey, could not be idle and was sniffing around for prey...
"Lu Zheng!" Jie Yan said with a smile, "I have heard that the Lu family has a reputation for benevolence and has always been filial and filial. Today I see Lu Zhan being here to help the victims. He is really a national scholar! Until this disaster is eliminated.
At that time, I will definitely report Ming Lu’s meritorious service to the lord, so as to encourage him! He will reward you heavily to encourage future results!”
Lu Xun slightly cupped his hands, first invited Ji Yan to drink tea, and then said slowly: "Ji Changshi's words are slightly off... This act of giving porridge is not in the name of the Lu family, but in compliance with the Lord's instructions..."
"Huh?!" Jieyan was stunned.
What's going on?
Ji Yan thought she had firmly grasped Lu Xun's pigtails this time.
In the face of a disaster, giving porridge can be said to be kind and cannot bear to see the suffering of the people. But on the other hand, it can also be a deliberate attempt to win people's hearts, seek fame, recruit people, and have evil intentions!
When Ji Yan came to look for Lu Xun, he had already thought about it, planning to get one fish, er, one deer and three to eat, but he never expected that the plan had just been laid out, and was cut off by Lu Xun, making him unable to continue.
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"This..." Jie Yan squeezed her smile, which was obviously a little stiffer than the previous smile, "Lu Zhizhi must not lie. This lord just returned to Jiangdong not long ago, so why did he ask Lu to engage in disaster relief and rescue people?"
Lu Xun was still smiling, gentle and calm, "I saw that there has been a long drought, so I reported it to my lord... If there is a drought, I am willing to share the worries of my lord, donate the food stored in my home, and rescue the refugees on my lord's behalf... My lord replied to the letter
Promise...Do you want to see the Lord's reply letter?"
"Uh... this... there's no need for this..." Ji Yan didn't know what to say for a moment, so she felt extremely embarrassed, and then she couldn't help but feel a little angry in her heart. She felt that Lu Xun had just dug a hole for him to jump into, and just looked at him.
joke.
Just when Jian Yan had nothing to say and was about to say a few words to anyone before leaving, so as to show that she was not so embarrassed and that she was not here just for the purpose of giving soup, she saw Lu Xun take out something from his sleeve.
A report came, "Ji Changshi came just in time... There is not much food in a certain village, and it will be exhausted in ten days! And the refugees are still without food... This report comes from a certain person who has been giving porridge.
I would like to ask the Chief Secretary to forward the list of daily expenses to the lord... After ten days, there will be no food left here. Where will the victims go? I would like to ask the lord to decide..."
Ji Yan was not willing to get into trouble at this time. She rolled her eyes twice and excused herself by saying that she had other official business to attend to and would not go back to the city. She asked Lu Xun to deliver the goods by himself. After that,
He said goodbye continuously, looking very busy, declined Lu Xun's farewell, and hurriedly left the Lu family manor while laughing.
Although Ji Yan said there was no need to see him off, Lu Xun still sent him to the gate of the manor. When Ji Yan and his party gradually disappeared, Lu Xun chuckled lightly, then turned to the butler who was following him and said, "Will you?"
Post the notice and say that the Lu family's food reserves are about to be exhausted! In ten days there will be no food available and no porridge to give out! Let these people find another way out quickly..."
The steward responded respectfully.
Lu Xun slowly walked into the manor. Before he reached the hall, he heard a huge exclamation from outside the manor. It must have been caused by the news that there would be no porridge in ten days...
Lu Xun glanced at Lu Hao who came out from behind the screen in the inner hall, and said calmly: "Now... do you understand?"
Lu Hao bowed his hands and said, "The elder brother is far-sighted... The younger brother admires..."
The Lu family had suffered heavy setbacks before, and the Jiangdong nobles had made promises both overt and covert. Therefore, Lu Xun's current focus was on guarding against Sun Quan and showing weakness first. Although he gave up a lot of food and wealth, it also made the Lu family in this turmoil
Among them, take the lead and establish an invincible position.
The excess food and grass from the Sun family has been used for disaster relief, and at the same time, it is in the name of Sun Quan, making it difficult for others to find any bones in the eggs!
At the same time, after this period of soup giving, plus a ten-day buffer period, the refugees will know that there is no food and grass in the Lu family, and they will continue to come to the Lu family unless they want to rebel, riot, or plunder.
Manor, otherwise you will get nothing, it is better to go to other places, so it is equivalent to the fact that in terms of refugees, Lu has also obtained "exemption" first...
In ten days, the entire Lu family will be completely free from this turmoil!
All that was paid was some stale food and grass from the manor...
Of course, not everyone can have a strategy like Lu Xun, who can find the most advantageous path in a chaotic situation. There are still many people who are greedy for money, and even want money at the expense of their lives.
As disasters expanded and conflicts became increasingly acute, bloodshed inevitably occurred.
Of course, the death of ordinary people will not have much impact. It was the death of the Anwu County Magistrate that plunged the entire Jiangdong into hopeless chaos...
Anwu is located in the south of Jingxian County. The magistrate of Anwu is a newly promoted son of Sun Quan from a poor family. Naturally, he wanted to do something in front of Sun Quan. After receiving the order to allocate grain and grass, he immediately read it to the big local households.
The administrative order requires large households to pay grain and grass immediately.
How could a big business be willing to do so? First they would drag it with them neither soft nor hard nor salty nor bland, and then they would just say they were sick and disappear.
The magistrate of Anwu County was anxious. Seeing that he could not complete the task, he was afraid that he would be hated by Sun Quan, so he got angry and prepared people to attack the big family. However, he did not know whether it was because he came from a poor family and did not have much experience in internal politics of the family.
, the Anwu County Magistrate was not prepared enough for his subordinates, and the news quickly leaked out.
When the powerful family saw that they could not do anything good, they kept doing nothing and hired assassins to directly kill the magistrate of Anwu County.
In the Han Dynasty, it was not uncommon for local powerful people to spend money to assassinate officials. Historically, Liu Bei, Tai Shici and others were assassinated. Fei Qian also encountered assassinations before. As for the magistrate of Anwu County,
Firstly, he was not brave enough, secondly, he had no expert guards, and thirdly, he did not have the reputation or reputation of benevolence like Liu Bei, so it was inevitable that he would die.
After the murder, people from the big family spread the news, saying that the county magistrate was killed by the refugees. They originally wanted to close the case, but this matter was smelled by Jian Yan, who had a problem with Lu Xun...
Jian Yan, who was worried that there was no breakthrough, immediately felt that he had found a breakthrough. He set off overnight and led his troops straight to Anwu. Without saying a word, he captured the whole family of the big family and collected a lot of them.
With the "relevant" evidence, the entire families of these wealthy families were escorted back to Wu County.
Originally, there was indeed a problem with the big family in this matter, but the problem was that Lu Yi, who received the follow-up trial of the big family's case, wanted to involve more people from this big family as if he had found a treasure...
Then there were rumors that Lu 1 rushed into the prison immediately after the big family's whole family was thrown into the Wu County Prison. Not only did he use severe punishment, but he also had people bully the big family in front of him.
His wife and daughter suppressed the big man mentally and physically, not only to coerce the big man to confess his crime, but also to bite other people.
This kind of behavior that obviously crossed the line naturally caused a bigger disturbance...
Normally speaking, not all the Jiangdong nobles are fools. Even the big man who was arrested knows that you can't drain the lake to catch the fish. These people will spit out some leftovers after eating the big head, pretending to be kind-hearted.
These disaster victims may even come out to donate rice and porridge like the Lu family. After all, some people still need to be preserved to facilitate continued farming after the disaster. This is also in the interests of large households.
Under the disaster relief provided by the government, the victims cannot be completely resettled. Due to various circumstances, there are always some people who have to change from self-cultivating farmers to selling themselves into slavery, or becoming tenants or proletarians, putting aside their dignity to ask for help.
It is difficult to survive, and large local households also take advantage of this opportunity to complete further land acquisition and capital accumulation.
Therefore, if Sun Quan is willing to put down some interests and carry out disaster relief, this disaster will be over soon.
It's a pity that Sun Quan, who was so angry, didn't want to give in at all. Even if Lu Su tried to persuade him, he wouldn't listen. Ji Yan and Lu Yi, who had found the "evidence of the crime", began to arrest them on a large scale. Suddenly, the prison was overcrowded.
As a result, a vigorous drama of betrayal was staged again in Jiangdong...
