It has been more than two months since the Liu family and his son came to Youzhou, but now they have a huge headache. Not only is there insufficient money and food in Youzhou, there are not many soldiers, and there is no armor left. Even the public security in Youzhou is not very good.
Liu Lin, who had come to show off his talents, was dumbfounded by everything, and Liu Yu was too busy all day to even sleep well. Liu Lin knew that Youzhou has been a strategic place since ancient times, and during the Northern Song Dynasty, the Khitans relied on Youzhou.
The land of Yan defeated the Northern Song Dynasty without any power to fight back. This Youzhou will be his foundation in the future. Although it is poorer now, has a smaller population, and there are more barbarians nearby, I believe that under the leadership of my father and myself,
Next, we will definitely govern Youzhou into the largest state in the Han Dynasty.
Today is another day for the state government to discuss government affairs. Liu Yu asked Liu Lin to follow him early in the morning and went to the hall of the state government together. The hall of the state government was already full of people, all of whom were officials from Youzhou. Youzhou
The prefecture has 11 counties and 90 counties. Youzhou is governed by Ji County. The counties under its jurisdiction include: Dai County, Shanggu County, Fanyang County, Yan State, Yuyang County, Youbeiping County, Liaoxi County, Changli County, and Liaodong County.
, Xuantu County, Lelang County, and Daifang County have a vast territory. They can be said to be one of the largest states in the Han Dynasty, but they are all barbaric lands. They have experienced wars for a long time, so the population is sparse and the land is seriously barren. Although there are many
There are salt and iron mines in the country, but there is no way to mine them, and people don’t have enough to eat. Who cares about this? Not to mention the money and food matters, even the military strength is seriously insufficient. It is said that in such a vast area, there must be tens of thousands of people.
Soldiers and horses, but I didn’t expect that there were only 30,000 soldiers and horses. If there were more, they would not be able to raise troops at all. How could this not give Liu Yu a headache? This is the gateway to the north. If a chaos is about to break out, these Xianbei and Wuhuan
, if Fuyu takes advantage of the chaos and raises troops, the northern part of the Han Dynasty will be in danger.
"Everyone, I, Liu Yu, have been in Youzhou for two months now. Now I, Liu Yu, have learned all the government affairs and military situations. I, Liu Yu, have also been informed of the imperial edicts. Now, I, Youzhou, are facing a great chaos in the north.
How will you face it? Please express your opinions!" Liu Yu said from the main seat, and Liu Lin was sitting next to Liu Yu.
This was Liu Lin's first time to attend such a meeting, so today he was dressed particularly grandly, in typical marquis uniform.
An official in his twenties stood up and said, "My lord, we are in trouble both internally and externally in Youzhou. We originally relied on the food shipped from Jizhou and Bingzhou for relief. If a big chaos comes, the roads between Jizhou and Bingzhou will be blocked.
We, Youzhou, are short of food and wages, and there will be civil strife when the time comes. I hope my lord will take notice!" Liu Lin glanced at this official, who was only about twenty years old. He was selected by Liu Yu from among the local celebrities after arriving in Youzhou, and his name was Tian Chou.
As soon as Tian Chou said what he said, everyone started talking again. Dong Cao and Wei You, who was sitting at the top, raised his hands to Liu Yu and said, "My lord, what Zitai just said is true. I hope my lord will make plans soon!" Liu Yu looked at it!
He glanced at everyone and said, "Zitai and Lu Ming have just raised the concerns of Youzhou. I wonder if you guys have any solutions?"
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you without saying a word. Liu Yu's face was cold, but he had nothing to do. Nowadays, the talents in Youzhou are withering, and even the officials in Youzhou are mediocre people. Now Wei You
It was still good. When Tian Chou saw that no one answered, he also knew that what Youzhou lacks most now is not money and food but talents, so he had to say: "Lord, I have a way to solve the money and food problem, but if it happens,
It will attract the covetousness of various tribes in the grassland, and in this way, I, Youzhou, will be troubled from now on!"
Liu Lin saw that Tian Chou could see this, which was really good, so he sat aside and listened carefully to what Tian Chou said. Everyone else saw that it was this kid again. Although they were a little unhappy, they still wanted to listen to this kid.
What do you think? Liu Yu raised his head and looked around at everyone. He saw that everyone was staring at Tian Chou, a little eager to try. Liu Yu knew that these people were definitely not listening to Tian Chou's opinions, but actually wanted to find out what he was doing.
Loopholes, I really want to fight back. No matter how good-tempered Liu Yu is, he still has an angry look on his face. However, Liu Yu knows that this is an emergency period, and he still has to rely on these people to do things for him. If he removes them now, it will be unavoidable.
It will cause unnecessary trouble at that time.
Liu Yu said: "If Zitai has anything to say, you can speak frankly. Even if he says something disrespectful, I won't blame him!" When Tian Chou saw Liu Yu like this, he was quite moved. After all, he was only in his twenties.
Young man, sitting in this hall, how can those people feel so good on their faces? "My lord, regarding food, we are now practicing farming. Since our Youzhou is located on the border and borders with various grassland ministries, there are often some problems.
There was a small friction, and the big households in Youzhou were afraid of harming Chiyu, so they all moved to Luoyang or other places in the Central Plains, leaving a lot of unowned land in Youzhou. These lands used to be fertile, but they have been left uncultivated and deserted in the past few years. I
When they can be picked up and used for farming, the farming work will be handed over to the refugees who come to Youzhou. We will give them tools and seeds to cultivate, and we will only let them keep enough food for their own use.
, everything else will be handed over to the state government. In this way, I want to be self-sufficient until next year. This is self-sufficiency in food, and the second is money. My Youzhou is rich in salt and iron. These are things that the grassland lacks. We can
An area is set aside in the upper valley for trade between various grassland ministries and our Central Plains. We can collect taxes here. At the same time, we can also organize caravans to sell various materials in the grassland to the Central Plains and obtain profits. These will bring money and food.
Everything can be solved, but once these two things are solved, they will arouse the covetousness of various grassland tribes. In the past few years, Youzhou has been peaceful and peaceful, because all grassland tribes know that Youzhou is poor and self-sufficient, so there is no
Use troops against Youzhou!"
Liu Lin was surprised after listening to Tian Chou's words. He originally thought that people at this time were just old antiques and didn't know how to do business. They all thought that competing for profits with the people was not something that could be done by reading the books of sages. However, seeing that Tian Chou openly asked the government to do business,
This completely made Liu Lin look at this with admiration. The same was true for Liu Yu. His son once told him that he could open up border trade. He didn't expect that Tian Chou would be the same. He glanced at Liu Lin with admiration. Although his son was still young, he showed
Liu Yu is quite pleased that he has a political vision that is different from ordinary people.
While Liu Lin and his son were admiring Tian Chou, other officials over there began to attack Tian Chou.