Chapter 518
Ding Guan's death caused the whole man to fall into grief, but not long after, the man became calm again, and various things were still developing in an orderly manner.

However, Ding Guan's death also sounded a wake-up call for Liu Bian. Most of the ancient diseases were the result of waiting for death.But some of them are actually preventable. The people of later generations often check their bodies, so many diseases are detected in advance, so they can live.

Stroke also had warning signs, but it was a pity that Ding Guan didn't check it, and it caused a catastrophe. Liu Bian thought of his civil servants and generals.

At present, many of my courtiers are short-lived, such as Tai Shici, who died at the age of 47, Chang Yuchun, who died suddenly at the age of 40, and Ma Chao who died young at the age of 46.Besides, Qin Qiong fought bravely and was wounded in every battle, and died prematurely in history. Yang Zaixing beside Liu Bian also did the same.There is also Cao Cao, who suffers from a headache and has a splitting headache when it hurts, which means that all the civil and military men under his command have some physical problems.

Thinking of this, Liu Bian summoned Li Shizhen, Zhang Zhongjing, Hua Tuo and other three great doctors, and asked them to go to various places to inspect medical offices in various places for a year, and to visit soldiers for his high-ranking officials to check their bodies for early prevention.

The three of them gladly accepted the order, and randomly went to various places to inspect medical offices, and by the way, diagnosed and treated the civil servants and generals guarding various places.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it came to February 197 AD.This is also the season for planting potatoes. Although Liu Bian exchanged a lot of seeds, it is a drop in the bucket to expand the planting to the whole country.As soon as the seeds were obtained, Liu Bian ordered the farming bases in various places to reclaim wasteland, prepare to plant various new crops, cultivate seeds for one year here, and spread them to the common people when there are enough seeds in the coming year.

Liu Bian went to the farm in person, and together with Jia Sixie, he learned that the soldiers in the farm planted potatoes.The sowing of potatoes is to cut Yande's wrinkled potatoes into squares, and each piece must have a granulation for rooting and germination.

The feces fertilizer, plant ash and other fertilizers made by Liu Bian were also used. Using these things, potatoes were quickly planted. After half a month, the potatoes began to germinate, and the green shoots grew out of the ground.At this time, the sweet potatoes in various places are also in the sowing season, and the sweet potatoes are buried in the soil. When the spring rains continue in April, the green vines are cut out and planted.

In the blink of an eye, it was April again, and the spring rains continued. The sweet potatoes began to be transplanted and planted, and the young potato seedlings were two or three inches high. Green grass had grown in the fields, and the soldiers in the field started weeding with new farm tools.

After Liu Bian inspected the fields, he returned to Luoyang Imperial City. At this time, Wei Xiaokuan and Xun You came hand in hand to see Liu Bian.

Liu Bian received the two of them, and the newly built Taishi chair has been used in the study. Liu Bian sat on the Taishi chair and gave them a seat. Then he asked: "You two came together, but what do you want?" thing."

Wei Xiaokuan nodded and said: "This is the news from Jinyiwei of Jizhou." As he spoke, Wei Xiaokuan sent Liu Bian a letter.Liu Bian took a look, frowned slightly and said, "It's the wheat harvest season, Jizhou's harvest is not good this year?"

"It's not just bad, it's very bad. Last year, a plague of locusts broke out in Jizhou, and many wheat seedlings were eaten. Now that the spring rains have come earlier, the people have no time to harvest, and many of them are rotting in the fields." Wei Xiaokuan replied.

Liu Bian nodded and said: "Although I can't spare Yuan Shao to kill Yuan Shao, it is still possible to create chaos for him. Do you think there is an opportunity to take advantage of the bad harvest in Jizhou this year? Tell us about your plan."

Wei Xiaokuan looked at Xun You, and Xun You cupped his hands and said, "Jizhou's harvest is not good this year, but the wheat harvested in the places under His Majesty's governance has filled the granaries of various places. Your Majesty can send people to Jizhou to publicize, so that Jizhou cannot be filled. The people in the belly flowed to your majesty's rule, first to strengthen the population of my great Han, and second to weaken Yuan Shao's strength. Yuan Shao only has one state, and he honors Jizhou's wealth, population, and family. It can reduce the population of Jizhou, but it is Break Yuan Shao's arm."

After hearing this, Liu Bian nodded approvingly and said: "This strategy is indeed feasible. If Yuan Shao's strength can be weakened, then destroying Yuan in the future will greatly reduce the casualties of our Han soldiers. But who will handle this operation? If it is Jin Yiwei, I am afraid that there will be changes in Jin Yiwei's branch in Jizhou, which will only increase the incident."

Xun You on the side quickly said: "It's not operated by Jinyiwei. Didn't Your Majesty set up a business department last year? Your Majesty has a large number of major chambers of commerce. You can use merchants to operate, causing panic in Jizhou, and letting the people of Jizhou flow to Luoyang."

"Businessman! Businessman!" Liu Bian slapped his finger on the table, thud thud, rhythmic sound sounded, Wei Xiaokuan and Xun You waited for Liu Bian to think, suddenly Liu Bian's eyes lit up, the two were about to accept orders, and did not want Liu Bian Bian laughed and said: "You go back first, I still have to think carefully about it!"

"Eh..." The two were stunned, they thought that Liu Bian would agree without hesitation, but they didn't want Liu Bian to think about it, why Liu Bian, who has always acted resolutely, would be hesitant.

Seeing the reaction of the two, Liu Bian said with a smile: "I thought of a better idea, you go back first, I still have to think about it."

"No, I will leave!" The two bowed their hands and retreated.

Liu Bian sat down with a golden knife, holding Zhu Qi, and wrote a few large characters on a piece of rice paper-the plan to destroy Yuan!
"Business war, why didn't I think of it? Yuan Shu's regime is mostly aristocratic and not stable enough. If Jizhou can set off an economic storm, not to mention destroying Yuan Shu, it is not impossible to hurt him." Liu Bian murmured muttered.

As Liu Bian moved towards the plan, he recorded on the rice paper that Jizhou's harvest this time was worse than in previous years, and that Jizhou's economic system is composed of aristocratic families, which is extremely unstable and prices fluctuate greatly.If you take advantage of this opportunity, maybe it will work.

All afternoon, Liu Bian was planning this matter, and it was not until evening that a rough plan was formed.

Liu Bian put down the ink pen, shook his sore arm and ordered, "Mi Zhu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Propaganda and Commerce!"

Soon Mi Zhu came to the palace overnight, and Liu Bian cut straight to the point and handed the plan to Mi Zhu.Even when Mi Zhudang looked at it, his face was extremely surprised. After a while, Mi Zhu exclaimed: "Who made this plan, Your Majesty?

"Then is this plan feasible?" Liu Bian asked rhetorically.

"Weichen has never tried it, but this plan doesn't care about driving up the price of rice and causing turmoil in Jizhou. It will cost a lot of money. The money is too big, and Weichen is not sure. Once Jizhou stabilizes prices, this plan will not work." Mi Zhu replied.

"I will make countermeasures to cover the actions of the Ministry of Commerce in Jizhou, and the court will provide money, but I need merchants, trustworthy merchants, can your Ministry of Commerce provide them." Liu Bian said solemnly.

"Yes, this time when the Ministry of Commerce was established, I have interviewed merchants from all over the country one after another. They have registered with the Ministry of Commerce and become legitimate merchants of the Han Dynasty. And some of them have joined me early in the morning, and even merchants from other places have secretly contacted me , I want a share of the action." Mi Zhu replied.

Liu Bian nodded and said: "Immediately give me the dossiers of these people after I go back, and I will select those who are trustworthy!"

Just kidding, driving up prices requires merchants to operate, and sweeping up Jizhou's grain requires a lot of money.However, if a businessman makes a lot of money, if he entrusts it to someone who has no integrity, Liu Bian's money will be stolen but he will escape. Where will Liu Bian cry?

"No, my minister will do it now!" Mi Zhu immediately bowed his hands and retreated, went back to the mansion and carefully selected the files of the merchants, took a few files of the chamber of commerce he thought he could trust, and sent someone to Liu Bian.

Liu Bian took the dossier, but didn't read it, and asked someone to give it to Wei Xiaokuan, so that Wei Xiaokuan could use Jin Yiwei to investigate their details.Those who are rich and unkind do not use it, those who are not sincere do not use it, and those who are opportunistic do not use it. After a few days, Wei Xiaokuan came to Liu Bian with the file.

Liu Bian looked at the details of these businessmen, and picked out a few that caught his eye, Su Shuang in Youzhou, Shiping Zhang, Wang Lin in Bingzhou, and Zhu Min in Chang'an.These chambers of commerce are all under the rule of Liu Bian, and most of the family business is under the rule of Liu Bian. The operation is handed over to these people. If they rebel, their families will suffer.And their family has a big business, and the money used for operations is less than their family property.For this mutiny, they should not.

And the details of these people are very clear, and the establishment of the family is also step by step. Although they used a lot of shady people, they didn't hurt people's lives. They have a good reputation everywhere, which is already very rare.

"Call these people to Luoyang, I want to meet them in secret!" Liu Bian said to Wei Xiaokuan.

Wei Xiaokuan's eyes lit up and said: "Your Majesty is really going to implement this plan."

Liu Bian sneered and said: "Jizhou's harvest is not good this time, how could I let them go so easily? It's not just what you said, I want to play big!"

As Liu Bian showed the plan to Wei Xiaokuan, Wei Xiaokuan was taken aback, and quickly waved his hands and said, "Your Majesty, your skills are too big, this move will cost hundreds of millions of dollars, if this plan fails, But it’s not worth the candle.”

"I know, but I still have to try. If it succeeds, Jizhou is nothing to worry about. Most of the money used will be deducted from my private treasury, and the rest of the money will be taken from merchants. You should call these people together as soon as possible." Come to Beijing and it will be done." Liu Bian ordered.

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance, let's discuss it with Taiwei Lu and Cai Situ first." Wei Xiaokuan persuaded.

"Do you think they will agree? I'll raise enough money before I tell them. By then, it's done and they will agree when they have money. Just go ahead and do it!" Liu Bian ordered.

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance, but the secret part is that it cannot be detected by Jizhou, so I request to run this matter personally. If Your Majesty does not agree, I will definitely not support it." Wei Xiaokuan did not agree.

Liu Bian said with a smile: "Of course I want you to host, not only you, but also Xun You, one of you is in Jizhou with the help of Jin Yiwei to create public opinion, and the other is to prevent Yuan Shao from making suggestions."

Wei Xiao said with a relaxed tone: "If Xun Gongda accompanied me, the matter would be more or less settled. I support Your Majesty!"

Liu Bian laughed and said, "Then if you don't go down and summon these people to Beijing, I still have the audacity to borrow money from these people."

"By the way, you should take this plan back and discuss it with Xun You first. After all, I don't quite understand some things. You two are very resourceful and perfect. You will also call on Mi Zhu. He will be in charge of the business operation?" Liu said. Argument ordered.

"No! I will do it right now!" Wei Xiaokuan held the planning book and stepped back.

Wei Xiaokuan who returned to his residence did not call the merchants to Beijing immediately, but called Xun You and Mi Zhu over. He didn't know much about commercial destruction of the country, so it was better to discuss with the two of them and complete the plan first.

(End of this chapter)

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