After the introduction of the Han Qiang household registration in Liangzhou and the implementation of the sage system, the economic situation in Guanzhong has been alleviated, but there are two problems that cannot be solved: one is the officials led by the three dukes and nine ministers, and the other is the royal family. These people are parasitic classes. Even if they are given land, they cannot farm themselves and still have to hire people. However, the Guanzhong household registration is insufficient and the people cannot grow their own land. Who is willing to be tenant farmers and be exploited by them?

Helplessly, these people can only rely on taxes and be supported by the court. But they are all used to enjoying themselves, with a high taste, and after using high-quality products from Nanyang, it is difficult to accept local products from Guanzhong. Most of them are Guandong people and originally had a sense of superiority to Guanzhong. Now there are so many Liangzhou people coming to Guanzhong, and they are in a relationship with barbarians, and they urgently need Guandong products to open up the status gap. Not to mention anything else, how can you wear coarse cloth in Guanzhong? Even if you can't wear brocade and silk, at least you have to wear Nanyang fine cloth.

But Nanyang cloth merchants were scared by Buqu. If they didn't come, they couldn't buy them even if they had money. They could have brought some from Nanyang through private channels. Now during the war, Sun Ce strengthened his control. Anyone who sold prohibited items to Guanzhong was suspected of colluding with the enemy. Who would dare to do this business?

Liu Ye is the confidant of the emperor, and of course he will not criticize the government as much as ordinary people. Not only that, he also wants to encourage the emperor. Sun Ce has always advocated loving the people, and now he is also implementing control in Jingzhou, which shows that the war is expensive and he has to implement a wartime mechanism. Although the country is big, war will perish. At present, it is just Huang Zhong's attack, and Zhou Yu is just defending, and the pressure is already so great. If Cao Cao launches another attack and forces Zhou Yu to fight, what will happen? What if Yuan Tan, Liu Bei, and Jia Xu take the initiative to launch an attack? It can be imagined that Sun Ce will sooner or later be unable to bear the line between three sides, and then there will naturally be flaws.

This is the most difficult time and also the opportunity for the situation to reverse. No matter how difficult it is, you must grit your teeth and hold on.

As for the shortage of money and grain, Liu Ye did not have a good solution, but he made a suggestion: Cao Cao was fighting and Yizhou consumed a lot, and the court could no longer ask for money and grain from Yizhou. What about Jizhou controlled by Yuan Tan? What about Youzhou controlled by Liu Bei? What about Bingzhou and Hedong controlled by Jia Xu? They have not taken action yet, so they should pay some money and grain to solve the urgent needs of the court. In fact, the court did not lack much, and a little supplement can basically meet the requirements.

The emperor is thrifty, and all officials, how can the royal family have too high requirements?

The remaining problem is how to get the tributes from the General's Mansion. If the batch of supplies is obtained, the New Year's rewards can basically be solved. Xu Rong and Zhang Liao's life and death are small, but the court cannot be extorted by Sun Ce, so we must find another way to do this.

This responsibility finally fell on Xun Yu's shoulders.

Xun Yu was so amused and crying, but he had no choice but to do anything. He finally came up with a solution: ask Yang Qi to come forward.

Yang Qi's courtesy name is Gong Ting, and was Yang Biao's cousin and Yang Xiu's clan. His grandfather Yang Mu was Yang Zhen's eldest son and the eldest son of the Yang family of Hongnong. However, that family had a career that was not outstanding and his reputation was not as good as Yang Biao's. However, Yang Qi's career was still acceptable. He served as the prefect of Runan and the guard. He moved west with the emperor. Later, he retired due to illness and now he has established a temple in Hongnong to teach his children.

Yang Qi's official position is not as good as Yang Biao, but he has a very good reputation and is known for his strengths. During the reign of Emperor Xiaoling, Yang Qi was the attendant. Emperor Xiaoling once asked Yang Qi how he compared with Emperor Xiaohuan, meaning that Yang Qi hoped that he was better than Emperor Xiaohuan, but Yang Qi said that compared with Emperor Xiaohuan, his Majesty was like Yu Shun and Tang Yao, meaning that you were incomparable and were both foolish rulers, which made Emperor Xiaoling very embarrassed.

When Yang Qi came forward, Yang Xiu had to give him some face. However, this was just a temporary solution and should not be repeated. Besides, Yang Qi had once faced with the late emperor and wanted to ask him to come forward, the emperor would need to nod.

The emperor no longer cares about stopping, so he solved the problem in front of him first.

With the consent of the emperor, Xun Yu left the palace and came to the general's mansion to speak out to Yang Xiu. Everyone is a person with status, so there is no need to make things so ugly. It is a matter of force to ask Yang Qi, but it is just that he has no choice but to let Yang Xiu understand that he is not a solution, and it is not necessary to bother Yang Qi to go there.

Yang Xiu was not surprised at all. He smiled and said to Xun Yu: "Brother Wen Ruo, you are becoming more and more vulgar now. From Taoism to technique, and it is such a small technique that is not elegant. What is the difference between you and the strategist? If He Boqiu heard this news, he would be ashamed to commit suicide."

Xun Yu looked sad and pondered for a long time. "I dare not ask Mr. Boqiu for his understanding, but only for a clear conscience. Although you and I are their masters, the way we seek is actually the same, but the means are different. Do you really think that King Wu can hold on?"

Yang Xiu refused to comment. "What are your opinions on Brother Wen Ruo?"

"Your Majesty is a young man and the King of Wu is even more genius. Don't you think it's a pity for them to be enemies?"

Yang Xiu was a little surprised and stared at Xun Yu for a long time. "What exactly do you want to say?"

"The King of Wu has great ambitions. Judging from his actions, he should not be the kind of person who is eager to be on the throne. The emperor admires the King of Wu and is also willing to take over the king's policies, but he is unable to give up his ancestors' foundation. If the King of Wu really can join the court to rule, not only will it be possible to revive the reign of Wen and Jing. Isn't it better than fighting between the two armies and killing them to the death?"

Yang Xiu blinked his eyes and seemed to be smiling. "The emperor refused to abdicate, but he was willing to be a puppet?"

"It's not a puppet." Xun Yu corrected: "It's a harem and rule."

"Is this your idea, or the emperor's intention?"

Xun Yu was silent for a long time. "My, but I think the emperor may agree. If you and I work together, I will never..."

Yang Xiu shook his head, put away his smile, and looked serious. "Brother Wen Ruo, you know that this is unlikely. Even if the emperor reluctantly agrees, it is a temporary solution. Once he has the opportunity, he will still take back the power. He wants to be Emperor Xiaohuan, but the King of Wu does not want to be Liang Ji. It would be fine if the King of Wu is just a person of Liang Ji, but he is still the talent you call a genius. What you want to do is not the achievements of one family, but the great cause that will last for thousands of years. How can you give up halfway because of your time benevolence? Even if he is willing, I will not, and Zhang Xiang or Yu Xiang will not. If you really think about your Majesty, I suggest that you should advise him to abdicate and everyone will feel at ease."

He paused and said, "Instead of trusting the emperor, I would rather believe in the King of Wu. I can guarantee you that as long as the emperor is willing to abdicate, Liu's family will continue to eat. Since the King of Wu can confer Yuan Yao as king, I think he will not be stingy with His Majesty's county."

"Can Yuan Yao be king?"

Yang Xiu nodded solemnly, but did not explain much. He got the news from Yuan Quan and promised that Yuan Quan would not spread it, so naturally he would not tell Xun Yu the source of the news easily. Xun Yu did not ask again. He believed in Yang Xiu and knew why Yang Xiu was so devoted to serving Sun Ce. It was impossible to instigate him.

But the emperor could agree to anything, but it was impossible to agree to abdicate. Maintaining the foundation of his ancestors has become his obsession.

This is a dead end.

Yang Xiu presented the tribute to the emperor, but he did not stop. While distributing newspapers and leaflets from Nanyang, he wrote articles to promote Sun Ce. The content was very simple, one was the content of Sun Ce's new policy, and the other was the grievances that Sun Ce suffered.

Sun Ce carried out the new policy in Guandong. Emperor Xun Yu followed the example in Guanzhong, but imitating it means imitation, which inevitably leads to distortion. Not many people truly understand the theme of Sun Ce's new policy, and even some officials are not very clear about it. They also think that Sun Ce's new policy is to seize the land of aristocratic families, attach importance to industry and commerce, farmland, and everything is for profit. Yang Xiu wrote an essay to explain Sun Ce's new policy as a veteran, pointing out that Sun Ce is not only profitable, or that profitability is only a basic means, a method to solve land annexation and maintain social stability. On this basis, he has a higher goal. He wants everyone to live with dignity, so that he would spare no expense to open a school so that ordinary people can read and read.

The King of Wu seeks benefits for the people, but his pace was held back by some people with ulterior motives. These people were all over the court and the country, colluding with each other, secretly learning the King of Wu's practices and seeking profit for themselves, slandering and distorting the King of Wu's new policies, keeping the court's eyes and ears, playing the role of Yuan Shao, and providing cover for the criminals who massacred the city, pointing to destiny as horses, deceiving the world, and provoking wars and attacking the King of Wu, pushing the people of the world into dire straits, having clothes that cannot be worn, rice that cannot be eaten, and making cattle and horses is just to realize their personal interests.

Yang Xiu's writing style is first-class, and everything is said is true. The so-called righteousness is strong and the influence quickly formed in Chang'an. As soon as two articles were published, Chang'an was in a hurry and a printing shop came to him and asked to provide Yang Xiu with engraving services. Not only did he not charge him money, he also gave him a pen, a word of ten coins.

In order to catch up with the construction period, the craftsmen of the printing workshop used their intelligence and talents. They narrowed the layout. One page had only three or five columns. One article could be divided into more than a dozen pieces. The printing was engraved by more than a dozen craftsmen at the same time, and then put it together to print it, greatly improving the efficiency of the engraving. The writing on the same day, the engraved on the same day, could be sold early the next morning. When Kong Rong and Ni Heng had not yet figured out how to write critical articles, Yang Xiu's article had spread throughout Chang'an and even began to expand to Sanfu. The printing workshop he cooperated with became famous. Someone immediately followed up, and new things like newspapers were promoted in Guanzhong.

It can be said that Yang Xiu laid the foundation of Guanzhong's newspaper industry alone and was a well-deserved pioneer.

The emperor lived in the palace and did not know the information outside. When Liu Ye reported to him with Yang Xiu's article, it was too late to control it. Forcibly banning it would only make people feel that the court was guilty and injuring it.

The emperor was furious and ordered Kong Rong, Ni Heng to speed up and quickly write an article to refute, and not let Yang Xiu speak alone. Liu Ye said, Kong Rong, no matter how fast Ni Heng is, he may not be faster than Yang Xiu. Instead of writing yours, I write mine, and confronting on paper, it is better to let them debate face to face once, and then form words and print them to the world to face the sound.
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