Chapter 313: Inside Yanzhou
Da Qiao's eyes turned around. It was not a good thing for Xiao Qiao to be rude. He was completely obsessed with it. He must find a way to change Xiao Qiao's view of Guo Jia, and at least make Xiao Qiao more objective, and not hearsay. Just determine what is said outside. So Da Qiao spoke and suggested,
"It's better to do this. Let's talk to Guo Jia's concubines and see how Guo Jia treats them. From their mouths, we can naturally tell what Guo Jia is like. Once you really marry him, how will he treat you, sister."
"This, they are all Guo Jia's people, so they won't deliberately talk to Guo Jia, are they?" Xiao Qiao asked with a little hesitation.
Da Qiao smiled and asked,
"If you marry Guo Jia like this, would you ask if you would deliberately help him? Besides, we didn't ask directly, we just stumbled on the wrong side. Whether it was true or false, as long as we were a little serious, we would naturally see it."
Da Qiao's words finally completely convinced Xiao Qiao. Anyway, he just talked to Guo Jia's wives and concubines, and went to see the "victim" without having to see Guo Jia, the "abuse". It should be no big deal.
Afterwards, Da Qiao got up from the bed, dressed up briefly, and then went with Xiao Qiao to secretly find Guo Jia's wives and concubines. Because women in this era are "not allowed to go to the table", even if they visit together, when Guo Jia and Qiao Xuan met, Diao Chan and others could only drink tea in the side hall, and only Zuo Ci and Dian Wei could enter the main seat with Guo Jia.
As the young lady of the Qiao family, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao secretly came to Diao Chan and others in the side hall without affecting the conversation between Guo Jia and others before, so there was naturally no problem at all.
Besides, as the master, the man receives the man and the woman receives the woman. If it weren't for Guo Jia, he might have proposed a marriage. This is definitely a normal thing.
At the same time, there was also a "small" problem within Yanzhou. Due to Guo Jia's temporary departure, Cao Cao did not bring Xun Yu with him this time when he went to war. However, problems arose during the period when Xun Yu handled the internal affairs and supported Cao Cao in the rear.
Those who cause trouble can no longer be considered unfair, yes. The one who causes problems is Bianzhang!
I don’t know if I saw problems occurring in the north, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, but Rang followed suit and began to make small moves secretly. Of course, the bigger possibility is that Bangsun misjudged the situation. It can be said that almost all those who engage in internal sabotage and ultimately failed encounter this problem.
After all, if you knew you would fail from the beginning, who would risk losing your head to do things that would inevitably fail? These people thought they would succeed at the beginning, or that they would have a high probability of success, so they would take the risk of doing a big shot!
Think about it, at that time, Yuan Shu ran to copy Cao Cao's base camp with Liu Biao in front of Cao Cao as a restraint. Anyone would think that Cao Cao was in danger. If Yuan Shu didn't even have the confidence to win, he would take the initiative to come to him. Not only Yuan Shu thought so himself, but many people thought so at that time.
Even if Liu Biao took the opportunity to attack Nanyang later, the victory or defeat of Yuan Shu and Cao Cao was not easy to say. At most, it would be a loss. It would be a loss. Not only did Liu Biao think so, but many people thought so at that time.
So. If you want to create something within Cao Cao at this critical moment, then the winner will inevitably be Yuan Shu, and the loser will definitely be Cao Cao!
In this way, while not only can he succeed in getting rid of Cao Cao, a guy he hates, he can also make great contributions to Yuan Shu in advance, then his future position under Yuan Shu will definitely be very extraordinary.
Because the situation was urgent, I could not hesitate for a moment, otherwise who would know what would happen, so I did it when I thought about it. Here I have to talk about a background, that is, although Guo Jia had inquired about a tax reduction system for official positions before leaving, which made most of the local gentry in Yanzhou work under Cao Cao one after another. However, there was a big conflict with Cao Cao, especially Xi Zhicai. According to the ancient concept of face, or in the eyes of Bian Rang and others, this was a matter of integrity.
The so-called wealth and honor cannot be lust, poverty and humbleness cannot be moved, and power and force cannot be betrayed. It is just a small tax reduction system for official positions. This obvious conspiracy will not be deceived! If you say you don’t do things under your Cao Cao’s command, then you don’t do things under your Cao Cao’s command! Therefore, the family’s income must have been affected to a certain extent, which can be regarded as the material key to the anti-Cao Cao.
But Bian Rang did not serve under Cao Cao's command and had no rights. If he only relied on his relationship, he wanted to do some damage that could affect the situation of the war. It would probably be destroyed by Cao Cao's people before it was done. So, in this situation, what is the only thing Bian Rang could do with the greatest influence?
That’s right! It’s food and grass!
This was the first year that Cao Cao absorbed the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou. The military farming had not achieved absolute results. It was the period when Cao Cao was most short of food. Because of the war, the food and grass inside Cao Cao became very tense. This was also the reason why Cao Cao had to keep Xun Yu in the base camp. If Xun Yu had not "manage his family with his own principles", he would have accumulated a lot of small places, and gathered the wasted food and grass together, and then pieced it together, which made Cao Cao on the front line persist.
Think about it, in such a severe situation, what if the Bianzhang tribe, who is a big grain payer, suddenly stops taxing? How important is food and grass to fight? It doesn’t need to be specifically explained. There are countless examples of the advantages of food and grass in history, but they were defeated in the end, otherwise there wouldn’t be a special plan to burn or rob grain.
Moreover, once the Bian gives up such a head, some gentry clans in Yanzhou who are also dissatisfied with Cao Cao may still follow suit. A spark can set off a prairie fire. Just the Bian clan is enough to make Cao Cao's supply of food and grass insufficient. If there are other gentry clans with Bian clan, Cao Cao will definitely face a food crisis.
At that time, can Cao Cao still be Yuan Shu's opponent? Even if Yuan Shu is short of food because of Liu Biao, how could Cao Cao stop Yuan Shu with collusion between inside and outside? Bian Rang saw great hope, so he did it decisively!
Of course, while letting this person have some tricks or cleverness, he pretended to burn his own food and grass, and made a scene of no food supply due to accidental lack of food. He also wrote letters to other familiar gentry members, asking them to use various reasons, such as if the food and grass were damp, even if they could not be paid, they should at least try to minimize the amount of food they handed over. With the accumulation of small amounts and a lot, Cao Cao would inevitably face a huge food crisis!
If Bian Rang's plan really succeeded, then Cao Cao would probably have to stage a story about killing Wang Wu in advance.
Chapter completed!