After seeing Deng Zhi off and Liu Ba, Li Su returned to the inner house and wanted to find the concubine Wen Cang to relax. By the way, he asked about the progress of finding the female family members of the aristocratic family to inquire about the information.

But before he saw Zhou Ying, he asked Xiuser, and was told that his sister was still in a different courtyard. Li Su asked Xiuser to knead him first, and wait for a while.

...

"My sister doesn't like to host the palace maids released from the palace. Just tell me that, how big is this? It's not that our right general's mansion can't afford to support it - but those sent to you last time are not in the way, right?

Your husband was the first to be a filial and honest man, and he was just a doctor and didn't come out to do things. It was a waste of talent. Isn't it nice to go to the right general to do some training next month?"

In the Li Mansion Villa, Zhou Ying and Yang Xiu's wife Lin enjoyed refreshments while saying words to win over. Lin also nodded frequently. After getting along with each other these days, she had been attracted by the paintings of Zhou Ying.

Her husband Yang Xiugang was called a filial and honest man, and he really had no responsibilities. If he had a chance to make meritorious service, his career would be smoother, which is also a good thing.

She replied, "That's good, thank you sister. The Right General, but if you need to do an envoy for the court, my husband is convenient and smart, and can serve. As for the palace maids I sent last time, I will give it to him. It was my mother-in-law who stayed there. She was old and couldn't serve my father-in-law. It was a few palace maids who served their daily life, but I didn't stay in my room anyway."

Lin said this, obviously he also understood the number of opportunities for meritorious service in various positions in the officialdom. Since ancient times, it has been easy to get a higher level and starting point in diplomatic affairs. Yang Xiu's family background is suitable for this, so he is not likely to be detained.

As for the palace maid, as long as you don’t steal her husband.

Zhou Ying nodded and laughed, while recalling the list of questions her husband explained a few days ago in her heart. She felt that it was the last sensitive question to ask:

"Your Yang family is also the third duke of four generations. If the son of Dezu was young and promising, it would be impossible for the third duke of five generations to come. The king and the right general also wanted to rely on it. Unfortunately, the small misunderstanding that the former general killed Mr. Dezu's cousin when he was trying to revive Luoyang..."

The former general in Zhou Ying's mouth naturally refers to Guan Yu, which was just signed by Liu Xie last month.

When Guan Yu revived Luoyang, he killed Yang Yi, who was ordered by Dong Zhuo to take over as Henan Yin, and was responsible for setting fire to the city of Luoyang. This was an old revenge that Liu Bei's camp and Hongnong Yang family could not avoid. Although it was not an important task, he had to speak out so that he could appear sincere.

Moreover, this kind of topic is not suitable for mentioning it when men talk about serious matters, as there is no room for maneuver. A group of women are just right to talk about this.

Of course, Lin knew the importance, and before Zhou Ying could continue, he continued as if nothing had happened: "Hey, Uncle Six... To be honest, my Dezu gave me some face and called Uncle Six. When Yang Yi obeyed Dong Zhuo's order to take over as Yin of Henan, he almost angered my father-in-law to death, and even said that the family was unfortunate. Besides, fortunately, the former general saved Luoyang City at that time. Isn't it better if you just surrender to the rebel army directly?

However, Yang Yi may not have figured it out, and he was afraid that Hongnong land would be in the hands of Dong Zhuo. If he didn't listen to Dong Zhuo's orders, the monk would not be able to escape, and the old family would be... all over. Anyway, whenever my father-in-law and Dezu talked about this, they would say that such big troubles were made, and they would rather sacrifice their lives for justice than burn the ancestral temple. The former general killed Yang Yi and preserved the reputation of our Yang family. It was the best of both worlds.

Our Yang family has to rely on others if they take Hongnong, but now it is not as good as before. Dezu often tells me that although Duan Pingdong is cautious, Dong Guojiu is arrogant and frivolous... Hi, my wife, why are you talking about this?"

Lin said this very straightforwardly, and Yang Biao and Yang Xiu's attitudes seemed to be well-founded, and the probability of making a falsification should not be high. In other words, at least the Yang family has carefully considered how to avoid this historical account.

Zhou Ying was not responsible for the final judgment, but just recorded it silently, said some homely words for a while, and gave some fruits for Lin to take away.

"In this way, I have talked to people from several branches of Wei. The stupid women of Wei didn't say anything, and they actually thought that their husbands really valued Wang Bi recently. Only Du is left. Most of the people in the clan need to settle in the counties controlled by Yuan Shu, and they don't come to visit them. It's hard to invite them... Let your husband find another way."

Zhou Ying finally sorted out the results of the past few days in her mind and prepared to report to Li Su.

...

"In this way, Yang Biao and Yang Xiu are not optimistic about Dong Cheng. They think that Dong Chengde is not worthy of his position and will not be in charge of the bureau. Sooner or later, he will be more serious than Wang Yun. Yang Biao and Yang Xiu are smart. This is what I have seen. The other companies have a little bit of knowledge."

Of course, Li Su is much more knowledgeable than Zhou Ying. After listening to Zhou Ying's vividly talk about the performance of the female family in each family, he quickly came to his own judgment. The conclusion is similar to Zhou Ying's opinion, but the details are richer.

Zhou Ying was also stunned when she heard it. Unexpectedly, her husband could hear more hidden meanings from these remarks than the first listener.

She didn't dare to talk too much, so she listened quietly to Li Su's final analysis conclusion: "In this way, the Yang family should have completely abandoned their expectations for Dong Cheng. They knew that he would not last long and knew how to take the team.

As for the Wei family, they only had the kindness of making friends with Wang Bi at the beginning. Li Jue was in power for two years and also protected Wang Bi, so the king must repay his kindness this time. Now it seems that Wei Kang's lineage is against us, and Wei Huang is innocent. It is better to clear the settlement at that time. Don't implicate it too much, and calm people's hearts.

According to your opinion, Wei Ji's lineage is determined to collude with Wei Kang - I guess Wei Ji just can't let go of his old grudges and must have wanted to take Yuan Shao as a way out. In addition to Wei Ji, the other branches of Wei family that did not share the benefits of the Salt Lake in Jie County, Hedong may not be united. If it is possible to forgive, you can also consider winning over. Unfortunately, Wei Ji is the largest branch of the Wei family, and others are not worth much.

Du Ling, I will find a way. In a few days, I will lead troops to the Du Ling border and invite Qiao Rui's family to have a banquet to discuss the disaster relief of Jingzhao. At that time, everyone will bring two families of Jingzhao families to accompany them, which will be considered as their own peace of mind. At that time, we will see Du's people."

Qiao Rui is a subordinate of Yuan Shu, and he and Li Su are naturally not in charge of each other. However, the jurisdictions of both sides are intertwined. Li Su has eight counties in Jingzhao and five counties in Qiao Rui, and there is no danger in the middle. If there is a conflict, Qiao Rui will definitely not be able to withstand it.

Li Su was the Jingzhao Yin appointed by Liu Xie's imperial edict, and Qiao Rui was just a fake person. Li Su invited him with courtesy and dared not not to come to the appointment.

However, Qiao Rui definitely did not dare to come to Chang'an City, for fear of being detained, and Li Su could not go to Duling County. Both sides could only choose a beautiful place to have a picnic and have a picnic in the Shanglinyuan ruins between Chang'an City and Duling County. They each brought some guards and made an appointment to "go to the meeting alone".

Shanglin Garden is the royal garden of the Han Dynasty. It was built in the third year after Emperor Wu of Han ascended the throne. However, Shanglin Garden covers an area of ​​very wide, with a total area of ​​more than 300 square kilometers, so it almost covers the entire Duling County - Duling is the tomb of Emperor Xuan of Han, which is already the grandson of Emperor Wu of Han, so it was the first Shanglin Garden and later Duling. Emperor Xuan of Han found a high place in his grandfather's garden and buried it.

To put it bluntly, even the Du family Du family were originally from other places in the late Western Han Dynasty. Because the court cracked down on the powerful, it forced the wealthy families in other counties to guard the tombs, allowing them to plant the imperial villages next to the tombs, but they were exempted from taxes, with the price of "service instead of taxes", that is, the price of tax exemption was to allow them to provide manpower and materials to ensure that the surface buildings of the imperial tombs were repaired and renovated all year round and to ensure that the sacrifices of Duling were made in the four seasons.

Later, the Western Han Dynasty perished, and the old imperial tombs around Chang'an were renovated and sacrificed, and the new imperial court in Luoyang was too lazy to care about it. Therefore, the Duling and Du family families relied on the tax-free policy that was still used to make money bigger and bigger. While exempting tax, they cut corners on the construction of imperial tombs and sacrifices to complete the original accumulation.

After hearing this, Zhou Ying breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that at least the work she had given was done, and all those who could find out were found. If the rest were worried about her husband, she would not worry about making a mistake.

Zhou Ying thoughtfully helped Li Su knead her temples and said sensiblely: "I can't help my husband more, and I have to trouble my husband to personally invite Qiao Rui to Shanglinyuan for the meeting."

Li Su smiled indifferently: "I was going to invite Qiao Rui to showdown these days - I was going to mid-June to raise the grain price of Chang'an in mid-June, and welcome merchants from all over the country to sell grain at high prices to Chang'an to provide disaster relief.' The news was conveyed to Yuan Shu and Liu Biao through Qiao Rui.

What's more, Qiao Rui was nominally Jingzhao Yin, and he didn't want the five counties under his control to starve people to death on a large scale, so he should have to worry about it. I have learned about it this time. At least we are still building canals to rush locusts, and we can more or less rescue some food. Qiao Rui is a military general, and Yuan Shu lacks talented people who are good at internal affairs rectification, so no one can rescue the people at all.

The five counties in Jingzhao controlled by Yuan Shu are actually more likely to suffer than us, but the autumn harvest is not yet reached, so there is no difference. After the autumn harvest comes, the high and the bottom will be judged immediately. I am willing to take the lead in coordinating this matter, and Qiao Rui should thank me. Everyone brings their female relatives, so Qiao Rui is relieved that I am not trying to use force to attract people."

Li Su was in a good mood, so she took advantage of the situation and showed off her woman with a show of "imitating Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi's secret disaster relief method" that she said to Liu Ba and Deng Zhi just now.

When Zhou Ying heard that her husband wanted to "make the grain prices in Chang'an soar and lure merchants to come and sell grain from afar", her first reaction was also dumbfounded and unable to understand, and her reaction was worse than Liu Ba.

Li Su proudly explained a lot of deductions to her, and she seemed to understand it but not.

But this is normal. It is good for a woman to learn how to socialize. How can she understand economics and business?

Zhou Ying was just concerned about her husband and was afraid that her husband would cause trouble. After thinking about it, she said with concern: "Husband, even if this matter is as wonderful as you said, it can save the people, but the people never know that 'if you don't do this, how miserable they will end up being'. This kind of thing is probably thankless.

I don’t understand any great principles and don’t read much. I only know how to use Bian Que’s magical skills. I want to treat my illness before I get sick, but I’m still afraid of medical treatment by Mr. Cai Huan. The ignorance of the people is more than Mr. Cai Huan, and the magical skills of the husband may not be revealed by Bian Que…”

Li Su waved his hand: "Your words are similar to Deng Zhi, but Deng Zhi is afraid that our family will be too slow to liquidate, so he will give them time to spread rumors and cause trouble. As long as you have the official implementation, you can pinch the source of the rumors and provoke trouble. I naturally have a conclusion in my mind."

Zhou Ying heard Deng Zhi think about it, so she didn't say much. She just served Li Su well that night to relieve his fatigue.

But it’s true that the three of them became tigers. When Zhou Ying thought of this, Li Su couldn’t help but reflect on the next day - why did even Deng Zhi and Zhou Ying think of it, but Liu Ba didn’t remind him at that time?

Liu Ba's insight into economic laws should be far higher than Deng Zhi and Zhou Ying.

Women who are familiar with history books can see that Liu Ba will not have insufficient IQ.

After having this idea, Li Su couldn't help but think deeply, and then he was shocked: "Damn, Liu Ba took the blame for the reform of the renting and mediocre law last year, and he didn't want to take the blame again this time, right? If he also saw the risks here, wouldn't he be afraid that I would ask him to propose the evil policy of "raising grain prices" in his name, and if something happens, he will take the blame?

Even Liu Ba is so eager for profit and avoiding harm. Could it be that he really thinks that this matter will leave a bad reputation and will not be vain, so even if the king supports him, he doesn’t want to take the initiative to get involved?"

When Li Su thought of this, he couldn't help but feel unwilling.

Indeed, the most feared thing for the doctor to treat him before he was sick was that he could not prove his contribution. Instead, because the patient was not sick, he thought he had received a few acupuncture and took a few bitter medicine in vain, but instead blamed the doctor.

But Li Su has not set up a control group experiment yet. In fact, to prove that his economic theory is correct, there is the easiest way to set up a control group experiment.

For example, if I did nothing, more than one million people in Jingzhao would starve to death by 200,000 to 300,000 to 200,000 to 300,000 to rush to famine. If Li Su raised the grain prices in some areas in advance, the other areas would not deal with it as an "experimental control group".

Then, the 150,000 people who should starve to death in the early price increase area may only starve to death by 10,000 to 100,000 to 150,000 in the early price increase area will still starve to death by 100,000 to 150,000,000, and the people will definitely remember Li Su's goodness in the future.

It doesn't matter if Wei Kang and Wei Ji who are picking on the lead in spreading rumors, as the people's eyes will be bright at that time.

But the problem is that in order to prove Li Su's correctness, the price of starving 100,000 people to death in vain was not worth it.

From beginning to end, Li Su's treatment methods suppress the patient in an asymptomatic state. How can this person thank you?

However, after thinking about it, Li Su felt that it would be better to have a boat at the bridge. In order to prove his correctness, he would die 100,000 more people. He still couldn't do such a cruel and ruthless thing.
Chapter completed!