The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 297 Volume Loss of Money

"This is the daughter of the Zhen family. I have come to see Your Majesty for an important matter."

Even if it is a gift of a girl, you can't just say it is a gift of a girl.

Feng Ji even made room for Zhen Mi to stand in the middle, in the most conspicuous place, for the emperor to see her.

Zhen Mi bowed slightly at this moment and saluted again.

"Your Majesty, I run a small business in Hebei. I am honored to meet you today, but I am very happy."

Zhen Mi not only has a beautiful appearance, but also a pleasant voice.

He held his tongue without spitting out his words, and his breath was like a quiet orchid.

That boy Cao Zhi did not exaggerate Zhen Mi's beauty at all.

If there is such a beautiful girl with a soft body lying next to you with her clothes half undressed, there is really no man who would not be tempted.

Liu Xie also found it funny when he heard Zhen Mi say that her family was just running a small business.

By doing a small business, she could actually become Yuan Shao’s daughter-in-law, or even the queen of Cao Wei?
In this regard, Liu Xie also roughly judged what kind of person Zhen Mi was——

Beautiful and charming.

Lies are deadly.

Smart, but if she met a man who was smarter than her, Zhen Mi would probably be in trouble...

No wonder Cao Pi wanted to kill Zhen Mi. If Liu Xie had such a beautiful and dangerous Concubine Yu in his harem, Liu Xie would probably be very annoyed.

Thinking of this, Liu Xie suddenly became a little bored and felt that the four concubines in his own harem were more likable.

"Since you are doing business on Yuan Shao's territory, why are you looking for me?"

The emotional gap between Liu Xie's two sentences was so great that even Zhen Mi couldn't react for a moment.

Just now I was still praising her as “graceful as a startled swan, graceful as a swimming dragon”. Why is it now involving “Yuan Shao”?

Once "Yuan Shao" was involved, some vague things were revealed, making the two sides stand on opposite sides completely.

Zhen Mi didn't expect that the emperor would make such a big turn, and she was a little confused.

Feng Ji, who originally thought that the situation was good, could only stand up again and help smooth things over: "Your Majesty, when merchants do business, what they look at is not who the territory belongs to, but whether a region is stable."

"Although the Zhen family does business in Hebei, they also have business dealings with Hedong. Now the atmosphere between Hedong and Hebei is becoming increasingly tense, and there is a fear that war will break out again... Therefore, I, together with the Zhen family, have come to see Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty to curb your warlike heart and make a fresh start with the people!"

Speak out!

Feng Ji finally made his purpose known...

armistice!

The reason for the ceasefire is that they do not want the people to suffer from war anymore!
When Liu Xie heard Feng Ji's words, he did not mock him, but nodded solemnly.

"I also cannot bear to see the people suffer from war again."

A look of joy appeared on Feng Ji's face.

"So, please go to Yecheng for me and tell Yuan Shao to stop resisting and surrender immediately, so that the people of both places will not suffer from the war. In view of his kindness to the people of Hebei, I can guarantee to leave him a son. From now on, every year during the twelfth lunar month, someone will burn incense for him, so that Yuan Shao will not become a lonely ghost."

Feng Ji's smile disappeared without a trace.

He could only bite the bullet and say: "I am not that capable."

Liu Xie chuckled: "Then do you have the ability to convince me not to attack Hebei?"

"Why?"

"Everywhere the sun and moon shine, wherever the rivers flow, all this is Han territory!"

"From the time I was born till now, I have not yet been to Jieshi in the east to look at the vast ocean... Who do you think is to blame for this?"

Feng Ji was about to defend Yuan Shao from his perspective, but the emperor's tone suddenly became dangerous.

"Think before you speak."

"You are here to see me as a merchant from Hebei. I can tolerate you."

"But if you come to see me as an envoy under Yuan Shao... heh!"

Yuan Shao is a traitor to the Han Dynasty.

Yuan Shao's subordinates were naturally also traitors to the Han Dynasty.

Since he's a traitor... then what's the point of talking to him? Wouldn't it be more satisfying to just kill him with a knife?

Feng Ji's face was full of frustration at this moment.

Now he finally understood why the emperor did not allow him to enter Guanzhong as Yuan Shao's envoy.

He did not enter Guanzhong as an envoy, but only as a private merchant. In fact, he just used a piece of cloth to block Feng Ji's mouth.

After blocking the way, the emperor could slap Feng Ji in the face without restraint.

If Feng Ji dared to take out the cloth strip, he would be mercilessly beheaded in public...

Therefore, no matter what the emperor said, Feng Ji had to accept it.

Because his current identity is no longer a subject of Yuan Shao, but just a merchant in Hebei.

Seeing that Feng Ji wanted to speak but didn't dare to, and his face was turning purple, Liu Xie finally spoke again, to prevent Feng Ji from fainting from lack of oxygen.

"You came here because of the war in Hebei. I guess you are worried that once the war starts, it will affect your business?"

"I don't know how big your business is, but you've come all the way to find me? Could it be that I'll let you lose three million hu of rice?"

!

Feng Ji didn't care about the frustration he had just felt, he just felt a shock in his heart!
Your Majesty, let’s negotiate the terms!

After all, the emperor could have said something else, but he had to talk about three million hu of rice!

This amount is exactly the amount of grain that Gongsun Zan stored in Yijing City!

When the emperor said this number, Feng Ji knew that the emperor really knew that Yuan Shao was going to attack Gongsun Zan, and that was why he was preparing to send troops to attack Hebei!

And now that the emperor has brought up this number again, there is no doubt that he is negotiating terms with Yuan Shao.

Three million hu of grain!

As long as we can make a deal, we will not attack Hebei!
……

Feng Ji is so confused at this moment!

He thought the emperor would have a big appetite.

But I didn’t expect it to be this big!

Three million hu of grain!

That is three million shi of grain!
Gongsun Zan was able to gather this amount of grain because of his previous accumulation when he once dominated four states! As for now, who can come up with three million dan of grain at once?
Yuan Shao might be able to...

But if he really handed over 3 million shi of grain to the court, Yuan Shao would rather just admit defeat to the court!

"His Majesty……"

Feng Ji smiled bitterly: "How can there be so many as three million stones?"

"The two million koku?"

"..."

"That's one million koku! No way? There's not even one million koku?"

Liu Xie looked at Feng Ji speechlessly: "Are you here to amuse me?"

……

One million shi of grain!
Who is making fun of whom?

Feng Ji was gritting his teeth at this moment: "It's just a small business, there really isn't that much food."

"However, I brought many rare treasures with me this time. If they were converted into grain, their value would be hundreds of thousands of stones of grain..."

"Ah."

Liu Xie sneered.

This is a chaotic time!

Food is the most valuable thing!
Rare and precious treasures?

Can that thing be eaten?
And Feng Ji said that those treasures could be worth hundreds of thousands of shi of grain...

If it were a peaceful and prosperous time now, Liu Xie would believe it.

But in these troubled times, only a fool would exchange food for rare treasures.

Treasures that were originally worth hundreds of thousands of dan are now worth tens of thousands of dan of grain. That's just blindness on the part of the buyer...

Otherwise, why didn't Yuan Shao directly transport the grain to bribe himself, the emperor?
……

In fact, when Feng Ji saw the dilapidated Weiyang Palace, he knew that the emperor was not a person who liked money.

So, Feng Ji looked up at this moment, and nodded slightly to the side, indicating that the emperor should look at Zhen Mi beside him.

"she?"

Liu Xie pointed at Zhen Mi in astonishment.

"She is a person! That means she has one more mouth to feed! She is a money-loser!"

"Feng Ji, are you really here to entertain me?"

Feng Ji opened his mouth slightly at this moment.

no……

Zhen Mi, the most coveted treasure, turned out to be of a value of... negative in the eyes of the emperor?
no……

Feng Ji was already in a state of panic at this moment! And Zhen Mi also revealed her true feelings for the only time since she entered the palace -

angry!

Zhen Mi doesn't mind being compared to a commodity.

But at the very least, I should be priceless, right?

As a result, the emperor actually said that he was a money-loser???
Zhen Mi was trembling all over now, but when she thought that the person sitting above was the emperor, she quickly suppressed her emotions.

"Feng Ji, I won't hide it from you."

Liu Xie chose to "show his cards".

"I will not sit idly by and watch Gongsun Zan be conquered by Yuan Shao."

"On your way to and from Guanzhong, you should have seen that I transported a large amount of money and grain to Hedong."

"Unless Yuan Shao withdraws his troops, I will definitely fight this battle."

Feng Ji cried out sadly at this moment: "Don't you love your own people?"

Liu Xie was speechless: "When Yuan Shao attacked Hedong and almost killed me, and when he colluded with the Xiongnu to plunder the people of Hedong, why didn't you scold Yuan Shao for not loving the people?"

Feng Ji is now at his wit's end!

"Your Majesty! The two places just ended the war last year. Is it really impossible for them to live in peace?"

……

Liu Xie saw that he had already pushed Feng Ji to the limit, and if he pushed him any further he might drive Feng Ji crazy, so he finally withdrew his pressure and showed a turning point -

"It's not like there's no other way."

What a twist!

Feng Ji looked at the emperor hopefully.

"First, go and depose the emperor of Hedong for me."

Feng Ji quickly shook his head.

If Yuan Shao dared to do this, he would be completely abandoned by the Hebei gentry.

Liu Xie didn't care because this was just his smokescreen.

"Second, Yuan Shao must pay to repair Luoyang! It is the capital of the Han Dynasty after all, and I cannot let it go to waste."

Feng Ji's brows finally relaxed.

Compared with the emperor’s previous unreasonable conditions, this one was a bit outrageous, but at least it was within Yuan Shao’s tolerance.

"Third, after Luoyang is repaired, have Liu He go to the Luoyang ancestral temple in person to apologize to our ancestors!"

This one is also a smokescreen.

The third article merely supplements the purpose of the second article.

The purpose of managing Luoyang was just to offer sacrifices to the ancestral temple and the ancestors of the Liu family, not for any military purpose.

With one or three of these as a cover, Liu Xie's purpose could be concealed.

Repairing Luoyang is really just to offer sacrifices to the ancestral temple and show my filial piety!

You guys, you must believe in me!

(End of this chapter)