Chapter 200 Cooking Frogs in Warm Water


    After entering Cuijiazhuang, Fei Qian found that the Cuijia''s current situation seemed to be better than before. Not only did there seem to be more manpower, but most of the original dilapidated areas on the streets in the village had been repaired. Repair and replacement.


    ?Cui Hou led Fei Qian and Huang Zhong to sit down in the side hall of Cui''s house, and arranged for his servants to quickly prepare for the banquet.


    This time, whether it is from Fei Qian''s status as a nobleman or from the strength that Fei Qian has shown so far, it seems a little bit worse for Cui Hou to open the main hall to entertain, but the side hall of the Cui family is basically a little The problems are gone.


    The old man of the Cui family seemed to have never recovered from the stroke he suffered from anger, so it was inconvenient to attend, so Cui Hou was responsible for the reception. However, it can be seen that Cui Hou also successfully took over the leadership of the Cui family during this period. The Cui family also has a strong say in business.


    Although there is another Cui Jun in the Cui family who went to Xihe to be the prefect of the county, after all, Xihe County is located on the border and is harassed by Xianbei from time to time. Therefore, the focus of the Cui family naturally has to be on Luoyang. Moreover, Cui Jun has always been there before. Anonymous, all matters of the Cui family are taken care of by Cui Hou''s group. Even though Cui Jun''s current position is higher than Cui Hou''s, but the right to speak may not be easy to say in the future, but now it is still Cui Hou will be stronger.


    ??Chinese people have the habit of discussing things at the dinner table, so Fei Qian naturally started chatting with Cui Hou.


    As we chatted, we naturally talked about the current situation in Luoyang. The Cui family''s Cuijiazhuang is actually not very far from Luoyang City, so some changes in Luoyang City are of course something Cui Hou pays close attention to.


    The city wall of Luoyang City in the Eastern Han Dynasty was actually more like a large palace wall, because the South Palace and the North Palace of Luoyang City themselves occupied a large area, and then added various institutional departments for services, and then added The residences of some dignitaries…


    Therefore, the space inside the city is very limited. Many facilities and markets are gradually expanding outward based on the city wall. Many people, especially a large number of middle-level and low-level people, now live outside Luoyang City, which has also led to The walls of Luoyang City have lost most of their role in protecting the residents.


    ??So Yuan Wei''s strategy of completely collapsing Dong Zhuo when his troops came to the city was not wrong. When Luoyang City loses external supplements, only the people living within the large palace walls of Luoyang City are left, and the daily consumption of food and clothing is also staggering. After being surrounded for several days, even if Dong Zhuo still wants to fight to the death, Other dignitaries living in Luoyang will definitely attack in groups.


    And the current situation already has some signs of this.


    Food prices continue to rise.


    Food is an important pillar for the stability of a society. Food is the foundation of a country. For a big country, sufficient food is crucial.


    First of all, for the population, as long as there is sufficient food, the entire economy will not be subject to too much fluctuation, and the population can continue to grow on a stable basis. When the growth rate is greater than the increase in food, an outbreak will begin. Various questions.


    The overall increase in food now shows that, firstly, the population in Luoyang has exceeded its original load, and secondly, it means that the garrison of the Kanto gentry in Jujube has begun to affect Luoyang''s acquisition of external food.


    Of course, there is actually a lot of grain stored in the local Haoqiang Wubao in Luoyang. For example, Cuijiazhuang also stores a lot of grain in the caves dug into the mountains.


    But these grains also brought some troubles to the Cui family.


    Cui Hou said with a wry smile: "In the past few days, we have issued two ''transfer'' orders in a row, one for two hundred stones and one for three hundred stones. If this continues, no matter how much food we have, it will not be enough to ''transfer'' Yes..."


    There were two main sources of food for the army in the Han Dynasty. One was the "taxes" fixedly paid by the citizens, and the other was the "transfer" which was additionally apportioned by the people in the area.


    "Zhufu" are generally fixed and collected once a year, but this "adjustment" has no specific limit and is "adjusted" according to needs. But it is not possible to "adjust" endlessly. After all, food reserves are limited. If there are too many "adjustments", it will not be much different from robbery.


    Fei subconsciously realized that perhaps this was an obvious sign that Dong Zhuo was determined to evacuate Luoyang. Otherwise, if he planned to stay in Luoyang for a long time, he would have considered the public grievances and would not have easily done something like killing the goose that lays the goose to lay the egg. .


    Fei Qian said: "Brother Yongyuan, I''m afraid you are aware of this situation... Luoyang is about to change, and the drama of this change is probably indescribable..."


    Cui Hou shook his head and sighed: "General He''s chariot and horse overturned not long ago, and there are still traces, but now... Alas! When will it stop!" What happened during this period was indeed like a revolving door. He Jin had just been killed. Not long after Jian Shuo came to power, he was hacked to death; not long after the new emperor Liu Bian came to power, he was abdicated and replaced by Liu Xie; now in Cui Hou''s view, Dong Zhuo can''t be the prime minister for much longer, but he didn''t know that he would be replaced again It’s just who comes up...


    In fact, Cui Hou now has similar ideas to most of the powerful nobles near Luoyang City. After all, the Han Dynasty has established its capital in Luoyang for nearly two hundred years. Even if there are occasional troops directed at Luoyang, Luoyang City has always been in danger. , safe and sound, so in Cui Hou''s heart, at most something happened in the palace in the center of Luoyang City this time, and at most someone was going to stain the palace wall with blood again...


    ?As for a small character like himself, in Cui Hou''s concept, he just needs to endure this period of time. Whoever comes to power will still live like that anyway?


    "Brother Yongyuan, I''m afraid it won''t be that simple this time... If we talk about the former general He Jin''s death, it can only affect this range..." Fei Qian pointed to the plate on the table, and then gestured around the entire Hall, "Then the impact now will be so big..."


    Cui Hou''s little eyes widened a little and he said, "What do you mean by this, my dear brother?"


    "In the past, were these soldiers and horses gathering in Luoyang now? Soldiers and weapons..." Fei Qian did not say the next half of the sentence, because it is now obvious that Dong Zhuo, who is in Luoyang City, the center of the imperial court, None of the Guandong nobles gathered in Suanzao could be called virtuous people, let alone "saints who used it as a last resort."


    So the people who gathered these soldiers were actually the murderers who destroyed the order of the entire Han Dynasty...


    Cui Hou''s cheeks jumped twice and he said, "Brother Xian, did you say... a mutiny?"


    Fei Qian smiled bitterly and said: "Maybe... it''s even worse... It''s like boiling a frog in warm water. By the time you realize the water is hot, it''s too late..."


    "This..." Cui Hou''s eyes moved from side to side, obviously having difficulty accepting Fei Qian''s prediction...


    Okay, let’s talk about it, it was written by Teacher Luo——


    "But he said that Xuande has been troubled day and night since he lost Mrs. Gan."


    Ahem…


    PS: Everyone thinks that I must be accumulating manuscripts in the latest update. In fact, during this period of work, I have no time to write manuscripts. These are all written with great difficulty... It will be on the shelves this Friday, and I don’t have any manuscripts here... It’s really Troubles day and night…


    (End of this chapter)