Xu Fan was busy in the study at the moment, and he didn't know anything about what happened in front of the door, so Uncle Xu directly led Wang Ce to the study.

"Master, the third young master has arrived!" Uncle Xu retreated after looking at the tea.

"Sit down and wait until I've finished reading it." Xu Fan unfolded a letter and said intently while looking at it.

Wang Ce sat quietly and waited for a while, Xu Fan pasted a small note on the fold, which said his opinion, which means that the letter needs to be submitted to the emperor for decision after the fold, and the prime ministers can only put forward their opinions, and it can also be seen that the matter of the fold is quite important, and the prime minister cannot be self-sufficient.

Xu Fan closed the fold and asked Wang Ce, "How much grain did you bring this time?"

"Here came back two ships, a total of 20,000 stone of grain. Wang Ce replied.

"Okay! In this way, the crisis in Chang'an City will be completely solved! I will ask the grain shop to reduce the price of grain to 30 wen a bucket, and with 20,000 stone of grain, I want to see if those grain merchants can hold on. The coldness in Xu Fan's smile was not concealed in the slightest.

In the past few days, the grain merchants have felt the tough pressure of Xu Fan, and Xu Fan himself has not been exhausted.

Xu Fan also has his own team, but most of those people are old people who started a business with Li Longji decades ago, and most of these people have already become meritorious and powerful.

Some of these people have status and status, but they will not give up lightly in the face of such a good opportunity to make money.

At the beginning, it can be said that it was to give Xu Fan a face, and it was somewhat restrained, but later the patience of these people gradually disappeared, although it was not enough to stand up directly against Xu Fan, but it was common to do something in secret.

And Xu Fan himself knows that if the food crisis is not resolved, then the remaining friendship between them may really be wiped out.

Wang Ce, who knew that Yangzhou was in chaos, was not so optimistic: "Teacher, rest assured, several more ships have been launched in the shipyard in Shengzhou, and in a few days, 30,000 stone of grain will be sent to Chang'an." ”

Xu Fan thought for a while and said, "It's okay! This will be more secure, and the next grain will not have to be sent to Chang'an, the south is already a hard-hit area, and you yourself should reserve more." ”

"Yes. Wang Ce replied.

Seeing the teacher's appearance, it seemed that he had not yet received the news that Yangzhou was in chaos, and Wang Ce was thinking about whether to tell the matter. The reason he told Zheng Tai on the boat was naturally just an excuse, but now that the headache has happened, this so-called excuse is naturally no longer necessary.

It's just that before Wang Ce could speak, the door of the study was pushed open!

"First...... Sir, hurry, follow our family into the palace, the saint is urgent!" The relationship between Sun Desheng and Xu Fan is unusual, so Uncle Xu outside the door did not stop him, and he pushed the door open angrily, panting and saying.

"What's wrong?" Xu Fan was shocked, Sun Desheng looked like this, but I was afraid that something really happened!

"Something big happened! Yangzhou ...... Yangzhou has fallen!" When Hua Da entered the palace to report, Sun Desheng happened to be next to Li Longji.

Li Longji, who got the news, was naturally furious, and immediately hurriedly ordered Sun Desheng to leave the palace and urgently edict the three prime ministers and several veterans to enter the palace to discuss matters.

As soon as Sun Desheng came out of the hall, he hurriedly ordered a few palace people to go to other places to deliver the edict, and he personally came to deliver a letter to Xu Fan.

"What are you talking about? Yangzhou has fallen, what's going on?" Xu Fan was shocked, and immediately stood up, bypassed the desk, rushed to Sun Desheng's side, and asked.

"There is news from the internal guards that Yangzhou has fallen!" Sun Desheng emphasized again.

"Who did it?" After Xu Fan asked, he reacted instantly: "What did the remnants of the Yang family do?"

Sun Desheng nodded and said, "Not bad!"

"Where is the saint?" Xu Fan didn't have time to think about it, and immediately went to find Li Longji.

"The Holy Lord is waiting in the Hanyuan Palace!" replied Sun Desheng.

"Then don't leave quickly!" After speaking, Xu Fan was about to snatch the door.

There was a big incident in the imperial court, and the emperor recruited people to discuss matters, and this kind of affairs didn't seem to have any mystery, but Sun Desheng had a ghost in his heart, after all, he had also been to the south at the beginning, and he also hacked the emperor's large copper coins. Now that Yangzhou is in chaos, the reason for this is that Sun Desheng thinks that he seems to have something to do with himself, so he came to Xu Fan in a hurry to find a countermeasure.

However, Xu Fan didn't have the time to care about Sun Desheng's careful thoughts at this time, and he didn't allow Sun Desheng to ask questions, so he had to leave quickly. Just walked to the door, but remembered that Wang Ce was still there, so he turned around and said, "You can stay at home first!"

"No need......" Wang Ce was about to refuse, but Xu Fan suddenly understood something, turned around, stared at Wang Ce and asked, "You...... Didn't you already know?"

Facing the teacher's sharp eyes, Wang Ce dared not tell the truth, nodded stubbornly and said, "Yes......"

"Then why didn't you say it earlier?" Xu Fan roared.

"I just wanted to talk about it......" Wang Ce muttered with his head down.

"Hmph!" Xu Fan let out of his nostrils, and after calming down, he suddenly said: "Go!

"Huh, don't you need it......" Wang Ce smiled carelessly.

"Follow!" Xu Fan just replied coldly, not allowing Wang Ce to say anything.

"Oh......" Wang Ce knew that he couldn't escape, so he had to respond in despair.

Sun Desheng hurriedly entered the door, and only later did he find out that Wang Ce was also there, thinking in his heart, what he did seemed to be closer to Wang Ce and them, wouldn't it be better to ask them directly.

So, Sun Desheng immediately greeted Wang Ce with a smile: "It turns out that Brother Wang is here! Come on, come on, come here, ...... this way."

Xu Fan and his entourage did not take the Vermilion Bird Gate, but entered the palace from the Shunyi Gate, which was closer to the west of the imperial city.

When I hurried all the way to Hanyuan Palace, there were only Li Longji and Hua Da in the hall, and the other two prime ministers and several senior generals had not been able to come so quickly.

"You're here. Li Longji was in a bad mood, and his attitude was very cold.

"Holy Lord, what is the specific situation? What is the situation in Yangzhou City now?" Xu Fan asked impatiently as soon as he came in.

"You can ask Hua Da yourself!" Li Longji waved his hand impatiently.

Xu Fan then looked at Hua Da.

Hua Da replied: "The news just came that Yangzhou City has been captured! The government army of Yangzhou Military Government has been wiped out, and now the rebels are marching to the counties around Yangzhou. ”

When Xu Fan heard this, he was immediately angry: "How can this be? What do the defenders of Yangzhou City do to eat? Even a group of rabble can't beat it, and the imperial court has spent so much food and salary to feed them......"

"They don't have food!" Li Longji said indignantly, but then he thought that these things happened before Xu Fan took office, and he also took the opportunity to make a profit, and he was not confident enough, so he naturally couldn't get angry, so he had to turn his head.

Xu Fan was also awakened by this sentence, and his anger gradually subsided, recalling what Yangzhou had experienced in the past six months, and looking back at the current result, it was not surprising.

Just when the Hanyuan Hall fell silent, Li Linfu, Lin Xilie, and several highest-ranking generals in the court came one after another.

Subsequently, Hua Da once again introduced the current situation of Yangzhou City to everyone, and then Li Longji asked: "What do you think, say it!"

What the generals are most afraid of is that nothing happens, and when they encounter a rebellion, they are even closer than meeting their own father! A rough military general immediately stood up and shouted: "What is there to say about this? Of course it is a fight!"

The other was not to be outdone: "Yes, it's just a rabble, listening to Lord Hua's meaning, Yangzhou City turned out to be a dilapidated and dilapidated toss a long time ago, no wonder it will be taken lightly, even so, this rabble has nothing to worry about!"

"That's it, Holy Lord, let me lead 10,000 soldiers and horses, and it only takes a month to kill them without leaving a single piece of armor!"

"Half Moon!" Of course, there are more direct people......

Seeing that these old generals who usually don't say a word at the court meeting and the old gods are there are like naughty children at this moment, they are fighting in anger, and the three prime ministers are speechless for a while.

The most important military exploits in the Tang Dynasty, but in the Xuanzong Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty was at its peak, and the only wars were mostly on the frontier, Li Longji liked to use Hu generals, and the generals in the court were already hungry and thirsty!

Without military merit, the generals were not allowed to be promoted, and now that the civilian power is growing, the situation of the military generals in the court is becoming more and more difficult.

Now that a rebellion has finally appeared, and the opponent is a rabble, who doesn't love military exploits in vain?

"Okay!" Li Longji was so loud by the quarrel of this group of people that he interrupted the battle of the generals.

Turning his head to look at the three prime ministers sitting on the other side: "Prime minister, what do you think?"

Lin Xilie is the prime minister and is in charge of the military department, so naturally he will say it first.

"There is a rebellion in the imperial court, and the saint can only send capable generals to lead the troops to quell the rebellion, and the ministers will only do a good job in terms of food and salary, and the baggage!" Although Lin Xilie is in charge of the military department, he has no power in the army, he has no desire and no desire, and he doesn't know much about military affairs, so he naturally didn't dare to say more, and only said a few high-sounding clichés.

Seeing this, Li Longji frowned unhappily, and then looked at Li Linfu.

Li Linfu actually didn't know much about military affairs, but after all, he had been the prime minister for so many years, and he had also dealt with many major military affairs, and he knew that such major events were the most taboo to be in a hurry, so he said: "Holy Lord, now that Yangzhou City has fallen, even if we are in a hurry, it is useless, it is better to count the soldiers and horses and select good generals, and on the other hand, send more people to inquire about the information of the rebels, the more we know, the more beneficial it will be for us!"

"Hmm. Li Longji nodded with a little satisfaction, and finally looked at Xu Fan.

Xu Fan thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid that the matter in Yangzhou is not so simple. ”

Xu Fan didn't know much about military affairs, but Xu Fan knew the cause of the rebellion in Yangzhou City very well, and he felt in his heart that if this rebellion relied on force alone, he was afraid that it would be difficult to work.

"What's unusual?" asked Li Longji.

"This ......" Xu Fangang wanted to explain all the ins and outs to the emperor, so as to provide enough information for the emperor to make the right decision, but after thinking about it, when he acquiesced to Xu Chen's turf turmoil, he didn't have some selfish desires in his heart, and now these things are not easy to say in public.

"My student, he just came from Shengzhou, he is very close to Yangzhou, he knows more, why don't you let him explain it to the saint......" Xu Fan had no choice but to carry Wang Ce out, thinking that you should always stand up and face the things you caused yourself.