91 Survive in chaos

"But in this situation, there are more and more mouths to eat, less and less food, and those who have food are unwilling to donate, so if you want not to starve to death, you can only ......," Inspector Shi Cui Liang said slowly.

"Don't babble and say nothing." Yu Wenxian said impatiently.

"Uh...... Didn't the secret envoy of the Fishless Prison already hand over the silver taels that Ruan Hong had embezzled to His Highness? Moreover, the government has recently issued an order, and those who raise the price of grain will be severely punished, and the price of grain on the market has also been lowered by the officials. Cui Liang asked tentatively. Then everyone else looked at Yu Wenxian, expecting his decision.

Yu Wenxian looked at the people who were deliberating, shook his head, and said: "This duke will give you a secret, the silver taels handed over to this duke by the secret envoy are 1.73 million taels, and the imperial court has allocated 500,000 taels, a total of 2.23 million taels of silver, and this duke will not use a single cent to buy grain!" If this road does not work, you should not count on it. ”

Cui Liang and Wu Ze didn't know what to do, Zhang Hu and Song Ting were silent, only Ji Xin said: "Yes, just more than two million taels of silver, you have to make careful calculations for river control, war preparation, and spring ploughing, where can you care about buying grain from those rich businessmen?" ”

"If you buy grain with money, and next year there will be another flood in the rainy season, and the river banks will fall into disrepair, and the rivers will be silted, and won't it be another year of famine? Such a vicious circle, the more you consume, the more you lose. Yin Jun added.

"That's right, we don't need people to fight at that time, we will mess up ourselves. Take the money to buy food, and drink to quench your thirst. Besides, although the price of grain has dropped, people don't sell it, saying that there is no more in the warehouse, what can you do with others? Dane said.

"In the end, I will go directly to the homes of those people to borrow them, and if I don't borrow them, I will arrange a crime and arrest them, and see if they borrow or not?" Song Ting said.

"General Song, this is no different from a robber, we are an official. Besides, those people, don't you know who is behind those people? Zhang Hu asked rhetorically.

"Speaking of which, it's that Ji Anhou, this person, we really have to be cautious in dealing with it, and we can't mess around." Yu Wenxian is a bit of a mouse-thrower.

"Then what should I do, people die every day outside the city, the warehouses in the city, and the temples are full of food, especially those bald donkeys, who are too lazy to do not move, and still occupy so much food, I really want to rob it!"

"Like last time, inside and outside? Robbing the rich and helping the poor? Yin Jun asked.

"In the temple, you mean there is food in the temple? Isn't that right, the imperial court is issuing an order to check illegal temples all over the country, and Chang'an has checked a lot, so we can also check Jingzhou, the name is right, the teacher is famous, and those temples are raided, won't there be food? Dane said a little excitedly.

"That's a good idea, but it's still not in place." Ji Xin thought about it and said.

"Please tell me about Mr. Ji." Yu Wenxian said.

"Your Royal Highness, to say a word, although the imperial court ordered to check the temple, Chang'an did a good job, but the strength and scope are limited, and some places are to put those temple properties in the left pocket and the right pocket, which has not brought actual benefits to the people at all. This should be a long-term and thorough national policy, and the imperial court should investigate and do more, not a gust of wind and a fire. What does Your Highness think? Ji Xin asked.

"What Mr. said is the truth, this thorough investigation did not achieve the original intention, but has become a means for some people to accumulate money. His Majesty asked my father to come here this time, firstly, for disaster relief, and secondly, to thoroughly investigate these temples. Yu Wenxian asked.

"Don't dare, just now General Song said that in the name of the inventory, take away their grain and rice, and give relief to the victims, the biggest advantage of this method is to put the two things entrusted by the saint together and do it......"

"Then don't do it, what are you waiting for?" Song Ting rudely interrupted.

"General Song, don't be in a hurry, please finish your words." Yu Wenxian laughed.

"That's it, what are you anxious about?" Zhang Hu also advised.

"Okay, then I'll move on." Ji Xin said again: "In the name of inventory to get grain, we still lack some confidence, at present there are more than 100 temples in Jingzhou, and there are more than a dozen in Jiangling, all of which are donated by some nobles to do good deeds, and some nobles are still from Chang'an, and these temples don't know how much to pay tribute to these nobles every year." We forcibly went to investigate, and the resistance we encountered was definitely not small, and besides, as our subordinates, we also had to consider His Highness, in this way, His Highness offended a lot of people, and he was still in the target of the public, and he would cause trouble for His Highness. ”

When Ji Xin said this, Yu Wenxian was surprised, if he did this, he would cut off the financial route of many people and offend many people. But this was just a flash of thought, and he immediately said: "As long as the people are full, what are I afraid of if I Yu Wenxian offends a few people!" ”

"His Royal Highness is selfless, brave and fearless, let me admire!" Ji Xin arched his hand and said: "But it's not enough to have enthusiasm for doing things, you still have to pay attention to strategy." Even if His Royal Highness doesn't think about himself, he has to think about His Majesty and Tsukazai, if we offend too many forces by doing this, then these forces will inevitably have an impact on the court, after all, the court has to take into account the overall situation, not a corner of Jingzhou. If the trouble is too big and the court does not end well, then what should be done? ”

"Yes, whether it's the imperial court or Jingzhou, you can't mess up, Mr. should have something to worry about, please make it clear." Yu Wenxian said with the trend.

"There is only one way, let the disaster victims into the city and let them go to get food by themselves." Ji Xin said.

"This is ......," the crowd was surprised to hear.

"Is this okay, Mr. Ji, so many disaster victims came in at once and looted indiscriminately, wouldn't Jiangling be in chaos?" Cui Liang asked first.

"That's right, what you want is this messy word, imagine it, if you don't put the disaster victims into the city, the chaos will be the whole Jingzhou, and if the disaster victims are released into the city, the chaos will be a Jiangling. What's more, when Gangneung was in chaos, who were the victims robbing? Are we the ones who are anxious and scared? Ji Xin slowly analyzed.

"You mean to let the victims rob those big houses and temples? Do you do this, the victims don't care if they go hungry, and there are still ordinary people in the city. Wu Ze said.

"This is not difficult, just a little guidance, Your Highness, I still have some friends in the rivers and lakes, and the relationship between the academy and the fish gang on the river is also good, let them mix among the victims and say, is the food of ordinary people worth grabbing, they are all the fathers and elders of Jingzhou, they are all poor people, who robs whom, tell the victims, go to the temple to rob, and then let the friends in the rivers and lakes lead the way, so that there will be no big chaos." Dane added.

"If someone reports to the official at that time, His Royal Highness will make a statement, and then let Cui Jian and General Wu take some people to deal with the aftermath and make a show, the food has been robbed, and some are in the stomach, what can they do?" Yin Jun said with a smile.

"By that time, they couldn't keep food, but we had the most difficult moment, and the situation on both sides was reversed. I guess at that time, their idea was that instead of being robbed of food, it would be better to donate it to the imperial court to make a reputation. If the borrowed grain from Yizhou arrives, we will not be short of food, and then we only need to add a few more porridge farms inside and outside the city to settle those disaster victims, and the city will be in order. Ji Xin said confidently.

"Sir's strategy is good, but this is a dangerous move, what other uncontrollable accidents?" Yu Wenxian frowned, as if he couldn't make up his mind.

"Yes, be careful, what do you say if those disaster victims can't be controlled after entering the city, they are used to robbing, even if there is food, what should they do? Isn't that a fire? Wu Ze said carefully.

"Even if the fire broke out, it was also a fire in Jiangling, besides, let them go to the temple to grab food, they will be considered disaster victims, if they do not abide by the rules of the city and act recklessly, then they will be considered mobs, we will compensate the disaster victims, mobs, hehe, Lao Song, I am not so polite." Song Ting said with a sneer.

"Hey......" Yu Wenxian lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head and asked, "Zhang Mi Envoy, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Hu didn't speak all this because these things had nothing to do with him. Originally, after handing over the stolen money, he could go back to Chang'an, but Chang'an wrote to him that he would stay in Jingzhou to observe the movements of all parties. Now Yu Wenxian wants to ask him, just to pull him into the water, so that even if there is any problem in the future, Wuyu Jian can be regarded as an insider.

Although Zhang Hu didn't want to express his position directly, he thought about the current situation and said: "According to my recent investigation, some people led by Boss Xue are secretly transferring grain to some temples and temples at night, they may think that it is a safe place. ”

Yu Wenxian was secretly happy when he heard it, although Zhang Hu did not explicitly say that he supported it, but he directly told them the fact that he was hiding food, doesn't this explain everything. Immediately, he nodded and said, "In that case, let's plan it together." ”

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The next morning, notices were posted all over Gangneung City: In the afternoon, martial law would be imposed on the whole city, the people would not be allowed to walk on the streets, all businesses would be closed, and many officials and soldiers would patrol the streets...... There was a sudden sense of tension in the air, and many people had a premonition that a big storm was coming.

At noon, after the porridge was put in the porridge field outside the city, the porridge maker announced: "This is the last meal, there is no food in the city!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the crowd was excited, boiling, and the victims complained, cried, lamented, and cursed...... Just as the porridge keeper was packing up his things and preparing to enter the city, someone among the victims suddenly shouted: "Everyone rush in, there is food in the warehouse of the rich man in the city!" Everyone, hurry up! ”

For a while, the victims lifted the barriers in front of the city gate like a tide, and suddenly poured into the city gate that had not yet had time to close, and the guards on the city tower did not have time to react, and by the time they gave the order, it was already too late!