When the drums were sounded, the news of the crisis in Huazhou could not be concealed, public opinion in Beijing was in an uproar, and the street talk was all about resisting the Western Regions coalition army, and the case of Jiang Anyi's collaboration with the enemy was rarely mentioned, and the public trial was naturally delayed.

Several decrees were promulgated in the world, the first is to increase the commercial tax on wine, perfume, gold, silver and jewelry and other valuables, as well as to increase the tax on Qinglou and casinos.

The second decree is to clean up the rule of officials and investigate and punish corrupt officials. The common people also applauded, and those corrupt officials who preyed on the common people should be severely punished, so that their families could be ruined, and the money they embezzled should be confiscated to the treasury, which is very happy, but no one thought that the money should have been returned to the people who were exploited.

The third intention is to sell 20 royal private properties, these imperial estates are distributed in Fuzhou, Pingzhou, Chenzhou, all of which are good fields, gorgeous manors, and other gardens, with the precedent of Yanshan Villa, there are very few people who came to subscribe this time, so that Shi Chongwei is both worried and happy.

The fourth decree is to call on the family and the powerful to go to the national disaster together, the prince took the lead in reducing the use of the East Palace, took out 20,000 taels of silver and donated it to the treasury, and the Shi family was inspired by the prince to donate generously, and collected 2.2 million taels of silver within three days; The Wang family, the Wei family and other families were also anxious for justice and righteousness, and the top ten families raised 16 million taels. Of course, the hundred officials in Beijing could not sit idly by, and raised more or less 1.2 million taels.

The twelve city gates of Yongchang City are put on baskets, the people of Beijing, the merchants have donated money, a penny is not too little, ten taels of silver is not too much, and the four baskets placed at each city gate are full of money at the end of the day. The little officials guarding the basket did not dare to embezzle, and the people of Long Wei were watching from the side, and the prince said that whoever dared to steal the donated money was immediately beheaded.

Three days later, the number of donations was counted to Shi Chongwei, and there were more than 21.23 million taels of silver, and the treasury was suddenly full, and he did not panic when he had money in his hand.

In Jiangfu, Xinfei received a letter from Guo Huaili from Huazhou Huiye Mansion. Guo Huaili received a letter from Xin Fei in Dezhou, learned that Jiang Anyi had been imprisoned, and hoped that he would go to Huazhou to contact the gentry, students, and ordinary people to petition, so that the court could let Jiang Anyi return to Huazhou for emergency relief. Guo Huaili didn't say a word, left his wife and children to return to Huiye Mansion day and night, and when he entered Huiye Mansion, it coincided with the defeat of Zheng's army and the siege of Huiye Mansion. The Western Regions Coalition Army adopted the tactic of "encircling three and missing one", showing the Zheng army to survive, and wanted to use this to break the morale of the Zheng army, Guo Huaili entered the city from the north gate.

There were only 120,000 remnants of the Anxi Protectorate and 15,000 garrison soldiers in the city, and there were 5,000 soldiers who could only maintain order. The food consumption of these people is not a small number, but fortunately, at the beginning of the invasion of the Western Regions Alliance, Fang Shishu ordered all counties to gather surplus grain and send it to Huiye Mansion, so there was no need to worry about grain and grass for a while.

Guo Huaili first went to visit Fang Shishu, who was assassinated, and in the face of hundreds of thousands of troops from the Western Regions, Fang Shishu was full of sorrow, and the old man was so anxious that his mouth was full of bubbles. For the sake of Jiang Anyi's face, Fang Shishu took the time to see Guo Huaili, listened to Guo Huaili's intentions, and asked him to help ensure that Jiang Anyi came to Huazhou for emergency relief, Fang Shishu agreed repeatedly, and said: "Anyi is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, ten times better than the old man, and Anyi has governed Huazhou for six years, and the people of Huazhou are willing to die for him. The old man went to the court, and the security guard came to Huazhou to help. ”

Guo Huaili said: "Lord Fang, don't worry, Guo also wants to make an appointment with the gentry, students and people of Qihua Prefecture to write the same ten thousand books, plus your official documents, the possibility of the court's promise will be greater." ”

"Okay, well, the old man will wait for you for two days, and on the 24th, the old man will send an official document, and then send it to Beijing with your 10,000 people's book, I hope An Yi can rush to Huiye Mansion as soon as possible." Fang Shishu replied with a full mouth, how could he not hold on tightly when he saw the driftwood.

On February 24, several fast horses galloped out of the north gate of Aino Castle and galloped to the capital. Guo Huaili stood on top of the northern city, watched the flying horse leave, and prayed silently in his heart, I hope that An Yi can get rid of this catastrophe, repel the Western Regions coalition army, and regain control of Huazhou, that is hello, I am good, everyone.

On March 2, Guo Huaili sent a messenger to Yongchang City half a day earlier than the court envoy, and after Xinfei received the letter, she immediately called Tian Shoulou and said: "Brother Tian, last time the queen asked An Yi to give half of the dividend of the perfume, An Yi did not agree. Now that the situation is deteriorating and unpredictable, Anyi cannot be allowed to stay in prison any longer. When the daughter is gone, you contact Gonggong Gao and ask him to tell Niangniang, saying that the Jiang family is willing to give half of the dividends, and also offer a million taels of silver, so that Niangniang can speak well for Jiang Lang in front of Long live. ”

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After receiving the official document and the letter of the people from Huazhou, the government affairs hall first read it by the director, and then presented it to the right minister Ma Suizhen the next day, that is, on the third day of the third month of the third month. Ma Suizhen looked at it casually and said with a smile: "Huazhou can't do without him Jiang Anyi, this is to want the golden cicada to escape from prison, and the Jiang family is calculating." ”

After thinking about it, Ma Suizhen stood up and brought the official document to see Kong Province. Kong Province looked at it quietly, and said: "Since the officials and people of Huazhou are petitioning together, they can't help but listen to the heavens." It just so happened that I had something to do with the prince, so I simply took it with me, and Ma Xiang went with me? ”

Ma Suizhen smiled and said: "I still have something to do, so I'll bother Kong Xiang." He handed over the official document in his hand to Kong Sheng, and left the lobby with a few laughs. Ma Sui really understood that Kong Province and Jiang Anyi had some friendship, and Jiang Anyi was imprisoned and Kong Province did not help him openly, but with this excuse, he couldn't help but help. Ma Suizhen kept a smile on his face, nodded with the officials he met, thinking about Jiang Anyi's matter was getting more and more complicated, although he was closer to King Chu'an, it was better to interfere less at this time.

The crown prince read the official documents of Huazhou and the petitions of the people, and said lightly, "Lone will tell my father about this." Kong Xiang, Gu is looking for you, Qi Shuai of the northern camp of Zhenbei has just sent someone to send an urgent report, and the desert people have used the excuse that our country intends to tear up the alliance, and the army has clashed with the garrison outside the north of the town, and the northern front is tight. My father said that I can't take care of one or the other, I'm afraid I can't send 100,000 troops from the camp in the north of the town to rescue Huazhou, how should this be good? ”

Kong Province said: "Huazhou can't afford to delay, since Fang Tingshi said that Jiang Anyi can take on a big job, you might as well let him go to the rescue, judging from the book of the people, Jiang Anyi is still quite popular in Huazhou, he can go to Huazhou to unite people's hearts and reduce the pressure on the court, as long as he can stand up for a month, the court can free up his hands to deal with the situation." ”

Shi Chongwei knew that he had failed to save Jiang Anyi this time, and he was afraid that Jiang Anyi would have a dislike, so Queen Wang told him to wait for the Jiang family to take out half of the perfume dividends before making a move, if he came forward at this time, wouldn't it be nearly 500,000 taels of silver less every year.

Kong Province didn't know that Shi Chongwei was in the abacus, so he persuaded bitterly: "Your Highness, Jiang Anyi is a talented countryman, Your Majesty is important, and Your Highness will pay tribute to him." When Jiang Anyi entered Beijing, His Royal Highness went to Changqiao to greet him, and the world knew His Royal Highness's kindness, and later Jiang Anyi was ordered to become the Shao Zhan Shi of the East Palace and become a close minister of the East Palace. Jiang Anyi was imprisoned this time, His Royal Highness followed the law and did not help privately, this is right, Jiang Anyi is a reasonable person and will not have resentment. The old minister knew that Master Jiang was imprisoned, and if it was a normal case, the old minister would also agree to wait for the three law divisions to clarify the case before releasing him

Jiang Anyi was released from prison, and the law was ruthless and did not allow favoritism. However, when the national crisis is at hand, the court is the season of employing people, Jiang Anyi can reach 100,000 troops, why not immediately conclude the case and let him rescue Huazhou. ”

Shi Chongwei was moved by Kong Province, and he could still distinguish between money and the country, and immediately said: "What Kong Xiang said is that Lone will go to Yanshan to start his father's emperor, and let Jiang Shi go to Huazhou to help the emergency." Kong Xiang sent someone to tell King Luo Huai that he and the Three Law Divisions were ready to close the case at any time. ”

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After lunch, Shi Chongwei set off, and when he arrived at the Yanshan Villa, it was past the time of Shen, and he did not see the Son of Heaven in Qilongju, but Shi Fangzhen took the wind pavilion to watch the scenery. Queen Wang made a decree, all the audience must be reported to her in advance, bad news can not reach the ears of the Son of Heaven, Shi Fangzhen is in a good mood during this time, Imperial Doctor Lin's ancestral secret recipe is effective, the Son of Heaven feels that his spirit has improved, and hemoptysis has stopped, Shi Fangzhen has not left Qilongju for a long time, and took advantage of the good weather to let people carry it to Chengfeng Pavilion.

Queen Wang asked her son about his intentions, and said with a smile: "Yesterday, the Jiang family sent a letter to my mother saying that I was willing to give up half of the dividends of the perfume, and I asked the Jiang family to directly transfer the property rights of the perfume shop in the capital to me, and the Jiang family also promised to donate one million taels of silver. It just so happened that you came to this matter, and you got rich and sold well. ”

Shi Chongwei frowned slightly, the effect of directly releasing people and getting the Jiang family's money is not the same, if he wants to collect Jiang Anyi's heart, he can't take the Jiang family's money, but thinking that there are millions of dividends a year, and seeing his mother's happy face, since his father was sick, it is rare to see his mother so happy, Shi Chongwei's words came to his mouth and retracted.

Chengfeng Pavilion is tightly surrounded by Jinping, leaving only a wide gap in the west, Liu Weiguo is afraid of the strong wind in the mountains, and he also makes people hold up a thin veil in the gap, looking at the lake and landscape through the thin veil, which is not interesting. When Shi Chongwei and Queen Wang came to the pavilion, Shi Fangzhen reclined on the soft couch and closed his eyes slightly, listening to Huang Shufei, who was sitting on the side, softly reciting "Landscape Fu".

When Concubine Huang Shu saw the prince and queen coming in, she got up and saluted, and said softly, "The concubine is leaving." The queen scolded the fox with hatred in her heart, and she took advantage of it when she was a little lazy, and it seems that she will follow her wherever she goes.

Shi Fangzhen motioned for Empress Wang and Shi Chongwei to sit down, and asked, "Wei'er hasn't been here for a few days, how is Jingzhong?" ”

"Back to my father, I'm fine in Beijing." Shi Chongwei said: "Today, Qi Shuai sent military information, and the army went south as my father expected, and the camp in the north of the town could not send reinforcements. ”

Shi Fangzhen glanced at his son, saw Shi Chongwei's calm expression, and said with a smile: "It seems that Wei'er has a way, so he came to see me." ”

Shi Chongwei smiled: "Father Emperor Mingjian." The child wanted Jiang Anyi to go to Huazhou for emergency relief, Jiang Anyi served as an assassin in Huazhou for six years, and the people of Huazhou were very respectful, and he would definitely be able to calm the hearts of the people when he went to Huazhou. Moreover, Jiang Anyi is an all-round man in civil and military affairs, and once retreated with 3,000 light horsemen to the 100,000 troops in the Western Regions, and he may be able to solve his urgent needs when he goes to Huiye Mansion. Even if he can't repel the people of the Western Regions, as long as he can support it for a month, the court can slow down and calmly deploy troops to deal with foreign enemies. ”

Shi Fangzhen pondered for a moment and said, "It's a good idea to send Jiang Anyi to Huazhou, but this time he was imprisoned by the Military Intelligence Department, and neither I nor you spoke for him, I was afraid that he would have resentment." Wei'er, you let Ren'er finish the case tomorrow, return Jiang Anyi's innocence, and then let Jiang Anyi come to Yanshan Villa to see him, if he is really dissatisfied, he would rather detain him in Beijing as a minister than let him go to Huazhou. ”

Shi Chongwei nodded yes.