"Why is Prince Ann looking for me?"

Along the way, countless thoughts were tumbling in Jin Fu's mind, and he was thinking about all kinds of possibilities.

King Anqing would never look for him for no reason. Since you came to him, there must have been something telling him to do.

What could it be?

I thought about it for a long time. Jin Fu didn't have it, and came up with a reason.

When the person arrived at Prince An's mansion, according to the rules, he ordered a silver store of five taels to the concierge of the prince's mansion, and the concierge who had a straight face said with a smile.

"It's Lord Jin, the prince has been waiting for you, please go inside, and the little one will take you over."

For the smiling face of the porter after collecting the cashier. Jin Fu did not show the slightest disgust. The Qing Dynasty has its own national conditions. Even at this step in the field, not a penny of silver should be collected. Rules are rules, and you have to follow them at all times.

As soon as he entered the study, Jin Fu saw Prince An Yue Le walking in with a slow figure-eight step, his face serious and a little melancholy. He hurriedly stood up, knelt down and saluted and kowtowed.

"Xiaguan Jin Fu knocked to see the prince."

"No courtesy, sit down".

Yue Le sat down and said:

"Jin Fu, I invite you over today to discuss something important with you."

After Jin Fu sat down, Yue Le looked at him and continued.

"What is the situation in the city now, you are naturally the prefect of the city, although in the past, the power and responsibility were in the infantry yamen, but now the infantry yamen is responsible for guarding the city, and many things in the city still have to be taken care of by you. Today, the king came out of the palace and brought the emperor's message. ”

Jin Fu, who had just sat down, hurriedly got up again, knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"I don't know what the emperor has to say?"

There are many ceremonies in the Qing Dynasty, and when you see the emperor, you have to kneel, and when you see your superiors, you have to kneel. And you have to kneel down at every turn. Jin Fu, who was kneeling on the ground, fell to the ground without even raising his head, as a minion, he had to kneel respectfully.

Yue Le put the teacup on the table, and then said in a respectful and serious tone.

"The emperor said: Now the Ming army is besieging the city, and the soldiers and civilians in the city are all together to protect my Qing Dynasty, because I see that the people in the city are hungry and the people's hearts are floating, I am specially instructed to wait for one heart and one morality, properly appease the people, appease the army's heart, and make sure that the Ming army has no gaps...... Governing the people is actually the main task of the prefect's yamen, so all the affairs in the city should be the responsibility of the Jingnan prefect's yamen. ”

Speaking of this, Yue Le sighed softly and continued.

"Don't talk about the rest, in the future, the things in the city will be up to you, how about it, Jin Fu, what are your plans next?"

Listening to the prince's inquiry, Jin Fu thought for a moment, and then said.

"Back to the prince, when the prince ordered someone to go to the yamen and order the lower officials to come over, the lower officials happened to go to the coal stack......

Then, Jin Fu took out the chaos he saw in the coal stack one by one, and then he said.

"The prince's hearts are now fluctuating, the army's spirit is unstable, if it leads to a fight because of the scramble for coal, if the fight expands, the situation will be out of control. After all, the soldiers and civilians in the city are full of resentment. If they are not careful, they will vent their grievances, which will disintegrate the hearts of the people in the city and give the Ming army an opportunity to take advantage of it, and then they will not endanger our Qing Dynasty......"

"What Jin Fu said is reasonable."

Yue Le nodded, and then said:

"I have also heard about this matter, and now the military and civilian rations in the city are not worried for the time being, this coal robbery is not uncommon, and it is indeed easy to cause chaos, so in your opinion, how should this matter be handled?"

"Back to the prince's words, the lower officials thought that this coal could be imitated as grain, and the silver from the imperial court would be recovered from the coal stacks, and then stored in a unified manner, and the soldiers and civilians in the city would receive it with the coal license every month, so that chaos could be avoided and the morale of the army could be stabilized."

Jin Fu's suggestion made Yue Le think for a moment, and then said.

"In that case, I'm afraid a lot of people will be unhappy."

Yue Le knew who owned the coal stacks in the city, and they were all opened by the magnates of the Qing Dynasty, and now that the coal was taken back by the government, it would naturally make them unhappy.

"Lord Wang, now I can't take care of so much, the coal is in their hands, not to mention the three prices a day, and it will cause waste, the coal in this city is now no more than 50 million catties at most, according to the daily need of each household 5 catties of coal, a day needs 700,000 catties, these coals are only enough for two or three months at most, two or three months later, the city will be cut off ...... coal"

What happens when there is no coal?

As the prince, although Yue Le doesn't ask for firewood and rice, he also knows that if there is no firewood to cook, even if there is food, it may only be for nothing, and it is okay to eat raw wheat and raw rice for a day, how can it last for a long time?

"But even if we collect all the coal, it's only enough for two or three months, what if the coal is gone?"

The prince's question made Jin Fu say.

"A small family for everyone!"

"What?"

Yue Le looked at Jin Fu and asked.

"You mean open a food shed? Is it one hundred households? This will not work, it is easy to gather crowds and ......"

Because Suo Etu had mentioned this method, Yue Le naturally knew the shortcomings, and as soon as he objected, he listened to Jin Fu say.

"The food shed is indeed prone to chaos, but in addition to the food shed, it can also allow the people to join their families."

"Family?"

"Yes, it is to let his relatives join the family, first, after the family can remove the beams, doors and windows, get more fuelwood, and can vacate more land, can have a variety of potatoes, more food, as for the second, a family of ten people with coal, compared with a family of five, there is not much difference in the cost of briquettes, a briquette can be burned out of ten to fifteen people, three briquettes a day is enough. But if it is divided into several families, two families of ten, six yuan a day, three families of eleven or twelve, nine yuan a day, the prince, the family can at least make the coal in the city use for a few more months, and then there is a supplement of fuelwood and potato straw for demolishing houses, the briquettes in the city, the fuelwood is estimated by the following officials, it should be almost enough, so that the army and civilians will not be able to eat cold, so that there is food and food, how can Jingnan not hold on? ”

Jin Fu's suggestion made Yue Le nod from time to time, how could he not hear the benefits of this suggestion, and said almost without thinking.

"Jin Fu, no wonder the emperor asked you to be in charge of these things, not to mention anything else, just these ideas, I'm afraid ordinary people may not be able to come up with them even if they rack their brains."

"The prince praised it falsely, and the officials were incompetent, so they could only come up with some crooked ideas......"

Jin Fu hurriedly complimented.

"In the final analysis, in the end, this matter of defending the city still depends on the prince."

"You kid......"

Yue Lele smiled happily.

"That's it, this matter, you see how to do it, first draw up a formation, as for the coal stack, this king will ask the emperor to decree! Now is the time for us to work together in the Qing Dynasty, and we can't tolerate some people who have selfish intentions and destroy the foundation of the Qing Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. ”

After that, Yue Le picked up the teacup, how could Jin Fu not know the reason for serving tea to guests, he quickly got up and kowtowed again.

"Then the next official will leave."

Yue Le didn't hold back, and he didn't respond with his head.

"Let's go down!"

When Jin Fu got up and was about to leave, Yue Le looked at him and said.

"Jin Fu, you just have to be on an errand and run errands for the emperor, the emperor will naturally not treat you badly in the future, and when Jingnan breaks the siege, when the time comes, the king will naturally ask the emperor for credit ......"

Then he said with a smile.

"When the time comes, I'm afraid you don't need this king to ask for credit for you, after all, the emperor sees how the minions do their best."

"The prince is very kind, and it is difficult to repay the lower officials even if they are broken bones. ……”

This is the time to express my heart, of course, this center is not for the emperor, but for the prince. The prince talked so much to him. is nothing more than telling him to let him know that the prince has been carrying him.

Jin Fu, who has been in the officialdom for so many years, how can he not know what the prince thinks. He bowed, and after kneeling down again and thanking him, he got up and took a few steps back and left the palace.

However, when he left the palace, Jin Fu, who looked solemn, had some questions flashing between his eyebrows.

"Break the siege!"

Could it be that there is a way to break the siege in the palace?

How is that possible? Now that the Ming army's encirclement of Jingnan is like an iron bucket, how can it be possible to relieve the siege?

Could it be that Yue Le is just appeasing people's hearts?

No, Yue Le doesn't need to say these words to himself at all, after all, as the prefect of Jingnan, he knows the current situation better than others. It is impossible to believe that Jing Nan can get out of the current situation because of his few words, but ......

Why did he say that?

Once again, Jin Fu recalled Yue Le's expression when he said this, obviously, the prince seemed to say it casually at that time. But when that sentence was actually spoken. There seemed to be some smugness in his expression.

Could it be that they really have a way to break the siege?

What could it be?

Who is Yue Le?

If it weren't for the fact that he was 100% sure, how could he have said this?

But what is it that makes him so sure that he will be able to solve the siege?

No way!

Jin Fu, who was worried in his heart, couldn't calm down for a while.

At this moment, there was only one thought left in his mind, that is, he must find a way to figure this matter out.

Of course, this is not because of his curiosity, but because he knows that for him, as long as he figures out the plans in the palace. For him, it is a great achievement, and when he is rewarded for meritorious deeds in the future, with this merit, not to mention anything else, he will not only be able to save his own net worth, but he may even be able to keep his glory and wealth.

Everyone will make their own choice, as early as a few years ago, Jin Fudu had already made his choice, and his choice was very simple. It is to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty and provide intelligence to the Ming Dynasty in exchange for a glimmer of life in the future.