Li Yan was not affected by the fact that the Fifth Battalion of the Left Revolution was coming to Henan, and continued to make his arrangements in an orderly manner. He also asked those displaced people to build the city wall of the county first, and the county without the protection of the city wall will make everyone feel insecure. Therefore, the newly recovered places are also arranged from the county seat, and then radiate into the distance.

I would also like to thank Li Zicheng and others for their several sweeps, which almost cleaned up the gentry and wealthy households in these places. Moreover, the government institutions were also completely destroyed, so that his actions would be much smoother, and he would hardly encounter any resistance as he wanted. Even the farmlands of various royal palaces were also looted and burned by thieves, and naturally they all became borderless lands.

The people worked for relief under the food supply provided by Li Yan, and began to rebuild the county seat in full swing. In addition, they also selected those who could make bricks from among the displaced people, and began to build brick kilns on the spot. The bricks are large and heavy, and it is inconvenient to transport them over long distances, so it is better to fire them on the spot.

And here in Kaifeng, Li Yan has to be much more careful. There are government yamen at all levels in the city, although Li Yan controls the security of Kaifeng, but he can't encroach on the power of Kaifeng City, at most it is just to restore the system of each square city, and the affairs of the city are still presided over by the officials.

There is also the fertile land outside Kaifeng City and within the earthen embankment, which is under the names of various palaces and gentry. There are also some nearby granges, which were also restored after confirming that the thieves had retreated, and Li Yan did not interfere too much.

He is now investigating the case of grain reselling with the governor's yamen, because he asked the government for food, and although there were still tens of thousands of stone grain and hundreds of thousands of silver coins in the account books of the government treasury, the officials obstructed it in every possible way and refused to distribute it. Li Yan has already controlled the security of Kaifeng, and knowing the filthiness in the treasury, he will naturally not be polite. He sent troops to surround the treasury and forcibly inspect it, only to expose the matter in broad daylight.

In fact, the yamen at all levels know what is going on, and the majority of the people who participate in the profit sharing are the majority, but it is not easy to be troubled by Li Yan so that the people in the city know about it. The city is almost starving to death, and the food sold is more than ten times that of usual, at this time the people's resentment is boiling, even those Xiucai and Tongsheng are also indignant, and come to the governor yamen to petition. Only then did the government have to make a show and begin to investigate and deal with the case of reselling grain.

Originally, Li Yan had nothing to do with this case, but Li Yan strongly intervened in this investigation on the grounds of the stability of the army. And as soon as he came up, he arrested all the officials of the warehouse, and put them in the barracks of the city. In this way, Li Yan has become the key figure in this incident, if Li Yan can't be settled, then the officials in Kaifeng City, I'm afraid that eighty percent of them will go to prison, or even lose their heads.

Therefore, Li Yan's Yibin Mansion has suddenly become lively in the past few days, and officials of all sizes in Kaifeng City are concentrated here, of course, most of them come in the name of Gong Xinxing and He Housewarming. Although it has been a month since Li Yan moved into the Yibin Mansion, those officials can't find a more suitable excuse.

In the hall, Li Yan was meeting with Huang Shu, the magistrate.

"General Li, congratulations, congratulations." Huang Shu warmly congratulated him.

It's been like this for the past few days, and Li Yan is used to it. He smiled and arched his hand and said, "Xie Huang pushes the official to raise love." Have a seat. ”

Huang Shu sat down, and his own subordinates served tea, and then he was sent out by Li Yandu, and only he and Li Yan were left in the living room. He was overjoyed, knowing that as the others said, Li Yan was just asking for some money and food, and he didn't mean to target them officials.

"General Li is newly married and housewarmed, and the war continues, so I didn't have time to congratulate him." As Huang Shu spoke, he took out a gift slip from his sleeve, handed it out with both hands, and said with a smile: "Only then will I have the opportunity to make up for it at this time, be careful, and don't dislike it." ”

Li Yan took the gift list, and instead of putting it directly on the table as usual, he opened it in front of him and looked at it.

Huang Shu despised Li Yan more and more, he was a martial artist and had no etiquette at all. Such a person can be settled with money, and there will be no problems.

Li Yan looked at it and found that there were a lot of silver coins, 10,000 taels, and 200 taels of gold, and some other pearls and jade, anyway, they were all shiny things, attracting people's attention.

But Li Yan frowned and said: "Huang Tuiguan, this only has money and no food, my soldiers are going to rebel." ”

"General Li said with a smile," Huang Shu said with a smile: "General Li should have a lot of grain in Guide Mansion, and that potato, it is said that one acre of land can harvest more than ten stones." ”

Li Yan put down the gift list, lowered his face, and replied: "The food in the Guide Mansion is only enough for the troops in the Guide Mansion to eat." I have more than 30,000 soldiers here, but I have to open the seal to provide for them. Moreover, Li Zicheng's main force is still in Runing Mansion, and once the war starts, if there is not enough food, I am afraid that Kaifeng will not be guaranteed. ”

Huang Shu was not angry, and still said with a smile: "Food is indeed in short supply now, but it should be better next year." However, General Li can rest assured that we will do our best to ensure this year's food and salary. ”

He had already asked clearly before he came, and Li Yan actually had other plans.

"If you want the government to guarantee the supply, Li is really not at ease." Li Yan said: "I plan to levy taxes on all landlords and merchants to ensure the supply of military supplies. And the excess part will be handed over to the government, so that you can pay taxes to the imperial court, I wonder if Huang Tuiguan can support it? ”

"Yes." Huang Shu immediately nodded and said: "The country has raised soldiers for three hundred years, and the current imperial court is in great difficulty, it is the time for them to repay, and I completely agree with General Li's method." ”

He is a native of Anhui, so he naturally doesn't care about the life or death of the gentry and landlords in Henan. And now not only is their handle in Li Yan's hands, but also their safety is also in Li Yan's hands, they have no choice.

Li Yan arched his hand and said: "Since this is the case, then Li has thanked Huang Tuiguan for his support." As long as the food and ammunition are sufficient, there will be no shortage of ammunition, and Kaifeng will definitely be fine. ”

"Then there's General Lawry." Huang Shu stood up and arched his hand: "It's getting late, so I won't bother General Li and take my leave." ”

Li Yan also stood up, said a polite word to Huang Shu, and sent it to the door of the hall. At this time, Zhang Yi was waiting at the door with another prayer post.

After getting Li Yan's approval, Zhang Yi asked people to put away the things sent by Huang Shu. If it weren't for Li Yan's nod, they wouldn't have dared to accept anything.

"Childe, it's Liang Bing, the political envoy of Zuobu, who came outside." Zhang Yi handed over the prayer post and reported.

Li Yan ordered, "Bring him in." ”

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