While Xiao Ruxun's army was attacking the Beijing division with a fiery heart in the cold wind, the Beijing division who was also in the cold wind did not have the same fiery heart.

On October 10, after the Jingshi was in chaos because of the defeat of Li Hualong's army, the Jingshi entered the third blockade and martial law.

The sense of oppression given to people by the Jinyi Guards has also become very great, and at every turn, there are Jinyi Guards wearing flying fish suits to take some people away from the street, looking fierce and vicious, which is really frightening and inexplicable, but this is only the norm.

In recent days, the people of Beijing have obviously felt that they are buying things much more expensive, not only the price of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar has become more expensive, but even the price of the most important rice grain has become more expensive.

The price of rice and grain has doubled from the end of September to the middle of October, which has made many people feel very puzzled and dissatisfied, even if some scholars who are living in poverty are also dissatisfied with this, but they have no choice, they must buy, and if they do not buy, they will not have to eat.

Compared with food, the price of other things is also rising, quietly rising, five cents, ten cents, fifteen cents, it doesn't seem to be much, but it is rising every day, so that people gradually find that their savings are no longer enough, although martial law has been lifted, but the work of making a living has been greatly hindered.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal can't run, the materials are nowhere to be replenished, and the people who are struggling to eat have nowhere to eat.

But even so, even if the most violent means are used to suppress these turmoil and discontent, the anger in people's hearts will not disappear, but it is hidden, but it still exists, and for such a crisis, Xiao Daheng, who often patrols the capital, is not unaware of it.

He was the one who took the brocade guard to quell the troubles of those strong men, he saw the fear and cowardice of the people on the spot, but also saw the anger hidden in it, he knew that all this was temporary at the moment, but once the situation continued to deteriorate, it would become out of control.

Since the lifting of martial law in Beijing on October 15, he has constantly persuaded Shen Yiyi to immediately send out 30,000 elites under the command of Da Yun, the general soldier of Gansu, to resist Xiao Ruxun's northward advance, and once again try to take the initiative to gain the strategic initiative, instead of trapping the Beijing division, but Shen has never replied clearly.

It was not until October 25, the day Xiao Ruxun swore in the Northern Expedition in Nanjing, that Shen Cheng met with Xiao Daheng.

"Shousuke, the current situation is very bad, the capital is becoming more and more unstable, although there is your order, but the price is still rising uncontrollably, behind it are those nobles and some ministers are pushing, when the country is in danger, these bastards are still making a fortune, how can we turn a blind eye?"

As soon as he saw Shen Yiyi, Xiao Daheng couldn't help but speak, his tone was strong and his words were fierce.

He couldn't hold back the anger in his heart.

And Shen Zheng, who was sitting on the desk to give instructions on the official documents, was as calm as ever, he just looked at Xiao Daheng silently, and continued to lower his head to give instructions on the official documents.

"Shousuke! We can't continue like this, otherwise even if Xiao Thief can't continue to go north, we will be trapped and die in Beijing, and now Dayun's 30,000 Gansu soldiers eat and drink a lot of money every day, and the food in Beijing is decreasing day by day, and we will not be able to stabilize prices if we continue like this! ”

"Got it."

Shen always spoke calmly: "Xia Qing, you are also old, why are you so unbreathable?" Isn't this to be expected? You know and I know, so why make a fuss? ”

"Fuss?"

Xiao Daheng was puzzled: "This is a big matter related to the life and death of Daming!" Shoufu, we can't continue to let them go down, and the 30,000 elites can't be left in the capital division without moving, we should immediately organize soldiers and horses to go south again to suppress the thieves! ”

"Of course, thieves are thieves, but not now, and now you have other things to do."

As he spoke, Shen took out a stack of invitations from a box on his right.

"Take this away."

Shen always handed the invitation to Xiao Daheng.

"What is this?"

Xiao Daheng looked at this stack of invitations, and found that they were all invitations sent to those martial artists in the capital, what British Duke, Duke Wuning, Hou Taining, Hou Zhenyuan, Marquis Wu'an, Hou Fengcheng, etc., a thick stack of invitations.

"Shousuke, what do you want?"

Xiao Tycoon looked at Shen Cheng in surprise.

"Treat yourself to dinner."

Shen Yi didn't raise his head: "By the way, discuss with them about stabilizing prices, isn't this what you want?" The old man has been investigating the price of goods for the past few days, and found that these people are secretly manipulating prices, so he asked them to come over and warn them to stabilize the prices. ”

Seeing that Shen Zheng was finally about to make a move, Xiao Daheng felt a little relieved.

Although the current situation is in crisis, Xiao Ruxun defeats Li Hualong and can march north to attack the Jingshi at any time, but the Jingshi is not without resistance, after all, there is still the emperor card in his hand, no matter how powerful Xiao Ruxun is, he is a courtier, unless he rebels and becomes the emperor, otherwise under this card, he has to be careful.

Jingshi is not without a chance, at least looking at Shen's indifferent appearance, Xiao Daheng believes that Jingshi still has a chance, and there is still a chance to turn the tables.

So Xiao Tycoon visited these nobles door to door, and told them that Shen always wanted to invite them to dinner and chat, and everyone had a harmonious atmosphere, and the people who got the invitation said that they would definitely go, and then after Xiao Tycoon left, they gathered at Zhang Weixian's house to discuss the reason why Shen always did this.

"Could it be that because we have raised prices, he is coming to beat us?"

"It's very likely, this old guy has been saying that we are not allowed to raise prices, and he will give additional compensation, but I can't see where this compensation is, and in this situation at the moment, we can make a little money, in case Xiao Ruxun really calls, we have to spend money to buy our lives, right?"

"That's it, who knew that Xiao Ruxun was so capable of fighting, Shen Chuan was so wasteful, I really thought he was very powerful and could protect us, who knew that it was just a fake trick, Xiao Ruxun could escape for him alone in Beijing, and now he is killing with hundreds of thousands of troops, Shen has always had a fart method?"

"There won't be anyone on the Nine Sides to help him at all, how shrewd are those guys? Everyone knows that the general trend is now in Xiao Ruxun, and the emperor's restoration is almost certain, if we don't know the direction of the situation, and then die, who will reason? ”

"We haven't done anything good, although we don't support or oppose it, at least we acquiesce, when the emperor is restored, if we don't spend some money, it is estimated that it will be difficult to keep our current position."

The lords and nobles discussed their respective retreat issues with each word, while Xu Wenbi sat silently beside Zhang Weixian and looked at Zhang Weixian with very obscure eyes.

Zhang Weixian naturally understood what Xu Wenbi meant.