At the beginning of June of the fourth year of Zhiping, the urgent news of the defeat of the Song army in Hebei reached Bianliang, and the capital shook. If it was before, although the common people would be shocked by the fiasco that happened hundreds of miles away from the capital, but because the Liao army had not yet reached the city of Bianliang after all, they would only scold the emperor and the prime minister for their incompetence in the teahouse restaurant, and miss the divine martial arts of Li Buqi and Zhao Sheng's master and apprentice. However, this time was different, although the "practical school" newspapers of Qingyuan Academy did not report in detail on the fiasco in order to avoid panic, and several old-fashioned newspapers represented by Guozijian would not slap their own people in the face and mention the actual situation of the fiasco, but the newspaper boom in the past few years gave birth to many tabloids in the capital, and they added fuel to the fire to report on the fiasco for the sake of sales. There are some speculations in these reports, but these ordinary people, who were previously only able to act as melon eaters, are determined to take action.

This speculation is that the battle was defeated, not only Yan Yun could not get it back, but the imperial court would also lose a large amount of military expenses because the Liao State took advantage of the situation to invade Hebei, and there would be no money to repay the national debt in the future, and the main force of the national debt - more than a dozen banks will be defeated, and those who deposit money in these banks will not only not get interest, but they are afraid that the principal will not be guaranteed.

The people of Shengdou could not care whether the war was won or lost, and they could not care about how much money they had in the treasury, but they could not help but pay close attention to their own money, and panic immediately spread among the people at a very fast speed. Some anxious people planned to go to the bank where they had deposited their money, but when they looked at the door of the bank, they saw that there was already a long queue of people, all asking for money.

The survival wisdom of the common people is to follow the crowd, even if they can't run ahead of others, they can't let others fall behind. Seeing that so many people were busy withdrawing money, they were afraid that they would be late to withdraw money, the bank would run out of money, and their own money would not be able to be withdrawn, so they immediately resolutely joined the team to withdraw money. The people who were still waiting to see more and more people waiting to withdraw money also panicked and joined in, and within a day, there was a large-scale run in the capital.

The more people there are, the slower it is to handle business, and people get together to get to know and chat.

"There are so many people, and I don't know when it will be our turn. Brother didn't even kill a pig today? Just waiting here? ”

"What kind of pig are you killing at this time? I'm afraid that I have a life to earn money, but I don't have a life to spend money. It is better to quickly take out the money stored in the bank and put it by your side, and if you see that the situation is not good, you can quickly run to Shaanxi. ”

"Huh? Why is that? Does my brother think that the Liao people can hit the capital? ”

"Why not? Didn't you hear from those officials about how powerful the artillery of this dynasty is? As soon as it is released, it will be eroded for ten miles, and it is easy to knock down the city wall, and with such a sharp weapon, they dare to attack the Liao State. Otherwise, they don't have the courage of Li Daguan, and they don't have the ability of Li Daguan, and they trembled when they heard about Liao a few years ago, where did they get the confidence to recover Yanyun? But this defeat doesn't mean that all the armor and baggage have been lost. Then those firearms also fell into the hands of the Liao people, do you think the Liao army can hit Bianliang? ”

Everyone gasped. Someone immediately said: "Oh, I still remember when I first sent out the army, I said that I brought ten 'sky-bombing cannons' that could break the city with one shot, and if it fell into the hands of the Liao......

Some people were puzzled: "How could an army of 500,000 and such a powerful weapon be defeated?" ”

The pretence of killing the pig mysteriously said to the people around him: "There is a technician in the arms supervisor who lives in the alley of my house, and the more powerful the weapon he said, the more complicated it must be to use, and only those who know how to take it can exert its power." It's like my pig-killing knife, I will definitely stab the pig to death with a knife, if you take it, I am afraid that not only will I not stab the pig, but also the pig will be anxious, and I will bite you. ”

Someone said, "Yes." No wonder Li Daguan wants to set up a martial arts school. It's a pity that this martial arts school has been abolished, and you expect those sour people who can only write poems and lyrics to dance with knives and guns, so don't you expect the sun to come out of the west. ”

Immediately, someone sighed: "It would be good if the early education Li Daguan presided over the war against Liao." ”

Someone immediately retorted: "Don't you think that today's officials and ministers will not allow Li Daguan to establish meritorious deeds?" It's all at this time, and I don't see the one who invited Li Daguan or the one in the family house to come out and let a group of nerds lead the troops, but I am afraid that the Khitans will really hit Bianliang. ”

As he was talking, the people behind him suddenly became commotion, and everyone hurriedly asked what was wrong. After a while, news came from behind, saying that Li Daguan's family was cleaning up and wanted to go to Guangnan to avoid chaos.

Killing the pig slapped his thigh: "Look, Li Daguan and everyone can see that it's not good, why do we hesitate?" Hurry up and get your money and find your way out! ”

Now when the people in the capital mention "Li Daguanren", the first thing that comes to mind is Li Buren. Everyone knows that Li Daguan's reputation is just now, and even he is ready to run away, who can not be afraid?

In fact, Li Buqi is not ready to leave, because he still has to stay and preside over the overall situation, but now he can't predict what this matter will evolve into in the end, so it is still necessary to prepare more. Therefore, he asked Zhe Yinghui to take the young boys and girls of the family to Shaanxi in the name of visiting relatives. But he didn't specifically explain that he would not leave Bianliang, let alone hide that the Li family was arranging the itinerary. It's not bad to cause some panic, and let those who have planted the fruit taste what they have grown.

The normal operation of the bank is based on confidence, and under the situation of all kinds of gossip flying all over the sky, Bianliang has formed a scene of thousands of empty alleys. Banks have never encountered such a situation, not to mention that the prepared liquidity is simply not enough to cope with it, and even this momentum frightens people. In a panic, these banks all came up with a stupid trick, that is, to stop payment.

Of course, they also have the confidence to do so, because now the backstage of the twelve large and small banks in the capital is very strong. After the signs of a run, the servants of Kaifeng Mansion had already come to maintain order, and when more and more people gathered, there was a ban on the army. In the past, it would have been difficult for anyone to cause trouble, but this time it was different. At the beginning, in order to eat the treasury bonds as much as possible and raise the interest rate to collect savings, and the four banks associated with Li Buqi indicated that they would not buy treasury bonds, the common people took money from the four banks and deposited it in these twelve banks for higher interest rates.

The so-called law does not blame the public is to say that this situation, when these banks stop paying, the anxious people began to smash the door, impact the shop, Kaifeng Prefecture officers and soldiers also turned a blind eye, just try not to make a big mess, do not contribute to the work. Because they were afraid of provoking the anger of the people on themselves, and because they also had money in these banks.

The shop was smashed open, and the bank's steward and manager were pulled out. But they are just small people who can't be the masters at all, so the angry people rushed to the owners of these banks, and some people believed that Kaifeng Mansion and the official family could call the shots, and went to Kaifeng Mansion to beat the drum of injustice and to the Dengwen Drum Courtyard to beat the Dengwen drum.

When Han Qi came forward to reprimand the people who beat the drums, the people called him a shareholder of the bank, and if they didn't listen to him, they wanted the officials to come forward to call the shots.

But can today's officials come forward now? I really can't! After hearing the report of Hebei's defeat and the annihilation of the 200,000 army, this person was stunned for two seconds, shouted "Han Qi misunderstood me", and then rolled his eyes and became unconscious, obviously having a stroke. Now Zhao Shu is lying on the bed, although he still has a breath, but obviously he can't live for a few days, but Han Qi and others have joined forces to suppress this matter in order to stabilize people's hearts, and the people outside don't know.

In the face of more than 10,000 people, although Han Qi transferred the troops of the Imperial City Division, he was helpless. He did not dare to risk the condemnation of the world to arrest people directly, and he was still sober-minded, knowing that arresting people would only intensify the contradictions. In the midst of a stalemate, suddenly a team of eunuchs came out of the palace gate, and the first person was Li Shunju. He walked in front of the people with the edict in his hand and read it aloud: "The Empress Dowager Yi decrees ......"

This sound made Han Qi and the others stunned - why did the Queen Mother, who has never been in charge, suddenly make a move, what is this going to do?

Han Qi felt a huge danger in his heart, and hurriedly ordered someone to stop Li Shunju, but the people of the Imperial City Division were obviously instructed and stepped forward to stop Han Qi's people. Li Shunju had already read out the will of the Empress Dowager Cao aloud, to the effect that the Empress Dowager and the official family would definitely make the decisions for the people, not only to ensure that the people would get their money back, but also to ensure that the Liao people would not be allowed to fight in the capital.

Although Yi's intentions are sincere, the common people don't buy it. The people led by the people asked the queen mother that she was a woman and had never been allowed to interfere in politics, so how could her will be counted? Some people questioned why the Queen Mother issued the decree and why the official family did not speak.

Li Shunju saw that he could not persuade the people, so he Wen Yan asked the people to wait quietly for the news, and ordered someone to give herbal tea to the people to relieve the heat, and then he turned around and bowed to Han Qi and the others and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the Queen Mother invites you to enter the discussion." ”