Duan Mingyi smiled apologetically, then turned around and went out, walking outside the door of the guest hall, he saw that his wife's expression was a little wrong, so he asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Come with me."

Just now, Mrs. Duan took the basket to the next door to check it out excitedly, but she saw something that was incredible.

She took her husband and walked quickly to the next door, several children were eating around the table, there were good snacks in the basket, Duan Mingyi saw a lot of things on the table, there were fine tea, fine silk, exquisite snacks, and a black iron box.

"Is this something they sent?"

Duan Mingyi gently stroked the tea bag of Chufeng Tea House, it was his favorite Huangshan Maojian, the price was extremely expensive, it was said to be one or two silver and one or two tea, last time his father had a birthday, he specially bought half a catty, here is two or three catties, this gift is not light!

"Look inside the iron box for yourself!" His wife said with a little hatred, a little tea fascinated him like this, and it was useless!

Duan Mingyi opened the lid, his eyes widened suddenly, and he saw that it was full of yellow and clear gold ingots, "Oh my God! ”

He swallowed, wasn't he dreaming?

"I have ordered, a total of twenty ingots, each ingot ten taels, that is two hundred taels of gold, husband, yes..... Gold! ”

Mrs. Duan's voice also trembled, two hundred taels of gold, that is two thousand taels of silver, their family will not be able to save so much money in their lifetime.

Duan Mingyi seemed to be still dreaming, two hundred taels of gold, how could this be? No, he can't take it! He suddenly reacted, but his wife reacted even faster, and she knew something bad was going to happen as soon as she saw her husband's expression, so she grabbed the iron box in her arms first.

She looked at her husband warily, "What do you want to do?" I tell you, this gold, I will make a decision, and you will not want to return it. ”

"Oops!" Duan Mingyi was so anxious that he stomped his feet, "I don't know them, why did he send me gold, he wanted to do something bad." ”

"Whew!" His wife sneered disdainfully, "Look at your bear-like, you are a petty official from the ninth rank who is smaller than a sesame seed, what big deal can you have?" ”

"But... They don't send money for no reason, there must be something begging me. ”

"Then you can help others! You don't have much power, what are you afraid of? People are not stupid, they must know in advance that you can do something, so they will send gold first, don't you understand this bit of human affection? ”

Duan Mingyi was extremely embarrassed, "But..... I still don't think it's appropriate, good wife, you ....."

"Don't call me a good wife!"

His wife's eyes suddenly turned red, and she choked up: "I've been married to you for ten years, and the only silk skirt is still from my mother's family, what did you give me?" I bore you two sons, but I wore cloth skirts all year round, and even the jewelry on my head was copper, do you know what the neighbors say about me? said that I might as well marry the Zhang butcher next door, at least I still have meat to eat, and silver jewelry, but you are still a nine-grade official? The children had never even seen a snack. ”

"Don't talk about it!"

Duan Mingyi sighed angrily, "You just accept it, I won't stop you, it's a big deal to commit something, I won't do it as an official, and I will go to be a butcher!" ”

Duan Mingyi walked out of the door in a bad mood, and his wife also felt that she had said that her husband was too much, but seeing the appearance of several children gobbling up snacks, she felt distressed for a while, so she bit her lip tightly.

The walls of the Duan family were very thin, and they could hear the quarrel between their husband and wife next door clearly, Yu Yongqing's subordinates covered their mouths and wanted to laugh, but they were glared at by Yu Yongqing, and Yu Yongqing couldn't help but feel some pity in his heart.

At this time, Duan Mingyi walked back, his face was a little red, he knew that he heard it here, he sighed, "Let Brother Yu see and smile!" ”

"It's okay, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, I understand, please rest assured, Brother Duan, I won't let you do anything that violates morality."

Duan Mingyi didn't go around the bush, so he asked directly: "Since this is the case, Brother Yu will say it clearly!" What the hell do you want me to do? ”

Yu Yongqing smiled faintly, "I just want to know, how much grain is still in Taicang, how much grain is still in Changping, and how much rice the military consumes in a month, I know, Brother Duan has a record in his hand." ”

Duan Mingyi's face changed greatly, and he looked at Yu Yongqing in horror, "Who are you?" ”

"I won't hide it from Brother Duan, I am the intelligence chief of His Royal Highness King Liang in Yongjing, if you are willing to cooperate with us, King Liang will ascend the throne in the future, and he will never treat you badly, I can guarantee that you are the order of a county."

Duan Mingyi was stunned as if he had been struck by lightning, and at this time, Mrs. Duan rushed in and put a box of gold on the table, "We don't want this!" ”

She pulled her husband, "Husband, I was good just now, don't be embarrassed." ”

"No!"

Duan Mingyi shook his head, he suddenly became extremely calm, and said to Yu Yongqing: "I am willing to serve Luo Jing, because that is the real Daning Dynasty. ”

．．．．．．．．． Yu Yongqing got all the information he wanted, and Duan Mingyi also promised to provide daily grain stock changes in the future, from this small window, Yu Yongqing grasped the grain situation in Yongzhou, and it was also related to the army's military food supply, which was definitely an extremely important strategic intelligence.

He returned to Chufeng Tea House, Tan Ju also came back, and he also got clear information from Bai Mingkai, it was indeed Uncle Shen Guo who was using grain to Kashen Empress Dowager's neck, and the purpose was to force her to let go of power, and they sent the information to Luojing with pigeon letters overnight.

It was not far from Yongjing to Luojing, and the next afternoon, Huangfu Wujin received urgent information from Yongjing, and he immediately convened a meeting of the political hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the power struggle in Yongjing has reached the most delicate moment, I think we can make every effort to intensify their infighting, at the same time, the lack of food has become more and more their shortcoming, my intention is very clear, and it is also my consistent line of thought, that is, to make full use of Yongjing's own problems, to surrender without a fight, to achieve the greatest results at the lowest cost, we must use political warfare to achieve the final victory."

．．．．．．． On the same day, the government hall approved the package plan of Huangfu Wujin, and the next day, the Luojing army began to mobilize, and transferred 100,000 Chu troops to Tongguan, and the 10,000 Chu troops stationed in Mianchi rushed to Tongguan in advance, and used artillery to bombard Tongguan, creating a momentum of large-scale attack by the Chu army.

At the same time, Huangfu Wujin sent 50,000 troops to cross the Yellow River and march into Hanoi County, Hanoi County only had 5,000 defenders, and the defenders of Hanoi County surrendered to the Chu army, so that the Chu army occupied Hanoi County without blood, and the Chu army immediately made a gesture and put on a posture of attacking Jinzhou in a big way, and at the same time, the 100,000 troops of Youzhou also marched into Fuyang Pass again, preparing to cooperate with the operation of Hanoi County.

Tongguan is in a hurry! Jinnan is in a hurry! Snowflakes of distress letters flew to the capital, Luo Jing at the end of the New Year's offensive shocked Yongjing, Empress Dowager Shen immediately issued an order, Feng Shenji's eldest son Shen Junyi as the king of Shangdang County, allowed Shen Ji to build the Qin Palace, and then ordered Shen Ji to lead 200,000 troops to Tongguan for defense.

At the same time, Empress Dowager Shen issued an order to stay in Taiyuan and the general Zhao Xuan led 80,000 troops to Jinnan to support.

Once the army sent troops, it had to pay food, 300,000 troops into the war, like a blood machine, began to frantically pump out Yongjing's treasury silver and grain, Yongjing in Shuzhou no grain and the outbreak of war under the double pressure, grain prices began to skyrocket, within three days, from each bucket of 60 Wen in one fell swoop to break through the bucket of rice 500 Wen, skyrocketed eight times.

At this time, the 200,000 Xiliang army that had been silent in the north of Guannai Province also suddenly launched an offensive, the iron horse crossed the glacier, the 150,000 cavalry crossed the Yellow River, and attacked Taiyuan Mansion, and the 50,000 defenders of Taiyuan did not dare to fight, they closed the city gate and cowered in the city, but the Xiliang army was not for the siege of the city, they captured the Jinyang warehouse, the largest granary in Jinzhou, north of Taiyuan City, and within ten days, the 150,000 Xiliang army swept away the millions of stone grain in the warehouse.

．．．．．．．．． Internal worries, external troubles, military salaries, food, all kinds of huge pressure made the Empress Dowager Shen anxious, she did not close her eyes for three nights, there are still ten days before the New Year, but the price of grain in the capital has broken through the 800 Wen of doumi, the public opinion is surging, the people are boiling with anger, and tens of thousands of civilians in the capital spontaneously demonstrate in front of the palace gate every day.

Not only that, Tongguan has several times urging the grain army report, as well as the Jinzhou army's food request letter, like snowflakes to the Empress Dowager Shen, and at this time, Taicang's grain inventory has dropped to less than 300,000 stones, and the treasury silver is only 500,000 taels.

Under tremendous pressure, Empress Dowager Shen finally fell ill.

Early in the morning, Zuo Xiang Bai Mingkai hurried to the Lotus Hall where Empress Dowager Shen was recuperating, Zuo Xiang Bai Mingkai is still a top-secret chess piece placed by Huangfu Wujin in Yongjing, in addition to Huangfu Wujin and Yongjing's intelligence personnel, even Luojing Political Affairs Hall does not know Bai Mingkai's true identity.

On the other hand, Bai Mingkai didn't really take refuge in Luo Jing, he and Huangfu Wujin were just a personal relationship.

Bai Mingkai was taken into the hospital room of the Empress Dowager Shen by the eunuchs, and the Empress Dowager Shen was lying on the bed through the curtain.

Bai Mingkai sat down, "How does the Queen Mother feel?" ”

Empress Dowager Shen sighed and asked, "What did Shen Qin say?" What conditions did he offer? ”

Now the Empress Dowager Shen can only make concessions to Uncle Shen Guo in exchange for Shuzhou grain to enter Beijing, Uncle Shen Guo's move is too ruthless and pinched her life.

Shen Xiangguo said that he hoped that the Queen Mother would take care of her health and recuperate in the palace, and that she would not be concerned about the affairs of the imperial court.

"Humph! In the final analysis, he still wants to mourn the abdication of the family, and implement the administrative hall system, and the mourning family does not want to agree, but what can be done? ”

Bai Mingkai pondered for a moment and said, "The minister has a way, at least he can maintain half a year's money and food. ”

Empress Dowager Shen was overjoyed, if she could maintain it for half a year, she would be able to gradually regain control of Shuzhou.

"Bai Aiqing, say it quickly, what can you do?"

Empress Dowager Shen was in high spirits and sat up, "Say it quickly!" ”

Bai Mingkai said slowly: "Do you remember that the Queen Mother still remembered, when Luojing was besieged, Huangfu Heng ran out of food, and Zhang Jinjie was in charge at that time, how did he survive the most difficult moment?" ”

"You mean...... Raiding the house? ”

Empress Dowager Shen suddenly understood what he meant, "Bai Aiqing is talking about copying the home of the powerful?" ”

Bai Mingkai laughed, "Queen Mother, we have a group of fat sheep living in Guanzhong!" Huangfu Wujin has already sheared their wool in Yuzhou, but the mutton is still with us! ”

Empress Dowager Shen's eyes narrowed, yes! There are hundreds of fat sheep living in the counties of Guanzhong, they have a lot of grain in their hands, and they also have enough wealth, although slaughtering sheep will arouse their indignation, but the emperor has no Jin to slaughter, why can't she slaughter? This is better than the army and the people having no food to eat, no pay to pay, and finally rebelling, and more importantly, she can keep her power.

"Okay, the mourning family accepts your suggestion!"

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(To be continued)