Chapter 1095 - Settle the General Ledger

There are two food systems that support Kaifeng, one is the relief system presided over by Zhou Wang Zhu Zailing, which is aimed at the disaster victims, and the other is supported by grain merchants and aimed at ordinary people. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

When the merchants' granaries were empty and burned with fire, fear spread like a plague, and faster than ever.

There is no food, especially in the disaster year, there is no food, it is more terrible than losing their lives, countless people flocked to the palace, knelt on the ground to petition, begged the palace to open a warehouse to release grain, and went to the officials, tens of thousands of words, will definitely be able to raise the noble hand.

Compared with the victims, the citizens are much stronger, they are more familiar with the officials of Kaifeng, even if the top officials do not know, ordinary officials are always in charge. Everyone is a folk, can you not help?

Don't look at their small officials, but their power is not small, and many people take the opportunity to open the door of convenience. Grain was sold to the common people.

As soon as this opening is opened, it is amazing.

Now the price of grain in Kaifeng City has reached three yuan and one stone, which is three times higher than in the past. Give food to the citizens, they have money, they can make a lot of money. No one cared about the world, and the granary of King Zhou's mansion was quickly emptied.

By the time Zhu Zailing found out, it was too late, and the granary was already empty. Not to mention the relief of the victims, it is impossible to even sustain the hungry people in the city.

"It's all a bunch of white-eyed people who eat inside and out, and they are hungry for profit, kill them, kill them all!"

Zhu Zailing shouted wildly, but unfortunately no one dared to make a move, Zhang Xueyan didn't have the courage, Li Youzi didn't either, and other officials didn't.

What do you rely on to maintain a corner of Kaifeng, what do you rely on to pull the flag to rebel, it's not these low-level officials, if they are offended and killed, Kaifeng will collapse without a fight.

"Lord Wang, the citizens and the victims of the disaster, you can only take care of one head." Li Youzi reluctantly told the truth.

Zhu Zailing is very unwilling, he still wants to become a virtuous king, and he wants the people of the world to belong to him, and he also wants to snatch the dragon chair in the Forbidden City......

The harsh reality shattered his dreams. No matter how unwilling you are, you can't turn food into food, and there is no way to solve the dilemma. It is very difficult and painful for a strong man to break his wrist, but it must be done.

Citizens are obviously more worthy of pleasing than the victims who have no roots.

Zhu Zailing ordered to restrain the refugees, stop the distribution of food, and make every effort to ensure that the people in the city have food.

Is it a big deal to return to the original situation, Zhu Zailing and his subordinates did not expect what terrible consequences this order would bring.

If something is given, it is not easy to take it back.

Giving it in a hurry and getting it back in a hurry is even more terrible than not giving it.

The psychological gap is enough to drive people crazy.

The victims all admired the reputation of the king of Zhou, and heard that he loved the people like a son, opened the granary, supplied the hungry, and regarded the people as relatives.

When everyone was so tired that they were almost dead, Zhu Zailing suddenly gave an order, saying that the original order was withdrawn and no food was given.

Hope and then disappointment are more terrible than being disappointed from the start. Isn't this a trick?

The victims were furious, some of them chose to leave and go to the imperial court, and some of them began to make trouble in groups, looting food everywhere, smashing large households, and causing a miasma.

Zhu Zailing had to send people to suppress the rebellion of the victims. But he forgot one thing, many of the newly recruited soldiers were refugees, and before they could be trained, they were forced to deal with the victims, pick up butcher knives, and kill their own people, except for a very few livestock, a few of them could do it!

Besides, being a soldier for King Zhou, how wrong you think.

Within a few days, there was a wave of deserters, and the rebels ran away with weapons, all in groups, some dozens, more than hundreds, they ran out, and then coerced the refugees, and they were able to easily make up thousands of people.

The hunger was unbearable, so they went to plunder, that is, to kill, especially to attack those heavily guarded villages and towns, and to open the granaries of the landlords' houses, so that as long as they robbed one family, it was enough for thousands of people to eat for ten days and half a month.

The refugees are getting more and more energetic, and the landlords are not stupid, and they have also come up with a way to deal with it, immediately recruiting the victims, turning them into their village guards, and once the bandits are killed, they will defend their masters against foreign enemies.

Around Kaifeng, it is like a hunting ground, carnivores loot everywhere, and herbivores form formations to protect themselves, occasionally, herbivores will show their hideous fangs, take a bite, and can't tell who eats meat and who eats grass.

There was chaos outside, and Zhu Zailing didn't want to stay out of it, in fact, his forces were shrinking rapidly, and people were fleeing every day. The scholars who followed him also smelled the uneasy atmosphere, and they all complained of illness, so they simply ran away quietly.

A lively rebellion, a big war was not fought, and just dragging it out, dragged itself to death.

Zhu Zailing only felt extremely ridiculous, from beginning to end, he didn't know how he was confused from the virtuous king to the harmful spirit, heaven and hell, it was just a stone's throw away.

Happiness comes too fast, go faster!

The lonely king is unwilling!

"Zhang Gelao, Li Butang, King Gu can't wait any longer, he has to raise troops and go north immediately, as long as he lays down more territory and gets more grain and baggage, he can sustain it."

Zhu Zailing's feeling is right, but the method makes people shake their heads.

Sending troops, are you sure? Li Youzi silently drew a big cross in his heart.

The men and horses have not been trained, and the food and grass are not enough, so what can the use of rushing troops except to find death? He had the heart to object, but found that Zhu Zailing and Zhang Xueyan had made up their minds.

Yes, it's a shame to have a rebellion and not send troops to fight it.

They didn't even know what they were for, but because they were unwilling, they rushed to send troops.

Zhu Zailing took out the only 30,000 stone grain in the palace, and took out more than 80,000 taels of silver, and he also wanted to go to other county kings, auxiliary generals and other clans to borrow money and grain, but unfortunately, the doors of these people's mansions were closed, and no one came out.

Shameless!

Zhu Zaijiao scolded and gritted his teeth in anger, no wonder the old Zhu family was bullied, they are all selfish rice buckets of you, how can they be a family with you?

After enough scolding, Zhu Zailing could only leave in a dejected manner.

Tomorrow is the day of the troops, but today the wind is roaring, the cold wind is swishing, and the goose feathers are snowing from the sky.

The temperature dropped rapidly, and a terrible cold snap blew across the Yellow River, and in the second half of the night, the river was completely frozen.

"My lord, the river is frozen."

Shen Shixing was wearing a heavy woolen military uniform, standing by the river and looking out, in the vast night, the snow, he could only see a hazy cloud, and occasionally a little light, that was Kaifeng!

"Let's cross the river!"

At the sound of an order, Wu Dui personally led the men and horses, divided into three roads, stepped on the ice, and quickly rushed to the opposite bank.

When they appeared under Kaifeng City, it happened that the sky had just brightened and the temperature was the lowest, and people were hiding in the quilts, reluctant to come out.

The professional demolition team rushed to the city and ignited the gunpowder, and less than three minutes later, the ancient city of Kaifeng shook and the city gate exploded.

Wu Dui took the lead and rushed into the city.

Seeing the Ming army coming in, the rebels put up white flags one after another, and everywhere they went, there was almost no fighting, and they smoothly took over Kaifeng.

Wu Dui once thought that he was dreaming, could it be that there was an ambush in the city?

But it wasn't until he reached the Zhou Wangfu that he finally believed that this rebellion was so vulnerable.

Zhu Zai, the king of Zhou, carried a sword and personally supervised the formation, and the guards of the palace fought to the death. Wu Dui was in real trouble for the first time, and his men attacked three times in a row, all of which were knocked back by the palace's fire guns and arrows.

By the fourth time, Wu Dui was really mad, he personally carried the ghost head knife and acted as an overseer, who dared to take a step back, he would not be spared.

The Ming army screamed and rushed forward, and the battle lasted for almost half an hour, and more than half of the guards of the palace were killed and wounded, and finally broke the gate of the Zhou Palace, and Wu Dui rushed in first.

When he arrived in the palace, he didn't find Zhu Zailing, so he immediately ordered a search, and found the study until he saw bloodstains on the ground.

Zhu Zailing killed two sons and a daughter, hacked the princess to death, and then wiped his neck.

The sword went deep into the flesh, not only cutting the trachea and blood vessels, but also deeply imprinted on the bones, and pulled hard, but did not take it down.

"Give him a whole corpse!"

Wu Dui was rarely merciful, as for the others, they were not so polite, after Zhang Xueyan was caught, he kept kneeling and begging for mercy, Wu Dui simply asked people to break his two legs, don't you like to kneel, just kneel forever!

As for Li Youzi, he is still tough, and when he was arrested, he scolded and denounced the traitor, and he had a posture of looking at death as home.

"Don't knock out his teeth for me!"

The soldier immediately swung the hilt of his knife and smashed it Li Youzi's front teeth, one, two, three...... His mouth was full of teeth, and he fainted in pain.

The leaders were finished, and the rebellion was easily over.

From beginning to end, there was no fierce fighting, and as soon as it passed, it was easily completed, which was easier than the exercise. Only Wu Dui, who knew what had happened before and after, would be shocked and even panicked.

Shen Shixing, who is usually quiet, turned out to be such a ruthless stubble, he used refugees as weapons to deal with traitors, but it was easy for King Zhou to mess up and quickly rout.

is worthy of being a talent selected by Tang Yi, it is really ruthless and powerful enough!

It is a skill to be able to fight and fight, but it can use ingenuity, and it is even more kung fu. Wu Dui didn't dare to underestimate this champion at all.

It's Shen Shixing, he is not easy at all at the moment, and even his scalp has exploded.

The teacher told himself that he wanted to make a big deal of chaos, but now it's a big mess, but how to make a big deal of it, it really takes a lot of effort to do it.

Surrounded by people and horses, he entered the city, and when he was far away, he saw a group of people who were black, all of whom were celebrities and gentry from Kaifeng, as well as wealthy businessmen, who knelt on the side of the road, greeted the king, like the stars and the moon, and invited Shen Shixing to the governor's yamen. The battle in the palace continued, and only the governor's yamen could barely entertain him.

Everyone worked hard, and as soon as Shen Shixing spoke, everyone was frightened.

"How many of you have given money and food to the traitors, it's time to settle the score!" (To be continued.) )