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Things have just begun, and with the deepening of Yan Chasan's investigation, Liu Yong's trajectory before jumping into the river slowly became clear. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After coming out of the palace, Yoo Young did not go home, and went directly to the newspaper office. Some of the men on duty saw that the candles in Yoo Yong's room were always on that night, and they even heard the sound of Yoo Yong smashing things.

Yan Chasan saw the unpublished manuscripts that Liu Yong had placed on the table. Everything seems to confirm that Liu Yong was cornered by Zhao Shu, and he didn't want to slander Chen Shimei, nor did he dare to offend Zhao Shu, so he chose to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river.

The situation became more and more unfavorable for Zhao Shu, and in the minds of the scholars, his absolute correctness as the emperor was questioned.

has arrived in Yanzhou, which used to be a battlefield for a decisive battle with the party, Chen Yuan lifted the curtain to look outside, and the current Yanzhou has changed a lot compared to a few years ago. The city is much wider, and there are many shops on the roadside.

"Stop."

Chen Yuan shouted softly, the carriage stopped, and the messenger turned his head suspiciously: "Master Horse, what's the matter?" ”

Chen Yuan's feet got off the carriage: "There's nothing to do, I don't want to take the carriage anymore, let's go along this street." ”

The envoy wanted to refuse Chen Yuan, because this city would come down, and at least half a day would have passed. If the horse master is in a good mood and finds a teahouse to drink tea, he may not be able to go far today. He was about to say something when Chen Yuan spoke first: "What? Am I a prisoner now? Don't you even have the right to come down and walk around? ”

The messenger suddenly lowered his head: "Don't dare! The lower officials did not dare. ”

Chen Yuan got out of the car and walked around the street casually, he looked at the expressions on the faces of those residents, and out of professional habits, his eyes always looked at those shops to see how they were doing inside.

Some of the guys leaned against the door and shouted at the pedestrians on the street, selling their own goods, and occasionally some people would enter the shop, and they would greet each other warmly, take each other to the counter, and introduce their goods to each other one by one.

The current merchants are trading differently from before Chen Yuan came to the Great Song Dynasty. In the past, the guys were lazy lying on the counter, and when a guest came, he looked up and down, and if he was rich, he shouted hard, and if he saw someone wearing coarse cloth clothes, most of them ignored it.

If any guy dares to treat a guest like this now, the boss will immediately fire him! What happened to coarse cloth clothes? Now the common people have a little money in their hands, and they can't afford to buy the good ones, but they can buy those that are slightly inferior.

And these people have a huge base, and if they can do their business, they are also very profitable.

Not far away, there is a stall that helps people sew clothes, a woman in her thirties sits there, the needle and thread in her hand are constantly busy, and next to the stall, a man with a broken leg is pinching the noodle man, and the noodle man has a circle of children in front of the stall.

"I'm going to pinch a general! General! It's like Li Yuanhao, one can fight many! ”

The fat boy handed a handful of copper coins to the dough maker, and the guy smiled and put them away: "Okay! Li Yuanhao is amazing, at the beginning, dozens of generals of our Song Dynasty joined forces and failed to capture him alive, boy, I see that you are so strong, you must be the same as Li Yuanhao when you grow up! ”

The fat boy was obviously encouraged, and his belly deliberately straightened.

In a few moments, a general on a horse with a spear was pinched out of the man's hand, and a stick was inserted into his hand and handed it to the little fat man, who went away happily.

When he passed in front of Chen Yuan, he still shouted vigorously: "Kill!" Kill! I think he was already imagining in his mind that he was Li Yuanhao, who was fighting dozens of generals of the Song Army.

Chen Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled. This is the way things in the world are, the damage brought to Yanzhou by the party members has been diluted with the passage of time and the slow integration of the party members into the Great Song Dynasty.

The children who grew up in these peaceful years could not understand the pain of their fathers in their hearts. In their minds, that battle was just a story, a very exciting, very exciting battle story that they longed for.

These children are so happy now, which makes Chen Yuan, who single-handedly created this happiness, feel a little gratified.

This is his credit, and it is a prosperous era created by him, Renzong and countless Song army soldiers and countless people who have worked hard for the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty over the years.

They handed over this prosperous world to Zhao Shu so that these children could continue to be happy, but Zhao Shu was about to use himself in the blink of an eye now, which really made Chen Yuan very angry.

He wants to tell Zhao Shu that Jiangshan gave it to him, which does not mean that he can do whatever he wants! He must respect people like himself who have worked hard for this country!

Chen Yuanzhen walked into a teahouse, and those messengers hurriedly followed, Chen Yuanzai's brows furrowed: "You guys are drinking tea below, I want to be quiet alone, don't bother me." ”

The condition of "Master ...... Horse" obviously made those envoys a little embarrassed, although Chen Shimei was not a prisoner, but Zhao Shu made it clear that he must be taken care of, and these people may not be able to afford it if something goes wrong.

Chen Yuan turned his head to look at him: "What?" Are you afraid that I won't be able to run away? Can you send someone around to watch? ”

The man's eyes suddenly became a little afraid: "Yes, yes." ”

Walked into the private seat and sat down, a guy walked in with a pot of tea, closed the door and the guy whispered: "Master Horse, everything is the same as you think, things are going well so far, what should I do next?" ”

The corners of Chen Yuan's mouth raised an arc, and his eyes revealed a trace of pungency and cunning: "Okay, where is Liu Yong now?" ”

The guy said, "I don't know about this, Childe only said that he is very safe." ”

Chen Yuanyi waved his hand: "Tell Childe, don't let Liu Yong show up." Next, we need to deal with Sima Guang and Fan Chunyou, without these two people, Zhao Shu will be confused. ”

The guy nodded: "Got it, we'll arrange someone to do it right away." ”

Chen Yuan suddenly smiled very happily, and the first move of the chain punch was made, but Zhao Shu didn't bear it, so his rain-like offensive would overwhelm him next. Sima Guang and Fan Chunyou may not be able to help Zhao Shu much, they can only come up with some immature opinions, but what Chen Yuan wants is that Zhao Shu can't even get immature opinions.

He picked up the tea poured on the table and took a sip: "Also, go find Xia Zhu." ”

The situation in Bianjing is already very complicated, and Liu Yong's problem has not yet subsided, and there is even more shocking news from Yunzhong Mansion that the businessmen have actually gone on strike en masse!

This news really shocked the entire court. In recent years, the power of the merchants has developed rapidly, and although there are some close interests between them and the local government, there are also great conflicts.

The rapid development of commerce brought about a new economic growth model to the Great Song Dynasty, and at the same time, it also caused serious erosion to the traditional small-scale peasant economy. In this wave, many peasants have left their land, and working in the workshops has become a part of their lives.

Compared with the peasants who honestly guarded their own acres of land, these people who walked out of the land obviously had a broader vision, and at the same time, the flow of population also brought extreme inconvenience to the management of officials.

The rapid expansion of the merchant power also impacted the social pattern of the entire Great Song Dynasty, and the previous so-called "Shinong industry and commerce" level was quickly impacted. Merchants with wealth and low political status will use their wealth to find new ways for their political and social status.

They either handed over to the princes and magnates, or formed a new force with local officials and heroes, and they could even influence some grassroots political power politically and economically; There are even some arrogant businessmen, either evading taxes and resisting taxes, or using money to override power, and they look like local emperors. In addition, the businessman's concept of valuing profits impedes the traditional concept of morality and ethics. Their idea of making money makes them alien to traditional Confucian culture.

This contradiction was evident during the reign of Emperor Renzong, when the magistrates wanted to use the merchants to bring prosperity to their territory, and at the same time, some of the problems that followed the prosperity were really a headache for them.

This problem was not solved by Renzong, and neither was Chen Shimei. Because conflict is not a terrible thing, there are many contradictions, all of which are run in the conflict.

But those scholars in the court really didn't expect that this contradiction would break out at this time! The commerce of the entire Yunzhong Mansion came to a halt in a single day, and at the same time, the turmoil continued to spread, and the neighboring territories were also seriously affected.

If it can't be quickly suppressed and make this turmoil bigger and bigger, then the entire Great Song Dynasty may be swept away.

The president of the Chamber of Commerce who had just been appointed by Zhao Shu had not been in power for a few days, and he could still shout twice in Bianjing with the banner of Zhao Shu, and after leaving Bianjing, those businessmen did not [***] him at all, and he had no ability to calm down this turmoil.

If Liu Yong's jumping into the river is just an impact on Zhao Shu's reputation after he took power, then this time the merchants of Yunzhong Mansion collectively boycotted the market, which really tested the ability of Zhao Shu's team to deal with sudden crises.

Renzong left a relatively good court combination for Zhao Shu, but Zhao Shu was reluctant to use those people. Since he came to power, except for Wen Yanbo, who is still reused for marrying his daughter to Zhao Shu, people like Ouyang Xiu and Song Qi are basically idle, but Sima Guang and Fan Chunyou's descendants have risen at an astonishing speed.

The rapid rise does not mean that their ability is strong, on the contrary, these people are extremely lacking in experience in grassroots work, they don't know how the county order is perfunctory to the boss, don't know how those officials eat and take cards, when this crisis suddenly hit, Fan Chunyou and Sima Guang and others are helpless, they don't know how to solve local things at all, like ants on a hot pot.

Wen Yanbo was relatively much more mature, and when Fan Chunyou and the others were thinking about pacifying the businessmen, he had already thought of pacifying the person behind those businessmen.

He wanted Xia Zhu to come forward to help him, Xia Zhu was now the only remaining old minister of the Three Dynasties, and he thought that if Xia Zhu came forward to stabilize the situation, maybe Chen Shimei would give up.

stood in front of Xia Zhu for a long time, but Xia Zhu was still basking in the sun leisurely: "Didn't you do it a while ago?" Chen Shimei also promised to come back, why can't a few small chambers of commerce be even? You can ask the Chamber of Commerce to come forward and make some concessions. ”

Wen Yanbo said bitterly: "Teacher, how can it be so simple? If it is another half a year, let the president of the chamber of commerce have some prestige, and maybe persuade those merchants. No one can afford to set off this storm, but this time the merchants in Yunzhong Mansion made it clear that they would not buy his account, and the student asked the teacher to come forward so that Chen Shimei could stop. ”

Xia Zhu raised his hand: "Arrest someone!" Whoever is disobedient will be arrested, hasn't the emperor already arrested many people? Like that Chen Shizhong, he is still in prison, right? And Chen Shimei, hasn't she been escorted back by you? How do you want people to stop? Give you the head? Kuanfu, Chen Shimei is not that kind of person. ”

Wen Yan Bono didn't speak, he heard the mockery in Xia Zhu's mouth.

(To be continued)