Excerpt Ziyu scolded, the man in Tsing Yi just whispered, Excerpt Ziyu then suppressed his anger, and sighed regretfully: "Taking advantage of the food shortage and the people's hearts are unstable, if Li Yu is to raise troops at this time, it will still be too late." As long as the Tang soldiers are shot, it will be worse for the Song State at present, and the hearts of the people of Kaifeng will be shaken, and Zhao Kuangyin will not dare to use troops against the Han State again.

As soon as the crisis in the Han Kingdom was solved, the situation in the world changed instantly, and in this game of chess, he Zhao Kuangyin had to spend another seven or eight years to re-arrange. It's a pity that Li Yu has the body of a man and the authority of the emperor, but he is indulged in pleasure, has no ambitions, and a piece of mud that can't support the wall is not as good as me, a woman's family! ”

The man in Tsing Yi hesitated: "Miss, what if our Fugu sends troops......?" ”

Zhen Ziyu shook his head and said: "The Northwest Domains only want to protect themselves from being annexed, and they don't have the strength and ambition to compete with Song Yi. Now in the Central Plains, the only one who can fight with the Song State is the Tang State, if the Tang State sends troops to destroy the Song State's plan to annex the Han State, although it will anger the Song State, but it will be safe.

But my Fuzhou can't be successful, Fuzhou is just a state, how can I compete with Song? Moreover, if Fuzhou does not measure his own strength and takes the initiative to use troops against Song, maybe Xiazhou will capture Fuzhou before the Song army and pick up a big bargain. ”

She thought for a while and said: "We only have some exploration horses in the Central Plains, and we can't do anything, and now that the situation has been laid out, whether and how to solve the situation is beyond our control." Li Yu is a man with a short eye, not a male master, let him send troops categorically, Lin Huzi has 70,000 male soldiers in vain, however, it is still possible to ask him to help a little favor, I will repair a book, you immediately go to Zhenhai, ask him to train troops in the river, and intensify the tense atmosphere in the Jianghuai area, so, Zhao Dezhao wants to calm down this matter, or it can be a little more difficult. ”

"Yes! The villain stepped back and waited. The leader of the Tsing Yi man gave the order, quietly got up and retreated.

Zhen Ziyu watched his back disappear on the stairs, and a pair of eyebrows frowned slightly: "I thought that I would be separated from you by mountains and rivers, and there would be no possibility of seeing each other again. I set up this difficulty for Song Guo, and in the end, you actually came to solve the situation, can you solve it? ”

She raised her eyebrows and said with resentment: "When you fled to Guangyuan, it was us who helped you get ahead; It is the Zhao family who put you in Luling, suffering from internal and external difficulties, and it is the Zhao family who is still alive, and it is my family that gives you a helping hand and helps you with unlimited scenery; After the success, it is still the Zhao family who takes your power and wants to kill you, and I don't know what is good about his Zhao family, so you are so desperate to work for him. ”

She sighed and muttered to herself: "In the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, you have suddenly risen to the top, which can be regarded as an outlier. Among the civil officials, you are an outlier, and among the military attachés, you are still an outlier. Whether it is an official family, a Jin king, or a prime minister, among the three forces, you are not a descendant, even if you make this contribution, you stand on the cusp of the storm without any foundation, it is also a dangerous situation. This was designed by the profiteers of Sizhou, if it really fails, it may not be your blessing. Yang Hao, you can do it yourself......"

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ "How much food has Liu Yuanwai raised now?" ”

Yang Hao asked with concern. He had to be introduced by Governor Deng, and only then did he know that the man in his early fifties who came with him was Liu Xiangzhi, a big grain gentleman in Sizhou, and the maternal uncle of Mrs. Deng Governor's Mansion, this person must know a lot about the Sizhou grain market, so the three of them went to the second hall and chatted a few words, and Yang Hao went straight to the topic.

Liu Yuanwai is in his early fifties, but he looks like he is in his sixties, his long and narrow face is a little thin, his face is full of dense wrinkles, his complexion is rough and black, his hair and beard are gray, and he does not look like a pampered rich gentleman at all.

The old farmer-like clerk frowned, and a deep Sichuan character appeared on his forehead, like a ravine, he shook his head, sighed heavily, and said slowly: "Lord Envoy, the prefect of Sizhou is my nephew and son-in-law, and his elbow is not turned outward, if you can help me, how can you not help?" But now, the grain is really difficult to harvest, and in the past few days, I have been running around, and the harvest is less than 4,000 stones! ”

He slapped his thigh and said hatefully: "That Uncle Zhou Wang, who is rich and unkind, does bad things, with him here, the grain market in Sizhou will not be peaceful, but Zu Yang is too indulgent to him......"

Deng Zuyang said with some embarrassment: "In front of the court envoy, don't complain about this, this government also knows that Uncle Zhou Wang is not very rude, but he lives in Sizhou, more than ten generations, the children of the Zhou family are all over Jianghuai, all walks of life, government and locality, the power is intertwined, and the foundation is deep, he has no too outrageous actions, and he can't catch the evidence of his crimes, how to punish him?" ”

Liu Xiangzhi sneered: "Is this still called no evidence? ”

He turned to Yang Hao, and his eyes became eager: "Envoy Yang, Uncle Zhou Wangshu covers the sky with one hand, and it has not been a day or two to control the Sizhou grain market. He has bought a lot of grain, and now there is a shortage of grain in the grain market, not because of a lack of harvest, but because he contacted many grain gentry and joined hands to manipulate the market, and collected grain when there was one, so that there was no grain to sell in the market, and the grain supply was rising steadily. This man has a lot of money, and he is also very good at dealing with grain sellers. ”

Yang Hao perked up and said busily: "Liu Yuanwai, you say slowly, what means does he have to collect grain, why can't the official warehouse collect grain, but he always has grain to collect?" ”

Liu Xiangzhi said: "My lord, they laid down the grain and transported it to Sizhou, the official warehouse farm is to evaluate the grade according to the condition, and then weigh it into the warehouse, the Zhou family is in the local wealth, many small officials in the field have received their benefits, some of them also have some relatives with the Zhou family, at this time, they will deliberately reduce the price, the lower the price is the better, the grain households are naturally reluctant to sell the grain to the official warehouse.

At this time, there were many idle brokers, who were around the official warehouse all day long, talking to them and introducing them on their behalf, so that Uncle Zhou Wang could receive the grain in his hands at a slightly higher price than the official warehouse. Grain households from afar, people and land, need to find a helper, and they are directly taken away, as for small grain households, hey! Not to mention, those scoundrels follow the left and right and threaten them in a false voice, they are afraid of causing trouble, how dare they not sell grain to them? ”

Yang Hao intercepted: "The officials of the official warehouse colluded with the grain gentry, knowing what was going on, but couldn't they put an end to it?" ”

Deng Zuyang sighed and said: "Don't hide it, when the government just took office, I had a headache for a long time in order to store grain in the official warehouse, but although the joints were understood, the warehouse officials and even many servants did not say that they would be replaced, even if they were replaced, the people who were replaced were still the same, and the government could only give orders, but they could not wait to be a treasury official in the field every day."

The maternal uncle of the lady of this mansion originally did some small business, and then he became a grain gentry, and he used his system to make people, so that he could buy as much grain as possible from other grain gentry, and ensure the amount of grain that should be stored and purchased in the official warehouse. At the end of the year, although the cost is higher than the current price, compared with other states and counties, the cost of Sizhou is the least. ”

Yang Hao's heart moved, and suddenly thought of his method of letting farmers supervise each other when distributing seeds in Bazhou, and after thinking about it, he dispelled his idea, the situation in this state is much more complicated than a village, where there are farmers of equal status, for their own few acres of land, but they are really unable to compete, and no one is afraid of anyone. But there is a wide range of things involved here, there is class, there is dignity and inferiority, there are strong and weak, many things you know where the maladministration is, but you can't think of appropriate countermeasures, it is impossible to put an end to it, even if you prevent and reduce this kind of behavior to the greatest extent, you have to start from the system, and this is not his authority, nor is it the scope of the Sizhou prefect's authority.

Yang Hao didn't want to rely on his own strength, there is a way to change the ills of thousands of years of collusion between officialdom and shopping malls, Kaifeng's lack of grain is the solution he proposed, but now he only wants to complete his task, and now he wants to use both soft and hard to force those grain gentry to obediently spit out the grain, and the only way to do it is to grab their pigtails in exchange for illegal things and force them to sell grain.

So he only wants to start from this aspect now, but he thought about it carefully for a while, but he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, even if you know that the price of the official warehouse is a disadvantage, you can't grasp the handle, how the grain is good, all in the treasury officials' eyes and mouths, there is no certain rule, you say he is wrong, that is the judgment standard of each person, why is it wrong? As for the grain gentry buying grain, one is willing to buy and the other is "willing to sell", and they can't do anything to make them obedient.

Yang Hao asked with some annoyance: "So, now that the government has suppressed grain prices, and the prefect Deng has sent tax collectors to guard the traffic arteries and impose heavy taxes on the smuggling of grain and rice, have those grain gentry been at ease?" Are there any other people who raise prices privately and sell grain? ”

Liu Xiangzhi said affirmatively: "Yes, there must be, a person like Zhou Wangshu, if he doesn't earn a few buckets of real money a day, he will not be happy for a day, how can he watch the grain and rice not turn into gold and silver in the warehouse?" Merely...... I've only been a grain gentry in Sizhou for about two years, and I'm far inferior to him, and everyone knows that I'm a relative of the prefect, and some people won't tell me to know it, so I ...... I knew they were going to do something wrong, but I didn't have any real evidence. ”

Yang Hao couldn't help but be silent when he heard this.

Liu Xiangzhi said again: "However, with such a suppression by the government, the bulk grain and rice trade will definitely be affected, as long as they do not know the details of the amount of grain in Guancang Ghana, they will definitely be soft before the autumn harvest, and they will obediently hand over the grain at a fair price." ”

Yang Hao smiled bitterly: "That's what I said, but this plan is too risky, once they are more calm than the imperial court, the expenses at that time will be much higher than now." ”

Seeing that Liu Xiangzhi also showed an embarrassed look, Yang Hao hurriedly said: "King Wei Chitose can't rest assured, no matter what, the method that the two of you think is currently the best way to deal with those profiteers, I hope it can succeed." In any case, Liu Yuanwai came today and told many grain markets their hidden feelings frankly, and Yang was grateful in his heart. ”

Liu Xiangzhi smiled and said: "Yes, it should be, the envoy is to help our prefect, and Liu naturally has to do his best." ”

Yang Hao cheered up and Deng Zuyang together to send Liu Yuanwai out of the mansion in person, and in an alley diagonally on the opposite side, a figure in a ragged shirt like a beggar was cowering and walking this way, and suddenly saw the three people appear at the yamen, Yang Hao smiled and said goodbye to Deng Zuyang and Liu Xiangzhi, and watched them get in the car and leave before returning to the mansion.

The beggar couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw Yang Hao and Liu Xiangzhi so affectionate, and he showed timidity. At this time, several idlers in the street had noticed him, and he quickly lowered his head, reversed his pace, and walked casually into the alley opposite.

Yang Hao and Deng Zuyang returned to the mansion, Deng Zuyang resigned and went to the back house, Yang Hao returned to the lobby and sat down, looked at the crooked and weak officials, smiled wryly and waved his hand: "You all go to the porch to rest, if someone beats the drum, come to the hall and wait." ”

Those officials had already stood so numb that their legs were numb, and when they heard this, they were like being amnestied, and they quickly slipped away. The more Yang Hao thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and he punched the big case and said, "These profiteers, can't this official really rectify you?" ”

Bi Su yawned on the side, and said lazily: "If you can't rectify it, you can't rectify it, this world belongs to their old Zhao family, but do you see that Wang Ye Chitose is in a hurry?" The prince used a broken piano in the backyard all day long to hook up with the daughter of the Deng family.

This disaster was caused by Lord Chu, the third secretary, but do you think he is in a hurry? The cat is in the room all day, and I wish I could leave it all to others. The prince is not in a hurry, and the three envoys are not in a hurry, you are in a hurry, what is the matter with you here? Even if you fail to raise food, it is not your fault. ”

Yang Hao said: "You can't say that, I didn't interfere in this matter originally, but what if I don't come up with this plan?" Maybe there are capable people in the DPRK and China who will come up with a better way. Now that the official family has followed my strategy, it is equivalent to blocking other possibilities, if the food cannot be guaranteed to be sufficient, even if only one person starves to death, I will not be able to excuse myself, and I will feel uneasy. ”

He let out a long sigh and said, "However, if you can earn one million yuan, and you let him only earn five hundred thousand yuan, how many people in the world are willing to do so?" Now I want them to obediently hand over the food, Xiaozhi is righteous and seek skin with the tiger, they are not three-year-old children, a few good words can coax them to obediently hand over the fruit in their hands, only to grab their handles and force them to comply, but this credential, hey! They know that we are here for food and grass, but how can they show their feet and wait for us to catch them? ”

Bisu rolled his eyes, and said in a strange manner: "The government, if you want to enter the crime, you are afraid that you will not be able to find the truth?" For the sake of food, they bought off the officials and officials, bullied and oppressed the grain households, even if they didn't have it now, there were bullies such as smashing, looting and burning in the past, I think there are always a few old cases recorded in the official files, right? If you can't find the credentials, then make them dirty. ”

"Huh?"

"You're an official, you have a big mouth, isn't it up to you to say right or wrong? Hey, I've seen a lot of unjust, false and wrongful cases, but it's not me who slandered you as officials. ”

"That's right! How can I be like a donkey, let the rope of grain be tied, I only know how to circle around the millstone, haha, I am harmed by the legal society, haha, when smart people can't think of a way, the method that stupid people come up with is really the most effective, I will go to Chitose and ask for an order. ”

Bisu touched the back of his head and looked at his back in surprise, and it took a long time to react: "Stupid man...... Me? ”

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ the original residence certificate of the prefect of Deng gave Zhao Dezhao, he moved to the side room, he returned to the mansion, first went to his room to prepare to change his clothes and went to meet the prince, just changed into civilian clothes and walked to the hall, and his daughter rushed to hear the news. Deng Zuyang said with a smile: "Daughter, didn't you go to Qingling Temple to offer incense today, and you came back so soon?" ”

Deng Sleeve said: "Daddy, my daughter went to Qingling Temple to offer incense, and when she encountered an incident, she heard that her father was back, so she hurried over to tell her father." ”

"Oh? What's the matter? Deng Zuyang took a sip of herbal tea and asked.

"Daddy, when my daughter went to offer incense today, she happened to meet a family who was also praying in the temple, burning incense and worshipping, and crying silently. The daughter asked curiously, only to find out that it was the third cousin who created the sin. ”

Deng Zuyang was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "What did your third cousin do?" ”

Deng Xiu'er said angrily: "The third cousin is in the business of making money and lending, the family's field was flooded last autumn, because the tax could not be paid, borrowed five times from the third cousin, and now it has become forty-five, even if it is a bumper harvest this autumn, I am afraid that the family will not be able to save a penny, and all of it will go to the cousin, but who knows that the rice that is about to ripen in his house two days ago and I don't know who is wrong, and most of it was secretly set on fire, and the cousin heard that he was difficult to repay the debt, so he forced the door and robbed while the fire was burning, asking him to pay off the debt with land, The man begged bitterly, and the cousin fell in love with someone else's daughter again and wanted to force her to be a concubine, but the daughter had already decided to be married. The cousin either asked for land or someone, and he didn't let go of his mouth, forcing the man to be cornered, and the family was almost so anxious to hang himself, it was really miserable. ”

Deng Zuyang's face turned red with anger when he heard this, and he scolded him: "This bastard thing dares to do such an unrighteous act, come here, come here, and find that animal for me." His lips trembled with anger, and he picked up the cup to drink tea, but as soon as the cup touched his lips, a wave of anger rose, and the teacup slammed to the ground, "snapping" and shattering.

"What's wrong, what's wrong, what's the matter, you just came back and yelled?" A slender woman in red walked out of the back hall, wearing a scarlet shirt and a scarlet skirt, embroidered with pomegranate flowers, a pair of crested boots, a slender waist, round chest, and the charming style of a mature woman, but the corners of her eyes were slightly raised, revealing a bit of sharpness and shrewdness.

As soon as he saw her coming, Deng Zuyang flicked his sleeves and said angrily: "Isn't it a good thing that your precious nephew did?" ”

The woman was inexplicable, Miss Deng hurriedly stepped forward to tell the reason for the incident, and when Mrs. Deng heard it, she said disapprovingly: "How big of a deal should I be, as for you being angry?" From the township to the city, from the remote state and county to the first good district, where is there no money to lend? This doesn't get in the way of the royal law, right? There is no prohibition on lending money in the laws of our Song Kingdom, if you don't repay the debt, you can't ignore it if you sue your yamen, right? ”

Deng Zuyang said angrily: "Madam, if you lend money, you must also save three points of benevolence, right?" He took away the land of people's lives, and wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail other people's daughters as concubines, which was a deceptive move. ”

Mrs. Deng was greatly displeased, and said abruptly: "What is it called taking away people's lives and blackmailing other people's daughters as concubines? Money lending, there are rules for money lending, Liu Zhong lent, the money is not all his, he also has to pay the interest to the people on time, if the account is not returned, don't the people look for his trouble? ”

Deng Zuyang shouted: "If you weren't blindly protective, I don't think he would have been so bold, hum!" Lending for profit, lending for profit, I will investigate this matter, if I know that the fire is put by him, I will definitely not spare him! ”

When Mrs. Deng saw that her husband was full of emotion, she was stunned for a moment, and then cried: "The others haven't said anything yet, but you first put the basin on the top of your relative's head." Okay, now that you're an official, you think my Liu family is going to be next to you, isn't it? You were so poor that you had no house and no land, did I, Liu E, ever dislike you? Your parents died early, your uncles and brothers regarded you as passers-by, and you couldn't afford to go to Beijing to catch the exam. It was my uncle who sold his family's old cow to make enough money for you, otherwise you would be able to get a title on the gold list? Can you have today's scenery? ”

Deng Zuyang's momentum was three points shorter, and he lowered his voice and said, "You...... What are you talking about? The second uncle became a grain gentry, the third uncle became a head catcher, didn't the uncle also ask someone to arrange for someone to go to the penny division to be a treasurer, when will I not miss the kindness of the Liu family? ”

Mrs. Deng said aggressively: "Thanks? If you really feel it, you won't use the topic to play today, and you want to make a fuss about my nephew. Lending money for profit, but also taking risks, knowing that the usury is not doing a good deed, and if you can't pay it, of course, you have to compensate. If Zhong'er likes his daughter, is willing to pay off his debts, and marries that woman as a concubine, he also has to be willing to do so, but he didn't rob the people's daughter, right? Kill people to pay for their lives, pay off debts, and when people say they are pitiful, they don't have to change the debt? ”

Deng Zuyang was completely suppressed by his wife's arrogance, and he was speechless. At that time, usury was indeed an act allowed by the government, and not only some people lent money, even monasteries and Taoist temples, but also often lent money to the people, so that the spectacle of a group of monks and Taoists coming to the door to ask for debts was occasionally visible. Needless to say, even the local government secretly embezzled the money from the government treasury and handed it over to the bankers to lend money for profit.

Deng Zuyang had just arrived in Sizhou, because the former prefect who had a relationship with the Zhou family was impeached and dismissed by the imperial officials, and the local officials and the wealthy Zhou family were extremely hostile to him, so he tried his best to exclude and coerce, he did not follow the rules, and appointed private individuals on a large scale, and the Liu family made great efforts to consolidate his position, in order to support his wife's second uncle Liu Xiangzhi, and become a big grain merchant against Zhou Wangshu, and his eunuch bag was not rich, and he was also in the hands of his own people in the treasury at the beginning. Secretly transferring money to money lenders and earning rich interest as capital, it can be said that he is not a stupid and wooden official, but Liu Zhong's behavior really made him very angry.

But now Mrs. is inexplicably angry, the help and kindness of the Liu family to him is indeed too great, Deng Zuyang is a little discouraged, and can't help but secretly think: "I should secretly call Liu Zhong here, tell him not to do such an unrighteous act, and lenient that family for a while, but now it has provoked Mrs. to be angry, why bother." ”

Deng Xiu'er saw that her father was scolded by her mother, and she was willing to help, so she stepped forward and said: "Mother, this matter is no wonder for my father, cousin he ......"

"Shut up!" Mrs. Deng glared at her daughter fiercely: "At the beginning, your mother had no milk, and your concubine raised you, and you girl is embarrassed to sue your cousin for her black state?" ”

Deng Xiu'er said aggrievedly: "Mother, my daughter doesn't have the intention to embarrass her cousin, but that family is too pitiful." ”

At this moment, a clear voice at the entrance of the hall smiled: "Is Governor Deng back?" What's so noisy? ”

Deng Xiu'er looked back, only to see a handsome young man with hairpin hairpin, wearing a gold crown of jewels, wearing a green white robe with rolling silver edges, and embroidering a four-clawed python dragon on the robe, standing at the entrance of the hall with a smile, her pretty face suddenly turned red, she had thought that this person was the Wei King Zhao Dezhao who had been fighting with her for a few days in a row, this prince was really handsome.

Zhao Dezhao and Deng Xiu'er are in harmony with each other, and their longing is getting more and more keen, and when they hear this noise today, they have an excuse to show up, so they can't help but pacing over, and when they see the girl in the hall, they look back, Zhao Dezhao's feet are like stepping on clouds, and his soul is fluttering, and he stays there when he lands.

What a beauty, white plain for the lower skirt, under the moon for the upper skirt, the individual lined with beautiful jade carving, narrow sleeves short undergarment, long skirt dragging the ground, a tight half-arm shirt with peacock pattern brocade brocade, two beads just at the delicate front chest of the card, and a green manga embroidered with partridges on her shoulders, as if she had just come back from outside.

Her appearance is not the kind of stunning beauty, but it has the charm of a Jiangnan woman, with slender and long moon eyebrows, a small nose, thin red lips, and a moment of looking at each other, both sides have a feeling of panic.

"Ah, just...... It's just some family trivialities, but I didn't expect it to alarm the prince, and the prince forgave the sin. As soon as Deng Zuyang saw Zhao Dezhao coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute. Mrs. Deng was busy wiping her tears, and barely squeezed out a smile to meet her husband. Deng Xiu'er turned sideways, her head half lowered, and she bowed to Zhao Dezhao skillfully, and was about to avoid entering the inner room.

Zhao Dezhao was about to help the Deng couple, but when he saw that the person who was thinking about him was about to avoid it, he hurriedly coughed: "Meeting in a private house, where are there so many etiquettes, please hurry up and get up, ah!" Who is this girl? ”

Deng Xiu'er had already retreated to the bookshelf, and was about to flash behind the screen, the prince suddenly asked her identity, but it was inconvenient to go again, she leaned forward, and then stood again, leaning and stopping, becoming a scenery by herself, standing there, as if it was a scroll on the bookshelf that still exuded the fragrance of ink.

Deng Zuyang saw that Zhao Dezhao no longer asked about the reason for their quarrel, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, and said busily: "This is the little girl Xiu'er, Xiu'er, come and see the prince." ”

Deng Xiu'er glanced at Zhao Dezhao again, her heart was beating wildly, Shanshan stepped forward, and was about to bow down, Yang Hao hurriedly walked over, opened his eyes when he entered the door, and didn't see the subtle situation in the hall, so he said in a hurry: "Oh, Lord Futai is here, and the prince is also here, so good, Yang has come to ask for a decree again!" ”