"Are you all right?" Zhao Pu asked.

"Lord Wang, you're finally back!" Ruixue looked at her master, she couldn't bear it anymore, and tears flowed from her eyes.

Zhao Pu said: "Say something slowly, don't cry!" “

Ruixue sobbed and began to recount the time she had been experiencing.

People go to tea and cool, and since Zhao Pu left, King Yi's mansion has also begun to decay.

When Zhao Pu did not come to Jinying as a hostage, he was a dignified prince of the Song Dynasty at that time, with fiefdoms, Yulu, plus various gray incomes, there were hundreds of slaves and maids in the house, and the scenery was infinite. However, with Zhao Pu arriving at Jinying as a hostage, the servants in the palace thought that Zhao Pu would definitely die, and they were in a panic, and it was difficult to settle down, and the slaves fled one after another. Before fleeing, they took away the valuable things in the mansion, Ruixue wanted to sue, but the government was in a panic and didn't care about these small things.

Soon, the dignified Yiwang Mansion became completely desolate, and only a dozen loyal servants guarded the mansion. Fortunately, there is a lot of food in the house, and if you squeeze it, you can still hold on.

But soon a catastrophe struck.

The Jin army demanded a large amount of gold and silver, but the imperial treasury was not enough at all, so it could only be collected from the people. As a result, the five men and horses, and the infantry division were divided into more than a dozen roads, and began to collect gold and silver up and down Bianliang City. At first, it was just a few small households, green buildings and other places; But gradually to the middle family, wealthy merchants, but it is still not enough. In the end, he could only aim at the princes and nobles, the merits of the imperial court, searching for gold and silver everywhere, gold leaf on Buddha statues, gold jewelry, gold decoration on the walls, etc., as long as there was gold, they were all scraped at will. Some meritorious families were not convinced, rebelled, or hid, so they were thrown into prison one after another.

The empty prison was suddenly full.

The prison is too full, and besides, when you get to the prison, you still have to take care of the food, isn't this bullying? Everyone knows that the grain in Bianliang is the most expensive. Prisons simply stop holding prisoners, or beat them with sticks, or slash them with swords.

If it is some prominent meritorious family, those officials speak politely; If it is some declining meritorious family, the official is almost hideous, like a ghost.

Because Zhao Pu came to Jinying as a hostage, King Yi's Mansion was completely declined.

A phoenix with a falling hair is not as good as a chicken.

At ordinary times, the officials and errands stammered with the Yiwang Mansion, and the subordinates of the Yiwang Mansion also raised their heads when they went outside. But at this moment, the messenger arrived at the Yiwang Mansion and was extremely arrogant, and when he saw something valuable, he took it.

And some officials are even more unclean, constantly molesting the maids in the house. If it weren't for the housekeeper to stop him, maybe there would be some kind of trouble. But it was precisely because the housekeeper stopped him, so he annoyed the official, so he punched and kicked, was seriously injured, and threatened, if he couldn't get a thousand taels of gold and silver within ten days, then he would wait to Dali Temple!

Ruixue cried as she spoke, "Since that day, there have often been thieves who come to the house to steal things. Once, I broke into the little lady's room, and if it wasn't for the guards, the little lady would have been ruined. I was also afraid, so I gave some food to the maids and slaves in the house, and all of them were dismissed. In normal times, I don't dare to stay in the mansion in the open, but stay in the underground secret room, and only come out at night to take a breath! “

The more Zhao Pu listened, the more cold he felt in his heart, the warmth of the people was warm, and the people went to tea and cool.

At the same time, he scolded the emperor's brother in his heart for being too unrighteous. Lao Tzu worked hard to be a hostage outside, and he almost got out of the oil pot and was fried. You kid is good, you didn't even take care of Lao Tzu's mansion, and you became like this.

"How many people are there in the house?" Zhao Pu took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart. Now, everything is in vain, no one can rely on it, only on oneself.

Rui Xue said: "I, and the old housekeeper, the little lady, Zhang Da, Li San!" ”

"Take me to the basement!"

Zhao Pu said with some embarrassment. As the owner, Zhao Pu is very unfamiliar with everything in the mansion, and he doesn't know where the basement is.

"Your Highness, go this way!" Ruixue took Zhao Pu to an inconspicuous utility room, moved the stones underground, and a large black hole appeared, followed the steps, and entered the basement.

The aristocracy is always insecure, so they like to bury gold and silver, or hoard food. This basement is just one of the five secret rooms of the palace. The design of this chamber is extremely good, with excellent ventilation, waterproofing, smoke and other measures, and there are gates to isolate it, making it a small battle fortress.

"Who is it?" A man snapped.

"It's me!" Rui Xue said, "Your Highness is back!" ”

At this time, Zhao Pu saw a man, who was the guard Zhang Da.

"Your Highness, didn't you come to the Golden Camp as a hostage?"

"The golden man let me go!"

"Your Highness, you're back!"

Maybe it's in the secret room, after staying for a long time, everyone's faces are haggard, and their expressions are a little sluggish. Everyone saw Zhao Pu, their expressions were full of excitement, in their eyes, the prince was the backbone, as long as the prince was there, everything would be fine.

Zhao Pu said: "I'm back, everything will be fine!" “

Although he can't lift his hands, he can't pick his shoulders, he doesn't have the spirit of a king, and he doesn't have peerless assets, but he has an identity. He is the prince, the master of all people, and their backbone. As long as he comes back, everything will be fine.

……………

Soon, the empty palace had a hint of popularity.

How much food is stored in the house, Zhao Pu is too lazy to pay attention to it at ordinary times. But when the butler told him, he was astonished.

Grain piles up!

The capital of the Great Song Dynasty in Bianliang was located in the Central Plains, with plains everywhere, coupled with the construction of canals by the government and reasonable irrigation, the output was huge. As the king of Yi, Zhao Pu has 150,000 acres of land outside Bianliang City, and has 18 shops, two of which are grain stores.

This situation has led to the fact that even if there is a shortage of food in Bianliang, there is still enough food in the warehouse.

In addition to selling most of it, there are 10,000 quintals of grain in the granary at the moment, and one quintal of grain is equal to one hundred catties, that is to say, there are one million catties of grain.

Looking at the piles of grain, Zhao Pu had an urge to scold his father, the evil feudal society is really a murder and arson gold belt, and there are no bones in building bridges and roads. If this food is taken out to help the victims, how many people will be saved.

One pound of grain a day, that is, one million pounds of grain, can support the needs of 10,000 people for three months, and this is just a palace. There is also a lot of grain saved by other large households in Bianliang, and if it is taken out to help the victims, there will be no food panic at all.

But now, Bianliang's grain is tall and terrifying. The price of rice has risen to 800,000 yuan, that is to say, 800,000 yuan per catty of rice; The price of meat has risen to 1,000 yuan, which means that the price of meat has risen to 1,000 yuan a catty. One bucket is equal to 1.25 catties, and one article is equal to 0.2 yuan. That is to say, one pound of rice is equal to 128 yuan.

Many people starved to death when they could not afford food.

It seems that what Bianliang lacks is not food, but conscience.

…………

With Zhao Pu coming back, the originally lifeless palace has vitality, and he is the anchor of the sea and the floating people's hearts. As the Jin army retreated, the price of food in the city also began to fall, and it was no longer so outrageous. And taking advantage of this opportunity, the grain in the warehouse was also sent to the grain store and sold.

And with the retreat of the Jin army, the originally tense court relaxed again, and with the hidden contradictions erupted again.

At this moment, in the side hall, Song Qinzong was asking the Seed Master Dao what to do next.

"Official, the Jin army has retreated, it is better to send a part of the army to monitor the Jin army and salute the Song Jin army to leave the country. If the Jin army is strong and the team is neat, it can be let go; If the Jin army is scattered, you can take the opportunity to attack. At this time, the planter was no longer willing to be silent and said his plan.

"The Yellow River has thawed at the moment, and the boats on the Yellow River crossing are limited, if our army crosses it halfway, the Jin army will inevitably suffer heavy losses, or even be wiped out!"

Song Qinzong was immediately stunned, he had just experienced the failure of Yao Pingzhong's night attack, and he was going to attack again, isn't this looking for death?

"I don't know, how many people will the general send to attack the Jin army?" Song Qinzong suppressed the anger in his heart, and said as gently as possible.

"The Jin army has 70,000 people at this time, and if you want to ambush the Jin army, you must at least twice as many as the enemy, at least 150,000!" The seed master said the number.

"One hundred and fifty thousand, what does that mean, kind old general. In that night attack, the 300,000-strong army was completely annihilated, and the western army had an ordinary elite annihilation. There are less than 200,000 elite soldiers in the city, and you send an army of 150,000 to ambush the Jin army, and Bianliang is completely empty and defenseless. Once the Jin army kills a horse pistol, the cavalry is faster than the infantry, and it will inevitably reach Bianliang before the infantry. Song Qinzong shouted.

Suffering is the most beneficial and growing, if three months ago, he was just a novice, who didn't understand military affairs, politics, or the art of the emperor; However, in the past few months when the Jin army was besieging the city, he grew up rapidly, and he also saw how absurd it was for the Jin army of the Song Dynasty to leave the country and attack it halfway.

It's a gamble. If it is said that before, Yao Pingzhong attacked Jinying at night, it was to decide whether to break the siege of Bianliang and whether to cut the land; This time, the gift of Jin Jun out of the country is to gamble on the survival of Bianliang and the fortune of the Great Song Dynasty.

It's not a gamble.

Song Qinzong was a little strange, why would the Seed Master Dao, who had always been cautious in the use of soldiers, take such a risk and come up with such a flawed battle.

"Your Majesty, we can't afford to gamble, but we must!" Seed Master Dao took a deep breath, "Your Majesty, in the battle of Yao Pingzhong's attack on the Jin army at night, our army was defeated, lost land, lost money, and lost dignity and self-confidence. We have to take a gamble, even if we know we will lose this battle, we have to fight! Because there is no war, the morale of the army is scattered, the hearts of the people are scattered, and there is no power to return to heaven! ”

Song Qinzong was furious: "I have a lot of resources in the Great Song Dynasty, as long as I am given a few years to cultivate and recuperate, and to accumulate people's strength, sooner or later I will follow Goujian's example, lie down and taste the courage, and take back my hometown." Just like the emperor's brother Zhao Pu said, the hard work is not worth it, the salary is worth the guts, and the three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu; Where there is a will, there is a way, the cauldron is broken, and the one hundred and two Qin tubes will eventually belong to Chu. Why send troops at this moment, take such a risk! ”

"But will the Jin people leave us time to recuperate and accumulate people's strength?" The seed master said gloomily, "We are not Gou Jian, Xiang Yu, Jin Guo is not Wu Wangfucha, Qin State." Do we still have time, will the Jin Army still leave us time? ”

"People's desires are endless, after eating and eating, they will want to be beautiful, after getting beautiful women, they will want to be officials, after becoming officials, it is like making a fortune, and after becoming rich, they will want to be a bigger official. Jin Jun got the reparations, got the land, got the dignity, got the beautiful women, he will be satisfied! No, the Jin army will not be satisfied, it may be next year, it may be a few months later, the Jin army will go south again, and then it will not be the thin East Route Army, but the elite of the Jin army will all go south. is just an Eastern Route Army, just a complete face, and it almost captured Bianliang. If the Jin army goes south with all its elites, will Bianliang still hold it? “

The tone of the seed master was a little sad, "At that time, it was the time of life and death of my Great Song Dynasty, and the best way at the moment was to move the capital to fight again, but moving the capital would shake the foundation of the country, and it would never work." We can only attack again, and wipe out tens of thousands of Jin troops in a war, at that time the Jin army will be shaken, and I will no longer dare to despise my Great Song, then the greedy heart will gradually converge, and then my Great Song will also have some time to recuperate! “

"It can only be to promote peace!"