When the bedding and clothes were distributed, Kaifeng Dongcheng was very lively.

Even if there are not many clothes, and some people have not received them, it also means hope for these people who have died nine times in their lives.

They have a sense of trust, as if all of a sudden, they have something to rely on, and they no longer have only fear of the future.

So the young men studied, the women weaved and sewed, and the men either served as guards or took charge of transporting food, and among them came out the doctors, workers, and musicians.

There are many guesthouses here.

Immediately afterwards, the roads and garbage were cleared, and even the thatched houses were already available.

Between the thatched huts, even gravel is paved, and even if it rains, there is no fear of mud.

Doctors, tanners, blacksmiths, and even postal offices that wrote letters on behalf of people sprang up one after another.

The food has been getting better and better, and now the porridge is no longer eaten, and the first thing to improve is the labor. They now eat three meals a day, except for the gruel in the morning, the rest of the time it is dry rice, and it is white rice.

A guard of 100 households transferred 50 people to the necessary road on the grain road to guard against thieves.

The remaining 50 people continued to practice in the same place.

I heard that the gates of other cities in Kaifeng are probably the same.

Yes, after work, it is in the open field, where everyone sits on the ground, and here, someone boils water, and even mixes a little tea in the boiling water.

This tea is shoddy, almost worthless, but it gives this boiling water a little tea flavor, but it is still very popular.

Everyone sat on the stone or simply sat on the ground, and there was a half-grown boy who read aloud with the latest newspaper delivered by the grain team.

This half-grown kid is older, and most of them are the best learners.

Therefore, in addition to looking at this half-old child with amazement and envy, people are also tired and listen to the movements of the imperial court.

What did the emperor do today, what edict did he issue, and who he reprimanded.

Or, what order His Royal Highness the King of Wuhu County has given, such as being determined to protect the army and civilians of the catastrophe.

Or in which place, find out that the relief in a certain place is not effective, and the Jinyi guard will arrest it.

Today, there is even an interesting news that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince accompanied the model camp to Guanzhong to help the people.

In the past, these news were extremely distant to people, and there were very few people who could read, and newspapers were expensive, and what happened in the newspaper seemed to have nothing to do with them.

Their only contact with the imperial court is probably that the local local land guards and armor chiefs came to urge grain in the name of the imperial court.

And now, they are slowly understanding what the imperial court is like, and the emperor Lao Tzu is not just eating pancakes and sleeping with girls in the palace all day long.

As for some people who are greedy for food that should be given to them, it teaches people to grit their teeth for it.

This kind of hatred is really deep in the bone marrow, disaster after disaster, I don't know how many times, the *** ion scattered here, the taste of starvation, is really unforgettable, so that every time the grain is released, everyone is gobbling it up.

The memory of hunger is the most terrifying, because even if one day, you are no longer hungry, and when you look back on those unbearable years, you can't help but feel like a man's back, and the belly and stomach, even if it is full, faintly seem to be squirming, bringing people a sense of hunger in their lives.

The child who reads the newspaper stumbles, his voice is a little immature, but this voice has an indescribable magic, teaching people to slowly digest the anger and calm down.

Sometimes, there will be scribes, after reading the newspaper, to give a lecture, and the talk is nothing more than what will the Taiping Mansion do, what will the emperor do, and what edict His Royal Highness the King of Wuhu County will make.

Of course, it is boring to say this, and this kind of scribe who is specially responsible for preaching will also intersperse a little story with this.

What sea, what ocean, the natives of the four seas, and the steam locomotives of Qixia.

Everyone got together, some were shocked, some were whispering, and while drinking bad tea, they were in their heads

and strive to imagine the world that the scribe painted.

People who are old and sophisticated think that these things are not enough to believe, how can there be such a place in the world.

But Liu Jianye sat in it and listened quietly, but his eyes were shining.

He, like the vast majority of young people and teenagers, was convinced of this.

A catastrophe caused him to lose his mother, and he has not yet come out of his grief, and now, these people from Taiping Mansion, who heard that they came to the king's edict, gave him the greatest support in his life, and gave him a trace of luxury hope for the future.

The two doctors who led him were also from the Taiping Mansion, and occasionally they could always hear some small new things in their chats, so unconsciously, it seemed that a seed was buried in his heart and quietly took root and sprouted.

It's just a boom here.

But it's already making people panic.

Food prices have actually been maintained.

But so far, there are very few food buyers.

With such a high price of grain, everywhere in Kaifeng, they can eat grain for free, and these people, one by one, have a bulging stomach, and in the evening, they are singing with full of energy.

A fool spends money to buy food, let alone wants to sell it at a large price!

At this point, Zhou Juren and others, who had been upset and irritable for many days, finally couldn't sit still.

This time, they arrived at the palace together with almost black faces.

The prefect Liu Jin, seeing this face as heavy as ink, also felt a headache.

He, the prefect, what else can he manage now? I can't understand what is going on in the city, but outside the city? When he went out, he was accompanied by the Jinyi Guard and the Model Battalion, and none of the errand officers dared to make a mistake.

Even if it was an errand soldier, many people ran away.

On this errand, I can barely reach the mouth of the lake, but I can't stand the white rice outside.

Even if the errand didn't go to eat food, the family ran clean.

After all, they are lowly officials, and they don't even have a serious establishment.

There are also people who come back after eating food, and talk to the people about the subordinates who are also entered into the official book, and they can also be officials, and they have noses and eyes, and even say that there is a small official, and now they are all prefects.

And what is said that it is not necessary to be an official and take the imperial examination, what children can read and write, and someone will invite you to sir.

When the news reached the ears of the prefect, Governor Liu was furious.

The ancients, especially the scholars, were very strict in governing officials.

They believe that petty officials are naturally lowly and the most opportunistic, and that officials must be treated harshly.

As for some restless words and deeds, it is even more taboo, and he immediately ordered someone to beat this person up.

But this had no effect, the man was carried away, and it was rumored in the government that he had gone to the medical clinic outside the city to treat his injuries.

In this way, the officers in the government office felt even more uninteresting.

Even sometimes, if someone is arrested, Jinyiwei does not negotiate with the prefect yamen at all, and only needs to find an errand officer, and the errand officer immediately calls his friends and takes the initiative to ask for help.

It's the prefect's order, even if it's intimidation, everyone doesn't think it's interesting, if you can mix it, you can't mix it, maybe the next day people will disappear.

Liu Jin listened to Zhou Juren's complaints, and thought of what had happened in the government for many days, and his anger for many days seemed to have accumulated to a peak, and he directly slapped his anger and said: "The people's hearts have floated so far, how can this people keep to themselves!"

He cursed in exasperation.

When Zhou Juren saw him like this, he felt that there was a play.

So, this week, the people put on a sad look and said, "Mr. Fu, the students have spoken out, if they continue like this, they will put the students to death. Nowadays, our granaries are full, so much grain, the loss of daily storage, is not a small expense, but now...... But not a single grain of rice can be sold, isn't this trying to force us to death?"

Zhou Juren paused, and then said, "Even when Emperor Taizu Gao was here, although it was a severe punishment, at least ...... I also think that we are the cornerstone of the court, what do we look like now? It's a shame to say that today is here

For this sake, the grain merchants, students, etc., really have no place to die."

Liu Jin frowned and said hesitantly, "This matter...... What can I do? Hey......"

Zhou Juren and the others were obviously anxious, and they were no longer polite, so Wang Jin took the lead and said, "A lot of the grain in our warehouse seems to be the relief grain of the imperial court at the beginning, but why did this relief grain appear in our granary? This...... Once the truth is revealed, many things will be difficult to say."

The meaning of these words is self-evident, even if you want to die, I will pull you on your back!

Liu Jin's face changed suddenly, and he glared coldly, "You want to threaten this official?"

Wang Jin sneered: "When the time comes, I have to die with the king!"

Zhou Juren smiled, gave everyone a step down, and said, "Okay, okay, the matter has come to this, why do you need to do this? They are all readers, if you have anything to say, say it well, and discuss it slowly."

Liu Jin's face softened slightly, but he sighed: "Hey...... This is the end of the matter, we have to find a way......

"What can you do?"

"This ......" Liu Jin hesitated, as if he was thinking about something.

In the house, there was a deathly silence again.

After half a ring, Liu Jin finally said, "For today's plan, the only way to do this is to continue to buy grain."

Wang Jin said angrily, "Where do we have the silver now?"

Liu Jin took a deep breath and said, "Some time ago, some businessmen came to visit, saying that they were doing loan trading......

"Borrowing?" Wang Jin was short-tempered and said disdainfully: "Traditionally, only others have asked us for loans, so where is the reason why we can borrow from others? Don't you think these words are ridiculous?"

Zhou Juren also frowned, obviously not very happy.

The crowd whispered even more.

This Liu Jin obviously grasped the last straw, and he had to bite the bullet and say, "The problem now is ...... If there is no silver, there will be no food, and the price of food will not be maintained. But once you have the silver, you will buy out the grain in the hands of Jinyiwei, then ...... The grain is all in your hands, and then you can't sell as much as you want, and you can sell it at whatever price you want? If the people have no money, they can also be taught to sell their land at a low price, and if they have no money, they can also sign a deed of sale or a higher interest rate to lend to the people. Princes...... Now we can't advance or retreat. There's only one way."

Zhou Juren's face was miserable.

Even the prefect only gave them such advice, which obviously shows that even the prefect Liu has no way to do it.

Zhou Juren was quite calm, and said, "But Jinyiwei's food is endless......

"Heh......" Governor Liu sneered, "You guys have been fooled."

Zhou Juren was stunned at first, and then exclaimed, "Fooled?"

Governor Liu nodded and said, "The news of Qi Xia, two days ago, was sent to this mansion by express delivery. And guess what? The king of Wuhu County, in order to raise food, actually ignored the starvation of the people of Zhili, and many people rose up for it, heard about it, and burned a workshop, injuring many people. There is a lot of trouble over there, and the people's resentment is already boiling, and he Zhang Anshi is also unable to protect himself at this time."

"I can't protect myself, how can I have so much food?" Zhou Juren's gaze wandered.

Governor Liu said, "Isn't this simple? This is to gamble that we can't eat such food, and we have to dig up our roots. But he is also in danger, you know, the disaster is in the four provinces, millions of people, so many people, how long can he help? Now we are fighting like this, and once this breath is not followed, we will lose all the games, and vice versa."

Zhou Juren raised his eyebrows and said, "Is the news true?"

He looked at Governor Liu deadly.

Governor Liu didn't hide it from him, and really took the official documents circulated in the official mansion to show them.

After Zhou Juren and the others saw it, they looked at each other.

Liu Jin said, "Now I understand...... In my opinion...... He Zhang Anshi dares to gamble, all the fathers' lives are going to be gone, what else is there to dare to bet? There is nothing difficult in the world......

Zhou Juren closed his eyes and weighed, he seemed to be calculating something

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In the end, he opened his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Once the gamble is made, he Zhang Anshi is a relative after all, and he is the king of the county......

He didn't say what he said later, but Governor Liu understood.

Liu Jin glanced at Zhou Juren deeply, and said, "But don't forget, Hu Guang, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, has always sympathized with the princes, and this time he patrolled the four provinces, and Zhang Anshi is now the chef of the Yue Cook, obviously also for Hu Gong, this time...... It's not hard to guess that Hu Gong is afraid that he won't be able to tolerate it."

"Hu Gong ......"

Zhou Juren's eyes were slightly open, as if he was confirming something.

Liu Jin said: "Hu Gong is a gentleman in the court, a protégé and a former official, all over the government and the opposition......

"Understood." Zhou Judao said: "This matter is very important, we still need to go back to discuss it, Hu Gong's side......

Governor Liu understood in seconds, and then said, "Don't worry, this official will repair the book immediately......

"Thank you."

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Tongguan.

When they arrived here, a team of people from the inspection department escorted the sedan car out of Shaanxi and went straight to Luoyang.

In the carriage, Hu Guangzheng was sitting in the sedan chair, he did not move at all, his always gentle face, but with an indescribable emotion.

After walking ten miles, I went to the post station and entered the official room, and before I sat down, there were accompanying people who sent me from all over the country.

"Hu Gong, the ...... of the recitals from all over the world"

Hu Guang didn't raise his eyelids, but said, "Got it."

She Ren took a deep breath, thought for a while, and said, "Hu Gong, there are many rumors outside now."

Hu Guang said, "You say."

Sheren said: "This time...... It seems that someone came against Hu Gong, who has always been in the court and has no quarrel with people and the world, but he didn't expect it...... was so poisoned, Hu Gong had to make plans early and take precautions......

Hu Guang said, "Where did you hear that?"

"This ......"

Hu Guang said: "You have been with the old man for many years."

"Yes."

Hu Guangdao: "Hey......"

Hu Guang waved his hand: "Go down, go down."

He stopped talking: "Actually, the court is in the middle...... There are also quite a few people...... For Hu Gongming's grievances......"

Hu Guang said: "Don't worry, how to protect yourself wisely, how to cut through the mess quickly, the old man doesn't need you to teach."

[In view of the general environment,

Sheren nodded.

Hu Guang pointed to the official document in front of him and said, "This is all sent by various prefectures and counties."

"Yes, they are all looking forward to Hu Gong's idea."

Hu Guang bowed: "It's not easy for everyone, I'll go back to the book."

Then, without making any more sound, he quietly retreated.

…………

In the county king's mansion, the carriages and horses are like dragons.

Many reports came from all directions.

Zhang Anshi's orders were also overwhelming.

Three orders were given today.

Regarding the new regulations on the relief of the affected people, it greatly describes the harm of the disaster victims who only eat food, so they immediately escorted more than 100,000 dried stone carp and distributed them to various prefectures and counties.

It also introduced measures to urgently recruit mobile theater troupes to go to various prefectures and counties for condolences.

There is also a lack of paper and pen and ink in the various construction command departments.

This order after another made the straight people stunned.

After all, no one could have imagined that this thing could be played like this.

Where is this to help the people, this is obviously to serve the uncle!

Zhang Anshi still smiled at this.

"What are you afraid of, let's just place orders for various workshops, recruit opera troupes, collect paper, books, pen and ink, and more cotton clothes and cloth, rest assured, someone will settle the bill for us!"

"By the way, some iron tools are also needed

I heard that the commanders and envoys, and there are many armed guards below, and now is the very time, I heard that there are many bandits, and they are trying to find some tail goods of swords, guns, swords, and halberds, and send them out."

"Why?"

……

"Your Majesty......"

Dongchang was not idle here, and sent a copy of the report to Zhu Di's side.

Zhu Di has been upset these days.

At this point, he only nodded and said, "Say."

Yisha said: "Another batch of grain, and a lot of supplies, have been allocated from the Taiping Mansion, but ...... The situation in Taiping Mansion does not seem to be very good, I heard ...... There are quite a few soldiers and civilians who complain a little about this......

Zhu Di listened, shook his head and said, "Hey...... These people have no food or clothing, and I have to worry about them. This Zhang An Shi gave money and food in one go, and I was even more worried about sending money and grain out in such a vagant way. When is this a head......

He was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to deal with it.

Fortunately, he remembered something, so he said, "But there is a lot of talk in the court......

Hearing the two words, Zhu Di's face gradually turned cold: "Let's hear it."