It's the middle of October, and the autumn wind has a sense of gloom, and the wind pulls the last few yellow fallen leaves to fly in the air, and the time when the nine gates of Shenjing open in the morning is different every season, depending on the dawn.

As soon as the day dawned, before it was time to open the door, a team of dusty cavalry came from a distance, and the cavalry galloped to the Yongding Gate, shouting: "Xuanfu good news, open the door quickly!" ”

In a moment, the city gate rumbled open, compared to the so-called rules, the military situation was above all else, and the cavalry galloped into the Shenjing City and rushed towards the imperial city.

After the cavalry left, Yongdingmen erupted in earth-shattering cheers.

Qianqing Palace, upper study.

The eight-hundred-mile expedited report on the imperial case was indeed the good news of Xuanfu Town handed over by Wang Bin!

Emperor Tianyou had obviously read the good news, and walked around the hall with his hands behind his back.

Wen Fangyan, the head of the cabinet, bowed his head and stood on the side of the imperial case, quietly waiting for Emperor Tianyou to speak.

Walking around the upper study, Emperor Tianyou paced back to the imperial case, looked at the good news, and slowly spoke: "You say, am I a very failure?!" ”

Of course, Wen Fangyan understood the meaning of this, and hurriedly persuaded: "Although the political game is not as cruel as the battlefield, the difficulty is not comparable to the battlefield fighting. ”

"Is there a way for Shousuke?"

Emperor Tianyou asked rhetorically.

Wen Fangyan had already had a case, and immediately replied: "The news of Xuanfu's victory has spread, this battle is already a victory for the military, and the only thing that needs to be guessed is how many three-clan alliance forces can be eliminated in the end." In this way, the chess piece hidden in the Royal Forest Army that the King of Shu said will try harder to hide himself, and he will definitely not be able to find it. ”

Emperor Tianyou nodded, motioning for him to continue.

"As for Song Shangshu, he definitely can't ask anything, and it is estimated that he doesn't know these either."

Wen Fangyan thought for a while, and said after consideration: "In addition, Commander Ma's idea is not good, the criminal evidence collected by the Nanzhen Fu Division can only remove them from their posts or remove them from their posts at most, and they can still manipulate those officials to do things for them behind their backs."

As for the secret arrest and interrogation, it is even more impossible, they will not return to their hometown, if this kind of thing happens in Shenjing City, the first to be impeached is the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, and secondly, it will affect His Majesty's reputation, which is absolutely impossible. ”

"I don't care about that!"

Emperor Tianyou looked at him, his eyes full of sincerity.

Wen Fangyan calmly replied: "The people of the Ming Dynasty care that the majesty and dignity of the royal family cannot be lost, otherwise it will shake the country's foundation." ”

Emperor Tianyou no longer looked at him, and picked up the good news and looked at it line by line, for a while, and sighed: "The soldiers are fighting for the court on the front line, but this thief is calculating behind his back, but I have no choice, although I can guess that those people are planning all this behind their backs, but there is nothing they can do." ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and a sentence suddenly came out of his mouth, "There is news that the third son of the second assistant will definitely be able to be named on the gold list next year, and it is likely to be the top name." Hehe, this is a reservation for the champion! ”

This is not easy to answer, Wen Fangyan had to lower his head again.

At this moment, a small yellow door walked to the door of the hall and reported: "Your Majesty, Liu Ge is here." ”

Liu Wenbin?

Emperor Tianyou was stunned for a moment, and looked at Wen Fangyan for a moment.

"Please come in!"

After a while, Liu Wenbin walked in quickly, bowed down and saluted, "Your Majesty." ”

"No courtesy, is there something wrong with the elder pavilion?"

Liu Wenbin: "Back to Your Majesty, Shaanxi handed over an excerpt, saying that northern Shaanxi had suffered a disaster, and I hope that the imperial court will allocate 100,000 stone of grain to help the victims." In addition, he also asked the imperial court whether he could exempt the people of northern Shaanxi from paying taxes for one year. ”

As soon as this remark came out, not only Emperor Tianyou was shocked, Wen Fangyan was also stunned, and immediately felt that this matter was not simple, the day before yesterday just transferred 100,000 stone grain from the granary to Liaodong to relieve the people of Liaodong who suffered from the disaster, and yesterday received a disaster report from the Henan Governor Yamen, which was also 100,000 stone grain and exempted from taxes in Kaifeng and other places for one year.

Emperor Tianyou took the fold and unfolded it, his face gradually became solemn, and then put it down and said to Liu Wenbin: "What does Elder Ge mean? ”

Liu Wenbin was stunned for a moment, so he had to answer: "Although the imperial court has transported more than 300,000 stone of grain from Shandong and other places in order to prepare for the war, the consumption of Juyongguan is too great, and the military department has just transported 50,000 stone of grain from the granary, and Henan is also waiting for the imperial court's grain relief, and now northern Shaanxi has also suffered a disaster.... The granary of the outer city has been empty for more than half of it, and the inner city cannot be moved, and the second assistant and others mean that 100,000 stones will be allocated from the granary of the outer city to Henan and northern Shaanxi respectively, and the others will be transferred from the south of Zhili. ”

Emperor Tianyou didn't say anything.

Wen dialect: "Then why don't you directly transfer grain from Nanzhili to Henan and northern Shaanxi, after all, Juyongguan needs a lot of grain." ”

Liu Wenbin: "Three days ago, the Jinling Household Department handed over a document, saying that the Nanzhili granary was mostly empty, and it was no longer possible to transport grain out on a large scale. ”

Emperor Tianyou's face sank, "Why don't I know?!" ”

Wen dialect was also stunned.

Liu Wenbin was also stunned for a while, and only then did he reply: "At that time, Shoufu was not in Wenyuan Pavilion, and the excerpt was sent to Shoufu's office by the Hubu Langzhong on duty. ”

Emperor Tianyou's gaze turned sharply to the Wen dialect.

Wen Fangyan's long eyebrows twitched slightly, and then calmly replied: "The minister has never seen that document. ”

"How daring!"

Emperor Tianyou's face sank, and he said in a deep voice: "Check! ”

"Yes."

Dai Quan responded and walked out quickly.

At this time, Liu Wenbin said again: "Your Majesty, this food for disaster relief? ”

"Disaster relief? What a disaster! ”

Emperor Tianyou's eyes were cold, but he sneered in his mouth: "Don't think that I don't know what they think, seeing that the Xuanfu is going to win, they can't sit still, and they want to make ideas from the grain and grass, so as to create trouble for the army, so as to force the Zhenguo Gong to lead the troops to fight, so as to create opportunities for the alliance of the three clans, beast!" ”

Liu Wenbin was secretly shocked when he heard this.

Wen dialect: "These places dare to report disasters, they must have suffered disasters, and the imperial court must provide disaster relief, so it is better to convert grain into silver." ”

Emperor Tianyou's face sank, "Silver? You think they're too greedy! ”

Wen Fangyan blushed, "This...."

Liu Wenbin wanted to say something.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and for a moment, I saw Dai Quan hurrying over, "Your Majesty, that Hubu Langzhong has already resigned from Beijing yesterday, and has already sent Ti Zhi to his hometown to get people." ”

"I know!"

Emperor Tianyou set his eyes on Liu Wenbin again, "Come to think of it, the elder of the pavilion already knows the specific situation of the Shenjing granary in Wenyuan Pavilion, and let's talk about it, let me and Shoufu make it clear." ”

Liu Wenbin subconsciously trembled, his heart was miserable, who let him be on duty today, so he had to reply: "Back to Your Majesty, there are 500,000 stones of grain stored in the granary of the inner city, but 200,000 stones of them are old rice from the year before last, and it is estimated that it has become moldy and inedible, and there are only 300,000 stones left." The granary in the outer city has 180,000 stone of grain in stock, and in the early morning the military department sent a letter requesting another 50,000 stone of grain to be transferred to Xuanfu Town, and three days later, 50,000 stone of grain will be transferred to the Juyongguan camp, in fact, the outer warehouse is already empty. ”

"What about Shandong's grain stocks? Is it possible to bring in some of them? ”

"Your Majesty, the New Year is approaching, and the grain from the grain depots in various places has either been transferred to Beijing or has entered the hands of grain merchants."

Wen Fangyan sighed, "Now that it is gradually the end of the year, Xuanfu Town is fighting again, and the price of grain in Shenjing has risen to six hundred yuan, if the news spreads, it is likely to rise to eight hundred yuan, or even one or two silver, and it is very likely that there will be a rush to grab grain at that time." ”

Speaking of this, Wen Fangyan said worriedly: "I'm afraid that at this moment, there is no grain to adjust in the southern official warehouse, and there is no grain to buy on the market!" ”

Emperor Tianyou's brows were twisted into an inverted figure-eight, and he understood that Wen Fangyan's words were likely to come true, otherwise these people would not have made a move.

At this time, Liu Wenbin spoke again, "Your Majesty, the minister has a way to get at least 300,000 stone of grain immediately. ”

Emperor Tianyou was taken aback and asked urgently, "Pavilion Elder, please speak." ”

"Your Majesty, Gyeonggi is actually not short of grain, the key is that these grains are stored in the granaries of the nobles, and there are at least thousands of stone of grain in the granaries of these families, and Your Majesty can order the household department to purchase the grain in their granaries at a parity price, at this moment the Xuanfu is fighting, and the leaders are all noble generals, and all the families are related to each other, they do not want to see the defeat of the frontline because of the lack of military food."

After a pause, Liu Wenbin said again: "The minister is from Fujian, and a letter came from his home last month, which mentioned one thing, the Jia family chamber of commerce began to purchase a large amount of grain in July, and also borrowed three sailor warships to transport grain. ”

Emperor Tianyou nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Dai Quan: "Go and invite the Duke of Qi to come." ”

Dai Quan: "Obey." ”

He bowed and withdrew.

Emperor Tianyou then raised his voice and said to the two: "There are still many loyal ministers in this world, 'those who have attained the Tao will be more helpful, and those who have lost the Tao will have little help', I believe that the hearts of the people in this world are still towards me, towards the Zhu Ming royal family, and it is not who can crush my image in the minds of the people with a little action.... The disaster relief is Lao Liu Ge, who is old, and it is also annoying you to worry about buying food. ”

Liu Wenbin: "The minister obeys the order." ”

......

Half an hour later, all the families in Xicheng received the news that the household department was ready to buy their own grain at a price of five hundred yuan, which was a full hundred yuan lower than the market.

Rongguo Mansion, Rongxi Hall.

Jia Yu and Jia Zheng sat quietly on the chair at the top, and there was a document on the desk in the middle, and Liu Wenbin, a cabinet minister, personally wrote that he wanted to buy the grain of the Jia Family Chamber of Commerce, and explained the purpose, military food.

There was silence in the lobby.

At this moment, Jia Lian rushed in sweating profusely, "Master, seeing Mr. Dai, he said that the court is short of food." ”

Jia Yu nodded, "The account books of Xifu are with your daughter-in-law?" ”

Jia Lian: "That, what.... The master should know that the second grandmother Lian is illiterate, so the account book is with Sister Mengyun Xuanlin. ”

Jia Yu smiled, and then said to Jia Lian: "Let your daughter-in-law go and tell Lin Yatou and ask her to bring the account book to Rongqing Hall." ”