Chapter Eighty-Five: National Disaster and Wealth?

Wang Fuxing saw that Zong Ze wanted to move seriously.

I was coaxed on the spot.

"Zong Shuai, we should wait and see what happens, in case Your Majesty really wants to talk to Jin He, then we will send troops at this time, but it will mess up Your Majesty's plan."

Wang Fuxing is obviously afraid of the enemy like a tiger.

In the real history, when Zong Ze fought with the Jin army, Wang Fuxing did not dare.

It wasn't until Zong Ze wanted to behead him that he pretended to fight.

The results were also beyond his expectations.

The previously invincible Jin army was immediately defeated in less than half an hour after encountering his army.

This made Wang Fuxing very happy.

From then on, he was no longer afraid of the Jin people.

At this time, as soon as Zong Ze heard Wang Fuxing's words, he knew that he was timid.

So Zong Ze said: "The Jin people have always been untrustworthy, and they are good at some small tricks, I conclude that they want to delay our army's fighters, and now, we should urge the troops to Puyang as quickly as possible!" ”

"General!" Wang Fuxing wanted to obstruct it, but Zong Ze said with a cold face: "You won't be afraid, right?" ”

"If you're afraid, don't be a rebel."

"No, the last general is not afraid." Wang Fuxing turned around and walked out and transferred troops as usual.

Bianliang City at this time.

The homes of Lu Degong and Wang Da have been counted.

greatly exceeded Zhao Shuo's expectations.

for two men had three million taels of silver copied from their homes.

That's more than Xu Bingzhe.

The funds that I had copied before have been depleted.

Now these three million taels of silver can indeed solve the big problem that Zhao Shuo is currently facing.

Yesterday's battle to defend the city, the two sides almost entered a white heat.

The Song army suffered a lot of casualties, so the pension was not a small amount.

Basically, there is not much left after the three million taels of silver and so on.

However, the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty became more and more full.

Because early this morning.

There has been a big breakthrough in the case from the Armaments Division.

Liao Yongru, the head of the belly silver treasury, Zhang Quanyang, the town guard of the Railway Transportation Division, and Deng Yuan, the town guard of the Salt Transportation Division, are Deng Yuan.

and Liu Yuezhou, deputy superintendent of the Armaments Department.

and Li Zhi, the third-in-command of the household department.

There is also a Marquis of Dingyang, who has no military power.

and Cao Shuang, the Minister of Household Finance.

These people are proper corrupt people.

It was they who defrauded the country's wealth with the former envoys of the Armaments Division.

This case was handed over to Qi Yu to cooperate with the newly appointed Kaifeng Prefecture Yin Li Yan for interrogation.

Early this morning, the warriors of the Wu De Division went to visit their respective hometowns and mansions!

For those guys, Zhao Shuo was too lazy to take care of them.

But there are strict laws that he has appointed.

Everyone's heads have to be dropped.

and the money that was counted and recovered was more than 4 million taels.

This amount of money is enough to support the army in Bianliang City until the arrival of summer.

It's just that food is still stretched thin at the moment.

According to the report of Liu Zhiwang, the head of the household department.

Now there are only 300,000 quintals of grain and grass left in the granary of Bianliang City.

It sounds like a big number.

But more than 10,000 defenders and 20,000 or 30,000 temporarily recruited militiamen consumed 20,000 quintals a day.

Therefore, it can only last for fifteen days.

It's really difficult, and the way is also something that must be figured out.

As night fell, Li Yan returned to Wende Hall to report to Zhao Shuo on the progress of the diversion of grain from the shore.

"Your Majesty, the dignitaries and dignitaries in Bianliang City have turned a deaf ear to this, and some people have even proposed to use two portions of diversion to exchange for one salt or one grain."

Hearing this answer, Zhao Shuo was not surprised at all.

However, Li Yanhui's dejected look has already explained the problem.

"No need to blame yourself." Zhao Shuo persuaded him, and his heart was extremely complicated.

In the final analysis, the big families in Bianliang City have no confidence in the imperial court!

So he was unwilling to tide over the difficulties with the imperial court at all.

But at this time, he still thinks about the wool of the imperial court.

If you want to make a fortune!

Is this still a people?

It seems that the class of dignitaries and dignitaries also needs to be rectified.

"Li Yanhui."

"The minister is here."

"You now do as I say, and replace the grain according to the standard of twice the shore diversion they proposed."

"Your Majesty?"

"Do as I say, now there are four million taels of silver in the treasury, and you can redeem them all."

Zhao Shuo's attitude is very clear.

At this juncture, if there is food, it is a father!

Li Yanhui nodded gloomily.

Silver is equivalent to grain for two-for-one!

This is already extremely exaggerated inflation!

Your Majesty, is this confused?

But when he thought about it, it was indeed food that was big now.

So I nodded in agreement.

Just when Li Yanhui was about to turn around and leave.

Zhao Shuo suddenly called out to him: "Li Yanhui, remember, you have recorded the names of all those big households who exchanged double the shore for a grain this time." ”

"The minister commands."

"By the way, if someone gives us grain according to the replacement plan proposed by the imperial court, they will also record it."

"Okay."

"Well, that's fine, you go down first."

Zhao Shuo already has a full plan.

When the time comes, the matter of making a fortune will be given to those benevolent and righteous merchants.

Those who took the opportunity to raise prices and hoard goods threatened the imperial court.

When the time comes, they will be packed up one by one according to the roster.

Now Zhao Shuo didn't have the time to pay attention to them.

Because he first had to take care of the food and clothing of the soldiers and civilians in Bianliang City.

Bianliang City has a population of one million, and 80 percent of the people will run out of food after half a month.

And the food that was enough for the people of the city to eat for a year was in the hands of the few remaining elite families.

So, spend more money and let those big families pay for it.

It's a smart move.

According to the calculation of four million taels of silver, at least two million quintals of grain will be obtained at that time.

That's three months.

When the time comes, even if the Jin army outside Bianliang City can survive until that time.

With the arrival of the scorching summer, the high temperature and scorching heat of the Central Plains will also make their military morale lose completely.

After Zhao Shuo solved the problem of bereavement and food and grass, he felt that the pressure on his body had decreased sharply.

The rest is to focus on the situation of the rebels on both sides of the Yellow River.

Hebei boundary at this time.

The rebel army assembled in front was already less than three hundred miles away from the rear of the Jin army.

According to the rapid march, a small cavalry would appear in the rear of the Jin army in two days.

Zong Ze moved forward very fast, but he didn't take it lightly.

At the same time, another rebel army also rushed east from Huazhou in Hebei.

In this army, there is Yue Wumu, the future handsome talent of the Great Song Dynasty.

As early as a few days ago, Yue Fei asked his brothers around him to find out some of the cottages that Jin Jun had placed along the way.

It's just that Yue Fei is still a pawn under Wang Cong at this time.

He did not have the power to decide the war.

And because Wang Cong didn't dare to collide head-on with the Jin army, he planned to retreat and hide on the front line of Taihang Mountain to preserve his strength.

But when he heard that Zong Ze was going south to King Qin, Wang Cong immediately had a plan to join Zong Ze and support each other.

So two days later, Wang Cong joined forces with Zong Ze.