The Praetorian Guard instantly became a sensitive word in Zhang Rang's heart, Jingzhou took refuge in Liu Fan, Jiangnan's financial route was completely cut off, and Zhang Rang, who raised an army of nearly 10 million, was obviously under great financial pressure. The richness of the north is not as good as that of the southern part of the empire, and the southern part of the empire is controlled by Zhang Rang, which is the hole card for Zhang Rang to dare to form his own guard. Now, Zhang Rang has to make a choice in his heart. If he wanted to reopen the road to the south of the empire, the army on the front line would inevitably be withdrawn, which means that he and Liu Fan had a draw in this battle.

"Zhao Gao, do you know how many people in the Praetorian Guard are loyal to me now?" Zhang Rang, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly opened his mouth and said to Zhao Gao who was standing aside, Zhao Gao was stunned by Zhang Rang's question, and before he could think of an answer, Zhang Rang continued: "There are not many people who are truly loyal to me, and even the commander of the Third Praetorian Guard Legion who I trust is also very different from me. ”

Zhao Gao stared at Zhang Rang keenly, and his heart was constantly jihua and calculating, from the beginning Zhao Gao never thought of playing for Zhang Rang, he was looking for an opportunity. If the Praetorian Guard is really as Zhang Rang said, he Zhao Gao will inevitably have no chance, and the effectiveness under Zhang Rang is not his Zhao Gao's style, people always have to climb to a high place, and Zhao Gao came to be a spy from the beginning. Zhang Rang's words completely moved Zhao Gao's mind.

Zhang Rang closed his eyes, as if he was unwilling to face the dim lights in the palace, the military department and the household department were already busy, and the reports from the front line came back one after another, and there was bad news everywhere. The army on the front line of Jian'an was seized by Li Jing and took the opportunity to defeat a division, and a group of people who should never have appeared near Geyang also appeared. The soldiers of the Liu family army unknowingly touched Ge Yang's rear. Several batches of grain and grass were burned.

"Lord Fang. If food cannot be raised, the front line will run out of food. "The officials of the household department are already sad at this moment, and every official of the household department is about to collapse. Originally, the supply of grain and grass for the Praetorian Guards was not needed from them, but as a result, all the pressure on Jingzhou was piled on their heads.

The officials of the household department and the military department have now become the most stressed people in the imperial capital, especially under the premise that the Pan Bao department on the front line of Jianye City is constantly asking for more grain, grass, weapons, and military support. The Guards did not have the right to move, and the Praetorian Guards now had only three legions left. Guarding Tongguan and Tiger Prison Pass respectively and accompanying the capital Luoyang, these three armies could never be mobilized. Now that he is about to move, aiming at him Zhang Rang is not the only one who is Liu Fan, and the existence of the Sun and Moon God Sect also makes Zhang Rang very worried. No one knew better than Zhang Rang how many followers the Sun and Moon God Sect had before he knew it.

"Haven't the grain and grass in Qingzhou, Yongzhou, Youzhou and Jizhou arrived yet?" Jingzhou City was suddenly lost, and all the pressure on the supply of grain and grass fell to the head of the household, and the collection and transportation of grain and grass consumed a lot, and the harvest in the north of the empire has not been good in recent years. After several major disasters and famines, many people now have no food to spare.

"Someone has been sent to urge it. But these state capitals also did not have much to stockpile, and they also needed to supply the expenses of the garrisons in various places. Even if the grain and grass were transported to the imperial capital, it would be too late to transfer from the imperial capital to the front line. The Praetorian Guards on the front line of Jian'an are already running out of food, and the grain and grass transported from Longshou Pass to General Pan Bao's army are even more expensive. The staff of the household department lowered their heads and looked at the account book in their hands in distress, the cost of consuming grain and grass for land transportation was really amazing.

"The empire is not peaceful, bandits are everywhere, the transportation of grain and grass is not only a matter of loss, but also the detention of garrisons in various places, the robbery of bandits on the road, and two-thirds of the grain and grass are transported to the imperial capital is already very good. "Since Zhang Rang took control of the imperial capital, the empire finally broke out, and there have been more or less outcasts uprisings everywhere. Their slogans are all on the side of the Qing monarch, but what they do is indeed to grab territory and strengthen their strength, especially in the northern states, the situation is even more serious, and even the garrisons in various places are more or less towards the royal family and begin to listen to neither the tone nor the propaganda.

"What about those grain merchants in the imperial capital?" Fang Yue's brows were tightly raised, he knew that the empire was not without food, but that the grain was not in the hands of the people, and the grain and grass of those wealthy families were piled up, and even a lot of old grain had rotted, even then they were still unwilling to take out the grain to replenish the army.

"My lord, people have been sent to negotiate, but these people say that there is no food. Fang Yue knew what these people were thinking, no one was willing to give their property to the army innocently. Even if Zhang Rang had already compensated them for the title, how much was the title of the Troubled Empire worth? If it was the founding period of the country, the First Emperor ordered this form of exchanging food and salary for the title, then the entire empire would follow the shadow, but now, these titles are not much rare.

"Isn't there any food?" lowered his head and looked at the information that had just been sent in his hand, these people were all human spirits, and the way of nature was now the situation of the battle between the Liu family army and the Praetorian Guard. The Liu family army was not only not wiped out by the Praetorian Guards as imagined, but had a tendency to become stronger and stronger. The momentum of the all-out reversal to Zhang Rang at the beginning has disappeared, and now many people have secretly begun to prepare for rethinking their formation. Even the kings of Pingnan and Pingbei have just resigned and are at home.

Fang Yue hurriedly entered the palace with the number counted by the officials, and soon a group of murderous guards drove into the imperial capital. The four gates were closed, no one knew what it was, and when the night enveloped the imperial capital, the guards began to smash the doors of every house and arrest people according to the address provided by Shangfeng.

"What are you doing, you bandits, sir, let go of our master!" The heavy gate could not stop the sophisticated weapons of the guards, and the gates of countless wealthy families were smashed open by the guards. All the people were stunned, and those who wanted to come forward to inquire were immediately cut down to the ground by the guards, and the rest of the guards rushed directly into the inner courtyard and grabbed the master out of the bed one by one, regardless of everyone's surprised eyes.

"Zhang Chaohui fornicated and rebelled, and he should have been punished for raising 200,000 loads of military rations within three days and sending them to the southern camp, otherwise the nine clans would be exterminated!" A wealthy merchant and a grain merchant were arrested from their homes by the guards, and the amount of ransom for grain and grass was completely different according to the situation of each family. For a time, everyone in the Imperial Kyoto was in danger, and every merchant sat tremblingly at home, waiting for the Guards to come to the door and announce the order to sentence them to death.

The arrest of Dijing lasted for two whole days, and within two days, Dijing was also bleeding, and those merchants who were unwilling to cooperate or who were really out of the grain and grass were sentenced to death by Zhang Rang and thrown their bodies at the entrance of the vegetable market. In the imperial capital, every household is closed doors, but those real wealthy nobles and those who are caught outside are just small fish and shrimp, Zhang Rang does not dare to do anything to the people and them, and these people naturally become real unlucky ghosts.

Huo Zhengying, the king of Pingbei, has been idle at home since he resigned from Tianlong Academy, and the degree of change in the form of the imperial capital has far exceeded his expectations. He was not Zhang Rang's descendant in the first place, the reason why the two families of Pingxi King and Pingdong Wang competed, all this was just to reassure the royal family, the friendship between the four families began a year before yesterday, how could it be because of Zhang Rang to fight to the death. The same King of Pingnan is also against Zhang Rangyang, if the Pingdong and Pingxi families are still in the imperial capital, maybe they will help Zhang Rang, but now, Zhang Rang is at most a clown in their eyes.

"The imperial capital is going to be chaotic, and the world is going to be chaotic, I don't know if there will be another Prince Li in the royal family this time. Huo Zheng's tone was a little low, and a sense of helplessness suddenly rose in his heart when he looked at the dull Dijing. Although he already knew that Liu Fan was the identity of the royal family, but he never figured out how Liu Fan would deal with the royal family, the royal family forced Prince Li to death decades ago, and Prince Li's old department regarded the royal family as an enemy, if Liu Fan entered the imperial capital, even if he also had the blood of the royal family, I am afraid that he would not serve the royal family.

"Queen Mother, how will you convince Liu Fan?" Huo Zhengying shook his head and walked into the house, the riot in the imperial capital was still going on, and it was no longer his responsibility. (To be continued.) )