The affairs of a country have never been simple, especially when the person who wants to pass on the throne of the Zhou State is not a royal bloodline, in fact, even if it is a royal bloodline, if it is not for those princes, there will be some waves, and even if it is not for the eldest son, there will be people who are dissatisfied.

What's more, now the emperor of Zhou wants to pass the throne to Xie Ying.

After Li Ji, the lord of Zaizhi, accepted this fact calmly, many people expressed their disappointment, Li Ji was the first civil minister in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Xie Ying was the head of the martial arts, these two people can now vaguely say that they are on the same front, there should be no problem, at least those ministers in the court, they can no longer say anything openly.

Even if there are still ministers who are fainting on their knees, even if there are still crying, in essence, nothing can be changed.

But whether it is a dynasty or a small country, the real decision-making power is not in the hands of those emperors who sit on the throne, nor in the hands of those ministers, but in the hands of those gatekeepers who control all walks of life.

For some reason, or because of the promises made to them by various princes, they were reluctant to make Xie Ying the emperor, and some Wenchen were even more worried that Xie Ying, who was a military general, would become the emperor of the Zhou State, and since then, the status of the martial arts has risen.

That wasn't what they wanted, so they quickly became a rope.

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There is a Wu Mountain on the outskirts of Beijing, which is said to be a mountain, but it is actually a granary.

The whole mountain has been hollowed out, there is a lot of grain piled up in the mountain, in previous years, when the Zhou State raised the army, the household department had to take the silver to buy grain here, it was to buy, not to requisition.

Because the owner of this granary is An Lehou.

The Marquis of Anle is a hereditary title.

Zhou State rarely feuded marquis, even if there were so many feuds, they were all just fictitious positions, and they did not have real power, but those family lords who enjoyed the title were actually in existence for a longer time by the Zhou State, and they controlled many things, such as this An Le Hou controlled most of the grain trade in the Zhou State, and the imperial court wanted to take back this transaction several times, but it was not possible.

After all, no one wants to spit out the meat they have eaten.

Governing national politics is a very complicated matter, and some people say that governing the world is like cooking a small fresh.

That's it.

Anyway, An Lehou is the largest grain merchant in this Zhou country.

The granary of Wushan has never been empty, whether it was during the previous time when the war was fierce or at any other time.

Every day, food comes in and food goes out.

This granary is the supply place of the grain merchant house of all the people in Shaoliang City.

No one ever thought what could go wrong here.

But something did happen today.

The Wushan granary suddenly ran out of grain.

This suddenly made the countless grain merchants in Shaoliang City startled.

Many shopkeepers of commercial houses sent people to Wushan to check, and the final result was a sentence.

"Wu Shan is empty. ”

Wushan is indeed empty.

In the past, it was An Lehou who spent countless migrant workers to hollow out this mountain, in order to hollow out this mountain to load food, at that time the mountain was already empty, and now this mountain is empty again, not because of anything else, but the food in the mountain is really gone.

Naturally, the grain of such a mountain cannot be sold out just because it is sold.

But not only the owners of the commercial houses, but even the people from the government did not find where the lost grain had gone, and when they checked the accounts, they found that the grain in the granary of Wushan had really been sold.

The accounts were seamless, no one could find the slightest problem, and no one knew that according to the accounts, no new grain had come in this granary for a whole month.

Wu Shan did not say whether there would be food in the future, nor did he know when there would be more food, anyway, there is definitely no now.

This made a lot of things happen in Shaoliang City.

For example, the price of food has been raised by the merchants.

For example, limited supply.

Soon, everyone in Shaoliang City knew the news that there was no grain in Wushan, and many people began to stock up on grain, and the higher the price was.

By the autumn, the grain in this Shaoliang city had risen to half a tael of silver a catty.

You must know that before, you could buy a pound for only a dozen yuan.

The people of Shaoliang City were panicked, and many people no longer paid attention to who was the emperor.

I don't know why after His Majesty's holy decree was issued, there was no follow-up, that General Xie has always lived in seclusion, and he has never been seen at the court meeting, nor has he been seen in the market.

It was as if he had vanished.

Only some palace maids knew that General Xie occasionally entered the palace to talk to Princess Anyang.

Anyang Palace.

Princess Anyang frowned and said, "My father wants you to be the emperor, and if you don't deal with all these things well, the Zhou Kingdom will be in chaos." ”

In the holy decree of the Son of Heaven of Zhou, Xie Ying is only the regent, but everyone knows that this is no different from the emperor.

Xie Ying pressed the handle of the knife, feeling complicated, "I'm also a little confused." ”

He said that he was a little stunned not a humble word, but really a little confused, he returned to Beijing to report on his work originally only wanted to reject the idea of His Majesty the Emperor, and then see Princess Anyang, and then return to the frontier, but he never thought that he would stay here and wait to become the new emperor of Zhou.

Fortunately, Xiushu went to the frontier before, and replied that everything was fine and there was nothing unusual, otherwise he would have gone back a long time ago.

Princess Anyang said: "If this continues, we will all be starved to death." ”

Yes, they all have to starve to death.

An Lehou's Wushan granary has no grain, whether it is intentional or unintentional, but it has always become a fact, but since it has become a fact, this is a great business opportunity, just when others come to occupy this place in Shaoliang City, there should always be someone to stand up at this time, after all, An Lehou controls most of the country's grain, but by no means all.

But I don't know why, I haven't stood up.

Everyone was silent.

No grain of grain was brought to Shaoliang City.

Many people understand that it's not just a matter of buying and selling.

This is the response given by the Maison Gate Valve to His Majesty the Emperor.

They were unwilling to be emperors.

Several princes smiled a little.

After all, it's a scene they'd all love to see.

Some ministers were a little worried, afraid that this would cause turmoil in the Zhou State.

It's just that before this matter is dealt with, everyone knows that it will continue to be deadlocked.

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The food in Shaoliang City is getting less and less, even the big families have reduced the amount of food, and some small households can only eat rice porridge.

It's not that they don't have money, they just can't buy rice.

A certain official who supported His Majesty the Emperor's decree and had no background looked at the rice soup in his bowl, which was already too rare to be rare, and said melancholy: "How long will such a day end?"

His daughter-in-law is a gentle southern woman, who used to be gentle and lovely, but now she has been starved with high cheekbones, and looks a little old, and she is surrounded by his temper, and now at this time, she is also a little angry, she dropped the dishes and chopsticks, and said: "Master, you have to take care of this matter!"

This official is just a five-grade official, he is soft-spoken, and what he says may not be heard by anyone, how can he care?

Even he was helpless.

It's just that in this world, there must be someone who can take care of this matter, such as that An Lehou.

As soon as he opened his mouth and let the food appear, it appeared.

But would he do that?

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An Le Hou's mansion is in Shaoliang City, but this Hou Ye has always lived in the suburbs of Beijing, in his words, there are too many people in Shaoliang City, he is annoyed to look at, it is better to live in the suburbs, the air is good, and there are fewer people.

His house on the outskirts of Beijing is not big, but it is definitely not small.

There is a large lake in the yard, and there are countless koi fish in the lake, and there is a pavilion in the middle of the lake.

At this moment, he stood in the pavilion and looked at the koi swimming in the lake.

Naturally, someone behind him reported the current situation in Shaoliang City.

From time to time, he nodded his head in appreciation.

Naturally, there is still food, but the emperor's decree will not appear if it is not withdrawn.

This is his agreement with a certain prince, he can do a lot of things for him, and when that prince becomes the emperor, he can naturally do a lot of things for him.

In this world, how many things are not without benefits?

There are a lot of things that are not used by each other?

I can't tell.

An Lehou is already in his prime, and he has many sons under his knees, and which son to pass the title to is a thing that makes him feel very confused after all, after all, there are too many sons, and there is no one who particularly likes them, and their talents are almost the same.

He opened his mouth and said: "The food is gone, Shaoliang City will panic, and when everything stops in the back, will they despair, Pingsuli and their scholars have always looked down on us merchants, have they ever thought that without us, how can they live so peacefully?"

The man behind him didn't speak, just listened quietly.

"Your Majesty wants to pass on the throne to Xie Ying, this is good, Xie Ying is the head of the Xie family, and he is a general, and his talent is naturally much higher than those princes, but he is too bad, he became the emperor, and few people are comfortable, since we can't live comfortably, we won't agree." ”

It's not his idea alone, it's the idea of a lot of people, and those people aren't insignificant people, so this idea is important and represents a lot of people.

But the white-robed young man behind him didn't think so, he had a sword hanging from his waist, and then his hair was well combed, and his figure was very slender, no matter who looked at it, he would feel good.

If he shows some magical powers, dances a few sword flowers, and shows others, he will naturally call him a hero.

He listened carefully to An Lehou's two sentences, and then felt that it was a little troublesome.

He stayed in Shaoliang City for several months and didn't do anything, and then he heard that An Lehou's mansion was on the outskirts of Beijing, so he came to see it, and then heard these two words.

He seemed to understand something.

The white-robed young man thought for a while, "What do you think if I want Xie Ying to be the emperor?"