Lord of the House: Chapter 138 kill chickens and monkeys

The Jiangning mansion is also the structure of the former and the rear, but the latter was burnt down during the war. The former and the left and right yamen and other public halls are still intact. The prisoners were smashed to pieces, and more than a thousand prisoners in the previous prison disappeared, becoming a serious hidden danger in Jiangning City.

Upon hearing the news, the yamen and subordinate officials, seeing the desolation in front of them, turned their heads and left.

In addition to the government army, before nightfall, Zhang Yubo also summoned thirty or fifty people. With just this manpower, let alone the situation of controlling Jiangning City, even the more than 60 porridge shops in the city could not handle it. Fortunately, Lin Fu didn't immediately withdraw, but Zhang Yubo was only given three days of buffer time.

Some of the materials under the jurisdiction of the Jiangning government were evacuated before the war, some were robbed during the war, and those that could not be removed were set on fire after the war—what Zhang Yubo could use was when he was guarding the imperial city. The small amount of materials left over was ordered by Lin Fu to be transferred to the Jiangning government, which was only thousands of taels of silver, thousands of stone grains, and a small amount of the daily use of the palace...

Zhang Yubo sat on the court hall day and night, and every time the servants came back to report, the price of rice would jump up.

Zhao Shuhan came to the mansion at midnight and was startled when he saw Zhang Yubo sitting in front of the hall with a grim face, and said, "Yu Bo, don't you want to learn from the ancients and worry about your hair all night!"

Zhang Yubo said with a wry smile, "You are still in the mood to make a joke of me. Has the political affairs hall stopped?"

"I am also familiar with the laws and regulations of the state. I will leave it to the princes in the political affairs hall. If you have any doubts, I can answer one or two at any time. There is no important thing to spend in the palace," Zhao Shuhan said. At night, the imperial city is also deeply cold, thinking about your new official appointment today, it is impossible to rest, so I want to come to you for a drink - it seems that this idea is in vain."

Just as he was talking, Fan Jiliang came in with a food box and a wine jug, and said, "Your Majesty is not bad for hungry soldiers. Sitting in front of the hall with all your hands in front of the hall, it doesn't feel good to have an empty stomach..." Although he didn't have much contact before, he was trapped in the imperial city three. The five days brought people closer together.

Fan Jiliang can be trusted by Chen Xiyan, used as a staff member, and is also a learned person, and he gets along well with Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan. This time Zhang Yubo knew Jiangning Mansion, and Jiliang of Fan Jiliang was appointed as the right officer of Jiangning, and he was a colleague from then on. However, Zhao Shuhan has no official dispatch for the time being, and temporarily stays at the political affairs hall to listen to Hou's dispatch.

At the moment, he couldn't care too much, and directly used the koan as the table. Zhao Shuhan helped Fan Jiliang to move the pots, dishes, cups and bowls to the koan. Zhang Yubo didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Although it was too unethical to drink alcohol on the koan, it was difficult to find a drinking table in the ya office. He just told the old officials outside the hall not to let anyone in to see their "ugly appearance".

"Have the officials of the counties, Chizhou and Huizhou been confirmed?" Fan Jiliang asked Zhao Shuhan.

"Chizhou and Huizhou are temporarily under military control, and the Chongcheng army commander Zhou Tong and Yuejiang Prefecture also lead Huizhou and Chizhou," Zhao Shuhan said, "However, Qingyang, Yijiang, and Nanling will be cut off from Chizhou, and a new army will be established. Town, I thought Jiangning's Xiping..."

"Qingyang, Yijiang, and Nanling are cut, so Chizhou Prefecture is only two counties west of Qiupu River?" Zhang Yubo asked in surprise, "Can Yuejiang Prefecture agree?"

"Lin Xiang hasn't come back yet, it's not that Yuejiang Prefecture's guilt papers have been passed into the Longevity Palace before nightfall," Zhao Shuhan said, "These things are not classified as secret, but King Hailing wants to act in secret, fortunately, Pengcheng has the opposite opinion. , Xu Shishen discussed the matter. Yuejiangzhou's plea for sins goes back to the Longevity Palace, then Chizhou's problem is not a big problem. That's good, half of the country is broken and so broken, and it can't stand the toss."

Zhang Yubo sighed slightly, he didn't expect Yue Lengqiu to choose between the Empress Dowager and Emperor Yongxing so quickly in Chizhou, and asked, "So, Liu Zhi will go to Luzhou to meet him right away, right? ?"

"Let's go at dawn," Zhao Shuhan said, "We need to pay attention to the timing of going to Luzhou to meet the driver. Yuejiang Prefecture has made a statement, and Dong Yuan has remained silent in Shouzhou. The time is ripe for Liu Zhi to go to Luzhou to meet the driver...Lin Xiang It would be a good move to go to Chizhou to meet Yuejiangzhou before the war."

"Yuejiang Prefecture has always been a hero who knows the current affairs," Fan Jiliang sighed, "but everything is under the control of Huaidong."

"If things can settle down as soon as possible, the people can suffer less..." Zhao Shuhan said.

"Don't suffer?" Zhang Yubo sighed bitterly, the wine was bitter in his throat, "There are millions of people in Jiangning city, and those who have food in their households, 12 out of 10, the brown rice sold in the market has risen to one hundred and sixty dollars per liter before nightfall. , 50 cents per catty of charcoal. Thirty or fifty yamen servants gathered in the yatang, and in the afternoon, only nearly a thousand starved corpses were cleared out of the city, and there was nothing else to do, how can you be less guilty?"

"During the war, the grain merchants hoarded a lot of goods, but they can be cut in accordance with the national law to set an example," Zhao Shuhan said. "At this time, Yu Bo can't be soft!"

Fan Jiliang said with a wry smile: "Who are the grain merchants who have grain in their hands, Shu Han, think about it..."

Zhao Shuhan said: "Of course I know that the twenty-four towns outside the city were all destroyed, and it was very difficult for the grain merchants inside and outside the city to escape their lives during the war. The remaining Dongyang Township Party who obeyed Huaidong's warning before the war and evacuated in time... Hekou Town is one of the four rice markets, and the evacuation was basically completed before the rebels came to Jiangning."

This is indeed the case. In the past few days, the people who still have the ability to transport rice grains into Jiangning are almost the rice shops controlled by the Dongyang Township Party. Before the war, the Dongyang Township Party used ships to transport hundreds of thousands of stone of rice and food from Hekou Town to the north bank or prison island for evacuation, so as to avoid major losses during the war. Once the war was over, only the Dongyang Township Party and Gutang County on the north bank The grain merchants continued to control a large amount of rice grains.

Although these rice grains cannot fill the food gap in Jiangning, they can also solve urgent needs.

"Yeah, now the control of Jiangning Rice City is almost all from the Dongyang Township Party. Whose head can I chop off?" Zhang Yubo said with a wry smile.

Zhang Yubo couldn't help but smile bitterly. In the Dongyang Township Party, the most powerful grain merchants were the Lin family, the Chen family, and the Gu family, all of which were built by Gu Wuchen, Lin Fu, Chen/Yuanliang and others in Jiangning - who could he cut? brain?

"Uncle Yu's resentment is too deep, I think Uncle Yu seems to have failed to understand Duke Pengcheng's deep meaning?" Zhao Shuhan said, "Lin Meng has been the director of the Huaidong Army for some years. You are no less talented than Uncle Yu. Before Duke Pengcheng recommended you Uncle Yu, who didn't think that Lin Mengda should be the prefect of Jiangning?"

"Oh?" Zhang Yubo was startled.

Fan Jiliang was also an extremely smart person. After being reminded by Zhao Shuhan, he asked in amazement: "Peng Chenggong is inconvenient to directly suppress the Dongyang Township Party, so he suppressed Lin Mengda from being appointed as the governor of Jiangning, but to use Master Zhang as the leader. Knife!"

"If Peng Chenggong really wants to be like this, I don't mind being a sharp blade!" Zhang Yubo said.

"It's not good to ask this directly. Even if you ask directly, Duke Pengcheng will not be able to pay attention," Zhao Shuhan thought thoughtfully, "The decision to cut off may be too harsh, why don't you copy a few rice shops first and see the reaction from Chen Yuan... …”

Zhang Yubo frowned, drank the wine in his glass, and said, "I won't be this villain, who will do it?" He said to Fan Ji Liang, "Jiliang, you go to order a battalion of horses, we will first Pick up from Zangjin Bridge!"

"Copy Gu Tianqiao directly!" Fan Jiliang was startled.

Gu Tianqiao was the first person to enter Jiangning with Gu Wuchen and Lin Fu, and he was also Gu Wuchen's distant nephew. Gu Tianqiao took care of the tea shop for Lin Fu in the early years. Later, when Lin Gu broke up, Gu Tianqiao was not involved in it and did not get involved in the official career. He started his own business in Jiangning and was taken care of by both sides. Now he is also an important businessman in Jiangning City.

Gu Tianqiao listened to Huaidong's warning early before the war and fled to Gutang County. He also realized that after Jiangning was recaptured, there would be a shortage of food. Yes, almost all of them are shops under the name of Gu Tianqiao. No matter how loyal people are, they are greedy when they do business for profit.

Zhang Yubo killed the chicken and scared the monkey, and directly used Gu Tianqiao to open the knife - if he guessed Lin Bie's intention wrong, his official hat would fly away tomorrow morning.

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After Lin Fu fell into the night, he rested early, woke Zuo Lan up, smelled the fragrance of Xinfang, opened his eyes to see the darkness outside the window, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Lin Changshi wants to see the adults outside." Zuo Lan said.

"Let him in." Lin Fu sat beside the bed and asked Zuo Lan to invite Lin Mengde into the inner room to speak.

Apart from the maid, there are no female relatives here, and he and Lin Mengde have nothing to avoid. Seeing that Lin Mengde is only one person coming in and no one else is there, he asks, "Is there something important, you have to wake me up? Qingqiu Dream?"

"It's not that I want to wake up the lord, but Zhang Yubo led someone to detain Gu Tianqiao overnight. His mother-in-law dragged his son and daughter, and a large group of people rolled around in my house before dawn, making me unable to live in peace... …”

"Zhang Yubo started quickly, what did Gu Tianqiao do?" Lin Bie asked.

"Zhang Yubo wanted to copy the Gu family's rice shop at Zangjin Bridge under the system of market changes. Gu Tianqiao heard the news and led someone over there. As soon as he got there, he arrested Zhang Yubo and deducted a piece of 'empowering private weapons to do tricks'. He must be severely punished..." Lin Mengde said.

"Is there a fight?" Lin Fu asked ~www.mtlnovel.com~ No one has the courage for the time being. "Lin Mengde said.

"Since there is no fight, then you can find a place to rest, the weather is so cold, wait until it is bright!" Lin Fu yawned and said.

"If Zhang Yubo slashed people overnight, there would be a big problem!" Lin Mengde said, "What if I didn't go for a run?"

"Zhang Yubo wears hats in sets, and it's impossible to kill people indiscriminately..." Lin Fu said, the words faded, and Zuo Lan came in again to report that Lin Xulu came in to ask for an interview.

Lin Fu spread his hands with a wry smile and asked Lin Mengde, "Do you still have the heart to do Jiangning's mission?"

Lin Mengde shrank his head, shook his head and said, "It's really a thankless assignment, even if it comes to your door..."

Lin Fu waved and asked Zuo Lan to invite Lin Xulu in, and asked, "Aren't you also here for Gu Tianqiao?"

Seeing that Lin Mengde was also here, Lin Xulu smiled awkwardly and said, "The palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh, Zhang Yubo took the person away without saying hello, and the hat was so heavy, I couldn't pretend I didn't know it. I want to take him away someday, what should I do?" Although his words were soft, he was still full of resentment towards Zhang Yubo.

"That's right, these things are all a headache." Lin Fu grabbed the front of his robe and stood up, called Lin Mengde and Lin Xulu to the front of the case, pointed to the page spread on the case, and said, "What's written on it is all about it. The price of rice in the four cities in Jiangning today jumps up every hour. To be honest, I also worry about it. If Zhang Yubo hadn't been cornered, he wouldn't have used Gu Tianqiao. He wouldn't have taken the third child directly. The surgery has already given us a lot of face. Let's talk about it, how to solve this matter is appropriate..."

Zuo Lan brought tea, and Lin Fu stood there, asking Zuo Lan to wait and dress neatly. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter