my brother-in-law is the prince

When bedding and clothes were distributed, Kaifeng Dongcheng was extremely lively.

Even if there are not many clothes, some people have not received them yet, but for these people who have escaped death, it also means hope.

They have a sense of trust, as if all of a sudden, they have reliance, and they no longer have only fear for the future.

So the young men read books, the women weaved and mended, and the men served as guards or transported food, and doctors, workers, and musicians were selected from among them.

There are many homestays here.

Immediately afterwards, the roads and rubbish were cleared, and even the huts were built.

Between the thatched huts, gravel is even paved, even if it rains, you are not afraid of mud.

Medicine clinics, cobbler workshops, blacksmith workshops and even postal offices that wrote letters on behalf of people have sprung up one after another.

Food has been getting better and better, and now porridge is no longer eaten, and the first thing to improve is labor.They now eat three meals a day, except for the gruel in the morning, and the rest of the time, they are dry rice, and it is white rice.

A guard of a hundred households dispatched 50 people to guard against thieves on the only way to the grain road.

The remaining 50 people continued to practice on the spot.

I heard that the gates of other cities in Kaifeng are probably the same.

That's right, after working, everyone sat on the ground in the open field. Here, someone boiled water, and even mixed a little bit of tea into the water.

The tea leaves were so poor that they were barely worth a few dollars, but the boiled water had a little bit of tea flavor, but it was still very popular.

Everyone sat on the rocks, or simply sat on the ground, and some half-grown boys read aloud the latest residence newspaper sent by the food team.

These half-old boys are older, and they are probably the best learners.

Therefore, in addition to looking at the half-grown child with admiration and admiration, people also listened to the court's movements when they were tired.

What did the emperor do today, what edicts were issued, and who was reprimanded.

Or, what orders did His Royal Highness Wuhu Junwang give, such as his determination to protect the army and the people from the catastrophe?

Or where, if it is found that the relief in a certain place is insufficient, Jin Yiwei will arrest him.

Today there is an interesting piece of news, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince followed the model battalion to Guanzhong to help relieve the common people.

These news were very far away to people in the past, people who could read were rare, and newspapers were expensive, so what happened in the mansion newspaper seemed to have nothing to do with me.

Their only connection with the imperial court is probably the local dibao and Jiachang who came to urge food in the name of the imperial court.

But now, they gradually understand what the imperial court is like. The emperor is not just eating pancakes and sleeping with women in the palace all day long.

As for someone greedy for the food that should have been given to them, people can't help but gnash their teeth for it.

This kind of hatred is really deeply rooted in the bone marrow. The catastrophe after disaster, I don’t know how many times, the wives and wives who teach here are scattered, and the feeling of starvation is so unforgettable that every time the food is released, everyone gobbles it up .

The memory of hunger is the scariest, because even if one day you are no longer hungry, when you look back on those unbearable years, you can’t help feeling like a thorn in your back. Even if the stomach and intestines are full, it seems faintly Peristalsis brings a sense of hunger for a lifetime.

The child who read the newspaper was stuttering, his voice was a little immature, but this voice had an indescribable magic power, which taught people to slowly digest the anger and calm down.

Sometimes, civil servants would come, and after reading the newspaper, they would give a report, which was nothing more than what the Taiping Mansion would do in such a situation, what orders the emperor would issue, and what edicts His Highness the King of Wuhu County would issue.

Of course, it is boring to say these things, and this kind of scribe who is responsible for preaching will also intersperse a little story in it.

What sea, what ocean, the natives of the land of the world, and Qixia's steam locomotive and so on.

When everyone gathered together, they were shocked and muttered in low voices. While drinking bad tea, they tried hard to imagine the world described by the scribe.

Sophisticated people feel that these things are unbelievable, how can there be such a place in the world.

But Liu Jianye sat on the ground, listening quietly, but his eyes were shining.

He, like the vast majority of youth and teenagers, was convinced of this.

A catastrophe caused him to lose his mother, and he has not yet come out of the grief. Now, these people from Taiping Mansion, who heard that they came here under the imperial edict, gave him the greatest support in his life. Let him have a glimmer of hope for the future.

The two doctors who led him were also from the Taiping Mansion. Occasionally, they could always hear some small and new things during their chats, so unknowingly, it seemed that a seed had been buried in his heart, quietly Take root and sprout.

Just the boom here.

But it has already made people panic.

In fact, food prices are still maintained.

But so far, there are very few people who buy grain.

With such a high food price, people in Kaifeng can eat food for free. These people, each with a full belly, sang together in the evening.

Only fools spend money to buy food, let alone want to sell it at a high price!

At this point, Zhou Juren and others, who had been upset and irritable for many days, finally couldn't sit still.

This time, with almost black faces, they arrived at the government office together.

Liu Jin, the magistrate, also felt a headache when he saw the faces as dark as ink.

As a magistrate, what else can he manage now?I don't understand anything in the city, but what about outside the city?Going out is the guard team led by Jin Yiwei and the model battalion, and none of the guards dare to make mistakes.

Even among the servants, many people ran away.

As an errand here, I can barely make ends meet, but I can't stand the white rice outside.

Even if the errand didn't go to eat food, the whole family ran away clean.

After all, they are lowly officials, and they don't even have a decent establishment.

Some people came back after eating food, and talked to the people's congress that the officials were also entered in the official book, and they could still be officials.

He also went around saying that it is not necessary to take the imperial examination to be an official, and that any child can read and write, and someone will ask you a husband.

The news reached the prefect's ears, and prefect Liu was furious.

The ancients, especially scholars, were very strict in governing officials.

They think that petty officials are born humble and are the most opportunistic, and officials must be treated harshly.

As for some restless words and deeds, it is even more taboo, and immediately ordered someone to beat this person severely.

But it didn't work, the man was carried away, and rumors spread in the government office that he went to a medical center outside the city for treatment.

In this way, the servants in the government office feel even more meaningless.

Even sometimes, if someone wanted to be arrested, Jin Yiwei didn't negotiate with the prefect's yamen at all. He only needed to find an officer, and the officer would immediately invite friends and volunteers to serve him on his behalf.

But the prefect's order, even if it is a threat, everyone thinks it is meaningless, if you can mess with it, if you can't, the person may disappear without a trace the next day.

Liu Jin listened to Zhou Juren's complaints, and thinking of what happened in the government office these days, his anger seemed to have accumulated to a peak for many days, and he went straight to the case, furiously said: "The hearts of the people are so floating, how can these people be so angry?" Stay safe!"

He cursed angrily.

When Zhou Juren saw him like this, he felt that there was something wrong.

Therefore, this week Juren put on a sad look and said: "Your Majesty, the students should speak up, if this continues, the students will be put to death. Now, our granary is full. , so much food, the loss of daily storage is not a small expense, but now... but not a single grain of rice can be sold, isn't this going to kill me?"

Zhou Juren paused, and then said: "Even when Emperor Taizu Gao was here, although the punishment was harsh, at least... he thought we were the cornerstone of the imperial court. What is it like now? It's really sad to say Well, now that this is the case, grain merchants and students are really going to die without a place to bury them."

Liu Jin frowned, hesitantly said: "This matter... what can I do? Hey..."

Zhou Juren and the others were obviously in a hurry, and everyone was no longer polite. Then Wang Jin took the lead and said, "A lot of the grain in our granary is supposed to be the relief grain of the imperial court, but why did these relief grains appear in our granary?" ? This...Once the truth is revealed, many things will be hard to say."

The meaning of these words is self-evident, even if you are going to die, I will drag you on your back!
Liu Jin's face changed suddenly, he stared coldly and said, "Are you going to threaten me?"

Wang Jin retorted: "When that time really comes, I have no choice but to die with the Fujun!"

Zhou Juren smiled, gave everyone a step down, and said, "Okay, okay, this is the end of the matter, why is this necessary? We are all scholars, if you have anything to say, talk it out, and discuss it slowly."

Liu Jin's face softened slightly, but he sighed: "Hey...the matter has come to this, we have to find a way..."

"What do you think?"

"This..." Liu Jin looked hesitant, as if he was thinking about something.

In the house, fell into a deathly silence.

After a while, Liu Jin finally said: "For the present plan, the only thing we can do is continue to buy grain."

Wang Jin said angrily, "Where do we have money now?"

Liu Jin took a deep breath and said, "Some time ago, some merchants came to visit, saying that they were doing loan business..."

"Borrowing?" Wang Jin had a quick temper, and said disdainfully: "In the past, only other people borrowed money from us. How can there be any reason for us to borrow money from others? Don't you think these words of the Fujun are ridiculous?"

Zhou Juren also frowned, obviously not too happy.

Everyone is whispering.

This Liu Jin obviously grasped the last straw, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "The problem now is... if there is no money, there will be no grain received, and the price of grain cannot be maintained. But once there is Silver, buy all the grain in Jin Yiwei's hands, then... all the grain is in his hands, then you can sell as much as you want, and sell it at any price you want? If the people have no silver, you can teach them to be cheap. Sell ​​the land at a low price, if there is no more money, you can sign a deed of sale, or loan it to the people at a higher interest rate. Lords... now you can't advance, you can't retreat. There is only one way."

Zhou Juren's face was miserable.

Even the magistrate only gave them such a suggestion, which obviously shows that even magistrate Liu has nothing to do.

Zhou Juren was quite calm, and said, "But Jinyiwei has a steady stream of food..."

"Heh..." Liu Zhifu sneered and said, "You have been fooled."

Zhou Juren was stunned at first, and then he said in shock: "Did you get tricked?"

Liu Zhifu nodded and said, "Qixia's news was sent to this mansion by express delivery two days ago. Guess what? The Wuhu County King, in order to raise food, did not care about the starvation of Zhili people, Many people rose up for it, and heard that a workshop was burned and many people were injured. There was a lot of trouble there, and the people’s grievances were already boiling, and Zhang Anshi himself was in danger at this time."

"I can't protect myself, so why do I still have so much food?" Zhou Juren's eyes faltered.

Liu Zhifu said: "Isn't this simple? It's a bet that we won't be able to eat this kind of food and dig our roots. But he is also at the risk of a military operation. You must know that the disaster-stricken places are in the four provinces. Hundreds of millions of people, how long will he be able to help so many people? Now we are fighting for such a breath, if we can't keep up, we will lose everything, and vice versa."

Zhou Juren raised his eyebrows and said, "Is the news serious?"

He stared at Liu Zhifu firmly.

Liu Zhifu didn't hide it from him, and really showed them the official documents circulated in the government.

After Zhou Juren and others looked at it, they looked at each other in blank dismay.

Liu Jindao: "I understand now... From my point of view... Zhang Anshi dared to bet that the wealth and lives of the princes would be lost, so why not bet? There is nothing difficult in the world..."

Zhou Juren closed his eyes and weighed, as if he was also calculating something.

In the end, he opened his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Once the bet is made, he, Zhang Anshi, is after all a relative and the king of the county..."

He didn't continue what he said, but Liu Zhifu understood.

Liu Jin took a deep look at Zhou Juren, and said: "But don't forget that Hu Guang, the great scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, has always sympathized with the princes. Going against Mr. Hu, this time...it's not difficult to guess, Mr. Hu may not be able to bear it."

"Hu Gong..."

Zhou Juren opened his eyes slightly, as if confirming something.

Liu Jindao: "Grand Hu is a gentleman in the court, a student of former officials, all over the court and the public..."

"Understood." Zhou Juren said: "This matter is of great importance. I need to go back and discuss it later. Hu Gong..."

Liu Zhifu understood in seconds, and immediately said: "Don't worry, I will revise the book immediately..."

"Thank you."

…………

Tongguan.

When they arrived here, a team of inspectors escorted their cars and sedan chairs out of Shaanxi and went straight to Luoyang.

In the carriage, Hu Guang was sitting in the sedan chair, he was motionless, his usual gentle face carried an indescribable emotion.

After another ten miles, I arrived at the post station and entered the official room. Before I was seated, there were accompanying servants who brought me quick plays from all over the country.

"Mr. Hu, reports from various places..."

Hu Guang didn't lift his eyelids, he just said, "Got it."

Sheren took a deep breath, thought for a while, and said, "Mr. Hu, there are many rumors outside."

Hu Guangdao: "Tell me."

She Ren said: "This time...someone seems to be targeting Hu Gong. Hu Gong has always been in the court and has nothing to do with people in the world, but he didn't expect... to be attacked by such a murderer. Hu Gong must make plans early and plan ahead... "

Hu Guang said indifferently: "Where did you hear it?"

"This……"

Hu Guangdao: "You have been with this old man for many years, right?"

"Yes."

Hu Guangdao: "Hey..."

Hu Guang waved his hand: "Go down, you go down."

Sheren hesitated to speak: "Actually, there are many people in the court... who complain about Hu Gong..."

Hu Guang said lightly: "Don't worry, I don't need you to teach me how to protect yourself wisely and how to cut through messes quickly."

Sheren nodded.

Hu Guang pointed to the official documents in front of him and said, "These are all sent by the prefectures and counties."

"Yes, they all hope that Mr. Hu will make up his mind."

Hu Guang nodded: "It's not easy for everyone, I will write back."

Then, he didn't make any more sound, and Sheren quietly withdrew.

…………

In the county prince's mansion, chariots and horses are like dragons.

Many reports came from all directions.

Zhang Anshi's orders were also overwhelming.

Three orders were issued today.

Regarding the new regulations for the relief of the disaster-stricken people, it greatly described the dangers of the disaster victims eating only food. Therefore, tens of thousands of dried fish were immediately escorted and distributed to various prefectures and counties.

It also introduced measures to urgently recruit mobile theater troupes to go to various prefectures and counties to give condolences.

There is also the lack of paper and pen and ink for the various construction command and envoys.

The orders one after another left people stunned.

After all, no one can imagine that this thing can still be played like this.

This is not helping the people, this is clearly serving the uncle!

Zhang Anshi still kept smiling.

"What are you afraid of? Let's just place orders for each workshop, recruit troupes, collect paper, books, pens and ink, and more cotton-padded clothes and cloth. Don't worry, someone will settle the bill for us!"

"That's right, some iron tools are also needed. Bridges and roads are all inseparable from tools. I heard that there are many armed guards under the commanders. The way is to find some leftovers of swords, guns and halberds, and send them out."

"Here."

……

"His Majesty……"

Dongchang was not idle, and sent copies of the memorials to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di has been upset these days.

At this moment, he just nodded and said, "Say."

Yi Shiha said: "Another batch of food and a lot of supplies have been allocated from the Taiping Mansion, but... the situation in the Taiping Mansion seems to be not very good. I heard... many soldiers and civilians are slightly concerned about this. There are complaints..."

Zhu Di listened, shook his head and said: "Hey... these people have no clothes and food, I have to worry about it. Zhang Anshi spends money and food all at once, and I worry about sending out money and food in such a wasteful way. When is this a time? head..."

Yi Shiha was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to respond.

Fortunately, he remembered something, so he said: "However, there are quite a few discussions in the court..."

Hearing the word "discussion", Zhu Di's face gradually turned cold: "Tell me and listen to me."