Yu Anran's expression moved when she heard these words.

He only heard that some people in the court were dissatisfied with Yang He's affairs in Henan, but he didn't know that the situation in the court had reached the point where he had to force Yang He to leave Henan.

Since someone in the court wanted to touch Yang He, and Yang He had never won a victory since he came to Henan to quell the rebellion, if there were no important officials in the court to make a move for him, leaving Henan would have been a foregone conclusion.

Thinking of this, Yu Anran decided to join forces with Prefect Lin.

It’s nothing if you fail. At worst, you can offend Yang He, the governor, but in the current situation in Henan, it’s a matter of time before Yang He stepped down.

But if things are done, even if he, the magistrate, won't get much actual benefits, as long as the minister in the court behind Prefect Lin can remember the name, it will be worth it.

As Yu Anran intended to show his goodwill, the atmosphere on the table became warmer.

As we kept drinking, we were talking back and forth, even the two squires at the desk were toasted several glasses of wine by Yu Anran intentionally or unintentionally.

It’s only after drinking halfway through the wine.

The two satisfied gentry drank with their eyes blurred, their legs shaking when they walked, swaying left and right, and were supported by the servants at home and left the restaurant.

When only Magistrate Lin and Yu Anran were left on the table, the two people who were already half drunk and half awake had their eyes almost recovered from Qingming.

"Am An Ran sober?" Prefect Lin looked at Yu An Ran with a smile.

Yu Anran smiled and said, "Didn't the Mansion also sober up?"

"Ha ha!"

Prefect Lin smiled.

The leftovers on the table were quickly removed by the restaurant staff and replaced with fragrant tea.

"Why did the Futai get to the same place with these two people?" Yu Anran held the hot tea in her hand and looked at the prefect Lin.

As a magistrate, he knew the Kaifeng prefect in front of him.

He has the arrogance of a scholar. Although he is not the kind of person who does not understand the world, he looks down on the local gentry from the bottom of his heart, so he cannot be very close to the local gentry, at least not to the point where he specially invites his classmates to have dinner.

"It's not me who I'm looking for, it's me who they're looking for." Prefect Lin took a sip of tea and said, "They specially invited you and me to this banquet."

Hearing this, Yu Anran frowned slightly and said, "The backgrounds of these two people are not ordinary. They can take the initiative to invite you to the Futai, not just for Yang He's business!"

Although the prefect is a local official, in the eyes of some gentry who have background and powerful backgrounds behind him, a prefect may not be able to see it.

On the contrary, local officials like the prefect must rely on these local gentry with backgrounds if they want to achieve good political achievements in the local area.

Like the two who just left, there was a relationship between Yandao Censor in the capital, and there were still people in the family serving as officials in the capital. This background is much better than a local official like the prefect Lin who had no background.

"Yang He's affairs are just an excuse. In fact, even without us, Yang He has been in Henan for a long time. Some people in the court have long been dissatisfied with Yang He's failure to make any contributions in Henan, which is true." said Lin Prefect.

Yu Anran asked, "What are they going to do?"

As the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, he knew these gentry and local sticks, and these people would not be able to do anything that would be beneficial.

Even if Yang He is taken away, it is difficult to guarantee that the court will not send a governor to Henan again.

"Grain." Prefect Lin said two words lightly.

Upon hearing this, Yu Anran frowned and said, "Is the current food price not high enough? Since the rebels siege, the food price has more than doubled. Are they still not satisfied with this?"

War is the easiest way to make a fortune by taking the opportunity.

So when he heard the magistrate Lin mentioning food, he immediately understood that the gentry in the city wanted to take the opportunity to raise the price of food.

"Kaifeng Prefecture City was besieged by rebels, and the food outside the city could not be transported in. The food in the city was consumed a little less, so the price would naturally increase. It was understandable." Prefect Lin said disapprovingly.

No matter how high the grain price is, as the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, there will be no shortage of food to eat.

Yu Anran frowned and said, "Hundreds of thousands of people in the city have to eat. The food prices have risen too high. Once the people cannot afford to buy food, there will be trouble in the city."

"So you are also standing on Yang He's side, supporting the suppression of grain merchants, forcibly suppressing grain prices and not rising?" Prefect Lin raised his eyes.

Yu Anran choked when he heard this, but he still said, "Although Yang He has no achievements in suppressing rebellion, I support the issue of calming the price of grain. Suppressing the price of grain is beneficial to defending the city."

"If Yang He listened to me, he would gather 20,000 troops in the city to fight and wipe out the thousands of rebels who were besieged in one fell swoop. Not only did he lift the siege of Kaifeng Prefecture, but the grain merchants in the city would not have the opportunity to raise the price of grain. They would have won multiple good things in one fell swoop. But for his own selfishness, Yang He was unwilling to accept my suggestions. It can be seen that the behavior of loving the people in this person is just a sheep pretending to be." Prefect Lin said with annoyed look on his face.

He was obviously still holding a grudge against Yang He's kicking him out of the lobby of the yamen.

Yu Anran felt that he still had to explain a few words to Yang He. After all, it would be no benefit to defending the city if he really wanted to raise the price of grain.

If something goes wrong with Kaifeng Prefecture City, he, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, will also be affected. After all, he and Yang He have common interests in defending the city.

He said: "Although Yang He did not choose to fight head-on with the rebels outside the city, he decided to send an elite general out of the city to attack the rebels outside the city. As long as it succeeds, the siege of Kaifeng Prefecture City is likely to be lifted."

"Isn't this the solution I proposed? It shows Yang He's hypocrisy and he is unwilling to give the credit to others." After hearing Yu Anran's words, Prefect Lin became even more angry.

Yang He was angry that he used his strategy, but he gave him the advice and did not give him any chance to make a contribution.

Yu Anran saw that his persuasion was not only useless, but instead made Prefect Lin even more hatred for Yang He.

This made him feel helpless.

But he still doesn't want the price of grain to rise too well. After all, too high grain prices are harmful but not profitable, so he still hopes that Prefect Lin can reach a consensus with him on the price of grain.

He had no choice but to continue to persuade Prefect Lin, saying: "Whether you can defend the Kaifeng Prefecture City is related to your and my wealth and life. Letting grain merchants rush the price of grain randomly is really not good for defending the city."

"Do you think you can stop the rise in grain prices by yourself?" Prefect Lin asked back.

Yu Anran smiled bitterly when she heard this.

Although he is the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, he can't control those grain merchants at all.

Yang He was able to suppress grain merchants and dare not raise the price of grain arbitrarily because Yang He received the support of General Chen Yongfu and had troops available. When Kaifeng Prefecture City was surrounded, Yang He had the final say in the entire Kaifeng Prefecture City.
Chapter completed!