Because he planned to confiscate all Zhu Li's property in the entire Xuzhou city.
Although Han Chinese families who were related to Zhu Li could not be beaten to death with one blow, they still had to send people from their residences to report to the department for detailed verification. Anyone who oppressed the people would have their property confiscated.
Now, Shen Yi has no taboos in Xuzhou City. He can do whatever he wants. Especially at this time, he does things not only without political pressure, but also without moral pressure.
In a whole morning, Shen Yi had almost finished cooking the Pengcheng Marquis' Mansion, collecting countless coins, gold and jade utensils, and filling the entire courtyard.
The family members of the Hou Mansion were all tied up and knelt in the front yard.
However, Mr. Shen didn't care much about the money. He just glanced at Qianhu Zhu Datong and asked, "How much food did you find?"
Zhu Datong quickly lowered his head and clasped his fists and said: "Back to Mr. Shen, my subordinates saw three large granaries in the backyard. The people looking for the grain store made a rough estimate, and there may be tens of thousands of stones of grain."
Shen Yi nodded slightly and rubbed his eyebrows.
There is a lot of this food.
If it were only for the people of this Hou Mansion to eat at home, they might not be able to finish it in ten or even decades.
But for the Huai'an army, these grains and wine are not too much.
Shen Yi waved his hand and said: "The food is seized, as for these properties..."
Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Seal it away for now, I still have use for it."
Zhu Datong clasped his fists and expressed respect.
Shen Yi sat under the pavilion and said calmly: "Zhu Qianhu, in the next few days, I will ask Jiang Sheng and Lin Siwu from the Di newspaper department to follow you. You can go and collect all Zhu Li's people in Xuzhou City for me.
Home…"
He said expressionlessly: "I copied them all."
Zhu Datong quickly lowered his head: "I will obey your orders!"
"Furthermore, all grain shops and grain shops in Xuzhou City, as long as the industry involves grain, sent people to control them all, inspected their shops, and sealed their grain warehouses."
Mr. Shen's voice was low: "They will all be confiscated."
Zhu Datong nodded first, then thought about it and asked, "Mr. Shen, what if the grain store is opened by us Han people?"
Shen Yi glanced at this guy and said angrily: "You are worthy of following Xue Da and have the same virtues as him."
"Whether it's Zhu Lizhen or the Han people."
Mr. Shen exhaled and said, "As long as it's a grain store, everything will be confiscated."
Zhu Datong nodded and took the people down to do some work.
After Zhu Qianhu left, Shen Yi turned around, looked at Zhao Jizhou who was following him, stood up and pulled Zhao Jizhou to sit down, and said: "Second brother, I don't have anyone with me. This Xuzhou food.
From now on, it will be under your control."
Zhao Er has always been in charge of logistics in the Huai'an army, and he was also the last Huai'an army to enter Xuzhou. Today, Shen Yi specially found him to follow him to ransack his home.
However, Zhao Jizhou hadn't figured out Shen Yi's thoughts yet. He scratched his head and whispered: "Zi Heng, why are you checking the grain store in the city? The people in this city still buy food from the grain store...
"
"We confiscated the grain depot, what will the people eat?"
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said: "If we occupy Xuzhou and let them sell grain, the price of grain will inevitably rise sharply, and the city gate will not open. Soon, the people in the city will have no way to survive."
"I raided their grain stores, not that I will no longer provide food to the people. It's just that the food in these grain stores is controlled by our Huai'an Army and can only be sold by our Huai'an Army."
"Only you, second brother, can do this."
Shen Yi whispered: "From now on, the food in the city will be rationed. Three people per household will allow each household to buy up to five kilograms of food per day."
"And so on."
Having said this, Shen Yi rubbed his head and said: "But this method is easy to say, but not easy to implement. It requires the household registration, population, and name of Xuzhou City."
"Fortunately, every family in Xuzhou is closed now, and most of them have some food stored in their homes. They won't come out in the short term."
"I will quickly have someone give the household registration booklet of the Zhizhou Yamen to my senior brother, who will get the food rations ready as soon as possible."
Mr. Shen said with a serious face: "Brother, this is the most important thing in Xuzhou City. As long as the people in the city have something to eat, then there will be no chaos in the city. If there is no chaos in the city, Xuzhou will be solid."
Zhao Jizhou sat next to Shen Yi, stretched out his hand and scratched his head: "Zi Heng, such a big thing..."
"I...can I do that?"
"Senior brother, you are the son of the current Minister of Household Affairs!"
Shen Yi patted him on the shoulder and said, "Uncle, I can manage the world's wealth with ease. You are my uncle's son, and you are only in Xuzhou City. What's the difficulty for you?"
When Shen Yi said this, Zhao Er became more energetic, but then became a little depressed: "I am far behind my father..."
Mr. Shen smiled and said: "That's it, I'll give my senior brother some manpower. In the past few days, my senior brother has also been selecting a few helpers from the accounting offices of Zhizhou Yamen. I don't want him to do this alone. What's the problem?"
Zhao Jizhou wanted to say a few more words, but suddenly a messenger hurriedly came to report. He half-knelt in front of Shen Yi, bowed his head and said: "Mr. Shen, General Ling is reporting urgently. A large number of Qi troops have been found outside the north gate, with more than ten thousand in number!"
Shen Yi turned back to look at Zhao Er and said helplessly: "Brother, I'm going to the north gate to take a look. You can do this first. If there is any difficulty, just come back and find me."
After that, Mr. Shen strode out of the prince's mansion.
Soon, he arrived at the tower of the north gate of Xuzhou.
Ling Su handed over a telescope very sensibly. Shen Yi took the telescope, looked at the north, then slowly put it down, looked back at Ling Su, and said thoughtfully: "There are indeed a lot of people. From a distance, it seems that
There are ten to twenty thousand people."
"The troops of the Qi people are located in Haizhou in the east, and the other is in the west, or the remnants of the army in Suqian. Where did the ten or twenty thousand people in the north come from?"
Ling Su stood behind Shen Yi, also looked at the Qi people in the distance, and whispered: "The people coming from the north should be reinforcements from the Qi people's court."
Shen Yi nodded and agreed with this view.
"It came so quickly."
Mr. Shen said with a smile: "It seems to be faster than Zhou Shizhong's Southern Conquest Army."
Ling Su also smiled and said: "Zhou Shizhong cherishes feathers and is unwilling to let the Southern Conquest Army attack Xuzhou. Otherwise, he would not have watched Mr. Shen at the gate of Haizhou City a few days ago and would not have dared to go out to fight."
Having said this, General Ling gave his own judgment.
"If there is an army attacking Xuzhou in the past few days, I am afraid it will be reinforcements from the imperial court."
When the two people were talking to each other, a flying horse came from the north and headed straight for Xuzhou City.
This man, alone, rushed to the gate of Xuzhou City and shouted to the city: "People of the Southern Dynasties, listen, my young general has a letter for your commander-in-chief Shen Yi!"
At this time, Shen Yi was on the tower.
He and Ling Su looked at each other. Ling Su looked at the Qi Ren camp in the distance with a telescope and said, "It's at least ten or twenty miles away."
He said to Shen Yi: "Mr. Shen, I will go out of the city to get your letter."
Shen Yi grabbed his sleeve, shook his head slightly and said, "Just send someone down casually. General Ling must not take risks."
Ling Su quickly lowered his head, turned around and opened a gap in the city gate, then sent someone out to retrieve the letter.
The letter was quickly delivered to Mr. Shen.
Shen Yi opened the letter and saw a few words at the beginning.
"Shilang Shen's Table Mirror."
"Xuzhou fell, and my emperor was furious. He will send out a large army in the near future and vowed to recapture Xuzhou."
"At most half a month, there will be a hundred thousand troops surrounding Xuzhou, and the water will be blocked."
"At that time, it will only take half a year. If my army does not move, your army will perish without a fight."
"Even if Xuzhou is turned into an empty city, it still needs to be dignified and majestic."
"As of today, Mr. Shen has achieved both fame and fortune. After returning to the south, he will surely rise to great heights."
"A gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall. If Mr. Shen is a wise man, he will flee Xuzhou at night."
"It's not too late."
By the time I see this, I have finished writing the letter.
The signature at the bottom is five words.
Sincerely, Zhou Yuanlang.
After Master Shen read the letter, he threw it to Ling Su aside. After General Ling read it again, he folded the letter and said with emotion: "Looking at the name, he should be Zhou Shizhong's nephew. This man is really brave. This
If I write such a letter to Duke Shen at that time, and it is discovered by the Qi court, it is tantamount to collaborating with the enemy and treason."
Mr. Shen smiled and said, "This man is very smart."
"The person who sent the letter should be his general, so he would not open the letter. Once this letter falls into my hands, even if it is sent to Yandu, it will be fake."
"As for him persuading me to leave Xuzhou..."
Mr. Shen said softly: "It's because he has already seen that if the fight continues, people will die under Xuzhou City, and many people will die."
"Therefore, trying to scare me off."
Having said this, Shen Yi smiled at Ling Su and said, "This Zhou Yuanlang is a bit interesting."
Ling Su nodded and said, "It seems that he is much bolder than Zhou Shizhong."
Shen Yi turned to look at Ling Su.
"If the Qi people are reinforcements from the Northern Qi court, they must have been exhausted all the way. They are determined that we must stick to Xuzhou and dare not leave the city. The camp is far away from us..."
"Only a dozen miles."
Master Shen smiled and asked: "While Xuzhou City is not yet surrounded, is General Ling interested in going out to enjoy the autumn breeze at night?"
Ling Su took half a step back and bowed his head respectfully.