August more than two months ago, or a little earlier, was the starting point for everything.

Everything in the court was led by the two prime ministers, who mobilized huge power and gathered the strength of many people in the north and south to transport large quantities of grain into the disaster-stricken areas where food prices had soared.

In this process, Zhuji exerted great power, and with the participation of some other forces. They were responsible for liaison between the north and the south, arranging itineraries for everyone, ensuring safety, and with the cooperation of the government, everything was put into operation. During that time, it was

When Ning Yi started to get busy, she was concerned about Tong Shuer's murder case and ran back and forth. Only then did she learn about the price of food and gradually became suspicious of it.

In the following time, Zhu Ji slowed down the pace of expansion, and out of disgust, he wanted to cut off all contacts with Ning Yi. During this process, groups of people were rushing to Hedong, Hebei

, Huainan, Jinghu and other places. At first, they went there purely in the mood of doing business, but among them, a group of people played a huge role, just like the shopkeeper Yao mentioned by these young people named Yu.

In the process of traveling from north to south, he told them some simple truths and guided them to donate porridge and grain. At the same time, he used words to set them against those big households who collected grain. Step by step, he achieved the goal of

An effect similar to incitement.

When I first heard about it, Shishi thought that such a person was just Shopkeeper Yao, a seasoned social leader who maximized the effect of things. But gradually as I listened, Shishi discovered that there might be far more than one such person.

two.

Among the roads affected by the disaster this time, there were a total of seven large business roads supported by the imperial court. After entering the disaster area, these seven routes were dispersed, and on each route, there were a certain number of merchants, similar to the Yu family.

There are such passionate people. They originally went there for business and called their nephews and nephews to see the world. Then they gradually saw the miserable state of the victims and the inhumanity of the rich. After they became hostile, they began to prepare for the second and third attacks.

They invested in disaster relief. At the same time, they called on other people in the family to participate.

"...The further you get to the back, the harder it is to buy food and have bad luck. But this time we have already planned to go back and forth a few more times. In the end, what we transported in at home will cost at least two thousand to three thousand dan. Only then can we make it clear.

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"...You can say two or three thousand dan so proudly. Do you know that the Hou family we met last time, their fleet transported 1,500 dan in one go."

"You can eat as much as you want. We always do our best, so we can live up to our conscience. And the Hou family is also our in-laws. Didn't I say last time that Mr. Hou intended to betroth their seventh girl to Xiao Liu? Because

Xiao Liu cried when he was giving porridge, and Mr. Hou said he had a kind heart... Tsk, if I had known I would cry too."

"Uh... Fifth brother, don't talk nonsense. They are just talking casually. You can't talk nonsense..."

"This is not casual. People think highly of you... But when it comes to crying, I have seen disaster victims before. I have really cried about Geng Qingtian..."

"That thing...if I had been there, I don't know what I would have done with my temper..."

Time passed, and everyone in the Nuan Pavilion was still talking constantly. Shishi was in this business, and what he was good at on weekdays was to extract clues from everyone's words to piece together the huge outline. The more he pieced it together, the more he pieced it together.

The more it surges, the harder it is to stop.

In the Wu Dynasty at this time, there would always be famines every once in a while. Even if they were concentrated in a small area, they could not be called a rare tragedy in the world. At least Shishi himself had seen famines and relief works.

, these landowners and grain merchants traveling from south to north may have provided grain in the past years of famine, but the situation is different from previous years.

The deliberate guidance of those Bamboo Keepers inspired their kind thoughts. At the same time, the mutual communication between different food carriers also gave them the impression that they were not alone. They recognized each other and cheered each other up, which made their hearts warmer. From these

In the process of young people occasionally saying "I heard how the south is" and "I heard how the food prices are on Hebei Road", Shishi was keenly aware that there was at least one hub connecting various places, constantly rendering this information to

They knew that Magistrate Geng's incident was said to have spread throughout the disaster-stricken area in just a few days. Without the orderly and conscious control of a force behind the scenes, this would not have been possible.

A county magistrate with a clear mind, in the famine years, would rather let his family eat chaff and drink porridge, but also try his best to keep the hungry people alive. However, when he asked a big family to sell grain, he was actually assassinated by someone sent by the big family. It can be seen that

These people are so vicious and evil.

After these people entered the disaster area and attracted attention, conflicts broke out in several places, but they were suppressed later. The persuasion of shopkeeper Yao was obviously very effective. After that, he informed them that some people in other places were beaten by people sent by big families.

Some people retreated because of the injury, but some people became more stubborn. Listening to the words of these young people surnamed Yu, they already vaguely felt that in this matter, they were injured by a big family.

It is a more glorious thing.

In various parts of the north and south, groups of people were incited in this way, and their blood was aroused by what they saw and heard in the disaster area. It was difficult for Master De to not think of Ning Yi's actions of absorbing those storytellers in Zhuji. That night

, after everyone in the family had left, and into the dead of night, her mind kept ringing. She thought of the passion of these people, and how they were all over the world fighting with those big families, and then she thought of Zuo Jilan,

The matter of Mr. Sun of Jinghu and the wealthy Huainan family caused me tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

In the end, the feeling of fear was even greater.

Over the years, she has lived in the capital. Because she is a woman, some of her insights may not be as good as others, but most of all she understands the horror of power. Of course, the behavior of these young people is admirable. There may be many people from the north and the south who can connect and echo each other.

There are few, but in the court and the power arena, these loose people cannot be the backstage.

They may also be families with good status in the local area, with land and land, and many of them can be regarded as high-ranking families. But after listening for a while, Shishi knew that these people could not enter the real circle of power. They had no one in the capital. In

In other places, there are no relatives who serve as high-ranking officials of Yifang. Even if there are one or two officials in some families, they are mostly minor officials. As for wealthy families such as Zuo family, Sun family, and Huainan wealthy merchants, those who are related to them are often from Yifang.

Senior officials, if necessary, can speak to people like Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Li Bangyan, and Tong Guan. Some of them even have close ties with the royal family.

This time, they were passionate. When they spoke, there seemed to be a heroic spirit of believing that evil can never prevail over time. But in fact, if it weren't for this disaster relief, the power of the Prime Minister's Office had firmly grasped the power of several people.

The security forces on the line will really be beaten to death if they enter the market like this to lower the price of grain. In the process of selling grain, they compete with local snakes for profit. This is the greatest protection for them. Teacher Shi also

Understand how much energy the Prime Minister, Ning Yi and others need to put in to achieve this effect.

But now, they are selling grain all over the world, but the local wealthy families have found the core of the problem and started to come to the capital. If there are three people who have found them, then outside of them, they are trying to take action here.

Yes, maybe thirty or three hundred.

With such worries in her heart, she felt a little anxious the next day. In the past, she listened to the deeds of various heroes, and most admired those great heroes who did what they did for justice even though thousands of people could not do it. But this kind of thing fell into place.

When it comes to the people around her who she agrees with, she knows the pros and cons and becomes afraid instead.

In the past two years, the left and right prime ministers have been in power and their power has been maintained for a long time. Prime Minister Li is upright and firm in character, and Prime Minister Qin is fierce in doing things. One of them is the master and the other is the assistant to promote the Northern Expedition. But when it comes to the top level, the teacher is the master.

I have always maintained an impression that the most powerful people in the capital are Cai Taishi and Wang Shaoshi. Their gangs are all over the world. They are forbearing for the sake of the overall situation. But if a conflict really breaks out, the two prime ministers may not be able to accept it.

Use their sharp tactics. Because they have to do things, Master Cai and the others only offend the people and not corrupt officials. The two prime ministers have offended many powerful people. Counting this time, there may be even more.

No matter how powerful their methods were, she was still worried about whether they could resist them even though she was an outsider.

That morning, she was thinking about this matter and planned to go find Ning Yi in the afternoon. Maybe her worries were overstated, but it was better to inform him. After all, the Zuo family and the Sun family were not easy to mess with. However,

After noon, before going out, someone came to announce that Zuo Jilan and Master Zuo had arrived and asked her to go out. Shishi wanted to delay the time, so she hurriedly asked the maid to ask Mr. Zuo to come in for a while, saying that she had something to do.

, had to wait, but not long after, the maid came in and said that Mr. Zuo was waiting outside the gate of Fanlou, saying that he would not come in and sit down.

This move showed the man's strength and dominance, but Shishi was too lazy to pay attention to it at this time. She quickly went to find Li's mother, told her about Zuo Jilan, and asked her to help find Ning Yi, saying hello first.

He dragged her here before leaving. Li Yun gave her a strange look, and finally went out in person to report the news.

Shishi went to a room on the second floor in front of Fan Building, quietly opened the window and looked down. On the street outside, Zuo Jilan and Wang Zhizhen were talking about something. After a while, an official stopped to talk to them.

The person who spoke was a member of the Ministry of Industry, Mr. Li, who also knew Zuo Jilan. The two of them laughed and talked for a while. During the conversation, Zuo Jilan occasionally turned around and looked towards Fanlou with a frown.

Shishi knew that her delay would definitely offend the other party, but her offense was only a trivial matter. She was thinking at the window about what the other party might have said to Ning Yi in the past, and how she could help ease the atmosphere so that the two sides would not really fight.

With a broken face, he stood in Ning Yi's position and thought about how to solve this matter: It is impossible to ignore the disaster area, but if you want to control it, how can you afford to offend so many people.

I was in a state of turmoil when I suddenly heard a commotion from below. I heard Zuo Jilan say: "What are you doing -" followed by a scream and chaos...

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Zuo Jilan didn't have much to think about for his trip to Beijing. For him, everything could be done step by step: visiting his uncle Zuo Houwen, visiting officials with whom he was close, and asking some Beijing officials for Qi Fanghou.

The senior officials handed over the letter. Once these things are done, the pressure on the Prime Minister's Office will take shape, and the pressure on Ning Liheng will be even greater. He wants to come to say hello. He has already thought about it, as the heir to the Zuo family

, he will be affectionate and rational towards the other party, but at the end of his words, he will tell the other party clearly: "If I don't get off the stage this time, I will definitely kill you."

I can explain it more clearly. It doesn't matter.

Although he is proud, he is not an irrational person. On the contrary, he especially knows that this time he will go to Beijing to act vigorously and resolutely, so he did not waste any time. After entering Beijing, he quickly visited everyone and handed in his message. When he saw Li Shishi's poetry meeting,

He actually went to meet several other uncles. His uncle Zuo Houwen knew that he was somewhat interested in Master Li, so he arranged the idea of ​​​​this "middle man". After Master Li left, he smiled and revealed to him, "I am

I’ll create an opportunity for you.” This means.

Zuo Jilan just smiled proudly. He had no intention of looking for a girl, but Li Shishi was more beautiful and had a good temperament. It would be good if he could take away a girl's heart during his trip to Beijing.

In the capital, I'm afraid many people were coaxing the oiran to do so, but he didn't do this. When he arrived at the Fan Tower, the maid asked him to go in and sit and wait, but he just waited on the roadside. It was also to give the other party a meaning:

Come out quickly. Some women may be angry because of this, but he is qualified. Even if many women start to get angry, they will not be tamed by him in the end. Women are mainly cheap.

But this time, the other party may really have something to do, so he kept him waiting for a long time, maybe he wanted to play hard to get with him, and deliberately manipulated him. Not long after, he met Mr. Li, who had visited the day before yesterday, and chatted for a while, feeling in his heart

But she became a little impatient: I wonder if this woman is here to do something, who is playing these false tricks with her...

Because of this, he was a little angry. When a pedestrian suddenly bumped into him on the road, he pushed him out: "What are you doing-"

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Compared with Zuo Jilan's calmness and taken for granted, Wang Zhizhen is more aware of the intricate feeling in the power field, and he likes this feeling.

This time in Beijing, the Zuo family brought pressure on the Prime Minister's Mansion and on Ning Yi. And all over the world, every trace of pressure is gathering here. In the end, they all have to compromise. This is

The essence lies.

This is the way to be dignified, the essence of condensation of power, where great power lies. The real power cannot be represented by a prime minister or even the title of emperor. The real power lies in following the trend. No matter how powerful the person is, he must compromise. And he

, a talented man with profound knowledge but failed many times, finally promoted part of this trend and drowned out those high-ranking guys.

Li Xiang, Qin Xiang, Li Pin, Ning Yi and some of their colleagues may be very stubborn, but they will understand what the general trend is. He is also sorry for the death of people in the barren years, but how can the passion of man be suppressed?

If one day he is allowed to reach a high position, he will have more powerful and reasonable means to change everything, instead of being as stupid as them. Before that, he is happy to see these fools collapse and compromise.

Therefore, he is also looking forward to today's meeting. What attitude will the other party show? Disgusted or polite? Modesty or irritable? But any smart person will understand what is the general trend and there is no way to reverse it, and he is prepared.

A few words should teach the other person to understand this.

Hedong Road is pressing over, the Zuo family is pressing over, the Qi family is pressing over, and countless people from all over the world are pressing over...
To be continued...