Kyoto, Kyoto in July is as hot as a furnace. After the massacre with corpses everywhere, Kyoto has regained its vitality, with an endless stream of pedestrians and a gathering of businesses.
After Feng Changqing and Su Yuejiao resigned, Su Yuejiao took over the management of the Feng family. She didn't know it without looking at the account books. She was shocked when she saw that Feng Yu had really made a lot of money in the past three years.
"Oh my God..." Su Yuejiao was blinded by the summed up figures. Her little daughter was really making money. Wangjiang Restaurant, Peony House, and Linlang Pavilion were making a lot of money every day.
After Feng Yu left the capital, the shopkeeper and Thirteen Niang of Wangjiang Restaurant came to Su Yuejiao. The order money Feng Yu left should not be kept in Baofeng Bank. They were afraid that Emperor Yuan Hui would cause trouble, so they directly exchanged it for money that could be used throughout Yanyang.
The banknotes were transferred to Jinzhou. If you encounter something that you can't decide on, go to Su Yuejiao. Su Yuejiao knows about this industry, but she has never taken care of the accounts.
After the great changes in Kyoto, the city gates were not strictly guarded, and Emperor Yuan Hui could not spare the energy to take care of the merchants. Shopkeeper Wang moved his family and took away eight million taels of silver. He took away almost all the cash of Baofeng Silver Village.
Silver, the guards at the city gate were weak that day. Zhang Boxi brought the Kyoto guards to help with the management. Hundreds of carriages left the city one after another. It looked like they were transporting goods, but in fact they were all silver and gold.
Su Yuejiao was horrified. Feng Yu was so brave, daring to transfer gold and silver at this juncture. The Kyoto family had deposits of gold and silver at Baofeng Bank. If she wanted to exchange them, she would have to go to the branch in Liancheng, Jiangnan. Kyoto exchange
No money is given.
Fengyu's business in Wangjiang Restaurant, Peony House and Linlang Pavilion is based on the principle that rich people will become richer and richer, and she only makes money from rich people. These are not places where ordinary people can spend money.
A place where the Kyoto clan spends a lot of money.
"What's wrong?" Feng Changqing has been wielding swords and guns in the mansion recently, and his soldiers have been dismissed, giving them documents to find a future. Most of them have gone to Ningzhou. Now he has no official position and is light. He is afraid that Emperor Yuan Hui will misunderstand the general.
They formed a clique for personal gain and would not go out on dates with anyone. Su Yuejiao also stayed behind closed doors. Emperor Yuan Hui had strict control over them and did not allow them to leave the city.
"A'yu is really better than her old master." Su Yuejiao said with a smile, "A little expert in making money, the twelve states are vast and rich in resources. If she can revitalize business, some people will be restless."
The Twelve Prefectures and Zhongzhou are separated by the Beihe River. Due to geographical reasons, Ningzhou is more advantageous than Zhongzhou in conquering the Twelve Prefectures. News that Xie Xun was vigorously suppressing bandits in the Twelve Prefectures spread to Kyoto.
The folk customs of the Twelve Prefectures are tough and they respect the strong. Yanyang has been in war for many years and the bandits have been left unchecked. Now that Xie Yuruo has defeated the Twelve Prefectures, the bandits can return to the towns and live and work in peace and contentment. It is only a matter of time for the Twelve Prefectures to surrender.
"Little Marquis..." Feng Changqing paused, "Now I want to change my story about the prince. I heard that the prince suppressed bandits and asked the state government to collect money and forced the state government to provide food and grass. Alas... the prince would be angry if he were alive.
Death, Ningzhou cavalry protects the people as a matter of course, there is no reason to collect money from the people."
"The state capital does not provide food and grass, do they drink from the northwest wind?" Su Yuejiao manages logistics and military supplies and military settlement reclamation in Ningzhou. No one knows better than her how many people can be supported by Ningzhou alone. She prays that she will not be able to support them in the next few years.
In the event of a natural disaster, if the harvest is not good, the hundreds of thousands of troops in Ningzhou will really have to drink from the northwest wind. Once the rice grains are exhausted, the morale of the troops will be unstable, and war will break out.
Food, grass and military supplies are the core of stabilizing an army.
The most urgent task for the Second Young Master and the Prince is to ensure the Ningzhou Cavalry’s military supplies and stabilize their morale.
There is another way to feed war with war.
The Ningzhou cavalry marched towards Yanyang, captured one city, and seized another city until they invaded Kyoto. If this is true, it will lose the support of the people.
The current suppression of bandits in the Twelve Prefectures has shown the determination of the Xie family brothers. They wanted to conquer the Twelve Prefectures first. After destroying their families and killing people, they still chose the gentlest method with the least casualties.
Emperor Yuan Hui wanted to send troops to suppress it. He sent troops to Ningzhou when Xie Jue and Xie Xun were still young and Ningzhou was short of food and grass. Who could be sent to lead the troops?
The DPRK and China were also quarreling over this matter!
After Emperor Yuan Hui ascended the throne, although he went crazy for half a month, the situation in the court has been stable. After Feng Shu went to Xiangguo Temple to mourn, his mood stabilized again, and he seemed to have become the diligent and loving prince he once was. The civil servants and generals of the Yanyang Dynasty were clearly distinguished.
, there are more than a dozen generals who are still willing to be loyal to Yanyang, and do not want Yanyang to be engulfed in war and chaos.
But they led the troops to attack Ningzhou, but they hesitated.
Firstly, the treasury was empty, and secondly, Zhenbei Hou's body was still cold, and they were unwilling to fight against the Xie brothers on the battlefield.
It's interesting to say that Lin Heli united the family to donate a sum of money to Emperor Yuan Hui to ensure that Emperor Yuan Hui would not pursue the rebellious children of the family. Others looked like they had spent a lot of money. To the family, it was a drop in the bucket. Implementing the New Deal was a waste of money.
Yanyang's way out, the New Deal was originally led by Xie Jue and the Lin family, but now it was overthrown by Lin Heli. He led the Lin family to stand up to resist the New Deal.
The aristocratic family followed suit, and even Taifu Zhang's family was secretly resisting the New Deal. After Lin Heli witnessed the madness of Emperor Yuan Hui, he overturned the policies formulated by his grandfather and father, and still used the aristocratic family to control the economic lifeline of Yanyang to restrain Emperor Yuan Hui.
However, Emperor Yuan Hui controlled the imperial army, royal guards and city defenses, and controlled the aristocratic family in the prosperous cage of Kyoto. This created a strange situation in which the imperial power and the aristocratic family competed and tested each other.
Emperor Yuan Hui had the imperial army, Lin Sheng and Zhang Bolan were loyal, Chen Mo also commanded the Jin Yiwei, and after the clan's soldiers were reduced from 2,000 to 500, the family's military strength was greatly reduced, and Emperor Yuan Hui had the upper hand, but he also
I don't dare to attack the aristocratic family again.
Xie Xun vigorously suppressed bandits in the twelve states, and Emperor Yuan Hui became a little unable to sit still.
Emperor Yuan Hui repeatedly put pressure on Marshal Fang, hoping that Marshal Fang could persuade Fang Chuning to lead troops to Ningzhou. The Queen Mother also summoned Mrs. Fang to the palace to talk about family affairs. It was implied that Mrs. Fang, as the eldest princess, should maintain the orthodoxy of the Yuwen royal family.
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Fang Chuning was talking to several aristocratic family members at Zhang Boju's banquet about the Xie family brothers' suppression of bandits in the Twelve Prefectures. After the news reached the capital, it aroused heated discussion. From Emperor Yuan Hui to the traders and lackeys, everyone knew about it.
Fang Chuning let go of Xie Jue and Xie Xun on a rainy night in Kyoto, but was dealt with by Marshal Fang. He was in a coma for six days, and his life hung on a thread. On the third day after Fang Chuning was in coma, Mrs. Fang reportedly held the Marshal in the room and whipped him more than a dozen times.
.The injury improved slightly, but he resisted the order again in the Jinluan Palace and was beaten with forty military sticks by the commander. Fang Chuning could not get out of bed for a whole month.
The children of the aristocratic families in Beijing did not shy away from suspicion and came to visit him every now and then. As soon as Fang Chuning was able to go to the ground, he was dragged out by Zhang Boju to relax. In the morning, the emperor mentioned that Fang Chuning should lead the army to Ningzhou. Zhang Boju and others were afraid that Fang Chuning was in the mansion, so they contradicted him again.
The commander was beaten.
Marshal Fang and Marquis Zhenbei are both first-class princes, but their upbringing of their sons is very different. Zhenbei Marquis took Xie Zhang by his side and raised him carefully. He had a quick temper, was tough and strong, but rarely touched Xie Zhang.
If Xie Zhang made a mistake with just one finger from Zhang, the Marquis of Zhenbei would show the truth with great patience and even teach his son how to please his fiancée.
Fang Dashuai raised his son extremely harshly. Fang Chuning was rebellious and reckless when he was young. Fang Dashuai punished him by standing still and whipping him in severe cases. The Marshal even threw the seven-year-old Fang Chuning into a cage to fight with hungry wolves, and he was very strict with his upbringing.
The Northern Marquises all complained slightly, fearing that Marshal Fang would raise a violent coach.
Fang Chuning almost grew up under the stick of Marshal Fang. Therefore, the relationship between Fang Chuning and Marshal was extremely bad. When Fang Chuning was a child, he would rather follow Xie Jue back to the Marquis Mansion than return to Fang's family. On New Year's Eve, he made a wish on Marshal's expedition.
Don’t have the desire to go home for the New Year.
His extremely naughty childhood was spent in countless whippings and kneeling punishments. If an ordinary child had been beaten long ago, he would have listened to the teachings of his fathers and become the most satisfying son in his mind.
Fang Chuning was naturally rebellious. The more severe and rude the commander-in-chief, the more perverse and rebellious Fang Chuning became. He could get along with all the children of aristocratic families in the capital like brothers, but he was the same as his own father.
He sincerely felt that he was not beaten to death by his father simply because of his stubbornness.
When he was weak, he didn't want others to mention the word "General".
"Actually, don't blame the commander for beating you!" Zhang Boju is the eldest son of the Zhang family, the future head of the family, and now serves in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. "If you let Xie Jue go, Xie Xun will be guilty of conspiracy. If the commander-in-chief
If you don't deal with it first by military law, if you fall into the hands of the emperor, you will be charged with a more serious crime. Who can protect you if you openly defy the decree and show no respect in front of the palace? The forty military sticks were not in vain."
Fang Chuning looked grim and sneered, "My father asked you to be a lobbyist?"
"How is that possible!" Zhang Boju waved his hand, "I went to see you, and when I saw the commander, he was walking against the wall. How could I dare to talk to him?"
Everyone laughed.
Zhou Shilin said, "The air in the capital is so smoky, Chu Ning, you might as well lead troops to Ningzhou. Xie Xun has led Ningzhou cavalry to suppress bandits in twelve states, and also asked for money from the state capital. Most of them are in need of food and grass. If you send troops
Ningzhou, Ningzhou's cavalry troops are distracted, and they might win. If they are given time to recuperate, civil strife in Yanyang will surely break out."
Fang Chuning twirled the wine glass carelessly, looked at them with a half-smile, and said half-seriously, "Forget it, I can't beat the second young master."
He didn't want to confront Xie Tingfeng's armies at the gate of the city. He and Xie Tingfeng had been fighting side by side since they were young, with each other's backs and the tips of their swords pointed at the enemy. No one expected that one day their swords would be facing each other.
"Are you kidding me?" said a young man from an aristocratic family. "The second young master is not good at leading troops in war."
"Tingfeng is not good at leading troops in battles. How funny!" Fang Chuning propped up his chin and smiled like a fox. "What misunderstanding do you have about the second young master?"
Fang Chuning knew that the Jin Yiwei had eyes and ears all over Kyoto to collect intelligence. He did not want to say more about this kind of public banquet. The injury on his back had not healed yet, and there was a dull pain. The strong alcohol could not suppress the unwillingness in his heart and the scars on his back.
"You shouldn't have let them go that day!" Cai Wenjing said in a deep voice, "Your vanguard would have been delayed for half an hour, and the Jiangnan garrison would have arrived, and they would be unable to fly. If they had been killed in Kyoto, Ningzhou would have been leaderless, and it would have been a long time ago.
Even if it is vulnerable, Yanyang will not fall into pieces."
"Cai Wenjing, stop talking!" Zhang Boju frowned. Are you crazy if you dare to say to kill Xie Jue in front of Fang Chuning?
The wine glass hit the table hard, and the wine splashed. Fang Chuning's face was as cold as water, but he remained silent.
"Am I wrong? Rebellious ministers and traitors should be killed. No matter what the reason is, it is a fact that they split Yanyang now. Chu Ning, don't forget that you are the son of the eldest princess." Cai Wenjing said with a sneer, "
Could it be that Chu Ning would be so merciful and merciless if others plotted rebellion?"
Fang Chuning's twinkling eyes smiled evilly, "It's a matter of division. If you conspire against me, I will definitely kill you."