The Jiangning government office also had a layout of front office and back house. However, the back house was burned down during the war. The front office hall and the left and right government offices were still intact. The government office was burned to rubble, and the prison was also destroyed by the escapees.
The prisoners were smashed to pieces, and all the more than a thousand prisoners in the prison were missing, becoming a serious hidden danger in Jiangning City.
The government officials and subordinates who came after hearing the news saw the desolation in front of them, and many of them turned around and left.
In addition to the government troops, before nightfall, Zhang Yubo also summoned thirty or fifty people. With this few manpower, not to mention controlling the situation in Jiangning City, even the more than sixty porridge restaurants in the city could not be controlled. Fortunately, Lin Fu
There was no immediate withdrawal, but Zhang Yubo was only given three days of buffering time.
Some of the supplies previously under the jurisdiction of the Jiangning Mansion were evacuated before the war, some were robbed during the war, and those that could not be moved were set on fire after the war - what Zhang Yubo could use was still in his hands when he was guarding the imperial city.
The small amount of supplies that had been accumulated were transferred to the Jiangning government office by Lin Fu's order, which included thousands of taels of silver, thousands of stones of rice and grain, and a small amount of supplies for the daily use of the palace...
Zhang Yubo sat in the yamen hall day and night. Every time the yamen servant came back to report, the price of rice would jump up.
Zhao Shuhan came to the government office at midnight and saw Zhang Yubo sitting in front of the hall with a withered face. He was startled and said: "Uncle Yu, don't be like the ancients who grew old all night long!"
Zhang Yubo smiled bitterly and said: "You are still in the mood to make fun of me. Are you taking a break at the political hall?"
"I'm only familiar with the laws and regulations of the country. I'll leave it to you in the political hall. If you have any questions, I can answer them at any time. There's nothing important that I have to spend time in the palace," Zhao Shuhan said.
It was also very cold in the imperial city at night, and I thought that you would take up your new post today, so I couldn’t take a break, so I wanted to come and have a drink with you - it seems that this idea was in vain."
While they were talking, Fan Jiliang came in with a food box and a wine bottle, and said: "The emperor has no shortage of hungry soldiers. It is uncomfortable to sit in front of the hall with your hands tied and an empty stomach..." Although he had not had much contact with him before, he was trapped in the imperial city for three years.
The fifth day actually made everyone's relationship closer.
Fan Jiliang was trusted by Chen Xiyan and served as his staff. He was also a well-educated person, and he got along well with Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan. This time, Zhang Yubo had the right to know the Jiangning Mansion, and Fan Jiliang became the right commander of Jiangning. From then on, they were colleagues again.
Zhao Shuhan has no formal assignments for the time being, and will stay at the Zhengshi Hall for the time being to listen to orders.
At the moment, he didn’t care too much and just used the public case as a table. Zhao Shuhan helped Fan Jiliang move the pots, plates, cups and bowls to the public case. Zhang Yubo was also dumbfounded. Although drinking at the public case was too inappropriate, the government office wanted Zhang to drink.
The table was also difficult to find, but I just asked the old officials outside the hall not to let anyone in and see their "ugliness" here.
"Have the officials in the counties, Chizhou, and Huizhou been determined?" Fan Jiliang asked Zhao Shuhan.
"Chizhou and Huizhou are temporarily under military control. Chongcheng Army Commander Zhou Tong and Yuejiangzhou will also control Huizhou and Chizhou," Zhao Shuhan said, "However, Qingyang, Yijiang, and Nanling will be separated from Chizhou, and a new army will be established.
Town, think of Xiping in Jiangning..."
"With Qingyang, Yijiang and Nanling cut off, wouldn't Chizhou Prefecture only have two counties left to the west of Qiupu River?" Zhang Yubo asked in surprise, "Can Yuejiang Prefecture agree?"
"Prime Minister Lin hasn't come back yet. It's not that Yue Jiangzhou's apology document was delivered to the Longevity Palace before nightfall," Zhao Shuhan said. "These things are not considered secrets, but King Hailing wanted to keep things secret. Fortunately, Duke Pengcheng held the opposite opinion.
, Xu gentry discussed the matter. If Yuejiangzhou’s apology document is reversed to the Wanshou Palace, then Chizhou’s problem will not be big. No matter how it is, this half of the country is so dilapidated that it cannot withstand the torment. "
Zhang Yubo sighed slightly. He didn't expect that Yue Lengqiu would choose between the Queen Mother and Emperor Yongxing so quickly in Chizhou, and asked: "So, Liu Zhi will go to Luzhou immediately to greet him, right?"
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"Leave at dawn," Zhao Shuhan said. "Going to Luzhou to welcome him requires a timing. Yuejiang Prefecture has expressed his stance, Dong Yuan has remained silent in Shouzhou, and the time is ripe for Liu Zhi to go to Luzhou to welcome him... Lin Xiang
It would be a good idea to go to Chizhou to meet Yue Jiangzhou before the war."
"Yuejiang Prefecture has always been a talented person who understands current affairs," Fan Jiliang sighed, "but everything is also under the control of Huaidong."
"Things must settle down as soon as possible so that the people can suffer less..." Zhao Shuhan said.
"Suffer less?" Zhang Yubo sighed bitterly, and the wine tasted bitter when it entered his throat. "Of the millions of people in Jiangning City, there are only two out of ten people who have food in their homes. The brown rice sold in the market has risen to one hundred and sixty yuan a liter before nightfall.
, Charcoal costs fifty cents per catty. Thirty or fifty government officials finally gathered in the government hall. In the afternoon, they just cleared out nearly a thousand corpses of starved corpses from the city. There was nothing else to do. How could we avoid suffering any less?"
"During the war, grain merchants hoard goods, and they can be executed according to national laws as a warning to others," Zhao Shuhan said, "Uncle Yu must not be lenient at this time!"
Fan Jiliang smiled bitterly and said: "Who are the grain merchants who have grain in their hands? Shu Han, think about it again..."
Zhao Shuhan said: "Of course I know that all the twenty-four towns outside the city were destroyed. It was very difficult for the grain merchants inside and outside the city to escape their lives during the war. In fact, they did not have much grain in hand, and the losses were not heavy.
The remaining Dongyang Township Party members who listened to Huaidong's warning before the war and evacuated in time... Hekou Town is one of the four major rice markets, and was basically evacuated before the rebels came to Jiangning."
This is indeed the case. The only ones that have been able to transport rice into Jiangning these days are the rice banks controlled by the Dongyang Township Party. Before the war, the Dongyang Township Party used ships to transport hundreds of thousands of stones of rice from Hekou Town.
Transported to the North Bank or Prison Island for evacuation to avoid heavy losses during the war. Once the war was over, only the Dongyang Township Party and the grain merchants in Gutang County on the North Bank continued to control large amounts of rice.
Although these rice grains cannot fill Jiangning's food gap, they can also meet urgent needs.
"Yes, almost all the Dongyang Township Party controls the rice market in Jiangning now. Whose head can I chop off?" Zhang Yubo said with a bitter smile.
Zhang Yubo couldn't help but smile bitterly. In the Dongyang Township Party, the most powerful grain merchants were the Lin family, the Chen family, and the Gu family. They all had the foundation laid by Gu Wuchen, Lin Fu, Chen/Yuanliang and others in Jiangning - who could he kill?
head?
"Uncle Yu's resentment is too deep. I think Uncle Yu seems to have failed to understand the profound meaning of Duke Pengcheng?" Zhao Shuhan said, "Lin Meng has been serving as the director-general of the Huaidong Army for some years. This time, if he is not granted an official title, he will be rewarded with a title. Speaking of official positions,
Your qualifications are no less than yours, Uncle Yu. Before Duke Pengcheng recommended you, Uncle Yu, who didn’t think that Lin Meng should be the governor of Jiangning?"
"Oh?" Zhang Yubo was startled.
Fan Jiliang was also a very smart man. After being reminded by Zhao Shuhan, he asked in surprise: "It is not convenient for Duke Pengcheng to directly suppress the Dongyang Township Party, so he is not letting Lin Mengde be appointed as the governor of Jiangning. Instead, he wants to use Mr. Zhang as the governor."
knife!"
"If Peng Chenggong's intention is really like this, I wouldn't mind being a sharp blade!" Zhang Yubo said.
"It's not easy to ask this directly. Even if you ask directly, Peng Chenggong won't be able to pay attention to it," Zhao Shuhan thought, "The decision to kill may be too harsh. You might as well raid a few meters first and see Chen Yuan's reaction...
…”
Zhang Yubo frowned, drank the wine in the glass, and said, "If I don't want to be such a bad person, who will?" He said to Fan Jiliang, "Jiliang, go and order a battalion of men and horses, and we'll start with that. Start from Zangjin Bridge!"
"Just copy Gu Tianqiao!" Fan Jiliang was shocked.
Gu Tianqiao was the first person to follow Gu Wuchen and Lin Fu into Jiangning. He was also Gu Wuchen's distant nephew. He was a loyal man and had a close relationship with Lin Fu. Gu Tianqiao managed Lin Fu's tea shop in his early years. Later, Lin and Gu broke up. Gu Tianqiao was not involved in it and did not get involved in official career. He did business on his own in Jiangning and was cared for by both parties. Now he is also a very important businessman in Jiangning city.
Gu Tianqiao listened to Huaidong's warning early before the war and fled to Gutang County. He also realized that after regaining Jiangning, there would be a shortage of food. He purchased grain early in Gutang County and opened a new rice store in Zangjin Bridge after the war. Yes, almost all of them are shops under Gu Tianqiao's name. No matter how honest people are, they are greedy if they do business to make profits.
Zhang Yubo killed the chicken and the monkey, and directly operated on Gu Tianqiao - if he guessed Lin Fu's intention wrongly, his official title would be taken away tomorrow morning.
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Lin Fu rested early after nightfall, woke up Zuo Lan, smelled the fragrant aroma, opened his eyes and looked out the window at the darkness, and asked, "What else happened?"
"Lin Changshi wants to see the adults outside." Zuo Lan said.
"Let him come in." Lin Fu sat beside the bed wearing a coat and asked Zuo Lan to invite Lin Mengde into the inner room to talk.
Except for the maid, there were no female relatives here, and he and Lin Mengde had nothing to avoid. Seeing that Lin Mengde came in alone and no one else was there, he asked: "Is there something urgent that must wake me up?" Qingqiu’s dream?”
"It's not that I want to wake up the lord, but Zhang Yubo and his people detained Gu Tianqiao overnight. His mother-in-law dragged her son with her, and a large group of people were making trouble in my house before dawn, making it difficult for me to live peacefully... …”
"Uncle Zhang Yu acted quickly. What did Gu Tianqiao commit and why was he imprisoned?" Lin Fu asked.
"Zhang Yubo used the market transaction system to seize the Gu family's rice store in Zangjin Bridge. After hearing the news, Gu Tianqiao rushed there with his people. As soon as he got there, Zhang Yubo arrested him and slapped him with the label of "supporting private weapons to do illegal things." He must be severely punished..." Lin Mengde said.
"Is there going to be a fight?" Lin Fu asked.
"No one has the courage at the moment." Lin Mengde said.
"Since there's no fight, just find a place to rest. It's so cold. Let's wait until it gets brighter!" Lin Fu said with a yawn.
"If Zhang Yubo chops people down overnight, there will be big problems!" Lin Mengde said, "How about I go for a run?"
"Zhang Yubo slaps hats one after another, and it is impossible to kill people randomly..." Lin Fu said. After finishing his words, Zuo Lan came in again to report that Lin Xulu had come in to see him.
Lin Fu spread his hands and smiled bitterly, and asked Lin Mengde: "Do you still have the heart to do the work of Jiangning Prefecture?"
Lin Mengde shrank his head, shook his head and said: "It's such a thankless job. I won't do it even if it comes to my door..."
Lin Fu waved his hand to Zuo Lan to invite Lin Xulu in and asked, "You're not here for Gu Tianqiao too, are you?"
Seeing that Lin Mengde was here, Lin Xulu smiled awkwardly and said, "The palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh. Zhang Yubo just took the person away without saying hello. The hat is so heavy, I can't pretend not to know. Wan What if I want to be captured by him one day?" Although his words were soft, he was still full of resentment towards Zhang Yubo in his heart.
"Yes, these things all give me a headache." Lin Fu stood up, grabbing the hem of his robe, and called to Lin Mengde. Lin Xulu came to the case, pointed at a page spread on the case, and said, "What is written on it is all
Today, the price of rice in the four cities of Jiangning is jumping up every hour. To be honest, I am also worried. If Zhang Yubo hadn't been forced into a corner, he wouldn't have operated on Gu Tianqiao. He wouldn't have directly targeted you, the third child.
Having an operation will already give us face. Let's talk about how to solve this matter..."
Zuo Lan brought tea, and Lin Fu stood there, asking Zuo Lan to take care of him and put on his robes neatly.