Chapter five hundred and seventy second serial drug scheme
After entering December, there was also a heavy snowfall in Chang'an, and the entire city was covered in silver, turning it into a snowy world.
In the past few months, Chang'an's business has become very chaotic. Small money has flooded the Chang'an market, and a large amount of supplies have been purchased. Zhu Si finally woke up and ordered a strict ban on the circulation of small money. For a time, merchants and people complained endlessly, and they had all the money in their hands.
Save a lot of small money.
Considering that the people in Chang'an no longer had money to buy rice, Zhu Si ordered an opening to allow people to buy rice with small money, but each person could only buy one bucket of rice. The people rushed to each rice shop, and the whole family, old and young, went into battle together.
As a result, the price of rice in Chang'an skyrocketed. In just two days, the price of rice rose from fifty cents per dou to five hundred cents per dou.
But even so, the people of Chang'an didn't care. As long as they could use the little money they had, they could only accept the price of rice rising to the sky.
The sharp increase in rice prices led to an overall increase in commodity prices in Chang'an. Materials were scarce and copper coins were abundant. The consequences of Chang'an being shorted by various vassal towns gradually became apparent.
A large number of poor lower-class people fled Chang'an one after another, and many of them went to Bashu with their young and old to join the Tang Dynasty Zhengzong.
The prosperity of Chang'an that Zhu Si carefully maintained was finally exposed, and the prosperity of Chang'an gradually became farther and farther away.
In the Taiwei's Mansion, every guard and maid was trembling with fear. Zhu Si had a very bad temper recently. If he made the slightest mistake, he would be scolded, beaten violently, or even lose his life.
In the study, Zhu Si was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his hands, his face filled with anger, "There is no need to continue the trial, all family property will be confiscated, and the whole family will be killed!"
Just a few months ago, a major case broke out in Chang'an. The grain stock in Guangtong warehouse was falsified. The original grain stock of 7 million dan suddenly dropped to just over 3 million dan.
The cause was a coincidence. Many people in Chang'an complained that there was too much moldy grain. Zhu Si sent his nephew Zhu Sui to inspect the Guangtong warehouse. Zhu Sui accidentally found a big hole in a sack full of grain that had been gnawed by rats, and the contents spilled out.
It was not wheat or rice, but chaff and chaff. Zhu Sui checked more than a dozen bags and it was like this. He realized that the problem was serious and immediately rushed back to Chang'an to report it to Zhu Si.
Zhu Si was shocked and personally led 5,000 cavalry to Guangtong warehouse to conduct an inspection. He found that a large number of grain bags were filled with fake grain, some of which were dead branches and grass, some of which were chaff and chaff, and many were even filled with sand.
Zhu Si ordered all the officials in Guangtong Cang to be tortured, and gradually dug up a nest of cases, including more than 20 people, including Liu Qinghong, the minister of household affairs, Ma Qi, the chief minister of Guangtong Cang, Zhang You, the general of Tongguan, and Li Wuqi, the general of Pujin.
Officials and generals colluded with each other and spent nearly two years smuggling about half of the grain in Guangtong warehouse to Hebei Tianyue and Ziqing Li Na for a total of 3.8 million dan, each of whom made a profit of tens of thousands.
It ranges from hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Guangtongcang is Zhu Si's lifeblood and the foundation for his dominance. Now that half of the foundation has been dug away, how can he not be furious?
The case has been investigated, and a total of twenty-eight officials were involved. Hundreds of petty officials and low-level generals were involved. Zhu Si threw the Dali Temple report to the ground and ordered that all the families involved in the case be executed.
Yuan Xiu and Yao Lingyan advised: "If they are all executed, thousands of people will be killed. The impact will be too great, which will cause panic in the government and the public. I suggest that the whole family of twenty-eight officials be executed, and the rest of the petty officials and generals will be executed."
Just kill me."
Zhu Si said seriously: "If I don't kill them all, it will be difficult to calm my anger."
Counselor Liu Sigu advised: "The stolen grain is mainly old rice, which is not suitable for making military rations for soldiers. The confiscated property can offset the loss of food and just supplement the military salary. Although this thing is hateful, it is a loss."
It is not as serious as imagined. I also think it is more important to stabilize the situation. Now the flood of small money has made people panic. If so many people are killed again, the situation will get out of control. I agree with the suggestions of the two prime ministers."
Liu Sigu's persuasion made Zhu Si feel a little more comfortable. He nodded, "Okay! I will accept your suggestion and kill them according to severity!"
"Captain is wise!" the three of them praised together.
Zhu Si waved his hand, "I want to know now, should our original plan change?"
Yuan Xiu hesitated and said: "I suggest that the original plan remains unchanged. After the spring of next year, the army will attack Xiangyang."
"What about Hexi?"
Zhu Si said again: "It is impossible for me to launch a large-scale two-front battle!"
Yuan Xiu and Yao Lingyan looked at Liu Sigu together. He planned the plan to deal with Hexi, and he should answer this question.
Liu Sigu coughed and said: "In fact, our plan has been half successful. Nearly 700,000 refugees have been driven to Hexi, which is enough to crush Hexi's economy. The freezing of the Yellow River is no longer a natural hazard and no one can stop it.
700,000 hungry and cold refugees poured into the Hexi Corridor. The Hexi Army did a little to drive them away, but they were faced with a riot by 700,000 refugees. Under the threat of hunger and severe cold, these 700,000 people could do anything. I estimate
Now all the counties in Hexi are burning, killing and looting, and the Hexi Corridor run by Guo Song will completely collapse..."
Zhu Si narrowed his eyes. Liu Sigu's description made him feel very comfortable, and the depression just now was gone.
"Then what?" Zhu Si asked again.
"I want to say that there is no need to fight on two fronts. When the 700,000 refugees have destroyed the Hexi Corridor, when we enter Hexi to harvest, only 5,000 people will be needed to enter Hexi to clean up the mess. This is called no war.
Although the Subduing Soldiers are a little more vicious, they kill two birds with one stone, not only resolving the pressure of the refugees on Guanzhong, but also resolving the threat to us from the Hexi Army."
Yuan Xiu and Yao Lingyan looked at each other, and both of them were secretly shocked. This Liu Sigu was so vicious, he actually thought of such a vicious plan to use refugees to destroy Hexi Jiedu Mansion.
Zhu Si laughed and said, "This plan is to let the locusts enter Hexi. No matter how talented Guo Song is, he will be eaten up by 700,000 locusts. It would be too damn happy."
Zhang Guangsheng, who had been silent all this time, couldn't bear it, so he changed the topic and said: "Lieutenant, let's talk about the battle of Xiangyang again! I am a bit confused by this humble position. Why didn't we attack Hanzhong, but Xiangyang?"
Zhu Si laughed and said to Liu Sigu: "Sir, please explain it to the general!"
Liu Sigu smiled and explained: "I suggest that your lord attack Xiangyang, mainly to cut off the water transportation of the Yangtze River. Without the transportation of money and food from the south of the Yangtze River, Li Shi will not be able to survive for a few years. There will be civil strife. At the same time, it will cut off the supplies from Xiangyang. The Central Plains
The army of the Southern Tang Dynasty was also difficult to support unless they implemented military garrison, but they seemed to have no such action. The armies of Liu Qia and Li Baozhen could only break out to the southeast and ask Yangzhou for military salary, money and food. A fierce war with the Japanese army was bound to break out, and eventually
This way we can defeat both sides and create conditions for our eastward expansion."
Everyone applauded and praised: "What a brilliant plan!"
Zhu Si smiled and added: "The Battle of Xiangyang was supposed to be carried out in the autumn, but I was worried that Guo Song would attack us from behind. I hope to remove the sting from Guo Song's back first. We just happened to be short of food and could no longer continue.
To feed the refugees, Mr. Liu came up with the idea of deporting 700,000 refugees to Hexi. Although many died on the road, there were at least 600,000, which was enough to crush Guo Song. He solved it for me without spending a single soldier.
Worry about your future, Mr. Liu is the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang!"
Liu Sigu felt proud, stroking his brown goat's beard and saying with a smile, "It's just a small skill, the captain has given me the reward!"
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When Chang'an's business was facing a depression, a new store selling sheepskins and cloth opened in the West Market.
This shop was originally called Cuiji Colorful Silk Shop. It mainly dealt in cloth and was one of the three major cloth merchants in Chang'an. The owner of this shop was actually Princess Gao. Her husband was Cui Sheng, so it was called Cuiji Colorful Silk Shop.
Princess Gao and her family evacuated to Chengdu, and the store was confiscated and auctioned by Zhu Si. Li An bought it through favors and reopened it now, renamed Anji Sheepskin Cloth and Silk Store.
Needless to say, this sheepskin cloth shop was the first intelligence point set up by Tiance Tower in Chang'an.
Although the owner is still Li An, it has actually been secretly transferred to Tiance Building, and more than a dozen of the clerks and shopkeepers are from Tiance Building.
The shopkeeper’s surname is Zheng, and he was transferred from Neiwei. Tiance Building really couldn’t find a suitable person to be the shopkeeper, but there are quite a few such talents in Neiwei. Shopkeeper Zheng has more than 30 people from Chang’an, and he has a kind face.
He had a smile on his face.
This Anji Sheepskin Cloth Store is not only an information point, but also undertakes the task of transporting cloth to Hexi. Hexi does not produce cloth and has a relatively large demand for cloth. Every year, it purchases 200,000 pieces of cloth from various places. Hexi is the
The largest imported goods.
Winter sheepskins are very popular, especially old sheepskins that are more than five years old. One piece costs ten guan, and ordinary sheepskin costs two or three guan. Of course, it was not that expensive before, but now that prices have risen, everything is more expensive.
Today is auspicious for the opening. Amidst the lively beating of gongs and drums, shopkeeper Zheng clasped his fists and said to the people around him: "Today is the opening of the small store. For this reason, our store has specially put out 3,000 sheepskins for sale at a special price. Each sheepskin only costs 500."
Wenqian, small money and new money are not accepted, only old money is accepted, and each person is limited to purchase two."
Although it is criticized for only charging old money, each ticket only costs 500 cents. This was the price ten years ago! It is only about 20% of the current market price.
The news spread quickly, and countless people came from all over to join the rush to buy sheepskins.