Chapter six hundred and sixty-eight deputy envoy leaks
Most of the palaces in the harem of Jinyang Palace are empty, but the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests was used by Guo Song. It was mainly used to receive officials at night or on holidays. The reason why this palace was used was that it was relatively small, covering an area of only
Two acres, divided into five rooms, the small hall does not look so empty. The second reason is that it is close to the government area, making it easier for officials to come.
The lights in the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests were brightly lit, and Pan Liao was pacing back and forth in the small hall with his hands behind his hands. He brought the answer to Guo Song, but he himself did not know whether the answer was true or false.
At this time, soldiers at the entrance of the palace shouted: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin is here!"
Pan Liao turned around and saw Guo Song walking into the hall quickly. Pan Liao quickly stepped forward and saluted, "I'm sorry for disturbing His Highness's rest at night."
Guo Song waved his hand, "Go sit inside and talk!"
The two walked into the guest room, and a palace maid served them tea.
After the palace maid left, Guo Song asked: "What happened?"
"Yang Kui, the deputy envoy sent by Zhu Si, sent a secret letter to Beizhi, which solved the envoy's doubts this afternoon. Why does Zhu Si hope that we will not accept fugitives from Guanzhong?"
After speaking, Pan Liao put a letter on the table and pushed it to Guo Song.
"Who is this Yang Kui?"
"He is the young minister of Honglu Temple. He was originally an official of Honglu Temple. He can speak fluent Turkic and has served as an envoy to Huihe and Sijie. He wants to serve the envoy."
Guo Song opened the letter and read it, slightly stunned. Zhu Si actually decided to move the capital to Luoyang.
"Is this news certain?" Guo Song asked.
"I don't know whether it's true or not, but I think I can check it."
"How to check?"
Pan Liao said slowly: "Guangtongcang!"
Guo Song nodded. Pan Liao was indeed right. Guangtongcang was Zhu Si's most important material area. If Zhu Si wanted to move his capital, the grain and grass supplies from Guangtongcang must first be transported to Luoyang.
Guo Song thought for a while and said to the soldiers standing guard at the door: "Go and find Li Shuxiu quickly!"
Li Shuxiu is the head of the Suzaku Hall of the intelligence agency Tiance Building and is also the deputy commander. She is responsible for the internal affairs of the Tiance Building. The Suzaku Hall has more than a hundred female guards with high martial arts skills who are distributed in the residences of various high-ranking officials and are responsible for the personal protection of the doctor.
For the personal safety of the above-mentioned high-ranking officials, there are more than thirty female warriors from the Zhuque Hall on guard duty in the Yuqiong Pavilion of Jinyang Palace, responsible for protecting the safety of Guo Song's family members.
Li Shuxiu lived in the Kunlun Pavilion of Jinyang Palace. Kunlun Pavilion is also a group of buildings covering an area of five acres. It is located in the east of Jinyang Palace. You can leave the palace through the upper east gate. This is the dormitory of the female warriors of Zhuque Hall. Its status is
It's a bit like the Sword Hidden Tower of Daming Palace.
Not long after, Li Shuxiu quickly came to the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. Li Shuxiu was about thirty-four or five years old, with a beautiful face and wearing a white dress. She was the disciple of Gongsun Auntie. She had practiced nine sword styles for nearly twenty years and was good at swordsmanship.
Gao Qiang is the leader of the third generation.
Li Shuxiu was also very proficient in music and was the chief pipa girl of Tianlai Ensemble. Therefore, she also had another identity in Jinyang Palace, responsible for teaching music to Guo Song's daughter Guo Weiwei and Zhang Lei's daughter Zhang Yu'er.
Li Shuxiu entered the room and gave a Wanfu gift, "I'm sorry to see you, Your Highness!"
Guo Songxiao asked: "When will Lady Yu come back?"
Guo Yuniang went to Licheng County to establish the Ziqing intelligence point. She has been there for more than a month, but there is still no news.
"Yu Niang plans to come back before the end of the year, but she can't stay for two days and has to go to Chang'an."
Guo Song nodded and said: "I have just received news that Zhu Si may move his capital to Luoyang. I hope the intelligence point in Chang'an can verify the authenticity of this news for me. They can investigate Guangtongcang, Taicang and Zuozang.
Generally, the precursor to moving the capital is that a large amount of materials must be transported first."
"I understand, I will send a pigeon letter to Chang'an early tomorrow morning for verification as soon as possible!"
"For this matter, Hall Master Li should go back and rest!"
Li Shuxiu saluted, nodded to Pan Liao, and then left.
At this time, Guo Song said to Pan Liao again: "If Yang Kui, the deputy envoy, is willing to serve us, we can accept it. You tell him that if he can continue to deliver important information to us, I will allow him to serve as the minister of Honglu Temple in the future.
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Guangtongcang is located in Huazhou and is named after the Guangtong Canal. It is the most famous large granary in Guanzhong. After Zhu Si launched the Jingyuan mutiny, he took over Guangtongcang and the nearly 600 shi of grain stored in it.
With abundant grain reserves, Zhu Si's army was able to expand rapidly, and its strength once expanded to more than 300,000.
Although the grain theft case that broke out two years ago reduced the grain reserves of Guangtongcang to less than 3 million dan, after all, the grain reserves of Guangtongcang are still around 2.5 million dan because of its profound foundation.
These days, there are suddenly more ships on Guangtong Canal. In fact, this is normal. After the autumn harvest every year, a large number of grain ships will transport grain to Guangtong Warehouse. After the spring of the next year, the second wave of grain transportation climaxes again.
The meeting will come, and water ships from the Central Plains, Jianghuai, and Jiangnan will transport large amounts of grain into Guanzhong.
However, the directions of these grain ships are not uniform. Some ships carry grain to Guangtongcang, while others carry grain and leave Guangtongcang, and their destinations are unknown.
But it cannot be judged from this. The grain must have been transported to Luoyang. Zhu Si was planning to move the capital. This decision was hasty. There is another possibility, which is to transport the old grain back to Chang'an for sale, or to transport it to the military camp to free up warehouses.
, so it’s normal for food to come in and out.
That afternoon, a man riding a donkey hurriedly walked in outside the North City Gate of Huayin County. He came directly to an inn. The innkeeper quickly came forward and asked, "Is the guest staying in an inn?"
"I'm looking for a friend. Shopkeeper Zheng Da from Chang'an must live here!"
"Here! Shopkeeper Zheng lives in the backyard. Please come with me."
This man is called Zhang Tong. His public identity is that he is a civil servant of Fengxian County Government. He is temporarily seconded to Guangtong Warehouse and is responsible for sorting out the warehouse entry and exit data and registering it in the book. However, his other identity is that of Tiance Tower in Guanzhong.
After intelligence agents and Chang'an Tiance Building received Guo Song's instructions, they found a way to send Zhang Tong into Guangtong Warehouse.
Zhang Tong met his boss in the backyard, Zheng Hongyuan, the intelligence chief of Tiance Tower in Chang'an. Zheng Hongyuan is the big shopkeeper of Baili Cloth Store in Xishi City. He is about forty years old, fair and fat, and always smiles.
The feeling of people being amiable.
Zheng Hongyuan closed the door, the smile disappeared from his face, and asked solemnly: "How is the situation?"
Zhang Tong took out a piece of paper and handed it to Zheng Hongyuan, "This is the data copied by the humble official. It shows the specific flow of grain ships this month."
Zheng Hongyuan took the paper and looked at it. The statistics on it were very clear. The grain shipped out mainly went to Chang'an and Luoyang, with 30% going to Chang'an and 70% going to Luoyang. Five hundred thousand shi of grain would be transported to Luoyang within this month.
"Only five hundred thousand shi?" Zheng Hongyuan felt that this amount was too small. How long would it take to transport all the grain to Luoyang?
"The ships not only transport food, but also other supplies. The river will freeze next month and will not be transported again until spring. I estimate that the transport will be at least until next summer. Even if the capital has to be moved, it will not be until next summer."
The intelligence collected by Zheng Hongyuan from various places shows that the delivery of supplies will not take until May or June next year, and the renovation of the palace in Luoyang will take more than half a year. The time points all point to next summer. However, one thing is basically certain, Zhu Si is indeed
Zhu Si and the important officials of the imperial court had reached a consensus on moving the capital. Zhu Si had even sent people to Luoyang to repair the palace and gather official residences. Many houses in Chang'an began to be sold at low prices. The owners Li An and Zhang Lei alone took over three hundred
Many houses.
Now we just need to determine the specific time for moving the capital, which is estimated to be in May or June next year.
Zheng Hongyuan nodded and said: "You continue to collect data from Guangtong Warehouse and report it every ten days. I will send someone to contact you."
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The news that Zhu Si was going to move the capital to Luoyang has spread, causing panic among the people of Chang'an. During this period, the government and private individuals in Chang'an City were selling houses like crazy, and house prices plummeted. The price of a house in a good location was originally 3,000 guan per mu. Now,
The price has all dropped to 500 to 600 guan per mu, or even lower.
The twelve squares next to Zhuque Street are the largest concentration of official residences in Chang'an, mainly small and medium-sized official residences. This is different from the wealthy mansions in Wubenfang and Chongrenfang. The wealthy mansions all occupy an area of 20 square meters.
More than an acre, these are the private residences of the royal family and dignitaries, as are the nearly one hundred garden residences along the banks of the Qujiang River.
The government is also selling these luxury houses, but no one dares to buy them. For example, almost no one has lived in the big house of the Guanlong family. Anyone who dares to live in it may be invaded by assassins in the middle of the night and the whole family will be killed.
However, small and medium-sized houses under ten acres are selling well. On the one hand, the original owners of these houses did not have a deep background. On the other hand, these houses were originally official residences. The court had to raise funds to repair the palace in Luoyang, and also repair the official residences in Luoyang.
, Jingzhao Mansion can only sell the official residences for cash, but there are still very few people who dare to buy them. Everyone is afraid that they will be liquidated in the future and the houses will be confiscated by the government again.
With no other choice, the Jingzhao Mansion had to issue an exemption order. Regardless of the source of the money, as long as the official residence was purchased, no liability would be pursued.
Stimulated by the exemption order, big businessmen or out-of-town aristocratic families finally began to buy houses. Li An and Zhang Lei became major house buyers. The total number of houses they bought has exceeded 300, all of which are less than ten acres.
No one dares to buy a small, medium or large house.