Chaoyang Hall side hall.

Wang Ren stepped forward and saluted: "Wang Ren is seeing His Highness!" Congratulations to His Royal Highness on his new marriage. ”

Yang Tong said: "General Wang is also an acquaintance, so there is no need to be polite, please sit down!" ”

"Your Highness!"

Yang Tong showed a hint of a smile, "I heard that King Zheng finally gained control of Luoyang, congratulations!" ”

Wang Ren sighed: "In front of His Royal Highness, I won't say hypocrisy, although my uncle won the final victory, he encountered strong opposition from top to bottom, which is the result of Emperor Tai's insistence." Although it was forced, as long as there was some military damage, this internal dispute would break out sooner or later. Now Luoyang is worried about internal and external troubles and chaos, and my uncle can only ask His Royal Highness King Qin for help. ”

Yang Tong did not mention the matter of assistance, but said: "I once said that I would support Zheng Shang's seizure of military and political power in Luoyang, the original intention was to hope that Luoyang can integrate the military and the government, just like us in Hebei, to stabilize as soon as possible, so that the price of grain can be stabilized, so that the people of Luoyang can live in stability!" But I heard that Luoyang is even more chaotic now, and almost all Wenchen no longer deal with Luoyang's government affairs on the grounds of illness, haven't you ever thought of getting rid of this situation of being controlled by others? ”

Yang Tong's meaning is very obvious, supporting Wang Shichong to replace the Southern Sui, so that Yecheng became the only orthodox Sui Dynasty, at the same time, Wang Shichong's ascendancy can also stabilize the chaotic situation in Luoyang, and strongly suppress the price of grain, so as to stabilize Luoyang, but the current situation is that Wang Shichong compromised with Wenchen, but Wenchen of Southern Sui did not buy Wang Shichong's account, adopted a non-violent and non-cooperative attitude, and let Luoyang be chaotic, and if this continues, Wang Shichong will be dragged to death by internal affairs sooner or later.

Wang Ren is going to talk about this matter, Wang Shichong monopolizes the power of the court, and is called Cao Cao in the Southern Sui, and Pei Shiqing and others are undoubtedly trying to regain power. But if Wang Shichong swings the butcher's knife at Pei Shiqing and these people, he must get the support of the people, and the premise of winning the hearts of the people is that there is food in his hands, and with food, he has the right to speak, but the food will not fall from the sky, or he will plant it himself, but the fields are in the hands of the family gate, and there is no effect in a short time, so he can only plead with Yang Tong's support.

Wang Ren said in a low voice: "We are under great pressure now, there are internal disputes, there are external troubles, we have repeatedly attacked and defended Xingyang with Li Mi in the east, and Li Yuan in the west has threatened Hongnong from Shangluo, and this trip is ordered by my uncle to meet His Royal Highness, because my uncle has decided to replace Emperor Tai... Then solve the internal worries in one fell swoop, and follow the example of His Highness to distribute the fields to the common people..."

Yang Tong said: "Those scholars are betting in many ways, and their eyes are above the top, and they will not support you." Cutting through the mess with a quick knife and breaking the wrist of a strong man is the only way out for you at present! Otherwise, you will surely die. ”

Wang Ren said: "That's true, they not only supported Li Mi, but also supported Dou Jiande, and some even contacted Li Yuan!" If Your Highness reveals a little bit here, I can guarantee that they will all come running. ”

Yang Tong smiled coldly: "They are daydreaming. ”

Wang Ren continued: "It is easy for us to completely seize power, the key is to stabilize Luoyang, now the price of grain in Luoyang is rising, which makes the people suffer a lot, if we suppress the price of grain, we can get the support of the people, so my uncle implores His Royal Highness the King of Qin to borrow 100,000 stone of grain." ”

Yang Tong couldn't help laughing: "One hundred thousand stone grain is more than 12 million catties, but it's not a small amount, how does King Zheng plan to pay it back?" ”

Wang Ren said: "As long as we stabilize the court situation, we will divide the land for the people to cultivate, and after the harvest, we can return it to His Royal Highness." ”

Yang Tong pondered for a moment and said, "What is the price of grain in Luoyang now?" ”

"Eight hundred dollars for rice."

"So expensive?" Yang Tong was taken aback.

"Yes!" Wang Ren smiled bitterly in his heart, the people of Luoyang have money, but the real things have been bought by Yang Tong, no matter how much money he has, he can't eat it, and he has a fart.

"100,000 stone grain is not much for me, Ha Dong and Hanoi have it, but I think it's better to buy and sell! I will not take advantage of you, a bucket of five hundred dollars, one stone and five hangings, one hundred thousand stones is twenty-five thousand taels of gold, or two hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver! ”

Now under the rule of Yang Tong, the price is stable, now the rice is only 300 new yuan for one stone, the white flour is 350 yuan for one stone, the raw silk is about 470 yuan, the fine cotton silk is about 500 yuan, the coarse cloth is about 500 yuan, the cloth shoes are 20 yuan, the thin shoes are 50 yuan, and the iron hoe is 50 yuan......

This price is pitifully low compared to today's Central Plains, and of course, this is all new money.

Under his rule, thanks to the Tuntian military cantonment system and the strategy of not allowing grain to flow out, there is a lot of grain here, and there is no shortage of goods, and the prices of various kinds of goods will naturally not be too high. Moreover, in order to strengthen the prosperity of commerce, he also encouraged the people to sell the surplus grain to the imperial court at a price one percent higher than the market price, so that the people could have money to buy what they needed.

Wang Ren muttered: "This is okay! If His Highness agrees, we are willing to use gold and silver to buy 400,000 stones at this price to stabilize the price of grain in Luoyang. ”

"Yes!" Yang Tong originally had nearly ten warehouses of grain in Luokoucang, Liyang Cang, Zhuojun Cang, etc., and he has been doing his best to buy grain in other places with bad money over the years, and Jizhou, Youzhou and Liaodong have bumper harvests every year, and have extorted nearly 10 million stones from Li Yuan, and he really has no shortage of food. Wang Shichong was in urgent need of grain, so he could sell him some old grain.

Yang Tong asked Wang Renze again, "How many troops do you still have?" ”

"We still have an army of 150,000."

"There are hundreds of thousands of people in Wagang, you have to defend against the enemy everywhere, can you handle it?"

Wang Ren said respectfully: "Your Highness's real use of troops in the Battle of Bingzhou is less than 100,000, and Li Yuan's total strength is not less than 300,000, aren't they also killed by His Highness to sue for peace?" Now the battle of Kannai Road is also winning more with less. It can be seen that there are not many soldiers in the fine, although we only have 150,000 people in our hands, but most of them are the former Sui army, well-equipped, very strong, and the Wagang army is known as 500,000, but less than half of the armorers, if the head-on duel, a battle can determine the Central Plains, but Li Mi has a few very powerful generals in his hands, not very easy to deal with, we plan to settle down first, stabilize the situation, lay a solid foundation, and then fight with Wagang. ”

"Good! Tomorrow you can go to Mengjindu to transport grain. ”

Wang Ren immediately stood up, "Go back now, and King Zheng will have an official reply by tomorrow night at the latest." ”

"General Wang, take care all the way." Yang Tong knew that this was or the last cooperation with Wang Shichong.

"Wait!"

"What does Your Highness command?"

"Send me Brother Yan alive."

Yang Tong can not care about Yang Qi's life and death, but he cares about the feelings of his relatives in Yecheng, the tragic days of the Yang family have ended in the Jiangdu Palace, and he doesn't want the elders to experience the pain of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person again. Yang Qi is alone, what can he do when he gets to his own land?