The Jiangning Mansion is also the pattern of the front and back houses, but the back houses were burned down in the war, and the front and back offices were still intact, and the mansions were burned to ruins, and the prison was also smashed to pieces for the prisoners who escaped from prison, and more than 1,000 prisoners in the previous prison were all gone, becoming a serious hidden danger in Jiangning City.

The officials and officials who came to hear the news looked at the desolation in front of them, and many people turned their heads and left.

In addition to the government army, before nightfall, Zhang Yubo also summoned thirty or fifty people. With this amount of manpower, not to mention controlling the situation in Jiangning City, even more than 60 porridge farms in the city can't be managed, and fortunately, Lin Jian didn't immediately withdraw his hand, but he only gave Zhang Yubo a buffer of three days.

Some of the materials under the jurisdiction of the Jiangning Mansion before the war were emptied before the war, some were looted during the war, and those that could not be moved were also set on fire after the war - what Zhang Yubo could use in his hands was still a small amount of materials accumulated when he was defending the imperial city, which was transferred to the Jiangning Mansion by Lin Xuan's order, and it was thousands of taels of silver, thousands of stones of rice grain, and a small amount of things used daily by the court......

Zhang Yubo sat on top of the yatang day and night, and every time the yasman came back to make a statement, the price of rice would jump up.

Zhao Shuhan came to the mansion at midnight, and saw Zhang Yubo sitting in front of the hall, his face was dry, he was startled, and said: "Uncle Yu, you don't want to learn from the ancients and worry about the white head overnight!" ”

Zhang Yubo smiled bitterly: "Are you still in the mood to make a joke of me, the political hall has rested?" ”

"I'm also familiar with the rules and regulations of the national system, and I will leave the princes in the political affairs hall, and if I have any questions, I can answer them at any time, but there is nothing important to spend in the palace," Zhao Shuhan said, "In the middle of the night, the imperial city is also cold to the bone, thinking that you are going to take office today, and it is impossible to rest, so I want to come to you for a drink - it seems that this idea is in vain." ”

As he was talking, Fan Jiliang came in with a food box and a wine jug, and said: "The emperor is not a hungry soldier, and he sits in front of the hall with his hands tied, and the taste of an empty stomach is not pleasant...... Although there was not much contact before, the relationship between everyone who was trapped in the imperial city for three or five days became closer.

Fan Jiliang can be trusted by Chen Xiyan, used as a staff member, and is also a well-educated person, and he gets along with Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan. This time, Zhang Yuboquan knew Jiangning Mansion, and Fan Jiliang served as Jiangning's right secretary, and he was a colleague from then on. However, Zhao Shuhan did not have an official dispatch for the time being, and temporarily stayed in the political hall to listen to the Hou's dispatch.

At the moment, he couldn't take care of too much, and directly took the public case as the table, and Zhao Shuhan helped Fan Jiliang move the pots, saucers, cups and bowls to the public case. Zhang Yubo also couldn't cry or laugh, although it was too unseemly to drink on the public case, but it was also difficult to find a drinking table in the government office, so he just told the old officials outside the hall not to let people in and see their "ugliness" here.

"Have the officials of the counties, Chizhou, and Huizhou been determined?" Fan Jiliang asked Zhao Shuhan.

"Chizhou and Huizhou are temporarily under military control, and the Chongcheng Army commands Zhou Tong and Yuejiang Prefecture to lead both Huizhou and Chizhou," Zhao Shuhan said, "However, Qingyang, Yijiang, and Nanling will be cut out of Chizhou and newly built military towns, thinking that Jiangning's Xiping ......"

"Qingyang, Yijiang, and Nanling are cut out, so isn't there only two counties left in Chizhou Mansion west of the Qiupu River?" Zhang Yubo asked in surprise, "Can Yuejiangzhou agree?" ”

"Lin Xiang hasn't come back yet, it's not Yuejiang Prefecture's guilty plea who passed into the Wanshou Palace before nightfall," Zhao Shuhan said, "These things are not confidential, but King Hailing wants to act in secret, but fortunately, Pengcheng has the opposite opinion, and the gentry Xu discuss it." Yuejiang Prefecture's plea is reversed to Wanshou Palace, so Chizhou's problem is not big. It's okay like this, this half of the country is so broken, and it can't stand the toss. ”

Zhang Yubo sighed slightly, he didn't expect Yue Lengqiu to choose between the Queen Mother and Emperor Yongxing so quickly in Chizhou, and asked, "Then in that case, Liu Zhi is going to Luzhou to meet him immediately, right?" ”

"I'll leave tomorrow," Zhao Shuhan said, "There is a time to go to Luzhou to meet the driver, Yuejiangzhou has expressed his position, Dong Yuan is silent in Shouzhou, and the time is ripe for Liu Zhi to go to Luzhou to meet the driver...... Lin Xiang went to Chizhou to see Yue Jiangzhou before the war, but it was a good move. ”

"Yuejiang Prefecture has always been a master of current affairs," Fan Jiliang sighed, "but everything is under the control of Huaidong." ”

"Things need to settle down as soon as possible, and people will suffer less crime...... Mr. Zhao said.

"Less sin?" Zhang Yubo sighed bitterly, and the wine was also bitter in his throat, "There are millions of people in Jiangning City, and there are people who have grain in their families, and one out of ten brown rice is sold on the market, and it has risen to one hundred and sixty yuan a liter before nightfall, and fifty yuan a pound of charcoal." Thirty or fifty officials finally gathered in the yatang, and in the afternoon, nearly a thousand starving corpses were just cleared out of the city, and there was nothing else to do. ”

"When the war is torn up, grain merchants hoard strange goods, and they can set an example according to the laws of the country," Zhao Shuhan said, "At this time, Yubo can't be soft!" ”

Fan Jiliang smiled bitterly: "Who are the grain merchants who hold the grain in their hands, Shu Han, think about it again......

Zhao Shuhan said: "Of course I know that the 24 towns outside the city were all destroyed, and it was not easy for the grain merchants inside and outside the city to escape their lives during the war...... Hekou Town, one of the four rice cities, was largely evacuated before the rebels came to Jiangning. ”

In fact, in the past few days, those who still have the ability to transport rice and grain into Jiangning are almost the rice shops controlled by the Dongyang Township Party. Before the war, the Dongyang Township Party transported hundreds of thousands of stone of rice and food from Hekou Town to the north shore or prison island for evacuation by ship to avoid suffering large losses during the war.

Although these rice grains cannot fill the food gap in Jiangning, they can also solve the urgent need.

"Yes, now that I control Jiangning Mi City, almost all of them are the Dongyang Township Party, whose head can I cut off?" Zhang Yubo smiled bitterly.

I can't help but smile bitterly at Zhang Yubo, in the Dongyang Township Party, the most powerful grain merchants are the Lin family, the Chen family, and the Gu family, all of which are the foundations laid by Gu Wuchen, Lin Lian, and Chen/Yuanliang and others in Jiangning - whose head can he cut off?

"Uncle Yu is too resentful, I think Uncle Yu seems to have failed to comprehend the deep meaning of Peng Chenggong?" Zhao Shuhan said, "Lin Mengde has been the director of the Huaidong Army for some years, and this time he will be rewarded if he is not an official, and his official qualifications are not shallower than that of Yubo." Before Peng Chenggong recommended Yubo, who didn't think that it should be Lin Mengde who should be appointed as the Yin of Jiangning Mansion? ”

"Oh?" Zhang Yubo was stunned.

Fan Jiliang is also a very smart person, and after being reminded by Zhao Shuhan, he asked in surprise: "It is inconvenient for Peng Chenggong to directly suppress the Dongyang Township Party, so he does not let Lin Mengde be appointed as the Yin of Jiangning Mansion, but uses Lord Zhang as a knife!" ”

"If Peng Chenggong's intentions are really like this, I don't mind being a sharp blade!" Zhang Yubo said.

"It's not good to ask directly, even if you ask directly, Peng Chenggong can't ignore it," Zhao Shuhan pondered, "The decision may be too harsh, you might as well copy a few rice shops first, and see how Chen Yuan ......reacts."

Zhang Yubo frowned, drank all the wine in the cup, and said, "If I don't do this wicked person, who will?" Said to Fan Ji Liang, "Ji Liang, you go and order a battalion of men and horses, and we will start with the Zangjin Bridge first!" ”

"Directly copy the flyover!" Fan Jiliang was taken aback.

Gu Tianqiao was the first person to enter Jiangning with Gu Wuchen and Lin Tie, and he was also Gu Wuchen's nephew, who was loyal and had a close relationship with Lin Tie. Gu Tianqiao took care of the tea shop for Lin Tie in his early years, and later Lin Gu broke up, Gu Tianqiao was not involved, did not get involved in the official career, and did business independently in Jiangning, being taken care of by both sides, and now he is also a decisive businessman in Jiangning City.

Gu Tianqiao listened to Huaidong's warning early before the war and fled to Gutang County, and also realized that after the recovery of Jiangning, food would be in short supply, so he purchased grain in Gutang County early. No matter how loyal a person is, he is greedy when he comes to business for profit.

Zhang Yubo killed the chicken and the monkey, and directly took Gu Tianqiao to open the knife - if he guessed Lin Lian's intentions wrong, I am afraid that his official hat will fly away tomorrow morning.

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Lin Tie rested early after nightfall, woke up Zuo Lan, smelled the fragrant fragrance, opened his eyes and saw that it was pitch black outside the window, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Lin Changshi wants to see the adults outside." Zuo Lan said.

"Let him in." Lin Tie sat on the edge of the bed in a cloak and asked Zuo Lan to invite Lin Mengde into the inner room to talk.

Except for the maid, there are no female dependents here, and he and Lin Mengde have nothing to avoid, seeing that Lin Mengde only one person came in, and no one else was there, he asked: "What's the matter, do you have to wake up my Qingqiu dream?" ”

"It's not that I want to wake up the lord, but Zhang Yubo took someone to detain Gu Tianqiao overnight, his mother-in-law dragged her children and daughters, and a large group of people rolled around in my house before dawn, making me unable to ......live in peace."

"Zhang Yubo started quickly, what did Gu Tianqiao do to detain him?" Lin Jian asked.

"Zhang Yubo wanted to copy the Gu family's rice shop in Zangjin Bridge with the system of city change, Gu Tianqiao heard the news and rushed over with people, and as soon as he got there, he arrested Zhang Yubo and deducted a hat of 'supporting private force to do the law', and he should ......be severely punished," Lin Mengde said.

"Did you fight?" Lin Jian asked.

"No one has the courage to do that for the time being." Lin Mengde said.

"Since there is no fighting, then you can find a place to rest, the weather is so cold, wait for the brightness!" Lin Jian yawned and said.

"If Zhang Yubo cuts people down overnight, there will be a big problem!" Lin Mengde said, "What if I don't go for a run?" ”

"Zhang Yubo buttoned his hat one by one, and it was impossible to kill people in a disorderly manner...... Lin Jian said, his voice fell, and Zuo Lan came in again to report that Lin Xulu had come in to ask for a meeting.

Lin Jian spread his hands and smiled bitterly, and asked Lin Mengde: "Do you still have the heart to do the dispatch of Jiangning Mansion Yin?" ”

Lin Mengde shrank his head, shook his head and said, "It's really a thankless dispatch, and I won't do it if I send it to ......the door."

Lin Jian waved his hand for Zuo Lan to invite Lin Xulu in, and asked, "You won't also come for Gu Tianqiao, right?" ”

Lin Xulu saw that Lin Mengde was also here, smiled awkwardly, and said; "The palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, Zhang Yubo didn't say hello, he took people away directly, and the hat was so heavily buckled, I couldn't pretend not to know. What if I'm going to catch him another day? Although his words were soft, he was still full of resentment towards Zhang Yubo.

"Also, these things are a headache," Lin Lian grabbed the placket of his robe and stood up, beckoned Lin Mengde and Lin Xulu to the case, pointed to the page spread on the case, and said, "What is written on this is the price of rice in Jiangning's four cities today, and it jumps up every hour." To be honest, I'm worried about it. If Zhang Yubo hadn't been forced to a dead end, he wouldn't have taken Gu Tianqiao, and if he didn't directly take the third child, he would have already given us face. Let's talk about how to solve this problem......"

Zuo Lan brought the tea, and Lin Lian stood there, asking Zuo Lan to wait and put on his robe neatly.