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"What, all the counties need to arrive in Yanjing before the beginning of April, otherwise all the divisions will be dismissed for dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty?" Lin Jian took the copy of the special decree, read the content on it, was startled, and directly questioned the authenticity of the copy, "Will there be some mistakes in copying, how can the DPRK and China issue such a special decree?" ”

"I just saw what was written in the copy, and I wondered if there was a mistake in the copy, but the time limit for entering Beijing for each county grain was clearly stipulated. Shandong is exempt from Cao, and grain should be supported to help Jinan and Pingyuanfu; In late November, a large number of Cao boats were frozen in the Wei River section of Dezhou, and then Dezhou was captured by the Dongyu, and a large amount of Cao grain fell into the hands of the enemy. In addition to Shandong and Zhongzhou, Jiangdong Caoliang needs to enter Beijing at the earliest, and the time limit is set before the end of March, and it is impossible to copy the wrong time in many places, and the two Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Huguang, Huaishang, Xiqin, and eastern Sichuan are all ten to twenty days slower than Jiangdong...... "Cao Ziang said, "There should be no mistakes in copying......

"The imperial court needs to transfer grain to Beijing so urgently?" Lin Jian asked, he was taken aback by such a special purpose, and his brain was a little stiff.

"Yanjing has been trapped for more than four months, there are more than 100,000 troops fighting in Gyeonggi, and there are 350,000 refugees who have fled into the counties of Gyeonggi, and a large amount of grain and grass in Gyeonggi and Yannan has been plundered by Kou Dongyu, I am afraid that Yanjing has already begun to have a food shortage......," Lin Mengde said.

"Food shortage...... Lin Jian gasped.

In the autumn and winter of previous years, although it was not the peak season for Cao Yun, the two counties of Shandong and Zhongzhou took advantage of the convenience of being the closest to the geographical location of Gyeonggi, and after the autumn harvest every year, they would be the first to rush to transport the grain to the Gyeonggi area before the river was frozen, so as to alleviate the food shortage in the Gyeonggi area in autumn and winter and the shortage of military food in Zhubian Town.

In addition, before the river freezes, a large number of grain merchants will transport grain into Beijing for profit.

At the beginning of October last year, Dongyu broke through the border and entered the army. At that time, Shandong, Zhongzhou, and even Xiqin counties had just organized the transportation of autumn grain after it was put on the market, and a large number of grain ships were blocked in the area of Dezhou and Linqing to wait and see the situation and did not dare to go north.

By the middle of November, the Yanji Plain was bitterly cold and frozen for thousands of miles, and many grain ships were directly frozen in the river. The ships sent by the Xihe Society to support the Jiangdong Left Army were also frozen in Dezhou, but Lin Jian decisively ordered Lin Mengde, Sun Wenbing and others to abandon the ship and retreat south to Jinan to join up to avoid unnecessary personnel losses.

The main force of the southern front of the Dongyu captured Dezhou, Linqing and other places, and these ships and the grain and grass that were supposed to be transported to Gyeonggi before the ice was frozen naturally became captured by the Dongyu.

The people of Yannan fled to the north in addition to fleeing south, and the sea to the east and the Taihang Mountains to the west were blocked. Gyeonggi, including Yanjing, itself has more than 1 million people, plus the influx of refugees, although there are no accurate statistics, it is not an exaggeration to say that there are 1.5 million people waiting to be fed.

These two factors alone have caused a severe food shortage in the Gyeonggi region after the beginning of spring.

A more critical factor is the problem of military food in the towns of Xuanhua and Jibei.

The grain and grass needed for the military food of the garrison in Datong border town are mainly transported from Jinzhong County, which does not pose a pressure on the food supply in the Gyeonggi area, and the military food of the Xuanhua garrison has always been supplied by Gyeonggi, and the biggest and most drastic change is the Jibei Army.

Before the defeat of Chen Tangyi, the Jibei army also occupied the western part of Liaoxi north of Linyu (Shanhaiguan). The garrison has implemented military cantonments, which have been quite effective, and the grain and grass needed for military food are basically self-sufficient.

After the defeat of Chentangyi, the Jibei Army retreated to Linyu Pass, lost a large area of fertile land outside the pass, and almost all the military tun was abolished, and an additional million stone grain and grass from Gyeonggi were needed every year, which made the supply of grain and grass in Gyeonggi tight all of a sudden. Since it had only been more than two years since the defeat of Chen Tangyi, there was not enough time to solve the problem of tight grain and grass in Yanjing, so he caught up with Dongyu to send troops into the army this time.

It is not surprising to say that there is a food shortage in the Gyeonggi region at the beginning of spring.

"With such an urgent need to transfer grain from various counties, it should be that there is a food shortage in the Gyeonggi region." Cao Ziang said.

Lin Jian and the others could have predicted that the food supply in Yanjing would be tight after the war, and the price of grain would skyrocket.

As early as the 16th, Lin Jian asked Ge Cunxin to lead the fleet back to Chongzhou, in addition to transporting the captured materials and the wounded back to Xisha Island, he wanted them to transport grain by sea to Jinhai to make a profit, but he did not expect that Gyeonggi had already begun to have a food shortage.

"The extent of the grain shortage in the Gyeonggi region is known only to the officials of the household department or the deputy minister in charge of the household department, Zhang Xie," said Lin Mengde, "but with such a stern tone in the special decree, I am afraid that the grain stocks in the Gyeonggi area can only last until early April." ”

"But the Yellow River has dug several openings for Dongyu," Lin Jian said, "The Cao Road from Linqing to Dezhou has been destroyed, unless the Cao boats of the River Gang can be equipped with wings, I don't know that the Cao grain from Jiangdong will not be able to be transported to Gyeonggi before late March—how could Zhang Xie give Gu Wuchen this problem?" ”

Lin Jian saw Cao Ziang and Lin Mengde looking at him, and said, "Do you want to say that Yue Lengqiu is doing ghosts in it?" ”

"Except for him, no one can make trouble," Cao Ziang said, "I analyzed with Mengde, and I also think that he is the most suspicious, after all, the matter of the Yellow River bursting, except for us, Yue Lengqiu knows best." If he had mentioned the disaster of the Yellow River bursting in his official letter, it would have made Zhang Xie and the household officials misjudge! Cao Ziang handed another copy in his hand to Lin Bin, "Look at this Tang copy, this is the official document sent by the Ministry of Industry to the Shandong County Division and the Jinan Prefecture on the 12th to make the local organization to block the Yellow River breach, when we saw this Tang copy, we were negligent at the time, and did not notice the mystery in it - Jinan fell, and the Shandong County Division was given a nest, and Jinan, Dezhou, and Linqing Zhucheng have just been recovered. I'm afraid that the Ministry of Industry really ignored the disaster of the Yellow River breach! The Ministry of Industry made a mistake in judging the disaster of the Yellow River breach, except for Yue Lengqiu, who else could mislead? I'm afraid that the Shandong County Division and Jinan Prefecture will not be able to spare anyone to care about the problem of the Yellow River breaking at this time. ”

"This brute! He even cheated his colleagues in the Chu Party! Lin Jian slapped the table with hatred.

Lin Jian is only the seven-rank capital eunuch, and he has no right to do things, and the first few times he sent messengers to Yanjing to report the victory was also a pass, but after all, it was a big victory, and this kind of passover was tolerated by the imperial court, and it could also be said to be a concession.

After returning from Yangxin, in fact, without waiting for Liu Zhi to mention it, Lin Jian had the intention of selling the first level to exchange the army's silver, and Yangxin's Jiejie did not go beyond the military department to play, and deliberately dragged it. In addition, Liu Zhi, the imperial court envoy, was the deputy envoy of the Jiangdong Left Army Guanjunrong, and the Jiangdong Left Army was controlled by Hao Zongcheng in the sequence. Lin Jian didn't have a good impression of Hao Zongcheng, and the matter of the Yellow River bursting was only briefly mentioned to Liu Zhi. Thinking about it, Liu Zhi didn't put his mind on it, and said that if Liu Zhi wanted to play the matter of the Yellow River bursting the embankment, he still had to go through Hao Zongcheng and the Inner Servant Province. The Ministry of Internal Affairs may not be happy to catch this mouse for the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households.

Lin Jian didn't pay attention to this matter, he thought that the Yellow River would break the embankment to the east, and Yue Lengqiu would present it to the imperial court.

This was originally the duty of the governor of Yue Lengqiu's southern line Qin Wang Division, after all, such a big matter, Yue Lengqiu could not and did not have the courage to conceal it and not report it.

Yue Lengqiu didn't have the courage to hide it and not report it, but he had the courage to say it to a small person.

After all, it was still early February when the embankment was broken, the weather was still cold, and there was still little water under the ice of the Yellow River. Even if Yue Lengqiu reported truthfully, the floodplain at that time was only one or twenty miles wide. Compared with previous years, especially in the summer and autumn flood seasons, when the Yellow River burst its banks for hundreds of miles, it is indeed not serious.

Subsequently, Yue Lengqiu led the army north into Xingzhou, and the breach of the Yellow River became the responsibility of the Shandong County Division and the Jinan Prefecture, which had nothing to do with Yue Lengqiu.

All the counties of Jinan Prefecture have been conquered, the bureaucracy has been completely destroyed, and it is almost impossible to truthfully explain the specific disaster situation of the Yellow River through the local authorities in a short period of time.

Even if the Dongyu broke all the small openings, but Jinan Mansion had just been recovered, and the local chaos was in chaos, if Yue Lengqiu only cared about grabbing military merits and ignoring the Yellow River break, the local government would not be able to organize manpower to block the breach. Just as Cao Ziang judged, at this time, there were no local officials who even had time to care about the problem of the Yellow River's breach, and Lin Jian was not surprised.

In mid-to-late February, the weather warms, the water volume of the Yellow River gradually increases, the ice melts and forms a flood, and the disaster of the Yellow River bursting will gradually worsen, to the point that it cannot be contained. Even if Yue Lengqiu led his troops into Xingzhou Mansion, the floodplain was just south of Xingzhou Mansion, and Yue Lengqiu should know about this situation.

At this time, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households still miscalculated the disaster of the Yellow River breach, prompting the imperial court to form a resolution to make the counties surrender within a time limit and issued a strict decree, to say that Yue Lengqiu did not deliberately take care of Wuchen's good intentions, and Lin Lian did not believe it.

As the governor of Eastern Fujian and the governor of the Southern Line Qinwangshi, the court may send someone to ask for his opinion before the decree is drafted, and after the decree is issued, it will also be the first to be copied to Yue Lengqiu for reading.

From the issuance of the special decree on the 16th, seven days have passed today, Yue Lengqiu is still silent, leading his troops to the north, if you want to say that he has no bad intentions, Lin Lian will not believe it.

What Yue Lengqiu was thinking, Lin Lian could generally guess that Yue Lengqiu was guarding against Gu Wuchen's rapid rise to replace his position in the Chu Party and in the court.

For his own selfish desires, he regards state affairs as child's play, Yue Lengqiu's treachery is slippery, and Lin Tie is unheard of.

"What now?" Lin Mengde asked.

Lin Jian frowned painfully, since Yue Lengqiu deliberately concealed the disaster, and he was negligent on his side and did not report the disaster in time, Gu Wuchen was in Jiangning, and it was impossible to know the seriousness of the Yellow River bursting the embankment. The special purpose was to put pressure on the Jiangdong County Division and him, and the Jiangdong County Division and Gu Wuchen would naturally be directly transferred to the Xihehui and other river gangs who were in charge of transporting Cao.

The grain could not be transported to Gyeonggi in time, and it was delayed until early April, when Gyeonggi was completely out of grain, and there was a big mess of food shortages, even if there were all kinds of hardships, the Xihehui and other river gangs and Jinan Prefecture, which was ineffective in disaster relief, would also be pushed out as a substitute for the dead ghost to calm the anger of the people, which was almost certain, and even Gu Wuchen himself could not be held accountable.

"The special order is to expedite eight hundred miles, and it should arrive in Jiangning three days ago, and the grain of the Zhuhe Gang is ready before the winter, and it should be the same day or the next day when the special order is received," Lin Jian said, "We don't have any good plan, so we should prepare a fast horse immediately, and first, send someone to Jiangning to report to Gu Wuchen." Second, Uncle Mengde, you personally went to Beijing to see Tang Haoxin, and your whereabouts should be hidden. At this time, I am afraid that Zhang Xie may not be able to trust! In addition, prepare a horse for me immediately, and I will go to see the eldest prince! ”

Tang Haoxin has a son, but he has no great talent, Gu Wuchen is his son-in-law, and there is no reason to betray Gu Wuchen, but Zhang Xie is difficult to say, maybe Zhang Xie is starting to worry that Gu Wuchen will threaten his status and will give Gu Wuchen a heel in this matter.

Lin Xuwen took a thousand township soldiers to recover the city of Hejian Prefecture, and the people had been gone for four days.