Yang Qingyuan finally had Chen Bing taken away, along with the servants at home.
As for the food, it was all seized.
Although Chen Bing wants to make money, life is obviously more important than money.
Facing an old man with gentle methods like Liu Chang, Chen Bing's hob meat method is naturally effective, but facing a ruthless and ruthless man like Yang Qingyuan, it has no effect.
On the way back to the government office, Chen Bing kept thinking about what Yang Qingyuan said in his ear, "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, I won't convict you indiscriminately! When the matter is over, it will naturally be dealt with in accordance with the law."
Killing the chicken to scare the monkey, Chen Bing already knew at this moment that he had become that chicken.
Along the way, the police tried to make as much noise as possible. Yang Qingyuan wanted all the food in Pingshan County to know that Chen Bing had been arrested.
Yang Qingyuan himself stayed behind to count the grain in Chen's treasury with everyone.
"Maogong! Come here, I'll leave this part of the grain to you to count!"
Yang Qingyuan not only taught Yang Guo martial arts, but also dabbled in literature, poetry, and mathematics.
Since you have become your own student, you must develop your moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, mathematical, physical, and political, historical and geographical development.
I just taught Yang Guo the multiplication formula in arithmetic, and now he can learn it and use it!
Yang Qingyuan never teaches things that are memorized by rote, and the key points cannot be taught. Yang Guo is talented and can recite most things after reading them twice. Teaching those things is not difficult for Yang Guo.
Half an hour later, everyone completed the counting and review.
In the small Chen Mansion, there were actually 23,500 shi of food and grass.
Pingshan County's grain reserves are only a fraction of Chen's. Although Liu Chang is an upright official, he is still a bit soft in handling government affairs. It is good for such a person to be a clean scholar, but it is not enough to be arbitrary.
There are currently 70,000 disaster victims in Pingshan County, but as time goes by, this number will become more and more, including the counties of Zhending, Lingshou, and Shiyi under its jurisdiction. Life is definitely not easy now, and the food on hand will naturally The more the better.
After a clear count, the Chen Mansion was sealed off, seemingly sealed off.
There was a lot of commotion in Chen Bing's house. Within an hour, the grain merchants in Pingshan County had basically learned about it.
The grain merchants who were not in cahoots with Chen Bing had no grain in their hands at this moment, so this matter naturally had nothing to do with them. At most, they were just gloating over the misfortune and watching it as a spectacle.
But the grain merchants who had teamed up with Chen Bing to fight against the government were not so leisurely. Two hours after Chen Bing was arrested, this group of grain merchants gathered in a restaurant.
"Chen Bing has been arrested! Everyone knows it, right?" One of the handsome old guys spoke first. His name is Wang Mu. He is the second largest grain merchant in Pingshan County, second only to Chen Bing.
Before, Chen Bing had been in charge of the group price increase. Now that Chen Bing was arrested, it was his turn to take charge.
One of the oldest men replied, "I heard from my friends in the yamen that the new prefect took Chen Bing and a group of servants home for investigation on the charge of poisoning Prefect Liu, leaving only his family. At home. The Chen family’s granary has also been sealed!”
A middle-aged man with a mole on the corner of his mouth asked, "Mr. Chen, do you think this new prefect did not go there just for the food, but what did Chen Bing really do?!"
The elder Chen shook his head, "You are still taking chances. Do you think there is anything more important for the new prefect at the moment than disaster relief?! No matter what the name is? Chen Bing must have been arrested because of Grain in his hand.”
Mr. Chen paused and took a sip of tea. "As for whether Chen Bing poisoned him or not, it doesn't matter anymore. As long as Mr. Yang thinks about it, Chen Bing is the murderer who poisoned the imperial official."
Wang Mu agreed, "The new Governor Yang is openly attacking Chen Bing. In fact, he is warning us that he doesn't care about Chen Bing's plan to burn grain! There are only two ways left for us, one is to sell grain at a fair price. , and the other is that after arresting us, the government will come and sell the grain at a fair price."
Wang Mu looked at the dozen or so people present and took out a piece of paper.
"When I knew that the new governor was coming, I asked my friends in the capital to find out about Mr. Yang, but it was still a step too late. This was the news that had just been sent from the capital an hour ago. It cost me a lot. hands and feet."
"Brother Wang, now we are all in the same boat, and we are all in the same boat, so stop being so tight-lipped!"
Wang Mu handed the paper in his hand to Mr. Chen.
There was no particularly explosive information on it, and even the origin of Yang Qingyuan Wudang was not found out, but what was revealed on the surface was enough to surprise these grain merchants.
In the 13th year of Yong'an, he entered the Hanlin Academy in the second place. This year he was promoted to Wenhua Hall and the Prime Minister of Dali Temple, rebuilding the highest political and legal system that had been abandoned for many years. Before coming to Jizhou, the largest grain merchant in Shendu was raided. The specific reason is not yet known, but it is suspected to be related to water transportation.
The most important thing is that this person is rich and never accepts bribes.
After briefly reading Yang Qingyuan's news, Mr. Chen couldn't help but sigh, "This Yang Qingyuan has a deep grudge against the grain merchants. He took care of Anjia in the capital, and now he is here to deal with us grain merchants in Pingshan County."
Everyone here knows about Jingcheng Anjia, and some people even have business dealings with them. Compared to Jingcheng Anjia, having all the people in Pingshan County hugging each other is nothing.
If Yang Qingyuan dared to touch the An family, he would naturally not care about people like them.
After everyone read the paper, they all turned their attention to Mr. Chen and Wang Mu, the two people who are now in charge.
If the confrontation continues, there is no telling who will be next, or everyone will be jailed.
Wang Mu sighed and said, "Mr. Chen, let's stop!"
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The atmosphere in Pingshan County Government Office was completely different from when Yang Qingyuan first arrived.
In just one day, everyone in the mansion was convinced of the new Governor Yang.
When he first arrived in Pingshan County, he took control of the city defense army with lightning speed, sealed off the Chen Mansion, and obtained Chen Mansion's grain treasury.
The words "vigorous and resolute" seem not enough to describe it.
"Lord Qi, the news has been spread out!" A cadre reported back.
Yang Qingyuan nodded, now let's see how these grain merchants choose? As long as they are still alive, these people will surrender. Now that Yang Qingyuan has military power, if he is unreasonable, these people will not even have time to cry.
"Jianfeng, what do you think these grain merchants will do?!" Yang Qingyuan asked Pingshan County on the side.
Although Zhao Jianfeng lacks decisiveness, he is indeed a top assistant officer. He is meticulous and principled in his work. If he is pedantic, it is not a big problem. His own intelligence is also on the line, and Yang Qingyuan wants to observe it for a while.
If it is really good, he can be transferred back to Dali Temple to handle the paperwork of Dali Temple.
After Zhao Jianfeng thought carefully, he replied, "Sir, I thought these grain merchants would give up fighting the government. Although they are not small in power, they are scattered after all. Now that Chen Bing has been captured by your Excellency, these people are horrified and also I’m thinking of a way out.”
"The official has been thinking for a long time. At this time, other than handing over the food, these people have no other option!"
While the two were talking, a government official came to report that Wang Mu, a grain merchant, was outside asking to see the prefect.
Hearing this, Yang Qingyuan and Zhao Jianfeng smiled at each other, and the food was in hand.
