Yu Anran understood why the squires in the city wanted to get Yang He away from Henan.
Cutting off people's money is like killing their parents. As long as Yang He is in Henan for one day, Henan's grain merchants and the gentry behind him will not be able to take advantage of the opportunity to make war fortune.
If he were from the perspective of a grain merchant, he would also try his best to move Yang He away.
"Now you understand, even without you and me, Yang He won't be able to stay in Henan for long, so don't think about stabilizing food prices. Those grain merchants don't dare to kill Yang He directly, but they can kill people like you and me. Such local officials are still okay." Prefect Lin said with warning in his words.
Yu Anran knew the facts what the other party said.
After taking office, some officials were as strong as an ox, but they died of illness while in office, or died of various accidents. The court may turn a blind eye to such things, but no matter how clear they are to those who are local officials, but.
Many times they, the local officials, are unwilling to do anything to force the local squires, for fear that something unexpected will happen one day.
Magistrate Lin looked at Yu Anran and said: "Sooner or later, Yang He will leave, but we still have to be officials here. We can just turn a blind eye to some things. No matter how expensive the food is, it can be less." Your share and mine?”
As he spoke, he raised his hand and patted Yu Anran's shoulder.
"Prince Zhou's Mansion is the largest among the grain merchants. Now that His Highness the Prince of Zhou is sending people to send grain and money to support Yang He in suppressing the rebellion, there is no guarantee that he will not side with Yang He." Yu Anran reminded the other party that if they want to increase grain prices, they cannot get around Prince Zhou's Mansion. .
Prince Zhou's Mansion, which owns a large amount of land, is the largest grain merchant in Kaifeng Mansion.
After hearing this, Magistrate Lin smiled and said: "Although His Royal Highness King Zhou is a little older, he is not ignorant. Offending a Yang He still offends everyone in the Kaifeng Mansion. He has his own account in his heart."
"It seems that you have made arrangements. You have already made a thorough plan to move Yang He away from Henan." Yu Anran sighed.
Everyone in Henan was plotting against Yang He. In terms of countering rebellion, Yang He did not have a good record. It would be difficult to avoid being arrested by the court and returned to Kyoto.
Magistrate Lin said: "If he is really capable, no matter how good the plan is, it will be useless. Not only has he failed in suppressing the rebellion in Henan, but he has also blocked so many people's financial paths. Some people have long been unhappy with him. I just It just so happened that Qiqiu gave me such a push from behind."
"If Yang He is really taken away, what will happen to the price of grain in the city? Without Yang He to suppress it, we can't suppress those grain merchants at all." Yu Anran said worriedly.
Hearing this, Magistrate Lin glanced at him and said dissatisfied: "Why are you still struggling with this matter after going around and around? What does it have to do with you that the people can't afford food? Besides, as long as we defend Kaifeng City, we will not let the people in the city suffer." The people suffered from bandits, which is already a great blessing to them. Even if some poor people starve to death, it is not a big deal. The key is to save Kaifeng."
As he said that, he patted An Ran's forearm with his palm.
Even though he was unhappy in his heart, Yu Anran was still useful to him, so he could only win over him for the time being.
A few days passed.
The price of food in Kaifeng Prefecture has doubled again, which makes Yang He even more dissatisfied with the food merchants in the city.
"Good news, Superintendent, good news." Chen Yongfu walked in from the outside with a happy face.
Yang He hurriedly put down the official document in his hand and looked at Chen Yongfu who walked in nervously with a hint of eagerness.
After entering the room, Chen Yongfu saluted Yang He and said excitedly: "The people sent by the general have brought back the exact news. The rebels outside the city did not deliberately show weakness to lure us out of the city. They did leave Kaifeng Fucheng. As for the It’s unclear where they went, but it’s a fact that there are only a few thousand rebels left outside the city.”
"So the plan to attack the city can be implemented?" Yang He asked nervously.
He was almost unable to suppress the grain merchants in the city, but if the siege of Kaifeng Fucheng could be solved, even if the price of grain rose again, the increase would be limited.
Of course, his forcible stabilization of food prices was not entirely for the sake of the people. He also had his own plans.
There were many voices of dissatisfaction with him in the court, and he had already heard about it through some channels. If it weren't for the emperor's blessing, he would have been thrown out of office and imprisoned.
In order to prevent more Henan people from turning to the rebels and strengthening the rebels because they had no food to eat, he could only try his best to prevent grain merchants from taking advantage of the war to make a fortune, even if he offended the forces behind these grain merchants.
Because what matters to his life or death is not the power behind these grain merchants, but whether he can satisfy the emperor in the war in Henan, so he would rather offend the grain merchants in Henan than find a way to reverse the war situation in Henan.
"Don't worry, Supervisor, the soldiers are already on standby." Chen Yongfu said with certainty.
"Haha, okay, this time I will definitely defeat the rebels."
Yang He pressed his palm hard on the table.
Before coming to Henan, he was full of ambitions and made various plans. Even the troops of Huguang and Sichuan were included in his plans. However, the successive defeats forced him to huddle in the city of Kaifeng, which made him fully understand that no matter how good he was, The plan is useless without matching strength.
Now that he had the opportunity to defeat the rebels outside the city, he could finally vent his anger.
If the stalemate continued, he was afraid that he would end up like Xiong Tingbi.
"Let the soldiers eat well during the day, and we will take action tonight." Yang He couldn't help but take action. He needed a victory to change the DPRK's view of him.
Chen Yongfu said: "In the past few days, they have always had enough to eat and drink. Most of the things sent by His Highness King Zhou have gone into their stomachs. They can die for the Superintendent at any time as long as they give the order."
"Okay, I will take the time to visit these warriors during the day, and give them all the money promised to them." Yang He was very concerned about the soldiers and horses used to attack the rebel camp.
It was related to his career and life, so he couldn't help but take it seriously.
Hearing that Yang He not only wanted to personally meet the soldiers and horses who were about to leave the city, but also wanted to give them money, he said hesitantly: "It is a good thing for the supervisor to personally boost their morale, but why don't we wait for the money? If you give it to them now, maybe they won't bother killing the rebels after leaving the city. It's better to wait for someone to give you the money from outside the city."
"No, now koi will give them money." Yang He said with great certainty.
How could he not know what Chen Yongfu was thinking.
Even if the soldiers who went out to kill the enemy succeeded in destroying the rebel camp, only a few of them would be able to return smoothly. Even if each of them was given double, it probably wouldn't cost much money. The remaining money would naturally be divided among the people who handled it. Run.
He needs these people to come out of the city to fight bravely for him, so he will never allow anyone to have an idea of this money, no one can.
Anyone who dares to take this money will hinder his career and kill him.
If he dared to take his life, he wouldn't mind killing him first before taking his place.
