When County Magistrate Chen heard Yu Anran's words, he almost spat on him.
He was only given 5,000 taels of 50,000 taels of silver, which allowed him to embezzle the family property to make up for the shortfall of 45,000 taels.
Why should he, a county magistrate, pay this money for government affairs?
"Yu Tongpan, it's not five thousand taels, it's fifty thousand taels." Magistrate Chen originally wanted to meet with the governor before telling the rebels' demands, but seeing Yu Tongpan's attitude, he didn't intend to wait any longer and said it directly. come out.
The happy Yu Anran was stunned for a moment and asked hesitantly: "Just now, how much money did you say the rebels wanted?"
"Fifty thousand taels of silver." County Magistrate Chen stretched out his right hand and spread his fingers.
The smile on Yu Anran's face faded, and she said with a stern face: "How did you negotiate? You dare to agree to it even with 50,000 taels of silver? I'm afraid you don't want to get any benefits from it!"
Fifty thousand taels of silver is not a small amount of money.
A few thousand taels of silver is fine, but when it reaches tens of thousands of taels, no one is willing to spend such a large sum of money.
"How can I dare to ask for any benefits? The rebel generals are asking for fifty thousand taels of silver. No matter what I say, it won't work. Moreover, the rebel generals are a direct threat. Without fifty thousand taels of silver, they will not retreat. ." County Magistrate Chen said with a bitter look on his face.
He also knew that fifty thousand taels of silver was not a small amount of money, so he couldn't give it to him!
"If you don't give it, a bunch of idiots dare to ask for 50,000 taels of silver. Do they know how big a pile of 50,000 taels of silver is!" Yu Anran said with a cold face.
After hearing this, County Magistrate Chen smiled bitterly and said, "Why don't we talk to the Master and see what his attitude is?"
He didn't want to give 50,000 taels of silver to the rebels outside the city, but he knew he had to give it, otherwise who knows whether the document he fingerprinted would be sent to the court by the rebels.
Without a backstage background, he knew that the authenticity of the document was no longer important. Once it fell into the hands of others, he was likely to become someone else's scapegoat, not only costing his own life, but also the lives of his family members. Go in.
"Even if Prefect Lin knew about this, he would never agree." Yu Anran snorted coldly.
County Magistrate Chen said sarcastically: "Before Xianguan left the city, the governor repeatedly requested that as soon as he comes back, he should go to the government office to see him immediately. Can you see the general judge?"
Since Yu Tongpan couldn't explain it, he decided to target Magistrate Lin. In short, for the 50,000 taels of silver from the rebels, he decided to try his best to complete it.
"Forget it, you can't take charge of anything. I will go with you to see the Palace Master." Yu Anran said, turned around and walked towards the horse path leading to the city.
Upon seeing this, County Magistrate Chen hurriedly followed.
boom! boom! boom!
At this moment, the sound of cannons rang outside the city, and the defenders on the city wall rushed to the bottom of the city and behind them to avoid the cannons.
Yu Anran, who was walking slowly at first, was so frightened that he leaned against the wall tiles on one side, holding on to the wall with both hands to prevent him from collapsing on the road.
"What's going on? Didn't you talk to the rebels? Why are they still firing? How did you talk about it!" Yu Anran reprimanded Magistrate Chen who was following behind him without mercy.
"My subordinates don't know either!" County Magistrate Chen was very helpless.
I also felt that the rebels outside the city did not have martial ethics. They had clearly agreed that they would retreat as long as they gave them money. Although the 50,000 taels of silver had not yet been sent out of the city, they should not have finished negotiating and then headed towards the city. fire.
"You are also a waste. You can't do such a small thing well." Seeing Magistrate Chen's ignorance, Yu Anran was immediately angry.
"Masters, don't panic, I will escort you down the city wall."
As soon as he finished speaking, a general ran over from the city wall, accompanied by several soldiers.
As soon as they got close, the general helped Yu Anran, the general judge, up first, while County Magistrate Chen had soldiers following him to help him.
"What's going on outside the city? Are the rebels attacking the city?" Yu Anran asked nervously to the guard who was supporting him.
The general said respectfully: "Don't worry, Tongsuan. This time the rebels fired artillery as usual. They only fired artillery but did not attack the city. Tongsuan can return to the government office with peace of mind."
After hearing what he said, Yu Anran felt much better.
Although his legs were still a little weak under the sound of the gunfire, there was no big problem in walking.
There was a sedan waiting there for a long time under the city. As soon as he got off the city wall, Yu Anran got into the sedan and asked the bearer to go to the government office.
The bearers carried the sedan from under the city wall, and the general led soldiers to guard the sedan beside it.
County Magistrate Chen also got into his sedan chair and asked the bearer to follow Yu Anran's sedan chair.
The people in Kaifeng City who can ride in sedan chairs are basically the city's big shots, and when riding in a green cloth official sedan chair, there are soldiers guarding it on one side, so everyone knows who is sitting inside.
On the way to the government office, passers-by saw the green cloth official sedans protected by soldiers and moved to both sides of the road early, letting the official sedans pass first.
With the road running smoothly, Yu Anran's sedan quickly arrived outside the government office.
Yu Anran, who got off the sedan, said to the boss who escorted him here: "Okay, you can go back."
"General, I will retire." The general bowed and saluted, turned around and left with his soldiers.
At this time, the sedan chair of Magistrate Chen who was following behind also arrived outside the government office.
After getting off the sedan, he followed closely behind Yu Anran and entered the government office together.
All officials of rank seven or above in Kaifeng City, except for the generals guarding the city, all gathered in the government office lobby at this time.
In addition to Yang He, the governor of Henan, even Chen Yongfu, the commander-in-chief of Henan, and the chief minister of the Zhou Dynasty were also here at the Kaifeng government office.
As for Yang He, no one cares about him anymore.
Nowadays, Yang He can't even mobilize a single army. Except for a few old servants who came to Henan with him, there is no one else around him.
"Master, I have brought Magistrate Chen back." Yu Anran, who entered the back office first, said to Magistrate Lin, who was sitting in the first place on the left.
Since Yang He was away, the main position became vacant.
At this time, County Magistrate Chen walked in.
"Your Majesty, please see me." Magistrate Chen bowed to Magistrate Lin.
"There is no need to be polite." Magistrate Lin, who is now in power, raised his right hand and said immediately, "Mr. Chen came back from outside the city, did he bring any good news?"
County Magistrate Chen repeated what he said to An Ran, and emphasized that the rebels would let Kaifeng Fucheng go as long as they received 50,000 taels of silver.
"Fifty thousand taels? Do these thieves know how much fifty thousand taels of silver is? They dare to ask for fifty thousand taels of silver." As soon as County Magistrate Chen finished speaking, Chen Yongfu's voice immediately sounded.
He was even thinking that if he had these 50,000 taels of silver, he would not only be able to regain the strength that was lost in the previous battle with the rebels, but he could also use this money to raise more soldiers and servants, making his family's strength even higher. building.
