"County Magistrate Chen, if you can't bear to part with Cui Changshi, feel free to leave with him." Tong Juan Yu Anran said angrily.
I was very dissatisfied with the Kaifeng County Magistrate in front of me.
If the other party had not brought back the news that the rebels wanted money, they would not have angered Cui Changshi. The important thing is that Cui Changshi had made it clear before leaving that the Zhou Palace would cut off its support for the defense of the city.
What is cut off is not a word of verbal support, but real money and food.
"I just feel that Cui Changshi's words are not unreasonable. As long as the rebels can be made to retreat, we must try any method." County Magistrate Chen insisted.
He was also afraid of the Shangguan in front of him.
But he knew that the weapon was already on his neck, so no matter how reluctant he was, he still had to find a way to collect 50,000 taels of silver and send it out of the city.
"County Magistrate Chen is so supportive of Hua Yinzi. Could it be that he went out of the city to get some benefits from the rebels?" Chen Yongfu suddenly asked.
After hearing this, County Magistrate Chen's face straightened and he said righteously: "If Xianguan really gets the benefit of the rebels, Xianguan will not die a good death."
Not only did he not get any benefits from the rebels, but they also forcibly created a handle, so he was very magnanimous.
"You swear and promise here, who knows whether it is true or not? Even if you really got any benefits, we can't know." Chen Yongfu said with contempt.
"You, you are slandering someone's innocence." County Magistrate Chen raised his finger angrily and pointed at Chen Yongfu.
Chen Yongfu sarcastically said: "It's not certain whether his innocence has been really stained!"
"You, you, you!" After County Magistrate Chen said "you" three times in a row, he immediately rolled his eyelids and fainted.
"County Magistrate Chen, Magistrate Chen."
Several officials gathered around him, and they were kind to Magistrate Chen who fainted, and they pinched him. Some people were calling in his ears, trying to wake him up.
However, County Magistrate Chen closed his eyes tightly and clenched his teeth, but he never opened his eyes and got better.
"Come here!" Magistrate Lin called out the door. When the two government servants walked in, he said again, "Take County Magistrate Chen to the guest room and invite a doctor to come over."
The yamen servants moved one behind the other, one holding his armpits and the other dragging his legs, to move Magistrate Chen out.
"This is a villain." Chen Yongfu still cursed at County Magistrate Chen.
Magistrate Lin who heard this on the side frowned slightly and stopped him: "Okay, everyone has fainted, there is no need to worry about it anymore."
Although he didn't like the news County Magistrate Chen brought back, he also didn't want to see Magistrate Chen, who was a civil servant, humiliated by a vulgar warrior.
Chen Yongfu turned to look at Magistrate Lin and said: "If Lin Futai is willing, he can give some money to the soldiers guarding the city to boost morale and better defend Kaifeng City. This is cheaper than giving money to the rebels outside the city." The army is strong.”
As a military general, he knew that if the soldiers guarding the city knew that the government would rather give money to the rebels than to them, the morale of the army would plummet.
Therefore, as long as someone agrees to give the money in the city to the rebels outside the city, he is a villain in his eyes.
"There is no money left in the city. The money and food available in the government treasuries have already been spent." Magistrate Lin said to Chen Yongfu.
He did not agree to give the silver to the rebels outside the city. One of the reasons was that the treasury could not afford such a large amount of silver, because the treasury had long been emptied after various accounts had been done over the years.
Chen Yongfu did not give up because of Magistrate Lin's cry for poverty. Instead, he said: "Cui Changshi once said something good before he left. If the government does not have money, it can ask the big families in the city to chip in a bit one by one. You are familiar with these big families in Linfutai, so why not Just go out and find some big families in the city to help you get back."
"What are you talking about? Other people's money is not brought by the strong wind, so why should it be given to the government for use?" Magistrate Lin said with a straight face, unhappy.
He knew very well that the big families in the city wanted the rebels to continue to surround them so that they could buy more high-priced food, so how could they be willing to spend money.
Chen Yongfu was unwilling to give up and said: "The money is theirs, but if they can't defend Kaifeng City, the money will end up being cheaper for the rebels outside the city. Now we just ask them to provide some money to support the defense of Kaifeng City." , their family’s money can naturally be kept, which is the best of both worlds.”
"Okay, let's talk about this later. Let's leave it at that for today. Let's all go back!" Magistrate Lin was upset by Chen Yongfu's entanglement and started driving people away.
"I am resigning."
All the civil servants present retreated from the lobby one after another.
Several generals present looked at Chen Yongfu.
I heard Chen Yongfu say: "Lin Futai might as well consider what I just said to kill two birds with one stone."
"If Mr. Chen is energetic, he might as well think about how to defeat the enemy. Now that Governor Yang is ill and recuperating, Mr. Chen's burden is not light!" Magistrate Lin said with a threatening tone.
Warn Chen Yongfu, who is the real decision-maker in Kaifeng Mansion currently.
Chen Yongfu naturally heard the threat and immediately sneered: "I am just a crude warrior. I only know how to kill the enemy on the battlefield. As for how to arrange the troops, it has always been your civilian affairs. I will go back and wait." Lin Futai’s method to break the siege of Kaifeng Fucheng.”
After saying that, he walked out.
A group of generals followed and left the hall.
"A bunch of murderers deserve to die!" Magistrate Lin gritted his teeth and spat out this sentence as he looked at the open door of the room where Chen Yongfu and other generals had left.
He felt that these generals did not take him as the prefect of Kaifeng seriously at all, and they were far less respectful than these people had towards Yang He.
"These people are led by Chen Yongfu. As long as Chen Yongfu is dealt with, there is no need to worry about their dishonesty." Yu Anran's voice sounded from the side.
Magistrate Lin looked back and said, "You haven't left yet?"
"Always finish your conversation before leaving, so that you can leave with peace of mind." Yu Anran said.
Magistrate Lin frowned and asked, "What else do you want to say if you stay?"
"The memorial to impeach Yang He has been sent for so long, why has no news come back from the court for so long?" Yu Anran looked at Magistrate Lin and asked.
Joining forces with Magistrate Lin made him completely offend Yang He.
As long as Yang He does not fall, he will not be able to rest assured.
"Like you, I don't know anything." Magistrate Lin replied to him, and then added, "But I think there will be news back soon."
Yu Anran said: "You can come forward and ask the grain merchants in the city. With their background, any news in the capital will be known immediately."
"I will ask." Magistrate Lin said, "Actually, isn't it the best news if there is no news? What kind of prestige does Yang He still have in Henan now? The entire Kaifeng Mansion is decided by you and me."
He pointed at the other person and then at himself.
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