First there was a great victory in Jianchuan, and then there was a wild victory!
Cheng Jinhou, Pan Shigui, Shen Wanlin... many names that used to be famous only in the military can now be heard in the streets.
The common people like their soldiers to be able to win the war. Firstly, it gives you face, and secondly, if you win more battles, does that mean you can finish the battle earlier?
But not everyone is just happy. Many people are happy and worried at the same time. My son joined the army and ate the imperial rations to strive for a future, but he didn't expect to encounter a war. He heard that he had gone to the south, and he didn't know what the situation was now. It was very worrying.
Since the fighting broke out in the south, it is obvious that in the Imperial City alone, there are many more people attending funerals on the streets than usual. They are all white-haired people sending black-haired people, and they are all tombs, carried by garrison soldiers. Buried. Then certificates of meritorious service will be issued, as well as some pensions.
There were people who cried to heaven and earth, and there were also people who were sad in their hearts, but it was more hatred towards the barbarians than the war itself.
"Kill! Kill all the barbarians and there will be no more wars in the future." This is the simple thought of many ordinary people about this war. It's like if there is a mouse in the house, it will be clean after killing it.
In addition to more funerals, the people in the imperial city also felt the direct impact of the war on their daily lives.
Prices of firewood, rice, oil and salt have also increased. Although the increase is not large, and I heard that the yamen will not allow grain merchants to raise prices, it is still 20% more expensive than before. And you can’t buy it open. You have to take your family's household registration book to buy according to the number of people in your family. Adults and children have different rations, and the food they can buy every month is just enough to eat. I can’t get hungry, but I can’t save food either.
Fortunately, wealthy families generally have the habit of saving food, so they don't panic for the time being. Ordinary people are not at ease and hope that the war will end soon and the food will not be restricted like now.
In fact, it is not just food that is restricted. Meat, ironware, cloth, medicinal materials, etc. are all on the list of tightened restrictions. It's not that the front line is in short supply, but that preparations are being made in advance to prepare for a possible war of attrition, so that if the battle does not go well, they will not be blinded. At the same time, it can also give the people of the country an adaptation process in advance to "live on a tight budget".
In addition, the four major front armies and local garrisons have begun the first batch of expanded recruitment. This group of recruits will not go directly to the front line, but will stay in the country for training and replace the main force stationed in the country. If the front line is tight, they will also be sent to the south in batches based on training conditions.
It can be said that with the news of the nationwide shortage of money and food and the large-scale expansion of the military, the people at the lowest level of the Jing Dynasty also felt the tension of the impending war.
And officials everywhere are more sensitive than ordinary people. They are all worried now, always worried about making the wrong move and falling into a trap.
On the one hand, there is a shortage of money and food brought by the war, and all aspects have entered serious war control. Although the strategy was researched and formulated by the Ministry of Husbandry and the Ministry of War, and the executors were mainly people from the Ministry of Husbandry, the person who could take charge of this power was the emperor's seventh son, Ling Wang Yang Shu. In this way, officials from all over the country dare not offend him in the slightest, for fear of being "stuck" and his official reputation being damaged.
On one side were the civil servant leaders headed by the left prime minister, who expressed explicitly or covertly that they wanted all localities to resist King Ling's strategy of tightening money and food supplies as much as possible.
On the other side, there is an undercurrent in the dark. From the other six princes except the Spirit King. The meaning of the hint is similar to that of Zuo Xiangfu. Simply put, it means that he doesn't want to make King Ling have an easy time.
But there are not many people who are really stupid enough to stand up and resist the Spirit King. Those who stood up have already entered the Xuanqing Guard's prison. Because King Ling said that resisting the tightening of money and food supply was tantamount to collaborating with the enemy, it should be strictly investigated by the Xuanqing Guards. As for the Criminal Department? The Spirit King didn't pay attention at all.
The boundaries in the officialdom such as official rank and rank are useless in front of the Spirit King. No matter what rank you are, you can't stand up in front of him. In the end, most of the officials from various places showed a submissive side and actively cooperated. They first calmed down King Ling, the man with the knife handle, and then obtained the first-stage grain distribution standards to suppress the nervousness of the people under his rule. . As for everything else, that's all for later.
Besides, who dares to underestimate the Spirit King now? I'm afraid he's not a brainless fool.
News had been released before that the Zuo Prime Minister originally wanted to ask Your Majesty to hand over the power of tightening money and food to the Ministry of Household Affairs. However, Bai Changqing, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, took the initiative to side with King Ling, causing the Zuo Prime Minister to lose all his dignity. So the left prime minister used the Song family in the imperial city to beat King Ling. As a result, within a few days, all the business of the family of Prime Minister Zuo and Ma Xuanlin, the Minister of Punishment who participated in the attack, was disrupted. Moreover, due to the pressure of the power to tighten money and food, the local government did not even dare to speak for the left prime minister.
Does this count as being hit and then immediately slapped back?
Yang Shu was at the center of the storm and could clearly see everything around him. He has offended countless people now, but they are all suppressed by the power in his hands. Once he loses this "big test", he will wait for others to add insult to injury.
So Yang Shu either doesn't do it now, or he must do it. If he himself has no way out, will he care whether others have any room to retreat?
The more I patrol around various places, the more I feel that this feeling of having power is so comfortable. What if it is a higher position? Will it be more comfortable?
Yang Shu put down the paperwork in his hand and leaned back on the chair, rubbing his sore eyes.
Suddenly, there seemed to be a noise outside, as if a large group of people were shouting something. You can vaguely hear inspiring words such as "Jianchuan" and "Great Victory".
Before Yang Shu could get up, there was a knock on the door outside the study, and it was his conspirator who was allowed in.
"Your Majesty! The battle report is here from Jianchuan. Just now the Red Feather Messenger rode out of the teleportation formation singing a victory song, and now the good news should have been posted at the door of the local government office!"
"What?" Yang Shu stood up fiercely, walked to the opponent, grabbed the printed battle report, and read it quickly.
"Hahaha! That's right! Zuo Yuliang is indeed a famous general in the world, and his plan is impeccable. Now that Jianchuan is broken, it means that the battle has passed the stalemate and has completely entered the counterattack stage. This is faster than you expected before A lot.”
"Yes, Your Majesty. Previously, we calculated that it was likely that we would not achieve a substantial victory until the second half of March 1st, but we did not expect that we would already be defeated in March. I think it will be greatly accelerated in the future, maybe... ..”
Yang Shu waved his hand and interrupted: "Don't rush to draw conclusions. Just wait and see how Zuo Yuliang performs in military affairs. I have full confidence in him. But after this great victory, I am afraid it will intensify the conflicts between my brothers. After all, The "big test" cannot be allowed to take our time, and it will probably end with the military war in the south. No one can afford to be slow. In this case, I should be able to share some of my troubles. "
