Liu Yizhen thought about it a lot, but still didn't rush to summon Wang Zhene.

He still had some concerns about this person.

Without him, Wang Zhene’s reputation is too high!

He was originally the number one general under Liu Yu, and his grandfather was the former Qin Prime Minister Wang Meng, so his reputation in Guanzhong was only slightly inferior to Liu Yu (maybe even higher), and even more so when compared with Liu Yi.

Not on the same level at all

Even if the leader is weak and the minister is strong, there will always be a sense of oppression "like a light on the back".

Without collecting enough information, Liu Yizhen didn't want to reveal the truth to Wang Zhene prematurely.

As for Fu Hongzhi's stay, countering the rebellion will take time anyway, so there is no rush at the moment.

"Let's do this for now."

Liu Yizhen rubbed his forehead.

"I'll have people move things back to the previous mansion first, and don't forget to tell Wang Changshi."

"How dare you."

Wang Xiu then resigned, but when he left, he had some different emotions in his heart.

Duke Guiyang seems to have changed.

The very next day, Liu Yizhen hurriedly moved out of the palace and returned to the former "Anxi General's Mansion".

Wang Xiu also moved very quickly.

Not only did he return all the money extorted through fraud, but he also pickled the head of Liu Qi, who was beheaded for causing trouble, and hung it on the city wall.

At the same time, Wang Xiu also asked people to spread the news:

In the past, Liu Qi was responsible for plundering people's wealth and wealth behind Gong Guiyang's back. When Gong Guiyang found out, he immediately killed Liu Qi as a warning to others.

Under Wang Xiu's operation, Liu Yizhen's reputation was finally somewhat whitewashed, but it was still nonsense to gain the respect of the people.

If your reputation is damaged even a little bit, you have to pay a thousand times the price to make up for it. This is an eternal truth.

After Liu Yizhen moved back to Anxi General's Mansion, he rethought his thoughts.

Right now, there are two most important things.

One is to calm down the people of Chang'an and even Guanzhong as much as possible.

The other thing is to resolve the conflict between Wang Zhene and Shen Tianzi as soon as possible.

Especially the second point, which almost determines Liu Yizhen's life or death.

"Go and send an invitation to Shen Canjun and tell him that I will host a banquet for him in the mansion that evening."

Since Wang Zhene had his own concerns, he could only start from Shen Tianzi's side.

After instructing his servants to prepare meals, Liu Yizhen quietly came to Chang'an City with more than twenty guards.

The city of Chang'an has extraordinary meaning to China, but apart from those emotional factors, Liu Yi really doesn't think much of Chang'an now.

Today's Chang'an is not the "Tang Chang'an" pattern that will be seen in later generations.

This Chang'an is based on the Han Chang'an built under the supervision of Xiao He and has a history of several hundred years.

In addition, at the end of the Han Dynasty, Chang'an was crazily destroyed by two evil thieves, Li Jue and Guo Si, and it had long lost its previous prosperity.

Even southern dignitaries like Liu Yu were not shocked by Chang'an, let alone Liu Yizhen who had seen countless modern buildings in later generations?

At this time, Liu Yizhen held his nose and walked past a puddle that smelled of urine, his heart filled with disgust.

Han Chang'an was not only ruined by time and war, it was also born with stunted growth.

When Xiao He built Chang'an, he wanted to build the Weiyang and Changle palaces taller and larger to create greater glory, but he failed to deal with the layout of Chang'an city at all.

Therefore, it is normal for sewage to flow across here and markets to intermingle.

"Master Du, are you here?"

"Mr. Guiyang, that's right in front."

The person who led the way for Liu Yizhen was Du Ji, the chief secretary of Yongzhou, who joined the army on horseback and was a member of the army.

After Liu Yu captured Guanzhong, he naturally needed the support of local snakes, and this Du Ji came from the Du family in Jingzhao.

After Liu Yu left, he was left to assist Liu Yizhen in suppressing Guanzhong.

Du Ji took Liu Yizhen all the way to the Du family's grain shop in Chang'an and asked him about the price of grain in Chang'an.

Only by asking this question did we realize how dangerous the situation in Guanzhong is this year.

Because before Liu Yu attacked the Later Qin Dynasty, the Later Qin clan had already lost their wits and basically destroyed all the food stored in Guanzhong.

After Liu Yu conquered the Later Qin Dynasty, the Later Qin Dynasty had no time to organize spring plowing, so even if there were no major droughts or floods this year, Guanzhong was still in short supply of food.

Nowadays, most of the grain shops in Chang'an City have been closed down long ago, but the ones like Du's Grain Shop that are backed by wealthy families are still open.

However, the price of food is ridiculously high.

One stone of grain actually costs more than a thousand yuan!

You must know that during the period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, the price of grain in Guanzhong was only tens of dollars per grain. Compared with this, the price has soared nearly a hundred times.

This has nothing to do with currency depreciation, but is caused by food shortages. After all, a stone of rice in Jiankang only costs about a hundred cents, which is ten times cheaper than Guanzhong.

Liu Yizhen asked some more questions before reluctantly leaving the grain store.

Not only food, but everything related to people's livelihood is ridiculously expensive in Chang'an.

Even if there were a store similar to Du's Grain Shop, the prices would definitely be sky-high.

Moreover, at this time, such grain shops and cloth shops were not opened for the common people, but were annexed by the wealthy families in Guanzhong to annex the land.

As long as the common people have no way to survive, they will naturally buy and sell their own fields to wealthy families.

Of course, Liu Yizhen and Du Ji had a tacit understanding and did not mention this matter.

Many people in later generations criticized wealthy families for annexing land, accusing them of weakening the country's power. But little did they know. What else could the common people do except this way?

Drinking poison to quench thirst is never a sign of ridicule, but a sign of helplessness in compromising.

The land being annexed is at least a way to survive.

If you can't survive, then everything is nonsense.

It's like knowing that "996" blessings are disgusting words, but if you don't have that salary, how can you support yourself or even your family?

At this moment, Liu Yizhen had a deeper understanding of the suffering of the people in the troubled times of Wei and Jin.

When it prospers, the people suffer. When it dies, the people suffer.

The ancients never deceived me.

Liu Yizhen was walking aimlessly in Chang'an City without saying a word. At this moment, several loft houses attracted his attention.

I saw a few simple thatched huts erected on the street, and a group of people dressed as officials were making porridge for some people.

The porridge is quite kind. Although it is not to the point of "standing up with chopsticks without falling over", it is still honest and does not fool people by soaking rice grains in water.

After the porridge was cooked, the people started to grab the bowls.

Even if there are officials to maintain order, these obstructions are basically useless in the face of hungry and red-eyed people.

The person giving out porridge seemed to be accustomed to this messy scene. Although he was still swearing, he was dividing the porridge with his hands a little faster.

However, in this case, only strong men can push to the front, but many women, children and the elderly can only be squeezed back by the crowd.

In addition, Liu Yizhen also noticed that many of the people grabbing the porridge were barbarians. After grabbing the porridge, they immediately hid aside and ate it. While eating, they looked around with their small sunken eyes vigilantly, for fear that others would compete with him for food.

The man from the Han family poured more porridge, and after taking the porridge, he quickly left with the bowl in hand. It is not difficult to guess that it was for the family to enjoy.

The pot of porridge was quickly distributed, and the women who had not grabbed it could only sigh, while some children howled and cried. This seemed to be the norm.

"Let's go."

"Um?"

Liu Yizhen sighed.

It's not that Liu Yi is really cruel, as long as he wants, he can now feed the people in front of him.

But what about more people?

What about tomorrow?

What about the day after tomorrow?

"Go back first. We need to discuss this matter with Wang Changshi in a long term."

Forgive me for not being able to find the currency of the Later Qin Dynasty, because the current situation in the Southern and Northern Dynasties was too turbulent, so the economy was naturally very weak. (Some people in the Liu and Song Dynasties planned to reverse history and abolish currency.) However, according to historical records, the five baht in the Eastern Han Dynasty during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties

It is still widely circulated, and the Jin Dynasty has no record of large-scale minting of new currency (mainly because there are too many currencies left over from the Three Kingdoms period), so the monetary value of this book is based on the five baht of the Eastern Han Dynasty (Six Dynasties and Five Baht).

Forget about baht or anything like that, that thing is so shameless that no one will recognize it at all)
Chapter completed!