"Killing the governor of a state is no small matter. Chen Ping, what do you think?"
In the room, Chen Ping folded his arms and thought for a long time before replying, "Report the news of Lingzhou rebels' rebellion to the court, and at the same time, immediately dispatch soldiers and horses from all over the state to encircle and suppress them."
"However, it will still take some effort and time to catch them. Before that, our primary goal is to stabilize the situation and provide food..."
Yang Anguo waved his hand after hearing this, and said decisively: "Let's just cause chaos. The thieves want us to worry about the people and not be able to deal with them with all our strength. If we fall into their trap, we will fall behind."
"I'm responsible for everything. How can I, a disabled person who is about to become an official, be afraid of these things?"
Chen Ping sighed, this is the only way things can be done now. If he continues to entangle with Pi Xiu, he doesn't know when the chaos in Lingzhou will subside. Cutting off the wrists of a strong man is not an undesirable way.
Yang Anguo took a sip of tea and continued.
"By the way, the people sent to the neighboring states came back with news, and other states have also taken action. Pixiu and his gang are trapped in Lingzhou. Unless he has the ability to fly into the sky and escape from the earth, he can only stay honest. Stay in Lingzhou and play with us to the end!"
Chen Ping's lips moved slightly and his eyes flickered.
Pixiu, it’s easy to get on the gambling table in Lingzhou, but it’s up to you to think about it.
In the evening, the prefect's Yamen.
Yang Anguo met with people who were close to the government among the Lingzhou gentry, including Zheng Canghai. Everyone knew what the reason for the meeting was, so when Yang Anguo asked them to provide food to save the market, they responded to him There was only silence.
Yang Anguo was not in a hurry and played with the folding fan in his hand, looking very leisurely and elegant.
Finally, someone couldn't sit still anymore, and just as he was about to open his mouth to complain, Zheng Canghai snatched him away.
"Your Majesty has plans for the tens of millions of people in Lingzhou, how can we, the gentry, just sit back and watch the elders of Lingzhou trapped in water and fire? A certain family has fifteen hundred shi of food saved, and I am willing to do my best for the court!"
Zheng Canghai was worthy of being from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and his impassioned speech made the interrupted gentleman swallow his words alive.
The other gentry also looked at each other, and they all suspected that Zheng Canghai was a shill invited by the prefect, but so what if he talked about morality? The people present were not young men in their 10s or 20s, and everyone was talking about it. A veteran who speaks only for profit, if nothing else, he still has a thick skin.
"Master Zheng is very righteous. I also know your worries. To tell you the truth, I will be serving as an official in two years. I don't want to leave any regrets in Lingzhou as an official for the rest of my life. Now there are many vacancies for subordinate officials in Lingzhou. There is also a seat for the six-room official..."
How could Yang Anguo not know what they were thinking? Being friendly with the government was not a reason to take risks. The only things that could move these gentry were money and power.
Sure enough, as soon as he said these words, all the gentry present changed their expressions. Although the clerk was a low-ranking official, he had great power in the local area and was the most able to whet the appetite of these gentry.
After some thought, a group of gentry "offered" one after another to support the government's food rescue in exchange for Yang Anguo's promotion of their clan's children into the yamen as subordinate officials.
After everyone left, Chen Ping suddenly appeared and he was relieved when he asked Yang Anguo how many tens of thousands of stones he had raised in food.
"Although it cannot reverse the situation in one fell swoop, it has solved an urgent need. That's all I can do."
Yang Anguo sighed slightly, feeling ashamed that he was so nakedly exchanging terms with the gentry.
Chen Ping advised that this was not for personal gain, but an act of kindness and benevolence to save the people of Lingzhou, and hoped that Yang Anguo would not think too much about it.
With these tens of thousands of shi of grain put into the market, the price of food in Congxing Prefecture has finally stopped rising. It has temporarily stabilized at the price of three taels of silver per shi of grain. This price is still very expensive, but it is better than continuing to rise.< /p>
Lingzhou's panic has been contained. Chen Ping is waiting for the food from Qianzhou to arrive and Pixiu's next move, while Pixiu...
"Sir, the government has obtained a batch of grain from somewhere. We don't have much money left. What should we do next?"
After the ambush on Tang Hao failed, Pixiu took a group of troops and hid in a camp near Congxing Mansion in Lihong County. This was a stronghold for his organization's smuggling and transshipment in Lingzhou, and similar strongholds were scattered throughout the country. Lingzhou!
This is one of the reasons why Pixiu is so elusive that he is not discovered by the government.
After hearing the situation reported by his subordinates, Pixiu snorted and said: "It's just a desperate struggle. Throw out all the remaining silver and just tens of thousands of stones of food to solve the problem? It's too easy!"
Pixiu looked like he was sure of victory. In fact, he had already succeeded half the time when things got to this point. The incident in Lingzhou affected several nearby states, and it was impossible for the court not to know about it. The only flaw was that it was not big enough.
It must be so big that the emperor has to intervene and make a decision about Lingzhou, then he can be considered a complete success!
To achieve that step, he must not give Chen Ping any time to react, and make the Lingzhou officials exhausted with one attack after another.
"By the way, go tell those old people to calm down. I heard that the government killed a pian to show them. Hum, the government didn't dare to kill them. They only dared to kill chickens to scare monkeys. Grandpa, I'm not that particular!"< /p>
"Yes! Envoy!"
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Chen Ping has always wanted to find something to record the map of the organization's stronghold in Lingzhou. He had seen this thing before when he was in Qingzhou, but now that he came to Lingzhou, he found that Pixiu was as hard to catch as a loach. This was achieved with the help of these hidden strongholds.
As for how Pixiu could still control the price of grain in Lingzhou even after he proposed the purchase restriction policy to Yang Anguo, there should be Jin gentry secretly helping them.
If it were not an emergency period, the government would naturally be able to clean it up. However, the main goal now is to stabilize the situation and capture Pixiu. Even if it is known that some gentry are doing such things, there is no way to punish them.
He originally thought he could find it in Gong Heng, but things went against his expectations. He couldn't figure out the stronghold Pixiu could use in Lingzhou, and it would be extremely difficult to catch him, so he has been worrying.
Although he left the capital, Chen Ping kept paying attention to the changes in the capital through the news from Di Bao and Tianxiang Pavilion. He was afraid that the longer he spent in Lingzhou, the capital would not be able to catch up in time if something happened.
After all, Pixiu's organization is spread all over the world. Thinking about it, the headquarters should be in the capital. Catching and killing Pixiu is his current goal. He will have to face this behemoth no matter whether he wants it or not, so he has to make arrangements in advance.
After giving up hope on the stronghold map, Chen Ping began to look for other ways to catch Pi Xiu quickly, because things will change later!
I originally thought that tens of thousands of stones of grain would last for a while, but I didn't expect that the grain would be completely emptied on the third day, and the purchase restriction order had no effect.
When the news reached the Yamen, Chen Ping and Yang Anguo immediately realized that this was probably Pi Xiu's last money. But the problem was that they didn't have any money or food on hand. It would be at least half a month before food from other states came in.
Such a long time is enough for Lingzhou to turn into a mess!
"Hey, that's it. I've done everything I can. I just do my best to obey fate."
Yang Anguo shook his head and expressed that he had completely given up on controlling food prices. Chen Ping had a complicated look on his face. He didn't want to give up, but what could he do now?
"If Pixiu can be so arrogant, those Jin gentry will never be able to escape their involvement! I think they just want to drive up the price of food and hoard goods!"
"What's wrong with the people? What's wrong with Lingzhou?"
No matter how powerful Pixiu is, he can't achieve this level. I don't believe it if the gentry and Pixiu didn't team up to raise the price and beat Chen Ping to death!
The strange thing is that Yang Anguo's expression was calm after hearing this, as if he had known it for a long time.
"I praised you before for being mature, delicate, and flexible. Why are you so rude now?"
"It's not just the students who don't know, I really can't bear the suffering of the people!"
Yang Anguo took a deep breath and said helplessly: "Then what can you do? If you touch them now without any evidence, you will harm the people. Just deal with Pixiu first and then go back to settle the score with them."