Chapter 510: Passionate, Hot-Blooded, Terrifying and Cold (Part 2)
August more than two months ago, or a little earlier, was the starting point where everything started.
Everything in the court was led by the two prime ministers, who mobilized huge power and gathered the strength of many people in the north and south to transport large quantities of grain into the disaster-stricken areas where food prices had soared.
In this process, Zhuji exerted great power, and with the participation of some other forces. They were responsible for liaison between the north and the south, arranging itineraries for everyone, ensuring safety, and with the cooperation of the government, everything was put into operation. During that time, it was
When Ning Yi started to get busy, she was concerned about Tong Shuer's murder case and ran back and forth. Only then did she learn about the price of food and gradually became suspicious of it.
In the following time, Zhu Ji slowed down the pace of expansion, and out of disgust, he wanted to cut off all contacts with Ning Yi. During this process, groups of people were rushing to Hedong, Hebei
, Huainan, Jinghu and other places, at first, they went there purely in the mood of doing business, but among them, there was one
The group of people played a huge role, just like what these young people named Yu said about Shopkeeper Yao. In the process of traveling from north to south, he told them some simple principles and guided them to give porridge and food.
He used words to put them in opposition to those big grain farmers, and gradually achieved an effect similar to incitement.
When I first heard about it, Shishi thought that such a person was just Shopkeeper Yao, a seasoned social leader who maximized the effect of things. But gradually as I listened, Shishi discovered that there might be far more than one such person.
two.
Among the roads affected by the disaster this time, there were a total of seven large business roads supported by the imperial court. After entering the disaster area, these seven routes were dispersed, and on each route. At this time, there were a certain number of merchants, similar to the Yu family.
There are passionate people. They
I originally went there for business, and called my nephew at home, also to see the world. Later, I gradually saw the miserable state of the victims and the inhumanity of the rich. After I became hostile, I began to prepare for the second and third times of disaster relief. At the same time, I called my family.
of others involved.
"...The further we get to the back, the harder it is to buy food and have bad luck. But this time we have already planned to go back and forth a few more times. In the end, we transported it in at home. It cost at least two thousand to three thousand dan to make it clear.
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"...You are so proud to talk about two or three thousand dan. Did you know that the Hou family we met last time, their fleet transported 1,500 dan in one go."
"You can eat as much as you want. We always do our best to live up to our own conscience. And the Hou family is also our in-laws. Didn't I say last time that Mr. Hou intended to betroth their seventh girl to Xiao Liu? Because
Xiao Liu cried when he was giving porridge, and Mr. Hou said he had a kind heart... Tsk, if I had known I would cry too."
"Uh... Fifth brother, don't talk nonsense. They are just talking casually. You can't talk nonsense..."
"This is not casual, people think highly of you... But when it comes to crying, I have seen disaster victims before. I have really cried about Geng Qingtian..."
"That thing...if I had been there, I don't know what I would have done with my temper..."
Time passed, and everyone in the Nuan Pavilion was still talking constantly. Shishi was in this business, and what he was good at on weekdays was to extract clues from everyone's words to piece together the huge outline. The more he pieced it together, the more he pieced it together.
The more it surges, the harder it is to stop.
In the Wu Dynasty at this time, there would always be famines every once in a while. Even if they were concentrated in a small place, they could not be called a rare tragedy in the world. At least Shishi himself had seen famines and relief works.
Among these landowners and grain merchants traveling from north to south, they may have provided grain in the past during famine years, but the situation was different from previous years.
The deliberate guidance of those Bamboo Keepers inspired their kind thoughts. At the same time, the mutual communication between different food carriers also gave them the impression that they were not alone. They recognized and cheered each other up, which made their hearts warmer. From these
Young people occasionally say "I heard how the south is like" and "I heard how the food prices are on Hebei Road."
"In the process, Shishi was keenly aware that there was at least one hub connecting various places, constantly rendering this information to them, and the matter of County Magistrate Geng was said to have been resolved in just a few days.
Spread throughout the disaster-stricken area, it would not be possible unless there is an orderly and conscious control by a force behind the scenes.
A county magistrate with a clear mind, in the famine years, would rather let his family eat chaff and drink porridge, but also try his best to keep the hungry people alive. However, when he asked a big family to sell grain, he was actually assassinated by someone sent by the big family. It can be seen that
These people are so vicious and evil.
After these people entered the disaster area and attracted attention, conflicts broke out in several places, but they were suppressed later. The persuasion of shopkeeper Yao was obviously very effective. After that, he informed them that some people in other places were beaten by people sent by big families.
Some people retreated because of the injury, but some people became more stubborn. Listening to the words of these young people surnamed Yu, they already vaguely felt that in this matter, they were injured by a big family.
It is a more glorious thing.
In various parts of the north and south, groups of people were incited in this way, and their blood was aroused by what they saw and heard in the disaster area. It was difficult for Master De to not think of Ning Yi's actions of absorbing those storytellers in Zhuji. That night
, wait until all the family members have left, wait until late at night
Jing, her mind kept ringing. She thought of the passion of these people and how they spread all over the world and fought with those big families. Then she thought of Zuo Jilan, Mr. Sun of Jinghu, and the wealthy Huainan family.
Tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
In the end, the feeling of fear was even greater.
Over the years, she has lived in the capital. Because she is a woman, some of her insights may not be as good as others, but most of all she understands the horror of power. Of course, the behavior of these young people is admirable. There may be many people from the north and the south who can connect and echo each other.
There are few, but in the court and in the power arena, these loose people cannot be the backstage.
They may also be families with good status in the local area, with land and land, and many of them can be regarded as high-ranking families. But after listening to it for a while, Shishi knew that these people could not enter the real circle of power. They had no one in the capital.
In other places, if there are no relatives who serve as high-ranking officials, even if there are some
One or two officials were selected, and most of them were minor officials. As for the Zuo family, the Sun family, and the Huainan wealthy merchants, those who had connections with them were often high-ranking officials. If necessary, Cai Jing, Wang Fu, and Li
I can also talk to people like Kuni Yan and Tong Guan. Some of them even have close ties with the royal family.
This time, they were passionate and passionate, and their words seemed to reveal a heroic spirit of believing that evil can never prevail over time. But in fact, if it weren't for this disaster relief, the power of the Prime Minister's Office had firmly grasped the power of several people.
The security forces on this line. They
If you enter the market like this and lower the price of grain, you will really be beaten to death. In the process of selling grain, competing with local snakes for profit is the biggest protection for them. Master also understands that to achieve this effect, it is necessary
The Prime Minister, Ning Yi and others put in so much energy.
But now, they are selling grain all over the world, but the local wealthy families have found the core of the problem and started to come to the capital. If there are three people who have found them, then outside of them, they are trying to take action here.
Yes, maybe thirty or three hundred.
With such worries in her heart, she felt a little anxious the next day. In the past, she listened to the deeds of various heroes, and most admired those great heroes who did what they did for justice even though tens of thousands of people could not do it. But this kind of thing fell into place.
When it comes to the people around her who she agrees with, she knows the pros and cons and becomes afraid instead.
In the past two years, the left and right prime ministers have been in power and their power has been maintained for a long time. Prime Minister Li is upright and firm in character, and Prime Minister Qin has a sharp approach to affairs. The two of them, one in charge and the other in assistance, promote the Northern Expedition. But when it comes to the top level.
I have always maintained the impression that the most powerful people in the capital today are Cai Taishi and Wang Shaoshi.
These old officials, whose gangs are all over the world, are forbearing for the sake of the overall situation. But if a conflict really breaks out, the two prime ministers may not be able to withstand their sharp tactics. Because they have to do things, Taishi Cai and the others only offend the people and not corrupt officials.
The two Prime Ministers have offended many powerful people. This time, I am afraid there are even more.
No matter how powerful their methods were, she was still worried about whether they could resist them even though she was an outsider.
That morning, she was thinking about this matter and planned to go find Ning Yi in the afternoon. Maybe her worries were overstated, but it was better to inform him. After all, the Zuo family and the Sun family were not easy to mess with. However,
After noon, before I went out, I heard someone coming to announce
, said Zuo Jilan that Mr. Zuo had arrived and asked her to go out. Shishi wanted to delay the time and hurriedly asked the maid to invite Mr. Zuo to come in for a while, saying that she had something to do and had to wait. But not long after, the maid came in and said
Mr. Zuo was waiting outside the gate of Fanlou, saying that he would not come in and sit down.
This move showed the man's strength and dominance, but Shishi was too lazy to pay attention to it at this time. She quickly went to find Li's mother, told her about Zuo Jilan, and asked her to help find Ning Yi, saying hello first.
He dragged her here before leaving. Li Yun gave her a strange look, and finally went out in person to report the news.
Shishi went to a room on the second floor in front of Fan Building, quietly opened the window and looked down. On the street outside, Zuo Jilan and Wang Zhizhen were talking about something. After a while, an official stopped to talk to them.
The person who spoke was a member of the Ministry of Industry, Mr. Li, who also knew Zuo Jilan. The two of them laughed and talked for a while. During the conversation, Zuo Jilan occasionally turned around and looked towards Fanlou with a frown.
Shishi knew that her delay would definitely offend the other party, but her offense was only a trivial matter. She was thinking at the window about what the other party might have said to Ning Yi in the past, and how she could help ease the atmosphere so that the two sides would not really fight.
With a broken face, he stood in Ning Yi's position and thought about how to solve this matter: It is impossible to ignore the disaster area, but if it is necessary to control, how can so many people be offended.
I was in a state of turmoil when I suddenly heard a commotion from below. I heard Zuo Jilan say: "What are you doing -" followed by a scream and chaos...
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Zuo Jilan didn't have much to think about for his trip to Beijing. For him, everything could be done step by step: visiting his uncle Zuo Houwen, visiting officials with whom he was close, and asking some Beijing officials for Qi Fanghou.
Senior officials forward letters. If these things are done, the pressure on the Prime Minister's Office will take shape.
, the pressure on Ning Liheng was even greater. He wanted to come and say hello. He had already thought about it. As the heir of the Zuo family, he would treat the other party with affection and reason, but in terms of words,
In the end, he will tell the other party clearly: "If I don't get off the stage this time, I will definitely kill you."
It doesn't matter if you can explain it more clearly.
Although he was proud, he was not an irrational person. On the contrary, he especially knew that this trip to Beijing required vigorous action, so he did not waste any time. After entering Beijing, he quickly visited everyone and handed his message to the poetry meeting where he met Master Li.
He is practical
I went to meet several other uncles. My cousin Zuo Houwen knew that he was somewhat interested in Master Li, so he arranged the idea of this "middle man". After Master Li left, he also told him with a smile, "I'm here for you."
This means creating an opportunity."
Zuo Jilan just smiled proudly. He had no intention of looking for a girl. But Li Shishi was pretty and had a good temperament. It would be good if he could take away a girl's heart during his trip to Beijing.
In the capital, I'm afraid many people were coaxing the oiran with all their support, but he didn't do this. When he arrived at the Fan Tower, the maid asked him to go in and sit and wait. He just waited on the roadside. It was also to give the other party a meaning:
Come out quickly. Some women may be angry because of this, but he is qualified. Even if many women start to get angry, they will not be tamed by him in the end. Women are mainly cheap.
But this time, the other party might really have something to do, so he kept him waiting for a long time. Maybe he wanted to play hard to get with him and deliberately manipulated him. Not long after, he met Mr. Li, who had visited the day before yesterday, and chatted for a while.
But he became a little impatient: This woman, I wonder if he is here to do something, who is playing these false tricks with her...
Because of this, he was a little angry. When a pedestrian suddenly bumped into him on the road, he pushed him out smoothly: "What are you doing-"
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Compared with Zuo Jilan's calmness and taken for granted, Wang Zhizhen is more aware of the intricate feeling in the power field, and he likes this feeling.
This time in Beijing, the Zuo family brought a lot of pressure on the Prime Minister's Mansion and Ning Yi. And from all over the world, every trace of pressure is gathering here. In the end, they all have to compromise. This is
The essence lies.
This is the way of being dignified, the essence of condensing power, where great power lies. The real power cannot be represented by a prime minister or even the title of an emperor. The real power lies in following the trend. No matter how powerful the person is, he must compromise. And he
, a talented man with profound knowledge but failed several times, finally promoted part of this trend and drowned out those high-ranking guys.
Li Xiang, Qin Xiang, Li Pin, Ning Yi and some of their colleagues may be very stubborn, but they will understand what the general trend is. He is also sorry to die in the barren years, but how can human desires be suppressed? If so
One day when he reaches a high position, he will have more powerful and reasonable means to change everything, instead of being as stupid as them. Before that, he is happy to see these fools collapse and compromise.
Therefore, he is also looking forward to today's meeting. What attitude will the other party show? Disgusted or polite? Modesty or irritable? But any smart person will understand what is the general trend and there is no way to reverse it, and he is prepared.
A few words should teach the other person to understand this.
Hedong Road is pressing over, the Zuo family is pressing over, the Qi family is pressing over, and countless people from all over the world are pressing over...
He didn't expect the next scene.
"What are you doing-"
Zuo Jilan pushed the beggar who bumped into him, and the beggar fell to the side of the road with a bang, and then bright red blood flowed out of his head.
Both Zuo Jilan and Wang Zhizhen were stunned, and then they understood: "Damn it, you're trying to mess with me! Don't even look where you are... beat him to death. No, catch him and send him to Kaifeng Mansion for severe punishment.
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Zuo Jilan roared like this, and the guards next to him came over immediately to arrest the beggar with a bloody head on the ground. At the same time, a team of policemen from Kaifeng Mansion came over: "What are you doing...
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"Hey, Wu Na, the head catcher, come here. This guy is openly cheating in broad daylight. He must be arrested and severely punished——"
"Qingtianlangri, who are you, how dare you commit such a crime——"
"This catcher, I am Li Jing, a member of the Ministry of Industry..."
"Catch him!"
"right……"
"What are you doing..."
"Hurry and ask for the doctor, someone is going to die here——"
"Deliberately hurting others..."
"Hey, hey, what are you doing? I don't want to live anymore..."
In the chaos, the police officers began to put the shackles on Zuo Jilan. The teacher upstairs widened her eyes, she could see that it was obviously a porcelain attack, but Zuo Jilan was arrested, then
Mr. Li couldn't stop himself. Some people began to exaggerate "outsiders committing murder." Zuo Jilan was obviously confused, and then struggled and shouted: "Do you know who I am! Do you know who I am..."
"My father is Zuo Duanyou! My father is Zuo Duanyou! You are dead, do you know! My father is Zuo Duanyou——"
During the roar, a young man in the crowd raised his hand towards Mr. Li, who walked over to him. The two chatted for a few words, but Mr. Li looked over and didn't know what to say. But the teacher
He recognized that this person was a disciple of Prime Minister Qin Wenren Fuer. After talking to Li Jing, he walked over to Wang Zhizhen, who was already stunned.
Seeing Li Jing talking to the other party, Wang Zhizhen understood that there was something inside. This sudden turn of events was like a wake-up call. He tried to stop the policeman from capturing Zuo Jilan, but the policeman pushed him away. Zuo Jilan
Then he asked him to find someone to kill these guys. The young man who finished talking to Li Jing walked over to this side.
"Brother Wang Zhizhen, I have admired your name for a long time." The other party bowed his hand.
"Who...are you, do you know..."
"I'm here to pass on something." Wenren Buer took out a letter from his sleeve. The letter was sealed with wax and read on the front: "Brother Zuo Duanyou respectfully expresses his gratitude." The signature was: "Brother,
Qin."
"It's just a show for now. Mr. Zuo will have good food and a good place to live here, and he won't be treated badly. Brother Wang, don't worry. This letter was written by Mr. Qin, the master of the family, to Mr. Zuo. He also asked Brother Wang to take it back to Hedong and deliver it to him when the time comes.
Brother Wang naturally knows how to pick up Mr. Zuo... We don't have much time and the water in the capital is deep. Brother Wang, stop wandering around and go back early."
Wang Zhizhen was really confused now. He had been in the capital for a few days, and it would be okay even if he returned without success. It was not that he had not considered it, but everything was too sudden now. The most important thing is that he was Zuo Jilan's staff.
Zuo Jilan's grain harvesting was handled by him.
.They went to Beijing to put pressure, and Qin Siyuan actually arrested Zuo Jilan directly, and wrote a letter to Zuo Duanyou, who was said to have broken off the relationship - what should he say when he personally handed the letter to Zuo Duanyou...
One can only imagine what Zuo Duanyou would think of him...
The policemen arrested Zuo Jilan and dragged him away noisily. Wang Zhizhen took the letter and stood by the roadside for a while, not knowing what to do.
Suddenly, a figure ran past him...
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Shishi was watching from upstairs. When she saw Wenren Fuer, she naturally thought of what this was about.
At this time, Mother Li had not gone out for a long time, so it must not have been the other party's response after the news was handed out. In other words, they had already prepared for Zuo Jilan. Such a vigorous and resolute method made Shishi breathe out a sigh of relief, and then,
But he didn't really feel relaxed. Now the battle between the two sides has begun. Even if Zuo Jilan is captured, the opponent still has several wealthy families in the disaster-stricken area. How many people can be dealt with with this tough method.
She chased out of the building and caught up with Wenren Fujian who was walking at the end.
"Young Master Wenren, Mr. Wenren."
The title of Shishi was soft and sweet. Hearing this, Buer turned his head, then smiled and cupped his hands: "Oh, Miss Shishi, what's the matter?" Then he said, "Could it be that you want to pay tribute to the young master who hurts people in broad daylight?
intercede?"
Shishi smiled and shook his head: "He wants to go find Li Heng. I'm dragging him in the building. I even called my mother to report the news. I didn't expect you to take action. Mr. Wenren, you guys are in trouble...
Bar?"
Wenren Buer smiled and thought for a while: "It's not easy. Miss Li also knows?"
"I'm afraid Li Heng may have a lot of troubles over there, too?"
"It's really troublesome. Recently, some people with connections have come to his home. Recently, some cotton merchants, silk merchants and some of his Zhuji partners have come to his home and asked him to stop, otherwise they threatened not to cooperate with him.
Not supplying goods to him. His wife is thinking about old friendships and is also waiting for him to express his stance. She has not yet dealt with these people harshly. No, today we are here to arrest Zuo Jilan, and he will go back to deal with this matter..."
The two of them walked forward while talking.
"No wonder he has been very busy recently. But I have something to do. Can I go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to meet him tomorrow?"
"Actually, he's not very busy. When Miss Shishi comes over, he must have time..."
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Back in time not long ago, Ning Yi was leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion and wanted to take time to return home to deal with the affairs of many guests. In late October, all kinds of trivial troubles really came one after another...