Biography of Qingwu

Chapter 57
At the beginning of September, the plan to attack Xiang'an and Jingcheng was initially drawn up. Because of the civil strife and Wang An's attack on the Hou's Mansion a few days ago, it also prevented King Anjing from rushing to attack the two cities of Jingcheng in Xiang'an. Chen Qingwu also I breathed a sigh of relief.

Although this battle needs to be resolved quickly, it is not a blind rush.

It was only at the beginning of September, when the crops were in short supply, that they encountered great obstacles in terms of food and grass.

Although each garrison area hoards food and grass every year, it is not a wartime in previous years, and there is not much food and grass. Binzhou Xianzhou is also a border pass, with more defense than offense. If it is an expedition and a long-distance march, there must be insufficient food and grass reserves.But right now, there is no harvest. Last year's grain has bottomed out, and this year's grain has not yet been harvested. However, King Anjing can't keep occupying the border forever. He has to move forward as soon as possible.

King Anjing didn't want to take his time, but wanted to penetrate directly into the enemy's hinterland. The next step was to attack the imperial city.

In the meeting hall, several people stood in front of Zhao Guoyu's map, frowning.

"Binzhou is five hundred miles away from Xiang'an. Taking an army is nowhere near as easy as riding alone. Moreover, in order to deceive people, we can't go straight to Xiang'an by a single road. There are many detours in the middle. Calculated like this, it will take at least ten days. Only then can we reach Xiang'an." Standing beside King Anjing, Xu Wenjie said worriedly.

King Anjing nodded and asked, "How many days is enough for the military depot?"

Liang Yu replied, "It's enough for the army to reach the destination, but if the two cities of Xiang'an Jingcheng cannot be attacked for a long time, then there will be insufficient food and grass."

"We must make full preparations. There must be no shortage of food and grass. Let General Fan go to collect food from the people. How much food has been collected?" King Anjing looked at Liang Yu, but Liang Yu hadn't answered yet. Just broke in.

That big man looked vulgar, like a strong bull, and was walking this way with a burst of anger, and said as he walked, "This group of unscrupulous people!"

"General Fan, what's the matter?" Chen Ling walked out from King Anjing, stopped Fan Buwei, who restrained himself a little, and saluted King Anjing and his superiors.

Fan Buwei's tone was very distressed, "Right now is the time when there is no harvest, last year's grain has bottomed out, this year's grain is still growing in the ground, and everyone is still looking forward to a prosperous year, so there is no grain at all. If you are willing to give it to us, we will pay for it, and some wealthy households who have surplus food in their families have raised the price on the ground, and the price has increased by more than ten times! This, this, this! Isn’t this a disaster for the country?!”

Wang Xu of Anjing squinted his eyes, looked at Liang Yu and said, "This Binzhou is your territory. A few days ago, when you collected food, it was said that the people at the bottom couldn't get it. Now you have sent a general, why can't you get it? The folk customs of Binzhou are a bit tougher than a general who has experienced many battles."

Liang Yu's forehead was sweating. He didn't expect that even Fan Buwei would be helpless. He thought that Fan Buwei had experienced many battles and was majestic. He would definitely be able to deter these people, but he didn't think that Fan Buwei was just a brave general.

Fan Buwei was a reckless man, and when he heard King Anjing reprimanding his immediate superior, he immediately became stubborn, "How can we blame our Lord Hou! These people only guard their wives and children for an acre and three cents of their land. I don't understand the righteousness of family and country..."

"No way! Shut up!" Liang Yu scolded angrily. Although Fan Buwei was kind enough to defend him, but inadvertently, he might have offended King Anjing.

Wang Shang smelled something different, and immediately said: "Yes, General Fan, since we have enshrined King Anjing as our Lord, then King Anjing will be His Majesty in the future. As a subject, how dare you speak to King Anjing like this? !"

Liang Yu glared at the other party. There was something in his words, as if he was implying that Liang Yu had disobedience to King Anjing.But he couldn't find fault with Wang Shang's words, he just gritted his teeth and said, "It's the Marquis who has no way to discipline his subordinates. Fan doesn't do it. Go to the Military Law Office to get twenty army sticks to punish you for your crime of disrespect today."

Everyone present did not say a word, and no one gave Liang Yu a step down, so Fan Buwei went away in a muffled voice. Liang Yu was very upset, and said sarcastically, "In the past, I only heard that General Wang made great achievements in battle, and I thought it was a Unexpectedly, the rough man is just like Fang Qi in the past, he is a person with all aspects!"

"Fang Qi's reputation as a treacherous sycophant is unknown to the civil and military officials of the two dynasties. They compare me with Fang Qi. It seems that the affairs of Liang Hou's army are not allowed to be discussed by others. I just act recklessly. Liang Hou forgive me." Wang Shang is not to be outdone. , although the grade is much lower than Liang Yu, but now he is also following King Anjing, and now he can compete for superiority, but he can't judge superiority, so he has become hardened.

Liang Yu snorted coldly and stopped talking to him.

Xu Wenjie intervened and said with a laugh: "The misunderstanding between me and Marquis Liang has just been resolved. Why is General Wang making trouble again? What are we doing among ourselves?"

King Anjing said with a hint of warning: "What Xu Hou said is that they are all on their own, and they must be united. The current problem is food and grass. If you have any ideas, it's okay to say."

Chen Ling hesitated and said, "Perhaps, it's time to force the collection of grain. Go from house to house and collect a stone of grain from each."

Xu Wenjie immediately shook his head and denied it, "Some poor people, the whole family just pointed at the grain. As far as I know, some poor people don't even have a stone of grain in this season. If they are forcibly expropriated, wouldn't they have to At this time, the most important thing we should pay attention to is the will of the people."

Marquis Liang had collected food and grass for several days, but he only collected a thousand stones, which was far from enough to support the army to fight.Now he can't do anything, so he just sits on the chair and doesn't say a word.

Seeing that Jin was at a loss, Gao Zhan came in with a letter and quietly handed it to Chen Qingwu.

There were a few words written on the envelope, which was signed by my sister Chen Qingwu.

Chen Qingwu's seat was at the end, and no one was paying attention to her at this time, so she quietly opened the letter and read it.After reading it, I feel like I'm thinking about it.

"Let me come up with an idea for the prince!" Chen Qingwu stood up with a smile, and folded the letter in his hand.

All eyes were on her, she stepped forward unhurriedly, and said, "My younger brother is studying in Xiang'an, this is a letter from him, the letter said, His Majesty Zhao Huaining, in order to fill the national treasury, this year's autumn harvest Afterwards, the tax was increased by [-]%, and the decree has been sent to Xiang'an, "

Others could not understand what she meant, she continued: "Why don't you take this opportunity and let the people choose their positions, one side is the lord who pays for the purchase of grain and grass, and the other is the lord who wants to forcefully increase taxes, this is easy to do Make a choice?"

Liang Yu sneered and said, "Just increasing the tax by [-]%, I'm afraid it will be difficult to arouse public anger. Also, because Xianzhou Binzhou and Hangu Pass are already on the prince's side, the military salary that should have been issued this month is It has not been issued, and there is not much money left in the army."

However, Chen Qingwu said confidently: "Master Hou must have never done business, right? At this time and at that time, maybe five taels of silver can only buy grain once in the past, but when the two sides are opposed, the price of this grain, how much is a stone of grain worth?" , then we can't follow the constant in the past, just like General Fan said today, some merchants know that there will be wars and disasters, and the country will suffer and raise prices. Then we can also lower the price. For Zhao Huaining's side, besides, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and the [-]% tax increase has not yet come down, so we can act first."

"It's better to strike first?" King Anjing asked suspiciously.

Chen Qingwu said: "You can find a few people to pretend to be businessmen and spread rumors in Binzhou and several surrounding cities that Zhao Huaining will increase taxes by [-]%.

So it turned out that everyone present gave her admiring glances, and Xu Wenjie praised her even more: "You girl, you are a ghost, if this is the case, the people may ask us to collect their food."

Liang Yu couldn't help laughing. The problem that had been stuck on him for several days was easily solved by her. Sure enough, he was very cunning, but he was a rebellious person, and he refused to easily admit that he was not as good as a little girl. Said coldly: "Stealing and playing tricks!"

Chen Qingwu ignored him. In fact, she now felt that Liang Hou was not a big evil person, but he was just rebellious and unreasonable.

"It's just that the price of this food can't be suppressed too much. My lord, you can also take this opportunity to become emperor. As long as these people stand by our side, then we can win the imperial city in the future and be exempted from taxes for half a year. This will further win the hearts of the people." !"

"Pass down the order, and do as Miss Chen says!" King An Jing looked at Chen Qingwu who was opposite him. He was so intelligent, and at this moment he felt that choosing her was an incomparably correct choice.

(End of this chapter)