Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 885

Chapter 7 Concubine is willing to do anything for the general

Dongshan, Kuaiji County, Shengzhou, when mentioning Dongshan, people can't help but think of an idiom-resurrection.During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Xie An, a famous man in the world, was jealous and excluded by villains in the court. In his anger, he made the emperor use him and demote him every moment.In a fit of anger, Xie An resigned and went to live in seclusion in Dongshan, Kuaiji, where he invited people to play chess and kept his ears quiet. Xie An set up Dongshan Academy to concentrate on training his nephews, including Xie Xuan, Xie Daoyun and other nephews, all studying here.

Later, Di Qin and Fu Jian led an army of 85 to invade the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Only then did the court think of Xie An and decided to use him again, so they sent people to Dongshan and named him the governor of the conquest.The prime minister knew it was important to be able to save the country by sailing a boat, Xie An didn't shirk it, he returned to the court to dispatch troops and generals, to rectify from top to bottom, clear rewards and punishments, the officers and soldiers were united, and wanted to fight Fu Jianjian to the death.

Of course, everyone knows what happened next. The Feishui War broke out, and Xie Anju dispatched it in the middle. His nephew Xie Xuan came to command the front line in person. Victory record.

Times have changed, Dongshan is still Dongshan, but the Xie family in Chenjun has long been a thing of the past, and the prosperity is no longer there.

It is undeniable that a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Although the Xie family is no longer comparable to the Xie family that Wang Sima ruled the world at that time, the Xie family's background makes the Chen Jun Xie family still the leading big family in Jiangzuo.

At this time, Xie Hui, the patriarch of the Xie family, was the grandson of Chen Chaozhong's servant Zhong, General Renwei, and Situ Zuo Changshi Xie Zhe.The son of Xie Bing, the prefect of Guangling in the Sui Dynasty.Xie Huile is very famous for doing good deeds and helping the village.

Compared with the four distinct seasons in Guanzhong, the weather in Shengzhou is like heaven.There is no severe cold in winter and no severe heat in summer.The land is fertile and crops can be grown twice a year.

At this time, in Xie's Dongshan Bieyuan, the carts were like running water and the horses were like dragons, and there were a large number of carts loaded with rice and grain.When you come to the door, after the measurement of the measuring container, you will not enter the granary of Xie's other courtyard at all, but sail along the official road towards Kuaiji Wharf.

Xie Hong, who was dressed in a Taoist robe, looked anxiously at the gray-haired Xie Hui and said, "Brother, you can think clearly, the Xie clan has become the public enemy of the Guanzhong and Shandong clans, not to mention Chen Ying, even your Majesty , and it is difficult to protect and be comprehensive!"

Guanzhong grain merchants play games for the sake of huge profits.Now that the Xie family is sending food to Guanzhong, it is cutting off people's wealth, just like killing their parents.

Xie Hui shook his head and said: "Erlang, don't talk about it, the old man has a son, only Ke'er (Xie Yingdeng) has one son!"

"I think Ke'er is already out!" Xie Hong said anxiously: "But, brother, if we want to save Ke'er, we Ke'er, we can think of other ways, besides, Ke'er did not directly participate in the plot to abolish King Qin. The reverse case!"

"Although he didn't really participate, he is a general who abolished King Qin, and his official career is over in this life!" Xie Hui said in an unquestionable tone: "If we can solve this matter with a mere 30 yuan, wouldn't it be a loss?"

Hearing this, Xie Hong was also speechless.

Regardless of Xie Hui's righteousness, in fact, this transaction also has huge benefits, which makes him tempted.

After all, food in the south of the Yangtze River is as cheap as dirt. Although Fu Gongyou rebelled, it took only three months from the rebellion to the pacification. Although the impact was there, it was limited.The price of grain in the south of the Yangtze River is three to five yuan per bucket of rice. It is not too much to describe it as cheap as dirt.Xie Hui bought 30 million shi of grain for 500 guan at the price of six qian per bucket of rice, but when the 500 million shi of grain was shipped to Guanzhong, Chen Yinghui bought it all at the price of ten qian per dou of rice.

Without the Grand Canal built by Yang Guang, it would be almost impossible for these rice grains to return to Chang'an, and it would take three months at the fastest, but now they are transported by the Grand Canal, which can save 500% of the loss. The consumption is less than one percent.In other words, if 50 million shi of grain enters Guanzhong, about [-] million shi can be consumed on the way.

But about ten thousand guan, that is to say, once the 500 million shi grains were in and out, Xie Hui had no loss at all, but made a profit of nearly 20 thousand guan.

This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that they got into Chen Ying's line, which means they entered the emperor's sight.

The survival of the aristocrats is basically to be in politics, and then to shelter servants in business.The official is the umbrella of the commercial way, and the business way makes money to run the official way, and the two are indispensable.

However, the Xie family in Chenjun is very embarrassed now that Jiangnan is no longer the political center of the imperial court. Although their Chen Yingxie family has tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, their annual income is only more than 1 yuan. The key is that there are thousands of children in the Xie clan, and this income cannot be maintained at all.

As the head of the Xie family in Chenjun, Xie Hui has been relying on the shadow of his ancestors to gnaw at his roots.He wanted to sell grain as a grain merchant, but because there was no grain sales market, he would offend the public by recklessly transporting grain into Guanzhong.Naturally, the Xie family in Chenjun did not have food sources and distribution centers. The 72 counties in the eight counties of Xuyang are actually the sphere of influence of the eight major families in Jiangzuo.

The key is that this is no longer the Southern Dynasties period. There is no 50 army of the imperial court here, let alone millions of overseas Chinese.

At this time, 72 counties in Xuyang's eight counties became pure grain production areas. Although there was a lot of grain here, they could not be transported for sale.

Anyway, the decline of the Xie family in Chenjun has become a fact.If there is no change, after three to fifty years, the property left by these ancestors may not be preserved, and there is no worse result than this.

Xie Hui doesn't think people are old, but his heart is not old, so he decided to take a risk.

As early as two months ago, when the grain merchants in Guanzhong were making secret arrangements, Chen Ying had already discovered the clues.For people like Chen Ying, the laws of the market have already been deeply rooted in their bones.Only things that violate the laws of the market, Chen Ying will definitely not ignore them.

Chen Ying sent out a secret investigation, only to find out that someone in the Guanzhong Grain Market was doing the trick. Although he didn't find out who was behind the scenes, it was only after the Turkic incident.Chen Ying was horrified to find out that the mastermind behind the scenes was definitely not planning to make huge profits in food.

Goguryeo frequently mobilized troops and horses in Liaodong, and the Eastern Turks infiltrated unscrupulously along the border of more than [-] miles from Hexi to Hebei. This made Chen Ying smell the smell of conspiracy in the air in Guanzhong.

However, Chen Ying couldn't report to Li Jiancheng based on his imagination when the big shots behind the scenes were involved, but at this moment, Chen Ying decided to let them speculate.

In order to encourage poor people to reclaim wasteland and land, Datang Tongli Bank provided loans to the people through poverty-supporting loans, so that the people had money to buy farm tools, farm tools, cattle and seeds. These farmers got the income and deducted the necessary rations. All the surplus grain was used to repay the debt, and the Henan branch alone received about 200 million shi of grain loan repayment.

If there was no food crisis in Guanzhong, Chen Ying would still have a headache for these grains. Datang Tongli Bank is not a branch in Henan, but also branches in Hebei, Hedong, and Bashu. Except for the Western Regions branch, these banks have a total harvest of about More than five million stones of grain.

Just to store these grains, Chen Ying built thousands of cellars in various places, and the hired workers cost tens of thousands of guan each year.

Before the food crisis broke out this time, Chen Ying had actually started secretly transporting grain towards Guanzhong, but he didn’t go directly into Guanzhong. Most of the grain in Henan Province was concentrated in Taolin, an abandoned mining area under Chen Ying’s name. Inside, the grain in Hedong is concentrated in Longmen, which is only short of crossing the Yellow River from Guanzhong. The grain in Bashu reaches as many as one million shi. It is Chen Ying's favorite. In this time and space, he plans to build his own Luzhou Laojiao in Luzhou.

Chen Ying originally wanted to take advantage of the food crisis in Guanzhong to mobilize some people to relocate, but it was a pity. Wei Zheng rejected Chen Ying's proposal on the grounds that Guanzhong was the foundation of the world. Li Jiancheng reluctantly ordered the relocation of [-] households out of Guanzhong. As far as Wanhu and the people in Guanzhong are concerned, they can't control the overall situation.

Chen Ying not only used Datang Tongli Bank to purchase grain in Henan, but also purchased grain in Hebei.The total amount of these grains exceeds 500 million shi, plus the 500 million shi raised by Xie Hui in the south of the Yangtze River, a total of 1000 million shi of grain. In fact, Chen Ying once calculated that 800 million shi would be enough to solve the food crisis in Guanzhong.

Of course, part of it will be consumed on the road.

The biggest problem for Chen Ying to make a plan is that these grains are not a small amount. When they are transported from Hebei, Henan, Guanzhong, and Bashu to Guanzhong, they are easy to be discovered by the grain merchants in Guanzhong.Therefore, in order to deceive others and cross the sea, Chen Ying asked Li Jiancheng to order the Twelve Guards to deploy for defense, and all the food was escorted by the army along the way.

In this way, although there will be large-scale dispatch records of ships or vehicles, it is impossible to find out what the real reason is.

In order to be on the safe side, Chen Ying adopted the trick of pretending to be fake.

Thousands of horse-drawn carriages marched along the official road of Tongguan to Guanzhong.A school lieutenant rode on a horse and shouted loudly: "Old people in Guanzhong, you are saved. Your Majesty has transferred food from Henan Mansion to the customs!"

Hearing this news, all the common people lined up to welcome and looked forward to it.

As the saying goes, some people are happy and some people are worried.

The grain merchants were shocked when they got the news.They hurriedly sent someone pretending to be a transporter, approached the grain trucks, and secretly inspected the grain trucks. They found that only the upper layer of these so-called grain trucks was grain, and the bottom layer was all gravel.

The grain merchants all laughed out loud.

Laughing Chen Ying is worthy of being an outstanding general of the Tang Dynasty, who used the art of war to the extreme.

Chang'an City and the major official warehouses still sell grain at a fair price, but the price of grain has risen at an upper price of five cents per day.

In a luxurious carriage, with the windows firmly closed, suddenly a Yuan entourage walked up to the carriage and bowed to salute: "I report to the leader, I have found something!"

A hoarse voice came from the carriage: "Say!"

Yuan's retinue bowed and said: "Among the people who bought grain, we found the servants of King Huai'an and the disciples of Duke Liang."

Immediately there was an unscrupulous voice from the carriage: "Child Chen Ying has only this little help left. He goes in with his left hand and goes out with the right. This old man wants to see how much money he has to pay for."

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Chen Ying was extremely busy these days in Chenjiabao in Chang'an Qinglin, leaving early and returning late every day.When Chen Ying returned with a tired body, he found that there was no one in the backyard.

Chen Ying shouted: "Come here!"

After a while, a servant bowed in and said, "What are your orders, son-in-law!"

Chen Ying asked, "Where are the princesses?"

The servant bowed and said: "Reporting to the son-in-law, Mrs. Ying Guogong called all the noble relatives and ladies to hold a banquet in Chang'an. The princess went to Ying Guogong's mansion to have a banquet. I don't think she will come back today!"

Chen Ying waved his hand.

The servant stepped back.

However, just as the servant reached the door, he turned around and came back.

Chen Ying raised his head and asked, "What's the matter?"

The servant said cautiously: "Report to the son-in-law...Chang...Changsun, please see me!"

Chen Ying thought for a while and said, "Let her in!"

In fact, Chen Ying didn't need to meet Changsun Wugou to know what Changsun Wugou's purpose was.She wanted to rescue Changsun Wuji.

It's just that this idea is too naive.

Although it has been more than three months since the Xuanwumen incident, Changsun Wuji confessed too many unimaginable crimes in the prison of Dali Temple under the interrogation of Dai Jia, the cold-faced Hades, including the murder of Dou Jiande, The rebellion of Hebei's aristocratic families, Liu Shishan's sweep of Hebei in three months, and the forced rebellion of the Jianghuai Army under Du Fuwei's command all have the shadows of Changsun Wuji and Du Yan.

The key is that Du Yan and Changsun Wuji are both smart people, and they both know the seriousness of this fate. In prison, the two of them evaded each other and exposed each other, including Yang Wenqian's rebellion, which was all exposed.

In fact, the two of them hadn't been sentenced yet, and they basically revealed their crimes, but it was Changsun Wuji who confessed that Du Yan was the mastermind, and Du Yan confessed that Changsun Wuji was the mastermind.

Now that the evidence of these crimes has been basically verified, not to mention Chen Ying, even Li Jiancheng can't pardon the two of them. The two of them are too poisonous, and they are full of civil and military officials. Who dares to be ministers with them?
Sure enough, it was as expected by Chen Ying.

The eldest grandson Wugou came into the small hall, with tears on his face, he knelt down on the ground with a plop towards Chen Ying: "General Chen, please raise your hand and save my brother!"

Chen Ying sighed and said, "Changsun, please get up!"

The eldest grandson Wugou made a fool of Chen Ying, she choked up and said, "If the general doesn't agree to help, I would rather kneel and die here!"

"I knew it earlier, so why bother!" Chen Ying smiled wryly, "Don't you really know what Changsun Wuji did?"

The eldest grandson Wugou was taken aback for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "I really don't know about it!"

Chen Ying said with emotion: "It doesn't matter whether you know it or not, it doesn't matter. Changsun Wuji is to blame himself. There are eighty thousand people who died at his hands. If he doesn't die, those innocent souls will be killed." , why peace?"

In fact, Chen Ying didn't want to let the eldest grandson Wuji and Du Yan go. After all, Qin Wang Li Shimin fought with Li Jiancheng for so long, and too many people died, including Yang Wengan, Qiaogongshan, and countless dead officials and people in Hebei and Jianghuai.

The eldest grandson Wugou gritted his teeth, with vague entanglements and struggles in his eyes: "General Chen, as long as you are willing to rescue my brother, I am willing to do anything for the general!"

Changsun Wugou especially emphasized the word "anything".

Chen Ying said with a straight face when he heard this: "Changsun, don't do this, please go back!"

The eldest grandson Wugou said calmly: "General, Wugou has been dependent on his brother since he was a child. You can save His Majesty and pardon Fang Xuanling, pardon Duan Zhixuan, and not pursue Du Keming's family. Couldn't you be lenient to your brother?" ?"

Looking at the eldest grandson Wugou Lihua with rain, she is very pitiful.

In fact, Chen Ying hated seeing women cry the most, so he almost agreed.

However, Chen Ying didn't want to make things difficult for Li Jian.

After all, the East Palace was hurt too much by the eldest grandson Wuji, and now the old ministers of the East Palace need a breakthrough to vent their grievances. Wei Ting's most important duty now is to pursue Li Shimin.However, Li Shimin has already left the Central Plains and went to the Fusang Continent, and Wei Ting is doomed to fail.

It will be a matter of time before Changsun Wuji will be liquidated. Although Chen Ying sometimes has a bodhisattva heart, he will definitely not be a good person.

Chen Ying turned around and didn't look at Changsun Wugou.

At this moment, the laughter of Li Xiuning and Li Daozhen faintly came from the front yard.

Changsun Wugou stood up abruptly, looked at Chen Ying and said, "General, I really don't want to help you!"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "It's not because I want to, but because I can't!"

Changsun Wugou's shining phoenix eyes suddenly half-closed, and all his eyes were fully absorbed.The small mouth caused her cheeks to tremble, and the eyes with long eyeliner formed mist. When the footsteps of Li Xiuning and Li Daozhen sounded, she pursed her lips, and glistening tears fell down the line, sobbing loudly: "Daddy!" General, don't..."

Looking at this scene, Chen Ying was dumbfounded.

Changsun Wugou stretched out his hands to ruffle his hair, and then took off his belt, half of the skirt slipped off in an instant.

Changsun Wugou stretched out his hand to take out the Luo Qun, and ran towards the door.

Li Daozhen just heard Changsun Wugou's voice, she felt anxious and rushed into the small hall.

Unexpectedly, he saw his eldest grandson Wugou running outside with disheveled hair and disheveled clothes.

Li Daozhen looked at the eldest grandson Wugou, and couldn't move for a while.

But Li Xiuning rushed into the small hall with a murderous look, looked at Chen Ying and shouted: "Chen Lang, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person!"

Chen Ying hurriedly explained: "Sanniang, listen to my explanation, it's not what you imagined..."

Chen Ying was anxious, now it's really yellow mud rubbed into his crotch, it's either shit or shit!

(End of this chapter)