Chapter 334: I want to see blood flowing in the river

The crowd looked horrified at the corpse of Lifter Zhou.

Then came Zhang Anshi’s shriek, “Oh my God, I can’t see this the most, quickly carry the corpse away, carry it away …….”

The lieutenants were also startled, and hurriedly went to carry the corpses, and some carried buckets of water to wipe the blood on the ground as well as the yellow and white things that burst out.

Some people even started stomping up the stairs to drive down the readers who had gone up, just in case.

Ancient building and the latter building is not the same, do not look at this group of Confucian Court only area seven layers, but in fact, the latter’s floor height is only a mere two point eight meters up and down, and the group of Confucian Court building height of two feet, a layer of the top two layers.

Zhang Taigong shivered, and I don’t know whether it was because of Zhou Juren, or because …… those grain ……

He had only a sense of despair, as if …… he were finished.

Sure enough, there is another I do not know who the boy rushed to, exclaimed: “One or two silver a stone of grain, this grain even can not be sold, the grain traded on the market, are eight hundred Wen …….”

Zhang Taigong only felt like he was going to faint.

What does that mean?

It means that so much of the grain …… that he had collected for more than two taels of silver had almost cost him everything.

Not to mention the fact that there is a large debt to be repaid next, a debt that is a large loan with a significant interest rate.

But how can we sell so much grain in the barn at a moment’s notice?

Even if it can be sold, can it really be sold for 800 cents?

Next, there must be many people have to sell grain, countless grain, like a downpour of general sold. But when will the grain …… in his hand be sold a head ah.

As for that loan …… is the most terrible, this is the use of home land, a guarantee and mortgage ah!

That means …… will repossess the land if they can’t find a way to pay it back.

It’s ancestral property!

Keep borrowing?

This is obviously not possible at all, family and friends …… are only a lot of people have hoarded food, they are all difficult to protect themselves.

Keep looking for the money changer …… But …… what else does he have to offer as collateral?

“It’s over, it’s over, this is cutting off my life!” Zhang Taigong suddenly realized that Lifter Zhou was lucky, he could at least die and be done with it.

And he has to deal with a situation that is really worse than a death sentence.

Zhang Taigong’s face, changing, full of grief at this time, actually felt that his mind was unusually chaotic, a mess.

At this time, someone was heard to cry out, “Wei Guo Gong …… Wei Guo Gong …… is all you, it is you who harmed us, we ascend to the small people, why do you harm us like this?”

People don’t recognize their own mistakes, and if there are mistakes, it must be someone else who makes them.

It was a stone’s throw away.

Zhu frowned.

Well, not waiting for Zhu Di shot up, there have been many lieutenants, one by one pressing the hilt of the knife, vigilant Zhang Anshi surrounded, each ready to go look.

Zhang Anshi stood up and drank coldly: “I have harmed you, what have I harmed you? Did I say that the price of food is going up? Or did I say that the whole South Zhili is going to run out of food due to the catastrophe in South Zhili? Who is the person who harmed you, don’t you have a number in your own hearts?”

Zhang Anshi disdainfully sneered and said: “I have repeatedly said that the Taiping House has a bumper harvest, the entire Taiping House, flourishing, and I even sent a residence report to severely punish those who create rumors and trouble. But …… let me ask you, who is rumor mongering, why do you to those rumor mongers, one by one admiration of the body to the ground? You have always said that this Taipingfu is already in a state of abject misery. Didn’t you say that the grain harvest has been exhausted and there are starving corpses everywhere in Taipingfu? How come you’ve been disappointed by Zhang Anshi’s good governance of Taiping? If this Taiping Province has not reached the point of cannibalism, then I, Zhang Anshi, deserve to die for my sins?”

All of them wore a dejected look, and one of them looked as if they were living dead.

Zhang Anshi continued, “You call yourselves humble people, but in this Taiping prefecture, the humble people are all living in peace and working happily, so how can you not be happy? Hoarding grain, not waiting for the world to be devastated, so that you can take advantage of profit? You’re not even a scholar, you’re worse than a dog or a pig! If Sage Confucius were to regenerate, he would have to be furious if he saw such a thing as a dog or a pig. Lost you all still think you are, spandex Confucian shirt, claiming what the saint’s disciples.”

When the people heard this, their hearts burst with anger, some people screamed and cursed, but some people snapped and knelt down, “Wei Guo Gong, save us, save us ……”

That Mrs. Zhang was also sick and desperate, and even knelt down, crying and saying, “If we are not saved, we will die without a burial place.”

The crowd mourned.

This time it is really finished, there is no family business, and if the land is taken away by the money changers. Then …… everything is finished.

Zhang Anshi lost his smile and said, “You guys want to teach me how to save?”

Someone said, “As long as the Taiping Province does not sell grain …… this grain price, sooner or later to rise back. If the Duke of Wei …… can do so, it must be the Duke and Marquis of ten thousand generations, and all the people of the world, not without gratitude ……”

“Yes, yes, Wei Guo Gong …… implore Wei Guo Gong to lend a hand!”

When Hu Guang saw how miserable they were, he couldn’t help but have moist eyes, and he also couldn’t help but look at Zhang Anshi, rather hoping that Zhang Anshi wouldn’t make things worse.

Out of the corner of his eye, Yang Rong glanced at Zhang Anshi with a smirk.

Zhang Anshi said, “As long as the Taiping government does not sell grain, the grain can return to the original price, then …… you can also survive, right?”

“Yes, yes! If the Duke of Wei is like this, he will be praised for a thousand years.”

Zhang Anshi said, “This is not impossible.”

When the crowd heard this, some people were ecstatic, as if they had grasped a lifesaving straw.

Then, the crowd roared down and kowtowed toward Zhang Anshi: “Duke Wei is deeply righteous ……”

“So how much should the price of grain go back to? Three taels, four taels, five taels?”

Zhang Anshi continued word for word, “When the bulk of the grain went up, then the people had to buy grain at several times the price, spending several times the price in order to fill their stomachs, right?”

“Promise you that you can be praised for a thousand years, this, I naturally believe. But by promising you, the people in the other provinces of Nan Zhili who are short of grain, their cost of purchasing grain will be unattainably high. And your shortfall, will be passed on to those who need to buy food of the people of the liter of the body. You guys say …… they will come to scold me Zhang Anshi at that time, or will they come to scold you guys?”

“I, Zhang Anshi, don’t care about what happens after a thousand years, nor do I want to. I don’t want to care about it, nor do I want to care about it. What does it matter to me today if future generations comment on the merits and demerits? I, Zhang Anshi, am short-sighted and only look at the present. If I do something like this with you today, I will be poked and prodded. If you don’t want to be shameless, how can I, Zhang Anshi, not?”

When the crowd heard this, suddenly, the last bit of hope was dashed.

Zhang Anshi looked at them, his face was full of mockery, sneered and said: ”Guess why I want to hold a poetry meeting here? I just heard that you people, all day long behind the back of the delusion of my right and wrong, all day long in that said what Taiping Province is already starving corpses all over the place, bias I just want to take advantage of today’s day of grain shipment, to teach you to see with your own eyes, to see how ridiculous you in the end! Now …… still want me Zhang Anshi to save you, you count how old are you?”

Zhang Anshi said, disdainfully waved his hand, like driving flies, “To die are going to die, to curse continue to curse, love how it is! But …… die also do not die in my group of Confucian Court here, do not dirty this group of Confucian Court, come to people …… to send guests.”

Those words really chilled people to the bone.

Someone broke into a fit of rage.

Some people bawled.

The lieutenants, however, were one and all hooting and hustling without mercy.

Zhang Taigong only felt that his eyes were black, his heart was strangled, and his mouth cried out, “Mr. Li, Mr. Li …….”

That Li Xiucai, however, has long since fled, not seeing any trace at all.

Zhang Taigong then, with a muffled grunt, directly fell to the ground head first.

Thud.

A few moments later, someone came up and called out, “Another one dead.”

Zhang Anshi remained cold and unmoved.

It was not until these people carried away those who carried away and drove away those who drove away that calm was restored in this Qunru Pavilion.

“Hey ……,” Hu Guang let out a sigh.

He sighed over his head, but heard a voice from outside suddenly: “Why doesn’t the court care about it? There is no king’s law, such bullying us …… days …… full of civil and military, but no one is a gentleman?”

Yet another person cursed, “Hu Guang has misled the country, and in his next life, he will surely never be able to surpass his life!”

Hu Guang: “……”

The cacophony of voices, getting farther and farther away.

Zhu deserves a playful glance up at Hu Guang.

Hu Guang was busy is bowing down, bitterly smiled, “I ……”

Zhu Di, on the other hand, said lightly, “Get up, it’s better for them to scold you for misleading the country than for them to praise you. If such people, praise you as a gentleman, then …… I will have to be a little more prudent with you.”

For a moment, Hu Guang didn’t know what to say. He suddenly realized that Yang Rong might be right.

Just …… a thought that he was actually notorious, for the group he originally came from, still emotional and heartbreaking, actually do not know how to respond.

Seeing that those who should have left had gone, Zhang Anshi had already stepped forward and saluted, “Why has Your Majesty come?”

Zhu said, “Come and take a look at this place and see the fun, uh, Qunru Pavilion, it’s nice here.”

Zhang Anshi said: “I …… do not have the meaning of labeling themselves. In fact,…… is to get a square in this riverside, so that the residents of the neighborhood, leisure have a place to go, but the square is built, and think, this bare square bar, as if it is missing something embellished. Then simply built this pavilion, tourists eat and drink, and friends and relatives in this square walk tired, can also be into the cabinet, take a break, by the way, can be to this pavilion corridor to look out over the river.”

“You have quite a lot of thoughts.” Zhu Di lost his smile, he felt that this Zhang Anshi guy’s brain was indeed overactive, wanting to toss everything around.

Zhang Anshi laughed: “This attic was built, taking the name is a big problem, first of all, it should be elegant, and secondly, it should have a deep meaning, you see the world’s famous buildings, which one does not have a little story behind it ah. I do not dare to take the identity of his majesty and brother-in-law to tell the story of this attic, for fear of thus overstepping the palace, thinking about it, but also have to entrust a few of my brothers, so it is named Qunru.”

Zhu Di waved his hand and said, “No need to explain, this time, Taiping Province summer grain, is the world’s most, really teach people unexpected. I this time, is also startled ah.”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “Where, where, actually I didn’t do anything?”

Zhu nodded, “This is also similar to what Lord Yang said, he is also saying that this is the result of the nine counties of Taiping Prefecture, up and down, with their expertise, and cannot be attributed to one person.”

Zhang Anshi then glanced at Yang Rong grudgingly with mixed feelings.

Zhu Di then said, “But you are after all the prefect, this first credit is still yours. This time, you can be regarded as for me to raise eyebrows, what happened just now?”

Zhang Anshi then told the matter roughly, and finally said, “It is all because some people spread rumors everywhere, saying that the Taiping Province is finished, so many people have gone to purchase food, and the result …… is smashed in the hands.”

Hearing this, Zhu Di smiled slightly and said: ”These people, they are really hateful. But Fangjie you this words, can also be said to my heart. Against these people …… should be so! Just …… eight hundred Wen a stone grain …… you these grain, is how much silver collected?”

“It’s also eight hundred wen.” Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty, now that the Taiping Province has a bumper harvest, there is so much grain, but if …… the grain plummets because there is so much grain, in that case, the grain that the people have worked so hard to grow is not worth much. The so-called cheap grain hurt farmers. So the Taiping Province this side, on a trial basis on the system of purchasing, that is to say, in the future, regardless of the price of food, the food station is a blanket of 800 wen a stone to buy food, collected food, part of it, as the government treasury emergency reserves, the other part, it is trying to find ways to digest.”

Zhu Di heard, frowned up, then said: “In this case, then if the price of food is expensive, the people will sell food to other places to generate profits, but if the price of food is cheap, it will be sold to the government, this government its not a loss? In the long run, it is not a small burden.”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, ”Yes, that’s where the problem lies, so apart from part of it being stored like my minister’s, just in case of emergencies. On the other hand, then I intend to find a way to do a bit of work on this food diversification. Your Majesty, if there is more grain, you can make wine, or failing that, I also intend to build a few food workshops, so that there will be room for profit.”

“Food workshop?” Zhu looked at him thoughtfully, as if waiting for his next words.

Only to see Zhang Anshi then said: “In addition, those coarse grains, you can also encourage the hundred letters to feed animal husbandry. I also intend to get animal husbandry stations in all counties, hire veterinarians, and introduce various kinds of pigs, chickens, and ducks……. In a word, it is not possible to live without grain, but once there is grain to eat, it is not possible to eat grain alone. What we need to do now is to work hard to grow food. There is always a use for the extra grain.”

Zhu Di looked at him seriously and said, “Can the people afford animal husbandry?”

Zhang Anshi said: “I ordered people to investigate, now in Taiping Province, each household several people, owns the land in twenty acres or so. Now repair the water conservancy, encourage fertilizer, improve the grain seed, in fact, the light to eat food, seven or eight acres of land, it is enough for a family, three meals a day, all the time is white rice. ”

Three meals a day ……

Hearing these words, not to mention Zhu Di, even Xia Yuanji several could not help but suck in a breath of cold air.

Can you not be in shock?

You know, that so-called three meals a day, in general, are only enjoyed by the rich and the nobles.

In this era, the living habits of ordinary people are two meals a day in the morning and evening, to be able to fruitful stomach is very good. And as for white rice …… is not something that ordinary people can eat at will, most people eat, often yellow rice, or other coarse grains.

Zhang Anshi added: “This extra crops, some can be sold, and then the excess, raise some chickens and ducks or plant some vegetable plots, but also enough. Of course, the government can’t ignore the situation of the year of catastrophe, if it comes across an extreme year of catastrophe, the government must release grain. I have built grain depots in all counties to ensure a year and a half’s worth of storage, just as a precaution.”

After a pause, Zhang Anshi then said: “Of course, this alone is not enough, the strong men to the farm, if they go out to play some short-term jobs, or, the family has more laborers, you can let a person to go out to work, which is also not bad way to improve the family’s situation. The government can encourage this.”

Zhu Di listened and looked satisfied, nodding his head repeatedly, “You’ve anticipated everything.”

Zhang Anshi is honestly said: “Not expected, but changed the tax system, to ensure that the government has the power. If it seems like the old days, a county, only a few serious officials, the rest of …… all are handymen, the government receives taxes every year, even to feed themselves are not enough, to do anything, need to look at the township sages and squire’s eyes, then even if it is Bao Zheng in the world, it is also a clever woman can’t cook with no rice.”

Zhang Anshi’s words were the truth.

In ancient times, the standard of a good official was basically tied to the so-called Green Heaven. Yet it was hard to hear of anyone who had revitalized a party and made great improvements to the local people.

Therefore, when the ancients wanted to tout someone as a good official, it was often the case that when that person arrived at the place, he or she immediately started to deal with the old cases that had accumulated over the years, and then how to bring justice to the people.

Rawly, the duties of the county magistrate have been turned into a so-called judge.

But in fact, in fact, the ancient magistrates, indeed limited authority, what they can do, may really be the work of the judge, as for other things, which do not want money and food? Anyone who comes, have to be blind.

As a result, most of the time, the so-called county government is essentially the village and clan autonomy, thus giving rise to the so-called township sages and squires, who hold the local affairs, which have not seen any improvement for thousands of years, and is itself due to this.

Zhang Anshi added: ”In fact, in the final analysis, the reason why Taipingfu was able to go so smoothly was thanks to His Majesty’s vigorous efforts to confiscate and purge the rebels in the six counties. The implementation of the new policy can only be smooth. If not for this, in the district of one year, I am afraid …… that it is difficult to do anything.”

This remark made Zhu Di think of Yao Guangxiao again.

If not for Yao Guangxiao, I’m afraid Zhu Di would never have been so determined.

Thinking about it at this time, Zhu Di even felt a little bit of fear.

Could it be that …… Master Yao has long thought of today, and what he wants is to completely clear these obstacles, also for today?

Thinking this way, Zhu couldn’t help but see his eyes redden. Master Yao, this person is acting in an unpredictable manner!

If it were someone else, Zhu would not have suspected that a person would even arrange things behind himself in a clear way.

But this person if Yao Guangxiao, then …… the biggest possibility is that …… this is exactly the result that Master Yao is pursuing, everything, from the time he stepped into the original Ningguo House, he has already planned.

And what’s happening right now is more like the last game of chess he’s playing with his life.

In this game, Yao Guangxiao, who was the chess player, was no longer there, but he had predicted the outcome from the beginning.

“Hey ……,” Zhu Di complex mood, ghostly long sigh, before emotionally said: “Master Yao conspired the big, extraordinary people can imagine.”

Zhang Anshi also seems to understand the meaning of Zhu Di, in fact, Zhang Anshi is also skeptical, Yao Guangxiao to him to create the best conditions, directly let those six counties into a blank sheet of paper without any resistance to the New Deal, whether …… it is Yao Guangxiao’s original planning, or just… …no coincidence.

But if it is really all in the planning and layout, then …… Yao Guangxiao s wisdom is too terrible.

Zhang Anshi subconsciously said, “Does Your Majesty think ……”

Zhu Di looked deeply at Zhang Anshi, then said: ”I have known Master Yao for many years and have seen his methods. These …… must also be his handiwork. Hey, he dared to take his own life so, do you know why?”

Zhang Anshi said, “I still ask for Your Majesty’s advice.”

Zhu Di seems careless, but full of emotion, word by word, said: “This is because he trusts me, once I make up my mind, I will never easily change course. He also trusted you, believe that after his death, you Zhang Anshi dare to be the first in the world. This is the real man who seeks the country, seeks the country with his body, does not care about fame and fortune, what he wants is only the result. This result …… you don’t teach him to be disappointed, do well, if you dare to turn back, or double minded, master yao in heaven, even if he is willing to forgive you, I will not be lenient to forgive you.”

Zhang Anshi was silent.

He had thought that he was the most resolute New Dealer, but who knew that there were even more resolute ones than him now.

People even put their lives on the line to support it, can he compare to them?

Well, now it was as if he had a cannon at the back of his head, and this was a road that could only be traveled in the dark.

Zhang Anshi took a deep breath, also admired Yao Guangxiao from the bottom of his heart, and earnestly said, “I will die by all means.”

Zhu Di’s face eases, but did not continue to continue to say this on the deep down, but turned the head of the conversation said: “Today I come to this Qixia, feel this Qixia, seems to be lively again a lot.”

“This is of course.” As soon as Zhang Anshi spoke of this, his eyebrows flew up and he said joyfully, “Does Your Majesty know why this is?”

Zhu Di said, “Don’t come and sell out.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty guess a guess Well, more guesses, can exercise the brain, to prevent senile dementia …… No, Your Majesty is saintly, omniscient, want to think, a thought that is understood.”

Zhu Di’s face pulled down, turned back, glanced at Yang Rong and others, said: “I’m too lazy to guess, Secretary, etc. are my Ming heroes, and to guess, guessed, I have a reward.”

Hu Guang: “……”

Yoshi Natsubara: “……”

Kim Chung: “……”

Even Yang Rong was unable to figure it out, it completely belonged to a field they hadn’t set foot in at all, how could they guess it?