Take the system back to the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 199 Winter is Coming
Zhang Ji had a sleepless night!
It was not until the next day at noon that I heard that everyone spread the word:
Regarding Zhao Cheng's public admission of Lingyang Mountain's command mistakes, he did not have the character of a regular scholar, and he did not resign from office.In addition, there is no news about Zhao Cheng's suspension. We only know that he appeared on the school grounds early this morning, and is supervising the reorganization of the Xiang Army.

This means that this big or small mistake, like other things in Da Song, was ignored by them again.

"Fun officials, at this moment, they still protect each other, and even ordered to prohibit discussing the defeat of Lingyang Mountain?"

"However, unfortunately, this is the case. Officials are so pissed. They are busy with everything, and they will never have more time to pay attention to the responsibility for command errors in the theater. They are all busy making money and public relations with the court."

"Bullshit reorganization, the more Zhao Cheng reorganizes, the fewer troops available in Chizhou. It is estimated that Wang Xiu will enter the city soon and rob all the wealth and women in Chizhou."

"Shameless!"

For a time, the scholars and students were full of discussions about this.

Shameless is shameless, as long as he can be ashamed of anything that stains the Cai family, they are indispensable for their credit, but they are rarely responsible for it.

There are gossip that Zhao Cheng is very out of character, has been annoying Cai You for a whole night, nothing happened after admitting his mistake and flattering and apologizing, a scholar with many problems, he started military work again today as an indispensable one.

"The treacherous minister is in power, who can show his magical powers, clear the fog, and save the people in Chizhou who are in dire straits."

The great talent Su Zaifang's concern for the country and the people is inciting the emotions of the scholars...

The weather is getting colder and colder, and it is officially entering the early winter.

The people of Chizhou have not seen the results of the handling of Zhao Cheng's "Lingyang Mountain command error" for the time being, and fewer and fewer people have mentioned this matter. Occasionally, some people have mentioned it, and they seem to be talking about Zhao Cheng's sincere self. Criticize rather than dwell on holding him responsible for the defeat.

In addition, people did not see any more fighting for the time being. While Zhao Cheng was busy reorganizing and training the army, Wang Xiu seemed to be lurking.

In addition, for the convenience of this period, Chen Meiniang's house was not sold, but they all moved into the county office for the time being, and the conditions were better.

Before I got up this morning, someone outside came to report early, "My lord, Yangshan is here, and it is General Bi Shijing who came in person to report something."

"Hold on."

This is a more important matter, so now Zhao Cheng looks like a big stupid official, having sex with Tan Xiaolan, the witch every day, but in fact he is not very faint, his hair is not tidied, he puts on his coat and goes out.

When he led the people into the mansion, even though the first snow in early winter had not yet fallen, braziers had been placed everywhere in the hall, making it seem relatively warm.

Zhao Cheng, who was dressed like a furry bear, sat down, and by the way, the little girl Linger brought tea.

It is worth mentioning that since the Battle of Lingyang Mountain, Ling'er has become a maidservant of Zhao Cheng's family. She is a "formal worker" who has signed a long-term contract. Her surname was Wang at first, but she was expelled from the clan and lost her surname. , now Zhao Cheng gave her the surname Zhao, and officially registered in Guichi County as a big-headed commoner named Zhao Ling'er.

Otherwise, before this, she was actually a passive escape.

After Mr. Zhao drank the first sip of tea, Bi Shijing from Yangshan clasped his fists and said, "My lord, it's unfortunate news that Yangshan is basically out of food."

This was a situation that was bound to happen, and there was actually no need for him to report it. Zhao Cheng had been twitching about this in recent days.

Basically, now that Chizhou has entered a state of war, food has become a scarce commodity.Even if this year is considered a bumper harvest, Chizhou is generally not short of food, but this does not mean that the food is in the hands of the government.The overall concentration is in the hands of those big households and grain merchants.

Due to the cloud of war, just like Shidai County at that time, refugee camps have appeared around various cities in Chizhou, and the scale is also expanding.

Technically speaking, they are not considered displaced refugees for the time being. It is just because they are not equipped with defense capabilities and extremely insecure, so they spontaneously formed a behavior of huddling together for warmth and courage during a special period.

However, applying the logic of later generations of Wall Street, this has greatly created an environment for shorting the government and longing grain futures.Since the news is like this, food is now basically in a situation where there is no market price, and basically people who have large-scale grains refuse to open warehouses to release grain.

The situation is relatively severe, and for the time being, no one is willing to bear the name of making money for the country, so as to increase the price of food sharply.But at the original price of grain, it is actually impossible to buy it, and everyone is playing monkeys, saying that it is out of stock.Just waiting for someone to break this balance point, it will officially enter the situation where the price of grain per hour is rising steadily.

In fact, Zhao Cheng's propaganda team had brought news from various counties before that, and now small-scale high-priced grain purchases began to appear in the refugee camps gathered in various cities.

Generally speaking, Zhao Cheng has some data. These refugees, who are not considered refugees for the time being, have some food in their hands for the time being. It won't be too much, but there will be some.In normal times, groups like them mainly hold some copper coins for convenience.

This is due to the asymmetry of the news, and not everyone can judge that the war is coming.But if this time really happens, it will basically mean that they won't be able to last for too long. Their hard work throughout this year and even the past few years will be in vain. Soon, due to the environment shrouded by the cloud of war, Chizhou and other states will be destroyed. Grain trade was cut off, and in the end, the local grain merchants raised the price of grain sharply, which was equivalent to a sharp depreciation of the copper coins in their hands.

To be precise, due to the flaws in the social system, even after entering the industrial age, human beings will face such problems partially. It is not a legend that the surplus and cheap milk is poured into the river, but the modern foreign version of rich wine and meat.Not to mention the feudal era.

The reason why Bai Chenxiang's department is in short supply of food is that her population is growing geometrically.

In terms of population, she basically means that "it is difficult for the country to make money."Because she had been adhering to Zhao Cheng's program, during this season when people needed to gather together to keep warm, some people chose not to wait outside the county for a small amount of porridge from the government, but instead went to Yangshan. Bai Chenxiang accepted them without any conditions. .

This is why the number of people in Yangshan has continued to skyrocket in the past half month, from the original 500 to [-].

As a result, Zhao Cheng's eyelids kept twitching for several days.

Because this has obviously become a serious contradiction and conflict at the moment, and it is difficult to survive such a food crisis without arousing hatred.To put it simply, regardless of ancient and modern times, if you don't kill people, you can't stop those who want to make money for the country.

In the midst of a life-and-death war, food has become a major "distribution conflict" at present, so no matter who the commander is, this is enough to make people panic, and Zhao Cheng is no exception.

"grown ups?"

Bi Shijing tried to remind me.

Not being scolded, Zhao Cheng hesitated for a while, "The headquarters is aware of your reaction, go back and tell Bai Chenxiang, the headquarters will come up with a solution as soon as possible."

Did not hear the promise, only heard Zhao Cheng say "as soon as possible, find a way, or will" and other vague words, Bi Shijing was inevitably disappointed for a while, knowing that there might be a big problem.

Zhao Cheng is very powerful now, and the military police are especially afraid of him, but when it comes to issues related to war strategic materials, Bi Shijing came here with a lot of pressure, and did not leave, continuing, "My lord...maybe Can we do this? According to the program and theory of adults, Yangshan is also a citizen, and now there are a lot of people gathered, so it is still one of the refugees. Can we apply Guichi County’s policy of donating porridge to the people, and open a warehouse to release part of the food to Yangshan?”

Zhao Cheng said: "What do you want to say? I knew about this from the very beginning. But there are a few prerequisites. First, it depends on who the master book is. Secondly, I am only a temporary military commander. I don't even have the right to make arbitrary decisions when I am out of battle. Not to mention the government and civil rights that overshadow the sky with one hand. Zhu Xiao, that old thief, has always insisted that the nature of Yangshan is the same as that of Wang Xiu, so how can he be allowed to open a warehouse to release grain?"

"Bloody mouth! I have seen with my own eyes that Bai Chenxiang and those people are the old, weak, sick and disabled who really need protection. They are the people of Song Dynasty. They are completely different from Wang Xiu's wanted criminals!"

Bi Shijing was indignant about this.

Zhao Cheng said warmly, "I know this. But it is common in official circles to refer to deer as horses, and to a certain extent they are indeed similar. It is not that I can solve the problem by saying no. This needs to be eased through political channels, communication and compromise, etc. We will solve it step by step. I am responsible for this matter, and there is no point in rushing. You are responsible for gritting your teeth and coping with this unusual winter."

(End of this chapter)