Take the system back to the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 220 I Have a Plan

The situation in the city is not optimistic.

It was only the fourth day of the siege by the rebels, and Lao Pei couldn't help avoiding suspicion.

It was Cai You, who couldn't sit still, who went to the county government office to meet Zhao Cheng in a private capacity, and cut straight to the point, "There are now more than 1000 refugees who were illegally put into the city by you. In addition, there are more and more incidents of robbery and theft, and they are becoming more and more serious. You know, there is a reason for the imperial court to prohibit refugees from entering the city at special times. Show off the city, and the city will kill each other and trample on each other!"

In addition to writing about the country and the people all day long, Lao Cai is also good-looking. He looks a little older than the previous Spring Breeze, but he looks more like a saint.

On the other hand, in winter, Zhao Cheng looked more wretched than usual except for his tranquility. He could not maintain the crouching dragon style of the feather fan scarf and was wrapped like a furry bear and couldn't leave the brazier.

"Why didn't you respond to Benzhou, or did you really choose not to know these things?" Cai You asked.

Zhao Cheng really chose not to know, because he couldn't talk about it.

After a moment of hesitation, he nodded slightly and said, "Your Majesty knows the situation. In fact, any situation now will not only be reported to you, but also to Your Majesty's side."

"Then how do you explain this? The state has received more and more complaints, and they are all close to cooperating to force the palace. I don't care about military issues and let you go, but this is an issue of people's livelihood."

Cai You deliberately paid attention, not daring to speak too loudly, otherwise, if this guy loses his temper now, everyone will be blinded by crying.In fact, among the more than [-] people in Chizhou City, only Zhao Cheng is confident that he can hold on.

Zhao Cheng said, "To be honest, it's not necessarily that the wine and meat of my wealthy family stinks, but it's mostly for sure. I did say that I can control the refugees, so I let them in. But to be honest, people have to eat. This cold weather During the freezing season, the livelihood and homes of the refugees are not in the city. Under such circumstances, they are hungry, and they go to get some food so that their children can live through the twelfth lunar month and see spring, how can it be considered stealing, how can it be considered robbery?"

"you……"

It is precisely because Cai You is a witty and treacherous minister that he finds his theories thought-provoking.Whether you agree or not, Cai You is really one of the few people in the dynasty who can understand and feel that there is some truth.

"Master Zhizhou, with a conscience, I, Zhao Cheng, no matter how great my prestige is, no matter how trustworthy I am, I can't make them stop eating." Zhao Cheng emphasized again.

Cai You stomped anxiously, "I understand, I understand, and I understand everything you say. The problem is that you have a bad record before, and you bought someone's cloth at a cheap price. Now they are talking about the so-called stealing." Dozens of problems happen a day, and everyone is already in danger. Those local tyrants are not afraid of refugees, but you. Do you know that they are afraid that you will buy food like "buying" cloth. Everyone knows how important food is in this season. Stampedes and civil strife will inevitably occur in the city, perhaps Wang Xiu suddenly stopped attacking the city to wait for this situation."

"Not maybe."

Zhao Cheng shook his head decisively, "Wang Xiu is just waiting for this."

Cai You continued to stamp her feet, "So you need to show an attitude now, what will you do next?"

Zhao Cheng said, "What I know how to do is obviously not the point. The point is that I have to have food. I will do whatever I want to do if I have food."

"you you……"

Cai You jumped up, "After all, you're just planning to rob it, right?"

On the contrary, Zhao Cheng threw the ball to him, "It's okay if you don't grab it, then the adults will take the lead in doing their work. I sing red faces and sharpen my knives to scare people. You go to be a good person to persuade them, and then pay the official IOUs at a suitable price to let them Let the food come out. Helping me fight this battle is good for everyone. To put it bluntly, everyone knows what Wang Xiu will do after entering the city. Are the worst people really those low-level people? Not necessarily, of course they will be killed or injured, but Wang Xiu’s The first target must be those wealthy local tyrants, there is no doubt about it."

Cai You was in a state of desperation, and his cheeks twitched slightly, "It's easy for you to say, boy, if you don't pay enough money, you can't balance it, and this state will become a bad person. If you give too much money, the government and the people will have a hard time living. Even if you win the war in the end, the government will still owe you money." At least 20 in debt. You borrowed money from old Mr. Chen. Do you think their money is good? Why is it still a problem? How can you explain this bad debt to the court under the mistake of letting refugees into the city in violation of regulations? Or go around the state?"

Zhao Cheng said with a strange expression: "I heard that the adults have been writing a 'diary' these days?"

Cai You couldn't help blushing, thinking that it must be Cai Wenji's dead girl who said that she had already taken someone else's surname before she got married, and her arms were outstretched.

"What do you want to say?" Cai You was a little wary.

"In this case, I will give you another idea."

Zhao Cheng suddenly had a trick in his heart, "The current situation in Chizhou, you need to make a judgment from your standpoint: within March, the Jiangnan East Road area will be filled with the imperial army. As a minister who cares about the country and the people, Even if the rebels have already besieged the city, and your own death is not a pity, you still need to pave the way for the imperial court to quell the chaos in a few months."

At this point, Cai You was moved.

Zhao Cheng continued, "So the army prepared food and grass before it arrived. You are leading the local tyrants to 'forcibly buy' food this time. Don't use my reputation as Zhao Cheng's war, but use 'the supplies that must be prepared for the Wang Shi who is about to start the spring'. "

Khan, Cai You thought it was a good idea when he heard it.If you have this reason, you will dare to eat even if you look ugly.

Finally, Zhao Cheng said, "Of course you can't just 'diary' directly, but how to hide and embed the above information in your book "Those Days When the Rebels Besieged the City" so that it will be known by the court in the end, of course you don't need students to teach you these technical tasks , Cai Wenji said that the only thing you can do is this."

Embarrassed, angry and happy at the same time, Cai You finally had to snort with a complicated expression, and walked out with a flick of his sleeves.Thinking about it, I'm sorry to smack Xiao Zhao, so I can only slap that dead girl...

Life in poverty is the same no matter what.

People who are at the bottom but have resigned themselves to their fate and have not gone up the mountain are relatively easy to talk to.In peacetime, they kept running around in vain for their livelihood, and it was almost the same now. As long as the food came down, they could accept it if they could have something to eat during this season.

What's more, they believe that Zhao Cheng also listens to Zhao Cheng's words. Now, many people are thinking that Zhao Cheng can end the war as scheduled and catch up with the spring plowing. Everyone takes root in the field with their families, tired and busy looking at the beauty of the seedlings. state, and then look forward to the coming year and entering the next cycle.

In fact, spring is not a good season, but to be able to watch the young seedlings trembling in the wind without fighting and bleeding is actually the beauty of the earth in the eyes of these people.At least that's what the little girl Abao thinks.

As for the days of wealth and honor, it seems very complicated, always worrying about gains and losses.

This kind of people don't like to lose but just want to win. They originally expected to sell 40 guan of food, but now they sell it to Cai You with only 20 IOUs with a large army of military resources. Even if they still make money, they feel that they have lost.

Therefore, Zhao Cheng also has to admit that there is no distinction between high and low jobs, Cai You has pressure from Cai You, and these jobs really belong to him.It would be impossible for Zhao Cheng to do it. Those who have no family background and roots are generally not like that kind of local tyrants.So Zhao Cheng will only have two simple options: "starve to death or kill them for food".

To put it simply, Cai You is called reform, changing the profit and distribution mode of their capital.Zhao Cheng's options are called shuffle or revolution.

There is no difference in strategy, just the difference in values ​​and methods.

As for the technicality and difficulty, it is of course much higher than Cai You's. Most people really can't complete it.why?

Because to put it more simply, reform is to cut one's own flesh to others, and revolution is to chop others with a knife.

Of course it is easier to kill others than to kill yourself.There are many more people killed than committed suicide in the world, which is solid big data evidence.

No matter what, now we see truck after truck of food being pulled out of the mansions of rich people and distributed into refugee and slum areas. Although the situation is not all good, it can be considered to be further stabilized.

From the previous [-] to [-] incidents of stealing or even robbing food every day, it has dropped to less than [-] a day now.Zhao Cheng thought he was in good control.

The bad thing is that Cai You has become a street rat among the powerful class. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a shame.There are rumors that Lao Cai learned bad things from Xiao Zhao.

Hearing these rumors, Cai You almost died of anger.

In the dictionary of Master Zhizhou, there is no such entry as needing to please the common people.Cai You has always believed that it is the best to be an official if he can not offend the local tyrants and the court, and not be scolded by the people.

It's a pity that according to Zhao Cheng's theory, when things happen, you can never please everyone, you have to choose.This time, because of Zhang Shangying's reckless actions, the situation was almost out of control, causing Cai You to stand on the opposite side of the powerful class, but he couldn't draw a clear line with Zhao Cheng...

(End of this chapter)