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As soon as the pass of Huxiao Mountain is lost, the war horses of the Jinzhou Army can drive straight in, unimpeded, and attack Huanglong.

Regarding the Jinzhou Army's rapid action, the capital was still kept in the dark at this time and knew nothing about it.

It wasn't until two days later that the flags covering the sky and the sun appeared in the sight of the defenders of the capital. The capital, which had been silent for decades with peaceful singing and dancing, finally began to panic. The days of war and chaos have always come as scheduled, and many people's youth has come to an abrupt end in the stumbling waves.

After all, war means death, and those people are most likely to die first. They must be the people at the bottom. They are either caught in the city and serve as cannon fodder, or they are starved to death due to soaring prices that make them unable to eat.

Rumors spread in the city, and the panic became even higher. Unscrupulous merchants began to hoard food. As a result, the price of food began to increase every day, and then it became one price one moment, and then another price the next, causing ordinary people in the city to be miserable. This further intensified the underlying contradictions.

After the eldest prince Jun Mingde, who was in charge of the country, learned about this, he angrily smashed many things in sight and cursed those guys who failed to succeed and failed. After venting his emotions, he quickly ordered someone to inform the Ministry of Punishment and the Jingzhao Mansion. Thoroughly investigate this matter and arrest all those vendors who are driving up prices. We must severely punish those who refuse to lend money and even kill chickens and monkeys to serve as a warning to others and give the people peace of mind and justice.

Of course, the forces behind those grain merchants also had strong backgrounds, so as expected, something unexpected happened. Soon these people were obstructed in every possible way, and even the Jingzhao Mansion could not investigate and deal with them. Then many important officials and dignitaries from the court came to the palace to intercede.

No, the matter ended up hastily but in a hurry. The official notices pasted at the entrances of major grain stores said roughly this:

The increase in grain prices is not the intention of the grain shop owners. It has been found that the waiters in the shops are raising the prices without permission to line their own pockets. It is a personal behavior and has nothing to do with the operation of the grain store.

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Of course, those grain stores also posted an apology notice: Our store has caused a lot of inconvenience and impact to everyone due to the personal behavior of the waiter. The store has fired the waiter and will never hire him again. His illegal gains have been recovered and escorted to the government. Prison, bring to justice.

In order to express our apology, we will offer a 20% discount on all purchases at grain stores from now on.

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A careful person can calculate that the price of food has doubled compared to the previous price. What can ordinary people do? Don't you have to go hungry? Even if it’s expensive, you have to grit your teeth and buy some, cook them with wild vegetables, and fool around with it. The good news is that food prices are no longer going up, and your meager income can barely support you. There is already a large army gathering outside the city. I don't know when the war will begin. Let's just live with it. One more day is worth living.

The food crisis has finally subsided, but the weather is getting colder and colder. The gates to the outside of the capital are no longer open. Many people trapped in the city have run out of money and food. The timid people have begun to beg for a living. Be brave. When you are hungry, some bad things will happen. Even if you are arrested by the government, you don't care. After all, in the prison, at least there is a place to shelter from the wind and rain and food to eat if you are hungry. In order to maintain public order in the capital, the hard-working eldest prince Jun Mingde ordered the Jingzhao Battalion to organize manpower to strengthen patrols, and also ordered people to set up porridge shacks in the west city to cook a meal of gruel every day to keep these people alive. People must be appeased, and there must be no chaos in the city.

Of course, daily court meetings will naturally be held. Jinzhou Army troops arrived one after another and gathered outside the west gate of the capital. Some knowledgeable people roughly analyzed the number of flags and visually estimated that there were 200,000 people. They did not attack the city. Set up your posture and set up camp, that's all.

The ministers in the council hall were not panicked at all. Even the literati who did not know how to use soldiers knew that the number of people attacking a city must be at least three times that of the defenders to be able to capture it. What's more, the capital city is fifteen feet high, the moat is ten feet wide, and there are countless powerful ordnances on the city walls. The number of defenders is now estimated to be more than 400,000. The Jinzhou Army still wants to capture the capital, so dream on!

Of course, there are also cautious people. Recalling that the third prince had previously proposed to go to Jiangnan to collect food and recruit troops in person, many people secretly laughed at him for being timid and having no face to face failure. Looking back now, this move of his is really good! Way to go.

Although the city gates were closed, water transportation was still operating normally. These ministers began to arrange for relatives and potential descendants of their families to take a large amount of money and take the official ships returning with grains to Fufu with the exchange of family dead men. In the south, he went to seek refuge with his family friends and settle down first. We'll make plans based on how the situation develops. If the capital city cannot be saved, he may not be able to escape. The important members of the clan are scattered all over the place, which at least guarantees that the family will one day make a comeback.

The rumbling sound spread far away. This was the sound of tens of thousands of horse hooves trampling the ground. Needless to say, these were the cavalry of the Jinzhou Army. Outside the walls near the West City, thousands of horses began to gallop past majestically. , this obvious demonstration, the defenders on the city wall had no choice but to stand there shivering with them, and from time to time they had to suck the snot flowing out of their nostrils.

Of course, the defenders on the city wall would also like to greet the eighteenth generation ancestors of these cavalrymen outside the city. In this bitingly cold windy weather, wouldn’t it be nice to each make a fire and hide in a windy place to keep warm? This group of lunatics have nothing to do but wander around, causing labor and management to stand in the wind and accompany you crazy.

The seismic momentum caused by the galloping horses quickly reached the ears of the officials in the capital who were paying attention to the developments outside the city.

This is incredible. There has been no movement for more than ten days. Suddenly the cavalry starts running. Is the city about to be attacked next?

The next day.

It was a cloudy day with a north wind blowing, and the government hall was full of people. Even the old ministers who often took leave ordered the younger members of the family to carry, support, or tremble on crutches to go to court themselves. After taking two more steps forward and squeezing into one more row, there was still not enough space for so many people to stand inside. There were still some unofficial officials and those with insufficient qualifications standing outside the door.

Jun Mingde sat on a brocade stool one step away from the dragon chair. In order to show his benevolence, the old ministers also gave small round stools and specially ordered people to put up screens for the officials outside. , cover it a little bit. Burn some more ginger tea to warm up your lords.

Jun Mingde knew why these people were so active in going to court to discuss politics today, and he had already made arrangements.

After polite exchanges, he signaled to the ministers of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War to come forward and give reassurance to the adults in the hall.