After the immortal disappeared

"Stop at the gate of Youhu Cottage?"

"Yes, the carriage drove straight in, crossed the bridge and drove onto Huaji Island, then stopped."

He Lingchuan's eyes flickered slightly: "Visiting Qingyang openly, what kind of person would he be?"

At the moment, King Yao is in prison. With so many precedents, which official would dare to go against the wind and come to Qingyang in a swagger?

"Hey? The new Qingwei leader beside Qingyang, his name is Yuan something..."

"Yuan Xuan."

"Uh-huh, Yuan Xuan came out and welcomed this person into Youhu Cottage." Aunt Zhu recounted the scene, "He was quite respectful, saying 'Special Envoy Wu has come from afar, and the Palace Master has been waiting for many days.'"

Come from afar, the Qingwei leader came out to greet him? Well, but Qingyang didn't come out to greet him personally, which means that the guest's status is not that noble.

Special Envoy?

The current situation is delicate, where could this visitor be a special envoy?

That's all. He Lingchuan turned his thoughts back to Bai Ziqi and suddenly said, "Perhaps, we can be more active."

Auntie Zhu got excited when she heard the word "active": "How active? Is there a fight to fight?"

"I'll wait for news before making a decision." He Lingchuan smiled, "Don't worry, you'll have a fight sooner or later."

Sooner or later.

...

In fact, Yaoting also recovered a small part of the missing grain, but it was a drop in the bucket and could not quench the thirst of Tianshui City. Several officials of Yaoting jointly wrote a letter, expounding the critical situation and proposing a solution.

The first is to open all public warehouses and some military warehouses, and first transport grain to the market to stabilize prices; second, to purchase grain from neighboring countries to alleviate the domestic food shortage.

The grain in the stabilization warehouse is not enough, so the salary warehouse and the royal warehouse have to be used. The former is for paying salaries to officials, and the latter is the rice jar of the royal family.

Both of these are emergency measures, but Yao State has used them before, so King Yao has no objection and said:

"Purchase grain from the surrounding areas as soon as possible. The money in the treasury is originally taken from the people and used for the people."

But there is another point in the joint report of the seven officials:

Suspend the material and food aid to Pixia.

Each batch of military rations sent to Pixia is no less than 50,000 stones. Now the people of Yao State are not full, how can they provide food for foreign aid?

For this point, King Yao hesitated for a moment and agreed.

Stop aid to Pixia! This is bound to have a huge impact on the war between Pixia and the allied forces.

What surprised him was that Qingyang, who was sitting on the side supervising national policies, lowered his eyebrows and said nothing.

Recently, the regent rarely expressed his opinions in the court, unlike when he first arrived in Yao State. Is this a surrender, or is there another plan in secret?

The king of Yao really hopes it is the former. Unfortunately, he also knows that the truth can only be the latter.

At the same time, before the new grain was delivered, the situation in Tianshui City was further deteriorating.

The news of the refugee riot spread throughout the city. The householders and workshop owners who had hired refugees to work were frightened and dismissed their refugees.

It would have been fine if one or two families did this, but hundreds and thousands of families did the same thing. The number of refugees who lost their source of income increased dramatically, and they became more aggressive, so they joined the team of looting without hesitation. A prosperous capital city that had been prosperous for 200 years was now in a panic, and civilians did not dare to go out at night.

Some officials tried to destroy the houses and expel the refugees, but the refugees knew that leaving Tianshui City would be a dead end. Even if they were chased around like rats, they would not leave Tianshui City.

And these refugee teams quickly gave birth to their own leaders. They organized robberies and commanded the refugees to deal with the officers and soldiers. Within a few days, they had a small scale and a small climate. And the houses protected each other, taking in and hiding the refugees who were hunted by the government.

Of course, there were spies in many of the gangs, who often informed the Yao Wangting in exchange for food. The problem was that in this situation, even sending out the army was useless. The number of refugees was staggering, and they were stuffed in every corner of the city - attacking their own city was not something the army was good at.

After the Yao army wiped out more than a dozen gangs in a row, it attracted strong resistance; and the refugees arrested by the government and the army became a thorny problem:

What should they do with them?

In just a few days, the government arrested 7,000 refugees who participated in the riot, which was not inefficient.

But what then?

Kill them all? After killing these 7,000 people, there will be the next 7,000, and the next two 7,000 people. After all, the fundamental problem has not been solved.

Lock them up? People need to eat and drink. Now the police can't even get enough food, and the government is going to support these 7,000 people for nothing?

Are these 7,000 prisoners, or 7,000 ancestors?

Then let them go? If they let them go, where is the face of the government? Once the refugees win, they will know how to fight against the government.

In short, the path of strong suppression seems to be unworkable.

The city and the outside are in turmoil, and He Lingchuan is sitting in Yongquan Villa, either eating, sleeping, or playing with monkeys and practicing martial arts. Anyway, the Tianshui East Expansion and Youhu Villa projects have been suspended, and it is rare for him to have such leisure.

He knows very well that he is about to get out of the center of the vortex of Yaoguo.

Fan Shuang has come to him several times and envied his leisure.

The King of Yao has been very angry recently, and he scolds officials at every turn. He has also entered the palace to accompany his superiors to be scolded several times, and deeply understands what thunderous wrath is.

When there is no one around, the soul-catching mirror asked He Lingchuan: "If it were you, how would you deal with the mob problem?"

"If there is no organization, it will be a mess." He Lingchuan did not hesitate, "You just need to divide, win over, and suppress."

Refugees also pursue their own interests, so how can they have any loyalty to a temporary team? As long as the strategy he implemented in Longchuan is used, the refugees will disperse faster than the bandits.

"If someone organizes it - it seems that someone has indeed organized it - this matter becomes very complicated." He continued, "Look at the way the refugees resist the officials, the method of breaking up into small pieces, it is obvious that someone has instructed them. They even have a very smooth escape route. Who planned it for them?"

Mirror understood: "Qingyang's partner?"

"Fan Shuang just said that the temples of all sizes in Tianshui City have opened up relief and moved out a large amount of food to distribute to the hungry people. This move made the nobles praise it. The poor people ate the food and cried bitterly, and all bowed to the temple to thank them." He Lingchuan analyzed, "Did you hear it? The refugees gathered in large numbers around the temple, and the temple servants could easily contact the refugee leaders. The official did not realize this at all."

On the one hand, buying up food to push up inflation, on the other hand, inciting refugees to riot and disrupt the order of Tianshui City, this is an organized and planned action.

Moreover, this should only be the prologue of Qingyang's plan.

Mirror asked him, "Do you know how they plan to start the rebellion?"

"About 60 to 70 percent." He Lingchuan said seriously, "Qingyang will probably start the rebellion first. Once that signal appears, it will be time for us to evacuate!"

"The speed of the unrest in Yao Country is in line with my expectations. Qingyang's plan is indeed good. Within today, all non-combatants in the village who are good people must evacuate!"

...

Yao Wang was uneasy. He took a quick look at the document in his hand and threw it aside.

Why did the Beijia envoy come at this critical moment?

Every year or a year and a half, Beijia would send envoys to Yao Country to keep each other informed and exchange what they have. Every year, Yao Wang would warmly welcome the envoys from the upper country, hoping that the envoys would say a few good words to Yao Country when they return.

But this year is special. There is already a Qingyang stationed in Yao Country, and he is still stirring up trouble here. Yao Wang has no intention of receiving the distinguished Beijia envoy now.

But the envoys are about to arrive in Tianshui City, and the superficial diplomatic work still needs to be done.

The King of Yao casually approved and asked You Rongzhi to be responsible for the reception.

What makes him particularly upset now is not only the frequent famine and refugee riots in Tianshui City, but also another thing:

Wang Sili.

This is the person he sent to the northern border of Yao State to replace Chongwu and lead the army. In order to reduce resistance and reduce accidents, this matter is still carried out in secret.

If it is brought to the court and announced, the officials will have a lot to say. This group of things can't do anything else, but they are experts in finding trouble for the king.

If Qingyang knew about it, he would definitely interfere, so everything should be done quietly.

In terms of time, Wang Sili should be about to or have already arrived at the northern frontier. After all, it was a galloping horse, and the whole journey was at lightning speed.

Then Wang Sili would first meet Yuwen Yong, and accompanied by the latter and the army, enter the northern camp, announce the king's decree in public, and show the festival flag and seal.

In this way, Wang Sili replaced General Chongwu with a legitimate reason.

Even if General Chongwu was unwilling, he had to hand over the military power in public. After all, the soldiers in the camp saw it with their own eyes and heard it with their own ears-

The king changed the general!

Chongwu has only been operating the northern line for more than two months, and it is impossible to subdue all the soldiers on the front line. Therefore, as long as this ceremony is carried out in public, Wang Sili will definitely succeed.

King Yao is now on pins and needles, waiting for his reply.

Was the replacement successful, and did he get the military power?

King Yao has already determined that Qingyang is plotting a rebellion, and Chongwu must be her accomplice!

The two have been in close contact in Lingxu City. In order to help him take the position, Qingyang even exchanged conditions with King Yao and stopped reporting corruption-this was her most powerful weapon before.

King Yao now finally understands why Qingyang insisted on getting this position for General Chongwu:

This is her most important move.

Now he regretted it very much. Why did he agree to Qingyang's conditions and let an outsider guard the northern line?

At this time, Qiu Long strode in: "Your Majesty, there is news from the north!"

Yao Wang turned around: "Hurry up and tell me!"

"Yanmu Cliff collapsed, and the road to the northern camp was blocked."

Yao Wang was stunned: "What?"

He thought it was Wang Sili's flying message.

"A few days ago, Yanmu Cliff had a heavy snowstorm. The rocks there were weathered and may not be able to withstand the heavy snow, so they collapsed." Qiu Long certainly knew what Yao Wang was concerned about, "Maybe, maybe General Wang took a detour and didn't arrive for a while?"

Yao Wang pressed his head and felt a dull pain in his temple: "Is it such a coincidence?"