Yan Wushuang Extra Story (28)

The grain in the northwest was piled up like a mountain, so it was fine for Han Yuxi not to borrow the grain, but he even asked the court to rescue him. For the first time, Meng Nian discovered that Han Yuxi's face was so thick.

This result was expected by Yan Wushuang, and she didn't feel that Yu Xi was brazen. Because if it was the other way around, he would do the same thing: "If the Han family didn't say that, could it be that he just said that he would not borrow money? If so, the officials in the court would have a reason to criticize them."

A civil servant's pen is sometimes sharper than a weapon. Han Yuxi is not the kind of person who is willing to lie dormant in the northwest, so naturally he will not let himself bear the notoriety of not caring about the life and death of the people in the world. This method of retreating into advance is very good.

Meng Nian was at a loss for words, and after a while he said, "My lord, what should we do now? You can't really watch the refugees outside the city starve to death, can you?"

Yan Wushuang looked down at the official letter Yuxi replied: "The Han family said in the official letter that there will usually be locust plagues after a severe drought. If this is the case, even if the imperial court distributes grain seeds to them, there will be no harvest if they plant them."

With the lessons from last year, Meng Nian dare not take Yuxi's words seriously this time: "Then what should I do?"

Yan Wushuang didn't have a better idea at the moment: "Squeeze out some money for disaster relief first, and let Guo Zhong and the others transport the grain from Tianjin to Beijing." However, he would not use Liaodong's grain unless it was absolutely necessary.

In fact, Yan Wushuang regretted being the regent a little. He killed Zhou Jing and Zhou's family that day, and he just returned to Liaodong after revenge. To be the king of Liaodong, just take care of Liaodong. It's not like being scolded like a dog by those pedantic scholars who are exhausting every day, it's really thankless.

Meng Nian disagreed with Yan Wushuang's words: "My lord, it is not suitable to transport the grain from Tianjin to the capital for now, otherwise more disaster victims will flock to the capital."

After a pause, Meng Nian came up with an idea. Since there is so much food in the northwest, why not let the victims go to the northwest by disclosing the news. In this way, it can also reduce the pressure on the court.

After hearing this, Yan Wushuang looked at Meng Nian and said, "Do you know the consequences of doing this?" The repeated wars in the Northwest caused the population of many places to more than halve. Letting the victims go to the northwest now is tantamount to giving away people to Yunqing and Yuxi.

Naturally, Meng Nian knew the consequences, so he lowered his head and said, "My lord, it is important to solve the current crisis." If all the victims of the disaster flock to the capital, they will most likely rebel if they have no food to eat. Although they have more than 200,000 soldiers and horses enough to suppress these refugees, Yan Wushuang will definitely bear the infamy. Even, the history books have to record a stroke.

After being silent for a while, Yan Wushuang finally agreed to this method of drinking poison to quench thirst. It’s okay not to agree, these refugees will definitely cause trouble when they come to the capital. He is not afraid of killing people, but he doesn't want to kill these unarmed civilians either.

Furthermore, if hundreds of thousands of disaster victims flock to the capital, no one knows what will happen.

Seeing that Yan Wushuang was losing weight due to hard work, Yuchen invited the wives of the most famous families in the capital and the wives of wealthy businessmen to share her worries. Of course, it was a banquet on the surface, but it was actually encouraging everyone to raise donations. After a banquet, Yuchen also raised hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

"My lord, although there is not much, I can still buy some food. My lord, if I can save one person, I can save one." Now the food has increased to twenty times last year at this time. Moreover, it is still rising.

Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are just a drop in the bucket. However, Yan Wushuang still said: "I have a heart."

After finishing speaking, Yan Wushuang leaned back on the chair and said wearily, "Play me a brisk tune." These days, I'm so busy that I can't sleep well.

After the news that there was food in the Northwest was released, many victims of the disaster began to flock to the Northwest.

Not long after, Meng Nian got the news: "My lord, Han Yuxi only accepts young and middle-aged people to enter the Northwest." The families of these young and middle-aged people can also enter the Northwest, but others are not accepted.

In fact, except for the places near the northwest, most of the people who fled to the northwest from other places such as rivers were young and middle-aged. The old, weak, sick and disabled basically died on the road.

"Han Yuxi stockpiled a lot of food, but he couldn't help all the disaster victims in the world. And there is a shortage of people in the Northwest, so young and middle-aged people can enlist directly in the army when they enter the Northwest." These people enter the army, and they can go to the battlefield after proper training. It has to be said that Han Yuxi's calculations were well planned.

And for these young adults, enlisting in the army can earn a living for themselves and their families. And if he didn't enlist in the army, he might not be able to survive the winter. Therefore, after getting this news, we will only sign up enthusiastically. Even afraid of being one step too late, I won't be able to get in.

Meng Nian smiled wryly and said, "It's really easy to calculate." If Han Yuxi did this, the people below would not object. After all, they are not rescuing these people for free.

Yan Wushuang said: "If there are no accidents, I'm afraid Yunqing will send troops next year." With soldiers and horses and food and grass, how can Han Yuxi be willing to guard the northwest again with his temperament.

"What does the lord mean, that Han Yuxi wants to win the world?" If it was a few years ago, he would have thought this was a fantasy. But in the current situation, it is really possible.

Yan Wushuang hummed: "Yunqing is good at fighting, and she has the talent for governing the country. It is not impossible for the husband and wife to join forces and win the world." As for success, not only depends on strength, but also luck.

When Meng Nian heard this, he immediately said, "Then let them centrifuge."

"It's easier said than done." Yun Qing is not stupid, let alone aspire to the top of the world with Han Yuxi, even the Northwest may not be guaranteed. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to provoke the relationship between these two couples.

"Always try."

Yan Wushuang hummed and said: "If my guess is right, Yunqing may send troops to attack Jiangnan next year. You send people to Jiangnan to make arrangements." It is absolutely a waste of manpower to decide not to use beauty tricks on Yunqing in the northwest financial resources.

Meng Nian nodded and said, "I'll send someone to make arrangements." I only hope that this arrangement will work.

This winter has been extremely difficult.

Yan Wushuang has tried his best to help the victims, and even he himself has started to cut back on food and clothing, reducing from six dishes to one dish per meal. The money and food saved went to the victims. But the imperial court had no money or food, and it was hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, so he couldn't save so many people by himself.

Every day, I heard the ministers below say that a large number of victims froze to death outside the city, and many people in various provinces also froze to death and starved to death. Every time Yan Wushuang saw these excerpts, he was in a bad mood.

Yuchen played a piano to the exhausted Yan Wushuang, and when he fell asleep, he sat beside him and read a book.

When he woke up, Yuchen said with concern: "My lord, you also have to take care of your body."

After humming, Yan Wushuang said: "You take good care of Abao and Achi, I don't need you to worry about it." After finishing speaking, he went out.

Yuchen felt uncomfortable, but he endured it and didn't show it in front of the maidservant.

After struggling through the cold winter, the court persuaded the refugees who had survived the hardship to return to their hometowns in March in Yangchun.

However, when the refugees return to their hometowns, they have to pay for it. Otherwise, he would have to starve to death on the road.

Yan Wushuang copied the former imperial merchant Ma's house, there is no need to fabricate the charges, there are a lot of ready-made ones. A large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, antique porcelain and other valuables were found from their homes.

Raised more than one million taels of silver, and then the court distributed the silver to the refugees for money, and promised that the government would give them grain seeds when they returned to their hometown.

There was no way last year, these talents fled to the capital. Now the imperial court has promised to plant grain and land, and food can be recruited everywhere in spring. These people went home after receiving the money.

In May, Yan Wushuang got the news that Beiyao had dispatched 500,000 soldiers and horses, and the troops were divided into two groups. All the way to attack Yucheng, all the way to attack the West Sea.

Meng Nian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Your Majesty, it seems that Yunqing will not attack Jiangnan and Shanxi for the time being." Yan Wushuang was afraid that Yunqing would send troops to attack Shanxi, so he secretly sent a team there.

Yan Wushuang also had the same idea. It didn't take long to realize that I was wrong. Yun Qing didn't care about the approaching 500,000 North Captive army at all, instead he divided into three groups. Yun Qing led 100,000 troops to attack Shanxi, while Du Zheng and Xu Zhen attacked Henan and Hubei respectively.

Meng Nian was startled by Yunqing's boldness.

But Yan Wushuang said: "Yun Qing dares to fight like this, it is the confidence of the opponent's subordinates." Feng Dajun, Du Zheng, Xu Zhen, Liu Yongnan and others are all generals who can fight well and stand alone. Moreover, these are still loyal to Yunqing.

He also sent people to contact these generals before, but all the people he sent turned into them.

Meng Nian said: "My lord, you can't let Shanxi and Jiangnan fall into his hands." Both Shanxi and Jiangnan fell into the hands of Yunqing and Han Yuxi, and it would be difficult for them to contend with them.

Naturally, it was impossible for Yan Wushuang to watch Yunqing occupy Jiangnan. Jiangnan is a land of fish and rice, if Yunqing and Han Yuxi were to get Jiangnan, they would have to break into the capital in a few years.

One hundred thousand soldiers and horses were dispatched to the south of the Yangtze River to support Yu Baojia, but most of the 100,000 troops sent were lost.

The news spread back to the capital, and Yan Wushuang smashed his favorite Moyu tiger paperweight. After that, all the bad news came back from Hua. Yan Wushuang was so annoyed that she couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep.

Within a few months, Jiangnan fell into Yunqing's hands. Yu Baojia took the family wealth accumulated over the years and fled to the capital in a hurry.

If possible, Yan Wushuang really wanted to kill him. But it means that Baojia went to the capital and donated most of his family wealth to the imperial court. The elder of the Yu family pleaded with many courtiers, so Yan Wushuang could only endure the anger in his heart and let Baojia temporarily.

Meng Nian looked at his ugly face and said, "Your Majesty, let him be proud for a few days. We'll deal with him after a while." If Yu Baojia was willing to follow his master's advice, Jiangnan couldn't be so quick It fell into Yunqing's hands.

Yan Wushuang hummed and said, "When the wind is over, I will clean him up." After so many years of operation, Jiangnan was lost in more than three months. Not only is he a worthless wretch, but all his subordinates are also useless.

Meng Nian nodded and said, "Okay." Yu Baojia had been domineering in Jiangnan for so many years, and his death would only make people applaud.