Chapter 205 Winning over (1)

The death of the emperor, apart from being unable to wear red and green, and being unable to marry, has no other impact on ordinary people. But for Yunqing and Yuxi, it has a great impact.

Yuxi and Yunqing said: "The crown prince ascended the throne, he must be fighting for power." The battle in the capital has no necessary connection with them, but Yuxi doesn't want the prince to win. The crown prince won, and she was not far from death.

Yun Qing said: "It's not that easy. Even if the prince wants to seize power, it will take three to five years. The key now is Chen Yu. If Chen Yu succeeds in suppressing the bandits, we will be very passive." Chen Yu is also a very courageous person . During this period of time, he selected 3,000 people from the six guards and formed a new army, directly named the Bandit Suppression Army. And the soldiers brought by Chen Yu were placed below and began to train these people. In half a month, these people were reborn. If the two were not against each other, Yun Qing would appreciate him very much. But the two are hostile. It is not a good thing for Yun Qing that Chen Yu is so capable.

Yuxi's point of view is different, and he said: "Chen Yu's ability is indeed very strong, but with Ji Xuan and others, it is not so easy to succeed in suppressing the bandits. He Rui, I am now worried that after the crown prince ascends the throne, he will recruit you What should I do in Beijing?" Yun Qing went to Beijing, and it is very likely that he will never return.

Yun Qing was not worried about this, and said: "No, war is coming in the beginning of spring, even if the imperial decree is really issued to let me go to Beijing, then I will refuse on the grounds that I want to prepare for war."

Yuxi nodded, and she didn't go to the capital on the grounds of preparing for the war, which made sense: "He Rui, I think it's better to stock up on more food." In addition to remembering the year she died when the Yellow River broke its embankment and caused countless casualties, Not impressed with anything else. It's just that Yuxi has a feeling that something will definitely go wrong this year. It's fine if you don't have money. Now that Yunqing has money, Yuxi thinks it's better to store more food.

Yun Qing didn't quite agree with Yu Xi's proposal: "The imperial court hasn't got any money yet, and there is no money to buy food." Yun Qing doesn't want to use the money hidden. If you are on the cusp of the wind and waves, you will give someone a handle if you use it. This is the name related to the whole family and the people around him, Yunqing is very cautious.

Yuxi said: "I took out two hundred thousand taels of silver to buy food. Anyway, the gold and silver are not marked, so there should be no problem." Seeing that Yunqing still disagreed, Yuxi said: "If not, just Take out the trophies stored in the secret passage and sell them. No matter how much money you get, will you exchange it for food?" It was more than ten boxes of gold and silver, and it was worth more than one hundred thousand taels of silver.

Yunqing has no objection to exchanging the spoils he hid for food, but he has a problem: "We will definitely alarm the court if we make such a big noise about buying food." If the court thinks that they are rebelling, it will not be beautiful.

Yu Xi smiled and said, "No."

Seeing Yu Xi being so sure, Yun Qing looked puzzled and asked, "Why are you so sure?" There must be a reason for being able to say that.

Yuxi said: "At the end of last year, I wrote a letter to my eldest brother, saying that I guessed that there might be a drought this year. We are buying grain now. Even if the imperial court knew about it, they would definitely think that we were preparing for the upcoming drought."

Yunqing was startled, and quickly asked: "What did you say? Drought? How did you guess that there was a drought?" If so, then you will need to buy more food. Every time there is a catastrophe, the food is very nervous. The soldiers have to tighten their stomachs when fighting, and the people in Yucheng can only eat wild vegetables and roots.

Yuxi smiled and said: "I suspect that the secret of my communication with my elder brother has been deciphered, so I deliberately used such a method to test it out."

Yun Qing got a little angry, and said: "How can this kind of thing be predicted at will? If there is a drought this year, do you think the crown prince will let you go?"

Yuxi didn't care, and said: "No matter what I do, the crown prince will never let me go. You forgot, the crown prince has already planned to kill me." If she didn't know that the crown prince would kill her, she wouldn't use this way.

After a pause, Yuxi said: "If the crown prince really knows the secret of my communication with the eldest brother, he might not kill me immediately,

This also buys me time. In addition, we take advantage of this to buy more food in advance, and the prince will not suspect us of rebellion. "In fact, even if you buy 200,000 taels of silver, you only buy 100,000 shi of grain. For an army of 100,000, it is only two or three months of rations. It will involve rebellion. You know, rebellion, the last The important thing is weapons and equipment, food alone is not enough.

Yun Qing's face was ugly, but he didn't reprimand Yu Xi, he just said: "In the future, if something like this happens, you must tell me first, and you are not allowed to make decisions without authorization." Yu Xi's doing this is equivalent to gambling with his life. He doesn't allow it.

Yu Xi nodded hurriedly and said, "It won't happen again." That being said, she would do this again when she encountered similar things. Because she knew very well that Yunqing would not let her do dangerous things.

Yun Qing asked the question he cared about: "Will there really be a drought this year?"

Yu Xi shook her head and said: "That's my nonsense, but this winter is often sunny, I am worried that there will be insect disasters this year." She vaguely feels that this year is not peaceful, but she is not clear whether it is floods, droughts, or insect disasters.

After listening, Yun Qing said: "In addition to the things in the secret road, I will add one hundred thousand taels of silver to it." Buying more food means more insurance.

Yuxi said: "This has to be done as soon as possible, or the price of food will have to go up." After two or three months, it will definitely go up by several percent. If there is a natural disaster or something, it will double the price.

Yun Qing said: "The weather is good, let Han Ji take people to Jiangnan!" Yun Qing also knew that Han Ji was very good at running a business, so it was a bit of a shame to let him be a housekeeper. In Yucheng, unlike in Beijing, there are not so many people and contacts, so the role of the housekeeper is much smaller.

Speaking of Jiangnan, Yu Xi remembered something, and said, "Isn't your cousin a child of the Jiang family, a prominent family in Jiangnan? This time Han Ji is going to Jiangnan, shouldn't he pay a visit?" The old lady of the Jiang family, Yu Hee still remembers it clearly.

Yun Qing was silent for a while, and said: "You can decide this matter." If Yun Qing's temperament was followed, he would definitely not take the initiative to contact the Jiang family. It's just that one more friend is one more way, not to mention that they have such a relationship with the Jiang family.

Now that he was talking about the Jiang family, Yuxi asked the question that had always been on his mind: "Isn't Jiang Hongfu your cousin? I remember that you had a good relationship at the beginning, why didn't you contact me later?"

Yun Qing looked a little sad, and said: "My situation is very dangerous. I was afraid of implicating him, so I broke off the relationship." Hongfu relationship. Since then, Jiang Hongfu has not written to him again.

Yuxi sighed slightly, and did not continue this question.

At the same time, Han Jianming in the capital had a headache. Because the prince extended an olive branch to him. Han Jianming asked Mr. Zhao: "What do you think should be done now?" The Yu family is unreliable. It's just that once they take refuge in the crown prince, um, they will be the emperor in no time, that is tantamount to betraying the Yu family, and the Yu family will definitely not give them good fruit. But if he doesn't accept the olive branch extended by the crown prince, the prince will not be able to clean up Yu Xiang and Uncle Song, but it is still very easy to clean him up. Therefore, Han Jianming is in a dilemma.

Mr. Zhao has no better way. The prince will ascend the throne in a few days, and it would not be wise to offend the future emperor.

Han Jianming felt a little regretful, it would be great if Yuxi was here, maybe that girl would have good suggestions!

Han Gao walked in and said, "My lord, Madam has fainted."

Han Jianming hurried over when he heard the news. Although Mrs. Ye failed to give birth to a son for him and had many shortcomings, but the husband and wife have been together for so many years, and they still have feelings for each other. He didn't want Ye Shi to have any problems.

Han Gao followed closely behind, and said as he walked, "Master Ye, Mrs. Ye passed by, and she fainted after she found out."

Knowing that it wasn't Ye's physical problem, Han Jianming secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When he arrived at the main courtyard, Han Jianming saw Ye Shi, who was all white and full of tears, and asked, "When I change my clothes, I will go to Ye's house." His mother-in-law passed away, so he had to hurry to the funeral.

Mrs. Ye cried very sadly: "Master, I haven't seen her for the last time." Mrs. Ye has been depressed for the past few years, and her health has not been very good. Qiu Shi is a very generous person, she didn't forbid her daughter-in-law to go back to her mother's house like other mothers-in-law. On the contrary, she knew that Mrs. Ye was in poor health, so she often asked Mrs. Ye to go back to her mother's house to visit Mrs. Ye. This time Mrs. Ye left so suddenly that no one expected it.

Han Jianming supported Mrs. Ye and said, "Let's go and talk to Mother."

How could the Qiu family not know about such a big matter. Seeing Ye Shi who was crying like a tearful person, he said lovingly: "Hurry up and see if you can help me. Don't worry in the mansion. I'm here with your siblings!" If it's a happy event, it's not easy for them to go Help, after all, I'm still keeping my filial piety, but now it's a funeral, so there's no such taboo.

After Han Jianming and his wife left, Qiu said, "What a crime! If Erye Ye hadn't been disobedient and unfilial, Mrs. Ye would not have left like this." Mrs. Ye is not very old, only three years older than her. , even less than 50 this year. Before Ye Erye retired, he was in very good health. But after Ye Erye retired and insisted on marrying Ke Minjie, Mrs. Ye's health failed. It can be said that Mrs. Ye is gone now, and Ye Erye has to bear half of the responsibility.

Mother Li said: "The old lady is the most blessed. The first master and the second master are very filial to the old lady. Now I don't know how many people in the capital say that the old lady is good at raising children."

A smile appeared on Qiu's face, and said: "That's not true, Yuxi is also very filial." Qiu knew very well that the two sons have always been filial, but they are not as caring as they are now. There is Yuxi in this credit. R8