Chapter 705 Competition

When Yang Shu inspected Jingxi before, he had discussed with his mastermind, and finally decided to marginalize the five Liu family brothers, but he would not send them back to the dead city.

The purpose is to see what Yueyinglou and the real person Jiuming are planning.

The reason why he is so daring is because his strength has increased a lot compared to before, his confidence has also soared, and he has the confidence to dare to test some risks.

Counting the masters of the alchemy state and the late state of the single unit, counting the royal family guards who were by his side before, Yang Shu currently has seven people by his side, not counting the five Liu brothers who were pushed to the outside. So according to Yang Shu's opinion, he is now fully capable of putting the five brothers of the Liu family in front of him to see what the other party is going to do.

"Let's all sit down." Yang Shu picked his teeth while beckoning the counselors to find a place to sit.

Yang Shu made a tooth sacrifice, but a few counselors didn't. They waited a while to go to the back kitchen of the palace to make some noodles or something else for supper.

It was not like this in the past. Yang Shu ate alone, and the people around him watched. In the past, Yang Shu invited his own people to eat together at a table or a few tables, whether it was a roadside stall or mountain delicacies. The current rule of sharing and eating has only recently started. It is said that it is necessary to start to establish the majesty of King Yang Shuling. new rules.

After everyone sat down, Yang Shu opened his mouth and said, "Let's talk about the second step of the money and food tightening strategy. I talked about it in general before, but now the war in the south seems to be changing faster than we expected, so the first step of the money and food tightening strategy Two-step is likely to meet the conditions ahead of schedule."

"My lord, it's right to put strategy first, but my subordinates think that although Nanmian has put on a stance, it seems that a decisive battle is about to take place, but my subordinates think that it will definitely not be so soon. Because Zuo Yuliang's central army Still in Wuhu, there is no tendency to press forward at all, even the left and right wings have not pressed up, it is not like before the war at all."

"Hmph, is Zuo Shuai's strategic strategy so easy to guess? Didn't you see in the household department's documents that the food and grass plan for the frontier army in the past month has increased by nearly 30% compared to before? It is obviously preparing for the decisive battle. I think Armageddon may break out in the middle of next month or early June."

"The barbarians haven't even established their own royal court yet, so they take their heads to fight a decisive battle? It's unreasonable."

"We are discussing now, why are you being so perverse and arrogant?"

Counselors use their brains and mouths to make ends meet, hands? Counselors don't know how to fight, so no matter how fierce the quarrel is, they can't fight. On the contrary, quarreling is the normal state of daily communication among counselors. Don't look at the fact that these two are arguing with each other as soon as they come up, but in fact, the two of them have a very good personal relationship, but they always disagree when discussing matters.

The attitudes of these two people actually represent the two opinions of the counselors present.

Then you talk to each other, and the final result of the discussion is that you can first promote the strategy of the second step of money and food austerity, but you don't need to rush to report, everything will be discussed after there are obvious changes in the military situation in the south.

In fact, the first step of money and food tightening has been officially implemented nationwide, and the impact will definitely appear slowly, but it will not have a great impact on the lives of ordinary people. Because the 40-year accumulation of the old Jing Dynasty is not something that will hurt the muscles and bones. Looking at the restaurants and taverns around the world that are open as usual, you can know that the intensity of the first step of the tightening of money and food is not high, and it is relatively mild. .

If the second step of money and food tightening is implemented, it will be very different from the present. It means that more than 40% of Guochao's money, food and other materials will be transferred to the front line, and at the same time, high-consumption industries such as wine making will be directly interrupted.

Of course, the second step of the tightening strategy still needs to be discussed with the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War in the end. After reaching a consensus, it will be launched and implemented when the time is right.

This discussion reached Haizheng time, and after the tone settled down, the rest of the counselors left, not knowing whether to go to eat or go to sleep directly. Only the mastermind remained.

"Is there anything else?"

"Yes, my lord."

"That's okay, I'll ask the kitchen to make you a bowl of noodles, you must be starving, talk while eating." Yang Shu didn't give the other party a chance to refuse, and directly asked the inner guard to go to the kitchen to make arrangements.

The mastermind had no choice but to thank him. There is also a burst of warmth in my heart. King Ling may have many minor flaws in his personality, but he really takes care of his subordinates.

Soon, a bowl of miscellaneous sauce noodles was delivered. The portion was not much, but the master's meal was small enough to be full.

"Don't worry, you eat first, let's talk about things after eating."

After half a stick of incense, the bowl of noodles was finished, and the bowl and chopsticks were put down, and the two began to talk about business.

"My lord, the current strategy of tightening money and food has allowed you to gain a lot of people in various places. Although it is not as stable as the big clans and powers, it is at least a lot more than before. You see, we are coming back this time. Shouldn't it be time to try the belonging of the four sects?"

In the past, Yang Shu's main strength was in merchants, and he had people in all walks of life, openly or secretly. It may be an exaggeration to say that he is pervasive, but it is not nonsense to say that his power is all over the country.

Now with the special power of tightening money and food, Yang Shu has traveled around the hub cities of the country and harvested many local official forces that he had no way of attacking before. Of course, these forces are not stable, but they have indeed brought him great benefits. In terms of momentum alone, he has already reached the front position of the six princes.

Now that the first step of the money and grain tightening has been completed, Yang Shu hastily returned to the imperial city because he wanted to gain more voice and initiative in the heart of the imperial city after his own strength greatly increased. .

Where does the right to speak come from? The ministers of the DPRK and China will help you speak out in the temple, or have your people in key positions in various ministries. Or, in the imperial city, you have the power to choose to stand in line in your hands.

The previous types of Yang Shu are not yet ready for the conditions, whether it is his voice in the temple or his manpower in the ministries, there are very few.

The only ones that could be used by Yang Shu as a breakthrough point and have the opportunity to hold in his hands were the armed forces in the imperial city that could stand in line, and the guards at the four gates of the imperial city and the government servants in the local yamen of the imperial city.

"Since we're back, let's try the depth. Do you have any ideas?"

"My lord, now the four gates of the Middle East, West, and North have been controlled by King Jing, King Shou and the fourth prince Lu Wangshang. It is very difficult for us to move. But the south gate used to be the man of Qianwang, and it was not long after he took office. Now that King Qian is killed, there is no basis for it. If we intervene, it may be possible to recover it.

The other is the yamen servants in the city. At present, the local yamen in the imperial city is controlled by the sixth prince Qi Wangfeng, but it is said that there is something wrong with the civil official group recently. "

"Let's not talk about the four gates, then we need to think about it. How can we intervene in the affairs of the yamen?"

"You can ask Bai Shangshu to help."