Chapter 655: War on Dali

In the palace hall

The ministers could see that the emperor was in a good mood.

The ministers from the noble families looked at each other, and then one of them stepped out, "Your Majesty, I have received news that our military commander, Lord Xie Zhan, is currently in Zhuozhou."

"I know." Song Mo said lazily, "He went to Zhuozhou to clean up the mess."

The ministers from the noble families were all smart people, and they realized that something was wrong when they heard it.

They wanted to report Xie Zhan, who cleaned up the people who sold affordable grain in Zhuozhou. Almost everyone on this line was wiped out by him, and there were several of their people.

But now it is obvious that the emperor knew about Xie Zhan's survival a long time ago. Even what Xie Zhan did in Zhuozhou was approved by the emperor.

Several ministers who wanted to make trouble remembered that when the emperor cleaned up King Cheng and King Jin, he also did it with Xie Zhan, one openly and one secretly. The cooperation between this pair of monarchs and ministers has always been very close, and I don't know why the emperor trusts Xie Zhan so much.

Forget it, they just think they are unlucky this time.

Zhuozhou

Xie Zhan made a series of moves, which stabilized the chaos in Zhuozhou that had been shaky due to the decline in donkey prices.

Xie Zhan did not try to bid for the donkeys in the homes of ordinary people, because he knew that if he bid, whether it was five or six taels of silver, Pingzhou would make a move.

Jiang Boya finished his work and said with a little worry, "Grand Commander, now Zhuozhou has been comforted by you and has barely stabilized. I wonder what Pingzhou will do next?"

Pingzhou has set up such a big game, almost thinking that Zhuozhou is in its pocket, right? How could it allow Zhuozhou to lose?

Kong Tan said indifferently, "Pingzhou's moves are old, what else can it do?"

Xie Zhan did not speak, but he had a deeper worry. He thought of a possibility...

He said in his heart, Lu Songli, you'd better not move. If you move, it will be a situation where the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind.

Yanmen

The Xianbei royal court also noticed the chaos in Zhuozhou caused by the drop in donkey prices.

They watched silently, without making any extra moves, for fear of disturbing the two parties who were fighting to the death.

Fight, fight!

As long as Dali and Pingzhou fight to the death, they Xianbei will have a chance.

In addition, the Xianbei also have ideas about the donkeys in Zhuozhou, and they are jealous.

The donkeys in Zhuozhou are too cheap.

They have silver and want to buy.

Unfortunately, the people in Zhuozhou seem to be afraid of starvation, and now they are only willing to exchange food for donkeys.

What could be bought with silver before, is not possible now.

Juyang, evening

"Let's go, our mission is also completed." It's the turn of the next wave of people to appear.

Taking advantage of the twilight, Ji Wuyin, Wu Ren and Gu Huaisheng and their group slowly retreated.

Pingzhou, Changli

Lv Songli and Lv Desheng were discussing the arrangements for Lv Xiaoqin, Qin Han, Qin Jia and other children to go to school in the side hall.

The subordinate came to report, "Governor, Xie Zhan is indeed not dead, and he is currently in Zhuozhou to stabilize the situation."

Lv Songli said, not surprised.

"But Zhao Minglou and Zhao Song are both dead."

Hearing this, Lv Desheng shook his head. Zhao Minglou had been struggling to hold on, and thought he could wait for a glimmer of hope, but he didn't expect that what he waited for was the death of the King of Hell.

The subordinate also reported the various measures Xie Zhan took after arriving in Zhuozhou.

Xie Zhan promised to exempt the people of Zhuozhou from taxes for three years?

Lu Desheng curled his lips, "Shameless, does he think Zhuozhou will still belong to Dali in the future? He dares to use Zhuozhou's taxes for the next three years to make a fuss."

Lu Songli raised his eyebrows and smiled, "He is used to using this trick of getting something for nothing."

Also, he directly converted the affordable grain into disaster relief grain and distributed it to the people of Zhuozhou for free.

Xie Zhan did not lose out.

What about the proceeds from the sale of affordable grain before? And what about the proceeds from the disposal of those corrupt officials? Xie Zhan did not take these out to distribute to the people of Zhuozhou.

These confiscated grains were sent to Song Mo by Xie Zhan. These confiscated grains were enough to offset the loss of converting affordable grains into disaster relief grains, which is one of the reasons why Song Mo let him do it.

As the father and daughter were talking, the guard came to report, "Governor, Lord Xue and Military Advisor Guo have arrived at the meeting room."

"Okay." Lu Songli then said to Lu Desheng, "Dad, you can go with us."

"Okay."

So, Lu Songli and Lu Desheng moved to the meeting room.

The people present looked at each other and found that everyone came in good order, both civil and military.

Xue Xu and Guo Chong looked straight ahead, and Dong Jichuan looked at this and that, as if he had realized something, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

"Governor, what happened?"

Lu Songli told the Qingzhou Anhe Pharmacy and other parties that had broken the contract.

"…Zhao Minglou of Zhuozhou and Lu Xiujie and others raised the price and broke the contract first. Then Anhe Pharmacy of Leling County of Qingzhou and others used excuses to fail to fulfill the contract. Leling County Magistrate Yao Guangsheng and other officials listened to one side and protected them."

"I summoned you here to tell you an important decision."

Xue Xu, Guo Chong, Dong Jichuan, Qin Heng, Le Guicai and others held their breath.

Lv Songli looked forward, "This governor has decided to go to war with Dali!"

As he spoke, Lu Songli stood up, resting his hands on the table, leaning forward slightly, "We in Pingzhou cannot let such a thing go. If I cannot even speak for the justice of my people, I am afraid that other people in Dali will follow suit in the future. How can the people of Pingzhou walk in Dali? I am afraid that even a small official or merchant can bully and humiliate them!"

The generals and officials below looked at each other, and saw the eager eyes in each other's eyes.

Xue Xu immediately expressed his position: "What the governor said is very true. Everything can be done once and not again. Dali is really bullying too much!"

Guo Chong followed closely, "The governor is right, this battle must be fought! Otherwise, the prestige of Pingzhou will not leave Pingzhou."

Dong Jichuan was not willing to lag behind, "Since we are doing business in an honest way, they don't like it, so we will fight until they surrender."

Lu Songli nodded. As I said before, rules are actually meant to protect the weak. Some weak people think they are strong and break the rules and cross the moral wall for a little benefit.

Little did they know that at this time, they had already left the protection zone of the rules on their own initiative and became the prey of the strong.

Qin Heng stepped out and said, "Governor, I suggest that we send troops in three directions. In addition, we must guard against the Xianbei."

The people present were in a state of excitement. Since the uprising, Pingzhou has always been very passive when fighting with Dali.

Now, they finally took the initiative!

From this moment on, Pingzhou and Dali will change their offense and defense.

Lu Desheng on the side thought that his daughter's heart was a bit dark. If he didn't know that these were all designed by his daughter, he would almost believe that Pingzhou was innocent.

Also, these people are also a group of drama queens.

When Gu Huaisheng proposed the plan of buying deer to control Chu in response to Zhuozhou's plan, Lu Songli perfected the plan and patched it with bullwhip effect and long-term knocking.

Long-term knocking was originally designed for Pingzhou to control and transfer risks.

When the court realized that Pingzhou had taken action against Zhuozhou, it did not end.

So, these two contracts had another use.

Under Pingzhou's control, it became a win-win situation.

But Zhuozhou and Qingzhou, the second parties, were too greedy and unwilling to let Pingzhou make money.

Well, Pingzhou will change the track again.

Under Pingzhou's intentional or unintentional guidance, the second parties who traded with it all breached the contract.

Pingzhou now has a legitimate reason to declare war.