On the night when Yang Tong came back from Jicui Palace, he stayed in Jiang Fengyi's palace. It was windy and rainy for half the night, and there were several lingering moments. It can be said that he met an opponent in chess and met a talented person. The battle was fierce and the momentum was fierce. It was nothing like the battle in Luocheng.

rainwater?

At dawn, Yang Tong got up, opened the window and took a look, and saw that the sky and the earth were as clear as water, and the long-lost sunny sky finally appeared in the sky of Luoyang.

As soon as I opened the window, the fresh and cool breath rushed to my face in an instant. The red flowers and green leaves beside the Jiuzhou Pool outside the window were wet, bright green and red, and I said with surprise and joy: "Did it stop raining last night?"

Jiang Fengyi pulled up the thin quilt to cover her exquisite curves and graceful body, and said lazily: "You slept like a dead pig last night. Didn't you hear the thunder that struck so loud in the middle of the night?"

Yang Tong laughed loudly: "In the first half of the night, I was running around and fighting was raging. In the second half of the night, it was calm. Naturally, I had to have a good rest. I didn't hear any thunder."

Jiang Fengyi gave him a charming look, turned over and threw her smooth jade back to him, and yawned again and again and said: "Close the window, I will sleep for a while longer."

"Well!" Yang Tong looked up at the sky and said, "Generally speaking, after a heavy rain, the weather will return to the sun for a long time. If the weather is too hot, it will be difficult to march."

After hearing this, Jiang Fengyi turned around and asked, "Is your husband going to fight again?"

"Don't ask about this matter. You should just worry about when to give birth to a baby for me. Look at Xiao Wu, she got pregnant casually."

Queen Wei Fengwu only gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, and nothing happened after that. I don't know if Yang Tong had been working too hard for a few months or something, but she suddenly became pregnant.

Speaking of this, Jiang Fengyi was immediately full of resentment: "I can't conceive a baby. Isn't it because you are not ambitious enough?"

"How can you blame me for failing to live up to expectations?" Yang Tong yelled: "Since you gave me the 'aphrodisiac' at Fengyi shop, I have irrigated your fertile paddy fields a lot. I can't do it if you can't get pregnant."

Is there any way? It’s really strange. People say that big butts are easy to give birth to, so why is it wrong for you? You, you gave birth to a big butt for nothing..."

Before he could finish his words, a pillow flew over.

Yang Tong casually took the fluttering hidden weapon, "If you want to conceive a child, posture is actually also very important."

"Really?" Jiang Fengyi was dubious, her eyes filled with eagerness to try.

"Of course!" Yang Tong closed the window, dressed neatly and walked out. Jiang Fengyi usually got up early to practice, but Yang Tong had a hard time last night and was too lazy to get up today. She yawned and went back

I retreated into the quilt and wanted to sleep for a while. As soon as I felt sleepy, I heard a burst of squeaking and giggling sounds, and then running around. It sounded like several children were chasing me, and only Yang Yang could be heard.

Hui's milky voice said: "Father, the sun is about to rise! There is less water in Jiuzhou Pond! Toads... frogs have all jumped to the shore. Can Father take us to catch frogs?"

Yang Tong's suppressed smile suddenly sounded: "Father, I still have big things to deal with. I can't accompany you to catch frogs. I go to find your Aunt Jiang. Your Aunt Jiang is the best at catching frogs. That's a catch."

A sure one."

"Aunt Jiang!" Yang Lu immediately called out confidently.

"This bad guy! I sincerely don't let people sleep in..." Jiang Fengyi sat up in a panic, grabbed her clothes and put them on. While putting them on, she answered: "Come on, come on, Aunt Jiang will be here soon, don't come in..."

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However, as soon as they got dressed, Yang Hui, Yang Wan, and Yang Lu rushed in excitedly.

Looking at Jiang Fengyi's jade-like face, which looked like it was stained with rouge, it was full of bright light. She blinked her big black and white eyes, and said with cute concern: "Aunt Jiang, your face is so red, are you sick?"

People often say that a woman who is moisturized is the most beautiful, and Jiang Fengyi is like this at this moment. It seems that overnight, her bright and moon-like skin has become radiant and beautiful, and there is a hint of rosy clouds flowing in her white skin.

Even these cute little girls were spotted.

When Jiang Fengyi heard Yang Hui's concerned words, her face turned even redder. She thought to herself, Aunt Jiang, that my face is not only red. There are many places on my body that were made redder than this by your bad guy dad...

Seeing several pairs of big black and white eyes scanning her body non-stop, Jiang Fengyi, who had a guilty conscience, was afraid that these girls would keep asking questions, so she quickly said: "Don't look, Aunt Jiang is going to wash up first, and then I will accompany you to catch frogs."

Yang Lu expressed doubts: "Aunt Jiang, can you catch frogs?"

"Yes, that's great. Aunt Jiang has been catching her all night..." As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Fengyi wanted to slap herself in the face.

What did you say?

"Where? Where?" The three little girls looked around furtively.

"Your father took it away!" Jiang Fengyi said in retaliation.

"Aunt Jiang is lying. My father's hands are empty and he didn't bring anything."

"You go find some jars first, and we'll put the frogs in later..." Jiang Fengyi's head was as big as a bucket, so she could only hold it in silence, looking around at him, using the word "frog" to attract the attention of these little ghosts.

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When Yang Tong came out of Fengyi Hall, it was still early.

As with martial arts training in the past, there is no need to rush to the front court, practice archery, and after sweating profusely, take a shower and read a book.

In the past, he usually read military books and studied various tactics and tactics at this time, but today he was reading "Guiguzi".

"Guiguzi" is a unique book left by Guiguzi. It integrates the essence of psychological speculation, speech skills, political strategy, military diplomacy, and business negotiation. It is not only a scholarship and philosophy of governing the world in troubled times, but also a masterpiece of strategy and a successful study.

Collection.

The various manifestations of intelligence and power revealed by it are widely used in the fields of internal affairs, diplomacy, war, economy, trade, and public relations.

However, this famous book, because it advocates strategy, power, speech, debate, and sophistry, has been regarded by rulers of all ages as "the forbidden fruit of wisdom and the most extraordinary book in the world".

!Because of this, the content of "Guiguzi" was almost in a state of extinction before. Even Yang Guang's Royal Library, which has many classics and rich contents, has not received the complete "Guiguzi".

Yang Tong's complete "Guiguzi" was copied by Mai Mengcai from the Zheng family's house when he was pretending to be a Tang army in Xingyang and massacred the Zheng family in Xingyang.

Yang Tong has lived in the Sui Dynasty for so long, and is used to everything here, and his understanding of ancient Chinese has also improved considerably. It is naturally not a problem to understand "Guiguzi". It's just that the philosophy contained in "Guiguzi" is applicable to all walks of life, different ages, and different statuses.

People can gain something from reading it at different times, so if you want to understand it thoroughly, it does not happen overnight.

After just reading an article, someone came to remind me. I hurriedly finished my breakfast and went to Xuanzheng Hall to hold today's morning meeting.

Since today is an ordinary day to do practical things, Yang Tong's clothes are not as grand as the Winter Great Court Meeting and Shuowang Court Meeting on Yuan Dynasty. He only wears a purple gold crown to tie his hair, and wears a black royal robe embroidered with gold, and a jade belt around his waist.

, wearing a pair of thin-soled soft boots, simple and very refreshing.

When he arrived at the main hall, he found that the ministers were smiling as if they were celebrating the New Year. He knew that it had been hit by strong wind and rain for too long, and finally sunny weather appeared, and his mood that had been suppressed for a long time became relieved.

"Your Majesty, this spring, there has been a long drought without rain in various places, resulting in a large reduction in spring grain. Recently, due to heavy rainstorms, people are worried that there will be a severe drought after the rain, which will affect the harvest this autumn. They have purchased grain reserves one after another. Affected by this wind direction,

As a result, the price of food rose." After discussing the major affairs of the government, Yang Shidao, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, bowed to Yang Dong.

Have you finally started to make up for your shortfall?

When Yang Tong heard this, a sneer flashed in his eyes. He listened to Fang Xuanling's advice on this matter and let Yin Hongzhi secretly control Zeng Zhong, the commander of Baima warehouse. He pretended not to know about Shi Yu's grain theft case and promoted Shi Yu to Xingyang.

He inspected the school and then allowed it to brew spontaneously. Unexpectedly, he issued an order to praise Shi Yu just the day before yesterday, and the price of grain rose. Behind this, the Zheng family in Xingyang must have purchased a large amount of grain to fill the white horse warehouse, in order to keep Shi Yu, an important chess piece.

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"Is food prices rising only in Luoyang, or are they also happening in other places?" Yang Tong asked.

Yang Shidao submitted an official document: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there is also a big fluctuation in Jiyin County. This is an urgent report from the prefect of Jiyin County."

"Send it up!" Yang Tong glanced at the duty officer, who stepped forward and took the official document from Yang Shidao's hand.

The letter said that in recent days, Jiyin is not only an important grain-producing area, but also the location of the joint warehouses of the four counties of Dongjun, Dongping, Jibei, and Jiyin. Therefore, Jiyin is the place where grain merchants from the four counties purchase goods. In just two days, this city

The county grain stores were sold out, and grain prices rose accordingly. As the news spread, grain merchants from Dongjun, Dongping, Jibei, Jiyin and other counties rushed to Jiyin to buy up grain and take the opportunity to drive up prices, causing the private sector to

boiling.

At this time, the taxes paid by the three counties of Chengshi, Chengwu, and Shanfu under the rule of Jiyin arrived in Jiyincang with spring grains. Because the taxes were paid and not inspected and entered into the treasury, they could not be sold for a while. And because the officials all ran away.

Due to the flood control in various places, no one was temporarily counting the grain and putting it in the warehouse. As a result, the people of Dongjun who came here to transport grain were stranded in the county. They were responsible for their own food and accommodation expenses and had to return to their hometowns to control the flood and resume production. There were also complaints.

Soon, some people were incited to petition Huang Ming, the magistrate of Chengwu County. Huang Ming accepted the people's petition and led all the county officials, local gentry and petitioners to the county government to petition for the people.

The county guard Chu Long went out to answer the question correctly. Unexpectedly, a quarrel broke out and a civil uprising almost broke out. The county guard Chu Long was chased, beaten and scolded by the "common people" in front of him, and he retreated to the government office in panic.

In order to quell the people's complaints, Chu Long had no choice but to order the warehouses to be reopened to sell rice. In one day, the grain sold in Jiyin warehouse exceeded 300,000 shi.

Chu Long and other county officials discovered that something was strange, so they ordered the county soldiers to follow and secretly investigate, and found that most of the grain was shipped to Dongjun.

When Yang Tong arrived here, he already knew that this must be the Zheng family in Xingyang who purchased a large amount of grain from Jiyin to make up for the shortfall in order to absolve Shi Yu.

Chu Long finally said that now it can be concluded that the foreign grain dealers who are driving up prices are actually a group of grain buyers and are here specifically to build momentum for them. As for the three counties who came to pay taxes, I am afraid it is not a coincidence, and because of what happened

Too fast, too tight, and the origin of the grain merchants cannot be traced.

Chu Long's official document stated what happened without any modifications, but Yang Tong could imagine how strong the Zheng family was in controlling these old spheres of influence and how many "businessmen" they had in their hands. When they heard that Shi Yu

After being promoted, it only took a day or two to complete matters such as controlling grain merchants, driving up prices, pretending to pay taxes, and inciting public dissatisfaction.

Huang Ming then asked to see the county magistrate as a people's petition. Under the fierce public sentiment, it was too easy to cause trouble and stimulate the people to explode. When the civil uprising happened, these people came out to force Chu Long and other county officials to "respond to public opinion."

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Even if this incident was reported to the court, it was an act of "obeying authority in an emergency" to appease the people and calm the situation. Not only was it not a fault, but it was meritorious.

After thinking about the whole thing thoroughly, Yang Tong was frightened.

This incident is simple to say, but it is not easy to accomplish so many things in such a short period of time, and to enable grain merchants from all over the country to avoid the government's follow-up inquiries. However, Zheng caused a flaw in every aspect, but...

There is no place to do evidence work. Zheng's energy, organizational power, and control have far exceeded Yang Tong's estimation.

Yang Tong's face became quite ugly. He originally thought that the Zheng family had been extremely weak during the war and was on the verge of survival. However, the strength they showed in the Jiyin incident was really shocking.
Chapter completed!