Yuzhou Prefecture, Prefecture Yamen.

Gao Huan sat in the middle hall with a gloomy face. Hou Fangbo hurried over and stood in the hall with sweat on his forehead.

"Supervisor! I am just a side branch. It's really not my intention to raise the price. How dare I blackmail the Supervisor!" Hou Fangbo explained in a panic.

Gao Huan thought about it and found that Hou Fangbo could not have influenced the Hou family to increase the grain price. It should have been the decision made by the Hou family who was in charge of the matter.

"You don't dare to measure it!" Gao Huan said with a calm face: "Find it out for me and see who is waiting for an opportunity to blackmail me. Then convey my words to him. Don't toast and not eat the punishment!"

My mother is a slap, the Hou family is shameless, and Gao Huan has made up his mind to make the Hou family look good.

Hou Fangbo hurriedly bowed his head and saluted, "My subordinates understand that they will convey the meaning of the governor!"

...

Kaifeng was abbreviated as Bian, and was called Tokyo and Bian Jing in ancient times. It was the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties.

It is located in the eastern part of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River plain, in the eastern part of Henan, connected to Shangqiu in the east, Hulao Pass in the west, Xuzhou in the south, and Daming Prefecture in the north across the Yellow River.

At this time, due to the Yellow River seizing Huai River, Kaifeng's water transportation was developed, close to the canal transportation, and its economy was prosperous. It was the most developed and prosperous city in the Central Plains.

However, this "rich and unparalleled city" has also been affected by the turmoil in Henan.

When Sun Sike arrived in Kaifeng, hundreds of thousands of hungry people had gathered outside Kaifeng. Although the King of Zhou took the lead in serving porridge, the hungry people outside the city continued to starve to death. In addition, a heavy snowfall caused thousands of people to freeze to death in one night.

Looking at the miserable appearance of hungry people outside Kaifeng City, Sun Sike couldn't help but shook his head and sighed when he compared the military government with the Ming Dynasty government.

Sun Sike came to Kaifeng City and expressed his intention. He was immediately locked up by the government army and was locked up for several days. No one cared about it. He took out the money to handle the money before meeting his old boss Huang Shu.

At this time, in the prefecture government office, Sun Sike presented Gao Huan's letter to the Kaifeng prefect Huang Shu, and then said: "The Lord of the Fu, now in Henan, the people are in a state of fire and fire, Dengfeng Red Army is willing to surrender to the court. Not only will the court provide relief to the victims and share the pressure on Kaifeng, but it can also be a helping court to eliminate the treacherous thieves. If the Lord of the Fu can make this happen, it is equivalent to recovering the four counties and obtaining tens of thousands of elite troops, which is considered to be a great contribution to the court!"

After hearing Sun Sike's words, Huang Shu raised his eyebrows, picked up Gao Huan's letter and looked at it. He was quite excited. However, his years of career as an official have long been able to understand his experience in becoming an official. He must be accurate in everything before he can make decisions and must not act impulsively.

Huang Shu glanced at Sun Sike and said in a deep voice: "Is this Gao Huan really intending to surrender?"

Sun Sike said: "The Lord of the House is truly true at this time. His father Gao Youcai and his younger brother Gao Jian came to seek imperial edicts. The officials misunderstood their intentions and sent them to Kaifeng. However, they had already written to the Lord of the House to explain clearly."

Huang Shu knew this. He received the letter and handed it to Governor Ding Qirui, and the Governor was spared from the death penalty.

Sun Sike continued: "Further, in order to save Xinzheng, the Red Army defeated 70,000 burglars and had offended the gangsters, so they could only surrender to the court."

Huang Shu nodded when he heard the words, "I already know about this. You should rest in the inn first and wait for our mansion to reply."

Sun Sike had no choice but to get up and leave, go to the inn, wait for Huang Shu to report, and wait for the governor and the governor to make a decision.

Huang Shu returned to the study and read Gao Huan's letters repeatedly. He felt that this matter was possible. Once it succeeded, it would be a great achievement. Maybe it would help him to climb to the position of a provincial vassal state.

At this time, he became more and more excited as he thought about it. He was about to go to the governor Gao Mingheng to report the matter, but some subordinates came to report it and said that Mr. Hou asked for a meeting.

In Kaifeng, even Henan, and even the world, there is only one person who can be called Hou Gongzi, the current Minister of Revenue, Hou Fangyu, and the leader of the Fushe.

Last year, Hou Fangyu went to Nanjing for an exam. He spent more than 100,000 taels of money on the Qinhuai River and lost all the money he had.

After Hou Xun learned that he was stumbling in Jiangnan, he was very dissatisfied and asked someone to capture Hou Fangyu back to Henan and study hard.

After Hou Fangyu returned to Henan, he heard about the transaction between his family and the Chi Bei army, so he decided to intervene, intending to take the opportunity to make some money and then go to the Qinhuai River to be free and easy.

He asked someone to find out about the situation of Chi Beijun. When he learned that Gao Huan sent his father and brother to the government as a hostage and requested Zhao'an, he felt that Gao Huan had a certain amount of food, so he ordered someone to increase the price of the food.

At first he only added one liang, and later he added one liang, so that the price of grain reached eight liang.

Seeing that Chi Bei accepted it, he had a bigger appetite and finally offered a sky-high price of ten taels per stone.

He originally thought that since Gao Huan was asking for imperial edict, he would not dare to offend the Hou family.

If Gao Huan is smart and sensible enough, he will grit his teeth and accept it. The extra money will be considered a bribe to the Hou family, and he will also speak for Gao Huan.

But unexpectedly, Gao Huan was ungrateful and not only detained all the people and food, but also dared to threaten him in turn, which angered Hou Fangyu.

In the study room, Huang Shu stood up and smiled and said, "Young Master Hou, why did you come to me today?"

Hou Fangyu smiled and said, "I have something to come this time, I want to remind the Duke."

Huang Shu first asked him to sit down, and then asked someone to have a refreshment, and then asked solemnly: "I don't know, what should Mr. Hou give me some advice?"

Hou Fangyu is the son of Hou Xun, the Minister of Revenue, who is the boss of Donglin. Hou Fangyu is the representative of the young and powerful sect of Donglin. He is known as the "Four Princes of Jiangnan". He is in the limelight and has a strong power behind it.

Therefore, Hou Fangyu had something to remind him, and immediately let Huang Shu feel whether it was Hou Xun or the Donglin Party that made him pay attention to something through Hou Fangyu.

Hou Fangyu opened the folding fan and shook it coldly, "I heard that a group of bandits in Dengfeng have recently found the Duke Jun and seek the imperial court?"

Huang Shu raised his eyebrows and felt that the Hou family was well-informed. He had not reported this to the governor, but the Hou family knew about it.

"But there is such a thing!" Huang Shu said in a deep voice.

He didn't look very happy. After all, what he did was easily known, making him feel that he had no privacy.

Hou Fangyu's face darkened and he said coldly: "The bandits are capricious. The court has adopted the strategy of pacifying the bandits many times before, but the bandits have rebelled again and again. In this regard, the Lord of the House should be vigilant and not forget Xiong Wencan!"

Huang Shu was shocked and understood what Hou Fangyu meant.

In May of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Xiong Wencan recruited Zhang Xianzhong, and Zhang Xianzhong was nominally surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, but in fact he urged Xiong Wencan to ask for money and stationed tens of thousands of troops in Gucheng, waiting for an opportunity to move.

In May of the 12th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong rose again and was unstoppable. Xiong Wencan was arrested and imprisoned because of the failure to pay the situation. He was beheaded the following year.

Seeing Huang Shu's expression, Hou Fangyu knew that his goal was achieved and a sneer appeared on his face.

That Gao Huan dared to seize the Hou family's caravan and threatened him. He was simply ignorant of his life or death.

Hou Fangyu sneered repeatedly, "Hmph, I offended me, I still want Zhao'an and buy grain by myself. I want to let you have a grain of food, so I don't even think about buying it. In the end, I admit my mistake and kneel down and beg me!"
Chapter completed!