The first increase is food prices.
For the feudal dynasty, whenever there was unrest or any unstable factors, food prices were always the first to rise, just like a precursor to bad times. If food prices rose, unrest would appear immediately.
This time, too, the news that Suzhou Ocean was blocked came to Lin ‘an, and food prices should go up.
Most of Lin’ an’s grain does not arrive by sea, but it is the big head by land and water. But it doesn’t matter if it smells business opportunities. The profiteers have adjusted the food prices for the first time and started to panic the market, thinking about taking advantage of the chaos to make a wave of national wealth.
These grain merchants often have their own channels to know that the army can’t really threaten Lin ‘an city for the time being and know whether Lin ‘an city is safe or not, but Lin ‘an people will surely panic and not take this opportunity to make a fortune. When will it take?
Grain merchants began to act, the market began to fluctuate, people began to be unstable, and the wave of buying grain began to appear.
He watched the grain merchants make a fortune, and naturally he also started the price increase action immediately.
For example, oil prices, such as cloth prices, such as carbon prices, are just like runners who hear the starting gun, and they are scrambling for fear that they will suffer.
A lot of living materials go at noon or a few pence a catty, and then the price rises by more than ten pence a catty. That’s called a ecstasy.
The price has gone up, and Lin ‘an residents have suffered.
Lin’ an residents can earn an average of 100 pence a day, which seems like a lot, but the foundation is that the moonlight family earns as much as spending money, and there is no money and no way to pay for it. In times of stable prices, they can still get food and clothing. Once prices fluctuate, their lives will be difficult to sustain.
So the people are very dissatisfied with this complaint, and there are swearing and fighting at the gates of major shops, which has caused one civil dispute after another, which is also a headache for the people in charge of managing Lin’ an county government
Lin’ an county magistrate reported that if this situation continues, I am afraid it will affect the stability and people’s hearts of the whole Lin’ an city.
On the one hand, Zhao Shen issued a decree prohibiting the people from increasing the price of daily necessities, and sent people to arrest a group of profiteers who wantonly raised prices and suppressed a wave of prices, and then sent people to Jiaxing Prefecture and coastal areas to understand the situation for further investigation
And once these things happen, they are not easy to solve, and they will be very difficult.
Zhao Shen, who has just become an emperor, is inexperienced in this respect. He can pull ministers to constantly consider and think about ways to break the situation, but he has spent a lot of ways but failed to come up with a few rather awkward demeanor.
The price was forcibly controlled by administrative means, but the merchants were not satisfied and began to reduce the scale of sales. When the daily quantitative sales were sold out, there was a situation in which people took money but could not buy things.
As a result, the black market in Lin’ an City suddenly became lively.
It is the so-called policies and countermeasures, because many businessmen are involved in the dignitaries Zhao Shen, and no matter how hard they make it, they can’t solve the practical difficulties.
The government of the Southern Song Dynasty was so ruined here that the military action was unambiguous. On April 22, the Japanese pioneer arrived in Changxing County and directly attacked Changxing County.
One goal is Huzhou.
On the 23rd, at sunset, the army vanguard arrived in Huzhou Fucheng.
Huzhou Fucheng was in the Northern Song Dynasty in Wucheng County earlier. In order to celebrate the submission of King wuyue, the 15 townships in the southeast of Wucheng County were divided and set up to be governed by two counties in Anxian County. In addition, Huzhou’s capital is rich in population and products.
When the army arrived in Huzhou, Zhao Mi, the commander-in-chief of the Qiandian Division, had been stationed in Fucheng for a while and put a lot of thoughts on the layout of the Yugoslav capital and placed a lot of military facilities outside the city to guard against the army.
Nai is ready to do enough in Song Jun, but there is no will to fight. Some facilities outside the city, hilly and highland military facilities, can protect Huzhou Fucheng’s security well, but when the army array attacks, Song Jun always collapses quickly.
The military attack routine hasn’t changed. The rockets and Raytheon cannons are bombarded with ordinary stones, and then the infantry array attacks.
When Song Jun attacks from a distance, he can always fight back and pose a certain threat to the army. Then when the army launches an infantry attack, Song Jun can’t resist it and quickly retreats.
In this way, in less than a day, on April 25, the Japanese pioneer advanced to Fucheng City, and looked at Chengtou in a flurry. Song Jun launched a siege war without saying anything.
Yangzhou did not attack mainly to speed up the progress of the war and reduce food consumption.
Huzhou must attack. With the help of Huzhou’s control of waterways, it goes directly south to Lin ‘an, and Huzhou’s Song Jun forces far exceed Yangzhou’s. If this force is not cleaned up, it will be uncomfortable for weeks.
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Chapter 75 Enemy in Lin ‘an City
As soon as the headquarters ordered the main force of the army to immediately start the siege war.
Long-range attack weapons, such as big rockets, Raytheon cannons and huge stones, flew all over the sky and smashed siege equipment into the city, pushing the drill to the city to escort the soldiers to the city and began to attack the city with ants attached to it.
The military attack was very firm, and Song Jun’s defense was not very firm from the beginning. Chengtou was killed by the army several times. If Zhao Mi hadn’t pulled out his own pro-guard elite city defense and set an example, it is estimated that Fucheng would be breached in two days.
However, this can’t reverse the situation. Since the war began, the army has been pressing Song Jun to fight Song Jun and was soon beaten by the army without temper.
Besides, Raytheon cannons and big rockets are really powerful and I don’t know where they will fall.
Some fall places are very sharp, and they fall directly to the city wall, and a circle around them is blown to pieces. In some places, Song Bing is also blown to pieces and can’t get up.
The military’s long-range strike gave Song Jun full deterrence and also gave Song Jun officers in the city full deterrence
Whether to say or not to be an officer is not only a bit real, but also a matter of making money for the official. Not to mention that the officers are all very superior.
This kind of good day makes officers have a strong sense of superiority on weekdays, and they also feel that they have never been with the big soldiers, so the common death threat often makes officers have a stronger will to survive.
Since the siege began, officers and their cronies have been fleeing over the wall at night.
This situation became more and more serious. On April 27 and 20, there was a situation of fleeing over the wall in the daytime, which caused the morale of the city of Song Jun to float
Zhao Mi’s attempt to bounce back had the opposite effect, which led to the city’s unsuccessful escape. The officers launched Operation Ke.
They dare not fight with the army to the death, but dare to show their fangs at Zhao Mi. Not only do they say that they are weak, but also how unpopular Zhao Mi is-it is said that Zhao Mi contributed to the resignation of Yang Zhong, the general manager of Si Qian in front of the temple.
He has always wanted to sit in the position of the head coach of the front office, even though he did not hesitate to fabricate Yang Zhong’s accusation. Yang Zhongdan, the head coach of the front office for many years, was highly respected and had a high morale. Zhao Mi rushed to lead troops into battle, and his foundation was unstable. This is the curse.
On April 20 th, the troops outside the city were storming Huzhou Fucheng, and Zhao Mi’s pro-soldiers and rebels were also fighting fiercely. This strange phenomenon also happened inside and outside the city, which was also a joke.
The result is naturally not much to say.
The army abruptly broke through the city wall and entered the city. Zhou Huiyong took the lead in boarding the city and took the lead, which inspired the morale of the army and opened the gate of Fucheng. The army then entered the city in a big way and broke Huzhou Fucheng in one fell swoop.
Zhao Mi and the rebels were fighting fiercely, and they were scared out of their wits at the sight of the city. At that time, they forgot everything and fled from the south gate together.
However, the army and cavalry have started to encircle the south gate from outside the city, and they quickly arrived at the south gate. They are intercepting the fleeing troops in Song Jun, and their heads are rolling.
Finally, Zhao Mi and a small number of pro-guards escaped because they rode fast enough. Most of the imperial guards were killed by the army, and capturing this imperial army was equivalent to the army’s annihilation.
Huzhou Fucheng was breached and Lin ‘an Gate was opened.
Zhou was overjoyed and didn’t stay much. On April 29, he reorganized the army and began to follow the river, while the south cavalry rushed to Lin’ an City.
That is, later on April 29th, Lin ‘an City got the news that Huzhou was lost and the army went downstream and took Lin ‘an directly because of the wave after wave of routed troops returning.
This news completely detonated the uneasy atmosphere in Lin ‘an City, which has been overwhelmed by high prices and high-pressure curfew for many days. Lin ‘an citizens crashed and exploded to escape. If you don’t want to be captured in Lin ‘an with the Zhao and Song royal families.
Although they were not experienced in Kaifeng in those days, they were listeners, especially after the Zhao and Song royal families returned to Lin’ an city more than a year ago, what happened in Kaifeng city in those years once again became the headline of Lin’ an street.
Everyone began to recall how Kaifeng city officials and people were tortured by the Jin people, and then they were constantly humiliated and intimidated, and soon reached a consensus.
You must not stay in Lin ‘an and run quickly, or you won’t be able to come!
Many people have already run away from the previous wave of panic, and this time it is an irresistible flight frenzy.
Before, it could be said that it was a rumor. Few officials believed that they tried their best to suppress the people’s panic, and the order in Lin ‘an was well guaranteed.
But this time it’s different. This time it’s the real army. It’s almost arrived in Lin ‘an.
Not to mention the people, many court-level petty officials, handyman armed forces, etc. have begun to pack up and run away with their families-it is not worthwhile to pity the little salary.
People and petty officials fled in large numbers, and the defenders in the city also began to flee.
When the news came, the officers were also very scared and didn’t take care of the soldiers for a while, so some soldiers quickly found their families and ran away to the west.
When the officers were finally instructed by the imperial court to close the city gates and rectify the order of the city, even the imperial guards of Sanya fled, and some officers and soldiers did, not to mention the fleeing people, officials and some people were really afraid of junior officials.
There was chaos in the imperial court for a while, but there was still news that the city gate should be completely closed and the order of the city should be rectified. Without orders, people are not allowed to leave their homes without permission, and they will all be put to death as a rebellion.
It’s not true that the court guards killed a group of people just by issuing decrees, which shocked people’s hearts and quickly calmed down the city order.
This order was issued by Zhao Shen, but it was mainly discussed by Zaifu to make the six gods pale and Zhao Shen nodded his permission.