When the drums were heard, the news of the critical moment in Huazhou could not be concealed. Public opinion in Beijing was in an uproar, and the streets and discussions were all against the coalition forces in the Western Regions. Few people mentioned the case of Jiang Anyi's enemy, so the public trial was naturally delayed.

Several decrees were issued throughout the world. The first was to increase the commercial tax on valuable items such as wine, perfume, gold, silver and jewelry, as well as increase the tax on brothels and casinos. The owners of East City merchants and brothel casinos complained that the daily necessities shops in West City had little influence, and it was welcomed by ordinary people. It should have been like this for rich people to pay more.

The second decree is to clean up the administration of officials and investigate corrupt officials. The people also applauded. Those corrupt officials who were fishing and meat should be severely punished, so that their families would be destroyed. The money they had greedy for was greatly satisfying, but no one thought that the money should have been returned to the exploited people.

The third purpose is to sell twenty royal private property. These royal houses are distributed in Fuzhou, Pingzhou and Chenzhou. They are all good fertile land, gorgeous manors, and villas. With the precedent of Yanshan Villa, there are very few people coming to subscribe this time, which makes Shi Chongwei both worried and happy.

The fourth decree was to call on aristocratic families to go to the national crisis. The prince took the lead in reducing the cost of the Eastern Palace and gave 20,000 taels of silver to the national treasury. Under the inspiration of the prince, the Shi family donated generously and collected 2.2 million taels of silver within three days. The Wang family, Wei family and other aristocratic families were also eager to be righteous, and the top ten aristocratic families raised 16 million taels. Of course, the officials in the capital could not sit idly by, and raised more or less one.

Baskets were placed at the gates of the twelve city of Yongchang City. The people and merchants in the capital were packed with bags, and they didn't care about a penny, and ten taels of silver were not too much. At the end of the day, the four baskets placed at each city gate were filled with money. The officials guarding the basket did not dare to embezzle them, and the people from the Dragon Guard watched from the side. The prince said that who dared to steal the donated penny immediately.

Three days later, the amount of donations reached Shi Chongwei, and there were more than 21.23 million taels of silver. The treasury suddenly became full. He was not panicked when he had money in his hand. Shi Chongwei was full of spring breeze in the past two days, and everyone was smiling.

In Jiang Mansion, Xinfei received a letter from Guo Huaili from Huiye Mansion in Huazhou. Guo Huaili received a letter from Xinfei in Dezhou. He learned that Jiang Anyi was imprisoned and hoped that he would go to Huazhou to contact the gentry, students, and people to petition the court to let Jiang Anyi return to Huazhou for emergency treatment. Guo Huaili did not say anything, leaving his wife and children behind and returned to Huiye Mansion day and night. When he entered Huiye Mansion, the Zheng army was defeated and Huiye Mansion was besieged. The Western Regions coalition adopted the tactic of "surrounding three without one" to show the Zheng army to live, and wanted to use this to dismantle the morale of the Zheng army. Guo Huaili flowed into the city from the north gate against the people.

There were only 120,000 remaining soldiers of Anxi Protectorate and 15,000 stationed soldiers in the city, and 5,000 soldiers of the palace could only maintain order. The food and consumption of these people was not a decimal point. Fortunately, at the beginning of the invasion of the Western Regions, Fang Shishu ordered the counties to gather surplus grains into Huiye Mansion, so there was no need to worry about food and grass for a while.

Guo Huaili went to visit the governor Fang Shishu first. Faced with hundreds of thousands of Western Army soldiers besieged the city, Fang Shishu was worried and the old man was so anxious that he was full of breath. For Jiang Anyi's sake, Fang Shishu took the time to meet Guo Huaili. He heard Guo Huaili tell him the purpose of coming and asked him to help Jiang Anyi come to Huazhou for emergency treatment. Fang Shishu agreed repeatedly, saying: "Anyi's civil and military talents are ten times better than me. Moreover, Anyi has been governing Huazhou for six years and has been kind and kind. The people of Huazhou are willing to die for him. If he can take charge of the Huiye Mansion, the people of Huazhou will be saved. I will submit a memorial to the court and Baoanyi comes to Huazhou for emergency treatment."

Guo Huaili said: "Mr. Fang, don't worry. Guo also wants to invite the gentry from Qihuazhou, students and the people to write to tens of thousands of people. With your official documents, the possibility of the court promises will be greater."

"Okay, okay, I'm waiting for you for two days. On the 24th, I'll send you another official document and send it to Beijing with your ten thousand people. I hope An Yi can arrive at Huiye Mansion as soon as possible." Fang Shishu agreed, how could he not hold on to the driftwood when he was drowning.

On February 24, several fast horses rushed out of the north gate of Huiye City and rushed to the capital. Guo Huaili stood above the north city, watched the flying cavalry leave, and silently prayed in his heart, hoping that An Yi could escape this great disaster, repel the Western Regions coalition forces, and regain control of Huazhou. That is, you, I, everyone, please.

On March 2, the sender sent by Guo Huaili arrived in Yongchang City half a day earlier than the Chaoting Inn. After receiving the letter, Xinfei immediately called Tian Shoulou and said, "Brother Tian, ​​last time Queen Wang asked An Yi to offer half of the perfume bonus, but An Yi did not agree. The situation is getting worse and the good and bad luck is hard to predict. An Yi cannot be kept in prison again. After all the money is gone, you will contact Eunuch Gao and ask him to tell the Empress, saying that the Jiang family is willing to give half of the bonus, and also offer millions of taels of silver to let the Empress speak beautifully for Jiang Lang in front of Long Live."

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The Zhengshi Hall received the official documents and letters from Wan Min sent from Huazhou. After reading them first, the chief officer first, it was submitted to the right prime minister Ma Suizhen the next day, on the third day of the third month. Ma Suizhen looked around casually and said with a smile: "Huazhou cannot do without him, Jiang Anyi. This is to escape from prison. The Jiang family is very planning."

After thinking about it, Ma Suizhen stood up and brought the official documents to meet Kong Sheng. Kong Sheng looked at it calmly and said, "Since the officials and people of Huazhou are petitioning together, they must go to Datian to listen. I just happened to have something to report to the prince, so I took it with me. Ma Xiang went with me?"

Ma Suizhen smiled and said, "I still have something to do, so I'll bother Kong Xiang." He handed the official documents in his hand to Kong Sheng, and quit the lobby after joking. Ma Suizhen understood in his heart that Kong Sheng and Jiang Anyi had some friendship. Jiang Anyi was imprisoned and Kong Sheng did not help him clearly, but with this excuse, he couldn't help but ask for help. Ma Suizhen maintained a smile on his face and nodded with the officials he met. He thought in his mind that Jiang Anyi's affairs were getting more and more complicated. Although he was closer to King An of Chu, it was better to intervene less at this time.

After reading the official documents of Huazhou and the petitions of the people, the prince said lightly, "Gou will tell his father about this. Kong Xiang, Gu is about to find you. Qi Shuai, Zhenbei Daying, just sent someone to report it urgently. The desert people used the excuse that our country intended to tear up the alliance. The army went south to conflict with the garrison outside Zhenbei City, and the northern line was tight. The father said that we should not ignore each other, and we may not be able to draw 100,000 troops from Zhenbei Daying to rescue Huazhou. What should we do?"

Confucius Road: "Huazhou cannot be delayed. Since Governor Fang said that Jiang Anyi could take the big responsibility, he might as well let him go to rescue him. Judging from the letter of Wanmin, Jiang Anyi is still quite popular in Huazhou. When he goes to Huazhou, he can unite people's hearts and reduce the pressure on the court. As long as he can last a month, the court can free up his hands to respond."

Shi Chongwei knew that he had not saved Jiang Anyi this time, and was afraid that Jiang Anyi would have a grudge. Queen Wang told him that he would wait until the Jiang family took out half of the perfume bonus before taking action. If he came forward at this time, wouldn’t he lose nearly 500,000 taels of silver every year?

Shi Chongwei smiled and said, "Father is clear. The child wants Jiang Anyi to go to Huazhou to rescue the emergency. Jiang Anyi served as the governor of Huazhou for six years. The people of Huazhou were very respectful. He went to Huazhou to calm the hearts of the people. Moreover, Jiang Anyi's civil and military talents had retreated to the 100,000 troops of the Western Regions with three thousand light cavalry. He might be able to solve the urgent problem after going to Huiye Mansion. Even if he could not defeat the people of the Western Regions, as long as he could last for a month, the court could slow down and calmly mobilize troops to deal with foreign enemies."

Shi Fangzhen pondered for a moment and said, "It is a good idea to send Jiang Anyi to Huazhou, but this time he was sued by the Military Information Department and I and you have not spoken to him. I am afraid that he will feel resentful. Wei'er, you will let Ren'er settle the case tomorrow and make Jiang Anyi clear of his innocence, and then let Jiang Anyi come to Yanshan Villa to see him. If he is really dissatisfied, he would rather detain him as a minister in the capital than let him go to Huazhou."
Chapter completed!