The autumn wind gradually disappeared in Luoyang, and in the early October, snowflakes floated in the sky.

Unlike the cold in Changsha, the cold in Luoyang is a little rapid. Overnight, a shallow layer of snow covered the entire Luoyang, and the town and the city were quiet.

Early in the morning, firewood and bamboo charcoal from various prefectures and counties in Luoyang were continuously transported to the city, and black cart marks were deeply reflected on the ground, telling their weight.

After winter comes, making fire becomes the key.

Hundreds of carriages lined up from the city gate for several miles, loading of charcoal was as precious as copper coins. The grooms chatted happily, while the merchants chatted happily. God knew that they had been waiting for this day for a long time.

"The charcoal price this year is much better!"

"That's right, there are more and more people coming and going from Luoyang to lack firewood!"

"This winter, I can live a good life!"

Even the vendors in the market could not wait to queue at the city gate and quickly sent people to buy charcoal without charcoal, thus stocking up a lot of people without any share.

In Luoyang, the price of charcoal soared, exceeding five cents per catty. In another two days, I am afraid it will be a comparison of the salt price.

The prefect of Luoyang Prefecture was Li Huaien, the former prefect of Hubei. He was originally the governor of Langzhou and was promoted to the prefect of Jingnan. Due to proper governance, he was appointed as the prefect of Luoyang.

Although there are only a dozen counties in Luoyang, its rectification is of extraordinary significance. The ordinary prefect is the fourth rank, while the Luoyang prefect is from the third rank.

I knew that in the previous Tang Dynasty, the prime minister was only the third rank. Now the emperor has been promoted to the second rank and the deputy prime minister is the third rank.

In other words, the rank of the Luoyang prefect is equivalent to the Transport Authority, the Governor of the Five Armies, and the Minister of Military Affairs.

Of course, if we follow the standards of the Five Dynasties, the prefect of the capital of the capital is synonymous with the crown prince.

Li Huai'en entered the Tang Dynasty for about ten years, and almost when the empress married into the Tang Dynasty, he had become an official. He was a fellow villager of the empress. He was honest and had a proper promotion and retreat, neither humble nor arrogant, and was quite popular with the emperor.

In fact, in the face of the soaring charcoal price in Luoyang, he was not too panicked, even though his subordinates repeatedly asked for it.

"Mr. It's hard to find a fire in Luoyang. I don't know how many people were frozen to death, but they still have to attack the wealthy merchants."

The magistrate gritted his teeth and quickly persuaded him that of course he knew that this was an act of overstepping power and that he also offended the prefect, but there was no way. The temperature in Luoyang has dropped sharply, and once a large-scale death, all of them cannot escape the harshness of blame.

Luoyang is too close to the emperor, and it will cause trouble if you are not careful.

Instead of being impeached and ruining the future, it is better to directly detain the powerful and give away all the charcoal. In this way, you can win a good reputation and perhaps the emperor will know that the worst will come.

"Brother Zhang, don't worry--"

Li Huaien smiled, he pulled out a fan from his arms, took him to the city gate, and pointed to the carriage lanes: "Look at it, there are so many carriages belonging to hundreds of cars, and they look timid and drop in the bucket."

"Luoyang has a million people and 200,000 households. If each household needs three kilograms a day, it will be 600,000 kilograms. Such a carriage can carry at most a thousand kilograms, and if it keeps going day and night, it will be at least 600."

"And, Mo Yan forgot that even with enough carriages, he could not collect so much charcoal."

"The hoarding of wealthy merchants is not the main reason. Brother Zhang, don't try to play all in one size fits the situation, but it will cause chaos."

"This, isn't this the most convenient way!" Zhang Tongzhang smiled embarrassedly.

"It's very convenient. Just convicting a casual crime and copying some money to disperse it, it can win people's hearts. It is indeed the easiest way."

Li Huaien shook her head helplessly: "You are gamble, this is not possible."

This is Luoyang, the capital city. There is no shadow of an official family behind any wealthy businessman. He searched the house and asked for punishment at all costs. The task was solved, but he offended others fiercely. The only opportunity was the emperor's attention.

This is not a bet, what is it?

"Then, what can I do?" Tongzong said helplessly.

“Actually, there is a better way.”

Li Huaien shook his head, his eyes deep, and his voice was low: "In Changsha Prefecture City, charcoal was scarce at that time, but Your Majesty was not panicked. Then, I realized that it was mined that charcoal was mined, and with just a hoe, it was a few pounds, and it was endless."

"As long as there is enough manpower, charcoal will never be lacking."

"The Lord of the Mansion is wise!" The judge couldn't help but accept it.

Although Li Huaien did not say where the carbonite was mined, he must have been prepared for it long ago. In this way, he naturally felt at ease.

However, in the palace, there is naturally no charcoal, and even the best smokeless bamboo charcoal is even emitting a faint fragrance when it burns.

In addition to white charcoal, black charcoal, bamboo charcoal, "brand charcoal", "religious charcoal", "diamond charcoal", and "beast charcoal" were also developed. There are many types and they cannot be burned.

Even, there were hundreds of tribute charcoals that were thousands of miles away in Liangzhou, each of which was more than a foot long, with a green surface and as hard as iron.

The exaggeration is that each of the pieces can burn for ten days, and the heat is so hot that it is difficult to be human.

The emperor also gave him half of his reward, and he only left more than ten items to spend the winter.

Therefore, even if it is burning charcoal or the emperor and other noble officials, they have to change their ways.

"Dingnan Army, the entire army will be destroyed!"

Li Jia felt a heat coming from the soles of her feet into her heart and then venting it out of her mouth. It was so satisfying.

There is no more Western Xia Kingdom in the world!

Yang Ye is worthy of being a famous general who has been famous in history, and he really did not disappoint him.

"I have planned an imperial edict to add a thousand households to the fief of Yang Ye, and the Dangjin, and Zhe Yuxun adds a five hundred households to the fief of him."

Soon, the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat was finished writing. When the emperor saw it, he nodded and asked him to pass it on to the Political Affairs Hall to stamp it.

Afterwards, he continued to read the memorial, and what was attached was the matter of Zhe Yuxun offering the land.

Obviously, after this great victory, the army of decisive troops was no longer there, and Zhe Yuxun also knew that he could not support himself, so he might as well sell it at a good price to gain fame and fortune.

After thinking for a while, Li Jia directly handed it over: "Let the Political Affairs Hall discuss what specific constitution should I tell you."

"Yes!" The Secretariat of the Central Secretariat responded very obediently.

The emperor continued his hard work to review the time, and enjoyment was matched with responsibility, and this kind of thing was absolutely unsafe.

"kindness?"

At this time, he reviewed a memorial to impeach Li Huaien, the governor of Luoyang, and was quite surprised.

After reading it carefully, I found that it was a matter of charcoal fire. The exaggerated words "A family of thousands of households is rare, and the torch is rare. I sleep at a cold night, and my neighbors rise at the day, and I observe it quickly. All the households are gone... Most of them are children and elderly people."

"Exaggerated words!"

Li Jia shook her head. If this were the case, he would have received the news long ago. Unexpectedly, it was arranged. There were millions of people in Luoyang, and there were always a few households.

It’s not easy to be the governor of Luoyang!
Chapter completed!