Water Margin people

"Sir, we are opening the city gate on the order of Mr. Fu Yin. Without the order of Mr. Fu Yin, we are not allowed to close the city gate before dark!"

The defenders looked at Li Gang and said, now that the flood has receded and there are no enemies outside the city, the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion naturally belong to the governor of Kaifeng Mansion.

"It's nonsense. If the people leave, Tokyo will be deserted. How can this be done!"

Li Gang's face was gloomy. The more important reason why Tokyo is indestructible and strong outside the city is that Tokyo is the center of the world and the most populous city in the world. People are the source of confidence.

Li Gang quickly found Kaifeng Prefecture Governor Xu Bingzhe on the city wall.

"Xueshi Li, why do you come to the city today?"

Xu Bingzhe looked at Li Gang and asked with a smile.

"Why did you open the city gate! Who allowed you to open the city gate? Close the city gate quickly!"

Li Gang looked at Xu Bingzhe and shouted sternly.

"Scholar Li, I'm just following orders!"

Xu Bingzhe's face darkened, and instead of giving Li Gang a good look, he said coldly.

"Whose order!"

Li Gang glared at Xu Bingzhe and said.

"You don't have to worry about it! There are no floods outside the city now, and the enemy is on the north bank of the Yellow River. There is no danger in Tokyo for the time being. As a governor, what's the problem with ordering the city gates to be opened after dawn? Academician Li is busy with official duties, so don't come to the city wall if you have nothing to do. above."

Xu Bingzhe said coldly.

Xu Bingzhe was recently promoted to the position of governor of Kaifeng Prefecture. He was a Jinshi nine years ago. He climbed to the position of governor of Kaifeng Prefecture in nine years, which can be regarded as a meteoric rise. He followed the path of people like Zhang Bangchang.

In the court, Zhang Bangchang was the peacemaker, and Li Gang was the warlord. There was incompatibility between the two factions. Now that Li Gang was talking like this, Xu Bingzhe was also angry.

Zhang Bangchang and others recommended Xu Bingzhe to fight for power. In Xu Bingzhe's view, Li Gang has overstepped his authority.

"The crisis in Tokyo has not been resolved. As a member of the Remaining Department, I have the right to take charge of Tokyo's defense!"

Li Gang said.

"I'm sorry, when you were meeting today, I already went to get His Majesty's order. The crisis in Tokyo has been resolved. From today on, Tokyo affairs will be under the jurisdiction of the government. Your Majesty also asked that Tokyo be restored to prosperity as soon as possible."

Xu Bingzhe looked at Li Gang with a playful look on his face. Maybe he was not as capable as Li Gang, but when it came to observing people's emotions and flattering horses, even ten Li Gang could not compare with him.

"you……"

Li Gang finally understood what had happened. In the past few days, he had been discussing the alliance with Wanyan Gao in the side hall, ignoring the Tokyo city defense. He did not expect that the Lord He faction would seize power in just a few days.

"Scholar Li, you'd better go down to the city!"

Xu Bingzhe pointed to the stairs to the lower city.

Although Li Gang was angry, there was nothing he could do now that Xu Bingzhe had the emperor's orders.

"If Tokyo fails, you will be a sinner for the ages!"

Li Gang dropped these words and turned around to leave.

"Tokyo is the royal capital, the center of the world. Who will leave? Only people will squeeze in!"

Xu Bingzhe said nonchalantly, they are indeed leaving the city in panic now, but this is only a short-term phenomenon, and they will swarm back when the people calm down.

"Enxiang, there are too many people going out here, why don't you close the city gate a little!"

A Kongmu said that the streets at this time were already crowded with people leaving the city. He had been a clerk in Tokyo for many years and had never seen such a scene. If this goes on, there will be no one in Tokyo in a few days. .

"Closing the city gates, everyone who wants to leave can leave, and they will be clean after leaving. Where will the rice and food in the city come to feed them? When there is no food, and they go to the streets to cause trouble, will it be you or me?" Xu Bingzhe stared at the man The famous Kong Mu, Li Gang, who has been in charge of Tokyo affairs these days, distributes food every day. Tokyo's warehouses are already at their lowest, how can they continue to distribute food like this?

But if it doesn’t happen, how will the people in the city survive? In the end, when you are desperate, you will definitely end up making trouble in the streets.

Now that Xu Bingzhe serves as the governor of Kaifeng, maintaining public security and stability in Tokyo is his primary responsibility. He must not allow people to cause trouble, so letting out those people who want to leave is the best option.

Several department officials lowered their heads and dared not speak. They could not bear this responsibility.

"A bunch of idiots, only by letting people out can we make Tokyo more prosperous. Tokyo is short of everything now, except money! How can these people survive if they go out? In the end, it is better to return to Tokyo with goods in exchange for money. In this way, Tokyo Isn’t the prosperity coming back?”

Xu Bingzhe looked at the people who were leaving the city and smiled disdainfully.

"Everyone has left the city! What should we do?"

Cao Zheng looked at Shi Qian and others and asked. As soon as the city gate opened today, there was a wave of people leaving Tokyo. A large number of people packed their luggage and left Tokyo.

"Don't panic, we want to take root in Tokyo. Besides, Tokyo is so big, how can we all leave?"

Shi Qian said with a smile.

"Can I not be in a hurry? I can't do this business. All my old customers have left, and I can't get any information!"

Cao Zheng sighed helplessly. He suffered a lot during the days when Tokyo was besieged by floods. Butcher shops, vegetable markets, and hotels were unable to do business.

"Brother Cao Zheng, you are dressed too formally. You shouldn't be a butcher now. Look at Zhang San, Li Si and others, how good they are at being naughty!"

Shi Qian pointed to Zhang San and Li Si sitting in the yard as a lazy sheep.

"Okay, I get it now!"

Cao Zheng's eyes lit up. He was engaged in small business. If he had no business in the past two months, he would have gone bankrupt and become a street idler, wandering around in the streets.

"The situation in the city has been reported to His Majesty. Our people should start to receive the fleeing people."

Lehe said.

"I'm afraid it will take some time. Although the water outside has receded, the mud is still muddy and difficult to walk on. If you really want to walk, you will have to be exposed to the sun for at least several days, waiting for the mud to dry up."

Sister-in-law Gu said with a smile that although the floods have receded, it is not that easy to leave.

"It's only a matter of a few days. The sun is too hot these days!"

Sun Xin said, the sun is shining brightly these days, and the mud will dry out quickly.

"We can't be idle these days. We have to walk around the city more to see what people from all sides think, and then give a comprehensive summary to His Majesty."

Shi Qian looked at everyone and said, now is their busiest time. Ordinary people are rushing to leave, but gentry and officials cannot leave easily.

Liangshan.

Sun Lei is also always paying attention to the trends in Tokyo.

"Your Majesty, the people have been selected. When the people return, they will sneak into Tokyo!"

Xiao Jiasui said that if Tokyo is allowing people to leave now, it will definitely encourage people to return after a period of time. At that time, it will be an excellent time to put people into Tokyo.

"Be careful. Those people in Tokyo are not stupid. They will definitely check the household registration and credentials, and they will check it very strictly."

Sun Lei nodded and said, although these things can be faked, the number of people cannot be too large, otherwise the secret will definitely be exposed.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. The people we have found are all people who have just entered Qi State recently, and their identities are all clean."

Xiao Jiasui made a point. There have been wars everywhere in the past few months. Tokyo has been overwhelmed with itself, and everywhere is in chaos. The flow of the population cannot be counted in time. It is not difficult to select some people with clean foundations.