If the previous Jingxi Operation was to uncover the pests in the Ministry of War, which indirectly kicked off the war against the barbarians again forty years later, the power of the Lingwang Yang Shu to accept the implementation of the "national austerity strategy" appointed by the emperor means that the royal family's "big test" officially kicked off.

At the same time, two major dramas were performed together, which was the first time in the history of the Jingji Dynasty.

The ones who felt that the wind and direction began to change were the third-rank officials in the imperial city, followed by the centers of the imperial city, and then there were the relevant local systems.

People have to spend money on food, right? Whether they are superior or in the market, money and food cannot be avoided. This is the same even for those sects that claim to be out of the world.

Yang Shu's movements were very fast. With the cooperation of Bai Changqing, the Minister of Revenue, in two days, he refined the strategy of tightening money and grain. The austerity plan proposed by Bai Changqing was finely divided into three stages. Each austerity stage corresponds to three processes of the war situation in the south: smooth, anxious, and declining.

Yang Shu even went straight to the Ministry of War, and found Yang Yansi, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and several veteran generals with idle positions in the Ministry of War, and used his and Bai Changqing to discuss the strategy he and Bai Changqing together.

This action shocked many people's chins. Because the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue have been in a position of almost opposite dislike each other for many years? Can they also engage in such cross-departmental system discussions?

Even though the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War were surprised, even if they did not deal with each other, with Yang Shu, the intermediary, and the detailed strategy of the money and grain, it really required the Ministry of War and other people familiar with the strategy to correct it. Therefore, things seemed to be unbelievable to many people outside the world, and exclaimed that the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War had not fought together, but in fact it was progressing very smoothly.

Whether it is Wen Mingju, the current leader of the Ministry of War, or Bai Changqing, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, at least it will not cause any trouble for Yang Shu's face.

After a careful evaluation, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War came up with opinions, and finally Yang Shu decided to determine the current state of the Jingji Dynasty as "smooth and anxiety", which means a state where the success is not smooth and anxiety is not enough, which is considered to be a middle value.

In fact, the conclusion given by the Ministry of War was that "the battle situation went smoothly", and the Ministry of Revenue lowered the half-level in order to make some room to deal with possible emergencies.

According to this process, Yang Shu began to inspect various places, and at the same time, the detailed arrangement of the money and grain tightening strategy of this process was first advertised across the country. All government offices, official shops and warehouses involving the strategy were not allowed to be relocated, and they must be followed immediately. Yang Shu will inspect and supervise the hub city one by one. If it is a lie, Yang Shu will be ready to set up a few kids to serve as a warning to others.

Yang Shu left the imperial city on November 21st, and at the beginning of this day, the entire imperial city became increasingly uneasy.

First, on the night of November 21, a fire broke out in the Song Mansion Villa in the south of the city. Five large water trucks came to the water beast team in the yamen. Nearly a hundred people who came here worked one after another for half an hour to put out the fire. It was just that a monk in the water beast team was holding his head, good at the Five Elements Water Magic, which strengthened the power of the water truck, otherwise the Song family's Dalian courtyard would have been burned out.

The cause of the fire was investigated by the people from the Water Beast Team, while the Song family arranged people to clean up the burned yard.

There is nothing to say about this matter itself, but it is strange that even the Song family itself does not take it seriously. It just thinks it was an accident. The people from the Water Beast Team, who investigated the cause of the fire, found a secret room on the foundation of a firewood burned in the Song family courtyard. There were more than a dozen huge boxes half a person tall. Due to the fire, the boxes were damaged and leaked out the things inside, which made the people from the Water Beast Team stunned.

It's all full of spirit stones!

Because there were too many people present, including local yamen, water beast team, Song family’s own servants, and even some people who lived nearby to help put out the fire. In addition, the incident suddenly happened, and there were no outstanding figures present at the Song family. They reacted half a beat slower for a while and did not cover the mouths of others. They were immediately spread "Many spirit stones!"

What is a spirit stone? Ordinary people can sometimes come into contact with it. They have seen it in workshops or when they go to the city wall to perform labor service. They know it is a high-end product used to replace the true qi to promote the magic circle. It is too expensive. It is worthy of the Song family. It is really rich. There are probably thousands or tens of thousands of spirit stones so many.

Honest people watch the excitement, and among the hundreds of people, not only honest people, but most of them are keen-minded people.

So in less than a meal, the local government and Xuanqingwei received news that there were a large amount of prohibited materials hidden in the Song family courtyard and the unexplained intention.

If it were a year ago, although the matter of having spirit stones in the family was not in compliance with the rules, it would not have been exaggerated. Moreover, it was a wealthy family like the Song family, and their relationship was complicated and energy-saving, so it was difficult for someone to easily get along with them. But now...

At this time, the Song family reacted and hurriedly came from the big house, but the other courtyard of their own could not enter and was sealed. The person who sealed was a yamen runner of the Imperial City Yamen, and Xuan Qingwei, who also came, only fought and said that they would leave if they didn't participate in local affairs.

"Sorry, Mr. Song, this place is now considered the crime site, and you can't go in for the time being."

"Case happens? What case is it?"

The second master of the Song family was Song Zhisong. He had a stern face and felt that something was wrong in his heart.

The yamen runner did not bow to the popular figure of the Song family as before, but instead seemed very tough and replied with a smile: "Of course it is a case of privately hiding prohibited materials. And it seems that the amount is very large at present."

Without waiting for Song Zhisong to say anything, the yamen runner turned around and left, and told the people below to look after the prison house and not allow idle people to enter.

There was a big trouble. Song Zhisong turned around and reported without much entanglement. However, as soon as he returned to the gate of the Dafang House, his heart trembled by the scene in front of him. Because a large group of yamen runners dressed in the Ministry of Justice had already guarded the door of the Dafang House. He didn't ask when he saw him coming, but just sent someone to follow him.

On that night, Song Wenqiao, the head of the Song family, and several main members of the Song family, were all taken away by people from the Ministry of Justice's Case Department.

This kind of news is not simple, and it immediately spread throughout the imperial city.

The spirit stone itself is a strict management of materials. It was listed as prohibited materials during wartime. Private individuals are not allowed to hold, sell, or transfer in large quantities. If it is violated, it will be punished according to the law by local governments. However, if it is just a large number of spirit stones, it is not a serious crime.

However, just two days ago, because the first step of the national austerity strategy was announced and advertised across the country, it mentioned that the spirit stone and other materials will also be included in the category of the "austerity strategy", all violations of the austerity strategy will be punished first in this special period.

Therefore, the Song family seemed a little unlucky.
Chapter completed!