As a businessman, Su Cha is well aware of the situation of the major commercial houses in Dongwen, but it will take a little time to find out how much money they have made in this price hike. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Su Cha was afraid that Lin Chujiu would be worried, and when he found out about the situation behind the major grain merchants, he immediately asked people to send it to Lin Chujiu first, so that Lin Chujiu could think of countermeasures.

Although the four countries such as Dongwen and Xiwu are independent, whether it is economic or political, there is the shadow of the Central Empire behind them, such as the price of grain, which is largely controlled by the hands of several major families of the Central Empire.

After each war, the price of food would rise, and it had become an unwritten rule in all countries, and even the emperor could not interfere.

This time the rise in food prices is not an exaggeration, Su Cha never thought that the people in the capital would make trouble because of the rise in food prices, and the emperor would issue an order to reprimand Xiao Tianyao for this matter.

If you want to talk about the rise in food prices, Xiao Tianyao didn't say anything about it, it can't be said, the price of food did rise because of his disappearance, but it was too much to put all the responsibility for the rise in food prices on Xiao Tianyao's head.

However, ordinary people are the easiest to be bewitched by others, and every time the price of grain rises, the people lose a lot, and they are naturally not angry in their hearts, but they don't know who to hate, because the grain merchants said that there is a shortage of grain in many places during the war, and there is no one to grow in many places, and it is not their fault that they collect grain, and they can not buy it if it is too expensive.

This time, the emperor listed one, two or three reasons to prove that the rise in food prices was all Xiao Tianyao's fault, and ordinary people would believe it when they saw it, and then remembered their hatred on Xiao Tianyao.

At this time, if someone is interested in instigating it, it is possible that those people who have suffered heavy losses will gather a crowd to smash King Xiao's mansion. When the time comes, Xiao Tianyao will come back from winning the battle, and he will also be a sinner of Dongwen, at least Xiao Tianyao will no longer be loved by the people of Dongwen.

"Fortunately, the princess didn't accept the order, although it is a big sin not to accept the order, but if you accept the order, Tianyao will have no way to turn over." The more Su Cha thought about it, the more terrifying she felt.

The emperor's decree was issued too suddenly, and they didn't receive any news in advance, if it weren't for Lin Chujiu's firm refusal to accept the decree, they would have fallen into the emperor's calculations, and they would have been infamous for colluding with unscrupulous businessmen and making war profits.

The more she thought about it, the more terrible Su Cha became, and couldn't help but write a letter to Xiao Tianyao, telling him about the affairs in Jingzhong and asking him to prepare in advance.

This time, in order to clear the charge of inflating food prices, but offending the Zhang family of the Central Empire, they had to prepare in advance.

Steward Cao successfully got 50,000 taels of silver, and before the household official went home, he sent 200,000 taels of silver tickets to the hands of the household servant.

"I heard that Princess Xiao didn't accept the order, why did she come to pay the fine?" Liu Shilang didn't look at the silver ticket in Steward Cao's hand, and made it clear that he refused to accept it.

Do you want to pay a fine?

After receiving the holy decree first, we will talk about it.

If you don't receive the holy decree, don't think about him collecting fines!

Steward Cao knew at a glance that the other party was bent on finding fault, calmly took back the silver ticket, and said: "Those of us who are subordinate people are just doing things under orders, and we can't doubt the master's affairs." The master told us to pay the fine, and we came to pay the fine. Lord Liu, don't you accept cash tickets? ”

"Our household department does not accept silver tickets without a name." Liu Shilang refused again, and Steward Cao nodded to indicate that he knew, "Then I'll let people exchange it for silver and carry it in?" ”

"I don't take any money!" Liu Shilang almost crooked his mouth, what do the people in Xiao Wangfu mean by this, they can't understand people's words?

No wonder his son can't do it well, this is obviously not his son's problem, this is the person in Xiao Wangfu's brain problem!

"You don't take the money, you don't take the money, you don't want to obey the will? The holy decree asks us Xiao Wangfu to pay a fine of 200,000 taels of silver. Steward Cao shamelessly said things with the holy decree, and then slapped the silver ticket in his hand on the table, "I put 200,000 taels here, do you like it." ”

After saying that, he left without knowing his head, and no matter how the people behind him called, he didn't care......

Left and right they gave the silver, even if the matter reached the emperor, they were not afraid!

Don't be afraid, because ......

The emperor smiled when he saw the holy decree presented by the Ministry of Rites and the silver ticket presented by the Ministry of Households! "Who is going to announce the decree of the Ministry of Rites?"

"Lord Liu." The Ministry of Rites did not dare to hide it.

"What is the relationship between him and Liu Shilang of the household department?" It's not that the emperor has a good memory, such a small person is remembered, but the one who presented the 200,000 taels of silver tickets was Liu Shilang of the household department, in addition to the silver tickets, he also wrote an excerpt and sued Xiao Wangfu.

"It's Liu Shilang's son." The Ministry of Rites Shangshu quietly touched the sweat, secretly worried in his heart, but he didn't want the emperor to be unhappy, and said with a smile: "Father and son soldiers in battle, fighting tiger brothers, not bad!" ”

What does the emperor mean by this?

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu secretly glanced at the emperor, and when he saw the emperor smiling, he was suddenly confused: Princess Xiao didn't accept the order, and the emperor was not angry?

Did he not explain it, or did the emperor not understand?

Lin Chujiu saw that it was dark, and he didn't see the emperor announcing that she was in the palace for accountability, and he also wanted to ask what the emperor meant?

"Didn't the emperor want to use this matter to find the prince's fault and make the prince lose the love of the people?" Lin Chujiu sat alone in the study, seriously thinking about all kinds of possibilities.

Originally, she had been thinking about countermeasures all afternoon, but now that the emperor has not made a move, the countermeasures she thought of were useless.

"Could it be that I'm wrong? The emperor didn't want to find the prince's fault? "It's not Xiao Tianyao's fault, so what does the emperor mean by doing this?

If she accepts the holy decree, Xiao Tianyao will definitely not be able to clear the charge of colluding with profiteers, but now that she has not received the holy decree, it is equivalent to not fulfilling the emperor's wishes, why don't you see the emperor angry?

"Could it be that I want to be left, the emperor's move is not aimed at Xiao Tianyao, but has other plans?" The more Lin Chujiu thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, jumped up suddenly, and found out the news related to the backers behind the grain merchant sent by Su Cha in the afternoon from a pile of materials......

"I was used as a gun by the emperor!"

The big grain merchants in Dongwen, except for a few imperial relatives and relatives, most of them are in the hands of the Central Empire, the Zhang family is one of the largest grain merchants, and the others are some small families, but such a family is not to be underestimated in Dongwen.

It can be said that the price of grain in Dongwen is completely at the mercy of the Central Empire, and even the emperor can only watch the price of grain rise and have nothing to do.

"Sure enough, someone took advantage of it!" Lin Chujiu stroked his forehead and couldn't help crying: Xiao Tianyao, I did something bad, but ......

[Author's digression]: On the second day of this month, I continued to give up full attendance, and my shoulders were too sore.