At first, the people were very happy to see the high price of grain, and they followed the trend to sell some of the stored grain, but when the prices of all items skyrocketed, and the people could not buy back what they wanted with half a bag of money, the people's resentment began to boil.

Although the grievances of the people are not small, they may not be able to reach the heavens, but it is not only the people who are affected.

If the people are just worried about three meals a day, then the dignitaries and dignitaries are even more anxious by the soaring prices. And it was not them who were the first to stir up, but the army.

All the grain was stripped and collected by Shu Jin, but what could be circulated in the market was constantly decreasing. The originally abundant treasury also released grain and shared a piece of the pie when the price increase wind first rose, but later, when the grain was released, the national treasury could not be replenished, and when it was time to issue military salaries, the emperor's ministers were dumbfounded.

Even if he comes back with a mountain of gold and silver and fills the treasury, what is the use of that? A full of gold and silver treasures can't be exchanged for a spoonful of food and drink for the soldiers, and it can't be exchanged for a piece of cloth and a wisp of cotton to keep out the cold!

If there is no food and winter clothes, the morale of the army will be unstable! The report urging the military salary flew to the palace in the Changdu City like an excerpt snowflake, and the ministers were in a hurry because they couldn't raise food. At this time, Qi Lian was even more frightened, and his back was cold.

When did it start, and what kind of force brought him to this point?

"In this Changdu City, in addition to the grain store of the official family, there is only one grain store that still sells grain, but the price is high, and there is a fixed amount every day. Even food is so expensive, let alone on the side!

If you go to the East Market now, your eyes will be full of gloom. Alas, Weichen really can't see that it used to be the most prosperous and lively place for my big show! ”

When Qi Lian recruited his courtiers to discuss matters, someone told him this. Qi Lian frowned, thinking hard about countermeasures, however. No solution.

The army begged for food and grass, and after he reluctantly scraped together some of the people to send them away, the treasury was already empty. The official warehouses near the city of Changdu have grain in stock, however. With the price increase, some official warehouses secretly put grain to make money, and those who did not release grain were forced to open warehouses to release grain to the people after the lack of grain.

At a time when food is priceless. The people naturally panicked when they couldn't buy food, and in order to stabilize the people's hearts, local officials had to open warehouses.

Today, the treasury is empty, and the granaries in the surrounding areas are almost empty. Looking at it from afar, this is the case everywhere in the whole big show! So, all over the fold

The excerpts that ask for help from the long capital are even more continuous.

Even if the emperor proclaims to be the true dragon son of heaven, he can't really turn into a dragon and fly to the sky to spit out hundreds of thousands of stone grains!

"Smack!"

"Bang la la la!"

The more Qi Lian thought about it, the more angry he became, and he lifted the small table on the golden dragon couch, and all the tea and snacks on it were scattered on the ground.

The important ministers who were originally surrounding him to ask for countermeasures were shocked by this. They knelt on the ground one after another, silent like cicadas.

"What the hell is going on! What the hell do you chancellors do? Why did the situation develop to the point where it is now? You! You! And you! What do you all eat? Qi Lian raised his hand and pointed at the ministers below, scolding hatefully.

Several adults shrank their heads, kowtowed and shouted: Weichen is guilty, please punish the emperor!

"Punishment! If I punish you, will you be paid to the army? Is there any grain to sell to the people? Qi Lian shouted, then flicked his sleeves, paced back and forth twice quickly with his hands behind his back, took two deep breaths, and said, "You say." Now this matter, how to solve it! ”

He had already studied with his ministers to send out part of the food of the most important garrison first, and the less important ones. It's less sent. But this is only a temporary crisis, and the key now is how to gather enough military rations, and how to fill the emptiness of the treasury?

Fortunately, although the situation is bad today, there are no people who have starved to death or froze to death. If it continues. Once there are people who starve to death and freeze to death, then it is over! However, this is only temporary.

"Wait, you just said that in addition to the official warehouse, there is also a grain shop in Changdu?" Just as he was worried, Qi Lian suddenly had a flash of inspiration and turned his head to ask.

"Yes, although the daily quantity is not much, but thanks to this one, otherwise, the official warehouse will be even tighter. I just don't know how long that family's stock can put grain......"

"I don't care how long he can keep it, since he is willing to take it out and sell it, there must be a lot of food in stock! In that case, go and order them to hand over the grain now! Qi Lian said.

"Hand over, hand it over?" The minister is a little dumbfounded, hand? How to pay? Why should people hand it over! Is this an open robbery? Yes, it is true that there is a shortage of food everywhere nowadays, but if you take people to take the grain back from the grain shop like this, not to mention whether the grain will still fall into the hands of the people in the end, just doing so will make the people panic!

Obviously, many people are about to starve, not to mention that the government has not distributed food, and has robbed the people's food shops? What a reason!

"I'm afraid it's inappropriate!"

"What's wrong, since this shop is still willing to sell grain, I won't take them for nothing! Take his grain first, and then count all the amounts, and give them money from the treasury! ”

When the minister heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the emperor didn't say that he wanted to rob it. However, there is something wrong with this. The grain in the treasury was exchanged for gold and silver, and now it is taken out to exchange for grain, and when the grain is sent to the border gates, it is distributed to the people. Isn't there a ...... in the treasury? Vacuum?

"What else could it be? The soldiers at the border could not wait, and the people could not survive the winter hungry. Let's do it first. ”

When the minister heard this, he had no choice but to make up his mind and leave.

"Why the hell is this happening? This year's bumper harvest, so much grain, where did it go? Why is it that all the good food is suddenly gone? ”

Qi Lian paced back and forth, thinking about this question.

"Have any of you noticed where this qiē came from?"

Qi Lian asked a few ministers.

The men also began to think about it. They are in charge of more or less related to people's livelihood and finance, so they should be very sensitive to these things, but at the beginning, they did not realize that there would be such a result. It is normal for prices to fluctuate, especially after winter, when prices will have a natural time to rise. They didn't pay any attention to it, thinking it was the same as every year. However, when I felt that something was wrong, I couldn't contain it.

It's like having a hand that keeps pushing the price up. Rise, rise again, and finally directly let a qiē to such an uncontrollable Cheng dù.

"Your Majesty, last year. This year is a bumper year, and food should be inexhaustible, but now, food is in short supply! How can food disappear out of thin air?

Of course, all the big families in the Changdu City will have the habit of stockpiling grain. However, in previous years, even in the years when the year was bad, the big farmers also stockpiled grain, but it did not make the shortage of food so short, not to mention that all the prices that were caused by it later rose wildly. Weichen and the others have always felt that this matter is a little strange, and it is not as simple as it seems on the surface. It seems that there is an invisible hand behind this matter, manipulating a qiē, and finally causing this turmoil,"

This person's words can be regarded as directly speaking to Qi Lian's heart.

He's not very good at it. But I also know a little bit. Now even the courtiers feel strange, it's not that he is suspicious, but that there is really a problem!

"Check it out! When exactly did it start and who started to increase the price! Also, find out where all the food went! ”

Qi Lian gave an order, and the courtiers hurriedly took the order to do something.

At this time, no one dared to slack off, and all the people used all their strength to start the investigation. So, what Qi Lian wanted to know was quickly presented to him.

When he saw the names of those columns of shops. Even if most of them were unfamiliar to him, as long as he saw so many representative names, he understood what was going on!

Qi Lian immediately flipped the table angrily again.

"Fang Shujin! Sure enough, it was her! How dare she! ”

The courtiers were on the sidelines, not daring to speak. But I was also secretly frightened in my heart.

There is a person in the noble circle of Changdu City, although he is from a humble background, no one dares to underestimate him. On the one hand, she has a powerful husband, and on the other hand, she has a grandfather who makes all the royal family dare not offend disobedience. And the upper echelons who know her people well know that she has countless industries in her hands. Each is a cash cow with rolling money.

No one can't get along with herself, let alone money, so no one wants to offend her.

It's just that no one would have thought that when this person was restless and made her money, but wanted to use the financial resources in his hands to make the wind and rain, he would let the big show enter such an embarrassing and powerless situation!

And the cause of Yiqiē may just be because the emperor once arrested the shopkeeper of Yipinge and issued an order to seal Yipinge......

Although it is not obvious, all the qiē begins with that paragraph.

"According to the detailed investigation, these shops did buy grain, and there are records of grain being transported from all over the city gates, and some of them are still used by official ships, but in the end when the grain arrives in the place, it is no longer possible to find out where it was used. It's like disappearing somewhere.

The only thing that is certain now is that the grain should not have gone outside of the big show. The ministers pondered that perhaps it was some secret granary of hers, and she ordered people to hide all the grain in those places. ”

"Good! In that case, go find her there! Where does the grain come from, so much grain will never be without any clues! Go check it out for me, turn it over for me! If you can't find it, you can catch her, dig three feet into the ground and find out the food she stole for me! Qi Lian gritted his teeth and said.

"Uh, then, how to explain to the Protector Mansion, the Yongwang Mansion, and the common people." Looking at it this way, all the industries of the Xiangtang County Lord involved in the whole big show will be affected, this matter is impossible to conceal, and if you really do it, you have to be famous!

"Confession?" Isn't it enough to store grain, deliberately create panic, and shake the foundation of his big performance?

However, looking at the minister's worried eyes, Qi Lian also sobered up. Shu Jin did this, the traces are too blurry. She does business, relying on buying and selling to make money, even now, he believes that she is a ghost, but there is no evidence, and it is difficult to convince the public when she says it!

In fact, Qi Lian didn't know that no matter how powerful Shu Jin was, he was the power of a family after all. In fact, what really made the situation what it is today is people's greed.

She made a gesture that made countless people follow suit, and when she stopped, the situation was already difficult to reverse, and it turned directly in the worst direction.

That's where she's smart. Even if you catch her handle, in the end, you still can't find more definitive evidence!

"There is also General Jiang, who is stationed outside at this time, holding the power of the naval division, and is busy training the new army......"

If he knew that the emperor had arrested the subordinates of the county lord of Xiangtang and seized her business, would he have no idea?

"Act quickly, be under martial law, and don't let the people know what's going on. In addition, be optimistic about the Protectorate Mansion and don't let the news go outside! ”

Finally, Qi Liandao.

When the courtiers heard this, they knew in their hearts that the emperor was unwilling to take back his fate, and they could only hope that they could handle the matter before General Jiang reacted.

The minister took the emperor's order.

"Swing and go to King Yong's Mansion!" Qi Lian turned his head and instructed the chief manager beside him.

King Yong's love for the Lord of Xiangtang is well known to everyone, and if he wants to deal with Fang Shujin, he must first talk to him.

……

When Shu Jin received a letter from King Yong's Mansion asking her to come over, the emperor had already left King Yong's Mansion for two hours.

The emperor's movements can now be grasped without Li Hengcheng's help, and when she saw him go to the Yongwang Mansion, she knew that he should have found something. Therefore, Shu Jin has already started the next move. The notice that should have been sent out has been sent out, and in the future, no matter what Qi Lian does, he will only return empty-handed in the end!

It's just that I don't know what Qi Lianhui will say to King Yong, King Yong, what kind of reaction will he have.

Shu Jin thought all the way, and before he knew it, he had arrived at King Yong's Mansion. still took the car into the palace as every time, and then stopped the car, and she went to the place where King Yong stayed to find him.

Walking through the carefully paved stone road, Shu Jin looked at the familiar grass and trees in Yongwangfu, and felt some emotion in his heart.

This old man is the first person to unconditionally release kindness to her after she was reborn, and after all these years, she really respects and respects him as an elder. He has always been protective of her, but this time, when she really collided with the Qi family and the Son of Heaven, what would happen to this "grandfather" who wore the surname Qi and dedicated most of his life to this country?

"Jin girl is here, sit down!"

King Yong still greeted her with a smile as he did every time Shu Jin came.

"That kid from Qilian came just now and brought me some delicious food from the imperial dining room. Come on, come on, let's taste it together. ”

(To be continued.) )