Chapter 116: Aftermath
Ye Mengding acted quickly, and wrote a book on the same day, but Liu Yu, who had reached his goal, failed to go to Qiongzhou as he wished, because just when he was about to leave, another unexpected incident came.
"What? Jiankang rebellion. β
Seeing the letter in his hand, Liu Yu exclaimed, how is this possible, not to mention that there has just been a big victory, the morale of the people is high, even if the number of garrisons is the crown of all roads, is it a prisoner riot~ moved?
It turned out that the people in the city were not angry that the price of rice was too high, and the government did nothing, so there were some excesses, some people smashed a few rice shops in the city, and some people even ran to the dock to rob the grain boats.
"When the little one left the city, the government had already dispatched a large army to quell the riots, and the boat on our house was not robbed, but the people were detained by the government, and the steward was helpless, and sent the small one back to Beijing to report, and the lady in the house did not dare to be the master, so let the small one come here."
Strictly speaking, the servant in front of him should be regarded as the Liu family, because he is a guy in Jing Niang's dowry shop, Liu Yu has been relieved when he heard that something happened in the prisoner camp, but the incident in front of him really made him a little crying and laughing.
Jing Niang married a few shops in Beijing, he never asked, and he didn't know what he was doing, but he didn't expect that there were rice shops among them. But after thinking about it, his little wife is a small landowner who owns dozens of acres of land, so naturally the output of grain is indispensable, and it is normal to have a rice shop.
"Did you in charge say that the government is going to do it?"
"If you go back to Dalang, the person in charge only asked the small one to go back to Beijing to tell him about these situations, and he didn't say how the government would deal with it, but the small one also heard that not only our house, but all those who transported grain to Jiankang were invited, which can implicate many people in Beijing."
Although this guy didn't say which ones they were, Liu Yu could also imagine that businessmen were pursuing profits, since there was an opportunity to sell goods at a high price, these people were not all on the ground, he was still laughing secretly at the time, who knew that he was also implicated.
What should I do about this kind of thing, Liu Yu really has no experience, it seems that there is a lot of food withheld, go to Li Tingzhi or Zhang Shixun for personal favors? He couldn't afford to lose this man, even though it was a lot of money.
"Li Xiangfu actually has such courage? The old man really underestimated him back then. β
Ye Mengding, who had been quietly watching, asked what had happened, and then after thinking about it for a while, he guessed that this matter itself was very unusual, so he naturally couldn't hide it from his eyes.
"You go back to Beijing first, and tell your lady that you don't have to panic." He waved his hand to send the guy out, and then turned to Liu Yu's side.
"Son-in-law, how are you doing?"
"What else can I do?"
Anyway, it's not his own money, Liu Yu didn't feel much distressed, and in the end, he used it in Jiankang, which was where he started, and he had feelings.
"You!" Ye Mengding stretched out his finger and nodded his head, a little hateful, this son-in-law is good at everything, but as soon as he encounters something in the officialdom, he becomes an idiot.
"If I were Li Xiangfu, I would have sent the bullet seal to the ban at this moment, and you, the Xie family, those palaces, and the powerful people behind them would not be able to escape."
"What about the charges?" Liu Yu is really puzzled now, his things have been detained, and he has to sue himself, what about Tianli?
"Do you think it's a trivial matter to raise food prices and cause civil unrest?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Yu immediately reacted, this is called "beating a rake", it is obviously intentional by the government, but now it has become a collusion between grain merchants, and the government is powerless, so that it has provoked a popular uprising, maybe the so-called popular uprising is also deliberately guided by someone, Li Tingzhi's trick is ruthless!
"Offending so many people at one time, the kid is ashamed of himself."
"So the old man said that he has the courage, although he is a big official, but if the Tartars don't go south in the future, I'm afraid that he will do it."
Ye Mengding said leisurely, why Li Tingzhi did this, in fact, it is obvious, if he is in his position, he can't think of a more direct and effective way, this is betting on the future of the official reputation, sacrificing his life.
"Then what will the court do?" Liu Yu humbly asked.
"The law does not blame the public, Li Xiangfu only wants grain, and the grain ship has been confiscated, and most of the people who are in the early stages of you are fines, and these are still trivial matters."
Ye Mengding waved his hand indifferently and said, Liu Yu saw that his meaning seemed to be the following, so he quickly listened to it, the experience of the old-timers is precious, and this kind of face-to-face education is rare.
"Now there's an opportunity." Seeing him listening carefully, Ye Mengding suddenly stopped.
"You're smart, guess what."
Knowing that the old man was comparing himself, Liu Yu calmed down and began to think, and when he contacted the purpose of his coming, and the person Li Tingzhi might impeach, his heart moved.
"The father-in-law is saying that these people have lost a lot of property, and now to lobby them, will it get twice the result with half the effort?"
"You can teach."
Ye Mengding touched his gray beard and nodded.
At this moment, Lin'an City has already caused an uproar because of Li Tingzhi's bullet seal, and it is indeed as Ye Mengding estimated, the book has been sent directly to the forbidden middle school, and it is placed in front of the case of the Empress Dowager Xie.
No one dared to intercept it, even the ministers and princes of the political affairs hall, not only the powerful people of the Jingshi were involved, but also the name of Wang Entropy, the important affairs of the Pingzhang military state!
"His majesty is not strict, and the old minister can hardly escape the blame, and he also asks the saint to remove the minister from his post to set an example."
Wang Entropy did not sit on the brocade couch, but stood in the hall with his head down, and the seven-beam crown that symbolized the status of the first product was held in his hand, with an honest attitude of admitting his mistakes.
"Go, Fuping Zhang sit down." Xie Shi waved his hand and ordered, and the two female officials in front of the palace immediately stepped forward and hugged Wang Entropy without saying anything, and half-helped him to the couch.
"The old minister is ashamed."
Wang Entropy reluctantly let them help him tie his crown belt and arch his hand upward.
"It's not your house, but the children of the side branch just hit your signboard, if you want to say it wrong, you still have it."
Whether it is or not, it is impossible for Wang Entropy to be punished, not even a symbolic punishment, only by excluding him first, and those who will be able to deal with it easily, Xie Shi is even a little blamed for Li Tingzhi for making a fuss and wanting to give birth to these things.
"The old body asks you, from Jiankang to Lin'an, it is only a day or two away, why is there no news about such a big event? I didn't poke it until something happened. β
For this problem, Wang Entropy is obviously unprepared, the price of rice fluctuates everywhere, the harvest year is cheap and the disaster year is expensive, almost every month is different, even if it is played every day, who will really take it seriously, but Xie Shi is not wrong, this is indeed their negligence.
"So that the saint knows that Jiankang did not belong to the border land in the past, and there was negligence in doing things, which was a dereliction of duty on the part of the ministers, so I went down and ordered them to investigate."
"Forget it, since the matter has subsided, don't make a big move, there is one more thing, is there no food in Jiankang City for a long time?" Xie knew that it was pointless to pursue it afterwards, but instead caused trouble.
Li Tingzhi's recital clearly stated that the reason why the government has not intervened in grain prices is because the Changping warehouses in the city are empty, and if they want to calm down, they will need to use a small amount of military rations, and that may lead to stricter consequences, and Xie wants to hear their opinions on this issue.
According to the report of their return, after the war, Jiankang City, together with the captured enemy's grain, was less than half of the usual warehouse. After that, it is necessary to give relief to various places and to support the army, according to what the old minister sees, what Li Shaobao said in the book should be credible. β
Xie Shi glanced at him after listening, Wang Entropy's words were very clear, yes or no, it was not appropriate to investigate it now, and he could only acquiesce to his behavior.
Ordered someone to send Wang Entropy out of the palace, Xie had a headache, this was only the first one, just outside the palace, a large number of named magnates, including several princes, were waiting to be seen, she was really angry and annoyed, just for the sake of so much more money, she made such a big trouble, and she had to clean it up.
"Go and tell King SΓΉ Rong to them, the court has its own conclusion on this matter, let them go back to their homes first, when they are older, don't be so surprised."
Rong Wang Zhao and Ju are his husband's brothers, the eldest father of the official family, and the most noble of the imperial family, even she does not dare to slack off, since even the Rong Wangfu is involved, this matter can only be put down gently.
"By the way, tell that little brute who doesn't make a weapon to get in." After a pause, Xie said viciously.
There is no way, if you want to be angry, you can only find your own family, who let him have the surname Xie? As a result, the new ambassador of Liangzhejiang Zhenfu, Xie Tang, who was only ten years younger than Xie, became the "unsuccessful little beast" in her mouth.
"Cousin, I didn't see it, you still have the means to do business, how much grain did you transport to Jiankang this time, and how much money did you earn?"
Xie called him by his name in the clan, sneering again and again, and the anger in his heart kept rising, and he couldn't suppress it.
"Aunt don't worry, it's all nephews, it's common to beat or scold, but don't be angry." Xie Tang didn't dare to reply a word, but kept admitting his mistake, he knew that this time he really made his aunt angry.
"You still know that it will anger me, so why are you so shallow-eyed, you don't know that it is a place of war? The people finally escaped with their lives, where can they withstand your exploitation, they are really going to force Jiangnan back, how many heads do you have enough to cut off? β
"My nephew is wrong, and I beg my aunt to punish him." He is the head of the Xie family, and he has been strictly required since he was a child, so he doesn't listen to heavy words a few times a day, and now he knows that he is a punching bag, of course, he is honestly suffering.
"You, you're still so lazy, you want to make money, what you don't do well, why don't you learn Liu"
After scolding a few words, the anger slowly subsided, Xie knew his virtue, and he said too much in the left ear and out of the right ear, and was just about to give a positive example to motivate him, but suddenly thought of this kid's name on the list this time, and he almost forgot it.
"By the way, did Liu Yu come to ask to see him?"
I don't think he is a person who can do such a thing, Xie Shi wants to hear what he will say, but Xie Tang shook his head when he heard this, joking, but how could a petty official from the fourth rank mix into the ranks of the powerful, and even he himself was stained with the light of this saint.
"You go out, when you see him, you can persuade him, don't make this kind of money, bring Sister Yun next time into the palace, she hasn't seen her for a few days, and the old body still misses her a little."
While writing down his aunt's words, he retreated, Xie Tang was really a little jealous of that kid, the same thing, he was scolded so much that he became a persuasion when he got there, who is the surname "Xie"?
"Sage, Liu asked to see him outside the hall."
After listening to the report, Xie Shi was reminded by the female official to realize that the person she said was Jing Niang, this young couple is really concentric, and the man is not easy to enter, so he sent the woman. R1058