The decision has been made, and Liu Hong no longer hesitates.

"In the past few days, I have thought about it in the high temple, and I don't know anything about the affairs of the court."

"I don't know what happened to the Anling Du case?"

Saying this sentence lightly, Liu Hong's eyes were still locked on the chessboard in front of him, as if he mentioned it casually.

Hearing this, Chen Ping, who was also focusing on the chessboard, raised his head slightly, glanced at Liu Hongdi's face, and then hesitated: "Your Majesty's edict, the case of the Du family is all investigated by the three divisions of Tingwei, Neishi, and Weiwei, and the minister has not asked. ”

Looking at Chen Ping's gradually indifferent face, Liu Hong chuckled lightly and said, "The prime minister is avoiding suspicion?" ”

Seeing Chen Ping's confused face, Liu Hong's eyelids rolled and he pointed out: "I heard that there is a concubine in the Prime Minister's mansion, and it seems that the surname is Du?" ”

After squinting at Chen Ping for a few seconds, Liu Hong retracted his gaze to the chessboard casually, and stroked his chin with his index finger: "Could it be that the prime minister is related to the Du family?" ”

After speaking, the chess pieces in his hand fell, Liu Hong raised his head, and saw Chen Ping's color slightly dark, looking at him with dark eyes.

Liu Hongweng smiled, waved his hand lightly and said: "I have no other intentions, but if this matter is heard by someone with a heart, I am afraid that the prime minister's name will be damaged?" ”

Looking at Liu Hong's slightly ridiculous gaze, Chen Ping secretly sneered - Xiao'er, could it be just this means?

With a slight smile, Chen Ping lightly dropped the chess piece: "There are rumors here." ”

"There is indeed a concubine among the ministers, who is surnamed Du, but she is not the daughter of the Anling Du family."

Hearing this, Liu Hong smiled meaningfully and said to himself: "I see..."

What is the relationship between Chen Ping and Anling Du, not only Liu Hong knows, but almost the entire Chang'an City, everyone knows it!

Rao is like this, Chen Ping still dares to say such a blunt denial as 'nothing to do', which means that it is very interesting.

Bullying the king, Chen Ping categorically did not dare - even if he had the courage, he would not hand Liu Hong a handle in the current situation.

Since what Chen Ping said is 'true', then at dawn tomorrow, there will be no more people surnamed Du in Qu Wei Houfu.

After a three-second silence in his heart for the poor girl, Liu Hong couldn't help but think about his future plans.

Without Chen Ping's protection, the end of the Anling Du clan can be predicted - the Guanzhong business community, which is surrounded by wolves, will completely disappear from the world.

This is also Liu Hongdi's purpose-

The current Liu Hong has not killed Chen Ping's energy - even if he doesn't want to put his face aside, Liu Hong can't do Chen and Erren, who control the entire country's money bag + gun.

Even if the table is lifted now, the more than 5,000 Flying Fox soldiers outside the city are not enough to guarantee Liu Hong's victory - within Anmen, there are tens of thousands of preparatory maneuvers prepared by Zhou Bo alone!

Not to mention that this is more than 10,000 proud soldiers who have just experienced a big victory; Even if it's just 10,000 pigs, it takes time to kill them.

If Liu Hong ignores it, he will immediately start a war at this time, not to mention that Liu Hong will be the first to become a prisoner, as long as Zhou Bo lasts until dawn tomorrow, the soldiers of all counties and counties in Guanzhong will flock to it, and the entire Chang'an City will be surrounded by water!

The reason why Liu Hong can sit here now is just because Chen Ping and Zhou Bo dare not rebel.

When the Anling Du clan was mentioned, it seemed that Liu Hong wanted to implicate Chen Ping, but in fact, Liu Hong wanted to use Chen Ping's psychology to make Chen Ping give up the Anling Du clan.

——In Chang'an City, there is not much food left...

Even after Liu Hong released the grain of Shaofu, the price of grain in Guanzhong still did not have a downward trend, but continued to rise, and then stuck in the position of 450 yuan impartially like an artificial brake.

Now, Liu Hong is almost certain that the fluctuation of grain prices in Chang'an City is inseparable from Chen Ping!

If this were not the case, it would never have been possible for the price of grain to stop at the position of 'mere 450 yuan' - at the beginning of the founding of the country, the price of grain was 4,000 yuan a stone, and no one still bought it?

At a time when the price of grain is generally maintained at 80 yuan, merchants can only think: If you sell one stone of grain for 4,000 yuan and one stone, the remaining 49 yuan will be pure profit!

The reason why Liu Hong concluded that Chen Ping was suppressing the price of grain was because 450 yuan, more than five times the original price of grain, happened to be the price that the peasants could not afford, but the small landlords and yeoman peasant class could barely afford it.

In this way, Chen Ping's purpose is also obvious: to be dissatisfied with the imperial court while ensuring that the 'people' can afford to eat and not starve to death!

As for those mud legs, who could not afford to eat even four hundred and fifty yuan a stone, in the eyes of those in power at this time, they did not belong to the category of 'people' at all.

However, as the emperor, Liu Hong could not continue to sit idly by and watch the price of food remain high.

Since ancient times, the common people of China have been the most simple and easily satisfied group, and at the same time, they are also a cunning and forgetful group.

Opening the granary of Shaofu, or even Sao Bao's 'taking grain from the palace', can certainly win Liu Hong temporary praise, but in the final analysis, the biggest demand of the people is to eat enough.

- Ideals cannot be eaten, and so is loyalty!

In this era of thunder and lightning, solar eclipses, earthquakes, and even meteors, the emperor has to come out and confess to the emperor, and the emperor's greatest responsibility is to let his people live and work in peace and contentment.

In layman's terms, it is to be well fed and clothed.

And as a later generation, Liu Hong really can't be as ruthless as Chen Ping and ruthlessly expel the poor from the ranks of the people.

- The poor don't pay taxes to the state?

Isn't it a soldier and doesn't defend the frontier for the country?

Let's be funny~ Rich people are the most headache for the tax department!

Therefore, the solution of the grain price problem in Chang'an is imminent.

But in addition to using the emperor's identity to forcibly order Shaofu to open a warehouse and sell grain, Liu Hong has no other good way - after confirming that this matter is Chen Ping's handiwork, Liu Hong no longer expects that the 'Kanto grain purchasing team' that may not exist can solve the grain problem in Guanzhong.

Liu Hong, who was helpless, could only focus on the Anling Du clan and the legendary 500,000 stone grain.

With those 500,000 stone grain entering the market, even if Chen Ping relied on the authority of the prime minister to continue to force the grain merchants in Guanzhong to raise the price of grain, there was no point - 500,000 stone grain was enough for Chang'an and the surrounding areas to eat for a month!

In other words, as long as these 500,000 stone corn exist, the people of Chang'an will theoretically not have a need to buy grain in the next month.

How many grain merchants can afford the cost of grain storage for a month?

How can those miserliness who are eager to shave off their hair and sell it are willing to bear such a huge loss?

Moreover, who dares to be sure how much grain is stored in Anling Du?

Liu Hongda can sprinkle the 500,000 stone grain into the market, and then preach to the outside world: This is half of Du's grain!

Can the grain merchants still sit still?

I'm afraid I can't wait to sell the grain as soon as possible to save storage costs!

Besides, once the Anling Du clan is wiped out, the business community in Guanzhong will lose its leader, and it may be difficult to know when it will be.

Raising his head slightly, seeing that Chen Ping was also thoughtful, Liu Hong secretly sneered: At this time, Chen Ping may also want to eat Anling Du's family!

Well, this is a rare tacit understanding between the two monarchs and ministers.

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PS: I'm really sorry, there was an accident yesterday, and I lost all my living expenses, and I went out to work part-time today to earn some money to support my life, and I came back late. The next is not an example, and the next is not an example.