"The price of rice has risen again, and I can't live this day."

Ren San is a watchman in the capital, although he lives a poor life, but he at least has a stable source of income, which is slightly better than the life of the vast majority of poor people.

However, the recent surge in food prices in the capital has made Ren San feel that life is not easy.

His meager income, combined with the income earned by his wife from weaving at home, was no longer enough to support the family of five.

He began to get worried.

Because of his literacy, Ren Sanyou considered quitting his job as a watchman and went to Xishan Coal Industry to find a new job and earn higher income.

But he also heard that the Xishan Coal Industry has also fallen into a grain shortage recently, and those black-hearted grain merchants dare to restrict the purchase of His Majesty's Xishan Coal Industry, which is really a bear's heart and a leopard's gall.

It stands to reason that these grain merchants who have eaten the gall of bears and leopards are going to suffer.

However, Ren San waited left and right, and he didn't see these grain merchants suffering, and grain prices were still rising, which made Ren San retreat, and Xishan Coal Industry was bullied by black-hearted grain merchants, and the future was worrying.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! ”

Seeing that after the three people in front of him finished buying rice, it was Ren San's turn to buy it, at this time, there was a commotion behind him, and then a team of officials rushed over waving a killing stick.

"Your Majesty has a decree, Zheng's grain store hoards Juqi, maliciously raises grain prices, and now seals all the industries of Zheng's grain store, waiting for it to be released!"

After a eunuch from Dongchang read out the will, he began to seal up the Zheng Grain Store, and arrested the people of the Zheng Grain Store and prepared to take them away.

"This father-in-law, Zheng's grain store has been sealed, where can we buy grain?"

The bold Ren San saw that Zheng's grain store was about to be seized, and his family had no surplus grain, which made him panic, and the grain store had been sealed, which meant that there were fewer people selling grain.

Wouldn't the price of this grain be even higher?

"Oh, don't worry about this, you can go to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, Your Majesty has opened the Chang Ping position, and all the people of the Ming Dynasty can buy five catties of grain per person according to the price before the price of grain rose."

The eunuch who was in charge of leading the team to raid the Zheng family's grain store was instructed by Xiao Jing to explain clearly to the people, especially emphasizing His Majesty's merits, so he patiently explained.

Ren San saw that the father-in-law in front of him was very talkative, and his courage became even bigger:

"This father-in-law, what about us in the future? Will food prices fall in the future? ”

Ren San asked everyone's thoughts, and everyone present, including the members of the Zheng Grain Store who had been arrested by the Dongchang factory guards, all looked at the eunuch who was responsible for leading the team to raid the Zheng Grain Store.

"Don't worry! Our family heard that this time the Qin mission sent by His Majesty found out a big case and seized a large amount of grain, so the dilemma of lack of food in the capital and even in Shuntian Mansion can be solved immediately.

Moreover, according to our investigation in Dongchang, this time, there is no shortage of grain in the capital and even in Shuntianfu, but these black-hearted grain merchants, who deliberately hoarded grain and did not sell it by allowing the displaced people to enter the territory of Shuntianfu by His Majesty, so as to raise the price of grain and make a profit.

Therefore, there will soon be a large amount of food on the market, everyone rest assured, Your Majesty is a saint of the ages, and you will not let everyone go hungry. ”

After saying that, the eunuch really bowed and apologized to everyone.

In their eyes, the eunuchs of Dongchang have always been arrogant and trample on the people, when have they ever seen the eunuchs of Dongchang apologize to them, and they can apologize to the people, that is what the legendary Qing officials in the drama did.

Therefore, these people, all of whom were frightened by this apology, fell to their knees one after another, not daring to accept the eunuch's apology.

Ren San was very clever, and he was so frightened that he fell to his knees, but after kneeling down, he had an idea, and suddenly shouted loudly:

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

At this moment, the people are indeed very grateful to Emperor Hongzhi's sage, and now someone has taken the lead, and immediately, these people who have fallen down on their knees also shouted.

……

Forbidden City, Wuying Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi is summoning a hundred officials.

Of course, it was not Emperor Hongzhi who wanted to see them, but these officials who wanted to see Emperor Hongzhi, and they all knelt down in front of the noon gate one by one, and impeached Dongchang for acting recklessly and taking people everywhere.

Emperor Hongzhi originally wanted them to kneel there all the time and ignore it, but he was a soft-hearted person, and when those people knelt for more than two hours and still didn't retreat, he sighed and came to the Wuying Hall helplessly.

At this moment, Emperor Hongzhi was rubbing his temples, listening with annoyance to these officials quoting scriptures and impeaching Dongchang.

"What sound?"

Emperor Hongzhi didn't listen to the impeachment of the officials at all, he was now consuming it with these officials, so his spirit was not focused here, but he was bored watching these officials perform.

Therefore, when the capital shouted "Your Majesty Shengming" and "Long live Your Majesty", he heard it.

"Xiao Jing, go out and have a look, and see what the people outside are shouting."

Emperor Hongzhi actually roughly heard what was being shouted outside, so he didn't panic, but had a snickering joy in his heart.

The turning point in the tug-of-war between myself and these officials is finally coming!

Therefore, he interrupted the statement of the spitting imperial historian below, and asked Xiao Jing, who was standing aside with a blank face to accept the impeachment, to go out to inquire about the situation.

Xiao Jing could almost hear what was being shouted outside, and he knew that the overall situation had been decided, and this time, these officials would not hurt themselves in the slightest.

So, with joy, he immediately went out.

Soon, Xiao Jing came back again.

"Your Majesty, the people are shouting words like Your Majesty's Shengming and Long Live Your Majesty, the reason is because this raid on the black-hearted grain merchants has won the hearts of the people, and the people are cheering."

"You Aiqing are tired after talking about it for so long, but do you want to go out and listen to the voices of the people?"

Emperor Hongji's counterattack began.

In fact, many of the officials who are now spraying have long had a disgust in Emperor Hongzhi's heart, and even some of them are on his death list.

It's just that Emperor Hongzhi is a person who cherishes feathers, so he relented and let these officials come to Wuying Hall to spray, so he didn't immediately let Xiao Jing attack these officials, but waited for Mu Bin to send specific information and wait for the results of Dongchang's interrogation.

"What? The people's voice is so loud, you keep saying that you want me to pay attention to the national economy and people's livelihood, and now the people are cheering, don't you go out and listen? ”

"Xiao Jing, take all these people out, let them go to the street to listen to the voices of the people, and by the way, tell the people that these officials are preventing me from raiding those black-hearted grain merchants."