Zhu Houzhao was grounded.

There is no other reason, since Li Zhaotong caught a huge amount of marine fish from the sea, Zhu Houzhao has been full of interest in going to the sea, so Zhu Houzhao wants to go to Tianjin Wei again.

This time, however, he failed to slip away.

When he came out of the dog hole in the East Palace, he saw Emperor Hongzhi standing in front of the dog cave at first sight, and then, he was whipped with a dragon stick, and then he was strictly guarded, and there was no hope of getting out at all.

No matter how fanatical the Sun Moon God Sect was about him, they couldn't change the status quo.

Because since the exiles entered Tianjinwei, the situation in Shuntianfu has become treacherous, and the guards of the East Palace have not taken care of Zhu Hou more closely to prevent the prince from leaving and making mistakes.

……

Beijing Hui Chamber of Commerce.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is a penny of sea fish in Tianjin Wei, and our grain can't be sold, will this price increase?"

"There is no turning back when the bow is opened, this time raising the price of grain, it is the intention of those officials behind us, we can't give up because of the setback in Tianjinwei."

"That's right! I don't believe that the saint's son can return with a full load again and again! Moreover, the fish he caught in a boat will satisfy Tianjin Wei, Shuntianfu is so big, can he still go to heaven? ! The price must continue to rise! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, the official behind me said that this time, not only will the price continue to rise, but also limit the purchase, causing a shortage of grain in Shuntianfu, and then force our majesty to pay money from the treasury and buy our grain at a high price.

Besides, isn't that saint's son very capable? Then we'll make them could! From tomorrow onwards, we will stop all the food supplies of all the trading houses related to him, and let his people line up to limit their purchases, so that he will not know how powerful we are if he does not have a single pain in his flesh. ”

"What about the court's regular liquidation? If the imperial court opens up and closes its positions to stabilize grain prices, will we still be able to rise? ”

"Hehe, do you think the officials behind us didn't take into account the problem of regular liquidation? We don't need to worry about that. ”

"They dare to close their positions often???"

"Hmph, the people behind you are so useless that they don't even know this bit of news.

Don't you know that this action against our majesty also has the participation of the Jiangnan Shi clan?

Let's work hard together, what about closing the position?

Even if His Majesty in the palace knew that we did it, he could only break his teeth and swallow blood, unless he wanted to make the country unstable. ”

"That's right, what the little God of Wealth is doing has already threatened the interests of the Jiangnan Shi clan, so it's no wonder they don't get involved."

"So, don't worry! Everything is in the hands of the officials behind us. ”

……

Shandong Dongchang Mansion Linqingzhou.

This is the confluence of the South Canal and the Shandong Canal, which is the "throat of the intersection of the north and the south", and the Linqing warehouse, one of the four major granaries of the Ming Dynasty, is located here.

Li Zhaotong, in the perception of the vast majority of people, he should go to sea to fish with Xiao Zhu Xiucai Dog.

Because it is rumored that this saint's son has the ability to communicate with the Sea Dragon King, so that the Sea Dragon King can send countless fish.

Obviously, in the public's perception, ordinary people will definitely not be able to learn the ability to communicate with the Sea Dragon King, so when going out to sea to fish, Li Zhaotong must be in charge of this saint's son, and he should be on the little Zhu Xiucai Dog at this moment.

However, Li Zhaotong and Mu Bin, the commander of Jinyiwei, appeared on the streets of Linqing, both of them in disguise and came for a private visit.

In a tea shop opposite the clearance, Li Zhaotong and Mu Bin sat by the window, drinking tea and watching the movement of the opposite side facing the clearance.

The provisional clearance is not closed, in fact, the provisional clearance is in and out every day.

In the past, those who came in to clear the warehouse were the grain transported from Nanzhili and other places; What went out of Linqingcang was the grain that was transported from Linqingcang to Suncheonfu.

"Master Mu, Li's judgment is not wrong, you see that the broken sack leaked out of the sand."

Li Zhaotong pointed to a wooden trolley that was pushed out of Linqingcang by the official army and said.

On this wooden trolley, four large bags of "grain" were placed, one of which was damaged, and the "grain" continued to flow out of it.

However, what comes out is not real food, but sand.

"These people, how dare you?!"

Mu Bin's eyesight was not bad, he could see clearly that the sack was full of sand and soil, and there was not a grain of grain, and suddenly, the commander made the adult's anger burn.

"What are they afraid of, and then, after these so-called grains are loaded onto the boat, the boat will capsize halfway.

Then, Shuntianfu and other places will fall into the predicament of lack of food.

Then, those grain merchants who collude with these rats will greatly increase the price of grain, and then the people of Shuntianfu will suffer.

When the people are in trouble and have nothing to eat, they will think about making trouble.

In order to prevent the people from making trouble, some officials will suggest that Your Majesty distribute disaster relief food, but now that the treasury is empty, it is obviously impossible to distribute it, so where does this disaster relief food come from?

Obviously, it came from His Majesty's inner money.

In the end, for the sake of the stability of the country, Your Majesty's internal funds will be hollowed out, and Your Majesty's internal funds will be hollowed out, and there will be no money, so for some officials, our Majesty will be very easy to control. ”

Li Zhaotong spread his hands and said.

"The purpose of these people is to control the imperial power?!"

Mu Bin felt that his worldview was about to collapse, how dare these people be so bold, don't they want to be raided and destroyed?!

He Mu Bin has been the commander of the Jinyi Guard for so many years, and he can be regarded as a high authority, but he has never dared to have the idea of disrespect for His Majesty and the imperial power.

These people, it's crazy!

"Or what do you think?" Li Zhaotong sneered, "Otherwise, do you think Your Majesty wants you to disguise yourself and blend in with the nine thousand husbands I brought to Tianjin Wei." Otherwise, do you think Your Majesty wants you to do my bidding? ”

"Your Majesty anticipated these things? Then why didn't Your Majesty let our Jinyi Guards take action quickly and strangle the behavior of these rats in the cradle? Mu Bin was still confused.

"What about the evidence? Just based on speculation, we will raid people's homes and exterminate the clan, and our majesty does not want to be scolded as a tyrant. Li Zhaotong asked rhetorically.

In fact, all this, Emperor Hongzhi did not expect at all.

It's just that when Li Zhaotong went to ask Emperor Hongzhi for a secret decree, Li Zhaotong expected that if he went to sea, it would definitely attract a crazy counterattack from some forces.

Therefore, Li Zhaotong asked Emperor Hongzhi to send one or two Jinyi guards or high-ranking officials of Dongchang to enter Tianjin Wei with him in disguise, and cooperate with him when necessary.

As a result, Emperor Hongzhi was generous enough to throw out Mu Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and asked Mu Bin to go to Tianjin Wei with Li Zhaotong in disguise.

Then, when Li Zhaotong returned from his first voyage to sea, he got the news that the price of grain had tripled.

Then, Li Zhaotong set the price of small yellow croaker at a penny and released it in an attempt to stabilize grain prices.

As a result, those grain merchants, even if they can't sell their grain, don't lower their prices.

Li Zhaotong realized that there was a problem here.

Someone must be doing something.

Since someone is doing trouble, then you have to be able to do it again.

These grain merchants used to raise prices, and they could use the excuse that the displaced people poured into the territory of Shuntianfu in large numbers and the lack of food was insufficient, but now, the displaced people do not consume much of their grain at all, and they still insist on not reducing the price, which means that they have other confidence.

Where does the rest of the confidence come from?

Li Zhaotong thought about it carefully.

It is very likely that they are going to move the granary of the imperial court.

Because if the granary of the imperial court is not moved, the price has risen sharply, and Emperor Hongzhi agrees to open the Changping position to stabilize the price, then they can only raise the price, which can only be a fool's behavior.

They can't be fools, that's if they're going to do something to the granary.

There are two of the four major granaries of the Ming Dynasty in the north, namely Dezhou Warehouse and Linqing Warehouse.

As long as there is a problem with these two major granaries, then the food supply of Shuntianfu will really have a big problem.

Therefore, there was no need to do too much investigation, Li Zhaotong and Mu Bin left Tianjin Wei in disguise and went to these two granaries.

The first stop was to arrive at the clearance.

As a result, the two saw that the rat was stealing the grain in the warehouse, and Li Zhaotong made a judgment from this.

By the way, the credit was given to Emperor Hongji.

After all, His Majesty wants to be holy.