The Han Yuan firm also had a shop in the inner city, and Zhu Chunchen and his party found one without much effort.

At the stall they came over, there was already a sea of people in front of this Liujia rice shop, and most of the officials and wealthy families lived in the inner city.

It's not like everyone who doesn't treat money as money, like the nobles.

"Everyone, come slowly, my family's goods are sufficient, and two million stone rice is being shipped from Tianjin, and it will be at this price in the next few months, so you don't have to grab it."

Hearing the shopkeeper and his men shouting in front of the store, Zhu Chunchen felt his blood surging for a while, and spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Master"

"Daddy"

Zhu Xinjue and the others, who followed, panicked all of a sudden, and hurriedly returned to the mansion with Zhu Chunchen.

At this time, the big and small nobles in Beijing also knew about the Liu family's continued sale of rice, and Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, and others hurriedly rushed over to discuss.

Seeing Zhu Chunchen, who had already returned home and was lying ill, Xu Zhen yelled angrily:

"God-damn thief, if you really think Lao Tzu is muddy, watch Lao Tzu send troops to raze his house."

"Yes, raze his house", a group of Zixungui were filled with righteous indignation.

"Ahem, you don't have to go", Xue Lian, the Marquis of Yangwu, walked into Zhu Chunchen's bedroom with a disgraced face.

Seeing everyone's eyes coming, Xue Lian smiled bitterly, "I have already been to the Beijing camp, Wang Chengen issued a death order to the internal supervisors and commanders, and strictly transferred troops out of the camp without permission. ”

"My father still has a personal soldier!" , Xu Zhen was so angry that his face turned red.

Xue Lian sighed and found a place to sit down, "Zhou Yujina, the chief soldier of the fifth military camp, brought two thousand soldiers to defend the New Amber Mansion tightly, even if we send someone to it." ”

Xu Zhen sat down on the stool in despair, and looked at the sick Zhu Chunchen with a face full of disbelief.

"So Your Majesty already knows? Is he protecting this little rabbit cub surnamed Liu? ”

On top of the illness, Zhu Chunchen's face turned pale, and Zhu Xinjue stood by his side with a worried face.

"Ahem", Zhu Chunchen coughed twice, his eyes full of unwillingness.

"Miscalculated, miscalculated, the final wild goose was pecked by the goose, I didn't expect this surnamed Liu to be so frantic in order to invite merit."

Zhu Chunchen looked at Xu Zhen with difficulty, "I also ask Gongshou to send someone to the palace to inquire immediately, and see how the surnamed Liu convinces Your Majesty, so that we can make another plan." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, I'll send someone to inquire", Xu Zhen woke up like a dream.

After all, the nobles are resting with the country, and there are still a lot of eyeliner in the palace, and after less than an hour, news came out of the palace.

On the night before the third day of the speech, Xin Amber entered the palace after the palace and brought the prince to face the saint.

As for what he said, because all the palace maids and eunuchs who served in the Qianqing Palace that night were killed with rods, and only Wang Chengen was by his side, so few people knew.

However, it is said that in the back three miles, there are a lot of silver of unknown origin in the inner treasury, and I am afraid that there are not as many as one million taels.

After listening to Xu Zhen's words, Xue Lian and the others were immediately furious.

"Good dog thief, dare to take our silver to honor the emperor and invite favor for himself, Lao Tzu wants to kill his whole family!"

"Ahem, cough, cough", Zhu Chunchen coughed more urgently.

"Dingguo Gong, Chengguo Gong is lying on the couch, you are the head of our wait, please get an idea as soon as possible, we can't just watch the silver go down the drain, right?"

Yangwu Marquis Xu Xideng looked at Xu Zhen with a violent expression, and the killing intent in his eyes was a little uncontrollable.

Xu Zhen was at war with heaven and man in his mind, and his awe of imperial power and greed for his own money were constantly clashing for a while.

"Let's go, let's go to the palace and cry, Your Majesty is rich all over the world, how can you hit us with an idea", in the end, greed prevailed, Xu Zhen gritted his teeth and proposed.

"This time, we not only want the money back, but also let Your Majesty punish this thief."

"yes, let's make trouble."

"If Your Majesty doesn't, we will kneel in front of the palace gate."

A group of nobles chimed in.

Seeing that these people were about to step out, Zhu Chunchen, who was ill, shouted angrily, "Stop", his eyes were full of hatred for iron and steel.

"What do you guys want to do, Gong?"

Zhu Chunchen struggled to sit up.

"My father asks you, what are you going to ask for in the palace?"

"Of course it's straightforward", Xue Lian said with his neck raised, "We saved every penny of this money, why let the little rabbit cub surnamed Liu take it." ”

"Let's go", Zhu Chunchen burst into a foul mouth.

A group of nobles in the room were stunned.

"Let's not say that we originally planned to hoard Juqi, that is, the silver sent to the palace, if Liu Ximing doesn't admit it, who will tell the source clearly?"

"When the time comes, will you still want to inquire into the royal secrets? That's Neku! Zhu Chunchen said hoarsely, "When the emperor asks, not only will our eyeliner in the palace be broken, but also arouse His Majesty's suspicions, and it will be up to you to see how you are at that time." ”

Zhu Chunchen's words made Xu Zhen and the others confused, and everyone was carried away, but they didn't expect so many twists and turns inside.

"A thief surnamed Liu", Xu Zhen gritted his teeth again and scolded, "The bastard of the dog not only cheated us for our money, but also planned to give it to us, my grandmother." ”

"People call this smart", Zhu Chunchen smiled wryly.

Xu Xideng, Xue Lian and the others looked at the two bigwigs of Chengguo and Dingguo with disbelief on their faces, "Then what should I do, is it just the end of it?" ”

Zhu Chunchen's fists crunched, obviously angry to the extreme.

However, he still had some sense, and while gritting his teeth to restrain his anger, he said in a low voice:

"Yes, I can only endure it."

"The old man didn't expect that this little cub surnamed Liu was so shrewd, you all heard it just now, we spent three million taels to buy rice, and he gave one million taels to the emperor at once, what does this mean?"

"What does it mean?" , Xue Lian asked a little dumbfounded.

Zhu Chunchen laughed angrily, "It means that this bastard not only didn't make money, but may have also posted money into it, my father asked you, where can I find two taels of silver and one stone of grain now." ”

"Besides, you said it before, even Wang Chengen greeted the Beijing camp, do these people don't need money, do you think he still wants to post it upside down? Not to mention that his rice shop only sells for one or two or eight yuan a stone. ”

"Hiss"

Xu Zhen and the others gasped, this is too damn ruthless.

If Liu Ximing was at the scene, I was afraid that he would laugh out loud, Zhu Chunchen and others could not have imagined that Liu Ximing's purchase cost had reached an outrageous two dollars and five cents of a stone.

Even if it is calculated according to two taels of silver, he will make a net profit of 8 times.

You must know that Annam has a climate, and the planting period of three crops a year is unimaginable for the northerners who have suffered from famine.

After Zhu Chunchen finished speaking, he was a little incredulous, and after a while, he shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Judging from other people's arrangements, I'm afraid that they have been calculating us for a long time, what else can we do, this time we can only admit it."

"Is that all?" , Xu Zhen looked incredulous, "Then where do we put the faces of these nobles, looking back, a cat and a dog can break ground on our heads." ”

Zhu Chunchen looked ruthless, "Forget it? How is it possible, don't worry, my father doesn't believe it, he Liu Ximing can always be so saintly, and there will always be a chance when the time comes. ”

"Damn, I'm really unwilling", Xue Lian slammed his fist on the table.

Liu Ximing also thought that the counterattack of the nobles would come quickly, so he specially transferred Zhou Yuji to guard the gate for him.

A dignified one came to see the door from the governor of Yipin and the chief military officer, and Liu Ximing was enough to save face.

However, what he didn't expect was that except for Xue Lian, the Marquis of Yangwu, who took his family to fight in front of the mansion, there was no movement.

The more than 6,000 soldiers in Beijing received a high reward from Liu Ximing last time they went on an expedition, and this time it was a reward of ten taels per person.

After calming down like this, Liu Ximing finally believed that the nobles had given up their plans to fight back for the time being.

As for their thoughts, Liu Ximing could think of them with his shares, it was nothing more than waiting for his big basket to come up with a fatal blow.

It's just that thinking of the surging peasant army in the Central Plains again, Liu Ximing sneered in his heart, I'm afraid these people won't find a chance.

At the court meeting on the fourth day of the ninth lunar month, Chongzhen listened to Liu Ximing's report on the successful completion of the price stabilization in Beijing with a red face, and joyfully signaled Wang Chengen to come forward to announce the decree.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, Zierjiashi, multi-tasking, deep and difficult, promoted to the Zhan Mansion Shao Zhan Shi Liu Xi Ming to Zhan Shi Zhan Shi, and was promoted to the three products of the general doctor."

"Wow"

This edict has long been approved by the cabinet, so all the cabinet ministers are faceless.

It's just that the many ministers below don't know, and when they saw Liu Ximing promoted again, if it weren't for the imperial history staring at him, I was afraid that they would explode soon.

God, this Liu Ximing seems to be only twenty-one years old, and he is already a member of the third grade, is he and the others alive to be dogs?

Liu Ximing thought in his heart, this is fast, that's because you haven't seen next year's champion Wei Zaode, but he is the first assistant for four years.

However, there are still keen ministers who have learned something from the holy decree, what is called "deep body difficulty", but it is not worthy of saying that it is reasonable to stabilize the price of goods in Beijing.

The next action of the household department quickly made everyone understand why.

Cai Guo, the head of the household department, walked out with a jade wat in his hand, "Your Majesty, thanks to Your Majesty's holy grace, 900,000 taels of silver from the inner treasury were transferred from the household department, and the minister thought that 300,000 taels of them should be used to pay the salaries of 100 officials in Beijing, and the remaining 600,000 taels would be issued to the nine-sided salary, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?" ”

On the throne, Chongzhen waved his hand excitedly, "That's right." ”

In order to be afraid that the courtiers would misunderstand, Chongzhen also deliberately smiled: "Recently, I got a windfall in the inner treasury, and I specially allocated it to the household department. ”

"Thank you, Lord Long."

Above the court, many ministers already somewhat understood the reason for Liu Ximing's promotion, and their eyes at Liu Ximing were very complicated.

There are many people who can't understand how there are courtiers who are willing to give their silver to the royal family.

Many ministers who have always had a clear name, such as Fang Yuegong and others, were even more impressed by Liu Ximing.

Coupled with the efforts made to stabilize prices during this period, Liu Ximing not only made a lot of money of nearly four million taels of silver, but also curried favor with both the court and the people, and was in the limelight for a while.

What's even more rare is that Liu Ximing offered money to the emperor to invite favor through Keng Xungui, which not only did not arouse the disgust of the civil official group, but also won the different eyes of Kong Zhenyun and other bigwigs.

Comrade Liu is clear in his heart, what people are most afraid of in the officialdom, not afraid of talented people, but afraid of those who break the rules of officialdom.

For example, Han Yiliang, the imperial historian in the early years of Chongzhen, had to put the well-known corruption problem on the table, and in the end, of course, only he Han Yiliang was the real corrupt person.

If he, Liu Xi, ordered him to pay for the donation to the imperial court, it would be equivalent to directly slapping the civil official group in the face, and it would definitely provoke the anger of the public.

What's the matter, if you're a loyal servant, what about the others?

But Xungui couldn't pee with the civil officials, and Liu Ximing's hand was equivalent to clearing up the civilian group in front of Chongzhen, who had always been suspicious.

It is equivalent to saying to Chongzhen's face, see it, the world's money is not from our gentry, but from Xungui.

How can this make a group of officials unhappy, not to mention that the money is still 300,000 taels used to pay the officials' arrears.

If it weren't for Liu Ximing's reluctance to form a party on the surface, I was afraid that there would be an endless stream of people who wanted to hug their thighs.

Rao is like this, and Liu Ximing also clearly feels that his voice and prestige in the court seem to be a little thicker.