Chang'an in late February is a good time for the city to become more and more charming, and Asakusa can have no horseshoe, and it is also a good time for the prince to bring beauty to spring.

Li Chengqian stood on the tower of Xuande Gate and looked out, looking at the tens of thousands of people in Longshou Plain in the northeast who were cultivating and digging ditches, and he was very relieved.

Xue Dading was left aside by Li Shimin, and Li Chengqian asked him to go to Longshouyuan to plan a few more irrigation canals, and was taking people to explore in Longshouyuan at this time.

Li Chengqian really wanted to go out and have a look at this time, but he was still grounded, so he could only sigh with admiration.

After looking at it for a while, Li Chengqian turned around and said to Cheng Wuting, "Is the horse ready for me?"

Sixteen-year-old Cheng Wuting is still a half-old child, and he is also the most loyal to Li Chengqian, and he is very embarrassed when he hears this: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, do you really want to ride a horse?"

Li Chengqian glanced at him, and said angrily: "King Gu said that he wanted to practice riding again, so he naturally had to practice again." ”

"But ......"

Li Chengqian saw that Cheng Wuting still wanted to persuade him, so he directly interrupted him and said, "No, go and lead the horse for the lonely king." ”

"Alas-" Cheng Wuting couldn't persuade Li Chengqian, and was about to lead the horse in frustration, but saw two chamberlains galloping towards him.

Li Chengqian also saw the chamberlain, he didn't know what was going on, he hurriedly walked a few steps forward, and the two chamberlains ran to Li Chengqian, hurriedly saluted and said: "See His Royal Highness the Prince, Your Majesty Xuan His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will go to the Liangyi Hall quickly." ”

Li Chengqian heard the words and groaned: "The Lone King is still grounded, what is Your Majesty Xuanlone King going to the Liangyi Palace to do at this time?"

The waiter in front of him was embarrassed when he heard this, and he muttered that he wanted to say it or not, Li Chengqian didn't understand what he meant, but the old ghost behind him knew that the waiter wanted money.

He knew that Li Chengqian had been most annoyed by this kind of thing recently, so he hurriedly stepped forward and shouted angrily: "If you have something to say, wait to be beaten?"

Another chamberlain saw that the old ghost was angry, and he was afraid and hurriedly said: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, Gao Jifu said that the price of grain in Chang'an City has risen to thirty yuan a bucket, Your Majesty was furious when he heard it, and ordered His Royal Highness the Prince Xuan and Cheng Minbu to go to the Liangyi Palace. ”

Li Chengqian heard that Li Shimin also announced Cheng Mingzhen, and he was afraid that Cheng Mingzhen would suffer a loss early, so he said to Cheng Wuting: "Go and prepare the car." ”

Li Chengqian felt strange in his heart, he had already told Cheng Mingzhen that he would just use those grain merchants to raise the price of grain a little, to eight to ten dollars a bucket.

Why did it rise to thirty dollars a bucket in just a few days?

Li Chengqian has stored a lot of grain in the Shengdao Fang, and as long as he sells it openly, he is not afraid that the price of grain will not fall, so Li Chengqian is not worried that Cheng Mingzhen will be lost because of this.

Li Chengqian came to the Liangyi Hall in a carriage, was helped out of the carriage by the old ghost, and slowly walked into the Liangyi Palace, and saw that the atmosphere in the Liangyi Hall was solemn, and Li Shimin sat on the throne majestically in a crown robe, and he didn't say anything when he came.

"Son-in-law, see father!"

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian's face like frost, and said without emotion in his voice: "The prince is flat!" ”

Li Chengqian knew that Li Shimin was angry when he saw him now, and he didn't care, the Liangyi Hall was not like the Taiji Palace, and there was no small throne for Li Chengqian next to Li Shimin's throne, so Li Chengqian found a place to sit down by himself.

Li Shimin glanced at Li Chengqian and didn't say anything, Li Chengqian turned his head to look into the hall, and saw that the prime ministers of the two prefectures, Hou Junji, Ma Zhou, and Gao Jifu were on his play, so he also accompanied the last seat at this time, but Cheng Mingzhen had not yet come.

Li Shimin didn't speak, obviously waiting for Cheng Mingzhen to come and ask Li Chengqian to show him.

Of course, Li Chengqian couldn't let Li Shimin get his wish, so he directly asked Gao Jifu: "Who did Gao Qing's family listen to, and the price of grain in Chang'an City has risen to thirty dollars a bucket?"

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister personally went to the grain store to see it today, and even the grain store of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is sold out for twenty dollars a bucket." Gao Jifu is neither humble nor arrogant.

"Can anyone buy food?"

Gao Jifu thought for a moment when he heard this: "Only the grain in the grain store of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is sold as much as it wants, and it has been robbed crazy. In the other grain stores, only some people asked about the price of grain, so they shook their heads and sighed and left, and they couldn't sell grain at all.

Seeing that the people couldn't even afford to buy food, the minister ...... in his heart"

Li Chengqian had already guessed the general situation, so he no longer paid attention to Gao Jifu's exclamation.

Li Shimin saw that Li Chengqian didn't speak and thought that he was poor, so he asked angrily: "Prince, you come to tell me, why is the price of grain in the Ministry of Civil Affairs going up?"

Li Chengqian wanted to reply to him: Erchen was grounded and didn't know.

But thinking that this would only bring trouble to Cheng Mingzhen, he patiently explained: "The people who go to the grain store of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to buy grain are the people sent by the owners of other grain stores, so the grain of the Ministry of Civil Affairs should be sold more expensive, so they will not make a lot of money......"

Li Shimin didn't wait for Li Chengqian to finish speaking, then he broke him off and said: "What nonsense! ”

Li Chengqian glanced at Li Shimin, twisted his head to the side, and said secretly in his heart: What do you know?

Seeing this, Yang Shidao hurriedly smiled and said: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is young in the end." ”

As if he had finally found an opportunity, Li Shimin pointed out to Li Chengqian and said to everyone in the hall: "Look at how far he thinks he is always a child's play with a major national event?"

Everyone was embarrassed for a while, and they didn't know what to say.

Li Shimin didn't plan that everyone would dare to go along with him, but when he saw Li Chengqian still sitting there steadily, he didn't fight in anger, and asked angrily: "Isn't the rebel still admitting his mistake?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, quickly admit your mistake to Your Majesty!" Yang Shidao hurriedly got up and persuaded.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian got up and bowed to Li Shimin and said: "Father, don't worry, the sons and daughters will go out later to level the price of grain in Chang'an, and when the market is closed today, there will be a maximum of ten yuan per bucket of grain." ”

Li Shimin snorted coldly when he heard this: "The grain stores of the Ministry of Civil Affairs have also increased their prices, what reason do you have to raid the homes of those grain merchants?"

Li Chengqian was stunned when he heard this, it turned out that Li Shimin thought that he was going to copy those grain stores that had increased prices, but considering that the grain stores of the Ministry of Civil Affairs had also increased their prices, he was embarrassed to do it.

Li Chengqian thought about this section and said lightly: "You don't need to copy their grain store, they are about to go bankrupt." ”

Li Shimin turned his face to the side when he heard this, and said, "Don't talk about it, I'll let you know that the sky is high and the earth is thick!" ”

The other people in the hall were also very angry with Li Chengqian, thinking that Cheng Mingzhen, who you recommended, was incompetent, and made the price of Chang'an grain like this, and he was embarrassed to say it.

Li Chengqian saw that Li Shimin didn't believe it, so he said directly to the old ghost: "Old ghost, you go and tell Cheng Minbu and ask him to lower the price of grain today." ”

The old ghost glanced at Li Shimin after hearing this, and said with embarrassment: "His Royal Highness the Prince, what did the slave and maid say when they saw Cheng Minbu?"

Li Chengqian saw that everyone didn't believe it, especially Li Shimin's disdainful expression, so he said lightly: "King Gu has already taught the method to Cheng Minbu, you only tell him that King Gu wants to lower the price of grain today, and he will know what to do." ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he turned his head and glanced at Li Chengqian, who was pretending, and said, "I have already ordered someone to go to the warehouse to count the military rations, and you can't fight the idea of military rations now." ”

It turned out that Li Shimin had already thought of selling military grain to stabilize the price of grain, but he didn't know how much grain was in the warehouse, so he didn't move yet.

At this time, I heard Li Chengqian's words that he was determined to sell military rations to stabilize grain prices, and out of ulterior psychology, he directly spoke out to prevent Li Chengqian from moving military rations.

Li Chengqian smiled faintly when he heard this: "Father, don't worry that your sons and ministers don't sell military rations, so let's go." ”

Li Shimin snorted coldly, thinking that if he didn't suffer a loss, he would know that the sky was high and the earth was thick.

As soon as the old ghost walked out of the Liangyi Palace, he saw an inner attendant leading Cheng Mingzhen to the front of the hall, and the old ghost hurriedly stepped forward to tell Cheng Mingzhen what happened in the hall just now, Cheng Mingzhen listened to it and said with a smile: "Rest assured, the grain price in Chang'an City has been leveled." ”

"Ouch! Then let's go in and report to Your Majesty. ”