Seeing that success caused Zhu Cihong to ask, Liu Ximing smiled in his heart and made a sad look on his face.

"Please also forgive me, I recently heard that the price of rice in the capital has soared, and it has almost reached five taels of silver and a stone, and there are many people in the city who are starving.

Although Zhu Cihong is young, he has been surrounded by a group of old masters since he was a child, and he has learned the knowledge of emperors.

He asked with a look of astonishment: "How can this be, it's not that there is a special supply of Jiangnan Cao grain in the capital, why is there a skyrocketing price of rice." ”

"Down, just because of the East captives, thieves are everywhere, the Cao Yun has been cut off for almost a month, and now the Jianghuai Road is affected by the famine, and the merchants in the city are hoarding, if the response is not good, I am afraid that the capital will be in chaos."

Zhu Cihong's little face was frightened by Liu Ximing's words, and then he whispered: "Such a big thing, I think my father should know about it, there are many ministers in the court who are planning, and there should be a way to deal with it." ”

Liu Ximing smiled contemptuously, his mouth was full of disdain, "Now most of the people who live above the temple are corpses and incompetent, what does the life and death of the people in the city have to do with them, the ministers have been in the court for so many days, but they have not seen the household department come up with any way." ”

"How's that okay?" , Zhu Cihong muttered repeatedly, and suddenly looked at Liu Ximing with a light in his eyes.

"Since the Qing family is talking like this, but if there is any good plan, please ask Lonely."

"Do you still remember the so-called Datong before?"

Zhu Cihong's eyes lit up slightly, Liu Ximing had told him about the same theory before, and he had also reported to Chongzhen.

It was only because Liu Ximing deliberately omitted most of the content about the revolution, and the lecture on the necessity of extreme dictatorship in order to establish the world of Datong, so he was also praised by Chongzhen.

If it is really according to what Liu Qing said, then the royal family must have absolute power, and of course it is like a beacon for Chongzhen, who is in the darkness in front of him.

However, it is a pity that Chongzhen's approval of the Datong Theory could not resist the negation of the landlord and bureaucratic class, and after repeated discussions with Kong Zhenyuan and other cabinet ministers, Chongzhen's heart gradually faded.

Seeing Zhu Cihong's seemingly gainful table, Liu Ximing explained with a smile:

"The minister said before that in the world of great harmony, the power of a country must be the first, and everything needs to come from the central government, so that the first rich will drive the later rich, so that it is possible to achieve common prosperity."

"Nowadays, rice is expensive in the capital, not because there is no rice in Beijing, according to what the minister heard, the rice merchants in Beijing have at least more than one million stones of grain, which is enough for one million people in the capital for one season."

"If you can send a minister to force all merchants in Beijing to put rice at a reasonable price, so that the price of grain will naturally be stable, and through this matter, the people of the world will know the majesty of the court and thank the court for its kindness."

Zhu Cihong's heart was surging when he heard this, and he suddenly stood up, "If you can really make the subjects of the world like an arm, then the disaster of this dynasty cannot be solved." ”

"Liu Qing is a genius in the world, and he has been taught alone." After speaking, Zhu Cihong actually bowed to Liu Ximing.

Shocked, he hurriedly returned the salute.

"Let's go, let's go to my father, and I'm determined to report to my father in person."

As if he had received something good, Zhu Cihong took Liu Ximing and walked towards the Qianqing Palace.

In the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen quietly listened to Zhu Cihong and Liu Ximing's explanations, and frowned at Wang Chengen on the side.

"Is it really so difficult for the people in Beijing to make a living?"

"Master, didn't there be a royal history in the previous paragraph, but the court has no money to spare, so it can only be resigned."

Wang Chengen is quite realistic, and truthfully played the folk form.

"It's just that now, the livelihood of the people in Beijing is a little difficult, but it shouldn't have reached the point where Xin Amber said, the East Factory under the slave keeps a close eye on the Jingshi, and I don't see any chaos coming out."

Chongzhen's face relaxed, and he turned his head to look at Zhu Cihong with a smile.

"The emperor cares about the people, it is true that it is commendable, and the policy proposed by Xin Anbo is also a good policy, but now the major affairs of the court are still on top of the suppression of bandits, and forcing merchants to sell rice is easy to cause chaos, let's take a look and talk about it."

"Erchen knows", Zhu Cihong didn't expect to usher in such a result, and responded a little dejectedly.

Seeing that Chongzhen still had a lot of twists and turns to see, the two had to retreat from the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Cihong walked down the Qianqing Palace with some frustration, and suddenly looked up at Liu Ximing.

"Liu Qing, is it very useless to be alone, and he also wants to do something for the people of the world, but there is no good strategy available, now there is Liu Qing's strategy, but it can't be implemented, it's really useless."

Liu Ximing sighed in his heart, after being in the East Palace for so long, he knew very well about this prince.

This ten-year-old child is indeed a rare precocious wisdom, although he was taught to be a little old man by a group of old scholars, but he still has a pure heart.

Compared with his Lao Tzu Chongzhen's suspicion, Zhu Cihong is much better.

"You don't have to blame yourself, you need to know that you don't care about good things, you have the idea of saving the world, and you have taken action, although you can't implement it due to external forces, but it doesn't damage your pure heart."

"But it's useless after all," Zhu Cihong said angrily.

The corners of Liu Ximing's mouth were slightly yang, "Hehe, that's not necessarily." ”

Zhu Cihong looked up at Liu Ximing with some confusion.

The price of rice in the capital has skyrocketed, and unlike the silence above the court, the people of the capital have already exploded.

Especially after Lai Jingjie, a person who is not afraid of big things, joins it, the turbulent undercurrent inside is even more menacing.

On July 28, the people of the capital finally couldn't bear it anymore, and under the incitement of various rumors, a group of thugs suddenly rushed in with their faces covered when a rice shop in the Xuguo Mansion had just opened.

Not to mention that the whole shop was robbed, even the shopkeeper and Xiao Er were beaten together, and when the people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division arrived, they couldn't even see a figure.

This is just the beginning, in the next two days, it was like an explosion in the capital, dozens of rice shops were robbed, and Liu Ximing's Hanyuan business was no exception.

However, due to adequate preparation, no one was injured.

In just a few days, Jingshi suddenly became in chaos.

There are not only ordinary people in the capital, but also more than 100,000 soldiers in the Beijing camp, if the imperial court is paid sufficiently, these soldiers will naturally be safe.

However, the military department was already in arrears with the salaries of the Beijing camp for two months, and the soldiers of the Beijing camp did not have any rice to cook, and when they saw the chaos in the city, all kinds of robberies and thieves came out at once.

At the court meeting on the first day of August, Chongzhen and a group of court ministers were anxious.

At this time, Chongzhen remembered Liu Ximing's previous suggestion, and suddenly felt annoyed in his heart, why didn't he make arrangements earlier, and ended up in such a situation.

"The household department has a way, now that the capital is in chaos, if you don't do anything, this fire will burn into the purple city."

Cai Guo, the secretary of the household department, bowed with a bitter face and said: "Your Majesty, now there are only two million taels left in the household department, and these money must be handed over to the military department for military salaries, and they also have to deal with the salaries of hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China. ”

"Your Majesty, don't touch the soldiers' salaries."

Chen Xinjia was able to succeed him as the secretary of the military department after Lu Xiangsheng's death, and he was a little anxious when he heard this.

"This can't do this, that's not good, can you just sit back and watch the chaos in Beijing?"

On the throne, Chongzhen's face was grim and he scolded, and hundreds of ministers were silent like turtles with shrunken heads.

Everyone knows that this is a hot potato, and the court has no money and no food, so how can they find a way to calm down prices.

Among the ministers who bowed their heads and pretended to be ostriches, Liu Ximing's attitude of an old god who was not concerned with himself suddenly attracted Chongzhen's attention.

"Xin Anbo, you suggested to the prince that you should prevent chaos in Beijing in advance, and now that there is chaos, do you have a good plan?"

Liu Ximing, who had already changed into a big red Yunyan official uniform and held a jade wat in his hand, slowly walked out of the official queue.

"Your Majesty, the turmoil in Beijing is still easy to solve, as long as thousands of soldiers and horses are dispatched from the Beijing camp to patrol at night, the turmoil can be calmed down, but the lack of food is quite tricky."

"The minister still said that there is no shortage of grain in Beijing, but the merchants are hoarding and refusing to lower the price of grain, if there is a division willing to order, the price of grain is higher than one or two or eight yuan, and the offender shall not be allowed to sell, so it may solve the grain problem."

"Ridiculous", Cai Guo, the head of the household, refuted with a frown: "Let's not talk about whether the state has the right to restrict merchants from raising prices, if it is really like you, the price of grain will be lowered by then, but no one is willing to sell rice, and it is not the people of the capital who suffer." ”

"Yes," whispered among the ministers.