In the palace of Liu Meicai, the king of the Jin merchants, crossed Erlang's legs, drank tea, and was talking to Liu Meicai, and his mood was obviously much better.

"According to my colleagues, that Shou Xue Manzi was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, and he was in a hurry to run to the palace to find the emperor." Although Liu Meicai didn't bend Erlang's legs, she smiled proudly and preached to Wang Dengku, "This time, it's enough for them!" ”

"That's not it!" Wang Dengku nodded and said with a smile when he heard this, "Most of the other food other than the Jingshi is basically gone. At this time, even if the imperial court remembered to transfer grain from Jiangnan, it would definitely be too late. That Xue Manzi is not in a hurry to sweat and blame! ”

Liu Meicai smiled and raised his glass, which seemed to be replacing wine with tea, and then said: "In this way, no one in the court can take care of the silver ticket case, hehe, the emperor must be angry at this time, it is estimated that many people will be unlucky!" ”

"Isn't that what we want to see?" Wang Dengku said this and looked at Liu Meicai. Suddenly, the two laughed together, sweeping away their previous depressed mood.

After tasting a sip of tea, Wang Dengku also said a little proudly: "I didn't expect other grain merchants to follow up so quickly this time, and the attention of the imperial court should have been attracted by them." Even if the imperial court wants to find trouble, it is estimated that it will only look for them. Who left us with no food to sell! ”

When Liu Meicai heard this, she laughed again. The method here is not to care about the small profits, and not to sell them directly. If it's gone, what else can the imperial court do? As Wang Dengku said, even if the imperial court was angry, it would definitely attack those grain merchants who were still selling grain at a limited amount and at a high price.

He put down the teacup and said: "The "Household Law" in the "Da Ming Law", it is written in the "Market" chapter, similar to their practice, it should be a board. The official estimated that the people behind those had already prepared those shopkeepers to be on the board. After all, it must be worth it to exchange so much silver for a board. ”

In this era, there are no charges of speculation and hoarding. These charges were put forward by the great men of later generations. However, there are similar provisions, which are written in the chapter of "The Market", which stipulates that different market trading behaviors are punishable by the crime of controlling the market, and the punishment of 80 rods or 40 lashes.

These two people hid in the Imperial History Mansion, drinking tea, chatting, laughing at the wind and clouds, and watching other people's jokes.

They didn't know that at this time, although the sky was about to get dark, one of the guards of the Son of Heaven, the brocade-clothed pro-army, drove out of the barracks one by one. The rumbling sound of horses' hooves, the sound of neatly soldiers running, mixed with the sound of armor clashing, immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"What's going on? Could it be that Jianyu has come in again? ”

"It's impossible, even if Jianyu comes in, it's not the Jinyi Guard, right?"

"Then what are they doing so much? Ordinary things, even if the soldiers are used, it is just the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, right? ”

"Isn't it ...... Isn't there another big rebellion case? ”

"If you say that, it's really possible! Only in the case of rebellion will a large-scale factory guard be dispatched, right? However, now that Jianyu has retreated, at this time, who will rebel, isn't this looking for death! ”

"That's right, now the three major battalions under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Horse Supervisor are not vegetarians, they are the elite who can defeat Jianyu in the field!"

"Could it be that someone is dying of starvation, so they rebelled?"

"It's possible, with such a high price of food, there is still a limit, many people can't hold on, rather than starve to death, it's better to fight against his mother before death, so that he can still vent his anger. Aren't all those thieves, I heard that they couldn't survive at first and were going to starve to death. ”

"You're crazy, you dare to say this kind of thing, be cautious, be cautious!"

"Anyway, my family's valuable things are sold cheaply for food, and I can't hold on immediately, and the family is dying of hunger, can't I say a few words?"

“……”

In any case, seeing this large-scale factory guard dispatched, the timid people quickly hid in their homes; Those who are brave either inquire about the news, or follow to check the excitement.

I saw that the Jinyi guards who were dispatched quickly began to divide the team, and later, it became a team of one or two hundred people, and many teams went everywhere.

"Knock knock" There was a quick knock on the door.

"Open the door, open the door......" shouted sternly.

"What's the ghost called?" When someone inside heard this, they shouted impatiently, "It's sold out today, I want to buy it tomorrow as soon as possible!" ”

However, in response to his shouts, there was a "clang" and "bang", and the door was kicked open and fell into the shop, and then the torches outside shone in, and a crowd of people swarmed in.

"What are you doing, grabbing food? You guys...... You ......"

You have been for a long time, but you have not come out, because it is not the hungry people who buy grain who have broken into the store, but the soldiers in black flying fish suits, and you don't need to ask which yamen has arrived. The only one who dares to wear it like this in Beijing is one of the guards of the Son of Heaven.

The army never politely kicked open the door, broke into the store, arrested people when they saw them, rummaged through boxes and cabinets, and searched things. Later, large trucks were parked outside, bags of grain were carried onto the trucks and carried away, and then a seal sealed the gate, and a notice was pasted on the door.

Scenes like this are happening in every grain store.

At this time, the most important thing that everyone in Jingshi is most concerned about is food. Therefore, as soon as this movement came out, in a blink of an eye, the imperial court dispatched Jinyi Guards to raid the grain shop, and it quickly spread throughout the capital.

"What, the grain stores have been seized? Okay, that's a breath of evil. Look at their faces, they deserve to sell at such a high price and are arrogant! ”

"What about the grain, what is the food? Don't we have nowhere to buy food, right? ”

"Don't worry, Jinyiwei posted a notice, saying that from tomorrow, the Beijing division will begin to limit grain, and each family will go to the government to register according to the capitation, and buy grain at a low price, and each family can only have three days' amount at a time."

"Really? That's great, but ...... But my family used to buy high-priced grain, and now my family has no money, even if I buy it at a low price, I'm afraid I won't be able to last a few days! ”

"It's okay, if you don't have money, it doesn't matter, you can still go and get food, but it's only half, and the food has to be repaid afterwards."

"That's great! But aren't those rich families cheap for them, affordable food, so what if there is not enough food? ”

"Of course, it was mentioned in the notice that if you have grain in your house but want to buy cheap grain, once it is found, no matter how expensive or low, your house will be raided! That's it, let's see who dares to take this risk! ”

"Take the risk of raiding your home in order to be greedy for cheap grain, hehe, it is estimated that no one will dare, this trick of the imperial court is really high!"

"This time the imperial court finally made a move, it's really good, the past few times the prisoners entered the customs, my neighbor Lao Wang's family was starved to death by the Gao family! That's miserable! ”

“……”

In the midst of all this applause, there are also some people who have different concerns.

"I heard that the rations of the 200,000 or so people rescued by King Qin's army will also be allocated from the Jingshi. However, now the food of Jingshi is not enough, right? ”

"That's right, even if these grain shops are sealed, it is estimated that it will be enough to insist on the transfer of southern grain to Jingshi alone, let alone a part of the grain."

"Ah, this time the emperor must be in a hurry, I heard that Xue Shoufu was sweating, so the emperor ordered the Jinyi Guard to dispatch and directly seized these grain shops."

"But is it appropriate for the emperor to do this? Merchants buy and sell, don't they just want to buy low and sell high, and they didn't do anything wrong, your emperor is so domineering, who will dare to do business in the future? ”

"That's right, the emperor is so messy, he will definitely be criticized when he turns around! Besides, according to the "Da Ming Law", it is at most a board, and it is estimated that the people behind these grain merchants will jump out. ”

“……”

In the midst of everyone's discussion, Jinyiwei's actions were somewhat unnoticeable compared to the focus of the seizure of grain stores.

There are many brocade guards, rushing to all parts of the capital, surrounding warehouses, and mansions, directly arresting people, this time, it is not just a shop, but a mansion, men, women and children, as long as the mansion, all are arrested together.

This operation lasted until late at night, and the news lagged behind a little compared to the grain store, but it was not until the next morning that the news began to spread.

"Do you know, yesterday Jinyiwei also arrested a lot of people and copied out a lot of food, and the movement was very big!"

"What's going on? Where did the food come from? ”

"Didn't the previous grain shops say that there was no food? was copied out by Jinyiwei, hoarded a large amount of grain, but didn't sell it, and said that it had been sold out. Don't you know, my son heard that those hoarded grains are more than those grain shops that are still selling! ”

"Wouldn't it? Crazy? What do they want to do, hoard until the end, and then sell it at a higher price? ”

"No, according to the notice posted by Jinyiwei, these grain merchants bought a large amount of grain before, and then did not sell it, pretending to sell it to the outside world, just to starve the people of Beijing to death and create chaos. They're trying to rebel! ”

"Ah, the intention to rebel? This...... This...... No way? ”

"What's not going to be? Ben Gongzi thinks it's possible! Think about it, what would happen if Jingshi had been without food? It's a bit chilling to think about the consequences. Anyway, my son will definitely be unlucky, and your family doesn't need to say it! ”

"When you say that, it's really oh, the Jingshi will definitely be very chaotic at that time. I don't think they really want to rebel, but they're just grain merchants! ”

"Who doesn't know that there are people behind those big grain merchants! Maybe someone is behind it! Jin Yiwei is now investigating, and when we find out, we will know who wants to rebel! But no matter what, now these grain merchants who hoard and do not sell are already unlucky, all of them have been raided, all of them have been arrested, and it is said that the edict prison cannot be closed, and some of them have been sent to the prison of the Criminal Department! ”

"Bah, they deserve it, no matter if they have rebelled or not, they deserve to die for this hoarding of food and not selling it!"

“……”

This kind of discussion is everywhere. Relatively speaking, those princes and magnates have their own opinions.

"I didn't expect the emperor to be ruthless this time, not according to the "Da Ming Law", and directly deducted a crime of rebellion, now, those grain merchants are going to be unlucky!"

"I don't know who is behind the grain merchants who have been raided? At this time, I guess I was scared to death! The emperor didn't play his cards according to common sense, and Long Yan was furious, no matter what happened in the future, they were going to be unlucky anyway. ”

"Yes, Jin Yiwei doesn't know how the investigation is, with their means, it won't take long, and they will definitely be able to find out who the people behind those grain merchants are soon. This kind of thing, you can find out if you inquire more. ”

"Hehe, this official knows that there is a grain merchant behind the Jin merchant, behind them, but there are court officials, hehe, this time it will be unlucky, I guess this will be so anxious to defend himself, right?"

“……”

At this time, in the Imperial History Mansion, someone opened the door, was a little surprised at first glance, and hurriedly asked: "Master, don't you need to go to court today?" ”

Liu Meicai looked anxious, and while hurriedly walking to the house, she asked hurriedly, "Where is Mr. Wang?" ”

"Haven't gotten up yet!"

Hearing this, Liu Meicai immediately turned around and hurried in.

Looking at his action, the villain who opened the door knew that something bad had happened, and couldn't help but be a little worried. I don't know how to do it, in the past, the Liu Mansion has always been smooth and smooth, and officials of all sizes in the DPRK and China have come and gone, which can be described as a good city. Just recently, it seems that things are starting to go wrong.

Isn't the lord rich? Is it not easy to use this money now?

With a "bang", the door was pushed open, and Liu Meicai stepped inside, passed through the outer room, lifted the curtain, and broke into the inner room.

When he saw Wang Dengku poking his head out of the bed with a beautiful maid in his arms, his face was a little unsightly, he couldn't help but shout loudly: "Ah, Mr. Wang, why are you still sleeping, woe, woe!" ”

"What misfortune?" Wang Dengku was still a little confused, and he didn't look awake.

Liu Meicai was in a hurry, stepped forward and lifted the quilt, and the two bodies shivered from the cold. Suddenly, Wang Dengku came to his senses, and while hurriedly grabbing the quilt, he hurriedly asked, "What happened to him, why did he become like this?" ”

"Our grain depots were all seized by Jinyi Wei last night, and those grain merchants were arrested all over the house. The crime is to create chaos in Beijing and intend to rebel! Liu Meicai was so anxious that she said in a burning manner, "Now Jinyiwei is investigating the people behind those grain shops, and it is estimated that they will be found out soon." ”

"Attempting rebellion?" Wang Dengku was stunned by this charge, even if he was trading with Liaodong Jianyu, he never thought that that kind of behavior was rebellion. But now it's just a small trick to sell grain, and it's been deducted from such a big hat.

After coming back to his senses, he kicked the beautiful maid away, and while hurriedly dressing, he asked Liu Meicai: "Do all the ministers of the court and the central government let the emperor come to Hu?" If this is the case, in the future, the emperor can deduct a rebellious hat if he sees anyone who is not pleasing to the eye, who can stand it? ”