Chapter 620: The Battle of the Grain Depot (1)
"Hahaha...... happy, so happy, this palace has never been so happy, hahaha......"
After most of the day's response, not only all the predetermined strategic goals have been achieved, but also knocked out a pawn of the martial arts queen Wei Jingye, this harvest is not small, before Gaozong and others were present, Li Xian was excited, but he didn't dare to have too much performance, and when he had to send away the people who went to the banquet, Li Xianke didn't want to endure it anymore, this trip into the study, then he couldn't help it anymore, and laughed proudly.
"Then congratulations to Your Highness."
Although Zhang Cambodia was not qualified to participate in the previous banquet, he had already known the whole story, but he was obviously not as excited as Li Xian, and his answers were full of perfunctory meaning.
"Huh? Do you think there is anything missing, sir? ”
As soon as he heard that Zhang Cambodia's tone was wrong, Li Xian couldn't laugh anymore, looked at Zhang Cambodia suspiciously, and asked a question tentatively.
"Granary!"
Zhang Cambodia didn't talk much nonsense, and spit out two words with a solemn face.
"Huh? Hmmm......"
Li Xianyan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but he soon came to his senses, his eyes flashed, and a murderous aura suddenly burst out, but he did not make a decision immediately, but groaned thoughtfully......
"Niangniang, that guy in the east is too rampant, this wind can't last!"
"Yes, Niangniang, Weichen thinks that this is his conspiracy to seize power, and he has to face it head-on."
"Yes, what Wu Shilang said is very true, that wolf's ambition can't give him a chance to take the lead, otherwise, the embankment of thousands of miles will probably be destroyed in the anthill!"
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The East Palace is a festive faction, and even after a few big losses of the Empress Wu can not be happy, accompanied by Gaozong back to the palace, the Empress Wu turned around and summoned Wu Chenghei, Ming Chongyan and several other absolute henchmen to the study of the Deyang Palace, and discussed the way to deal with it.
"Chongyan, do you have any thoughts on this situation?"
Empress Wu listened quietly for a while, and when she saw that all the people couldn't put forward any constructive suggestions, the disappointment in her heart was inevitable, but it was not good to attack on the spot, so she set her eyes on Ming Chongyan, who had always been silent, and asked with expectation.
"Back to Niangniang's words, Weichen thought that what the princess said was very true, that person is crazy, once he gains power, the future will be great, if he does not plan early, I am afraid it will be difficult to control, and he must cut off his thoughts from the root!"
Ming Chongyan and Li Xian already have a lot of old grudges, since he can't see Li Xian's power the most, after learning about what happened in the East Palace from Jia Chaoyin's mouth, he has already been ruthless, the reason why he remained silent just now is just to be self-conscious, disdain to shout with the martial disciples, at this time, when he heard the martial queen's question, he would not have anything to hide, but seeing the resentment in his eyes flashed, he had already calmly reported a sentence.
"Huh?"
As soon as she heard Ming Chongyan say this, a trace of essence immediately appeared in the eyes of the Empress Wu, but she did not say anything to ask what was going on, but raised her eyebrows and whispered quietly.
"Niang Niang Mingjian, the root of that guy who dares to be so arrogant is in the grain, if there is no food, how can there be room for arrogance, therefore, Weichen thinks it is appropriate to start here."
Although Empress Wu didn't speak, Ming Chongyan heard the encouragement in the hum, so he smiled confidently and further clarified his own proposition, but he still did not give out the specific implementation methods and instructions.
"Doctor Ming, the grain is currently in the hands of the 'Deng Ji Firm', if you want to make a plate, I'm afraid it's not so easy?"
All the martial arts vaguely knew that the relationship between Ming Chongyan and the martial arts queen was unusual, even if they had the heart of competing for favor in their hearts, they didn't dare to show it in front of the martial arts, so they could only listen silently on the side, but Jia Chaoyin didn't have that scruples, since his status in the court was far above Ming Chongyan, and it was extremely unpleasant to see Ming Chongyan at this time.
"Huh."
Pleasing to the eye has always been relative, Jia Chaoyin saw that Ming Chongyan was not happy, and Ming Chongyan also looked down on Jia Chaoyin and other incompetent people, and he didn't bother to explain more to him, but he just sneered disdainfully twice and responded.
"Doctor Ming, government affairs are not child's play, you ......"
No matter how Jia Chaoyin says, he is also one of the seven prime ministers today, although the ranking is only in the penultimate place, but it is an indisputable fact that he is a very popular minister, and he can't tolerate Ming Chongyan such a five-grade official to despise himself.
"That's enough, the palace is lacking, just wait for everyone to retreat."
Although Jia Chaoyin has no ability, he can be well-behaved and obedient, which is also the reason why Empress Wu arched his hand to the high position of prime minister, although the status in the mind of Empress Wu is far less than that of Ming Chongyan, but it is not a chess piece that can be easily given up, he does not want to see him and Ming Chongyan make too much trouble, seeing that the conflict between the two is about to start, Empress Wu immediately raised his hand to stop Jia Chaoyin's angry words.
"No, the ministers will retire."
Since the Empress Wu had already issued an order to expel the guests, the others did not dare to delay any longer, although they were all suspicious in their hearts, but no one dared to say anything more about the side, so they could only bow down and leave.
"Chongyan stays, this palace has something to ask."
The group of people waited for the door to walk to the door of the study, but the voice of the martial queen came from behind them.
"No!"
For the retention of the Empress Wu, Ming Chongyan obviously knew it in his heart, and he was not very surprised, he calmly responded, turned around in a chic manner, and returned to his original position, and when the crowd saw this, their faces couldn't help but change, but under the prestige of the Empress Wu, no one dared to express any dissatisfaction, even if they tasted it in their hearts, they could only silently withdraw from the room.
"Chongyan, although Jia Xiang said that he was a little busy, but after all, he was the chief of the court, and the respect that should be there on the surface was still indispensable, so let it go."
After everyone went, Empress Wu's tense face softened instantly, not only that, but there was also a faint flush rippling on her face, at first glance, she looked like a little girl who had just opened her love, and her tone of voice was much softer.
"Chongyan knows."
Ming Chongyan was very arrogant, even in the face of the gentle persuasion of the Empress Wu, he refused to bow his head and admit his mistakes, but responded vaguely.
"That's it, this palace is just a word, Chongyan listens to it, and if you don't listen to this palace, you don't force it."
For Ming Chongyan, Empress Wu only had infinite love and pity, seeing that he refused to bow his head to Jia Chaoyin, Empress Wu was reluctant to blame him, so he could only shake his head helplessly, and lightly revealed the matter.
"Niangniang, Chongyan ......"
The meaning of pampering in Empress Wu's words was too strong, so thick that Ming Chongyan didn't know what to say for a while, and after a few screams, a handsome demon-like face was already flushed.
"Don't talk about this, the broken root that Chongyan said before sounds quite interesting to this palace, but I don't know where to break this root."
Ming Chongyan has the title of "the first beautiful man in the Tang Dynasty", his image is handsome and elegant, this time the handsome face is flushed, it has a different flavor, and it makes the Empress Wu see that his body is hot, but after all, the Empress Wu is the Empress Wu, and the private relationship between men and women will always be just a condiment in his mind.
"So that Niangniang learned that Wei Chen had carefully calculated the disaster relief expenses before, and found an interesting place, that is, with the grain straw that the guy has under his head, it is difficult to support the arrival of his subsequent grain, even if it is not able to save it, there will be a shortage of food for two days, if you can start to deploy here, you will definitely be able to gain a lot."
There was no one else in the study, and Ming Chong didn't need to be cautious anymore, so he smiled and opened the hole cards.
"Hmm, what are you going to do?"
The drum did not need a heavy hammer, with the wisdom of the martial queen, just thinking about it, he had already made a decision, but he was not in a hurry to make a decision, but nodded thoughtfully, and then asked down.
"Niang Niang Mingjian, that guy is treacherous, I think I already have a way to deal with this, but according to Chongyan's view, in fact, there is only one way to go, that is, to find the families to buy grain, in order to cope with the expenditure, Niang Niang can issue a clear edict, saying that the court for disaster relief, the grain inventory is insufficient, and the order to collect grain from the major families, so that even if the families have food in hand, they will never dare to sell it privately in that house, this is the way to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle."
Ming Chongyan's eyes flashed fiercely, and he gave a ruthless suggestion - requisition of grain is not to buy grain, the imperial court collects grain in the name of righteousness, and only gives some insignificant compensation, which is not worth one-third of the current grain price, in the face of this situation, the families who are all meritorious families will not be easy to comply, and they will not be cheap to the court if they have grain in hand, so that they have no grain to sell has become the only choice for all families, in this case, it is difficult to buy grain at the other end of the East Palace, the reason is very simple, All the families are understandable people, how can they be involved in the tragic competition between the Empress Wu and the prince for no reason, even if they have food in hand, they will never dare to sell it to Li Xian privately, otherwise, once the Empress Wu is tracked down, won't the fun be great?
"Okay, this palace will issue this edict early tomorrow morning!"
Empress Wu originally thought about it in her heart, and when she heard Ming Chongyan's suggestion at this time, she would not object, so she smiled coldly and agreed to Ming Chongyan's proposal very neatly.
"This alone is not enough to curb the ambitions of that wolf, and we have to focus on the other side to achieve the effect of breaking the roots."
Ming Chongyan's hatred for Li Xian in his heart can be said to be extremely great, he wants to put Li Xian to death and hurry up, but he doesn't even want to leave Li Xian with a little way to live, even if the Empress Wu has already made a decision, he refuses to be satisfied, gritted his teeth and said again.
"Huh?"
As soon as she heard this, Empress Wu couldn't help but be stunned, looked at Ming Chongyan suspiciously, and couldn't help frowning slightly......