When the spring breeze of the earth was full of Chang'an, there was no trace of spring breeze blowing into the Liangyi Palace.

Since the old ghost walked out, the cold face of Li Shimin in the Liangyi Hall was frozen and silent.

Everyone knows that Li Shimin wants to teach Li Chengqian a lesson, but as for why, it is up to them to differ.

also understands that Li Chengqian is only hard-mouthed now, no matter how capable Cheng Mingzhen is, it is impossible to stabilize the price of grain within half a day.

Now I only pray that Li Shimin will wait for a while to clean up Li Chengqian's hands and save some father-son affection, after all, these have something to do with Li Chengqian, and I really don't want to see Li Chengqian completely turn against Li Shimin.

Not to mention that the current Li Chengqian basically meets the requirements of a prince, even if there are some small flaws, these people are ready to admit it, so they can't rebel again.

Thinking that Li Tai is dead, the East Palace is still investigating Li Tai's rebellious comrades, and Li Chengqian is still expanding the scope of revenge, which is really shocking!

But at this moment, when the ministers in the Liangyi Hall were facing the most difficult pair of monarchs and ministers in the world, father and son, they hurt each other, and even Ma Zhou, who was known for his resourcefulness, had no way.

Just when the old god Li Chengqian was sitting there, and Li Shimin's face was getting darker and darker, the old ghost and a little chamberlain walked into the Liangyi Palace, and the little inner sat up and replied: "Your Majesty, please see you outside Cheng Minbu!" ”

"Xuan come in!" Li Shimin, who had a black face, almost roared.

"Yes!" The little chamberlain was frightened, and hurriedly went out to lead Cheng Mingzhen into the hall, and the hall returned to dead silence.

The old ghost also quickened his pace in fright and walked behind Li Chengqian, and then leaned in Li Chengqian's ear and whispered: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Cheng Minbu, has already suppressed the price of grain, and now the price of grain in Chang'an City is ten yuan......"

Before the old ghost finished speaking, he found that something was wrong, and everyone in the hall was looking at him in surprise, although his voice was low, there was only Li Shimin's heavy breathing in the hall.

Li Shimin's heart was shocked, and he concluded that this was a lie made up by Cheng Mingzhen, and he was about to scold the old ghost, but he saw the tall Cheng Mingzhen striding into the Liangyi Palace, and there was still a wind in his actions.

Sitting under Li Chengqian, Gao Shilian immediately said loudly: "Cheng Minbu, why did you forget the rules for entering the palace, you have to enter the palace!" ”

Cheng Mingzhen hurriedly bowed down when he heard this, and asked for sin: "Minister Cheng Mingzhen visited Your Majesty, and the minister was anxious to explain to Your Majesty the situation of the flat grain prices in Chang'an City, and forgot the etiquette for a while to ask Your Majesty for forgiveness." ”

Li Shimin snorted coldly when he heard this: "I heard that the price of grain in Chang'an City has been stabilized to ten yuan a bucket?"

"Exactly!" Li Shimin didn't call him flat, and Cheng Mingzhen didn't dare to get up, but his bearing was still neither humble nor arrogant.

Li Shimin looked at Cheng Mingzhen's eyes and became colder, and asked lightly: "Cheng Mingzhen, do you know what the consequences of the crime of bullying the monarch are?"

"The minister knows, but the minister has not deceived the king." Cheng Mingzhen said calmly.

"Didn't deceive the king?" Li Shimin said and turned his head to look at Li Chengqian, who was a little excited, and said to Gao Jifu: "Gao Qing's family, you go to Dongshi again!" ”

"Obey." Gao Ji Fu saluted and withdrew from the Liangyi Palace.

The other people in the hall all looked at Cheng Mingzhen at this time, hoping that Cheng Mingzhen could tell him how he had stabilized food prices in such a short period of time.

But Li Shimin didn't speak, and no one dared to ask, so Cheng Mingzhen could only kneel in the center of the hall.

After a long time, Li Chengqian saw that Li Shimin did not mean to ask Cheng Ming to cheer up, and secretly said in his heart, so he asked: "Have you caught those people who rushed to buy grain to cause grain prices to rise?"

Cheng Mingzhen's face was as usual when he heard this: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, all the people who rushed to buy food have been arrested, and the deputy of the East Palace Division, Qiu Shenji, is being interrogated." ”

Li Shimin sneered and said, "It turns out that you have arrested all the people who bought grain, and I still think there is any trick?" As he spoke, he slapped the table and shouted loudly, "Cheng Mingzhen, this is the method of stabilizing grain prices that the prince taught you?" Can you catch hundreds of thousands of people in Chang'an City?"

Li Chengqian saw that Li Shimin wanted to find fault with him, and he laughed secretly in his heart, Li Shimin was so small that he was furious when he heard that he was not at all.

But the other people in the hall were startled by Li Shimin's sudden yell, and they lowered their heads one by one and didn't dare to speak.

Cheng Mingzhen, who was kneeling in the center of the main hall, still said calmly: "Back to Your Majesty, the people arrested by the ministers are all people sent by other grain stores in Chang'an City, not the people who buy grain to eat at home, these people are now detained in the East Palace for trial, and we will know who is behind them later." ”

Li Shimin looked at Cheng Mingzhen and was still calm at this time, and he also had doubts in his heart, he didn't want Li Chengqian to say that he didn't distinguish between right and wrong, so his tone softened slightly: "How do you know that these people are not buying food and going back to eat?"

"Your Majesty, these people have been going to the store of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for several days to buy grain, and the people in the store have already written them down, and the price of grain in Chang'an has suddenly increased, and ordinary people have some grain in their homes, who will buy so much grain at once.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs' cheap grain store has sold 600 stone of grain in the past few days, which is the amount of grain sold in a month by the original Donggong grain store, how can it be bought and eaten?"

Li Shimin already believed a little in his heart when he heard this, but he was still not convinced, so he asked, "Where are those people interrogated?"

"Interrogation in the East Palace." Cheng Mingzhen replied truthfully.

Li Shimin glanced at Li Chengqian and didn't say anything, turned his head to Zhang Chengxing, the servant of Menxia Province, and said, "Zhang Qing, you turned out to be a waiter of the Criminal Department, go and see who is behind these people?"

"Yes!" When Zhang Chengxing heard this, he hurriedly saluted and withdrew from the Liangyi Palace.

"Father, interrogating these people in the East Palace is also a matter of urgency, after all, no one knows who is behind these people who are disturbing Chang'an City." When Li Chengqian saw Li Shimin's eyes looking at him, he knew that he was messing with the rules again.

"Hmph" Li Shimin just snorted coldly when he heard this, no matter what, no matter how angry he was with Li Chengqian, it was not important to find out the person who disturbed Chang'an City.

Li Shimin looked at Cheng Mingzhen, who had been kneeling in the center of the main hall, took a deep breath and said, "Cheng Qing's family is flat and gives a seat." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Seeing this, the other people in the palace also breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly said that His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are just a battle of will, and when it comes to national affairs, they still focus on the overall situation.

Thinking that Cheng Mingzhen calmly responded to Li Shimin's anger just now, and then turned the crisis into peace, he couldn't help but admire this person who has been a local official.

"Cheng Minbu, as soon as you arrest these people, the price of food in Chang'an will drop immediately, and you have any other tricks?"

Ma Zhou saw that Li Shimin's anger took a break and asked, Ma Zhou has always been smart and self-assured, but he didn't understand what Cheng Mingzhen did after thinking about it for a long time in today's game.

Li Shimin was also quite interested in this, and when he heard this, he looked at Cheng Mingzhen and said, "Tell me!" ”

Cheng Mingzhen said calmly: "Back to Your Majesty, as early as a few days ago, when the minister found out that someone was pushing the price of grain in Chang'an, he went to the East Palace to consult His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Cheng Mingzhen mentioned Li Chengqian, Li Shimin's face flashed with anger, and Li Chengqian didn't say anything at a glance.

Cheng Mingzhen didn't see it and continued: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really clever, and when he saw the other party's purpose at a glance, he ordered his ministers to plan and follow them to raise the price of grain, and let them buy the grain stored in the East Palace."

It's just that in the past two days, their price hikes have become more and more outrageous, and this morning, several grain stores in Chang'an Dong City have put up a high price of 30 yuan a bucket, and the minister ordered people to follow suit, and sold them more than 100 stone of grain for a bucket.

Then he ordered someone to pull out the thousands of stones of grain stored in the East Palace, walked through the entire Chang'an City, and then went to the door of the grain store opened by the East Civic Department, and announced in public that there was no shortage of grain in Chang'an City, and all the grain was sold according to ten buckets.

The common people are naturally not anxious when they see that there is food in Chang'an City, and the people's hearts must fall in response to the grain price. ”

"Hahaha, good idea, Cheng Qing's family is really a talented person!" Li Shimin laughed when he heard it, this time he really believed that the price of food in Chang'an City had subsided.

Cheng Mingzhen hurriedly said modestly: "Your Majesty has praised it, these are all instructed by His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

The smile on Li Shimin's face suddenly froze when he heard this, and his face seemed to have poured a sip of drink, but he found that the bottle was filled with urine.

After a while, he glanced at Li Chengqian, who was sitting there with the old god, and snorted angrily but did not speak.

At this embarrassing time, an attendant came in and said, "Your Majesty, Gao Jifu, a member of the middle school, please see you outside the hall." ”

"Announce him in!"

After a while, Gao Jifu walked in with a happy face, bowed down on the main hall, and said excitedly: "See Your Majesty, Your Majesty Lord Cheng really lowered the price of grain to ten yuan a bucket, and many people are ......."

Halfway through speaking, he found that the atmosphere was wrong, so he stopped looking at Li Shimin.

Li Shimin reluctantly said: "I know, Gao Qing is flat." ”

When Li Shimin was embarrassed and didn't know how to alleviate it, he saw Li Chengqian stand up and said: "The price of my father's grain has dropped to ten dollars a bucket, and my son has retired." ”

Li Chengqian is now very anxious to return to the East Palace, don't forget that at that time, he went to provoke grain merchants to buy grain from the Ministry of People's Affairs, but the person who sold it at a high price was his brother-in-law......

Seeing that Li Shimin was silent, he took two steps back and was about to leave, but he heard Li Shimin say: "Slow!" ”

(End of chapter)