"He dares to act so boldly, could it be that he is fighting the waist of your Shousuke-sama?"

Emperor Zhengqing suddenly said with extreme compassion.

The crowd was horrified. Emperor Zhengqing, can't help but make a move on He Shanbao?

"The old minister didn't dare to quibble, He Jichai was indeed the nephew of the same clan of the old minister, but the old minister used his loyalty to serve the emperor for forty years as a guarantee, and the old minister definitely did not condone him to do these things that did not have the law of heaven and reason!

Please ask Your Majesty to send someone to investigate strictly, if he really committed an unforgivable sin as Zhang Yuanwailang said, the old minister implored His Majesty to severely punish him in accordance with the law. ”

He Shanbao knelt down and said.

Emperor Zhengqing was furious, this old man still wants to use the Emperor Taishang to suppress me!

"Naturally, I will punish him severely." Emperor Zhengqing replied coldly and skipped it. He also summoned the commander of the Jinyi Army to make Zhao Quan enter the palace, and immediately set off with the Jinyi Guard, and investigated the theft and sale of Taicang Valley in six affiliated warehouses such as Tianjin.

......

South Den.

Emperor Zhengqing summoned a group of his confidants and ministers to hold a small stove meeting here as usual.

When it came to the issue of resettlement of displaced people, Cui Wenlong sighed: "In the final analysis, the main problem is money and food. It's a pity that most of the large and small grain merchants in the capital are hoarding, and the price of grain is almost twice as high as before. ”

Lin Ruhai added: "That's it, the minister sent people to buy grain a few days ago, and went to a total of eleven grain stores, but only bought a total of seventy-two stone of grain, and they all said that the grain had been sold out.

I don't dare to offend the court, the left and right are just some prevarications! ”

Emperor Zhengqing said fiercely: "These profiteers, sooner or later, one day I will let them know what it means to be greedy and not enough to swallow elephants!" When the time comes, they will not earn a penny. ”

Of course, he is only talking about it temporarily. Things have to be done one by one, and now there are so many things to do in the court, and it is really inseparable from fighting with these profiteers.

Cui Wenlong looked at Lin Ruhai with a smile and said with a smile: "Did Lord Lin forget to say something......

Lin Ruhai glanced at him, suddenly lowered the hem of his clothes, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister still has something to play." ”

Emperor Zhengqing smiled, and he naturally saw Cui Wenlong and Lin Ruhai playing dumb riddles.

"Say it."

"The minister heard...... Many grain store bosses said that Jia Qing, a first-class general of Ningguo Mansion, once connected several well-known grain store bosses to do grain trading, and it is estimated that he will accumulate no less than three or four hundred thousand stone ......."

Emperor Zhengqing was just about to take a sip of tea to listen to what Lin Ruhai had to say, and the clinker turned out to be such news!

"What is he doing with all this food?" Zhengqing put down the teacup and asked.

"The minister doesn't know, he hasn't told the minister about this."

Lin Ruhai looked at Fang Shou.

Fang Shou smiled bitterly: "You don't have to look at me, he hasn't told me either." ”

In this way, Lin Ruhai said: "There is no wind in the air, he likes to ponder these Tao Zhu techniques the most, since so many people say so, I think he must have really hoarded food." Even if there are not as many as rumors, there must be.

But the minister believes that he must not be like everyone else, with the intention of hoarding and making a fortune in the country. He is a noble son, and this truth must still be understood. ”

Lin Ruhai was helping Jia Qing speak all the time. It's not that he doesn't know how to avoid suspicion, but he knows Emperor Zhengqing's temperament, and he also knows that Emperor Zhengqing understands his previous relationship with Jia Qing very well.

They are father and son.

If the Father does not speak for the Son, then he has no other intentions.

"I heard that General Xiao Jia likes to run a restaurant, and he also made a brewing workshop outside the city that claims to be the largest in Dachu, maybe he hoarded grain for winemaking." Cui Wenlong seems to be trying to help Lin Ruhai, so he said so.

Emperor Zhengqing couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Even if the entire capital only buys his family's wine, it won't cost three or four hundred thousand stone grain!

Send someone to call him into the palace, and I will ......."

Emperor Zhengqing originally wanted to say that he wanted to ask Jia Qing why he was hoarding so much grain, but suddenly remembered that Jia Qing was not in the capital at this time.

"Well, if he really hoarded such food, I won't allow it to be used to make wine. The court is short of food, and the people can't even afford to eat, so he still has so much grain to make wine! ”

Even Emperor Zhengqing didn't notice that there was a trace of sourness in his tone......

Fortunately, at this time, the palace was full of courtiers he relied on, so he didn't have to worry too much about losing his majesty or anything.

In fact, as an emperor, he only has more than 300,000 stone of grain in his treasury, not to mention how many gaps Zhao Quan can find out this time.

As an emperor himself, his pocket is not as good as a teenager?

After the Weichen got off the court, he went to Jia's house and asked if he had really hoarded a large amount of grain. If this is the case, they should be instructed not to tamper with this grain ......"

Emperor Zhengqing's face was slightly red.

When Lin Ruhai said this, it felt as if a group of them were plotting against Jia Qing's family business.

But at this time, the imperial court was indeed about to fall into difficulties, and at this time, Jia Qing bumped into it, and he had to accept it if he was not satisfied!

Of course, Emperor Zhengqing never thought of taking it away, and the Great Chu royal family was not able to reach this point.

What he wanted was to buy it by force......

......

In Fengzao Palace, Yuan Chun was writing when he had nothing to do, and suddenly heard that Emperor Zhengqing was coming, and hurriedly greeted him.

"No need to be polite." Emperor Zhengqing evoked Yuan Chun, who asked for peace, and walked directly to the outer kang and sat down.

"Why did the emperor come to the concubine today?"

Yuan Chun personally took a cup of tea and asked softly.

"I'll come and see you."

Emperor Zhengqing said casually. Since the discussion of politics in the south study, he was originally going to go to the imperial garden for a walk at will.

While walking, I thought about several major events in the imperial court today, and after thinking about it, I felt that the most critical place was that the imperial court still had food. Otherwise, not only will the displaced people not be properly resettled, but even the border war may be greatly affected.

But the reality is that the price of grain in the capital is quite high, not to mention the places that have suffered from the war such as Guanzhong and Kanto.

Grain prices in Jiangnan are still relatively stable, but they are too far away. If the imperial court decides to transfer grain from Jiangnan on a large scale, not to mention how much it can be transferred, it is certain that the price of grain in Jiangnan will also soar immediately.

After thinking about it, he still felt that if it was really as rumored that Jia Qing and others had hoarded a large amount of food, it would be fine.

At least Jia Qing is a minister, and taking food from him is regarded as worrying about the country, and the court will not end up with a reputation for competing with the people.

However, in the end, he felt that he was "bullying" Jia Qing like this, and he felt a debt in his heart, so he decided to come to Yuanchun to take a look.

Yuan Chun listened to Emperor Zhengqing's words, and smiled slightly, but he didn't have the heart to invite favor, just sat quietly at the other end and watched Emperor Zhengqing taste tea.

"The emperor's face has not been very good recently, has he encountered anything embarrassing?"

Yuan Chun saw that Emperor Zhengqing seemed to have a sad look on his face, and he also asked in order to break the quiet situation.

Perhaps it was Yuan Chun's dignified and decent that made Emperor Zhengqing quite satisfied, and he was not in a hurry to leave, but put down the teacup and replied: "It's still a matter of the previous dynasty, and now the front line is fighting, and money and food must be used everywhere." At this time, another case of corrupt officials and corrupt officials colluding to steal and sell Taicang grain broke out, which is really hateful. ”

Emperor Zhengqing simply complained to his concubine, and didn't think that he could get any good solutions from her.

Yuan Chun naturally understood, she only said: "The matter of greedy ink has existed in all dynasties, since it has been found out, the emperor can only deal with it, and there is no need to be too angry about it." ”

Emperor Zhengqing nodded.

"However, since the emperor talked about money and food, the concubines have something to say to the emperor."

"Speak."

"The emperor will sit down for a moment." Yuan Chun got up and went to the drawer of his desk to take out a letter.

"This is what the concubine's brother gave to the concubine before leaving Beijing, saying that once the emperor bothered about the matter of food, he asked the concubine to pass it on to the emperor."

"What can't he write down and present, and make it so mysterious?" Emperor Zhengqing took the letter, only to see four big characters written on it:

Your Majesty personally enlightened

Emperor Zhengqing knew that this must have come from Jia Qing's hand.

The concubine also felt that it was not very appropriate for him to do this, but because he explained solemnly, the concubine had no chance to persuade him, so she had to follow what he said.

But he said that the emperor only needs to read his letter to understand his hard work......"

Yuan Chun said with a smile.

"Huh." Emperor Zhengqing almost laughed angrily, and said, "Then I want to take a good look at what kind of hard work he is hiding." ”

After speaking, he opened the letter and looked at it.