Originally, everyone had prepared their own words and was ready to take this opportunity to express their opinions, but Cao Cao's sudden weakening of his body obviously couldn't withstand a bigger blow, so everyone was silent for a while.

After a long time, Zhong Miao got up and said: "Lao Chen visited all parts of Yedu today, and now the situation in the city is panicking, the people are guided by some bad remarks, and some businessmen have taken the opportunity to raise prices, which has boosted the price of grain, so Lao Chen Jian Yì On the one hand, he wants to close the position and release grain, stabilize the price of grain, and on the other hand, he must also crack down on profiteers, take a few profiteers who do evil, deter businessmen, and love Wei Gong sincerely!" ”

Chen Qun also got up and said: "Zhong Gong said very much, two days ago, the price of grain was still one hundred and twenty yuan of rice, and now the grain has not been reduced, nor has it been called by the army, which shows that the grain in the market has not decreased, but the price of grain has suddenly skyrocketed, the root cause is still psychological, only we have strong means, I believe that the price of grain will soon be suppressed, Zhong Gong has repeatedly suppressed the price of grain in Chang'an and Luoyang, and Weichen recommended Zhong Gong to be in charge of this matter." ”

Cao Cao nodded and said to Zhong Xuan: "Zhongcheng is reasonable, please ask Zhong Gong to take on this burden!" ”

Zhong Miao secretly scolded Chen Qun in his heart, the matter of calming down food prices has always been led by the prince, didn't Chen Qun roast himself on the fire?

Zhong Miao secretly glanced at Cao Pi, and saw that his face was gloomy and he didn't say a word, Zhong Miao suddenly knew something was wrong in his heart, and hurriedly smiled: "Of course, Weichen is willing to share the worries of Wei Gong and make a meager effort, but Weichen should focus on the prince, and Weichen is willing to assist the prince and reduce the price of grain as soon as possible." ”

Cao Cao was indeed a little sluggish, and he then remembered that his son should lead the matter, but fortunately, Zhong Xuan reminded him, he smiled, and turned to Cao Pi: "After all, Zhong Junshi is old and lacks energy, so I will take on the heavy responsibility!" Let Junshi Zhong assist you. ”

In fact, Cao Pi is also a little embarrassed, on the one hand, he doesn't want to lose power, especially not to fall into the hands of people like Zhong Xuan, on the other hand, he also knows that this time the price surge is extraordinary and may be extremely difficult to control.

At the critical moment of the transfer of power, once the matter of stabilizing food prices is not handled well, causing the economy of Wei to collapse, whether Cao Zhi, the third brother who has been appointed as Taichangqing, will kill again, which makes Cao Pi have to be vigilant.

However, Cao Pi had no choice at this time, so he had to bow down and say: "The child is willing to share his father's worries!" ”

Cao Cao's body was weak, and he only sat for less than a quarter of an hour before he could no longer support it, so he had to let everyone retreat, and he himself was carried back to the palace by his maid to rest.

Zhong Miao walked out of the palace worriedly, and then Chen Qun hurried up and asked in a low voice, "Why did Zhong Gong let the prince take charge of this matter?" ”

Zhong Xuan's face sank, and he said to Chen Qun with some dissatisfaction: "This kind of thing has always been dominated by the prince, but you asked me to take care of it, didn't you put me on the fire to roast?" ”

Chen Qun sighed and said: "I don't understand, but the prince of the world is inexperienced, and the utilitarianism is too heavy, and he always wants to take advantage of the crisis to consolidate his power, I am worried that he will play the chess crooked again, but it will make things stricter." ”

"Silence!"

Zhong Miao shouted in a low voice, and Chen Qun immediately stopped talking, only to hear Cao Pi shouting from behind: "Master Zhong, please stay!" ”

After a while, Cao Pi hurried up, bowed down and said with a smile: "Regarding the matter of stabilizing grain prices, the younger generation must ask Zhong Gong for more advice." ”

Cao Pi's words are very wonderful, he actually calls himself a junior, of course, before he succeeded to the throne, he and Zhong Xuan were colleagues, and it is not an exaggeration for him to call himself a junior, but he has never called himself such a junior to anyone, so when he said the word 'junior', Chen Qun next to him hurriedly felt harsh.

Zhong Xuan smiled, "With the ability of the prince, it is more than enough to stabilize the price of grain, I am old, I am afraid it will be difficult to give the prince too much help, and let the prince down." ”

Cao Pi's mentality is also very complicated, on the one hand, he doesn't want Zhong Miao to interfere too much and affect his power, on the other hand, he hopes that if he doesn't succeed in the end, Zhong Miao will take responsibility, so he can't make up his mind himself, Cao Pi laughed dryly, said a few words, and left.

But from beginning to end, he ignored Chen Qun who was standing aside, and he didn't even look at Zhengyan, the reason is very simple, his third brother Cao Zhi was able to re-serve as Taichangqing, and it was Chen Qun's persuasion that made him not annoyed.

Looking at Cao Pi's back and walking away, Zhong Miao couldn't help but shake his head secretly, seeing that Wei Gong's health was getting worse, whether he could survive next year would be a problem, once the prince succeeded to the throne, he would not have a good life, at this time, Zhong Miao remembered what Liu Jing had said to himself, he was gloomy in his heart, he actually wanted to start his new career in the Han Kingdom, but sometimes he couldn't help himself.

Thinking of this, Zhong Miao smiled at Chen Qun and said, "I'll buy a glass of water and wine tonight, how about Zhongcheng come and have a drink?" ”

Chen Qun hurriedly saluted: "Definitely!" Certain! ”

Ye Du ended the tumult and chaos of the day, and finally recovered a little quieter after nightfall, but the army could not enforce the curfew, there were still too many people in the streets, and there were long queues in front of every grain store, and people could not sleep all night, in the bitter cold wind, carrying money bags and waiting for the grain shops to open.

On a small street near the east and west gates of Yedu, a man walked hurriedly with his shoulders hunched, he was wearing a thick cloth coat, he was quite fat, his gait was staggering, and his walking posture looked slightly funny.

He came to a shop and looked up, the words on the plaque were unusually dazzling under the lantern, 'Lin Ji Jewelry Shop' He raised his hand and knocked on the door, a small window opened on the door, and the light came out, illuminating the man's face, I saw that he was about forty years old, but he was well maintained and looked very young, but his chin was beardless, and his Adam's apple was retracted, and he was obviously a eunuch.

This person is Mi Ying, the eunuch who served the Son of Heaven Liu Xie in the Ye Palace, and he had a very close short-sleeved relationship with Liu Xie, but as he 'grew old and decrepit', Liu Xie gradually snubbed him, and he fell from the chief manager to the third chief manager, and he no longer had any status in the palace.

In addition, Cao Pi strictly controlled the cost of the Ye Palace, cut the supply, and made life in the palace increasingly difficult, everyone made their own way of making a living, and the number of eunuchs and palace maids dropped sharply from more than 500 to more than 100.

He was obviously a regular customer of this jewelry shop, and when the door opened, he shivered from the cold, and walked in quickly, "Is Shopkeeper Li there?" Mi Ying asked casually.

"Yes! is giving an account to Lin Dongzhu. ”

Mi Ying's pace hesitated, he had dealt with Lin Dongzhu of this shop a few times, this person was notoriously scathing, he shouldn't have come tonight, but it was not easy for him to go out of the palace gate, so he had to follow his entourage into the inner hall.

The lights in the inner hall were bright, and the thin proprietor Lin was taking inventory with the shopkeeper Li, and his entourage stepped forward to report, "The proprietor, the rice steward is here." ”

Lin Dongzhu is about fifty years old, originally a small merchant who walks the rivers and lakes, only because he accidentally discovered a treasure cave of the Yellow Turban Army twenty years ago, which made him rich, but his nature is difficult to change, and he is bitter and mean to people, this rice Ying He also knows, isn't it a eunuch in the palace!

"Why is Grandpa Mi free today?" Lin Dongzhu didn't get up either, and sat on the seat with a yin and yang strange aura.

Mi Ying scolded secretly in his heart, when this Lin Dongzhu slapped himself on the back, he was long and short all day long, and his body was bent lower than a shrimp, but now he actually called himself Mi Gonggong, and he was so indifferent that he didn't get up at all.

But Mi should have a request, so he had to whisper: "Bring a piece of goods today, please take a look at it." ”

After speaking, Mi Ying took out an object wrapped in red cloth from his arms and put it on the table, Lin Dongzhu's face was full of contempt, didn't he just steal the things in the palace and sell them? Also to put it seriously, what 'goods'.

But the things in the palace are really good, he has really made a fortune from Mi Ying in the past few years, a rare smile appeared on his face, he picked up the cloth bag and opened it, in an instant, the smile on his face froze, and a cold breath erupted from his nose, "Mi Gonggong, you're not joking!" ”

Next to Li Dongzhu hurriedly stepped forward, saw that the owner was holding a bronze candlestick, the workmanship is quite fine, it can be seen that it is a thing in the palace, Li Dongzhu is more kind, he persuaded on the side: "The owner, this candlestick is also finely made"

"Fart!"

Without waiting for the shopkeeper to finish speaking, Lin Dongzhu slapped the candlestick on the table and said coldly: "Father-in-law Mi, are you and I collecting rags?" This kind of copper goods is also embarrassed to be sold, I don't want it, you find another house. ”

Mi Ying hurriedly begged in a low voice: "Master Lin, you will help this time, I am more nervous in my hands during this time, and I will definitely sell good goods next time." ”

"Humph! I'm afraid you don't have anything to sell in your palace! ”

A few months ago, someone found that many items in the palace were missing, and the news reached Cao Pi's ears, he was furious and sent someone to loot all the valuable items in the palace, leaving only some necessities for Liu Xie, like this candlestick is the necessities of life.

Mi Ying's face was white and red for a while, and he was speechless for a while, and the shopkeeper Li said on the side: "In the past few years, Mr. Mi should have accumulated a lot of money in his hands!" How did you become so embarrassed? ”

Mi Ying sighed helplessly and said: "It's also retribution, I was framed by someone during this time, I lost all my money, and I still owed a lot of debts, and I was forced to panic, I had no choice but to ask Lin Dongzhu and Shopkeeper Li for help."

Although he didn't say it explicitly, Lin Dongzhu and Shopkeeper Li could guess who else could he be deceived by a eunuch, it must be that other eunuchs in the palace joined forces to deal with him and cheated him out of all the money he had saved.

Shopkeeper Li pleaded with the proprietor again: "For the sake of the previous relationship, the proprietor will help him this time!" ”

Lin Dongzhu picked up the candlestick again and looked at it, and quickly estimated it in his heart, this kind of goods in the palace can find nouveau riche buyers, if you are lucky, you can sell it for about 20,000 yuan, he snorted, "For the sake of the past feelings, I will help you this time, five hundred yuan, whether you sell it or not, if you don't sell it, take it away, I am not rare." ”

turned out to be only five hundred dollars, Mi Ying was stunned for a long time, "It won't be so little!" ”

"This is still accepted by me because of the past feelings, just to help you, don't you believe it to take a look at other stores, see who will want this kind of?"

Lin Dongzhu ate Mi Ying, knowing that the recent investigation was strict, Mi Ying did not dare to take it back to the palace, once he was searched by the guards, his life would be over.

Mi Ying had no choice but to agree, Lin Dong waved his hand, "Give him five hundred dollars!" ”

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With five hundred copper coins in his arms, Mi Ying shivered and walked back, he was really scared in his heart, he had to pay back five thousand dollars tomorrow, otherwise the bullies in the palace would beat him up, he only had five hundred dollars now, what should he do tomorrow! The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, the two sides weakened, and he almost couldn't walk while holding on to the wall.

At this moment, he suddenly felt someone tap him on the shoulder, and a fierce voice said behind him, "This friend, please stay!" ”

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