Chapter 891: Rampant
Qian Yuchun was arranging for someone to tap the things in the warehouse in front of the granary, and after hearing the voice and turning around, he saw that it was Li Qingze, and immediately said in surprise: "Your Highness the Seventh, why are you here?" ”
As he spoke, he suddenly saw the people from the patrol battalion following Li Qingze, and he was even more surprised:
"Your Highness, what are you?"
Li Qingze stabilized his mind and said: "When I passed by there just now, I saw someone looting here, the situation was too chaotic at that time, many people were injured, I was afraid that there would be chaos, so I went to invite people from the patrol battalion to come over, but I didn't expect Lord Qian to come so quickly." ”
Qian Yuchun didn't seem to hear the meaningful words in his mouth, but just said, "So that's the case." ”
"Where's Lord Qian, why are you here?"
"His Royal Highness the Seventh laughed, the land of this capital is under the jurisdiction of Fengtianfu, and if there is something to do, my parents will naturally arrive, if there is such a big mess, the official will not be able to come, and Your Majesty will not pick up the skin of the official if he knows about it?"
After Qian Yuchun said and laughed casually, he said:
"When I got up this morning, when there was a sudden fire in the north of the city, someone had already gone to Fengtianfu to report to the official, and when the official arrived with people, he saw these chaotic people looting food, but fortunately, it didn't hurt too many people, and it was timely."
"This official asked the Gyeonggi Guard to arrest some of the most troublesome people, and severely punished the few who took the lead in making trouble, which calmed down the chaos."
After Qian Yuchun's words fell, someone from Fengtianfu ran over, holding a few booklets in their hands, and the familiar patterns on the booklets made Li Qingze's eyelids jump.
"My lord, when we were cleaning up inside, we found this, and it looks like an account book."
When Qian Yuchun reached out to pick it up.
Li Qingze almost couldn't hold back, and grabbed it directly.
Qian Yuchun suddenly frowned: "Your Highness the Seventh, what are you doing here?" ”
Li Qingze took the account book and said: "Lord Qian, I see that this granary seems to be someone else's private property, and this account book is not very good for others to see. ”
Qian Yuchun frowned when he heard this: "Your Highness's words are wrong, the fire in this granary almost caused disaster to the surrounding area, and then caused robbery, injuring the people, no matter who owns it, it is already guilty, not to mention that the official just went in and had a rough look, the grain stored inside and outside here is not counted as those that were damaged and robbed, and there are more than a dozen warehouses left." ”
"This is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and all the grain merchants in Beijing are registered, and no one has such a great ability to get so much grain."
"Now the weather is cold outside, the river is frozen, the north-south trade route is blocked, and the price of grain in Beijing is soaring."
"There is a shortage of grain and rice everywhere, but there is so much grain hoarded here, and the official suspects that this grain is coming from the wrong way, and someone is deliberately hoarding grain, wanting to disrupt the price of grain in Beijing and take advantage of the opportunity to make huge profits."
Li Qingze's face stiffened, and he defended: "How is it possible, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, in the imperial city, who dares to be so rampant?" ”
"That's not for sure."
Qian Yuchun said with a straight face: "Your Highness has never discussed, and I don't know how crazy things those people dare to do under the drive of interests." ”
"And you receive the silver grain in the palace and distribute it on time every month, so naturally you don't know the importance of food to the people, does Your Highness know how much the price of grain in Beijing has risen after the winter? One stone is enough to rise three times. ”