Wujiang County is not far from Pingjiang Fucheng, and the news of the skyrocketing grain prices soon spread.

"Forty Wen!?"

Zhao Mengqi was stunned, "Gong Wu, didn't you say that there are nearly 800,000 stone grains in Chang Ping? How can the price of food rise to 40 wen?"

To put it simply, the function of the regular liquidation is to buy surplus grain on the market at a protective price when the grain harvest price is low, and when there is a shortage of grain, sell the grain in the warehouse to stabilize the grain price, so that the grain price can be kept in a relatively stable range.

Wu Qian's face darkened, and he pulled off several beards, "The old minister is also very puzzled, Chang Pingsi's stock of grain is indeed this amount, and it is impossible to sell it all short in such a short period of time, right?"

"Could it be that there is a problem with the regular closing of positions?" Jiang Wanli guessed.

Although the shortage of food is a fact, it is not yet the time for an imminent outbreak, and the current grain stock can last for at least two months.

Zhao Mengqi was vigilant in his heart, "I'm afraid that things are not so simple, it should be someone who wants to make trouble and obstruct the implementation of the warp realm."

Jiang Wanli also came to his senses, "Now that the country is in short supply, the imperial court also knows the problem, in fact, there has always been a call for the implementation of the scriptures, the official family must agree, and Dong Xiang also supports it, but there is no suitable person to preside, and now His Royal Highness takes the initiative to take over this burden, and the princes of the court are also happy to see it, so during this period of time, no matter how those people jump up and down, the court does not move like a mountain, and those heroes and powerful people see that they can't stop it from the center, so they move their hands and feet in the place."

"That's right, I guessed that they wouldn't accept their fate, but I didn't expect that they wouldn't even care about the lives and deaths of millions of people for their own interests......

Zhao Mengqi realized that he still overestimated the bottom line of interest groups.

"Your Highness, they should want to use food as a bargaining chip in exchange for His Highness's concessions, after all, if the people have no food, they will rebel, and His Highness will not be able to escape the blame at that time, which will not only affect your reputation, but even shake your storage position!"

Wu Qian has been an official for decades, and after a little thought, he can guess what kind of wishful thinking the heroes are playing.

This is a clear and bright conspiracy, and the hard bet that King Yan will not dare to starve the people to death!

Jiang Wanli said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, please immediately and thoroughly investigate Chang Ping, if you can keep Chang Ping's food, at least you won't starve to death."

In the absence of meat, an adult needs one to two litres of food a day if he wants to remain in labor, and only one-tenth of a liter of food can last a long time if he does not starve to death.

Zhao Mengqi shook his head, "They came prepared, it's okay if they don't check, if they dare to check, if they don't do it, there will be a fire waiting for us......

"How dare they!?" Jiang Wanli was startled, and after thinking about it carefully, a sense of powerlessness hit him.

What would you not dare?

Is there still a lot of such things in history?

For the sake of profit, killing people and setting fires is just a routine operation.

"It's the old minister's negligence, he should have controlled the regular closing earlier." Wu Qian blamed himself.

"Gong Wu, it's not your responsibility, after all, no one can do everything." Zhao Mengqi kept this calm and analyzed, "What's more, even if you think about it, Chang Pingsi's side is not something you can easily intervene."

The official system of the Great Song Dynasty is full of checks and balances and separation of powers, and it is always vigilant against the situation of one family dominating.

"Lu" was the highest level of local administration in the Song Dynasty, similar to that of the later provinces, but usually there was no overarching officer, but was divided into four separate superintendents, called Shuai, Cao, Xian, and Cang.

Shuai is a pacification envoy, who was only in charge of the army earlier, but at this time he is also in charge of civil affairs, Cao is a transit envoy in charge of finance, Xian is to mention criminal prison affairs and manage justice, and Cang is to promote Changping Division and manage famine relief.

These four yamen belong to the same level, each has its own authority but is not clear, and at the same time they all have the power to supervise and evaluate the officials of their own road.

Although the administrative efficiency is low, it is conducive to the control of the central government over the locality, and unless there are special circumstances, a higher authority will be established.

Wu Qian is now only a pacification envoy in western Zhejiang, with the heaviest authority, but he is not a control envoy, in principle, the other three divisions can be completely disregarded

If there is a conflict, most of the time they can only fight each other.

Wu Qian nodded, "Indeed, it is said that Xie Tang is extremely deep in the city, quite talented but tenacious and difficult to control, and it is difficult to deal with."

"Xie Tang?" Zhao Mengqi was unfamiliar with the name.

Wu Qian replied, "Xie Tang Xie Shengdao is the one who promoted Chang Pingsi in Zhexi, and in addition, he is also the saint's nephew."

"The saint's nephew?"

Zhao Mengqi was a little puzzled, as far as he knew, although Queen Xie was a ***, she was pure and had few desires, and she was also supportive of him, how could the Xie family come out and go against him?

"As far as Lao Chen knows, although the Xie family is from Taizhou, Xie Tang once served as the general judge of Pingjiang Prefecture, and it is likely that he has a large amount of land in Pingjiang."

The reason why Wu Qian said that it was possible was because the land annexed by Haoqiang would not necessarily be in his name, so it could not be found out from the official records.

"Come to think of it, other than that, I have no conflict of interest with the Xie family, this is very likely, I will have someone check his whereabouts later."

Zhao Mengqi sighed in his heart, not to mention that Empress Xie is just his nominal mother, even if it is his mother's family, when the interests involved are big enough, it is very easy to turn against him.

But he didn't take it too seriously, after all, there were more cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods hiding in the shadows, and he would shoot a hidden arrow wherever he couldn't keep it.

Jiang Wanli thought of a question, "Your Highness, if these heroes have already twisted into a rope and are determined to make a fuss with food, the food raising plan you envisioned is probably not feasible."

"Hehe, they think that if they control the food, they can easily pinch me?" Zhao Mengqi sneered, and then his eyes showed determination, "The matter of the meridian realm, it is imperative to be alone!"

Wu Qian said worriedly, "Your Highness, the top priority is not to let the people starve, other places are okay to say, now the work for relief can still last a few days, but hundreds of thousands of households in the city are living by buying grain, even if they have a little savings, under this deliberately raised food price, it will not last long, in the eyes of the old minister, first transport some grain from Wujiang to stabilize the grain price."

"Gong Wu is right, but in case, the minister said that if we transported grain over, but it was bought by those powerful people, wouldn't it be in vain?" Jiang Wanli said worriedly.

"Huh? Will they buy it!?" Zhao Mengqi's eyes lit up, "Hehe, then let them buy it!"

"Huh? Let them buy it?" Wu Qian and Jiang Wanli were both inexplicably surprised.

"That's right, if we reserve the food we have in hand for relief and the ten days of the needs of the people of Wujiang, how much can we free?" Zhao Mengqi had a smile on his face.

Wu Qian was surprised, "Your Highness, are you serious?"

"You can do it first."

After roughly estimating for a while, Wu Qian said slowly, "We still have 1.2 million stones in our hands, and we consume less than 40,000 stones a day, if it is only needed for ten days, we can take out 800,000 stones."

"800,000 stones, if it's 50 wen a liter, that's five guan yuan a stone, and it can be sold for four million guan, hehe, it's time for us to get rich." The smile on Zhao Mengqi's face became stronger and stronger.

When Wu Qian and Jiang Wanli heard this, their whole people felt bad, could His Royal Highness King Yan be crazy?

Or did he misunderstand him, King Yan didn't care about the people at all, but was actually a stupid person who loved money like his life?

Zhao Mengqi didn't notice the faces of the two old ministers, but the woman smiled dryly, "In fact, it's more than 800,000 stones, Zhenjiang should have a lot of grain, and there should be a lot of Changping and military food in Jiankang Mansion, maybe, it's not difficult to sell 10 million yuan, hahahaha......

It's really crazy, not only do you want to use the food at hand, but you also want to embezzle the food and military food!?

Wu Qian and Jiang Wanli were both Geng Jie's ministers, how could they allow King Yan to do such a rebellious thing, they reacted instantly, and their eyes opened angrily.

Jiang Wanli's eyes were full of sorrow, and he shouted, "Your Highness! A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, not to mention that His Royal Highness is the prince of a country, how can he ignore the lives of the people for a blockade!?"

Wu Qian trembled with anger, his old face turned red, and he clenched his fists and almost couldn't help but slam them into Zhao Mengqi's hateful face.

"Zhao Mengqi! You bastard

West! Is there still a country and a society in the eyes, and there are still ancestors and ancestors!? If you dare to do such a mediocre act, the old minister will be infamous for a thousand years, and he will kill you today!"

"If Your Highness insists on going down the evil path and stepping on the corpse of your minister!" Jiang Wanli stood up and stood up in front of Zhao Mengqi.

Belch?

Why did these two old men suddenly blow up?

Zhao Mengqi was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that he had not made it clear, which caused a misunderstanding between the two.

"Calm down! Calm down! Listen to me!"

"What's there to explain!?" Wu Qian was furious, and he was really ready to fight his old bones to get rid of this scourge for the people of the world.

Jiang Wanli adhered to the courtesy of the monarch and the minister in his heart, but he was also determined to die, "No matter what excuse His Highness has, the minister will never agree!"

Zhao Mengqi was furious by the angry eyes of the two old men, not really afraid of what the two of them could do to him, with his strength, even if he tied one hand, he could easily put the two old men down.

But if he really did this, it would really chill the loyal ministers.

"Duke Wu, servant, let me finish speaking, if Meng Qi is really unreasonable, then you don't need to do it, I can hang the southeast branch to apologize."

There was no way, Zhao Mengqi had to protect his life to let the two rampaging old men give him a chance to explain.

"Humph! And what can you say?" Wu Qian actually has an arrogant side.

Jiang Wanli was a little more elegant and calmed down a little, "Could it be that His Highness has the profound meaning of this move?"

"This is natural, even if I am not the crown prince, I am still a royal family, will there still be a lack of glory and wealth? What's the use of me asking for money myself?"

Immediately, Zhao Mengqi elaborated on his plan.

The two old men were stunned when they heard this, and when Zhao Mengqi finished speaking, the two opened their mouths, but they didn't know what to say, and couldn't help but have a thought, just want to break King Yan's chest and see what the Seven Exquisite Hearts look like.

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