"Cousin, it stands to reason that my father will be back soon, right?" Zhu Gaochi asked in a low voice.

Xu Jingchang smiled happily, "I received a letter from home yesterday, and my wife pressed a small footprint in the back, which is small and very cute." ”

"Little footprints? My godson's? ”

Xu Jingchang's eyes immediately widened, and he said vigilantly: "What did you say?" Tell you, don't covet my family, you have the ability to give birth to yourself! ”

Zhu Gaochi snorted: "I am born, I have five, I don't want to be hungry for your family." I'm just a little worried, I'm afraid I won't be able to teach. ”

Xu Jingchang was not fooled, "If you are afraid, take Zhu Zhanji away, don't let him learn from me, isn't it good to change to a more intelligent master?" ”

This time Zhu Gaochi had nothing to say, he was pinched to the point, so he could only say: "My father is happy, and he is happy, and he has also greatly increased the prestige of the country...... I figured that he must be satisfied, victorious, and able to be honest for a few days. ”

Xu Jingchang blinked and didn't say anything, Zhu Gaochi continued: "As long as my father doesn't make trouble and doesn't make trouble for us, we can be a little more stable, don't you say?" ”

Xu Jingchang said twice, but still didn't say anything.

Old children, little children, Zhu Di is really the most difficult child to serve. It's a bit difficult to expect him to be honest.

Zhu Gaochi also understood this, and he scratched his head in distress, "Cousin, can you guess what Father Emperor will do next?" ”

Xu Jingchang finally said: "I'm not a roundworm in His Majesty's stomach, how do you know what he thinks?" ”

Zhu Gaochi said: "It's not for you to know, it's for you to guess, just tell me, what will your father do?" ”

Xu Jingchang said: "I only know that Zhu Gaoxu follows His Majesty all day long, and Zhu Gaosui also keeps saying good things about the farm in the newspaper. As for what will happen next, I don't know. ”

This time, Zhu Gaochi was also distressed, "I just asked you when I knew about it, the second and third children have no less bad water in their stomachs than you." In case the two of them instigate their father and make some trouble, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it! ”

Xu Jingchang snorted, "That's also your family's business, it has nothing to do with me." ”

Zhu Gao was anxious, "I said that the surname is Xu, aren't we a family?" Don't go too far, you are also a political envoy now, and you are still a good person, and you can't avoid the affairs in the court. If something happens to my father, you must carry it with me! ”

Xu Jingchang sighed helplessly, in fact, what Zhu Di can do, he can guess a few points, this is really not difficult.

The hard thing is how to pretend to be confused!

For example, in his hand, there is a letter from Xia Yuanji...... Although Lao Xia was quite disgusted with Xu Jingchang, especially the tax district system, Xia Yuanji gritted his teeth. But when he encountered something fatal, Lao Xia still had to inform Xu Jingchang.

Because there was no letter, if something happened afterwards, Xu Jingchang would be able to hide cleanly.

"Your Highness, how is your relationship with the crown princess?"

Zhu Gaochi was taken aback, "What's the matter?" We love and love, all right! Don't you know that the three generations of our Zhu family's ancestors and grandchildren are all affectionate and righteous. Every day is a testament. ”

Xu Jingchang looked at Zhu Dazhuang seriously, although he was puzzled, he couldn't say anything, but he just said, "Does the crown princess have an industry in her family?" Or what to do? ”

Zhu Gaochi was a little cautious, for fear that something bad would happen.

But Xu Jingchang asked, and he still said honestly: "Her family runs a silk workshop, but it is not as big as the second family, only a thousand looms...... What do you want? ”

"No, I don't want to do anything...... I'm just reminding you that you might as well do business and make money, just don't go against the government and pay a little attention to the direction of the wind, so as not to fall into it. ”

Zhu Gaochi was puzzled and asked, "You tell me the truth, what's going on?" ”

Xu Jingchang shook his head, "I can't say too much, in short, be careful." ”

Zhu Gaochi thought about it again and again, and saw that Xu Jingchang must not say anything, so he had to say goodbye and leave.

When he returned home, he found his daughter-in-law, and the two got together and discussed carefully...... Zhang's is really a heroine among women, she listened carefully and kept analyzing.

The second and third children are around Zhu Di, and what they can do is naturally something that is beneficial to them.

And this matter can make Xu Jingchang secretive, which shows that the matter is very big and the consequences are unimaginable.

"Your Highness, what do you say? It's called no desire, it's a big deal, I let the family cut off the business and sell it at a reduced price...... If the second child wants it, give it to him. ”

Zhu Gaochi was shocked, "How can you cheap him?" ”

Zhang's hehe said: "What is cheap or not, anyway, it is all a family, you are the eldest brother, it is nothing to suffer a loss." As for me, you don't have to worry about it. ”

Zhu Gaochi frowned, "What are you talking about!" Between us husband and wife, if I can't even take care of your family, what face will I have to stand in court? ”

When Zhang heard this, he actually smiled, "Your Highness has this heart, and it is enough." I don't care if I lose it or not, in the long run. And I was thinking that Dingguo Gong has always been a shrewd person, if it really doesn't work, he should find a way to obstruct his father, he doesn't mean that now, but reminds us to protect ourselves, I guess he wants to see a lively scene. But what I said may not be right, Your Highness can figure it out for himself. ”

Zhu Gaochi was suddenly startled, he thought for a long time, and patted his head hard.

"I get it, I get it!"

Xu Jingchang is not a person who will not be saved when he sees death, if the loss is really too great, he will find a way, in other words, this time, it may not be bad if it is really good......

"Okay, I'll be careful to watch the show, let's just don't disobey my father."

Zhang let out a long sigh and nodded secretly.

Finally, I didn't make any mistakes, as long as I am still the prince, I will sit on the dragon chair in the future, and even the world will be yours, what kind of loss are you afraid of!

Zhang's is a real heroine among women, and he can see it more clearly than Zhu Gaochi.

But both of them are also curious, and want to see, what is going on, is there any fun to watch?

Just ten days later, it was first revealed by Di Bao that the imperial court would take measures to transfer grain from the north to the south to ease the pressure on grain prices in the south!

When this article was published, it immediately caused a stir in the southern provinces.

It's fresh!

In previous years, grain was transferred from the south to supply the north, but now it has been transferred, and the north has begun to transport grain to the south.

"Dingguo Gong, what do you think, the imperial court does not use the text to verify?" Hu Yan took the initiative to ask.

Xu Jingchang said with a smile: "Naturally, I want to write in the past, but even if there is grain to be transported, the scale will not be too big, tens of thousands of stones, hundreds of thousands of stones, just a drop in the bucket, I think the main thing is to show off the development achievements of Beiping, do you think this means?" ”

Hu Yan thought about it, and nodded and said, "If that's the case, it's true that the lower officials are too worried." ”

Hu Yan went down, and the official document still had to be sent, but it was only put in the ordinary first gear...... Normally, this kind of official document has to be transported to Beiping in batches along with those ordinary ones, which is huge in quantity and extremely slow.

At least a month.

Then after signing over there, it was classified into categories, classified into the yamen of Beiping, and sent to the warehouse.

The big guy is not a processor of official documents, but only a porter of official documents.

There are too many things in the imperial court, and it is really impossible to cover them all.

If something really happened, with this official document, it can also be said that it is not that it has not been dealt with, it is not because it cannot be concealed, and there is no problem of dereliction of duty.

There is no doubt that Xu Jingchang is one of the masters.

With this pressure, things are a little unusual...... In just 10 days, the price of grain fell by 20 percent.

This time, even Jian Yi was alarmed, Xia Yuanji was not in Yingtian, and he, the secretary of the ministry, had to remind Xu Jingchang.

"Dingguo Gong, the price of food is extraordinary, do you want to ask?"

Xu Jingchang said with a serious face: "Jian Tianguan, I don't know what the problem is here...... Every autumn harvest and grain on the market, the price should be lowered, and when the green and yellow crops are scarce, the grain price will rise again, is there any problem? ”

Jian Yi thought for a while, and saw that Xu Jingchang didn't mean to lie, so he said: "That's the case, in the past few years, there have been many workshops and craftsmen in Yingtian and other places, and they need to buy grain on a large scale. Moreover, in the land south of the Yangtze River, there are many cases of changing rice to mulberry, and now the grain has to be purchased from Jiangxi and Huguang. Since it comes from these two places, you have to buy it in advance. Now that food prices have plummeted too much, it is unprofitable, and I am afraid that it will mess up the situation in the market. ”

Xu Jingchang nodded hurriedly, "Jian Tianguan, this matter is very important. Although I know a little about finance and taxation, I really don't know about food. Well, let me prepare some information, and in three days we will hold a council to discuss this matter. ”

Jian Yi hesitated a little, but he didn't know what to say.

And just like that, another three days passed.

The price of food on the market is still decreasing.

This presents a strange situation...... The cheaper the price of grain, the fewer people will buy it, and those who have stockpiled grain on a large scale in previous years have also begun to hesitate this year, maybe it can be a little cheaper, and wait and see.

In this way, waiting parties appeared everywhere.

If you don't buy it, I won't buy it, and the price of grain can be reduced by 200!

Xu Jingchang looked at everyone present, except for Xia Yuanji, the secretary of the household department, and Huang Guan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the rest of the important ministers were all listed. Even Xie Jin, who is in charge of collecting taxes on the sky, came.

"I don't know much about food, so you can talk freely and see what you can do."

Xu Jingchang put on a humble posture as soon as he came up, he didn't speak, but the courtiers quickly quarreled, such as the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Luo Yan, the Ministry of War Shangshu Fangbin, they strongly demanded that Chang Ping buy grain as soon as possible and raise the price of grain.

"Dingguo Gong, grain is the lifeblood of the country, the grain is cheap and hurts the farmers, and the grain is expensive and hurts the people, since ancient times. The imperial court set up Changping for this purpose. ”

Xu Jingchang bowed his head and looked at the others, "What did the big guy say?" ”

Xie Jin pondered for a while, and suddenly said in a low voice: "The surplus grain of the common people has been bought in advance by the big grain merchants. The court also allowed the people to pay grain and taxes. At this time, when the price of grain falls, it will not hurt the peasants! After all, those who don't farm are not farmers, right? ”

(End of chapter)