As soon as the news of King Xing and the Jiang family getting married, the entire capital was in an uproar.

"The eldest princess is really hired for King Xing?"

"Uncle Zhen Liaobo came forward to persuade him, but the Jiang family chose King Xing!"

"The princess married by King Xing is Jin Feng, isn't Your Majesty really childless?"

……

No one expected that the winner of this battle would be Zhu Youqi, the king of Xing, and this matter would have far-reaching implications, even related to the change of regime.

Many people saw the whole thing in their eyes, Jinyiwei and Zhen Liaobo blocked it, and even Wang Yu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate came, but King Xing and the Jiang family still chose to marry.

In the whole matter, the biggest variable is that the dignified eldest princess of the empire actually came forward in person to help King Xing complete the most critical hiring link.

Now that King Xing has been successfully hired, he can choose a day to marry Jinfeng Jiang Yan. If Dongfang Dao's prediction comes true, and Jiang Yan is the reincarnation of Jinfeng, then King Xing is likely to obey the mandate of heaven and become the new emperor.

Forbidden City, Qingning Palace.

It is also a courtyard layout, although the scale is one size smaller than the Qianqing Palace, but the front is the towering Qingning Gate, and the back is the palace, and the middle is naturally a wide courtyard.

Dozens of palace maids and eunuchs were busy, as if they were dozens of planets, and the star in the center was the Empress Dowager Zhou, who was playing mahjong in the side hall.

"Huh...... The mourning family is confused again! ”

The Empress Dowager Zhou has long nails, and her nails are wearing long finger covers, and her luck today is very "prosperous", and she is basically pasting cards.

No one is a fool, not to mention the noble status of the Empress Dowager Zhou, just the Jiang family and daughter need the Empress Dowager Zhou to take refuge in Qingning Palace, and they also have to make the Empress Dowager Zhou happy.

Of course, they will not be too obvious, if the mahjong touches the last Zhou Empress Dowager has not yet pasted the card, they will also paste a small paste.

Doing so will make the Empress Dowager Zhou happy, she will feel that the main reason is that her chess skills and luck are higher than others, after all, if she is not good enough to lose the cards later.

Although mahjong is a game for four people, the other person is none other than Concubine Shao.

Concubine Shao is only in her thirties, she was originally born beautiful, and now she lives a pampered life, even if she didn't have much ambition before, but after all, she is becoming more and more restless.

Now Zhu Youzhi has not only lost the "hearts of the people", but also probably has no heirs, and has the support of many forces, so she is already ready to move.

In addition to imagining that the Empress Dowager Zhou became the queen mother through her mother's ambition, she also didn't want to be separated from her three sons, and it was even more difficult to see her son in the second half of her life.

If King Xing can inherit the throne, even if she can't let the other two sons stay in the capital forever, she can let the other two sons stay in the capital longer, and she can also help the two sons choose a good fief.

Concubine Shao played mahjong with the Empress Dowager Zhou, and took turns with Mother Jiang to set off a cannon for the Empress Dowager Zhou, and she deliberately put this cannon just now.

"This is the fourth time, the Queen Mother is really good at playing cards!" After Jiang Mu saw the situation on the cards, she also deliberately complimented her.

Jiang Yan is a smart woman, and she sighed happily: "This kind of mahjong is really fun, and the invention of mahjong is really strange!" ”

This......

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere around them suddenly became strange.

The palace people who were waiting next to him silently exchanged a look, who didn't know that this mahjong was invented by the emperor, could it be that this girl was the emperor of his heart?

Cough......

Jiang's mother knew that mahjong was discovered by the emperor, so she immediately gave her daughter a look and coughed lightly.

Jiang Yan realized that she had said the wrong thing, and her eyes immediately turned and said: "Although the person who invented mahjong is powerful, the Empress Dowager was the first to contact mahjong and is resourceful, and she must be the first person to play mahjong in the palace!" ”

This......

The palace people waiting next to him silently exchanged a look again, the first person to contact mahjong was the queen mother of Renshou Palace, and the palace recognized that the first person in mahjong was the emperor, this is intentional, right?

Although this girl looks a little shrewd, it doesn't seem to be much, and her appearance doesn't give people a stunning feeling, is it really the reincarnation of Jinfeng?

Just when Mother Jiang and Concubine Shao were smiling embarrassedly and didn't know how to break the siege, a eunuch hurriedly walked over, and then whispered a few words in the ear of the Empress Dowager Zhou.

Empress Dowager Zhou's tense face seemed to be melting ice and snow, and she immediately showed a bright smile and raised her hand and said, "The mourning family is tired, the three of you should go back!" ”

Although playing mahjong is one of her favorite forms of entertainment, it is inevitable that it will be boring to play the cards, and her body is already exhausted, so she plans to go back to rest.

This time I stood up to support King Xing, and now things are evolving in a good direction, I only hope that King Xing in the future can be an emperor who knows how to coordinate the interests of all parties, and not like that anti-bone boy.

She really didn't understand what Zhu Youji's intention was to do so many things?

Obviously, there was no shortage of food and clothing in the court, but as a result, it had to rectify finance and issue decrees such as silver dollars, which made the entire capital go away, and all the ways of governing the country that they learned back then were simply returned to those Hanlin Confucians.

This......

Mother Jiang and Concubine Shao didn't know it, and they instantly wanted to go out at this moment and the Queen Mother would be called to Renshou Palace to officially raise the matter of the emperor's concubine, and they couldn't help but look at each other nervously.

Empress Dowager Zhou was helped up by her personal eunuch, as if she suddenly thought of something: "Concubine Shao, it's not easy for the eldest princess to run this trip, you have to let King Xing thank her well when you turn around!" ”

Yes?

Mother Jiang and Concubine Shao's mouths opened, and a burst of ecstasy surged in their hearts.

Although the Empress Dowager Zhou did not say it explicitly, the subtext of this is undoubtedly that the eldest princess was successfully hired, and Zhu Youqing, the king of Xingxing, and Jiang Yan reached a formal marriage contract.

Mother Jiang and Concubine Shao were both smart people, and immediately sent the Empress Dowager Zhou away with the ecstasy in their hearts.

"Please!" The female officer stepped forward and prepared to lead the person to the Qingning Gate.

Mother Jiang and Concubine Shao left with a happy mood at this time, and now the two of them have become in-laws, and they are very pleasing to each other, and even a little more cordial.

When the three of them came out of Qingning Palace, they happened to see several palace people waiting here leaving, but they knew that Renshou Palace already knew the news.

Now that King Xing has been successfully hired, if the Queen Mother calls Jiang's mother and daughter to Renshou Palace to mention the matter of concubines, this will undoubtedly be a humiliation.

"Huh...... The mourning family is idle, so I will send it to you! Concubine Shao watched the palace people leave in defeat, and seemed to be in a good mood and took the initiative to send each other off.

In fact, the send-off is fake, and the discussion of the marriage date is real.

Although she has been successfully hired now, to avoid long nights and dreams, Concubine Shao hopes that the two families will start choosing an auspicious day tonight, and strive for the two to get married as soon as possible.

In particular, she knew that Zhu Youzhu was not like an ordinary young man at all, and this time she was deflated in snatching her relatives, and it was difficult to guarantee that she would play some conspiracy.

"Concubine, please rest assured! When I got home, I discussed the matter with my father-in-law! Mother Jiang also had this intention, so she naturally agreed.

Although the three of them were still isolated from Donghua Gate, Jiang's mother did not dare to let Concubine Shao send them off.

Although Jiang Yan is only fourteen years old, she was born in the capital after all, and she has been smart since she was a child, so she has maturity and sleek that far surpasses her peers.

Along the way, although she could only get a glimpse of the corner of the palace, it also shocked her soul a little, and she naturally hoped to become the master here.

Jiang Yan saw Concubine Shao leaving, but she whispered worriedly: "Mother, will King Xing really inherit the unification in the future?" ”

"My mother has taught you since I was a child: I'd rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail! The emperor's harem is full, and the reputation is not good, do you want to be a virtuous princess or a tyrant concubine? Jiang Mu did not give a direct answer, but asked seriously.

Jiang Yan is an assertive girl, but she said very firmly: "My daughter doesn't mind whether she is a virtuous princess or a tyrant concubine, what my daughter wants is the throne or the position of the queen mother!" ”

"King Xing is now supported by so many people, and you are the reincarnation of Jinfeng, you will definitely be the queen in the future!" Jiang's mother was very satisfied with her daughter's ambition, and immediately gave a positive answer.

In fact, she is also a lady in the capital, and she also had a dream of becoming an emperor when she was a child, but a woman born as a military general is destined not to be recommended by civil officials.

Fortunately, her daughter was favored by King Xing, but she could save the country through King Xing's curve, so that she finally sat in the position that a woman in the world dreamed of.

When Jiang Yan heard the affirmative reply, her eyes flashed and she whispered greedily: "Everything is up to my mother!" ”

"Look! When there are too many people offended today, in a few years, you and King Xing will definitely come to the bitter end, and then you will be able to enter this palace! Mother Jiang looked at this beautiful palace, and she was also planning the future tunnel.

Jiang Yan had already come to the Donghua Gate, and at this moment she turned to look at the palace, and secretly made up her mind that she must assist King Xing to ascend the throne.

When night falls, the capital is lit up.

"If you don't get drunk tonight, you won't go home!"

"Haha...... It's a pleasure! ”

"Wine is a thousand glasses of confidants, it's dry!"

……

The British Mansion is particularly lively, and a group of nobles are pushing cups and changing lamps here.

Not only is the whole house brightly lit, but there are also many guests who come, and the banquet in the flower hall is full of delicious wine and food, and there are beauties playing the piano beside them.

Tonight's joy belongs to the Anti-Tyrant Alliance, where they met to celebrate their victory.

"Huh...... Who would have thought that we would invite the eldest princess! ”

"This is still due to him, why is it that he has sinned against others everywhere?"

"Now that everyone knows that King Xing married Jin Feng, which group of important ministers will not dare to disrespect King Xing in the future?"

……

Xiangcheng Marquis Li Jin and others successfully brokered King Xing's marriage today, and also created a greater possibility for King Xing to take over the throne of Zhu Youji.

Today's events not only dealt a blow to the arrogance of the tyrant, but also caused great benefits to King Xing.

King Xing now has Jiang Yan's golden phoenix endorsement, which will definitely make more people believe that the person who will inherit the throne in the future will be King Xing, so more powerful people will switch to King Xing.

Once the time is ripe, they only need to unite with the civil official group, and they may not be able to follow the change of seizing the door back then, and jointly elect Zhu Youqi as the new monarch.

"I thought that the emperor would use some thunderous means to stop it today!"

"Huh...... The emperor is inherently unshakable, and he knew that this person was cowardly as early as when he was in the East Palace! ”

"As long as we assist His Royal Highness King Xing together, we will definitely be able to let Daming rule in the future!"

……

As they drank more and more wine, Xiangcheng Bo Li Jin and the others no longer had such scruples when they spoke, and they were obviously very proud to depict a beautiful scene belonging to their upper class.

Despite the Empire's repeated victories, the lives of their magnates have become even more difficult.

Not to mention the need to pay more grain taxes and return part of the land that encroached on the people, and the loss of the largest source of income from the usury business, and the kiln silver accumulated by the family for several lifetimes is constantly depreciating.

Especially now that the imperial court has implemented the new currency, many shops in the capital have either greatly increased the price of silver for their commodities, or they do not charge silver at all, resulting in the possibility that they may not be able to spend the silver in their hands.

On the other hand, the lives of those people at the bottom are getting better and better, and now they can eat meat, not to mention borrowing usury from themselves or working as tenants or day laborers.

Although some people have begun to sing the praises of the prosperous era of Hongzhi, the life of their powerful people is getting worse and worse, and only the lowly people benefit, what kind of prosperous era is this?

It is precisely because of this that their magnates hate the tyrant Hongzhi very much, and they very much hope that the dynasty can return to the era of benevolent government ruled by the scholars, so Xingwang has become their greatest hope.

The marriage between King Xing and the Jiang family was also put on the agenda tonight, and the specific date was finalized the next day.

Originally, there may not be a good day for a few months, but in order to get married as soon as possible, the two families chose the date of September 19, which has a long-term meaning.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, more than half of September has passed.

The people of the capital had just recovered from the topic of the battle between the emperor and the king of Xing, when the food crisis suddenly came.

"There is no rice for sale in the Royal Rice Shop today, and their warehouses must have dried up!"

Just as some people came to the royal rice shop in Rizhongfang in the north of the city to exchange rice, they were told that today's rice had been sold out, and the news quickly spread throughout Beijing.

"What's going on? Is there really no rice in the Royal Rice Row? ”

"The people of the royal rice shop said that it was because someone exchanged a large amount of grain and rice early in the morning today, so this situation occurred!"

"This is clearly an excuse! It's the same as the previous routine, obviously there is no rice, but it turns out to deceive us with lies! ”

……

Although the sold-out royal rice shop gave an explanation, as the news continued to ferment, more and more people believed that the royal rice store was about to run out, so they went to the royal rice store to buy it.

"There is no rice left in the royal rice shop in the north of the city!"

"Huh...... I said that the rice warehouse of the Royal Rice Store has dried up! ”

"Let's buy rice quickly, once the price of rice in the capital rises, we can't afford it anymore!"

……

Due to the rush of a large number of people in the north of the city, all the royal rice shops in the north of the city were sold out, which further caused panic among the people of the capital.

Any commodity is afraid of crazy rush buying, and once there is an irrational rush to buy, even sand will not be able to satisfy irrational needs.

"Calm down, let's believe in the Royal Firm!" After Liu Ying learned the whole story, she also tried her best to appease her.

In fact, many people still believe in the statement of the royal rice line, and they have also stood up to persuade everyone to remain rational.

It's just that the royal rice shop in the north of the city can't exchange rice grain, and the negative impact is really too great, so the people have panicked.

Starting from the north of the city, the royal rice shops in the east, west and south of the city were run by the people, and eventually the royal rice shops in the whole city were sold out.

"I'll buy rice!"

"I'll buy rice!"

"I'm going to buy rice too!"

……

The non-royal rice shop, which was originally unattended, was knocked on the door by some people in the north of the city who could not overcome the panic in their hearts, but they chose to buy this high-priced rice at a price that was not too outrageous.

These non-royal rice shops insisted on using silver taels for settlement, so the people spent ten taels of silver to buy one stone of rice, which was ten times more expensive than the previous price of rice.

It's just that if the news spreads that the royal rice store will not be able to exchange rice tomorrow, then they may have to eat rice at a higher price, so they gritted their teeth and bought it.

"Have you all forgotten about North Korea?"

"Yes, the North Korean rice has been shipped back, and the royal rice store has rice again!"

"I think eighty percent of them are deliberately hyped, and now the rice ticket is in the palm of his hand!"

……

Although many people in the northern part of the city were affected by emotions, some people thought of Korean rice rationally, but they knew that once North Korean rice arrived in the capital, the current predicament could be solved.

"I just got a definite piece of news that several bridges to the north in North Korea have been burned, and the rice grain in Seoul cannot reach the northeast province at all!"

Just when everyone was still looking forward to North Korean rice going back to save the scene, a bad news suddenly came, as if the people of the capital were going to experience this catastrophe.

It is not to blame the people of the capital for having a food panic, it is really unfavorable for today's year.

It is a foregone conclusion that the locust plague in the Beizhili area will reduce production, but the grain has not been able to go north so far, and now the North Korean rice cannot be sent, and the rice grain of the royal rice bank has been exhausted, and the price of rice in the capital is bound to soar.

"We don't accept cash dollars!"

"What is a cloth ticket? It's just waste paper! ”

"Rice ticket? Hehe...... You go to the Royal Rice Store to redeem it! ”

……

The hundreds of rice shops in the capital seem to have suddenly formed an alliance, not only with a unified price, but also clearly not to accept the new coins of the Hongye Dynasty, and even ridiculed.

"Two hundred wen per catty!"

"Two hundred and ten wen per catty!"

"Two hundred and twenty wen per catty!"

……

The price of rice in the capital has risen again, because the rice industry in the capital has formed a monopoly on rice, and now they have begun to sit on the ground and start the price, and they seem to want to recover the losses for a while.

In fact, the preservation of grain requires a high cost.

Not to mention that the storage cost of this era is very high, and there is a great loss in the storage of rice and grain, plus each granary must arrange a large number of personnel to prevent fire and theft.

The magnates in the capital headed by Xiangchengbo naturally want to recover their losses, and they want to take the opportunity to make a lot of money, so this price increase is very fierce.

When the people saw the price of polished rice in the rice shop in the capital, they scolded one after another.

At the same time, the Xingwang Mansion is lit up and looks very festive.

"Congratulations to His Royal Highness King Xing on his new marriage!"

"His Royal Highness King Xing, be careful, not respectful!"

"I wish His Royal Highness King Xing and the princess a hundred years of good harmony and early birth of a noble son!"

……

King Xing's wedding came as scheduled, and he also invited Xiangcheng Bo Li Jin and others, and these magnates naturally came with heavy gifts.

If he had to restrain himself earlier, but after openly snatching the Golden Phoenix Jiang Yan, his relationship with Zhu Youzhu had actually deteriorated, so naturally he didn't need to be so scrupulous.

Just when the atmosphere was happy, Lu Song hurriedly ran over and reported: "Something happened!" (End of chapter)