After two days, it seems that the matter of the East Palace has passed, no one mentions it, no one discusses it, it is like brewing a pot of old wine, and no one pays attention to it after the lid is closed, and only when the lid is opened does it know what kind of pot of wine it is in the end.

The queen left the East Palace because she was frightened?

No, it's because the situation is out of order, what else can you say to Yunluo, who doesn't know if she's pretending to be crazy or really crazy?

The affairs of the harem are as secretive as ever, Queen Dugu doesn't care about it, which means that she is completely disgusted with a group of guys who don't know what to do in the East Palace, and the queen will take care of the affairs of the East Palace before, which shows that she cares, and now she doesn't care about Yunluo's life and death, and she doesn't care what the situation of the crown princess is, and she no longer has any expectations for her eldest son.

The Emperor was troubled by something else.

The reason why he didn't see this good show with his own eyes when he left the East Palace, the Turkic army defeated the Lanzhou governor in Lintao, and there was still a tendency to invade the south.

Lintao is near Lanzhou, the Turkic army suddenly attacked, in an unexpected position to surprise and attack, after crossing the Yellow River, the Yellow River is an ordinary Central Plains for the Turks, and now all parties are rushing to help.

Lintao is not far from Chang'an, and now that King Wei has got the news, he led the army to go as soon as possible, but now I don't know what the situation is, and the military report has not yet been returned.

Now that the entire Chang'an City is under martial law, the guards of the Gong Guard Beijing Division are always ready on the city wall every day.

Yang Guang also arranged guards on the house to guard the door of the house, the more chaotic the family, the more chaotic the family, now Chang'an City is full of rumors, and the price of various materials has risen sharply, this situation has not changed since the ages.

But whenever there is a little rumor, the corresponding materials will rise to the sky, even if it is modern times, after a while to grab salt, after a while to grab vinegar, to grab anything, and now the most critical thing in Chang'an City is food.

The people live on food, and whenever there is a war, the price of food is always the first step to rise.

It's only been two days, and the price of grain has doubled compared to two days ago.

Yang Jian summoned Yang Guang to the palace today to discuss this matter, because the two had talked about the national granary before, and the national granary was to ensure the safe storage of grain, but I didn't expect that such a situation would suddenly begin to appear after the incident.

Yang Guang entered the palace and saw Yang Jian, Yang Jian, who was visible to the naked eye, was a little haggard, how could the double troubles of state affairs and private affairs not make people haggard? And today is abnormal, Yang Jian summoned Yang Guang to discuss things with a bunch of people, at least Gao Gong was present, but today there was only Yang Guang, and it was obvious that there were things to discuss that could not be known to others.

"Amour." Yang Jian's voice was a little hoarse, he coughed twice, and the eunuch hurriedly handed over the tea.

"Today, I heard that the price of food in Chang'an City has risen to the sky, and if this continues, I am afraid that the people will not be able to afford to eat food, and there will be turmoil."

Yang Guang immediately replied: "Father, our army is well prepared, even if the Turkic army has crossed the Yellow River, Uncle Wei Wang has already led troops to help, and there will be good news coming back soon." ”

Yang Jian frowned: "I should be confident, the Turkic army is not fully prepared to cross the Yellow River this time, Changsun Sheng's news said that he is now seriously divided within the Turks, this battle is the troops of Sha Bolu Khan, they now have no ability to invade the south, King Wei led the troops forward, I believe that they can be driven away, but the situation in the city has given me a wake-up call, sometimes the enemy army has not yet arrived under the city, the city has been chaotic, so the situation is really if the army is under the city, how can our army resist." ”

"Father, the traders temporarily raised prices to incite public opinion to make it difficult for the country to make money, and they are indeed severely punished."

Yang Jian's eyes were slightly fierce: "Yes, the current national granary has not yet been completed, if it is completed, it will naturally be better, but I don't want to see such a situation in the future, the people in the city are not aligned, and the soldiers are not aligned, and it will be a big hidden danger in the future." ”

"Father means to teach them a lesson this time?"

"I can't reach out to the people and catch them one by one, so I want you to lead the troops to arrest these price-gouging traders in the city, and find some of them to set an example after the matter has passed."

Yang Guang didn't answer for a while, at this time it was equivalent to giving him a power of life and death, generally speaking, no matter who took this right, he would definitely have to eradicate dissidents.

Yang Guang refuted the emperor's thoughts: "Father, it is not appropriate to kill people at this time, otherwise it will be easy to make people panic." ”

"So what do you say?"

"Unscrupulous traders are naturally governed by business, and it is more uncomfortable to let them lose than to kill them."

"How?"

"Father, the current military food reserves in Chang'an City are sufficient?"

"Naturally, it's sufficient, you don't want to use the military rations reserve to help the city, the military rations can't be moved."

Yang Guang shook his head: "No, although it has not been a bumper year in recent years, the grain production and reserves should be sufficient year after year, that is to say, the surge in grain this time is purely due to the panic caused by the news of the war defeat and the hoarding of unscrupulous merchants." ”

"So what?"

"In order to maintain high prices, unscrupulous merchants have to constantly loot the grain in the market, only in their hands can they have pricing power, Erchen can let people pretend to be traders who transport grain from other cities, and constantly fill the city with grain, not too much at a time, these unscrupulous traders have to buy grain at a high price from my hands to maintain their higher prices, their money will be hoarded on a large scale to grain stocks, and when the war crisis is resolved, the price of grain will fall in large numbers, and then the grain in their warehouse, It will depreciate sharply, and let them lose back the money they earned all at once. ”

Yang Jian's eyes lit up, he didn't know much about this kind of means that the traders would use, but he understood that this kind of means of using the imperial court as the backing to end up and the traders would definitely not be able to catch it, after all, I was fighting with the soldiers with military rations, what would you take?

But Yang Jian obviously hesitated, after all, it was too dangerous for the imperial court to use military rations.

Looking at Yang Jian's worries, Yang Guang said: "Father Emperor took this opportunity to transfer grain to the surrounding cities, and these grains were replenished into military rations to ensure the reserve of military rations. ”

"But in this case, too much grain will enter Chang'an City."

"Father took this opportunity to start the construction of Daxing City's [National Granary], Yu Wenkai had confirmed the plan before the planning drawings, but because the construction of the Imperial City took up all the manpower time, so it was ready to be arranged after completion, at this time, since there is this opportunity, first suspend other projects, and have the help of cement, Erchen and Yu Wenkai have talked about it, it should be possible to build the national granary of Daxing City within two months, even if it is a large amount of grain, it can also be stored, and it can also prevent hidden dangers of food in the future."

When Yang Jian heard this, he only felt that this idea was really good, but there were still risks in this kind of use of military rations, and it had to be done quietly, and it could not be known to people, and it would be ineffective if the news spread, and if it failed, he would definitely have to bear the name of reselling military funds.

But Yang Guang is very confident, one of the Turks can not come in, according to Changsun Sheng's intelligence, now the internal contradictions of the Turks are getting bigger and bigger, and it is impossible to go south without scruples.

There is also a particularly big advantage in this matter, the information advantage of the imperial court, about the military report, I can always know the battle situation on the front line in advance of others, and if this news can be hidden for two days, there will be a lot of room for operation.

"Regarding the food thing, don't do it yourself, find a suitable person to do it."

"Erchen has already thought of a candidate, he must be smart enough, and he must have enough financial resources, and he will not use the court's money as much as possible if he uses military rations."

"Who?"

"Bao Guogong, Yuwen Shu."

Yang Jian thought for a while and said, "Be careful, I will issue an order today to order Gongyu Wenshu to be the secretary of the household department, and also take charge of the military supplies of Chang'an City." ”

"Erchen understands, Erchen has retired."

"Wait."

Yang Jian stopped Yang Guang, hesitated for a while and said: "Recently, I have been deeply tired, there are too many things, you are now in charge of the construction of Daxing City, and you are engaged in food affairs, and the burden of tasks is also heavy, pay attention to rest more, prince...... The affairs of the Prince's East Palace are complicated, and you need more help in the affairs of the court. ”

Yang Guang was stunned when he heard this, what is the difference between these words and Zhu Di of the old Zhu family saying to Zhu Gaochu that the son of the world is sick, and you should encourage him, the only difference may be that Zhu Gaochu is convinced of the cake painted by his father, and Yang Guang understands that now Yang Jian is temporarily losing confidence in Yang Yong, and if he really wants to get to that position, he is afraid that there is still a lot of way to go.

Yang Guang, who left the palace, came directly to the Baoguo Mansion.

Baoguo Gongyu Wenshu went out of the door.

"I don't know if King Jin is here, and I won't welcome you from afar."

"I came in a hurry today and didn't deliver the visit post in advance, and I hope that the prince of the country will not be blamed."

"Where is Your Highness, the old minister's mansion, Your Highness can come at any time if you want to come, Your Highness, please come inside."

Walking into the mansion together, Yuwen said that the person's brain, and he could see at once that Yang Guang had something to do today, and he retreated to the left and right, and there was more Yu Culture and one person around him, and the three of them were sitting in the pavilion in the garden.

"Guogong, your yard is indeed elegant."

"I can't live in this courtyard for long, but the old minister is waiting to move into Daxing City as soon as possible."

After some small talk, Yang Guang finally spoke: "Guogong, I came here today to discuss something with you." ”

"Your Highness, just give me orders."

"It is expected that after a while, my father will have an edict to make you the head of the household department and the military supplies of Chang'an City."

As soon as these words came out, the father and son were not calm, and what did it mean to suddenly take office.

"Your Highness, but what is Your Majesty's will?"

Yang Guang nodded: "Guogong, as the secretary of the household department, is also in charge of the military supplies of Chang'an City, and I need you to cooperate with me to control the grain prices of Chang'an City together." ”

Yu Wenshu thought that he wanted to stabilize food prices, and was about to answer, but Yang Guang answered by himself.

"It will push food prices up even more."

"Huh? Your Highness, this ......"

Yang Guang continued: "I need to embezzle military supplies to constantly raise the price of food, and this matter must not be known to anyone except a few of us." ”

Yuwen Shu was very surprised, but since there was the emperor's will, then this was what the emperor meant.

The emperor wants to raise the price of grain?

Regardless of people's livelihood?

Yesterday, Yun Luo fell in that chapter, the model of the story is Cheng Ying's wrestling, but its core is completely opposite, I checked the information Yang Yong's loss of the crown prince and the Yun family's father and daughter have a great relationship, and Yun Dingxing is an extremely despicable person, Yun Zhaoxun inherited her father's despicability, and the queen did not leave because she was afraid, but she was completely disappointed in this matter

(End of chapter)