Xiaobao has never spoken before, and the first thing he said was to call Dad.

Call daddy, call daddy.

Huang Xiongying didn't mind, he hadn't married in his previous life and had no children, so it was good to send him a daughter in this life.

Listening to the old man's words, Huang Xiongying was stunned, and then smiled: "Grandpa, where do you want to go, I haven't married yet, where is such a big child, Xiaobao was bought back by me." ”

"Bought back?"

Zhu Yuanzhang showed a puzzled look.

Huang Xiongying nodded, and then gave a general explanation of what happened a few days ago.

The more Zhu Yuanzhang listened, the heavier his face became.

"Sectarians?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly.

He doesn't like to ask about the pickled things of the Teaching Workshop Division, but he also knows it.

The Teaching Department is responsible for the music and dance of the imperial court, and the official prostitutes it raises often serve the powerful, and among the nobles, there is no lack of wanderers, between the wine and banquet, they often take a fancy to a certain woman, and they want to think that they are the joy of the bed (Nianzi), but although the official prostitutes of the Teaching Workshop serve the wine banquet, they are not Qinglou women, according to the official law, the official prostitutes only need to sell their arts, and they do not need to sell their bodies.

Now the Department of Teaching and Workshop has actually done this kind of business of buying and selling human flesh in private.

I'm afraid that there are not a few powerful people involved.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang's gloom only flashed, and he immediately looked at Xiaobao with a smile: "Xiaobao, good name!" ”

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang directly picked up Xiaobao, lifted it to a place at eye level with him, looked at it, and said with a smile: "Hey, our Xiaobao is really good-looking, but it's a little darker, and I can't find it when I fall into the charcoal pile!" ”

Huang Xiongying said with a smile: "Our Xiaobao is called Hei Liqiao!" ”

"Haha-"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "Yes, yes, our eldest grandson is right!" ”

Xiaobao was also infected by this warmth, and he was no longer wary of Zhu Yuanzhang, with an innocent smile on his face.

"Grandpa, you haven't eaten, have you?"

Huang Xiongying saw that Zhu Yuanzhang's face was not very good, so he asked out loud.

Zhu Yuanzhang put down Xiaobao and said with a smile: "Aren't we keeping our stomachs and eating our eldest grandson's food!" ”

Huang Xiongying said with a straight face: "Grandpa, no matter how busy you are, you must pay attention to your body, your body is the capital of everything, without your body, there is nothing!" ”

"Hey!"

The smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face became even stronger, and he gently patted Huang Xiongying's shoulder: "Our eldest grandson has really grown up, and he knows that he has learned a lesson!" ”

Huang Xiongying continued to say: "Grandpa, I'm serious! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang put away his smile, nodded, and said, "Let's listen to our eldest grandson, we will definitely pay attention to it in the future!" ”

Huang Xiongying smiled at this time: "Then grandpa, you wait here for a while, today, your grandson will cook by himself!" ”

With that, Huang Xiongying turned around and went into the kitchen.

With his top-notch cooking skills, he is naturally easy to cook.

Not for a while.

A table of fragrant dishes was served, mainly green vegetables, and only a plate of fried back pot meat that the old man liked.

However, Rao is like this, Zhu Yuanzhang still swallows saliva when he sees it.

Xiaobao sensibly helped Zhang Luo with chopsticks.

The three of them sat down, just like an ordinary family, eating under the kerosene lamp that was not too bright, but Zhu Yuanzhang sighed in his heart.

In the past, in the palace, he ate alone most of the time.

"Grandpa, eat more vegetables, when you're older, don't eat so much meat!"

Huang Xiongying said as he put vegetables into Zhu Yuanzhang's bowl.

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "How can you do it if you don't eat meat, we didn't have meat to eat when we were children, and we looked forward to eating meat every day, and if we didn't eat meat on this day, we felt like there was something missing in our stomach!" ”

Huang Xiongying didn't say anything more, eating this kind of thing, everyone has their own habits, as long as they eat happily.

"Uh...... Delicious! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang has eaten the meals cooked by Huang Xiongying many times, but every time he still amazes him.

"Our grandfather and grandson order the whole wine?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

The old man spoke, Huang Xiongying naturally would not refuse, let Xiaobao go and fetch a small pot of wine, and then fill it for the old man first, and then pour himself a glass.

The old man took a sip of wine, put down the wine cup, and said with emotion: "It's better for our eldest grandson to be here, good wine and good food, and still comfortable!" ”

Huang Xiongying smiled: "You have to think good, then you will come often!" ”

The old man nodded, then looked at Xiaobao, who had been eating with his head bored, and asked, "Xiaobao, where is your hometown?" ”

Xiaobao tilted his little head and thought about it, and replied, "Dingyuan." ”

"Dingyuan?"

The old man was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Hey, I didn't expect our Xiaobao and us to be fellow countrymen!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang is a native of Fengyang, and Fengyang and Dingyuan both belong to Haozhou.

In fact, most of the team that fights the world are Haozhou people, such as Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, a native of Fengyang, Haozhou, a native of Eguo, a native of Huaiyuan, a native of Huaiyuan, a native of Song Guogong, Feng Sheng, a native of Dingyuan, a native of Dingyuan, a native of South Korea, a native of Dingyuan, a native of Haozhou, and four of the six dukes who were divided in the early Ming Dynasty were from Haozhou, thirty-six marquises, and most of them were from Haozhou.

As the saying goes, the villagers see the villagers, the tears are in their eyes, the Chinese have a very heavy hometown plot, that is, today, people go out to make a living, there are also many fellow villagers, if they encounter difficulties, the villagers will definitely lend a hand.

The old man looked at Xiaobao with a little more cordial, and said, "Xiaobao, then you and your father are not staying in Dingyuan, what are you doing here?" ”

Xiaobao just shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said: "We know that in Dingyuan, there will be a big drought from time to time, and the people there are not easy, I am afraid that if your hometown suffers a disaster, your father will take you to escape the famine!" ”

"Poor baby, you are also lucky to meet our eldest grandson!"

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed Xiaobao's little head.

Huang Xiongying on the side said: "Grandpa, our Ming Dynasty is so big, there will be natural and man-made disasters every year, once the people who farm the land suffer, it is easy to run out of food, and they can only flee with their families!" ”

"yes!"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed lightly: "We escaped the famine, how could we not know?" ”

"When we fled the famine, we were thinking, if those old men who were officials had a little conscience, how could so many people starve to death? In normal times, the people have to pay so many taxes every year, isn't it natural to help the people in times of famine? ”

"In addition to the officials, there are also those landlords and rich people, not only do they not help, but they also want to take advantage of the opportunity to make money!"

Saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Huang Xiongying: "Do you know why we hate businessmen?" ”

Huang Xiongying shook his head and said, "Why? ”

"Because they have no conscience!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said: "We don't want you to be in business, we just don't want you to be like them, you just think about money all day long, for the sake of money, you can have a conscience, you can do nothing!" ”

Huang Xiongying saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was angry when he said it, and said: "Grandpa, don't worry, your grandson is not that kind of person!" ”

"We know!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "If all the businessmen in the world are like our eldest grandson, then the world will really be peaceful, but they are not, they deserve to die!" ”

Huang Xiongying looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already angry, and wondered: "Grandpa, what's wrong?" Is there something wrong in the disaster area? ”

"Huh! I really let you talk! ”

A trace of surprise flashed in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, and then he said: "Some time ago, the imperial court used the mirror you gave to raise hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and these silver were also allocated to the disaster area, but ...... But those fucking profiteers are raising the price of food at this time, do you think they deserve to die? ”

"Millions of victims are waiting to be fed, but they want to take the opportunity to make a fortune!"

"We call them damn because they really deserve to die! Taking food from the mouths of the victims, they really have no conscience! ”

The old man said, his face flushed with anger.

Huang Xiongying frowned.

Food is the foundation of the country since ancient times, and the price of grain has always been a reflection of whether a society is strong or not.

Hongwu Dynasty, the rule of the Qing Dynasty, Hongwu Emperor and diligent in government affairs, there is the Hongwu prosperous age, from the price of grain can also reflect this fact, take the Beijing Division, the price of rice can be exchanged for seven or eight stones of rice.

It was only at the end of the Ming Dynasty that drought, locusts, floods and other disasters occurred frequently, which caused the rice stone to rise to 3.6 taels, and the sharp inflation was an important reason for the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

How could anyone dare to raise the price of grain in the Hongwu Dynasty, which was famous for its rule of officials and Qingming?

Huang Xiongying asked suspiciously: "What about the surrounding provincial capitals?" ”

"Humph!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted: "How good can it be?" It's not a nest of snakes and rats, and it's all in caus! These profiteers are so darling, if it weren't for this juncture, they should all be killed! ”

"Uh......"

Huang Xiongying frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "I'm afraid this matter is not so simple, you also know the methods of the old emperor Hongwu, just with these profiteers, they don't have so much courage, I'm afraid there is a big force behind it!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slowly, in fact, he thought so too.

What he feared most was the involvement of the vassal king......

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed lightly and said, "But if the forces behind this force are really investigated and dealt with, I am afraid that the disaster area will already be full of bones." ”

Huang Xiongying nodded and said: "They dare to collude and make a fortune, that is, the court will not dare to move them at this juncture, and after this incident is over, in line with the principle of not holding the people accountable, they can't do anything to them." ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was so angry that he took a sip of wine.

He didn't want to kill him.

But just like his eldest grandson said, the law does not blame the people, and they can't kill all the grain merchants in that area, so who will sell grain and sell grain in the future, and who will dare to sell grain and sell grain?

"Hey—"

Zhu Yuanzhang let out a long sigh and poured another sullen sip of wine.

He didn't want to talk about this when he came here, but as he spoke, he pulled on this again, which made his nerves, which had just relaxed a little, tense up again.

"Okay, let's not talk about these troubles, come on, come on, drink with us!"

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang poured another sip of wine.

Huang Xiongying looked pensive, and after a while, he slowly spoke: "Grandpa, actually...... It's not all impossible! ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was looking up to drink, stopped, slowly put down the wine glass after a while, and stared at Huang Xiongying with a pair of shining eyes: "Eldest grandson, do you have a way?" ”

Huang Xiongying nodded slightly: "My grandson has an immature idea, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and said eagerly: "Say it quickly!" ”

Huang Xiongying opened his mouth and said: "Sun Er just said that the forces are sure that the court will not dare to move them at this juncture, the court cannot move, but it does not mean that others cannot move?" ”

"Who?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were scorching.

Huang Xiongying slowly spit out three words: "Ordinary people! ”

"Ordinary people?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, revealing a puzzled look.

Huang Xiongying nodded and said, "Don't they have grain and don't sell it?" Then let's let the people ask for it! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't understand, but faintly felt some signs and said eagerly:

"How?"

Huang Xiongying continued: "Strong! Let Cao Guogong hang two big lanterns on the mansion of every grain merchant in the city, one of which is written on the head of the national disaster, and the other on the responsibility of the husband! ”

"Then let the people into the city to beg, and they were only allowed to ask for it from the houses of those who had these two lanterns hung, and they were not allowed to harass the small households."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up when he heard this.

I only heard Huang Xiongying say: "Think about it, millions of disaster victims are still not allowed to flock to the houses and shops of these grain merchants?" ”

"The victims are all hungry and crazy people, and they know that there is grain in these grain merchants, so they must not make these grain merchants miserable?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded approvingly.

He has experienced too many situations like this.

Once he was still the one who took the lead, he led the people to rob Mengyuan's granary, and that scene is vivid.

But that was in times of turmoil, and it's different now.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "However, let the victims make trouble like this, I'm afraid it won't ......."

"I'm afraid there won't be a civil unrest, right?"

Huang Xiongying took Zhu Yuanzhang's words, and the latter nodded.

Under Zhu Yuanzhang's eager gaze, Huang Xiongying continued: "The imperial court is afraid of civil unrest, but some people are even more afraid! ”

"Who?"

Zhu Yuanzhang subconsciously asked eagerly.

Huang Xiongying replied: "Grain merchants, and the forces behind grain merchants! ”

"Think about it, why are they raising the price of food? It's just for the money! If there is a civil unrest, millions of victims are waiting to be fed, it is a powder keg that will explode at any time, and no matter who you are, you can't afford such consequences! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was still puzzled: "But if it really becomes a civil unrest, then the court will not be easy to clean up!" ”

Huang Xiongying smiled and said, "How can it really be possible to turn a natural disaster into a man-made disaster?" ”

"Let Cao Guogong transfer some military horses to the provincial capitals, strengthen patrols, and as long as you don't rob, kill, or set fires, don't intervene, and let the victims make trouble."

"I don't believe that those grain merchants, and the forces behind them, are not afraid!"

"After they became frightened birds, Cao Guogong went out again, summoned these grain merchants to the square, and in front of the victims, once again put forward a request to buy grain at a low price, at this time, do they dare not agree?"

"If they don't agree, millions of victims will be able to eat them alive!"

"At that time, the imperial court didn't have to take action, and it would solve these profiteers, as for the victims, of course, it was also in line with the principle that the profiteers wanted to take advantage of the loopholes, and the law would not blame the public!"

"Thinking about it, these profiteers and the forces behind him will not be unaware of this, and at that time, the only thing they can do is to obediently sell grain to the imperial court at a low price!"

"In this way, they will be able to save their lives and get the benefits they deserve from their stockpiles."

"You say, will they not sell? Do you dare not sell it?! ”

Huang Xiongying talked eloquently, but Zhu Yuanzhang was already stunned......

(End of chapter)