Bidding farewell to Lao Zhu, Zhu Yunxi returned to Beijing with a heavy heart.

As a prince, as the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty, sometimes he has to be ruthless!

After waiting for Lao Zhu to get old, he had to change to a Jinyi Guard.

It's not unforgiving.

It's a last resort!

It's just that when the time comes, give Jiang Zhen a whole corpse and treat his family well.

……

Capital.

Shing mun.

When Zhu Yunxi returned, he found that there were more and more vendors on the street.

It was getting late, but the crowd on the street was still endless, and it was very lively.

The people of Beijing gathered in twos and threes, drinking tea, eating pies or pastries sold on the street, and chatting.

In front of the rice shop, there is a long queue of people, waiting to buy.

As the saying goes, be prepared for danger in times of peace, and now that the people have some money in their hands, they naturally want to stock up on more food at home.

Just in case.

This is also the most simple and simple idea of the common people.

Zhu Yunxi wanted to return to the palace directly, but when he passed by the rice shop, he couldn't help but stop and walked forward.

"What is the price of rice at the moment?" ”

Seeing that Zhu Yunxi was surrounded by guards, everyone in the rice shop must be a great nobleman, so they hurriedly replied.

"Back to the nobles, the price of rice is more expensive than in the past."

"One tael of silver can be exchanged for one stone and a half of grain."

Zhu Yunxi frowned.

couldn't help but ask: "At the usual market price, one tael of silver can be exchanged for two stones of grain, not to mention that since the introduction of sweet potatoes, the price of grain has been reduced a little." ”

"How did it become so expensive now?"

The second child of the rice shop smiled flatteringly.

said: "I'm afraid you don't know much about the recent market. ”

"Let's follow the instructions of the Taisun, and the price increase is within a reasonable range, after all, the people of the entire capital are now buying grain in large quantities after they have money."

"No matter how much inventory you have, that's not enough."

"You have to bring food from other places, and if you rush it, it will cost you more."

"That is, now there are cement roads everywhere in Yingtianfu."

"The loss is much less, otherwise this grain would have to be a little more expensive."

Xiao Er, a small worker in the rice shop, explained clearly.

So Zhu Yunxi couldn't find the slightest fault, after all, what he said was the truth.

The price of Daming Jingshi is indeed rising now!

And quite violently!

It's just that because everyone has more money in their hands now, they don't particularly notice it.

If it had been changed before, this sudden price increase would have risen so much, I am afraid that the people's resentment would have boiled long ago, and everyone would have known it.

But now, every family has a lot of money.

This price increase is not painful and does not attract much attention.

But Zhu Yunxi is different, he naturally sees the hidden worries here! The prices of the Daming Jingshi have risen, and the people have money, but the income of the people of the Daming Jingshi has not risen much!

After the people of the Ming Dynasty have spent all their savings.

There is no direct correlation between rising prices and incomes, and sooner or later something will go wrong!

"Let's talk about it...... It's still the reason for the lack of products! ”

The Ming Dynasty has been peaceful for more than 20 years, and although there have been many expeditions during this period, it has not hurt the country.

So now Daming's grain storage is still enough.

I haven't seen a low for a while.

But if it goes on like this, Daming's grain output can't keep up, and prices will not only rise by so much!

At that time, the price of a stone of grain may be several times that of now!

And even more!

Zhu Yunxi had to worry about this...... But the good news is that Zhu Yunxi already has a solution.

As long as Zheng He conquered the Wa Kingdom and broke through the customs of the Wa State, Zhu Yunxi would have countless ways to invade the market of the Wa State and wantonly plunder their domestic raw materials and grain!

At that time, Da Ming no longer needs to worry about the lack of food.

Even if there is still a shortage of food, everyone will not panic, but continue to dump goods from neighboring countries, and exchange the low-priced goods in the Ming Dynasty for valuable raw materials and grain.

So repeatedly, the Ming Dynasty will only get richer and richer, and the material will become richer and richer.

"All hopes...... It's all on Zheng He! ”

Although Zhu Yunxi has other tricks, this is the simplest and most direct way to bring back grain from the Wa Kingdom.

Zhu Yunxi could only hope that Zheng He would come with good news as soon as possible.

can wait until Zhu Yunxi returns to the palace.

The next day, there was bad news!

The navy led by Zheng He has been missing for a month!

No news has been sent back!

And a month ago, the navy led by Zheng He had just arrived at the coast of the Wa Kingdom, preparing to break through the maritime defenses of the Wa Kingdom!

I suddenly learned the news.

Everyone panicked! The princes in the court are even more panicked! .

They are worried about whether Zheng He suffered a defeat in the Japanese Kingdom!

Otherwise, how could there be no news back for a month? According to the days, Zheng He at this time should be about to return home!

Didn't something happen at sea? Experiencing an unprecedented storm?

Even the new army trained by Zheng He can't do it at all, and Jin Yu is defeated in it, and it is not defeated by the Japanese Navy?

All of a sudden, all the voices of decay came out.

Some courtiers even suggested that Zhu Yunxi re-close the customs! Shut the country!

Zhu Yunxi was naturally furious immediately, dragged this person down, and beat him with fifty rods! Almost half dead! A few days after I returned, the news of his death came!

is to directly dismiss this person's descendants! The whole family Ming Dynasty will never be used again!

was so frightened that none of the ministers and officials dared to mention this matter again.

There is no doubt that Zhu Yunxi's seclusion from the country is where his rebellion lies!

In the days that followed, no one dared to mention Zheng He.

began to turn around and deal with the closure of the case of Zhejiang Chengxuan's political envoy.

Cheng Qian, Xin Yan and other people involved in the case were all arrested by Jinyiwei, and the entire Zhejiang Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, a total of more than 1,000 officials, all escaped!

Maybe it's because of Zheng He.

Zhu Yunxi is not very happy these days, so he is not soft to deal with.

All according to the law of the Ming Dynasty!

Peel and fill the grass! Behead for public display! It took three days just to behead these people!

Kill the blood all over the ground! Stained red cement pavement and bluestone slabs!

But in the meantime, there has been no good news.

Perhaps because of the influence of the case of Zhejiang's political envoy, land reform in other places suddenly went much smoother, and local officials no longer dared to cheat and play tricks, and they made rapid progress.

And the Zhejiang political envoy was after Wang Yu took office.

Soon a set of teams were reorganized and land reform was launched, which is also being carried out vigorously.

Only Zheng He...... Still no news has come......

The Imperial Study.

Zhu Yunxi looked at the good news and slowly put down the twists and turns.

Look at the fallen leaves as they gradually move towards autumn.

Sigh in my heart.

"Zheng He, Zheng He...... Don't let me down! ”

"I must come back smoothly!"

In Zhu Yunxi's heart, he still believes in Zheng He's ability, and the reason why he lost contact is probably because something has happened.

But he couldn't figure out what it was.

There are many storms at sea, but the Pacific Ocean is actually relatively calm.

Except for the typhoon season every year, the Pacific Ocean is very peaceful most of the time, otherwise it would not have received such a name.

But there are accidents in everything.

After all, the sea is no better than the land.

Meantime...... Zhu Yunxi really can't find a candidate who can replace Zheng He!

Zheng He, can't fail! Don't fail!

(End of chapter)