The heavy rain in Chang'an City continues.
The grain price in Chang'an City has risen to ten cents per bucket.
Compared to half a month ago, it has increased by six cents.
Many people in Chang'an City can't even make up the money to buy food.
I can only barely eat one meal a day.
Tai Chi Hall.
Li Shimin's mood today is not good or bad.
Cheng Yaojin sent him news that Zheng He had sent grain to the grain warehouse.
At this speed, in a few days, one million stones of grain will be put into storage.
At that time, the government will be able to sell grain at a fair price.
In this way, the problem of rising grain prices caused by the Chang'an rainfall can also be easily solved.
But Li Shimin couldn't be happy when he thought that he still owed the five surnames Qi Wang 200,000 yuan.
How could he get two hundred thousand coins?
"Your Majesty, the grain price in Chang'an City has risen to ten cents per bucket today, and many people can only eat one meal a day."
"If this continues, something big will definitely happen!" Fang Xuanling walked forward with a strong sense of worry on his face.
The servants in Fang Xuanling's mansion wanted to go to the East City to buy some food today.
But I found that the price of grain had risen to ten cents per bucket.
Some people even came to report that some people in Chang'an City could not even get the money to buy food.
I don't know how many days it will rain.
If this continues, something will definitely happen in Chang'an City!
"Your Majesty, the case of Zhao Ji in Lantian County has already become famous." Wei Zheng stood up and said to Li Shimin.
"Say!" Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng and frowned.
If it weren't for the grain in Lantian County's grain warehouse that was greedy, how could Chang'an City be short of food?
Why did Li Shimin, who had to sign a contract with Zheng in Xingyang?
Li Shimin hated the mastermind behind the Lantian County corruption case.
"Report to Your Majesty, the Lantian County criminal Zhao Ji confessed that he had conspired with Zheng Hai, the Minister of Works, to secretly transport the grain from the Lantian County Grain Depot to the west after the autumn harvest last year..."
"West?" Li Shimin's expression sterned and his eyelids twitched wildly.
What is the west place? It is Tubo.
Tubo was the confidant of their Tang Dynasty.
The minister of the Ministry of Works actually sold the food he used in the Tang Dynasty for emergency needs to Tubo?
It sounds like Li Shimin felt ridiculous!
"Your Majesty, I am wronged, I did nothing." Zheng Hai, the Minister of Works, knelt on the ground and wailed at Li Shimin.
"Who else?" Li Shimin said coldly.
"Brother Zheng He, Zheng He of the Zheng family in Xingyang!" Wei Zheng continued.
"Zheng Hai provided convenience for Zheng He, so Zheng He quietly transported the grain to the west through his merchants."
“It’s a lot of profits!”
A huge profit made Li Shimin no longer able to control his anger.
Five surnames and seven Wangs, Xingyang Zheng family.
Use the country and country of the Tang Dynasty to seek benefits for oneself.
It's simply outrageous.
"Okay, very good, you are all very good!" Li Shimin leaned on the imperial platform in front of him with one hand, with a ferocious expression.
"Your Majesty calm down and take care of the dragon's body!" Changsun Wuji looked shocked and quickly persuaded.
If the emperor was angry and really ordered the slaughter of the Zheng family in Xingyang, wouldn’t something big happened?
After all, the Zheng family in Xingyang is also a lineage of the five surnames and seven hopes. If they were really slaughtered by the angry emperor.
The other companies are not allowed to be in danger.
At that time, it may be another disaster!
This kind of thing must not happen.
"Your Majesty, although Zheng He and Zheng Hai are wrong, I don't think the rest of the Zheng family in Xingyang are aware of it, otherwise Mr. Zheng would definitely stop him."
"Old Master Zheng is an old man who conquers the world with the late emperor!" Fang Xuanling also said quickly.
"Your Majesty, it is better to investigate this matter clearly. Anyone who is guilty must not let it go."
"If you are innocent, you should not be easily implicated!"
"Your Majesty, why not enforce Zheng He and Zheng Hai to prison, and then make a decision after the torture is clear!"
In the court, the ministers advised each other.
He was afraid that the emperor would be angry and directly ordered the Zheng family in Xingyang to be destroyed.
Li Shimin had a gloomy face and looked at Zheng Hai, who was limping below, with murderous intent on his face.
"Retreat the court!" Li Shimin waved his hand and scolded coldly.
...
"What should I do? Zhenghe, the Zheng family of Zheng in Xingyang, secretly sold all the grain from the Lantian County Grain Depot to the Tubo people."
"He is dead now, but we still have the contract to buy grain in Zheng He."
"That's hundreds of thousands of coins, so you can't just let it go!"
"Although the Zheng Mansion has been sealed, the things have not moved yet. Why don't we send someone to the Zheng Mansion and steal the box?"
News that Zheng He was taken down by Dali Temple spread wildly.
The shopkeepers who bought grain with Zheng He before were worried, but they were reluctant to give up the hundreds of thousands of ounces of money.
If they can't get the money back, they will not be able to explain it to the owner.
They don’t care whether Zheng He dies or not, but this contract for selling grain cannot be lost.
The night when Zheng He was taken down, someone flipped into Zheng's mansion.
...
A few days later, the government began to release a large amount of food to Chang'an City.
The government sold food to the people at a price of five cents per bull.
Within one day, the grain prices in Chang'an City fell rapidly.
The emperor's wise actions made the people of Chang'an City praise it.
In a few days, Chang'an City finally cleared.
"Zhao Chen, what is your snare? How can you get this 200,000 yuan for the saint?"
In the Forget-Wait Tavern, Li Shimin frowned.
The rain in Chang'an City stopped, but he was not happy.
I haven't paid the money for buying grain for 200,000 liang.
"I heard that Zheng He was arrested, why are you still worried about this?" Zhao Chen said with a smile.
Zheng He was arrested, which was a bit unexpected to Zhao Chen.
But for the emperor, that was even more a good thing.
"Zheng He was arrested, but the contract is still there. This million stone of grain is not from his Zheng family in Xingyang!" Li Shimin frowned.
To be continued...