(I went to the website to read book reviews yesterday, and I said everything. I didn’t say anything about what I wrote. After all, my writing style is really not very good. But there is another guy who criticized me for writing nonsense. There was no braised pork in the Ming Dynasty. I really don’t know what to say when I saw such readers. Don’t read historical articles at this level, okay? Your IQ can also see Xiyangyaoyaoyaota wolf or the son of hydrocephalus! Historical articles are really not suitable for you. The world is too dangerous. Go home quickly!)

When Mr. Zhou saw Xu Bengao getting angry, he didn't dare to delay and said directly: "Mr. Xu, I mean to support Tong Yangjia and play against Ma Mingyuan!"

Xu Bengao hesitated when he heard Mr. Zhou say this, "Support Tong Yangjia? Although he is not from Huguang, can he help us by following the emperor early?"

"Please rest assured, Mr. Xu, Tong Yangjia supports the King of Chu, and has never been inconsistent with Ma Mingyuan, and will definitely help us. What's more, we represent the vast gentry in Southern Zhili and northern Zhejiang. Can the King of Chu want to compete for the position of the crown prince without our support?"

When Xu Bengao heard that he was going to be involved in the dispute over the country again, he was a little scared. Although the dispute over the country was finally won by the Donglin Party, it was also extremely dangerous. It would be better not to interfere with such things.

"This...is another dispute over the foundation of the country. Isn't it good for us to get involved?"

"Mr. Xu, there is really no other way except this. Since you can only sit back and wait for death, why not fight back? Maybe we can succeed this time?"

When Mr. Zhou saw Xu Bengao hesitating, he thought for a while, so he might as well give him a solid foundation.

"Master Xu, do you know who proposed this idea?"

"You said, that's that?"

"It was Qian Suzhi who found me and said that Tong Yangjia entrusted him to contact us. He also told me the news that Ding Jimu was the one who told me!"

"Oh? That's it!" Xu Bengao's head turned rapidly, thinking about the gains and losses of this matter.

After a long time, Xu Bengao sighed and said, "Since Master Tong Ge has this request, let's help him!"

Master Zhou was very convinced when he heard Xu Bengao's agreement. Tong Yangjia had already agreed to him that as long as he could convince Xu Bengao, he would give his son a background. Now the big thing has been done, and it seems that his son can also come out to be an official!

Xu Bengao made up his mind and stood up and said, "Everyone, since he has decided to support Mr. Tong, everyone, go back and organize the gentry and mention the matter of laying a pile of people, so that everyone in the court can know the news!"

Mr. Zhou hurriedly said, "What should I do with the Huguang grain merchants in the capital? Can't I give in?" He had close contact with several major grain merchants in Nanjing. Although this refugee case did not involve his immediate relatives, his property suffered a lot.

"We must not give in. We are grain merchants now. If we don't fight back, the next step is silk, and the next step is land. Let's go back and collect our subordinates and don't transport grain to the capital. I don't think those Huguang men can hold on until if they don't have our supply!"

Xu Bengao's plan is very vicious. Now potatoes and corn have not become the staple food of Chinese people, and most people still can't get used to it. Therefore, the potatoes transported by people from Huguang only cost eight cents of silver per stone, and no one bought them. Instead, the rice has increased to three taels of silver per stone.

After the discussion was completed, the landlords in the house said goodbye and left. Xu Bengao saw that there was no one in the house and took out paper and pen, wrote a letter and called his son.

"Three, put down everything in your hands, go to Guilin, and hand this letter to Zhang Tongchang!"

Zhang Tongchang was the great-grandson of Zhang Juzheng, a powerful minister during the Wanli period. Zhang Juzheng was a student of Xu Jie at that time, so Zhang Tongchang had some connections with the Xu family.

Xu Laosan took the letter and hid it in person, and asked, "Father, we have not been in contact with the Zhang family for more than ten years. Can Zhang Tongchang meet me?"

"Don't worry, Zhang Tongchang will definitely see you after seeing the letter. If he doesn't see you, go to his teacher Qu Shisi!"

When Xu Bengao saw his son retreat, he sighed in his heart: I thought he was in the right team this time, but he didn't expect that the Emperor Shenwu was even more cruel and actually wanted our gentry's life. Since that's the case, don't blame me!

After Master Zhou from Yingtian Mansion returned home, he passed the news to Tong Yangjia. Tong Yangjia was very happy when he saw the letter. With the help of these gentry in Nanzhili, he would definitely defeat Ma Mingyuan.

In fact, the news about the Danding Ding Mu was released by Tong Yangjia. With the help of Jinyiwei, he stole the copy of Danding Ding Mu in Ma Mingyuan's study, and then released the news, forcing scholars all over the world to oppose Ma Mingyuan.

On the first day of October of the second year of Shenwu, thanks to the fact that the gentry around Nanjing was not transporting grain to Nanjing, the price of grain in the city had risen to three silver dollars per stone, totaling four taels and five cents of silver.

A long-time team was lined up in front of the Fugui Rice Store in Nancheng, waiting for the Rice Store to open the door to buy rice.

But before I could open the door, a friend from the rice shop came out to post a new rice price on the sign at the door. Someone who read the word "recognized" said: "Why? Didn't it still be four or five cents per stone yesterday? Why did it rise to six or six taels of silver today?"

When the citizens who bought rice around heard this, they yelled: "What? The price has increased again? One stone has six taels, wouldn't it cost six cents per bull? Will it let us live?"

"Where is the shopkeeper? Why did you raise the price for no reason if you ask the shopkeeper to come out?"

The rice shop guy was excited when he saw the crowd and shouted: "Dear young men, our rice shop has no choice. The grain farmers around the capital will no longer transport rice to the city. Everyone thinks that rice is expensive, but eating some sweet potatoes and wheat is only one tael of silver and one stone!"

"What? The price of sweet potatoes has also increased? Didn't it still cost eight cents of silver a few days ago?"

"If you eat too much sweet potatoes, you won't be hungry! How can I have the energy to work and make money if I don't have enough food?"

The citizens who couldn't buy rice became more and more angry as they spoke. Some people began to pick up the soil and stones on the ground and smashed them at the guy. When the guy saw that the guy was not suffering the loss, he quickly blocked the door panel and shouted that it was no longer open today!

Unexpectedly, this action aroused the atmosphere among the citizens. At the same time, under the guidance of those interested, these red-eyed citizens rushed into the rice shop and began to smash and rob.

Half an hour later, the inspection department of the street arrived, and the riots dispersed, but the Mixing clerk and shopkeeper were both beaten to death.

The Jinyiwei was responsible for the stability of the street. If something happened to such a big incident, he would dare to conceal the news. Soon the news reached the palace emperor Zhu Hongsan.

Seeing the information of the Jinyiwei, Zhu Hongsan frowned. He was busy with the expedition of Japan these days and had not paid much attention to domestic affairs. He did not expect that such a big thing happened now.

"Qian Lide, you report the rice price for the past half month!"

Qian Lide was already ready, and he heard that the emperor would present it with both hands.

Zhu Hongsanyi saw that the rice price doubled in less than half a month, which was a big deal. You should know that the population of more than 800,000 in Nanjing City, plus the migrant population outside the city, totaling more than 1.2 million. It is no joke to cause riots.

"Come here, I will send an order! Order the Sixth Division outside the city to enter the city to suppress the enemy! The Jinyiwei patrols on the streets will increase their manpower, and as long as there are criminals who take the opportunity to cause trouble, they will be detained immediately!"

After receiving the order, Li Chengen sent someone out of the city to pass the order. Zhu Hongsan sat on the dragon chaise and rubbed his forehead. These were all emergency measures, and the key was to increase the amount of grain.

"Qian Lide, why has the rice price increased so much? It's only October, haven't the autumn grain just been collected?"

"I heard from the market that because the weather is cold this year, the grain output is not high, and the bloody battle between the imperial army and the Qing army in Nanzhili last year, most of the farmers who farmed in various prefectures and counties fled, so there was a lot of waste in arable land at the beginning of spring this year, resulting in a reduction in grain production!"

Zhu Hongsan looked at the prince Zhu Hai standing next to him and asked, "Crown Prince, what do you think you should do about this?"

Zhu Hai had just been released from the clan mansion, and his detention for this month made him become more and more calm. Now, when he heard his father ask him, he quickly bowed and replied: "Father, my son-in-law thinks it can be taken in two steps. The first step is to increase the number of porridge factories outside the city, and add half of the sweet potatoes and croquette to the porridge, so that half of the food can be saved; the second step is to ask the father to issue an order quickly and transfer grain from Guangdong, Luzon and other places to Beijing!"

When Zhu Hongsan heard Zhu Hai's clear answer, he felt very pleased that the prince was able to stand alone. However, the prince said it very well, but he still didn't understand the situation.

Zhu Hongsan picked up a memorial on the table and said, "Crown Prince, you don't know, this is a memorial from Luzon. Now there are no food stored in Luzon and Annan. Guangdong is similar. After all, there are tens of millions of refugees in Guangdong, and their food is only self-sufficient."

Zhu Hai thought for a while and continued, "Father, can you borrow some food from the gentry in Southern Zhili?"

Borrowing food? If you can't handle this food crisis, it's those stinky old ninths who are causing trouble behind the scenes!

"Prince, let me leave this matter to you and Yingtian Mansion! Half a month ago, Zhao Guoliang from Japan had just transported back 500,000 s of rice, which should be able to cope with the days. You can sell these rice at half of the market price to stabilize the rice price in the city. I will find a way for the rest!"

Zhu Hai was overjoyed when he heard his father say this. This was his first time to handle the job independently. Zhu Hai quickly knelt down and kowtowed, indicating that he would complete the tasks assigned by his father successfully, and then happily went out to find Ma Jingyuan from Yingtian Mansion.

Seeing Zhu Hai go out, Zhu Hongsan asked Qian Lide, who was kneeling on the ground: "Fatty Qian, go and investigate. Are the stinky old ninths in Nanzhili doing the trouble this time?" Zhu Hongsan didn't believe that things could be so coincidental, but Nanzhili was short of food? Someone must have made trouble.

Seeing Qian Lide getting up and leaving, Zhu Hongsan continued, "Wait a minute, there is nothing wrong with King Gui in Guangxi?" Zhu Hongsan was afraid that Zhu Youlang would come to fish again at this time, and that would be troublesome.

"Back to your Majesty, everything is normal in Guangxi. King Gui's attention is in Sichuan. According to the secret spies in Guangxi, Ding Kuichu is organizing a large army to prepare for the battle in Sichuan!"

Zhu Hongsan nodded, that's all! When he completed the internal integration, he took action to clean up Zhu Youlang.

"What's going on in the Qing Dynasty in the north?"

"It's nothing in Yangzhou. Hong Chengchou gathered another 50,000 or 60,000 troops to occupy Huai'an. However, these scattered soldiers and rascals were afraid of our army, so nothing should be done. Hanyang is still the same as before. Wu Sangui sent hundreds of teams to sneak around Wuchang from time to time to harass him, but he was killed and defeated every time. The secret spies in Hanyang City said that the 200,000 Qing troops in the city were not mobilized!"
Chapter completed!