The Heishui Pavilion soon emerged from the information obtained from all over the empire. The rush to buy from some counties and counties in Chu and Qi. In just two months, it spread to all the old places in the six countries in Shandong.★W     w√W.

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CoM and even this trend has swept into the old land of the empire, and this phenomenon has occurred in Guanzhong, Shu County and other areas.

Originally, after the court learned about this, it was not necessary to directly appoint people from Heishui Pavilion to participate in the matter. The officials of Heishui Pavilion have always prohibited those who participated in the direct administrative affairs of the empire. However, when the emperor ordered officials from various places to investigate the matter in October last year, there was no progress, which made the irritable emperor furious, so he directly sent members of Heishui Pavilion to directly participate in the investigation, demanding that the cause and effect of the incident be investigated as soon as possible.

Wei Liao was very surprised. Last year, the empire's national harvest was good, and the empire was exempted from taxes for another year. Even if the people sold surplus grain, they would not sell the food they depend on for survival. What they sold must be the remaining part. Besides, salt cloth, every household has grain for several months. Men farmed and women weaved the cloth, and the cloth was basically self-sufficient and did not need to be purchased in large quantities. Even if someone had ulterior motives and wanted to hoard goods and raise prices, it would be difficult to achieve the goal of shaking the foundation of the country. Instead, it would attract the court's vigilance and the consequences would be unimaginable.

But the emperor's anger was too unexpected to Wei Liao. He pondered for a while and asked, "The emperor is so urgent, but he wants to use troops to the outside world?" After thinking about it, Wei Liao only thought of one reason. Apart from the imperial army preparing for war, he didn't have to worry about the problem of food, salt and cloth.

Gu Haoran smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, the emperor mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops, and used Tu Ju, Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo as generals, divided the troops into five groups and advanced towards the South China Sea."

"What!" Wei Liao and Chen Sheng's faces darkened and they looked at each other. The two had discussed the direction of the Emperor's affairs, believing that the wheels of the imperial chariot would not be running so quickly. When Wei Liao left Xianyang, he even learned from the emperor about the military plan of the empire. At least three years after destroying Qi, the combat plan was restarted and the land of Baiyue was in the south. What caused the emperor to make such a combat plan? Wei Liao's hands and feet were cold. He immediately understood the reason why the emperor attached so much importance to this food purchase.

"Isn't the imperial treasury difficult to support this war? Why is the emperor still starting the war easily? It shouldn't be!" Wei Liao shook his head and asked Gu Haoran in confusion.

Hearing this, Gu Haoran sighed faintly and said, "Master may not know anything. After last autumn, the Ling family of Bajun secretly contributed 400,000 gold to the court and provided 300,000 stones of grain. At the same time, Wu Ju, a wealthy man in Longxi, also paid tribute to the court countless cattle and sheep and 30,000 war horses, which inspires the emperor to the south to fight, and thus launches a large number of troops against the southern barbarians."

"That's it." Wei Liao smiled bitterly. The Ling family made a big deal, 400,000 gold, which could support the military expenditure of the 500,000 army for nearly half a year. With a buffer of half a year, the emperor's ambition was naturally aroused. The emperor had any advantages, but this great joy was really worrying!

Chen Sheng frowned. Through the conversation between Gu Haoran and Wei Liao, he had basically figured out what had happened.

When the emperor went to the southern expedition, he naturally needed military rations. However, the empire did not collect grain from the world last year, so the grain stored in the treasury was naturally not enough to support a war of attrition. Therefore, food must be purchased from the people, but it was purchased in advance by those who were interested in it. The surplus grains in various places were almost the same on a large scale, so the surplus grains that the government could purchase were far from enough to support the needs of the war.

If the supply of food and grass is not enough, the southern army will inevitably be unsustainable and will inevitably fail. With the emperor's character, he will definitely not be willing to fail, and will definitely collect taxes and military resources. The result will be that the people will live in poverty and will eventually rise up, and the empire will eventually collapse in the storm.

This is the scene that Chen Sheng most reluctant to see. He understood very well that if the trajectory of history cannot be changed, his destiny would be as tragic as written in history books.

"No such thing..." Chen Sheng murmured.

For a moment, the banquet became cold. Everyone had their own worries, and no one broke the awkward silence for a while.

Wei Liao was silent for a while before turning to Chen Sheng: "Sheng'er, what do you think about this?"

Chen Sheng shook his head and thought for a while. He connected a lot of things in his heart. This time the food was snatched from the stock market was not an accident, but it might be part of a huge conspiracy.

Seeing the difficult look between Chen Sheng's eyebrows, Wei Liao did not speak, but quietly waited for Chen Sheng's thinking. He was already used to the behavior of students. Whenever there were major and difficult problems, he would always fall into a moment of contemplation.

Wei Liao was extremely wise and did not make any important comments or opinions on this matter. This made Gu Haoran puzzled. However, what shocked Gu Haoran even more was that Wei Liao did not say his own opinion and asked Chen Sheng, which was even more unexpected to Gu Haoran.

After a while, Chen Shengcai said with a serious expression: "Teacher, Master Gu, the student thinks that this time the rush to buy food is not a coincidence, but a deliberate conspiracy!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Haoran's heart trembled slightly. He hadn't thought about this before, but there were too many people and things involved, so he didn't dare to guess in that aspect at all. Without real evidence, making such a guess would be enough to make others' heads fall.

"Say!" Wei Liao was shocked and said to the student.

"This has to start with the chronological order." Chen Sheng pondered for a moment, sorted out his mind, and said, "When is the emperor's announcement that taxes are exempted?" Chen Sheng asked Gu Haoran.

"It was early March last year." Gu Haoran knew these things well.

"When will the New Deal of the Empire begin?"

"Last May, the emperor proclaimed himself emperor, and in June, the county system was determined, the weights and measures were unified, and the world was promoted!"

"When will the Wei and Chu start to buy grain in the world?"

"Last autumn harvest started in July and August, and arrived in October."

"When did the Ling family, Wu family pay tribute to the court?"

“Last October.”

"When will the imperial army fight south?"

"Preparation begins at the end of October, November soldiers."

Gu Haoran was puzzled by Chen Sheng and Gu Haoran’s questions and answers, but Wei Liao’s eyes became more and more gloomy and deeper. He was in the center of the power of the empire for a long time, so he naturally understood what it means to move his whole body. What happened in these schedules was enough to let him read enough information.
Chapter completed!