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Chen Sheng asked, "Yes, I seem to remember that the emperor also ordered the rich people who participated in the migration to exchange their coins with the government for half a tael and gold. Isn't that good?"

"Yes. But this decree was only implemented in August." Gu Haoran answered, and suddenly felt a stern in his heart, and suddenly he thought of something. He also understood why Chen Sheng had this question.

"How to deal with those exchanged coins?" Chen Sheng asked.

"Usually, these coins will be shipped to Xianyang after being sealed by the local government and transported to the Prime Minister's Office. After acceptance, the coins will be destroyed uniformly and cast half a tael of coins according to a certain proportion of the destruction." Gu Haoran thought for a while and added: "However, the amount of coins exchanged by the governments in various places is not large, and it is far from the amount that can cause this incident." He thought Chen Sheng suspected that someone had done something here and smuggled a large amount of coins that should have been destroyed for profit.

"Yeah." Chen Sheng pondered for a moment. He originally had the same idea, but after listening to Gu Haoran's words, he changed his mind slightly, but he became more determined about his own judgment and said, "Let's continue to analyze the previous problems. This person knows the emperor's new policy plan, so he may spread the news ahead of the government. There may be rumors that the emperor abolished the old money of the six countries, creates panic, and then buys these coins at a low price. Regarding this, Lord Gu, I believe that you can easily find out in Heishui Pavilion."

Gu Haoran nodded and said, "I didn't pay attention to these things before. I'll write back later and ask them to investigate them well." After saying that, his face was slightly blue. If things were really like this, it would actually be a slap in the face of Hei Shui Pavilion. The empire had such a major event, and they didn't know anything about it. This was a crime of dereliction of duty.

Chen Sheng said "um" and continued, "Then soon, this batch of coins was put into operation, and they bought grain from the six countries in Shandong. The coins they bought at low prices were quickly converted into goods that could be bought with Qin Banliang. The difference that could be earned in the middle was large." Speaking of this, Chen Sheng slowed down again and said, "Of course, these people felt that selling these grains and goods at a fair price would earn too little, so they incited the empire's southern expedition to seek shortage of necessities such as imperial food.

It is easy to raise prices to make money. If this is the case, it would be fine, then the Ling family and the Wu family may not be an important part of this plan. Maybe they will be used by others." When he said this, Chen Sheng thought for a while and said solemnly: "If this is correct, these grains should flow into the empire's granary at a high price soon. If this person has ulterior motives, then the army of the Southern Expedition will not be able to use this batch of grain! Then the Southern Expedition will undoubtedly fail!"

Gu Haoran and Wei Liao's hearts sank. They were able to react quickly, without knowing it, and without knowing it, and could also tell the people who came to confuse the public. At least they were the people who held the power of the Ling family and were ranked among the three Dukes and Nine Ministers in the court. The money of these people actually didn't have much meaning, but what did they want to do so? Wei Liao was chilling behind him. Gu Haoran quickly stood up, apologized to the master and disciple of Wei Liao, and said, "The officials must report this matter to the emperor first and surrender first."

Gu Haoran's behavior fully reflects the characteristics of members of the Hei Shui Pavilion, and his reactions are quick and quick. The intelligence transmission of the Hei Shui Pavilion is usually much faster than any document reaching Xianyang.

After Gu Haoran left, the banquet ended.

When he returned to the accommodation arranged by the county government, Wei Liao looked worried. Seeing the teacher's thoughts, Chen Sheng and Tian Peng were puzzled. Chen Sheng asked, "Teacher, are you worried about what the ancient county magistrate said just now?"

Wei Liao nodded and said, "Yes, think about it, the empire's hundreds of thousands of troops are trapped in the Lingnan area at this time, and food and grass are not allowed to continue. This is a big deal! The emperor will definitely not ignore the life and death of the army; if there is no way to do it, he will definitely restart tax collection of food and grass, but now it is only February, and collecting food at this time will take the lives of the people of the world! The empire will also lose all its credibility, its foundation is unstable, and the chaos in the world will begin again."

Chen Sheng nodded. The teacher's concern was very normal. The six countries had just been unified and the people's hearts had not yet completely surrendered. At this time, the emperor destroyed his words again, and he would break the trust of the world and give those who have ulterior motives some excuses and space to move.

"Teacher, the matter is not so serious." Chen Sheng said: "This matter is not difficult to solve."

"Oh?" Wei Liao looked at Chen Sheng and asked, "How do you say this?"

Chen Sheng thought for a while before saying, "No matter who is the one who is rushing to buy food, he has purchased so much food, and the ultimate goal is to sell the food or use it for other purposes. The storage time of the food cannot be too long, at most three to five years."

"In three or five years, you can do a lot of things." Wei Liao said with a wry smile.

"No, I don't mean that, teacher." Chen Sheng explained: "Think about it, the empire's food scarcity is only for the time being. The emperor only exempted taxes last year, and it still needs to be collected this year. After a few months, the empire will collect grain again, and the food scarcity will inevitably decrease in the future. At that time, those who hoard food will inevitably sell the food scarcity before the empire's food scarcity is solved, otherwise the food price will fall and they will lose more than they will lose."

"Well." Wei Liao nodded. "But what if these people, as you said, purchase these grains only to defeat the imperial army in the southern expedition?"

"This is not very likely." Chen Sheng nodded and said, "If the army is defeated, the emperor will inevitably pursue this matter in a rage. With the emperor's thundering means, he will become serious. Even if he is hidden under the nine earths, he will be unable to escape the emperor's palm. This person cannot be so angry with the emperor."

"That's true." Wei Liao nodded. "But this matter involves so much that the emperor is probably already in anger at this time." Wei Liao smiled bitterly.

After clarifying the truth, Wei Liao also understood how extensive this matter was involved. He was able to escape the monitoring of Heishui Pavilion, purchased old money from the nobles of the six countries on a large scale, and then purchased grain and hoarded food nationwide, resulting in a shortage of grain in the imperial grain warehouse and unable to maintain the expropriation rate in the south. In this incident, there were probably a lot of people involved.

"This is the largest case in the empire since the emperor took power!" Wei Liao sighed.
Chapter completed!