Gu Qianzhou's face was full of depression. Although the Gu family had a big business, they couldn't stand Gu Jinnian being so noisy.
Killing Confucians and imprisoning Wen is definitely not a small matter.
And he offended three thousand scholars in one go.
How many forces are involved behind these three thousand scholars?
There is no need for the Gu family to offend so many people.
"Old man, you dote on Jinnian, and the child knows it, but you can't dote on him like this. Someone is behind this, but Jinnian also did it too radically. It's best to just stop there. Both parties can't do it.
Nothing is lost."
"If you continue to get involved like this, I'm afraid Jinnian will become even more lawless in the future, and the Gu family will make endless enemies. When the children are here, they can take care of Jinnian, but Jinnian will eventually become the head of the Gu family, and offend him.
so many people."
"Why is this?"
Gu Qianzhou was a little concerned and anxious, even though these people were wrong to trouble Gu Jinnian in the first place, he also hated them.
But you can't do things like this. You do it too badly. If you offend three thousand scholars in one breath, you will really offend to death. It was fine when the old man was here, and it was fine when he was here.
But what to do when they are not there?
You sent him to jail for the crime of treason. If your Majesty investigates thoroughly, let alone the law, there will definitely be stains on him, which will delay his future future.
This is a deadly feud.
If we don't regain our position in the future, who can take this breath?
Therefore, he thought that it was time for him to step in and take care of things. It was not a matter of humiliating him and just letting him go. Then he would go to the Sixth Department and explain the matter clearly, and that would be enough.
The matter has been resolved. Except for the thirty innocent people who died, no one else suffered any losses. Hello, hello, hello to everyone.
This is what Gu Qianzhou thinks.
Just listening to Gu Qianzhou's words, Mr. Gu's eyes couldn't help but be full of anger.
"madness."
"I thought you should know something, but I didn't expect that after you entered this officialdom, you didn't learn anything else. You just learned a little about the world."
"Are you still my son?"
Mr. Gu cursed and reprimanded Gu Qianzhou.
After hearing this, Gu Qianzhou lowered his head and said nothing, but his expression did not change and he still insisted on his own ideas.
"stupid."
"Can't you see that Jinnian did this on purpose?"
"Don't you see what Jinnian wants to do?"
"Do you really think Jinnian is just trying to vent his anger?"
At this moment, Mr. Gu was really angry, not for anything else, but because this eldest son, who he had high hopes for, was so stupid that he was not as good as his grandson.
No, it’s not worse, it’s completely worse.
"What does Jinnian mean?"
Gu Qianzhou was really confused now and didn't understand what it meant.
Gu Qianzhou looked confused and looked at the old man. He didn't think there was any conspiracy. Instead, he felt that his old man did this to favor Gu Jinnian, right?
"well."
"Three thousand scholars suddenly gathered in the entire Kyoto to cause trouble for Jinnian. This matter can be big or small."
"Although Jinnian's temperament is somewhat impulsive, how can a person who may write eternal articles be ignorant of current affairs?"
"Do you really think Jinnian doesn't know the consequences of offending these three thousand people?"
"He knows it, and he knows it better than you, but why does he do it?"
"You really can't think of it?"
Mr. Gu spoke in a suppressed voice, his eyes cold.
In an instant, Gu Qianzhou was stunned.
Then, a possibility emerged in his mind, and he looked at his father and couldn't help but swallow.
"Dad, do you mean that Jinnian offended so many forces on purpose?"
"He wants to follow the path of a lonely minister?"
Gu Qianzhou suddenly realized it, but he still wasn't sure, so he looked at his father.
Mr. Gu looked out the door with calm eyes and nodded at the same time.
"Jinnian has chosen his own path."
"In your opinion, he was reckless and impulsive, acting in a fit of rage."
"But what he wanted was this reaction. The entire Kyoto and even the six ministries and officials thought he was doing something wrong."
"Because no one wants to offend so many scholars, but Jinnian did it."
"What he is doing is to stand opposite these noble families and civil servants. Only in this way will His Majesty feel at ease with him. Only in this way will the future emperor also feel at ease with him."
"He has not yet entered the officialdom, but he has already played the most important role in the officialdom of the East and West."
"Look at you, and then look at my grandson, you are as different as clouds and mud."
"You're still here yelling here and there."
Mr. Gu understood all Gu Jinnian's thoughts almost instantly.
Gu Jinnian made it clear that he wanted to make things worse.
Why make a fuss?
The reason is very simple. If you stand on the opposite side of the powerful, what will happen if you offend the powerful? You will definitely be targeted and suppressed everywhere.
If he is a commoner without any power, he will basically be dead, unless he has an astonishing talent.
But what if you are a powerful person? That's different. You have offended so many forces, but as long as you don't offend the real big forces, there will be no problem.
Who is the most powerful force in a dynasty?
It's the emperor.
It's the Holy One.
If Gu Jinnian did this, all the civil and military officials might not like it, but so what? The emperor just needs to respect him.
Even the emperor is extremely happy to see this scene, because it means that you cannot reconcile with the other party, and you can only rely on the emperor's power to gain a foothold in the court.
What the emperor hates most is not an official, but a group of officials.
But if you are alone, the emperor may consider making you his confidant. If you have a big grudge against other people, the probability of you becoming a confidant is even greater.
Just like today's Ye Yihou, he is a living example.
The Gu family is too big.
No matter what Emperor Yongsheng thinks, the Gu family must pay attention to one issue.
The master is shocked by his high achievements.
Even though Emperor Yongsheng was the only emperor in history, he had an unparalleled mind and absolute means.
But you can’t stand the next emperor’s narrow-mindedness?
Emperor Yongsheng was able to suppress the Gu family, but can the next emperor suppress the Gu family?
Emperor Yongsheng will not think about this issue now, but he will think about it in his later years.
Mr. Gu is also thinking about this issue.
But now, Gu Jinnian has solved this problem perfectly, and the solution is very simple. He is an enemy of all the forces in Daxia.
Standing on the opposite side of everyone, all problems will be easily solved, as long as the Gu family has no real intention to rebel.
Then the three generations of the Gu family will not fall.
At this moment, Gu Qianzhou was truly silent. He really didn't expect that his son's city would be so deep.
This is simply toying with everyone's applause.
"The way of a lonely minister is extremely difficult even for a powerful person. Why is it so hard for Jinnian to do this?"
Finally, Gu Qianzhou sighed.
He understood Gu Jinnian's intentions, but as a father he still couldn't bear it and didn't want his son to take this path.
This road is destined to fight with the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the powerful people of the entire Great Xia. Every step is extremely difficult.
This is not necessary.
"Qianzhou, you are wrong."
"Jin Nian has a pure heart. He is different from you and different from everyone in the Gu family."
"But it's just like when I was young."
"But Jinnian is indeed a bit reckless like this. He can do this, but there are some people who don't need to offend."
"Go and check to see if any of the detained scholars are from the families of princes and princes. If so, let their parents come to see me and beat them before letting them go."
Compared with Gu Qianzhou's thoughts, Mr. Gu didn't agree.
If you are offended, you are offended.
Just like in a war, when two armies are fighting, the losing side always has concerns. Only by moving forward can it gain a chance of survival.
"good."
Gu Qianzhou nodded, and half of the worries in his heart were gone.
After all, knowing that his son has a purpose, he will not be too anxious, just afraid that his son will make a big mistake in anger.
And at the same time.
Outside the palace.
All officials gathered.
Gu Jinnian caused such a big incident, how could these civil servants just let it go?
But they had been waiting outside the palace for an hour, but the emperor just didn't show up.
"My lords, Your Majesty is currently recuperating. No matter what happens, you must wait until the next court meeting."
"In four days, the court meeting will begin. I hope you gentlemen will not embarrass me."
One of the eunuchs opened his mouth, but he couldn't express his pain. All the officials were shouting outside, and the emperor didn't want to see them.
He was really out of temper when he was caught in the middle.
And this is already the fifth time he has answered.
No see, no see, just no see.
After receiving this reply, all the officials looked a little unhappy.
At this time, the voice of the Minister of Punishment could not help but sound.
"Let's go, let's go find the prime minister. We can't let Gu Jinnian do anything wrong, right?"
"Killing Confucians and Imprisoning Wen, such a thing has never happened in the Great Xia Dynasty. Gu Jinnian is really bold and reckless."
"Just because of a verbal conflict, Confucian prisoner Wen was killed. Today he, Gu Jinnian, is still a student. If he becomes an official in the court tomorrow, wouldn't he want to kill all of us?"
"He killed people directly after a small conflict. Did he take the punishment seriously? Does Daxia belong to his Gu family?"
The officials angrily reprimanded.
Many officials were really angry, especially officials from the Ministry of Justice. What Gu Jinnian did today was trampling on the Ministry of Justice.
If anything happens, the Ministry of Punishment can come to mediate and the Ministry of Punishment can come out to solve it.
Oh, if you say to kill, kill, if you say to detain, then detain.
What does my criminal department do?
Do you want to eat dry food?
This is a typical example of being arrogant.
How can this prevent the officials from the Ministry of Justice from collectively becoming furious?
In this way, some officials went straight to the prime minister's office to discuss the results.
But some people gathered on their own to discuss the matter.
But no matter what, the whole of Kyoto is really boiling because of this matter.
More scholars began to angrily denounce what Gu Jinnian had done, and many people were distorting the facts and making up rumors.
Why did these scholars go to Daxia Academy with a very polite and polite attitude, just to ask what strategy Gu Jinnian proposed, but who knew that Gu Jinnian was so angry that he scolded them angrily.
Some people just speculated that Gu Jinnian colluded with officials and businessmen, but was killed on the spot. They even took out the golden order and said that their uncle was on a pilgrimage, and whoever dared to make mistakes.
It can be said that this kind of statement is so deeply rooted in people's hearts that if you continue to fabricate it, you can definitely publish a book.
Gu Jinnian's image also instantly changed into that of a rich and powerful man with no regard for kingship and human life, a proper villain.
But what's more exciting in Kyoto are those powerful and aristocratic families.
Among the more than 3,000 people, they were basically their descendants. When they learned that their son had been arrested, they all ran to beg their father to sue their grandmother, and they wanted to get him back first no matter what.
We will talk about other things later.
After all, the Xuandeng Department has already intervened in this matter. Once the Xuandeng Department intervenes, even if the person comes out, he will probably lose half of his life.
Therefore, two winds formed in Kyoto.
One of them was insulting Gu Jinnian.
One group is looking for connections to recruit people.
And inside Daxia Academy.
In a courtyard, Wang Fugui and others gathered here. They looked at Gu Jinnian with a strange look on his face and felt very complicated.
On the other hand, Gu Jinnian was sitting aside, still interested in making tea.
"Uncle Jinnian."
"You looked so handsome just like that."
But among the group of people, Li Ji was the most excited. After all, Gu Jinnian reprimanded three thousand scholars.
In the eyes of the young man, he was simply a god-like existence.
"Lee Ji."
"Keep it in mind for uncle."
"If you really ascend the throne one day in the future, you must be on your guard against these scholars."
"Don't be fooled by this bunch of scholars. These are the most unreliable people in the world. They all claim to be serving the country and the people, but in fact they are all a bunch of sour scholars."
"Do you know?"
Gu Jinnian looked at Li Ji and taught him seriously.
But after saying this, some people remained slightly silent.
Good guy, why can't you teach this? Li Ji is the grandson and the emperor after Daxia. If you instill this idea in him, wouldn't it be a trap for scholars?
"Ahem, Brother Gu's words are still a bit serious. Your Highness Taisun understands."
Jiang Yezhou spoke quickly. He didn't want to say this. If he passed it around, he might be labeled something else.
"No, I think what Uncle Jinnian said makes sense."
However, Li Ji disagreed and felt that Gu Jinnian was right.
"It's nothing serious or not."
"This is a fact, eldest nephew. Since ancient times, history books have been written by this group of civil servants."
"If you go along with their wishes, they will write you a better story. If you don't go along with their wishes, they will write you down as a coward."
"Whether it's you or uncle and I, if we don't want to let the mercenaries prey on us, then we should just go with them from the beginning."
"Either we have to compromise from the beginning and do what they say, or we can make trouble with them from the beginning."
"Li Ji, I want to ask you, do you want to be controlled by these people in the future? Even if you become the emperor one day, just because you spent an extra tael of silver or said the wrong thing, you will be stared at by these people.
Cursing?"
Gu Jinnian was really not angry, but was using the simplest things to brainwash Li Ji.
"In no mood."
Li Ji shook his head without hesitation.
And Gu Jinnian was very satisfied.
"Then remember, don't give these people face. The more face you give him, the more arrogant he will be. Anyway, he will be scolded anyway, so why not just disgust them to death and learn from what Taizu did. It doesn't matter whether you are a civil servant or not.
Civil servants who dare to be verbose will be immediately beheaded."
"No matter how hard your bones are, can they be as hard as a guillotine?"
Gu Jinnian said seriously.
Li Ji also kept these words in mind.
Don't tell me, isn't your grandfather like this now? He obviously holds great power and has done so many good things, but he is still scolded by all the officials, and sometimes he gets angry.
Think carefully about Gu Jinnian's words again.
Yes, you won't get a good reputation anyway, so you might as well go against them.
We are all powerful people, and we are all human beings for the first time. Why should we let you go?
"Brother Jinnian, please stop talking. This is unacceptable."
"Brother Gu, stop talking, stop talking."
Wang Fugui and Jiang Yezhou spoke repeatedly, and the words became more and more outrageous and terrifying.
Faced with the persuasion of two people.
Gu Jinnian did not continue talking. Anyway, he had settled the dispute, and Gu Jinnian also had a purpose.
This matter was done just for the emperor to see.
The only way to defeat rumors is to kill.
Kill until no one dares to spread rumors anymore.
If he doesn't teach him a lesson, do he really think that Gu Jinnian is just doing nothing?
As for offending people?
Doesn't it mean he is offended if he offends? He didn't rely on these people to get to the position. He relied on the Gu family and his talent.
And after thinking about it these days.
Gu Jinnian also knew in his heart that if he became an official, he must follow the path of a lonely minister.
You must not form gangs, otherwise, wouldn’t you just wait for your uncle to kill you?
My uncle is a man of great talent and strategy, and is not afraid of the Gu family, but it is really uncertain whether future generations can suppress the Gu family. For the imperial power, this restless factor should be eliminated.
Cruel is a bit ruthless, ruthless is a bit ruthless.
But the question is, if the emperor is not ruthless, can he hold his position?
The answer is no.
"Is the Hanging Light Division that scary?"
"I heard Brother Jinnian talking about the Xuan Deng Division before, and all those scholars turned pale. What's going on?"
At this moment, Zhao Siqing's voice sounded.
Her beautiful eyes were full of curiosity, and she also changed the topic.
In case Gu Jinnian makes a fuss about this and is heard by interested people, it would not be good to spread the word.
Once you say this.
Wang Fugui couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"The most terrifying thing in Daxia is the Xuan Deng Department. When the living go in and the living dead come out, basically no one can get benefits from the Xuan Deng Department. Miss Zhao, do you think it's scary or not?"
Wang Fugui spoke up. He had never been to the Xuandeng Department, but he knew a little bit about the situation there.
As soon as he said this, Zhao Siqing was still full of curiosity.
Then Su Huaiyu's voice sounded.
"There are forty-eight sets of torture in the Hanging Deng Division, targeting forty-eight different types of people."
"One of the tortures is called dental torture."
"Use zhenqi to break all the teeth, but not all of them, but half of them, and then use iron needles to drill into the teeth."
"With just one push, the prisoner's eyes will explode in pain and he will scream in agony."
Su Huaiyu is very serious about popular science.
When everyone heard this, their expressions changed slightly. Although they had never experienced this kind of pain, the sound sounded a little overwhelming.
"This is just an appetizer. There is also a kind of torture called foot punishment. You are made to stand on red-hot copper and iron. Blisters will instantly form under your feet. They are torn open with bamboo skewers and smeared with all kinds of dirt.
Object."
"Let it pus and swell, then apply herbal medicine and wrap it with a medicinal cloth. After waiting for three days, the medicine cloth will stick to the flesh and blood, and then forcefully tear it apart, the blood and flesh will be pulled on the medicine cloth."
"At this time, I will prepare a saffron medicinal bath for you and soak your feet in it. In an instant, you will know what life is worse than death."
"And generally speaking, the palms of both hands will be cooked together."
Su Huaiyu said a relatively simple punishment.
In an instant, everyone could completely understand why Xuan Deng Si was so terrifying.
This is simply abuse.
When the wound is broken, take a saffron medicinal bath. Saffron is both an auxiliary material and a medicine. It has a pungent taste and is extremely pungent just by smelling it.
If you soak this thing in water, let alone soak it on a wound, ordinary people will not be able to bear even two drops.
"Actually, this is nothing at all. The most terrifying thing is insect torture. You are given a decoction to make you limp and weak, and then you are thrown into a water tank. There are all snakes and insects in it, but they are all pulled out.
Broken teeth."
"There is a special drug in this water tank, so that these snakes and insects suffer so much that they have to find a place to burrow. Generally speaking..."
Su Huaiyu continues to popularize science.
But when it came to this, Gu Jinnian couldn't bear it anymore and quickly waved his hands.
"Stop talking, stop talking."
It's not that it's pretentious, it's just that I can't bear it psychologically. The first two are okay, but the latter is just a little disgusting.
So does everyone else.
Just hearing it makes my scalp numb, let alone experiencing it myself.
Li Ji's face turned a little pale. At such a young age, he couldn't stand this kind of thing.
"Brother Gu, why don't we put this matter to rest? If those scholars are allowed to suffer this kind of punishment, even if they come out alive, they will be almost useless. By then, many people will be offended."
Jiang Yezhou spoke, still wanting to plead for mercy for those scholars.
"No."
"Although the punishments imposed by the Xuan Deng Division are many, when it comes to dealing with those scholars, my sixth uncle has a sense of proportion and can only give them a beating without causing much trouble."
"If you don't teach them a lesson now, what happened today will happen again tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll go back and rest first. Thank you all for your help today. Gu will bear this kindness in mind."
Gu Jinnian stood up.
No mercy.
Looking at Gu Jinnian leaving, everyone looked at each other, finally sighed and said nothing more.
in this way.
Time also passed slowly.
Throughout the Daxia Dynasty, Kyoto and Jiangning Mansion were extremely lively.
Compared with the liveliness of Kyoto, the liveliness of Jiangning Mansion is just an adjective.
Ever since the price of food rose to two hundred and sixty taels, Jiangning Mansion has gone crazy.
Prices are increasing day by day.
In the morning, it was still three hundred taels and one stone. An hour later, it was three hundred and twenty taels.
At night it was four hundred taels per stone.
Such outrageous and exaggerated prices have left many rice merchants completely confused.
They will get rich, but they also know that the price cannot be too outrageous, otherwise, do you really think that the court will not settle the accounts later?
But the problem is, it's fine in the beginning, just sell it, there are always some desperadoes, guys who are not afraid of death.
It’s just that these people actually sold it for two days.
Even if it lasts two days, the price keeps skyrocketing, and as long as the goods are shipped, people will buy them.
There was even a clever little guy who went to their place to queue up, bought all the grains and rice, and then sold them, and sold them all in less than half an hour.
Bought for one hundred taels of silver and one stone.
More than three hundred taels were sold, and the net profit was as high as two thousand taels in two hours.
The main reason is that several rice merchants control the quantity and are not allowed to sell too much at one go, so as to create an illusion for the court that they have no rice.
In the future, if we really settle the accounts, we can still argue.
Now these businessmen could not sit still.
I sold it for one hundred taels, but others sold it for four to five hundred taels of silver per stone.
Moreover, these people also have a lot of food. They can sell it however they want. They are also restricted and can only sell as much as they want in a day.
Although you can also make money.
But honestly speaking, what do you hate most about being a businessman?
Isn’t it just seeing others making more money than yourself?
Are they fucking colleagues?
So a group of grain merchants went to investigate and found out that the good guy was actually a foreigner who had taken a small road to sell rice.
No wonder he's so unruly.
Moreover, these foreigners are even more ruthless. They sent people over to negotiate, and just said, I will leave after selling. Do you care?
One sentence stopped everyone.
Even if you try to sabotage it and say there's something wrong with his rice, it won't be of any use.
What year is it now? There is a flood in Jiangning County. Although the money is not much, at least you can exchange it for rice and you can still eat, right?
Who the hell cares if there are any problems.
Besides, is there nothing wrong with the rice you sell? If sand seeps through and old rice is taken, then you will be clean?
Don't tell me, you're right.
Because of this incident, some rice merchants, large and small, suffered from toothache and sore eyes.
Not only that, the first two days were fine, but today there are more unruly rice merchants, coming from all directions, and the prices are higher than the last.
This time everyone couldn't sit still.
The timid ones are starved to death and the bold ones are exhausted. The people above are sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, but the people below cannot bear it.
The main reason is that watching others make money is more uncomfortable than losing money yourself.
Therefore, if there is no prohibition or no rule, let’s make some money first.
In this way, all rice merchants almost unanimously increased their prices, and they became increasingly outrageous.
In just two days, the price had already skyrocketed to six hundred taels of silver per stone. Such a sky-high price made the people completely stupid.
Six hundred taels of silver per stone, who will buy it? Who will buy it?
In the past, it was sixty taels and one stone, and one hundred and twenty one stone. In order to survive, it was just a matter of gritting one's teeth.
But now only a devil would buy six hundred taels per stone.
But something terrible happened, someone bought it, and a large number of people bought it.
As soon as the results came out, all the rice merchants were surprised and happy. What was surprising was that someone bought six hundred taels and one stone. This is simply outrageous.
The good news is, a hundred times the profit, a hundred times the profit for one stone and rice.
Not to mention other things, as long as you sell 10,000 shi, you can earn more than 5 million taels of silver.
All the rice merchants in Jiangning Prefecture went crazy, and all kinds of rumors spread.
No matter what the rice merchants say or how strict they are, it has no effect because the profits are too terrifying.
Someone has noticed the problem, and there is something very fishy in it.
But the problem is that most businessmen have been completely attracted by this huge profit.
And the news has already spread to the surrounding counties.
As early as seven or eight days ago, someone had the foresight and knew that selling rice could make money now, so they came early. As a result, within an hour after arriving, all the grains they brought with them, which were more than a hundred stones, were sold out.
The price is not expensive, 20 taels per stone. Compared with the prices in Jiangning Mansion, these real outsiders really don't dare to make too much. First, they have a bad conscience, and second, they don't know the news.
After I found out about it, I felt regretful and uncomfortable, but the first thing I did was to go back to the county and continue to transport rice.
When I come back this time, even if it's a little harder, I can still sell it for sixty taels a stone at most, as long as it's cheaper than Jiangning Mansion.
Then make money with blood.
And the behavior of these returnees instantly attracted more people's attention.
Earning a few hundred taels of silver for one trip was equivalent to two or three years' wages for an ordinary person, and the more you transported, the more you earned. Prefectures, counties, and townships everywhere were in a state of excitement.
Ever since, it was the third day that rice prices skyrocketed.
The entire Jiangning Mansion was crowded with people, but this time they were not refugees, but people coming from all over to sell food.
Each of them slept for three or four hours for three days and nights. They took the nearest trail as fast as possible and ran over to sell rice.
When they learned that the price of rice in the house had risen to 620,700 taels per dan, these people also got excited and reveled.
I thought that 600 taels was too harsh, but 300 taels was not too much for me, right?
But there are also a small number of people who follow their conscience and sell it for ten taels of silver per stone, including round trip expenses, etc.
Such people earn the gratitude of refugees.
Most people were waiting for the price, sitting outside the mansion, protected by officers and soldiers, setting out the price of four to five hundred taels per stone, which was only a little cheaper than inside the mansion, and then began to have sweet dreams.
It's a pity.
No one bought the four to five hundred taels per stone. Before, a group of people pooled together the one hundred and twenty one stone, and they were able to scrape together some. If they bought a few stones, everyone would share one point, and it was almost enough.
Four to five hundred taels per stone, not because they don't want to live, but because they don't have the money to buy it.
can not afford.
Except for people who are dying, it cannot be sold at all.
It was at this time.
Inside Jiangning Mansion.
Gu Ningya was sitting in a restaurant, and the three men in front of him said excitedly.
"Sir, there are hundreds of trails around, all filled with foreigners who come to sell rice. Every road is extremely congested. To transport grain and rice, the amount of rice transported on just one trail alone is probably at least hundreds of thousands of shi.
.”
"Sir, my subordinates have found out that people from many surrounding prefectures and counties have cut wheat in advance and are heading towards Jiangning Prefecture."
"Sir, we have purchased 15,000 stones of grain and rice this time and transported them all to the official warehouse."
The three of them opened their mouths to tell them good news.
"good."
"Now evacuate everyone, and then inform the county governor that the warehouse can be opened to release grain."
"Also, inform Marquis Ye Yi that the dragon boat can be unveiled."
After hearing the news, Gu Ningya was overjoyed and immediately spoke and gave orders.
"Respectfully obey your orders."
The three of them set off directly without any nonsense.
soon.
In the county government office of Jiangning County.
Zhang Yang was a little surprised when he learned that he could open a warehouse to store grain.
Later, when he learned that there was an influx of people selling rice from other places outside Jiangning Mansion, Zhang Yang completely understood what it meant.
"good."
"good."
"good."
"This is actually a plan, your majesty is wise, your majesty is wise."
Zhang Yang has thoroughly figured out what His Majesty is going to do.
It's not about killing businessmen, it's about using people's hearts to attack people's hearts.
This move is wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
"Quickly, pass on my order to open the warehouse and store grain. Then go and inform all the people outside the city that the grain shipped by the court has arrived. There are three meals a day. All refugees do not need to buy more grain."
"Go and inform the people below that the price of food is higher than 60 taels, ban the shop, and record it again."
Zhang Yang was extremely excited, he had completely figured it out.
In the past few days, he had been so worried that his hair had turned gray, but after he understood what His Majesty meant, he was overjoyed.
A moment.
Inside Jiangning Mansion, the sound of gongs and drums sounded.
"The food is coming, the food is coming, the food shipped by the court is coming, the county guard has ordered the warehouses to be opened and the food is released. All refugees can go to the four gates of the city to receive relief food. Each person has three meals a day, and there is no need to buy food."
The sound of gongs and drums sounded, and the officers and soldiers of Jiangning Prefecture were also extremely excited. They had seen too much in these days, and they were also worried about the refugees.
Now that the granaries are being opened to store grain, they are naturally excited.
And outside the four gate city, a thunderous sound also sounded.
"The food is here, the food is here, the food shipped by the court is here, and the county governor has ordered the warehouses to be opened to stock the food. You don't have to worry about running out of food. The food shipped by the court is enough to last three months."
"Everyone, go to the disaster relief area quickly. You can receive three meals a day. This will ensure that everyone has food to eat and no one will starve to death again. No one will starve to death again."
A group of officers and soldiers rushed out, beating gongs, crying with joy, and ran wildly among the refugees to tell everyone the good news.
next moment.
Countless refugees were stunned.
They froze on the spot.
I couldn't believe what I heard.
"Is what you said true? Is it true?"
"Is the food really coming? Is the food coming?"
"Did the imperial court really send food?"
Voices rang out one after another. All the refugees were looking forward to this day and longing for this day.
Now that they heard it, they couldn't believe it. Instead, they didn't know what to say and could only ask again and again.
"I'm not lying to you, I'm not lying to you. Really, the food is coming, the food is coming, everyone will not starve to death, and you will not be hungry."
The officer and soldier cried out, because when he rushed out of the refugee area, he saw corpses one after another and couldn't help crying.
It was at this time.
Rumble.
Rumble.
Rumble.
Above the sky, dragon boats appeared one after another, and each dragon boat was like a giant beast, sailing across the sky.
Thousands of elites stood on the dragon boat, each one like a god.
"I am the Marquis of Yeyi. Following His Majesty's orders, I have come to deliver food and open the city gate."
Ye Yihou's voice echoed throughout Jiangning Mansion.
Thirteen dragon boats, like thirteen giant beasts, streak across the sky, giving hope to countless lives.
"There is food, food has really come, the court has sent food."
"Hahahaha, no one will starve to death, no one will starve to death."
"The saint is wise, the emperor is wise, long live the court, long live your majesty, long live Daxia."
"Long live Daxia, long live, long live."
Suddenly, millions of refugees were overjoyed. Almost all the refugees knelt on the ground and cried bitterly. They had endured for so long, but they never expected that the food would finally arrive.
They are almost in despair.
However, in the most desperate time, seeing hope, how can this not make people cry with joy?
But there are still some people, holding their dead relatives, pointing at the dragon boat in the sky, crying and shouting.
"Dad, look, the food shipment from the imperial court has arrived. Dad, please wake up and open your eyes. We are saved. We won't starve to death."
"Madam, madam, look, the food is here, the food is here, why don't you hold on more?"
I don’t know why the crying sounds are a little sad.
There was an old woman, looking at the dragon boat, her eyes could no longer shed tears. Her whole family did not die on the way to escape famine, but died outside the city.
Because they had no money, she was the only one alive till now.
Her husband died, her three sons died, and two of her three daughters-in-law died. One was bought into the house and became a maid, and she was given two liters of rice, just two liters of rice.
Four grandsons are dead, and three granddaughters are also dead.
All died.
Now she saw hope of life, but she didn't feel any joy at all.
It was replaced by numbness.
It's silence.
Because to her, life and death are no longer that important.
However, for the rice merchants in the city, their faces were extremely ugly.
Food from the imperial court has arrived.
The official warehouse is open.
This is not a good thing for them, it means that their rice can no longer be sold at high prices.
Suddenly, these rice merchants gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
But the real trouble is these foreigners.
They came all night just to make a quick buck.
What I didn't expect was that the food from the imperial court arrived, which meant that Jiangning Mansion was not short of food.
And if they transport the grain away now, not to mention the exaggerated cost, the losses along the way will be considerable.
Furthermore, what are you going to do with it back? Do you want to eat it at home?
It’s all packed in sacks, but you still want to eat?
If you sell it, the price will probably be severely reduced by the rice merchants, which is totally not worth the gain.
All of a sudden, this group of outsiders began to lower prices like crazy.
What three hundred taels, one hundred taels?
Just buy it for ten taels of silver.
It's a pity that the refugees simply ignore them and don't eat free food. How about eating food like yours?
Ten taels of silver?
Not even selling it for five taels of silver.
However, some people were still wary and worried that the food shipped by the imperial court was not enough, so they took the initiative to buy it.
Ten taels of silver and one stone.
But when other outsiders saw this scene, they would definitely not do it.
Direct price reduction.
Nine taels, eight taels, seven taels, six taels, and in the end the price dropped to five taels of silver and one stone. No one would sell it for less. After all, it was a loss of blood.
Five taels of silver is just right. If normal rice merchants suppress the price, they will sell it for three, four, and one shi.
If you sell it now, if you can cash it in, it will be a waste of time. You will serve the country and you won't lose much.
And if you sell it early and go back early, you can't just live here and sleep in the open, right?
The first batch of people who sold grain immediately packed up and went back. On the way back, they saw countless people transporting grain. These people were all smiling and didn't say anything, deliberately creating a feeling of making a lot of money.
It’s not that they are deliberately causing harm, this group of people have a simple idea, just think of it as helping the refugees. If now they say that they have not made any money, and these people turn around and go back, wouldn’t it mean that they are the only ones who have lost money?
However, some people complained that they had not made any money and that the imperial court had sent grain.
But what’s the result?
All I got was scolding. Why don't you let us earn money if you make it yourself? I don't usually see that you are this kind of person.
All in all, the general trend has been set and it is simply impossible to reverse it.
Inside the mansion.
All the rice merchants gathered together, all with sad faces.
After Zheng Gong appeared.
Everyone stood up one after another, asking each other what to do next.
Duke Zheng's angry scolding couldn't help but resound.
"Now you know to come to me?"
"Where did you go before?"
"I told you not to sell rice at such a high price, but you just listened. Nowadays, there is widespread public dissatisfaction, and a large number of outsiders come to sell rice. I'll see how you end up."
Mr. Zheng was also very angry.
According to his idea, the price is stable at sixty taels. Even if a stranger comes to sell rice, he can completely suppress it, collect it at a low price, and sell it at a high price, forming a virtuous cycle.
But the problem is that these people sell too hard.
It can easily cost a few hundred taels of silver. In fact, it cannot be sold for so much silver. Someone is doing something secretly.
However, these people also raised prices, causing these outsiders to also charge high prices.
It's useless for them to want to acquire it. It's impossible to really get three hundred and four hundred taels of silver for one stone. If they accept it, wouldn't it attract more people?
It can be said that this food disaster may have been completely resolved.
"Mr. Zheng, now is not the time to talk about this. Please give us some ideas."
"We know we were wrong, we know we were wrong."
Everyone spoke one after another and scolded them for accepting it, but it is wise to think of a way first.
Seeing everyone like this, Mr. Zheng also took a deep breath. The deal was already done, and there was no point in scolding him.
"Listen to me next time, otherwise, you won't even be able to get rich."
"It is not a bad thing for the imperial court to transport grain. Foreigners will not dare to come to transport grain."
"And now the small grain merchants outside are selling them at low prices one by one. You come forward now and buy all these grains."
"All the main roads have been destroyed. The food shipped by the imperial court will definitely not be too much. It can last for ten days at most. Counting the official warehouses, there is still some, which adds up to almost twenty days."
"As long as these twenty days pass, we can continue to sell grain at high prices."
"But at this time, you should stop coveting small profits and just hold on steady."
"do you know?"
Zheng Gong spoke.
He didn't think that the imperial court could transport much food. As long as he persisted for twenty days, there would be no big problem.
But that's what it says.
After hearing this, everyone just nodded, but there was still a lot of anxiety and disgust in their hearts.
Keep us steady and steady.
When will it be the first time?
You said the court didn’t provide much food?
Why don't you go and see how many dragon boats there are? The imperial court has even moved out dragon boats, and you are still here hoping for luck?
This is what everyone thinks.
But on the surface, he didn't dare to say it, and he just agreed with a smile.
Afterwards, Mr. Zheng left. He still had things to do, and he had finished what needed to be said.
As soon as Mr. Zheng left, everyone also left, but they were only in small groups, each with his own group, and started talking about various things.
Moreover, on the way home, grain trucks passed by them one after another, and the people were extremely excited.
Various sounds also sounded.
There is enough food, no need to worry.
Why are these dog dealers going to lose money now? When the harvest comes, all the grain they store will become old rice, and they will lose all their money by then.
There are too many such remarks.
One or two sentences are fine, but when you say too much, these people feel embarrassed.
Old rice and grain rice are completely different concepts, and the price is also very high. Jiangning County itself is a land of fish and rice. In fact, the price of rice has never been too expensive. Six taels of silver is new rice, and generally the price of old rice is three taels. When the market is good,
Four taels.
The cost for them to purchase these grains was more than six taels. After all, they had inside information before. If they really lost money, they would really lose everything.
"Damn it, keep telling us to stay steady, stay steady, he must not care. He is rich and powerful, and he is not a rice merchant. He really lost money, and he still has other income. If we lose this time, then
There’s nothing left.”
Some people couldn't help but speak and finally broke out.
"That's right."
"I see, this is just to make us die, and still let us continue to acquire? For what purpose?"
"Come on, don't worry about so much, just sell it. There will be a big harvest soon. If we don't sell it, we will really lose money to my parents' family. Let's set a number, five two, five and one stone, and sell as many as we have."
"Don't choke on the price, it's already a loss."
"Acting, according to this statement, should be regarded as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue."
All of a sudden, these businessmen didn't talk nonsense and couldn't sit still at all.
They went back one by one and started selling food at lower prices.
And the news spread outside in an instant.
It is not a trivial matter for merchants to lower their prices. When word spread outside, these foreign rice sellers jumped up and scolded each other.
I feel like these rice merchants are really desperate.
But what can be done?
I can only sell it quickly.
In the end, the price was reduced to four taels of silver and one stone, which was just enough to not lose money, but it was impossible to make a profit at all. It can only be said that it was really for nothing and working for free.
If I hadn't thought of it as a disaster relief operation, I would have felt extremely depressed.
When prices are reduced outside, vendors inside also begin to reduce prices.
Four taels is four taels, and now the competition is about who can ship the goods first.
The price dropped to four taels of silver per stone. Now the government could not sit still and sent people to buy it directly.
But instead of being aboveboard, he sent some of his subordinates to buy in large quantities without rushing to ship them over. They just signed the orders directly.
Anyway, the food is in the house, and the order has been signed. I am not afraid of you running away, but you can't run away with tens of thousands of stones of food, right?
In this way, it only lasts a few hours.
Inside the Sheriff's Mansion.
Zhang Yang looked at the mountain of food bills and smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.
Logically speaking, if such a disaster occurs, the price of food, which is ten taels of silver per stone, is within the acceptable range.
Forty taels of silver and one stone, this is definitely a profitable business.
Forty thousand taels is ten thousand stones.
Four million taels is one million stones.
The imperial court had previously expected to allocate at least tens of millions of taels of silver, but now it only needs at most 20 million taels of silver to completely solve the food problem in the next three or four months.
After all, the harvest is coming soon, so we may not be able to afford so much silver.
"A divine plan, a divine plan, this is really a divine plan. How can your Majesty be so smart?"
While Zhang Yang was laughing, he was also curious about how the emperor could be so smart.
However, he was not idle. When the food bill was received, he wrote a memorial as soon as possible. At the same time, he found Gu Ningya and asked him to send it back to the palace to show to His Majesty.
At the same time, Zhang Yang looked at Gu Ningya and kept praising the emperor's sage.
But Gu Ningya started directly.
"It has nothing to do with Your Majesty. This plan was mainly thought up by my nephew, and of course it was inspired by me."
After saying that, Zhang Yang was dumbfounded.
"Master Zhang, you don't think I, Gu Ningya, don't have this brain, do you?"
Seeing Zhang Yang's reaction, Gu Ningya was a little angry. He was running around here and there. He hadn't had a good meal in the past few days. It's not too much to take some credit, right?
"No, no, you are saying that this strategy was written by your nephew Gu Jinnian? The Gu Jinnian who has written articles through the ages?"
Zhang Yang was shocked.
"This is no nonsense, that's it. I'm too lazy to talk to a short-sighted person like you."
"This matter has been settled. You owe me a great favor. If I continue to treat you like this when I come to Jiangning County in the future, don't blame me, Gu Laoliu, for being rude to you."
Gu Ningya didn't want to talk anymore, so he left directly with the memorial and hurriedly returned to his life.
And Zhang Yang was completely stunned on the spot.
in this way.
Until the next day.
Gu Ningya has already rushed over.
Holding a golden order.
Ignore everything.
Enter the palace directly.
Dedicate the memorial to Emperor Yongsheng who has not yet fallen asleep.
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