Chu Qing felt that Chang Chao was really hopeless, and he had to rely on a woman to gossip every day to save the building from collapse?
There is also the Eight Dragons seizing the direct descendants. When he first heard about it, he thought it was quite funny. Now that he knows the whole truth, as a Chang Dynasty person, he feels a little embarrassed. What the hell is this? A mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
Well, as for the palace fight, it was full of passion, there was nothing there, some were coincidences, cowardice, accidents, it was extremely dramatic.
Chu Qing, who was laughing and laughing, suddenly noticed Tao Ruolin who was also smiling. There seemed to be a bit of bitterness in his eyes, but there was no obvious bitterness.
Chu Qing stopped laughing.
People always have an inherent impression of everything. All emperors are majestic, battles for imperial power are bloody, officials seizing power are cruel, and so on.
But in fact, is this really the case? No, at least not entirely.
Most people's understanding of royal battles comes from film and television works.
This is how film and television works are described. If we were to film a prince carrying bricks to a prince's palace to scold his mother, there would be no ratings. The audience would go to the property door to see if it was good or not, and it would still be in stereoscopic 3D.
Are the princes and royal members of the past dynasties really as cold-blooded and cruel as described in movies and television works?
Chu Qing couldn't make a conclusion. He only knew that some special jobs might change most people, but it was absolutely impossible to change everyone.
But what Chu Qing doesn't know is that when a person who likes to laugh tells a cruel thing, he will always be calm, always understate it, and always say it with a smile, hiding the sadness and tears in his smile.
Chu Qing didn't want to continue asking, because he knew that a woman like Tao Ruolin, who would always be smiling and laughing, could tell such sad stories.
Chang Lao Er came, just before noon.
The emperor made a golden statement, saying that if he was not allowed to come in the morning, he could not come in the morning, but could only come at noon.
Changxian was hesitant when he heard that he was going to scare the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture.
But when he heard that the price of rice in the city had increased and Jingzhao Prefecture was not trying to equalize the price, Changxian became excited.
He is now concerned about the refugees. As long as he can help the refugees, let alone frighten the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture, he will even take the imperial guards to demolish it for Jingzhao Prefecture.
Because last night, he met the prince and told the story of the refugees. The prince, who has extremely upright views, spoke. The refugees are also people, and they are the people of the Chang Dynasty. They are the people of his father Huang Laosi now, and they will be the people of his father Huang Laosi in the future.
Anyone who bullies his people in Chang Yu, his future people, is bullying him, Chang Yu, second brother, come on, give it to the eldest brother, I will kill them!
Taking Tong Gui and other imperial guards, the group went straight to Jingzhao Mansion.
When he arrived at the door, Fu San shouted loudly, and Ma Rui, the governor of Jingzhao Mansion, came to the door to greet him.
Bending down to salute, Ma Rui had a humble smile on his face, but his mouth was secretly bitter. His eyes were looking at Chu Qing, who was smiling but not smiling, intentionally or unintentionally.
Things were changing. Half a month ago, Chu Qing was in jail in Jingzhao Mansion. However, he did not suffer any loss. He was almost imprisoned in Jingzhao Mansion. On the contrary, Ma Rui, the governor, was frightened for a whole day. When he returned to the mansion, he was still detained by Chen Yan.
He held a knife to his neck and threatened him.
After that, Ma Rui secretly wondered who the masked man was. He was too brave. Until yesterday, he understood, wasn't that so brave? He was imprisoned by the deputy commander of Qianqiying.
If a masked man comes, it will be too late.
In terms of rank, the governor of Jingzhao Mansion does not need to be afraid of the deputy commander of Qianqiying, but this is a theory. In fact, there are no courtiers who are not afraid of Qianqiying. After all, these guys are all-pervasive and rely on eavesdropping and spying.
Anyone who lives as a whistleblower knows how many shady things the ministers have done.
"Sometimes a lower official will be welcomed from a distance, and some will be welcomed from afar."
Ma Rui straightened up, with a smile on his face, secretly guessing why the deputy commander of Qianqiying and the fourth prince came to his Jingzhao Mansion.
Changxian clasped his hands behind his back and remained silent. Chu Qing spoke with a smile: "Dear Lord Ma Rui, we meet again."
Ma Rui smiled sarcastically: "We haven't seen you for many days. Commander Chu is still as handsome as ever. No wonder he is calm and hands-off. It turns out he is a real person who doesn't show his face. Offended, many offended. After that day, I still want to go to the Chu Mansion to apologize.
, but I’m so busy, I’m too busy every day.”
Tao Ruolin, who was standing behind Chu Qing, said with a smile: "Sir, you are naturally busy, and you have to keep the price of rice in Beijing low."
"The price per square meter?" Ma Rui was stunned when he heard this.
"That's right." Changxian's little face was full of dissatisfaction: "In the past, a bucket of rice cost only five cents, but now it has climbed to more than seven cents. How does Jingzhao Mansion do this job?"
"Your Highness, this matter is not the responsibility of Jingzhao Mansion. The rice noodle shop and warehouse are all the business of merchants..." Ma Rui glanced at Chu Qing slightly: "Even if the price is parity, the Ministry of Household Affairs should come forward."
"Passing the blame, right?" Chu Qing squinted his eyes and said, "Let's take the old almanac from decades ago as an example. In special times, the Ministry of Household Pricing is good for some people's necessities, but managing the shops in Beijing is a sign of returning to Beijing.
It’s under the government’s control.”
On the way here, Chu Qing learned about the situation in this regard.
After understanding it, Chu Qing could only give Dachang Dynasty thirty-two thumbs up. As for these laws, tax laws, management of merchants and other relevant regulations, it was just four words. It was a mess, confusing, full of loopholes, and nothing.
In the early days, the imperial court did not interfere with private merchants' purchase and sale of goods, but this group of merchants always made it difficult for the country to make money. They would raise prices during natural and man-made disasters, especially for necessities related to people's livelihood.
The imperial court saw that this was not going to work, and probably came up with a way: the Ministry of Households set prices, and what prices were set for each commodity, if the price was too high, it would violate the laws of Chang'an.
It seems that the viciousness of merchants has been curbed, but in fact, officials from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development do not know anything about market demand and saturation. You can ask people how much they sell, but you cannot ask them whether to engage in this industry.
The result is obvious. When merchants see that they are not making money, they will change to another one. This will lead to a lack of market and no one will do it. Just like lumber, the price is very low and there is no profit. The merchants will not do this business, which will lead to
Timber has a price but no market, which has given rise to many "smuggling" industries. Situations like this abound.
Later, when the imperial court saw that this idea was sparse, it gradually relaxed its control. The Ministry of Household Affairs was too lazy to intervene in such matters. However, in special times, such as when a large number of refugees gathered, it would also symbolically
Let’s control the grain prices sold by grain dealers.
There are countermeasures at the top and policies at the bottom. Didn’t your Ministry of Household Affairs not allow us merchants to sit on the ground and raise prices? No problem. We won’t sell, we will just sit there and do whatever we want. Because of this, the Ministry of Household Affairs was criticized every day, and in the end we simply stopped selling.
Just don't care.
The reason why Tao Ruolin said she came to Jingzhao Prefecture actually had nothing to do with Changlu, but had to do with the actual situation.
In terms of management authority, Jingzhao Mansion has jurisdiction over merchants and caravans in Beijing. Where to open a shop, where to sell, and what is sold, all need to be reported to Jingzhao Mansion and verified by Jingzhao Mansion.
After stamping the seal, merchants can conduct business transactions. If Jingzhao Prefecture does not let you do it, you will not be able to sell even a hair. There is another situation, that is, you are selling, but Jingzhao Prefecture does not want you to sell. No.
If you need any reason or excuse, just get out of here.
In fact, this is the case. It seems unreasonable, but everyone looks down on merchants, as they have no human rights.
However, this also involves another problem, that is, those who can be merchants have backers behind them, most of them are branches of aristocratic families, so the Jingzhao Mansion has never felt sorry for the merchants in Beijing, because it is afraid of offending others.
Chu Qing and his party came here today just to make Ma Rui offend someone.
