The Dugu family suffered a heavy blow in the He Ruobi case in the fourth year of Renshou. The head of the family Dugu Luo was demoted to the people and his seventh brother Dugu Zheng was sentenced to death.
Soon Dugu Luo also died of illness. He learned from his mistakes and made a major decision before his death. The Dugu family head did not consider legitimate and illegitimate, and lived as capable people, and canceled his eldest son Dugu Hong's position as the head of the family.
Qualifications.
It was this decision that made the Dugu family unanimously elect Dugu Zhen as the new head of the family after repeated negotiations, and Dugu Zhen was Dugu Xin's youngest son, who was two years younger than Dugu Hong.
Dugu Zhen did not disappoint Dugu Luo. He judged the situation and realized the attack on the Guanlong nobles. He kept the Dugu family low-key and did not allow anyone in the family to trouble Yang Yuanqing. This is also the case that the Dugu family hides.
After the Emperor Yang Guang continued to purge the Guanlong nobles.
This time, the situation in the capital was so food became the most important weapon. Seeing that it could use food weapons to beat Yang Yuanqing to the dust and give the Dugu family a sigh of anger, Dugu Zhen was clear-headed and decided to give up this opportunity to attack Yang Yuanqing.
He knew very well that this was not an opportunity, there was an extremely dangerous undercurrent hidden in it. Yang Yuanqing held the Shangfang sword in his hand. His mission was not to maintain stability, but to point the sword at the King of Qi. If the Dugu family rashly intervened, they would suffer heavy losses again.
The blow.
He saw that although Dugu Qi was clear about his work, he still lacked his judgment on the political situation. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He couldn't understand something by saying it, but it needed some talent. Dugu Qi was no longer young.
His thoughts should have matured long ago, but he still doesn't understand them, which only means that he is not a material for politics, but can only manage the family industry.
But as an elder and as the head of the family, Dugu Zhen felt that he had the responsibility to tell his younger generation something deeper.
"Do you know what Yuan Zhu came to me to do just now?" Dugu Zhen stared at his nephew.
"I don't know!"
"He was nominally here to tell me about the heir to the throne, but in fact his real purpose was to hope that our Dugu family could stand up against Yang Yuanqing. He even said that Yang Yuanqing killed Qin Hao was a simple-minded reckless man.
Do you really don’t understand? No! He knew very well that Yang Yuanqing killed Qin Hao to seize power, but he still wanted to say that, his intention was to reduce my understanding of risks."
Dugu Zhen had just realized that Yuanzhu was not biased, but was sinister and wanted to push the Dugu family forward to deal with Yang Yuanqing. Fortunately, he interrupted the conversation in time. He thought about it and made him a little scared. He was so cunning.
Yuan.
He glanced at Dugu Qi deeply and continued, "Do you think the Yuan family has no ability to deal with Yang Yuanqing? The Yuan family's financial resources are not weaker than us. Among the Eagle Yanglang generals in the Liuru Mansion of the East Palace, the Yuan family
There was a child and an nv son-in-law. They had the strength to create trouble, such as massacre of refugees, etc., but they did not do that. Yuan Zhou was assassinated by Yang Yuanqing, and Yuan Shangying was even killed by Yang Yuanqing not long ago.
They didn't take action in deep hatred. They knew very well that letting our Dugu family take action, success can hit Yang Yuanqing hard, and failure can weaken our Dugu family. It can be said that killing two birds with one stone. The Yuan family's intentions are sinister!"
After saying that, Dugu Zhen sighed deeply.
Dugu Qi left half-understand or not. He understood a little, but he didn't understand very well. Why didn't the Dugu family and the Yuan family dare to touch Yang Yuanqing now? The Dugu family clearly possessed powerful food weapons, but they were just jing.
Tell me, and stop after a brief taste.
Dugu Qi actually participated in the He Ruobi case back then. He was appointed by his grandfather to observe Yang Yuanqing's movements and decide on the Dugu family's actions. However, it was his failure to observe that he did not find the King of Jin hidden in the carriage, and eventually made the Dugu family
It paid a heavy price.
It is precisely this reason that makes Dugu Qi feel guilty for the family and hate Yang Yuanqing to the core. During this food crisis, he strongly advocated taking action against Yang Yuanqing, but the opposition from the head of the family made him helpless, although Dugu Qi still had a little in his heart.
He was not convinced, but he had to obey the arrangements of the head of the family.
Dugu Qi's mansion is also located in Kuanzhengfang, which is his father's mansion, the mansion of the Dugu family's eldest house. Dugu Qi had just walked out of the big men, but saw Yao Huan coming in front of him.
"Young Master!"
Yao Huan hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "I went to find you just now and said you have not come back."
"Have Yang Yuanqing put pressure on you?" Dugu Qi guessed Yao Huan's purpose.
"Yes, he wants to send troops to seize all the grain shops and threaten to kill me. I sell grain. Young Master, I really have no choice."
"Damn it!" Dugu Qi cursed in a low voice.
"Did you compromise in the end?" Dugu Qi felt that the result was not good.
"I really had no choice but to agree to sell the stored grain in the store."
"Since you have decided, what else to do with me?"
Dugu Qi said a coldly, turned around and went down the steps, got on the carriage, and ordered: "Go back home!"
The carriage started and drove towards the mansion not far away. Yao Huan looked at the young master's carriage and couldn't help but sigh. The young master was good at everything and was very capable, but he was a little too mean.
Duguqi's carriage quickly stopped in front of his mansion. He walked up the steps and asked the men's room casually, "Are there any customers?"
"There are no guests, but Mr. Jiang is here."
Dugu Qi was stunned. What did he do?
Mr. Jiang mentioned in the men's mouth is actually Dugu Qi's father-in-law, named Jiang Shu. Dugu Qi has a wife and four concubines. Mr. Jiang is the father of one of the concubines. He is a wealthy man from Longyou and has once made a fake role by Yuwen Shu.
Zi, in the first year of Daye, he was moved to Xindu and was also one of the richest families in the capital.
Although the Jiang family is rich, its status is not high. It was not until early last year that a beautiful nv son of the Jiang family married into the Dugu family as his concubine that the Jiang family finally had a backer, a status, and began to become stronger.
Dugu Qi was not in a good mood at this time. He didn't want to pay attention to this little father-in-law and walked straight to the backyard. But as soon as he walked into the yard, his father-in-law Jiang stopped him.
"Son-in-law! I have to ask for help when I encounter something trouble."
Dugu Qi was very disgusted with this concubine and father-in-law in his heart, but he had to show respect, "What trouble did you encounter?"
"I received an invitation today, inviting me to go to Baibaolou for dinner the day after tomorrow."
Baibao Restaurant is also the Dugu family's industry. Dugu Qi frowned, "This is a good thing! Just go."
"But... it was Yang Yuanqing's treat!"
"Yang Yuanqing?"
Dugu Qi stopped and asked in surprise: "How could he invite you to dinner?"
"It's not that I'm invited one, but that I'm only one of them. But my invitation is No. 6, and he is also the one he pays attention to."
Jiang Shun took out an invitation and handed it to Dugu Qi, sighed and said, "Everyone thinks it is a Hongmen banquet. Today I discussed it with dozens of big investors. Everyone means boycotting this banquet, and they will never
I was a little confused about paying for the robbers and refugees, so I came to ask my son-in-law, do you think I'll go or not?"
Dugu Qi thought for a while and said, "If you can contact half of the wealthy businessmen, then you can not go, otherwise I advise you to go any further. As long as Yang Yuanqing doesn't do too much, it's okay."
"What if he's too much?"
"If he does it too much, then everyone must unite to resist him. You are not refugees, but are all well-known figures in the capital. Even if he is vicious, he will not touch you easily, so don't be too afraid."
Jiang Shun is the leader of the Longyou Township Party. He wanted to lead the big Longyou family to boycott it, but he hoped to get the support of the Dugu family, so he came to find a nv son-in-law.
"What a virtuous son-in-law means, can I do it?"
Dugu Qi's thoughts changed. If he couldn't come forward, it would be nice to let his little father-in-law make a fuss. In short, Yang Yuanqing could not be so comfortable.
"It is possible to do it, but don't do it alone. On the one hand, it has no effect and is also very risky. If you need to contact a group of people and everyone resists it together, that's different. Anyway, I support you."
Jiang Shun was overjoyed, "I'll contact the village party now!"
He bowed and turned around and hurried away, but he ignored a key question: Is it the same thing as the support of the nv son-in-law and the support of the Dugu family?
Dugu Qi looked at his excited back and shook his head gently. He knew that his father-in-law was not reluctant to give up the little money and food, but that he was too fond of showing off, fearing that the people in the world would not know that he was the father-in-law of the Dugu family.
Just as dawn, the fourteen rice shops in Yao Ji Rice Store were opened one after another. As yesterday's agreement, 400 rice dumplings were limited to one bucket per person. The news quickly spread throughout the city, and there was no time to go.
The terrible crowd rushed to each rice shop with bags and baskets. Soon, several long queues were lined up in front of each rice shop, and the army was also dispatched to maintain order.
Yao Ji Rice Store is the leader of grain merchants in Beijing. Under its leadership, the other four major grain merchants and many small grain merchants also opened businesses, which finally eased the tension in the capital caused by the grain price crisis.
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Next to the Yongfeng Fangfang Menu, there is also a Yaoji rice shop. Among the fourteen rice shops, it can only be considered as the middle and lower. The shopkeeper's surname is Su, and he is a middle-aged man in his forties. Early in the morning, he began to command.
The guy was busy, and a long queue of thousands of people quickly lined up in front of the rice shop. The rice shop he managed only had 3,000 stones of grain storage, which could deal with 30,000 grain buyers. But Shopkeeper Su knew in his heart that his rice storage was
It can only last for two days at most.
"Shopkeeper, why don't you transfer more rice from the outside of the city?" a guy complained.
"Don't ask too much about the above matter!" Manager Su scolded impatiently.
The guy didn't dare to say anything anymore, and Shopkeeper Su was also upset. He had business to do, so why didn't he add more rice?
"Shopkeeper Su! Someone is looking for him outside." Someone called him in the menu.
"knew!"
Manager Su said a few words and walked out. He saw a few young men across the street bowing to him. There was a gorgeous carriage parked next to him, as if a noble man was looking for him.
He walked up quickly and asked, "Who is looking for me?"
Two young men walked behind him and smiled and said, "Please get in the car by Manager Su!"
Manager Su was stunned and immediately asked sternly: "Who are you?"
Two young men held his arm one left and one right, and were extremely strong. They pushed him onto the carriage at once. Someone inside pushed him down, and the carriage immediately ran away.
Manager Su was taken into a room and saw a young officer sitting inside. He smiled and said, "I am Yang Yuanqing. I heard that Manager Su has been working in Yaoji rice shop for twenty years. I would like to ask the shopkeeper for one.
thing."
The person in front of him was actually Yang Yuanqing. Shopkeeper Su was scared and asked tremblingly: "What's the matter?"
"I want to know where Yao Ji Mixing's granary is outside the city?"