dream of red mansion

Chapter 724 Letter

"He dared to act so recklessly, could it be that he relied on the waist of your chief assistant?"

Emperor Zhengqing suddenly said in an extremely gloomy way.

Everyone was shocked.Emperor Zhengqing couldn't help but want to do something to He Shanbao?

"The veteran does not dare to quibble, He Jichai is indeed the nephew of the same clan of the veteran, but the veteran has served the Supreme Emperor for [-] years as a guarantee, and the veteran has absolutely never condoned him to do these unreasonable things!

Your Majesty, please send someone to strictly investigate. If he really committed the unforgivable crime as Zhang Yuanwailang said, I beg your Majesty to punish him severely according to the law. "

He Shanbao knelt down and said.

Emperor Zhengqing was furious, this old man still wants to use the Supreme Emperor to suppress me!
"Of course I will punish severely." Emperor Zhengqing replied coldly, then skipped it.Zhao Quan, the commander of the Jinyi Army, was also called into the palace, and the Jinyi Guards set off immediately to investigate the theft and sale of Taicang Valley in six affiliated warehouses including Tianjin.

South study.

As usual, Emperor Zhengqing called a group of his confidant ministers to hold a small meeting here.

When discussing the issue of refugee resettlement, Cui Wenlong sighed: "In the final analysis, the main problem is money and food. I hate that most of the large and small grain merchants in the capital are hoarding, and the price of food is almost double what it used to be."

Lin Ruhai added: "That's all, the minister sent people to buy grain a few days ago, went to eleven grain stores in total, but only bought 72 shi of grain in total, and they all said that the grain was sold out.

And dare not offend the imperial court, left and right are just evasion words! "

Emperor Zhengqing said harshly: "These profiteers, sooner or later, I will let them know what it means to be greedy and insufficient! At that time, they will not be able to earn a penny."

Of course, he was only talking temporarily.Things have to be done one by one. Now that the imperial court has so many things to do, it really can't spare the time to fight with these profiteers.

Cui Wenlong looked at Lin Ruhai with a smile, and said with a smile, "Master Lin forgot to say something."

Lin Ruhai glanced at him, then suddenly took off the hem of his clothes, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I still have something to say."

Emperor Zhengqing smiled, he naturally saw Cui Wenlong and Lin Ruhai playing charades.

"Go ahead."

"I have heard from many grain shop bosses that Jia Qing, the first-class general of the Ningguo Mansion, used to connect several well-known grain shop bosses to do grain business. It is estimated that the accumulated grain will not be less than 40 million shi."

Emperor Zhengqing was just about to have a sip of tea to hear what Lin Ruhai had to say, when the clinker turned out to be such news!

"What is he hoarding so much food for?" Zhengqing asked, putting down the teacup.

"I don't know, he didn't tell me about this matter."

Lin Ruhai looked at Fang Shou.

Fang Shou smiled wryly and said, "You don't need to look at me, he didn't tell me either."

In this way, Lin Ruhai said again: "There is nothing wrong with it. He likes to ponder these Tao Zhu's techniques the most. Since so many people say so, he must have really hoarded food. Even if there are not so many rumors in the market, There must be some.

But I believe that he is definitely not the same as the others, with the intention of hoarding wealth and making money for the country.He is a noble son, and he must understand the truth. "

Lin Ruhai spoke for Jia Qing all the time.It's not that he doesn't know how to avoid suspicion, but that he knows Emperor Zhengqing's temperament, and also knows that Emperor Zhengqing understands his previous relationship with Jia Qing very well.

They are father and son.

If the father does not speak for the son, then he has ulterior motives.

"I heard that General Xiao Jia likes to run restaurants, and he even built a winemaking workshop outside the city that is known as the largest in the whole of Chu. Maybe he hoards food for winemaking." Cui Wenlong seemed to be helping Lin Ruhai, so he said so.

Emperor Zhengqing couldn't help rolling his eyes.

"Even if the entire capital only buys wine from his family, it won't cost 40 million shi of grain!

Send someone to call him into the palace, I would rather"

Emperor Zhengqing originally wanted to say that he had to ask Jia Qing why he hoarded so much food, but suddenly remembered that Jia Qing was not in the capital at this time.

"Forget it, if he really hoards so much grain, I won't allow him to use it to make wine. The court is short of food, and the people can't even afford to eat. He still has so much grain to use to make wine!"

Even Emperor Zhengqing didn't notice that there was a hint of sourness in his tone
Fortunately, all the courtiers he relied on were in the hall at this time, so he didn't have to worry too much about losing his majesty.

In fact, as an emperor, he only has more than [-] shi of grain in his treasury, not to mention how many gaps Zhao Quan can find out this time.

As an emperor himself, his pocket is not as good as that of a teenager?
"The humble minister went to Jia's house after he came down from the imperial court, and asked if it was true that he had hoarded a large amount of grain. If there was something true, I should instruct them not to tamper with this batch of grain."

Emperor Zhengqing blushed slightly.

When Lin Ruhai said this, it felt as if a group of them were plotting against Jia Qing's family business.

But at this time, the imperial court is indeed about to fall into a difficult situation. At this time, Jia Qing bumps into him, and he has to accept it even if he refuses to accept it!

Of course, Emperor Zhengqing never thought of plundering, and the royal family of Great Chu was not so useless.

He wants to buy
In Fengzao Palace, Yuan Chun was writing and had nothing else to do when he heard that Emperor Zhengqing was coming, and hurriedly greeted him.

"You don't need to be too polite." Emperor Zhengqing called Yuan Chun who was paying his respects, and went directly to the outer kang and sat down.

"Why is the emperor so free to come to my concubine today?"

Yuan Chun personally brought over a cup of tea and asked softly.

"I'm here to see you."

Emperor Zhengqing said casually.After discussing politics in the South Study Room, he was planning to go for a walk in the Imperial Garden.

While walking, he thought about several major events in the court today, and after thinking about it, he felt that the most important thing was to have food for the court.Otherwise, not only will the refugees not be properly resettled, but even border wars may be greatly affected.

But the reality now is that food prices in the capital are quite high, not to mention Guanzhong, Kanto and other places suffering from wars.

Food prices in the south of the Yangtze River are still relatively stable, but they are too far apart.If the imperial court decides to transfer grain from the south of the Yangtze River wantonly, let alone how much it can transfer, it is certain that the price of grain in the south of the Yangtze River will immediately soar.

After thinking about it, he still felt that it would be good if Jia Qing and others hoarded a large amount of food, as rumored in the market.

At least Jia Qing is an honorable minister, and taking food from him is considered to be a worry for the country, and the court will not end up in the name of competing with the people for profit.

But after all, he felt that he owed Jia Qing such "bullying", so he decided to come to Yuanchun to have a look.

Yuan Chun smiled slightly after hearing Emperor Zhengqing's words, but he didn't have the intention of inviting pets, he just sat quietly on the other side and watched Emperor Zhengqing taste tea.

"The emperor's complexion is not very good recently, did you encounter any embarrassment?"

Seeing that Emperor Zhengqing seemed to have a distressed look on his face, Yuan Chun asked in order to break the quiet situation.

Perhaps Emperor Zhengqing was quite satisfied with Yuanchun's decency, so he didn't rush to leave. Instead, he put down the teacup and replied: "It's still a matter of the previous dynasty. Now the front line is fighting, and money and food are needed everywhere. At this time, another case of corrupt officials ganging up on stealing and selling Taicang Valley broke out, which is really hateful."

Emperor Zhengqing simply complained to his concubine, and never thought of getting any good solutions from her.

Yuan Chun naturally understood, she just said: "Corruption of ink has existed in all dynasties, since it has been found out, the emperor can just deal with it, and there is no need to get too angry about it."

Emperor Zhengqing nodded.

"However, since the emperor talked about money and food, the concubines have something to say to the emperor."

"speak."

"The emperor sit down for a while." Yuan Chun got up, went to the drawer of his desk and took out a letter.

"This is given to the concubine by the younger brother of the concubine before leaving Beijing. It is said that once the emperor bothers about food, he will ask the concubine to forward it to the emperor."

"Why can't he write it as a memorial and make it so mysterious?" Emperor Zhengqing took the letter and saw four large characters written on it:

Your Majesty
Emperor Zhengqing knew that it must have been done by Jia Qing.

"The concubine also felt that it was not proper for him to do so, but he explained it solemnly, and the concubine had no chance to dissuade him, so I had to follow what he said.

But he did say that once the emperor reads his letter, he will be able to understand his painstaking efforts."

Yuan Chun smiled as he spoke.

"Oh." Emperor Zhengqing almost laughed angrily, and said: "Then I have to take a good look at what kind of painstaking efforts he has hidden."

After speaking, he opened the letter and read it.

(End of this chapter)