Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 179 The Weasel Comes to Greet the New Year

Day after day of heavy snow covered Chang'an City with a white coat.Li Tai, who had a headache because of the food, stepped hard on the snow on the ground.If it wasn't for the hateful snow, I wouldn't have come here either.

"My brother, I have seen His Highness the Crown Prince. I haven't seen my elder brother for a long time. His complexion is much better than that of the past few days. It is really gratifying."

Seeing the strenuous efforts of the little fat man Li Tai to bow and salute, it must be that his stomach has gained weight recently.But it's no wonder, it's understandable that people feel refreshed on happy occasions.

"Qing Que, they are all brothers of our own family. They don't have those courtesy. You haven't eaten breakfast. Let's eat together." Li Chengqian put down the bowl and chopsticks and greeted warmly.

"Then you are welcome." If it wasn't for asking for something, how could Li Chengqian's few small dishes and bowls of porridge invite his majestic King Wei.I really don't understand, the prince is so rich, why is he so stingy, even his own servants eat better than him.

"Qing Que, I'm not serving Emperor Father in Chengqing Palace today, what's the matter in coming to the East Palace?" After finishing speaking, he picked up a chopstick and ate pickles.Speaking of eating pickles, among the people he knew well, only Wang Zhi and Hou Junji could eat with him.

"Um, this, uh, it's like this. This year, the snow in Guanzhong is heavier than in previous years. The road is impassable, and the price of food has skyrocketed. I have issued several admonitions, but it has no effect. Now there are many The people can no longer afford to buy food, and if things go on like this, there will be disasters.”

"Well, well, big brother has a granary in Lantian, can you set aside some to stabilize the price of grain." After finishing speaking, Li Tai's face turned red, and it was all because of those aristocratic families Running dog and profiteer, otherwise I wouldn't be so humbly begging here.

He himself felt so ashamed and flustered, he took his place while he was seriously injured, and now he might come to beg him, which is too shameless.

However, there is no way around this. The emperor demanded that the price of grain in Chang'an be reduced to the daily level within five days. At present, no one can provide so much grain except for the crown prince.

After listening to the little fat man's words, Li Chengqian looked him up and down with great interest. It's not bad, he can fight business wars, and he has made great progress.But it’s not enough to use Taicang’s grain to stabilize food prices, so why use my own things.

Oh, father is testing me, this father is really interesting.

"Good idea, tell me how much you want."

Let me go, how can the crown prince speak easily in this situation? You must know that if this matter is done, it will be his political achievements, and he will be the one who will show his face to the emperor at that time.

"Tell me, why are you in a daze." Seeing the little fat man in a daze, Li Chengqian couldn't help being curious, why did he become a fool when his wish came true, which is unscientific.

"Two, 20 dan." Li Tai quickly stretched out two fingers. At this time, he didn't open his mouth wide, so he was so embarrassing.

Hehe, I really underestimated my younger brother. I have a big appetite. I plan to fight to the end with the aristocratic family behind the grain merchant.I don't know if the people he sent out can clear the road as soon as possible.

"Okay, let's go to Master Zhang." After finishing speaking, let Zhang Sizheng lead Li Tai to the Chongwen Museum. After all, this food is also fed to the stomachs of the people, and it is the same for anyone who does it. .
"Your Highness, we are taking the overall situation into consideration by not tripping him up. How can you give him back so much food. After giving him, we don't have much military food in our hands except for the six rates."

If he hadn't taught Li Chengqian for so many years, he would still think this student is an idiot.Adding icing on the cake to competitors, you must be crazy, don't you know that little fat man is a weasel giving a New Year greeting to a chicken?
"Furthermore, since the death of Liu Zhenghui, the position of Minister of the Household Department has not been settled by the imperial court. If the King of Wei is allowed to make this matter round and show the emperor's ability to govern the country, then this position will have an owner. "

"Master Zhang, although I don't dare to be as compassionate as a saint, but I can't just watch the people starve to death."

Of course Li Chengqian understood Zhang Xuansu's meaning, but to be honest, he didn't even want to take this household secretary as a free gift.Just look at the cost of Cuiwei Palace. If the Minister of the Household Department is replaced by his own person, then he still has to wear his pants.

Li Chengqian is not willing to do such a loss-making business without mastering the entire state apparatus, but has to bear most of the expenses. .
Satisfied with receiving 20 tans of grain, Li Taizhi sat in the Hall of Wude and gave orders to the officials from various ministries.

Completely skip the prime ministers in Hongwen Hall, as if all this has nothing to do with them.Yan Lide at the side persuaded him more than once to discuss with Fang Du and others to avoid mistakes.

But at this moment, Li Tai couldn't listen to a word. He finally seized such an opportunity to make meritorious deeds, and prevented his own people from reaping all the merits. Wouldn't that be a disappointment to the good opportunity bestowed by heaven?

Looking at Li Tai standing in front of the Guanzhong map and berating Fang Qiu, Yan Lide shook his head involuntarily. Isn't this Xiaofu Yi'an?After all, he is still young, so it seems impossible not to fall a few somersaults.

It has to be said that Yan Lide's concerns have indeed been fulfilled. It is said that there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom.Seeing that Jing Zhaoyin began to sell grain at a low price, the well-informed grain merchants all went out of business by coincidence.

However, after listening to Chu Heng's report, Li Tai didn't care, and still ordered to continue the distribution of grain, and even took [-] dan from the Wangfu and Yan's family to Jing Zhaoyin.

The reason why he is so confident is that Wei Ting and Xiao Deyan are two great talents who are in charge of clearing the road this time. He even asked for 3000 troops from the right guard to facilitate their work.

But the reality is often cruel. After another ten days, Li Tai had run out of food, but the road was still not cleared.On the contrary, those grain merchants who estimated the price started a new round of misappropriating money at this time to dispel the national calamity.

Crack, crack, crack, Li Tai has been cursing in the Wude Palace for a whole day, throwing away all the things that can be thrown inside, and the maids and eunuchs are also trembling with fear outside.

"Your Highness, we can't blame Wei Ting and Xiao Deyan for this. They tried their best, but the snow is so heavy that it is really impossible to clear it in a short time." Well, Yan Lide couldn't help but sighed after finishing speaking.

When Yan Lide pleaded for Wei Ting and his wife, Gan Yun, the emperor's chief servant, walked in, frowned and looked at the fragments on the ground, and then rushed a few steps to salute: "His Royal Highness, Your Majesty Urgent order, I order you to meet me at Chengqing Hall."

(End of this chapter)