marquis of jingan

Chapter 43
Shen Ling naturally had reason to be proud.

Because on the first day when grain prices rose, he bought [-] catties of grain from the grain store and piled them at home. No matter how much the price of grain stores outside increased, the grain would be enough for the Shen family to last for a year or so. of.

Now, it has nothing to do with him whether the price of grain is rising or the grain store is closed and does not sell grain.

Shen Yi, who heard the news, was stunned for a moment.

Although he was one of the promoters of this matter, he did not expect that the matter would develop to the point where it is today.

According to his original estimation, once the matter of Jiangdu's grain price fermented, then the magistrate Chen, who cherished his feathers, would attack the grain merchants for the sake of the reputation of the government and his own reputation, and copied the homes of several grain merchants to the imperial court. majesty.

If Chen Zhifu is unwilling to offend these squires, Master Lu will write a letter to the capital to add fuel to the fire, completely ignite the fire, and force Chen Fuzun to attack these grain merchants.

From Shen Yi's point of view, no matter how rich Ma Yuanwai and other grain merchants were, in front of Chen Yu, the prefect of Jiangdu, they would only be beaten and had no room to fight back.

What he never expected was that these grain merchants in Jiangdu were so stubborn, they not only shut down the grain business and forced the government, but now they even went to the capital to sue the prefect of Chen!
In fact, if you think about it carefully, this matter is also very reasonable.

These grain merchants are not pure merchants, they also have people in the imperial court, and even in the household department, so they naturally know how much the household department gave them to buy grain this time.

With the price from the Ministry of Households, and comparing it with the price of grain given by the Jiangdu Yamen, it is natural to know that Chen Fuzun took money from it.

Originally, this kind of thing was regarded as an unspoken rule in the officialdom. Now that the magistrate's office has passed, it is normal to get stuck one after another, but now the prefect Chen of the government office wants both money and fame, and after taking the money, he still wants Let the grain merchants in Jiangdu grit their teeth and suffer this loss, these grain merchants in Jiangdu naturally cannot agree.

And the reason why they closed the grain store today is because today is the three-day deadline given by Feng County Magistrate. According to Feng Zhixian's request, the price of rice in the grain store in Jiangdu City today should not exceed four Wen a catty.

This price is still about double the usual rice price, but because the rice is transferred from other places, this price can no longer satisfy the grain merchants like Ma Yuanwai.

These grain merchants got together to discuss it, and they simply closed the grain store this morning, and clamored to go to the capital to sue the prefect Chen for embezzling public funds from the household department.

After listening to Shen Ling's general story, Shen Yi lowered his head and thought for a while, then lowered his eyebrows and said: "It seems that these grain merchants in our Jiangdu have a lot of power behind them, and they are not afraid of the local government at all. Now...they officially The fight has begun."

The current Shen Yi has become a bystander in this fight, but for him, a bystander, no matter what the outcome of the struggle between the two sides is, he can accept it.

After all, the grain merchants like Ma Yuanwai are not good people, and the Jiangdu officials like Chen Yu and Feng Lu may not be good officials. If the two sides fight, if the Jiangdu grain merchants lose, then they will help Shen Yi take revenge. If it is Chen Yu The prefect of Jiangdu lost, the big deal...

The big deal is that Shen Yi will find another chance in the future.

As a traveler who has been a human for two generations, Shen Yi still has some confidence in his heart. He is very confident. It can ruin the Ma family.

It's just a matter of time.

Thinking of this, Shen Yi stood up, first touched Shen Heng's head and signaled him to go to school to study first, after Shen Heng left, Shen Yi looked at Shen Ling again, smiled and said: "Brother, regarding the closure of the grain store, you What do you think?"

Third Young Master Shen curled his lips first, and then said: "If you want me to say, our grain merchants in Jiangdu did not have any major faults. Before the imperial court bought grain, they were not doing business honestly? So much grain has been taken away, and those officials are still filling their pockets, as long as these grain merchants have a little way, they will not be willing to fight against the government."

"It's all right now, the grain store is closed, and they've completely lost face with the government."

Shen Ling looked at Shen Yi, and said: "Our Jiangdu is so close to the capital, and we can go back and forth in a fast day. The news that Jiangdu's grain stores are all closed will spread to the capital in a short time. If the court knows about Jiangdu Chaos, Chen Fuzun's official hat..."

"I'm afraid I can't keep it!"

"The third brother is easy."

Shen Qilang folded his hands on his front sleeves, looked at Shen Ling, and said with a smile: "Our Jiangdu's mansion may not be a fuel-efficient lamp, he must have connections in the court, maybe in a few days, these Jiangdu Grain merchants are about to start suffering."

Shen Yi had inquired about the information about Chen Yu, the magistrate of Jiangdu. This man was a Jinshi in the 11th year of Yuanping, and he was only 25 years old when he was a Jinshi. The most important thing is this Chen Fuzun, who is a student of Yang Xiangguo in the capital.

Speaking of this, Shen Yi also stood up and stretched his waist: "Third brother, let's just watch, this fight will probably result in three to five days."

After saying this, Shen Yi settled the early payment, bid farewell to Shen Ling, and set off to return to the academy.

He needs to go back and talk to Master Lu about this matter, not that he needs Master Lu to do something. After all, he has found a topic that he can talk to Master Lu about. A little favorability.

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Just when Shen Yi left the city, the chubby county magistrate Feng Lu had already arrived in the study of the magistrate's yamen. Chen Yu clasped his hands on the seat and said, "Master Fu, today, according to the agreement three days ago, I inspected all the food stores in the city, and found that not only did they not lower their prices, but most of them closed their doors and stopped selling food."

Chen Zhifu was lowering his head to write something at the moment, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth when he heard the words: "They are not willing to sell, and some people who are willing come to Jiangdu to sell grain. All the markets that are closed today, my government will have people write them down one by one. As long as the government is still in Jiangdu, they will stare at them all day to see if they are really closed and not selling food!"

After saying this, Chen Fuzun said with a blank face: "The food that our government brings in from other places will be sent to Jiangdu in a short time, and the yamen will sell this batch of food at the cost price. "

County magistrate Feng was a little hesitant when he heard the words, he looked up at Chen Fuzun again, and said cautiously: "Master Fuzun, apart from this matter, there is..."

"And they sued the government, didn't they?"

Chen Fuzun did not shy away from this matter at all, but said lightly: "Two days ago, there was a censor impeaching the government in the imperial court. It will not be long before the imperial court's supervisory censor and people from Dali Temple will arrive in Jiangdu , thoroughly investigate this matter."

Speaking of this, Chen Fuzun smiled coldly: "They will investigate this matter thoroughly."

After hearing the words, County Magistrate Feng didn't dare to say anything, so he left with his head down.

Chen Fuzun sat in his seat for a while, and then left the magistrate's yamen. Not long after, he came to the second floor of a small red building by the Yudai Lake, and found Mr. Zhao who was enjoying himself in Wenrou Township.

After seeing Mr. Zhao, Chen Yu explained where he was from. Mr. Zhao got up from the bed carelessly, looked at Chen Yu while putting on his clothes, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is relieved, it's just a few unscrupulous businessmen making trouble, it's nothing event."

"I'll go back to the capital today, and go to the household department to explain this matter for you."

(End of this chapter)