This prince, it doesn't matter if you don't do it!

Chapter 269: Juan San's gentry counterattacks, and the court shakes!
When Li Chengqian was scheming others, those gentry in Chang'an were also scheming him.

This is the way the world is, everyone is calculating.

That night, after everyone conveyed their ideas back to the clan, even Wang Shilang felt that the clan would not agree.

After all, his methods are too sinister, too...

But who knew, the next day, the so-called notebook had been widely spread among the honorable circles in Chang'an City.

At first, they thought it was Wang Dequan who started selling the notebook.

As a result, I went to inquire, good guy, this is a gift from someone.

As long as you order tables and chairs at Changming Store, you will get this thing as a gift.

In this way, they could not verify the cost of the notebook.

In desperation, they also ordered a set of tables and chairs, and sent the notebook back to the clan.

After receiving the notebook, those old stubborn members of the clan presumably had a discussion. As for the result, they don't know.

But after that, food was continuously shipped to Chang'an from all over the country.

As a big city with a population of one million, Chang'an can imagine its annual food consumption.

When such a thing happened, Zheng Xu and others also realized that the family's counterattack was about to begin.

It has to be said that the courage of these people is really not comparable to ordinary people.

Since it starts with food, it ends with food.

People in Chang'an City didn't feel much when they saw so much food coming into the city.

No matter how much food was given to them, it was not for nothing.

The price will not be cheaper just because there is more food. For them, the impact is actually not big.

Just after the grain was concentrated in the warehouse of the largest grain store in Chang'an City, the largest grain store in Chang'an announced that it would reduce the price of grain by one penny per stone.

It's not a big discount, but for the common people, they are still very happy.

This shows that food prices are stable.

Stable food prices are the most important thing for ordinary people.

The price of food has been a big problem since ancient times, too expensive or too cheap.

Expensive grain hurts the people, and cheap grain hurts farmers.

To see how a country is doing as a whole, just look at whether food prices are stable or not.

That night, Wang Dequan was discussing matters with everyone in the restaurant, when he heard the news, he shook his head and said: "If the price of food in the royal court of Ming Dynasty is as high as that in Chang'an, I guess His Highness can wake up laughing from a dream."

Now he is completely thinking about the problem from the perspective of the Ming court.

It is estimated that they are the only ones who really enjoy the welfare of the entire Daming royal court.

There is no way, he can feel the importance of the Ming court to him most in Chang'an.

If he hadn't been an official of the Ming court, he would never have been able to step into the palace of the Tang Dynasty in his life!

His present glory, in the final analysis, was all given to him by the Ming court.

"Sooner or later there will be such a day." The guy said with a smile.

This guy is also from the Wang family, although he is a guy from a restaurant, but everyone knows that this restaurant is the diplomatic mission of the Ming royal court in the Tang Dynasty.

In the words of later generations, they are at least career editors!It is not that there is no chance to step into an official career in the future.

As for the price of food, the food price of Daming Royal Court is more than [-]% higher than that of Chang'an. There is no way, this is a profit.

Of course, the price difference has already been earned back by them, but it doesn't have much impact on the Ming court.

"You all work hard." Wang Dequan said with a smile, "One day, His Highness will call me back to court, and the Changming Restaurant and Changming Store will be handed over to you."

Wang Dequan was very grateful for enjoying the benefits brought by the Ming court.

Now in Chang'an City, who would dare to look down on him?
All the buddies smiled, and quickly stated that they must work hard.

"The water is gone, the water is gone!"

But at this moment, there was a sudden cry from outside the window!
Everyone was stunned when they heard it, where did the water go?
Immediately went to the window to have a look, good guy, that is called a monstrous fire!
Everyone was terrified, this Zhu Rong soared into the sky, and it was autumn, if the fire was not good, it might spread to the whole Chang'an!

"Who knows where the water came from?" Wang Dequan asked.

A guy looked at it and said, "It looks like West Market, but it's hard to say exactly where it is."

"It's a crime, the grain store is flooded!" At this moment, someone on the street beat their feet and chest.

When Wang Dequan heard this, he felt regretful.

If it wasn't for the curfew, he would definitely take everyone to help.

In this era, no matter what enmity or grievance the two families have, as long as food is involved, they have to let go of past grievances.

Rescue the food, the two families are still grievances.

In the palace, when Li Er received the news, he also stood up in a jerk, and immediately asked the army to help put out the fire.

The autumn is high and the sun is cool, and any delay may make the fire even bigger.

He himself walked up to the palace wall, looked in the direction of the fire, and sighed uncontrollably.

Fire and water are ruthless!
This night, Chang'an is destined to be a sleepless night, and countless people are paying attention to the fire.

Wei Zheng, a model worker, even arrived at the scene of the fire himself, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

What was burned was food!

It is not long before the world is peaceful, and the country is peaceful and the people are safe. How many people have lost a year of hard work in this fire?

God is unfair!

And in Zheng's house, Zheng Xu hadn't gone to bed yet, sitting alone in the courtyard, watching the fire that soared into the sky in the distance, drinking mulled wine.

Sin!sin...

What did they do to fight back against Li Chengqian?
A total of one million shi of grain was dedicated to Zhu Rong in a big fire, and he was uneasy!

This will be struck by lightning!
That day, the method Wang Shilang proposed was to burn the grain store!
It's just that their family has done more ruthless and more ruthless!

Burning a grain store could not make the court pay attention, so they burned a million stones of grain in one go!
This million stones of grain is worth tens of thousands of guan, but they burned it as soon as they said it!
Just to fight back!

This world is really crazy...

Of course, this also shows their urgency.

Li Chengqian's cheap paper and printing technology they didn't understand really made them feel threatened.

They want to fight back, they want to curb the export of grain, and they want to make it difficult for Li Chengqian's Ming court.

Compared with the roots they depend on for survival, this million-stone grain worth tens of thousands of tons will burn if it is burned.

In fact, for them, this little loss is really nothing. Dozens of families only have to bear a few thousand strings, which they can afford.

But can the royal court of Ming Dynasty bear the impact of food shortage?
In the Wang family, Wang Shilang drank three cups, he smiled.

Even if they were punished by God, they should fight back. He has had enough of being led by Li Chengqian all the time!
"Come here, I want to play!" Wang Shilang shouted, and with the strength of wine, he wrote more than a thousand words eloquently and swiped his pen.

That night, countless people in Chang'an City were waiting for the fire to be extinguished.

That night, countless people in Chang'an City were scribbling and writing.

This night, countless people in Chang'an City are worried about tomorrow's grain prices...

When it was daylight, the fire was finally contained, but it was only contained, not extinguished.

After the curfew ended, countless people rushed towards the direction of the fire, some carrying pots, some carrying buckets, and everyone was working hard to extinguish this innocent disaster.

And today, the Great Court Meeting.

Countless people have memorials in their armholes.

There was a big fire last night, and they all had something to say.

On the dragon chair, Li Er was a little sleepy, and he didn't rest well last night.

"Your Majesty, I have something to play." Fang Xuanling said.

Li Er nodded.

Fang Xuanling said: "Last night, Zhu Rong invaded and burned down the largest grain shop in Chang'an City. The common people were panicked. They feared that some merchants would take advantage of the situation to raise the price of grain and cause civil unrest. My minister suggested opening the Changping warehouse to level the price of grain. , and at the same time transfer food from various places to Beijing."

As a court servant, Fang Xuanling is quite qualified.

When the fire started last night, he was thinking about countermeasures.

Although it is said that a large fire burned a lot of food, for Datang today, a million stones of food can't hurt the muscles and bones. You must know that in Chang'an alone, the food consumed in a year exceeds Millions of stone.

The only thing to worry about is the temporary food shortage, which will cause panic among the people in Chang'an City. After all, everyone is frightened of hunger... Another thing is to beware of unscrupulous businessmen who take advantage of the situation to raise food prices and cause civil disturbances.

Obviously, Fang Xuanling was concerned about these two points.

Li Er nodded, Fang Xuanling's countermeasure was fine, so he agreed immediately.

"Your Majesty, I have a performance." Afterwards, Xiao Yu also stood up and said.

Li Er signaled him to continue.

Xiao Yu said: "My minister requested a strict investigation into the flooding of the grain shop last night. Millions of shi grains were destroyed. Even though it was not from the imperial court, it was from the Tang Dynasty!"

"The minister seconded the proposal." Wei Zheng said as he left the class.

After that, Kong Yingda also stood up: "My minister seconded the proposal."

When they thought of the destruction of a million stones of grain, everyone felt heartbroken.

That's food!

How many lives can survive?
Li Er nodded and said, "Let Chang'an County handle this matter."

The investigation must be investigated, even if they don't say anything, Li Er will also investigate.

Wouldn't he feel bad for Li Er if a million stones of grain were destroyed?
Xiao Yu's saying is correct, even if it is not from the imperial court, it is from the Tang Dynasty!

"Your Majesty, I have something to say." Just at this moment, an unexpected person stepped forward, and this person was the future prime minister, Ma Zhou.

But Wang Shilang and others who were about to stand up just now shrank back when they saw this.

After receiving Li Er's hint, Ma Zhou said: "My minister, please strictly investigate the merchants. Now the merchants of the Tang Dynasty are ungrateful for profit, and what's more, they are transporting grain out of the territory of the Tang Dynasty and selling it to other countries for huge profits. This trend cannot be raised." This trip is not a drum!
In the past, the humble ministers didn't realize how serious it was, but last night Zhu Rong invaded and destroyed my million stones of grain in the Tang Dynasty. Although it was a natural disaster, a mere natural disaster made the people of Chang'an panic.

Although the Tang Dynasty has had good weather in the past two years, not every household has a surplus of food. How can merchants be allowed to sell food to other countries? When the country is in danger, how should we deal with it?

After all, natural disasters predict.

Moreover, the people of the Tang Dynasty did not have enough food and clothing, so how could they have any surplus food to sell to other countries.

I also hope that His Majesty will strictly investigate! "

Li Er knew about Ma Zhou, but he was recommended by Chang He, and he became an official because of his talent.

Moreover, this person was born in poverty, and he is most worried about the suffering of the people on weekdays.

Immediately, Li Er nodded.

This matter is actually interesting, that is to say, it was Ma Zhou who said this, and Li Er knew what he meant.If Wang Shilang and the others had rushed to the front to say this just now, then Li Er would have thought more about it.

There is no way, everyone's demands are different, even if they say the same thing, the purpose is different.

When Ma Zhou said this, it was called serving the country and the people. Wang Shilang and others said, haha, there must be selfishness.

When Wang Shilang and others heard this, they were overjoyed immediately, and they also came out of the class and said: "My minister seconded the proposal! It is wrong for merchants to forget their righteousness when they see profits. This minister believes that we should close the business road for the time being. Decide whether to reopen the business road."

He is more ruthless than Ma Zhou, Ma Zhou just wants to keep more food for Datang, once he opens his mouth, even the business will be cut off for you.

But who doesn't know that those who really have connections, who cares whether they close the business or not?

Hearing what he said, Li Er understood.

Don't be the ones who set this fire!
However, Li Er still had some doubts.

With millions of stones of grain and tens of thousands of coins, how courageous are these misers?

He said that these guys are misers, but he didn’t come here just by opening their mouths. As far as these people’s homes, who didn’t hide a lot of copper coins, and had to pick a special day every year to clean them secretly at night?
Isn't this what a miser is?
But he still underestimated the pressure Li Chengqian put on them.

When the gentry building is about to collapse, not to mention tens of thousands of money, hundreds of thousands of money will not be able to save their inheritance from generation to generation.

"Your Majesty, my minister seconded the proposal." Just as Li Er was pondering, Cui Yushi also stood up.

Not long after, more and more people stood up.

Among them are poor family officials, as well as gentry officials, including noble officials.

A big fire last night made them feel the crisis.

Ma Zhou was right in saying that natural disasters are unpredictable, and no one knows when the next natural disaster will happen unexpectedly.

Datang is the root.

Even if everyone knows that this article is actually aimed at the Daming Royal Court, after all, the only place where Datang exports grain is the Daming Royal Court, but everyone still takes Datang as the most important thing.

This is what a courtier of the Tang Dynasty should think about.

In the court hall of the Tang Dynasty, worrying about the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty, what is that called?
That is traitorous!

Ass gotta straighten up!
No matter who founded the Ming court, the Tang Dynasty is the only object of their allegiance.

"Strictly investigating merchants is a matter of course, but when it comes to closing business roads, isn't it too nervous?" Changsun Wuji said, "Now my Tang Dynasty is revitalizing business. Once the business roads are closed, how much tax will be lost every day? Do you know? ?”

"Duke Qi misunderstood." Ma Zhou said immediately, "The lower official just suggested to strictly check the export of grain, not to close the business."

Ma Zhou was not stupid, he couldn't bear the food going out of the country, Zhu Rong's attack last night did let him see the disaster, but he didn't mean to close the business.

After all, business tax is also one of the important income of the court.

As for the reason why the gentry wanted to close the commercial roads, everyone knew that it was nothing more than to prohibit the entry of cheap paper, and to put it more deeply, it was to curb the commercial development of the Ming court.

But cheap paper is good news for poor students like him.

The reason why he turned a blind eye to the export of food before was because the cheap paper from the Ming court really benefited a poor student like him.

Moreover, at that time, he also felt that Datang was not short of food, so he just had to sell some.

But what happened last night made him realize that the Great Tang hadn't reached the point where he could withstand all crises. That's when he realized that if the Great Ming Dynasty doesn't return to the Tang Dynasty, it will only be the Great Ming Dynasty!
As for why Changsun Wuji stood up, that's more interesting.

It doesn't matter if you want to ban the food of the Ming court, he doesn't care, but if you want to close the business roads between the two countries, then he cares. You know, his eldest grandson's family has now become the largest paper supplier in the entire Tang Dynasty. Not to mention anything else, in terms of paper alone, his eldest grandson's family earns more than ten thousand dollars a year?
If you cut off my money, of course I won't do it.

Everything revolves around interests.

After that, many people jumped out to refute the closure of the business road, joking, everyone is profitable, you want to let everyone go back to the time when they were poor and clinking together?
Who the hell is doing this?
Among them, there were those honorable officials who had just stood up, and immediately realized the problem. Just now, they felt that what Ma Zhou said was reasonable, and heard that Wang Shilang seconded him, but ignored what he said later. Immediately, someone stood up and said : "Yes, what we seconded is to strictly inspect grain exports and close commercial roads. We do not agree!"

Although some of them have not benefited from it, they are all a group and cannot tear each other down.

Li Er smiled and said: "There is no need to close the business, after all, this incident has nothing to do with it."

Seeing this, the gentry officials also knew that it would not work to close the business road.

After all, this touched the interests of too many people.

Although everyone has connections, there are some things that cannot be done with connections.

Just like paper, who in Xungui's family has no connections?
But that thing is based on quantity, and the business is closed. You can still sell paper all over the Tang Dynasty. Whose face is this slapping?

So, it is better not to have this way...

However, the export of grain is prohibited, and the life of the Ming court will be sad.

Everyone knows this.

The imperial court of the Ming Dynasty is now relying on the grain of the Tang Dynasty to live. If this happens, its development may stagnate. In the worst case, it may even develop into the former Tuyuhun, living by looting around.

This is also a test for the royal court of Ming Dynasty.

But at this moment, Li Er smiled: "It's best that Zhu Rong is a natural disaster this time. If I find out that it is a man-made disaster, I will definitely not forgive you."

He also slowly realized that this seemed to be a conspiracy aimed specifically at Li Chengqian.

In fact, he really didn't care about the people targeting Li Chengqian, but if he used such tricks to target Li Chengqian by killing one thousand and self-defeating eight hundred, then he couldn't bear it.

That is food, and it is the foundation of many people's lives!

When everyone heard this, they were also taken aback.

Don't it really be a man-made disaster?

Even Changsun Wuji, who is wicked and smoldering, can't help but look at the nobles. If you really did it, it would be too wicked.

And Wei Zheng even said: "If it is found out that this is a man-made disaster, he should be punished!"

Wei Zheng seldom uttered such harsh words, but he couldn't bear it when it was about food.

Not to mention the gentry, even if his son did this, he couldn't stand it!

To be honest, Wei Zheng is actually a member of the gentry.

But this did not prevent him from calling for a strict investigation.

Million stones of grain, his heart is bleeding just thinking about it!

"If it is a man-made disaster, you should be punished!" Wang Shilang, who was the instigator, immediately stated his position.

He's thick-skinned, too!
And with the end of the Great Court Assembly, the entire Chang'an City became busy.

This fire shook the entire court!
(End of this chapter)