Splendid Pastoral Wife

Chapter 187
"What way?" Before Sun Mingyu could speak, Yun Luo, who had been silent for a while, asked first.

"I'll write a letter later, and I'll trouble Master Sun to send it to him. After he reads the letter, he will decide whether to see me or not." Tian Liusu smiled slightly, and said to Sun Mingyu confidently.

"Yes." Sun Mingyu agreed. Although she was puzzled, she didn't know what kind of medicine she sold in the gourd, but she didn't dare to delve into it. After answering, she stood aside and waited for Yunluo's question.

He knew that Yunluo also wanted to ask him in private, but he valued Tian Liusu very much and asked her to ask first. Tian Liusu probably only had this question. After she finished asking, it was his turn now.

Tian Liusu stood up from the chair and bowed to Yunluo: "My son, I will write the letter first, and I will come back later after you have finished chatting with Mr. Sun. By the way, I will hand over the letter to Mr. Sun and let him pass it on to him." .”

"Well, let's go." Yunluo agreed and watched her go.

After she left, he turned his head and picked up the tea on the table, took a sip and looked at Sun Mingyu. After a long while, he asked slowly, "Master Sun, how much grain is there in the Longcheng grain depot?"

Sun Mingyu's heart was shocked when he heard this question, and then he lifted his official robe and knelt down, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, there is no grain in the grain depot."

"What?" Yunluo was furious, and the tea bowl in his hand poured out the tea. He never expected that there was no grain in the Longcheng grain depot, which is the main base of Tianqi grain.

He slammed the table and yelled angrily: "What's going on? Hurry up and tell the truth."

"Yes." Sun Mingyu raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead, agreed, and spoke slowly.

"My lord, the grain stored in Longcheng's grain depot has been shipped to the army as military rations since three years ago, and most of it has been transported to Yanmen Pass."

Three years ago, it was the time when Yunluo led troops to Yanmenguan to quell the chaos. At that time, most of the grain in the army came from Longcheng and Luoyi, but the two places had a bumper harvest every year, but there was no grain in the grain depot. Yunluo really didn't expect it.

"Then why didn't this matter be reported to the court?"

"My son, this matter has been reported to the lower officials, but there is no result. The lower officials thought they were suppressed. Originally, last year, after the weird person provided new seeds, they got a bigger harvest. The lower officials originally wanted to increase the harvest. All the grain was put into the grain depot at twice the rent, but it was collected at five times the rent by a military ration collection order, which not only made the grain depots useless, but also caused disasters..."

Yunluo was silent. Emperor Jingcheng was old. During the three years he went to war, the fourth prince Jing Yanyu from the empress was established as the crown prince, and the second prince Jing Yan was from Concubine Tian Gui, who was Tian Jingfei. My younger sister, originally the second prince in the court was the most vocal to be made the crown prince, but the emperor had ulterior motives to appoint the fourth prince as the prince. If Tian Jing was responsible for the military rations, then things would become complicated.

Those who want to get the throne must obtain military power or secretly recruit soldiers, and the most important thing in recruiting soldiers is food. Thinking of this, Yunluo was shocked. The battle in the court seems to have begun, or since he set off three years ago It has already started. Although Sun Mingyu didn't say who is behind the grain collection this time, he must have guessed it.

Tian Jing, the most powerful person in the court, is No. 1, and he is supporting the second prince. If the two of them work together, it will not be difficult to suppress those memorials. Sometimes the emperor is helpless even if he knows it. The reason why he established the fourth prince As the prince, he probably wanted him to fight with the second prince to maintain balance.

"Maybe the big family in the city donated some food?" Yun Luo asked Sun Mingyu with a sigh after thinking for a long time.

"My lord, the big households in the city take turns to donate porridge to the victims every day. For such a long time, the food stored in the family is almost used up. It's not that they don't want to donate, but that they really can't donate."

"A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Longcheng is a big grain-producing city in the apocalypse. Which of the rich families doesn't hoard grain for ten or eight years? Tomorrow, we will call the rich households in the city to come and ask them to donate part of the grain or silver to ease the burden." Disaster situation, let’s wait until the time of spring plowing.”

Yunluo made a final decision. He didn't believe that there would be no food in the homes of the big households in Longcheng. At this time, those big households would hoard food for huge profits. For now, they can only collect part of it from them.

"My son, even if the big households in the city are willing to donate food and money, it is still not enough to maintain the spring plowing. Many victims of the disaster have already joined the recently raised Mingyue Sect."

Sun Mingyu's voice changed to this matter.

"Mingyue Sect? How much does Lord Sun know about this Sect?" Yun Luo couldn't help asking when he heard him mention Mingyue Sect.

"My son, I only know that this sect is for the benefit of the common people in the world. People in their sect have appeared in Longcheng several times, and every time they appear, they will leave some food for the victims... The people are now vying to think about it." Join this teaching."

"Oh? It seems that Mr. Sun has a good impression of this religion." Yunluo said meaningfully.

"My son, what I said is the truth, and I don't want to hide it. A few days ago, I accidentally received a secret letter, saying that the Mingyue Sect was willing to donate [-] shi to Longcheng. There was no condition in the secret letter." , The lower official finds it incredible, so there is no response, just waiting for the court to come and then report, now you are finally expected, and I ask the prince to decide."

Yunluo looked at Sun Mingyu deeply, confirming the authenticity of his words.

"No conditions? There will be no pies in the sky. Don't Master Sun even understand such a simple truth?"

Sun Mingyu was startled, and lowered his head. At this moment, Tian Liusu came out with the letter.

Seeing the confrontation between the two, Tian Liusu glanced at Yunluo, saw him staring at Sun Mingyu with suspicion in his eyes, coughed softly, and Yunluo immediately looked back at her.

"Have you finished?" She raised the letter in her hand.

"We just talked about Mingyue Sect." Yun Luo said lightly.

"Mingyue Cult? Does Mr. Sun also know this sect?" Tian Liusu was very interested in the sect. Seeing that Sun Mingyu also knew this sect, he couldn't help but want to learn more about it through him.

"My son, my concubine, in fact, the influence of this sect has greatly exceeded our expectations. A large part of the people know this sect, and they understand this sect very well."

Seeing that Yunluo didn't avoid Tian Liusu in anything, Sun Mingyu stopped dodging and expressed his opinion directly.

"How much does Master Sun know about this teaching?" Yun Luo looked at him firmly.

"The lower officials don't have a good impression of that sect, but the Mingyue sect has a good reputation among the people."

"Does Master Sun know the details of the Mingyue Sect?" Tian Liusu interrupted and asked at this moment.

"I don't know much about it. It is said that the leader of the Moon Sect is very mysterious, and everything in the religion is represented by messengers."

(End of this chapter)