"Your Majesty, the Duke of Wei and other nobles are kneeling outside and asking for a meeting."
On this day, Wang Chengen reported to Zhu Youxiao.Zhu Youxiao smiled.He had already guessed the intentions of these nobles.It is now the second half of the fourth year of the Apocalypse.With a batch of grain borrowed from the Wa Kingdom and returning to Ningbo with the ocean current in November this year, the grain controlled by the imperial court was enough to push the price of grain several times lower than it is now.And when Zhu Youjiao planned to continue to drop a wave and break the minimum price in the middle of Wanli, he didn't expect that these nobles would admit defeat so quickly."
It's snowing outside, isn't it?"
Zhu Youxiao asked Han Yi at this time.Han Yi didn't dare to speak casually now, because he really couldn't figure out which words the emperor would hate him because of what he said, and affirm him because of which words, and now seeing that the emperor took the initiative to ask him, he cautiously replied: "Back to Your Majesty, yes." ”"It should be cold outside."
Zhu Youxiao continued to ask."
Back to Your Majesty, yes."
Han Yi continued to reply.And Zhu Youxiao didn't ask again, but lay on the couch and squinted and fell asleep.Wang Chengen didn't continue to ask if he wanted to send those nobles in, walked to Zhu Youxiao's side with interest, and added a layer of bedding to Zhu Youxiao.At this time, the Nanjing nobles kneeling outside were indeed shivering with cold, but they did not dare to leave, after all, the only thing they could count on now was that His Majesty the Emperor could raise his noble hand and let them go."
Selling plum blossom cakes!
Freshly made plum blossom cake!
Cheap and tasty!
Just three pennies!
”At this time, the shouting of pastries selling on the street outside came.As the price of food continued to fall, the street pastry vendors began to become active, after all, it didn't cost much to buy rice to make pastries, and because of this, even on such snowy days, the shouts of the hawkers began to be heard."
Bring me three cages!
The children in the family love to eat, so they just buy more, only nine cents, and now this rice cake is really cheap. ”At this time, the voice of a customer also reached the ears of the Nanjing nobles inside.When the nobles of Nanjing heard this conversation, their hearts hurt even more, because they knew that the plum blossom cake was so cheap now because the price of grain was cheaper.Zhu Youxiao deliberately let these Nanjing nobles who were not interested in it before be cold outside, so he opened his eyes after taking a nap for a while and said, "Let them come in!"
Xiong Tingbi, it's up to you to meet them and do what you have arranged in advance. ”"Obey the order!"
Xiong Tingbi replied.And Zhu Youxiao did not plan to meet these Nanjing nobles in person.As the emperor, he is so cold, after all, not everyone can see him in real person.From the first time he met him and did not grasp the opportunity, he had already lost the opportunity to meet the emperor face to face.Next, these Nanjing nobles who were about to freeze into ice cubes met the cabinet minister Xiong Tingbi.Xiong Tingbi's attitude towards these Nanjing nobles was naturally not good.He was already short-tempered, and he was not as easy to talk as Han Yi.Therefore, as soon as Xiong Tingbi saw these Nanjing nobles, he directly said with a straight face: "The princes are also embarrassed to come to see Your Majesty!"
”Xu Hongji and the other Nanjing nobles heard Xiong Tingbi talk like this as soon as he saw them, and they couldn't hold their faces for a while.Only Gu Mingjiao directly curled his mouth and cried first: "We really can't help it!"
Ask the elder to tell Your Majesty, please save us, if the price of this grain falls again, we really won't be able to live!
”"Yes, if the price of this grain falls again, it will hurt the peasants, and we are also worried about the people!"
Zhu Guobi echoed and said.And Xu Hongji also said: "We are guilty, but we are also bewitched by the traitor Dou Ding, this person has been captured by us, and I also ask the elder to tell Your Majesty, please Your Majesty Mingjian, look at the ministers and other ancestors for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, and forgive the sins of the ministers!"
”Xiong Tingbi smiled coldly and said, "Now you know that you have come to ask Your Majesty?"
When Your Majesty asked you to put grain on the market, how did you deal with Your Majesty?
only gave so much food, and said that there were many people in the family, and there was not much surplus food. ”"Since there is no surplus grain, what does the fall in grain prices have to do with the princes, even if the price of grain is as cheap as artemisia grass, it is just for self-consumption, no matter what to do!
It can be seen that you were deceiving the king in the past!
You must have a lot of food, right?
”Xiong Tingbi said sharply and continued to ask.Xu Hongji and the other Nanjing nobles didn't know how to answer, so they only lowered their heads."
You should all be beheaded for the crime of deceiving the king!"
Xiong Tingbi continued to say hatefully.Gu Mingjiao hurriedly defended: "We are just confused for a while, and we ask the elder to be in Your Majesty!"
”"Yes!
Our ancestors of the Tang family can also be regarded as having shed blood and sweat for Daming!
”Lingbi Hou, after Tang He, Tang Xingzuo echoed at this time.Other Nanjing nobles also said so, nothing more than to bring out the exploits of their ancestors, hoping that the Ming Emperor would give them a way to live for the sake of their ancestors.Xiong Tingbi said: "It is precisely because you are meritorious that your ancestors laid down such a peaceful world for the Ming Dynasty and the people of the world, or guarded such a peaceful world, and Your Majesty is not really a ruthless and unrighteous king, so your Majesty has said that you can remember it first and not deal with you, so as to see your future performance." ”Gu Mingjiao smiled first, and hurriedly said: "Benevolence and righteousness have no way to pass Your Majesty, Your Majesty is really the first benevolent monarch of the ages!"
”Zhu Guobi also agreed: "Yes!
In the end, it is Your Majesty, and his mind is really ashamed of the minister. ”These nobles were all happy because of this, and they all thought that in the end, because their ancestors were meritorious to the Ming Dynasty, and His Majesty did not chill the hearts of the meritorious people in the world, and he still did not plan to put his people too far to death.But at this time, Xiong Tingbi said: "Don't be happy too early, although Your Majesty remembers your sins first, it doesn't mean that I will wipe your buttocks!"
Of course, the price of grain is related to the livelihood of the people in the world, and Your Majesty will not let it continue to fall, so Your Majesty has already approved that the Grain Industry Bureau can purchase private surplus grain at a price of 500 yuan per stone. ”"AhhFive hundred wen and one stone?!
”Gu Mingjiao's mouth opened wide in shock after hearing this."
It's lower than the current market price, so you can't lose money?"
Zhu Guobi said.Xu Hongji was silent, and said in his heart: "This is simply falling into a well!"
Although the words are good-looking, they don't really want to save themselves at all, but take the opportunity to copy our bottom!
”"Five hundred wen and one stone, the cost of grain production is more than this price, what is the difference between this and giving it to the imperial court for nothing!""
To be exact, what's the difference between this and raiding a house!"
Tang Xingzuo and other nobles also thought to themselves quite angrily."
It's already good, after a while, the market price will fall to a penny and a stone, or even three or four hundred wen a stone, as long as Your Majesty is willing, any price is possible, because the imperial court now has grain, understand?
Of course, you can not buy it, you can burn it directly, don't you like to burn your own grain?
”Xiong Tingbi glanced at these nobles and said.Then, Xiong Tingbi asked Xu Hongji: "Yes, Wei Guogong!"
”Xu Hongji's heart was like a knife, but he still smiled awkwardly, and then gritted his teeth and said: "Please also ask the elder pavilion for advice, if we are willing to sell this year's newly harvested grain for five hundred wen per stone, I don't know who to find?"
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Where are the people from the Food Industry Bureau?
”Xu Hongji had to agree, because it was better to sell it at a price of 500 wen and one stone now than to sell it at a price of 300 or 400 wen in the future.Seeing this, the other Nanjing nobles also expressed their willingness, even if they were very reluctant in their hearts.Xiong Tingbi said: "When the time comes, the servants will send people from the Grain Industry Bureau to collect it, and then not only the people from the Grain Industry Bureau, but also the officials and soldiers, because if you can't repay the money you borrowed from Daming Bank, you need to use collateral to repay." ”"Borrowed money?"
Gu Mingjiao and the others were shocked when they heard this.Zhu Guobi shook his head first: "No, no, no, I can't really take away my farmland just because I can't repay the loan now!"
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