Xiao Qi collected the money, and Da Ma Jin Dao sat on the Ma Zha.
He was wearing a prison uniform and was covered in wounds, making him look intimidating.
"Sir Xiaoqi, you are raising the price privately. If no one buys the incense, how can we deal with it?" the newly recruited ruffian asked with a bow.
"Do you know what I committed?"
Xiao Qi pointed to his prison uniform: "Rebellion, I even attacked the palace gate, are you afraid of a temple? If there are no pilgrims to buy it, I will sell the incense to the temple and let the monks buy it! Anyway, the monks have money!"
The ruffian was frightened, so he dared to play tricks on the good people. But the man in front of him dared to play tricks on the man in the Forbidden City. No wonder he was so arrogant.
"If I report it to the camp governor, I'm afraid it won't be easy to explain!"
"What an explanation! Eunuch Cao wants money, why does he care about the explanation? Didn't he even kill the monk? The sky is broken, why are you so afraid of a bird!"
Xiaoqi smiled ferociously: "We are all people with no tomorrow, no matter if the floods are raging after his death! Fuck him!"
The ruffian looked regretful. What organization did he join?
"May I ask Master Xiaoqi what your name is?"
"I'm Shi Chong, my uncle's name is Shi Heng. I used to be a border soldier. I crawled out from the bloody sea of corpses. I led the army to attack Huiyin Gate. The emperor is close at hand. Who do you think I'm afraid of?" ?”
Plop!
No one else had heard of that ruffian, but Shi Heng was famous and thunderous, especially Shi Heng's fate, which shocked him.
The person in front of me, who should have been exterminated, was actually released!
What on earth does the emperor want to do?
"I was sentenced to kill the nine tribes, but I was released by the emperor. How many do you think I should kill before I can do this? Jie Jie Jie!"
Shi Chong smiled strangely and suddenly roared: "Damn it, you thief is ruining the temple, bring me some wine and meat! Ask a few young monks to come out and wait on you, pick the more delicate ones, and serve the brothers while they eat and drink. !”
Zen Master Huijing was so angry that he was about to go to the palace to complain. When he heard the scolding, he almost fainted: "How can such a pure place of Buddhism get mixed in with such debris! Your Majesty, take a look at this pure place of Buddhism. I will be ruined by these filthy bastards!"
…
Cao Jixiang walked along Longfu Temple and inspected the small temples.
There are thousands of small temples in Beijing. Some are hidden in folk houses, and some are converted from ancestral halls. They worship everything. Buddhism teaches that all things have animism. The pole bearers offer poles, the poor worship the poor god, and the inverted dog worships the roaring dog. , the walking Sophora japonica temple, as well as the Ban monks and Yi people, offering all kinds of offerings.
Cao Jixiang searched for incense along the way and put the incense at the door for sale.
The monks in the small temple were angry but dared not speak out when they saw the official.
Especially when I saw Cao Jixiang and his entourage coming out of Longfu Temple. Even Longfu Temple was operating according to the imperial edict. Naturally, they, who are small people with small temples, did not dare to make mistakes.
As the sky turned dark, Cao Jixiang knocked on the door of Fahua Temple.
Fahua Temple was built by the eunuch Liu Tong and his brother Liu Shun.
This Liu Tong was an eunuch of the Yongle Dynasty. He served as an official for four dynasties and died during the Zhengtong period. After his death, his family property was donated to Fahua Temple, which further expanded its scale and became what it is today.
"Seal the door!"
Cao Jixiang was holding a knife and looked like a camp supervisor.
"Eunuch Cao, what do you mean by this?" The host Ji Yan glanced at Cao Jixiang's blood-stained knife and said politely.
"Kneel down, we are going to read the Holy Spirit's decree!" Cao Jixiang snorted coldly.
"A poor monk is a monk, not one of the Five Elements... ah!"
Before Ji Yan could finish his words, the blade pressed against his neck.
"Who are you?"
Cao Jixiang stared at him coldly: "Don't you dare to kneel down when the emperor tells you? Do you want to go to heaven! Do we need to personally give you a ride to see the Buddha!"
"Eunuch Cao, you and the poor monk are both acquaintances. If you have anything to discuss, it's easy to discuss." Ji Yan looked frightened.
Pooh!
Cao Jixiang spit in his face: "This discussion is nothing! Kneel down!"
Ji Yan sighed and slowly knelt on the ground.
"Cao Jixiang, how can the Holy Land of Buddhism allow you to act wildly?"
A strong monk was dressed as a warrior monk, holding rosary beads and clasping his hands together, but he looked like a glaring King Kong.
"Fahua Temple is an inscription written by Emperor Xuanzong himself, and it is a royal temple. The monks in the temple have conducted rituals for the palace many times, and the presiding officer is even a little shy in front of the Holy One. How can you be allowed to be so presumptuous?"
"Master Jihua, please come here." Cao Jixiang knew this man. He was a warrior monk with a bad temper.
"The poor monk is afraid of you!"
Monk Jihua raised his head high and strode towards Cao Jixiang. He pointed at Cao Jixiang and scolded him: "The Holy Master also asked the poor monk for advice on martial arts training. The poor monk personally taught the Holy Master the wonderful health-preserving skills. The Holy Master was full of praise for this."
"And you, Cao Jixiang, are nothing!"
"Hmph, you are passing on your Holy Master's oral instructions, and the poor monks and others have jumped out of the Three Realms and are not in the Five Elements. How can you be allowed to point your nose and scold them?"
"When the news goes out, we monks are still afraid that you won't be able to erect?"
Jihua was so satisfied that she sprayed Cao Jixiang with blood.
puff!
As he approached, Cao Jixiang swung out a knife, and the blade came straight at him. Jihua only saw the bright blade slicing across his face.
"Ah!" Jihua screamed.
He stepped back, and the knife in Cao Jixiang's hand left his hand, and the blade was embedded in Jihua's face.
"Blood, blood! Cao, Cao Jixiang, you, you..." Jihua stretched out his hands and watched the blood dripping down the blade and fell to the ground. He was stunned.
"Let our family help you pull it out!"
Cao Jixiang quickly walked over, grabbed the handle of the knife, and pressed hard into Jihua's face!
Bah!
Blood poured on Cao Jixiang's face.
Jihua grabbed Cao Jixiang's clothes and wanted to speak, but his mouth was cut into four parts by the blade of the knife. When he spoke, the four parts of his mouth moved wildly, his voice whimpered, and he could not speak.
Uh-huh!
Cao Jixiang slashed hard, and the blade of the blade ran along his cheek, slit his throat, and blood spurted out like a gush of blood.
Pooh!
Cao Jixiang wiped his face and his mouth was full of blood foam. He opened his mouth and spit on the face of the host Ji Yan.
Ji Yan was completely dumbfounded. He never expected that Cao Jixiang would kill someone directly.
A mouthful of spit woke him up.
"How can you kill someone?" Ji Yan pointed at Cao Jixiang, completely dumbfounded.
"Kneel down!"
Cao Jixiang's face showed a look of madness: "Our family has passed down the emperor's oral instructions, who dares not to kneel down!"
Plop!
Ji Yan knelt on the ground stupidly.
The monks of Fahua Temple knelt down, and the pilgrims who were burning incense in the temple were also dumbfounded and knelt on the ground.
Cao Jixiang looked around and saw everyone kneeling on the ground, with the corners of their mouths raised.
"The Oral Order of the Holy Spirit..."
After hearing the decree, Ji Yan understood a little bit why Cao Jixiang threatened him in the first place. This was to dig up the foundation of the temple!
"Ji Yan, post the notices all over the temple and select a few young monks who can read to read them in front of the notices."
"We don't have time to talk nonsense with you!"
"But just tell me one thing, anyone who dares to hide or burn incense privately will be executed!"
Snapped! Snapped! Snapped!
Cao Jixiang slapped the top of Ji Yan's head with the blade of a knife. The melons on the monk's head were shiny, and it felt almost like a slap on the face.
"Master Jiyan, did you hear that?" Cao Jixiang got a little addicted and took a few more shots.
Ji Yan's head was buzzing, but he didn't dare to rub it, so he suppressed his voice and said in a muffled voice: "Listen, I heard it!"
"Just do it!"
Cao Jixiang sheathed his sword and said politely, "Master Jiyan, our family also obeys orders. Don't be angry with our family."
"As long as you follow the notices, our family will never cause trouble to your temple."
"As you know, our family believes in Buddhism."
"Amitabha!" Jingyan didn't want to talk to him.
"It seems that the master is angry with our family."
Cao Jixiang reached out to touch Ji Yan's head.
Jiyan was angry, and the monks of Fahua Temple were ashamed and angry.
"You dare to hide?"
Cao Jixiang felt empty, his eyes were sharp, and he drew out his sword.
"Cao Jixiang, don't push yourself too far!"
A green-robed monk stood between Cao Jixiang and Monk Jingyan, and shouted: "The abbot is a holy monk appointed by the Holy One, how can I allow you to be eunuch and bully me!"
"Others are afraid of your sword, but poor monk Mingjing is not!"
"This poor monk's body is nothing more than an external possession. You can take it if you want. But this poor monk wants to see how you explain it to His Majesty!"
"The monks of Fahua Temple must go to His Majesty's face and ask for an explanation!"
Monk Mingjing was tall and thin, with a thin face, staring intently at Cao Jixiang.
Cao Jixiang suddenly smiled: "Why is Master Mingjing so angry? Our family is just joking with Master."
Seeing Cao Jixiang's stern expression and his internal expression, Monk Mingjing snorted coldly.
However, Cao Jixiang suddenly drew his knife and struck Ming Jing in the face with a cold blow!
Ming Jing's face was split in half!
Blood splatters!
Cao Jixiang's expression was ferocious, and he reached out to touch Ming Jing's head: "Master Ming Jing, if you don't let us touch Master Jiyan, we will touch yours, okay?"
Ming Jing pointed at Cao Jixiang and was speechless.
Blood flowed out loudly.
He subconsciously wanted to retreat, but Cao Jixiang pushed the blade hard and touched his head hard!
Extreme humiliation was Ming Jing's last thought before his death.
"Cao Jixiang! Are you deceiving me that there is no one in Fahua Temple?" a monk roared.
Ji Yan was also anxious: "Cao Jixiang, you went on a killing spree in Lao Na's Fahua Temple. Aren't you afraid that the Buddha will punish you?"
"Come here! The monks of Fahua Temple gathered together to cause trouble! If they obstruct the governor from carrying out the holy edict, kill them all!" Cao Jixiang roared.
Chacha!
With his sword out of its sheath, Patrolman Ding pointed the blade at them. There was even a ruffian who chopped down a monk with one strike first.
"No, no!"
Ji Yan was startled, he was arrogant at first and respectful at the end: "Eunuch Cao, calm down, please raise your hand, don't kill, don't kill, Fahua Temple listens to the order, listens to the order."
"Called Admiral." Cao Jixiang didn't like the title of Camp Governor, as it was not as domineering as Factory Governor.
"Yes, yes, Admiral Cao, please put your knife away, put your knife away." Ji Yan was really frightened, I bet Cao Jixiang was a mad dog.
You also say that you believe in Buddhism, but you are trying to destroy Buddhism!
While he was talking, three monks died in the temple.
Judging from what Cao Jixiang meant, he was very ready to kill Fahua Temple.
"Kneel down!" Cao Jixiang waved his hand and asked the patrolman to put away his knife.
Plop!
Ji Yan knelt down in front of Cao Jixiang in great humiliation. He was filled with hatred but did not dare to show it.
"Do you realize you are wrong?" Cao Jixiang reached out and touched Ji Yan's head.
This bald head is addictive to touch.
Ji Yan was filled with humiliation, so she resisted Cao Jixiang's hand and allowed him to touch her.
"There are just a few points where it doesn't feel good to the touch, which is a pity." Cao Jixiang also complained.
For the sake of the continuation of Fahua Temple, Ji Yan would not hesitate to give up his body. He gritted his teeth and said, "I know I was wrong."
"Hahaha!"
Cao Jixiang smiled proudly and was arrogant and domineering to the extreme.
Out of Fahua Temple.
Someone put on Shi Chong's shoes and told him about receiving a tael of silver from Longfu Temple.
Unexpectedly, Cao Jixiang actually laughed: "Shi Chong is a smart man!"
"Camp Governor."
Tangxu of Qintian Prison was Cao Jixiang's confidant.
Zhu Qiyu specially transferred him to help Cao Jixiang. He whispered: "Battle Supervisor, are you completing the job by doing this?"
"Besides, Fahua Temple is quite obedient. Why are you going on such a killing spree to touch the head of Master Ji Yan, the abbot!" Tang Xu was worried about Cao Jixiang.
"Our family is trying to save their lives!"
Cao Jixiang glanced at him: "Why do you think Shi Chong is so arrogant and domineering outside Longfu Temple? Huh?"
Tang Xu is puzzled.
"Hmph, why did the emperor give us a verbal order?"
"Use your brain. If our family doesn't want to be the villain, how can we let the emperor be the villain?"
"Our family will not only be evil, we will be so evil that ten thousand Buddhas will cast aside us!"
Cao Jixiang smiled evilly: "Those who find trouble will be killed; those who disobey will be killed; and those who are obedient will also be killed!"
"This is how our family survives!"
Tang Xu's mind was spinning, and he suddenly understood.
Why did Cao Jixiang kill people when he entered Fahua Temple? It was just to help the emperor block the gun and take the initiative to be the evil man.
The emperor's oral edict has offended the monks.
How to take out the emperor? We need someone who is worse, more evil, and extremely evil to highlight the emperor as a wise king who was deceived by a treacherous villain.
When he entered Longfu Temple, Cao Jixiang had not yet realized this.
But after killing Zen Master Pixi, he would understand.
The emperor had two deep intentions. The first was to let him go to the temple to steal money, and the second was to let him act as a villain and take the blame for the emperor.
When the emperor couldn't bear it anymore, he killed him and blocked the world's mouth.
If he is not smart, he will show off with the emperor's decree.
I'm afraid an imperial edict has been sent to the palace to behead Cao Jixiang on the spot to set the record straight!
Now there is no imperial edict coming from the palace, which means that Cao Jixiang has done a good job, you are still useful and cannot die.
Fang Xing was always watching, but was indifferent.
Tang Xu immediately understood. No wonder Shi Chong dared to raise the price openly and show off his power outside Longfu Temple!
It turned out that he had understood the emperor's deep intention and took the opportunity to save his life.
"Go to Tianshi Taoist Temple!"
Since the emperor wants our family to be regarded as villains, then let’s just kill them all in the capital and bleed them like rivers of blood!
I'm afraid this is the emperor's third level of meaning!
Watch Cao Jixiang kill the temple in Beijing and bleed him like a river. When the temple can't stand it any longer, he will go to the palace and beg the emperor for help.
At that time, the emperor will be able to bargain with the temple. Maybe the monks in the temple will become the emperor's lackeys.
This requires Cao Jixiang to be superb and torture the monks until they collapse.
If this step was achieved, the emperor would not only not kill Cao Jixiang, but would also promote him and put him to good use.
…
Night falls, Fengtian Temple.
Watching the emperor eat porridge.
Although it was just porridge and side dishes, it made the courtiers' stomachs growl.
"I don't have any extra porridge for you to eat."
After Zhu Qiyu finished eating, his tasteless mouth clicked: "I have been eating porridge for nearly twenty days. Look, I have lost weight!"
"Don't I want to eat delicious food? Don't I want to eat big fish and meat?"
"Why are you so hard on yourself?"
"Isn't it just for Xuanzang's food and Shandong's food relief?"
"I thought, if I lead by example and save a little, one more soldier in Xuanzhen will be fed, and one more disaster victim in Shandong will survive!"
"I have broken my heart for this country!"
Your Majesty, are you really eating this for the victims? Aren't you timid and afraid of being poisoned?
The emperor suffered a misfortune on Dan, and the courtiers were too embarrassed to reveal the truth.
I can only kneel on the ground and sing praises.
"Liang Lang, hurry up and write it down!" Zhu Qiyu couldn't hide the joy on his face. Who said I am not a benevolent king through the ages?
The courtier rolled his eyes, why didn't you remember when you cursed?
Aren’t you ashamed that all the compliments you received were required to be recorded in the record, and he was asked to take them over and read them again and again, and even use a pen to help revise them?
"Why hasn't news come from Jin Zhong yet?"
After eating, Zhu Qiyu was in a good mood: "My lords, the problem in the capital has been solved. I plan to recruit more troops. There are so many refugees anyway. Letting them go home may cause disaster. Why don't they all go to the capital camp and eat the imperial food? What do you think?"
The emperor controls 30,000 to 40,000 troops, isn't he satisfied?
Hu Hui was frightened by the emperor's thoughts: "Your Majesty, we need soldiers during the war. How can we raise so many soldiers when Wala retreats?"
"I know that your Majesty has some money in his hands."
"But there is no war in our country. It's okay if you support tens of thousands of people for nothing. If you support hundreds of thousands, even if you have a gold mountain, you won't be able to afford such consumption!"
"The old minister advises Your Majesty to focus on promoting culture and education and educating the people, and not to engage in war and cause turmoil in the world."
When you were beaten, you just endured it and didn’t fight back?
But these words cannot be said out loud. Now that Xuan Town has been defeated in the first battle, it is a time when people are panicking.
"Old Master, in your opinion, how to resettle these refugees?" Zhu Qiyu asked with a frown.
"this……"
Hu Hui vaguely guessed that these people who ran out to become refugees might have sold off their land. Should they ask the landlords to spit out the land they got?
"We can't let them continue to be refugees, right? Or drive them away and let them fend for themselves?" Zhu Qiyu sneered.
Hu Hui's eyes lit up, he could completely make these refugees disappear.
"Old Master, many of these refugees are family members of soldiers from the Beijing camp." Zhu Qiyu reminded him.
Hu Xi sighed: "Your Majesty, this matter needs long-term consideration. It will definitely not work if we recruit all the strong men into the Beijing Camp. The burden on the Beijing Camp is too heavy. It is okay to say that it will last for one and a half years. If it lasts for ten or eight years, Beijing Central's finances will definitely be stretched." collapsed."
The implication is that even if the army is recruited, the money cannot be paid from internal funds. The Ministry of Household Affairs must pay. The soldiers recruited are by no means the emperor's soldiers, but the soldiers of the court.
"Your Majesty, Grand Tutor, I have a way to resettle the refugees," Ye Sheng said.
"tell me the story."
"Wei Chen thought that the refugees could be recruited into the city to do some work..." Ye Sheng took Shang Shanjian as an example. The cooks needed tens of thousands of people, so why not recruit them from the refugees?
It means turning refugees into citizens.
But Jingzhong can support so many mouths, right?
The food in Beijing is self-sufficient, firstly by transporting food by water, and secondly by planting it in the Gyeonggi region.
If these refugees become citizens, a large amount of land may be abandoned outside the city; moreover, farmers will not have survival skills and will not be qualified for market work, which will also cause public security problems.
"It's possible to accommodate some of it."
Li Xian said softly: "The court will go to the landlords in Gyeonggi Province to buy back some land, and then return the remaining part to the farm."
"In this way, the refugee problem will be solved."
The courtier nodded, and Zhu Qiyu also nodded.
After the refugee problem was solved, Cao Jixiang looted a large amount of silver. He was not short of money!
It’s exciting just thinking about it.
But at this moment, a guard in Jinyi hurriedly ran in and knelt down to report: "Your Majesty, Governor Jin and his subordinates rushed to the granary of the water transport terminal, but no food was found!"
"Huh?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Mu Zhuang.
Mu Zhuang knelt on the ground in horror: "Wei Chen swears on his life that everything Wei Chen said is true!"
"Then why is there no food in the granary? Where is the food?" Zhu Qiyu was furious.
All the officials knelt on the ground to plead guilty.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
That Jinyiwei Xiaoqi still has something to report.
"What else is there? Tell me!"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are a lot of rumors in the market. Now there are long queues at the grain shops and grain stores in Beijing. The rumors are spreading rapidly. The price of grain in Beijing has skyrocketed, and people are panicked. Nowadays, coarse grains are sold for five taels of silver per pound, and fine grains are sold At twenty taels of silver per catty, I still can’t buy it!” Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi reported.
"Twenty taels of silver per pound of fine grain?"
Wang Wen exclaimed: "Not to mention ordinary people, even officials and officials can't afford it!"
"If I get back to Wang Shaobao, this was the price of food when I entered the palace, and I'm afraid it has gone up again!" Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi said.
Wang Wen's body went limp.
It’s over! This time things are serious!
Originally, after finding the food, it was enough to solve the problem of becoming a hungry people, but there were rumors that the surplus food in Beijing would definitely not be able to hold up the people's rush to buy it.
Once panic buying occurs, people in Beijing will inevitably be panicked.
Don't forget, there are still refugees everywhere outside the city. The reason why the refugees did not cause chaos is that they still have a glimmer of hope in their hearts.
If you tell the refugees outside the city that there is no food in the capital, don’t wait and go to hell.
What will the refugees who cannot survive do? Rebellion!
There are even worse effects. There is no food in the capital, so how can we raise troops? There are tens of thousands of nine admirals, horse troops, bodyguards, and imperial guards.
These soldiers all hold swords. Once...
Wang Wen didn’t dare to think about it anymore…
"Is there any food in the grain store?" Hu Hu asked anxiously.
"The bidder doesn't know. Governor Jin asked the bidder to go to the palace to report. The other bidders don't know."
After listening to what Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi said, there were whispers in Fengtian Hall and the sounds of mourning were everywhere.
Hu Hui couldn't hold himself steady either, and his face turned pale.
calm!
He repeatedly told himself that whenever big things happen, he should meditate and stay calm.
wrong.
The news spread too quickly, and food prices rose too sharply.
The grain store's actions don't seem like they are selling grain, but they are deliberately creating panic!
But that’s not right. If I were a businessman, I would definitely want to make money. Why did I suddenly raise the price of food to this point?
Is there no one in the court? Although the capital camp is not the capital, there are still nine gate admiral's offices and other yamen, and they can always gather tens of thousands of people. Aren't you afraid of killing the nine tribes?
Suddenly, a sharp light flashed in his eyes!
Grain dealers are saving lives!
The courtiers were locked up in the Fengtian Palace and cut off from news. The grain merchants outside panicked and used the skyrocketing grain prices to save the backstage in the Fengtian Palace!
who is it? Playing with the Ming Dynasty?
He thought about it, and Zhu Qiyu also thought about it.
"Hahaha!"
"Okay, what a great show about the skyrocketing food prices!"
"Rumors are flying all over the sky, food prices are skyrocketing, hundreds of officials in the capital are imprisoned in the Fengtian Palace, and political affairs in the world will come to a halt. I'm afraid it won't take long. People in the capital are panicked and everyone is in danger."
Zhu Qiyu suddenly laughed: "My lords, do you believe it or not? I sent the Jinyi Guards to raid the grain store, but they couldn't find any food? Believe it or not?"
The court officials are all mature and understand the deeper meaning.
Grain dealers are saving people!
"No wonder there is no panic at all in this Fengtian Palace!"
"It turns out there are gangsters outside who are helping to cause trouble!"
"Do you think I can't do anything to you?"
Zhu Qiyu stepped down from Danbi with his sword in hand.
The courtiers looked horrified.
"If I don't let you go out, will food prices continue to soar?"
"Rumors are flying as fast as a tiger."
"The whole city is becoming more and more panicked, and more and more people are queuing up to buy food."
"When the people in the city find out that there is indeed no food in the capital, what will they do?"
"Where are the guards in the capital? What will happen if they know that there is no food in the capital and they don't have enough to eat?"
"What about you? There is no food in your home. What will happen?"
"I don't dare to think about it anymore..."
Zhu Qiyu smiled miserably: "You are so powerful. You have forced me to look like this. The most annoying thing is that I don't even know who you are?"
"Just now I was thinking about how to resettle the refugees, but a loud slap hit me on the face!"
"You must have been laughing secretly just now, right? Were you laughing at me? Were you laughing at Master? Were you laughing at Li Xian? Were you laughing at Ye Sheng?"
"The civil and military officials of the dynasty are full of jokes, but you are playing them into your hands!"
"I still don't know who you are?"
"It's amazing. It's making the court go round and round, it's almost bringing down my capital, and it's destroying my kingdom!"
"Do I need to say thank you to you?"
suddenly.
Zhu Qiyu's sword was placed on Mu Zhuang's neck.
Mu Zhuang trembled all over and his face was extremely frightened: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen is not the backstage of the grain merchants. Wei Chen is loyal to Your Majesty and loyal to the Ming Dynasty..."
"Say! Who is there!" Zhu Qiyu's tone was extremely cold.
"Weichen doesn't know..."
puff!
Zhu Qiyu pressed the edge of his sword against Mu Zhuang's body and slashed hard, drawing blood.
"Your Majesty, please spare your life!" Mu Zhuang kept screaming.
"Your Majesty!" Hu Xi was about to speak.
Zhu Qiyu looked at him sharply: "Old Master, please don't dissuade me. If these damn bastards are not found out, the capital will never be safe one day!"
"For your dog's life! Those damn grain merchants actually spread rumors and drive up grain prices!"
"What are they going to do!"
"Are you forcing the people, refugees, and soldiers to rebel? Are you going to overthrow the Ming Dynasty?"
"I will never do what you want!"
"Not only will I not let you go today, I will also find you all and kill them all!"
"explain!"
In a rage, Zhu Qiyu gathered Mu Zhuang up and said, "Give me instructions! If you don't catch them, I will kill everyone in the court today!"
Hu Xi and others turned pale, the emperor was going crazy again.
However, he did not say anything to persuade him. If the emperor went crazy, it would be a good thing to find out those people.
I just feel sorry for Mu Zhuang. His Majesty promoted him from Nanjing to Beijing and didn't want to end up like this.
"Wei Chen doesn't know!" Mu Zhuang screamed.
Zhu Qiyu took two steps back and struck him hard with his sword: "I don't want you to know! Point! Whoever you point at, I will kill whoever you point at! Point quickly!"
Chen Shao led Wu Xiang's left guard into Fengtian Hall.
Holding the knife in his hand, he passed through the kneeling courtiers and guarded the emperor.
"Quick finger!" Zhu Qiyu struck with his sword again.
Blood sprayed all over Zhu Qiyu's face.
Zhu Qiyu looked like a madman.
Mu Zhuang was also cruel. He closed his eyes and pointed casually at Lin Cong.
Plop!
Lin Cong lay on the ground: "Your Majesty, trust me, believe me. My family never sells food. Absolutely not!"
Zhu Qiyu and Lin Cong didn't have the courage, so it was just Mu Zhuang who was pointing blindly.
Suddenly, he looked back at Mu Zhuang.
Mu Zhuang collapsed and lay on the ground: "Your Majesty, I really don't know!"
"Point again!" Zhu Qiyu snorted coldly.
The smell of shit came out, and Zhu Qiyu looked over suddenly!
Bao Ying, a doctor in the 13th Qing Dynasty Officials Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
He knelt at the entrance of Fengtian Palace, far away from the emperor, but he was scared to death.
Zhu Qiyu left Mu Zhuang behind and said, "You are Bao Ying, a doctor in the Qing Dynasty of Shandong. You used to be a minister in Fujian. Did I remember correctly?"
"At the end of last year, the Beijing inspection team saw that your political performance was very high, so I transferred you to Beijing as a doctor in the Shandong Qing Dynasty."
"Bao Ying, tell me! Why were you so frightened that you became incontinent?"
Zhu Qiyu didn't mind that he was smelly, so he put the knife on his neck.
"Wei, Weichen is timid, so he was so frightened that he lost control!" Bao Ying trembled all over.
"Not telling the truth?"
Zhu Qiyu took two steps back, swung his sword and struck, blood spurting out!
"Ah!" Bao Ying rolled in the pile of shit.
The stench made the courtiers cover their noses.
"Li Xian! Come here and hold him down!"
Zhu Qiyu thought it was dirty and didn't want to get his hands on it, so he asked Li Xian to hold him down while he chopped it.
Li Xian rolled his eyes crazily, feeling like a dog.
You don't like the smell, but I don't?
Besides, there are so many officials around you, why are you calling me from so far away? Am I wronged?
Li Xian gritted his teeth and came over, pointing at the Sixth Section to Huang Zhen, who was in trouble: "Hold it to His Majesty!"
Huang Zhen rolled her eyes, if I don't join King Li's party, will you take revenge on me?
"Hurry up!" Zhu Qiyu was furious.
Huang Zhen unfortunately came over and held Bao Ying down.
Zhu Qiyu glared at Li Xian, and then struck Bao Ying with his sword.
"Weichen is innocent..."
puff!
Zhu Qiyu would chop again, but he would just chop without saying anything! Cut again!
"Passengers are told that Bao Ying disobeyed the cabinet minister Li Xian in the Fengtian Palace, committed a treasonous act, and executed the nine tribes!"
Zhu Qiyu concluded that Bao Ying must know something, otherwise he wouldn't be so scared.
Bao Ying's face changed sharply: "Your Majesty, spare your life, I say, I say!"
"Who! Tell me quickly!"
Bao Ying pointed to Yao Tongfu, a lieutenant of the Qing Dynasty Department of Henan, Tu Yongzhen, a doctor of the Qing Dynasty Department of Shanxi, and Xie Xingchang, a doctor of the Qing Dynasty of Huguang, who were next to him.
He also pointed at Dong Yun, Ambassador of Guangjiku, Shang Qi, Ambassador of Guangyingku, Xu Xian, Ambassador of Chengyunku, Huo Ruilan, Ambassador of Taicang, and Zhang Jing, Deputy Ambassador of Dong'an Mencang...
Zhu Qiyu was shocked.
Bao Ying actually pointed to a dozen people.
There are high-ranking officials, but they are all small shrimps, but they all hold on to real power.
Hu Bi, Lin Cong, Wang Wen and others came over to take a look and were all stunned.
"Hahaha!"
Zhu Qiyu was extremely angry and laughed: "The Hubu is just a den of thieves!"
"Catch them all, arrest them all for me!"
The guards took matters into their own hands.
Yao Tongfu and others shouted that they were wronged and cursed Bao Ying and Panjiao.
"Are you wronged?"
Zhu Qiyu raised his sword and walked out of Fengtian Hall and stood in front of Yao Tongfu: "Are you crying for injustice? Huh?"
"Mistaken injustice...ah!"
Yao Tongfu suddenly screamed, and his chest was opened by the sword.
"Unjustly accused? Who else is unjustly accused!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes turned red: "Tell me! Where is the food hidden?"
But no one answered.
"Zhang Feng, Cui Gong, get here here!"
"This is your household department!"
"It's just a den of thieves!"
"The Qing officials and the warehouse ambassador are all involved!"
"Zhang Feng, come here and give me an explanation! Hurry!"
Zhu Qiyu's chest heaved with anger.
"Your Majesty, it's important to find food." Hu Hui came out and knelt on the steps to remind.
"Zhang Feng, come to the trial! Hurry!"
Zhu Qiyu gave Zhang Feng the Emperor's Sword, and he took a few steps back.
Chen Shao's eyes were as bright as lightning and he was guarding the left and right.
Zhang Feng was shocked when he saw Bao Ying pointing out these people.
He always thought that his household was the cleanest, and it was inevitable that he would occasionally be greedy, but he didn't expect that a shocking case would be revealed with just one poke!
"Huo Ruiluan, tell me!"
Zhang Feng followed suit and placed the Emperor's Sword on Huo Ruilan's neck.
"Master Shangshu, I am really unjust. I don't know anything...Ah!" Huo Ruiluan screamed.
Zhang Feng stabbed him in the stomach with his sword, causing blood to flow out.
"Speak out, and I will save the lives of your family. Say it quickly!" Zhang Feng's eyes were fierce.
Rumors have become widespread. The first unlucky person is the emperor, and the second unlucky person is the courtiers in Fengtian Palace.
Chaos in the world will only bring harm to them, but no good.
So they and the emperor stood together, which is why Hu Hui allowed the emperor to go crazy.
Zhang Feng stabbed him to death, and the tip of the sword passed through Huo Ruilan's stomach.
puff!
Zhang Feng drew out his sword and brought out Huo Ruilan's intestines. Too lazy to ask him again, he put the tip of his sword against Shang Qi's belly: "You tell me!"
Shang Qi was shaking all over, but Zhang Feng started to exert force, and the tip of the sword penetrated his stomach.
"Say it! Say it! It's in every treasury!" Shang Qi couldn't help it.
"Library? Which library?"
Hu Xi couldn't wait to run down the steps and shouted urgently.
"Guangying warehouse, Guangji warehouse, Guanghui warehouse, Zangpu warehouse, Carrier warehouse, A-ziku, B-ziku, C-ziku, D-ziku, E-ziku... Taicang, Yumacang, Chang'anmencang, Dong'anmencang, Xi’an Mencang, Bei’an Mencang, Zhangjiawan Salt Cang… they all have them!”
Shang Qi finished speaking in one breath.
Zhu Qiyu and all the officials in the court were stunned.
Was it that everyone in the household department was wiped out in one fell swoop? Are there any innocent ones?
Someone was trying to run outside Fengtian Hall, but Wu Xiang Zuowei caught him!
"Your Majesty! Send the Jin Yiwei to find him! Hurry!" Hu Bi's face was full of anxiety.
"Send an order to Jin Zhong, hurry up, occupy all the warehouses and warehouses in the capital, and put them under the command of Jin Yiwei from now on. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
Zhu Qiyu summoned Duan Peng, a member of the Imperial Guard, and said: "Tell Jin Zhong, be careful not to jump over the wall and light the grain in the warehouse. It is important to control the warehouse first. Everything else is not important. You must keep the grain. Do you understand?"
"I obey the order!" Duan Peng knelt on the ground.
"Go quickly!"
Zhu Qiyu was still uneasy and asked Chen Shao to take half of the Wuxiang left guard and Yu Mian to lead the Yulin left guard to accompany him.
Chen Shao was worried about Zhu Qiyu's safety.
"Don't worry, I'll just ask the governor to accompany you."
Zhu Qiyu held his hand: "Chen Shao, according to my imperial decree, first hold down the major warehouses, and you must be fast! You must keep the food!"
He was also worried that if the warehouse officials jumped over the wall and burned all the grain, they would be in trouble.
So the speed must be fast!
"I obey the decree!" Chen Shao left the palace quickly.
It was already dark, so I left the palace with a torch.
"Come back!" Zhu Qiyu suddenly thought of something.
Chen Shaosheng stopped, ran back, and knelt on the ground.
"There must be grain merchants' spies outside the palace. As long as the palace door is opened, the news will reach the grain merchants' ears first."
Zhu Qiyu looked at Hu Hui: "Old Master, please cooperate with me in a play!"
"Old minister, I'm here to help you!" Hu Hu said with a generous expression.
"You take your cabinet ministers out of the palace first and act like I'm compromising."
"You are scolding me at the palace gate, no matter how unpleasant it sounds."
"First stabilize their hearts."
"Donghua Gate is in ruins. Chen Shao and others left the palace through Donghua Gate."
As for whether he can deceive the grain dealer, it's up to God.
"Old minister, I obey the order!"
Hu Bi looked at the emperor who was calm in the face of danger, and seemed to see the shadow of Emperor Xuanzong.
"Take my royal chariot and go as fast as you can!"
"How dare you, my ministers, to overstep your bounds?" Hu Hui knelt down.
"I will pardon you and wait for your innocence!"
Zhu Qiyu was too lazy to talk nonsense and looked at Lin Cong and Wang Wen: "I leave the safety of Beijing in your hands! I hope you and others will be careful!"
"I obey the order!" Lin Cong, Li Xian and others knelt on the ground.
Zhu Qiyu did not doubt King Li's party, because chaos in the capital would not do them any good.
"Zhang Feng, you also come out of the palace!"
"I will settle the accounts with you after the crisis is over regarding the household affairs department!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were deep: "Leave these people to me and I will personally interrogate them! I will release them from the palace after Chen Shao leaves the palace and burns a stick of incense!"
"The old ministers and others were waiting for them at the palace gate, blocking them so that they could not spread the news!" Hu Bi understood what Zhu Qiyu meant.
That's right.
The purpose of letting Hu Xi and others leave the palace.
After the emperor released Bao Ying and others from the palace, he blocked them at the entrance of the palace so that they could not deliver the news for the time being.
Chen Shao used this time difference to control the warehouses and warehouses in Beijing.
As for how much you can save, let God decide.
Hu Hu and others took the royal chariot out of the palace.
Zhu Qiyu stared at Shang Qi: "Tell me, why are you thinking about food?"
Shang Qi begged for his life.
"It's none of the minister's business, it's the envoy's fault!" Shang Qi spit out another person.
What about the Teruma from the Teruma Institute?
Zhu Qiyu looked for him but couldn't find him. He had never seen such a sesame and mung bean official.
If he hadn't ordered all the officials from the capital to be detained in Fengtian Hall today, I'm afraid that Zhaomo would never have the chance to enter Fengtian Hall in his life.
No wonder the grain merchants were panicked. These petty officials were suddenly summoned to the Fengtian Palace. They thought the matter was leaked. How could they not panic?
"Your Majesty, he is!"
It was pitch dark in the square, and a petty official pointed him out.
The Zhaomo Institute is responsible for verifying official documents and supervising regulations. All official documents from the Ministry of Revenue will pass through his hands, so even though he is a young official, he is the most well-informed.
"Zhao Mo Cheng Mao comes to see His Majesty!"
Cheng Mao was caught at the gate of Fengtian Hall.
Zhu Qiyu did not dare to get involved in danger without Chen Shao's personal protection.
"Your Majesty, he, he was also involved!" Cheng Mao pointed at the official who reported him just now.
That guy was an inspector at Zhaomo Institute, his name was Hou Yu.
These two guys are dog eat dog.
Cheng Mao gave up the truth.
turn out to be.
At Zhaomo Station, Cheng Mao saw the official document about Shandong Daluo and sold the news to Tianji Grain Store.
He did this kind of thing often and never had any trouble.
I wanted grain merchants to go to Shandong to make a fortune.
Unexpectedly, the emperor sold his imperial store to raise grain for disaster relief, and the Ministry of Household Affairs paid high prices to buy grain from merchants.
So the shrewd grain merchants united and went to various places in Gyeonggi to collect grain. After harvesting, they found that many powerful people were involved.
The grain merchants were worried that the Ministry of Household Affairs would buy the grain that the rich and powerful would buy and would not buy the grain from the grain merchants.
But at this time, the grain merchants have collected a lot of grain, all at high prices. If they cannot sell it to the Ministry of Household Affairs, they will lose money.
Several grain merchants bribed Cheng Mao, hoping to use Cheng Mao to bribe officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and sell grain to the Ministry of Household Affairs to avoid losses.
But how could Cheng Mao, an eighth-grade official, have such energy?
But the grain merchant refused to let him go, saying that his news had harmed them, and if he couldn't sell the grain, he would ask him to pay for it.
In desperation, Cheng Mao spent all his money to bribe Shangguan, but Shangguan told him that the grain harvest was full.
Unless the emperor provides more money, he will not be able to accept it.
When Cheng Mao brought the news back, the grain merchants almost ate him, but then they came up with such a vicious plan.
Just create a big famine in Gyeonggi and make the food in your hands become valuable!
Therefore, grain merchants not only did not stop collecting grain, but also doubled their harvest, traveling far away from the capital and collecting grain at high prices, which affected their entire family fortune.
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The timeline has been shortened. For the sake of fun, I gave up the timeline. I hope readers will understand.
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