Cai Jin looked miserable and helpless.
It seemed that he was worried about the country and the people, and felt extremely helpless about the current situation of no food, so he had to come and ask Xiao Yi, the prince who oversaw the country, to come forward to solve the problem.
In fact, even if you want to hand over this stall to Xiao Yi, no matter how messy it is, at the very least, it is not that easy to raise food.
The three major grain merchants in the capital are also wealthy merchants raised by the prime minister.
"Well, I know."
Cai Jin looked at His Royal Highness the Prince with a calm expression, not knowing what he was thinking for a moment, and added: "Your Highness, one of the three major grain merchants in the city is Henan Road, Huainan Road, and Liangzhe Road. "
"His family has been a businessman for generations, and now he has a close relationship with the Cao Gang. I also asked them to sympathize with the difficulties of the people in Daqian and maintain the original food prices. However, the drought in Shaanxi Road is so severe that the three major The food in the granaries is used for disaster relief, so if food becomes scarce, the food in their hands will naturally become more valuable."
What he meant was that these three major grain merchants were not simple, and they did not dare to force themselves.
Xiao Yi naturally heard it.
He looked at Cai Jin and said: "There is nothing to say. When one party is in trouble, all parties support it. As a member of the cadres, whether it is an official or a wealthy businessman, even a hundred people should stand up during the drought on Shaanxi Road."
"Everyone is in trouble. Today we are helping Shaanxi Road, and tomorrow Shaanxi Road will be able to stop them."
"Some people who want to make money at this time when the country is in dire straits will inevitably be looked down upon by hundreds of millions of people, especially the people of Shaanxi Road!"
Seeing that Cai Jin seemed to have something to say, Xiao Yi waved his hand and said: "Okay, I already know about this, so you don't need to say anything more. The food... I will definitely raise it."
"When you have food, you can provide disaster relief and appease the victims on Shaanxi Road."
Speaking of which.
Xiao Yi's voice became deeper and his body straightened up, "You must also know about Wang Hao's thief's embezzlement of tens of millions of national wealth, right?"
"Remember, if anyone dares to reach out for this disaster relief, I will never be polite to him."
"If you stretch out your hand, you will cut it!"
"You also bring Gu's words to the other ministers, and go down first."
Cai Jin suddenly felt a little regretful. He directly exposed the matter of the three major grain merchants, feeling like he had shot himself in the foot.
However, Xiao Yi no longer looked at him and gave an order to expel him. He had no choice but to bow and bow before exiting.
After Cai Jin left, Xiao Yi asked someone to send a message to the three treasure eunuchs. Tomorrow morning, he would see all the details of the three major grain merchants.
Thought for a while.
Xiao Yi went directly back to the backyard and fell asleep holding Li Qiuya in his arms.
Early the next morning.
Xiao Yi, who is full of energy, still learns the three-legged cat technique from Lu Chong, which will be useful in the future.
After exercising for a while, I came to the study room.
At this time, Sanbao eunuch was already waiting here.
"Your Highness, here are all the details of the three major grain merchants. There are some others that I won't be able to find out for a while. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
It's not bad to be able to find these in one night.
Xiao Yi nodded, sat down and looked through it.
The three major grain merchants were Jia, Wang, and Xue. The Wang family came from Taiyuan City on the South Henan Road. Their ancestors were after Wang Gui during the Tang Dynasty. After Taizu established the country, there were also two ministers, and there were also ministers in his family. Among the officials.
The Jia family comes from Jinling on Huainan Road. The family has been a businessman for generations. He is the richest man in the local area. In today's Daqian, he is also rich as a country.
Although not many members of the Jia family served as officials in the court, they supported many scholars, and most of the local scholars had received favors from the Jia family.
Merchants' families were not allowed to participate in the scientific examination. However, they had money, so they specialized in training many children from poor families, supported them in their studies, and built relationships to allow them to become officials in the court or become local magistrates.
The Jia family also married Dong Zhuo, the prefect of Huainan Road, and they became famous for a while.
As for the Xue family, it is considered a relatively weak one among the three major grain merchants, a merchant who only started up a few years ago.
With the support of Li Linfu, Zhu Mian, Cai Jin and others, he did all kinds of business and slowly became the third largest business house in the capital.
After Xiao Yi read it, he waved his sleeves and said, "Lu Chong and Sanbao, armed with a hundred thousand sword guards, will follow Gu out of the palace."
Be polite first and then use force, move with emotion and understand with reason.
If you still don't have the eyesight to see it, then just use the knife directly, stand on the moral high ground, and use the hearts of all people to kill chickens and scare monkeys.
As the saying goes, in troubled times, you should use heavy codes.
These are troubled times.
Traitor ministers are in power, vassal kings are separatist, and a few governors still support their own troops. The three major alien tribes in the north are watching with eager eyes.
Xiao Yi must resolve the secret struggle between the DPRK and China as soon as possible. While preserving his status and life, he can also take power as soon as possible and then settle down.
In the current situation, it would be a big deal for the prince to leave the East Palace.
The eunuch Sanbao did not dare to neglect and asked Lu Chong to take one hundred elites, which could be regarded as the entire establishment of the East Palace.
More than a hundred people left the East Palace and went straight to the Xue family's residence.
Xiao Yi sat in the prince's exclusive carriage, opened the corner of the curtain and looked at the street outside.
The longest and fastest street in Chang'an City - Zhuque Street.
There are Qianniu Sword Guards in front of them clearing the way, and no one can get close to them. There are also Qianniu Sword Guards guarding both sides.
Lu Chong is in front, and Sanbao eunuch is behind.
The people on both sides saluted one after another, because on the second day after the prince took charge of the country, he directly killed the corrupt official Wang Hao, the Minister of Household Affairs, which directly won the applause of the people and gained a lot of people's hearts.
This was also done deliberately by Xiao Yi. After killing Wang Hao, he immediately asked people to spread the news.
The biggest culprit who described Wang Hao as heinous and the failure to effectively control the drought in Shaanxi Province is also one of the biggest treacherous officials responsible for the current turmoil in the country and the people's dire livelihood.
Of course, it also spread the word about Li Linfu's traitor.
It is said that this thief covers the sky with his hands, and always reports good things but not bad things, so that Your Majesty really thinks that the world in Daqian is now peaceful.
Public opinion is also the best weapon in political struggle.
Xiao Yi and his party didn't walk long before they arrived at Pingkangfang, one of the most luxurious areas in the capital. The Xue Mansion is here, covering a very large area and occupying half of Pingkangfang.
After the founding of Daqian, some emphasized civility over military affairs. Later, they always implemented benevolent governance and underwent several reforms.
Up to now, the business in Daqian can be regarded as unprecedentedly developed, but it still adheres to the four levels of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, with merchants being the lowest level.
Merchants' families were not allowed to take scientific examinations or wear silk ribbons. Although they were rich, they were far from powerful.
Just like the houses in the capital, merchants cannot buy them even if they have money.
Of course, if they have connections, they can buy as much as they want.
Just like the Xue family, they have almost occupied the entire Pingkangfang.
When Xiao Yi arrived at the Xue Mansion, they seemed to have received the news and opened the main door. More than a hundred people from the Xue Mansion were already waiting outside.
"Xue Baichuan, a grassroots citizen, and his whole family are here to welcome His Royal Highness. Your Majesty, please pay your respects."
At this time, many people were looking outside with their heads stretched out. This was the first time they had seen such a battle.
Xiao Yi came out, stood on the chariot, and said loudly to Xue Baichuan: "I came here this time to borrow food from you."
