As a businessman, Su Cha knows the situation of the major commercial banks in Dongwen very well, but it will take some time to find out how much money they have made in this time driving up the price of food.
Su Cha was afraid that Lin Chujiu would be worried, and when she found out the situation behind the major grain merchants, she immediately sent someone to send it to Lin Chujiu first, so that Lin Chujiu could think of countermeasures.
Although Dongwen, Seiwu and other four countries have independent regimes, whether it is economic or political, there is a shadow of the Central Empire behind them. For example, the price of food is largely controlled by the major families of the Central Empire.
After every war, the price of food has to rise. It has become an unwritten rule in various countries, and even the emperor cannot interfere.
The increase in food prices this time is not an exaggeration. Su Cha never thought that the people in the capital would make trouble because of the increase in food prices, and the emperor would reprimand Xiao Tianyao for this incident.
To talk about the rise in food prices, Xiao Tianyao did not say that he was responsible at all, and it was unreasonable. The food prices were indeed rising because of his disappearance, but Xiao Tianyao should be blamed for the rise in food prices. This is too much. Too much.
However, ordinary people are the easiest to be deceived by others. Every time the price of food rises, the people suffer great losses. Naturally, they feel resentful, but they don’t know who they hate, because the grain merchants have said that there are many places where there is a shortage of food during the war, and there are no people in many places. It's not their fault that they harvest the grain, and they don't need to buy it if they think it's too expensive.
This time, the emperor listed one, two or three reasons to prove that the rise in food prices was all Xiao Tianyao's fault. Ordinary people would believe it when they saw the **, and then put their hatred on Xiao Tianyao.
At this time, if someone with intentions incites it, it is possible for the people who have suffered heavy losses to gather together and smash the palace of Xiao Wang. At that time, if Xiao Tianyao came back after winning the battle, he would also be a sinner of Dongwen. At least Xiao Tianyao would no longer be loved by the people of Dongwen.
"It's fortunate that the princess didn't accept the decree. Although not answering the decree is a serious crime, but after receiving the decree, there is no way to turn around." The more Su Cha thought about it, the more terrifying it became.
The emperor's decree was issued too suddenly, and they didn't receive any news beforehand. If it wasn't for Lin Chujiu's firm refusal to accept the decree, they would have fallen into the emperor's calculations in every possible way, carrying the burden of complicity with unscrupulous businessmen and going to war. The infamy of wealth.
The more she thought about it, the more terrifying Su Cha felt, she couldn't help but wrote a letter to Xiao Tianyao, telling him about the events in Beijing and letting him prepare in advance.
This time, in order to clear the accusation of driving up food prices, but offended the Zhang family of the central empire, they had to prepare in advance.
Butler Cao successfully received 50,000 taels of silver, and before the officials of the Ministry of Housing returned home, they handed the 200,000 taels of silver bills to the servants of the households. Coincidentally, Liu Shilang, who received the bills, happened to be a small official who announced the decree today. 's father.
"I heard that Princess Xiao didn't accept the order, why did she come to pay the fine?" Liu Shilang didn't even look at the silver note in Butler Cao's hand, and made it clear that he would not accept it.
Pay fines
Take the decree first.
If you don't receive the imperial decree, don't even think about him collecting fines!
Butler Cao knew at a glance that the other party was deliberately looking for faults, and calmly took back the silver note, saying, "We, who are subordinates, are only under orders to do things, so there is no room for us to doubt the matter of the master. The master asked us to pay the fine. We'll pay the fine. Mr. Liu, don't you accept banknotes?"
"Our household department doesn't accept unnamed silver notes." Liu Shilang refused again, and Butler Cao nodded to show that he knew, "Then I'll ask someone to replace them with money and carry them in?"
"I don't even accept the money!" Liu Shilang almost made his mouth crooked. What did the people in Xiao Wangfu mean, they couldn't understand human words
It's no wonder that his son is not doing well, this is obviously not his son's problem, it's because the people of Xiao Wangfu have a problem with their brains, okay!
"I don't accept any money or bank notes. Are you trying to disobey the decree? The imperial decree requires us to pay a fine of 200,000 taels of silver." Butler Cao shamelessly took the imperial decree to talk about the matter, and then put the decree in his hand. The silver note slapped on the table, "I've put it here for two hundred thousand taels, do you like it?"
After he finished speaking, he left without knowing his head, no matter what the people behind him called, ignoring...
They gave the money to them, and even if the matter spread to the emperor, they were not afraid!
Don't be afraid, because...
The emperor smiled when he saw the imperial decree presented by the Ministry of Rites and the silver note presented by the Ministry of Household! "Who will declare the decree of the Ministry of Rites?"
"Master Xiao Liu." The Minister of Rites did not dare to hide it.
"What is his relationship with Liu Shilang from the Ministry of Housing?" It wasn't because the emperor had a good memory and remembered such a small person, but it was Liu Shilang from the Ministry of Housing who presented the 200,000 taels of silver notes. He also wrote an excerpt and sued Xiao Wangfu.
"It's Liu Shilang's son." The Minister of Rites was sweating quietly, worrying secretly in his heart, but he didn't want the emperor, but he didn't feel unhappy at all, and said with a smile: "Go to battle, father and son, fight tiger brothers, not bad!"
What does this mean, king
The Minister of Rites secretly glanced at the emperor, saw the smile on the emperor's face, and suddenly became confused: Princess Xiao did not answer the order, the emperor is not angry
Did he not explain it, or did the emperor not understand
Lin Chujiu saw that it was getting dark, and he didn't see the emperor announce her to go to the palace for accountability. He also wanted to ask what the emperor meant.
"Didn't the emperor want to use this to find the fault of the prince and make the prince lose the love of the people?" Lin Chujiu sat alone in the study, thinking about all the possibilities.
Originally, she had been thinking about countermeasures all afternoon, but now that the emperor did not move, the countermeasures she thought were useless.
"Did I think wrong? The emperor didn't want to find the fault of the prince?" It wasn't Xiao Tianyao's fault, so what did the emperor mean by doing this
If she accepted the imperial decree, Xiao Tianyao would definitely not be able to clear the charge of colluding with profiteers, but now that she did not accept the imperial decree, it meant that she did not live up to the emperor's wishes. Why didn't the emperor get angry
"Could it be that I think left, the emperor's move is not aimed at Xiao Tianyao, but has other plans?" The more Lin Chujiu thought about it, the more wrong he felt, and jumped up abruptly. From the pile of materials, he found Su Cha afternoon. Lin Chujiu was dumbfounded when he sent someone to send the news about the supporters behind the grain merchants...
"I was used as a gunman by the emperor!"
Most of the big grain merchants in Dongwen, except those under the names of a few royal family members, are in the hands of the central empire. The Zhang family is one of the largest grain merchants. The others are small families, but they are such people , Putting it in Dongwen also makes people dare not underestimate it.
It can be said that the price of food in Dongwen is completely at the mercy of the Central Empire, and even the emperor can only watch the price of food rise and do nothing.
"Sure enough, it was taken advantage of!" Lin Chujiu stroked her forehead and couldn't help crying: Xiao Tianyao, I did something bad, but...
[Author's digression]: On the second day of this month, I continued to give up full attendance, my shoulders were too sore.