The eastern sky was faintly showing a light pale glow.
It's almost dawn.
The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue stood up with a tablet in his hand and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the grain in Yonghe County, Funing County, Fu'an County, Fushou County, ... these counties has been purchased in large quantities, causing the grain prices in major grain shops to rise. Many local people cannot buy grain and are in a panic! I have sent people to investigate and found that this was done by Yao Bo, the prefect of Zunding Prefecture. The people are accusing us and the evidence is conclusive!
Your Majesty, Yao Bo deliberately purchased a large amount of grain and drove up the price of grain, causing the people to have no grain to buy and panic. The action of the Zunning prefect is really to create chaos in the world. Those who disturb the people will cause chaos in the world. This is a heinous crime! Please punish him severely! "
All the civil and military officials in the court looked at Yao Yilan when they heard this. Everyone knew that the emperor was most afraid of chaos in the world and riots among the people.
Look, in order to avoid war with the State of Zhao, the Emperor sent the eldest princess to marry the State of Zhao and also promised to pay tribute to the State of Zhao every year!
Yao Bo actually dared to cause panic among the people, hoping that the world would not be in chaos? Isn't this courting death
Everyone couldn't help but look at Prime Minister Liang and the Grand Canal Transport Governor Yao Yilan who had just returned to the capital to report.
After all, the Yao family and Prime Minister Liang are relatives.
The emperor read the memorial presented by the Minister of Revenue, the book on the people, and other evidence with a gloomy face. With a "snap", he slammed the memorial shut.
The emperor looked at Yao Yilan, the head of the Yao family, who was standing at the back and served as the governor of the grain transport and the doctor of the Ministry of Works, with a dignified face. "Those who only want to create chaos in the world are guilty of unforgivable crimes! Yao Bo dared to purchase a large amount of grain for the sake of merit, causing public anger and panic! In view of the merits of Mr. Yao in charge of the grain transport for many years, I will spare Yao Bo's death penalty this time. I will only dismiss him from the post of prefect of Zunding, demote him to a commoner, and fine him 100,000 taels of silver and 500,000 kilograms of grain to appease the people. Does Mr. Yao have any objection?"
The ministers were horrified and were dismissed from their posts, demoted to commoners, and fined 100,000 taels of silver and 500,000 grains.
The Yao family suffered heavy losses this time!
Money is secondary, after all, the Yao family is rich enough to rival a country.
Yao Bo is only 27 years old and is one of the most promising young people in the Yao family.
It's ruined from now on!
It takes many years of planning for a family to train its younger generation to the position of prefect.
Yao Yilan knelt on the ground and said, "Your unworthy descendants deserve to die. I dare not object. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"
The Minister of Revenue immediately said, "Your Majesty is wise!"
Some other officials took a look at Prime Minister Liang's face and said, "Your Majesty is wise."
Prime Minister Liang was extremely angry. What a great prince! What a great Ren Zilin!
This time they tricked me!
Yao Bo was a local prefect who was demoted to serve as a prefect for three years before returning to Beijing to join the Ministry of Revenue, where he took over the position of the Minister of Revenue who was about to retire.
Yao Bo had been planning this move for six years!
Now all the years of planning have been ruined!
Moreover, one hundred thousand taels, plus five hundred thousand kilograms of grain, is not a small amount. Even though the Yao family is rich enough to rival a country, they have too many places to spend the money.
In order to exchange for the 20,000 kilograms of high-yield grain seeds, 400,000 kilograms of grain were cheated away. Where can we find another 500,000 kilograms now
It's a complete loss of both the wife and the army!
He failed to report the amount of high-yield grain varieties, and then purchased large quantities of grain, causing rising grain prices and food shortages, which sparked panic among the people. He then instigated a riot among the people. He had originally intended to use these against the two of them, but he didn't expect that they would use them against him instead.
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After the court session, Prime Minister Liang and Yao Yilan returned to the study in the Prime Minister's Mansion with gloomy faces.
The second prince Chu Tianyu was already waiting in the study.
The two of them bowed to him respectfully.
The second prince was handsome, but because he looked like Concubine Liang, he looked a little feminine. He said with a straight face, "Master Yao, you have been in charge of the grain transport for many years. How could he have taken advantage of such a loophole? How did he transport hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain from under your nose to Futai County? Have you found out?"
This time they spent a lot of money to buy 100,000 catties of high-yield grain from Zhao State, including the 20,000 catties intercepted from Funing County, a total of 120,000 catties of high-yield grain! This is a great achievement that benefits half of the county's people!
He thought he had such great merits, but compared with Chu Tiankuo's dereliction of duty in Futai County, which resulted in the people of the entire Futai County having no high-yield grain seeds, and the people of other counties rioted, he would definitely not be able to sit on the position of the crown prince which had not yet been established!
Then the ministers in the court would take the opportunity to write a letter to appoint himself as the crown prince. Since his father has always loved him, he would definitely agree.
Now that such a huge mistake has occurred, if the whole Futai County has a good harvest next year, Chu Tiankuo will probably take the opportunity to turn things around!
Even if he didn't turn the tables, there was no excuse to depose him from the crown prince position.
Yao Yilan felt even more aggrieved. The Yao family suffered the most. His proudest grandson lost his position as an official! He said gloomily, "I will definitely check it out!"
His grandson with a bright future cannot be ruined!
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Futai County
Because he planned to go to Beijing tomorrow, Xingnong got up early and went into the city.
She first went to the study and handed the remaining scripts to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper asked excitedly, "Girl, did you receive the money? Are you excited? Haha... Don't worry, this is just the beginning, and the money is only the dividends of the Futai County Study. The dividends of the study in other places have not been settled yet, so there will be more next month. There are also calligraphy and drama arrangements, and the dividends will increase in the future. Haha... Are you very happy?"
Xing Nong: “… ..I haven’t seen it yet.”
Shopkeeper: “… .”
She had been so excited for a long time, but she hadn't even gone to the bank to check how much silver there was
He waved his hand to send them away: "Go, go, go... Go and have a look!"
After sending Xing Nong away, the shopkeeper took the new manuscript and walked towards the study room with excitement, shaking his hips: "Money is rolling in, money is rolling in..."
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After leaving the study, Xingnong went to the restaurant.
The chefs who came from all over the place left overnight.
Xingnong went to the private room to find Shen Hanyu and gave him the recipe she had written after staying up late.
Xing Nong thought of Xing Qing's letter and said to Shen Hanyu, "Mr. Shen, I have something to ask of you."
Shen Hanyu was not happy when he heard the name "Master Shen". He said dissatisfiedly, "Girl, what is our relationship? You actually still call me Master Shen? Call me Big Brother, no, call me Third Brother! Call me Third Brother from now on! I will only help you if you ask me to do something! Otherwise, I won't help you!"
She called her senior brother surnamed Chu and called herself Master Shen
Could it be that my position in her heart is not as good as that of the man named Chu
Humph, this heartless person! I gave most of the restaurant's profits to her!
My heart is still bleeding!
Xing Nong didn't even blink and immediately changed the topic, "Third Brother Shen."
“I have a sister… ..”
Xing Nong told Shen Hanyu that Xing Qing might leave a letter or ask for help at the Yingke Building, and asked him to ask the shopkeepers of the Yingke Buildings in various places to pay attention to it.
Shen Hanyu thought it was a big deal, "Don't worry, this is a small matter, just hold on to your third brother!"
Then he took out a white jade token and handed it to her: "You are now the big boss of the restaurant, and you get more money than me! Take this jade token and show it in the reception building or the first floor of Shiguo, and you can order the restaurant staff to do anything for you."
"Thank you." Xingnong did not refuse, she really needed someone now.
As for the rest, she would repay him later.
Xing Nong took the jade pendant, took out her purse, opened it, and was about to put it in when she was stunned: the knotted rope of this white jade... .
Shen Hanyu also noticed a familiar rope on her purse.
He grabbed her hand, snatched the purse from her hand, and took out the jade pendant inside.
"How did you get this jade pendant?" he asked in shock.