Chapter 140 Why are there so many reasons?
The heavy rain in Chang'an City continues.
The price of food in Chang'an City has climbed to ten cents per dou.
Compared with half a month ago, it has increased by six cents.
Many people in Chang'an City can no longer even raise money to buy food.
I can barely eat one meal a day.
Tai Chi Hall.
Li Shimin couldn't tell whether he was in good or bad mood today.
Cheng Yaojin sent him news that Zheng He had sent grain to the grain depot.
At this rate, in a few days, one million dan will be loaded with food.
At that time, the government will be able to sell grain at a fair price.
In this way, the problem of rising food prices caused by the rain disaster in Chang'an can be easily solved.
But thinking that he still owed Wu Xingqi Wang 200,000 yuan, Li Shimin felt unhappy.
How could he come up with two hundred thousand dollars?
"Your Majesty, today the price of food in Chang'an City has risen to ten cents per dou. Many people can only eat one meal a day."
"If this continues, something big will happen!" Fang Xuanling stepped forward with a heavy look on his face.
The servants in Fang Xuanling's house want to go to Dongshi to buy some food today.
But they found that the price of food had risen to ten cents per bucket.
Some people even came to report that some people in Chang'an City could no longer afford to buy food.
I don’t know how many days it will rain.
If we really continue like this, something will happen to Chang'an City!
"Your Majesty, the case of Zhao Ji in Lantian County has been revealed." Wei Zheng stood up and said to Li Shimin.
"Say!" Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng and frowned.
If the food in the Lantian County granary hadn't been wiped out by someone, how could Chang'an City be short of food?
Why does Li Shimin need to sign a contract with the Zheng family in Xingyang?
Li Shimin hated the mastermind behind the corruption case in Lantian County.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Lantian County prisoner Zhao Ji confessed that he conspired with Zheng Hai, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, to secretly transport the grain from the Lantian County grain depot to the west after the autumn harvest last year.
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"To the west?" Li Shimin looked stern and his eyelids twitched wildly.
Where is the west, that is Tubo.
Tubo was a close enemy of the Tang Dynasty.
The dignified minister of the Ministry of Industry actually sold the grain that Tang Dynasty used to prepare for emergencies to Tubo?
It sounded ridiculous to Li Shimin!
"Your Majesty, I was wronged and I did nothing." Zheng Hai, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, immediately knelt on the ground and wailed towards Li Shimin.
"Who else?" Li Shimin said coldly.
"Brother Zheng He, Zheng He of the Zheng family in Xingyang!" Wei Zheng continued.
"Zheng Hai made it convenient for Zheng He, so Zheng He secretly transported the grain to the west through his merchants."
"Great profits!"
This sentence was so profitable that Li Shimin could no longer control his inner anger.
The fifth surname is Qi Wang, the Zheng family in Xingyang.
Use the country and country of the Tang Dynasty to benefit yourself.
This is simply unreasonable.
"Okay, very good, you are all fine!" Li Shimin leaned on the royal platform in front of him with one hand, looking a little ferocious.
"Your Majesty, calm down and take care of your dragon body!" Changsun Wuji quickly advised with a look of shock on his face.
If the emperor got angry and really ordered the massacre of the Zheng family in Xingyang, wouldn't something big happen?
After all, the Zheng family in Xingyang was also part of the Qiwang family of the Five Surnames. If they were really slaughtered by the angry emperor.
No one in the other families is in danger.
At that time, it may be another disaster!
This kind of thing must never happen.
"Your Majesty, although Zheng He and Zheng Hai are at fault, the rest of the Zheng family in Xingyang don't know about it, otherwise Mr. Zheng will definitely stop them."
"Mr. Zheng fought with the late emperor to conquer the sky.
The old man! "Fang Xuanling also said quickly.
"Your Majesty, it would be better to get to the bottom of this matter. Anyone who is guilty must not be let go."
"If you are not guilty, don't be implicated easily!"
"Your Majesty, why don't we put Zheng He and Zheng Hai in prison and torture them thoroughly before making a decision?"
In the court, the ministers gave advice one after another.
Fearing that the emperor would be so angry that he directly ordered the Zheng family in Xingyang to be wiped out.
Li Shimin had a gloomy face, looking at the limp Zheng Hai below, his face full of murderous intent.
"Retreat!" Li Shimin waved his hand and scolded coldly.
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"What should we do? Zheng He of the Zheng family in Xingyang secretly sold all the grain in the Lantian County granary to the Tubo people."
"He is dead now, but we still have the contract to purchase grain from His Majesty in Zheng He's hands."
"That's hundreds of thousands of coins, we can't just forget about it!"
"Although Zheng's Mansion has been sealed, the things have not been moved. Why don't we send someone to Zheng's Mansion to steal the box?"
The news that Zheng He was captured by Dali Temple spread like wildfire.
The shopkeepers who had bought grain with Zheng He before were worried at the moment, but they were reluctant to part with the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
If they can't get the money back, they can't explain it to the owner.
They don't care whether Zheng He dies or not, but this grain sales contract cannot be thrown away.
On the night when Zheng He was captured, someone broke into the Zheng Mansion.
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A few days later, the government began to send a large amount of grain to Chang'an City.
The government sold grain to the people at the price of five cents per bucket.
Within one day, the price of food in Chang'an City dropped rapidly.
The emperor's wise actions were praised by the people of Chang'an City.
After a few days, the weather finally cleared up in Chang'an City.
"Zhao Chen, what are you doing with your kid? These twenty
Wan Guan, how can a saint come up with it? "
In Wangyou Tavern, Li Shimin frowned.
The rain stopped in Chang'an City, but he was not happy in his heart.
It's all because I haven't paid the 200,000 yuan to buy grain.
"I heard that Zheng He was arrested, why are you worried about this?" Zhao Chen said with a smile.
Zheng He was arrested, which was somewhat unexpected to Zhao Chen.
But for the emperor, that was a good thing.
"Zheng He was arrested, but the contract is still there. This million stones of food does not belong to his Xingyang Zheng family!" Li Shimin frowned.
Of course he knew that Zheng He was arrested.
But Zheng He was caught, but his contract was still there.
Even if the contract is no longer there, the promise between himself and Zheng He is still there.
Li Shimin is the emperor and cannot break his word.
If he doesn't keep his word, who in the world would dare to believe him?
"Old Li Tou, let me tell you something." Zhao Chen looked at Li Shimin and said calmly.
"What are you talking about?" Li Shimin was a little surprised.
"The enemy should be killed!" Zhao Chen said.
"What?" Li Shimin's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Zhao Chen in disbelief.
"Since you have said that the saint wants to deal with the five surnames and Qi Wang, then naturally, the five surnames and Qi Wang will also unite to deal with him."
"If he is soft-hearted at this moment, he will be the one who suffers."
"Tell the saint that you will give money when you see the contract. If you don't see the contract, don't say anything!" Zhao Chen said slowly.
"Why?" Li Shimin didn't understand.
"How can there be so many reasons? Just do as you are told." Zhao Chen waved his hand.
"You kid..."
"By the way, I received a letter from Wannian County today, saying that my rice has matured and will be harvested in a few days."
"Old Li Tou, are you interested in taking a look?" Zhao Chen looked at Li Shimin with a smile.
