Princess Medical Doctor - 465. Chapter 465

As a businessman, Su Cha knows all the major commercial houses in Dongwen well, but it will take some time to find out how much money they have made in this time of raising food prices.

Su Cha was afraid that Lin Chujiu was worried, and when she found out the situation behind the major grain merchants, she immediately sent them to Lin Chujiu, so that Lin Chujiu could think of countermeasures.

Although the four powers of Dongwen and Seibu are independent, no matter whether it is economic or political, there is the shadow of the central empire. Like food prices, it is largely controlled by the great families of the central empire.

After each war, food prices must rise, which 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 did not expect that the people in the capital would cause trouble because of the increase in food prices, and the emperor would reprimand Xiao Tianyao for this incident.

Xiao Tianyao did not say any responsibility for the rise in food prices, and that would not be justified. The rise in food prices was indeed due to his disappearance. However, all the responsibility for the rise in food prices should be placed on Xiao Tianyao’s head. This is too much. Too much.

However, ordinary people are the easiest to be deceived. Every time the price of food rises, the people will lose a lot, and they will naturally feel uneasy, but they don’t know who they hate, because the food merchants have said that many wars are short of food and many are empty. It is also expensive for them to harvest grain, which is not their fault.

This time, the emperor listed one, two or three reasons to prove that the increase in food prices was all Xiao Tianyao’s fault. Ordinary people would believe it almost out of the box when they saw it, and then they recorded their hatred on Xiao Tianyao.

At this time, if someone instigated it, it would be possible for those people who suffered heavy losses to gather a crowd and smash Prince Xiao’s Mansion. At that time, Xiao Tianyao would return from a victory, and that was also a sinner of Dongwen, at least Xiao Tianyao would never be loved by the people of Dongwen again.

“Fortunately, the princess did not accept the decree. Although not accepting the decree is a serious crime, Tianyao can’t stand up after accepting the decree.” Su Cha felt more and more terrible the more she thought about it.

The emperor’s imperial decree was issued too suddenly, and they had not received any information in advance. If Lin Chujiu hadn’t firmly refused to accept the imperial decree, they would fall into the emperor’s calculations in all likelihood, burdened with unscrupulous merchants, and fought wars. Choi’s infamy.

The more he thought about it, the more terrifying Su Cha could not help but write a letter to Xiao Tianyao, telling him about the things in Beijing, and let him prepare in advance.

This time, in order to clear the charge of driving up food prices, but offended the Zhang Family of the Central Empire, they had to prepare in advance.

Steward Cao successfully got fifty thousand taels of silver. Before the household officials went home, he delivered two hundred thousand taels of silver bills to the servants of the household department. By coincidence, Liu Shilang who received the receipts happened to be the official who declared the decree today. Father.

“I heard that Princess Xiao didn’t accept the order, how come to pay the fine?” Liu Shilang didn’t look at the banknote in Cao’s butler, and made it clear that he would not accept it.

Need to pay a fine?

Let’s talk about the imperial edict first.

Don’t receive the imperial decree, and don’t even think about him collecting fines!

Steward Cao knew at a glance that the other party was deliberately looking for faults, and calmly withdrew the bank notes, and said: “We who are subordinates are only ordered to do things. How can the master’s affairs allow us to doubt. The master asked us to pay the fine. We came to pay the fine. Master Liu, don’t you collect the cash receipts?”

“Our Ministry of Household does not accept unnamed banknotes.” Liu Shilang refused again, but Cao steward nodded and said that he knew, “Then I will let people change them into silver and carry them in?”

“I won’t accept any money!” Liu Shilang almost tilted his mouth. What did the people of Prince Xiao’s mean? Can’t understand people?

No wonder his son is not doing poorly. This is obviously not his son’s problem. This is the brain problem of the people in the Xiao Palace, okay!

“Neither the silver nor the silver bills will be accepted. Are you trying to resist the decree? But the imperial decree requires us to pay 200,000 taels of fine silver.” Steward Cao said shamelessly with the imperial decree, and then took the decree in his hand. The bank note hits the table, “I put two hundred thousand taels here, do you want it?”

After speaking, he left without knowing his head, no matter what the people behind him called, he ignored…

They were given money, even if the matter was passed on to the emperor, they were not afraid!

Don’t be afraid, because…

The emperor laughed when he saw the imperial decree submitted by the Ministry of Rites and the bank note submitted by the Ministry of Household! “Who is going to declare the decree of the Ministry of Rites?”

“Sir Xiao Liu.” Shang Shu of the Ministry of Rites did not dare to conceal it.

“What is the relationship between him and Liu Shilang of the Ministry of Household?” It is not that the emperor has a good memory and remembered such a small person, but it was Liu Shilang of the Ministry of Household who presented the 200,000 taels of silver notes. In addition to the silver notes, He also wrote a booklet and sued the Prince Xiao’s mansion.

“It’s Liu Shilang’s son.” Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites quietly touched his sweat, worried secretly in his heart, but he didn’t want the emperor but he didn’t feel unhappy.

What does the emperor mean?

The Book of Rites took a peek at the emperor, and saw the emperor smiled, and suddenly became foggy: Princess Xiao did not answer the order, the emperor would not be angry?

Did he not explain, or the emperor did not understand?

Seeing that it was dark, Lin Chujiu didn’t see the emperor announce her to go to the palace to be held accountable. He also wanted to ask what the emperor meant?

“Didn’t the emperor want to take this matter to find the prince’s fault, and make the prince lose the love of the people?” Lin Chujiu sat in the study alone, thinking about all the possibilities.

Originally, she had been thinking about countermeasures all afternoon, but now that the emperor can’t make any moves, the countermeasures she thinks are useless.

“Is it because I thought wrong? The emperor didn’t want to find the prince’s fault?” It wasn’t the fault of Xiao Tianyao. What did the emperor mean by doing this?

If she accepts the imperial decree, Xiao Tianyao will definitely not be able to clear the charge of colluding with profiteers, but now that she has not accepted the imperial decree, it means that she has no wish as the emperor, why not see the emperor angry?

“Is it because I think I’m left? The emperor’s move is not aimed at Xiao Tianyao, but has something to do with it?” Lin Chujiu felt that something was wrong as he thought about it. Lin Chujiu was dumbfounded by the news sent by someone related to the supporters behind the grain merchants…

“I was used as a gun by the emperor!”

Most of the big grain merchants in Dongwen are in the hands of the central empire, except those under the names of a few imperial relatives. The Zhang family is considered one of the largest grain merchants, and the others are small families, but they are like this. , 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.

“Sure enough, it was taken advantage of!” Lin Chujiu stroked his forehead and couldn’t help crying: Xiao Tianyao, I did something bad, but…