The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1326

[1326. Chapter 1259 I… lost…]

Zhou Ping, the general judge of Shuntian Mansion, was following this matter almost all the way.

He ordered his officers to find out the price of cloth in the new city and the old city.

Soon, he was shocked.

Cloth prices plummeted.

No, it’s not just a plunge, this is simply a cut in half.

Zhou Ping hurried back to Shuntian Mansion.

Liu Chang, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, was extremely concerned about this.

The cabinet has already issued a note asking Shuntian Mansion to pay attention to this matter. How dare he neglect it.

Seeing Zhou Ping come back, Liu Chang pretended to be calm and took a sip of tea: “How is it? How is the situation?”

“Master Fu.” Zhou Ping said seriously: “The price of cloth has been nearly cut in half, and may even continue to fall. The official found this trend very strange and sent people to continue to investigate. “

Liu Chang asked in surprise: “What is the market price now?”

Zhou Ping said: “The price of high-quality cloth has dropped from one to two or five yuan. Seven dollars.”

Phew…

Liu Chang took a breath.

It has only been a few days, but this energy is really powerful.

If you want to go up, go up, if you want to go down, go down, you just do whatever you want.

He stared at Zhou Ping and said, “Is there no reason?”

Zhou Ping was embarrassed.

He actually asked someone to inquire about it.

But those merchants were very strict with their mouths.

After all, this is a secret visit, and it is impossible to use official authority to oppress these merchants.

What’s more, what kind of person is Zhou Ping? How could he hang out with businessmen and spread the word to affect his official reputation? How can he find out the truth now that he is cramming.

Actually…this is understandable.

Merchants were frantically clearing out their stocks.

The merchants who knew the inside story were keeping the news secret for fear of leaking the information about Xishan Bu.

Because of this leak, the more people know the news, the more people will wait and see. Can this product be sold?

Nowadays, everyone is quietly shipping goods. If one less person knows about it, there will be more possibility of getting back the money.

Zhou Ping thought for a while and then said: “However, I vaguely know that there seems to be a large amount of goods hidden in Xishan, but I don’t know if it is related to this.”

“Can the news be confirmed?” Liu Chang frowned.

“This…”

“Hey…” Liu Chang smiled bitterly, but it was not easy to blame Zhou Ping too much. He cheered up: “In any case, I have to go to the cabinet, it doesn’t matter, as long as the price of cloth drops. He

stood up and glanced at Zhou Ping: “You continue to inquire. The price must be kept by me at all times. If there is any recurrence, you must report it immediately.”

“Yes”

Liu Chang then entered the palace. cabinet.

In the cabinet, everything is peaceful.

It’s just winter and the weather is a bit cold.

The three of them, Liu Jian, were all wearing sweaters, and their imperial bullfighting uniforms were shining on them.

They were old and couldn’t stand the cold. Fortunately, the cabinet had floor heating. Looking out the window, there were a few sparrows sitting on the bare trees, making chirping sounds.

The people in the middle school and the scribes are busy.

Liu Jian put his hands behind his back and still looked out the window. He couldn’t help but said: “When I was young, I always felt that I was too young and was underestimated by others. I only looked forward to how much longer I would be and the short beard under my chin.” , it can be longer. Nowadays, every time this season comes, I think that I am going to be one year older again. Alas… life is probably like this. There will always be unsatisfactory things. As we get older, we get older. Look. Looking at this desolation, my heart is always empty.”

He turned around and glanced at Xie Qian and Li Dongyang, who were also sighing.

“One day, we will all be buried in the ground and turned into dust, but we don’t know if there will be any successors in this world.” Liu Jian smiled: “I received a memorial from Ouyang Zhi yesterday, and it was about the New Deal. Things about the New Deal are getting more and more important. The fresher it is, but many times, I still don’t understand. Ouyang Zhi is a loyal and honest person. It’s rare for me to appreciate others. He is one.”

As he said that, Liu Jian sat down and took a sip of tea: “I’m here in the winter. The scene stirs up emotion, but if you think about it carefully, how many people are like in winter? “

Xie Qian said: “Liu Gong is so wasted, he must be thinking about your majesty’s bet with the prince and the Duke of Qi.”

Liu Jian said.

Smile: “If you gamble, you will win and lose, but as long as you gamble and the people can get benefits, what’s wrong?”

“That’s right.”

“I just don’t know whether His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Duke Qi have this ability. I heard, Your Majesty is angry again and wants to deal with His Royal Highness.

“Ahem…be careful what you say, and be careful that the walls have ears.”

Just as he was saying this, someone from Zhongshushe came to report: “Liu Chang from Shuntian Prefecture wants to see you.”

Liu Jian lowered his head and frowned. He took the tea in the cup and said, “Cao Cao is here as soon as you say. Come on, please come in.”

Liu Chang came in. He counted him as Liu Jian’s disciple. He hurriedly saluted and said with a smile: “Mr. Liu, please come in .”

Officials don’t dare to be like Cao Cao. The analogy of Liu Gong is obviously inappropriate.”

Everyone laughed.

Liu Jiandao: “Come, sit down and talk, Zihe, I’m looking forward to your coming.”

Liu Chang shook his head: “Xiaguan won’t sit down anymore. Xiaguan is here to report the price of cloth. Originally, it was I wanted to send a note to the cabinet, but I was afraid that Liu Gong was impatient, so he came in person. In the past two days, the price of cloth in the capital has plummeted, and it has dropped to less than half.”

Liu Jian and others were speechless.

Damn…it’s so cruel.

“What’s the reason?”

“The news I received is that there seems to be a large amount of cloth in Xishan, which has caused nervousness among the merchants.”

“Sure enough!” Liu Jian’s eyebrows were beaming and he was happy: “I had expected it a long time ago. The prince and Duke of Qi, for This bet was obviously… a big deal, but they didn’t know how much cloth they had hoarded. The price of these cloths when they were purchased was probably not low. Thinking about it, they would prepare and sell them at a low price. , in this case, it is strange that the price of cloth does not fall. This buying high and selling low is a waste of money, and the cost must be staggering. Someone in the Ministry of Finance has calculated that if this is really the case, I am afraid that the cost will not be millions of taels of silver. Below, otherwise, it will not last long, and the price of cloth will rise again. It will be difficult for Qi Guogong. Finally, he is willing to bleed. “

Everyone laughed.

Xie Qian said sharply: “This is called iron rooster plucking. It can’t be pulled out, and its hair is smoothed out.”

“Ahem…” Liu Jian coughed. In order to cover up his embarrassment, he hurriedly lowered his head and drank tea. He finally stabilized himself. He suppressed his desire to burst into laughter and said seriously: “Get ready to see His Majesty. This is good news after all. It will benefit the country and the people. It is a blessing for the country that the people can reduce some of their burdens.”

He stood up and everyone started to cheer. stand up.

…………

Emperor Hongzhi has been living in Fengtian Hall these days, and the harem has no choice but to live in a big workshop.

He looked tired, but Queen Zhang was here.

But I saw Queen Zhang in front and several maids behind.

Empress Zhang saluted Emperor Hongzhi: “I have seen your Majesty, and I ordered someone to boil some ginseng soup. Your Majesty is not in good health and should nourish himself.”

Some color returned to Emperor Hongzhi’s face, and he pushed away the document. After reading

the memorial, he looked at Empress Zhang with a smile: “Ah… you are here, come, come to me, you have lost a lot of weight.”

“Really? I don’t feel that I have lost weight.” Hearing His Majesty say to him Empress Zhang was overjoyed by her own evaluation.

Emperor Hongzhi: “…”

Women, women.

“What’s your Majesty’s expression?”

Emperor Hongzhi coughed: “No, it’s nothing. I’m just worried about you. You are not young yet, but you imitate their young people…”

“Speaking of this, I want to report it. , So far, there are 1,500 people in the harem, and they have woven 7,632 pieces of cloth… I thought about sending people to Xishan. I am their mother, how can I bear to see them miserable, With these more than 7,000 pieces of cloth, although it will not help, it can solve some of the urgent needs.”

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi sighed.

Although Queen Zhang sometimes had a bad temper, she even indulged her brother.

But speaking from conscience, she is a good person who protects the calf.

Emperor Hongzhi said: “I’m sure, these two little bastards…”

Empress Zhang frowned.

Emperor Hongzhi immediately said: “I don’t know what happened to these two children now.”

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the eunuch beside him.

The eunuch lowered his head and did not dare to raise it.

Sure enough… Xiao Jing is better.

Empress Zhang was worried, but at this moment, someone outside said: “Your Majesty, the cabinet scholar…”

After hearing this, Empress Zhang moved away: “Then, I will sue…”

Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand: ” Stay here, Liu Qing’s family are all my humerus, you don’t have to avoid them if they come in, no one will make irresponsible remarks.”

After a while, Liu Jian and others came in and bowed, Liu Jian said. : “Your Majesty, Shuntian Prefecture has reported that the price of cloth in the capital has suddenly plummeted in the past few days. The price has been cut by half. According to the report, it is said that it is due to the accumulation of a large amount of cloth in Xishan. Your Majesty, I am thinking, maybe It was the prince and Duke of Qi who were concerned about the sufferings of the people, so they purchased a large amount of cloth, which caused concern in the entire cloth market.”

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi was stunned.

Are these two little bastards really playing like this?

They… do not regard silver as silver.

However…

Emperor Hongzhi couldn’t help but said: “I… lost…”

There was no regret on his face, and he couldn’t help but feel a little more happy.

They can do something for the people, and they don’t hesitate to spend money. Although it looks like the behavior of a prodigal, there is nothing wrong with it.

Finally, a good thing was done.

After hearing this, Queen Zhang became unhappy.

It’s not because of this bet, but now it’s better. How much money did the two children spend?

Thinking of this, Queen Zhang felt distressed.

What’s more, I also led the harem and spent a month weaving more than 7,000 pieces of cloth sleeplessly and disdainfully, but now… what can I do?

If I had known this, I should have sent this cloth earlier. These two children should have saved as much as possible.

Liu Jian was overjoyed: “I congratulate your majesty, congratulations to your majesty. Today, the weather is freezing and the people have no clothes. At this time, the price of cloth has plummeted. It is like saving thousands of people and countless lives.”

………

Chapter 4, there will be four chapters in the future, so what, a good friend of Tiger wrote a book “Journey to the West Life Game”, I won’t write the introduction, it’s nice.

(End of chapter)