Geng Sun led people to rush to the grain store, Lao Yuan'er was stunned by the long queue at the door of the grain store to buy grain, and when it was finally her turn to line up, she was startled again, only to see that the japonica rice that sold one or two or four cents and one stone the day before yesterday had soared to three taels and one stone after two nights, and the white rice also rose from eight cents of silver per stone to two taels of silver per stone, and the rest of the white flour soybeans, black beans, mung beans, etc.

This is not the end, in the past, as long as you had money, you could buy as much as you wanted, but now there is a sign stamped next to it, with big characters on it: "Each item is limited to five stones".

She finally believed that the rumors were true, and honestly paid for everything, bought enough of everything, and pulled two large carriages back to Gewusu.

When I entered the door, I ran into Guo Zaoqing and Zhao Zhenyu, and when the latter saw her pull so much food back, she couldn't help asking, "Sister Sun, why did you buy so much food?" ”

"Lord Zhao is a mind to scientific research, I don't know what is going on outside the window, no, there are rumors in the market that there is a shortage of food in Beijing, and the price of food is going to rise, I deliberately went over to take a look, it is really like this, everything has multiplied several times, many people are queuing up to buy it, and I grabbed some."

"Lack of food, how can there be a shortage of food at the feet of the dignified son of heaven?" Zhao Zhenyu asked puzzled.

Guo Zaoqing knew something, and changed color and said: "It's finally started, it's just been more than two months, and it's been launched so quickly, someone should be pushing it secretly." As he spoke, he stuffed a stack of drawings in his hand into Zhao Zhenyu's arms: "You don't have to worry about this kind of thing, I'll go to Zhang's Mansion to inquire." ”

The Zhang Mansion in his mouth is not Zhang You's family, but the Zhang Rang family, and only Zhang Chang's knows this matter best.

"Mr. Guo is here for the sake of soaring food prices, right?" Zhang Changshi was wearing a light purple skirt and a light blue armor, graceful and luxurious, with the bearing of the chairman of a large group in later generations.

Guo Zaoqing nodded and asked worriedly: "I heard that all this is aimed at Zicheng, I really can't sit still, so I came to ask Madame." ”

"The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth. Mr. Guo doesn't have to worry, Zicheng has already taken a countermeasure, so he is waiting for this day. Zhang Chang's voice just landed, Zhang Weiguang led a person in, he looked back, and saw that it was Li Zhen, the deputy director of Daming Newspaper, and hurriedly got up to say hello, and at the same time wondered, why did he come?

Soon he understood Li Zhen's intention to come over, because after the greetings, Li Zhen said to Zhang Changshi: "Madam, everything has been arranged, just wait for them to make trouble, let's immediately publish our report, cooperate with Zicheng, and calm Jiangnan in one fell swoop." ”

"What's the report?" He understood that the report in Li Zhen's mouth must be related to Zhang You, but he didn't know the specific content, so he couldn't help but ask.

For Guo Zaoqing, the gentleman who once saved Zhang You in danger, Zhang Changshi still respects him very much, and took the initiative to say: "Mr. Guo is busy with official business, I haven't mentioned this matter to you, didn't Zicheng send someone to track down the use of silver to repair the embankment in Dongting County, it was regarded as a hornet's nest, which attracted the revenge of the Jiangnan family. Now that the grain stocks in the state and inner treasury have been exhausted, and the rich households in the city are being instructed to refuse to borrow grain, and there is a shortage of grain in the city, which has caused the phenomenon of soaring grain prices......

After roughly telling the story of the incident and Zhang You's response, Guo Zaoqing suddenly realized and said with a smile: "I have to bear the burden for a long time in vain, and I have already had a countermeasure with Zicheng, and now Lao Xu is afraid that he will lose his wife and lose his army." ”

He has lived in Jiangnan for a long time, and he is clear about the cats between the construction of embankments and dams, and he immediately understands the reason for the fierce resistance of the Jiangnan family, if this is about to start, I don't know how many officials will be cleaned up, and the so-called collusion between officials and businessmen, the reason why the major families in Jiangnan are strong, in addition to the economic foundation, also rely on the officials they have cultivated.

"For your own selfish interests, blowing up the lake embankment, ignoring the lives of the people downstream and the luck of the people, not to mention the simple matter of losing your wife and breaking your soldiers, it is enough to wipe out the family, in a word, this time, those families in the south of the Yangtze River, including him Xu Ge Lao, even if they don't die, at least they have to take off a layer of skin."

"Well, it's long overdue to clean them up, it's really a good thing to be happy," Guo Zaoqing said with a sharp turn of words: "However, it is only a person like Zicheng who is not afraid of heaven and earth to have this kind of courage, if it is someone else's words, let alone do it, I guess I can't even think about it." ”

"Don't you see whose student it is," Zhang Changshi said with a smile: "Mr. Guo is making up Fang Fang'er to praise himself, right?" ”

As he spoke, everyone in the room burst into laughter.

Since Zhishi returned to his hometown, Xu Jie has not left Songjiang for many years, sitting on the carriage of his new car dealership, once again stepping on the road to Beijing, looking at the familiar scene on the side of the road, he can't help but have mixed feelings, can't tell what it feels like.

Don't say goodbye to the cold and summer, and remember it like yesterday.

He entered Beijing in a legitimate and bright way, not only with his eldest son Xu Fan, but also with Wei Yunzhen, the governor of Susong, Xu Bin, the prefect of Songjiang, and Xu Weizhi, the son of the Duke of Wei, and Wang Xianjian, the eldest son of Xinbo, and other celebrities and dignitaries in the south of the Yangtze River.

Before that, a total of more than 700 Jiangnan officials jointly signed a letter to impeach Zhang You, and more than 200 people in the capital and officials of the civil and military system also impeached Zhang You, Zhu Yijun's kang table has been placed. This is not counting, every day in front of Tiananmen Square, there are bewitched people who are angry with Zhang You about the lack of food in the capital, and it is now June, everyone ignores the scorching sun, sweating like rain, only for one purpose, severely punishing the culprit Zhang You, and there is a situation that not killing is not enough to anger the people.

And the reason why Xu Jie entered Beijing, in addition to the high-sounding Sijun's earnest reasons on the surface, the fundamental purpose was to put the last straw on the camel's body and press the last straw.

Since things have evolved to a situation where they are not dying, he will definitely not leave Zhang You any more chances.

Zhang Siwei personally led a group of officials to Yongdingmen to pick up Xu Jie, which is the treatment that the old Shoufu should have. However, as his student, Zhang Juzheng was obviously in Beijing, but he did not appear in the greeting procession.

The skin of the face has not been torn yet, but it is just a piece of tissue paper to cover the shame.

"The younger generation sees the old Shoufu, the Shoufu Lord Wanfu Jin'an!" Zhang Siwei prostrate on the ground, saluted respectfully, and the rest of the people followed, some claimed to be students, some claimed to be subordinates, most of them wore scarlet robes, only a few green robes were mixed in, and the black pressure was all over the ground, blocking the Yongding Gate tightly.

"Get up, the old man has already retired to the court, and he is no different from the mountain villager, so you don't have to be so polite!" Xu Jiehao blushed, his hands were weak, and his face was full of confidence, and he was completely a victor.