451 Money and Grain (2 in 1)
"The soldiers and horses in the five cities obey orders!"
Chen Yichen did not care about the surprised eyes of others, and directly ordered the soldiers of the five cities and soldiers present.
Faced with Chen Yicheng's sudden order, the officers and soldiers of the five cities looked at each other and didn't know how to respond. After all, they went to the grain shop under the name of the Duke of Chengguo's Mansion under the name of the Duke of Chengguo's Mansion under the convening of Wang Tong, the government of Chengguo.
Standing opposite to this direct Shangguan.
As a result, the other party suddenly planned to take over the jurisdiction. It felt a bit strange to obey orders. He was not obedient and afraid of taking on the rules of disobedience.
Not long after, the commander of the Five Cities Army Command made a choice. He came to Chen Yichen and knelt down on one knee and said, "Go back to Ge Chen, I am humble!"
Those who know the times are heroes. The situation is obvious now. Chen Yichen has the upper hand. Judging from the emperor's oral decree conveyed by the father-in-law in the palace, the identity of a confidant minister won by Long Zhigong is not a big deal.
If Chen Yichen had offended him, he would probably not be able to take advantage of the situation in the future. On the contrary, the two parties had no subordinates except the jurisdiction of the superiors and subordinates of Chengshan Hou Wang Tong, and they would not use legal authority to pursue them.
If you don’t even know how to choose this, it means that your IQ is not suitable to continue to be in the officialdom.
"Ma Guangxu, you..."
Looking at his deployment of "changing the door" in person, Chengshan Hou Wang Tong was anxious and angry. He raised his hand and pointed at the commander of the Five Cities Military Command, but he didn't know where to start his scolding words.
After all, compared to his nominal "old boss", Chen Yichen is a real superior to the Ministry of War, and it is completely unreasonable.
Of course, the more important point is that Wang Tong, the Hou of Chengshan, was cowardly in the face of Chen Yichen. Perhaps he himself was unwilling to admit that a veteran who had been fighting for many years in his 40s would be afraid of a young man in his early twenties.
The four words "The Young Man is terrifying" are fully demonstrated at this moment!
"I ordered you to lead your troops to seize all the grain shops that have raised prices and sold grain in the capital during this period, and implement them immediately."
After saying that, Chen Yichen took a step forward, and looked face to face at Ma Guangxu, the commander of the Five City Military Commander, and emphasized word by word: "I heard it clearly, I am talking about everything!"
That's right, since the other party has already made the move to lift the table, Chen Yichen simply took the opportunity to lift it to the end.
Originally, Chen Yichen planned to rely on commercial means to sell rice and grain at a high price and then smash the price, or even buy back a part of it when the market is saturated, so that I want both money and grain!
Now that the repurchase step can be eliminated, we can simply use the crimes that Chengshan Hou Wang Tong and others thought of, and seal all the grain shops that have raised the grain prices, so that they don’t have to pay a penny.
Anyway, with the oral endorsement of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, Chang Bo Sun Zhong instigated Empress Dowager Sun and Emperor Shang to launch a coup immediately, otherwise he would have the right not to expire and invalidate it.
These two things are never too much, let alone the battles of Luchuan in the south and Wurianha in the north. These two battles are called bottomless pits. Many areas that suffer severe natural disasters have to find ways to exempt taxes for at least one year.
, give ordinary farmers a chance to breathe.
As early as the New Year, Shang Lu proposed to reduce taxes in the affected areas. Chen Yichen directly denied it at that time, and was too lazy to even make a move to submit a memorial to the emperor. After all, it is because of the overall situation, and the treasury is empty.
It is impossible to exempt taxes, and coupled with the pressure of war, it will even extinguish the waters and increase taxes.
The reason is that no matter ancient and modern times, China and abroad, there is only one fundamental factor in the final destruction of the dynasty, that is, insufficient taxes or inability to collect them.
The emperor can spend money on the world, and the powerful ministers can act recklessly. Even if the army and separatist were like the late Tang Dynasty, they could actually continue to live. Once the court center had no money, conflicts would accumulate together and explode in an instant. This was very clear to the important officials in the court, including the emperor.
This is why, even though many dynasties had clearly reached their limits in the end of the world, the government still continued to pay various taxes and force the people to live in poverty.
No matter how troubles the lower class is, as long as taxes can be squeezed out, the problems can be accumulated to the successor to solve. On the contrary, if you don’t squeeze out money now, the king of the devastated country is himself.
The emperor is not a fool, so I will care about the flood after I die.
With enough money, Chen Yichen can implement tax reduction and exemption policies in the most serious Xuanda and Jingji areas. He has never forgotten his original intention, which is to take the people of the world as his responsibility, and as long as he can, he will continue to implement it without leaving any effort!
After hearing Chen Yichen's order, the commander Ma Guangxu, who knelt on one knee, instantly had beads of sweat the size of beans on his forehead. Those who could open grain shops in a place like the capital, and dared to hoard prices, were all the top powerful people in the court.
He is the commander of the Five City Military Command, and his official title is only the sixth rank of military positions. Under the current situation of many high-ranking officials in the capital, he is even worse than a small ant. Who dares to offend?
Today, I came to seize the grain shop under the name of Duke Chengguo's Mansion. I rely on Chengshan Hou and the commander of the Du Yu. Unless Chen Yichen personally led the seal, Ma Guangxu would rather disobey the order and ask for punishment, which would be better than inexplicably die in the family in the future.
"Her Chen... Master Chen, I dare not be a humble official, please give me a way out!"
At this point, Ma Guangxu had nothing to worry about. He stretched his head and shook his head, and simply said that he was in trouble.
Looking at Ma Guangxu who was already trembling, Chen Yichen was not too embarrassed. Instead, he held the other party's arm and helped him up from the ground and said, "You only need to take the banner of the Five City Military and Ma Si and immediately seize the matter of the grain shop."
After saying that, Chen Yichen looked at Han Bin, Feng Zheng and others, and ordered loudly: "You follow Command Ma, and the grain shops in the capital will be sealed to our officials. Whoever dares to stop them will be arrested immediately in the Ministry of Justice Prison. If a senior official comes out, he will report the name of our cabinet. I will bear all the consequences!"
"Yes, Master Chen!"
Without any hesitation, Han Bin, Feng Zheng and others took Chen Yichen's order, and then looked at Ma Guangxu with a fierce look. There was a stance that if the other party did not take action, he would take him to seize the grain shop.
Faced with this situation, Ma Guangxu knew that he was not qualified to refuse. Anyway, the Beijing camp soldiers would do it during the execution stage, and Chen Yichen would bear the consequences in the future. He just needed to provide a name.
So he gritted his teeth and said, "As for the order!"
After saying that, he stood up and called out the officers and soldiers of the Five City Military and Masjids. The group rushed to the major grain shops in the capital. The scenes that were densely packed before were instantly empty.
"Chen Zhongtang, Zhu Tongzhi, I have been disturbed by official affairs today, so I hope you don't get surprised."
"Since the matter has been resolved and I am still in charge of government affairs, I will leave with Chengshan Hou first. Sometimes I will hold a banquet and get together."
After all, the Censor Wang Wen is a personal elite. Wang Zhen’s fall was liquidated in various ways, and he was still in a high position without affecting him. At this time, he hurriedly said politely to Chen Yichen and Zhu Yi, hoping to ease the relationship between the two parties and leave a decent for each other.
Seeing that the Du Yu envoy Wang Wen surrendered, Zhu Yi first bowed and replied: "You are polite Wang Du Xian, you will have time to get together again after a little misunderstanding today."
Zhu Yi was meticulous in the current situation of the Duke of Chengguo. Without the protection of the title, he could not have his former status and glory. He had to learn appropriate regression and compromise in the officialdom, otherwise he would be able to fail.
"Wang Duxian is kind and go slowly."
Chen Yichen also bowed his hand and returned the gift. He had learned the smoothness of the officialdom since he entered the officialdom. As long as he did not involve his core interests, he would talk to others and talk to ghosts, he would not be worse than any old fox in the center.
It can even be even more shameless, even if it has no literary character in the eyes of outsiders, it doesn't matter if it clings to the eunuchs.
Du Yu envoy Wang Wen surrendered, and he would not continue to attack at this moment, and it was not time to break up and settle the matter.
"Goodbye."
Wang Wen replied with a smile, then pulled Wang Tong, the Hou Chengshan, who was still full of shame and anger, away.
After all, as a marquis of the Ming Dynasty, he has a noble that ordinary people cannot reach. It is difficult to swallow his breath if he is given face to others. However, except for being incompetent and furious, Wang Tong, the Chengshan Hou, cannot pose any threat to Chen Yichen, whether it is soft or hard.
This son looks like a young minister, without qualifications and foundation, and in fact his power is far superior to many masters of Zhihu Palace!
Looking at Chengshan Hou Wang Tong and Du Yu Envoy Wang Wen, who was away, Zhu Yi said at this time: "Xiangbei, I have something to say to you, please go to the shop first."
It is obvious that going into the grain shop means that these words are inconvenient to be made public, so Chen Yichen nodded and said, "Yes, the eldest son."
One by one, the other was later, and then the two went to the living room of the grain shop. After everyone else retreated, Zhu Yi said, "Yangbei, thank you for the grain shop today."
Hearing Zhu Yi thanking him first, Chen Yichen replied with a wry smile: "If you want to thank me, I should thank my grandfather and the eldest son. Otherwise, there would be no channel for selling grain in the capital, and I would not have this trouble for the grain shop."
"Grandmaster, thank you."
After saying that, Chen Yichen sincerely bowed to Zhu Yi and thanked him a lot about the "grain war" matter.
"To the north, we were a family, you don't have to be so polite."
Zhu Yi waved his hand quickly, but he didn't expect Chen Yichen to be so formal.
"Why should the eldest son thank you?"
Hearing Chen Yichen say this, Zhu Yi stood there in a moment and was stunned. This may be the first time he has not refuted or avoided the words of the family in many years.
Looking at the astonished expression on Zhu Yi's face, Chen Yichen also had mixed feelings in his heart. He himself did not expect that one day he would subconsciously acknowledge the remarks of "family".
Many experiences may subtly change people's thinking. Chen Yichen is not an ungrateful person. The eldest son Zhu Yi's repeated helps, and the Duke of Cheng Guo Zhu Yong attacked the rescue. How could he forget it completely?
People are not plants and trees, so who can be ruthless?
"Young Master, let's talk about the serious business."
Chen Yichen broke the complex atmosphere and asked about what Zhu Yi called herself in and wanted to tell.
"To the north, the southern expedition army led by Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji has not left Beijing yet. You should go and seize the grain shops under Huichang Bo Sun Zhong and others. Are you too hasty?"
"If there is a desperate situation, your Majesty will not be sure of winning."
Hearing Zhu Yi's concern, Chen Yichen's face showed a disdainful smile and replied: "Huichang's uncle Sun Zhong is just a relative who was granted title by Empress Dowager Sun. He has never controlled military power and is not even qualified to jump over the wall."
"The real leader of Anyuan Hou Liupu, Ningyuan Hou Chen Mao, left governor Zhang Fu and others did not participate in raising the price of grain. Or, as their status, they were disdainful to do such things, a group of devastating honors and relatives in the capital were devastated.
I never took it seriously!”
Chen Yichen told the truth at this moment. From the beginning of planning the "food war", he had already figured out the opponent's background and made plans to harvest a wave of leeks from the capital.
Although the nobles in the early and mid-Ming Dynasty did not have a wealthy family like the later period, and even had wealth that could rival a country, the wealth accumulated over the past few decades should not be underestimated.
It is almost impossible to plunder them through normal means. Emperor Chongzhen was about to destroy the country in the late Ming Dynasty and the ministers Xiang Xunqi "begged" and did not dare to forcefully confiscate their homes to make money. Chen Yichen now has no
That ability.
Even the new king Zhu Qiyu, if he wanted to hold the throne firmly, he would not dare to offend too many nobles in the court, so he could only let him go.
Unexpectedly, they were greedy and raising the food price was equivalent to sending the handle to Chen Yichen. If they were not to follow the trend, they would be so sorry for the millions of people in the north who suffered famine.
And cutting this wave of leeks reasonably and legally can help Daming overcome the most difficult crisis at present, and it can kill the numbers in one fell swoop.
Listening to Chen Yichen's answer, Zhu Yi carefully considered the background of Huichangbo and others. In addition to the noble status of the relatives of the foreigners, other criminals like Chengshan Hou who lost their troops and abandoned their land were simply a shame for the great Ming Dynasty honorary relatives.
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If he had the ability and bloody revenge, he would not have been afraid of death during the Annan War, causing the Ming Dynasty to permanently lose its southwestern border.
"Xiangbei, you are right. As long as Jingyuan Bo and Anyuan Hou do not take action, they are indeed not qualified to jump over the wall."
"Actually, I asked you to come in not just to remind Huichangbo's party of revenge, but to tell you good news."
“What good news?”
Chen Yichen asked curiously, "The war is about to rekindle, is there any good news in the court?"
At this time, Zhu Yi smiled mysteriously on her face and said, "You have asked me to persuade the commander Han Liang'an of the Beijing Guard before, and it has been done."
Hearing this answer, Chen Yichen's face instantly rose to his mind, which was indeed a rare good news.
You should know that Chen Yichen's capital to participate in the battle between the two emperors. Compared with the Supreme Emperor Zhu Qizhen outside the palace, as long as Yu Qian, the Minister of War, was slightly more favorable, and Shi Heng, the Hou of Wuqing, did not completely surrender.
Then even if the Southern Expedition Army is stationed in the capital, it still has the capital to be evenly matched.
Only Chen Yichen, the imperial guards in the palace, had no way to reach in, and could not compare with Guo Jing, the imperial horse supervisor.
Chapter completed!