Chapter 496 Secret Meeting

Of course, the royal family also had to perform sacrifices and sweeps. "In the first half of the month of the ban, people from the palace went to the mausoleum with their carriages and horses. Close relatives from the south class of the clan were also sent to visit the mausoleums and tombs to enjoy the sacrifices. Everyone was wearing purple robes, white silk, triangles and green strings, all of which were given by officials."

During festivals, it is also forbidden to use carriages and horses, and people in the temples and Taoist temples worship the tombs of people in the palaces."

Therefore, many of the preparations need to be completed by the supervisor.

There are all kinds of golden cyanosis, brocade forehead curtains, double embroidered fans, paper canopies and pavilions.

In addition, we must prepare jujube jars, cooking cakes, yellow fat, dropped knives, famous flowers and exotic fruits, and Shanting opera utensils. These things are called "outdoor soil".

The sedan chairs of the nobles in the palace should be decorated with willows and mixed flowers on the top, and the four sides should be covered with hangings.

Moreover, Zhao Xu personally called the guests, and the food for this cold meal was not served in the dining room, but was handed over to the general supervisor to prepare it.

Bianjing Sanhualou’s pastry takeout is also very famous now.

There are so many ways for Su You to make money. Things like cakes, breads and peaches are actually very profitable.

Su oil was too lazy to eat alone. When in Sichuan, it was handled by Wenshufang. In Bianjing, the vegetarian oil was handled by Daxiangguo Temple, and the non-vegetarian oil was handled by Sanhualou.

In his usual style, he only needs 20% of the income, and others should earn the rest.

During the Qingming Festival in previous years, the markets in Bianjing City usually sold thick glutinous rice cakes, wheat cakes, cheese, milk cakes, etc. Nowadays, the varieties of Daxiangguo Temple and Sanhualou are no less than 20 or 30 types in each place, and there are three groups of them in both places.

Unfortunately, these pastries were not even available. Three days before the cold meal, there was a long queue in front of the door before dawn.

However, Zhao Xu's words made the family's dining room embarrassed.

This incident offended people for no reason, so Su You had no choice but to make a request to let the inner dining room be the supervisor. He divided into two teams, one at Sanhua Building and the other at Daxiangguo Temple. He personally took charge of the supervision on the night before the Cold Food Festival.

Preparation of special food.

For this matter, Shanggong shook his head in praise when he mentioned it. From this incident alone, it can be seen that the future of Xiao Su Tanhua is definitely not as simple as being a general and a prisoner.

Look at you guys whose minds are covered with lard. You eat silly things all day long, but are you any smarter at all? When the official comes up with an idea, you run out of ideas?

No wonder people can make many meritorious deeds outside. Just looking at this favor, it is too transparent.

At the end of February, the price of salt in Bianjing City suddenly fluctuated. One pound of salt rose sharply from the usual thirty-five copper coins to forty copper coins.

According to common sense, at this time, the government warehouse should put salt in the warehouse to stabilize the price. However, the government has not taken action this time. The reason is said to be that it is preparing to issue treasure banknotes. The salt warehouse in Beijing will be used as a hard currency reserve to hold down the warehouse.

Then, rumors spread in the market that the old banknotes would be invalidated across the board and would be replaced by Bao banknotes. Now the only way is that bank Bao banknotes and Shu banknotes will be exchanged at a certain interest rate, so Shu banknotes are other than copper coins.

Besides gold and silver, it is the only currency that can be held today.

Overnight, a long queue formed in front of Sitong Store. They were all merchants who came to exchange Sichuan banknotes. They were waving salt coins in their hands and clamoring for exchange!

People in the market began to frantically buy supplies, including salt, soy sauce, pickles, salted fish, and bacon. Anything with a slight salty taste was eager to take it home.

The amount of salt on the market seems to have suddenly increased significantly, and the corresponding consequences are a large reduction in circulating currency and a sudden devaluation of salt banknotes!

On the one hand, the salt banknotes are depreciating, and on the other hand, the salt price is rising. It feels like the salt fields in Jiezhou, Sichuan, and Huaiyang suddenly stopped production!

Panic continued to spread, and by the last day of February, the price of salt reached a crazy fifty cents! And the price of salt dropped to twenty cents per catty!

The officialdom began to become uneasy, and the censors began to prepare. Everyone knew that this time someone was definitely going to put Wusha in danger!

That night, a carriage drove slowly into Nantong Alley.

The carriage entered Hefuxiang directly, and a heroic young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing arrow sleeves and riding attire, got out of the carriage.

Seeing this glorious building and the snow-white pear blossoms blooming in the bluestone courtyard, I couldn't help but smile: "Uncle Emperor, what a huge property!"

Yu Dalang helped the young man down: "Your Majesty, Mr. Liu from the Duke's family is the leader of the Qian Yinxing line. This kind of magnificence is what we should have."

Shopkeeper Liu came over and cupped his hands: "I pay my respects to the prince."

The young man was the second son of Chang Wang Zhao Hao, Song Yingzong Zhao Shu and Gao Taotao. He was talented and eager to learn. Every time he finished studying a scripture, he was given a gift of money to the lecturer.

Good books, Boqiu rare books. He is a good calligrapher and good at archery.

Duan is both civil and military.

In fact, there was another King of Cao, Zhao Wei, under him, who was also the biological son of the Empress Dowager Gao. He was very dignified and good at painting and calligraphy. The ink and bamboo pictures he painted were cleverly changed in position, which should be innocent, with vertical and horizontal effects, and all the merits of nature. He was especially good at seal script.

, there is a person who has six paintings with only one character in calligraphy, and his writing power is amazing, and it is almost impossible to know it without learning.

But the strange thing is that Gao Taotao neither loves the eldest son like the royal family nor the youngest son like the common people, but prefers the middle one.

Zhao Hao raised his chin and said: "There should be less false courtesy. The villains in the court have stirred up chaos, and the people are miserable. Nowadays, the price of salt is fifty cents per catty. Do you dare to ask if there has been such a terrible thing for a hundred years since the beginning of the dynasty? Shopkeeper Liu, as a

How did Xingshou guide Qiao Yingxing to do things?"

Shopkeeper Liu smiled apologetically and said, "What else can I do? I just need to release more salt. I hope the merchants can quickly transfer the salt from Jiezhou. I have already released 600,000 salt, which can be regarded as doing my best for the emperor and Song Dynasty."

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Zhao Hao laughed loudly: "It's crazy, but I like it! Is the emperor's uncle here?"

Shopkeeper Liu bowed and said, "I have been waiting for you at Yashe for a long time."

Zhao Hao said: "How dare you, a slave born in this family, to keep the emperor waiting for a long time! Lead the way!"

Several people went up to the third floor and saw a middle-aged man in purple standing in front of the auspicious beast inlaid with glass and carefully studying this colorful bronze vessel.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the middle-aged man turned his head and saw that it was the current emperor's uncle, Tong Zhongshu's subordinate Ping Zhangshi, the military governor of Jiqing, Zuo Pushe, the inspector of the school, and Zhao Zong'e, the Duke of Guo.

When Zhao Zong'e saw Zhao Hao, he shook his head and praised: "In the clan, Erlang is the most handsome and handsome person. Every time I see you, I can't help but feel that the best time in the world is still in my youth."

Zhao Hao bowed his hands in greeting and said: "Wan'an, Emperor's uncle."

Zhao Zong'e called Zhao Hao to sit down: "I can't live in peace anymore. Nowadays, one hundred thousand salts are sprinkled out every day, just like mountains and rivers collapsing. Uncle, this little bit of family wealth is about to be emptied."

Zhao Hao said: "The emperor is laughing at this. Hundreds of thousands of guans of salt go out, but thousands of jins of refined salt go in. Is this called loss outside the embankment and replenishment within the embankment?"

"It's a small fight, a little fight." Zhao Zong'e added some tea to Zhao Hao: "Erlang, is the heat almost done?"

Zhao Hao said: "On March 1st, the emperor is going to visit Jin Mingchi. I think this is an opportunity."

Zhao Zong'e nodded: "Several poor censors also accepted the money, promised to impeach the Planning Department, and restructured the system indiscriminately, causing prices in Bianjing to skyrocket and public dissatisfaction boiling."

Zhao Hao said: "That's because Mr. Tang Jie was born poor, and his family was so poor that he couldn't even earn a thousand dollars. How could he control millions of dollars? The emperor was worried about the national affairs, so he was a little worried. After all, Sitong

They are outsiders, and the national wealth is not controlled by the clan, but is left to outsiders to operate. What is the reason?"

Zhao Zong'e slapped his thigh: "That's right! Among the clan members, the person who can take charge of the Huangsong Bank must be Erlang!"

Zhao Hao sighed: "Yushiyanguan only knows about the shortcomings of his duties, but he can't come up with solutions. Aren't we the ones who are worried about the country and the people? Alas... I said to move out of the palace to avoid brother's suspicion, but what about the empress?

I just don’t listen. Although I am worried about many things, I dare not mention them..."

Zhao Zong'e secretly cursed "Little fox!", but on his face he echoed loudly: "Mention it! It must be mentioned! Erlang feels it is inconvenient, and I will say so as an uncle! But, but..."

Zhao Hao said: "Brother Huang is only twenty, and we are even younger. Within the clan, we still have to rely on mature people to take care of us. Among the uncles, who is willing to do things and do good things? It's not just the emperor.

Uncle? Therefore, this position of Da Zongzheng should have been chosen by the emperor's uncle."
Chapter completed!