Chapter 2076 The eldest princess who escaped death (88)
This year, locust plagues occurred in many places in Vietnam.
It happened that the place where the locust plague occurred was the power of aristocratic families like Chen Yuantao.
When they received the news, they immediately thought of how to deal with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who controlled the court, so they intercepted the news. The locust plague had passed for many days, and the news had not reached the court.
When Chen Yuantao saw Qian Yan's arrogant appearance in the court every day, he was planning to catch the Crown Prince off guard.
Let the other party take a good look at what the power of the family is.
Yes, the other party was extremely smart and played tricks on all of them, even controlling Ye Gong without saying a word.
so what?
Managing this world requires more than just intelligence.
Both Ye Gong and Ye Zhi had to bow to the noble family at this time.
Under the control of the Dai Viet family, the price of food rose unknowingly.
A few months later, when taxes were paid to various places, several places had not paid them, which finally attracted the attention of the Manchu Dynasty.
Chen Yuantao and others pretended to arrange an imperial envoy to find out what was going on.
The price of food is still under their control and has not risen particularly outrageously.
But when this comes to light, they have the final say on how much food prices will rise overnight.
Chen Yuantao had a smile on his face and suggested that Gong Yuhuai should do this, saying that he was good at such things.
In fact, Chen Yuantao planned to force the Crown Prince to order the disposal of Gong Yuhuai during this fight.
As long as Gong Yuhuai dies, the price of food will not fall.
If Gong Yuhuai dies, then the Gongyu family that supports His Highness the Crown Prince and hurts a large member of the family may turn against him immediately.
Chen Yuantao had been feeling aggrieved for so long. Just thinking about this result made him feel so happy that he almost couldn't help but laugh out loud in the court.
Qian Yan took a deep look at the other party, agreed to the other party's proposal, and asked Gong Yuhuai to handle the matter.
She still gave Gong Yuhuai an imperial edict to behead him first and report later. Chen Yuantao did not refute this time, and said that this was a power that should be given to the imperial envoy to avoid delaying the matter.
He was so easy to talk to, but it made many courtiers feel bad.
After the court was dismissed, Qian Yan directly called Gong Yuhuai and looked for him without any cover-up.
Such an arrogant look made Chen Yuantao smile gloomily. Be proud of yourself, soon the Crown Prince will be as embarrassed as a bereaved dog.
If the other party didn't agree to his conditions, he didn't know how many people would starve to death in the world.
"This time you go and kill all those who deserve to be killed."
Gong Yuhuai was not surprised when he heard Qian Yan's words. He just smiled and said: "Yes, Your Highness."
Chen Yuantao thought he could use this to control His Highness, but he didn't know that His Highness also needed such an opportunity to catch them all.
On the second day, Gong Yuhuai set out again as an imperial envoy.
On the tenth day of his departure, food prices could no longer be suppressed.
When Gong Yuhuai killed the first local official who had concealed information and neglected his duties, food prices soared to a terrifying level. Food prices in Nanling, the capital, were naturally the highest, which had already caused panic.
There was a lot of discussion about this matter throughout the court, and many people knew that it must have something to do with the aristocratic families behind Chen Yuantao.
Seeing that everyone was like ants on a hot pot, Chen Yuantao proposed to talk to Qian Yan.
"Your Highness, I have only one condition. If you comply with it, the price of food in various places will naturally come down."