Chapter 60: Is there any reason why Jin Yiwei wants to kill someone?
If we follow the plot of the comedy movie, next, King Ning should bring people to the Chinese bachelor's home to find trouble.
But this is not a comedy movie world after all. Although there is a funny Tang Bohu, the trajectory of the world still has its own specific operating rules.
For example, the princes of the Ming Dynasty could not leave their fiefdoms without an edict. This was an iron rule. Although Prince Ning's power had become a giant in Jiangxi, it was far from the point where he could blatantly defy the iron law of the imperial court.
Lin Nuo and Xiu'er stayed in the secret stronghold of Jinyiwei in Wuxi for another two days. After confirming that Prince Ning had indeed not left the fiefdom, they stopped wasting time and set off towards the border of Suzhou.
The reason why he wanted to go to Suzhou was not only because the scenery there was great and suitable for sightseeing, but also because his good friend Xu Wei was the prefect of Suzhou!
After Lin Nuo served as the commander of the Imperial Guard, Xu Wei had secret discussions with Lin Nuo for a long time. After that, under the operation of Li Dongyang, he was sent to Suzhou as the prefect, away from the whirlpool of the court and all kinds of things.
dispute.
Now that he has a rare opportunity to visit Jiangnan, Lin Nuo naturally wants to visit his old friend Xu Wei.
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The appearance of Lin Nuo and Xiu'er from the Suzhou magistrate's office did not cause any publicity.
As soon as the two of them appeared, they were taken to the flower hall in the back hall by Xu Wei.
At this time, there was an Eight Immortals table placed in the flower hall, which was filled with various dishes, fresh fruits, and even two jars of aged wine.
After Xu Wei and Lin Nuo took their seats as the guests of honor, they couldn't wait to open a jar of old wine and poured it directly for Lin Nuo and Lin Nuo.
"We brothers haven't had a drink together for a long time. Come on, we won't come home until we get drunk today!"
"Wait a minute!" Lin Nuo raised his hand to stop Xu Wei, who was about to sigh, and said with a faint smile: "Old Xu, did something unpleasant happen to you?"
"It's a bit!" Xu Wei put down his wine glass and said calmly: "Prince Ning's people once came to woo me, but I refused. Next, they are going to attack me!"
"Huh?" Lin Nuo's face turned cold, "They want to assassinate you?"
"That's not the case. After all, I am a prince of the palace who was born as a Jinshi. If I die suddenly for no reason, it will definitely attract the attention of the court. Even Prince Ning will probably not be able to do well!"
Xu Wei shook his head and continued: "Besides, Prince Ning also knows that I have a very close relationship with you. He would not dare to directly kill me as a last resort, lest he arouse the hostility of Jin Yiwei, a behemoth."
"So, they are preparing to use political means and in accordance with official rules to bring you down?"
"Yes, officialdom struggles are a common occurrence. Their purpose is not to kill me, they just want to drive me away and replace me with a prefect who is willing to obey!"
"This Prince Ning, who is far away in Jiangxi, has actually reached out to the border of Jiangsu. It seems that his power has increased rapidly in the past two years!"
A sense of urgency suddenly arose in Lin Nuo's heart. The development trend of this world may not completely follow the historical trajectory. At least based on the current situation, Prince Ning's power is developing too fast. At this speed,
If it goes on, maybe within two or three years, most of the Jiangnan area will be penetrated by him.
"This is the food price trend in Suzhou over the past month. Food prices are increasing almost every day. According to this trend, in another month, the money in the hands of ordinary people will be hollowed out!"
Xu Wei took out a blueprint and placed it on the table. Lin Nuo took a look at it. In just one month, the price of rice has skyrocketed by one or two cents. This rate of increase is such that people will starve to death.
"Is it the grain merchants in Suzhou City who are deliberately raising prices to get you?"
"That's not true. If the grain merchants in Suzhou cause trouble, it will be much easier to handle. After all, I am the prefect. If I want to deal with them, I have many ways!"
Xu Wei rubbed his forehead with a headache, "Suzhou is a big commercial city with very little grain output. Most of the grain comes from Changshu and Taicang. If prices in those two places increase, I can't control it!"
Changshu and Taicang are the major grain-producing areas in the south of the Yangtze River. Almost half of the grain merchants in Jiangnan provinces will choose to purchase grain here. If the local grain merchants raise prices on the ground, the price of grain will be raised not only in Suzhou City, but also in the entire Jiangnan region.
stand up.
"Are the big grain merchants in Changshu and Taicang only raising grain prices in Suzhou, or are they also raising grain prices in other provinces?"
"I don't know anything else, but the price of food in Hangzhou is also rising steadily. It seems that the Hangzhou prefect did not accept Prince Ning's solicitation. Prince Ning wants to use this matter to get rid of him too!"
"Understood!" Lin Nuo nodded thoughtfully, "Is it still too late to purchase food from other provinces?"
"It's too late. The distant water cannot quench the near thirst. Suzhou City will run out of food in a few days. Even if I open a warehouse to stock up on food, I won't be able to hold on for long!"
Xu Wei scratched his head, with a sad look on his face, "When the food is gone, the prices of other commodities will skyrocket, and the people who can't afford to eat and whose family fortunes are hollowed out will definitely launch riots under the guidance of thoughtful people and work as street merchants.
, and may even attack the government!”
Food is the most important thing for the people. The people in ancient times were actually very easy to manage. As long as there were stutterers who could not die from hunger, they would accept the rule of the government honestly, and riots, rebellions and other bad events would rarely occur.
But if you can't even eat and can only wait to starve to death, who will care about the consequences of rebellion? Since you will die if you don't rebel, and you will die if you rebel, it's better to rebel first and then talk about it!
At least, you can live for a few more days!
The people rioted and rebelled, which was a huge disaster. As the person in charge, Xu Wei would inevitably lose his official position. If he was unlucky, he would even become a scapegoat to calm the people's anger.
There are capable people in Prince Ning's mansion.
This use of power is not a conspiracy, nor is it a strife in the officialdom, but an honest conspiracy. It cannot solve the problem of feeding the people. Even if you call the emperor, it will be useless!
"Okay, I understand this matter!" Lin Nuo patted Xu Wei's shoulder and comforted: "This matter is indeed beyond your ability. Leave this kind of thing to me!"
"Are you going to kill someone again?" Xu Wei was stunned for a moment, and then persuaded him: "Those grain merchants are backed by powerful people. Just being accused of manipulating prices will not sway them!"
"Haha, Brother Xu, you are still a little too naive!"
Lin Nuo laughed, drank all the wine in the glass in one gulp, and did not continue talking.
Jinyiwei wants to kill someone, but why is he worried?
Which of these wealthy businessmen does not have a murder behind them? If you want to investigate, there are plenty of clues to deal with them.
If that doesn't work, just charge him with conspiracy to rebel and then confiscate his family and exterminate his family!
Lin Nuo came to Jiangnan with the intention of confiscating Zhu Hou's house to make money. Now that he happened to happen upon it, he didn't even need to look for the target of the house raid anymore!