Chapter 986

Chapter 986

Seeing such a large number of people coming to the food store, they all followed the example of their peers in raising prices, and some simply closed the store door. Now...the people were even more panicked.

Since the people of Xiliang became rich because of jadeite brocade, fur and paper, the people of Xiliang, who had little arable land, were even less willing to work hard to cultivate. Instead, they all worked hard on jadeite brocade, hunting and papermaking. The price is cheap and the supply is stable, and the common people feel that the income from cultivating food is not high, and the cultivated land is abandoned as time goes by.

But at this moment, the grain shops in Yunjing suddenly raised their prices, and suddenly closed one after another. Grain is the top priority of the people’s livelihood. Choking the throats of the people of Xiliang, how can the people not panic?

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It was already late at night, and the lights and shadows in Mingyang Hall were full of lights, and the blue cloud gauze curtains hung on both sides of the red beads by red gold copper hooks swayed with the wind. He has long hair tied on top of his head, wearing a jade crown, dressed as a man, but his eyebrows are beautiful and strong, like the king of peonies blooming in a prosperous age of prosperity, glamorous and captivating.

The two ministers knelt outside the slightly swaying bead curtain, and reported to the Empress of Xiliang about the chaos caused by the sudden increase in grain prices in Yunjing today.

When the Empress of Xiliang got the news, she put down her pen, picked up the teacup, and looked up at the Hubu Shangshu and Hubu Shilang who came to report the news: " It's finally here..."

It's just a pity that she and the court officials noticed it a little late, and Cui Gongxing refused to admit it.

However, there is a saying in ancient times, which is called "remedial after a dead sheep".

The sooner this problem is discovered, the more timely it can be remedied. Although the hole is already very large, it is better than watching it grow bigger and bigger.

After Cui Gongxing was imprisoned last month, the Empress of Xiliang issued a series of edicts to encourage farming, but with little effect.

The empress of Xiliang wanted to get rid of Cui Gongxing's shops cruelly, but now it can be said that most of the people in Xiliang rely on jade brocade for their livelihood, and a few rely on fur. Cui Gongxing's shops buy the most in Xiliang.

If Cui Gongxing's shop is closed rashly, Xiliang does not have such a big merchant who can swallow the emerald brocade that the people are making every day, and the livelihood of the people will be cut off.

Furthermore, Cui Gongxing is a smart person, her business is big... and she also brought in the eight most powerful families in Xiliang to participate in it. Although the two families of the eight major families are no longer in the limelight, the power of the other six families should not be underestimated.

Not to mention the intricate relationship, Cui Gongxing, with the help of Xiliang nobles and several big families, has become the largest food vendor in Xiliang, which is why the empress of Xiliang did not kill Cui Gongxing for so long. , killed Cui Gongxing... I am afraid that half of the people in Xiliang will drink the northwest wind.

In the past, the empress of Xiliang, who was a lowly businessman and lowly businessman, was because Cui Gongxing could tell her the customs of Jin, and the anecdotes she encountered when she traveled to various countries and went to sea. Cui Gongxing did not despise women, and her words were more equal between men and women Such words won the hearts of the Empress Xiliang very much, so... Later, even the Empress Xiliang did not regard Cui Gongxing as a confidant, but regarded Cui Gongxing as someone who could speak.

Unexpectedly, it was such a person... who actually harbored evil intentions to harm Xiliang.

Sure enough, just like what my father said, Jin people... and Yan people are the most scheming.

It is also because these years Xiliang, like other countries, has been too contemptuous of businessmen, so that they have never taken a small businessman to heart. They did not expect that this businessman can have such great energy, and can weaken a country quietly.

During the period when Cui Gongxing was imprisoned, the Eight Great Families kept coming to plead for mercy. Later, they got the promise from the Empress of Xiliang, saying that they would not interfere with the business of Cui Gongxing's shops and affect the income of the Eight Great Families. Only then did the Eight Great Families stop.

"Tomorrow, I will sell the grain and grass that I ordered from the Ministry of Households from Dayan to the common people at normal market prices..." After the empress of Xiliang finished speaking, she asked Yun Poxing again, "The general thinks that if this continues for a period of time, is it okay?" Adjust the market price of food back?"

Yun Poxing held back his cough with all his strength, turned around and saluted the Empress of Xiliang inside the bead curtain, and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks... the most urgent thing is to let Cui Fengnian go. The interests of Cui Fengnian and the eight great families are intertwined. Everything about the business of the eight major families is fine, now that Cui Fengnian’s people are raising food prices, I’m afraid it’s just the beginning, if Cui Fengnian is not let go, there must be a next step, maybe it will be Emerald Brocade.”

The empress of Xiliang pursed her lips, her beautiful and colorful eyes were half down, and she said with a smile in her voice: "Unexpectedly, I, the once powerful general in Xiliang, would be afraid of the eight great families."

"Cough, cough, cough..." Yun Poxing couldn't help coughing a few more times, and continued to endure, until his cheeks flushed, "The old minister is not afraid, but through this incident, I understand that the eight families... understand Zang Shi's concession is not as the old minister and His Majesty thought, the promotion of Han Su has already played a role, and it is not the time to be able to compete with the Eight Great Aristocratic Families."

The empress of Xiliang couldn't bear Yun Poxing's insistence to talk to her, and signaled the eunuchs serving beside her to give Yun Poxing a seat and tea.

Yun Poxing took a sip from the teacup, coughed twice, suppressed the cough, and continued: "For example... this time...if the eight aristocratic families hadn't been tempted by interests and blocked Man Chao's sight, who would have known that the In Xiliang, where there are few farmlands, the people have abandoned farming one after another, and have gone to weave emerald brocades and hunt wild animals! Cough cough...cough cough..."

The empress of Xiliang closed her eyes in dismay.

Yun Poxing coughed badly, and hurriedly took out the handkerchief to cover his lips, feeling more and more heart-piercing.

"General, sit down!" The Empress of Xiliang was very worried about Yun Poxing's body, and seeing that Yun Poxing couldn't bear to sit down, the Empress of Xiliang said slowly, "The interests of the country are not as important as their earning money! I think... the eight major families deliberately concealed the report this time because they valued the huge profits that the jade brocade could bring, and even more so... After the jade brocade, they can use grain to search for the money earned by the emerald brocade from the hands of the common people again. in their pockets."

After a long time, the empress of Xiliang opened her eyes: "If what I expected is correct, the eight major families probably have a lot of food in their hands! The eight major families are waiting for the day when the price of food suddenly doubles, so why would they care about a Cui? Respectful life and death."

It's not that Cui Gongxing is a great businessman, but that the Eight Great Families are too greedy.