Chapter 35 Now I have friends! There is a party! It's Uncle Guo's crony!
The conversation was divided into two parts. When Liu Yixiu and other dignitaries went to Xishan, Tianqi was worried because the factory guard reported the soaring price of charcoal, and specifically asked Wei Zhongxian: "Has the price of charcoal dropped now?"
Wei Zhongxian replied: "Qizou Huangye, it has risen again."
Tian Qi frowned after hearing this: "How can the common people bear it if it continues to rise? Some rich and powerful households are really greedy and keep the price of charcoal at a high level. You Dongchang should check carefully to see which powerful households are secretly pushing up the price." Charcoal price!"
"yes!"
At this time, Han Yu, who was also in front of the imperial court, said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, as far as I know, Uncle Guo has arranged for Quanzi to open many stores in the city, called comprehensive stores, which specialize in selling cheap coal, but the purchase is limited. Only a certain amount of coal can be bought.”
Tian Qi was quite surprised, and looked at Wei Zhongxian: "Is this really the case?"
Wei Zhongxian said with a sneer: "The servants are busy these days interrogating profiteers who are suspected of making inferior fat jackets for the frontier army, and they haven't known about it for a while. Please rest assured, the servants will let the people from Dongchang investigate."
"No need! I will go to the palace to see for myself. By the way, I will also see how much the people's lives have been affected by the high carbon price."
Tian Qi looked at Han Yu again after speaking: "Han Qing's family, let's go together."
"yes!"
Han Yu agreed.
Because the comprehensive store has the advantages of his Han family, Han Yan, who has always been taciturn, just said something more.
When he came outside the palace, on the bustling street, Tian Qi saw many poor people cowering in the corner on the snow, their skin was purple with cold, and he could not help sighing: "It's really the rich smell of wine and meat, and there are frozen bones on the road."
As he spoke, Tianqi asked Han Yu: "Han Qing's family, is what you said true, Zhang Gui is really selling cheap coal to help the people?"
Han Yu replied: "How dare a minister deceive the king."
At this moment, Tian Qi noticed a long queue outside a store in front of him, and the name of this store was "Comprehensive Store".
Tian Qi also walked over and asked a commoner, "What are you doing queuing here on such a cold day?"
The commoner replied: "Buy coal! This one is cheap and fair, the same price as last year's parity, but you can't buy more, so you have to come to buy it every day. And you can't replace it with others, you only get coal with a household certificate and a bond. Therefore, no matter how cold it is, I have to come in person, otherwise my wife and children will freeze to death? There is no firewood pit in the house!"
"Isn't the price of carbon soaring recently? Why are they willing to sell at a low price?"
Tianqi asked again.
The common man replied: "It is said that the emperor gave them a subsidy in the store, so they can buy it so cheaply. It can be seen that the emperor is still a good emperor."
Tianqi nodded, knowing that Zhang Gui made up such a reason because he wanted to do good things by himself, and the emperor let him accept the people's hearts.
Then, Tianqi asked again: "How many stores like this are there?"
"There are two in one workshop."
The common people replied.
Tian Qi walked out without saying a word after hearing this.
"Wei Zhongxian!"
Tianqi suddenly called out.
Wei Zhongxian hurriedly stepped forward: "What is the emperor's order?"
"Why didn't the inner court know how to do this?!"
"Use money to buy coal, and then sell it to the people at a low price, so that the people can survive the crisis? Zhang Gui can think of it, why can't you, the chief **** of the ceremonies, think of this? You have the heart to watch my capital and the people freeze to death. ?!"
"Han Qing, and your cabinet is foreign, why didn't you think of it?!"
Tianqi asked with some reproach.
Wei Zhongxian hurriedly prostrated himself on the ground: "The emperor calms down, the uncle of the country has a kind heart, and the servants are indeed inferior to him. The servants must learn from the uncle of the country."
Han Yu also apologized, saying something similar to Wei Zhongxian.
"Get up."
Tian Qi has never been a person who is too strict with those around him. After criticizing Wei Zhongxian and Han Yu for a few words, he stopped talking about the two, and only asked Wei Zhongxian: "When Zhang Gui's comprehensive stores buy coal, can I ask you?" Do you want money?"
Wei Zhongxian replied: "No."
"Then you have to take the initiative to give it!"
"He is honest in his heart, don't you also follow the truth?"
"Yes! The servant obeys the order."
Wei Zhongxian replied.
At this time, Han Yu smoothed things over for Wei Zhongxian, saying: "Your Majesty, there is something here, you misunderstood, the coal that Uncle Guo didn't buy, it was produced in the farmland you gave him. "
Tianqi was a little surprised after hearing this: "Really?"
Han Yu said: "I dare not lie to Your Majesty, this is what the dog told me."
After Tianqi heard this, he said: "It shows that he is kind-hearted, just like his sister! There is so much coal that he doesn't want to sell at a high price to make more money, but he sells it at a low price and takes this opportunity to make my emperor more popular."
Tian Qi said: "Let's go to Xishan to see him."
At this time, Han Yan hastily persuaded: "Your Majesty, it is best not to go."
Tian Qi couldn't help asking: "Why can't you go?"
Han Yu replied: "Because there are many dignitaries who went to Xishan today."
"Why so many?"
Apocalypse asked.
Han Yu hurriedly told Tian Qi the truth.
Tian Qi snorted after hearing this: "That's more time to go, I want to see who sees my brother-in-law like that! When Wei Zhongxian arrives, remember to write down the names of those people!"
"Follow the order!"
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Before the arrival of the apocalypse, here in Xishan, because Zhang Gui directly distributed coal and grain to the working people as wages, he angered many high-ranking officials who tried to hoard coal and force the people to sell their children cheaply, and made a group of civil officials start to condemn Zhang Gui When he even refuted Wang Yingjiao who was starting to feel guilty, Xu Guangqi stood up and said that those who scolded Zhang Gui at this time were all heartless.
The discordant voice inspired by Xu Guang was like a resounding slap in the face of Liu Yixiu and other dignitaries.
"Xu Zixian, do you know what you are talking about?!"
Liu Yixuan questioned Xu Guangqi first.
"Mr. Ge, you don't need to remind me, I know what I'm talking about!"
"I also thought that Uncle Guo was going to open a prostitute nunnery in Xishan to ruin the world, so I came to see it, but now, I have to admit that I, Xu, was wrong, and it was a big mistake! "
"As Yang Dahong said, Uncle Guo is indeed for the country with his heart. Xu is ashamed! He has been looking at him with the inherent prejudice of a scholar."
"Just like what Da Si Nong said just now, Xu also felt ashamed to face the emperor and the people. Uncle Guo knew how to comfort the people so that the people would not freeze to death or starve to death; but I, Xu, as a member of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Feng Xianguan has never even spoken out for these common people, Xu is really blind!"
Xu Guangqi also spoke excitedly at this time.
Liu Yixiu's face became even uglier after hearing this.
Liu Guojin sneered and said: "I can see it. You Xu Zixian said that you are neither party nor friend, but in fact, you have long been wooing the powerful and making friends with his Uncle Zhang Guo!"
"That's right! Now in the imperial court, why Zhu, Yao, Liang and other direct ministers have been punished successively is because our civil servants are not united in the first place, and there are still a large number of treacherous and mediocre ministers in the court!"
As Guo Xing said this, he pointed at Xu Guangqi and said sternly, "And you, Xu Guangqi, are one of these treacherous ministers! You are not worthy of being one of our scholar-bureaucrats! You are obsessed with miscellaneous learning, do not pay attention to the classics of sages, and betrayed Confucianism. So shameless, being a friend of foreign relatives! Be punished!"
"I, Xu Guangqi, have always been neither party nor party, since you say so."
When Xu Guangqi said this, he took a step forward resolutely, as if he had crossed a gap, and walked to the opposite side among the refugees who were huddled under the hut and surrounded by the fire, looked at the dignitaries opposite and said: "From today onwards, I, Xu Zi, will have friends! I will have a party! And uncle Guo's friends!"
The refugees looked at Xu Guangqi in a scarlet official robe in surprise, with a smile on his face unconsciously.
"This hall is also willing to be a friend of Uncle Guo!"
Influenced by Xu Guangqi, Wang Yingjiao also stood up and stood on the side of the refugees. That step was particularly solid.
"Da Si Nong!"
Liu Yixuan yelled, but didn't call Wang Yingjiao back.
"And I!"
At this time, Chen Zizhuang, an Hanlin editor who was born in Tanhua, also stepped forward.
"And I!"
"And I!"
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(end of this chapter)