Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty: Suppress the mythical martial arts at the beginning!

Chapter 115 Crazy rising prices!
"Gao Aiqing, do you have something to say?"

Zhu Yijun looked at Gao Gong and asked directly.

Gao Gong was about to speak but stopped.

He looked up at Zhu Yijun with a helpless expression on his face.

Then, he shook his head and lowered his head.

This made Zhu Yijun even more confused: "What's going on?"

Gao Gong's character is relatively upright.

Therefore, he never hides it.

But today, he obviously had something to hide.

What's going on?

However, since Gao Gong didn't want to say anything, Zhu Yijun wouldn't continue to ask.

After all, it might be inconvenient to say it in front of so many people.

After a pause, Zhu Yijun looked at the officials again: "My dear friends, is there anything else to start?"

The officials looked at each other, but no one said anything.

Apparently, no one had anything to say.

So, Zhu Yijun nodded and said loudly: "In that case, withdraw from the court!"

After the words fell, all the officials left one after another.

Gao Gong followed Baiguan alone, walking slowly.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Yijun waved his hand to the little eunuch beside him: "Go and call Gao Gong to the imperial study room!"

The little eunuch took the order and walked towards Gao Gong.

"Gao Shoufu!"

The little eunuch came to Gao Gong, bent down slightly, and called in a low voice.

"What's the matter?"

Gao Gong glanced at the young eunuch and said lightly.

"The emperor has summoned you to the imperial study to discuss important matters!"

After the little eunuch finished speaking, he led Gao Gong away.

Royal study.

Zhu Yijun sat on the dragon chair, looked at Gao Gong and said, "Gao Aiqing just stopped talking. I know it's not convenient for you to say it. There is no one else now. If you have anything to say, you can just say it."

Gao Gong was stunned for a moment and sighed: "Your Majesty, the tax issue may not be as good as it seems on the surface!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yijun immediately frowned.

"How do you say this?" Zhu Yijun asked in a deep voice.

Gao Gong smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, do you know what is happening in the capital now?"

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said, "I don't know!"

Gao Gong said: "Now, the grain stores all over the capital are closed, and there are even many dealers reselling rice grains..."

Hearing this, Zhu Yijun's expression changed.

He hurriedly said: "How is it possible? The capital is at the feet of the emperor, how could such a thing happen?"

“What your Majesty said is so true that even the ministers can’t believe it!”

"But that's the truth!"

"Because recently, the price of goods in the capital has been rising every three days, and then rising every five days. The old minister's family can hardly afford rice anymore."

Having said this, Gao Gong sighed.

Zhu Yijun also frowned and remained silent.

After a while, Gao Gong said again: "Your Majesty, the current prices in the capital are indeed too expensive! Not only rice, but also oil, cloth, porcelain, etc..."

"Moreover, it is said that people in some places have started to cause trouble!"

"what?!"

When Zhu Yijun heard this, his face turned cold.

He is very clear about the harm that rapid price increases will cause to this society.

After a while, Gao Gong said again: "But the strange thing is that I always feel that there is something wrong with this price increase."

"But I can't tell what exactly is wrong."

Zhu Yijun nodded and said nothing.

After a while, Zhu Yijun said again: "Gao Aiqing, I order you to investigate this matter immediately!"

"I need to know what's going on!"

"Is it the natural development of the market, or is there someone causing trouble!" "If there is really any conspiracy, I will definitely not spare them!"

"Yes! My minister obeys the order!"

Gao Gong cupped his hands and replied.

Zhu Yijun hummed, and then said: "Remember! This matter is very important and must be handled as soon as possible!"

"If you do it well, I will mark it down for you!"

"Thank you for your grace!" Gao Gong bowed his hands in thanks.

"Well! Go down and get ready!"

"Yes!"

Then Gao Gong turned around and left.

After Gao Gong left, he went directly to the cabinet.

At this time, in the cabinet, the adults are also discussing matters.

After seeing Gao Gong, several adults hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Gao Gong: "I've met Mr. Gao!"

Gao Gong nodded to them, walked straight to his seat, and sat down.

Then, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip of water, moistened his throat, and then said: "My dear friends, what do your colleagues think of the recent prices in the capital?"

As soon as these words came out, several adults immediately started talking among themselves.

After a while, Zhang Juzheng was the first to speak: "Master Gao, the prices in Beijing have been rising visibly in the past two days!"

"With so much rice entering the market, it will inevitably affect the harvest of the people. I'm afraid the people's lives will be difficult!"

"I think there must be someone behind this!"

"No matter who he is, this kind of person must not be treated lightly!"

Hearing this, Gao Gong nodded and said, "In the past few days, we will work together to find out this matter!"

"The Emperor also gave me an order!"

"So everyone, send your people to investigate immediately!"

"Within three days, I need to know what is going on!"

"Yes! I understand!"

After saying that, everyone stood up and bowed in response.

Next, a few people discussed for a while, then ended the meeting and left.

They need to do this quickly.

Gao Gong sighed and sat on the chair.

He knew very well that if this matter was not handled well, the consequences would be disastrous.

In the past few days, he has been staying in the cabinet for food and accommodation.

Three days later,
Zhang Juzheng and several other adults appeared at the cabinet on time.

Gao Gong looked at everyone and asked with a serious face: "Colleagues, the three-day time limit has passed. How is your investigation going?"

"Back to the words of the adults!"

While responding, Zhang Juzheng spread out the booklet in his hand: "After our investigation, the reason for the recent rise in prices in the capital is because of some malicious troubles!"

"The people who are causing trouble behind the scenes are those businessmen!"

"And it's not just one or two, those businessmen have joined together to make a joint effort to make prices in the capital rise rapidly!"

Hearing this, Gao Gong immediately became angry.

"Presumptuous! How audacious!"

Gao Gong snorted coldly, and then said: "Aren't these moths worried about having their heads chopped off?"

"How dare you do this? It's really unreasonable!"

The more he spoke, the angrier Gao Gong became.

To the point of pacing back and forth.

After a while, Gao Gong seemed to suddenly think of something, and quickly asked: "Then have you ever investigated clearly why these people did this?"

Zhang Juzheng nodded: "Sir, it's because of taxes."

"In order to make up for the shortfall in profits for their goods, they found ways to drive up prices."

"The purpose is still to make money and businessmen pursue profits!"

After speaking, Zhang Juzheng sighed.

After hearing this, Gao Gong also clenched his fists.

He cursed fiercely: "It's so unreasonable! It's lawless! Do you really think that the law of the Ming Dynasty doesn't exist?!"

(End of this chapter)