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Chapter 217

In a few days, the list will be released.No one from the Luo family participated in the ceremony, and Qi Jin, the only one who participated in the ceremony, also had a quarrel with the Luo family. When the list was released, no one in the Luo family paid attention to it.On the other hand, when Xiqiao was helping to buy groceries, she was worried after all, so she wandered around the list and searched for a long time, and unexpectedly saw Qi Jin's name under the list. Nope.

Luo Baisu wrote a letter of righteousness to the Qi family, but later only told Fang and Luo Tian, ​​the rest of the family didn't know, now in name, Luo Mingdu is still Qi Jin's wife, Xiqiao only knows My son-in-law was awarded a tribute, so overjoyed that he didn't even buy any food. He ran home and yelled loudly before entering the door: "Madam, eldest lady, good news, my son... my son has won a tribute."

Luo Tiandu was sorting out the account books in the room, when he heard her yelling, he shook his hand and broke the quill.She was unhappy, lifted the curtain and went out, said a little unhappy: "If you hit it, you will hit it. What's there to be happy about?"

Even Fang's expression was indifferent: "That's right, if you hit it, you will hit it. What does it have to do with us?"

Xiqiao didn't expect Fang's and Luo Tian's reactions to be so indifferent, and she couldn't help but sigh: "This is a great joy, my uncle has been awarded a tribute, and he will become an official in the future, so the eldest lady can have someone to rely on." Although she Also because of Luo Mingdu's injury, Qi's family had a lot of opinions, but the idea was the same as others. No matter how angry Luo Mingdu was, he still had to go back to Qi's family in the future. He couldn't stay in his mother's house forever. Luo Mingdu will have a good life, especially Luo Mingdu may not be able to have children in the future, and the only thing she can count on is her uncle's affection for her.

Seeing that Xiqiao still seemed a little puzzled, Xiang Lan kindly reminded her: "What's the lady's last name?"

"Is the eldest lady's surname Luo?" Xiqiao was a little puzzled. Originally, after a woman married, she should follow her husband's family name, but Xiqiao still knew Luo Tiandu's character to some extent, so of course she would not answer Qi Luo's name out of self-indulgence. up.

"What about Mr. Qi?"

"My surname is Qi."

"That's the end of it." Xiang Lan patted her on the shoulder and went to work.

Xiqiao was dumbfounded. Hearing what Sister Xiang Lan meant, it seemed that the eldest lady did not intend to continue living with the young master.She married Luo Mingdu to the Qi family, lived for so long, and was considered loyal to Luo Mingdu, but she also regarded herself as half of the Qi family in her bones, and now she suddenly heard Luo Tiandu sever ties with the Qi family His tone was a bit overwhelming for a moment.

Regardless of what the Luo family thought about Qi Jin's acquisition of Zhonggong Shi, urgent reports from Lixiang City were sent from Jiangnan to Shangjing one by one.The magistrate of Lixiang City was newly appointed this year, and it was his misfortune that he was newly appointed, and he hadn't settled down well, so he caught up with such a big event as Dilong's turnaround, and the people were displaced, so he had to try his best to resettle him He was ready to open the granary to release rice, but he didn't expect the whole granary to be empty. The magistrate Wang was stunned.

Lixiang City, the second largest granary in the south of the Yangtze River besides Nandu, has no grain storage. If this matter gets out, it will be enough to chop off the heads of several Lixiang City prefects.

This is a big matter, and the magistrate Wang dared not hide it. While writing an urgent report, he discussed going to other state capitals to transfer grain and rice, so as to temporarily relieve the urgent need of Lixiang City, but the grain adjustment to neighboring state capitals also had to be turned around. Time, but the people in Lixiang City who were hit by the disaster couldn't wait for a day.The magistrate had no choice but to discuss with the big households in the city and borrow some rice for emergency. However, before he could discuss with those big households, the news that the granary in the state capital was empty was spread by someone, and some grain merchants in the city took the opportunity Gouging up the price of rice is actually not a big deal. Although rice is a little more expensive, as long as the food from the nearby state capital arrives in the past few days, the price of rice will naturally decrease.

That Futai Qingliu was born, but he is a corrupt Confucian, he can't see such profiteering profiteers the most, so he will immediately issue a ban on selling.If things like closing purchases and paring prices are good things in normal times, but at this moment, it is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire.As soon as the prohibition order came out, local gangsters took the opportunity to make trouble. When they saw someone trading rice and grain, they reported it to the official, took it to the public court, and immediately received the shackles.Those who have money are afraid of causing trouble, and the official price of rice and grain is very low, so there is no interest. If there is rice at home, they just sit in closed warehouses.There was no more rice in the officials, the big households in the city refused to sell, and the number of desolate people increased. Wang Zhifu had no choice but to forcefully demand that the local prominent families donate grain, which broke the hornet's nest.

The desolate people in the city had nothing to eat, and seeing that there was no rice in the officials, they rioted. They broke into the prefect's office at night and beat the mansion to death.One team of Shenwuwei that Wei Que brought went to the nearby state capital to borrow food, and the other team also went to fight the fire in the city that night. During the mix-up, two of the Shenwuwei who stayed behind in the government office were killed by the mob.

When the news spread to the court, it caused an uproar, and today he was naturally furious, and he issued more than a dozen sacred edicts in succession, and must thoroughly investigate this matter.

"Is Lord Wei alright?" Luo Tian frowned, she really didn't expect this incident to become such a big deal.

No matter how bad Wei Que and Shenwuwei's reputations are in Mingtang, in her heart, she admires these serious and almost ruthless royal thugs.Whether it was Wei Que, Ren Qi, or even the two Shenwuwei who accompanied her to Chunning City, they didn't feel bad to her, but she never thought that two of them would lose their lives in Lixiang City .

"I just inquired about it. Mr. Wei is highly skilled in martial arts, so there must be nothing wrong." Luo Baisu was also a little worried. Speaking of which, Wei Que is still the great benefactor of the Luo family.

"Hey, at that time, what's the use of high martial arts? People are so hungry that they can do anything. At that time, can they kill all the victims of the disaster?"

"It's a trivial matter. The granary in Lixiang City is empty. This is a major matter. I don't know how many officials will be involved." Luo Baisu frowned, thinking that this year would not be peaceful again, and only hoped Just don't involve yourself in it.

Luo Tiandu was also faintly worried, thinking that this time things would not be so simple.Lixiang City, even if she is an outsider, she knows that it is the second largest granary in the entire Daqing Dynasty. Every year, half of the grain harvested by the nineteen prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River enters the grain of Lixiang City. Calculated, it can receive millions of dollars a year. Shi's grain has been in good weather in recent years, and the warehouse has not been opened a few times. Logically, the warehouse should be full of grain.Who is so courageous, has such a big appetite, dares to stretch his black hand so long, and actually empties the entire granary.

If it is sold, and there is so much food on the market suddenly, no one in the court will know?If not sold, where did it go?What is the intention of storing so much food without permission?
Not only Luo Tian thought so, but all the officials in Shangjing were thinking about this issue.

In the end, even Luo Baisu vaguely guessed that it was probably related to the princes and grandsons in the imperial city.

Counting, today is not too young, now there are more than a dozen or 20 princes in the imperial city, big and small, the oldest prince is already 27, and the youngest one is still babbling.

As far as filial piety is concerned today, the princes are naturally filial, but this filial piety is limited in the end. Seeing that they are getting older and less energetic every year, but they have not made a crown prince for a long time. Those who have grown up Naturally, the princes couldn't sit still anymore, they all stared at the dragon chair under Imakami's buttocks with red eyes.

In particular, Jiangnan has always been the territory of the second prince, and the mother family of the second prince is a well-known family in Jiangnan. Historically, the chiefs of several affluent states and counties in the south of the Yangtze River have all come from the sect of the second prince, but the new magistrate is from the school of the seventh prince. of.

Inevitably, some people thought of the account audit by the Ministry of Accounts last year, which was full of thunder and rain, and those with sharp political acumen could not help smelling an unusual atmosphere.Let's just say, that person who can't tolerate sand in his eyes today, how can he tolerate someone who is under his nose, and has been holding back. He originally planned to have a big cleaning this year, but it's just that people are not as good as God, Before I could do anything today, I encountered this natural and man-made disaster.

Today there was a violent incident in the court, the courtiers are now honest, they no longer argue about trivial matters, all of them restrained their temper, pretended to be deaf and dumb, for fear of talking too much and being caught It is launched today to solve the troubles in Lixiang City.No one is a fool, knowing that jumping out at this time will not please both parties, and if it is not done well, the black gauze hat on the head may be taken off.

These courtiers have been in the officialdom all their lives, and they are all as smart as monkeys. They usually play Tai Chi with a few princes, and they are ambiguous. I am tied to a certain prince to live and die together, otherwise ordinary people would not be able to do such a thing.

There is so much food, but there is no circulation on the market, so it is naturally being hoarded. As for what it is used for, you don't have to guess. Apart from the army, what else can use so much grain.

At such a critical moment, the courtiers were unwilling to embrace this hot potato, so the young master Yin Ming of the Xiling Mansion, who had always been known as a dislike, was pushed out again.

After hearing this, Luo Tian was both amused and grateful.The funny thing is, it's no wonder Master Ming has offended so many people in Shangjing, yet he has been standing still. No matter how you try to participate, he is still firmly established in Shangjing, because he is a trouble solver at all. If there is anything difficult to offend someone, the courtiers are not willing to do it. Mr. Ming, it must be true; fortunately, Luo Baisu is now in the same scope as Mr. Ming in Shangjing. Others spoke lightly, at this time, even if someone wanted to push him out, he was not qualified enough, so he finally didn't have to take on this dangerous job.

(End of this chapter)