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Chapter 364
Old Wei bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am overjoyed."

Overjoyed?Li Xian stared his eyes so big, the group of courtiers here are almost against the sky, or are they overjoyed?He asked, "Where does joy come from?"

Old Wei said: "I congratulate Your Majesty on the first joy, the food price turmoil will subside."

Li Xian was taken aback for a moment, then came to understand.

I don't know how much food these brave people in Huazhou have hoarded, but they have invested nearly 200 million yuan successively, and they hoarded it when the price of food was in the [-]s to [-]s. One can imagine how much food there will be.would be an astronomical figure.Even if some other aristocratic families are involved, because of this case, they still dare to ask for food?The appearance of these grains will be of great help to disaster relief and to calm grain prices.Of course, the imperial court also immediately got huge wealth.

In the past, there was nothing to be done about these hoarders, and the involvement was too great. Unless starvation was everywhere, the court would not let them forcefully quell the price of food.Now that you have this chess piece, you can play however you want.

Although his aptitude is mediocre, this simple truth still comes to mind.

It's a blessing in misfortune.

Old Wei said again: "Second Xi, the prince has only been released for a few days, and he has made this feat. There will be successors to His Majesty, and there will be successors to Jiangshan Sheji."

In fact, Lao Wei knew that not only he, but also many ministers knew that it was impossible for Li Chongjun to crack down on this weird and big case by relying on Li Chongjun's intention to exploit it.If he had this ability, he would be able to turn his hands like clouds in the harem, turning his hands into rain.

Old Wei said this sentence from the bottom of his heart.Li Xian asked the secretary to supervise Yang Jiao, and Tai Changqing Wu Chongxun, two uneducated teenagers, to be the guests of the prince.For this matter, Yao Ting, the direct minister of Zuo Shuzi, also advised Li Chongjun to reform himself.Li Xian didn't blame Li Xian for the sparse report, and he didn't accept it either.

For this matter, Lao Wei is often worried.After all, deep in his heart, orthodoxy is still very heavy, but because he was manipulated by guns a few years ago, he was disheartened and didn't want to care too much about things.No matter what conflicts Wang Hua's idea has with them, but character old Wei absolutely believes it.Those who are close to ink are ink, and those who are close to red are red. Walking together with Wang Hua is a good thing for the growth of the prince.

Hearing what Old Wei said, the other ministers said together: "Congratulations, Your Majesty."

In fact, some people can spew fire from their eyes, but they dare not speak out.

Li Xian also felt that this was the case when he heard it, and he immediately said: "Pass the decree to Huazhou, tell the prince that I like it very much, and let him continue to work hard. I will also order two thousand elite soldiers to assist the prince in cracking down. the case."

"No, Your Majesty," Old Wei became anxious when he heard this.

Although he doesn't care much, his eyes are sharp.Why did Wang Hua ask the governor of Weizhou to assist?And this big case, if there is no support from the court, how is it possible?Now that two thousand soldiers have been sent there, all of them were transferred from Luoyang, will it be credible?It is possible that it would be even worse to transfer.

But this cannot be said clearly, he continued: "Your Majesty, since the prince did not ask the imperial court to send reinforcements in the memorial, it means that he has controlled the overall situation. Sending troops now, not to mention a waste of money, may not be beautiful."

"Wei Qing is right." Li Xian thought it made sense and dismissed the idea, but still sent an imperial envoy to encourage Li Chongjun.Of course, he wasn't so confused that he didn't know the role of Wang Hua.But now Wang Hua intends to give the credit to his son, why not do it?Is it difficult for the son not to be close to a minister?
The court was dispersed, but all the ministers were reunited together.The matter is far from what Li Xian imagined. If the case expands, it may affect the political situation of the court again.Some are discussing how to use it, while others are discussing how to avoid it.

But in Huazhou, the trial is still going on.

Li Chongjun didn't know, but both Wang Hua and Teng Inspector knew that the sooner this case was settled, the better. If it dragged on, there would be many changes. Otherwise, some of the officials in Huazhou wouldn't have left. Open your mouth, such as the governor.

Interrogation overnight.

Although some officials still insisted on their "bottom line", more officials were frightened by the scene of cannibalism outside the city.And they also know that the master behind the scenes is Wang Hua, who has rolled through the sea of ​​swords and blood in the battlefield of tens of thousands of people, and even dared to lead troops to attack Luoyang.It was really possible that they would be dragged out of the city out of embarrassment and let the hungry people eat them alive.

Therefore, the breakthrough continues to expand.

In fact, the next morning, all the truth of the case came out.

The earliest had nothing to do with Sliding State officials.First, after last autumn, Hao Pengfei found a lot of cotton seeds being snapped up, so he went to Cheng Gong's family to persuade him.It makes sense why he chose Huazhou.Huazhou is the boundary between the Grand Canal and the Yellow River. There may be 800 million people in the east and north. If there is a shortage of food, they must rely on the Yellow River or the Grand Canal to mobilize.There are also nearly [-] troops stationed from Youzhou to Hedong.Originally, there was a large food shortage, and cotton was grown in many places, so the geographical location of Huazhou became more important.

Cheng Gongjia was moved.But he still didn't move. His family's financial resources were small, so joining forces with Hao Pengfei would inevitably become a vassal.And it's a big move, and the manpower is a little thinner.Later, he found Fei's family.As for the Shangguan family, they did not get involved until after April.Then they pulled officials from all walks of life in Huazhou into the water.

As for Liu Zhubo's curse, it was because Liu Zhubo knew some of their movements and advised them.But didn't care then.As of this spring, food prices have not risen, but a trend has been seen.The county magistrate of Baima County, who also participated in this matter, was very happy, so he was extravagant and held a spring festival.I am very grateful to this Yellow River and this canal for giving him this opportunity to make a fortune.

However, the financial resources used during the spring festival were in the county treasury.Liu Zhubo quarreled with him again, and indeed in a fit of anger, he said some words that disrespected the river god in public.

But at this time, no one wanted to kill him.After all, he was an official ordered by the imperial court, and he was not far from Luoyang. If he died without a good explanation, the imperial court would definitely pursue the case, and might pay attention to their actions.

But before that, Liu Zhubo saw that the price of grain had risen, so he started a secret investigation with some friends.This is the origin of the note that Wang Hua obtained.But at this time, Huazhou formed a big net up and down.Liu Zhubo's behavior quickly let them know.First I used Yushan, but it didn't work.Later, the county magistrate of Baima County directly pointed out the persuasion.Still no effect.So he bought a good friend of Liu Zhubo.He learned everything about Mr. Liu, and knew that he had obtained very important evidence.Only then did the murderous intent arise.

Of course, how to kill is a key point. At this time, Hao Pengfei accidentally heard Liu Zhubo's dispute at the Spring Festival, so he came up with a curse to kill.First, rumors were released that Liu Zhubo was disrespectful to the river god, and then he made water bag Mixiang.This strange curse case began to happen.

Later, the price of food rose day by day, until the final price made this group of people dumbfounded.Of course, they hoarded a large amount of grain at this time, but how to sell the grain, so they used the name of the Chenggong family to call some big families to Huazhou, including Taiyuan Wang, Fan Yanglu, Xingyang Zheng, Qinghe Cui, Qian Yan Cui and Zhaojun Li.In addition to these families with strong backgrounds, Xingzhou Wei, Xiangzhou Lu, Beizhou Zhang, Yingzhou Xing, Dingzhou Shou, etc. also greeted each other successively.

There is money to be made, and everyone is interested, but some families are more hesitant, not because they think about the people, but because the movement is too big, and whether it will attract the attention of the court.But at this time, these people vaguely revealed that the affairs of the imperial court were arranged for them.

Of course, there are still families who are hesitant to participate. Compared with the previous famous families, they have participated successively, but the strength is not great.But more people participated, some grain was dispatched, and capital was gathered in their hands.Once again, Hao Pengfei, an outsider, was excluded.

Hao Pengfei saw that it was not good, and heard that the imperial court sent Wang Hua to relieve the disaster, so he made some calculations, give me 200 million guan.OK, I'm leaving.With the current grain price, his request is not too much.After raising the money, Hao Pengfei disappeared from Huazhou.

When Wang Hua heard about this, he pointed at the officials and cursed, "You stupid pigs!"

angry.

If this group of people were greedy, they might seize Hao Pengfei and at least keep his original capital of 100 million yuan.It's all good now, but in just over half a year, he made 100 million yuan and ran away.

But there was someone in the DPRK who covered them and asked them. They all said they didn't know. Only the governor of Huazhou knew, but they knew that this person was very powerful, including the curse case. disturb.Also, they have hoarded so much food, they should also pay attention to passing checkpoints, but under the cover of this person, the court still has no news at all.

In the end, he had to pry the governor's mouth.

He still doesn't admit it, and it's not easy to use punishment. Of course, Li Chongjun can kill him, but after all, he will also attract criticism, making this business imperfect.He found Wang Hua again, and Wang Hua whispered in his ear.

Li Chongjun left happily.He came to the governor again and whispered a few words.Okay, let's not talk, Gu will escort you to Luoyang.It fits the procedure very well.But Gu let the prison cars pass in front of the victims. As for what will happen to these victims, I don't know.

I didn't even have a chance to wait for him to answer, so I ordered someone to do so.The prison van was pushed out of the city, and four or five soldiers were loosely guarded.

That is tantamount to saying to this group of angry refugees, come on, I am defenseless here.

Not far away from the victims, seeing the victims stand up one by one, the governor was frightened.He yelled: "You guys are ruthless, I told you."

Since it was easy to speak, he pushed it back.

Li Chongjun looked at him with a smile, very happy.

The governor also looked at Li Chongjun sarcastically and said, "His Royal Highness, do you really want to hear it? Do you regret it?"

"Why do you regret it? Don't you falsely accuse my father of being behind the scenes?"

"Actually, you don't need to ask me, just ask Bachelor Wang."

"Joke, what you did, is it possible that you want to frame Xueshi Wang?"

"No, I just wanted to say, since Xueshi Wang wanted to transfer troops from Weizhou, he already knew who he was. Why do you need to ask me?"

"This is even more strange. He didn't transfer troops from Weizhou, did he transfer troops from you? I'm afraid you dare to kill Gu."

"Well, let me just say it directly, the person behind the scenes is King Dejing, and [-]% of all our profits will be handed over to King Dejing. If you don't believe me, you can carefully review the account book to see if there is [-]% of the profits In addition, I can't find it on the books. Even Ma Ziliang is a member of King Dejing, so he has the courage to swallow part of the relief supplies privately. Do you know now? Come on, I will draw a deposit and see if you have any I can arrest King Dejing. I also want to tell you that Governor Teng has a close relationship with King Xiang, and this is the real reason why Xueshi Wang dared to send the Weizhou army over."

Li Chongjun ignored him, and ran away to find Wang Hua, holding back in his heart.

In the end, I dare to feel that I was commanded by Wang Hua.Even Old Wei didn't like this feeling, let alone him who was young and aggressive.

After finding Wang Hua, he said, "Scholar Wang, you already knew that the person behind the scenes was King Dejing, who deliberately played Gu, didn't you?"

Wang Hua was stunned and said, "Your Highness, why do you say that?"

"The governor said everything just now."

"You said that the person behind the scenes is King Dejing. No way."

"Don't put on a show, I'll ask you again, why did you ask the governor of Weizhou to assist you?"

"It's very simple. Weizhou is the closest to Huazhou. And I also heard that the governor of Huazhou is very close to King Dejing, and the governor of Weizhou is very close to King Xiang. I sent so many people to investigate It would be strange if you don’t know about this case. You said that in this case, would it be beneficial for me to ask the governor of Weizhou Teng to assist me?”

There is also a little truth in that.

"Besides, His Royal Highness, do I have more conflicts with King Dejing, or with King Xiang?"

It makes sense again.

"Also, I just knew that he was a member of King Dejing, but I never thought that King Dejing would also participate. Now I don't understand. Since King Dejing became emperor, he has given countless rewards. Now you want money, you want people Someone wants power and power. What does he need so much money for? Does he want to rebel?"

When Li Chongjun heard this, he couldn't help thinking wildly.Webster treated him badly, and Wu Sansi was very close to Webster.He himself was very disgusted with Wu Sansi, and this seemed reasonable.

He suddenly slapped the table and said: "Scholar Wang, what you said is very reasonable. Not only did he accumulate a lot of wealth by doing this, but he also caused chaos in the country, so he can take advantage of it. Maybe he did the selling of the blood camp. Yes. Wang Xueshi, think again, since he dared to put 10,000+ civilians at risk and sell thousands of soldiers from the Blood Battalion, it’s not surprising.”

In turn, he asked Wang Hua to think about it.

After Li Hong and Muzili heard about it, they went to the room to get things with an excuse. In fact, they covered their mouths with handkerchiefs, and almost couldn't breathe from laughing.

Wang Erlang is too good at fooling people, and this prince is too funny.

But Wang Hua couldn't laugh, and when he smiled, it was white.He still said solemnly: "His Royal Highness, this is not necessarily the case. Maybe King Dejing just likes money and let his subordinates deceive him. As for the matter of the Scarlet Camp, there is no evidence, let alone nonsense."

Having said that, he deliberately changed the subject.Anyway, it was enough to get a confession and let Li Chongjun find a handle.He also said: "Since King Dejing has come out, the relevant personnel involved in the case should have been basically investigated. Or some kind of subordinate of King Dejing participated in helping Huazhou to deceive the court. This requires the cooperation of King Dejing , has exceeded your and my range. Next, we should do another thing."

There are still many things involved. There are major families involved, many businessmen, and some participants who are not outside Huazhou City, as well as food that has been transferred to various places.Within the seventeen states, they were immediately arrested and brought to justice, and the grain was confiscated.After leaving the seventeen prefectures, they need to report to the imperial court, and ask the imperial court to issue an imperial edict ordering the prefectures to arrest them.

However, like some families, they are indirectly involved, so it is not easy to arrest, but this time, with this big case in hand, it is difficult not to let the blood out.

This is a serious matter, so Li Chongjun had no choice but to go down and make arrangements.But he asked the pen official to immediately write a memorial about the case and report it to the imperial court.Anyway, Wu Sansi couldn't escape, as for the arrangement of the father, it was the father's business.I don't have the right to punish him yet, thinking of this, Li Chongjun's face is even more resentful.

There is another thing, to count the food they hoard.This is also a more important event.Wang Hua was afraid that Li Chongjun would not do well, so he and Li Chongjun came to Cheng Gong's house.Cheng Gong's family is now in chaos, many people have been arrested and thrown into prisons one after another, and the army outside has not been disbanded yet.

After all, it is not ten families with seven surnames. The huge machinery of the imperial court is activated to destroy it, and it can be wiped out in an instant.Looking at the desolate look, Wang Hua thought of the Cao family in Jiangnan.But none of them went in.Instead, they came to the grain cellar not far away, covering an area of ​​tens of acres.

Dozens of huge grain cellars glowed dazzlingly under the sunlight.

Wang Hua sighed.They are so arrogant, aren't they afraid of angering the people?Didn't you really think that once the sky is angry and people complain, and all parts of the country rise up, they will end up equally sad?

But Chinese history has been around for thousands of years, so we all understand this truth, but when it comes to ourselves, we don’t know it.Or if you know it, you will also think that I am not alone anyway.

Wang Hua stood up for a while, and walked in with Li Chongjun.

There are already officials who are counting the weight and type of grain, including some disaster relief supplies from the imperial court, which are also put out for separate storage.Wang Hua and Li Chongjun waited for a while, and the officials brought over the account book.

Wang Hua was a little disappointed. According to their interception and the grain obtained by other means, there were nearly 600 million shi.But later I heard that the imperial court sent Wang Hua to come, and dealt with it immediately, and now there are only about two million stones left.I don't know how many can be recovered.

Li Chongjun was also a little disappointed.

Wang Hua comforted: "It's already quite a lot, and it can solve the urgent need of the court. It's always better to have something than nothing, and it doesn't need a penny from the court."

Only then did Li Chongjun smile.

When it was time to eat lunch, the entire group was exhausted. They hadn't slept well since the night before, and almost didn't close their eyes last night.

Li Hong and Mu Zili beat Wang Hua's back pitifully.

Li Chongjun looked at their affectionate appearance, made a joke, and said: "Miss Li, help Gu to beat his back too, Gu is too tired."

This is not frivolity, it's a joke, and it's a way of showing closeness to Wang Hua.

Li Hong raised her mouth proudly.

Wang Hua also made a joke, and said, "It's really not good, let that Bai Ju beat your back for you."

"Yes, Danggu didn't say anything."

But both of them laughed at the same time.

After lunch, Li Chongjun said to Wang Hua, "I'm going to sleep."

But Wang Hua grabbed him and said, "Your Highness, you can't rest yet."

"Why?" The case was cleared and the arrest order was issued.

"Instead, I can all take a break."

"Why?" Li Chongjun asked again, even more unhappy.

PS: There is another update, but a little later.

(End of this chapter)