In the early morning, the various government offices in Taicheng began a busy day.

A large number of officials gathered at the palace city located in Taicheng, at its east gate, Dongye Gate, waiting for the summons of the prime ministers.

Now the prime ministers are discussing affairs in the East Hall of Taiji Hall. These ordinary officials are not qualified to wait outside the hall, so they can only wait for summons at the Dongye Gate.

Because something big happened in the city recently, the bored officials started to whisper.

"The grain prices plummeted, and I heard that many merchants lost money because of this, and those who went to the wells and those who went to the pot should invest in the pot."

"The family is left with a small family who is crying and robbing the world. Before they even have time to hold the funeral, the creditor comes to collect the debt, causing chaos."

One person said the news he heard, and the other sneered: "That was retribution. When they raised the price of food, they had never thought how many people were destroyed because of the family?"

"In the ordinary years, when the green and yellow food prices in the city are not in line, the price of rice in the city is 40 to 50 cents. However, if they dare to raise the price of grain to 2,000 cents, they should be unlucky!"

The four words "It should be unlucky" express the voices of many people.

The rise in grain prices, which led to the rise in prices, had a significant impact on the lives of officials.

Although their salary is food, who doesn’t have elders and younger children in the family? In addition to servants, they consume a lot of food every month, which is a considerable expense.

As soon as prices rise, daily expenses rise. The reason is that the city's unscrupulous merchants raise the grain prices.

Now that the price of grain has fallen by more than 40 cents of rice, the price of goods has also dropped. Everything in Jiankang City is as normal, and only those unscrupulous businessmen who participated in raising grain prices have suffered great trouble.

Countless people applauded this, but many people couldn't understand where the large amount of food that suddenly arrived in Jiankang a few days ago came out.

The officials have their own news channels, so they didn't hear any news in advance, and they didn't know that a large amount of food was transported to Jiankang.

"I don't know where this food comes from, but I think you have heard about the food that has been sold by those profiteers at low prices in Jiankang, besides the sales, I think you have heard about it."

Someone said and laughed: "Fill the empty official warehouse, but no one expected that Mr. Pengcheng had such a move."

When many people hear this, they will smile.

The grain prices plummeted, and the profitable merchants who had previously hoarded grain were panicked and had to sell their food at a low price. So, the Pengcheng Gong, who was ready, bought a large amount of food.

Previously, in order to stabilize grain prices, the government sold grain in the official warehouse at a low price (relative to the current price) and supplied various "affordable" porridge shops. After several months, most of the food was consumed.

Now, Pengcheng Gong repurchases grain at a low price and then "returns" to the official warehouse, so the official warehouse is filled again, and once it goes out and goes in, it has a lot of money.

The official warehouse sold grain at a low price (relative to the current price) and supplied porridge shops "average" for several months, which was equivalent to selling grain at an average price of more than 130 yuan per bucket.

Now, the price of Pengcheng Gong repurchasing grain (bearing from the government) is about 35 cents per bull.

Once the grain goes out and goes in, the price difference is not small, and the profit is naturally quite large, and the amount is close to the sum of the commercial tax collected by Jiankang in the past two years.

In other words, Gong Pengcheng fought with the tyrants and spent four months to make a lot of money from the tyrants and even their creditors, which was worth two years of business tax.

The new tax system has not yet been implemented and the official tax supervision has not yet been formally supervised, so he "collected" the court for two years of commercial taxes, which is really "good luck".

Sure enough, the unscrupulous businessman still has to rely on the ruthless man Peng Chenggong to deal with it!

This is the voice of many officials, but it is difficult to say it out.

As they were whispering, suddenly the surroundings became quiet, as if the birds and beasts chirping in the woods felt the danger and were silent.

This happens, usually the prime ministers pass by.

However, the regent ministers, as well as the three high-ranking officials, and the deputy second-in-law were discussing matters in the Taiji East Hall of the Imperial Palace. Who else can have such an official power now?

A team slowly came over, with a ox cart in the middle. The officials looked carefully at the team's flag and exclaimed in their hearts: It's him!

This is the carriage of the General of the Central Army, Peng Chenggong, and among the escorts, there is an extremely conspicuous "ban sword".

Ban sword refers to a ceremonial warrior wearing Ban sword (sword with patterns, usually wooden swords). Only heroes can receive the "ban sword" given by the emperor and follow him, as an honor.

The ox cart stopped outside the Dongye Gate. A burly man in military officer's costume got out of the car, followed by Ban Jian and walked towards the Dongye Gate.

Whether it was the imperial guards guarding the gate or the officials waiting outside the gate, everyone's eyes fell on this military officer.

The general of the central army, Li Li, the Duke of Pengcheng, used some method to transport countless grains overnight, instantly lowering the price of Jiankang and defeating the unscrupulous grain hoarders to the point of losing all their money.

The officials looked at Li Li who was walking slowly and silently, as if hundreds of beasts saw a tiger passing by and did not dare to move.

Who is here?

A tiger in Huaibei, Li Li, Poyang, who was given the name "Weizhen" by the late emperor.

His achievements and political achievements over the past ten years are worthy of the word "Weizhen".

Emperor Wu and Emperor Wen were not very easy to rectify the wealthy businessmen in the capital, but in the first confrontation, they were defeated by Li Li.

The one who hangs the one who hangs the one who hangs the well will cause the family to be destroyed, and the family will be destroyed.

This is just the beginning. After the new tax system is implemented, how many wealthy merchants with backers will be dealt with by Li Li to death?

This is a ruthless person who dares to confront the powerful people in the capital. He can find a way to mobilize a large amount of food in Jiankang, or a wizard who can make a lot of money from the unscrupulous businessmen.

The officials at the scene were only in awe of Li Li at this moment.

The imperial guards guarding the gate saw Li Li coming, subconsciously straightened their backs.

Who is here?

In the past ten years, the famous generals who have made many military achievements and the coach who has never lost their achievements, Li Li of Poyang is well-known to them.

On the battlefield, no one can defeat Mr. Pengcheng, even the king of Qi who was in charge of the army!

And now, aren’t the unscrupulous merchants in the city who raise grain prices defeated Pengcheng Gong?

No matter what kind of opponent Pengcheng Gong confronts, he will never lose!

Without a strong army, Pengcheng Gong can train it.

Without food, Pengcheng Gong can transform it.

If the court cannot collect taxes from the unscrupulous merchants, Pengcheng Gong will definitely let these unscrupulous merchants pay the tax honestly!

This is the voice of the imperial guards. Looking at the slowly passing by Gong Chenggong, he only had a sense of admiration in his heart.

Countless people watched Li Li walk through Dongye Gate until his back disappeared. Dongye Gate became "lively" again and returned with whispers.

Many people are full of expectations for the new tax system to be implemented: I really want to see how Pengcheng Gong dealt with those unscrupulous merchants!

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When Li Li's figure appeared at the door, the atmosphere in the East Hall was condensed, and the prime ministers all looked at the door, looking at the burly military officer.

The unique temperament of the warriors and Li Li's confident eyes made the ministers suddenly feel a little palpitations.

There seemed to be a sword that was cut like mud in front of me. The flashing light at the moment when I was unsheathed, making people feel heartbroken.

Li Li just stood still and felt ready to go, which made people feel a little uncomfortable, as if the danger was about to come the next moment.

The sword has double blades, which can kill enemies and hurt yourself.

So, what kind of sword holder can use Li Li's sharp sword well?

This thought flashed through the ministers' minds. Wang Bao, the Minister of the Shangshu, thought of the large amount of food that emerged overnight, and gained a further understanding of Li Li's ability.

He could actually bypass the court and solve the problem of adjusting grain by himself. Overnight, the wealthy merchants in Jiankang City were bankrupt.

How capable do you have?

Could it be that you have stocked up these foods long ago?

What do you want to do if you stockpile grain on a large scale?

Wang Bao felt more and more that Li Li was different, not a simple vulgar martial artist.

Xiao Yi, the king of Xiangdong who has never liked martial artists, stared at Li Li with one eye and suddenly remembered more than ten years ago.

More than ten years ago, he served as the governor of Jiangzhou and the royal family counselor Xu Junlu brought back a Yuliang official from Poyang, saying that this person is quite interesting and can accompany the prince.

At that time, Li Li gave him the impression that it was ordinary, but unexpectedly, more than ten years later, the former Yuliang little official had become an ever-winning general and a tiger minister who was in charge of the country.

Whether on the battlefield or elsewhere, no one seems to be Li Li's opponent.

The head of the army went to Dongtang to summon Li Li's empress dowager. Looking at the amazing general in front of him, thinking of the fact that the grain price of Jiankang had dropped sharply, he suddenly felt that his confidence increased greatly:

It seems that it is right to let you return to Beijing to work!

Li Li bowed to the Empress Dowager and was given a seat. After hearing the Empress Dowager's inquiry, he told the Empress Dowager about the inside story of stabilizing the food price this time to the Empress Dowager.

In fact, what the Empress Dowager and the Prime Minister wanted to know was where Li Li transferred so much food?

This is very important, really important.

Li Li said slowly: "This time, the government wants to calm the price of grain, there are only two types of people, one is to go to business and the other is to sit in business."

"They didn't understand the new tax system that the court wanted to implement, so they did something confused..."

Li Li used his words with caution and would not mention "the powerful businessman was instructed by others". He tried to downplay the power struggle factors in this confrontation as much as possible and avoided giving others a handle.

The specific details will not be too detailed. First, the Empress Dowager and the Ministers don’t have so much time to listen, and second, he doesn’t want to expose his connections too much.

"Businessmen hoarded surplus grain in other places, and bought a large amount of grain in Jiankang City, resulting in a grain shortage that should not have occurred, which appeared in Jiankang."

"The solution is of course the only way to adjust the grain, but the grain is in the hands of merchants, so the weak ministers cannot change it."

This is a fact that Li Li must emphasize: he really can't create a large amount of food because he did not secretly stock up on a large scale.

"After thinking about it, I can only understand it with reason and move it with profit. The monks couldn't tell it clearly, so the ministers asked them to go to the business for negotiation."
To be continued...