At the mansion of the Censor Liu Meicai, King Dengku of the Shanxi Shang crossed his legs and drank tea. He was talking to Liu Meicai, and his mood was obviously much better.

"According to colleagues, the assistant Xue Manzi was so scared that he was sweating profusely and rushed to the palace to find the emperor." Although Liu Meicai did not cross his legs, he was smiling proudly and preaching to Wang Dengku, "This time, it's enough for them!"

"That's not!" Wang Dengku nodded and smiled, "Most of the other food outside the capital is basically gone. Even if the imperial court thinks about transferring food from Jiangnan at this time, it is definitely too late. Then Xue Manzi was so anxious that he was sweating!"

Liu Meicai smiled and raised her glass to signal, as if she was using tea instead of wine to celebrate, and then said: "In this way, no one in the court will be able to care about the case of silver bills. Haha, the emperor must be furious at this time, and many people will be in trouble!"

"Isn't this exactly what we want to see?" Wang Dengku said this and looked at Liu Meicai. Suddenly, the two of them laughed together, sweeping away their previous depression.

After savoring a sip of tea, Wang Dengku also said proudly: "This time, other grain merchants followed up so quickly. The court's attention should have been attracted by them. Even if the court wants to cause trouble, it will probably only look for them. Who made us have no food to sell!"

When Liu Meicai heard this, she laughed again. The method here is that she doesn't care about the little profits and doesn't sell it. If it is gone, what else can the court do? As Wang Dengku said, even if the court gets angry, it will definitely attack those grain merchants who are still selling grain at a limited quantity and high price.

He put down the teacup and said, "The "House" in the "Da Ming Law" is written in the "City Fair" chapter. It is written in the "Shiwu" that a practice similar to theirs should be a beating. I guess that those behind the scenes have already made the shopkeepers ready to be beaten. After all, it is definitely worth it to exchange for so much money for a beating."

In this era, there were no crimes such as speculation and hoarding. These crimes were raised by great men in later generations. But similar regulations were also written in the "Market" chapter, which were divided into different market trading behaviors to control the market, and punishments such as 80 sticks or 40 beats.

These two people hid in the Censor's Mansion, drinking tea, chatting, laughing at the wind and clouds, and watching others joke.

But they didn't know that although it was getting dark at this time, the Jinyi personal army, one of the emperor's guards, drove out the barracks. The sound of horse hooves and uniform soldiers running in an orderly manner, mixed with the sound of armor hitting, immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"What's going on? Could it be that Jianlu has entered again?"

"It's impossible. Even if Jianlu invades, he won't be dispatched to the Jinyiwei?"

"Then what are they doing in such a big fight? For ordinary things, even if they use military soldiers, it's enough to just go out with the military commanders of the Five Cities?"

"Can't it be...can't there be another major case of rebellion?"

"You said this, it's really possible! Only by plotting a major rebellion can a large-scale factory guard be dispatched? But now the Jianlu has retreated. Who will plot against rebellion at this time? Isn't this seeking death?"

"Yes, the three camps under the Imperial Horse Supervision are not vegetarians now. They can defeat Jianlu's elites in field battles!"

"Can someone starves to death, so he rebels?"

"It is possible that such a high grain price and limited quantity, many people can't hold on. Instead of starving to death, it's better to be damn before death. At least you can breathe. Aren't those thieves? I heard that they couldn't survive at the beginning and were going to starve to death."

"You are crazy. You dare to say such words, be careful, be careful!"

"Anyway, my family's valuable things were sold at a low price for food, and I couldn't hold on immediately. The whole family was almost starving to death. Isn't it okay to say a few words?"

“…”

No matter what, when the large-scale factory guards were dispatched, the timid people hurriedly hid home; the bold people either inquire about the news or follow them to check the excitement.

The Jinyiwei who had been dispatched quickly began to detach the team. Later, it turned into a team of one or two hundred people, and many teams rushed to various places.

"Dongdongdongdongdong" knocked on the door quickly.

"Open the door..." shouted sternly.

"What's the ghost called?" someone inside heard it and shouted impatiently, "It's sold out today, I want to buy it as soon as possible tomorrow!"

However, in response to his shout, there was a "clang" movement. The door panel was kicked open and fell into the store. Then, the torch outside shone in, and a group of people flocked in.

"What are you doing? Grab food? You...you..."

After you spent a long time, you didn't come out, because the ones who broke into the shop were not the hungry people who bought grain, but the soldiers wearing black flying fish uniforms. There was no need to ask which yamen arrived. Those who dared to wear this way in the capital were only the Jinyiwei, one of the emperor's guards.

The army never politely kicked the door open, broke into the store, grabbed people when they saw them, rummaged through boxes and cabinets, and searched for things. Then, large trucks were parked outside, bags of grain were carried onto the truck, and then a seal sealed the door and a notice was posted on the door.

Scenarios like this happen in every grain shop.

At this time, what everyone in the capital is most concerned about is food. Therefore, as soon as the movement came out, the court dispatched the Jinyiwei to check the grain shop and quickly spread throughout the capital.

"What, the grain shop has been sealed? Okay, he really let out a sigh of anger. Judging from their faces, they deserve it if they sell at such a high price!"

"What about those grains? How to deal with them? Not that we have no place to buy grain, right?"

"Don't worry, the Jinyiwei posted a notice, saying that starting tomorrow, the capital will start to limit grain, and each household will go to the government to register according to the head, and buy grain at a low price. Each household can only take three days at a time."

"Is that really? That's great, but... but my family bought high-priced grain before, and now the family has no money anymore. Even if it's affordable, I'm afraid I can't hold on for a few days!"

"It's okay, it doesn't matter if you don't have money. You can still get food, but only half of it, and the food will be repaid after the event."

"That's great! But aren't those rich families cheaper? Affordable food? What should I do if there isn't enough food?"

"Of course it mentioned in the notice that if there is food in your home but you have to buy affordable food, once it is seized, no matter the value of the house, the house will be searched! It depends on who dares to take this risk!"

"In order to greed for some affordable food, he took the risk of scouting the house. Haha, I guess no one dared it. The court's trick is so great!"

"This time the court finally took action. It's great. The past few times when Jianlu entered the pass, my neighbor Lao Wang's family was killed by Gao's family! That was really miserable!"

“…”

Among these well-written discussions, some people also have different concerns.

"I heard that the food for the 200,000 people rescued by the King's Army must also be allocated a portion of the food from the capital. However, the food in the capital is not enough now, right?"

"Yes, even if these grain shops are sealed, it will be difficult for the capital only to persist until the southern grain is transferred to the capital, let alone to divide some of the grain."

"Oh, the emperor must be anxious this time. I heard that Shoufu Xue was sweating, so the emperor ordered the Jinyiwei to dispatch the Jinyiwei to directly seal the grain shops."

"But is it appropriate for the emperor to do this? Isn't the merchants just to buy low and sell high? They did nothing wrong. Your emperor is so domineering, who will dare to do business in the future?"

"Yes, the emperor is so chaotic, he will definitely be criticized when he looks back! Besides, according to the "Da Ming Law", at most, it is to make a board. I guess the people behind these grain merchants will jump out."

“…”

Amid everyone's discussion, the actions of the Jinyiwei were somewhat less noticeable than the focus of the seizure of grain shops.

There were many Jinyiwei who rushed to various places in the capital, surrounded warehouses and mansions, and arrested people directly. This time, it was not just shops, but mansions, men, women, young and old, as long as the mansions were arrested together.

This action continued until late at night. The news lagged a little behind the grain shop, but it only started to spread the next morning.

"Do you know? Yesterday, the Jinyiwei arrested a lot of people and collected a lot of food, which was very disturbing!"

"What's going on? Where did the food come from?"

"Didn't the grain shops in the past say that there was no food? They were copied out by the Jinyiwei and stocked up a large amount of grain, but they didn't sell it. They said they had sold out. You don't know, I heard that the grain stored in more grain than the grain shops that were still selling!"

"No way? Are they crazy? What do they want to do? They hoard until the end and sell it at a higher price?"

"No, according to the notice posted by the Jinyiwei, these grain merchants had purchased a large amount of grain before, but then refused to sell it. They pretended to sell it out, just to starve the people in the capital to death and create chaos. They were intending to rebel!"

"Ah, intention to rebel? This...this...no way?"

"What's wrong with it? I think it's possible! Think about it, what would happen if the capital had no food? It would be a little chilling to think about it. Anyway, I will definitely be unlucky, and your family doesn't need to say anything!"

"You said this, it's true. The capital will definitely be very chaotic by then. You might not really want to rebel, but they are just grain merchants!"

"Who doesn't know that there are people behind those big grain merchants! Maybe someone is instructing them behind them! The Jinyiwei is now investigating, and after finding out, we will know who is trying to rebel! But no matter what, these grain merchants who hoard and don't sell are now in trouble. All of them have been confiscated and their families have been arrested. It is said that the imperial prison cannot be locked up, and some of them are divided into prison of the Ministry of Justice!"

"Bah, I deserve it. Regardless of whether they have committed rebellion or not, they should die if they hoard food and don't sell it!"

“…”

Such discussions are everywhere. Relatively speaking, the Dukes and the powerful mansions have their own opinions.

"I didn't expect that the emperor would make a ruthless move this time. He did not follow the "Da Ming Law" and directly charged with corruption. Now, those grain merchants are in trouble!"

"I don't know who is behind the grain merchants whose houses were searched? At this time, I guess he was scared to death! The emperor did not play according to the common sense, and Long Yan was furious. No matter what happens in the future, they will be in trouble anyway."

"Yes, the Jinyiwei didn't know how it was doing. With their means, it won't take long to find out who the grain merchants were. You can find out this kind of thing by inquire more."

"Haha, I know that there is a grain merchant behind the Shanxi merchants. Behind them, there are officials of the court. Haha, I am going to be unlucky this time. I guess I'm so anxious that I have to write a letter to defend myself, right?"

“…”

At this time, a servant of the Censor's Office opened the door. He was a little surprised when he saw it. He asked quickly: "Master, don't you need to go to court today?"

Liu Meicai looked anxious and hurriedly walked into the mansion, while asking hurriedly: "Where is Mr. Wang?"

"I haven't gotten up yet!"

Hearing this reply, Liu Meicai immediately turned around and hurried in.

Looking at his actions, the villain who opened the door knew that something bad happened and couldn't help but worry. I don't know what to do. Before, the Liu family had been smoothly and smoothly, with officials from all over the country, and it was crowded with people. In recent times, problems seemed to have started to occur.

Isn’t the master very rich? Isn’t this money not working now?

With a "clang", the door was pushed open with force. Liu Meicai stepped inside, walked through the outer room, lifted the curtain, and broke into the inner room.

When he saw Wang Dengku holding a beautiful maid poking his head out of the quilt, his face was a little bad, he couldn't help but shout: "Ah, Mr. Wang, why are you still sleeping? What a disaster, what a disaster!"

"What's the trouble?" Wang Dengku was a little confused, looking like he was not awake.

Liu Mei was anxious, and stepped forward and lifted the quilt, making her body tremble. Suddenly, Wang Dengku woke up and quickly grabbed the quilt while asking: "What kind of disaster happened? Why is it so anxious?"

"Our grain warehouses were sealed by the Jinyiwei last night, and the grain merchants were arrested. The charge was to create chaos in the capital and intend to rebel!" Liu Meicai said in a hurry, "Now the Jinyiwei is investigating the people behind the grain warehouse, and it is estimated that they will be found out soon."

"Intention to rebel?" Wang Dengku was shocked by the charge. Even though he was engaged in trade with Jianlu in Liaodong, he never thought that such behavior was rebel. But now he was just using some tricks to sell food, and he was actually deprived of such a big hat.
Chapter completed!