Chapter 1461: Meat buns and dogs
Tang Bohu listened to what Ye Chunqiu said very seriously, nodding while listening.
At this time, Ye Chunqiu said: "But look at the price of wine last year..."
As he said that Ye Chunqiu reported to Tang Bohu two or three months ago.
When Tang Bohu saw it, his brow frowned and said in surprise: "The price of wine has only increased by 10%?"
Ye Chunqiu smiled and nodded, saying, "Please pay attention to see which wine has dropped the most."
Tang Bohu looked carefully and couldn't help but say, "It seems like Fenjiu is a day-deserving man, what does this... have to do with the civil war in Shunyi?"
Ye Chunqiu looked at the numbers he recorded and said slowly: "You should know that if something is abnormal, it is a monster. The price of this market is about supply and demand. Once there is fluctuation, there will be only one result."
Speaking of this, Ye Chunqiu paused for a moment, with a meaningful look in his eyes, and then said, "The key to this civil unrest has finally been found."
"Huh?" Tang Bohu was stunned again, obviously not coming back to his senses.
Ye Chunqiu had already bent down, carefully compared the data, and at the same time flipping through other reports, as if he wanted to find some clues.
It can be said that Ye Chunqiu refused to let go of every place. Sometimes he fell into deep thought while holding the report. After a long time, he shook his head and threw the report aside.
Occasionally, some light would appear in his eyes, but then, perhaps a bitter smile.
That night seemed very long. At midnight, Ye Chunqiu took a nap in the study, and then put on a court robes and set off into the palace.
As soon as he entered the Meridian Gate, Ye Chunqiu was invited to the Warm Pavilion, and at this time, several Grand Secretary had arrived.
The situation in Shunyi is urgent. The latest news from there said that they have killed a juren, and their bodies are thrown out of the city. They occupy the city and there are large army outside. However, without the permission of the court, they dare not act easily. Now the whole capital has started, and the spring examination is about to come, and many scholars gather in the capital. Many people are no longer interested in studying and are discussing this matter.
The Grand Secretary of the Cabinet is now waiting for His Majesty’s final decision. When Ye Chunqiu arrived, Zhu Houzhao looked at everyone and said: “I thought it carefully last night. Since the lives of hundreds of juren were involved, if the court ignored them, it would inevitably disappoint them. Each of these juren is the pillars of my Ming Dynasty, let alone 400. I have made up my mind to do it. Don’t act rashly, recruit the rioters and rescue the tied hostages first. What do you think?”
Wang Hua and Xie Qian looked at each other. They agreed to the comfort, but naturally looked happy at this time.
Yang Tinghe couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, it's not easy to recruit you. They know that they are committing a death sentence, so how could they easily surrender? In the foolish opinion of the minister..."
Xie Qian said seriously: "It is difficult to do this, but if it is the right thing, you should do it. Once the army advances, hundreds of juren will die. Life is at stake. If you have hope to save them, you should not underestimate them."
Yang Tinghe Chao Xie Qian smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Xie wants to preside over the spring exam, so naturally..."
This is the theory of heart-killing. This obviously means that Xie Qian insists on this because of his selfishness and because he is the examiner, he is close to the Spring Examination and would rather compromise with the rioters.
Xie Qian is a straightforward person. He may not care too much about what others said, but how could Xie Qian's reputation for life be tolerate others slandering himself? He couldn't help but say angrily: "This has nothing to do with hosting the spring exam. If Mr. Yang thinks this is the case, then it might as well be that Mr. Yang will host the spring exam."
Yang Tinghe smiled, neither objecting nor agreeing.
Ye Chunqiu was watching the two of them, thinking about it. A few days ago, Yang Tinghe suddenly became dormant, looking honest, but today he was deliberately targeting Xie Qian. This was obviously not Yang Tinghe's temperament.
Yang Tinghe used to like being a good person the most, and he smiled three times when he met people. Now, do you just want to host the spring exam?
Thinking about it this way, the explanation makes sense. Yang Tinghe wants to be the chief exam because the benefits of presiding the examination are huge. Yang Tinghe is a new Grand Secretary. If he can preside over the examination this year, it means that this year's Jinshi are all his disciples. This is what it means that the talents he has selected will be treated with the etiquette of the master in the future.
Therefore, the chief examiner of every three years is the goal everyone is competing for. If anyone becomes a master, he will be worth a hundred times the price.
It was mostly because of this that Yang Tinghe suddenly became sarcastic towards Xie Qian, and he always mentioned that Xie Qian was concerned about scholars because of the spring exam. This is full of excitement.
But now, Ye Chunqiu didn't care about this anymore. He is just thinking about trying his best to rescue those caught scholars. Not only does Chen Rong have them, but also hundreds of lives.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao said seriously: "Okay, my intention has been decided, and this matter is settled. I specially ordered Ye Chunqiu to be the imperial envoy and rushed to Shunyi immediately to recruit the rioters. Ye Chunqiu, you must be careful."
The final result is done.
But after he finished speaking, Li Dongyang and others showed horror.
Let Ye Chunqiu go?
Since he was taken care of, even if he let an official from the Ministry of Rites go, he would go deep into the tiger's den. Now Ye Chunqiu is already the Duke of Zhenguo, not to mention that there is a Zhenguo Mansion behind him. Such an important person can be said to be the minister of the Ming Dynasty, and even how many things are there in the court that cannot be separated from him?
If those rioters knew that Ye Chunqiu was going, how could they surrender? Most of them would seize Ye Chunqiu together, so that there would be more bargaining chips in their hands.
In a sense, Ye Chunqiu's bargaining chip is more important than four hundred juren.
"Your Majesty, I think..." Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and Wang Hua all spoke in unison, waiting to be dissuaded.
Zhu Houzhao did not give them a chance to continue talking, and waved his hand and said, "I have said everything, my intentions have been decided. Duke Zhenguo, tell me."
Ye Chunqiu saw that everyone's eyes were on him, and knew that many people did not understand this very much. In fact, it was easy to understand. After all, doing this seems too risky, or in other words, this is not different from beating a dog with meat buns. Even if someone is ignorant of the world, he is afraid that his Majesty's decision is not different from being fooled.
Ye Chunqiu slowly came out and said, "It is the wish of me to recruit the rioters. Your Majesty is willing to let me go, but I am very grateful."
(To be continued., Your support is my greatest motivation.) 17-01-13 09:40:20
Chapter completed!