Seeing that the success caused Zhu Cilang to ask questions, Liu Ximing smiled in his heart and looked sad.

"Your Highness, please forgive me. Recently, I heard that the rice prices in the capital have soared, almost five taels of silver per stone. Many people in the city have died of hunger. I am moved by the scenery and feel sad."

Although Zhu Cilang was young, he was surrounded by a group of old men since childhood. He learned the lesson of emperors. When he saw Liu Ximing like this, he was also led by rhythm.

He asked in surprise: "How could this be the case? It's not that the capital has exclusive supply of grain in Jiangnan, so why does rice prices soar?"

"Your Highness, because the Eastern Capitols invaded, the thieves broke out everywhere, and the grain transportation has been cut off for almost a month. Now the Jianghuai Road is famined again, and the city's vendors hoarded goods. If they don't deal well, they are afraid that the capital will be in chaos."

Zhu Cilang was so scared that Liu Ximing said that his little face turned pale, and then said noddedly: "I think my father should know about such a big deal. There are many ministers in the court planning, and I think there should be a way to deal with it."

Liu Ximing smiled contemptuously, and said in a tone of contempt, "Now those who live in the temple are mostly corpses and food, and the incompetent people are not as good as the lives and deaths of the people in the city. I have been to court for so many days, but I have not seen any department of the Ministry of Revenue come up with any solution."

"What should I do?" Zhu Cixuan muttered repeatedly, and suddenly his eyes lit up and looked at Liu Ximing.

"Since the Qing family speaks like this, what are the good plans? I'll ask for advice."

"Do your highness still remember the so-called great harmony before?"

Zhu Cilang's eyes were slightly brighter, and Liu Ximing had reported to him the Datong theory that Liu Ximing had told him before.

It was just because Liu Ximing deliberately omitted most of the content about the revolution and the main speaker had to adopt an extremely dictatorial approach to establishing a great harmony, so he was praised by Chongzhen.

If it were really as Liu Qing said, then the royal family would definitely have absolute power, and it would certainly be like a bright light for Chongzhen, who was in darkness in front of him.

Unfortunately, Chongzhen's approval of the Datong theory could not resist the denial of the landlord and bureaucratic class. After repeated discussions with several cabinet ministers such as Kong Zhenyuan and others were rejected, Chongzhen's enthusiasm gradually faded.

Seeing Zhu Cilang's expression that seemed to have gained something, Liu Ximing explained with a smile:

"I have said before that in order to reach a great harmony, the power of a country must be first, and everything must come from the central government. Those who are rich first will lead the rich later, so that common prosperity can be achieved."

"There is no rice in the capital nowadays, because there is no rice in the capital. According to my reports, rice merchants in the capital have at least one million stones of food, which is enough for a quarterly fee of millions of people in the capital."

"If a minister could be sent to force merchants in the capital to release rice at a fair price, the food price would naturally be stable, and through this matter, the people in the world could learn about the majesty of the court and be grateful for the court's kindness."

Zhu Cilang was excited when he heard this, and suddenly stood up, "If the subjects in the world can really use their arms, then the disasters in this dynasty will not be resolved."

"Liu Qing's extraordinary talent is alone."

After saying that, Zhu Cilang actually bowed to Liu Ximing.

He was so shocked that he quickly got up and returned the gift.

"Let's go and find the father, and I must report to the father in person."

Zhu Cilang took Liu Ximing toward the Qianqing Palace as if he had gotten something good.

In the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen quietly listened to the explanation of Zhu Cilang and Liu Ximing, and frowned and looked at Wang Chengen beside him.

"It's true that the livelihoods of the people in Beijing are so difficult?"

"Master, didn't there be a report from the censor some time ago? It's just that the court has no spare money, so I can only let it go."

Wang Chengen was quite honest and reported the situation among the people truthfully.

"But now, the livelihood of the people in the capital is a bit difficult, but it should not be as far as Xin'anbo said. The Dongchang, the subordinate of the slave, was closely watching the capital, and no trouble was caused."

Chongzhen relaxed his face, turned his head and looked at Zhu Cilang with a smile.

"It is indeed commendable for the emperor to care about the people. The strategies proposed by Xin'anbo are also good ones. However, now the major affairs of the court are still on the verge of the bandits and the fact that forcing merchants to sell rice is likely to cause chaos. Let's take a look."

"My son knows," Zhu Cilang didn't expect such a result and responded dejectedly.

Seeing that Chongzhen had a lot of memorials to read, the two had to retreat from the Ganqing Palace.

Zhu Cilang walked down the Ganqing Palace Danbi in a little depressed manner, and suddenly looked up at Liu Ximing.

"Liu Qing, is Gu very useless? Gu also wants to do something for the people of the world, but there is no good strategy available. Now that Liu Qing's strategy is not implemented, Gu is really useless."

Liu Ximing sighed in his heart that he knew very well about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for so long.

This ten-year-old child is indeed rare to have premature wisdom. Although he was taught to be a little old man by a group of old scholars, he still has a innocent heart.

Compared with his son Chongzhen's suspicion, Zhu Cixuan is much better.

"Your Highness does not need to blame yourself. You must know that doing good things is about your heart and traces. Your Highness has the idea of ​​saving the people of the world, and has taken action. Although it cannot be implemented due to external forces, it will not damage your highness's innocent heart."

"But it's useless in the end," Zhu Cilang said in a angrily voice.

Liu Ximing's mouth slightly angrily, "Haha, that's not necessarily true."

Zhu Cilang looked up at Liu Ximing with some confusion.

The rice prices in Beijing soared, unlike the silence in the court, and the people in Beijing had already been in trouble.

Especially after Lai Jingjie, a man who is not afraid of trouble, joined in, the turbulent undercurrents inside were even more powerful.

On July 28, the people in the capital were finally unable to hold on. Instigated by various rumors, a group of thugs suddenly rushed in with their faces as soon as the rice shop in Duke Xu's mansion opened.

Not only did the whole shop be robbed, but the shopkeeper and the waiter were beaten together.

Tong, when the soldiers from the Five City Military Police arrived, they could not even see their own figures.

This is just the beginning. In the next two days, the capital was like a slaughter, dozens of rice shops were stolen, and the Hanyuan Store of Liu Ximing's family was no exception.

However, because of sufficient preparations, no one was injured.

In just a few days, the capital suddenly became in chaos.

There are not only people in the capital, but also more than 100,000 soldiers in the Beijing camp. If the imperial court's military salary is sufficient, these soldiers will naturally be safe.

However, the Ministry of War has owed the salary of Jingying for two months, and the soldiers of Jingying are still out of the pot. When they see the chaos in the city, all the robbers and stolen people are out all at once.

At the court meeting on the first day of August, Chongzhen and a group of court ministers were in a state of great concern.

At this time, Chongzhen remembered Liu Ximing's previous suggestion and was immediately upset. Why did he not make arrangements early and end up in such a situation?

"The Ministry of Revenue has a way. The capital is in chaos now, and if you do nothing, the fire will be burned to the Forbidden City."

Cai Guo, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, bowed with a bitter look and said, "Your Majesty, now the Ministry of Revenue only has two million taels left. All of this money must be paid to the Ministry of War for military pay, and the salary of hundreds of officials in the court is also to be paid. The Curry has no more money. If the Ministry of Revenue pays money to provide relief to the victims, I am afraid that the Central Plains's bandit suppression will be delayed."

"Your Majesty, don't touch the soldiers' wages."

Chen Xinjia was able to succeed the Minister of War after Lu Xiangsheng's death, and he became a little anxious when he heard this.

"This is not OK, that is not OK, are you just sitting there and watching the chaos in the capital?"

On the imperial throne, Chongzhen cursed with a pale face, and hundreds of ministers in the hall kept silent like turtles.

Everyone knows that this is a hot potato and the court has no money or food, so how can we find a way to calm the prices?

Among the ministers who bowed their heads and pretended to be ostrich, Liu Ximing's attitude of being an old god was not attentive to his own affairs suddenly attracted Chongzhen's attention.

"Xin'an, you have advised the prince to prevent chaos in the capital in advance. Now it is indeed a chaos. Do you have any good plans?"

He had already put on the big red Yunyan official uniform, and Liu Ximing, holding a jade scepter, walked slowly out of the official queue.

"Your Majesty, the chaos in the capital is easy to resolve. You only need to dispatch thousands of troops from the capital camp to patrol day and night, and the chaos can be calmed down, but the shortage of food is quite difficult."

"I still say the same thing, there is no shortage of food in the capital. It is just that merchants hoard goods and refuse to lower the price of food. If a company is willing to order that the price of food is strictly prohibited from being higher than one tael or eight coins, violators will not be allowed to sell it. This may solve the problem of food."

"Absurd", Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Cai Guo frowned and retorted: "Not to mention whether the country has the power to restrict merchants from raising prices. If you really do this, the price of grain will drop by then, but no one is willing to sell rice. The people in the capital will suffer."
Chapter completed!