Chapter 357 Thunder Strike
Things happened so suddenly that Yang Feng was caught off guard.
In fact, Yang Feng never expected the grain commerce commerce in the capital to strictly abide by the imperial orders. In his opinion, these grain commerce merchants would definitely be slanderous or even dragged their backs, or even secretly raised prices. He would not be surprised by this. However, he had just issued an order and the other party immediately tripled the price of grain. This was no longer a slanderous objection, but a naked provocation of Zhu Youxiao and his dignity.
Moreover, the consequence of doing this is that it has a very bad consequence, that is, when grain stores in Beijing saw someone taking the lead, they all tripled the grain prices, which immediately led to chaos in the capital order.
At this moment, Chen Tian, who received the news, hurried over.
After rushing to meet Yang Feng, he said in disbelief: "Sir, I just got the news. I really didn't expect that Duke Cheng was so unwise and openly opposed the imperial edicts of the court. Aren't he afraid that the court would blame him?"
Yang Feng sneered: "It's not that he is not afraid of the court's blame, but that he thinks that the law does not blame the public. Now that the entire capital has raised prices, the court cannot arrest all grain merchants, it's because Zhu Chunchen saw this that he raised prices unscrupulously!"
"this……"
Chen Tian also looked embarrassed. It would be no big deal to arrest a few grain merchants, but if you really want to arrest all the grain merchants in the capital, the matter would be a big deal, and maybe the entire capital would be shaken.
After Yang Feng finished speaking, he asked Chen Tian, "By the way, Lao Chen, what's the matter with me?"
"Your Majesty, you almost forgot if you don't say it." Chen Tian said anxiously: "Didn't you let the grain stores in Beijing not raise prices, but sell them at the prices they used to sell? Just now, I found that many people bought large amounts of grain in our country, and then sold them to others to make a difference. And I also found that many people here were sent to buy people from other grain stores. After discovering this situation, I immediately ordered each person to only purchase five kilograms of grain per day, which brought the trend down. Now I am here to report this matter to you. I made a decision without your permission. Please punish me!"
Yang Feng looked at him with a thumbs up: "You did a good job in this matter. Butler Yang had reported to me just now. I was about to continue the order. I never thought you had already taken the lead. This is great. But this is not a long-term solution. We cannot expect that our grain stores can suppress the grain prices in Beijing. Now you go back and maintain the situation of the grain store immediately. Ben Bo immediately attacks to meet His Majesty."
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In the palace, Zhu Youxiao looked at Yang Feng, who had just left the palace a few hours ago and was back, sighed and said, "Yang Aiqing, do you really want to get to this point?"
Yang Feng said calmly: "Your Majesty, it is not enough to intimidate those villains and illegal businessmen. Moreover, I think this matter is not something that can be done by just one Zhu Chunchen. If it weren't for another large number of people secretly adding fuel to the fire, how could Zhu Chunchen alone make the matter so big? Moreover, the grain merchants also raised the price almost at the same time as if they had agreed. Isn't this a coincidence?
And if the Wei Means are not bad, if we cannot suppress the matter as soon as possible, the one million taels of silver we have raised may have to be a wedding dress for others. Also, if things continue to deteriorate, Your Majesty's majesty and your face will be gone. The most terrifying thing is that the Donglin Party will take the opportunity to launch a series of actions, such as forcing Your Majesty and Wei Means to hand over the Ming Dynasty Royal Trading Company, and then handing over the Beijing camp to the Ministry of War for unified management. Have Your Majesty thought about that consequence?"
"hiss……"
Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but gasp. If he really lost the bonus of the elite soldier he had just obtained and the millions of taels of silver distributed to him by the Royal Ming Dynasty Trading Company, what is the difference between him, an emperor and a puppet?
"No...you must not let this happen!"
Zhu Youxiao's hands were already tightly held together unknowingly, and his eyes became sharp. The emperor was the emperor, and even if his character was generous, he would not tolerate anyone spying on the rights in his hands.
Taking a deep breath, Zhu Youxiao nodded, turned to Yang Feng and said, "My dear, just let go, I will decide what the consequences will be for you!"
Seeing that Zhu Youxiao finally made up his mind, Yang Feng finally let go of the heart that he had originally held. He stood up and shouted: "I will receive the order!"
After saying that, Yang Feng stood up and bowed to Zhu Youxiao and took a few steps back, then turned around and walked out.
Looking at Yang Feng's disappearing at the door, he murmured: "Yang Aiqing, don't let me down..."
After Yang Feng left the palace, he rode dozens of servants and galloped on the street with his war horses. Half an hour later, he found Lu Xiangsheng, Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu, who were commanding the soldiers in the Beijing camp to maintain order on the street. His first words were, "Shenji Camp, Three Thousand Battalions, and the Five Military Camps each drew 1,000 troops and horses to hand them over to our governor, right away!"
Looking at Yang Feng's cold expression, Lu Xiangsheng and the other two were shocked. From the claim, it can be seen that Yang Feng is now talking to them as the governor of the Jingying Rong Zheng.
Hu Dawei asked quickly: "Sir, how dare you ask what happened?"
Yang Feng did not hide them, and told them the whole story, and then said: "Now there are people in the capital that wantonly raise the price of food, so it is a time of panic. You must maintain order in the capital. Otherwise, once the capital is in chaos, those people will take the opportunity to attack His Majesty. At that time, it will probably not be a matter of punishing a few people or dismissing them from office. At that time, a big chaos will occur in the capital."
Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei may have recalled it. Lu Xiangsheng's mind was much faster than their response, and his expression changed immediately after hearing this. Others don't know, but he still doesn't know that the 1990-year-old leader behind the total out of control of grain prices in Beijing are the Donglin Party and the nobles in the court. Once Zhu Youxiao was completely disappointed with them, and Yang Feng, a murderer who did not blink, was on the sidelines to fuel the fire, I'm afraid the capital would be bloody and rolling in! It was definitely a disaster at that time.
Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng gritted his teeth: "Brother, let the officials do this matter, and the officials promise that they will do it properly."
Yang Feng looked at Lu Xiangsheng meaningfully: "Jiandou, this is not something you, a small admiral of the Shenji Camp, can withstand. You should take the soldiers to maintain order."
Seeing Yang Feng leave with three thousand soldiers from the Beijing camp, Lu Xiangsheng remained silent for a long time, and it took him a long time to cheer up and continue to do things.
In the Duke Chengguo's mansion, Zhu Chunchen was sitting in the living room. He laughed happily as the housekeeper reported to him about the business of his own grain stores.
"Okay... well, these grain stores in the capital have raised prices. I want to see who Yang Feng's son will settle the score. Could it be that he will seal all grain stores in the capital? As long as the grain prices in the capital have continued to soar, his position as Jiang Ningbo will probably be unstable."
Looking at Zhu Chunchen's happy look, the housekeeper reminded: "Mr., even though that is the case, if Yang Feng turned around, he would know that it was our leader. With his vengeful temperament, he would probably take revenge on us first."
"What are you afraid of? My title was granted by Emperor Chengzu. No matter how great his ability is, can he still avoid my title?"
Looking at Zhu Chunchen's pride and forgetful look, the housekeeper wanted to persuade him, but before he could speak out, a manager from the outer courtyard, he hurried in and said anxiously: "Master, something is wrong!"
"Damn it!"
Seeing the manager's panic, before Zhu Chunchen could speak, the housekeeper shouted in a deep voice: "Why are you panic? Wang Gui, you are also an old man from the Duke's Mansion. Do you even understand the rules?"
"No... Master, something really happened. All our grain stores were sealed off. Manager He and his friends who were in charge of the grain stores were also arrested!"
"What... who is so brave?"
Before the housekeeper could speak, Zhu Chunchen, who was standing beside him, jumped up. Cheng Guogong Mansion had thirteen grain banks in the capital. 50% of the annual income of the Duke Mansion was provided by the grain banks. Once the grain banks were seized, the blow to the Duke Mansion would be disastrous.
"Come on, take out my armor and weapons immediately. I will fight with him!"
At this time, Zhu Chunchen's face turned red and a horrifying look shot in his eyes. All the grain stores were sealed. This was simply the root of the Duke's Mansion. Without the business of the grain stores, they all had a thousand people in the mansion to eat and drink. What did he use to support more than two hundred servants under his command?
Well, although the Duke Chengguo Mansion has farmland and some other businesses, it will not allow Zhu Chunchen's family to drink the northwest wind, it is absolutely impossible to live a luxurious life like in the past. This is even more uncomfortable for Zhu Chunchen than killing him.
In a rage, Zhu Chunchen grabbed the manager's clothes and shouted sternly: "Say... who did it?"
The manager who was almost breathless was stuttering, "It was done by Jiang Ningbo. He personally led the people from the Beijing camp to seal all our grain stores, and he confiscated all our grain."
"Yang Feng... I'm irreconcilable with you!"
Zhu Chunchen held his hands tightly, and his eyes turned red. He knew that Yang Feng would not give up after he violated the court and ordered the food price without authorization. However, what he did not expect was that Yang Feng's revenge would come so violently and violently, and he directly sealed all his granaries as soon as he took action.
Looking at Zhu Chunchen's angry look, his old housekeeper and the manager looked at each other, and his eyes showed panic. They were really afraid that Zhu Chunchen would personally take his servants to settle the score with Yang Feng when he was angry. Now Yang Feng is notorious. Although his father-in-law is a Duke, he is much higher than Yang Feng's title, but he is still apart. In this level of competition, the title is nothing, and strength is the most important thing.
However, it was obvious that they overestimated their father-in-law. After being furious, Zhu Chunchen quickly returned to his former rationality. He sighed and said to the butler: "Forget it, you don't need to take the armor. Take my python robe. I will also enter the palace to ask for your Majesty."
"yes……"
The butler was about to turn around, but unexpectedly, another burst of rapid footsteps sounded. A servant stumbled in and shouted: "Mr.... the big thing is wrong. Uncle Jiang Ning led his troops and generals... to surround our Duke's Mansion. Now they are hitting our gate!"
"boom……"
Only a muffled sound was heard. The door of the Duke's Mansion, which was made of good hardwood and was still intact for hundreds of years, collapsed and a burst of dust and smoke rose.
After the dust and smoke disappeared, a group of soldiers wearing iron armor snarled and rushed into the Duke Cheng Mansion. The servants of Duke Cheng Mansion, who had always been arrogant, looked at each other with swords, guns, sticks, and they didn't know whether they were rushing up to fight with these soldiers or surrendering. After all, they had never encountered such an exciting thing before. In the past, they were the only ones who bullied people. How could anyone ever be hit like this?
Yang Feng slowly walked into the magnificently decorated Duke Mansion under dozens of servants. He looked at dozens of servants who were holding various weapons and stared at his Duke Mansion with their hands, sneered: "I am Yang Feng, Jiangning Bo, Yang Feng. If you don't want to die, you will give up your weapons and surrender. Otherwise, don't blame me for not giving you a chance to survive. Now you can choose it yourself!"
At this moment, hundreds of Beijing soldiers following Yang Feng also shouted in unison: "Those who abandon their weapons will not be killed!"
"Those who abandon their weapons will not be killed!"
The neat and solemn shouts shocked the people in Duke Cheng's Mansion. These servants who usually only follow their masters to show off their power and oppress the people are not opponents of these strictly trained soldiers in Beijing. When they were shouted, everyone was a little confused, and some timid people even took off their weapons.
I will only give you ten times to suck. My uncle will say that the vilification is ahead, and you will kill it as soon as time passes.
"Ten...nine...eight...seven..."
"Dang..."
Yang Feng's countdown did not take long, and soon the servant couldn't help but throw away the weapons in his hand and knelt on the ground. Then more and more people also knelt on the ground...
"Yang Feng... Don't bully people too much!"
At this time... a angry voice came over. It turned out that Zhu Chunchen and a few people rushed over.
He came to Yang Feng, his face flushed and shouted loudly: "Yang Feng, who gave you the courage to lead troops to surround the Duke's Mansion? Do you know that this is a serious crime of treason? I want to participate in you fiercely in front of the emperor!"
"See me?"
Yang Feng showed a hint of sneer on his face, and he suddenly punched Zhu Chunchen hard in the stomach.
"Bang"
Only a muffled sound was heard, Zhu Chunchen's eyes widened, his face showed a look of pain, disbelief and surprise, and he couldn't help but kneel in front of Yang Feng.
Chapter completed!