When the refugees were transferred outside the city, the crisis in the capital Luoyang gradually began to shift, from the refugees crisis to the grain price crisis. Because the Changping warehouse was robbed, the grain price was once again pushed up to 700 yuan for rice, which is seven hanging coins.

This is definitely a price that will cause great violence to the people in the capital. Book mi group 4∴8065 Holy Church

A family of five requires at least five dou of rice per month, so it costs 35 yuan to buy rice. Most of the lower-level families in Beijing have only a monthly income of seven or eight yuan, so they can only buy a bucket of rice to eat.

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The crisis caused by high grain prices may even exceed the crisis of refugees. Local governments have a deep understanding of this.

Late at night, Jingzhao Shaoyin and Luoyang County Magistrate both came to visit Yang Yuanqing to discuss solutions to the grain price crisis.

The room was brightly lit, and Cui Bosu said worriedly: "General, we actually face two very difficult problems. First of all, we often close the position and get robbed. How can we report to the emperor?"

"I have already written a memorial to report to the emperor for the Changping position. I will only send it out this morning. It will probably take a few days before the emperor can receive it. But now I want to know, can't the Changping position be replenished?"

County Magistrate Wang Shunzhi smiled bitterly, "Only after selling the deposit rice in the long position can you apply for supplementary supplements. In the case of granary robbery, we all think that the emperor cannot agree so readily. At least he must give the emperor a Jiao, and even if it is

The emperor agreed, and there were approvals from various temples. These dozens of seals were stamped, and it would take as soon as one month. Now our most urgent problem is that we cannot afford to delay time. Today, there are no rice sold everywhere in the capital.

It was full of complaints. Now there are thousands of people around the county government to ask me to solve the problem of buying rice. General, if there is no rice sold tomorrow, I am afraid that the public will be filled with grievances."

Yang Yuanqing walked a few steps behind his back and said, "Tomorrow may not be too late. I will raise funds from the rich, and maybe I can help Chang settle the position for him."

Wang Shunzhi shook his head, "If those rich people were willing to give out their food last time, they were all stingy. It would be great if they could raise 50,000 stones. They had to supply refugees and could settle their positions again, which was a drop in the bucket.

To no avail, the problem now is that the huge capital city has no rice to sell, which has caused a lot of panic among millions of people in the capital city. This is even more heartbreaking than selling rice at a high price. (《》)”

Yang Yuanqing glanced at Cui Bosu, and saw that he stopped, and said, "Cui Shaoyin, just say whatever you have."

Cui Bosu sighed slightly, "In fact, there is no shortage of rice in Beijing. I visited several rice merchants this afternoon. They all used the excuse of being robbed in Fengcheng City, saying that their own grain had been slaughtered. Actually, I know that Beijing City

Each of the five major rice merchants has at least tens of thousands of stones of rice. On the one hand, they are hoarding goods and waiting for higher prices, and on the other hand, they are also in trouble."

"What's the difficulty?" Yang Wudu asked in confusion.

"Do you know, the two largest rice merchants in the Sui Dynasty, Yao Ji Mixing and Zhang Sheng Ji Mixing, who are their backgrounds?"

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "I don't know, you said that."

Cui Boqi smiled and said, "The background of these two rice shops is the same family, Dugu family."

"Chang'an Dugu family?"

Cui Bosu nodded, "In fact, it is the Dugu family's rice shop. Two major housekeepers, one surnamed Yao and the other surnamed Zhang, were ordered to open these two rice shops. The scale was so large that they had controlled 70% of the grain supply in Chang'an and Luoyang.

, and the Lord also knew that he had agreed."

Of course, Yang Yuanqing knew the wealth owned by the Guanlong nobles. Among the Guanlong nobles, Dugu and Wu were the most important. Wu clan itself was the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty, so there was no need to say much about the wealth they had. Dugu clan was known as the God of Wealth in the Great Sui Dynasty.

Long before the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, Dugu Xin, the leader of the Eight Pillars of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, gathered a staggering wealth for his family. It was precisely with the financial support of the Dugu family that Yang Jian quickly assembled his army after usurping the throne.

The defeat of Yuchi Jiong who opposed him was also the powerful backstage support of the Dugu family that Queen Dugu could dominate the harem and have great political power.

Cui Bosu said that the two largest rice shops in the Sui Dynasty were the background of the Dugu family. Yang Wuqing was not surprised at all. If it were not for this, how could Li Yuan, the grandson of the Dugu family, gain a throne?

Yang Yuanqing already understood a little in his heart. I'm afraid that it was because he was ordered to stabilize the situation in the capital that the Dugu family would wear small shoes for himself later. (")

The situation in the capital has become complicated again. Not only is it his open fight with the King of Qi, but it is probably also the secret fight between him and the Guanlong nobles. As early as the fourth year of Renshou, the death of Dugu Zheng and Wuzhou was destined.

The conflict between him and the Guanlong nobles was irreconcilable, and now the death of Yuan Shangying was added.

Yang Yuanqing suddenly thought of a question: Will the Guanlong nobles secretly help the King of Qi? If the King of Qi gets the help of the Guanlong nobles, then things will not be so simple. Invisibly, Yang Yuanqing's heart was pressed against another camel.

"So! I'll go to several major grain dealers to discuss, I'll put pressure on them, and they'll give in. If it's still useless, in two days, the grain transported from my manor will arrive one after another, and I'll sell rice

There is always a way, how can a living person be suffocated to death by niao?"

Yang Yuanqing smiled, stood up and said, "I'll go find Yao Ji Mixing now."

Cui Bosu also stood up and said, "I'll go with the general!"

Wang Shunzhi was worried about the situation in the county government and hurriedly left. Yang Yuanqing got on Cui Bosu's carriage and walked towards Sishunfang under the escort of hundreds of soldiers.

In the carriage, Cui Bosu smiled slightly at Yang Yuanqing and said, "Please rest assured General Yang, the nobles of Guanlong will never support the King of Qi."

Yang Yuanqing was a little surprised. Cui Bosu seemed not to show his own thoughts, but he felt even more clearly in his heart.

"Why?"

"Because there is a scandal involved, the princess of Qi who died the previous year was Wei, and was from the Jingzhao Wei family. She had a sister who married the eldest son of Wushou, Yuan Shangwu, but this sister was with the King of Qi.

Sitong, it has been several years, and she gave birth to a nv son for the King of Qi. I have no idea about this scandal, but because of the identity of the King of Qi, I didn't say anything. Homeless is the two leaders of the Guanlong nobles. How could they be

Help the King of Qi again.”

"What if Wuwu bet on the King of Qi because of the guilt of King of Qi?"

Cui Bosu laughed, "The problem is that King Qi is not guilty at all. When Wushou passed his fifty birthday, he sent someone to take his concubine out and took her to Mangshan for a few days before returning. Wushi was one of the top major Sui Dynasty.

The men, can they accept this shame? I am not hiding General Yang. This time, the King of Qi was not effective in dealing with the capital. In fact, it was related to the Guanlong nobles who were controlling the elbows behind the scenes. The Sixth Palace of the East Palace led the 20,000 troops, more than half of them.

General Yingyanglang were all children of Guanlong nobles. They were Fengyang violating and refused to work hard for the King of Qi. If the general had not had Shangfang's sword, if Zhou Zhong had not tried his best to help the general, the general would have encountered such problems.

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Yang Yuanqing nodded secretly. Today was the second day he controlled the army. If An Bosu hadn't told him this, he would have been in the drum. Of course, Zhou Zhong would have told him sooner or later.

"Why did Cui Shaoyin help me so much?" Yang Yuanqing asked in confusion.

Cui Bosu smiled, "The reason is very simple, because the general is the son-in-law of the Pei family, and the Cui family and Wenxi Pei family have been married for generations. They have prospered and lost. Of course, I have to help the general."

Yang Yuanqing remembered that Yang Zhao told him that among the major northern gentry of the Sui Dynasty, they were actually divided into two groups, one was the Hongnong Yang family, the Jingzhao Wei family and the Xingyang Zheng family, and the other was Wenxi Pei.

The clan, the Cui clan of Qinghe and the Wang clan of Taiyuan, for example, Minqiu's mother was the Wang clan of Taiyuan, but the northern gentry also had marriages with the nobles of Guanlong, so the intricacies of the men's clan cannot be explained in just one or two sentences.

Sishunfang is close to Fengdu City. In the northeast corner of Sishunfang, there is a mansion covering an area of ​​about ten acres. This is the mansion of Yao Ji Mixing, the owner of Yao Huan. Yao Huan's father Yao Zhong was once from Dugu Mansion.

The great housekeeper, and his grandfather Yao Shun was Dugu Xin's book boy. It was this relationship of three generations of slaves that the Dugu family invested and ordered Yao Zhong to establish the Yao Ji Mixing in the tenth year of Kaihuang, and allowed the Yao family to

Li established a mansion and gave 10% of the rice shop members of the Yao family.

This part of the body alone made the Yao family a wealthy in the Great Sui Dynasty. For more than ten years, the Yao family has been loyal to the Dugu family and made the Yao Ji Mixing the first rice shop in the Great Sui Dynasty, occupying two capitals and five capitals.

The market share of the market can be said to be said that every household in Luoyang is related to Dugu family.

At this time, in Yaofugui's guest room, Yao Huan, the owner of the mother-in-law Mixing, was receiving a distinguished guest. The guest was Dugu Luo's eldest grandson Dugu Qi. The Dugu family is currently under the jurisdiction of Dugu Luo's younger brother Dugu Zhen. Dugu Zhen is the Dugu Zhen.

The official is appointed as the Jin Zi Guanglu Dafu and Wangcheng Hou. Although the official title is high, he is a free position and can be in charge of family affairs.

Dugu Qi's father Dugu Hong is currently the prefect of Liang County and is also a local official. Dugu Qi is less than 30 years old this year. He is very wise and capable and assists his uncle in managing family affairs.

Today, he was entrusted by the head of the family, Dugu Zhen, to arrange the steps for Yao Ji Mixing in the future.

"The head of the family said it very clearly. The five rice shops are not allowed to open before the emperor returns to Beijing. No matter what pressure Yang Yuanqing puts on you, you will not pay attention to it. In short, just one sentence, Yang Yuanqing cannot successfully control the situation in the capital."

Yao Huannian is about forty years old. She is short, fat and chubby. She is kind and honest on the surface, but she is actually like a ghost.

He said a little worriedly: "I have talked with the other four mixing companies today. Zhang Shengji must be fine, but the other three companies are very worried that Yang Yuanqing will use violent coercion, especially afraid that the mansion will be attacked by the army at night. Everyone's idea is not to swear.

Refusal, selling a little bit will not solve the problem, nor will Yang Yuanqing catch the handle. I wonder what the young master thinks?"

This is actually Yao Huan’s own concern, he just expressed it through other people’s words.

Dugu Qi also understood that Yang Yuanqing's methods were ruthless and he might really do this. Then the Dugu family would be in a dilemma. He thought about it and said, "Okay! I'll give him perfunctory first, but how much to sell, how to sell it? I'll ask the head of the family for instructions.

Make a decision again.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a family member reported urgently outside the menu: "Master, Yang Yuanqing is here, just outside the house."
Chapter completed!