Chapter 35 Now I have friends! I have a party! I am Uncle Guo’s party!

The words were divided into two parts. When Liu Yishen and other dignitaries went to Xishan, Tianqi was worried because the factory guard reported that the price of charcoal had soared, and specifically asked Wei Zhongxian: "Has the price of charcoal dropped now?"

Wei Zhongxian replied: "Your Majesty, the price has risen again."

Tianqi frowned after hearing this: "How can the common people bear it if it continues to rise? Some powerful people are really greedy and have kept the price of charcoal high. Your Dongchang needs to check carefully to see which powerful people are secretly pushing it up.

Charcoal price!”

"yes!"

At this time, Han Xu, who was also in front of the emperor, said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. As far as I know, Uncle Guo has arranged for Quanzi to open many stores in the city, called comprehensive stores, specializing in selling cheap coal, but the purchase is limited to one day per household.

You can only buy a certain amount of coal."

Tianqi was quite surprised and looked at Wei Zhongxian: "Is this really true?"

Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "I have been busy these days interrogating the profiteers who are suspected of making inferior fat coats for the border troops. I don't know about this for a while. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will let the people from Dongchang go to check."

"No need! I disguise myself and go outside the palace to see for myself. I also want to see how much the people's lives have been affected by the high price of charcoal."

Tianqi said and looked at Han Xu again: "Han Qing's house, let's go together."

"yes!"

Han Xu agreed.

Because the general store has the benefits of the Han family, Han Xu, who has always been reticent, just said a few words just now.

When he arrived outside the palace and on the bustling street, Tianqi saw many poor people cowering in the snow in the corner, their skin turned purple from the cold, and he couldn't help but sigh: "It's really the wine and meat of Zhumen that stink, and there are bones on the road that are frozen to death."

With that said, Tianqi asked Han Xu: "Han Qing family, are you telling the truth? Is Zhang Gui really selling cheap coal to help the people?"

Han Xu replied: "How dare I deceive you?"

At this moment, Tianqi noticed a long queue outside a store in front of him, and the name of this store was "Comprehensive Store".

Tianqi also walked over and asked a common person: "What are you doing queuing up here on such a cold day?"

The common man replied: "Buy coal! This one is cheap and fair, the same price as last year, but you can't buy more, so you have to come and buy it every day. And you can't let others do it for you. You can only get the coal with the household receipt and the guarantee letter."

Therefore, no matter how cold it is, I have to come in person, otherwise my wife and children will freeze to death? There is no firewood pit in the house!"

"Hasn't the price of charcoal skyrocketed recently? Why are they willing to sell it at a fair price?"

Tianqi asked again.

The common man replied: "It is said that the emperor gave their store subsidies, so they can buy it so cheaply. This shows that the emperor is still a good emperor."

Tianqi nodded, knowing that Zhang Gui made up such a reason because he wanted to do good things for himself, but people's hearts let him, the emperor, take care of it.

Then Tianqi asked: "How many stores like this are there?"

"There are two in one square."

The common man replied.

Tianqi said nothing after hearing this and walked out in silence.

"Wei Zhongxian!"

Tianqi suddenly called out.

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly stepped forward: "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"

"How come the inner court doesn't know to do this?!"

"Use money to buy coal, and then sell it to the people at a fair price to help the people survive the crisis? Can Zhang Gui think that you, the chief eunuch in charge of rituals, can't think of this? Do you have the heart to watch my capital and the people freeze to death?

?!"

"Han Qing, why didn't you think of your cabinet and the North Korea?!"

Tianqi asked somewhat reproachfully.

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I have a kindhearted heart. I am indeed not as good as him. I must learn from you."

Han Xu also followed suit and said similar words to Wei Zhongxian.

"Get up."

Tianqi has never been a person who is too harsh on those around him. After criticizing Wei Zhongxian, Han Xu stopped talking about the two of them and only asked Wei Zhongxian: "When these comprehensive stores in Zhanggui purchase coal, can they come to you?"

Do you want money?"

Wei Zhongxian replied: "No."

"Then you have to offer it!"

"He is honest, do you think he is also honest?"

Tianqi gave instructions and then said: "He has a kind heart and can't bear the people to freeze to death, so he sells high-priced coal to the people at a low price and restricts the purchase. He makes it clear that he only wants to benefit the people, but he gives me the hearts he gained by doing this."

, then I can’t win this heart in vain. When the time comes, you take the initiative to find him, and ask the inner court to really subsidize him as much as he spent on buying coal.”

"Yes! I obey your order."

Wei Zhongxian replied.

At this time, Han Xu tried to smooth things over for Wei Zhongxian and said, "Your Majesty, there is something here. You have misunderstood. Uncle Guo did not buy the coal, but he produced it in the farmland you gave him.

"

Tianqi was a little surprised after hearing this: "Really?"

Han Xu said: "I dare not deceive Your Majesty. The dog told me all this."

After hearing this, Tianqi said: "That further proves that he has a kind heart, just like his sister! There is so much coal and he doesn't want to sell it at a high price to make more money, but he sells it at a low price and takes this opportunity to make me, the emperor, more

popular."

Tianqi said: "Let's go to Xishan to see him."

At this time, Han Xu hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, it is best not to go."

Tianqi couldn't help but ask: "Why can't you go?"

Han Xu replied: "Because there are many dignitaries going to Xishan today."

"Why so many?"

Tianqi asked.

Han Xu hurriedly told Tianqi truthfully.

Tianqi snorted after hearing this: "That's even more important. I want to see who looks at my brother-in-law like this! When Wei Zhongxian arrives, please remember to write down the names of those people!"

"According to the order!"

…

Before the arrival of the Apocalypse, Zhang Gui directly distributed coal and grain to the working people here in Xishan, which angered many high-ranking officials who tried to hoard coal and force the people to sell their children at low prices. This also caused many civil servants to begin to denounce Zhang Gui.

When he even refuted Wang Yingjiao, who was beginning to feel guilty, Xu Guangqi stood up and said that those who scolded Zhang Gui at this time had no intention.

The discordant sound made by Xu Guangqi was like a loud slap on the face of Liu Yishen and other dignitaries again.

"Xu Zixian, do you know what you are talking about?!"

Liu Yishen first questioned Xu Guangqi.

"Mr. Ge, you don't need to remind me, I know what I'm talking about!"

"I originally thought that Uncle Guo wanted to open a prostitution nunnery in Xishan and ruin the world, so I came to take a look. But now, I have to admit that I, Mr. Xu, was wrong, and a big mistake!

"

"As Yang Dahong said, my uncle is indeed serving the country wholeheartedly. Xu is ashamed! He has been looking at him with the inherent prejudice of a scholar."

"Just as Da Sinong said just now, Mr. Xu also feels ashamed to face the Holy Emperor and the people. The uncle of the country still knows how to care for the people so that the people will not freeze to death and starve to death; but I, Mr. Xu, as the Metropolitan Procuratorate

Feng Xianguan has not even spoken out for these people, Mr. Xu is really a blind person!"

Xu Guangqi also spoke excitedly at this time.

After hearing this, Liu Yishen's face became even more ugly.

Liu Guojin sneered and said: "I can see it. You Xu Zi first said that you have no party or friends, but in fact you have been joining the rich and powerful for a long time, and you are a traitor to his uncle Zhang Guojin!"

"That's right! In today's imperial court, why Zhu, Yao, Liang and other direct ministers were executed one after another is because our civil servants were not united in the first place, and because there are still a large number of treacherous ministers and mediocre ministers in the court!"

When Guo Xing said this, he pointed at Xu Guangqi and said sternly: "And you, Xu Guangqi, are one of these traitors! You are not worthy of being a member of our scholar-bureaucrats! You are addicted to miscellaneous studies, do not value the classics of saints, and have betrayed Confucianism. Now you are even more serious.

You are so shameless, and you are a friend of a foreign relative! You should be punished!"

"I, Xu Guangqi, have always been neither friends nor cliques, since you said so."

When Xu Guangqi said this, he resolutely took a step forward, as if he had crossed a chasm, and walked to the opposite side among the refugees who were huddled under the shack and gathered around the fire. He looked at the dignitaries opposite and said:

"From today on, I, Xu Zi, have friends! I have a party! And I am the party of my uncle Guo!"

The refugees looked at Xu Guangqi in scarlet official robes in surprise, with smiles on their faces unconsciously.

"I am also willing to be my uncle's friend!"

Influenced by Xu Guangqi, Wang Yingjiao also stood up and stood on the side of the refugees. That step was particularly solid.

"Da Sinong!"

Liu Yishen shouted, but he didn't call Wang Yingjiao back.

"And I!"

At this time, Hanlin editor Chen Zizhuang, who was born in Tanhua, also stood up.

"And I!"

"And I!"

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Chapter completed!