The Great Court Meeting

"You are a well-meaning child, and grandpa is very confident about you."

"But you have to remember, never take it lightly."

Mr. Lu didn't have much contact with his granddaughter Lu Yaoyao, but he got along well with her during this period of time.

This granddaughter is a very good and capable child.

Among the many children of the Lu family, she was the first to take the lead, even compared to the older generation like them.

"Yao Yao knows, grandpa can rest assured."

Lu Yaoyao smiled.

Mr. Lu on the opposite side also smiled and continued, "Your uncle also told me about your plan to wait until autumn before we go back to Jiangdong with you."

"This is a good idea. I have already revised the book and asked your ancestors from the Third Foreign Countries to start handling some of the properties there."

"This way we won't have to spend too much time when we go back."

Now here in the capital, they still have business to take care of.

The perfume business is all in charge of their family, and the Grand Princess Mansion is just a name.

The wine business is managed by Su, but he knows that Lu Yaoyao still has to prepare soap and cannot leave here for too long.

And just a few days ago, Mr. Lu discussed with his family and planned to continue his old business here.

After all, this is what the Lu family started their business with, and the one they know best and are most familiar with is also like this, so there is no way they could just throw it away like this.

"Well, grandpa can arrange it."

Afterwards, the grandfather and grandson chatted for a long time, mainly with the old man talking.

He expressed some of his development ideas.

Lu Yaoyao supports his plan to continue doing grain business here. After all, the Lu family is familiar with this area, and she also has a lot of things in this field in her hands, and she will have a lot of knowledge for them.

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at the same time.

The atmosphere at today's court meeting was also very serious.

As soon as he came to court, some ministers stood up and expressed their opposition to the court's large-scale purchase of wheat.

He also suggested that Emperor Hongwen should seize the time to negotiate with aristocratic families and purchase grain from them.

In this regard, Emperor Hongwen said nothing. As his confidant, Wen Songtao would naturally end up at this time.

Regarding wheat flour, Wen Songtao also spoke out bluntly.

At first everyone was in an uproar, but soon they couldn't believe it.

After all the noise, Emperor Hongwen finally said that he had seen it and tasted it, and the ministers stopped.

But the matter of wheat flour still makes officials with aristocratic backgrounds feel chilly in their hearts.

If it is true that this wheat flour is very good as Emperor Hongwen said, then those aristocratic families who previously bought grain at high prices and hoarded it in the hope of making a fortune will probably suffer a lot this time.

Gao Yanming, who was standing at the front, had a face as dark as ink.

You must know that it was he who proposed the idea of ​​delaying time and putting pressure on Emperor Hongwen. Now that wheat flour has come out.

All major aristocratic families would lose a lot of money, and he knew very well that once this news reached the ears of those in charge of the aristocratic families, they would definitely be dissatisfied with him.

On the dragon throne, Emperor Hongwen looked at Gao Yanming's increasingly darker complexion, a sneer flashed across his lips, and coldness gathered in his eyes.

"That's it for the disaster relief food matter. There is no need to discuss it further."

"I have a memorial here, please listen to it."

As he spoke, he picked up a memorial and handed it to Wang De, asking him to read it out.

Wang De, who received the memorial, just glanced at it and trembled all over, wondering, is His Majesty planning to kill the Gao family?

The ministers below were quite surprised when they saw this scene. What exactly was written in this memorial?

However, when Wang Dejiang read out the memorial, everyone was in an uproar.

Gao Yanming, who was standing at the front, raised his head in disbelief. For just a moment, his originally dark face turned pale.

"Impossible, Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible. I have not received the news."

As soon as Wang De's voice fell, a minister jumped out.

Seeing the minister who was speaking, Emperor Hongwen's eyes turned cold.

Before the real owner could say anything, a minion jumped out first.

Very good, I will remember you.

He just glanced at the minister who was speaking, and then his eyes fell on Gao Yanming.

"Gao Xiang, do you have something to say?"

"I have been wronged. Someone must have framed me. I beg your Majesty to look into it."

Gao Yanming hurriedly came out and knelt down towards Emperor Hongwen. At this time, he still had the same momentum as when he used food to pressure Emperor Hongwen in the imperial study.

The writing of this memorial is really too shocking.

If everything is true, then the beheading and exile of the entire Gao family would be considered a minor matter. If one person fails, all nine clans will be destroyed.

According to the memorial, a large-scale civil uprising occurred in Jinyang.

Gao Changxing, the governor of Jinyang Prefecture, and Cao Dong, the governor of Jinyang Prefecture, had been filling their own pockets all year round, resulting in Jinyang Prefecture's official warehouse having no grain. When drought came, the government had no grain to use.

The two were worried that the matter would spread, so they mobilized officers and soldiers to block the passes in Jinyang Mansion, and anyone found trying to escape would be killed without mercy.

Later, he asked the imperial court to provide disaster relief, and Gao Yanming took action.

Disaster relief grain was distributed to the decentralized government, but Gao Changxing and Cao Dong saw the price of grain soaring, and became greedy, but the people were still living.

There was a fire in the official warehouse, but the grain for disaster relief was transported to the ancestral land of the Gao family in advance.

Then they are sold to the people of Jinyang at a high price.

In just over half a month, all the money and land in the hands of the people of Jinyang fell into the hands of Gao Changxing, Cao Dong, and the Gao family.

The people of Jinyang were miserable without money and food. Incidents of exchanging children for food, which had not happened for many years, frequently occurred in various parts of Jinyang Mansion.

Seven days ago, it was exposed that Gao Changxing and Cao Dong were secretly stealing food for disaster relief.

The whole Jinyang was in an uproar, and the angry people attacked the Jinyang Mansion. The governor and Biejia mobilized officers and soldiers to suppress it, and a war broke out.

Jinyang's 20,000 officers and soldiers experienced this battle, and more than 3,000 people were killed or injured, and the civilian casualties exceeded 10,000.

Don't drive Cao Dong to be seriously injured in the riot.

Seeing that the matter was getting serious, Gao Changxing wanted to convict Cao Dong and control his wife, children and children.

However, Cao Dong had already planned and secretly hid a lot of evidence of his dealings with Gao Changxing and the Gao family.

When he was dying, he sent this memorial and some evidence out of Jinyang Mansion.

"Unjustly accused, framed?"

"You still have the nerve to say such things?"

Emperor Hongwen suddenly became furious, grabbed the white jade paperweight on the dragon case and threw it down.

"Your handwritten letter and the account books of the transactions between Jinyang Mansion and your Gao family are all before me, and you still say that you are unjust?"

"I changed my son to eat, and thousands of people were killed or injured, but you only gave me the word "unjust"?

"What about the people of Jinyang Mansion? Do they deserve to be harmed by your Gao family's blood-sucking?"

When the ministers below saw this scene, they knelt down one after another.

"Your Majesty, calm down."

Emperor Hongwen's chest rose and fell continuously, and he stared coldly at Gao Yanming who was kneeling there.

"Your Majesty, I really don't know about this matter. Gao Changxing did write a letter to me, asking for my help in mobilizing food for disaster relief in Jinyang."

"I always thought that the situation in Jinyang was not good, so I arranged for the food to go there. I really had no idea that Gao Changxing and Cao Dong were so bold and swallowed up the relief food."
Chapter completed!