At this time, Ying Zheng felt a bad breath coming out of his heart. He remembered that when Li Zhao proposed the idea of ​​planting rice and promised to produce eight dan per mu, he was questioned by many ministers. Now that he has actually done it, I really don’t know how they will feel and react when they see it.

.

Of course, this can also be used as an ax to knock down mountains and shake rocks.

"promise!"

Li Zhao retreated.

Early morning.

This was the first time since returning to the east. Without Li Si, the morning court seemed very quiet. The bold voice was gone, only submissiveness. This was what Ying Zheng wanted to see.

"My lords, I haven't seen you for a while. Is the peace still in the court?" Ying Zheng's majestic words passed over the whole place, and there was a sudden silence.

This is what he needs.

Soon, everyone responded, "Thanks to Your Majesty, everything is going very well."

"That's good!" Ying Zheng nodded, "Okay, in the past few days, I must have accumulated a lot of important things, so just report it!"

"I have something to report." A royal censor came out and said, "Your Majesty, I was ordered to inspect Xianyang, but I discovered some strange phenomena."

"Oh! Why is it strange?" Ying Zheng looked at the Censor.

The imperial censor held the scroll and bowed in salute: "There was no natural disaster, but famines of varying degrees were found around Xianyang. After investigation, it was found that it was caused by food shortages. This also caused the price of rice in Xianyang to gradually rise."

"Although this phenomenon will not have an impact on the current situation, I can guarantee that the price of rice will definitely rise sharply within half a year. This is not a good sign."

The imperial censor stated the seriousness of it.

Ying Zheng's majestic eyes glanced at Feng Quji and asked: "Prime Minister Feng, is this possible?"

Feng Quji hurriedly stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, this is indeed the case. I have sent people to monitor it strictly. It will take some time before we can report the specific situation."

The censor said: "Your Majesty, I have found out some clues, but it is only at the stage of speculation and there is no substantial evidence yet."

"Oh! It's just a guess! But it doesn't hurt." Ying Zheng waved his hand.

"No! After a secret investigation, I found that there are merchants operating in the market, and there are signs of purchasing grain. It's just that the amount purchased is relatively small, so it won't cause a big impact."

"Oh! There is another matter!" Ying Zheng's face showed anger and he shouted: "Weiwei, I leave this matter to you. You must capture all such businessmen."

"No!" The guard accepted the order and was about to retreat when suddenly a minister stood up and advised, "Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible. Please take back your order."

The person who spoke stepped out, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a mighty appearance, but with a pair of sharp eyes. He was none other than Jia Xiong, the commander-in-chief of the Xianyang garrison.

Ying Zheng looked at Jia Xiong with a hint of fierceness in the corners of his eyes, "Jia Xiong, what do you mean?"

Jia Xiong hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, I have heard from you that businessmen are seeking profits, and acquisitions are their way of making a living. To capture them for no reason may cause panic among the people and be detrimental to our government. I hope your Majesty will understand clearly!"

"No!" Jia Xiong questioned himself, and the imperial censor immediately retorted, "Businessmen pursue profits, and acquisitions are indeed a good way to make a living. But what I said is a business on the rails. According to the results obtained after a long investigation, these

The people are very inconspicuous, but there are many of them, and they spend a lot of money. They will make acquisitions every once in a while. Although the number is not large, the disadvantage is that there are many people."

"Your Majesty!" The imperial censor raised his hand to Ying Zheng, "I think this is not an ordinary businessman, but a fraudulent businessman, so we must be on guard against him."

"Absurd!" Jia Xiong fought to the end and bowed to Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, I think this is a groundless worry. The number of merchants depends on the amount of grain. Maybe this year the production will increase and there will be more grain."

"Okay, no need to argue anymore, we can discuss this later!" Ying Zheng interrupted the argument between the two, but also temporarily called the Weiwei back.

He has his own plans for this matter.

One after another, all the ministers reported some things, but none of them were important.

"My lords, I still have something to report. If not, I have something to say." Seeing that all the ministers had finished reporting, Ying Zheng spoke.

But at this moment, Jia Xiong stood up again and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

"What's the matter?"

Jia Xiong took a few steps forward and held up his hands, "Your Majesty, do you still remember Li Shaonei half a year ago? No, General Li said that he could grow eight shi per mu of grain. It is now the harvest season, and it must be time to harvest."

Already."

"I am very surprised by such an astonishing yield per acre. I boldly request to go and have a look. Please grant your permission."

Hearing this, all the ministers remembered that Li Zhao had said that he could grow eight shi of grain per mu. At that time, everyone did not believe it. Prime Minister Li also tried his best to refute Li Zhao's words that were harmful to the country.

Everyone was interested now.

If there really is such a thing, it is a first of its kind, and it is good to gain more knowledge. If it is Li Zhao's words that deceive the emperor, then they will impeach him.

They found this guy very distasteful, no, they were jealous. Why did he get promoted again and again, reaching the fifteenth level, while they were still on the same level?

"Your Majesty, I also want to see such a unique thing. Please allow me to do so." The ministers knelt down and begged.

Ying Zheng had this intention, and now without him having to say it, these ministers came to his door, which made him a little happy.

"Forget it! Let's go and see it all!"
Chapter completed!