Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1461 Where did the food go?
Concubine Wei is going crazy...

"Did you resell the grain from Jingyang Yicang?"

"Sister Yingming..."

Wei Yijie lost all arrogance and was dejected.

"I……"

Concubine Wei stroked her forehead with her hand, not knowing what to say.

Jingyang!

Where is the entire imperial court's eyes staring now? If it is suddenly revealed that the grain in the Yicang in Jingyang has been sold out before getting the news of whether the Jinghe levee can be held... Ordinarily, this is not a heinous crime. Aristocratic families have done a lot of things like this, but if the levee of the Jing River fails, the whole of Jingyang and even Xianyang will be hit by floods...

Then this matter will inevitably rise to infinite heights, and even all the scapegoats will be thrown at that time - the imperial court needs an excuse to appease the people in Guanzhong, but Wei Yijie made such a mistake at this juncture. If you don't carry it, who will carry it?
"Sister, you are the only one who can save me now, and I can only count on you!"

Wei Yijie had just been at home to watch the urgent report from his cousin Wei Yifang in Jingyang, and he figured out that there was nothing he could do for a while, so he ran into the palace and begged Wei Guifei for help.

Concubine Wei Gui gritted her silver teeth and stared at her younger brother in front of her with hatred, and said helplessly: "I am a woman, how can I understand these things? Besides, what can I do now? Now that Jingyang Fang Jun and Cheng Yaojin are in charge, and even the censor from Yushitai is on the sidelines, can you expect them to let you go?"

If someone else is in charge of Jingyang, maybe we can use Webster's energy to make some moves to see if we can suppress this matter.

But Cheng Yaojin always likes to ignore the family members, even if his Yue family, Qinghe Cui, doesn't look good when he comes to the door for something, how can he give Wei Shi face?

The most difficult thing was Fang Jun. When the eldest grandson died, Wei Yijie almost dismissed Fang Jun from his post and exiled him for three thousand miles... Now even if Webster begged with a shy face, Fang Jun would still How can we not add insult to injury and avenge our private revenge?
This is simply a dead end...

Concubine Wei sighed helplessly, she was really unhappy about retribution, if Wei Yijie hadn't framed Fang Jun to death like that, how could there be no hope for help today?
And Liu Jie is not Yi Yu's generation, that guy is a mad dog, how could he let go of his bite?

Wei Yijie hurriedly said: "There is definitely nothing that can be done in Jingyang, and it can't be covered, but my sister can say a few words in front of His Majesty... In the end, it is just some food, and my brother will make up for it... No, Double, can’t you make up twice? After Jingyang’s disaster, even if it can be preserved, it will definitely hurt its vitality. These grains can just relieve the local people and reduce the burden on the court. Sister, only His Majesty forgives me, and my brother will be safe , you can’t just watch your younger brother lose his job and be dismissed from the army, can you?”

"Ugh……"

Concubine Wei Gui sighed in embarrassment, raised one hand to press on her aching temple, her heart fluttered like numbness for a moment.

Suddenly remembered something and asked, "What did father say?"

Wei Yijie's complexion changed, he squeaked, Wei Guifei stomped her feet angrily, and said coquettishly: "Now that things are going on, do you still want to hide something from me?"

Wei Yijie knew that this elder sister was the only one who could save him right now, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "Father... my younger brother hasn't talked to my father about this matter yet."

"what?!"

Concubine Wei Gui's beautiful eyes widened sharply, and she lost her voice: "You resell the grain from Jingyang Yicang, and you don't know it from your father?"

She couldn't help but turn pale with shock. When did this younger brother, who was clever and clever since childhood, become so bold?
This matter was indeed serious, but whether his father Wei Yuancheng knew about it was a completely different matter.

If the father knew about it, it must be the mastermind of the family. Even if there is a mistake now, the whole family is behind it. Even if he is severely punished in the end, the family will make up for it.But if the father didn't know, then this matter was obviously Wei Yijie's own initiative, seeking personal gain for himself by reselling grain.Since it is for their own profit, the family will naturally not pay the price to save Wei Yijie. Even if Wei Yijie is the eldest son and grandson, he can't get around the hurdle of family rules...

Wei Yijie made a sad face and nodded in shame.

Concubine Wei Gui didn't know what to say...

"You just play dead, I can't control this matter, it's life or death, it's fate!"

Twisting her slender waist, Concubine Wei turned around angrily and wanted to leave.

Wei Yijie didn't care much, "Putong" fell to his knees, hugged Concubine Wei's legs tightly, and cried, "Sister, save me!"

Concubine Wei Gui was hugged by her legs, even though she was her own younger brother, she felt flushed, she gritted her teeth and said bitterly: "Let go, if someone sees it, how decent is it?"

Wei Yijie is desperate now, how can he care about his dignity?My father still doesn't know about this matter. If he knew that he had caused such a catastrophe, would he still have to skin himself?Now the only one who can help him is the elder sister in front of him...

"I'm not letting go. If my sister doesn't help me, then let me crash to death in this Taiji Palace. It's better than being sent to the army. Life is better than death..."

My younger brother is playing a scoundrel, what can I do as my elder sister?
Concubine Wei Gui struggled twice but did not break free, she was angry and anxious, so she could only say: "Let go, let's think about it later."

Only then did Wei Yijie let go, tears streaming down his handsome face, full of remorse.

Concubine Wei felt pain in her heart when she saw it, she threw the handkerchief in her hand to him, and said angrily, "Hurry up and wipe it off!"

After the mood stabilized, Wei Yijie sat in front of Concubine Wei, and Concubine Wei asked: "You have to tell your sister what happened, right? Otherwise, even in front of His Majesty, I don't know how to excuse you."

Wei Yijie hurriedly said: "Actually, it's a trivial matter. Last year, there was a severe drought in Youzhou, and the grain harvest was in short supply. This summer, the price of grain has risen to ten yuan, while in Guanzhong, it is only five or six yuan. My brother thought about transporting a batch The grain was sold in Youzhou, and he felt that if such an easy business was handled by the family, the younger brother would not be able to get a few cents... So he negotiated with Yi Fang to resell the grain in the Jingyang Yicang, which would be a good deal. ..."

The life of the children of the aristocratic family is not easy, the family rules are very strict, and the money and silk withdrawals cannot be unlimited, but the exchange of favors, eating, drinking and having fun is very expensive, and it is human nature to tinker with other livelihoods in private.

Not every dude has Fang Jun's ability to turn stones into gold...

Concubine Wei Guimei picked it up, and said with a cold snort: "But I never thought that the food was transported away, but it happened to catch up with the flood of the Jing River, and the food could not be transported back even if I wanted to?"

Wei Yijie felt ashamed: "Exactly."

Concubine Wei thought for a while: "You are transporting the grain to Youzhou, but you are partnering with someone?"

Wei Yijie shook his head and said: "It's only [-] to [-] shi of grain, how much money can I earn? If it's a partnership with others, why not come out from the family, my younger brother has a subordinate who is a child of the Yuan family in Youzhou, and his family is also from Youzhou The largest grain merchant in the state, this matter has just been operated through his suggestion. The grain is transported to Youzhou and sold to the Yuan family, and their family settles the money directly. Now the grain money has arrived in Jiangnan. buy food at a high price, and then fill the righteous warehouse, but unexpectedly, the flood came too suddenly..."

The more he talked, the more he felt wronged. What kind of thing is this?

Almost every aristocratic family will do some tricks like this in private. Since everyone is doing it, what's the problem?Even thinking about it on Wei Yi Festival, instead of letting those grains rot and mold in the righteous warehouse, it is better to earn some price difference for themselves, and then fill some new grains back to the warehouse. This is a good deed for the court...

Concubine Wei Gui is also an intelligent woman with a quick mind. After thinking for a while, she said, "What is the relationship between you and that son of the Yuan family? Presumably there must be grain in the Yuan family's granary. You might as well go find him and discuss with him. It is said that because of the shortage of grain in Youzhou, the grain from the Jingyang Yicang was transferred to the emergency... In this way, the guilt of allocating grain to the righteous warehouse without authorization is inevitable, but compared with privately selling grain from the righteous warehouse, it is a world of difference."

Mistakes are different from mistakes. It was a mistake to allocate food to Youzhou for emergency, but after all, it was doing things for the court.

However, reselling food from the charity warehouse in private is a serious crime, and the two are by no means the same.

Hearing that Concubine Wei had come up with such an idea, instead of showing off his face, Wei Yijie became more and more depressed: "My younger brother also thought of this, but my younger brother sent someone to discuss with that Yuan's son, but was told that that guy was because of The relatives at home are seriously ill... already returned to Youzhou an hour ago."

Wei Guifei was stunned: "What a coincidence?"

Wei Yijie was about to cry: "It's such a coincidence."

The siblings looked at each other, Concubine Wei Gui's heart sank.

The two siblings thought of one thing, often the more coincidental things happen, the more something is wrong...

(End of this chapter)