The Jagged Empire of Daqin

The common people queuing up are all buying grain. The war broke out and the front line suffered a disastrous defeat. All fools knew that the price of grain would increase, so the common people took out their family savings and went to the grain shop to buy grain and save some food for their families in troubled times.

But it is because all fools know that the price of food will increase, so too many people come to buy food, and some people have been queuing all night.

At this moment, a luxuriously dressed middle-aged man came out of the grain store, stood at the door and shouted to the people in line: "Fathers and elders, please be quiet. I am the shopkeeper of Shangjia Grain Store. Please be quiet, I I want to announce something!"

"It's the shopkeeper, everyone be quiet!"

"Don't make noise, listen to the shopkeeper!"

Knowing that this person is the shopkeeper of the grain shop, the people in line quieted down obediently. After the scene quietened down, the shopkeeper smiled apologetically and said, "I'm really sorry, folks. I just received the news that I went to the good grain shop. The grain purchased in Gannan County was robbed by bandits on the way!"

"So after careful consideration, in order to make up for the loss, I went to Jiajia Grain Shop to increase the price to [-] yuan per bucket!"

"What! Fifty cents a bucket!"

"You are robbing!"

"If you don't buy it, it's not your grain shop!"

"The big shop is bullying customers, it's abominable!"

"What kind of bandit robbery, he deliberately fabricated a lie, so as to raise the price of food and earn black-hearted money!"

"That's right, I've seen a lot of such ghost ideas!"

"Let the government sue him!"

"Forget it, he dared to increase the price, which means that he has already managed it up and down, alas, this time he can only suffer the loss!"

"What a black businessman!"

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Chapter 935 Tian Li who covers the sky with one hand!

As soon as they heard fifty dollars a bucket of grain, the people who lined up to buy grain were so angry that they all pointed at the manager and cursed the black merchant, and some people were so angry that they left without buying the grain from his Shangjia grain shop.

There are still a small number of people who can leave, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that the world is as black as crows!

The price increase of the Shangjia Grain Store is most likely due to negotiation with other grain stores, and they eat black money together. This is a very common black routine, and Qi people are no strangers to it.

The smartest decision is to line up obediently and let others slaughter you.

There is no way, the attitude of the grain store is very clear, buy it if you like it, or get out if you don't buy it!

This is the disadvantage of the war. The prices of daily necessities have increased several times, and ordinary people can't afford them at all. Then they start selling houses and fields, and finally sell their children and daughters, becoming poor hungry refugees.

"Damn, this grain shop has also raised prices!"

"Black merchant, black merchant!"

"Businessmen wrong the country, businessmen wrong the country!"

"The government and the imperial court don't care about this matter. If they don't, I will be the first to surrender to Qin when the Qin army breaks through the city!"

"Yes, count me in!"

"Food prices have risen, so how do we ordinary people live? Do you really think that the people in Daqi are all rich businessmen? It's really abominable. They don't treat us people as human beings, but like pigs!"

"I'm afraid that only the Qin Dynasty treats the people most seriously."

"I want people from Qin, so don't let anyone stop me, unless the food is lowered, if not, my whole family will not be able to drink the northwest wind!"

"If the Northwest Wind can drink enough, then I will drink it. The problem is that I can't get enough of this thing!"

"God, look at these bastards in human clothing!"

With the passage of time, rising food prices swept across the entire capital of Linzi, and more and more people found that the price of food in the whole city's grain shops was rising, and even some very few grain shops were even darker, and there was actually a bucket of one tael of silver. It has doubled tenfold!

It really slaughtered the common people as fat pigs.

What is even more desperate is that not only the price of food has risen, the price of salt has also doubled several times, and the price of meat has skyrocketed!

Food has the fastest growth rate, followed by clothing.

Food and clothing are the necessities of the common people. If you don't eat, you will starve to death, and if you don't wear clothes, you will freeze to death.

But the common people are powerless to resist, they can only curse black merchants with righteous indignation, and make outrageous complaints, but the thick-skinned businessmen don’t care about being scolded at all, and they are not afraid of the common people reporting to the government. I don't care.

Because the government has a vested interest, and the grain shop sells grain at a high price, so it has to pay high taxes. Now that Daqi is facing the invasion of the Qin Dynasty, there are more things that need money. How dare the government cut off the source of the court's money at this juncture? Otherwise, I am afraid that the official uniform on my body will be taken off.

There were complaints everywhere in the city, and the palace was not peaceful.

Inside the Anhua Hall of the imperial palace, there was a depressive atmosphere, all the military officials of the Great Qi bowed their heads and remained silent, and Jiang Bai on the dragon chair looked coldly at all the officials!

Jiang Bai returned to the capital of Linzi yesterday. He held a funeral for the first emperor, Jiang Huadong, and then ascended the throne before his death. , that is, it will be officially used in the first month of next year.

Jiang Bai's 14-year-old boy is wearing a red dragon robe, a red jade flat-topped dragon crown on his head, and white silk tied to his right arm. Maybe he still knelt before the spirit of the late emperor.

"Come on!" Jiang Bai called softly.

After the words fell, the two imperial guards in front of the hall stepped into the hall. When the two imperial guards reached the center of the hall, they stopped in unison and bowed down to salute.

Jiang Bai looked indifferently at the old official standing at the head of the official. This old official was named Tian Li, and he was the Minister of the Ministry of War. Han's foundation was unstable, and he took the post of Minister of State Supervision by force.

He, who was supposed to be in the second row, stood in the first place, and Cui Han, who was supposed to be in the first row, stood in the second row.

Tian Li also felt Jiang Bai's gaze, but he was not guilty at all, let alone fearful. Tashiro, the commander of the Meiyue Camp, was his son, and Hu Zongwei, the commander of the Xianning Camp, was his nephew.

Standing behind him was an army of 20. He was not afraid of Jiang Bai, who was still young. Jiang Bai had very few trusted ministers in the court. Except for Cui Han who could see them, the rest were stinky shrimp. He did not have much political power at all, and his military power was even worse is almost zero.

He didn't believe that Jiang Bai dared to attack her, unless Jiang Bai didn't want to be the throne.

Without Jiang Huadong's suppression, his power would be the strongest in the court, and it is not an exaggeration to cover the sky with one hand.

Jiang Bai looked indifferently, looked straight at Tian Li with sharp eyes and asked in a cold voice: "Master Tian, ​​can you explain when did you become the minister of state supervision!"

Tian Li raised his eyebrows, and the rest of the Wu ministers couldn't help but look at each other.

The big show is coming.

"What do you mean, Your Majesty?" Tian Li asked in a deep voice.

He didn't expect that Jiang Bai, a brat, would really attack him. He was too courageous. It seems that he needs to teach him a lesson!

"What do you mean? Hehe!"

Jiang Bai pursed his lips into a cold smile, slowly got up from the dragon chair, picked up the golden sword on the imperial platform, hung the sword on his left belt, held the hilt of the sword with his left hand, and walked down the high platform with his head held high, one step at a time. He came to Tian Li step by step.

Although Tian Li is more than ten years older than Jiang Bai, they are equal in height.

"I wanted to ask you this question yesterday, but yesterday was the funeral of the late emperor, and I couldn't bear to disturb the peace of the late emperor. Now, you'd better tell me the truth, otherwise...hehe." The old fox Tian Li was terrified.

"Naturally, the Minister of State Supervision was entrusted by the late emperor's will, and this will is in the old minister's home. If your majesty does not believe it, you can ask the ministers, or you can send someone to the old minister's house to get it. All punishment!" Tian Li replied solemnly.

"Your Majesty, there is absolutely no such thing, this old thief is lying!" Prime Minister Cui Han stood up and said with an angry face.

Tian Li glanced at Cui Han, his murderous intent disappeared in a flash, and he felt a little regretful, originally he thought that Cui Han would know the current affairs, but unexpectedly, it was still as smelly and hard as the stones in the latrine.

"Your Majesty, you also know that there has been a long-standing grievance between the minister and the prime minister. He is deliberately trying to provoke the relationship between you and me. His crime should be punished. Please punish him severely!" Tian Li bowed and saluted vigorously.

Although he regretted not killing Cui Han, he was not afraid of Cui Han's testimony, because when Jiang Huadong was around, Cui Han was the prime minister, but now that Jiang Huadong was gone, Cui Han was just a prime minister in name only, and he didn't worry about Cui Han's bad things at all.

Chapter 936: Qi Dynasty!

If he was really worried, he wouldn't have kept Cui Han until today.

To put it bluntly, Cui Han can't play any role at all, and the overall situation is already in his hands.

"Your Majesty, my subject..."

Jiang Bai suddenly interrupted Cui Han's words and said: "The grievances between the prime minister and Tian are known to everyone in the world, so the prime minister should avoid suspicion and don't meddle in this matter. I will ask other ministers!"

"Ok?"

Cui Han frowned, unable to understand what Jiang Bai meant, and thought, doesn't His Majesty just need to stand up at this time?Why do you keep your mouth shut and don't let yourself say, what is His Majesty doing? Is it a compromise made out of fear of the military power behind Tian Li?

Thinking of this, Cui Han's face turned ugly. If this is the case, he might not live until tomorrow!

After this happened, Tian Li would not continue to keep him.

Compared to Cui Han's panic, Tian Li was in a relaxed mood. In his mind, Jiang Bai told Cui Han to shut up, which proved that Jiang Bai didn't dare to do anything to him, and he didn't intend to do anything to him when he suddenly asked, but simply wanted to show off.

"Who, dear friends, can prove that the first emperor left a will?" Jiang Bai asked Man Chaowu.

"I can prove it!"

"The minister can also prove it!"

"Sir too!"

"I prove it!"

After Jiang Bai's words fell, Man Chaowu all stood up to testify. It can be said that except Cui Han, all the ministers stood up to support Tian Li, and even several of Jiang Bai's own cronies also stood up.

They heard what Jiang Bai said to Cui Han just now, and they all thought that Jiang Bai had compromised, and Jiang Bai had compromised, so they naturally supported Tian Li without the slightest hesitation, and Jiang Bai's own cronies also wanted to protect themselves at this moment Take refuge in Tian Li.

"Haha, good, it's really good!" Jiang Bai laughed out loud, making all the officials confused.

What does His Majesty want to do?

Suddenly, Jiang Bai's face turned cold, instantly causing the whole hall to enter the harsh winter, and every minister clearly felt a biting chill.

"You wait for the world to eat Qilu, originally a minister of Qi, but now he has become a minister of Tian, ​​hehe, I am really chilled, I really want to know, if the so-called last decree, Lord Tian is to make himself emperor, I don't know you Will it be proved today!" Jiang Bai shouted coldly.

Minister Wu was startled suddenly, he never expected that Jiang Bai would say such a thing, this is to tear the face off with Tian Li!

But this is not important anymore. They have already stood in line just now, so they can't be fools, otherwise they won't be able to get along.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean? The decree is true. If your majesty does not believe it, you can send someone to the Tian Mansion to obtain the decree!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, this sentence cannot be said indiscriminately. The minister can only be Qi Chen, but Tian Chen!"

"The ministers testify that there is indeed a will!"

"Your Majesty can't wrong the ministers, otherwise, the ministers will be chilled!"

Many ministers of Wu have stood up and called for grievances, wanting to make the last decree a reality.

At this time, Tian Li also spoke, "Your Majesty, the veteran has served Daqi for most of his life. Even if he has no merit, he has worked hard and tremblingly. He has never slacked off for more than 30 years. Now, with a few words, your majesty will bring down the crime of falsely passing on the will. Yuchen, I refuse to accept!"

Jiang Bai took a step forward and leaned in front of Tian Li. The distance between their faces was only one finger away, and this distance could clearly feel each other's breath.

Jiang Bai stared closely at Tian Li's eyes, and said coldly: "With your Lord Tian's current energy, it is not difficult to forge the will, but if you dare to forge the will, the source of your confidence is nothing but the Meiyue Army and the Xianning Army! "

"Now that the Qin army is invading, it is necessary for the Meiyue army and the Xianning army to fight bloody battles. You expected that I would not dare to break the skin with you, but you certainly did not expect that your son Tashiro is dead, and your nephew Hu Zongwei is my man." !"

"what!"

"how is this possible!"

Jiang Bai's words were undoubtedly a big stone thrown into the pond. A stone stirred up thousands of waves, which shocked Minister Wu and turned pale with fright!

Tian Li's face also changed suddenly, but he didn't panic, but asked in a deep voice: "Is Your Majesty joking?"

Jiang Bai took two steps back, and talked with a smile on his face: "Qi Zhen, the deputy commander of Meiyueguan, was single-handedly selected by Tian Dai. He officially became the general of the Tian family three years ago. He is a close friend of your Tian family. I don't know, Qi Zhen's surname is not Qi, his surname is Jiang!"

"Qi Zhen, no, Jiang Zhen is not a member of the Daqi royal family. He was an orphan picked up by the late emperor on the side of the road when he was on tour in his early years. He named him Jiang Zhen. After the late emperor secretly raised him, he deliberately created an accident. First, send someone to assassinate Tashiro, then ask Jiang Zhen to change his name to Qi Zhen and risk his life to protect him, so as to break into the Tian family!"

"There are only three people who know about this matter, one is the former prime minister Zuo Xiao, the other is Li Min, Eunuch Li, who was next to the late emperor, and the other is the late emperor, and I only found out about it later, it was the late emperor who told me personally !"

"When I went to the country of no end, the first emperor had sent a secret order to Jiang Zhen. When I came back, I had already received a reply from Jiang Zhen. Tashiro was dead, and he died of poisoning. As for how he was poisoned, I don't know. explained!"

"There's also Hu Zongwei. Hu Zongwei is your Lord Tian's nephew, but Mr. Tian must know that not all people in the world are self-interested. Hu Zongwei is a loyal general of Daqi, and only Qi Wutian is in his eyes!"

Having said that, Jiang Bai took two steps forward, sneered in front of Tian Li and said, "Master Tian, ​​what are you fighting with me? Do you think I'm just a 14-year-old boy? You're playing tricks with me. Even if you live 1 years, you are no match for me!"

Tian Li's face was pale, and he staggered back, almost falling to the ground.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible, you are deceiving me!" Tian Li roared angrily!

Jiang Bai smiled disdainfully and clapped his hands lightly.

"Crack! Crack!"

There were two applause, and then I saw a middle-aged man in red armor and a purple tasseled helmet walking out of the side hall. The middle-aged man was holding a wooden box in his hand, which exuded a rancid smell.

When Tian Li and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty saw the middle-aged man, they all exclaimed: "Qi Zhen!"

That's right, this middle-aged man is Jiang Zhen!

After Jiang Zhen killed Tashiro, he first sent someone to deliver a letter to Jiang Bai, and after a day, he cleared up Tashiro's remnants in the army, and finally left a few cronies in charge of the army. Sing a big show for nothing.

This big drama is the big drama now!