The eldest son is fierce

In fact, Emperor Yanwen had already set up this plan.

Tang Yi's original plan was to spread the news of the food shortage in Kyoto before the refugees arrived in Kyoto, and then attract grain merchants from all over the world to gather in Kyoto.

Then, he followed Fan Zhongyan's example and launched an open conspiracy!

However, just as he was about to implement the plan, Emperor Yanwen told him, "Don't bother, I have prepared all the food for you."

Tang Yi then realized that when Emperor Yanwen knew about the evil plan of the traitor, he had secretly transferred a large amount of grain from all over the country to the capital.

The remaining problem is how to get these grains into the South Warehouse quietly.

Once Kyoto has enough food to deal with the crisis, the empress and the prime minister's party will definitely change their plans. By then, the situation will be out of control and the situation will definitely get worse.

At this time, his plan just happened to complement Emperor Yanwen's opportunity.

The plan of transporting grain from all over the world to aid Kyoto attracted the attention of the empress and the prime minister's party outside Kyoto.

If mud is transported secretly into the capital disguised as grain, and the truth happens to be known to the empress and the prime minister's party, they will relax their vigilance against the capital.

In this way, the large amount of grain that Emperor Yanwen had left outside the city could be transported into the capital openly.

This is why Tang Yi kept saying... I have food!

I really have food!

But when they found out that he was transporting mud, no one believed him!

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After hearing Tang Yi's words, Qi Wendao, Jiang Dong and other prime ministers and their party were all dumbfounded.

They had never expected this. In their impression, Emperor Yanwen was still that poor guy. Every time, whether it was disaster relief or fighting a war, he could do nothing but cry poor.

But it's different now.

Emperor Yanwen is rich now!

Not only is he rich, but he is also quite generous.

The amount of silver recovered from national debt alone amounted to four or five million taels.

Not to mention that during this period he also raided the homes of many ministers.

Liu Wen and Zhao Ke alone were extremely wealthy and could embezzle millions of taels of silver.

Now that you have money, are you still worried about not being able to buy food?

"Hey, are you all confused?"

Tang Yi held his head high, pointed at himself with his thumb and said, "While you were still trying to kill me, I had already applied to His Majesty for funds to purchase food."

"As soon as your majesty receives the funds, I will immediately send people out of the capital to buy food."

"I am a renowned Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery. Countless families from outside the capital came to me as soon as they heard they wanted to do business with me. They didn't even bother buying anything from me; they rushed to give it to me."

Upon hearing this, Qi Wendao, Prime Minister Jiang Dong and his followers turned pale and wanted to grab Tang Yi and beat him up.

Are you famous for your loyalty and bravery?

Shit!

Your reputation is of some use only in this little place of Kyoto, but it is of no use outside of Kyoto.

Doing business with aristocratic families? Are you dreaming?

The aristocratic families in various places are extremely xenophobic. Not to mention you, even if the prince himself came forward, it might not be very effective.

Besides, how long have you been around? Less than two months, right? And in just two months, you've become acquainted with those aristocratic families outside of Kyoto?

In two months, you were able to purchase grain from them without anyone noticing?

Who are you fooling!

Everyone's eyes turned directly to Emperor Yanwen. They were very sure that this matter was definitely the work of Emperor Yanwen.

Only Emperor Yanwen had the ability to make the powerful families outside the capital bow down to him, and only Emperor Yanwen had the ability to secretly transport grain back to the capital...

Tang Yi's role in this matter was to confuse them everywhere.

Whether it was transporting grain from all over the world to aid the capital, or digging up soil to transport grain back to the Nancang, it was all to protect Emperor Yanwen from sending the real grain back to the Nancang.

And they were fooled.

"Oh? The so-called funds that Tang Qing asked me to approve were actually for buying food!"

Emperor Yanwen also looked at Tang Yi, with a look of sudden enlightenment on his face: "Mr. Tang is indeed far-sighted. Otherwise, if the capital was short of food, it would surely cause chaos."

"My dear, you are so thoughtful!"

Seeing that Emperor Yanwen's mouth was almost stretched to his ears, Qi Wendao and other ministers from Jiangdong were so angry that they almost cursed.

Act, you continue to act!

Tang Yi is a god. Can he fill the entire South Granary with food in two months?

It was clearly you who did it.

You are the emperor!

As the king of a country, don't you feel guilty about setting up a trap to harm your subjects?

"Of course not. Your Majesty is clearly wise. If Your Majesty had not trusted me, I would be helpless in the face of the food shortage in Kyoto."

"Your Majesty is wise and virtuous, Your Majesty is wise and powerful!"

Tang Yi turned around to face Emperor Yanwen and clasped his fists firmly.

Emperor Yanwen raised his hand and grasped Tang Yi's hand, saying with a smile, "I should thank you, my dear. If it weren't for your foresight, I would have been ridiculed by the people of Kyoto by now."

Tang Yi shook his head repeatedly and said righteously, "How is it possible? The people of Kyoto are simple and honest, and loyal to Your Majesty. How could they do such a treasonous thing?"

Seeing Emperor Yanwen and Tang Yi still acting and complimenting each other, a group of ministers turned pale and trembled with anger.

Especially the Prime Minister's party including Qi Wendao and Jiangdong, when they saw Emperor Yanwen, they wanted to take up their swords and rebel.

When they reported to Emperor Yanwen this morning about the famine in Kyoto and Tang Yi's transportation of soil as food, Emperor Yanwen was so angry that he flew into a rage and tore the memorial into pieces.

Now it seems like it was all acting, but at that time he was so happy to see them fall into the pit!

"Huh? Why don't you say anything?"

Emperor Yanwen finally turned his gaze towards his ministers, who all bowed in greeting, but their faces were gloomy, as if they had eaten a fly.

Seeing their gloomy faces, Emperor Yanwen couldn't help but want to laugh out loud.

You old thieves, I didn't expect that you would end up like this, did you?

You have always been plotting against me. Now it's my turn to join forces with Tang Yi to deal with you.

This feeling, hey, is so refreshing!

"Why? Do you have any objections to Mr. Tang?"

Emperor Yanwen placed his hands on his hips and scanned the room with narrowed eyes. "Tang Qing has filled the entire Nancang warehouse. Shouldn't there be applause here?"

Upon hearing this, the faces of all the civil and military officials twitched wildly. Applauding Tang Yi was like slapping them in the face and scolding themselves for being incompetent.

"Clap clap clap..."

But there were still sparse applause in the courtyard. The Prime Minister's party was not the only one in power at the scene. There were people from other parties watching the fun, and naturally they didn't mind making trouble.

"Your Majesty is right. The Marquis of Zhongyong has made a great contribution by resolving the food shortage in Kyoto."

"Da Yan is fortunate to have the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery."

"Little Poet, you are truly a good man of our Great Yan!"

"..."

Hearing these praises, Qi Wendao and Prime Minister Jiang Dong and his party all turned green in the face.

He clearly wanted to take Tang Yi away in one go and cause chaos in Kyoto. When the Prime Minister returned to Kyoto, he would clean up the mess forcefully and win over the hearts of the people.

In this way, Kyoto and the whole world will belong to the Prime Minister.

But they didn't expect that after a decisive battle, the clowns were still them!

"Thank you for the compliment, thank you for the compliment. These are just trivial matters, trivial matters, not worth mentioning..."

Tang Yi was very humble and clasped his fists in response to the ministers who were flattering him.

Then, his eyes fell on Jiang Dong: "I'm fine, Lord Jiang, now you are in trouble."

"You, you framed me, what crime should you be punished for?"