Chapter 430 Means
Chapter 430 Means
The so-called Pingliangcang were large grain storage warehouses set up by the imperial court in various prefectures.
It is set up to regulate local food prices.
In good years, the grain was stored in the granary, and some of the grain was released in bad years. This leveling of the granaries suppressed the grain price to a great extent. It was also a means for the court to stabilize the people's hearts.
Basically every provincial capital has a granary. Large provincial capitals may have more than one, while small provincial capitals will naturally have smaller granaries.
Yanzhou is located near the north and is not a small place, but the land is not as fertile as that in the south of the Yangtze River. There is only one granary in the whole Yanzhou.
That night, Yanzhou City was not peaceful, and all kinds of troops were mobilized. However, ordinary people were unaware of it.
However, Yunniang's people in the inn noticed something strange.
"Boss, are we just going to do nothing?" Xie Qi was also very anxious. "Old Four said that the Tang family has already started to move."
"Haven't we sent a pigeon back?" Yunniang calmed down now. "In this situation, the more you do, the more mistakes you make. If you do nothing, it's not a bad thing. It's better to stay still than to move."
"Wait, wait for the message to come over there. But you should also have your people keep a close eye on it. We won't do it, but we can't let anyone trip us up and take the blame."
"Yes, Boss, I'll give the order right away." Just as Xie Qi was about to leave, he was stopped again.
"After daybreak, go to the Cao Gang and cancel the boat you booked earlier. Talk nicely. There's no need to offend the Cao Gang for that little deposit."
"Got it. I'll do it myself."
Yunniang stared at the candle on the table, the flame was crackling and burning. However, she felt just like the candle at the moment. Even if she used all her strength, she was afraid that she would not be able to illuminate the entire darkness.
The future seems to be getting increasingly unclear...
Cining Palace.
Zhao Mama received two pigeon messages one after the other, both from Yanzhou. Feeling that something was fishy, she didn't dare to delay for a moment and went straight to see the Queen Mother.
When she arrived at the inner hall, she found that the person sent by His Majesty the Emperor was still helping the Empress Dowager to dress up, so she stepped aside without making a sound.
Queen Mother Shan saw Madam Zhao in the bronze mirror. Seeing her expression, she knew that she had something to say, so she said to the madam who was combing her hair, "Okay, let's leave it like this today. I like this bun very much. No need to do it again."
"But, today, His Majesty said that he would like to invite the Empress Dowager to dine with him. Isn't this attire not solemn enough?" The maid who was combing her hair was neither humble nor arrogant, and she pushed back the Empress Dowager with just two words.
She continued to style her hair in more complicated ways, and piled all kinds of luxurious hair accessories on the dressing table on her hair.
Since the arrival of the hairdressing nanny, Queen Mother Shan's dressing has become more and more elegant. If you want to find fault with her, there is really nothing to find fault with.
However, this is very different from the dress that Queen Mother Shan liked before. She used to like solemn and majestic dresses. But even those old ministers who supported her felt that the Queen Mother of a country seemed to be dressed too gorgeously when they saw her now.
Especially when he thought that all the jewelry and decorations on the empress dowager were purchased with money from the national treasury, he felt even more uncomfortable.
Queen Mother Shan closed her eyes and held back her anger. "Then continue."
She couldn't help it now. Last time, she finally found an excuse and killed one of the people who were planted here. As a result, in less than two hours, the emperor came with the censors.
He was furious in the Cining Palace.
Several palace servants got angry and half of the people who came to serve were withdrawn.
Just when Empress Dowager Shan thought that she had achieved her goal, His Majesty the Emperor arranged for another group of people to come in, saying that these people were not serving her wholeheartedly.
After a thorough calculation, not only did the number of people not decrease, but some more people were actually arranged in.
The emperor didn't know where he had learned this trick from, but now he always brought the censors with him wherever he went, which made it impossible for her to object openly.
She is really going to be pissed off!
As expected, other people's children are impossible to raise, no matter how good you are to them. They are just ungrateful.
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