Zhao Hao's face looked very ugly.
Because over the past few days, he has noticed that although those big families are also distributing porridge, some have even set up porridge halls.
However, prices of all kinds of goods in the capital are still soaring.
As for those items that are closely related to food, clothing, housing and transportation, more than 80% are in the hands of major families.
That is to say.
On the one hand, they give some porridge to the victims, and on the other hand, they have to make back several times, dozens or even hundreds of times the money.
It's simply shameless.
Zhao Hao frowned and said, "Those aristocratic families are controlling prices, and Your Majesty is just watching and doing nothing?"
“People who really want to do good things can’t even afford rice now!”
Princess Yongning smiled bitterly again.
"Your Majesty can only explain the reason to the noble families, but you can't really force them to do anything."
"Otherwise they will start a huge backlash, and then the situation will only get worse!"
"If you don't let them raise the price, they can just shut down all the stores altogether."
"Think about it, you can still buy it even if the price goes up now, what will happen if they close all the stores?"
Hearing Princess Yongning say this, Zhao Hao became even angrier.
This is simply a beast, and it eats people without leaving any bones.
Princess Yongning sighed.
"So what can your majesty do? Can you force them to open for business?"
"If that's the case, do we still need the law?"
"Do you want more, Kunimoto?"
"So, there's nothing we can do!"
The more Zhao Hao thought about it, the angrier he became. These people were taking advantage of others, and he was right to want to root them out.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hao looked at Princess Yongning and said, "Your Highness, please arrange the porridge distribution here. I'll go do something!"
Princess Yongning hurriedly asked, "What are you going to do? Zhao Hao, you must not do anything rash!"
Zhao Hao said without even turning his head: "Don't worry, I won't do anything rash!"
After leaving the first floor, Zhao Hao got on a carriage and went home.
Along the way, there were disaster victims everywhere, and there were even people lying on the roadside, motionless, with no telling whether they were alive or dead.
There are shop assistants watching at the door of every store to prevent the victims from getting too close to the store to avoid affecting business.
There were also some kind-hearted people who took out some food and distributed it to the victims, but this did not solve any problems at all.
After returning home and picking up a small wooden box, Zhao Hao immediately went to the palace to ask for an audience with Jiang Wan'er.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the Pepper Room was very depressing.
The left prime minister Lu Liuliang, the internal historian Zhao Wenxiang, and several vice-ministers all lowered their heads in silence.
Because Jiang Wan'er was angry.
Her angry gaze fell on everyone, and her chest rose and fell.
"What on earth do the noble families want to do?"
"Look at the prices in the Imperial Capital now. How much have they increased?"
"The price of rice has increased almost tenfold compared to before the snowstorm!"
"Do they really not care about the lives of the people?"
"Do you really want to make things difficult for the whole world?"
"The people are the foundation of the world. Don't you understand such a simple truth?"
Hearing Jiang Wan'er's angry rebuke, all the ministers, led by the Left Prime Minister, remained silent.
Because they know what's going on better than anyone.
Although Jiang Wan'er's words sounded like she was scolding the aristocratic families, she was actually scolding them.
Because these people are agents of the aristocratic families.
They themselves come from aristocratic families.
Seeing that Jiang Wan'er was almost furious, the left prime minister said helplessly: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Merchants are raising prices at this juncture, which is indeed suspected of making money from disaster, but this is their freedom after all."
"As the saying goes, scarcity makes things valuable!"
“When supply exceeds demand, prices are naturally low.”
“When demand exceeds supply, prices will naturally rise.”
“This is common sense.”
Zhao Wenxiang said, "Your Majesty, the autumn grain has been completely checked, especially the grain from the south is being transported to the capital."
“It can be used to stabilize food prices.”
"But the snowstorm affected such a large area that I'm afraid it won't be able to completely bring down prices."
"and……"
"We cannot put all of this year's autumn grain into the field. We must set aside at least 40% as military reserve grain."
After hearing what Zhao Wenxiang said, Jiang Wan'er's face became even uglier.
She is waiting for the autumn harvest from the south.
But now, even if all the autumn grain was transported to the capital, it would not be able to solve the current dilemma.
Those aristocratic families deserve to die.
He suppressed his anger and said coldly, "Zhao Qing, you have taken so much trouble to stabilize the grain price. Please leave now!"
"yes!"
The ministers said yes and then all left.
Looking at the backs of everyone leaving, Jiang Wan'er's beautiful eyes showed a hint of coldness and helplessness.
It's raining cats and dogs when the roof is leaking!
If it weren't for the great war between Zhenbei City and Huangman, the cost to the country would not have been so great.
The money and grain in the national treasury have basically run out.
When the first batch of autumn grain arrived, it was first used to supplement the pensions of the soldiers on the battlefield, which consumed nearly 20% of the autumn tax.
If nothing happens this year, there will still be some tax revenue left over.
No one expected that such a once-in-a-century snowstorm would occur.
She was actually very clear that what Zhao Wenxiang had just said was more of a comforting word.
If not enough grain is released, it will not help to stabilize prices.
Moreover, judging from the current situation, those aristocratic families will definitely unite and buy up all the grain that has been released.
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