Liang Jing originally thought that Xiao Yunzi would stand on his side and speak for him, but he didn't expect that he would refuse, and what he said was particularly strange.
"Why, Eunuch Lu, do you also think that the grain in the national treasury cannot be moved?"
Lu Yun quickly explained, "Your Majesty, the food in the national treasury is indeed very important to our Great Zhou. If any accident occurs, we can use the food in the national treasury to replenish it in time."
"Your Majesty, the grain in the treasury cannot be too scarce. The market price has already been driven down!
Those grain merchants won't dare raise prices easily, Your Majesty, please rest assured."
Liang Jing really couldn't understand what Lu Yun was thinking, but after thinking about it, he realized that since so many ministers opposed it, they all felt that the grain reserves in the national treasury should not be too little.
As the emperor, he could not refute it. With so many people opposing it, he had no choice but to agree.
"Since all of you, my dear ministers, feel that what I did was wrong, then I have no choice. Okay."
"that's all!"
"Dismissed!"
Liang Jing waved his sleeves and was actually very angry. He didn't expect that such a weird scene would happen after attending court today. What was more important was what Master Liu said.
After everyone dispersed, Lu Yun followed Liang Jing into the hall.
"Xiao Yunzi, why on earth do you say that? Why are you standing against me? Am I not good to you? Why are you contradicting me?"
Hearing this, Lu Yun sighed helplessly and explained, "Your Majesty, this matter was indeed unexpected."
"But Your Majesty, the national treasury cannot be too low on grain. What they say does make some sense. The most important thing is, if we continue to confront them head-on, I'm afraid nothing good will come of it."
"Your Majesty, of course, don't worry. He can say whatever he wants, but...it's obvious that this Imperial Tutor Liu is not a pushover.
If Your Majesty continues to insist on such a tough attitude, I'm afraid he will do something even worse."
"Your Majesty just saw it. When Grand Tutor Liu spoke, many ministers echoed him. Although the two prime ministers did not agree with him, they both showed great respect for him."
Hearing this, Liang Jing was thoughtful and had some understanding. Unexpectedly, the situation in the court changed again.
Taifu Liu is indeed of noble status, and he has also assisted the late emperor. Naturally, for many ministers, he is a teacher in their minds and their most important guide.
"Your Majesty, how come a Liu Taifucheng suddenly appeared today? I only remember that there was no such person before, and I just dozed off a little today.
When I woke up, I found this old man there, and I was quite surprised at the time."
Liang Jing explained helplessly, "It's normal that you haven't heard of Liu Taifu. Taifu is a position that must be filled by people who can assist the king. Taifu has a very high status."
“I’m sure the two prime ministers are inferior to me in admiration. Of course, they are just empty names and have no actual power.
But Taifu Liu is different. He is the teacher or benefactor of many ministers in the court."
"For his merits in assisting the late emperor, he also has considerable power!"
"It's just that this Liu Taifu has been away from home on sick leave for almost three years. I didn't expect him to just come back a few days ago."
"I was thinking of telling you today, but I didn't expect to meet you in the lobby."
"In fact, I have already guessed that when Liu Taifu returns, he will definitely criticize you and your Western Factory. He might even force me to kill you!"
Hearing this, Lu Yun was thoughtful. He didn't expect this matter to be so confusing, and he didn't expect that Master Liu would come back at this critical moment.
As soon as he came back, he launched a fierce attack on me. Not only did he want to withdraw the Western Factory, but he also wanted to kill me, the governor of the Western Factory, and take back my identity as the eunuch in charge of the seal.
As soon as Doctor Liu saw the man's appearance and tone of voice, he knew that he was an extremely arrogant person. The appearance of such a person was extremely dangerous for Lu Yun!
Only then did he have reason to suspect that this Grand Tutor Liu would target him as soon as he came back, and would talk about the Western Factory and the grain merchant as soon as he came back.
Could it be that he has something to do with this? We must be careful with people like him.
When Lu Yun thought of this, he became thoughtful. It seemed that this matter had a conclusion.
"By the way, Xiao Yunzi, it seems that Taifu Liu is targeting you."
"More importantly, these grain merchants have not yet recovered their grain. Once the imperial grain is withdrawn, they will be able to set prices unscrupulously. I'm afraid that won't be a good thing."
"Besides, the people who stole their food have not been found yet."
Lu Yun smiled softly, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have a plan!"
In recent days, Ye Jiajia has hardly ever appeared around Lu Yun.
She seemed like a hidden person, and many people thought she was in the Western Factory Yamen, but that was not the case.
Ye Jiajia has been trying to find out where the food was stolen, but she didn't use the usual method. Instead, she kept tracking and hiding.
She chose to secretly monitor a grain merchant because they also found that after selling grain for such a long time, their grain had already been stolen, but why did it still appear in an endless supply?
This doesn't look normal!
Sure enough, she quietly followed the servants of the shop. At night, they would sneak into a house under the cover of darkness.
There is a cellar in this yard. There is a lot of grain in the cellar. They moved it out directly and put it in the store.
Looking at the scene in front of her, Ye Jiajia was stunned for a moment. At this moment, she realized that everything was just manipulated by someone behind the scenes. It didn't seem to matter which one was true and which one was false.
After learning about this situation, Ye Jiajia quickly informed Lu Yun about it.
The imperial palace.
In the room where Lu Yun is.
"You mean? All of this is deliberately hidden by someone. There is actually a lot of food, but the majority of it has not been taken out."
"That's right." Ye Jiajia nodded, and then explained: "At present, I only know of this one case. I don't know whether other grain merchants have done this."
"But don't we always think that when shops are robbed or stolen, it's because someone is stealing from the shop? Then, perhaps none of those grain merchants are good people."
"Why not arrest them and interrogate them one by one?"
"The punishments we have at the Western Factory are the most severe in the entire capital, so there's naturally no problem with this."
Lu Yun frowned. This was indeed the case, but if he thought about it carefully, he realized that this also required a reason.
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