Chapter 134 Busy Lord Ye
Ye Yunshu has been very busy lately.
They're so busy they barely have time to breathe.
Ye Yunshu is now the busiest person in Beijing.
Although the Crown Prince was also busy, he was nowhere near as busy as Ye Yunshu.
After returning from Jiangnan, Ye Yunshu only needed to organize the accounts of the officials she had investigated there, write a report, and submit it, and she could have rested for at least ten days.
As a result, before she even returned, news reached her that Emperor Xiao Xuan was going to personally lead an expedition.
With no other option, she had to travel through the night, bringing the arrested officials back to the capital.
Ye Yunshu's plan was idealistic; she would simply stay in the capital and oversee things, and as for everything else...
Are civil and military officials just sitting around doing nothing?
Who knew that when Emperor Xiao Xuan left, he took half of the imperial guards with him, transferred half of the troops from the capital's garrison, and finally handed the Phoenix Token to Ye Yunshu, entrusting her with the safety of the capital.
This really gave Ye Yunshu a headache.
She could only patiently arrange for the women's personal guard, which had disappeared from everyone's sight for more than ten years, to be put back into service.
This would have been fine, as Ye Yunshu was capable and had many competent subordinates. All she had to do was set aside an hour each day to listen to the female guard commander's daily work summary.
Then, take some measures to deal with possible situations.
Just then, after news of the great victory in the north arrived, His Majesty the Emperor still wanted to continue his advance northward.
This was something Ye Yunshu never expected.
The army continued its march north, ensuring that supplies of provisions, uniforms for the soldiers, and daily necessities of medicine were provided.
And this is often the time when some people make a fortune off the national crisis.
As the auditing department specializing in auditing accounts, this is naturally the busiest time of the year.
After news from the North reached back, almost everyone in the Censorate moved in there.
Ye Yunshu's capable assistants, Wen Shaoqing and the others, were so busy that they were wolfing down their meals.
That's not all. Before they'd even finished dealing with things in the north, news came from the southwest.
A force from the Biao Kingdom attacked a caravan from the Dayu Kingdom.
Not only did they rob the caravan of all its goods, they also killed everyone in the caravan.
Furthermore, the troops from the Biao Kingdom also launched a surprise attack on Wula Village, which is adjacent to Linglong Town, the leading commercial town in Southwest China.
If it weren't for the Southwest Army stationed in Linglong Town protecting it so well, the town would have been looted clean...
When the King of Qi, who was touring the southwest, learned of this, he was furious and immediately ordered the southwestern army to be on high alert, and declared that he would retaliate...
Okay, there are three major garrisons in total, and now two of them are engaged in combat.
If the Inspection Department isn't busy now, when will it be busy?
After being invited to the Eastern Palace by the Crown Prince to discuss with the officials of the Six Ministries how to safely deliver the supplies needed in the North, Ye Yunshu began a period where she could only rest for less than an hour each day.
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"The government offices in the two rivers can mobilize 300,000 dan of grain, which is a bit small."
Your Highness, should we requisition some grain from the grain merchants in the two rivers region?
"They have quite a lot in their hands!" The Minister of Revenue looked at the Crown Prince.
The crown prince glanced at the memorial in his hand.
"The weather in the two rivers this year is abnormal. The Imperial Astronomical Bureau has submitted a memorial saying that there may be a snow disaster in the two rivers this winter."
Do not touch the grain stored in the government offices. If there is a disaster in the two rivers region, distributing relief grain from the government offices will be the fastest way.
This time, the necessary grain and fodder will be purchased directly from those grain merchants.
Remember, just buy it at the market price!
"The silver doesn't go through the Ministry of Revenue, it comes from the Imperial Treasury," the Crown Prince immediately said.
The Minister of Revenue, upon hearing this, also felt that it made sense.
The weather this year is very strange. Many elderly people say that there will definitely be a heavy snowfall this winter, and if the government doesn't have enough food then...
"I'm afraid that the owners of those grain shops might collude in secret, passing off inferior goods as superior ones, or concealing the grain they have," the Minister of Revenue sighed.
Businessmen make huge profits.
When things are calm, it's fine, but when it comes to a critical moment, many merchants will still prioritize profit...
The crown prince thought for a moment, then casually wrote something on a blank sheet of Xuan paper on the table and stamped it with his personal seal.
"Let the Ye family handle this matter!"
Their family were imperial merchants and had close ties with the traveling merchants of Dayu.
They know how to negotiate with these merchants.
The head of the Ye family is a sensible person and knows the importance of this matter.
With him involved, things will be much easier!
"Minister Tian, when you go back later, take this to the head of the Ye family. He knows what to do!"
Minister Tian immediately accepted it.
With the Ye family, a royal merchant family, buying grain from grain merchants, those grain merchants certainly wouldn't dare to play any tricks.
The head of the Ye family was a business tycoon; the petty tricks of the grain merchants were simply beneath his notice...
Just as Minister Tian was about to step down, Ye Yunshu, who was sitting below the Crown Prince, spoke up.
"Your Excellency, please wait a moment!"
Minister Tian immediately stood up again.
"Isn't Sun Jiafu the biggest grain merchant in the two rivers right now?" Ye Yunshu asked.
Minister Tian nodded immediately.
"Yes, it's Sun Jiafu. His family has been in the grain business for generations, and they have grain stores all over the country."
They even leased an island overseas specifically for growing crops.
Ye Yunshu glanced at Wen Shaoqing, who was carrying a large stack of folded documents behind her.
Wen Shaoqing immediately picked out a document from a pile of documents and handed it to Ye Yunshu.
Three years ago, Sun Jiafu falsely reported that some of the rice he had imported from overseas was of inferior quality and sold it to the Pingnan Army.
At the time, the Pingnan army was in dire need of food and didn't care much about the cost.
But the debt still ended up in my hands.
"Your Excellency, when you meet the head of the Ye family, please hand this over to them. The head of the Ye family knows how to make good use of it."
After Ye Yunshu finished speaking, she personally handed the memorial in her hand to Minister Tian.
Minister Tian's heart skipped a beat.
With this thing around, the Sun family is completely at the mercy of the Ye family!
If the Sun family dares to cause any trouble, they'll be in jail just for passing off inferior goods as superior ones.
If everyone cooperates well, the worst that can happen is a bigger fine...
Looking at the slightly yellowed memorial, Minister Tian couldn't help but glance at Ye Yunshu again.
The matter was discovered three years ago, but it has never been made public.
Take it out now...
Minister Tian immediately thought of a word: pig farming!
Everyone says that this Lord Ye has a lot of secrets in his hands, and he might reveal some of them one day. He's someone you shouldn't offend!
This Lord Ye is quite shrewd!
However, all of this must have been permitted by His Majesty.
Every official knows that Lord Ye enjoys great favor...
...
After watching Minister Tian leave, the Crown Prince glanced at Ye Yunshu.
"The issue of provisions can be largely resolved, but the batch of medicinal herbs that needs to be transported to the north in ten days..." The prince frowned.
Ye Yunshu also frowned.
In the past, when the medicinal herbs in the north were handled by Huimintang of the Bai family in Jiangnan, we never had to worry about them.
But after the Bai family ran into trouble, the price of medicinal herbs rose considerably after Minjitang took over.
"How much have the prices increased on the list sent by Minjitang?" Ye Yunshu asked.
The prince held up three fingers.
"Thirty percent!"
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