[Red Chamber] I just want to be a dummy

The peddler thought that the Ninth Prince thought he was selling too expensively. As a dutiful businessman, the peddler naturally felt that he had been insulted. How could he sell expensively? He even gave them a little cheaper because they bought a lot. What about money?

"It's really so cheap?" the Ninth Prince murmured, feeling unwilling to give up, and now he didn't even want the eggs that could hatch chicks that he loved so much just now, so he quickly walked to other stalls to ask.

Eggs are considered a common thing in Beishi, and many farmers outside the city will save their eggs and sell them at one time when they go to the market.Because there are many people buying and selling eggs, the price of eggs is also considered fixed. The small ones cost five Wen for two, and the large ones cost three Wen for one. q

"Xiao Jiu, what's the matter?" Seeing the pale face of the Ninth Prince, the Eighth Prince asked quickly.

"Brother, I heard the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs report to the queen mother that the price of goods is soaring, and eggs cost one tael each." The ninth prince gritted his teeth when he said that it would cost one tael each.

How big is the difference between three Wen coins and one tael of silver.

"What? That's too much difference." The Ministry of Internal Affairs is recognized as a fat job, and when the water is clear, there will be no fish. Everyone also agrees that the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs must be greedy for some money, so the position of the Minister of the Internal Affairs Those who are not relatives of the emperor cannot be responsible.

For example, the current Minister of Internal Affairs is the uncle of the Second Prince and the younger brother of Concubine Hui Hui.

There are also reasons for this. One is that he is the younger brother of Concubine Hui, so he is naturally regarded as a royal relative, and the other is because he feels guilty about Concubine Hui's natal Yiguo Mansion today, so he gave this vacancy to Concubine Hui's younger brother Song mark.

When Jinjin was just enthroned back then, there were internal and external troubles, and the throne was unstable, and the position of queen fell on the former queen after several games.Concubine Hui, as the daughter of the Duke, has a higher status than everyone in the harem, but she only got a concubine.

Today, I feel guilty towards Concubine Hui.

And when the Huns invaded our border more than ten years ago, my dynasty had just experienced a locust plague that time, and most of the money in the treasury was used for disaster relief.The national treasury is clinking poorly, so where is there any money for military expenses? It was the military pay that Duke Yi, who was guarding the border at the time, used his family wealth to pay the soldiers.

After repelling the Xiongnu, the treasury will also have money, but Yi Guogong used the family wealth in the name of donation at that time, so it would be unfair to return the money to Yi Guogong’s mansion, so I simply put Yi Guogong’s money today. The Duke's second son, Song Biao, was assigned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he tacitly agreed that Song Biao could covet some money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make up for the shortfall of the Duke of Yi's mansion.

But that's making up for shortfalls, not digging for gold.

Just quoting one tael of silver for eggs worth three pennies, no matter how big the deficit is, it will be covered, and even the military expenses for several battles can be greedy.

"This is really a tiger father and dog son. Duke Yi was such a famous figure back then, but his descendants are like this." Zhou Hengming said with emotion.

Yi Guogong was as famous as the first generation Ning Guogong, Rong Guogong. How many passionate young people joined the military camp just to become the same figures as these dukes.

Duke Yi had two sons and one daughter. Except for Concubine Hui Hui who entered the palace, the eldest son was a well-known dude in the capital, who was proficient in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.Originally, everyone said that at least there is a second son who can inherit the family business, but now it seems that Yi Guogong really has no successors.

"No, I have to report this matter to my father." The Ninth Prince suddenly said.

"Yes, Jia Jingming's eldest brother's little nephew is full moon, he must enter the palace, let's go back to see the father directly." The eighth prince also agreed.

"Are you sure?" Zhou Hengming said with a strange expression.

It's not that Zhou Hengming thinks there's no need to report this matter, but that it's unnecessary.

Don't you know that Song Biao is corrupt today? You must know that Song Yi is placed in this position today to let Song Biao make up for the shortfall of Duke Yi, but he doesn't know that he has been corrupt so much.

But what about reporting to the emperor?

Back then, Duke Yi's achievements were there, and Concubine Hui in the palace was standing there. Today, Duke Yi's mansion cannot be copied.What's more, after the prince grows up, in order to balance the strategy, it is obvious that the second prince is supporting the second prince to fight the ring with the prince, and he intends to use the second prince as the prince's whetstone.

Now in Yiguo's mansion, there is only Song Biao, who looks a bit decent, and there are not many people who follow the second prince and wave their flags, except for the second prince's wife and family, all of them are drawn by Song Biao.

The current situation is doomed to hold Song Biao high and put it down lightly. On the contrary, the eighth and ninth princes will offend the second prince.

Originally, regardless of whether the Eighth and Ninth Princes wanted to seize the heir apparent, at their age they could sit and watch their brothers make trouble.

What's more, the birth mother of the Ninth Prince, the current empress, she is in charge of the entire harem, although Song Biao, as a minister of internal affairs, is corrupt and does not care about the queen's affairs.But the empress would have to bear the charge of ineffective supervision, and she would have to suffer from the emperor.

The Eighth Prince said without any hesitation: "Go, let's go back and report to Father."

Zhou Hengming turned his head to look at the Ninth Prince. He also had a firm expression on his face, and he sighed helplessly: "Then go back to the palace."

As the emperor's cousin, he was originally a staunch royalist, but he didn't care whether Song Biao's corruption was exposed or not. Anyway, even if the second prince wanted to take revenge, he would not dare to attack his father's mother clan.It's just for the sake of the eighth prince and the ninth prince, so it's unnecessary to think about it.

Zhou Hengming thought, fortunately he was the one who brought them out today, not Huang Rui, otherwise Huang Rui might get into trouble again.

After all, the second prince has always been a man who must report his crimes, and the one who sued is the prince, but if he goes out with the prince, he will definitely be on the second prince's blacklist.

"What? Are you back? Are you still here?" Hearing that the Eighth Prince, the Ninth Prince, and Zhou Hengming came here hand in hand, and thinking about this time, his breath stagnates.

The party now agrees that the two princes go out, just to prepare for the two of them to play wildly outside for a day, and they will come back when the key is about to be released in the palace.

However, it was only noon, and it was only a quarter of an hour before they left the palace. Why did they come back so quickly? The first thing they did when they came back was to find him at the first time. No matter how you look at it, these two bastards are here again Something happened outside the palace.

"I'm not worried, what happened to you two outside, that's why your uncle brought you here to complain." After listening to the two bastards in his family greeting him, he couldn't help feeling angry.

"It's not that I caused trouble, I'm here to complain." The Ninth Prince retorted.

"What? Someone outside provoked you?" The emperor was relieved when he heard that his two unlucky sons were not the ones who caused the trouble, and then the idea of ​​protecting the calf came up again.

"It's not that someone offended my minister, but someone offended my father." The Eighth Prince said.

"What do you mean by that?" He frowned today.

"My son and starling visited Beishi and found that this egg only sells for three Wen each." The tenth prince said holding an egg.

Today is not the kind of emperor who doesn't eat minced meat, and he also knows the price, so he didn't understand what the tenth prince meant, and just said: "Eggs are indeed at this price, so what's the problem?"

"However, I have seen that the account book given to the queen mother by the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs says that eggs are one or two taels of silver each." Ninth Prince said.

"Really?" When Jinjin heard this, he stood up and brought the papers on the case to the ground. Jinjin didn't mind, and only asked the Ninth Prince if what he said was true.

"Everything my son said is true, the emperor can find out with the account book of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"Dai Quan went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and brought the ledger." Jin Jin waved his hand.

"Wait a minute, take it quietly, don't let anyone know." Today added another sentence.

I was very angry when I heard that the price of eggs was so high, but now I have calmed down.

"Okay, I know, you guys go down first." Now I don't want to let my two young sons get involved in this matter, "Don't tell anyone about this today, you know?"

"Father still wants to..." The Ninth Prince was afraid that he would protect Song Biao, so he said hastily, but the Eighth Prince covered the Ninth Prince's mouth and said, "Yes, I know."