Zhang Jiuling, who had been promoted to assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was leisurely sitting in front of his desk. He held a glass of warm orange juice in his hands. It was said that the Beibei Juicing Group was worried that the spring would lack nutrients, so it was specially provided by the central government.
The Beibei Juicing Group was located in a 40 square meter room on the corner of the third floor of the Savant's Restaurant.
Zhang Jiuling's mind was not on the juice. A memorial had just been sent to him. It was about the recent price increase of a certain commodity. The price of garlic in Henan Province had skyrocketed, and the person in charge of the investigation had sent a report that was uncertain of the extent of the damage.
In the past, the Ministry of Revenue had rarely paid attention to the changes in the price of these goods. However, starting from five years ago, people began to pay attention to it. Once the new assistant minister took office, Zhang Jiuling, he began to strengthen the collection of information in this area.
Li Longji was also very supportive of Zhang Xiaobao's decision. After witnessing Zhang Xiaobao's terrifying methods, he was afraid that someone would learn from him.
"Henan Province Wind Logistics Group? The name is' Wind '. How can logistics affect the price of garlic? Aren't they in charge of transportation? "
Zhang Jiuling could not think of how a logistics company could affect a certain commodity. He read the contents again. A name made his heart tighten: 'Wind Bridge Shoji'.
"Japanese? Wind Logistics is Japanese. Little Japan is indeed up to no good. This won't do. I have to send it to Her Majesty quickly. "
When Zhang Jiuling saw the name of the Japanese, he did not think that it was normal price changes. He raised his head and drank the juice in his glass. His stomach felt warm. He organized the memorial and hurriedly walked to a nearby room.
As soon as he entered the room, Zhang Jiuling reported to an old man who was half lying on a chair with a worried expression, "Old Minister, it's not good. Someone is going to make a move on Tang's garlic."
Old Minister was referring to Wang Bei. He was in his seventies, and his body was still healthy. Every ten years, there would be a professional medical staff to check on him. He did not care about the trivial matters. Only when something serious happened would he be called.
At this time, he was reading a book written by Zhang Xiaobao, "Deliberately Leaving Financial Management Loopholes Is a Temptation for Financial Personnel." He rocked his chair and savored it carefully. He felt that it was very reasonable, especially the sentence, "Those who are in a financial management environment with opportunities for corruption for a long time will easily grow old."
Suddenly hearing Zhang Jiuling's voice, the old minister was startled. He turned his head and looked at Zhang Jiuling. His eyes were full of doubts. "Attack the garlic? How to use magic? Could it be that he had to beat up the garlic? Beat the garlic cloves into a paste? Are there dumplings for lunch today? "
"Aiyo, my old Minister, don't think about eating anymore. The price of garlic has increased abnormally. It has already doubled. Hurry up and think of a way. We can't let it continue to increase. Otherwise, we won't be able to find garlic to eat dumplings."
In Zhang Jiuling's eyes, Wang Bei was no longer steady, but slow.
Wang Bei's squinted eyes suddenly opened, and his face became serious. He nodded and said, "Yes, there must be a reason for the price fluctuation of any product. If we lead it to good, it will be a blessing for the people. If we lead it to evil, it will be a disaster for the people. We must investigate. Let me take a look."
Zhang Jiuling hurriedly passed the memorial to Wang Bei. Wang Bei carefully looked at it. When he read from beginning to end, he suddenly said, "Oh! Wind Logistics, the problem lies with them. What are you waiting for? Arrest him. Arrest Fengqiao Shoji and ask him what his intentions are. "
"Ah? Arrest? Old Minister, why should we arrest him? "Zhang Jiuling did not expect Wang Bei to arrest him immediately.
"Why? Just because you suspect that he is disrupting the price." Wang Bei replied.
Zhang Jiuling shook his head. "Old Minister, that won't do. If we arrest him without evidence, won't the merchants be disappointed? Can't our Great Tang tolerate a Japanese merchant? Can't the price of all goods be increased in the future? "
"That's not the case. Hurry up and find evidence." Wang Bei also thought of this problem.
"Once we find the evidence, won't the price of garlic increase by ten times? The people who should be lost have already been lost. Even if we kill him, it's useless. We can't take the money he earned and ask each and every one of them who bought garlic, right? "
Zhang Jiuling did not care if they could arrest Fengqiao Shoji or not. He was thinking about how many people would be lost from the beginning to the end.
Wang Bei thought for a while and said, "Yes, arresting him is not the goal. Once the matter is out of control, even if we arrest him and settle the matter, it will only mean that we have failed in our duties. A good fighter will not have outstanding achievements. We have to eliminate the threat before it sprouts. We don't want to wait until many people are lost before we stand out to settle the matter. We don't want that kind of credit. What we want is to make people unable to see the credit. It is like an abyss, calm and not majestic."
"Old Minister, that's what I mean. I don't want to wait until the matter is out of control and then suppress the credit. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan will despise me," Zhang Jiuling said excitedly. He remembered what Zhang Xiaobao had done in Jili Province.
There were many people who wanted to take advantage of Jilin Province, but they didn't have to wait for the real action. Zhang Xiaobao easily controlled the other party. When he was scheming against people, it was not obvious. It was not as obvious as when other officials put out a riot in a place. But if you think about it carefully, you will find that the whole northern Hebei Province was very reassuring. They felt that as long as Zhang Xiaobao and Li Shiqiang were there, nothing would happen. This was the real way to rule a country.
While Zhang Jiuling was thinking about things, Wang Bei had already dressed up. He drank a big mouthful of tea and pulled Zhang Jiuling out of the room. "This is an important matter to discuss with His Majesty. If they succeed this time, they will do it again. Do they think that there is no one in Tang?"
In Xingqing Palace, Li Longji, Empress Wang, and Wu Huifei were enjoying the flowers together. They were all wild flowers dug from the mountains. Few of them were blooming. Most of them only had green leaves, and some of them had buds. The small buds could only be seen very close.
Beside Wu Huifei was Princess Taihua. It was not clear whether she was the one that Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao talked about, but the various things that Wang Juan said did not happen now. Princess Taihua was very cute. Li Jun and Pan 'er, who were older than her, were very curious and always wanted to touch her.
Empress Wang was naturally the pair of twins, Jun 'er and Pan' er, who were in her arms. Before the New Year, they were sent back by Zhang Wong Clan. They had not left for more than a month.
One reason was that Empress Wang kept a tight watch on the harem. It was not easy for someone to hurt the two children. The other reason was that Wu Huifei was not in the mood to fight with Empress Wang now.
Wu Huifei knew that as long as Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan did not fall, she would not have any hope of winning against Empress Wang. But how difficult would it be to make them fall? Last time, when they were playing in the lake, even the Emperor had tacitly acknowledged the existence of the two people in the Tang Empire.
Li Longji enjoyed the peace in the harem. He looked at his children for a while, then at his two women, and finally at the wild flowers.
"These wild flowers are like the people in the world. They will not wither unless there is a drought. They will not die unless there is a flood. Why do the dynasties change? Compared to the drought and flood, the government is fiercer. "
"I know, I know. As long as there is a way to live, they will not rebel." Because Li Jun did not grow up in the harem and rarely came back, she did not have many scruples when speaking. When she heard her father speak, she immediately continued the conversation.
Li Longji happily looked at his three-year-old son and praised, "Jun'er really knows a lot. That's right, as long as there is a path to survival, no one is willing to rebel. To be able to force them into a dead end, the person in charge is definitely not simple. Come, let Zhen... let daddy hug you."
Li Jun ran to Li Longji and opened her arms for him to hug. She took out the crushed baked potato chips from her small bag and stuffed them into Li Longji's mouth. "Father, eat the chips."
Li Longji recognized the chips immediately and muttered, "When I wanted to eat them, he wrote back saying that there was no more. Where did you get them now? A year's salary penalty is too light. "
"Father, Grandpa Zhang said that next year, no, this year, there will be a lot of chips. Is that true?" Li Jun did not understand what her father meant by a year's salary penalty. She only wanted to eat chips every day.
"It's true. Apart from chips, there are more good things. There are rare treasures overseas, and there is a greater threat." Li Longji began to think about the powerful country that Zhang Xiaobao mentioned. A hint of worry could be seen on his face.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, bad news! Someone is making a move against Tang!" Li Longji, who was enjoying the peace of his family, did not have time to suppress the worry in his mind when Wang Bei's shout suddenly rang from outside.
The old man was not stopped. He brought Zhang Jiuling directly into the courtyard of Xing Qing Palace. He was sweating profusely from the rush.
Li Longji shuddered. His expression changed slightly as he asked anxiously, "Did they attack? Did Lu Zhou send the news? How many gunships did they lose? Do they still have the will to resist? "
"They're attacking? Gunships? Your Majesty, who's attacking? Did the Zhang Family and the Wang Family rebel? Did they send gunships to the capital? "Wang Bei was confused. He followed the topic and asked.
Only then did Li Longji realize that it was not that country. He heaved a long sigh and waved his hand. "No, no one's rebelling. Tell me in detail what Minister Wang said about making a move against Tang. Servants, give him a seat."
A palace maid brought a stool and let Wang Bei sit on it. Wang Bei raised his sleeve to wipe his sweat. He took out the memorial and handed it to the emperor as he said, "Your Majesty, the price of garlic has been increasing abnormally recently. I'm afraid that someone is deliberately raising the price. Please investigate this matter thoroughly."
"Japanese? Wind Logistics? What's your concern? "After reading the memorial, Li Longji pondered for a moment and asked Wang Bei.
"Your Majesty, this is what I think …" Wang Bei told the emperor about the matter he discussed with Zhang Jiuling. There were speculations and concerns, but there was no way to solve it.
Li Longji listened quietly. When Wang Bei finished, he thought for a while and said, "What Minister Wang said is correct. If we arrest him now, we won't have any evidence to prove that he's hoarding garlic, and we won't be able to catch him raising the price of garlic. Good plan, really good plan. It's not easy to have such a capable person in Japan.
We'll take action when the new garlic is not out yet. By the time we find the evidence, the disaster will have already happened. Minister Wang, do you have a solution? "
"Your Majesty, this subject can't think of a solution. Why don't we gather all the officials to discuss this matter so that we won't delay too much and suffer more losses." Wang Bei helplessly replied. He really didn't have a solution.
Li Longji also thought so. Soon, a few important officials were gathered. They looked at the memorial and admired Fengqiao Shoji for coming up with such a solution.
Li Linfu narrowed his eyes and pondered. Wind Logistics' solution broadened his horizons. Logistics was naturally responsible for transporting goods, and there was a guarantee of compensation. Generally, logistics would want to lower the compensation price so that even if there was a problem, they wouldn't suffer too much loss.
Wind Logistics was special. They offered three times the compensation according to the goods themselves. At the same time, they extended the review period of the compensation. The compensation would be paid within three months. The shipping price was also very low, half of other logistics.
They also used the limited number of vehicles as an excuse to selectively accept orders. The orders they accepted were all for transporting garlic. In the end, not long after the garlic was transported, they told the owner that the goods were lost and they were willing to pay three times the compensation.
Therefore, the people who lost the goods were not angry. Instead, they were very happy. This was more profitable than directly transporting the goods and selling them. It was like a meat pie falling from the sky.
After the first batch of garlic was lost, the people who collected the garlic found a good way to make money. They began to collect large amounts of garlic and let Wind Logistics transport it.
In the end, the garlic was lost after each shipment. With Wind Logistics' deposit in the Great Tang Bank as a guarantee, the people who collected the garlic were relieved. They tried everything to collect the garlic and raised the price again and again. They were not afraid of the compensation and were even willing to borrow money to collect the garlic.
As a result, the price of garlic increased. Wind Logistics did not have any evidence to prove that they were hoarding the price. They were logistics, and losing things was not a good thing. They did not directly participate in the increase in the price of garlic and did not organize merchants to do so. If they wanted to arrest them, they couldn't just casually charge them.
"Aiya, amazing. I didn't expect that a mere logistics company could do such a thing. It seems that they are not inferior to Zhang Xiaobao." Li Linfu said after reading the memorial.
Zhang Zhong was unhappy when he heard Li Linfu's words. How could a Japanese be compared to his god-like son? He coldly snorted and said, "If my son wanted to cause trouble, would he only use such small tricks? My son is not willing to use such tricks in our Great Tang. Wind Logistics, Fluorescent Light. "
Li Longji nodded in agreement. "Xiao Bao has done a great service to our Great Tang. If he was not a citizen of the Great Tang, the consequences would be unimaginable. This time, Japan is just a small trick, but it should not be allowed to be so rampant. My lords, do you have any good ideas?"
"This subject thinks that we can ask Military Governor Zhang at this time." Li Linfu saw that Zhang Zhong was unhappy and pushed the matter to Zhang Xiaobao. He wanted to see if Zhang Xiaobao really could not do anything.
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