Frankly speaking, if the potato poisoning incident had happened in a remote village, even if one or two people had died, it would not have attracted the attention of the imperial court.
However, this matter happened in the Ying Tian Prefecture, right under the feet of the emperor, right under the eyes of the ministers. It could not be ignored!
Beijing was such a magical place. Even a small matter that was not worth mentioning in other places could become the focus of power.
A fire had started in the capital. It would be fine if it was extinguished elsewhere, but in the capital, it might become a fuse for power struggles.
A murder case in the capital was just a murder case in other places. It would be over as long as the case was solved and the murderer was caught. However, in the capital, it could become a huge conspiracy that involved many officials.
Such a massive poisoning incident was like a thunderclap in the imperial court, and the consequences were unimaginable.
Moreover, the Seventh Prince, King Qi, and one-third of the soldiers guarding the capital had been paralyzed. For a moment, countless potatoes had been thrown into the ditch.
The common people avoided him like tigers, and the ministers attacked him like treacherous officials!
Potato, an innocent agricultural product, became a rat on the street under such a background, hated by everyone.
And this situation was something that Zhu Xiong had never dreamed of!
In fact, he had no idea that such a big thing had happened in the capital. The distance and the inconvenience of communication had caused a serious delay in the transmission of news.
Da Ling Fei immediately sent a little palace maid to deliver a message to the Wu family mansion of Marquis Jiangyin.
The young master of the Wu family broke out in a cold sweat. Realizing the seriousness of the problem, he immediately sent a servant to rush to Qingzhou to deliver the news.
Under heavy pressure, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered all potatoes to be thrown away and banned the planting of potatoes in the country!
Zhu Yuanzhang was also afraid. Fortunately, this matter did not happen during the war.
If he were to lead an army to attack a city and a third of his forces were suddenly paralyzed, how terrifying would that be?
The Emperor, the officials, and the people all felt a sense of resistance toward the potatoes sent by King Qi.
On the other side, the first servant sent by the Wu family had just sent the first news back to Qingzhou.
Marquis Jiangyin was extremely happy these two days.
Although he no longer had to worry about the money for the construction of King Qi's mansion, the 200,000 taels of silver promised by His Majesty had never arrived.
The old man gradually understood that this was because he had come to Qingzhou from the imperial court and no longer had much influence in the imperial court.
The Seventh Prince was also kicked to Qingzhou, losing his sense of existence.
In the Imperial Court, there was definitely no one to speak up for the Seventh Prince, causing the 200,000 taels of silver to be delayed by the Ministry of Revenue.
Even if the Emperor had personally agreed, the Ministry of Revenue could still drag it out for as long as they could.
Marquis Jiangyin also understood that if it was Crown Prince Zhu Biao or Fourth Prince Zhu Di who wanted to use this 200,000 silver to get married or do something else, they would not have delayed it for so long and would have approved it long ago.
However, who was the Seventh Prince? The Seventh Prince was the one who was the least valued among all the princes. Moreover, his idea of governing the country was seriously contrary to all the ministers.
What emphasis on merchants, what lifting of the ban on the sea, these kinds of crazy fallacies that seriously violated the national policy actually came from the mouth of a prince. Did this prince still have a future?
Moreover, the imperial court was short of money in the national treasury. 200,000 taels of silver was not a small amount, so they naturally delayed it as much as possible.
However, Potato had made a great contribution this time.
Before the summer tax collection, Qi had sent the potatoes to Ying Tian Prefecture, giving the court a big surprise.
The matter of building King Qi's mansion was naturally settled.
This time, he was almost 100% sure that it would not be long before the 200,000 taels of silver would be sent to Qingzhou.
At that time, he would be completely rich. The materials used to build the Qi Mansion would also be upgraded. The pillars would be made of golden Phoebe wood. He would also build a large rockery in the Qi Mansion to guide running water into the mansion. With mountains and rivers, the Qi Mansion would be surrounded by scenery every three steps. It would be a leisurely and interesting place with good feng shui.
Marquis Jiangyin was so excited that he couldn't sleep.
He put on his clothes and pushed open the door. The moonlight shone on his body.
It was already late at night, but he was not sleepy at all. Instead, he was full of energy.
He walked straight to Zhu Rong's bedroom. The servant girl guarding outside was dozing off.
Even when Marquis Jiangyin approached, he did not notice.
"Is His Highness King Qi still awake?" Duke Jiangyin asked directly.”
The servant girl suddenly woke up and looked at Marquis Jiangyin in surprise. She muttered in her heart, what time is it already? He must be asleep.
The servant girl turned her head to look at the blackened bedroom and hurriedly said,"Marquis Jiangyin, His Highness King Qi has already fallen asleep.”
Marquis Jiangyin laughed loudly,"I knew he wasn't sleeping!"”
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