Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 128, Argument

Zhou Jing also expressed his opinion with reason and evidence. After a pause, he went on to say: "The Liu Jin mentioned by Mr. Liu just now is just a scholar, and now he has become a man who pursues fame and fortune. How can you easily believe his words."

"The Golden Continent he mentioned is full of gold, do you think it is possible?"

"Also, he said that there are several kinds of high-yielding crops in the Golden Continent, and that one mu of land can produce tens of shi of grain per mu. Do you think it is credible? You must know that even though our Daming is the best high-grade paddy field in the Jiangnan area, The yield per mu is only five or six shi, so how is this food crop with an yield of tens of shi different from the Arabian Nights?"

"This…"

The few people present couldn't answer for a while, because these things have not been confirmed yet, and naturally no one can answer for sure.

"Your Majesty, I also feel that there is no need to make a big deal out of a molehill. The cold winter is a normal and good phenomenon. The main thing now is to prevent the little prince from going south."

"What's more, Your Majesty has worked hard to govern and recuperate over the years. Our national power is booming. With the assistance of the sages in the court, all parts of Ming Dynasty are safe and peaceful, the people are prosperous and the country is strong. The granaries all over the country have already been filled with grain. Some of them are old. The annual grain is even going to be moldy, enough to cope with any famine, there is no need to deliberately mobilize and hoard grain.”

At this time, Ma Wensheng also stood up and expressed his opinion.

"Duke Zhou, this Golden Continent is far away from our Ming Dynasty. We don't know the specific situation, so it is inconvenient to make rash comments, but Liu Jin said that our Ming Dynasty has a monsoon season. It has always been the case of floods in the south and droughts in the north or floods in the north and droughts in the south." Can't go wrong."

"In addition, the cold weather is not without evidence. The palace harvests ice every year. You only need to check the relevant records to know that the thickness of the ice layer is definitely related to the cold weather."

"This Guangdong area is far away from Northern Zhili, how can we compare it."

"In addition, although this Liu Jin is young, he is the son of a high-ranking man with a high chest. Although he is still a scholar, he can share his majesty's worries."

"In previous winters, hundreds of people were frozen to death and starved to death almost every day in the entire capital, but this winter, because of Liu Jin, the people in the capital used cheap honeycomb briquettes, and the prices of charcoal and firewood also plummeted. What's even more rare is that the production of briquettes has absorbed a large number of refugees, so this winter, we have not seen a single begging refugee in the capital, and we have not heard news of anyone freezing to death or starving to death."

"And this clairvoyance was also invented by Liu Jin. Because of this clairvoyance, our border guards were able to severely injure the little prince and make great contributions. Although Liu Jin did not go to the front to kill the enemy, how can this credit be ignored?"

"Although this Liu Jin is young, he is still a scholar, but he knows how to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, share the worries of the emperor, and solve the country's problems. He is really a rare talent."

Liu Jian was outraged by Zhou Jing and Ma Wensheng, Zhou Jing said that Liu Jin was useless, and Ma Wensheng said that what he deduced from his own research was a big deal, which made him very annoyed.

So he also quickly stood up to express his opposition and expressed his own opinions and opinions. Although the meaning in the words was a little more cryptic, saying that Liu Jin shared the worries of the king and solved the problems for the country, but in fact there was something in his words, and he said Zhou Jing and Ma Wensheng in disguise. , Doing nothing, empty in a high position, but doing nothing.

Both Zhou Jing and Ma Wensheng were veterans in the officialdom, so they naturally understood the meaning of Liu Jian's words, and they blushed with anger.

Seeing this posture, Xie Qian and Li Dongyang looked at each other and hurried out to make peace.

"Your Majesty, what Liu Gong said is not completely unreasonable. Although Liu Jin is young, he is indeed a talented person. Although some of Liu Jin's words are a bit far-fetched, they also have merit."

"The cold weather has indeed had a great impact on agriculture. Perhaps as Liu Gong said, there will be poor or no harvests, but what Zhou Gong and Ma Gong said is also reasonable."

"This winter is like this, the cold is also normal, and there is nothing to make a fuss about. My country is peaceful and the people are safe, and the official warehouses in various places have plenty of food, which is enough to deal with possible famines."

Xie Qian said with a smile.

"Yes, yes~"

"What Liu Gong said is also reasonable. We should be prepared, but there is no need for large-scale transshipment and hoarding of grain. In my opinion, we can conduct an inspection of the official warehouses in the north. As long as the official warehouses in various places are sufficient and there are enough If there is enough food, we will naturally be able to cope with possible famines.”

"If there is a shortage of food in official warehouses in various places, it is also possible for us to transfer food from the south to supplement it."

"The big thing now is that the little Tatar prince went south to commit crimes. Once the little prince goes south to plunder, he will kill and plunder, and the corpses will be everywhere."

"They are like wolves. In this cold winter, they are cold and hungry, and now they are injured, so they are even more vicious. We need to be more careful and cautious."

Li Dongyang also followed suit.

Emperor Hongzhi remained silent all this time, frowning and meditating, looking at the heavy snow falling outside from time to time and listening to the howling cold wind.

He still believes in the judgment of his teacher Liu Jian, because he also believes in Liu Jin now. This is a person who can really do things and solve problems, and is more useful than those above the court who can only talk about benevolence and morality many.

At least the winter is cold now, but no one died of freezing or starvation in the capital. The refugees who were disliked by everyone in the past have all become fragrant buns, and they were snatched up by these coal mining workshops.

And if there is no such clairvoyance, maybe the little prince has already plundered wantonly in Daming now, and there will be corpses all over the field by then. I don't know how many people will die under their butcher's knives. Want to sleep peacefully.

Just thinking of what Zhou Jing and Ma Wensheng said, and after listening to the opinions of Xie Qian and Li Dongyang, Emperor Hongzhi also hesitated. This winter is indeed cold, and his teacher's deduction may not be wrong.

Think about the treasury that can already starve rats to death, and then think about Zhou Jing’s weekly skinning. If you insist on supporting Liu Jian to transfer and hoard food first, you may be annoyed by this Zhou Jing again and again. It was hard to save some money.

"Let's do it according to Xie Qing's family's wishes first. First, send people to check the granaries in the north. If there is any shortage, they will immediately make up for it from the south. Then let's talk about the little prince's going south..."

　There is no ink in my stomach, and I can’t write compelling words, which is painful~ I hope you don’t care too much about this~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)