Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 179, first use the internal money to buy food

Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, and Ma Wensheng, the six elder ministers of the cabinet, already knew the news yesterday, so they all acted calmly and didn't see anything.

The other civil servants were all filled with righteous indignation, and the crowd was furious. As for the generals and nobles, they were all watching their hearts as usual, as if they had nothing to do with me, don't ask me, I don't know.

Emperor Hongzhi saw all the performances of these people in his eyes. After he had an extra heart, he suddenly felt that this matter was much more interesting.

Now he is very angry, as if the dead father is not necessarily true, it may be just a superficial disguise, those calm performances seem to be nothing unusual, or those who have already expected to be like this may not necessarily be unfaithful .

So he chose to continue listening quietly to see if they would be the same as what Zhu Houzhao said.

The officials were furious for a long time, and then they began to calm down slowly. Some people's faces were red, their eyes were bloodshot, showing enough anger, and some people were as calm as water, without the slightest wave.

"Your Majesty, I think we should thoroughly investigate this matter and find out the whereabouts of these grains as soon as possible, so that we can recover the grains as soon as possible to help the victims."

"On the other hand, the victims of the disaster are already in dire straits. I heard that in some places, some people have exchanged their sons for food. The disaster situation has become extremely urgent. The court can't just wait and watch the victims ignore them."

Chen Gong, who played first, stood up again and said.

"Chen Aiqing's words are reasonable, what good strategy does Aiqing have?"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded, encouraging him to continue.

"Now the only ones who have food in their hands are the major grain merchants, so I think that our imperial court can first requisition their grain from the major grain merchants to help the victims, and then repay these grain merchants after the grain arrives in the south. This should solve the urgent need at the moment.”

Chen Gong thought for a while and put forward his own opinion.

"What do you love, what do you think of this method?"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded, and then asked everyone.

"I think this method is very good. Now the only ones who have grain are these grain merchants."

Liu Jian stood up to express his support. This method is still good. In fact, there is a lot of food in the south, but it only takes time to transport it. This period is the most critical moment, as long as we can survive this period of time.

"I object."

As soon as Liu Jian's words fell, someone stood up and expressed his opposition. This person was Wu Kuan, a member of the Hanlin Academy.

"Since ancient times, the establishment of a country should be based on integrity. How can the imperial court expropriate other people's property at will?"

Wu Kuan acted very righteously, and then said: "What's more, why did the grain of the merchants be requisitioned alone? You must know that it is not only these merchants who have grain in their hands, such as big landlords, big gentry, nobles, relatives of the emperor, etc., who are they? The family has more or less stored a large amount of food, should the food of these people also be requisitioned?"

"Otherwise, how can we convince the people of the world just by expropriating grain from grain merchants?"

Hearing Wu Kuan's words, the expressions of all the courtiers present changed slightly. Wu Kuan was right. Not only did they have food in their hands, but also large landlords, gentry, wealthy families, royal relatives, dignitaries, etc. food.

All the ministers present actually had a lot of grain in their hands. At this time, many of them followed the grain merchants and continued to sell grain, but they made a lot of money.

Now that Wu Kuan was talking about him, everyone was anxious. If the food in his hands was also expropriated, it would be difficult to make money.

Even if the grain would be returned afterwards, but without the famine, the grain would only be worth a few cents per catty, unlike the current situation where a catty of grain can buy more than [-] pennies.

"The minister seconded the proposal. The country's court is based on honesty and integrity, so that the world can be subdued. Therefore, the minister thinks that the court should not requisition grain from merchants. Maybe we can buy grain from merchants first to deal with the current crisis."

Soon, someone stood up and said that the grain requisition was suddenly changed into grain purchase.

"The minister seconded the proposal, the imperial court is based on trust, and bought food first for disaster relief."

"The minister waits for a second opinion."

When the other people heard this, they immediately expressed their agreement one by one, especially the courtiers who had food at home, they expressed their support one by one. If the court buys food, they will naturally be able to find a way to sell the food in their hands Well, this normally insignificant food has now become real gold and silver, so it is natural to seize the opportunity to make a fortune.

Emperor Hongzhi kept watching carefully, but his heart was full of murderous intent. All this was exactly as Zhu Houzhao said, and there was nothing wrong with it.

"Next, someone should jump out and point to my internal money."

At this time, Emperor Hongzhi looked at these civil servants who had been trusted in the past, and felt that these people were like clowns, constantly acting here, acting for himself, thanks to the fact that he trusted them very much before. He obeyed his words, even if someone pointed his nose and sprayed his face with saliva, Emperor Hongzhi still compared himself to Tang Taizong and treated these literati like Wei Zheng.

Now, Emperor Hongzhi seemed to feel disgusted when he looked at these civil servants. On the contrary, those military generals and nobles seemed to be much more pleasing to the eye. At least, these people did not lie to themselves.

"Your Majesty Zhou Jing said that the treasury is empty. I am afraid that there is no extra silver to buy grain from the grain merchants. I ask your majesty to use part of the internal money to buy grain first. When the treasury is full, the treasury will be repaid to your majesty."

At this time, Zhubapi Zhou Jing stepped forward, and naturally set his sights on Emperor Hongzhi's internal funds.

"..."

Emperor Hongzhi was speechless for a while. This Zhou Jing said very beautifully. Why borrow your own internal funds first, and then pay yourself back when the treasury has money. This is the same as the routine of borrowing money in later generations. I will pay you back after monthly salary.

If you really believed the old man Zhou Jing, Emperor Hongzhi's underwear would be sold out. Emperor Hongzhi knew it very well, it was easy to borrow it out, and if you want Zhou Jing to use the treasury to pay it back, it's a dream!

"Yes, Your Majesty, the national treasury is empty, but your Majesty's internal funds are very full. The Xishan Coal Industry earns millions of taels of silver every year, and the glass factory of His Royal Highness sells hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every day. Silver Mountain."

"Your Majesty is sure that there is nothing wrong with taking out part of the silver. Please also take out part of the internal money to buy food. It is important to rescue the victims first!"

"Your Majesty has always loved the people like a son, so naturally he would not watch the people of the Li people suffer."

The other courtiers suddenly seemed to have found their target one by one, and fell to their knees one after another, crying and shouting for Emperor Hongzhi to take out his internal money to buy food for disaster relief.

"Sure enough, not only my internal funds, but also the prince's glass factory are also targeted. I really want to control our father and son and control the imperial power."

Emperor Hongzhi was expressionless, but the roar in his heart was already blazing.

Everything is exactly the same as what Zhu Houzhao said, exactly. At this moment, he is like a dragon whose scales have been touched. Under the calm appearance, there is endless anger hidden.

　Happy New Year everyone~ All the best~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)