Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 467

"Brother Xu, what do you think of this matter?"

Although there is no formal acceptance of fate, everyone knows it.

At this moment, Xu Da is the head of Yanjing City's military chief.

And Liu Song is the top leader in charge of internal affairs.

Don't look at Liu Song's real position now, it's not very high.

Don't forget, he has been presiding over the public trial these days.

The number of officials who were sentenced to have their heads chopped off by him is quite considerable.

Even those officials who hadn't committed any crime felt trembling when they saw Liu Song now.

Although, I don't do anything bad in my life, and I'm not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night.

In this era, there are quite a few officials who are able to keep themselves clean, so they are not really afraid of Liu Song.

But invisibly, Liu Song's prestige in Yanjing is already a little bit high, like no one else but me.

Liu Song and Xu Da, together with the money bag of Zhu Han, have completely controlled the city of Yanjing.

"Then what else is there to say?" Xu Da didn't hesitate at all: "Hurry up and find a way to rescue the disaster."

Liu Song frowned and said, "The disaster relief officials naturally agree. But, what should we do to save them?"

"Yanjing's yamen's land and bank expenses are all allocated by the Yingtian court."

"All the silver taels were redistributed. If they are misappropriated at will, there may be problems."

Xu Da frowned: "Liu Song, what do you mean? Is a mere amount of silver more important than the lives of the people?"

Xu Da is a veteran of many battles, so when he gets angry, he naturally has the evil spirit of being able to benevolent to the iron horse.

Even Zhu Han, standing in front of Xu Da at this moment, felt a burst of fear.

Liu Song was not afraid at all, he didn't even raise his eyelids.

"General Xu, I have never said that disaster relief is not possible."

"It's just that this disaster relief also needs to pay attention to the method."

"The people of Datong can't be saved, but it will affect the people of Yanjing instead?"

Zhu Han was very emotional, Liu Song entered the state very quickly.

How long has it been since I came to Yanjing? When I talk, I start to pretend to be us.

He really has the spirit of a parent.

Xu Da said angrily: "No matter what happens to the people of Yanjing, they can at least survive."

"But the people of Datong, if the court doesn't care about them, they really won't be able to survive."

"Who is lighter and who is more important, can't you Liu Song tell the difference?"

Liu Song did not show any weakness: "I have never said that the people of Yanjing are more important than the people of Datong."

"But General Xu, the people of Yanjing are also the people of my Ming Dynasty."

"If you can't arrange the affairs of Yanjing, once there is any trouble, it will also cause trouble."

"In order to avoid such a situation from happening, we must deal with Yanjing's affairs before the disaster relief."

"In order to avoid troubles on both sides, and both sides can't handle it well. Instead, the court will fall into a passive position."

After listening to Liu Song's explanation, Xu Da realized that he hadn't thought carefully.

He only thought about how to rescue the disaster in the first place, but did not consider the situation in Yanjing.

Yanjing now looks peaceful on the surface.

However, in fact, there are many crises hidden in it.

After this public trial meeting, nearly a hundred officials were killed directly.

Among them, there are many high-ranking officials like the six ministers.

There are as many as thousands of people directly implicated.

In order to reduce killings, Zhu Han did not implicate the families of those corrupt officials in this public trial.

As long as they are not directly involved in their affairs, at best they will confiscate their illegal gains.

This has also led to the emptiness of Yanjing's officialdom, and some original clan forces can still have a lot of influence on Yanjing.

The reason why Xu Da is here is to suppress these people's petty thoughts in private.

Now if the disaster relief starts in an all-round way, the Black Cavalry Army will definitely be mobilized.

At that time, if someone with a heart takes the opportunity to make trouble...

It will definitely cause a huge disaster.

After understanding the key point, Xu Da's old face couldn't help turning red.

"Even if what you said makes sense, there is an emergency in Datong right now. We have to move slowly, because we don't know how many people have starved to death."

Looking at Xu Da's appearance, he knew that he had actually been persuaded by Liu Song, but it was just because of embarrassment and he didn't want to admit it directly.

Liu Song wasn't targeting Xu Da either.

After explaining the crux of the problem, he immediately cupped his fists at Zhu Han and said, "My lord, don't worry, I will lightly count the balances of all yamen in the Yanjing court right now."

"Except for the necessary money to maintain the operation of the yamen, all of them were used for disaster relief."

Liu Song thought for a while and said again: "My lord, if it's possible... I think, can I first use the silver that Ying Tianfu allocated to Yanjing to build the new capital for disaster relief?"

Zhu Han looked at Liu Song with a smile: "Master Liu thinks this money can be used easily?"

Regarding Zhu Han's question, Liu Song just shook his head indifferently: "The construction of the national capital is related to the foundation of our Ming Dynasty. Of course, this money cannot be easily used for other purposes."

"However, the people in the disaster-stricken area are also the foundation of my country."

"If you can't let your people have enough food and clothing, you can get help at critical moments."

"Then, what's the use of my Ming's capital, no matter how magnificent it is?"

"Very good!" Zhu Han nodded approvingly: "Just do as Master Liu said. This king has approved you to use this money, and you can use as much as you want, and you don't have to pay it back afterwards."

Zhu Han waved his hand and said generously.

What he lacks most now is money.

Iwami Ginzan is a real silver mountain.Just digging down with a pickaxe can dig out a lot of silver.

Anyway, in a short period of time, they don't have to worry at all, the money is not enough.

Zhu Han was just very emotional. Liu Song deserved to be someone who dared to scold even Zhu Yuanzhang. He dared to say anything.

Isn't this guy afraid that he, the King of England, will deal with him afterwards?
You know, building Yanjing is a very important achievement for Zhu Han.

At least in the eyes of others, absolutely so.

Otherwise, Zhu Han wouldn't be so caring.

Not only came to Yanjing to supervise the work in person, but also held some kind of bidding meeting, and also held some kind of public trial meeting.

Now that it has finally stabilized, Liu Song actually proposed to use the silver taels for the construction of the capital because of other places' affairs?

This is like the chairman of a company in later generations who managed to swindle millions from various places in order to invest in a big project.

But the manager of the company told the chairman that a certain department of the company was unable to pay wages for some reason.

First take out the money for this big project and pay the employees.

As long as the chairman did not fire the manager on the spot, it would be considered that he was related to the chairman.

But Liu Song didn't consider these things at all.

Whether Zhu Han's idea is to post has never been in his consideration.

The only thing he thought about was how to do a good job in disaster relief.

Before Xinducheng was built.

Zhu Han, Xu Da, and Liu Song are the only people in Yanjing who can call the shots.

after they agree on their goals.

The entire Yanjing was running quickly.

At this time, Liu Song also suddenly discovered the benefits of giving the project to those businessmen.

That is, the imperial court hardly needs to invest manpower and material resources to manage these projects.

As long as the supervisors are left behind, it will be accepted according to the standards.

If this were changed to before, these projects might have to stop for a while.

The imperial court purchased grain on a large scale, which also caused the price of grain to rise three times a day.

In the morning, a stone of grain is less than one tael of silver, but at night it has risen to one tael or two.

Although the news of the severe drought in Datong has not been fully spread.

However, many businessmen with sensitive noses have already smelled something different from the actions of the court.

Liu Ping'an, the chief shopkeeper of Liu's Grain Company, is keeping accounts.

A luxuriously dressed young man next to him asked, "Third Uncle, is it really okay for us to increase the price now? The imperial court is buying up grain like crazy? Why don't we just lower the price a bit, so that we can also deal with a batch of old grain?" ?”

Liu Pingan glared at Liu Ye with a smile: "What do you know, kid?"

"It's because the imperial court received food on a large scale, so this situation is not right."

Liu Ye was puzzled: "Third Uncle, it's just collecting grain. The imperial court collects grain every year. What's wrong with that?"

"Stupid!" Liu Pingan was not angry either.My nephew is good at everything, but he is a little too honest.

But there's nothing wrong with that.

Things like experience can be taught slowly, and it will come back after a long time.

But the temper and character can't be changed easily.

To be honest, it is more reassuring to use it.

"Think about it carefully, when does the court usually collect grain?"

Liu Ye frowned and thought: "Usually after the autumn harvest, it is used to replenish the official warehouse, or for the army to go out for battle or something?"

Liu Pingan nodded: "This is the problem."

"It's not the autumn harvest season, and we haven't heard that the imperial court has any troop movements in the north. Why does the imperial court want to harvest food all of a sudden?"

"This..." Liu Ye hesitated for a moment, and asked tentatively, "Third Uncle, what do you mean, some places have been hit by disasters, and the imperial court is buying food for disaster relief?"

Liu Ping'an looked relieved, his nephew was finally not stupid enough.

Although there is no news yet.

However, such things as the imperial court's purchase of grain cannot be hidden from people at all.

Sometimes it is not that difficult to analyze the purpose of the court through the actions of the court.

Liu Ye felt a little uncomfortable when he heard the words: "Third Uncle, don't we..."

At least he was still a little sensible, and he didn't say the words "take advantage of the fire" to his face.

Liu Ping'an naturally understood what his nephew was thinking, which was nothing surprising.

Young people always have an inexplicable sense of justice.

I think he was similar to Liu Ye when he first took over the business.

I also feel that some businesses are not benevolent, and I have some resistance from the bottom of my heart.

But as long as you do it for a long time, you will gradually get used to it.

It's not too much trouble.

"Uncle understands, you don't think it's good to earn money from the people in the disaster area."

"But this money, we don't earn it, but people earn it."

"We are businessmen, and most of the time we only think about making money or not. But sometimes, we must be careful not to cause public anger."

"If everyone raises prices, only our family does not raise prices. Others may not say anything."

"But in my heart, I will give us a severe account."

"From now on, they will attack us openly and secretly."

Liu Ye was a little unconvinced immediately: "But third uncle, don't we all rely on our own ability to do business? We don't want to make money and sell it at a low price. What does it have to do with them?"

Liu Pingan sighed helplessly: "If it's really that simple, then that's fine."

"Think about it, kid, our price is cheap, and the imperial court bought some from us. But when we got to their side, they found that they had raised the price."

"So, are the people in the court willing to be taken advantage of, or do they want to lower the price?"

"Originally, I could earn two denarii more, but now I have earned one less denarii..."

"They will not count this account on the court's head, but only on us."

"Because we didn't raise the price, they were suppressed by the court. Do you think they can feel comfortable?"

Liu Ye understood the truth, but he just felt uncomfortable and said angrily, "Why are these people so unreasonable?"

Liu Pingan shook his head with a wry smile: "In the business field, where is there any reason to say?"

Afterwards, Liu Ye thought of something again, and asked a little nervously: "But third uncle, we suddenly raised the price, what should the court do if we pursue it?"

Liu Pingan smiled slightly and said, "Let's pursue the matter. If the imperial court really makes an announcement asking me to stabilize the price of food, we'll just lower the price."

"Remember, our Liu family definitely shouldn't be that early bird."

"When others raise prices, we will follow suit."

"But remember, we are definitely not the one with the fastest price increase, nor the one with the highest price."

"In short, it's neither high nor low, neither achievement nor success. In this case, even if the court pursues it, there will be those tall people who are holding it up, and it has nothing to do with us."

Liu Ping'an was eloquently teaching his nephew a lesson.

Suddenly a servant knocked on the door.

"Come in." Liu Pingan stopped with some unfinished thoughts.

When the servant came in, he looked a little flustered.

"Grandpa, it's not good, people from Jinyiwei are invited."

"What?" Hearing the servant's words, Liu Pingan's legs went limp, and he almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, his nephew Liu Ye was beside him and helped him in time.

Liu Pingan was a little dumbfounded. He grabbed Liu Ye's hand tightly, swallowed and asked with difficulty: "The people from Jinyiwei... what are you here for?"

On Yanjing's side, Jin Yiwei is also famous now.

After all, the criminal evidence of those corrupt officials whose heads were beheaded not long ago was collected by Jin Yiwei.

Ordinary people are not afraid, but merchants are extremely afraid of Jinyiwei.

It is really difficult for businessmen in this era to dare to say that they are completely clean.

(End of this chapter)