Chapter 37: Compromise (1)
(Go to the net.)
Due to the ongoing drought, many counties in Dacheng have experienced an extremely severe reduction in summer grain production. Go to the net --.7-K--o-m. Due to the frequent wars in the past, a large amount of military rations were consumed, so after deducting the military rations that should be retained, the stocks of grain in the state treasury were basically exhausted. Famine and panic caused by the drought have loomed over everyone, and the current situation of food prices and no market has also caused unrest in the hearts of people everywhere.
Zhize has not been idle in the past two days, and went to the Sheji Temple to pray for rain for three consecutive days, but God didn't give face, even a drop of rain. In fact, praying for rain is not very reliable in the first place, and the top priority at the moment should be to buy the grain that has been put on the market as soon as possible in order to stabilize the people's mind. But in this matter, Zhize is clearly in trouble.
"What are you all doing? Didn't I already tell you, I can't convince those rich businessmen that none of them are allowed to come back to see me!" That morning, I went to ask Zhize about the situation, and as soon as I entered the door, I saw Zhize yelling at the officials below.
"If you go back to the emperor, it's really not that the ministers don't do their best. After several ministers looked at each other, they still dared to step forward and explain the difficulty: "The ministers have visited the gentry in the capital, but they either claim that they are sick and do not see them, or they say that they are not at home. There's no way to do it... The grain is all in other people's homes, so we can't be allowed to grab it, right?" Listening to the tone, these ministers in charge of raising grain were also very aggrieved.
Zhi Ze raised his head suddenly, and his eyes showed a fierce light: "If they don't take out the hoarded grain, I will raid their homes!"
"I can't do it, Your Majesty!" Zhi Ze's obvious angry words frightened the ministers below and waved their hands again and again, and dissuaded: "These gentry are either relatives of the emperor or heroes, Your Majesty confiscates their family property for no reason, and the government and the opposition will inevitably be in chaos!"
Zhi Ze didn't speak with a dark face, but waved his hand weakly, signaling them to retreat first.
"Why, hasn't the matter of purchasing grain been resolved?" Seeing that the ministers had all retreated, I slowly walked to Zhize's side and asked with concern.
"You've seen it all, this businessman!" Zhi Ze slapped the table angrily and scolded angrily: "It's already twice the price of the usual years, and they still refuse to sell, what are they going to do!"
There was a list on the table, I picked it up and looked at it, most of the people on it were surnamed Xiao and Yuan, presumably they should be the nobles and gentry in the capital that Zhi Ze said. I said tentatively, secretly worried that if these people had no food left at home, where would they go to raise food for the victims?
"Impossible!" Zhi Ze's voice obviously raised several tones, pointing to the long list, and said angrily: "Look at these people, which family's family has thousands of hectares of fertile land, how can there be no surplus grain, they are watching like this so that the price of grain continues to rise!"
"They are really blind!" I couldn't help but complain a few words: "The world is peaceful, so they can live a stable life, if the people can't even eat, they will definitely rise up and make trouble, and it is not they who will really suffer at that time." ”
"Tell me, if it were someone else, it's fine, but many of them are my Yuan Zhize's elder relatives, and even these people are... In the future, they'd better be honest and don't let me catch their handles!" Zhi Ze stared at the paper on the table, his eyes almost spewing fire.
"Okay, okay, don't bother about these things yet, the first priority should be to convince them to take out the food as soon as possible. As soon as the words came out, I couldn't help but smile bitterly, if it was really so easy to convince, there would be no need to drag it out until now.
"Otherwise, you can get them together and talk to them personally, it's a big deal to give them some names, rewards or something, and win them over, can't you?" After thinking about it, I think that my idea is also reliable, what these dignitaries value most is fame and fortune, and it is not a bad idea to give them a few more high hats to wear.
"No!" Unexpectedly, Zhize's rebuttal was equally categorical.
"Why? I think it's good, at least it's worth a try..."Zhi Ze showed a look of impatience on his face, and said vaguely: "I said, if it doesn't work, it won't work." {Oriental Fiction Network.}
The coercion method doesn't work, and the inducement can't get Zhize's permission, what can I do now, I also made a difficulty, and I thought about this problem carefully. This big farmer is hoarding grain, just to wait for the price of grain to rise to the highest, and then sell it to make the greatest profit. If you can persuade one family to take the lead in opening a warehouse to release grain, stabilize people's hearts, and then urge others to release grain, then it may bring some turnaround.
"None of these are fuel-efficient lamps, I'm afraid it's just difficult. Listening to my idea, Zhize sighed deeply.
Glancing at the list, I found an unusually familiar name mixed in with it, and I immediately felt a burst of joy in my heart, this opportunity may be worth a try!
Under Zhize's uneasy gaze, I changed into my usual clothes, took Ruyan alone, got into a carriage and slowly drove out of the palace gate, in the bustling street market, turned left and right with memory, and finally came to the familiar gate.
"Madame, please stay. "As soon as I arrived at the door, the guard politely blocked me.
"That's right, I came here to meet your Qian Gongzi, and I ask you to help inform me. With that, I handed my name slip to the other party.
The little guy took the name card and looked at it carefully, then handed it back to me with an apologetic smile on his face: "It's not a secret, my son Qian happened to be not at home today, and I ask my wife to come back to visit another day..."
Could it be that Qian Cheng also deliberately hid? I was stunned in my heart. At this time, Ruyan on the side couldn't help it. "Presumptuous! Do you know who this lady is? How dare you be so rude! Don't let your master come out to meet you!"
If you were to be a handyman in someone else's house, most of you would be bluffed when you heard this, but today there are some exceptions. In response to Ruyan's reprimand, the other party seemed quite calm, with a calm face, and replied casually: "Please forgive the slave for being rude, I don't know where the two of you are, but since the two of you have come to the door of my Qian Mansion, you should always abide by the rules of our family, right?
"You-" Ruyan was still arguing, and I hurriedly grabbed her: "Forget it, Ruyan." Ruyan endured it angrily, and when she came, she glared at him fiercely.
"That's right, I'm a friend of Mr. Qian, and I just want to come and chat with Mr. Qian today, and I don't have any other intentions. And please, little brother...", I took out a silver ingot from my pocket.
"Madam, just spare the villain. The little guy looked at me with a sad face, pushed the silver ingot away in front of him, and said, "Our lord is really not at home. ”
"And where did he go?" I asked curiously.
"How does this villain know, Gongzi often goes out alone, where do the minions dare to ask..."The little guy said, as if he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, there were two adults in the court who came to visit just now, and they were also looking for our son-in-law, so they left without seeing him." ”
"Madam, what should we do, should we wait for him here?" Ruyan saw that I was silent, and asked anxiously on the side.
Looking at the other party like that, it shouldn't seem like a lie, but where did Qian Cheng go? If he waits here like this, it's not a solution, in case he doesn't go home, do we have to wait here all the time?
"Two, do you think this will work?" The little guy saw that I was in trouble, and he also stepped forward to make an idea: "Your name is kept for you, and when Childe comes back, the villain will immediately present it to Childe, and let Childe visit the two of you at that time?"
"Then when will your son-in-law come back?" Ruyan interjected and asked.
"This is not good," the little guy scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "If you are lucky, you may be back today, if you are unlucky, you will have to wait seven or eight days." ”
"Who are you deceiving! With such a big family business as your family's money bank, how could he let it go and leave himself to go out to play? It is obvious that you are deceiving people. Ruyan's temperament was quite impatient, and she yelled again when she didn't agree.
"What kind of theory is this?" The little guy was also interested, and he reasoned-for-tat with Ruyan: "It's because our family's money is the world's first-class money bank, so we don't need the owner to take action personally, so many accounts and housekeepers, the son only needs to give an order, do you have to worry about other things..."
"I see!" a flash of inspiration flashed through my mind, but something suddenly came to mind.
"What do you know, ma'am?" I reacted so abruptly that I startled the two who were concentrating on bickering, and asked in unison what I knew.
"Okay, no more nonsense, let's go, get in the car!" I smiled slightly, pulled up Ruyan and boarded the car.
"Niangniang, where are we going?" got into the car, Ruyan still asked curiously.
"You'll know when you get there. I smiled mysteriously at her, then lifted the curtain in front of me and said to the driver, "Master, get out of town!"
The coachman was dressed as one of Zhize's personal guards, and he didn't rush to the car immediately after listening to my order, but tightened the reins and spun in place, and asked in a low voice: "Niangniang, the emperor has ordered, you can't go out of the city easily..."
"That's it," Ruyan, who reacted, also echoed: "Niangniang, you are a thousand pounds, in case of a mistake, the minions can't afford it." Why don't you go back to the palace first, and go out with more guards, your safety is guaranteed. ”
"No, maybe it's not good if there are too many people..."I hesitated and thought about it, but I still made up my mind to go out of the city now. "Master, you can drive out of the city, it's not very far, don't worry, Your Majesty's side, there is a palace on top. ”
The coachman hesitated for a moment, then raised his whip high, and the carriage sped away out of the city.
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