Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, and Ma Wensheng, the six elders of the pavilion, already knew the news yesterday, so they all behaved very calmly and couldn't see anything.

The other ministers were all filled with righteous indignation and indignation, and as for the generals and nobles, they were as always looking at their noses and noses, looking like 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, and after this extra heart, he suddenly felt that this matter was much more interesting.

Now he is very angry, as if the dead father may not be the case, it may be just a superficial disguise, those who are calm, do not seem to be unusual, or have long expected that this will be the case is not necessarily unfaithful.

So he chose to continue to listen quietly and listen to whether they would be the same as what Zhu Houzhao said.

The ministers were angry for a long time, and then they began to slowly calm down, some people had red faces and red ears, and their eyes were blood-red, showing enough anger, and some people were calm as water, without a trace of waves.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that we should thoroughly investigate this matter on the one hand and find out the whereabouts of this grain as soon as possible, so that we can recover the grain as soon as possible and use it for relief to the victims."

"On the other hand, the victims have reached the point of dire straits, and the ministers have heard that in some places there have been people who have changed their children and eaten, and the disaster has reached the point of 100,000 urgent, and the court can't just wait and watch the victims ignore it."

Chen Gong, who was the first to play in front, stood up again and said.

"Chen Aiqing is reasonable, I don't know what Aiqing's good plan is?"

Emperor Hongji nodded, encouraging him to continue.

"Now there are only major grain merchants who have grain in their hands, so the minister thinks that our 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, so that the urgent need can be solved."

Chen Gong thought about it and put forward his own opinion.

"What do you think of this method?"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded, and then asked everyone.

"The minister thinks this method is very good, and now there are only these grain merchants who have grain."

Liu Jian stood up and expressed his support, this method is still good, there is actually a lot of grain in the south, but it takes time to transport it, and this time is the most critical moment, as long as you can survive this time.

"The minister objected."

As soon as Liu Jian's words fell, someone stood up and expressed his opposition, this person's name is Wu Kuan, and he is a Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy.

"Since ancient times, the founding of the country should be based on integrity, how can the imperial court arbitrarily expropriate other people's property?"

Wu Kuan showed very justice, and then said: "What's more, why expropriate the grain of merchants alone, you must know that it is not only these merchants who have grain in their hands now, but also big landlords, gentry, nobles, relatives of the emperor, etc., who have more or less stored a large amount of grain, should the grain of these people also be requisitioned?" ”

"Otherwise, how can the people of the world be convinced by simply requisitioning the grain of grain merchants?"

Hearing Wu Kuan's words, the faces of these courtiers present changed slightly, Wu Kuan was right, not only the grain has grain in their hands, but also the big landlords, gentry, wealthy families, imperial relatives, magnates, etc.

The ministers present actually had a lot of grain in their hands, and many of them were following the grain merchants at this time and constantly selling grain, but they made a lot of money.

Now when he heard Wu Kuan pulling it on his body, he suddenly became anxious, if the grain in his hands was also requisitioned, it would be difficult to make money.

Even if this grain will be returned afterwards, but without famine, this grain is worth a few cents a pound, just like now a pound of grain can buy more than 50 cents.

"The minister seconded the proposal, the dynasty is based on integrity, so the minister thinks that the court cannot requisition grain from merchants, and we may be able to buy grain from merchants in advance to deal with the current crisis."

Soon, someone stood up and said, and suddenly changed the grain collection to the grain purchase.

"The minister seconded the proposal, and the imperial court should first buy food for disaster relief."

"The ministers seconded the proposal."

When the others heard this, they immediately agreed one after another, especially the courtiers who had food in their homes, and they hurriedly expressed their support one by one, if the court bought grain, the grain in their hands would naturally be able to find a way to sell it, and the grain that was usually not very valuable was now real money, so it was natural to seize the opportunity to make a fortune.

Emperor Hongzhi has been watching carefully, but there is murderous intent in his heart, all this is really the same as Zhu Houzhao said, there is no mistake at all.

"Someone must have jumped out and pointed at my inner skull."

At this time, Emperor Hongzhi looked at these Wenchen who had trusted him in the past, and felt that these people were like clowns who jumped off the beam, constantly acting here, acting for themselves, and he still trusted them very much before, and he almost obeyed their words, even if he was pointed at his nose and sprayed his face, Emperor Hongzhi also compared himself to Tang Taizong, and treated these literati like Wei Zheng.

Now, Emperor Hongzhi looks at these ministers and seems to feel disgusted no matter how they look at them, but those generals and nobles seem to be much more pleasing to the eye, at least, these people are not lying to themselves.

"Your Majesty, the treasury is empty, I am afraid that there is no surplus silver taels to buy grain from grain merchants, and the minister asks Your Majesty to use a part of the internal silver to buy grain in advance, and when the treasury is full, the treasury will repay your Majesty."

At this time, Zhou Jing of pork chop skin stood up, and naturally set his eyes on Emperor Hongzhi's internal money.

“……”

Emperor Hongzhi was speechless for a while, this week's scripture said very beautifully, what to borrow your own money first, and then repay yourself when the treasury has money, this is the same as the routine of borrowing money in later generations, borrow me for emergency first, and I will pay you back after I pay my salary next month.

If you really believe the words of the old man Zhou Jing, Emperor Hongzhi's underwear will be sold, Emperor Hongzhi knows very well, this is easy to lend, I want Zhou Jing to use the treasury to pay it back, dream!

"Yes, Your Majesty, the treasury is empty, but Your Majesty's internal funds are very full, this Xishan Coal Industry earns millions of taels of silver a year, and His Royal Highness the Prince's glass factory sells hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a day, and it enters Jinshan and Yinshan every day."

"Your Majesty must have no problem taking out a part of the silver taels, and please ask Your Majesty to take out a part of the internal funds to buy food, and it is important to relieve the disaster victims first!"

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

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

"Sure enough, it's not just my internal money, but even the prince's glass factory is also targeted, and he really wants to control our father and son and control the imperial power."

Emperor Hongzhi's face was expressionless, but the roar in his heart was already burning.

Everything is no different from what Zhu Houzhao said, no difference, at this moment, he is like a dragon that has been touched by the scales, and under the calm appearance, there is endless anger.