Zhu Biao slowly suppressed the killing intent in his heart, there is not so much conscience and justice to talk about in this world, and those who deliberately go to sell grain at a high price are considered good people, and those local officials are ruthless, and directly send the disaster relief grain from the imperial court to the grain store under his name to sell it at a high price, which is about to become a practice.

And this kind of thing is not new, his father's father and brother were all starved to death like this, Zhu Biao has heard him say several times, there was a drought in Haozhou, and there was a serious locust plague and plague in the spring of the following year, but the relief food transported by the Yuan Ting was swallowed up by the officials, and they didn't even bother to do the superficial work of replacing the grain with stone and sand, and the good family almost died.

Zhu Biao snorted coldly and looked at Chen Youzong and said, "This palace doesn't ask you if the Chen family is ready to go to Shaanxi and Gansu to sell grain, if so, stop it immediately!" ”

Chen Youzong bowed down and responded: "The Chen family naturally doesn't dare to make such ill-gotten gains, let alone lose His Highness's face. ”

Zhu Biao shook his head: "The face of this palace is okay, it's true that you don't have to take the life of the whole family." ”

Chen Youzong's expression was shocked, it seems that the imperial court not only wants to purge the rule of officials, but also attack some big families, is it because they want to collect food by raiding the family and exterminating the clan?

Zhu Biao should have ordered it, the Chen family should be good at it, he didn't believe that the Chen family didn't plan to make this comparison, otherwise why would he be holding so much grain in his hands, where could there be not enough food for the tenants who annexed the land throughout the ages.

Even if the Chen family doesn't know how to do such a tasteless thing, the division that lives around his main lineage is not just raised to do this, but the world is like this, and he doesn't bother to study it deeply, otherwise there will be a few courtiers left in the court.

Zhu Biao pulled the topic over and said: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, but the reputation of the imperial court still needs to be cultivated, and this palace is not to coax your grain, so this grain will definitely be returned by the imperial court in three years, you don't have to worry about this, Jiangnan is rich and prosperous, so this palace hopes that the Jiangnan family can take the lead in cooperating with the imperial court." ”

Chen Youzong bowed and saluted: "The minister is still the same sentence, I am only willing to go to the soup for His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness's order my Chen family will never give up, the Chen family in the Jiangnan family is quite famous, the minister promises to be able to make up 800,000 stones, and after the autumn harvest, he can take out another 200,000 stones, and those businessmen can probably make up 200,000 stones, and the ministers outside Jiangnan can only try their best to persuade them." ”

Zhu Biao nodded with satisfaction, a million stones is not a lot, you must know that the grain tax collected by the Ming Dynasty last year was only more than 9 million stones, after all, there are too many places that are exempt from taxes, and the little grain tax received was divided before it entered the treasury, which is really stretched.

However, there is no way to do it, the rejuvenation of the country is difficult, but the future is bright, and after two years, the taxes exempted from all over the country will have to be paid, and the results of tuntian and relocation will also be revealed, just like farming, at this stage is the time for sowing, watering, and fertilizing.

The Jiangnan clan took a stand, although it seemed that they still wanted to be forced by his might, but they were helpless, not to mention that if he hadn't spoken, no one would have lent out the grain.

Zhu Biao originally planned to give some benefits, but he didn't expect Chen Youzong to be so upright, you must know that if the imperial court does not admit it after three years, the Chen family will be the one to blame, and in the future, don't talk about the leader of the Jiangnan clan, I am afraid that it is not surprising to be expelled from the clan circle, interests are fundamental, and they will not hold the person who cuts their meat to eat.

However, Zhu Biao will not be stingy, whether it is Guozijian or local officials, there are many gaps, and now in this officialdom, whoever wants to come in will come, as for whether he can live quietly and honestly to the end, it depends on his personal creation.

However, Zhu Biao can't say this kind of thing clearly, and it will be naturally arranged in the future, and the Jiangnan family will naturally understand when they receive the pie, everyone is a smart person, how can the pie be lost in the sky?

After chatting about business, it stands to reason that Zhu Biao is going to serve tea and send off guests, but Chen Youzong's things today are beautiful, and Zhu Biao is comfortable, so naturally he must be a little decent, so he simply chatted about family life, not to mention that the people in Hangzhou took care of it well.

I have to say that the existence of this kind of person is to please people, and his ability is definitely not as good as Li Shanchang, Wang Guangyang, Hu Weiyong and others, and an adjutant is at the end, but Zhu Biao still appointed him as the political envoy of Zheng Sanpintong.

After chatting for a while, Zhu Biao asked casually: "Has Old Madam Chen also moved to the capital?" ”

Chen Youzong was also already sitting on the chair on the side, Wenhua Hall is the prince's study, it is a private place, it is needless to say what it means to let him sit and drink tea, and his status in the East Palace will not be too low in the future, so what about being put forward in the Jiangnan clan circle, anyway, he will settle in the capital in the future, and the Beijing clan is not better than Jiangnan?

How old is the prince this year, don't say that he will take care of him in the future, it is enough to take care of the Chen family for three or four generations, this honor is enough for the Chen family to gain a firm foothold in the center of the Ming Dynasty, what is the use of the rich in Jiangnan, it is just a false situation, and sooner or later it will be slaughtered fiercely for the New Year.

Chen Youzong said humbly: "His Royal Highness Lao is worried, the minister's mother is old and has lived in Jiangnan for a long time, thinking that it is inconvenient to stay in the old house to recuperate, the minister knows that his wife and children have come to Beijing to take up his post, and the old lady will be happy if she knows that His Royal Highness is still thinking about it." ”

Zhu Biao smiled: "The old lady is an understanding person, Chen Aiqing is so outstanding, I am afraid that the old lady is well taught, next year I will invite the old lady to come to Beijing, and the palace will also visit in person." ”

Chen Youzong's eyes lit up and he immediately knelt on the ground: "Your Highness, your highness is virtuous, and you can't help but show your sincerity." ”

These words were a little numb, Zhu Biao hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Okay, this palace also hopes that Chen Aiqing can assist the palace more, and in the future, the government affairs will be complicated, and the envoys will not be idle, and they will be loyal to their duties." ”

Zhu Biao thought for a while and asked, "What's wrong with the Li family, but they are still selling illicit salt?" ”

Chen Youzong said directly: "The Li family naturally didn't dare to get the admonition of His Royal Highness, but the salt dealers below made a living from this, and the Li family didn't take the lead, and others came out, and now I heard that there was a Wang Baihu." ”

Zhu Biao is not surprised, how can this kind of huge profits always be thrown into it, but the imperial court will never indulge them, and they will kill them if they can't kill them, it is really easy for salt dealers to become a climate.

Selling illicit salt, after all, is a livelihood by licking blood from the knife's edge, and many smuggler salt dealers have money, so they recruit troops and buy horses, form their own armed forces, and form salt trafficking groups.

Most of the people who can become smugglers are people with active minds, bold and careful, who are both rich and armed, and in order to transport salt, they have to deal with local tyrants, peddlers, pawns, three religions and nine streams, and some even collude with officials.

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