"Your Highness, I do have an idea, but it is more difficult to implement." Feng Chi then spoke, "And if this matter is really to be said, it is very likely to break the ancestral system of the past generations." ”

"It's all come to this point, just say whatever you want!" The prince waved his hand and motioned for him to continue.

"Isn't what we're worried about now is the problem of big grain merchants, so what if we can think about this matter from a different angle?" Feng Chi carefully explained, "Why do these big grain merchants stock up so much grain, and ask the government for help?" ”

After hearing Feng Chi's words, the prince immediately said what he thought: "As big grain merchants, they naturally hoard grain to sell it for money, as for asking the government for help, it may be that they are not strong enough to keep these grains, so they turn their targets to the government." ”

"Yes, because these people want to make money, so they hoard grain, but because their own strength is not enough, so they hit the idea on the government, what if we now represent the government to talk to them about cooperation?" Feng Chi then spoke, "Although the difference in the price of grain is very large now, even several times that of previous years, we are not without places to take advantage of. Since ancient times, the imperial court has believed that commerce is the least worthy of advocacy, after all, the common people still have to focus on agriculture, so businessmen have not been valued, and their children are easy to be excluded, and over time, a kind of contempt for merchants has formed in society. No matter how rich those big grain merchants are, they are just some merchants, for them, they have nothing but money, their social status is even lower, and it is difficult for their children to receive a better education......"

"So we can use their social status and their needs to negotiate this business?" The prince asked, "We give money, they give food, and then we provide them with a certain amount of security, is that right?" ”

Feng Chi nodded, "Yes, most of the reasons why those businessmen choose to do business are forced by the situation, after all, no one wants to be looked down upon, and no one wants their children to be treated differently, these things cannot be solved by money." And precisely, these things can be solved in a few words! ”

"This method sounds feasible, since you already have an idea, then go down and write a detailed excerpt and hand it over, and after I show it to my father, I will implement it immediately!" The prince opened his mouth and said, "By the way, you two brothers will discuss, after this famine, the imperial court will send a minister to inspect everywhere, first, to see how the recovery situation is after the famine, and second, to clear the atmosphere of officialdom!" ”

"Chancellor, the two of us?" Feng Lu pointed at himself and Feng Chi, and said in surprise, "Your Highness, this is not appropriate!" The two of us are just newcomers who have just entered the bureaucracy, and if this kind of errand falls on our heads, those old ministers will not be convinced! ”

"This time the matter was originally based on your two brothers, even if others have opinions, there is no reason to say, and when the matter of the famine is completely resolved, I will like my father's request to give the two of you promotions, and when your official position comes up, those people can only hold back even if they have any opinions."

"Your Highness......"

Seeing that Feng Chi wanted to say something more, the prince directly interrupted him, "I went to Fengfu in person, not to let you two brothers come over to be these sesame petty officials, you Feng family brothers are all talented people, but only the two of you are willing to enter the court as officials, if the situation does not allow it, I would like to pile up many positions for you, so even if you are promoted in the future, it is what you deserve." ”

After the prince's words were finished, the two brothers fell silent, they didn't fail to hear the prince's words, they were able to enter the court as an official and rise step by step, which is a good thing to glorify the ancestors, but in the middle, it is also accompanied by ubiquitous dangers, the jealousy of villains, and the difficulties of predecessors...... As soon as they go to a higher place, these things will follow.

Although the two brothers didn't speak, but the prince was not in a hurry, he said his thoughts directly today, mainly to see the attitude of the two people, if the two brothers can accept this matter, then what awaits them in the future will definitely be step by step and supreme glory, but if the two brothers feel that it is too dangerous and choose to retreat, then they can give them these things as the prince in front of them.

The study is very quiet, and time seems to pass very slowly, and the whole atmosphere makes people panic for no reason.

After a long time, Feng Chi and Feng Lu glanced at each other, and then knelt down, "Your Highness Xie is so loving, the two brothers will definitely do their best for Your Highness in the future, and they will die!" ”

Seeing the actions of the two brothers, the prince also knew that he had accepted the two of them, so he didn't put on any srest, and personally helped the two of them up, "Hurry up, the two of you, the days will be so long in the future, I still have a lot of things to rely on." ”

After saying everything he needed to report, Feng Chi and Feng Lu said goodbye to the prince and returned to Feng Mansion.

In the afternoon of the same day, Feng Chi wrote out the fold and sent it directly to the prince's mansion, and it didn't take long for the prince to come out of the palace and go in the direction of the palace.

The next day.

In the early dynasty, the emperor still did not show up, and it was the crown prince who acted as the ruler of the court, and at the same time, a new holy decree also came out.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said: The matter of today's border has been perfectly resolved, the general Shen Zhinan and Han Luyun of the Han Mansion have made great contributions, after I have thought about it again, I decided to canonize Shen Zhinan as a mighty general, take charge of all the affairs of the city defense camp outside the imperial city, stab a thousand acres of fiefdom, and reward a thousand taels of gold; canonized Han Luyun as the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and assisted the Secretary of the Ministry of Officials in managing the affairs of the Ministry of Officials; In addition, Han Luyun is the prince of the Hou Mansion and has a hereditary title, so he added a fief of 100 acres and rewarded 1,000 taels of gold! ”

"You also learned yesterday that these two met assassins on the way, so there will be a delay in returning to Beijing, so these rewards will be sent to their respective mansions after they return to Beijing." The crown prince handed the decree to the eunuch on the side, and then continued, "I wonder if you have any questions?" ”

"The ministers have no objections." The ministers below spoke in unison.

The crown prince raised his eyebrows and took out the second holy decree, but he didn't open it, "Since you adults don't have any problems, then I'll talk about the second thing." Now that the border matter has been settled, everyone knows that the problem of famine is at hand. Yesterday I summoned the two lords of Feng Chi Feng Lu to discuss in detail in the prince's mansion, and then Lord Feng Chi came up with a solution, the fold has been sent to my father, and the holy decree has been written, but due to some special reasons, this holy decree will only be handed over to Lord Feng Chi at that time, how to arrange the specific matters, and ask other adults to cooperate with Lord Feng's work. ”

"Your Highness, the famine is not a trivial matter, just because of a piece of music that no one has ever seen, and a holy decree that cannot be read, have you decided to hand this matter over to Lord Feng?" As soon as the prince's words were finished, a minister stood up below, "Of course, the minister said these words not to question Lord Feng's true talent, it's just that Lord Feng was awarded such a heavy task after only a few months of being an official in the court, isn't it a bit too hasty?" ”

"Then this lord should tell me, what do you think about this famine?" The prince said lightly, "Yesterday I have listened to the whole plan of Lord Feng, if you are not convinced, please say what you think, and then I will make a careful comparison!" ”

"Who in the court doesn't know that the two Lord Feng came to visit His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in person before they entered the court as officials, and now except for His Royal Highness and the two Lord Feng who know the specific content of the fold, the rest of us don't know, even if I say it well, as long as His Royal Highness says a little bit, it will be useless!" The person who stands up is sober-minded and very good at finding loopholes.

Hearing this, the prince snorted coldly, "Since the adults think that I can't believe it as a prince, why don't we let the prime minister take a look at this performance, and then compare it with the prime minister, how about it?" ”

"Since the prime minister became an official in the court, he has been honest and honest, fair, and rarely participates in party and government factions, so the minister naturally trusts him as a person." This man didn't seem to notice the prince's dislike for him, turned to Feng Chi, and said fearlessly, "I don't know if Lord Feng is sure of his own thoughts, dare to take my challenge?" ”

"Since this adult has said so, then Feng Chi naturally wants to accompany him." Feng Chi smiled and said, "If you don't accompany you, Feng Chi will also help the adults point out the shortcomings!" ”

When this person heard Feng Chi's words, his tone was full of mockery, "Huangkou Xiaoer, I don't know where you got the confidence, since you talk to the seniors of officialdom like this!" ”

Feng Chi but indifferent said, "Who in this world doesn't know, my father was the number one person who was amazingly talented, and he just didn't like this smoky court, so he chose to resign, otherwise this adult, do you think that with your talent, you can rank in the emperor's heart?" Although I don't say that I am the first in the world, but I was also taught by my father, looking at the world, there are really not many people who can compare with my talent! ”

"I didn't know that your father taught you to be so arrogant!" This person's face was full of contempt, "It's true that your father was talented at the beginning, but that was only in the past, and now the world is no longer the same as it was at the beginning, you are so arrogant and complacent, aren't you afraid of smashing your father's reputation in the end?" ”