"It's true that the original thing was that your Feng family was in front of you, so in the end, the imperial court didn't have a big loss, but does it have anything to do with what you need to say today? Do you still want to win everyone's sympathy with what happened so many years ago? The adult said mockingly, "I said, Lord Feng, I'm afraid you don't know that you can't come up with a better idea, so play the emotional card!" ”

"My idea is a hundred times better than your bullshit idea!" Feng Chi said disdainfully, "The famine back then, everyone only knew that it was the credit of the three elders of the Feng family, but in fact, at that time, as long as the Feng family was able to go out to deal with things, all of them participated in it, and it was an honor to be here, and it also helped a lot, if you don't believe it, go to the southwest and ask, it is estimated that there are still many old people who know my name!" ”

Hearing Feng Chi's words, the prime minister opened his mouth, "I also heard about this matter at the beginning, and then I went to verify it, and what Lord Feng said is not false." ”

"Since the Prime Minister also knows, then this matter is much easier to handle, compared to General Shen Xiao, who has just won the battle, I have dealt with the famine many years ago, I have a certain amount of experience and means, and there is also the support of the Feng family behind me, I don't think General Shen Xiao is more suitable for this position than me!" Feng Chi slowly spoke, "Besides, didn't the adult just now say that he wanted to persuade those grain merchants to donate food, pay attention, it would be even more impossible!" According to the practice since ancient times, in addition to storing the grain prepared by the government, the granaries of each place will also be rented to the local large grain merchants to store grain, and the grain merchants will also pay the government rent on a regular basis, and it is precisely because of this that these grain merchants will price the grain according to the government's recommendations. Moreover, those who can get the status of a big grain merchant in a place and cooperate with the government are all very prestigious, and if the imperial court directly sends people to persuade them to donate grain, it may also cause them to resist, and the situation that will arise at that time will be immeasurable to us. Businessmen were originally seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, but now that there is such a thing as a famine, they have not raised the price of grain to 10 times and 100 times, and they can already be regarded as having a conscience. ”

"Although they are merchants, they are also the emperor's people, can't they make some contributions to the imperial court at such a time?" The lord continued to speak: "Could it be that Lord Chengfeng thinks that these businessmen can be independent of the control of the imperial court?" ”

Hearing this, the mockery in Feng Chi's tone became even stronger, "Since you have talked about this aspect, my lord, then let's talk about the businessman carefully." Since ancient times, the imperial court has attached great importance to the development of agriculture, although the people who do business are rich, but the social status is not high, their children will also be treated differently, and even compared to the children of ordinary people, let me ask, if you have monstrous wealth, can you tolerate your own children, can you compare with others? It is precisely because of this situation that the merchants will have all kinds of unbalanced psychology in their hearts, and now the imperial court wants to persuade them to donate food without giving any benefits, isn't this just taking people's money for nothing and not even giving a sweet date? Besides, according to your idea, my lord, you take the grain donated by those grain merchants for free and sell it, and then the money you earn is returned to the national treasury, is this what the imperial court should do? Do you think those people in business would be stupid enough for you to make this money? ”

"Could it be that you still hope that the imperial court will distribute all the food you have worked so hard to get to the people for free?" The man asked rhetorically, "When the common people usually live and work in peace and contentment, they can't realize the benefits of the imperial court, and they think that our imperial court is dispensable, and now that something happens, do they know that they have come to seek refuge?" ”

"Hahaha, this adult, you are really naïve!" Feng Chi looked at him, his eyes were like looking at a fool, "The boat is the people's water, the water can carry the boat, and it can also capsize the boat!" If the common people really feel that the court is dispensable and dissatisfied with the court, do you think the current regime can still be so stable? Besides, the famine is a special situation, no one wants to encounter such a thing, as a court official, what we should do is for the sake of the people, not take advantage of this time to make profits from it, if it is ugly again, your approach is to destroy human nature, take advantage of the famine to make a windfall, my lord, you yourself are this kind of thinking, is it difficult to let the court carry this reputation like you? ”

"Feng Chi, you are presumptuous!" This person's face was already ugly, but the shelf was still full of "The reason why I put forward these ideas is just for the sake of the imperial court, what do you mean by this!" ”

Feng Chi didn't pay attention to his temper at all, and said lightly, "What do I mean, adults know it very well in their hearts!" After saying this lightly, Feng Chi walked to the side of the Tobe Shangshu and slowly spoke, "Before I comment on the last suggestion of the adult, I would like to ask the Tobe Shangshu a question, I remember that there seems to be a record on the Tobu side, there are many places where the land is not suitable for crop cultivation, so most of the people there choose to do business, and the food they usually need is purchased from nearby villages or towns, right?" ”

"Yes, and there are quite a few such places." Hubu Shangshu nodded, "In addition, minerals such as iron ore, copper ore, gold ore, etc., which are nationalized, are also directly fenced off in this place, and then local people are used to collect them, so the people in these places will not be engaged in crop cultivation, and their food also needs to be purchased from other places." ”

"Then if that's the case, can the method here in the capital really be perfectly implemented anywhere?" Feng Chi slowly spoke, "We all know that the capital is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and it is naturally richer than other places, but now the situation in the capital is already like this, what will be the extent of other places?" Moreover, as the Tobe Shangshu just said, there are many places where people cannot engage in agriculture for different reasons, so what should these people do, just starve to death? ”

After Feng Chi finished saying this, the scene quieted down, just after the adult finished speaking, they originally thought that those methods were very reasonable, but after being said by Feng Chi one by one, they only felt that those ideas just now were adding fuel to the fire of the famine, and there was no point in improvement.

"Since you've criticized all my ideas, what better ideas do you have, or you can't come up with any perfect solutions, just those are just strong words and quibbles!" Although he knew that what Feng Chi said had his own truth, but this lord did not intend to give in like this, he had reached this point, whether it was advancing or retreating, this court would not be able to stay, it was better to try to fight one last time, maybe there would be a chance.

"Since you sincerely asked, as a junior, I naturally want to talk about it!" Feng Chi stood back in his seat as he spoke, "Because of the particularity of the matter, I can only point to it, and the specific ideas and measures will be implemented when the time comes, and your lords will naturally understand!" Prime Minister, what do you think? ”

Hearing Feng Chi's words, the prime minister nodded lightly, "Although the matter at the border is now resolved, we are not sure if there will be other dangers, after all, General Shen Xiao and they also encountered assassination on the way back, it is better to be careful in this period, Lord Feng only needs to point to the end, and the rest of us have our own judgments in our hearts." ”

"First of all, I will ask the emperor to issue a holy decree first, now that there is a famine, the biggest problem we face is food, so who has food?" Shen Zhinan slowly spoke, "Since those businessmen feel that their social status is not high, then we will start from this aspect and meet their requirements, and this kind of thing is naturally easy to discuss!" ”

"Second, things like sending ministers don't worry at all, now is a relatively special period, if another minister comes out, those magistrates are too late to entertain the ministers, how can they have the heart to deal with the problems of the common people?"

"Third, I remember that the imperial court will buy a certain amount of grain from the people every year as a war reserve, according to the current situation, there will be no major war in the short term, so the imperial court can completely distribute this grain to those places where there is no way to engage in agriculture and animal husbandry according to the population, so as to solve their urgent needs."

"Fourth, the most difficult thing to solve this time is not the grain, but those magistrates, when there was no accident before, it was naturally Haiqing Heyan and a piece of peace, but now that something happens, those corrupt officials will naturally come out to make trouble, and what's more, there will be people who will unite with the local big grain merchants to raise prices and fish and meat people, so what we need to do is to send trustworthy people from the imperial court to make secret visits everywhere to ensure that no such thing happens anywhere, and if there is, these people can also be dealt with in the first time."

"In the end, there will be a great epidemic after the catastrophe, so we should prepare all the medicines that may be used before the epidemic appears, and then gather all the famous doctors in the world to always be prepared for what may happen later."

"Okay, I've got my thoughts out, I wonder what you guys think?" After Feng Chi finished speaking, he let out a long breath, "An excitement, everything that should be said is almost done, and it can't be regarded as the end of the point, no matter what, please don't spread it everywhere!" ”