Master Qi, tell me about the specific things."

Han Yi belonged to the old rivers and lakes in the end, and quickly looked at Qi Zongdao with a solemn face.

"Elder Han Ge, I don't know too much about the specific things. However, as far as the lower officials knew, it was the Jinyi Guard who raided the shops, and I don't know what kind of thief actually spread rumors among the people, saying that the imperial court would take the grain into the state and forbid anyone to buy it."

After Mr. Qi finished speaking, he also looked solemn, and now the Jiannu army is eyeing outside, but the city is in chaos first, which will inevitably have a major impact on the future defense of the city.

"Do you know who did it and who caught it"?

Han Yi didn't come up with a clue for a long time, and asked softly.

"This, the lower officials are incompetent. The thieves are very cunning, and after spreading rumors, they flee quickly, and there is no way to find out."

Mr. Qi was a little embarrassed, originally he himself wanted to send officials to arrest him on the street, but compared to tens of thousands of people, he couldn't let go of his hands at all with hundreds of people. More importantly, I am worried that once the government takes to the streets, it is very likely that those thieves who spread rumors will be seriously punished, causing panic among the people in other areas and increasing the number of people paraded in the streets.

Han Yi also seemed to be able to understand what President Qi was worried about, and he didn't talk about sending troops to forcibly disperse at all.

For a while, everyone frowned, and there was no expression on their faces.

As for Zhu Youxiao, he was even more confused, and he didn't count the thoughts of the people.

I thought that with a vision that was hundreds of years ahead, I could play with the entire Ming Dynasty, but who would have thought that I was really not an opponent when I played conspiracy.

Of course, what should be considered is who did this matter, if it is Jiannu, it is still excusable, after all, the two sides belong to hostile forces.

And public opinion warfare is also a tactic, which can more or less disturb the stability of the enemy country, but if it is one's own people, the so-called one is really a matter of condemnation.

It's just that there are too many enemies now, Jiannu on the surface, the Donglin Party in the secret, and the Xungui group that has just offended.

Thinking of this, he looked at Han Yi with a solemn face, and then shook his head, seeing that Han Hong's performance was not pretending, it was very likely that he was really worried.

In this way, it is Jiannu and Xungui. But if it is said that it is noble, what good will it do them if there is chaos in the city?

Zhu Youxiao said, "Ladies and gentlemen, how should we arrange for the people in the city?"

Han Yi and the others looked at me, I looked at you, and no one stood up to answer this.

In fact, everyone also knows that the only way to force this situation is to send troops to disperse it by force, otherwise the longer it drags on, the greater the chaos will be, and it is very likely that it will not be able to contain it in the end.

It's just that it's easy to send troops, but it's hard to say in the future. After all, everyone reads the books of sages and sages, and every day they talk about the importance of the people and the lightness of the king. Once he asks to send troops to disperse, how will he survive in Shilin in the future.

Looking at everyone's reactions, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel angry in his heart.

Think about what you want to do in the past, and come over to bargain with yourself at every turn, looking like you are worried about the king, and now it's really time to use you, but one by one you have pulled up the trick of protecting yourself.

It's just that if you let yourself say this, you won't be able to say it yourself.

For a while, the entire Fengtian Hall stared at each other, thinking in their hearts that the other party could say it, so they pulled up a shield and took advantage of the situation.

"Your Majesty, the old slave has a small suggestion."

Wei Zhongxian, who has always had a very low sense of existence since he retired from the dynasty, said a word when he saw the stitches, which immediately attracted Han Yi and several Donglin parties to look sideways one by one. I want to hear what good advice this person I hated the most in the past can say.

"Say ......", the upset Zhu Youxiao said angrily.

"Your Majesty, since the people in the city think that the grain should be collected and state-owned, why don't you take out the grain and sell it to the people in the city."

"Huh"?

Zhu Youxiao was stunned when he heard this.

"Yes, others don't know, how much grain is there in these commercial houses, but they are clear, think about the 20 million catties of grain they bought from the modern society, more than 10 million catties were all purchased by these commercial houses, presumably the grain reserves of these 11 commercial banks are at least a few million catties. I directly and generously took out 1 million catties of food, and I believe that it is easy to disperse the people who have gathered."

"Your Majesty, by no means. This grain is prepared for the army outside the city, and once the army outside the city knows that we are selling food to the people of the city, let them think about it. In the event of a mutiny, the danger to them will be greater than that of tens of thousands of civilians."

Han Yi, who didn't know the specific reserves of grain, hurriedly stood up and said anxiously.

Compared with the tens of thousands of people in this area, the hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city are the most important. You must know that once a soldier mutinies, the combat effectiveness alone is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

These armies have been fighting foreign operations for a long time and are well-trained in peacetime. What's more, they have a leader, and the common people are more like a flock of aimless sheep, although he gnaws the grass of the whole area everywhere he goes.

But once the army slips, they often have a goal, they know how to do it in the future, and often they will not destroy a certain area too much, but will deal with it properly, so as to lay a firm foundation for dealing with the future purge of the imperial court.

Zhu Youxiao can be said to be bitter and can't say it, Han Yi doesn't know the amount of grain reserves, he only thinks that the grain of these commercial houses is only a few hundred thousand catties, enough for the army outside the city, once it is distributed to the people in the city, it is not enough at all. Not to mention that Han Yi didn't know, presumably even Wei Zhongxian wouldn't know how much grain there was in these trading houses.

It's just that I know it but I don't dare to say it, after all, the name of this business house belongs to Wei Zhongxian, and it seems that he only knew it today.

"Don't worry about Old Han Ge, the old farmer has already heard what Old Han Ge is worried about."

Wei Zhongxian saw the worried look of his boss Yifu, and instantly understood what Zhu Youxiao was worried about, and his face was calm.

Han Yi hummed softly after hearing Wei Zhongxian's words, raised his head and looked directly at Wei Zhongxian, wanting to see what kind of words Wei Zhongxian could say?

"Your Majesty, the old slave's Four Seas Trading House has just opened, and in order to be able to quickly make the reputation of the Four Seas Trading House, he specially purchased a large amount of grain from the south, which is enough for 100,000 stones. After these days of consumption, plus the 20,000 stone sent to the army outside the city, there are still 60,000 stone of food in the shops, which can completely appease the people in the city."

"100,000 stones? Now there are 200,000 taels of silver per stone of grain, I didn't expect you Wei Zhongxian to be quite rich"?

In order not to show his feet, Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Zhongxian in surprise, and his words seemed to be reproachful.

"The old slave is guilty, but not all of these silver taels belong to the old slave, most of them are IOUs made by some trading houses in the south, and I thought that I would pay them back one by one when I made money in the future."

Wei Zhongxian knelt on the ground and hurriedly explained, his face was frightened, but he was lying flat in his heart.

"Take out all the grain of your merchant house at once, and sell it to the people of the city for two taels of silver, and give half of the silver sold to the state treasury, and the other half to my inner money."

Wei Zhongxian naturally has no opinion, it is not his own thing.