Changing rice to mulberry can increase the income of the people of Zhejiang. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but the people can't eat mulberry leaves! You can't even eat silver!

In order to let the people of Zhejiang have food, it is necessary to ensure that other provinces can transfer grain into Zhejiang, and then the political envoy yamen supervises the sale of this grain to the people at a reasonable price.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang are neighboring provinces, and Jiangsu is a major grain-producing province, so it is most suitable to transfer grain from Jiangsu.

Chen Di personally went to Jiangsu to coordinate the grain transfer. He was accompanied by Lu Hupeng, the old gang leader of the Cao Gang. Chen Di planned to let the Cao Gang handle the affairs of transporting grain.

Suzhou, Jiangsu, inside the Yamen of the Grain Road.

Chen Di and Lu Hupeng sat on chairs. Opposite Chen Di, sat Li Hao, Jiangsu Grain Road.

This chestnut man was over sixty years old and had a gray beard. He took a sip of tea and said to Chen Di: "Lord Chen, it stands to reason that Jiangsu borders Zhejiang and is a brother province. Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang has always been one! Since you are a family, you don't talk about two families! Master Chen asked us to transport 9 million catties of grain to Zhejiang every year, which is very difficult to do! I advise you to go to Nanzhili and Anhui to transfer grain!"

This Lord Li has been an official for 30 years, and he thinks that the secret of not falling down after 30 years of being an official is not to do anything. If you don't do anything, you won't make mistakes. If you don't make a mistake, you can get promoted if you are bitter and qualified! His fourth-grade official hat is made out of qualifications. After a few years of peace, according to the rules of the ministry, this is the fourth grade should also be boiled into the third grade.

Nine million catties of grain is not a small amount. The transfer of such a large amount of grain from one province to another inevitably leads to some errors. He didn't want to take on this responsibility!

Chen Di asked Li Hao: "Jiangsu is a major grain-producing province, why can't this batch of grain be transferred?" ”

Li Hao replied: "Although Jiangsu is a large grain-producing province, it also has a large population!" Originally, after collecting grain every year, after deducting the rations of the people, there was some surplus of imperial grain for the imperial court. But this year, it happened that northern Jiangsu was hit by a drought. Jiangsu's grain can only be self-sufficient, but the external transfer is inadequate! ”

Chen Di asked: "No, how did I hear that Jiangsu has a bumper harvest this year?" ”

Li Hao replied: "Lord Chen, hearsay, not enough to believe!" ”

Chen Di said to Lu Hupeng: "Old Gang Leader Lu, you wait for me outside the door first, I have a few private words to say to Lord Li." ”

After Lu Hupeng left, Chen Di asked Li Hao: "Lord Li, how many years have you been boiling for the fourth grade?" ”

Li Hao said: "Alas, the old decay is not as good as the dragon and phoenix among people like Lord Chen, and it has taken more than a year to go from the seventh grade to the second grade. The old decay is the fourth grade, and it has been boiling for 30 years! ”

Chen Di knew in his heart that most of the people in the Jiajing Dynasty were officials, and promotion was the first priority, and wealth was the second priority. He had already sent someone to inquire, and this year's bumper harvest in Jiangsu would definitely be able to get the nine million catties of grain. It must be that Li Hao is afraid of taking responsibility to shirk the drought in northern Jiangsu. Chen Di planned to make heavy profits to Li Hao.

Chen Di said: "Lord Li has been an official for many years, and he has worked hard for the imperial court!" It's too condescending to only make a small four-grade grain road! Tang Xiaojiang, our envoy in Zhejiang, is the protégé of the former first assistant Zhai Luan. Zhai Luan's loss of power is already well known in the Ming officialdom. Zhai Luan, who is the head of the seat, has lost his position, and Tang Xiaojiang's official position as an envoy will soon be lost! I plan to recommend Lord Li as the envoy of Zhejiang, I don't know what Lord Li thinks? ”

Li Hao was overjoyed when he heard it. You must know that at the current rate, it will take several years for him to boil from the fourth grade to the third grade, and it will take several years from the third grade to the third grade! As soon as this Lord Chen Di Chen opened his mouth, he was going to promote him to the high position of the third grade, isn't this pie in the sky?

However, Li Hao has been an official for many years, and he knows the truth that people's words should not be believed, he said: "According to the procurator, he is in charge of a provincial prison, and when the procurator not only asks the officials to nod, but also the criminal department to nod, the cabinet to discuss, and the emperor to decree。。。。。。 ”

Chen Di said: "Ming people don't say dark words. Lord Li, you must have heard that the current Shoufu Yan Songyan is my father-in-law! The Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Officials have also been replaced by his disciples! As for the emperor, I suggested the implementation of the national policy of changing rice to mulberry, and his old man could approve it, and recommend a third-grade official, let alone a problem! ”

Li Hao felt that what Chen Di said was reasonable, and he was so excited that he almost knelt down for Chen Di.

Li Hao said: "If Lord Chen can really promote the old man to be the envoy of Zhejiang, the old man will definitely be a cow and a horse for Lord Chen in his lifetime!" ”

Chen Di nodded: "There is one more thing." ”

Li Hao asked: "What do you dare to ask?" ”

Chen Di said: "Lord Su Wenli is incorruptible, and his family is surrounded by walls. ”

Speaking of what Chen Di said, Li Hao laughed in his heart. He, the grain road of Jiangsu, has 30 properties in Nanjing alone! In Jiangsu, there are thousands of acres of land.

Chen Di took out a silver ticket of 3,000 taels and handed it to Li Hao: "This money is for Lord Li to subsidize his family!" I hope that Lord Li will not refuse! ”

Li Haoxi's eyes became a slit, and he rubbed his hands and said, "Master Chen, it is said that it is useless. This, how good is this! ”

Chen Di forced the silver ticket into Li Hao's sleeve: "Where is it!" As long as Lord Li does a good job of adjusting grain, it will be the greatest credit! ”

Li Hao just said that the disaster in northern Jiangsu Province and the matter of grain transfer were difficult to take shape, and now he immediately changed his tone: "It was difficult to allocate nine million catties of grain!" But for the sake of the national policy of the imperial court to change rice to mulberry, no matter how difficult it is, you have to do it desperately! Rest assured! It's nothing more than Jiangsu Province tightening its belt! Even if you pick it out from the cracks in the granary, I will also cut out nine million catties of grain for you! ”

Chen Di thought to himself, when you finish helping me transfer food, the ghost will help you do what you are a political envoy! He Chen Di will promise a thousand gold to a clean official like Hai Rui, a capable minister like Hu Zongxian, and a famous general like Tang Shunzhi, Qi Jiguang, and Yu Dayou, but he will not promise a thousand gold to a mediocre official like Li Hao!

Chen Di called in Lu Hupeng, and then said to Li Hao: "This is Old Man Lu, the leader of the Cao Gang. After Jiangsu's grain was gathered, the Cao Gang was responsible for transporting it to Zhejiang. Rest assured, this batch of grain was sold to Zhejiang, not to Zhejiang. When the grain is sold to the people and the grain is collected, I will send someone to you Jiangsu Grain Road Yamen! ”

Li Hao arched his hand and said: "Old Man Lu's name is resounding throughout Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the old decay is already like thunder!" What Master Chen said, the old man will definitely do it! ”

Chen Di arched his hand and said: "Then the belly of the people of Zhejiang depends on you, Lord Li!" ”

Chen Di and Lu Hupeng came out of the yamen of Jiangsu Grain Road, and Chen Di said to Lu Hupeng: "This trip to charge grain is related to the national policy of the imperial court and the vitality of the people of Zhejiang, and there must be no mistakes." ”

Lu Hupeng was not worried: "Don't worry, my savior." Although the Cao Gang is a coolie, it still has a bit of reputation in the rivers and lakes. No one dares to beat the idea of the food we are transporting! ”