From the beginning of the court discussion, Sun Shangshu has been very low-key, not at all like the head of the six Shangshu of the foreign dynasty, and several Shangshu below have already expressed their attitude, but he, the Otsuka Zai, is the only one who has not said a word.

In the final analysis, it was because he had just been impeached above the court, and it was not an ordinary impeachment, and the person who impeached him was Yang Lian, a confidant in the present.

At this time, it is only right that Sun Tianguan should keep a low profile, but now, Sun Piyang suddenly jumped out and bluntly said that the problem of often closing positions was because the local officials did not work hard, connived at grain merchants to raise prices, and even said such things as dereliction of duty, which is not like what a low-key person should do......

At the same time, Zhao Shangshu was also stunned for a while, not because Sun Piyang was wrong, on the contrary, Sun Tianguan was telling the truth!

To put it bluntly, the setting of regular liquidation is to grab business with grain merchants, and it is very flexible, and the price of grain needs to be adjusted at any time, and it can be used in the market to stabilize prices.

And this power of pricing is in the hands of the magistrate, so the grain merchants who have a little discernment, every summer and autumn harvest, will start various activities, and strive to be able to influence the operation of the regular liquidation.

What is even more troublesome is that in many places, especially in the prosperous areas of Jiangnan, the grain business is controlled by the local gentry, and the local officials need the cooperation of the gentry in countless places in government affairs.

In this way, the two conveniences also tacitly set the price of the regular closing position very low, and the people will naturally choose the grain merchant side with a slightly higher price, and the magistrate has also saved a lot of work, after all, the purchase of grain has to dispatch personnel, check the accounts, more is better than less, the gentry and large households have benefited, and will naturally give the magistrate benefits and convenience, which can be described as a win-win situation.

On the side of the imperial court, although he knows this, the local affairs are complicated, and for the various reasons that Zhao Shiqing has just mentioned, if the local officials are forcibly ordered to buy grain and fill the regular position, I am afraid it will be even more troublesome.

After all, after entering the official career, some things are inevitable gray areas, and no one cares about it if there is no chaos, which can be regarded as a small drawback in the Ming system.

Zhao Shiqing naturally knew these things in his heart, but he didn't know much about the tax of the household department, how could he have the time to manage the regular liquidation, not to mention that he was in charge of the household department, this matter involved the issue of the official department, and it was inconvenient for him to say more, so as not to make people think that he had the heart to covet the ministry.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that Sun Piyang would stand up and admit his mistakes!

Yes, it is a self-admitting fault, and it is not uncommon for local officials and gentry to collude and manipulate prices, but generally speaking, as long as they are not caught, they are fine, and Sun Piyang, as the secretary of the ministry, stood up above the court to accuse the local officials of conniving at businessmen to raise prices, and was derelict in his duties.

You must know that the power to elect officials below the third grade is in the hands of the ministry, and basically every official who has entered the yellow post of the ministry is signed by him, the secretary of the ministry.

An official in the front foot court just came forward to impeach him, and at this time he handed his handle out, could it be that this Otsuka Jae gave up treatment?

Turning his head to look, Zhao Shiqing found something strange again, and after listening to Sun Piyang's statement, Wan Shide's face was faintly excited.

Zhao Shangshu has been in officialdom for a long time, and he reacted instantly, this is Sun Shangshu showing goodwill to Wan Shide!

How to show favor? Of course, it is a great credit to the newly appointed Wan Zongxian.

What did the imperial historian do, isn't it just to picket hundreds of officials and impeach hundreds of bureaucrats?

If Wan Zongxian has just taken charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, if he takes advantage of the situation to set off a rectification movement in the officialdom, it will inevitably make him earn a lot of prestige, and he will be able to establish prestige among the imperial history.

After all, the Imperial Court is different from other yamen in the imperial court, and the Imperial History of each province is under the door of the Imperial Procuratorate, and although these imperial histories are named under the Imperial Palace, they are not too constrained by the Imperial Procuratorate.

Thinking about it a little deeper, Jiang Shixin in Wenxuan Shilang had just been impeached by Yang Lian for favoritism, and the Son of Heaven ordered the Metropolitan Procuratorate to try the case with Dali Temple, which was actually to hand over the trial power to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

This is the formal procedure of the imperial court, the Metropolitan Procuratorate hears the case, and the Dali Temple reviews it, so the presiding judge must be Wan Shide.

Sun Piyang sold it to Wan Shide at this time, presumably Wan Zongxian always had to show mercy to his subordinates when trying the case......

"Ahem, the topic is a bit far away! Since Zhao Shangshu thinks that a whip law will cause grain prices to fluctuate, then why not take the Metropolitan Procuratorate as the head and jointly set up a group of personnel with the Ministry of Households, led by a highly respected minister, to go to various places to take charge of the stabilization of grain prices? ”

Lao Shoufu seemed to be very happy, his eyebrows were spread, and although he said that the topic was far away, he obviously didn't feel angry at all.

"It works! However, the situation is different in different places, and if you send the Qincha one by one, will it be too public? And the court may not have enough manpower! ”

Zhao Shiqing pondered for a moment and nodded.

The matter of regular liquidation can be suspended, and the household department is not without regular liquidation, there is no way to stabilize prices, if the Qin cha is sent to various places, under real-time control, it must also be able to control grain prices.

However, there is another problem, that is, if there are so many places in the country, if all the Qin missions are sent there, the movement will be too big.

It's okay to say that there are already patrols and imperial histories available in various places, but on the side of the household department, there are so many officials who are familiar with the economy to go to various places for a while......

"Don't worry about this matter!"

It was Sun Piyang who spoke, and when everyone heard this, they were shocked again, what happened to this Sun Tianguan today? The matter of Fang Cai Chang closing the position is related to the household department, and he just wants to speak, but now that the general trend has been decided, Zhao Shiqing and Lord Shoufu are clearly discussing the details, this kind of pure economic issue is Zhao Shiqing's professional field, what does it matter to him as a minister? Didn't you see a bunch of people who were silent?

"Yuanfu, according to the old man's opinion, a whip law does not need to be too harsh, can be temporarily in one place, after controlling the price of grain, and then slowly figure it out, what you are worried about, nothing more than a change in the tax policy, food prices fluctuate suddenly, but as long as it adapts, the price of grain will follow the example, we might as well start from one place, and wait until one place is stable, and then go to another place, so that the smooth transition can be ensured, and the household department will not be busy!"

Sun Shangshu said in an orderly manner, which made Zhao Shiqing stunned for a while, not to question Sun Tianguan's method, nor to be surprised that he could say this, but to be a little strange, why did Sun Piyang say these words......