Imperial City, Qinzheng Palace.

"Yuan Qing said that he seemed to give 200,000 taels of silver to the officials of Lin'an Mansion and the soldiers in front of the palace?"

Zhao Yun looked at the indignant Yuan Fu below and frowned.

"Back to the Holy Place, it's true. His Majesty cares about all the people in the world, and takes out the **** private placement to Jia Rudao to buy food for the affected people, but that Jia thief is bold and does not want to repay the emperor's kindness, and dares to use this kind of silver to buy people's hearts without permission, it is really ......"

Looking at Yuan Fu, who was spitting everywhere, Li Shao, who was standing with his hand, quietly pulled Yuan Fu's sleeve with his hand, and when Yuan Fu turned around, he looked at Zhao Yunnunu, who was sitting on the top with an obviously abnormal complexion.

Zhao Yun was too quiet when he heard the news, and he was a little quiet.

You must know that it was 200,000 taels of silver, and it was also 200,000 taels of silver taken out of his inner treasury. These silver are all used to support him to feed the three palaces and six courtyards, Jia Rudao generously rewarded those little officials who have no on weekdays, and all of them are wine bags and rice bags, Zhao Yun was a little surprised at first, and then he was too calm, and he didn't have a little angry posture after being surprised.

This is obviously too abnormal, it seems...... It was as if he had known about it for a long time.

Thinking of this, Li Shao's heart couldn't help but burst.

Looking around, Qiao Xingjian, Li Zongmian, Li Mingfu, and Zheng Qingzhi all looked like old gods, which was also too abnormal. Zheng Qingzhi can also explain that Qiao Xingjian and Li Mingfu obviously shouldn't be such a performance.

"Hey, why didn't Yuan Qing say it? I'm listening. ”

Yuan Fu stopped suddenly, and Zhao Yun, who was obviously a little delirious, seemed to find out after a while, and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, please ask Your Majesty to immediately summon Jia Rudao into the palace to confront him, and explain why the silver taels that His Majesty gave him to buy grain were squandered like this."

"Okay, Dong Companion, you go and summon the Dao into the palace to do something."

Zhao Yun didn't think about it, and immediately said.

He gave Jia Nidao 200,000 taels of silver, or rather, he lent Jia Nidao the 200,000 taels of silver. Jia Nidao told him to dispose of it, but he didn't know how to deal with it, so he also wanted to hear what Jia Nidao planned to do.

……

When Dong Songchen arrived at the south gate, the soldiers of the front division of the palace had already opened up the situation outside the south gate, but fortunately, there were not many people gathered outside the south gate, but only tens of thousands. In the face of 10,000 soldiers in front of the palace, no one was stupid enough to fight with the officials, but they just injured some people because of crowding and trampling. The situation is still better than Jia seems to have expected.

The soldiers in front of the palace shocked the displaced people, and a cadre of Lin'an Mansion also quickly went out of the city, and followed Jia Yidao out of the city together, as well as hundreds of carts of grain. The homeless people just want a way to live, and they don't see food, how can they highlight the determination of the imperial court to rescue people from disaster relief? So even though it may cause robbery, Jia Rudao still chooses to show some food first to appease the hearts of these displaced people.

Fortunately, there are not many displaced people outside Lin'an City now. And there are also 10,000 soldiers in front of the palace, otherwise Jia Rudao would not dare to pull the already small amount of grain in his hands out of the city directly and expose it to the eyes of these homeless people.

According to his plan, more than 1,000 officials of Lin'an Mansion quickly divided the tens of thousands of displaced people outside the south gate in an orderly manner with the help of the soldiers in front of the palace, slowly gathered and gradually divided, and finally gathered all the displaced people to the south gate for resettlement, which was not easy to manage. After all, the news of the opening of the south gate will soon spread to the rest of the city gates, and those displaced people who are still waiting to open the door will inevitably take the initiative to converge at the south gate, so that there will obviously be a lot less work and more control.

The displaced are not terrible, but the uncontrolled displaced are terrible.

From the very beginning, he did a good job of controlling and not letting the displaced people gather, even if it was millions of displaced people, Jia Rudao was sure that he would settle them all down and there would not be too much chaos.

Of course, the idea is good, and the specific implementation process depends on the officials of Lin'an Mansion and the soldiers in front of the palace. With the increase in the number of displaced people, the more than 1,000 officials in Lin'an Mansion are obviously not enough, and the soldiers in front of the palace are also insufficient, so it is necessary to settle these displaced people while the number of displaced people is still small. It is to be expected that there will be more displaced people coming from behind. With batch control, all the displaced people can be controlled, and there will be no chaos. This is Jia Yidao's plan.

That's why he left the city when he didn't have much food in his hands.

Food can be found slowly, but the displaced people must first have order.

The situation behind is still unknown, at least now it seems that everything is still very orderly, the homeless people saw more than 100 carts of grain and quickly quieted down, plus there are strong and stubborn soldiers in front of the palace guarding the grain, so they are all honestly waiting for the arrangement of the officials of Lin'an Mansion.

After whispering to Dong Songchen for a while, Jia Rudao smiled coldly and said hello to Yu Ci and the others, got on the horse and followed Dong Songchen straight to the imperial city.

So much silver was scattered at once, he already knew that there was no way to hide it, not to mention that he didn't plan to cover it up, but he didn't expect that Yuan Fu would jump out in a hurry before the disaster relief began.

……

When Jia Rudao arrived at the Qinzheng Palace, Zhao Yun had been waiting for a long time. Of course, on the one hand, he mainly discussed the problem of disaster relief with Qiao Xingjian and others, and the countermeasures were naturally there.

But obviously, all the problems come down to only one word, money.

If there is no silver, no matter how good the countermeasures are, they are also flowers in the mirror, and there is no meaning at all. With silver, you can buy food, and with food, you can naturally save all the victims, otherwise you can only watch these victims starve to death outside Lin'an City.

If you want to enter the city, it is naturally impossible.

"Dare to ask Lord Jia, the Holy Lord bought the silver for Lord Jia to buy food for disaster relief, I don't know...... How much grain did Lord Jia buy? ”

As soon as Jia Rudao stood still, Yuan Fu sneered and became difficult.

Glancing at Zhao Yun, Jia Rudao hugged his fists and said: "Dare to ask Lord Yuan, I don't know how Lord Yuan learned that the 200,000 taels of silver that the Holy Lord gave to the lower officials were used to buy grain?" ”

Hearing Jia Rudao's words, Yuan Fu was slightly stunned.

"Hehe, Lord Jia, the silver in the private placement of the Holy Inner Treasury is all needed by His Majesty, the Holy Lord cares about all the people, and gives these silver to Lord Jia, what is the use of not buying food to help the displaced people outside the city?"

Li Shao said with a smile on the side.

"Then can Master Li tell the lower officials that Lin'an Mansion is now ...... Well, what is the price of food in Lin'an City? ”

"This ...... The old man didn't know. Li Shao was a little dazed, but he said truthfully.

"Does Lord Yuan know?"

Jia Yidao didn't care, and smiled and hugged his fist at Yuan Fu.

"What does the price of food have to do with the Holy Lord's silver relief? Lord Jia, is it because of a weak heart? Yuan Fu seemed to be extremely dissatisfied with Jia Nidao's fluttering attitude, and stared at Jia Nidao with his sleeves and shouted.

Such a milky yellow-mouthed child, who has not dried up, has risen to prominence in just a few months, as if he is already an existence that no one in the court can ignore, and now he can compete with himself in this court and discuss this national event, how can Yuan Fu be willing?

"Lord Yuan, where did you start with this empty heart?" Jia Rudao didn't care, "It seems that Lord Yuan is also high above the temple, and he rarely touches the fireworks in this world." Well, the next official came to tell Lord Yuan that two months ago, the price of grain in Lin'an Mansion was two dollars with one stone; A month ago, the price of grain was two times with one stone; Half a month ago, the price of grain was already more than four times per stone, but now, Lord Yuan can guess how many times each stone is, and how many times can you buy 200,000 taels of silver. ”

Jia seemed to look at the stunned Yuan Fudao and smiled coldly.

"How so?" Before Yuan Fu could move, Li Shao next to him had already exclaimed,

However, in January, food prices still more than quadrupled.

"Hehe, what's impossible? Naturally, all of you have good friends with businessmen, don't you know that now in Lin'an City, except for human life that is not valuable, everything else is valuable? Today, the price of grain in Lin'an City is six guan and one stone, and many grain merchants still have no grain to sell, can the two adults tell the lower officials, how many stones of grain can be bought for these 200,000 taels of silver? Hey. ”

Jia Rudao swept Zhao Yun, who was also shocked, and suddenly smiled inexplicably.

"Bold."

Zhao Yun, who was sitting on the emperor's throne, quickly reacted and shouted angrily.

"These profiteers want to hoard food here and make a fortune in a big country, they are really hateful and should be killed!"

At first, money was always exchanged for one tael of silver, but according to the price comparison after the Dafa meeting now, one tael of silver can be exchanged for three to four yuan. 200,000 taels of silver, but 800,000 yuan in the sky.

800,000 yuan, according to today's market price to buy grain, can only buy about 100,000 stone. What can 100,000 stone of grain be used against the more than 200,000 displaced people outside the city? I'm afraid it can only be three days' rations. And, obviously, this time the displaced people cannot be only 200,000 people, and there will be more displaced people coming.

Jia Rudao has already said it so clearly, if Zhao Yun still doesn't understand what's going on, then he can only say that he is a waste. However, obviously, Zhao Yun is not a waste.

"Your Majesty's anger is relieved!"

Seeing that Zhao Yun was furious, Qiao Xingjian and the others bowed in unison.

"Not all businessmen are making a fortune in the country, and Weichen can barely buy some grain this time by relying on a few giant businessmen who are dedicated to the country......"

"What did Master Jia say, but that Zheng Daguan?"

Li Mingfu, who had not intervened in the governor's affairs and signed the Privy Council, suddenly smiled strangely at this time and interjected.

"Hey, Master Li even knows each other?"

"Hehe, the old man heard that the officials of Zheng not only gave Jia Bachelor food, but also more bran. It is said that now the Zheng officials are still buying a large amount of bran, I wonder if Mr. Jia can say that this bran ...... What is it used for? ”

Li Mingfu smiled kindly, much like a rich man. However, his words made Jia Rudao's eyes involuntarily squint slightly.

glanced at Qiao Xingjian, who was standing next to Li Mingfu with low eyebrows, and sure enough, none of these old things were easy to get along with, and I originally thought that I could hide it for a while, but it seemed that I was pushing it too hard, and the movements of Zheng Mingxuan and others were too big, which made some people with a heart take it to heart.

"Bran is naturally used for ...... Food. ”

Jia Rudao looked at Li Mingfu quietly, paused slightly, and said softly.

There was an instant silence in the Qinzheng Palace.

Hearing this, Qiao Xingjian, who had been lowering his eyebrows, suddenly had a gleam in his eyes; Even Zhao Yun looked at Jia Nidao with a stunned face when he heard Jia Nidao's words, not to mention the rest of the people.

The only thing that is somewhat normal should be Li Mingfu who asked this.

Obviously, Li Mingfu had long known what these bran were for, and the reason why he asked here was not only to let Jia Nidao say it himself, but also to let Jia Nidao say it himself.

"To whom...... Food? ”

Li Mingfu looked at Jia Rudao, and then said in a deep voice.

When Jia Yidao heard Li Mingfu's words, he raised his eyebrows, and stared at Li Mingfu with a smile on his face. After half a ring, he suddenly showed a hint of mockery and spread his hands.

The smile on Li Mingfu's face suddenly froze, and then he glanced at Jia Yidao fiercely, but he didn't speak.

"Give...... What do the homeless people eat? Li Shao's voice trembled a little.

Jia Rudao looked at Zhao Yun and finally nodded.

Jia Shixian ...... You...... You ......"

"Holy Lord, if you don't get rid of this fang, it's not enough to be angry with the people, Holy Lord!"

"Holy Lord, take down Jia Shixian's ......"

……

The ministers in the palace, Jia Nidao, basically know each other, but they don't know each other, and they look a little kind, but at this moment, most of them behave the same, that is, they are all like Jia Nidao has just dug their ancestral grave. It was Li Mingfu who returned to his previous appearance of a harmonious rich man at this moment.

"Shut up!"

Zhao Yun suddenly burst into tears.

With Zhao Yun's loud shouting, the diligent palace, which became like a vegetable market, suddenly quieted down. Zhao Yun looked distraughtly and looked at the quiet standing below, as if he had nothing to do, and waved his hand irritably: "Like Dao, you ...... What do you have to say? ”

"Holy Lord, Wei Chen has something to ask all the adults present."

"You ask! Hurry up and ask! ”

"Thank you."

Jia Yidao looked at Li Mingfu and smiled slightly: "Lord Li is very well-informed......"

"Hehe, where is it, just using the 200,000 taels of silver under His Majesty to buy people's hearts, but giving those victims to eat the bran that their cattle eat, don't you feel ashamed?"

Li Mingfu interrupted Jia Nidao's words and said with a smile.

Where did that come from? The fact that Zheng Daguan was able to buy bran was able to reach the ears of Lord Li, it seems that he really did mean it, and Shi Xian was very pleased! ”

“……”

Li Mingfu was stunned for a moment, including Qiao Xingjian and the others were also a little dumbfounded, they all reached such a situation, Jia Rudao actually said such a thing, could it be that there was something wrong with his head.

"Please advise Master Jia." Li Mingfu smiled reluctantly.

"Two hundred thousand taels of silver, you can buy one hundred thousand stone of grain. There were 200,000 victims outside the city, of course, that was 200,000 now, so what about tomorrow? What about the day after tomorrow? You all know in your hearts that it will not be 200,000.

100,000 stone grain, oh, this is still the best situation, or someone needs to be willing to sell it to the imperial court to buy 100,000 stone grain. Even if it is 100,000 stone of grain, it is only enough for 200,000 people outside the city to eat for three days...... Not even three days. Is that right? ”

"This is the bran that Master Jia eats with his cattle to give to the homeless people...... Why do people eat? ”

"Are homeless people still human?"

"You...... Say what? Li Mingfu looked at Jia Rudao with wide eyes.

"Hehe, Master Li doesn't need to stare at me. Master Li knows that the people who are about to starve to death are no longer people, that is, animals, as long as they can live, they still care about bran, it is a good thing, grass roots, tree bark, and soil can be eaten...... Sometimes, even brutes are inferior to ......"

"These words came from the mouth of Master Jia, who is full of sage studies, it is really shocking."

"Shocked? Hehe, Lord Li, have you ever seen a person eat a kind of soil called Guanyin soil and be raised to death? ”

“…… What is Kannon soil? ”

"Lord Yuan, Lord Li, Qiao Xiang, and Gong Zheng have ever met?" Jia Rudao looked at Qiao Xingjian, Zheng Qingzhi, Yuan Fu and others.

No one paid any attention to him, but their expressions showed that none of them had seen him.

"Lord Li, look at it for a long time, you don't know the way, and all the respected adults in the court don't know the way, so the lower official asks you again, have you ever seen the bark of all the trees in this thousand miles plain being gnawed away?

Oh, of course, the allusion of "eating from a different child" must have been heard of by Lord Li, and it was just four words in the history books. This is for children to eat, that is, a pile of meat in the pot, Lord Li thinks that the lower officials are inhumane, don't you think that the lower officials will use the silver under His Majesty to buy people's hearts?

There are more than one million displaced people, no matter how much relief food is distributed by the imperial court, the lower officials are sure that it will never be enough, not to mention that now the imperial court has no food for the lower officials, and the lower officials do not have much food in their hands for the victims. If the lower officials don't try to work around, I'm afraid it won't take a few days, and what you see outside Lin'an City will not be the disaster victims, but the ...... Tired of white bones! ”

There was a dead silence in the Qinzheng Palace.

"This ...... If the food for disaster relief is not enough, you can ask the imperial court for another ......" Li Shao glanced at Zhao Yun, who was pale, and hesitated.

"Whether the court has silver or not, in fact, your lords know better than the lower officials. Just to prepare for Meng Shuai's Battle of Xiangyang, Shengshang had to issue another nine million huizi...... Where did the court get the money to give the lower officials disaster relief? ”

“…… The saint also gave 200,000 taels of silver, but it was given to the officials under the palace with a wave of Lord Jia's hand, hum! ”

"Master Li, save the people first and save the officials, the officials can't live, what else can they do to save the people?"

"Ridiculous! Taking the money from His Majesty's disaster relief to the officials of the government to buy people's hearts, but giving the homeless people bran to make a living, is really an ancient fallacy, filling their own pockets, and there is a big reason for corruption and bribery! ”

Li Mingfu's face turned pale, and he found that he had the upper hand now, but the more he said it, the more unreasonable it became.

"Ridiculous? Hehe, Master Li, who will give them the food money for disaster relief, will you send it or I? It is not necessary to rely on those officials, big and small, only after saving them first and feeding them, will they be willing to give their lives to His Majesty! is willing to work for the court. Otherwise, I am afraid that the food of the imperial court will not reach the hands of the victims, so how can we save people? ”

"It's a big rebellion, a bunch of nonsense!"