Chu Huan knew that the head of the warehouse was surnamed Ouyang, with a single name, and he had met a few times in Hubuzhi, but he had never spoken, and he didn't know much about this person, but when he heard what he said today, he found that this person was really talented, and after saying something, it was clear and reasonable.

This Ouyang Zhi is really a member of the Anguo Gong Party, but the An Guogong Party is naturally not all wine bags and rice bags, and Ouyang Zhi himself is still quite talented.

After Ouyang Zhi's words were spoken, some people bowed slightly, but the head of the Jin Department had already said lightly: "What you said is light, if everything is as you said, if you can calm the Tianmen bandits with some silver, then it can be regarded as a good idea." But your granary is tight, but you don't want to think about whether the gold and silver are not tight? ”

Ouyang Zhi frowned.

The head of the Ministry of Gold bowed his hand to Hu Bufan, "Lord of the Ministry, spend a lot of money to buy food, absolutely not." Now the treasury silver stored by the Ministry of Gold has been very tight, the two wars in the northwest and Hebei have cost a lot of money, and within the month, 500,000 taels of silver and herbs will be allocated to Si Tiantai, and Tongtian Hall will be prepared to use gold leaf murals in some places, and it is a large amount of expenditure. ”

"Five hundred thousand taels?" Ouyang Zhi frowned and said, "Isn't Si Tiantai 300,000 taels of herb silver every quarter?" ”

The head of the Jin Department glanced at Ouyang Zhi and said, "It seems that you really haven't paid attention to the major affairs of the Holy Lord. Si Tiantai wanted to refine Xindan, and the silver tael required was greatly increased, and 200,000 taels of medicinal herb silver were added every quarter. ”

Ouyang Zhi's brows were even tighter, and he opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but after all, he didn't say anything.

Hu Bufan said: "Tongtian Hall and Si Tiantai are related to the major affairs of the Holy Monk's Dao, and nothing can be compared with this. Xiang Ouyang Zhi asked, "Besides buying grain, is there no other way?" ”

Lang Wuxu said with a smile: "Gathering grain and grass is not a bad strategy, what Ouyang said is good, first, you can solve your needs on the spot, you don't have to mobilize Jinling Cang, and secondly, you can indeed use this to cut off the logistics of the Tianmen bandits, without food, they can't even eat enough, where do they still have the strength to make trouble?" However, it is not necessary to buy food with a lot of money. ”

Hu Bufan looked at Lang Wuxuan and asked, "Do you have a way?" ”

Lang Wuxuan stood up and said respectfully: "Lord Ministry, there are too many places that need to spend silver now, if another batch of silver is allocated to buy grain, such expenses will undoubtedly increase the burden on my household department." However, the strategy of gathering grain and grass, without using Jinling warehouse, is still very beneficial to our household department. The lower officials thought that it was still feasible to buy grain, but they did not have to use cash to buy grain, and the government could issue an IOU to buy grain with IOUs! ”

Hu Bufan's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and said, "Good strategy." In the five states of Jianghuai, there are many rich squires, and each family has grain storage, and as my granary of Daqin, there are many grain merchants there, as far as this official knows, Jianghuai is known as the eighteen grain merchants, there are eighteen large grain merchants, they all have a huge grain depot...... The local official warehouses, the gentry stored grain, and the merchants' grain depots, if these grains are collected, it will be a huge amount ......! He seemed to have really found a good solution, showing joy, "You can send someone to Jianghuai, and order the Jianghuai Household Department to come forward, directly show my household IOU, borrow grain from them, if they want silver, let's give him a silver IOU, if you want food, wait until the Tianmen bandits are pacified, after the autumn harvest, and then repay them double the amount of grain owed." ”

Several officials laughed and said, "It's really a good idea." ”

Lang Wufei showed a smug look, obviously complacent about his wonderfulness.

Ouyang Zhi was surprised, and immediately said, "Lord Ministry, Lord Shilang, this ...... This must not be! ”

Hu Bufan and Lang Wuxuan both sank their faces suddenly, and the head of the Jin Department seemed to have a bad relationship with Ouyang Zhi, and immediately shouted when he heard the words: "Ouyang Zhi, you are so bold." The Lord of the Ministry and the Lord of the Squire came up with such a good method, which can be regarded as solving a big problem for your warehouse, do you still have an opinion? ”

Ouyang Zhi said: "Lord Ministry, Lord Shilang, the lower officials didn't mean to contradict, but they ...... It's just an IOU to buy grain, and the disaster is endless! ”

"Ouyang Zhi, where did you start with this?" Lang Wuxu finally came up with a way, and he was complacent, but Ouyang Zhi poured a plate of cold water, and said that there were endless disasters, which made Lang Wuxu suddenly annoyed, but he was a character who hid a knife in his smile, so he was resentful, but he still had a little smile on his face.

Chu Huan was a little impressed with Ouyang Zhi in his heart.

He has been in the household department for half a month, in fact, there are not many people who know, and there are not many people who understand, I thought that the household department is an Anguo Gong party, it is a monolith, but today it seems that there are still some internal problems, and this Ouyang Zhi seems to be a little special, saying in public that the IOU is not appropriate to buy food, that is undoubtedly a slap in the face, Ouyang Zhi can have this courage, but he is not a mediocre person.

Ouyang Zhi obviously also knew that his actions were likely to offend Lang Wuxuan, so he said cautiously: "Ladies and gentlemen, if you dare to speak out, buying grain by IOU will definitely have serious consequences. Looking left and right, seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on themselves, he stubbornly said: "Tianmen Dao is in turmoil, of course, the victims are the imperial court, it is the innocent people, but the most direct victims are the gentry merchants in the Jianghuai area, Tianmen Dao under the banner of robbing the rich and helping the poor, wantonly looting the gentry and merchants, those gentry and merchants are now firmly supporting the imperial court, they have connections in various places, and there are also Zhuang Ding Guards below, which are now said to have been organized to assist the imperial court in encircling and suppressing Tianmen Dao." ”

"They have all received the favor of the imperial court, and if there is chaos in the door today, they will naturally have to contribute." Lang is not false.

Ouyang Zhidao: "It makes sense to be loyal to the imperial court, but ...... But the lower officials thought that the purpose of assisting the imperial court to suppress bandits was to preserve their wealth. ”

Everyone didn't speak, but their hearts also knew that what Ouyang Zhi said was true, but it was too straightforward.

"If the imperial court uses IOUs to buy grain, and the grain that they regard as gold at the moment will be taken into official possession, the lower officials are worried about ......!" Ouyang Zhi's expression was solemn, but he didn't continue.

Hu Bufan sneered: "Do you think that if you buy grain by IOU, those gentry merchants will not accept it?" ”

Ouyang Zhi nodded.

"It is a gift from the court that they have today." Hu Bufan said coldly: "Now that the court has something to do, borrow grain from them, do they dare to rebel?" ”

Ouyang Zhi sighed: "That being said, those people value their wealth more than their lives, and they may not be able to understand the good intentions of the imperial court...... Those people have a lot of resentment. ”

Lang Wuxuan frowned and said: "The IOU issued by our household department is not a forced levy, but a temporary loan." ”

"For them, the result of temporary borrowing and forced expropriation is to take away the grain in their hands." Ouyang Zhi said cautiously: "Even if some people can understand the truth, but the lower officials think that most people still won't understand. ”

Hu Bufan slapped the table and snorted coldly: "The court is in trouble, go all out to suppress the bandits, it's not their turn to be convinced or not, I don't believe it, can they not do it because of this?" ”

Ouyang Zhi said: "Even if they don't rebel, as long as their hearts are not with the imperial court, they will definitely cause trouble for our bandits." The Tianmen demons are pervasive, if those gentry and merchants have a grudge, they are only afraid that the Tianmen demons will take advantage of the situation and wantonly woo them, and the local gate valves are deeply rooted in the local area and are very powerful, once they are mixed with the Tianmen Dao, ......! ”

The head of the Jin Department immediately said, "Lord Ouyang, you are just alarmist. This official doesn't believe it, because of a little food, they will mix with the Tianmen demons and become enemies of the imperial court? Sooner or later, the Heavenly Gate Dao will be exterminated, don't they want to think about what will happen to them if they exterminate the Heavenly Gate Dao? ”

"Yes, alarmist!"

"It's just a bunch of gentry merchants, so what's the point of worrying?"

"Lord Ouyang, Lord Butang and Lord Shilang have a very clever plan, it is a wonderful way to solve the problem of Jianghuai grain and grass at the moment, you are so forward-looking, if it is according to your words, it is a missed opportunity."

All the officials were gossiping, and they obviously didn't care about Ouyang Zhi's concerns.

Ouyang Zhi opened his mouth, but finally shook his head and retreated, without speaking.

Hu Bufan glanced at everyone, suddenly fell on Chu Huan, and asked, "Lord Chu, what do you think of the idea of buying grain with an IOU?" ”

Chu Huan got up and arched his hand: "The lower officials have joined the Duzhi Cao, and now they only know the affairs of the overall calculation, and they are really not clear about the grain and grass matters, and they are ashamed." Seeing that many officials cast contempt for him, he smiled indifferently and continued: "However, the lower officials think that Lord Ouyang's concerns are not unreasonable. If the local gate valve and the imperial court are united, although the Tianmen Dao has a large number of people, it is only a rabble, carefully planned, handled properly, it should be able to calm down, but once the gate valve gentry and Tianmen Dao are mixed together, the situation will be very different. ”

Hu Bufan let out an "oh", with a look of disapproval, and then said: "This matter is very important, and this official needs to think about it carefully." He raised his hand and said, "You guys should step back first, this official should be quiet!" ”

When everyone retreated, Hu Bufan stopped Lang Wuxu, closed the door, and then said in a low voice: "The matter of Jianghuai is not trivial, and it needs to be discussed with the old man." However, Jinling Cang is our last granary, and we must not move lightly unless we have to, otherwise there will be chaos in other places at that time, and there will be no food to adjust, and you and I are afraid that we will lose our heads! ”

Lang Wuxuan hurriedly said: "What the adults said is true." ”

"If you buy grain, your method is not bad, and the official doesn't believe that those gentry and merchants really dare to go against the court because of a little grain." Hu Bufan leaned in and said in a low voice: "There is not much silver in the treasury, and you have to deal with various expenses and spend a lot of money to buy grain, which is absolutely impossible." ”

Lang Wuxuan frowned and said: "Ouyang Zhi is always not very obedient, Lord Ministry, is it ......!" ”

Before he finished speaking, Hu Bufan had already shook his head and said: "Ouyang Zhi is the person appointed by the old prince, although this person is sometimes a little disobedient, but after all, he is his own person, and he still has some skills, so there is no need to worry about him." After a pause, his eyes showed a cold look, and he said: "It's Chu Huan, there are many things in the household department next, let's do errands, it is inevitable that there will be some omissions, this kid stares at us every day, so that the official is really a little uncomfortable, I am afraid that he will take some handle...... No, this person is in the household department, and the official is like a man's back, so he must hurry up and think of ways to get him out. ”

Lang Wuxuan said: "Chu Huan is very cautious, and the lower officials have been staring at him, but they have never been able to find the handle. ”

Hu Bufan said in a low voice: "This official must have a lot of things to do these days, and he doesn't have the energy to take care of him for a while." But if you don't get rid of this person, the threat to us is too great, so let's go around with him more these days to see if you can find an opportunity, this person must be eliminated. You are the most powerful person around this official, and with your intelligence, it should not be difficult to get rid of this person. ”

Lang Wuxu reluctantly smiled: "Your Excellency commands, the lower officials will do their best to do it!" ”

Hu Bufan seemed to think of something, and even lowered his voice and said: "The old man may have to reconcile accounts recently, and there can't be any forks in the near future." ”

"Xia Guan understands!" Lang Wuxu lowered his head, but there was a strange look in his eyes.