Chapter 332: The Yellow River is frozen

"Why don't you go to Your Majesty and ask?" A noble came up with an idea.

"I'm afraid it's not appropriate, Your Majesty didn't say anything about it, I'm afraid that there will be any changes and reasons in it, if I wait to ask rashly, I'm afraid Your Majesty will be suspicious......" A noble said his opinion.

"That's also, now it's just some rumors, if Your Majesty really wants to sell Liulizhai's stocks, I'm afraid it will be sold with great fanfare, and it won't be hidden like this, looking at the current situation, it's just that some nobles in the palace have divided some stocks, so, this matter, I'm afraid that Your Majesty hasn't finally decided whether to sell it, in my opinion, Your Majesty is reluctant to sell Liulizhai, after all, it's a mountain of gold, it's a pity to sell it, and it also scores dividends to others, now, it's better to wait and see......" A Xungui said his opinion.

"It makes sense...... I don't have to be too enthusiastic about this matter, lest Your Majesty be jealous, if Your Majesty wants to sell, you will naturally tell me to wait, and when the time comes, I will find Your Majesty to theorize, it is expensive and cheap, and it is easy to say......"

"Makes sense......" everyone echoed again.

"Hehe, if Cheng Guogong wants to buy some stocks to try, I can cut some love, and it is also the original price, one thousand taels and one share, which can be regarded as fulfilling Guogong's wish." Zhang Guoji actually, also feel sorry for the 20,000 taels of silver, although Liulizhai can get a dividend of 100 taels every year, but Zhang Guoji still feels that 20,000 taels of silver is a little heavier, and decided to earn his 20,000 taels of silver back first.

"Okay, thank you Zhang Dudu for completing it, the national prince will buy ten shares to play with first, and see what is going on with this Liulizhai stock." Cheng Guogong decided to test the waters, to see what kind of thing this stock is, to see what the emperor has in mind, why is it so mysterious?

"Okay, Guoji will send someone to the Guogong's mansion later." Zhang Guoji is quite satisfied, half of his 20,000 taels of silver have been earned, and then he finds a buyer, and the 20,000 taels he spent will all come back, and the rest of the shares, either sold or waited for interest, are not spent on his money, and he doesn't have to care too much.

The first-hand trading of stock trading was completed in this way, and no one in the world knew what the emperor had or what the emperor thought.

in the Forbidden City.

Yang reformed the stocks, let the stocks ferment, and did his own thing with peace of mind.

In the Wenhua Palace, Yang Reform is summoning ministers to handle official business. Now the early dynasty is getting worse and worse, it's too hot, some people have a great demand to get up in the middle of the night three watch early court, if nothing else, it's too hot. Yang Reform was reluctant to get up early, so the early dynasty was all about going through the motions and handling official business, either the Qianqing Palace or the Wenhua Palace.

In the Mandarin Palace, it is common to summon ministers and handle official affairs with the cabinet.

If there is no obstacle in the heart, the work will be smooth.

"The situation in Shaanxi, how is it now, is there any latest news?" Yang Gengai asked. This is what Yang Reform asks every day, Shaanxi at the end of the Ming Dynasty is the place that Yang Reform is most concerned about, if nothing else, for the peasant rebellion that broke out there, and make his own rebellion.

Shoufu Shi Feng can't come up with any ideas for major events, but these things of collecting information and sorting out the music are neat, and they immediately came out to reach: "Back to Your Majesty, the latest news is that the drought has not been alleviated, according to the report on the song, it is impossible to rain recently, there is a song Shu said, please send someone to ask for rain to calm the people's hearts; Moreover, the surge in immigration, the pressure of immigration is huge, according to Xu Zixian just arrived today, it seems to say that the ship is not enough, the grain transported from the south of the Yangtze River, the consumption is huge, I implore the imperial court to send more ships to Shaanxi to pick up people, Xu Zixian also said that the Yellow River will freeze in the winter month, Xu Zixian learned through a visit that the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, the earliest freezing period, can be until the beginning of November, so, Xu Zixian also mentioned in the song, this year's ship of immigrants, it is best to transport away before the beginning of November, to the middle of November, It depends on the weather, if the Yellow River freezes, the matter of transporting the victims by boat will be temporarily suspended,...... Xu Zixian said that the matter was quite urgent, and asked His Majesty and the imperial court to send more ships to Shaanxi to pick up people before November......"

Yang Gai already knew about this matter, although he had made preparations in advance, but the various troubles encountered in the actual operation process were still unexpected, and the freezing period of the Yellow River would lead to the inability to go by boat for several months every year, so it was necessary to pick up people as much as possible before the freezing. ,

"It's July now, and it's only five months from the last November, and it looks like a lot of time, but it takes a lot of time for the Holy Decree to go back and forth on the road, and the Holy Decree has been issued, and the ship has to be mobilized from the south of the Yangtze River, so the time is very urgent, and the actual transportation of people, I'm afraid that it will take only three or four months, and it will be quite difficult for millions of immigrants to be transported out in these months...... "Yang Reform has his own views, methods, and means of dealing with the issue of Shaanxi, unlike other things, and he also discussed with the ministers.

The ministers did not speak, and quietly waited for the emperor to continue.

"......, send an edict to Zheng Huaizhong, the governor of Jiangnan Shipbuilding, and ask him to try his best to build a ship to transport immigrants on the Yellow River, the more the better, build a batch, put in a batch, and be sure to transport the immigrants ......out in November."

"Commandment."

“…… Forget it, send someone to Zheng Huaizhong to send 200,000 taels of silver over, specializing in building a ship to transport grain and disaster victims, I know that Master Xu is also short of money there, and this autumn tax has not yet landed, and the money for shipbuilding, I will first put it on the ......" Yang Reform thought about it, and said that although most of the silver for immigrants is given to An Jia after the field is built, the cost in the early stage is still huge, and the little silver in Xu Guangqi's hand is very tight, Yang Reform has to pay for it again, Zheng Huaizhong is building a battleship there, and he can't let go.

"Your Ministers obey." This time, it was Wang Chengen who came out to answer, and it was rare that he didn't say slaves and maids, but said that the ministers, and it was not the ministers' turn to worry about it, and he had to operate it.

“…… By the way, the cabinet, all the ministries, are urging the salt merchants to pay the silver, it's July, and I haven't seen how much money has been handed over, you all urge them, and if you don't pay the silver, this year will pass, Master Xu's silver is tight, and I don't have much silver at hand...... "Yang Reform is very annoyed, those salt merchants, procrastinating, the silver that was said to be good, now, the handover is limited, Yang Reform is very annoyed, I can't wait to unload eight pieces, I burn my eyebrows, those people are still playing with themselves.

"Your Ministers obey." A group of ministers came out and agreed. Everyone doesn't believe the emperor's sentence that there is no silver at hand, no silver? Wasn't that 200,000 taels of silver just now?

"By the way, it's okay to send someone to ask for rain, let Zhang Xianyong find a way." Yang Reform also said that although the matter of asking for rain is unreliable, to paraphrase the words of later generations, it is the "psychological intervention" work after the disaster, which is effective and ineffective, and it must be done, and it is a problem for the imperial court not to do it.

"Obey." Shi Fenglai agreed.

"Shaanxi, what's the matter?" Yang asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, the latest situation is that there are sporadic rebels in various places making trouble, or robbing the victims, or robbing the local ......, and in the locality, there are ...... people who ask the imperial court to send troops to clean it up" Shi Fenglai said again, which was not finished just now.

"Strictly order all the guards in Shaanxi to suppress it with all their might, and not allow the place to erode, the traitors sit big, especially the robbery of the victims, is the bottom line, who dares to rob the victims, immigrants, immediately clean up, kill without forgiveness, I emphasize again, let the rebels hurt the immigration officers, every immigration officer is a valuable asset, let Bi Zisu remember, this is the bottom line, must not be crossed, let alone delayed, if there are signs of such a thing, let him immediately mobilize the Shaanxi New Army, immediately clear up, there must be no mistakes......" Yang Reform said mercilessly, immigration officer, he can't afford to hurt anyone, these people, either Jinshi or people, if a few are killed by traitors, he will be under pressure from the entire bureaucracy as an emperor, and even the immigration work may be reduced or terminated, Yang Reform does not want to be too ruthless in Shaanxi, but unfortunately, this is the bottom line, he spared others, and others may not spare him.

"Obey." Shi Fenglai replied again. The bigwigs in the Wenhua Hall are also quite satisfied with the emperor's "holy judgment", which shows that the emperor still attaches great importance to their scholars, and attaches great importance to the safety of their scholars, and many people cast happy eyes on the emperor.

"By the way, how many months will there be in the freezing period of the Yellow River?" Yang asked again. The freezing of the Yellow River has had a great impact on immigrants, Yang Reform did not expect this kind of thing to happen in the Yellow River in advance, a person is worried about the affairs of the world, how can the mind not be enough, how will there be mistakes, fortunately, the problem was discovered in advance, it is only July now, there is still time to remedy, if it is said in October, Yang Reform can not do anything except call the sky.

"Back to Your Majesty, according to the records of the Ministry of Industry over the years, the longest freezing period of the Yellow River, there are three or four months, the freezing of the Yellow River, but also the lot, Xu Zixian in the song said that the November freezing period, refers to the freezing period of the Yellow River below Shaanxi, if it is above Shaanxi, this freezing period, may be earlier, the freezing days are much longer than Shaanxi, there are three or four months, but after Tongguan, the freezing days, it is much shorter, the days of enlightenment, also a lot of ...... in advance, if it is the following section of the river in Kaifeng, good luck, Even those who have not been frozen for some years have ......," replied the Ministry of Works.

Yang Reform nodded, although these bureaucrats can't give themselves any big ideas, but some small ideas, small problems are no problem, which can save them a lot of time to check information.

"In this case, then pass the news to Master Xu and inform Master Xu that if the Yellow River is frozen, try to store grain in Kaifeng, below Kaifeng, if you can go by boat, still go by boat, and if you can't go by boat, then move the grain storage site further down, and be sure to make the grain close to the ...... of Shaanxi."