Chapter 119: Donate Food

Yue Su's voice suddenly raised, only to hear him say loudly: "Now that the price of rice in the whole city has risen to fifteen taels of silver and one stone, it can be said that if the emperor does not take out his own grain and rice to help the people, I am afraid that the price of grain will rise again."

Speaking of this, Yue Su turned to look at Guang Enbo, and then said: "Sir, the imperial court does not allow officials to do business, but it is still more relaxed for the nobles and nobles of the clan, there is food that cannot be eaten, and it is allowed to sell it on its own, do some business, and it will not care, and you don't even have to pay taxes, but Guang Enbo, you are an official of my Ming Dynasty after all, and you are the earl of the Ming Dynasty, but you are the lord of the Ming Dynasty, why are you like them, ignoring the interests of the Ming Dynasty, disregarding the life and death of the people, and making a fortune of national disaster and ill-gotten gains? Guang Enbo, do you think that the Ming Dynasty is not chaotic enough, and you still want to add a little frost to the snow, so that my Ming Dynasty will die soon?"

Yue Su's last words were very serious, Guang Enbo was startled, quickly knelt on the ground, rushed up and said: "Your Majesty, don't listen to Yue Su's blood spurt, the minister never has such an idea that the minister will receive the favor of the court and repay it with his liver and brain, it's too late, how can he not think about the emperor's country?" ”

At this time, the emperor sitting on it really won't answer, but he doesn't need it, Yue Su smiled slightly, and said: "Guang Enbo, you said that you lost your life and received the favor of the imperial court, and you want to repay it, now the people in the capital are almost unable to eat, and the emperor has taken out his own grain for disaster relief, but your rice shop, the grain is still sold for fifteen taels of silver and one stone, what does this mean?" Isn't it against the emperor for a thousand? ”

"This ......" Guang Enbo's reaction was fast enough, and he immediately came up with a response, "Your Majesty, when the emperor took out the Huangzhuang grain to help the people, the rice shop of Weichen's family has been sealed, and there is not even a thousand lives, where is there a thousand lives with the emperor, and when the minister saw the emperor using his own food to help the people, he was deeply moved, and he decided to take out all his rice and dedicate it to the emperor to help the people."

Yue Da's hat was too big, and Guang Enbo could only grit his teeth in order to take off this hat, and when he asked for food to donate food, his heart hurt a lot

"It turns out that Guang Enbo has such thoughts, which really made the official not expect that the official is here to apologize to Guang Enbo......" Saying, Yue Su gave a deep salute to Liu Zhiqin, who was kneeling on the ground, and then said: "In addition to apologizing, the official also wants to thank the lord on behalf of the people of the city......" followed, and gave a deep salute to Guang Enbo

When Yue Su straightened up, he immediately had fun, "This official is here to thank the lord on behalf of the people of the city" and "The lower official is here to thank the lord on behalf of the people of the city"...... At first, the people who thanked Guang Enbo were all officials of the Yue Party, but later, the hundreds of officials in the palace also joined in the fun and gave him gifts one after another

In this way, even if Guang Enbo wants to regret it, he has no chance, the food must be donated, so many gifts have been accepted, if he doesn't donate, it is estimated that he will be sprayed to death by the saliva of this gang if he turns around

"This is the duty of a courtier...... Liu Zhiqin said stiffly

"Aiqing, hurry up" Zhu Ciyan, who was sitting on the high, felt as if he should say something, but he really didn't know what to say, and when he saw that Guang Enbo was still kneeling, he said this

"Thank you, Your Majesty" Guang Enbo got up tremblingly, and he didn't know if it was because he was nervous or distressed, and he sweated so much

Seeing Guang Enbo's pledge to donate food, Yue Su secretly rejoiced in his heart, his first goal had been achieved, and now it was time for the second step

"Guang Enbo stepped forward when the imperial court was in danger, and he was really a model for us, but there are so many people in Beijing, the emperor's food, plus Guang Enbo's food, is still far from enough, so the official is thinking, in the capital, which noble, or which official's relatives have opened a rice shop, can they come forward and donate some grain and rice to the court, solve the danger of the court, and relieve the people from hanging upside down" Yue Su said sincerely

"O...... No, no, no ......", "our family has no .......", "our family has no ......", ...... When the officials and nobles in the palace heard this, they shook their heads one by one, now that the grain is sold at a good price, how can he be willing to take it out and donate it to the imperial court However, there is a person who has come out, and this entry is the extreme of the British public

"Playing the emperor, there is a rice shop in the house of the minister Zhang Zhiji, today I saw Guang Enbo's generous donation, the minister was deeply moved, regretted not the first step to donate the food to the court, to help the people Now, the minister is willing to donate all the existing grain in the rice shop at home, hoping to do a little bit for the emperor and the people."

"The British Duke is really the pillar of the imperial court, the backbone of the Ming Dynasty, the official is very admired, here, the official is also on behalf of the people in the capital, thank the British ......Minister" Yue Su is the minister of Tuogu, he knows, the emperor is young, there are many things that do not know how to say, so he can completely replace him, otherwise, how can he ask the minister to say it without waiting for the emperor to speak, Yue Su finished speaking, and then rushed to Zhang Zhi to give a deep salute

Just like just now, the officials of the Yue Party also bowed to Zhang Zhiji one after another, and the officials in the hall followed suit

After thanking all the people, Yue Sucai said again: "The British Duke and Guang Enbo have donated grain and rice, and now there are still nobles and dignitaries in the court who have rice shops at home and are willing to donate generously?" ”

"We don't have a rice shop at home......" "There really is no ......"...... The officials and nobles shook their heads again and again, and seeing this situation, Yue Su said earnestly: "Everyone, at this moment, it is a time when the imperial court is in danger, which one of them has a rice shop and grain and rice, and hopes to be able to donate generously, even if they don't donate, even if they are temporarily lent to the imperial court, it is okay."

"Yue Dajin, it's not that I can't donate, it's really no o" "Yes, Yue Dajin, our family is about to be unable to open the pot, how can there be grain and rice donations" "Yes o, there is really no"...... All the officials and nobles shook their heads again and cried poor, of course, some of them really didn't, and some of them pretended not to

"Guys, you really don't?" Yue Su said sincerely

"There really is no ......" This time, the hundred officials replied almost in unison

"Alas......" Yue Su sighed, shook his head, and then said: "Now that Jingshi rice is expensive, even if the emperor takes out his own grain and rice, and the British Duke and Guang Enbo donate generously, it will be precarious, and it will not last long for profiteers to mislead the country......"

"Profiteers mislead the country" Yue Su's voice suddenly changed from sighing to extremely sharp, and then he heard him say loudly: "The official price of grain and rice is only one tael of silver and one stone, and now it is competitive to be made by these profiteers to fifteen taels and one stone, it is true that the grain transported here from the south will cost at least about three taels, but why don't they sell it at this price, don't they want to make huge profits?" From now on, all grain merchants who distribute grain for more than five stones will be taxed and hoarded a large amount of grain at the rate of 20 taxes and 4 stones, and those who do not sell it will be punished for harboring evil intentions and plotting misdeeds."

"o Ah ......" As soon as Yue Su said this, many of the officials in the hall were immediately stupid

Immediately after, there was an entry out, and this entry was Taining Hou Chen Shaofu

Taining Hou Chen family, ancestor Chen Qi with Xu Danan expedition to the north, pacified the Central Plains, after the Ming Dynasty Chengzu Zhu Di expedition to the north, made great contributions, was named Taining Hou, hereditary replacement after his death, Ming Chengzu gave him the Jingguo Gong, it can be regarded as famous, but since Chen Jue, the Chen family has not come out of any decent talents, all are wine bags and rice bags, and the descendants even because of the violation of military law, the enemy did not fight was cut down two Even so, his family's title was not taken back, and there is still an errand of the governor of the five armies in the governor's mansion

The descendants of the Chen family are not good, but there is a set of silver to earn, there are transactions in the capital and Zhili, not to mention the daily progress of the gold, it can also be regarded as rich and flowing, now when he heard that the tax on grain sales was going to be levied, he was not a thousand, Bi Jing's family had a rice shop, he originally planned to take advantage of this time to make a lot of money, and also imported some grain from the south, he never wanted to catch up with the emperor to send grain, the grain of the rice shop was not sold for a while, but he was not panicked, because he knew that the emperor actually did not have much food, so many people in the capital, how long can you last, It won't be long before the grain in Huangzhuang will run out, and we will not have to sell it then

Today, Yue Su suddenly proposed to increase the grain tax, where can he be a thousand, jumped out and said: "Yue Dajin, the commercial tax was opened in Taizu, and it was set at twenty taxes and one, and it has not changed so far, why do you suddenly want to change it to twenty taxes and four today, and increase the income so much, not only does it violate the ancestral system, but also compete with the people for profit?" Benjue is firmly against it"

Chen Shaofu took the lead and jumped out, followed closely, and stood up and a few nobles expressed their opposition, and the words were probably similar to what Chen Shaofu said, all of which violated the ancestral system, and the court should not compete with the people

Xungui came out, and some officials also jumped out, each expressing their opposition, including officials from the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang

However, the officials of Han Yi, Qi Shijiao and Yue Party did not move Han Yi, because he wanted to see the excitement, the Donglin Party was too weak, they were all petty officials who couldn't get on the stage, there were a few of them who were about the same, and they had to look at Han Yi's eyes, and they didn't dare to show their heads for a while, Qi Shijiao was a matter of business, anyway, he didn't have a rice store at home, whether he collected taxes or not, and it had nothing to do with himself Besides, even if he had it at home, it was impossible for him to stand up and fight with Yue Su in the ring at this time and roll in the officialdom for so many years, the old fox's eyes were very poisonous, and he had already seen it, Now the emperor is in the court, Yue Su forced Guang Enbo's family to donate food, it must have been prepared, the person who came is not good, this is clearly an agreement with the queen mother, the emperor, the celebrant supervisor, and the minister of Tuogu stand together, who dares to resist now, there is no good fruit to eat, and he doesn't want to retire so early, don't participate in this kind of thing, the officials under him have jumped out, it is angry Qi Shijiao gritted his teeth, your white spoon is full of stool in your head, so many years of officials, it is in vain

secretly scolded his subordinates in his heart, but Qi Shijiao's eyes have always stopped on Yue Su's body, let alone him, and now in the entire Imperial Palace, the eyes of hundreds of officials are on Yue Su's body

To be continued