Chapter 115: The Biggest Obstacle

After listening to Yue Su's words, Zhang Yan couldn't help but take a deep breath and pondered for ∴a long time, and said, "Yue Qing, if the imperial court only allows a few merchants to sell grain, will a few of them be able to support it?" There are so many rivers and mountains that only merchants are allowed to sell grain, and I am afraid that even a province will not be able to keep busy."

Listening to Zhang Yan's tone, he didn't object to Yue Su's proposal, but he was worried that there were fewer merchants and the supply would not be available

"Queen Mother, you can rest assured of this, even if in this world, only one merchant needs to sell grain, he can also get enough manpower to send grain to all parts of the world and the merchants will come forward to monopolize the sales of grain, which is much better than the court now, the court only needs people to select and issue decrees, and they will naturally be able to come up with various aspects to do this. Replaced by someone else, the empress dowager You also know that the Li family once donated 800,000 stone of grain to the imperial court, and the minister bought 1.2 million stone of grain from him according to the official price, a full 2 million stone, the Li family is not trying to find a way to transport it to these big businessmen in Sichuan, it has a certain strength, the court is helping, the minister is sure, within half a year, the price of grain will be completely stabilized" Yue Su said in an affirmative tone

"If it can really stabilize within half a year, it will be a big trouble for the imperial court, and now there is a great drought in the north, and there has not been much harvest in the past two or three years, coupled with the rebellion of the rogues, the imperial court wants to appease the people, and they can't get so much grain for a while, if they can really transport a large amount of grain, and the price is still according to the price of the past, then the mourning family, and Your Majesty will approve your request, let them sell grain in the future, and not let other merchants chuck their hands But this matter, you have to do it thoroughly, in case other merchants know about it, Let's make trouble first," Zhang Yan said earnestly

A fù person, carrying such a heavy burden, it is indeed difficult for her to sell grain for fifteen taels of silver and a stone, in the long run, what will be the consequences, Zhang Yan of course also knows, the officials can't eat, they will think of all kinds of ways to exploit the people, the people can't eat, and then they are forced by other persecution, and only come out of the ghost if they don't rebel For the stability of the court, for the sake of the country, Zhang Yan decided to agree to Yue Su's suggestion

"The minister obeys the order" Yue Su bowed his body and said: "Queen Mother, I don't know how many businessmen you plan to choose to assist the imperial court and handle this matter?" ”

"The Qing family, according to what you said, it's not good to have too few people, but too many people can't show the benefits of this monopoly, and the mourning family thinks that it is more appropriate to have more than ten people, what do you think?" Zhang Yan said

"Queen Mother Shengming, the minister also thinks so, otherwise, let's take one of the best, and choose seven," Yue Su said

Seven merchants, specializing in selling grain and rice in the world, this has to be a big business, no matter who it is spread to, it is estimated that they have to go all out to serve the imperial court and for the imperial court, the country is based on agriculture, and the price of grain must be stabilized

Zhang Yan nodded and said, "Yes, everything will be handed over to Aiqing."

"The minister must do his best not to disappoint the expectations of the emperor and the queen mother, but the candidates of these seven families are also asked to help the queen mother consider," Yue Su said

"Aiqing can do it by herself, and the mourning family believes in Aiqing," Zhang Yan said softly

"Queen Mother, in terms of candidates, it involves the royal family of the clan, how dare the ministers be the masters alone," Yue Su said sincerely

"How to choose a merchant is still related to the royal family of the clan?" Zhang Yan asked suspiciously

"Back to the Empress Dowager, since the founding of the country, the princes and princes of the clan have exceeded 100, plus the hereditary nobles, who can account for more than half of the land in the world, ordinary merchants, even if there are saints, how dare they go to their mansions to collect grain, so the ministers think that they should elect representatives from the clan and nobles, and be ordered to buy grain from other vassal kings and nobles" Yue Su said lightly

Yue Su's words are not false at all, the land of the Ming Dynasty is now mostly in the hands of the clan, nobles and landlords, and the land in the hands of ordinary people can account for one-tenth of the world, which is not bad If you want to talk about food, who has these princes and nobles in these years Yue Su said this, Zhang Yan also understood that Yue Su now put his mind on the clan and Xungui, but after thinking about it, it is indeed the case, "Qing family, you are right, most of the land is in their hands, and of course the grain is also theirs, as long as they are willing to take out the grain, Selling at official prices, everything can be easily solved, but it is not easy to collect grain from them."

"It is precisely because it is not easy that the imperial court cannot come forward indirectly, which will cause dissatisfaction among all the clans, and the imperial court can only support one or two vassal kings, and they will come forward to collect grain with the emperor's will, so that the effect can be better," Yue Su said

Zhang Yan gritted her teeth and said, "In a critical period, you can only use extraordinary methods Yue Qing, which vassal king do you say is better to send to be in charge of this matter?" Among the nobles, who are you going to choose? ”

"The Queen Mother, the candidate among the nobles, in fact, it is relatively easy to choose, the British Gongzhang family is fully capable of other nobles, even if they are not convinced, it is estimated that they don't dare to say anything As for the vassal king, it is not easy, you must choose the most prestigious but the vassal king is not allowed to leave the fiefdom without permission, and there will be certain troubles in communication," Yue Su said

"Hmm...... That's true......" Zhang Yan nodded and said embarrassedly: "That...... For the time being, I don't choose from the clan, and I don't collect food from the clan, what does Aiqing think? ”

"Now in the Ming Dynasty, the clan has the most land, and the natural grain is the most, if you don't collect grain from them, whether you can save the emergency, it is very difficult to say, and the clan has so much food in their hands, if they don't sell it, wouldn't it stay in the palace and become moldy, so they will definitely take it out and sell it privately. If you don't care, then the rules of the grain monopoly will be in vain, and the imperial court will no longer be able to ask other merchants," Yue Su shook his head and said

"Alas......" Zhang Yan heard this, sighed in embarrassment, and said: "The internal affairs of the clan are really difficult to do, can Aiqing think of a way to do both for the mourning family and the emperor?"

"Queen Mother, do you believe that one day the Liukou will hit Beijing?" Yue Su asked suddenly

"This ......" Zhang Yan leaned back in her chair, not knowing how to answer

"The world is turbulent, natural disasters are not stopped, the Liukou has repeatedly failed to clean up, the more they kill, to put it bluntly, it is still because the people have no food to eat Yang Yishan suppressed bandits in Gansu, after the fight, the victory and defeat are half a half, can not be mentioned, but after he defeated the main force of the Liukou, the hundreds of thousands of homeless people left in Gansu still need to appease him to ask the court to allocate food relief, but where is there so much food in the imperial court, although the household department is trying to spend money to buy, the price of food rises every day, not to mention, and the north and south are also inconvenient to buy food from some vassal kings, the price they want, It's not cheaper than the profiteers in the market, and when the rogues walk through a place, they will leave a bunch of messes, defeat the rogues, and bring countless hungry homeless people to the court, can't the court kill hundreds of thousands of people at once? But there is no food, they can't have enough to eat, and they will rise up to rebel When one day, it is really difficult to return, and no one can guarantee that the rogues will not come to Beijing," Yue Su said in a heavy voice

"The mourning family knows" Zhang Yan still didn't make a decision immediately, she thought about it, and finally said: "In this way, you go to the British public to talk about it first, and he will come forward to collect the noble grain, and then he will sell it according to the official price.

"Yes, Queen Mother" Yue Su stood up and bowed deeply to Zhu Ciyan and Zhang Yan, "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, Weichen will retire first......"

Leaving the Yuteng room, Yue Su walked towards the cabinet quite helplessly, although he saved Li Haoran, but the most important thing, but the most important thing, still did not do the clan is the biggest hidden danger of the Ming Dynasty, in the long run, more and more vassal kings, more and more land, will enter their hands in the era of peace, but it is still possible, the price of food will not change much, but as soon as it enters the disaster year, or there is a rebellion, the hidden danger will be completely exposed

Back in the cabinet, Yue Su's face was solemn, the cabinet ministers must have something in the hearts of Lord Yue, one by one, they just entertained, they didn't dare to disturb Yue Su to sit for a while, feeling hungry in their stomachs, and then they realized that it was already past lunch time

He went back to the house to eat by himself, and when he returned to the house, Tong Zhou had already returned from Shuntian Mansion, and immediately reported to him Li Haoran's situation Qian Jingsong was very respectful to Li Haoran, and he was attentive, and he was only locked in the duty room of Shuntian Mansion

At this time, Li Haoquan learned that Yue Su had returned home, and he slowly hurried over to ask the adults when his brother would come back

In this case, the Queen Mother has made it clear that the big thing has been turned into a small matter, and the two families will not pursue it, and they have also admitted that Li Haoran has meritorious, and Yue Su wants to take him back, which is naturally a matter of one sentence

But Yue Su thought about it for a moment and said: "Haoquan, you don't have to worry, Haoran is eating and drinking well in it now, and no one dares to offend him, just let him live in it for two days first, I can still use it."

"Ah" As soon as he heard Yue Su's last words, Li Haoquan's eyes widened, and he really didn't understand how his brother was locked up in Shuntian Mansion, how could it be useful

Yue Su smiled quietly and said: "You don't have to care, I promise you, your brother will be okay is that I am hungry, any of you have not eaten, just eat with me, after eating, I will go to the British Mansion"

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