Chapter 552 Cao Yun, where to go? (below)

Yang Tinglin couldn't convince Shi Kefa, so he had to plan to mention this matter in the early dynasty. He still insisted on keeping Cao Yun, it was really out of public intentions, and Shi Kefa was also out of public intentions, so this matter was a bit bad. Shi Kefa's dissuasion was ineffective, and it broke out directly.

The face of the second assistant Chen Yan on the side is not good-looking, and the faces of the princes and princes of the country are not good-looking. It's really a matter related to vital interests, and it's really not fun for Shi Kefa to make a fuss. This is a stunned young man.

The scene suddenly changed from lively to quiet, and everyone's focus was not on luck, but on interests, Shi Kefa was a bit different. However, these people can't help Shi Kefa, and now when the saints are in their prime.

At the critical moment, the early dynasty began, and the officials rushed in, and as soon as Wang Chengen's voice came down, Lu Xiangsheng came out first and impeached Sun Chuanting for lying about his achievements. Zhu Youzhen knew about this matter, but the problem was that civilian officials did this, and Hong Chengchou in the cabinet was even more greedy for the merits of many military generals. Under normal circumstances, this is not a matter, Zhu Youzhen decisively and diluted the mud, so that this matter is settled. Lu Xiangsheng didn't bite it, he just made an attitude, and he didn't care what the outcome would be in the future, it had nothing to do with him.

Lu Xiangsheng was fooled, and Yang Tinglin came up to talk about serious things. The five provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningbo, Shanxi, and Henan reported another severe drought this year, and now the summer grain harvest has been received, but there is not much grain. The imperial court exempted these provinces from taxes, but the problem was still not solved. The governors of the provinces still need to continue to provide food relief in order to stabilize the situation. Where does the food come from? Jiangnan now has a lot of grain backlog, and the price is fair, these two years of bad luck are corrupt, it is better to purchase grain from Jiangnan in the name of the imperial court. It was transported to Xingyang, Henan Province, and then transported to various places. The advantage of this is that one can stabilize the place, the other can solve the problem of providing food, and it can also solve the problem of local instability caused by the recession of water transportation.

As soon as Zhu Youzhen heard this, his scalp immediately went numb. He, the emperor, has endless things to deal with. The civil strife has improved a little, the finances have eased, but the natural disasters have not stopped. In order to avoid a repeat of the 14 or 5 years of chaos in the Central Plains, Zhu Youzhen was very concerned about this matter. I used to have no money, but now I have a little money. But when it comes to this relief, Zhu Youzhen is still very unhappy. Why? When the Dengzhou camp was in Henan, the emperor didn't have to worry about things like helping the people. As a result, the local gentry played and let the Dengzhou battalion be transferred. Chen Xie is also easy to speak. Transfer, transfer. Now the problem is here, in the past, the imperial court only needed to deduct money from the customs to solve everything. Not now, you're going to have to send someone to take over the mess.

Send people, send people, the stalls are taken over, but the problems are one after another. That place in Henan is too important, whether it is the grain in the south or the grain in the northeast. If you want to ship to the northwestern provinces, you can't get around Henan. In the past, the Dengzhou camp engaged in relief. No hassle at all. Now the officials are going to do it, sinking a boat today, and tomorrow they will encounter mountain bandits robbing the road, and all kinds of problems are constantly changing, and they are changing their ways to provide relief. Zhu Youzhen can endure these things. Open and close.

Now hearing that Yang Tinglin used Cao Yun as a carrier to mention the purchase of relief food, the fire in Zhu Youzhen's heart was ignited. Fortunately, in the past two years, it has been quite smooth, and Zhu Youzhen's fire has been suppressed. Patiently asked, "Where did last year's grain come from?" "That's it. In fact, you ask knowingly, but in front of hundreds of officials, you have to ask.

"It is all handled by the joint firm in Shandong, all the way to Tianjin, as a relief for Beizhili and Shanxi, all the way to Xingyang. Where the grain is procured from, Weichen doesn't know. Yang Tinglin was pretending to be stupid, in fact, he knew.

"Excuse me, has the United Firm ever had a problem with food shortages?" Zhu Youzhen asked again, and Yang Tinglin had no choice but to answer: "No, whether it is the grain shipped to Xingyang, Henan, or to Tianjin, there has never been a problem. Zhu Youzhen immediately patted the dragon chair and said, "Then what are you tossing?" If you want to change grain merchants, why don't you mention it earlier? ”

This is a bit of a pitfall, in fact, it can really only be mentioned at this time, why? The summer grain has just been harvested, and the harvest is poor, and the imperial court allocates the silver, and if it is purchased locally, it can barely deal with it for a while. After the disaster, there was no hope for autumn grain in several provinces. Now it is necessary to prepare food for the winter. Mention it earlier, who would dare? The matter of the grain merchant in Jingshi is fierce enough, and there is almost no death, who dares to mention this matter before, isn't it looking for death?

Yang Tinglin couldn't say anything, and was about to pretend to be dumb and retreat, Hong Chengchou stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the focus of Lord Yang's words is not in relief, nor in grain merchants, but in Caoyun. Since ancient times, Cao Yun has been the lifeblood of the country, and if Cao Yun is not passable, the money and food are not smooth, and the people of Beijing will starve. Now things have changed, since the opening of the sea, the grain has been transported by sea, and the cost of transportation is too high, and no one wants to go. There are more than a million people who rely on Cao Yun for a living, and now Cao Yun is not prosperous, and the river is uneasy. The minister also asked His Majesty to pay attention to this problem, and the solution was not to issue a decree from the imperial court, and grain should not go north by sea, or the royal grain chain store would come forward to purchase grain from the south of the Yangtze River and go north through the canal. ”

This is like throwing a bomb into the stagnant water, and it can't blow up live fish, and all that blows up is the stinky mud at the bottom of the water.

At this time, Zhou Yanru also came out to speak: "Your Majesty, in the past two years, there have been many scripts in the provinces on both sides of the canal, and the words are not prosperous, and the people are quite resentful. A decision should be made on this matter as soon as possible, so as not to boil over the people's grievances, and it will be too late to clean it up. ”

Without waiting for Zhu Youzhen to react, Chen Yan stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Zhou Pavilion is alarmist, and the so-called public grievances, the minister is in the cabinet, and he has also seen these excerpts. It is nothing more than the officials of Jiangbei and Beizhili provinces who are calling. The length of the canal in Shandong is the best along the coast, why is there no excerpt to play the so-called public grievances? The minister thought that there was no longer any public resentment, and the officials did not act. It is true that the people came to the canal for a living, and it is also a fact that the luck is sluggish, and in the same situation, can it be said that the Chen Gebu is covering the sky in Shandong, and the officials dare not speak out? When the grain was handled by the Shandong United Firm, there was never a problem, and the price was two percent lower than the price of grain in Beijing, and it was also responsible for transporting it to Tianjin and Xingyang. Why change? ”

Because the topic of Cao Yun has evolved into a political struggle, this is an inevitable result. Chen Yan said these words, in fact, he was patting the emperor's sycophants, saying good things for Chen Xie, and attacking Zhou Yanru by the way. Kill three birds with one stone! Why not?

This is the political zhì, which was originally about the issue of relief grain and transportation, but now after several evolutions, the essence of this building has gone 108,000 miles. The court immediately became lively, Chen Yan and Zhou Yanru, who did not have a gang of thugs under them? If it was said that on Zhou Yanru's side, it was to solve the topic of the people who relied on the canal for their livelihood, but when Chen Yan opened his mouth, it became a political attack. Chen Yan's flowers can be said to be very vicious, and it is not difficult to see from another angle, which is equivalent to asking: "Lord Shoufu, what is the relationship between those grain merchants and you?" What does the complaining provincial officials along the canal have to do with you? What role do you play in this? "This cannon came over, and it was not only aimed at Zhou Yanru, but also Hong Chengchou and Yang Tinglin.

Around the issue of Cao Yun, the thugs on both sides came out to speak, and they quarreled in the court for a while, you said your reason, I said my reason, attacked each other, and quarreled non-stop. If it was before, Zhu Youzhen could have been mad on the spot, but now he has become much calmer. I have learned to look at problems with the word "interests".

The discord between the first assistant and the second assistant is a matter of interests, and the previous Chen Yan does not seem to be so acute. If left unchecked, it is foreseeable that another party struggle will begin. So let's analyze Chen Yan's motivation again? Quite simply, he is not for any simple purpose, the three targets of this move, one is to replace him, and two are to pose a threat to him. also found an opportunity to ease the relationship with Chen Xie, and slapped the emperor's sycophants.

Zhu Youzhen quickly analyzed and understood Chen Yan's thoughts, but he wouldn't say anything about Chen Yan. The first assistant and the second assistant have been too harmonious in the past few years, which is not a good thing for Zhu Youzhen. Chen Yan, who has been playing the role of an echo worm, suddenly steeled, which is a good thing and worthy of encouragement. But this does not mean that Zhou Yanru should be dissatisfied with the emperor. Even if the emperor is dissatisfied, now he is not at fault, and it is not the time to take it with a sentence like before.

"Alright, let's be quiet." Zhu Youzhen found the idea of mastering the court, and made his own voice, and after all the officials quieted down, he said lightly: "Where to go from Caoyun, it is normal to have zài disputes." Let's go back and discuss it again and come up with a conclusion. When it comes to the procurement of relief grain, we should not make extraneous branches. Wait until winter, and then talk about it. ”

Zhu Youzhen, who was originally holding back the fire in his belly, suddenly felt very relaxed and happy, and found the happiness of being an emperor. Just as Chen Xie said, the main contradiction should be grasped, and the other contradictions are not a big problem.

Interestingly, Shi Kefa, who had been preparing to open fire, didn't find a chance to speak today, and Chen Yan suddenly sprung up and grabbed his lines. Shi Kefa is very puzzling, what's going on today? Zhu Youzhen didn't understand the whole truth of this matter, until he saw Chen Yan's secret performance, and then he understood the ultimate reason why Chen Yan wanted to be just one today.

The benefits of sea freight, Zhu Youzhen actually understands very well, now is not the past. The problem is that after reading this tout of maritime affairs, Zhu Youzhen was not happy at all, and he still said that sentence without solving any substantive problems. No one has said what to do in order to completely solve this problem. (To be continued......)