Chapter 0128: Food Shortage

Sun Shenxing responded, he himself was tired and tight, and he couldn't stand on his feet, Xu Guowei hurriedly asked someone to bring him a chair to sit on. Seventy-year-olds, working day and night, coupled with heavy government affairs and not getting better, are exhausted!

"Master Sun, you and the emperor may be the most tired people in my Ming Dynasty." Xu Guowei whispered flattery.

Sun Shenxing waved his hand, "Loyal people for the country and the people, not to mention tens of millions, don't talk about it, the emperor does have a strategy, since Shuanggui, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is clean, at least the officialdom of Gyeonggi is clean, there are fewer people, but they can cope with it, and the efficiency of work is also much improved compared to the previous one, many retained officials are very diligent, if everyone hears you say this, it will be chilling." ”

Xu Guowei secretly said that the old man was serious, did he use such a serious explanation when he said casually? I had to smile and say, "What Lord Sun said is, otherwise, you squint for a while, and when the emperor wakes up, I will call you?" ”

Sun Shenxing nodded, "Let the emperor rest more, the emperor's body is more important than anything in the Ming Dynasty!" Don't rush at this moment, no one can disturb the emperor! Do you hear that? ”

"Xu Guowei, is Sun Aiqing here?"

While the two of them were talking, the voice of Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen had already come from the study, Xu Guowei and Sun Shenxing were distressed, especially Sun Shenxing, he knew that Zhu Youzhen's current state was caused by worry, and it was difficult for people who were too worried to sleep peacefully! Just like himself.

"If you go back to the Long Live Lord, Master Sun has already come." Xu Guowei hurriedly agreed, and then whispered to Sun Shenxing, "My lord, go in, the emperor has called you." ”

Sun Shenxing straightened his official hat, nodded, stood up, and stepped in with a small square.

As soon as Sun Shenxing entered the study, he saw the emperor's dark circles, and immediately his old eyes burst into tears, which made Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen sweat.

"Master, what's going on again? Don't you keep crying? Zhu Youzhen came down from the imperial case and helped the old man to sit down on the chair.

Sun Shenxing wiped his tears, "I felt uncomfortable when I saw the emperor." ”

Zhu Youzhen said with a smile, "Master don't feel bad, I've been a little busier in the past two days, and I'll just get some sleep later!" I saw that the master was also very haggard, you are old, and I can't compare with you, you should pay more attention to rest, select more followers, and share your burden. ”

Sun Shenxing nodded and said, "The matter of the Food Bureau, the old minister still thinks that it should be done in moderation, many large families have taken food out to forgive the sins of those who have committed official wrongs in the family, but this will scatter the hearts of the wealthy families, after all, the common people have to eat, who gives food and who goes, the big families are different, they can unite the readers, and the scholars are also born from them, it can be said that this level is the real foundation of my Ming Dynasty!" Lao Chen Jianyi, let go of those children of the family who did not have a human life. ”

Zhu Youzhen snorted, of course he understands this truth, education is not something that can be done in a day, even if it is done, the knowledge level of the whole people has gone up, if the social system remains unchanged, it is still a feudal society, the landlord class has always occupied a dominant position, the emperor himself is a big landlord, and the big landlord goes to fight the landlord, and in the end he will lift a stone to shoot himself in the foot! "Yes, try to appease these people. We can't say it's for food! To say for the sake of justice! For the strictness of the law! ”

Sun Shenxing saw that the emperor agreed so happily, which he didn't expect, and he was a little happy, "Okay, the emperor can finally listen to the advice of the old minister." The old minister felt that the emperor was too hostile to the scholar class, but in fact, most of these people were still good, and they maintained the foundation of their ancestors, which was also a disguised maintenance of imperial power.......

Sun Shenxing originally wanted to say what is the difference between being anti-people, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was a big rebellion, so he stopped the car in time, in front of the emperor, among the ministers, the most daring to admonish the old Sun Tou, but if there is, it can't be said in the end.

Zhu Youzhen knew what he was going to say, but in fact he did not approve of restricting the landlord class in a way that was openly weakened, which was contrary to the normal economic and social order! At the same time, the existing system, social system, officialdom, economic system, big merchants, big grains, big cloth, and the whole society will be in turmoil, and the destructive power to the economy is immeasurable! If Daming wants to revitalize, the first thing is to revitalize the economy! "I know everything, master, just talk about the problem and solve the problem, I really don't have the time to talk to you about the big truth."

Sun Shenxing blew his white beard and looked at the eighteen-year-old emperor angrily and funny, "In terms of grain, the existing grain purchased from the big households, plus the grain bureau jointly established by the old minister in accordance with His Majesty's holy decree and the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Criminal Department, the grain obtained from the affairs of the children of the families involved in the case should be able to temporarily keep it for five days and reduce the pressure on the grain, but the market is like this, what things, the more scarce they are, the price will definitely not be able to come down!" The alleviated food pressure is at most in the past few days, and it is difficult to guarantee the food problems of the families and officials who have guaranteed the silver, the officials, and the people who eat the imperial grain in the imperial court, and the most poor and low-level ordinary people. ”

Zhu Youzhen hummed again and said calmly, "Lord Sun Chengzong has won a big battle, and he just got more than 2,000 war horses, should there be war horses to arrive in Beijing tomorrow?" Kill the horses and sell the meat first, let the grain bureau set up fixed points in various parts of the city, and those most difficult families with household registration in the capital will be allocated relief meat by the imperial court! This meat is life-saving and must be distributed to every family that is most difficult and most in need. I have written you an edict to ask Jin Yiwei to assist the teacher on his errand. ”

Sun Shenxing was a little incredulous, "Lord Sun Chengzong won the battle? Captured more than 2,000 war horses of Jiannu? ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled, didn't bother to talk to him in detail, and handed the holy decree to the old man, "You will know when you see the horse tomorrow, can I deceive people?" ”

Sun Shenxing responded, "That's not what the old minister meant, how dare the old minister not believe the emperor, the old minister will handle it, distribute relief food, and in the capital, how many pairs of eyes are staring at it!" No one dares to swallow it privately, but the difficulty now is that it cannot be distributed evenly, which family is the most difficult and most urgently needed family, and what is the standard for this? ”

Zhu Youzhen snorted, "This is simple, distributed door-to-door, those poorest families must have no furniture!" The food is easy to hide, but how to hide the furniture? If you see someone who only has a bed left, you will send it, and if you don't even have a bed, you will send it! If they are reluctant to eat it, they can save it and sell it for some silver, or so! ”

Sun Shenxing suddenly realized that the emperor's brain is really good! It's a good idea! "The ministers have understood, please rest assured! At this time, the meat will not be bad for seven or eight days, and try to ensure that not many people in the capital starve to death. It's just that this war horse is precious! War horses are more expensive than human lives, and the market price of selling sons and daughters is less than one or two pieces of silver, and it has to be a big son and a handsome girl, so what is the price of a war horse? One war horse can buy more than a hundred people. Kill them all? ”

Zhu Youzhen heard Sun Chengzong say this, he originally wanted to be angry, but this is a feudal society, originally Sun Chengzong was also a minister in the feudal imperial power, and the position he stood on was actually from the perspective of the big landlord class, and sighed and said, "Teacher, I don't want to accuse you!" You're 70 years old, what do you think? No matter how important the war horse is, it is not as important as the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty, kill them all! In the future, when you have silver, you can buy a war horse again, can you bring the silver back to life? ”

Sun Chengzong's old face turned red and sighed, "This truth, the old minister naturally understands, but you are the emperor, the old minister has to remind you that there is nothing wrong with silver not being able to buy the people, but silver is not good at buying war horses, there are no war horses, every time Jiannu comes, they are forced to fight in the city like this?" A war horse and a cavalry, when fighting, can top the upper half of the Jiannu cavalry, this is the minimum, right? You let a thousand unarmed people go to a Jiannu cavalry, isn't that a slow slaughter? Grain shortage has not been encountered in Daming Jingshi, Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi, Hebei, Sanbian, Shandong, Jiangxi, Anhui, these places, which year has there been no food shortage? ”

Listening to the teacher's chatter, Zhu Youzhen was a little helpless and impatient, and what he said was not unreasonable, "The place is different from the Jingshi, I am the emperor!" I can't see the people starving to death at the feet of the Son of Heaven, all right, teacher, this matter will not be discussed, and it will be done according to the holy decree. As long as I can survive the ten days, I will have food to arrive in Beijing within ten days! As soon as the food from outside arrives! The price of food will naturally fall, and this is what Hoarder is most afraid of! Post the news that the official grain will arrive in Beijing within ten days! ”

Sun Shenxing waved his hand and shook his head, "Your Majesty, you must not post this kind of notice, although this can temporarily appease the people, but if there is no food to arrive in Beijing after ten days, won't it be the emperor lying?" It's going to make a big mess! ”