The next day, when the people in Mengjin County found themselves going to take the surplus grain and wanted to sell it to the grain merchants in exchange for some money, the grain merchants said in a unified voice that they now had sufficient stocks and did not need to buy grain. And when some people want to go to the silk cloth shop pù to buy some silk cloth to make zuò clothes, but the silk cloth shop pù also says that the supply is insufficient and will not be sold. And the people were a little panicked, because if they couldn't sell the surplus grain in their hands, they wouldn't be able to exchange the copper money they got for anything else. After all, although they have food, it does not mean that they only need food, they still need a lot of other things, such as vegetables.

As a result, the people who make a living by growing grain immediately panicked, after all, they held these grains in their hands, and it was also a hot potato! It is impossible to store grain in the people's homes for a long time, after all, the people's homes do not have this condition. Therefore, generally speaking, the people will sell the surplus grain. But now the grain merchants don't buy it, which makes them all feel troublesome. As for the silk cloth, this can be slowed down, after all, there were more or less silk cloths as clothes before, so there is no hurry. However, the grain merchants were very anxious in this regard, after all, everyone needed to exchange the grain for copper coins to trade. But now that this road has been cut off, everyone is very anxious.

"Ma County Order, Lord Jingwen, now the people are a little panicked, the grain merchants just don't collect grain, and the people can't get enough copper money to trade. So, people can't buy anything if they want to, what should we do? A servant asked.

"Smack!" Ma Zhou smashed a cup, and then said, "These businessmen and untouchables dare to threaten the government in turn?" ”

Now even fools can see that these grain merchants and silk cloth merchants are on strike and do not trade. And their purpose in doing this is definitely to threaten the government of Mengjin County, hoping that the government will not continue to implement the so-called whipping law. And now a whip law has not yet been announced. They still have a chance, anyway, it is through the grain merchants to boycott the market, and the silk cloth merchants do not sell silk cloth to blackmail the government. Obviously, they want to force Mengjin County to cancel this whip law.

Ma Zhou was so angry, after all, someone dared to threaten the government now, which was unbearable for Ma Zhou, an official in the feudal era. If you pinch your nose and admit it this time, then I'm afraid that these profiteers will definitely kick their noses in the face.

"Ma Zhou, don't be angry! This gang of profiteers is like that. That's normal, too. Anyone who is deprived of one-third of their earnings at once will probably go crazy. I am not surprised at all that they are now, and this is the same as the practice of those grain merchants who hoarded and drove up prices during the famine years. Jingwen said.

"So what do we do?" Ma Zhou asked.

"What do you say?" Jingwen asked rhetorically.

Ma Zhou immediately said: "Jieshuai, don't you have a holy decree this time?" Directly replaced the emperor's order, raided the homes of these profiteers, and then sold the grain to the people at a low price. After that, they dragged these profiteers to behead them for public display. See who dares to threaten the government and take the opportunity to disturb people's livelihood. ”

"You've watched too much drama, haven't you?" Jingwen said angrily.

Jingwen was obviously speechless about Ma Zhou's statement. Because Ma Zhou actually said something to let Jingwen raid those merchants and behead those profiteers. In this way, this behavior can be curbed. But Jingwen knew that this kind of thing was not realistic. Let's not mention that Jingwen doesn't have the right to transfer troops and arrest people accordingly, even if he does, he doesn't dare to abuse it! As for what it said, the ancient minister of the Qin mission took the sword of Shang Fang and went to the place to say that if he killed someone, he would kill someone. This is actually nonsense. The real situation is that the power of "acting cheaply" given by the emperor is very prudent, and it will definitely not be given lightly. Moreover, you killed someone. You also have to think about the consequences!

You can kill a merchant now, and then I'm afraid all the merchants in the world will be cold to this government. After all, businessmen are all profit-seeking, and it is their nature to yearn for profit, and even the nature of all human beings, but the interests of businessmen lie in money, and the interests of others have their own interests. Therefore, if the person abuses his power to kill the so-called profiteer this time, the subsequent side effects will be endless. If someone is not guilty of a crime that is certain to death, and you kill someone on the spot without trial, it is also a severe blow to the judicial process.

And the judicial process has been hit, so how much trust do the people still have in this government? Moreover, it may be good for ordinary and relatively ignorant people to kill these profiteers, but those who have a certain level of education and a certain rational thinking will reflect on whether it is good to sabotage the judicial process in order to crack down on certain profiteers. When the time comes, those "people of insight" will be completely chilled by this government. In fact, in ancient times and even in later generations, the knowledge of those ordinary people was relatively small, which is an indisputable fact. When you fight the world, you can have no scruples at all, but once you sit in the world, you have to take care of a lot. For example, this kind of casual killing seems to establish the authority of the government, but on the other hand, it has lost the hearts of some talents. The ruling class needs talent, not ordinary impulsive people. In order to crack down on a few profiteers, it ruined the judicial atmosphere of the country, which is not worth it.

"Ma Zhou, I want to sue you that power cannot be abused. Once the power is abused, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles. Although you can now use your power to kill people and do whatever you want, power is a double-edged sword, and if you don't use it well, you will hurt yourself. Do you know why I've always been reasonable and legal even for the whole person? Only a reasonable and lawful rectification of the person can not be regarded as an abuse of power. As a politician, you must first adapt to the rules, and then take advantage of the rules. I use the law for my own ends, and that is to use the rules. As for you now, you haven't adapted to the rules of this officialdom, and you're a little disappointed to me. Jingwen said very politely.

When Ma Zhou heard this, he immediately said: "Jieshuai, please guide me more in the future, but how should the current problem be solved?" If it is not solved, people's livelihood will be disturbed by these guys, and then we will be miserable. ”

"Hmph, they have their own way, so we'll use our way to solve it. than commercial means, to see whose capital is thicker! Jingwen snorted. (To be continued......)