Tan Lun's flying pigeon came in time, bringing the news that Qin Tai wanted to know the most. Qin Tai's worry really appeared, and the other party really wanted to drive Tan Lun to the worst situation.

According to the original meaning of the imperial court, the relief grain of Fujian was supplied by the imperial court through Cao Yun, and the relief grain of Zhejiang and Jiangsu was provided by several nearby provinces such as Nanzhili, Jiangsu, and Anhui.

At the same time, the imperial court issued a clear decree to exempt Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Fujian provinces from all taxes for three years, and halved the taxes within five years.

There are still some shops selling some grain at high prices in various parts of Zhejiang, but there is hardly a grain of grain to be seen in Fujian.

Tan Lun sent people to secretly buy high-priced grain, but he didn't expect that Fujian would not be able to buy it, and the grain stores in Zhejiang and Jiang would not be willing to sell it.

Tan Lun learned through various channels that the grain in Fujian was purchased by some people at a high price last month.

The grain stores in Zhejiang*jiang are subject to the above meaning, and the grain can be sold to the locals, but it cannot flow to other provinces.

Almost all the grain stores are monitored by secret agents or yamen people in disguise, and Tan Lun's people can't buy food at all.

And those who went to Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Nanzhili and other places to buy rice were not very smooth. The local government openly and secretly blocked Tan Lun, and the official purchase of them said that they needed to supply the victims of the earthquake in Zhejiang, and could not supply Fujian first.

If they buy it privately, their grain merchants will not sell the grain, and they will notify the government, and the government will take it

"Undermining national policy and attempting to hoard" was used as an excuse to arrest Tan Lun's subordinates. It seems that the other party has joined forces in many ways and is ready to leave Tan Lun with no way to live.

Although Tan Lun's distress letter to the capital did not reply, Qin Tai was not optimistic. Even if Gao Gong regretted it and was willing to save this disciple, he still had Xu Jie, the first assistant of the cabinet, above him.

Xu Jie will definitely not give Gao Gong and Tan Lun a chance to turn over, and besides, is there still grain in the granary under the name of the household department?

If so, can the grain be brought out to the people? If the grain in the granary is fine, why would they bother to do this?

It can be seen that the granary in the capital not only has no food, but may be connected

"Rumi" is gone. The secrets of the granary over the years, the grim situation in Jiangnan, and the use of well-intentioned people, almost all the problems this time were pressed on Tan Lun's body.

Tan Lun may not be able to fully understand the ins and outs for a while, but the grim situation is already in front of him.

Grain must not be transported to the disaster area, let alone opened in front of everyone, otherwise, from the imperial court to the localities, the chiefs and subordinates of the yamen at all levels do not know how many people will be lost.

If these people were piled together, they would definitely not be much smaller than a mountain. Once these people are convicted, it can be said that the real blood is shed.

But if it is not made public, how can Tan Lun explain to the victims? How to reply to the imperial court? How to complete the task assigned by the emperor?

Once Tan Lun can't hand over the food, there is no need to wait for Tan Lun to return to Beijing to ask for guilt, and the people of Fujian will eat Tan Lun alive.

Even if the people don't do it, will the local officials and those princes who are watching the show let Tan Lun go?

At that time, Tan Lun's life and death will be a trivial matter, who will control the situation? Fujian and Zhejiang have been harassed by the Japanese for many years, and the mood of the common people has long been unstable.

Today, although the Japanese have been driven out, the crisis has not passed. More than half of the imperial army's army will leave, and the common people will only depend on the imperial court and themselves.

Once the common people know the truth, they will no longer believe in the imperial court, and they will revolt. At that time, the situation in Fujian and Zhejiang will be unstable, and the common people will form an insurrectionary army to confront the official army.

The common people in Fujian and Zhejiang can survive under the hands of the Japanese and dare to fight with the Japanese Kou, which shows that their combat effectiveness is not weak.

Yu Dayou's army is about to leave, and the remaining Qi Jiguang troops will also disperse and evacuate, the imperial court does not believe Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang, and of course they are not allowed to support their own troops.

In this way, the regular army could not control the situation, and the Fujian and Zhejiang regions would be occupied or controlled by the rebel army.

The most dangerous ones were Nanzhili and Jiangsu, and the three provinces of Liangjiang were the most important sources of tax revenue for the imperial court. Once the war spreads to these places, not only will the tax revenue of the imperial court be gone, but it will also affect the foundation of the country.

Not to mention Tan Lun, even Gao Gong can't afford such consequences, even Emperor Longqing himself can't bear it.

Qin Tai once tactfully reminded Tan Lun that the crux of the problem lies in a few restless vassal kings.

In fact, these vassal kings are the cause and the main messengers behind everything, and their only purpose is the current emperor, that is, the Longqing Emperor who has just come to power.

Emperor Longqing is the son of Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, and he can be regarded as royal orthodoxy, but Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi is not royal orthodox.

Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde died early, leaving no descendants and no brothers to inherit the throne.

So I had to choose one of the cousins in the close branch to inherit, and this person was the later Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi.

When the emperor was appointed as the heir, everyone disagreed, and some people said yes

"Lixian", that is, which prince has a good reputation, can be the emperor. Some insisted

"Lichang", that is, to let the senior members of the royal family serve as the emperor's heir. Some people want to establish the elders of Emperor Zhengde as heirs, and some people insist that people who are later than Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao be the heirs of the emperor.

In the end, Empress Dowager Zhang, the biological mother of Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao, decided to take into account everyone's opinions, and among the close branches of the imperial family, find a child with a better reputation, who is close to Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao, and whose generation is about the same as Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao, and who is not too old to be the heir.

This is the father of the current emperor Longqing Emperor, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi. The ascension to the throne of Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, as well as his long-term rule, gave the vassal kings who did not have much confidence a chance.

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"The king of the word side by side" wants to wear a white hat to become

"An Emperor of the Ages", put his own

The "Chitose" title becomes

"Hooray". Since the death of Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, many vassal kings have been dissatisfied with the enthroned Emperor Longqing.

There are many reasons for this, but there are the following. First, Emperor Longqing was too weak. It is said that he can't even control his wife, and he often listens to his little wife to get things done.

The so-called wife does not refer to Empress Chen, but to Li Guifei, the biological mother of the current crown prince. It is said that Li Guifei was not born well, but she is quite tenacious and has the momentum of a husband among women.

Concubine Li Guifei helped Emperor Longqing deal with **** major events many times, and gave advice to her husband, who was still King Yu at the time.

Emperor Longqing almost obeyed this Li Guifei, and since then he has one

The bad reputation of "afraid of wife". Second, Emperor Longqing was stimulated when he was a child, and he was a little perverted in his heart, and he liked to do some strange things.

As an emperor, these actions greatly affected the face of the royal family. Third, in order to stabilize his position and fight for the position of heir, Emperor Longqing did not hesitate to use dishonorable means to have children.

Although the child was born, Emperor Longqing's body also collapsed. Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi once satirized his son Yuwang, saying that this son's health was not as good as his old father.

Can such an emperor control the situation for a long time? Can it keep the country stable for more than ten or twenty years?

Fourth, Emperor Longqing was too domineering, and he was subject to Xu Jie, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Gao Gong, and he couldn't control Li Guifei and the eunuchs internally.

Such an emperor has become an ornament, and he is no longer a real emperor. For this reason, the vassal kings secretly contacted each other in an attempt to find an opportunity to force Emperor Longqing to step down.

And this crisis is their opportunity, no, it should be said that they created it. The purpose is to blame all the problems on Emperor Longqing, who is not only not a good emperor himself, but also unable to control his subordinates, either corrupt officials or some mediocre talents.

Qin Tai felt an inexplicable helplessness about the boldness of these princes. Don't these princes think about the common people?

Aren't you afraid that this will really ruin the Ming Dynasty? Aren't they afraid that this will endanger their own personal safety?

Could it be that after they overthrew Emperor Longqing, they would be able to elect a new emperor calmly?

These princes say that they are seeking the greatest interests for themselves and their descendants, and if they say that they are not good, they are ruining the foundation of the country that their ancestors have worked so hard to build.

What will be the consequences if this happens? Tan Lun will definitely die, even if Tan Lun doesn't commit suicide, he will be beaten to death by the people, even if the people don't do it, the court or the princes will not let Tan Lun go.

If something happens to Tan Lun, Gao Gong will be driven out of the power core even if he doesn't die. Xu Jie, as the first assistant of the cabinet, of course, the head of the hundred officials also has to take the blame and resign, of course, he can also support a certain prince to become the emperor, and then he will serve as the next cabinet chief assistant from the minister of the dragon.

Emperor Longqing will be ousted from power, if it is good, he will be given a false title, and if he is bad, he will directly wipe it to the end, and there will be no more chance to come out anyway.

As soon as Emperor Longqing stepped down, Concubine Li Guifei was finished, and the prince was no longer the prince. No matter who the next emperor is, he must first face a large group of imposing princes and his own family, and also face the excited people of Fujian and Zhejiang.

Whether it is to send troops to suppress or appease, the imperial court will be greatly damaged. After all these years of corruption, rebellion, and this incident, the imperial court will spend all its money and will never experience any turmoil again.

At that time, the court will be like an old man who is dying, and a minor illness can kill him. The princes dare to bet, Emperor Longqing also dares to gamble, Xu Jie, Gao Gong and others are also betting, but the common people can't gamble, and Qin Tai doesn't dare to gamble.

Therefore, Qin Tai wants to help Tan Lun save the situation, that is, Tan Lun's life, the throne of Emperor Longqing, and the future of the people of Fujian and Zhejiang.