Even though he had already guessed that Xu Qian did not distinguish the difference between the official price and the market price, he also thought that Xu Qian did not distinguish between grains and grains, and he didn't know that the market price would fluctuate, but Li Shiao still didn't dare to be careless.

The department of the household department occupies the largest area among the ministries, and the functions are also the most, Li Shiao sat in his hall for a while, and then someone came.

It was Liang Teng, the household servant, who came, although Liang Teng was from Wang Xuemen, and he had also visited Xu Qian at night, but he had never dared to disclose his identity.

This is actually reasonable, after all, in the imperial court, Wang Xue is shouted and beaten, although the criminal department Shangshu has announced his identity as Wang Xue, but he is old, and he is not afraid of anything, but Liang Teng is different, if you want to mix in the household department, you have to hide it.

"Your Excellency......" Liang Teng came in and saluted Li Shiao.

Li Shiao's face was moved, and he hurriedly said, "Please sit down, what's the matter, have you figured it out?" ”

Liang Teng was not polite, sat down, and said: "It has been calculated, Zhejiang Province can only buy 700,000 quintals of grain with two million pieces of silver, and since Zhejiang has been tax-free and tax-free, I am afraid that the grain that can be collected this year will not exceed 300,000, but ...... It is said that they dredged up the relationship between the pacification envoys by sea and bought 300,000 quintals of grain from outside, and it is said that the pacification envoys by sea collected grain at a high price, and also stipulated that as long as there were ships going to Shuangyu Port to do business, as long as the grain was transported, then the entry and exit of the ships could be exempted from taxes. Seeing that it was profitable, many merchants were willing to transport grain to Shuangyu Port, so that not only could the grain be sold at a high price, but also the treasures brought with the ship could also be tax-free, killing two birds with one stone. ”

Li Shiao was stunned: "This sea route to appease the envoy, how can I make a kick, but this sea route pacification envoy originally wore the same pants as the surnamed Xu, which should have been expected a long time ago." ”

Liang Teng said: "Actually." This is also reasonable, it is said that the general merchants to transport goods to Shuangyu Port, it is impossible to carry a full ship with rare things, after all, the rare things are limited, whether it is spices and rhino horn, or Korean ginseng, big food blankets, after all, the carrying is limited, it is good to be able to fit a few cabins. The rest of the cabins are also empty, and it is not a bad thing to load some food. Therefore, after the lower official ordered people to convert. The grain that Zhejiang can take out is no more than 1.3 million quintals, but it is ...... If the loss is counted, the 1.4 million quintals of grain will not be able to be collected in any case. According to the following officials' estimates, it would be good to have 1.1 million quintals. ”

Hearing this, Li Shiao breathed a sigh of relief: "But are they all aligned?" ”

Liang Teng said: "There is no mistake, and the lower officials are afraid that something will go wrong." So after a few comparisons, there was no problem. ”

Li Shiao nodded: "It's just that it's not enough to calculate accurately, this matter must not be on a business trip, it must be investigated in detail." ”

Liang Teng said solemnly: "Yes." However, the lower officials have indeed investigated in detail, and news has also come from Zhejiang's patrol, in addition to these means of raising grain. Elsewhere, I didn't see much movement. ”

Li Shiao sighed. Said: "That being said, it's always good to be careful to sail the 10,000-year-old ship." In this big move, the two elders of the cabinet are in order to depose the new policy, otherwise why would there be such a stirring up of the people? If you let the surnamed Xu get through this time, wouldn't all the calculations become bamboo baskets to draw water, do you understand what the old man meant? If the surname Xu is better, you and I will not be happy. The household department is not as good as before, in the past, it was the cabinet ministers who also served as the secretary of the household department, but now, one of the two Yang Gong is in charge of the ministry, and the other is in charge of the military department, and the official department is the heavenly official, but now the military department is also soaring, our household department, if you can't even do such a thing, in the future, what face will you and I have? ”

Li Shiao gave a lesson, and Liang Teng could only respond in his heart. However, his heart is very anxious, according to his calculations, Zhejiang really can't take 1.4 million quintals of grain, 1.1 million quintals is the limit, the difference is 300,000, this is not a decimal, and people are waiting for you to make a mistake, after making a mistake, you have already fabricated a crime, a delay in the military plane, not to say that it is a Futai, that is, the cabinet ministers are afraid that they will only obediently step down when they encounter such a crime.

As soon as Xu Qian falls, the whole of Zhejiang, will definitely fall and scatter, the new policy is not to be implemented, as soon as the new Futai arrives, most of them will abolish Ming Pao and ban Wang Xue. Nowadays, it is no longer as simple as academic disputes, which are mixed with political disputes and involve fundamental conflicts of interest, and it is absolutely impossible to be good.

"The lower official understands, and the lower official will go and calculate it." Liang Teng said goodbye to Li Shiao against his will.

Li Shiao nodded and said gently: "Fang Cai's tone may be a little heavier, don't take it to heart, the old man is just anxious." Yes, after you have calculated, ask the household department to draw up an account book and send it to the cabinet for the second cabinet to see. ”

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Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

The pressure of raising grain is like a mountain, pressing on the officials in Zhejiang, Ming Pao has long written an article, vaguely expressing the pressure of grain raising, and now, this burden is completely on the head of Zhao Ming, the political envoy.

Now Zhao Ming, all he thinks about is food, without food, the big guys have to serve it in one pot, and they can't raise it, Xu Qian is finished, he, the political envoy, is afraid that he will get out, even if he is lucky, most of them will be demoted to Qiongzhou to be a prefect or prefect.

People go to high places, people in this world, no one has ever wanted to go downhill, human life is limited, who has so much time to experience the setbacks of the career.

In this case, you can only fight hard.

Now all prefectures and counties are stationed in Hangzhou, and the number of grain urged by each prefecture and county is reported in real time, looking at the increasing amount of official grain, Zhao Ming did not breathe a sigh of relief. Because of the relationship between the large tax exemption and tax reduction, the grain collected is not even half of what it used to be, and even 20 percent or 30 percent of the grain collected.

This grain is simply a drop in the bucket, and the only thing to be thankful for is that the Money and Grain Bureau has already come forward to buy grain, and the sea route pacification envoy is also transporting a boatload of grain to Ningbo.

In the blink of an eye, at the end of autumn, dozens of people gathered together in the Yamen of the Political Envoy Division, these people were all officials sent from various prefectures and counties, some were the main bookkeepers, some were Tongzhi, in addition, there were also officials from the Money and Grain Bureau and several sea route pacification envoys.

Zhao Ming coughed, and after reading the account book, he said: "I heard that the Jiangxi side has been released from grain and entered Beijing, and the quota in Jiangxi is 1.5 million quintals, but the actual payment is 1.53 million quintals." There is also Fujian, Fujian's quota is 300,000 quintals, and the actual payment is 320,000 quintals, and Nanzhili is said to have completed the quota, but we in Zhejiang, now we have paid the amount of grain one after another, but we still owe some of it, we must not take it lightly, no matter what, the amount of 1.4 million quintals must be made up. ”

"My lord, Ningbo is doing everything step by step, and it has been urging food, but it will take some time......"

"yes, it's going to take some time......"

Zhao Ming shook his head with a wry smile, and his eyes fell on a shopkeeper of the Money and Grain Bureau: "What about the Money and Grain Bureau, how much is the total amount of grain actually purchased?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "Recently, there has been a slight increase, and the actual purchase of grain is only 670,000 quintals, which is already the limit." ”

Originally, it was calculated that the Money and Grain Bureau should be able to get 700,000 loads of grain, but now it seems that there are many unsatisfactory things, and Zhao Ming had to smile bitterly: "Can you buy some more?" Silver, you can find a way to raise it. ”

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly and said: "Grain is rationed, and it doesn't mean that you can buy it, almost all the surplus grain on the market, what you can buy has already been bought, even if you take out the money again, won't the price of grain in Zhejiang rise to the sky?" Scarcity is expensive, so this is not a matter of silver, but the amount of surplus grain in Zhejiang. ”

What the shopkeeper said is very reasonable, many times, silver may not be useful, why is silk so valuable in Shuangyu Port? To put it bluntly, there is less silk and high demand. Now Zhejiang's grain is also in this situation, almost all the surplus grain has been purchased, and many families are only left with rations, and you want people to sell the rations in their hands, and this price is afraid that it will continue to soar.

And if you go to other provinces to buy, on the one hand, it is too late, on the other hand, Zhejiang is now a lonely family, you want to buy grain, will people be willing to sell?

Zhao Ming's face was gloomy: "On the side of the pacification envoy by sea, the grain transported is 370,000 quintals, and the Money and Grain Bureau is sixty-seven, but now, we still have a shortage of 360,000 quintals, 360,000 quintals is not much in previous years, but the grain tax has been reduced so much, in previous years, about one million quintals could be collected in a year, and this year, according to the previous tax system, it would be good to have 200,000 quintals, hey...... At present, only everyone can tide over the difficulties together, and all prefectures and counties should try to collect food as much as possible. ”

Zhao Ming let out his words, his heart was heavy, he stood up, and the others got up to say goodbye.

After thinking about it, Zhao Ming returned to the flower hall of the back office, pondered for a while, and wrote a letter to the Beijing master quickly.

"Your Excellency......" Zhou's staff from the governor's yamen sent someone to deliver a report, saying that it was the governor's yamen, which seemed to have the intention of changing course.

Hearing this, Zhao Ming's face turned cold, of course he understood what this meant, and now the governor's yamen also saw the predicament here, this governor is really a wall-to-wall grass, wherever the wind blows, he will fall in whichever way, this old guy, who knows if he will stab Zhejiang.

"Go back and tell General Zhou, you have to be careful to monitor, at this juncture, nothing can happen."

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