Initially, Ms. Zhang's advice was to let food prices rise.

After that, he took advantage of the greed of the grain merchants.

Because one thing has been going up, triggering some kind of fanatical effect.

Human beings are emotional creatures, and once they get up, even if the price of food rises too high, people will make up many reasons to justify its value.

Immediately after that, there was a frenzy of selling grain.

This kind of sudden large-scale grain sales is actually a trap for large and small grain merchants.

When it comes to assets, everyone is worth a lot of money.

But it was not so easy for someone to come up with so much cash at once.

The grain that Zhang Jingyi resold has risen to a sky-high price, and according to this value, if you want to eat the Zhang family's grain quickly and maintain the price of grain, then you must pay millions of taels of real money.

Note that this is not an asset, this is real gold and silver.

You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, if there was no reform of Zhang Juzheng, the real money that could be obtained in the annual income would only be millions of taels of silver.

But on the one hand, it is necessary to maintain prices, and on the other hand, it is also necessary to raise gold and silver immediately, and it is necessary to eat these grains in a very short time, so ...... Borrowing begins.

There will always be some grain merchants, to borrow, the first thing to do is to have collateral, and in order to quickly get real money, the collateral is often worth a lot of money, such as an acre of land, according to the market price, if it is thirty taels of silver, but you take it to mortgage, sorry, it is only worth ten taels.

At this time...... It's the legendary lever.

Human nature is the same, and in this era and in future generations, people's behavior patterns are not much different when it comes to greed.

Once everyone thinks it is profitable, they will take risks.

What Zhang Jingyi wants is the result, and what he borrows is the momentum of these desperate people.

Because these most greedy people are precisely the most vulnerable, they are not like ordinary grain merchants, who can take risks, as long as Zhang Jing comes to the door, they will sell like crazy to protect themselves.

And in a market like this bubble, once someone starts selling, it is impossible to hold on to it unless there is a large amount of money to take over.

This is like a rat barn, everyone says that everyone should work together, theoretically as long as everyone is united, of course, when we can reach the highest position, we can ship together to make a profit.

But that as, you have to make sure that someone doesn't jump ship early.

Human nature can't stand the test, let alone a group of grain merchants glued together for profit!

If the borrower doesn't jump ship, his family may be ruined, can he jump?

He jumped, do you dare to pick it up?

Can you make sure that after you've spent a lot of money on it, there are others who won't dive after you've kept the price of food higher?

In the final analysis, in fact, Zhang Jingyi defeated the grain merchant by borrowing the grain merchant, and ...... This is a conspiracy.

That is, even if you know that I Zhang Jingyi is doing ghosts, I Zhang Jingyi will spread it out and say, this sweet potato will definitely not save people this year, I Zhang Jingyi even told you directly, as long as you don't throw it, you will definitely be able to make money, and you can make a lot of money.

So what?

They knew everything, but they were still devastated, and their troops were defeated.

Zhang Jing explained patiently, and the more the Emperor of the Apocalypse listened, the more he felt amazing, and finally said in amazement: "I didn't expect Zhang Qing's family to put so much effort into the price of grain. ”

Wei Zhongxian's face was expressionless, and he said in his heart: "I should have earned so much money." ”

Zhang Jingyi said with emotion: "Your Majesty, how can you not do your best to repay your majesty if you are so gracious?" Don't say that it takes some thought, even if it is a sea of swords and fires, it is also unremitting. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said, "Only this time, you are only afraid that you will offend a lot of people." ”

Zhang Jingyi couldn't help but want to laugh in her heart, and said in her heart: I offended a lot of people? If those crazy grain merchants want to kill people, even if they line up and kill for three days and three nights, I am afraid that I may not be the one who will kill them later.

At this time, everyone is struggling to sell and trample on each other!

Peers are the enemies, and these people now hope that other grain merchants are dead, so that they can have fewer competitors to sell.

"It's just ......" Emperor Apocalypse was still worried at this time, and said, "I'm still short of food this year...... How good is that? ”

Zhang Jing said, "Actually...... Humble has always gambled. ”

"Bet?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse said inexplicably: "What are you betting on?" ”

"It's a humble gamble that my Datang's grain is enough to supply the world, at least until this year. Your Majesty, the local gentry and grain merchants have always had a tradition of hoarding grain, hoarding grain in good years, and then selling grain for a profit in disaster years, taking advantage of the sharp increase in grain prices. Now there is a severe drought in Guanzhong, and this year's harvest in Guanzhong will definitely be lost, but as long as the grain price is maintained, the grain merchants in the capital or Jiangnan can be forced to transport a large amount of cheap grain to Guanzhong because the grain price has fallen to the bottom. ”

"All in all, as long as the imperial court sees the price of grain to the death this year, Guanzhong may have some difficulties this year, but it will not be ...... to the point where the land is thousands of miles away and starvation is everywhere. In addition, when the price of grain has almost dropped, the imperial court will buy some cheap miscellaneous grains and old grains, and try their best to transport them to Guanzhong, which can always alleviate some disasters. ”

After a pause, Zhang Jingyi said again: "When encountering such a once-in-a-century disaster, we can only get through the difficulties together. I have already thought about it, if I send a fast horse to send the seedlings of this sweet potato to Guanzhong, this sweet potato can be harvested twice a year, one is spring potatoes, and the other is summer potatoes, maybe ...... At this time, let people plant some quickly, sweet potatoes are drought resistant after all, but I am afraid that there will be some harvest. At present, there is no way to solve the drought situation in Guanzhong with one method alone. can only take a multi-pronged approach and do everything possible to survive the people of Guanzhong! ”

"In the coming year, the imperial court should take the lead in continuing to expand and promote spring potatoes in Guanzhong...... And that's not all, Your Majesty...... Even so, there will still be many people who cannot survive, and how to deal with the problem of displaced people? I thought that it would be better to let them wander around and eventually brew disaster. It's better to use the blockage as a comb, and order the local parents and officials, but they really have no food to eat, so they are allowed to flee the famine. Naturally, the prefectures and counties along the way also need to be strictly guarded, and the imperial court encourages the prefectures and counties to give some ration support to the displaced people when they cross the border. The survival of the people in Guanzhong is a matter of social welfare, and the imperial court must do its best. ”

After hearing this, the Emperor of the Apocalypse nodded again and again, Zhang Jingyi's words were very much in line with his heart, so he said, "You might as well be so...... Let the people fleeing the famine, the young and strong...... If you can arrive in Beijing, you will be allowed to receive a salary, what do you think? ”

Zhang Jingyi: "......"

, the Emperor of the Apocalypse is really a talent.

I have to say that this is really much more structured than Emperor Chongzhen.

What Emperor Chongzhen did was to abolish the establishment during the disaster year, and as a result, Li Zicheng was laid off and couldn't survive.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was obviously much more shrewd than the naïve Emperor Chongzhen.

Once the exiles begin to flee the famine, they may turn into exiles at any time, and once they become exiles, not only will the local prefectures and counties be destroyed, but also the imperial court will need to spend a lot of money and food to dispatch troops to quell the rebellion.

Instead of that, it is better to give the homeless people a little hope! Come to the capital, although the military family has a low status, it is good to have a ration to support you.

In this way, these displaced people have hope, and they are absolutely unwilling to rebel unless they have to.

After all, the vast majority of them are just good people who really can't survive, as long as the people's hearts are stabilized, although the imperial court will pay more money and food in the future, at least the most difficult situation this year can be solved.

How to settle in the future, you can always figure it out slowly.

Zhang Jing said: "Your Majesty, this move is very appropriate. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was not happy, and said faintly: "If I am a saint, why should I have today's calamity? Those people outside always scold me for my personal morality, or they scold me for being disgusted with women, they are scolding me in the wrong place! ”

But soon, the Emperor of the Apocalypse became happy: "If it weren't for suppressing the price of grain, the imperial court would have room to turn around, so what is the use of my method?" Therefore, Zhang Qing's family is the real hard work, and I will definitely reward it, haven't you been thinking about it all the time...... Do you want to build something there in Changping? Do you want to be there and be a guard of the imperial tomb? I've already drawn your drawings, and there's a tunnel at the bottom, and a fort at the top, right? ”

Zhang Jing hurriedly said: "I just want to build a well-defended Zhuangzi, saying that Weibao is too much, and it seems that he has a heart of disobedience." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse smiled: "I have always wanted to build an acropolis on my own, but unfortunately I don't have the silver, and even if I have the silver, I can't build it." Otherwise, the officials will have to turn the world upside down with me! Now, if you have the intention, not to mention that you have money, you might as well let me show off your skills! As for what it's called, it doesn't matter. I said that you have no disobedience to you, who dares to talk nonsense? ”

Zhang Jingyi didn't expect it...... I hit it crookedly, which happened to make the master builder among the emperors suddenly have the idea of doing some engineering.

In fact, to build a fortress, Zhang Jingyi does have a demand, on the one hand, there is so much cash, dozens of rooms can't fit it, such a huge wealth, if the guard is not strict, the Zhang family will be finished sooner or later.

On the other hand, he knew very well that the Jiannu people were very likely to bypass the nine sides and attack Beijing City directly, which had happened in history, which directly led to the defense of Beijing City and also caused the tragedy of Yuan Chonghuan.

If he guessed correctly, the route of the Jiannu people's march was nine times out of ten...... It is Changping, that is, ...... Zhang Jingyi's Zhuangzi.

In this case, why not build a strong military town here, which will not only guard the gateway to the capital, but also guard the imperial tomb?