"Don't think that this official is afraid of you! Why didn't the Ministry of Agriculture collect and store on time this year, you are responsible for the collapse of grain prices in Daming! ”

Guo Yunhou's voice was very loud, and he was almost already roaring against Xu Guangqi's face!

This scene made Xu Guangqi's face black and red, and he was sitting in the Ministry of Agriculture in a dignified manner, and Guo Yunhou led a ticket of household officials to walk in.

indiscriminately, count yourself first.

"The Ministry of Agriculture has not sold the grain from the grain depot this year, so it would be good to replace it with new grain in the warehouse! Are you still going to let me buy food outside? ”

Xu Guangqi also fought back.

At the end of last year.

Daming sweet potato harvest, wheat and rice are also growing gratifying.

This year, high-yield crops such as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes have once again been promoted and planted on a large scale, and the food pressure on the imperial court has been much less.

As the Ministry of Agriculture, there is naturally no need to spend money to buy grain in the household department again, or go to the private sector to collect and store grain on a large scale.

But this completely made the household department have a hard time this year.

"I don't care, you have to collect another part of the grain this year no matter what, the grain depot is not enough, I can lend it to you!"

"Impossible! We don't have this budget this year, we don't have the money! If you have to buy it, then you can go and talk to the emperor! ”

Such a scene provoked many other officials to look sideways.

There are a lot of people who come to see the excitement, don't think that only the people in the market love to watch the excitement, and now the court officials in the palace are the same.

Bi Ziyan grimaced his face and said to the surroundings!

"Look at what! Would it be nice to tell the official about it too? ”

The ministers looked sideways at the source of the sound behind them, and saw that it was Bi Ziyan, the minister of finance and taxation of the Ming Dynasty, so they hurriedly retreated to the side.

Take a look inside.

Seeing the two people who were arguing, Bi Ziyan raised his forehead and said: "How Yaxing are the two adults today, this official can actually see the two imperial court seven books in the Ministry of Agriculture at one time!" ”

Seeing that Bi Ziyan was coming, Guo Yunhou made a preemptive strike.

Instead of closing the silence in time.

Instead, he snorted coldly and said.

"Master Bi is here! If you come to evaluate the reasoning, does it mean that the imperial court did not collect the silver for grain storage for the Ministry of Agriculture this year? Why do the good ones let the price of grain plummet, but do not collect and store it at all? ”

Xu Guangqi did not show weakness, and retorted repeatedly!

"Don't just say that it has something to do with agriculture and have something to do with it, if you want me to say it! The price of this grain is not all determined by your household department, and the same is true of the level of agricultural taxes! ”

The two of them are like this, and the more they talk in front of Bi Ziyan, the more energetic they become.

"Two ministers. . . I'm afraid that this matter will really be broken by the emperor's holy ruling, so there is no need to argue here..."

That's it.

A farce between the two important ministers of the imperial court has been in the Dongnuan Pavilion.

Looking at the two ministers who were not convinced by each other, Zhu Youzhen's expression was also full of bitter melon color... Full of helplessness, he said: "I originally planned to go back to the palace early today, and accompany Her Royal Highness the Queen to take a look at my unborn little prince by the way."

"It's good now, before I can go out, you two will come first..."

Guo Yunhou was angry in his heart, but he still said: "The minister knows that he is wrong and delays the emperor. But he Xu Guangqi deceived people too much this year! ”

"Your Majesty.. Last year's grain harvest was bumper, this year's grain is still a bumper harvest, plus the grain in many places is exempt from agricultural tax, which is no problem in itself! ”

"But this huge amount of grain, the people can't eat it and sell it! Nowadays, almost all the grain stores of the imperial court only buy grain from the household department, but now it is good, all of them go to the hands of the people to buy grain, and the officials sent out by the household department are all white silver! ”

Xu Guangqi also continued to argue.

After listening to it for a long time, Zhu Youzhen understood.

In the final analysis, it is because the price of grain in Daming is constantly falling, and the people are more willing to use grain to pay agricultural taxes, so the household department has collected a large amount of grain.

The imperial court, which originally sold grain to the outside world, saw that the price of grain outside was lower.

Turning his head, he went to the hands of the people and collected the scattered grain, although the amount of each household was not much, it was more than enough to supply the local state and county.

Coming and going, the grain of the household department was piled up in the warehouse.

However, this year, the Ministry of Agriculture has not consumed much of last year's grain in the grain depot, and it is still receiving grain from overseas.

This year, there is no intention of preparing silver to buy grain in the market.

In the end, the price of grain plummeted this time, and it also caused the household department to fall into the dilemma of having grain but no silver.

Sort out the ins and outs.

Zhu Youzhen also said with a little helplessness: "I have figured it out, but this year, the Ministry of Agriculture will not collect and store grain in the private sector, which I have indeed agreed."

"Ahh Really! Your Majesty.."

As soon as he heard this, Guo Yunhou suddenly sat on the chair speechless for a long time like a deflated ball.

Xu Guangqi instead took the opportunity to count down and said: "How could Guo Shangshu listen to the words of this official.."

"But I didn't say that I wouldn't collect and store grain from the household department this year, so why did you Guo Yunhou panic like this."

than Guo Yunhou is more aware of changes in grain prices.

It was the Ming Royal Bureau of Statistics that Zhu Youzhen established early, and began to continuously monitor the price of grain in various parts of the Ming Dynasty when the grain gradually went on the market every year.

They noticed something was wrong early on.

Hurriedly took the provincial government as a unit and reported to the imperial court that the grain harvest continues to be harvested, resulting in the continuous decline in grain prices in various places.

Zhu Youzhen also thought of a way to deal with it at that time.

"From now on, the establishment of the Daming Grain Reserve Bureau, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Households, and the local grain depots in Daming, and began to thoroughly investigate the profit and loss, and fully transfer it to the Daming Grain Reserve Bureau within one year."

"And this year, the grain that is abundant in the household department will be purchased by the Daming Grain Reserve Bureau."

"All the money is from the imperial court!"

What is a word, Zhu Youzhen's words are like this, when he completely decided this matter, the ministers finally stopped arguing.

And Guo Yunhou was even more smiling.

Hurriedly spoke: "The emperor Shengming... As long as it can solve the problem of difficult to sell food in the household... That's for the best. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said: "Although the Grain Reserve Bureau can periodically adjust the price of grain in the Ming Dynasty, it is destined to not last long."

Guo Yunhou said puzzled: "What did Your Majesty say..? The minister was a little dull and incomprehensible. ”

"Staple! Staple food! Daming's main food problem now is still relying on the Dutch, and you say that the hard-to-sell food is probably sweet potatoes! ”

Suddenly, everyone seemed to understand what had happened.

Guo Yunhou, who was hesitant, said: "Isn't this sweet potato the same to eat? And it's said that it tastes pretty good when it's baked.."

"You can't eat it every day. Only staple foods such as rice and flour can be used as a large-scale reserve food. ”