On February 26 of the first year of Jingtai, there were only three days left before the trial release of the list on the 29th.

During the process of reading the papers with the examiner, Shen Yichen not only rested and waited in the house, but also received a response from the recitals and greetings written at the beginning.

As expected, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu's approval was very simple, and he encouraged and praised Shen Yichen's heart for the country and the people, and then there was no follow-up. The reason is that even if Yu Qian is the governor of the world, he is nominally the supreme commander of the Beijing army.

However, in the hands of Anyuan Hou Liupu and Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji, they still control nearly half of the Beijing garrison troops. Now that the emperor has returned to Beijing to support him, and the harem empress dowager Sun is ready to move, once it deteriorates to the point of a coup, Zhu Qiyu has no bottom in his heart.

Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, Emperor Jingtai believes that time is on his side, and the imperial brother should be much more anxious.

Compared with Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu, who praised Shen Yichen on time and appeased Shen Yichen, and voted for Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji's worship post, it was like a stone sinking into the sea at first, and he waited for several days without any response.

Just when Shen Yichen thought that the other party didn't want to agree, and was about to find a day to go directly to block people, he finally waited for Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji's reply, and the two sides agreed on a time to visit.

However, when Shen Yichen went to Jingyuan Bofu, he finally waited for a dream news, that is, Xu Fengyuan, who was sent to the south to raise grain, finally led the Ming fleet, which can be called invincible in this era, and was about to arrive at Dagu Haifengkou!

As early as the year ago, when the ice disaster in various state capitals was planned, Shen Yichen had already predicted that a large-scale food crisis might occur. So he crossed the process of asking for orders and used his own personal forces to send a fleet to Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Huguang and others to buy grain.

In particular, in Fujian, where Admiral Shen Yichen was admiral, through the counterinsurgency war, the production enthusiasm of the ordinary people who were allocated to the farmland in the past two years far exceeded that of other regions, and the grain output reached new highs, and almost one province could meet Xu Fengyuan's procurement needs.

You must know that even if there were no chemical fertilizers and other things in the Ming Dynasty, the yield per mu was far from being comparable with later generations. But you also have to know that the entire Ming Dynasty, which is currently only more than 60 million people and millions of square kilometers of land, will not be able to support such a small number of people, and there will be famine everywhere every year.

Fujian's example has shown that simply by curbing land annexation and ensuring that ordinary people have enough land to cultivate, they can still be fed even if they suffer from the reduction in production during the Xiaoice period.

Of course, land annexation is a life-rope that has been put around the neck of successive dynasties and has been shrinking, and Shen Yichen wants to go against the current, and there is a long way to go!

Shen Yichen's original idea of sending Xu Fengyuan to the south to buy rice and grain was simply to help the poor people, to get through the period of spring ploughing, and to avoid them from owing money to the gentry and landlords, so as to be robbed of a few industries.

Since he has already encountered it, he just released cheap grain to save the market, which is not in line with Shen Yichen's character.

Raising the price of food and wanting to eat human blood steamed buns, Shen Yichen plans to let the masterminds behind the scenes spit it out with profit this time!

However, before fighting this "food war", Shen Yichen first came to Beizhen Fusi to see Zhao Hongjie, knowing himself and knowing his opponent can not be defeated, and he needs his childhood friends to help him do something.

For the Beizhen Fusi of Jinyiwei, Shen Yichen is considered to be the most civil official in the imperial court, so much so that the guards standing at the door know each other.

"The little one meets Shen Ge Lao!"

Before Shen Yichen could get closer, a brocade guard guarding in front of the Fusi Gate in Beizhen immediately leaned over and saluted, so that his colleagues were stunned in place, not reacting to what was going on.

After all, even if Shen Yichen has a great reputation, he can't have anything to do with a spy agency like Jinyiwei, who is pro-army of the Son of Heaven, for the sake of Zhao Hongjie's face, he can be respectful, so it would be a bit too much to give a big salute openly.

If it all goes on like this, how will Jinyiwei do things in the DPRK and China in the future.

"The army of the Son of Heaven should have the prestige of a martial artist, Wei San, you don't have to be polite!"

Before the guard Jinyi knelt down, Shen Yichen had already held the other party up, he was Wei San, the jailer who helped run errands in the edict.

After the battle of Tumubao, the honorable relatives weakened, and the status of the generals collapsed significantly, and even the pro-army of the Son of Heaven like Jinyiwei, with the previous commander Ma Shun being beaten to death by Wenchen in front of the emperor, the successor Lu Zhong was weak and mediocre, and he was a little unable to support the scene of the secret agency.

Shen Yichen used to prohibit any general from kneeling in front of him in the barracks, but now even ordinary soldiers try to avoid big salutes as much as possible.

If a warrior does not have enough dignity and the majesty to stand up to the heavens and the earth, then how can he build a tenacious and courageous will to face the powerful enemies of the Quartet?

"Yes, obedience."

"Shen Ge came to Beizhen Fusi, did you look for Zhao Tongzhi?"

Wei San knew the relationship between Shen Yichen and Zhao Hongjie, and he was able to be transferred out of Jinyiwei's prison, and in a sense, he was also entrusted to Zhao Hongjie's care.

"Hmm."

"Then the lowly will lead you in."

After saying that, Wei San bowed his waist and turned to the side, preparing to lead the way in front, leading Shen Yichen directly into Beizhen Fusi.

Under normal circumstances, outsiders are not allowed to enter this kind of important information place easily, even if the elder does not have an official document and wants to enter.

But Shen Yichen is not an ordinary person, and he doesn't need to wait outside for a report at all.

"No need, you go and tell Zhao Tongzhi, and the official can wait outside."

"Okay, Shen Ge Elder wait."

Wei San didn't dare to slack off, and immediately trotted all the way into Beizhen Fusi, and soon Zhao Hongjie's figure appeared in Shen Yichen's eyes.

"As the saying goes, if you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, and when you come to the door this time, what good thing will you think of me?"

After Zhao Hongjie saw Shen Yichen, he first joked, he knew that the other party came directly to Beizhen Fusi like this, and it was definitely not for personal matters.

"There's really something I want you to help with."

Shen Yichen replied with a smile, he didn't have anything to be polite to Zhao Hongjie.

"Say it."

"Help me release the news in Jingshi, just say that I, Shen Yichen, want to release grain at a low price in Jingshi in the name of the Chengguo Mansion to help the people!"

Grain at a low price?

Hearing that Shen Yichen was entrusting himself to do this, Zhao Hongjie was a little inexplicable. The price of grain in Beijing has now risen to the sky, from two dollars and five thousand stones a year ago, to one or two ninety-one stones.

Beizhili is even closer to the border pass, and Shanxi and other places that suffered from serious war last year have already broken through two or two stones, which has increased tenfold!

But whenever the news of this affordable grain release comes out, there is no need to promote anything by himself, the people will flock to buy it, Shen Yichen only needs to worry about whether his rice and grain are enough to sell!

"To the north, let me put a message?"

Zhao Hongjie asked unconvincedly, why did he become more and more unable to understand Shen Yichen's actions.

"That's right, the target is the ministers of the DPRK who hoarded rice and grain, and they must be convinced of one thing, that is, in order to cover up my boastful Haikou, I used the grain storage of the Chengguo Mansion to help the people."

Shen Yichen asked Zhao Hongjie to spread the news of ordinary grain release, but on the contrary, it was Jiang Taigong's bait, and those who wish to take the bait!

Zhu Yi and Yang Hongze both emphasized one point, that is, the essence of the grain shortage in the north lies in the lack of supply brought about by the entry of the Tatars into the customs last year. Even if there is only a 10 percent shortage, the result is a skyrocketing food price, and it will not end until the 10 percent of the population cannot afford to buy food and starves to death.

Why did Shen Yichen promise He Wendao to ask for the people's life in front of the Shuntian Gongyuan Temple, and did not make waves in the court as before?

It is a group of interests led by his cousin Sun Zhong who knows where the core problem is, even if you Shen Yichen have the ability to reach the sky, can you still conjure up food out of thin air to help the people?

Relying on one mouth, you will never be able to solve the food shortage, so you don't have to worry about it at all.

Now, relying on the rainy day of the previous year, Shen Yichen has allowed Xu Fengyuan to raise nearly three million stone rice grains from all over the south, and transport them to the north by sea in batches, which is enough to calm the market and solve this crisis.

But if it is simply lifted, the mastermind behind the scenes will have already made a lot of money by relying on this period of time, and it is nothing more than that he has no choice but to continue to make a fortune.

Who will help the dead people, the civilians whose families are ruined, the tenants who are forced to sell their land in arrears?

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Shen Yichen never trusted to repay grievances with virtue, and he always implemented the article of repaying grievances with straightforwardness. Even if it is up to the prince and the emperor, for the sake of the word "justice", Shen Yichen dares to do a big rebellious act, not to mention a mere relative.

He must make the other party pay a painful price, so that the latecomers will not dare to commit it again, so that it can be regarded as a real disaster relief!

"I'm afraid that relying on the surplus grain of the Chengguo Mansion will not be able to lower the price of grain, and even they will send people over to snap up the rice and grain you sell, which will not have much impact on the market grain price at all."

Zhao Hongjie shook his head, he didn't know that Shen Yichen had a grain transportation fleet off the coast, and thought that the other party wanted to rely on his grandfather's family help to complete the disaster relief.

Although the Duke of Chengguo was once the Duke of the Ming Dynasty, compared with those vassal kings who were keen on accumulating wealth, those family properties were really not ranked. Yulu is only 3,500 stone a year, plus the manor's fiefdom is released, and it will last about 10,000 stone a year.

Grain can't be stored for a long time, at most three years of old grain, Zhao Hongjie can roughly guess that the remaining grain of the Chengguo Mansion is about 30,000 stones.

I have to say that Zhao Hongjie's guess is very accurate, the amount of surplus food that Zhu Yi can help Shen Yichen is 30,000 stones!

"Hongjie, what if I say that the nominal surplus grain of the Chengguo Mansion has three million stones?"

"What, three million stones?"

Hearing this number, Zhao Hongjie felt as if Shen Yichen was joking with himself.

The entire Ming Dynasty's annual grain tax revenue is only more than 20 million stones, when did Cheng Guogong become a thief and have 3 million stones of surplus grain?

Cheng Guogong really didn't have this ability, but Shen Yichen monopolized the overseas trade with the Japanese State, and even let Deng Maoqi occupy the territory of the Japanese island, and restored his old business with the Fujian miner rebels, and excavated the bank of the Japanese State by himself, and the accumulated wealth is not an exaggeration to call it a rich and rival country.

In addition, the price of grain in the south is far less exaggerated than in the north, and the price of three million stone grain is less than one million taels of silver, and Shen Yichen can completely take it out.

"That's right, the nominal Chengguo Mansion has three million stone of grain, but you know about it, and the outside world can only calculate that it is 30,000 stone."

Why Shen Yichen wanted to use the name of the Chengguo Mansion was because Zhao Hongjie could speculate on the surplus grain, and they were both relatives of Uncle Chang and Sun Zhong, so they could naturally easily come up with the same answer, which made them make strategic miscalculations.

If it weren't for the name of the Chengguo Mansion, just Shen Yichen said with great fanfare that he wanted to release grain at a low price, with Shen Yichen's experience of turning the tide many times in the past, the other party would definitely try to figure out where his confidence came from?

Shen Yichen has been blocked at the mouth of Dagu Haifang, but with such a huge fleet, if you really have the heart, there will be a time to find out. Once the news of the arrival of the three million stone southern rice grains came, the other party would directly retreat and would not continue to buy and hoard.

Shen Yichen put smoke bombs, not only to collapse the price of grain, but also to discount the legs of a group of "profiteers" who raised food prices!

"Xiangbei, you're really a good game."

After understanding Shen Yichen's intentions, Zhao Hongjie praised with great emotion, this matter is all over the world. I'm afraid that only he can complete the layout and break the game.

"Jiang Taigong fishes, and those who wish to take the bait."

Shen Yichen replied surgingly, since you like to make a fortune, let you lose on the word "greed".

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to me, and I promise to pass on the surplus grain of the Chengguo Mansion!"

"Thank you, if I still have me, I won't talk to you much today."

After entrusting Zhao Hongjie, Shen Yichen didn't talk nonsense, turned around and prepared to walk to the carriage and leave.

"You don't even have time to talk about the old days, is it that exaggerated?"

Looking at Shen Yichen's resolute appearance, Zhao Hongjie shouted in the back.

"I've already made an appointment to visit Uncle Jing Yuan, if I'm late, then I guess I won't have to talk about it."

That's right, the reason why Shen Yichen was so fast was that his next stop was Jingyuan Bofu.

The importance of convincing Wang Ji is no less than solving the food crisis in the north, and Shen Yichen naturally does not dare to slack off.

With the sound of "squeak, squeak", the carriage staggered towards Uncle Jingyuan's mansion, Bian He picked up the door salute placed on the carriage table, and asked with some concern: "Owner, take this to the door, won't it really anger Uncle Jing Yuan?" ”

Generally, when visiting civil officials, if they are not familiar with each other's hobbies, they will be conservative and send the four treasures of the study room without making mistakes. Shen Yichen chose to give Wang Ji a door-to-door gift, but it was a three-foot sword, and he completely regarded the other party as a martial artist.

You must know that even if Wang Ji is already a nobleman, it is still different from traditional martial arts, not to mention that the atmosphere of the court is developing more and more in the direction of nobility and martial arts, and it is easy to be self-defeating to send weapons, which makes Jing Yuanbo feel that this is a humiliation to himself!