Zhang Anshi smiled.

Zhu Di nodded, obviously knowing that Zhang Anshi had something to say.

Then he said slowly: "So, what these people say, is it the truth? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Back to Your Majesty, most of the truth is true. ”

As soon as this statement came out, the officials couldn't believe it.

The accusations made by Zhou Juren and others are not small.

It is a great taboo to oppress the people in a year of calamity.

Zhu Di frowned and said, "Huh? ”

Zhou Juren and others took this opportunity to kowtow and said, "Please call the shots." ”

Zhang Anshi suddenly looked at Zhou Juren and the others in disgust, and said, "Of course I will make the decision for you, what are you anxious about?" ”

After that, Zhang Anshi said to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, it's just that the ministers and Jinyi Wei did it, and they all acted according to orders." ”

"By order ........."

The officials were in an uproar.

Historically, only courtiers have borne the responsibility for the emperor's crimes, and I have never seen a courtier splash dirty water on the emperor.

This Nexperia is really a backbone.

Zhou Juren listened to this, his face turned pale, but he said desperately: "Is the imperial court also going to put the grass people to death?" The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die, not to mention the grass people. It's just that...... The grass people and others are all good people, how can they endure humiliation to such a point...... I beg Your Majesty to spare your life. ”

Zhu Didun felt distraught.

Good end-of-the-road.

Why did he go from Jinyi Wei harming the people, to Zhang Anshi, and finally becoming he, the emperor, harming the people?

It's just that Zhu Di knows that Zhang Anshi, a guy, has always had his own strategy, and his actions seem to be hutu, but in fact, he always has his own ideas.

So he suppressed the irritability in his heart, and said slowly: "By order? What was the order? ”

"Has Your Majesty forgotten?" Zhang Anshi said calmly: "The corrupt officials and corrupt officials colluded with the local powerful and inferior gentry to harm the people, and His Majesty ordered the ministers to wipe them out." ”

When Zhu Di heard this, he glanced at Zhou Juren thoughtfully, and then raised his eyebrows and said, "Who is the strong and inferior gentleman?" ”

"Right here." Zhang Anshi smiled, pointed to Zhou Ju and others, and said: "Not only them, but also those outside the noon gate, all of them, now the minister has invited the king into the urn, and they have been wiped out." ”

Zhou Juren and the others shuddered, and said one after another: "Wronged, wronged......"

Zhu Di shook his spirits, sat down, and then said, "Huh? Let's take it into detail. ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, when there was a catastrophe in the four provinces, the minister noticed that something was wrong, and then His Majesty ordered Hu Gong to be the Qin messenger and inspect the four provinces, and the minister felt more and more that it was wrong." ”

Zhu Di frowned and said, "Why?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "There have always been natural disasters, there will be human disasters, and the only thing the court should do just in case is to send people with upright personalities to prevent it from happening." But Hu Gong is a person with a gentle temperament, and he is a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, not from a state or county, and wants to restrain these thieves who harm the people, and the minister does not have too much expectations for this. ”

"That's all?"

Zhang Anshi said: "Not only that, but the minister also passed the intelligence analysis of Jinyiwei, especially the intelligence research led by His Royal Highness King Yin. ”

Zhu Di was surprised: "This can also be studied?" ”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "Everything can be studied." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Anshi took out a document from his sleeve and presented it with his hand.

Yisha hurriedly took this document and forwarded it to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di saw the dense numbers on it, and he was a little dazzled for a while.

Zhang Anshi explained: "Jin Yiwei has collected a lot of data in various prefectures and counties in the world, including the price of land, the price of grain, the harvest of tenant farmers, and the annual income of landlords. ”

"A comparison was made according to the number of calendar years. A few years ago, there was no big disaster in the world, but the harvest of the landlords was decreasing day by day, Your Majesty, please look at the second page, there is about the income of the landlords in Henan, according to the approximate calculation, the income of the previous years, fell by forty percent. ”

Zhang Anshi said: "This is the situation of the landlords getting grain, because a large number of young and strong, began to work, and even some people went into the sea to run boats, so that the loss of manpower in the countryside, many landlords in order to retain tenant farmers, adopted a variety of means, in addition to the means of borrowing, so that tenants become debt slaves so that they can not get out, there is also collusion with the government, along the way to set up cards, and even not to issue road guides and so on. ”

"Of course, even so, such a situation is still repeatedly prohibited, so it ...... Many landlords had to reduce their rents in order to attract tenant farmers. ”

That's why their grain harvest has dropped by 40 percent. For example, the reduction of land prices, Your Majesty, if you rent a mu of land to tenant farmers, they can only pay three stone of rice, but now they can only collect two stones. ”

Zhu Di looked at those numbers seriously, and the more he looked at them, the more shocked he became.

Looking at these many numbers, I found that each number is related.

Zhang Anshi continued: "The decline in land rent, although it was a good year, reduced the harvest of the gentry and landlords. But a good year also means a drop in food prices. Therefore, the income of the landlords is not just as simple as falling by 40 percent, but more than 60 percent, and Your Majesty will know from looking at the fourth page that there are the numbers of grain prices in previous years, which can be corroborated. ”

Zhu Di subconsciously flipped through it and said casually: "Isn't this a good thing for the people?" ”

"Good things are good things." After saying this, Zhang Anshi sighed, and continued: "But the result is that they have a grudge against each other. In the past, tenant farmers had no bargaining power, because they had no choice, and because of this, the landlords and gentry had the final say. But since such a good thing, the contradictions between each other have begun to intensify. ”

"Your Majesty, please look at page 9, this is the statistics of the Hangzhou government, the statistics are the lawsuits suffered by the government and the county government in previous years, five years ago, a county under the Hangzhou government had only 17 lawsuits a year about tenants, but in the first two years, it has increased to 170 cases, so it can be seen that the disputes between the two sides have begun to increase, and the contradictions have also increased more and more."

Zhu Di never expected that he could analyze these things according to the number of lawsuits.

In the past, Jinyiwei, whether it was during the period of Emperor Taizu Gao or in the era of Ji Gang, although it was known as the world, its main duty was not to secretly sentry or to eavesdrop on people's corners.

And Zhang Anshi can be regarded as playing Jinyiwei out of flowers.

Zhu Di said suspiciously: "So what? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "The intensification of contradictions and the decrease of income will inevitably cause problems. These landlords and gentry actually still have a lot of income, but there is actually a truth in the whole world, a person who can easily earn 10,000 taels of silver a year on weekdays, if he only earns 5,000 taels a year. Even if he is still clothed and fed, still a servant like a cloud, and still a nobleman in front of people, it will inevitably breed resentment. ”

That's why...... Your Majesty can see the eighth page, in the eighth page, is about the gambling stalls and public security in various prefectures and counties, in a certain county in Hangzhou, there were originally four gambling stalls, but since then it has increased to eleven, in addition, there are all kinds of looting and robbery, and they have also begun to emerge in endlessly. ”

Zhang Anshi patiently analyzed: "It is clear that the income of tenant farmers has increased, and many strong men have more livelihoods, but in fact, they ...... But the number of strongmen has increased, why is that? Jinyiwei's prediction is that under the situation of a large reduction in income, many landlords and gentry have chosen to deteriorate, that is, they have begun to get involved in many other businesses, and the general livelihood does not have much profit, only some murderous and oversold transactions are profiteering, and they rely on their relationship with the government to cover the sky in the local area, and use this as a cover to become increasingly brutal. ”

Zhu Di continued to look at the lot of data and said, "You go on." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Under this kind of contradiction and resentment, a catastrophe, all the contradictions that were originally covered up, broke out. Because many people want to take advantage of this catastrophe to make a lot of money to recover their losses. In addition, the resentment on weekdays also needs to be vented, so the minister predicts that from now on, the situation may be even worse, even to the point of being fearless and unscrupulous. ”

Zhu Di bowed: "Why didn't Jinyiwei play before?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "It's reported, these data, Jin Yiwei has been shelving in the briefing, it's just ...... The analysis and conclusion of the intelligence, but the minister did not dare to report it. Your Majesty, after all, this is just an analysis, it is unnecessary, how dare the minister say this, if so, wouldn't the minister become Qin Hui's dog? ”

Zhu Di glanced at him and said: "Qin Hui is Qin Hui, you are you, he is unnecessary, Qing's analysis is a good way to govern the country." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Actually... This set of things is not perfect enough, so the minister does not dare to ...... rashly"

Zhu Di interrupted him and said, "Let's put these aside and get down to business first." ”

Zhou Juren and others were shocked when they listened directly.

They listened carefully, and although they looked wronged, they couldn't help but feel a trace of fear in their hearts.

Because...... Thinking about it carefully, it is indeed the same as what Zhang Anshi analyzed.

And this kind of self-inflicted with the surname Zhang has nothing to do with it, but I never thought that people had been collecting all kinds of information, analysis, and research on you in the early years, and the feeling of seeing you through was terrifying.

I saw Zhang Anshi and then said: "It is precisely because of this premonition that the minister tried his best to buy grain in advance, of course, the minister did not dare to doubt the good gentry of my Ming Dynasty at will, saying that they must harm the people, Your Majesty knows the minister, and the minister has long been discredited over the years." Because of this, the minister had to help the people of Zhili in the name of helping. After all, once the large-scale purchase of grain in the customs will inevitably lead to a sharp rise in grain prices, which is not only beneficial to relief, but harmful, so although the minister has also purchased some grain in some places that have not been affected by the disaster, the vast majority of them have been desperately seeking to buy grain from various feudal towns in the past six months. ”

When Zhu Di heard this, he glanced at him with satisfaction, and then said: "Take precautions, and act quite steadily, you can be regarded as an old man seeking a country." How much food did you buy? ”

"Not much." Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "The main thing is that the feudal towns are willing to support, so ...... Twenty million stone was purchased. ”

20,000,000 stone ......

Zhu Di: "......"

Zhu Di's eyes widened directly, obviously this number was indeed a bit shocking.

Zhou Juren and others almost vomited three liters of blood.

What is the concept of 20 million stones? One stone is enough for a man to eat and drink for a month, and 20 million stones are enough to raise millions of people and eat him for a year.

They finally knew...... Why the damn grain...... I can't buy it all the time.

Zhang Anshi enjoyed everyone's shocked gaze very much, and smiled happily: "Of course, the main thing now is that the transportation capacity is insufficient, if you continue to transport it continuously, and then purchase tens of millions of stones, there is no problem." ”

Zhou Juren: "......"

When Zhou Juren heard this, his heart seemed to be suddenly blocked by something, and he almost couldn't breathe.

Can you imagine. This surnamed Zhang is really inferior to pigs and dogs, so much grain, he sold it to them at ten times the price, who knows, in the eyes of this surnamed Zhang, the food he can use is really more than a mountain, and it is worthless.

Zhang Anshi continued: "Your Majesty knows that the price of grain in the West is low, especially since each domain has plantations in various parts of the West, coupled with the previous sea trade, transportation has been greatly convenient, so ...... So ......"

Zhu Di: "......"

Zhang Anshi said: "On the minister's side, there is grain, and I heard that in the four provinces, a large number of gentry and landlords, colluding with the government and grain merchants, began to hoard goods, and the price of grain has risen more than ten times. Has Your Majesty forgotten that at that time, Your Majesty summoned his ministers to see him, and he was very worried about this, and the ministers admired His Majesty's love for the people like sons. I also secretly determined that I must find a way to share your Majesty's worries. ”

What Zhu Di wants to say most at this time is that he feels a little distressed about food and silver!

I actually bought more than 20 million stones!

No matter how cheap the grain in the West is, plus the freight, I am afraid that only three or four million silver will be lost.

But at this point, although he felt a pity, he only felt uncomfortable in his heart, as an atmospheric emperor, he still put on a generous appearance, took a deep breath and said: "Well, you can have this heart, and it is not in vain that the prince will teach you by word and deed." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "So the minister asked people to allocate grain on the one hand, and sold grain at a high price on the other. It is also strange to say that the ministers give relief to the people in the four provinces and counties, and the more they give, the more people will buy the minister's grain. And they have to buy it at a high price, and if the ministers find a way to keep the price of grain down, they are not happy. ”

"The people of the four provinces, the ministers tried their best to help, and the grain distributed alone was enough to more than 3 million stones, in addition, they also tried to find a way, in the Taiping Mansion, ordered more than one million sets of ready-to-wear clothes, as well as various iron tools, more than three million catties. There was also a supply of tea, 57,000 catties. In addition, they also found a way to purchase 70,000 heads of cattle and horses, hundreds of thousands of stones of fish and meat, 1.7 million pairs of cloth shoes, 19,700 cars, 42,000 zhang of oilcloth, 70,000 catties of tung oil, 120,000 catties of salt, and a total of 150,000 printed books...... There are also other relief materials, which are even more numerous, and there are countless of them. ”

This number, from Zhang Anshi's mouth, is absolutely shocking.

You must know that in all dynasties, for relief, it was just a little food, and most of the grain distributed was coarse grain, which could be eaten without starvation.

But Zhang Anshi is a big deal, where is this relief, this is his own father.

Although Zhu Di also knew that Zhang Anshi had spent a lot of gold and silver on relief, he couldn't help but be shocked when he really heard the amount of relief.

The hall was silent all of a sudden, and all of them had wonderful expressions.

Zhu Di hesitated, but he couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, so he asked, "How much silver did you spend?" ”

Zhang Anshi didn't seem to notice Zhu Di's slightly tense gaze at all, and said very calmly: "It's not much, from food to various materials, the minister has calculated in general terms, and it may cost tens of millions of taels of silver." ”

“……”

Zhou Juren and others, many people's eyes widened, and for a while, they were speechless.

Even at this time, Zhou Juren had an absurd idea, in order to trap them, this Zhang An Shi deceived them of the little silver and family property they had, and actually smashed down tens of millions of taels of silver.

This man, he's insane!

And in the thoughts of Zhu Di and the hundred officials, some of them are regrets.

It's just a relief for the victims, and the cost is really too great, and it is unprecedented that the relief of the imperial court in the past can have this percentage.

Zhu Di was distressed, but he still smiled and said: "Good, good, good, my teachings, it seems that Zhang Qing has always kept it in mind, huh...... Zhang Qing can love the people like a son like this, and I am very relieved. ”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Your Majesty teaches by word and deed, and when the minister is by Your Majesty's side, it is the head of the elm, and you can also have some understanding." ”

Zhu Di said again: "It's just that these thousands of taels of silver, where did they come from?" ”

Zhang Anshi said hesitantly: "This ...... It's hard to say. ”

Zhu Di chuckled in his heart, could it be that the funds were drawn from the commercial bank?

You must know that in the commercial bank, he Zhu Di is a major shareholder, isn't this taking out of your own pocket?

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty seems to have forgotten that the ministers sell grain at a high price, but in the states and counties, do people buy grain at a high price?" These people ...... When he bought it, it was really crazy, it was like he was dying, not only did he throw out all his silver, but he even mortgaged his belongings and borrowed money everywhere...... It is necessary to buy it at a high price. The minister couldn't help it, seeing that they were so enthusiastic, so he had to ...... Fulfilled their wishes. ”

Zhou Juren: "......"

Zhu Di finally breathed a long sigh of relief, and then said, "This grain ...... How much silver was sold? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty...... It's not much, and the ministers have probably calculated, but in fact, it's ...... More than 10 million stones were sold, and 16 million taels of silver were obtained, which was enough to cover the previous expenditure. ”

Zhu Di: "......"

Zhou Juren: "......"

Baiguan: "......"

"Of course......" Zhang Anshi smiled again and said: "In addition to this income, there are some other benefits, and the minister carefully calculates, it may not be a small amount." ”

"What gains?" Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi speechlessly.

Today is also an eye-opener.

Zhang Anshi, this guy, must have been a thief in his last life, and thieves don't go empty.