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Li Jin looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a headache, knowing that Zhu Yuanzhang's old mistakes had been made again, and he began to like to do the emperor's trick again.

However, this time Li Jin was really in no mood to fight with Zhu Yuanzhang, and last time he was to slaughter Zhu Yuanzhang fiercely.

This time it was unprofitable, Li Jin really didn't want to talk to Zhu Yuanzhang more.

"These are the affairs of the government, why did Master Huang come this time?"

"If there is nothing important, then wait for me to invite Master Huang to dinner next time."

"We have other things to discuss, so let's ask Master Huang to leave first."

Zhu Yuanzhang was even more furious when he heard that Li Jin was going to drive him away, and said:

"As relatives of the emperor, we see that the people outside the city are hungry, so we should be the masters of the people."

"If you don't give us an explanation today, we will definitely report to the emperor and let the emperor arrest you all."

As soon as these words came out, several officials beside him were so frightened that their faces were all like dirt.

Li Jin looked helplessly at Zhu Yuanzhang who came in to stir up the situation, knowing that if he didn't explain it to this person today, he was afraid that he would really go to heaven.

Li Jinchao glanced left and right and asked them to retreat first.

These people also didn't want to stay with Zhu Yuanzhang anymore, so they hurriedly stood up, picked up the boxes behind them, and hurriedly ran out of the room.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked suspicious when he saw that the box held by those people was very suspicious, and he also glanced at Mao Xiang beside him, and asked him to go down to find out what was inside.

In an instant, only Li Jin, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, father and son were left in the room.

"Tell me, old man, what do you want to do this time?"

"You said that you are a relative of the emperor, isn't it good to earn some silver for retirement? Why do you have to get involved in officialdom? ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he suddenly became angry and yelled:

"What are you dog officers doing?"

"Let's ask you, how can you eat a lot of fish and meat here, but the victims are drinking bran and eating grass in the city?"

"Are those things for people to eat? Li Jin, don't you know that it's for animals? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said in the end, his eyes widened, and bloodshot slowly crept up his eyes, looking extremely terrifying.

Li Jin wiped his mouth with a towel and said:

"Of course I know it's for the animals."

"Then don't you be ashamed of yourself, and don't you feel ashamed of the people?"

"On the contrary, I am deeply grateful. It was my idea to sell all the grain and buy bran and forage. ”

After Li Jin finished speaking, he proudly stretched out his finger and pointed at himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang directly slapped the case and roared angrily:

"Dog officer, you are really a dog officer."

"The emperor asked you to come to the disaster relief, and this is how you helped the victims? Are you worthy of the emperor? ”

"How can I be sorry for the emperor? The emperor told me that he would not let me starve to death, did I do it? ”

Li Jin was straightforward and explained:

"You go out to inquire if there has been a single person starving to death in Yiwu County."

"Master Huang, you are a big family, you eat white rice and wheat cakes every day, you think that bran is for animals, you are high, you disdain."

"However, let me ask you, have you seriously understood the situation in the disaster area in Yiwu County?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was temporarily speechless by Li Jin, and Zhu Yuanzhang at that time only knew that the disaster in Yiwu was particularly serious.

But he didn't know how serious it was, but he knew that he needed 600,000 silver to tide over this difficulty.

At that time, he was bent on throwing this pot to Li Jin, but he did not pay attention to the follow-up development of the Yiwu disaster.

"You didn't, I was the one who went to the disaster area in person!!"

Li Jin seemed to recall the scene at this moment, his brows furrowed slightly, and his voice became low:

"When I got there, my heart was cold, not to mention the 300,000 taels of silver issued by the imperial court, even if it was doubled, it was far from enough."

"At that time, Yiwu was a vast ocean, all the grain was washed away, all the fertile land was washed away, and 100,000 people were waiting to be fed."

"Not only that, in addition to the people of Yiwu County, the people of other counties in Jinhua Mansion heard that there was a disaster relief from the imperial court in Yiwu, and they all flocked here."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he couldn't help blurting out and said:

"The money is not enough, you can find a way to make it up, and besides, you are so rich, why don't you use your own money to help?"

"Why do you have to exchange the money for food for bran?"

"Take my money to help the victims? That's self-defeating. ”

"Master Huang's idea is too dangerous, have you forgotten Shen Wansan?"

Of course, Li Jin couldn't use his own money to help the victims, otherwise Shen Wansan would be doomed.

"Do you know that this pound of grain money can be exchanged for bran, but you can buy three pounds of bran."

"In other words, the money that could have saved one people can now save three people."

"Otherwise, where would I have come with so much money to help hundreds of thousands of people? At that point, you'll not be here to see the victims, but the bones. ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he still couldn't accept it in his heart, and said:

"But the bran is for the animals, not for men."

"Old man, why are you so confused?"

Li Jin hated iron and said:

"I told you before, are the victims still human? Only dignified people can be considered human beings, but do people who are dying of starvation still have dignity? ”

"At that time, not to mention bran forage, it's all good."

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while, different from the menacing at the beginning, he really didn't expect the disaster in Yiwu County to be so big.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was pondering the gains and losses of this disaster relief, Mao Xiang suddenly turned back and whispered a few words in Zhu Yuanzhang's ear.

After Zhu Yuanzhang listened, his whole expression suddenly became hideous, and he shouted at Li Jin:

"Dog, you dare to deceive us with clever words, we were almost deceived by you."

"You keep saying that you are thinking about the people, but you are trying to embezzle."

Li Jin was a little blinded by Zhu Yuanzhang's sudden change in painting style, and reflexively said:

"What did I lie to you?"

"Dogs, they still dare to be hard-mouthed."

Zhu Yuanzhang was indignant, and began to output to Li Jin:

"Let me ask you, what were those people holding in their hands just now?"

Only then did Li Jin react and said:

"Silver, what's wrong?"

"You dare to say that you are not corrupt? In the hands of those people, each of them is holding at least 10,000 taels, and you still dare to quibble? ”