Jiajing put the time of summoning the merchants to the household department to discuss the day after tomorrow, that is, on the third day.

And the day vacated in the middle is to set aside time for all parties to turn around.

On the second day after receiving the news, the merchants in Beijing sent invitations to the entire six yamen, and all the Beijing officials above the third grade in Beijing received such an invitation.

Even the invitation had already been stuffed into prison.

Ning Jue, who was squatting in prison, took the invitation and looked at Lu Bing with a stunned expression.

"Governor, isn't this a kick in the face? Since the founding of Emperor Taizu Gao, I have not heard of anyone daring to send invitations to the Imperial Prison. ”

"What do they think of us here? Guild Hall? Or the Hui Guowen Ancestral Hall? Zhu Xixiao said indignantly.

Looking at the invitations of the three of them, Lu Bing waved his hand towards the cell where Ning Jue and the three were imprisoned and said, "That's it, the monarch is at the time of employing people, and the disaster victims still have to rely on these businessmen, let me ask Huang Gonggong." ”

Lu Bing was already aware of the abnormality of the situation between the DPRK and China.

Whether it is the East Factory or the Jinyi Guard, it is just the product of the Son of Heaven to check and balance the hundred officials.

Once the Son of Heaven is separated from the outer court, the authority of Jinyiwei and Dongchang will inevitably be affected.

Lu Bing faintly felt that he might need to make some preparations.

Not long after, after Lu Bing came back, Ning Jue and the three of them were blasted out of the edict.

As soon as Fang went out, a carriage was waiting outside the prison.

"Three gentlemen, my lord has been waiting for a long time, just waiting for three."

"Who is your master?" Zhang Juzheng asked.

"It's Ning Yanxian's old friend of Jiangnan, Master Zou of Xishan."

As soon as he spoke, Gao Gong climbed into the carriage.

"Two, the people of the northwest are still counting on this group of businessmen for disaster relief, and for the sake of the victims, this wine has to be eaten."

Ning Jue and Zhang Juzheng glanced at each other, and they had to get into the car.

I saw that the carriage went straight to the direction of Huguo Temple.

After a while, he arrived outside a restaurant called "Liuquanju", the plaque was still new, and Zou Wang and other businessmen had already gathered outside the restaurant.

After entering, the three of them saw a brazier at the gate of the restaurant.

Zou Wang stood in front of the brazier with a flattering face and said with a smile: "The banquet has been prepared inside, just waiting for the three of us to cross the brazier." ”

Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong stepped over the brazier one after another, until it was Ning Jue's turn, Zou Wangjing stretched out his hand towards Ning Jue, and then said with a smile: "Xian, please." ”

Ning Jue looked at Zou Wang and snorted coldly, and walked into the restaurant by the side of the brazier.

Zou Wang was not angry, and when he saw Ning Jue entering the door, he waved his hand again and again towards the restaurant and said, "Blow up, fight." ”

"Whoa!"

In the restaurant, the guzheng, drums, suona, bamboo flute, and pipa sounded in unison, which was a little more lively than the New Year, so happy.

Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong didn't make a sound, only Ning Jue looked at Zou Wang and said in a low voice: "Wake up in the middle of the night, and the beautiful woman is accompanied by a lonely lamp." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zou Wang smiled bitterly.

"Persuade Zou to accumulate more virtue, otherwise it will be uncomfortable when you wake up from a dream."

"Aren't we accumulating virtue? The northwest is suffering, and we can't stand it, if you are really disgusted with the noise...... Zou Wang paused, and then waved his hand into the distance and said: "It's all stopped!" ”

Willow Springs rotated inward, even if the silence returned.

"Zou Yuanwai, let's lead the way." Without waiting for Zou Wang to finish speaking, Ning Jue interrupted himself.

Zou Wang and the others wrapped up the entire Liuquan Residence, separated the officials of the six ministries into categories, and even considered the interpersonal relationships of the officials.

Zou Wang, who led the way, took Ning Jue and the three of them and walked towards the deepest part of the restaurant.

It wasn't until he walked to the most hidden box in the restaurant and saw Zou Wang that the guys outside the box let the four people in.

After entering the door, Ning Jue found that in addition to the three of them, there were also Yan Shifan and Xu Fan in the box.

Sensing that Ning Jue's face was wrong, Zou Wang hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "You Xian, let's discuss one thing today, this matter will not be successful without you......"

"Let's talk." Ning Jue casually pulled out a chair and sat at the door of the box.

Yan Shifan held his chopsticks and said helplessly: "I haven't seen him for so long, and the end is still the same as before." ”

"Naturally, it's not comparable to the two small pavilion elders, and you can only make millions of dollars in Jiangnan, right?"

Xu Fan was stunned and said, "What's the matter with me?" ”

"Today, Zou Yuanwai spent a lot of money on Zhou Zhang, just to ask the court about the reserve price, let's discuss it directly, Zou Yuanwai is going to ask the court for what price, it should be clear, right?"

Zou Wang rubbed his hands and said: "This is also the first time we have done business with the imperial court, we have roughly calculated an account, there are nearly 10 million victims in the northwest, according to 10 million, then 100,000 stone of grain will be needed every day." ”

"The court's alms, calculated for four months, is counted as one hundred and twenty days, and twelve million stone of grain is needed."

"Of these 12 million stones, try your best to take the waterway, and the allocation of the provinces as a whole will be calculated, and almost 8 million stones of grain will be used on the road......

Zhang Juzheng raised his head and glanced at Yan Shifan on the side.

Yan Shifan also nodded and said: "The policy offered by the three of you, the freight is actually the freight of transporting grain from Liangguang, Fujian and Zhejiang to the northwest, eight million stones, which should be saved and saved." ”

"Xiaoge Lao Mingjian, in this way, it is a total of 20 million stone grain, the monarch's father Longen, we also have to contribute to the imperial court, and the price of this grain is all according to the grain price in the south of the Yangtze River, every six coins of silver." Speaking of this, Zou Wang couldn't help but glance at Ning Jue, and seeing that Ning Jue didn't speak, Zou Wang breathed a sigh of relief.

The price of rice in Jiangnan is six dollars per stone, but it is the land of fish and rice, out of Jiangnan, only the grain price of Huguang in Daming can be compared with Jiangnan.

"Twenty million stone grain, six dollars per stone, that is a total of seven and a half million taels."

Hearing this number, Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong couldn't help but be shocked.

This cost alone was enough for the imperial court not to eat or drink for two years.

Ning Jue opened his mouth and said: "Outside of Zou Yuan, these are not mentioned, just say how much you plan to make from it, you can make a price according to your conscience." ”

"Our account is to sum up the total amount of silver...... Twelve million taels. ”

Ning Jue almost couldn't help but splash the wine in the cup on Zou Wang's face.

"Make a bid with your conscience!"

"The conscience of heaven and earth, you Xian, we have to fight for this interest for the gentry and the people below! And this account has to be calculated, after borrowing the grain of Liangguang, Liangguang still needs to allocate grain from Jiangnan and Huguang several times, so that we can get through this pass. ”

"Such a big cycle, such a large sum of silver, you just arrived at the cabinet, that is, this price."

As he spoke, Zou Wang snapped his fingers and counted with Ning Jue.

"It will take about a year and a half, seven and a half million taels of silver, we are tired of driving and horses, and the cost of transporting grain in the county and state capitals is all included, and the imperial court will collect four and a half million taels of silver, which is really not much!"

"Bang!" With a bang, Ning Jue slapped the case and said angrily: "For a total of a year and a half, you will collect sixty percent of the interest from the imperial court, and put the usury on the head of the imperial court?!" ”

Xu Fan hurriedly said: "At the end of the day, the account can't be calculated like this, the monarch's father has a will, the commercial tax is assigned to the household department, and Zou Yuan has calculated an account, after the court completes the commercial tax, at most one year, the annual income of the imperial court can break 15 million taels, and this account is not capped, even if the imperial court is still lightly paid within five years, the annual income can reach the number of 70 million yuan in the former Song Dynasty." ”

After saying that, Xu Fan glanced at Zou Wang.

Zou Wang hurriedly took out another account book.

"Hello Xian, it's almost like that, you see, we already have a rough charter for the method of remittance of commercial taxes, so let's take a look at ......"

Ning Jue didn't even look at the account book in Zou Wang's hand, but instead looked at Xu Fan and Yan Shifan and asked, "Two, let me ask." ”

"Just ask." Xu Fan said casually.

"What the hell are you two on?!"

"The silver of the court is blown by the wind?! Which grain of rice in the imperial court is not anointed with blood by the people, and finally let the two find the opportunity to anoint the blood of the people in the open? ”

When Yan Shifan heard this, he also slammed the case.

"Rather the end! Who do you think of us? The prince is used to you, we are not used to you! If the imperial court does not pay enough money, the grain merchants will not be able to raise grain, and the grain merchants will not be able to raise grain, and the victims in the northwest will starve to death! ”

"You think you're fighting for the people? You're killing someone! ”

After that, Yan Shifan sat down on the chair.

Xu Fan also echoed on the side: "In the end, one or two pieces of silver will do a thing of one or two silver, and the ones saved by the imperial court will have to be pulled out of the mouths of the victims little by little in the end, can you bear it?" ”

"Two little pavilion elders, you two are deeply favored by the country, no matter what, you won't bend your elbows outside." Zhang Juzheng frowned.

Xu Fan and Yan Shifan exploded when they heard this.

"Zhang Juzheng! You will make it clear, who is trying his best to let the victims eat an extra bite of food in the middle of this willow spring today! Who tried their best to extract money from the mouths of the victims! Yan Shifan shouted angrily.

"It is precisely because of the grace of the country that the two of us cannot sit idly by and watch the victims starve to death! My father and son have received the grace of the country deeply, is it shallow for the three of them to receive the grace of the country? In the end, don't all the national favors you and I receive come from the people? What's wrong with making the victims eat better? Xu Fan said.

Yan Shifan and Xu Fan have not yet realized that a living person is already much more important than before.

As long as people are alive, there is a way to make money from them.

Xu Fan and Yan Shifan, you say a word, and I just say a word, and Zhang Juzheng is speechless.

In the end, Yan Shifan threw the chopsticks in his hand.

Then he looked around and asked: "Please also ask the three of you to give me a letter, do you want me to let the nearly 10 million victims in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty survive this hurdle and do it according to their lives, then let's discuss it tomorrow!" If we starve to death, then we'll continue to press down ......."

Before Yan Shifan finished speaking, he felt a black shadow flash in front of him, as if something was flying towards him.

(End of chapter)