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For Zhao Ran's construction, the two top authorities in Long'an Province still need to think carefully, but the problem of soaring grain prices in Guyang County must be solved immediately. For this reason, Zhang Yunzhao and Feng Zhifu specially sent a letter to Xuanyuanguan and the Sichuan Political Secretary Yamen to urge them to ask for disaster relief food.

However, because of the three consecutive years of the Mingxia War, the grain stocks in the hands of the Sichuan political envoy Si Yamen could no longer meet the demand, and there was a huge gap between the allocated disaster relief food and the needs. And because the autumn harvest has not yet begun, the real drought has not yet appeared, except for Long'an Mansion, the affected Baoning Mansion and Kuizhou Mansion have not even issued any warning to Chengdu, so the political envoy Si Yamen did not pay enough attention to this.

Zhang Yunzhao personally went to Chengdu to meet Li Yunhe of the Xuanyuan Guanyuan, and after the two interviewed for an hour, Li Yunhe promised Zhang Yunzhao that Xuanyuanguan would come forward and find a way to transfer grain from southern Sichuan and eastern Sichuan to northern Sichuan, and as for the money for buying grain and seeds, it was necessary for Xizhenwu Palace to raise it by itself.

At this time, the farmers did not have much savings, and their ability to resist disasters was very weak, and they basically entered the point of running out of rice as soon as the autumn harvest came. It takes at least half a month to transfer grain from other places to enter the country, but the disaster will not wait for anyone, and the farmers cannot receive grain in the land, so they can only use the charity money they have just borrowed to buy grain at a high price, and even if they buy grain, they will definitely not be able to survive this winter. If this situation is allowed to continue, Zhao Ran's meddling in the lending of Qingmiaoqian will become a joke.

Perhaps Zhao Ran can increase the lending of charity funds, increasing the amount of loans per household by three times or even five times, but he can also figure out with his toes that the consequences of this will make food prices continue to rise, and no matter how much silver Zhao Ran invests, the final result will be in vain. The peasants will still not be able to buy enough food, and the gentry will make a lot of money.

And if Zhao Ran doesn't do it, then the farmers will still have to borrow usury from the gentry after spending all the charity loans, and they still can't escape the end of the land being annexed.

Zhao Ran was very helpless, he had thought about it before. Once he did it himself, he would definitely encounter a lot of resistance, but what he didn't expect was that the first counterattack of the gentry would put him in a state of anxiety.

In the Jin Mansion in Guyang County, Zhao Ran sat in the flower hall, and the accompanying master was still the Jin County Lieutenant.

Zhao Ran took a small sip of the fragrant tea in the cup, and until the tea cup bottomed out, he still didn't see anything from the county lieutenant Jin. So he had to speak: "County Lieutenant Jin, the current situation is really unbearable, I don't know what you are still hesitating about?"

County Lieutenant Jin sighed, and finally said: "Zhao Fang has great kindness and great compassion, and Jin has nothing to say except admiration." If there is any young person who wants to embarrass the master, Jin will definitely try his best to eradicate it. Strive to protect the peace of the Lord. But I didn't expect Fang to do such a big thing, which was beyond Jin's ability. It really made Jin very uncomfortable. ”

Zhao Ran said: "This matter has been negotiated with the Kong County Order, and with the Kong County Order in front of the protection, what is the fear of the Jin County Lieutenant?"

County Lieutenant Jin leaned back, leaned on the back of the chair, rubbed his forehead with his fingers, and said weakly: "You can't say that." When Jin was the master of Zhao Fang, he trusted him with the words of his heart, and hoped that the master of Fang would not blame me Jin for being timid. Kong Xianzun is not a local, to put it inappropriately, he is an official. Just want to have good performance evaluations, and if the things of Qingmiao's money are done well, he can be promoted elsewhere, even if he does poorly, he will return to his hometown after Tianzhishi, and he will still be good for the rest of his life. But Jin is different, Jin is a person from Guyang County, he can't be promoted in this life, if he offends this group of wealthy gentry, not only will the county lieutenant not be able to do it, but he will also affect his relatives, where will there be a place for the Jin family in Guyang County at that time?"

Zhao Ran calmed down and said: "Where did the arrogance of the county lieutenant of Jin go? When the clan was exterminated, I didn't see the county lieutenant retreat? The clan can be regarded as a big family in Guyang, right? Let's join forces, won't it be wiped out? In this way, no matter which family is won next, no matter how many families are won, only 30% of the poor road will be taken into the charity fund, and the remaining 70% will be from the county lieutenant Jin, what do you think? These inferior gentry have made ill-gotten gains, they are sucking the people's fat and people's ointment, and they have copied them, this is all merit, but a good thing that conforms to the will of heaven, what is the Jin County Lieutenant hesitating about?"

County Lieutenant Jin smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This is two different things from the case of Zong Weiwu, how can it be compared? Although hoarding Juqi is unjust, there is no such article in my Ming law." Besides, Zong Weiwu shoveled it, and no one would say that he was ugly, but now these big families are connected to the same qi, and if they move one family, it is equivalent to dying with all of them! I'm afraid you also know that none of these families who took the lead are easy to get along with, the Zhang family has relatives in the court as a waiter, the Jiao family and the Chengdu Prefecture Luo Tui official have in-laws, and the Zhou family has someone in Shaanxi as an official, although it is only a county order, but it is the same year as the provincial inspection envoy, not to mention the others, just with these few, if it is really a trouble, where can you and I bear it? I'm afraid that Kong Xianzun and Song Jian Yuan can't bear it!"

Several big families pointed out by Jin County Lieutenant are very particular, all of them are in Wuji Courtyard, and they are all familiar to Zhao Ran: the Zhang family has Zhang Ze, and now he has left with the original number room to welcome Dong Zhikun; Jiao Tan has Jiao Tan and Zhou Huai has Zhou Huai, all of whom are Zhao Ran's roommates when he was a fireworker in Wuji Courtyard, and they still have a lot of contacts. The reason why I pointed out these households is to tell Zhao Ran that these big households are intertwined and deeply entangled, and if they don't get it right, they will involve the people around them, so it's best not to act rashly.

In fact, Jin County Wei still has some things to hide, such as many high-level lay relatives in Wuji Courtyard are also big families in Guyang County, but because of the reputation of Taoist priests, most of these lay relatives are still in check, and they are not as arrogant and domineering as other gentry, especially in this Qingmiao money turmoil, because they were suppressed by Wuji Courtyard, they did not dare to blatantly participate in hoarding.

Zhao Ran understood the worries of the county lieutenant Jin, but he had reached a consensus with the Kong county order that he must seek a breakthrough from the wealthy gentry, so he patiently persuaded: "These big households you said, the poor road will not move, and the poor road also understands the risks, and the judgment will not be hard-hitting." Poor Dao and Kong Xianzun have already discussed, the so-called persimmon picks up soft pinch, let's choose a household with an unstable foundation, kill the chicken to show the monkey, and deter it. ”

"Would you like to hear about it?"

"What do you think of the Long family in the south of the city?"

County Lieutenant Jin was a little puzzled and asked, "Long family?"

Zhao Ran nodded: "Yes! Poor Dao has already found out that the Long family has not been out of office for 20 years, and the most recent official is the chief secretary of a county in Guangxi 23 years ago. In the past 20 years, the Long family has produced a few talents, but there is no one who has been lifted, his family does not know how to restrain himself, but he is jumping up and down at the moment, isn't it a chicken that can be killed?"

Jin County Wei is still very clear about the roots of the big landlord Long family in the south of the city, and when he heard Zhao Ran mention it, even if he understood, this was a soft persimmon that could be pinched, so he asked: "Song Jian Yuan and Kong Xianzun have both approved?"

Zhao Ran said with a smile: "The secular family of the Song Prison Yuan once had a dispute with the Long family for land, that was the seventeenth year, when the Song Prison Yuan was still a Taoist child, and the relationship between the two families has not been harmonious since then; Can County Lieutenant Jin rest assured?"

The county magistrate of Jin County breathed a sigh of relief: "In this way, I will take the Long family to open the knife!" Well, Zhao Fang said in a timely manner...... Seventy percent?"

"Yes, I'm three and you're seven!"

"Okay! Since this is the case, Jin will also do his best for the benefit of Xiangzi! Lord Zhao Fang will wait for ......" After speaking, County Lieutenant Jin got up and turned back to the back hall, and after a while, he returned to the flower hall with a yellow paper slip and handed it to Zhao Ran: "Lord Fang, please take a look." ”

Zhao Ran took it and took a look, obediently, it listed the numerous crimes committed by the Long family in the past five years, from forcibly buying land to planting false accusations, from suspected murder to insulting a good family, there are no less than twenty or thirty cases. After reading it, Zhao Ran was speechless for a while, peeked at the complacent Jin County Lieutenant, and said secretly: It turns out that you have been remembering black materials, it seems that Lao Tzu will ...... Poor roads need to be more careful.

In any case, being able to persuade County Lieutenant Jin to fully cooperate can be regarded as opening a breakthrough, and with this black material, copying the Long family can be regarded as justifiable.

After discussing the details of the move, County Lieutenant Jin seemed to be in a good mood, and smiled at Zhao Ran: "Lord Zhao's move can be described as killing two birds with one stone, not only knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, but also avenging the revenge of the vulgar family for the Song Prison Yuan, and the future is bound to be limitless." I don't know how this Long family offended Lord Zhao Fang and had such a catastrophe. ”

"If you want to blame him, blame the name of his family is not good!"

County Lieutenant Jin was stunned: "The name is not good?"

Zhao Ran gritted his back molars and said viciously: "What do you say is his name bad?

Lieutenant Jin: "......" (to be continued......