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Chapter 162
Seeing that the situation was about to escalate, from accusing the newspapers of talking nonsense about interfering in the government's affairs to turning into political strife, the cabinet bachelor and the chief ceremonial officer could not stand it any longer. In desperation, they had to ask the emperor to personally come forward to make a decision.

"Don't be anxious, Mr. Shen Ge. Why should you take the words of a common man in the village seriously? "Dong Lin Xun Leo" slanders the internal officials so much that I can't just laugh it off. If you correct it, you can encourage me."

Hong Tao sat in the direct room of the cabinet, blowing the cool air from the ice, looking at the blazing sunshine in the yard, facing the impassioned speech of Shen Li, the chief minister of the cabinet, with a generous smile on his face and disapproval on his face. Comfortable and painless.

"Your Majesty, "Donglin Xun Lecture" only refutes Zhou Gui and Du Xue's wrongdoings, and does not insinuate the internal officials."

Since he was not elected to the cabinet, Wen Chun, the censor of Zuodu, became more and more annoyed with this harmless face. Seeing that Shen Li's offensive was about to be fooled by mud-like tricks again, he quickly added firepower.

"Wen Aiqing, as the censor of Zuodu and the head of the Imperial Procuratorate, how can you speak so lightly of the law? Let me ask you, is there any real evidence that Zhou Gui and Du Xue were corrupt and perverted the law? Where are the reports from Hou Ning and Jin Yiwei? ?”

Hong Tao's answer to Wen Chun's question was not so polite, and there was a hint of accusation.As the head of a national regulatory agency, he opens his mouth and shuts up but takes the lead in not obeying the law. It is so unprofessional!

"If "Donglin Xundao" did not allude to internal officials, then why are you so critical of "Ban Yue Tan"? I have read both articles. They only told a few stories, neither naming names nor surnames. Why go to such great lengths to fight?"

If Hong Tao hadn't been afraid that it would be too obvious to jump out and support a newspaper, Hong Tao wouldn't have to wait until the courtiers were excited. He would have had to ask the official in the General Affairs Department to chant the proclamation in front of all the civil and military officials at the court meeting, using yin and yang to frustrate, It is quite similar to the tone of announcers of later generations. Read it carefully.

Then look at their faces that turn dark and red, and engage in a verbal battle with the Confucian scholars to see if the truth has completely failed, and even the aloof emperor cannot use its power to achieve justice.

It's a pity that this kind of scene will definitely not be seen in a short time. At present, I don't have the strength to confront all the courtiers with open swords and guns. I can only look for opportunities to disgust them, apply some pressure, and seek the possibility of exchange of benefits.

And the pressure should not be too great. Once the courtiers feel panicked all day long, it will be equivalent to helping them integrate all the factions with different political views and twist them into a rope to fight the emperor first.

"... I am a little impatient. However, it is not in line with etiquette to let the villagers dictate the important matters of the court at will."

This series of rhetorical questions made Wen Chun speechless. After a moment of hesitation, Wen Chun had to be the first to confess.But he still refused to give up, even if he dragged "Dong Lin Xun Leo" to the end, he would drag "Ban Yue Tan" into the water.

Such a decisive decision was not his own decision, but the consensus of the entire Donglin faction.As long as we can find an excuse to investigate Ma Jinglun, we can follow the clues and involve Li Zhi.Anyone who falls into this stinky water will lose his skin. No matter how the emperor protects him, at least the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi will not be able to continue his job.

If you want to ask why you hate Li Zhi so much, apart from academic differences, the main reason is the entanglement of interests.Less than a year after taking office, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangdong has turned half of Guangdong into a mess.

When Li Zhi took office, he first returned to his hometown, and then moved the Royal Sugar Factory, complete with people and equipment, to Zhaoqing. It was renamed Snowflake. While it was under construction and put into production, it bought up local sugar cane on a large scale, but it didn't go well at the beginning.The local sugar-pressing workshops in Guangdong are definitely not as good as the Snowflake Sugar-pressing Factory in terms of technology and equipment.But they have a big weapon, which is the network of connections, or supply chain, that they have built over the years.

None of the local farmers know who the Snowflake Sugar Mill is, and they have an extreme lack of trust in outsiders. They will not easily change purchasers, and are willing to sell to local sugar mills even if they pay less.

I thought that this way, the newly built Snowflake Sugar Factory would have to close down due to lack of raw materials.Who would have thought that Li Zhi came with a whole set of killing moves, one move after another, unexpected yet reasonable, making people overwhelmed.

Not afraid of lack of credit and lack of raw material suppliers, the snowflake sugar factory sent people door-to-door to sign contracts with sugarcane farmers before the harvest season, and reserved sugarcane in advance at a price that was [-] to [-]% higher than the purchase price in previous years.And pay a [-]% deposit first, and then make up the balance according to the weighed weight when the sugar cane matures.

As a result, many farmers have no choice but to believe and be tempted.How about my hometown?In previous years, I always tried to find reasons to lower the purchase price.So what about foreigners? As soon as they come, the price increases by [-]%, and they are all in vain.

It’s not that people from middle-class families are eager to see money. They have to work hard for more than half a year and live a life of money. If there is a natural disaster, they may still go hungry.It’s effortless. Why not earn a few more cents just by changing the target of your sales?

Credit?People are willing to pay [-]% of the price up front without even seeing the quality of the sugar cane. This is not a good deal.With this money, the family can live a better life for at least half a year.Anyone in the local sugar-pressing workshop in this town should try this. If you don’t need [-]%, you can give [-]%, and everyone will still choose you!

In fact, the benefits to the farmers were far more than this. Winter had not yet passed and people from the sugar mills came again, carrying the governor's announcement in one hand and the sacks containing seeds in the other.

The governor called on the people to grow more rice and sweet potatoes on slopes where rice cannot be cultivated. It doesn't matter if you don't want to plant them. The announcement said that when paying taxes, you can use sun-dried bananas and sweet potatoes to replace part of the rice.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to plant. There are special pieces of paper with instructions on how to plant.Compared with rice, wheat and sweet potatoes are easier to serve. If you ask a literate person to explain it, you will roughly understand.

Anyway, there is no need to occupy paddy fields, it is just more work. The biggest characteristic of the Chinese nation since ancient times is to endure hardships and stand hard work. As long as there is hope, it is nothing to be tired.

Of course, because seeds are limited, not everyone can plant them if they want, and not everyone can use barley and sweet potatoes to offset tax payments. Only farmers who have signed a contract with Snowflake Sugar Factory are eligible to be the first to enjoy this. Welfare.

As for others, the official document said, don't worry, it is still in the trial stage and is not suitable for large-scale promotion. You have to wait a year or two to see the effect.In addition, there will be more weird crops to be planted in the future. Anyone who is interested can first go to the local county government to find someone from the Snow Sugar Factory to sign up.

(End of this chapter)