I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 186
"Wei Ji said seriously. The heavy rain was a natural disaster. This is not the time to hold anyone accountable. What to do with the loss of [-] dan of life-saving food is the most important thing."

Although Li Tian said so, in Xia Yuanji's ears, it was still like a drum beating, which made him tremble with fear.

After pondering for a while, he said, "After the catastrophe, the price of grain will definitely skyrocket. The old minister thinks that we can use the [-] dan of intact grain to stabilize the price of grain first."

"Then, we urgently dispatched the grain from the various states in the south of the Yangtze River to the capital, and called on the large grain households in the city to close their warehouses and release their grain."

Xia Yuanji was worthy of being the Secretary of the Household Department for half his life. With a few simple words, he analyzed the current predicament in the capital and gave temporary remedial measures.

Li Tian carefully touched the suggestions, and then said,

"It takes too long to dispatch the grain stored in the various prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River. It is far from being able to quench the thirst. Maybe when the grain arrives, the city will already be full of hunger."

"It's a good idea to call on the big households in the city to close their warehouses and release grain, but those merchants are only looking for profit, so how can they easily compromise?"

The countermeasures that he had racked his brains to come up with were rejected by Li Tian with one sentence, which made Xia Yuanji even more fearful.

Seeing that he was in his seventies and eighties and trembling all over, Li Tian couldn't bear it.

Smiling slightly, he continued, "However, it's not impossible!"

"The old minister is terrified, please let your Majesty express it!"

"This method can only be implemented after the official opening of the Royal Bank. Anyway, it's only a few days away. Let's talk about it in detail then!"

The few suggestions that Xia Yuanji said were mainly emergency measures. To really solve the problem of food shortage, we still need to think about it in the long run.

But he didn't expect that Li Tian had a way to let the big grain storage households in the capital close their warehouses to release grain, which surprised him very much.

If the [-] tans of food shortage can be solved, and the capital will not starve to death, his guilt can be reduced by at least half.

Thinking of this, he finally let go of most of the heart that has been hanging.

The heavy rain gradually subsided, and it seemed that it was about to stop.

This is a very good signal for everyone.

Even Li Tian's mood improved a lot.

Not long after, Guo Wenyu was brought there.

Before reaching Li Tian, ​​he knelt down on the ground with a plop, and crawled forward while talking.

"Guo Wenyu, the left servant of the household department, greets His Majesty!"

Seeing that the Lord had finally arrived, Xia Yuanji finally had a place to vent his depression.

Before Li Tian could speak, he pointed at Guo Wenyu's nose and cursed,

"Well, you Guo Wenyu, it's in vain for you to neglect your duties and commit such a heinous crime while living on the court's salary.

One hundred thousand dans of stored grain in Taicang are soaked in water and rotted, even if you beheaded ten times, it will not be able to appease your guilt! "

Guo Wenyu was so frightened that his face turned pale immediately, his heart was devastated, and he wanted to argue a few words.

Xia Yuanji cupped his hands and said to Li Tiandao, "Your Majesty, Guo Wenyu has neglected his duties, and he cannot escape the guilt. Please, Your Majesty, please come down!"

Li Tian looked at the two of them playfully, and said lightly, "Guo Wenyu, do you have anything else to say!"

"Your Majesty's lesson, my ministers and ministers"

After hesitating for a long time, Guo Wenyu knew he was going to die, as if pleading guilty, he kept kowtow, but he didn't really say that he was ugly.

Seeing that he was about to die of fright, Li Tian sighed and waved his hands, wanting someone to drag him away and investigate according to the law.

However, at this moment, Sun Wenrong suddenly rushed in with a group of people pushing a few small cars.

"Your Majesty, I just checked the soaked food and found that it was in ten bags of food.

There are five or six bags filled with sundries such as sand, and there are more than one hundred thousand tons of grain stored in Taicang, probably more than half of them. "

As soon as this remark came out, the officials were shocked.

Xia Yuanji was so frightened that his legs gave way and he almost fell down.

Filling with sand and pretending to store food is clearly a case of corruption.

If it was just Guo Wenyu's dereliction of duty, it would be fine to kill him, but once it is found out that this matter is suspected of corruption.

That involved not just a doctor of the household department, it is very likely that even he, the minister of the household department, would not be guaranteed.

"Sunfu Yin, don't talk nonsense, there is evidence!"

With a wave of his hand, Sun Wenrong pushed several small carts to the crowd, and he suddenly drew out the long knives of the people around him.

With a single slash, sand actually flowed out of the burlap bag that was hit.

"Without real evidence, how dare the subordinate officials report rashly!"

Everyone saw this scene clearly, and there was no possibility of rebuttal.

Li Tian's face turned ashen.

Immediately said to Wang Fu who was beside him, "Wang Fu, you immediately take someone to investigate for me to see if the grain storage in Taicang is really the case."

"It's Your Majesty, this old slave is going to investigate now!" Wang Fu took the order and left in a hurry.

Li Tian then pointed at Guo Wenyu, who was limp and trembling on the ground, and shouted sharply.

"Guo Wenyu, please explain to me, what is going on, and where did the real food go!"

Guo Wenyu kowtowed like pounding garlic, his face was even more pale and miserable, but he was as stupid as he was and didn't say a word.

The shocking case of embezzlement of ink worth several 10 taels of silver and more than [-] dans of grain was simply not something that he, the left servant of the household department, could commit alone. There must be bigger black hands behind him.

Whether it was Li Tian or Xia Yuanji, the Minister of the Household Department, they were all well aware of this matter.

Xia Yuanji struggled to stand up, and said to Li Tian, ​​"Your Majesty, such a major corruption case is due to the negligence of this humble minister.

Please give Wei Zeng three days, ah no, two days, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer. "

Li Tian turned his head and glanced at Xia Yuanji, who was old but filled with righteous indignation, and shook his head.

"Because Weiji is old, let Huang Yan's Dongchang handle this matter!"

It's not that he doesn't trust Xia Yuanji, it's just that Xia Yuanji has been an official for many years, and the relationship between the DPRK and China must be intricate.

No matter who is involved in this matter, it is very likely that he has an inexplicable relationship with him.

If he is really asked to investigate and deal with this matter, I am afraid that in the end it will be nothing but nothing.

But Huang Yan is different, he is just an eunuch, all his powers are given by himself.

He has no other way but to do things for himself desperately to maintain his prosperity and wealth.

Let him check, he will not let himself down.

Huang Yan's expression turned serious when he heard the words, "This old slave takes orders, and within three days, I will definitely give His Majesty a satisfactory answer!"

After saying that, with a wave of his hand, seven or eight Dongchang fans rushed up and surrounded him.

He said to Guo Wenyu with a grinning face, "Guo Shilang, please!"

Guo Wenyu saw that Li Tian actually handed himself over to Dongchang for disposal.

Knowing the horror of Dongchang, he suddenly collapsed, and his heart that was originally planning to die also collapsed in an instant.

Immediately wailed and said to Li Tiandao, "Your Majesty, forgive me, the guilty minister is willing to say anything!"

(End of this chapter)