The king behind the empress

Chapter 212 We are loyal and patriotic
Faced with Li Zhe's threat, Yin Qishan's face turned pale. Does this have anything to do with him?

You insisted on jumping out and throwing stones into the well, only to find that you also fell into the well, and you tried to drag me in with your backhand. Are you still human?

It's just that although Yin Qishan was angry, there was no other way. After all, his hometown is also in the south of the Yangtze River. If he speaks now, if Li Zhe says that his hometown has a beautiful scenery and let Mo Zizai go for a stroll, it will be over.

So Yin Qishan suppressed the anger in his heart, took a step forward, and said to Mo Zizai: "My lord, I think this is a bit inappropriate."

"If the prince and His Majesty want to go to the south of the Yangtze River on weekdays, we will naturally try our best to share the worries for His Majesty, but the problem is that there is no food in the capital at this time, and we still rely on His Majesty to take charge of the overall situation. It's going to be a mess."

"Yin Shangshu's words are very kind, but I didn't think carefully."

Li Zhe, who always confronted Yin Qishan on weekdays, jumped out to agree immediately after Yin Qishan finished speaking, "I hope the prince can put the overall situation first, and solve the chaos in the capital first, and then go to the south of the Yangtze River. late."

"Yes, yes, Yin Shangshu's words are old-fashioned, I hope the prince thinks twice."

Under the threat of Qian Min, Li Zhe, and Xun Mao's eyes, all the officials of the court immediately spoke up to Yin Qishan, and the atmosphere in the court suddenly became quite harmonious.

"My lords don't know something."

Mo Zizai said unhurriedly: "This king wants to go to Jiangnan not only for fun, but also because he wants to solve the problem of food shortage in the capital."

"After all, I still have some spare money in my hands. Those merchants are afraid of losing money and refuse to come to the capital to sell grain, so I will go and buy it."

"My lords, don't worry. You just need to wait for me for three to five months. I will definitely buy enough food to return to the capital. By then, the problems in the capital will be solved naturally."

Hearing Mo Zizai say three to five months, all the ministers present wished they could go up and beat Mo Zizai. In three to five months, if you transfer all the Habayashi Army away, let alone three to five months, it won’t take long. In three to five days, those mobs would rob the food store.

Oh, no, the grain bank is under the jurisdiction of Mo Zizai. If he leaves, it is impossible not to take the grain away. When the grain bank runs out of food, what will those people who have no food at home not be able to grab food in the grain bank? It must be robbing the rich and powerful who have food in their homes.

Thinking of this, the faces of all the ministers turned green, this Mo Zi has no good intentions!

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Zhe shouted directly: "My lord, don't worry, the officials have a way to solve the food problem!"

"Although the harvest in Jizhou has not been very good in the past few years, there is still some surplus grain. The road to the south of the Yangtze River is far away, so those grain merchants are reluctant to come, but it doesn't matter, I am close to Jizhou."

"From food preparation to transportation, the food in Jizhou can be transported to the capital within five days at most."

"My land in Jizhou is full of loyal and patriotic people. For the stability of the capital, even if the food loses money, it will definitely come back."

Originally, everyone was unwilling to let food from other places enter the capital, just to cause trouble for Mo Zizai, but now that this goal cannot be achieved, naturally there is no need to worry too much.

After all, the price of grain in the capital has increased several times now, and as long as the grain is transported to the capital, there will be a lot of money to be earned. Who would want to earn this kind of money, so Li Zhe was the first to turn back.

Seeing Li Zhe who was the first to betray him, Qian Min's teeth itched with hatred, he wanted to make money if he wanted to make money, and he said so impassionedly, with an appearance of being loyal to the emperor and patriotic, he really didn't want any shame.

However, hatred turns to hatred, Qian Min actually had this intention in his heart. After all, the grain merchants in various places are closely connected with the aristocratic family. Did you get money from them?

It's just that Qian Min's words were too deadly just now, and it's definitely inappropriate to say that the grain from Jiangnan can be shipped over now, that's why he panicked seeing Li Zhe so hated.

"Go back to the prince, I can do it in Liangzhou, and people in Bingzhou are also loyal to the emperor and patriotic."

"My Yongzhou can also..."

"I, Jingzhou, can also..."

"I, Yuzhou..."

"Ok?"

After hearing Yuzhou, everyone was stunned for a moment, and turned their heads to look at the official of Yuzhou in unison.

Because the three most severely affected counties in Dazhou are in Yuzhou, they can't even eat enough for themselves, so how can they still have surplus food to sell to the capital?
"I, Yuzhou, can't do it, I can't..."

The Yuzhou official sneered. Originally, he planned to sign up directly. At worst, he would go to other states and counties to buy it later. After all, the price difference was several times, and he was making money anyway. ,

It's just that he didn't expect that so many people looked at him as soon as he said it, and he suddenly felt that he was a little ill-considered. After all, Yuzhou complained about the lack of food every day. If he sells the food now, it is not to find Mo Feel free to hammer them.

Looking at the farce in the court, Mo Zizai snorted coldly in his heart. All states and counties, including Yuzhou, had surplus food, but when faced with the natural disasters in the three counties, these people refused to pay a grain of food, even if the court paid for it at a par price. They are not willing to buy from them, it's really shameful.

But Mo Zizai didn't say much, he had to eat food bite by bite, and people had to be killed one by one. Sooner or later, he would settle accounts with them one by one.

"In that case, there is no need to go to Jiangnan."

Tang Weiyi, who had been sitting on the dragon chair and watching coldly, said lightly when she saw this time: "However, there is a serious shortage of food in the capital now, so there is no delay."

"Depending on the distance of the journey, I will give you three to seven days, up to seven days. I want to see the first batch of grain delivered to the capital. If there are states and counties that cannot be delayed, the sponsors you just mentioned will serve as officials themselves. Take it off."

"Your servant, please obey."

In this imperial court, Tang Weiyi still counted on what she said, so after she finished speaking, all the ministers immediately bowed and agreed.

After discussing this matter, Zao Chao basically had nothing particularly important to do. After arguing for a while, Zao Chao left on time.

After leaving the Golden Luan Hall, almost all the ministers looked happy. After all, there is an extra money-making opportunity out of thin air, who can be unhappy.

"Old Qian Ge, why do you look so ugly?"

After Li Zhe left the Golden Luan Hall, he purposely stayed there just to block Qian Min, and when he saw Qian Min coming out, he immediately stepped forward and teased, "Oh, I understand, it must be because of the Jiangnan land that I can't share your majesty's worries." because of it."

"But it's okay. Although you can't share your majesty's worries, you have avoided a lot of losses for the Jiangnan land. The grain merchants in the Jiangnan land will definitely be very 'grateful' to you."

Li Zhe is talking ironically and satirizing Qian Min. After all, at the price of grain in Jiangnan, it can earn several times at least if it is transported by water, so Qian Min is not trying to avoid losses for Jiangnan, but to let the grain merchants in Jiangnan Made a lot of less money.

(End of this chapter)