Chapter 74 I have never heard of businessmen quarreling with each other
This is the time to flatter the Taoist priest.

Yan Shaoting immediately said: "Your Majesty is not Liu Adou!"

Adou, I'm sorry!
Yan Shaoting silently said in his heart, and then continued: "Your Majesty is living in the Western Garden, practicing the method of Laojun, just like Wenjing. The current difficult situation is only temporary, climbing to the top of the mountain and looking down on thousands of mountains. Now that the Ming Dynasty is united, we can climb to the top and see thousands of mountains and rivers at our feet."

Wen Jing!
What a prosperous era!
Yan Shaoting's shamelessness was so great that even the person being flattered, Jiajing, could not help but blush.

He coughed lightly and said, "In the past thousand years since Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, how many people can compare to them? I am only trying to catch up. I only hope that the Ming Dynasty will be like the time of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, with full granaries but rotten money and grain."

The granaries here are full but the money and grain are rotten.

This is not to say that the grain that was taken away by the people below in Zhejiang Province for relief this time was rotten.

It was because there was too much money and grain in the national treasury, which was squeezed year after year, causing the coins and grain to rot.

When it comes to commercial hype.

Yan Shaoting's eyes glanced at Yang Jinshui, who had been kneeling on the ground for who knows how long.

If my guess is correct, it is impossible for Yang Jinshui to tell everything by pretending to be crazy before he does.

Because he didn't dare.

Without the cover of pretending to be crazy and stupid, if he told everything truthfully, he would be courting death.

Yang Jinshui had no choice but to pretend to be crazy and use tricks like a ghost to explain the whole cause and effect, and finally ended up guarding the tomb in Nanjing.

But does he still want to escape now?

Yan Shaoting hummed in his heart, and said: "Your Majesty reprimanded me before. I asked how Zhejiang Dao annexed land and who provided relief with rotten old rice. This matter must be explained in detail so that Hu Butang can return to Zhejiang and take charge of the southeast."

Jiajing's eyes also moved, and he looked at Lu Fang: "Lu Fang, you speak."

Lu Fang bowed: "I obey your command."

Then, Lu Fang folded his hands, looked at Yan Shaoting, and leaned back slightly.

This has always been his habit.

Lü Fang tilted his head back slightly and said, "Master Yan, the annexation of land and the use of rotten rice to relieve the disaster in Zhejiang Province are two different things, but in fact they are just one thing.

The people of Zhejiang Province used rotten old rice as an offering to force the people to accept the market price or a price higher than the market price offered by those people and sell their land under their names. "

Yan Shaoting narrowed his eyes slightly.

This is a vivid example of "where there is a policy from the top, there is a countermeasure from the bottom".

The imperial court’s requirement was that Zhejiang Province was not allowed to purchase land from disaster victims at low prices.

The imperial court also required that the government borrow grain from grain merchants and repay 70% of it later.

As a result, these people no longer needed to borrow from the government or repay it, but instead donated grain to the government to provide disaster relief.

The people are not fools, so they naturally cannot eat that kind of food.

It might be possible to make a living from day to day, but it is definitely impossible for months and years.

Therefore, the people of Zhejiang Province could annex the land of the victims at market prices or even at seemingly high prices that seemed to be at a loss, without violating the court's requirements.

Is it illegal?

The law does not prohibit it!
But these people just forgot what the Taoist priest was thinking.

Apart from money, the Taoist priest cares most about his protection and reputation.

If they had not done this under the pretext of replacing rice with mulberry trees for the imperial court and had not thrown the dirty water on the Taoist priest, perhaps the Taoist priest would not have decided to severely punish these people.

What are the people?
In the eyes of those high-ranking people in the Ming Dynasty, what difference does it make if one thousand people die or ten thousand people die?
Even if all the people in Zhejiang Province were wiped out.

It's just a number.

It's just that the numbers are different. Just like the officials in the court, they can never distinguish between the internal treasury and the national treasury.

After hearing Lu Fang's explanation.

Yan Shaoting asked again: "Someone has to step forward in this matter, whether it is the government or the people, someone has to take the lead. Otherwise, where will the rotten old rice come from, and where will the annexed land go?"

snort!
Whenever I mention this matter, I think of the dirty water that was thrown on me.

Jiajing snorted coldly.

Lü Fang explained: "According to the news from Zhejiang Province, it was a merchant named Shen Yishi who committed the crime."

"Shen Yishi?"

Yan Shaoting sneered in his heart twice, and glanced at Yang Jinshui who was kneeling on the ground.

He muttered to himself, "Recently, I have taken over the affairs of the Southeast. I seem to have heard of Shen Yishi. He seems to be working under the Weaving Bureau?"

Hu Zongxian's heart suddenly tightened.

Is Yan Shaoting going to bring this matter to the palace and implicate Your Majesty?

When Jiajing heard this, his eyelids twitched.

He did not want the affairs in the southeast to involve the inner court, and even more so he did not want these affairs to involve himself.

And this is why he is so angry today.

Yang Jinshui raised his head and said, "He was just a businessman who used to be able to do things. I don't know why he lost his mind this time and followed others to do such a thing in Zhejiang."

After saying that, Yang Jinshui took the opportunity to lower his head and quickly glanced at the emperor on the platform.

Yan Shaoting sneered in his heart and said, "Speaking of which, this time when Hu Butang returns to Zhejiang, he still has to borrow grain from those grain merchants in Zhejiang to continue to provide relief to the victims."

Huang Jin, who had been waiting to soak the emperor's feet, hid in the corner and asked quietly, "What if those people still don't want to lend the grain?"

Hu Zongxian immediately said in a cold voice: "Those who are unwilling to borrow grain will be charged with hoarding! It is better to force them than to force the victims to rebel!"

Jiajing couldn't help but look at Hu Zongxian, then at Huang Jin.

Huang Jin then continued to ask: "What about the fields that have been annexed?"

Yan Shaoting smiled slightly at this time: "The people are already in a difficult situation, and this annexation is not what the people want. Those who annexed the land are guilty, and they should be punished to return the annexed land. The money already paid can be used as punishment and left in the hands of the people."

Huang Jin was stunned, and asked worriedly: "If we force them like this, I'm afraid the merchants in Zhejiang will feel resentful."

"Have you any resentment in your heart?"

Yan Shaoting sneered coldly, but his eyes turned to the Taoist priest: "Then let Hu Butang lead the government to suppress it! Historically, those who have been swept up in the rebellion by the general trend are farmers. I have never heard of merchants causing chaos!"

He couldn't make the Taoist priest change his mindset and become an emperor who puts the people first.

But he could try a little harder, at least to make the Taoist priest understand that if the people of the Ming Dynasty were really pushed into a corner, they would really rebel.

If the Taoist priest could listen to even a little bit of what he said, it would be a good thing for the people.

Yan Shaoting saw Jiajing's eyelids move and knew that the Taoist priest had touched his heart.

"For example, the incident in Zhejiang Province this time, since it is said that Shen Yishi was the one who committed it."

"Then kill him, Shen Yishi!"

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