¡°Perhaps there have been too many disasters in recent years, so that the snow disaster that spread across four provinces was really nothing in the eyes of the emperor and the prime minister.
And because they have experience, they don¡¯t panic too much.
"In terms of materials, we can only use the new grains that have been put into storage this year." Zhong Chang continued, "Because there is not enough grain, we can only use bran and grain"
¡°Well, there¡¯s no other way, just do it!¡±
Emperor Jinghe could only agree.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? We have given me too much bran porridge, and I have less and less guilt in my heart. Anyway, this is the only way I can do, it is better not to starve to death than anything else.
But the next moment Zhong Chang smiled, "I have already ordered to find grain merchants to talk to. This time it went very smoothly. They all actively contributed more than 20 million stones of bran, and they also used one to four grains." Proportion. And ensure that the food supply in Beijing will be sufficient, and food prices will not be driven up."
"Eh? How could they be so kind?" Emperor Jinghe was surprised.
Previously, these grain merchants wanted to make a lot of money from grain. For this reason, Miao Yan even killed the head of a grain merchant to make them honest.
Unlike Liu Renhuai¡¯s one-to-five exchange ratio in Jiangnan, it has always been one-to-three in the capital.
But now the grain merchants have actually increased the exchange ratio, which is equivalent to saving a lot of grain for the court.
This is what Emperor Jinghe didn¡¯t expect.
"Isn't it because of Miao Taisheng?" Zhong Chang said, "Everyone heard about his dealings with the Cao family in Jiangnan, so they were all afraid. In addition, isn't the current governor of the Imperial Palace Ge Honglian? Ge Shashen's name is Their heads are louder, and they don¡¯t want to be the one who stands out.¡±
"hehe!"
Emperor Jinghe also became happy, "I didn't expect that Taisheng was able to control those businessmen even when he was not in the capital. It seems that there really need to be more important officials of the Legalist family."
"yes."
Zhong Chang said, "Gesongdao mentioned to me two days ago that he wants to focus on cultivating Wang Liangxin, and I think it's good. Otherwise, the inheritance of Legalism is really a bit lacking."
"Um¡¡"
The emperor nodded slightly, "I remember that the magistrate of Xinye was also a Legalist? He also did a good job!"
"The magistrate of Xinye County is Sima Bei. He is decisive and fair in dealing with things, and he actively opens up new ways for the people. One is to build canals to increase fertile farmland, and the other is to take the initiative to build a briquette workshop." Zhong Chang said, "I heard from Ma Xiang that he has already He has been at the top level for several years in a row. If the briquette workshop hadn't been built last year, he should have been able to move up a level and take charge of a wider area."
"As a magistrate!" Emperor Jinghe pondered for a while, "Only in this way can we see his true ability."
Zhong Chang nodded and said, "Okay, I will discuss it with Ma Xiang."
His character is not stubborn, and he is not usually a strong person in the cabinet. In addition, Ma Haoqiu knows that he is a close confidant among the emperor's confidants, so he is also a bit concerned. The relationship between the two of them is better than that between Ma Haoqiu and Nangong. Avoid good.
"But Xinye still seems to be very important. At least the briquette workshop cannot be lost. Instead, we must speed up the work and make it bigger." The emperor added, "You don't know, Mingqi has told me many times that we must make it bigger." The briquette workshop in the south of the capital was evacuated and I blocked it. No matter what, we have to wait until the Xinye area develops on a large scale before we can do it."
There are two briquette workshops in the capital, one in the area where the victims live, and one in the south.
So even if the efficiency is low, there are many workers, and the input and output are very low, Liu Mingqi has never mentioned layoffs.
But this one in the south is different. They are all done by people from Beijing, and they are almost all between 20 and 50 years old. However, the efficiency is not much better than that of the old, weak, sick and disabled victims of the disaster.
In addition, Liu Mingqi thought that there were two such large-scale briquette workshops on the edge of Beijing. Once the wind started blowing, the air would be polluted, so he simply thought of closing the one in the south.
But the emperor doesn¡¯t agree, at least not now.
Zhong Chang understood what the emperor meant: "You mean, Xinye wants to send an agent there?"
"right!"
Jinghe Di said, "It's best to be a rising star of Legalism."
Zhong Chang immediately had a candidate: "Zhong Yunxiang, editor of the Hanlin Academy, is thirty-two years old this year and ranked second in the twenty-fourth year of Jinghe. He is a Legalist student. Although he is not good at words, he can think clearly and be firm. He is a good candidate. .¡±
&nb??The General Reserve, the Northeastern Defense Line and the Northern Navy are supporting waterways. How can they break through? "
The emperor nodded, Zhong Chang had the same idea as him.
Although Dakang is not impregnable, it is basically stable.
Even if these foreigners want to take advantage, they can't chew these hard bones and will even break their teeth.
"But don't take it lightly." Emperor Jinghe did not relax completely. "Let's discuss it with the cabinet and let them actively prepare. These two years are a critical period. If we survive it, there will be no more major disasters. , and Mingqi¡¯s sweet potatoes can really be grown across the country and yield a bumper harvest, then there¡¯s nothing to fear.¡±
"Follow your orders!"
Zhong Chang lowered his head and bowed.
Emperor Jinghe doesn¡¯t need to say this, they will do it.
Even if this group of foreign envoys does not come, you should take precautions seriously when you are weak.
¡°If it makes things worse, the mess will be even more difficult to clean up.
If Dakang was beaten into a state of disarray, wouldn¡¯t it also represent the incompetence of his group of ministers? (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com