When Hu Guang said this, he glanced coldly at all the courtiers below, and said sharply: "Other ministers, take the lead and do a good job of appeasing, dare to have a secret troublemaker, once the factory guard finds it, it is not as simple as losing his official position and going to work!" ”

"This temporary control policy will be lifted after the grain arrives in the south and millions of people can be resettled. The requisitioned food will also be returned! When Hu Guang said this, he asked again, "Zhuqing, if you have any objections, you can play them in person; After retiring from the dynasty, you must not disobey yin and yang! ”

This is Hu Guang's style, if there is something to talk about in person, but once the resolution is implemented, and you still think of ways to oppose it, then you have to be polite.

For this point, the auxiliary minister Cheng Jiming and others have been taught, and they understand that what the emperor said is true, and if they have any opinions at this time, they will not be blamed.

Seriously, he really has a big opinion about the emperor's new will, the unheard-of food control policy. There was no other reason, because he had a source of money under him, which was the grain merchant.

Whenever there is a time of war, floods and droughts, it is the easiest time for grain merchants to get rich, and what grain merchants have to do is to hoard strange houses until this time, and then buy low and sell high, so that they can make a lot of money.

As a result, your emperor confiscated all the grain, although he promised to return the grain in the future, but he missed this opportunity, and the large amount of silver spent in vain was gone, so it was strange that he could be willing!

Generally speaking, grain merchants have a background and also need capital, and a small fight is not enough to consume on the road. Therefore, the background of the grain merchant is not at the level of an auxiliary minister like Cheng Jiming, so it will not be low there.

For example, Cao Yubian, the imperial historian of the left capital who had just been beheaded, and one of his relatives was one of the big grain merchants in Beijing. There are also royal relatives and nobles. This power is so great that even Cao Huachun, the commander of Dongchang, hesitated.

Because of this, Hu Guang wasted more time and let Cao Yubian jump out first, take him under the knife, and deter the courtiers first. Then he arranged the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp and the imperial horse supervisor in advance, and assembled the factory guards to stand by. As for the Five Cities Terracotta Division, the connection with the local government was too deep, and he didn't think about using it at all.

Just won the battle to defend the Beijing Division, and the generals who led the troops were all his henchmen, under such a premise, there was enough control, and Hu Guangcai suddenly came up with this kind of control measures.

He has even thought about extending the control measures to other disaster areas, such as Shaanxi. But I can only think about it this way, that side is not as good as Jingshi, for myself or the imperial court, I don't have that control, and the result of forcible promotion will only make the situation over there more chaotic.

Hu Guang thought about this, and when he saw that he hadn't spoken yet, he wanted to announce the execution, but when he saw Cheng Ji's order, he coughed, and strode out and said: "All the people in the world are His Majesty's people, and the disaster victims are, and so are the grain merchants. If such a control policy is adopted, it will be tantamount to competing with the people for profit. ”

"As we all know, the sale of grain requires a lot of capital, and the principal loan needs interest, and the hired workers also need wages. If there is no money to be made from selling grain and not being able to feed their families, how can the grain merchants survive? How is this different from taking someone's life? Although some of the victims are in need of assistance, can the hardship of the victims come from the grain merchants? It is not the cause, but it bears its effect, and it is fair to the grain merchants? are also His Majesty's people, favoring one over the other? ”

Cheng Ji's life talks eloquently, it seems that he is presiding over justice, asking for the people's life, and avenging the injustice of the world!

Hu Guang looked at him expressionlessly, and did not express his opinion, just waiting for him to finish.

Among the other courtiers, those who have interests nodded one after another, although they did not list and agreed, but their attitudes were undoubted.

Although Cheng Jiming saw that the emperor's face was not good-looking, he also knew that the emperor must have reacted badly, but as long as he was not unreasonable, it was within his expectations, so he continued to tell his reasons.

"Businessmen are profit-seeking by nature, not just grain merchants. If there is no profit in selling grain, but a lot of losses on the way, what grain merchants will dare to sell grain in the future? If there are no more grain merchants in the world, where will the rations of the border army come from, and the grain from the north and south will not be able to circulate, and at that time, I am afraid that more than millions of old and weak people will starve to death! There are so many people who are hungry that they may shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty, the ministers are so far panicked, deeply worried about the people of the Ming Dynasty, worried about Your Majesty, and worried about the society of the Ming Dynasty! ”

When Cheng Jiming said this, he even squeezed two tears, as if he had seen starvation all over the place, and Daming was about to die.

When several civil and military officials heard him say this, they came out one after another, and in a very affectionate tone, they either echoed or admonished, asking the emperor to carefully consider this policy.

Hu Guang sneered secretly when he heard this, these literati are really unique, they can say that they are alive and dead, black and white, and a little sesame thing can be said to have collapsed all day long.

Before he came to the court, he also deliberately checked the affairs of the previous dynasty. It is not the first time that I found that I would say this. For example, when Emperor Wanli ordered the collection of mining taxes, Li Sancai, the governor of Fengyang, gave a "Please Stop Mining Taxes" in the 28th year of Wanli, and once said similar things, describing the scene of the collapse of the sky to prevent Emperor Wanli from collecting mining taxes.

If the emperor doesn't have much life experience and has been surrounded by civil officials, then Cheng Jiming and others will shake the emperor's determination nine times out of ten if they say such things. If this kind of policy is to be implemented by other courtiers, I am afraid that it will also be attacked, so that the emperor can't tell what is true and what is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. When there are more people attacking, things often die down, and even punish those who offer advice.

However, Hu Guang was not the original Chongzhen Emperor, and he knew the severity of the matter clearly. It's a set of basic lives, and it doesn't have any effect on him.

Hu Guang and others who should oppose jumped out, and their opinions were almost expressed, so he said coldly: "I said, this is an expedient measure, and it will only be implemented temporarily in Beijing. The price of grain has more than tripled these days, and the money made by grain merchants is not too much? If this is the case, I sent the factory guards to check the families of the major grain merchants to see if they would lose money and starve to death because of this. Check the interests in the middle, how many people can starve to death on this line? ”

"......" Cheng Jiming and the others were speechless when they heard it, and the emperor didn't eat this set at all. Moreover, between the words, they also hit the death hole, if they really check the grain merchants' line and publish it to the public to discuss the Tao, they will have nothing to hide.

This kind of thing can't be brought to the surface. Cheng Jiming and the others only felt liver pain, but they could only swallow their breath and bow down to be taught: "What Your Majesty said is very true, the ministers have been taught!" ”

These are the backstage of the grain merchants, and they can be regarded as communicating in advance, if you dare to stumble again, don't blame me for being mad! Hu Guang thought in his heart, so he stood up and shouted: "Since this is the case, Zhuqing should act according to this, and must not be lazy and retreat from the dynasty!" ”