In Chang'an City, with the opening of the grain warehouse by the Jin Imperial Court, the grain price in the city gradually stabilized, but it still remained at about twice the normal price, and showed a trend of falling back and continuing to rise slowly.

Although the price is much higher than usual, and it is growing slowly, the people near Chang'an saw that the government released grain, and the Jin court began to intervene.

However, this does not mean that the crisis in Guanzhong has passed, and in fact, the situation in the entire Jin country is still in a mess.

Large cotton growers all over the country, cotton is unsalable, cotton farmers are bankrupt and unable to buy grain, and soon a hunger tide will break out, various workshops will close down, employees will lose their jobs, tens of thousands of people's livelihoods will be lost, businesses and money houses will close down, and Jinguo's tax revenue will be worried next year.

If the tax of the Jin State falls from 10 million to 3 or 4 million, it will be a headache to think about it, and the warlords of the nearly 300,000 army of the Jin State cannot afford to spend, and the entire imperial court will not be able to operate at all.

This time, the grain reserves of the Jin Kingdom will definitely be exhausted, and after the economy is hit hard, the entire Guanzhong land is in shambles, and all industries are depressed.

In such a crisis in Jinguo, the cabinet has to bear huge responsibilities, and several scholars are not as tough as before, so that Hauge has a little initiative again.

However, this political victory under the gloomy cloud did not make Hauge happy at all. Now that he is facing a collapse situation, he did not take advantage of the situation to pursue and bring down Meng Qiaofang, Han Chaoxuan and others, but sat down to discuss how to clean up this mess.

Although the cabinet is responsible this time, Hauge has the support of public opinion to deal with them, but Hauge's power has declined after all, he has left Meng Qiaofang and others, and it is difficult to control and deal with the current situation, so Hauge can only let them go.

In this situation, the Jin court must have national policies and plans to stabilize people's hearts, so a big discussion is very necessary.

In Chang'an City, the Imperial Palace, and the Qinzheng Palace, Haoge sat on the throne, and nearly 30 officials of more than four grades, including the officials of the six departments of Shangshu Shilang, Dali Temple and Jitai all participated together, and they held ivory wat and stood on both sides of the palace.

At this time, Yu Yin, the head of the household department, stood in the center of the main hall, and was holding an ivory wat and said: "Your Majesty, the price of grain is the centering plate, and the household department strictly prohibits hoarding with the control of the grain number in Guanzhong, and in the most serious counties, it also opens warehouses to release grain, which basically pushes the grain price back to three taels per stone. ”

Haoge nodded, he tried his best to restore peace in Guanzhong, "The decision of the household department is quite timely, food is the hearts of the people, once the price of food is controlled, the morale of the army and the people will be stable, and violent turmoil will be avoided." ”

Jin Guoxizuo has received news that the Ming army is deploying troops on a large scale, and the intention of taking advantage of the situation to attack Guanzhong is quite obvious.

At present, the Jin court cannot show the ability to stabilize food prices and Guanzhong, which will have a fatal impact on the morale of the army.

Haoge paused for a moment, and then added: "I listened to the report of the people of the Hanging Mirror Guard, rumors are rife in Chang'an City, and there are voices complaining that this crisis is caused by the official gentry and the people competing for profits and wantonly changing cotton planting. Have you heard? ”

If there was no threat from the Ming Dynasty, this would be an important opportunity for Hauge to seize power, but because the war was imminent, he had to give up this opportunity to change the political pattern of the Jin State.

Meng Qiaofang came out with an ivory wat and said, "Your Majesty, there is such a voice in the city. This crisis was designed by the Ming Kingdom, and the gentry were also victims, and the people who spread such rumors obviously had ulterior motives. The minister has sent people to search and arrest them. ”

Meng Qiaofang was still a little nervous, afraid that Haoge would make a fuss about it, so he first stood up and determined his personality, the main responsibility was in the Ming Dynasty, they were too despicable, and the gentry were also one of the victims.

With him, the king of the county, he set the tone first, and I believe that no one will dare to come out to overturn his statement, otherwise he will be the enemy of the official gentry group of the Jin State.

Hauge frowned, after receiving the information about the transfer of troops from the Ming army, he had calmed down and knew that now was not the time to deal with the Han gentry.

At this time, he glanced at Meng Qiaofang and said in a cold voice: "Meng Qing is reasonable, but it is not enough to arrest the people who spread rumors, the imperial court must also strengthen propaganda, explaining that this incident is completely designed by the Ming people to take the wealth of Dajin, to harm the people of Guanzhong, and make the people hate the Ming Kingdom and the imperial court." In addition, when opening a warehouse to release grain, it is also necessary to publicize the favor of the imperial court. Now is the autumn of Dajin's survival, and I hope that the imperial court can unite with the people to fight against the tyranny! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Meng Qiaofang listened to it, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Haoge said this, which means that the matter has been determined, and the gentry and the cabinet will no longer be held responsible, he hurriedly took the lead in saluting, and many officials also bent down to salute, and the mountain shouted, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

After finishing the salute, Haoge looked at Yu Yin again and said, "Yu Qing, you go on." ”

Although Meng Qiaofang and others were not held responsible, Haoge's dissatisfaction with them was not eliminated, so he presided over the affairs of stabilizing Guanzhong and reviving the business of Jinguo, and handed it over to Yu Yin to preside.

Yu Yin nodded, "Your Majesty, although the current grain price is stable, there are still a large number of cotton farmers and unemployed hired laborers who cannot afford to eat cheap grain. In addition, the closure of the workshop and the unemployment of the employees will also affect the future business of our Daikin and next year's financial income, and the imperial court's strategy to open up the Silk Road will also fail because of the large number of workshops closed. ”

"What strategies can the Ministry have to change the current situation?" Hauge frowned, "Judging from the intelligence, there will be a big war in the near future, and if the imperial court taxes are reduced, there will be a big problem." ”

Yu Yin raised his head, looked at Haoge, and saluted: "Your Majesty, only when the imperial court comes out to save the city, can we have a chance to survive this crisis smoothly." ”

"The imperial court bailed out the city?" Hauge asked, "How can I save it?" Qing Jiazhi said. ”

Yu Yin took out a fold from his sleeve and presented it, "The minister has drawn up a strategy. ”

Hauge asked the chamberlain next to him to take the fold and unfold it to look at it, while Yu Yin explained: "The minister's first strategy is to buy the cotton cloth piled up in the market at the normal price by the household department, so that the workshop can obtain a certain amount of money, maintain a certain degree of production, solve the livelihood of some employees, and save some workshops for the full recovery in the future." ”

Hauge looked at the fold, raised his head, and asked, "Now that the cotton cloth in Guanzhong is piled up, do you want to continue to produce?" ”

Han Chaoxuan in the palace frowned, "How much silver does it cost to buy cotton cloth at the market price?" The Ming army was eyeing the Kwantung region, the imperial court was not rich, and the silver was used to buy cloth, and what to do with the military salaries of the enemy in the war? ”

Han Chaoxuan is a military minister, and hundreds of thousands of troops are waiting to be fed, so he must first maintain the stability of the army.

If there is a problem with the supply of the army, then Guanzhong is well governed and the crisis is solved, but the Ming army is allowed to come in, which is also to make a wedding dress for others.

Yu Yin first saluted Haoge, then looked at Han Chaoxuan, and replied: "Han Xiang rest assured, the silver spent by the court can be recovered." The reason why the price of cotton cloth in Guanzhong plummeted was because it could not be sold for a while, and the supply exceeded demand, so it was piled up like a mountain and no one cared about, but at the current price of cotton cloth, it was shipped to the Western Regions, Mongolia, and Qinghai, and there was still a market. If the imperial court came forward to purchase these cloths and organize manpower transportation, it should be able to transport these goods to other places for sale, or exchange them for some cattle and sheep to alleviate the shortage of food in Guanzhong. ”

After hearing this, Haoge seemed to understand a little, "What Yu Qing means is that after the imperial court buys it, it will organize people to transport it and transport the cloth in Guanzhong, but can it really be sold?" ”

Yu Yin nodded, "Your Majesty, according to the minister's understanding, the price of cloth in Guanzhong has dropped to one penny per horse, but the production area of cotton cloth in the south of the Ming Kingdom is still three dollars per horse, and although the cotton price in the Hexi Corridor and the Western Regions has fallen, it is still in the range of growing because cotton cloth is not produced." The Ming Kingdom has closed its hands and lowered the price of cotton, but we can still ship it to the west. ”

In the aftermath of the crisis, the merchants in Guanzhong were all hit, commercial activities came to a standstill, and many of them owed large sums of money and were unable to organize caravans to continue trading.

Yu Yin's plan was to inject funds from the Jin court to transport the cotton cloth in Guanzhong to the Western Regions, Mongolia, and even the Mughal for sale. Although the workshops still have huge losses, after all, they can return some of the funds and continue to operate, while the losses of the Jin court are not large, and they can also exchange some cattle and sheep to come back to make up for the lack of food.

Haoge nodded, raised his hand and said, "Yu Qing continued." ”

Yu Yin said: "As long as the cotton cloth is shipped out of the Guanzhong, the price of cloth will gradually rise, and after the workshop is restored, the cotton in the hands of the people can be gradually sold, and as soon as the cotton is sold, they can buy their own grain and reduce the relief costs of the imperial court." ”

This was also a good thing for the gentry, so no one objected.

Yu Yin continued, "Of course, the harm caused by this crisis is too great, and the imperial court can only help part of it, and it is impossible to restore it to the previous level. Therefore, the imperial court still needs to start from a new planning of planting, control cotton planting within a reasonable range, and organize unemployed hired laborers to help the imperial court build fortifications, and slowly overcome the current crisis with some labor. ”

Haoge bowed slightly, very satisfied with Yu Yin's strategy, so he looked at the recital again, but looked up and asked: "Yu Qing's recital, why didn't it explain how much investment the imperial court needed?" ”

Yu Yin bowed down and said: "Because of the huge number, the household department has not yet come up with a specific number, but according to the minister's estimates, the imperial court will only allocate three million silver to save the city!" ”

When the minister heard this number, he was in an uproar······

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