Daming: Insist on 60 billion explosive soldiers unwaveringly

Chongzhen's expression also became severe in an instant: "I called you here today, you should already know what is so-called, and I want to ask you how to solve it now?"

Everyone in the entire imperial study room felt a pressure in an instant.

Even if they had already thought of some countermeasures in their minds.

However, looking at Chongzhen's stern expression at this moment, he suddenly realized that today Chongzhen was planning to break the casserole and ask the end.

The next moment, Chongzhen's words continued to ring in their ears:

"If you don't want to come up with a thorough solution today, you don't have to leave. I will accompany you until you figure out a solution."

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words. How could the solution that came up in a short time work on such a big problem as food?

However, this time, Chongzhen is determined to solve this problem immediately, and he is more impatient than ever before...

Chapter 403

After Chongzhen's words fell, the imperial study room suddenly fell into silence.

It's not that everyone is afraid to say it, but it's that they don't know where to start at the moment.

The food problem of Daming has always been a chronic disease that cannot be eradicated, it is more like a volcano hidden under the surface of Daming.

If one is not handled well, the volcano will erupt.

Even Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Household Department, couldn't help feeling a little headache at this moment, and sighed bitterly in his heart: "Your Majesty is so anxious, even a good thing will turn into a bad thing."

He is most aware of Daming's situation, but at this moment he simply doesn't know how to speak.

It's just that everyone else can hide, but he, the Minister of the Household Department, can't hide, and he can't hide.

Immediately, Bi Ziyan cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the food problem has continued to this dynasty since the Chenghua period, and it has completely become a chronic disease. It cannot be solved immediately at this moment."

Chongzhen frowned, his eyes were a little displeased, but looking at Bi Ziyan in front of him, he endured it.

He also knew that Bi Ziyan had put all his heart and soul into Ming Dynasty, and other people didn't know about issues such as 26 food, but Bi Ziyan, the secretary of the household department, was absolutely clear about it.

However, to understand is to understand.

Chongzhen still wants to solve this problem today, and immediately said in a deep voice:

"Then let's solve it bit by bit today. Jin Yiwei reported that the price of rice on the market at this moment has exceeded the price of Chenghua years by two to three times. The price is so high that I am trembling."

Everyone except Bi Ziyan showed signs of listening carefully, but Bi Ziyan sighed in his heart.

Chongzhen paused and continued: "Shandong rice sells for 15 taels a shi, Hebei rice costs 15 taels a shi, and the rice in Beijing is so outrageous that it is about to rise to 16 taels a shi."

"The price of rice like this is shocking to me. The price of rice is so high. What you eat is rice. It's like mountains of gold and silver. What you eat is my Ming Dynasty!!"

As Chongzhen said, he slammed Jin Yiwei's memorial to the ground in front of him, and said sternly, "Even if there are thousands of clues, one must be sorted out today."

As soon as the words fell, Bi Ziyan stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the high price of rice in Daming is due to the sky, the earth, and the people. If you want to solve this problem thoroughly, you must take a long-term plan."

"what?"

Chongzhen was startled when he heard the words, he couldn't believe his ears: "My Ming Dynasty is already in jeopardy, so I still want to make a long-term plan?"

If it wasn't for Bi Ziyan who spoke, Chongzhen would have recruited Jin Yiwei from outside in the next moment to take him down and throw him into Jin Yiwei's imperial prison.

However, Chongzhen still held back the anger in his heart, thinking about Bi Ziyan's words, and said in a deep voice: "Old Shang Shu explained clearly."

Even though he was restrained in his heart, Chongzhen's words at this moment already revealed an impatient tone.

The six people below all sighed inwardly.

"The emperor is too impatient!!!"

They had already seen this shortcoming of Chongzhen, but they only thought that Chongzhen was young and energetic, and he couldn't hold his breath.

But looking at it now, it's not like that at all, it's too eager for success, a little too ideal.

Bi Ziyan took a deep breath, then said solemnly:

"I have to pray to God to bless me with good weather and good weather in the coming year. Otherwise, when disasters strike, the grain production will definitely decrease. It is already close to the autumn harvest time, but this year's autumn grain can be paid, and the veteran has no confidence in his heart."

As soon as these words came out, not only Chongzhen looked sideways, but also the other five ministers all looked sideways.

Standing beside him, Qian Yiqian directly expressed everyone's inner doubts: "Master Shang Shu is worried about the bad harvest this year?"

"Yes. The old man is not only worried about this year, if the grain harvest is not good this year, there will be a famine in Ming Dynasty next year."

what?

Bi Ziyan's words did not hesitate to send a thunderstorm to everyone's hearts. Everyone was shocked, and their wide-eyed eyes were full of disbelief.

famine?

Famine next year?

Although what Bi Ziyan said was possible, none of the people in the imperial study thought so.

Bi Ziyan's ability to say that means this is not a possibility.

He said it now to plan ahead, so that when the situation really deteriorates next year, everyone will be in a hurry.

Chongzhen looked at Bi Ziyan, his whole body was like a thorn in his back, and his ass got off the dragon chair immediately, and his buttocks felt a little prickly.

But, fortunately, the situation has not reached that point yet, he still has time, and he still has courtiers like Bi Ziyan.

Immediately, Chongzhen exhaled a turbid breath to make his breathing gradually smoother, and then asked: "What does Lord Shangshu mean? This year's autumn grain is going to be harvested less?"

However, Bi Ziyan shook his head when he heard the words, and said in a very serious tone:

"No, this year's autumn grain should not be harvested less, but must be harvested in sufficient quantity. This year, Your Majesty, please decree that no one can substitute gold and silver for grain. This year, one whip will be suspended, and all payments will be made in kind."

what?

Chongzhen stood up from the dragon chair with a face full of shock, his eyes widened, and the words "you're crazy" were written all over his face.

The five people around Bi Ziyan all looked at Bi Ziyan in disbelief, their mouths opened wide, their hearts trembling.

Bi Ziyan is courting death!

Everyone handed over in kind, which completely offended the powerful families of the gentry all over the world, and was simply the public enemy of the world.

They are more aware of the meaning of Bi Ziyan's words than Chongzhen, and they are more horrified than Chongzhen at this moment.

For a time, everyone's heart was full of turbulent waves. .

Chapter 404

In the imperial study room, there was a dead silence, and the air was frozen with a heavy meaning.

Chongzhen gasped for a few breaths, and then retorted: "I will never make an order. This is a disaster for the entire Ming people! Why did Shangshu act so recklessly?"

Chongzhen couldn't figure it out, he couldn't figure out at all why Bi Ziyan did the opposite at such a time.

"Isn't this going to force all the people in the world to death?"

"Why can't he figure it out?"

"How could he not understand!!!"

Chongzhen's mind was racing with thoughts, quickly thinking about the intention of Bi Ziyan's words.

But he didn't realize that apart from Bi Ziyan, Shen Yongmao and other ministers were more silent than before.

Even all the people distanced themselves from Bi Ziyan without any trace, as if an invisible red line was drawn between the two parties.

Qian Yiqian is no exception at this moment, he even caught sight of the sneer on Shen Yongmao's face out of the corner of his eye, and he sighed in his heart:

"Why did the old Shangshu come here!"

Qian Yiqian knew in his heart that Bi Ziyan was going directly towards the gentry, and he wanted to take advantage of this crisis to severely chop down the gentry all over the world.

How can the people of the world have any food to eat at this moment?

At this moment, [-]% of the land in the world is in the hands of the gentry. As the leader of Donglin, Qian Yiqian naturally knows it well.

The fields of the rich are connected with fields, and the poor have no place to stand!

This is the current situation of Daming.

Bi Ziyan is not so much asking the common people in the world to pay the grain, it is better to say that all the gentry are paying the grain.

In particular, the following sentence, "sufficient food and sufficient amount, payment in kind", completely cut off the gentry's way out of trickery.

Zhang Juzheng's whip law stipulated that officials and gentry should pay food together, but he converted all other miscellaneous things into silver.

At this moment, silver is worthless at all, but food is the real gold and silver.

Except for the fields, the officials and gentry almost have other businesses that earn silver taels, so they will definitely use silver taels instead of grain.

And after keeping the food, there is no need to worry about food at all.

On the contrary, Li Shu could not produce food, which basically had no impact at all. They were originally restricted by the land, and there was no extra money at all.

Although cruel, this is the current situation and reality of Daming at this moment.

However, Qian Yiqian looked at Bi Ziyan at this moment, but suddenly thought of Zhu Youchen in his mind:

"Hey. If Bi Ziyan met the King of Gui, Zhu Youzhe. If this kind of thing was placed on the cold temper of King Gui, I'm afraid he didn't even think about it and agreed to it."

"If this matter is really carried out, the current predicament of the imperial court will be resolved immediately. Hou Jin and even King Gui will no longer be a threat."

Money is not only the courage of a man, but also the courage of a country.

As long as there is enough gold and silver, food, soldiers, and army are not a problem at all...

And when Qian Yiqian was thinking wildly, the other ministers also thought of Bi Ziyan's purpose, and a gloomy look flashed in their eyes.

Especially Shen Yongmao in the crowd, if he was not still in the imperial study room at this moment, he would definitely point at Bi Ziyan and curse you to die.

"Hmph! The old man's thinking is really strong. If everyone is not here today, you will succeed."

Shen Yongmao's father was once the chief assistant in the Wanli period. With the hard work of several generations, their family has become an out-and-out big landlord.

There are tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, which is really worthwhile.

If Bi Ziyan's plan is really implemented, their family's vitality will definitely be severely damaged.

Thinking of this, Shen Yongmao took a step forward and objected: "Your Majesty, I think Bi Shangshu's move is absolutely inappropriate."

His words interrupted Chongzhen's deep thinking, he frowned, and then asked: "Why?"

Although Chongzhen didn't want to understand why Bi Ziyan was like this for the time being, he also knew that Bi Ziyan would never come up with such a plan for no reason, and there must be a reason for it.

But at this moment Shen Yongmao stood up and opposed, and Chongzhen immediately planned to listen.

Shen Yongmao straightened his body immediately, and said bluntly: "If the money handed in is less, what do the soldiers at the frontier do? The soldiers at the nine borders are still waiting for the payment of food after the autumn harvest!"

Chongzhen was stunned, and suddenly came to his senses, and his expression became serious immediately.

The army was stationed in the important towns on the nine borders, and the Ming court only allocated a small amount of food, and the rest was paid to the corresponding silver taels for the army to raise by themselves.

This not only limits the lifeline of the Nine Frontiers army, but also reduces the burden on the imperial court.

Food consumption during transportation is not small.

Therefore, all the grain was transported to the border by the merchants of Ming Dynasty, and then received the silver from the army, used the silver to buy other things, and shipped it back to the mainland for sale.

In this way, the frontier soldiers, merchants, and court can all be satisfied.

However, at this moment, Bi Ziyan will collect less money by doing this, not to mention, if the army on the Nine Sides has enough food, the imperial court's control over the Nine Sides (who won Li) will be weakened a lot.

The most important thing is that in this way, countless officials have lost the opportunity to make profits.

Bi Ziyan's words not only offended all the officials in the world.

The previous three pays had already caused an uproar in the world, but this time when the news came out, Bi Ziyan was definitely an enemy of the world.

It is not easy for people to dig up their ancestors' graves, and if it is not good, all the families may be wiped out.

Bi Ziyan had long been aware of the possible consequences.

But at this moment, he didn't intend to back down. This time was a danger, but it was also an opportunity.

"Eat the king's salary, and take care of the king's worries! Even if my body is smashed to pieces, this old man will pierce this cancer for Daming!"

In an instant, a firm look flashed in Bi Ziyan's eyes, he suddenly cupped his hands forward, and stood up...