Chapter 106 One Hundred Thousand Stones of Grain
Faced with Mo Zizai's threat, Qian Min's thoughts were full of thoughts, but finally turned into a faint sigh, "Your Majesty, you must be a subordinate, and with the current situation in the court, you are really powerless to control the prefectures and counties in various places."
"Now they are using the excuse of Changping the warehouse without grain, and are determined to transport grain to the disaster areas in the three places. There is no way for anyone to become the Minister of Revenue."
"And the officials were worried about the victims. They did nothing these days. The officials relied on their own prestige in the court. They contacted the states and counties many times in the past few days, and were moved to them with reason and emotion. Their words gradually became loose, and now they are interested in raising grain to support the disaster areas in the three places."
Qian Min said this, "Stately, he made a lot of efforts in secret, and not doing nothing." He seemed reasonable and just made a fart."
The court is indeed ineffective in the jurisdiction of various prefectures and counties. It is also true that the empress’s policy was not implemented in the capital. But why is that? It is not that they are bullshit officials and the aristocratic families behind them who are working hard behind them.
As long as there are policies that harm their interests, they will firmly resist them from top to bottom, and policies that are beneficial to them will be implemented smoother than anyone else.
In this case, it would be strange if the Empress’s policy could be implemented.
But the empress's poor words do not mean that Qian Min, the Minister of Revenue, is not easy to speak. The Minister of Revenue is in charge of the world's money and grain, especially behind Qian Min, there is a shadow of the Jiangnan family. Therefore, as long as it does not affect their interests, the states and counties are still willing to give Qian Min a face.
The purchase of grain will naturally not harm their interests. The reason why they cannot buy it is definitely because someone interferes with it later. The Minister of Revenue, who seems to be doing his best, must be inseparable from this matter.
However, Mo Zizai did not point it out, because to put it bluntly, it was because he killed so many officials, which aroused public anger. The forces behind the officials who were killed, as well as the forces behind the officials who were sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox. There are also some forces worried that the imperial party would become bigger. They are all controlling the localities and not allowed to sell grain to the three places.
Because they were looking forward to a civil rebellion, as long as the people in the three places began to cause chaos, they immediately had an excuse to interfere in the court. At that time, whether they were supporting the King of Bei'an to carry out a coup or they had other ideas, the result would be better than being killed unscrupulously now.
Therefore, this matter must have something to do with Qian Min, but it is not something he can control. Even if Mo Zizai killed him, it would be useless. He should not buy food or food.
Therefore, Mo Zizai was too lazy to mention this and asked simply: "Tell me, how much food can you raise?"
Qian Min was about to say the number that had been well-prepared, but when he heard Mo Zizai remind him again, "The Master of the Court has considered it clearly. If this number cannot satisfy me, you may have to go to the imperial prison today."
Hearing this, Qian Min's heart trembled and immediately doubled the number in his heart, "100,000 stones!"
"Prince, even if the officials sacrificed their lives, they would ask them to raise 100,000 stones of grain for them!"
"One hundred thousand stones."
Mo Zizai thought about it in his mind that 100,000 stones of grain was almost Qian Min's limit, and he couldn't get it any more. However, if you divide the three counties of 100,000 stones, it would definitely be no problem to be anxious if you were a little bit of emergency.
As for the subsequent food shortage, he had already made plans in his mind, so he did not make too much trouble for Qian Min. He nodded and said, "Old Qian is indeed very wise. Since that's the case, then the 100,000 stones will be handed over to Old Qian."
After saying that, Mo Zizai did not keep much, and asked Zhou Qi to hold the cans of tea and say goodbye to Qian Min: "This is the arrangement for Mr. Qian Ge earlier, so I will say goodbye first."
"Your Majesty walk slowly."
Qian Min stood at the door of the guest room, and after Mo Zizai's figure completely disappeared from sight, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, he realized that his back was soaked in cold sweat at some point.
At this moment, when my mind relaxed, and when the cool breeze blew, I felt a chill on my back.
"This Mo Zizai is simply a madman, bandit, robber!!!"
He always threatens his life. This is not the way to be a king. Even if he is not a king or an official, he cannot act like this. He has never seen such a person who is so unruly in his life.
"You can't delay any more, you have to inform the people there to arrange the matter."
Qian Min looked at the direction where Mo Zizai left, her eyes were very gloomy. If Mo Zizai didn't get rid of him, I'm afraid that even if they were not killed by Mo Zizai, they would be scared to death by him.
"master."
Just as Qian Min was thinking secretly, a middle-aged man in black suddenly appeared beside him. Seeing this person, Qian Min couldn't help but be slightly stunned, "Old Fang, why are you out?"
The man in front of Qian Min was named Fang Rong. Although he looked young, he was actually older than Qian Min, but because he was a warrior in the Soul Realm, he didn't look very old.
"Qiu Wuping was also in the mansion just now."
Fang Rong smiled bitterly, with a look of lingering fear on his face, "The human realm warrior is indeed terrifying."
"Although he did not show up, his aura was not restrained at all. Master, you are not a soul warrior, so there was no special response. Qiu Wuping's aura just now seemed like a glorious sun, and directly enveloped the entire mansion. Under his aura, I didn't even dare to move."
"Qiu Wuping, this old thing is still secretly protecting Mo Zizai."
Speaking of Qiu Wuping, Qian Min's tone was a little resentful, "If it weren't for him protecting him secretly, Mo Zizai had died in the imperial tomb many times back then, so how could he have been like this today."
When the Empress had just ascended the throne, most of the court officials had already had the power behind them, and they felt that it was much better to let a foundation-less empress take over the throne than a Mo Zizai who would definitely do whatever he wanted to do.
After all, those aristocratic families are living very comfortable now, and they don’t want to see this great situation ruined by a certain emperor’s messing around.
However, Mo Zizai is orthodox after all, and many people are worried that some old ministers who maintain orthodox will support Mo Zizai, and it will be bad if there is any chaos at that time.
Therefore, some people secretly sent out killers to solve the uncertainty of Mo Zizai.
However, during that period, Qiu Wuping was in the imperial tomb almost every day. Not to mention assassination, basically within a few miles of the imperial tomb, Qiu Wuping would be killed indiscriminately.
Because of the huge losses, and later the empress gradually settled on the throne and showed a tough side, these forces felt that it might be useful to keep Mo Zizai, so they gradually extinguished their thoughts of getting rid of Mo Zizai.
But if they had known that Mo Zizai was like this today, even if they fought all their hands, they would have killed Mo Zizai at all costs.
But now it's too late to say this, Qian Min calmed down and said, "Old Fang, send a message there and ask them to speed up their movements."
Chapter completed!