This was the response of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance to the eldest master, and he didn't say anything else.
say what?
Do you want him to be a dignified Minister of Household Affairs, who always behaves like a shrew, and contradicts each other in court meetings with the great lord?
He can't afford to gamble, he's not as crazy as the old man!
It seems that the eldest master himself does not have any big stains to be criticized, but the Minister of the Ministry of Finance is not sure that he can escape unscathed. If a civil servant can get to his level, the bottom of his butt is definitely not clean. It depends on what the eldest master has control over.
How much black material is there?
He didn't have the guts to bet that the big boss didn't know too much. What if the big boss got too much dirty information? Would he have to resign directly?
Besides, it’s not like he made up the hidden rules of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Even if he is angry and wants to investigate thoroughly, do you know what it means to not punish the public according to the law?
He is a well-educated person, and he is not willing to deal with an uncultured and vulgar nobleman like the elder. He will suffer the most after offending the Ministry of Revenue.
This court meeting ended with a heated exchange between the Minister of the Ministry of Finance and the First Master, allowing the courtiers to enjoy the excitement and jokes.
After going to court, the eldest master went directly back to the house with a group of guards, took out the millions of taels of silver left in the secret treasury, and sent it all the way to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
At the same time, the Shuanghou of the Shi family and the core members of the Wang family also escorted a sufficient amount of silver to the household department without any concealment at all, pretending to be advancing and retreating together with the eldest master.
Such a scene shocked the entire capital.
The officials of the Ministry of Revenue accepted the money with a cold face and returned the IOUs in their hands to the three major families.
The next day after hearing the news, Jia Jing rushed back from Xuanzhen Temple outside the city. He also escorted 800,000 taels of silver to the Ministry of Household Affairs. After getting the IOU, he immediately left the city to continue cultivating immortality.
Everyone was shocked by the decisive performance of the four major families in Jinling.
Nima is really not a group. In order to fight against the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, he actually took out nearly 3 million taels of silver in one go to pay back the money he owed.
How proud!
Because of the quarrel between the eldest master and the Minister of Household Affairs, I thought that the eldest master was forced to do it, and because of the anger in his heart, I had no doubt that this was done deliberately by the eldest master.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue was a little suspicious, but he soon lost his mood to pay attention to it. After hearing the "rumors" of the elder, he could no longer trust the people in the Ministry of Revenue, so he directly asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take over this huge amount of money.
We have no intention of letting the Ministry of Household Affairs intervene in disaster relief.
This time, the blow to the household department was not small.
The right to distribute three million taels of silver is a big piece of meat. Even if you don't take the money directly from it, you can still get enough benefits by simply exchanging benefits with the nearby yamen.
But now that everyone is in court, the Minister of Hubu still has to fight hard for the present. The result is naturally no good result. The whole Hubu department is so angry that they naturally gnash their teeth towards the elder.
The old man was unmoved. After paying off the money he owed, he did not continue to make high-profile efforts, but just stayed at the Ministry of Works and started working hard.
With the continuous heavy snow weather in the north, the power of the snow disaster is increasing day by day. The number of refugees gathering outside the capital is increasing day by day, and the entire capital is becoming tense.
When the number of refugees outside the city reaches a certain level, it is enough to threaten the stability of the capital.
If someone fails to appease him, it is likely to trigger riots among hundreds of thousands of refugees. This is no joke, and may lead to a bloody tragedy.
Now that I have three million taels of silver in my hand, I am confident that I can solve this trouble.
Spreading a lot of money, the anxious mood of the victims outside the city was quickly calmed down. At the same time, Jingying and Shuntian Prefecture jointly stepped up patrols to stabilize the order in the refugee camp outside the city.
There is just one problem. The food consumption of millions of disaster victims is an astonishing figure.
Although the court provided disaster relief, the food was never actually used. It was also afraid that the victims would be energetic and make trouble after eating. The ordinary rations for the victims were not enough to keep them full, and even half a percent full would be good.
But even so, the capital itself has a population of one million, and the amount of food consumed is astronomical.
It was okay at first, as the government's granaries were plentiful and prices were stable, but as time went on, grain prices began to rise, and the rate of increase suddenly accelerated after people had money in their hands.
"Bastards, they're all a bunch of bastards!"
Xiu Yiwei reported the sudden rise in food prices in the capital, and the increase was not small. Xiu Yiwei immediately reported Jin Jin, who immediately made Jin Jin very angry.
But the report from the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance later revealed that he really had the urge to kill.
"Your Majesty, there is not much food left in the granary, and it can only barely supply the capital for more than half a month!"
Qian Shangshu grimaced and reported: "If the food from outside can no longer be transported in, something big will happen!"
"How could this be?"
Now he was shocked and angry, and asked: "Are the granaries in the capital insufficient to store enough food for half a year?"
"this……"
Qian Shangshu kept silent, with a bitter look on his face. The fool knew what was going on.
"Why, there's something wrong with the food in the government granary?"
Now, with murderous intent in his heart, he asked coldly: "Where has the food gone?"
Sensing the current murderous intention, Qian Shangshu did not dare to hide anything and hurriedly told the situation. This matter really had nothing to do with him. Of course, he could not escape the crime of dereliction of duty.
No one expected that the weather in the north would be so cold this year, and it would snow non-stop, causing huge traffic problems between the capital and outside.
The canals were frozen and no boats could sail, and the official roads were so frozen that it was very difficult to travel. This meant that if supplies from outside were to be transported to the capital, a huge price had to be paid.
This time, some things that were originally hidden in secret were completely exposed.
For example, in the official warehouse under the control of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the old grain in it has long been sold to grain merchants at extremely low prices by the officials below. Where can they get the grain from when all the money has been spent?
But there must be no problem with the food for the people in the capital, as well as the food for the millions of refugees outside the city, otherwise the turmoil in the capital will probably lead to rivers of blood.
Qian Shangshu almost fainted after receiving the report from his subordinates. He saw that the food in the official warehouse was in a very dangerous situation. If he didn't report it, if he was discovered by the people today, he, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, would probably lose his head.
Why should he bear the greatest responsibility for other people's mistakes?
Although he knew that it would cause great dissatisfaction, Qian Shangshu still came over to report the bad news. At least he had to remove himself first.
"Catch, arrest all the officials who misappropriated food, and don't let anyone go!"
Now his eyes were burning with anger, and his face was ferocious. The future of those officials was directly determined. He glanced at Qian Shangshu coldly and said in displeasure: "What are your solutions?"
Qian Shangshu lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, please use the grain reserves of Huangzhuang to tide over the difficulties!"
Damn you, you knew you would be interested in the royal estate!
Now I am so angry that I am gnashing my teeth. I am really unhappy with officials like Qian Shangshu. If I don't work all day long, I am just staring at his internal treasury. Now he still wants to take advantage of Huangzhuang. It is simply unreasonable!
It's not that he can't bear it, but that such a trend must not be indulged. Otherwise, if anything happens in the future, the royal family will have to provide money and food to solve it. What are the officials in the court doing?
"It's only right to recover all the grain sold by the official warehouse first!"
Nowadays, he doesn't take any trouble from Minister Qian and says coldly: "Such a large amount of food is gone. I just want to see who has such great ability and ability!"
Qian Shangshu's face suddenly turned pale, and he opened his mouth to persuade Jin Jin not to act recklessly, but in the end he said nothing.
There is no airtight wall in the palace!
Qian Shangshu reported the food shortage to Jin Jin, and the news spread throughout the capital that day.
The price of food on the market in the capital has been rising at a jaw-dropping speed, more than doubling in just a few hours, which is simply astounding.
Then the Xiuyi Guards went out and directly sealed up several of the most famous grain stores in the capital, confiscating all the grain stored in the stores. At the same time, they also captured all the grain merchants in the grain stores, and also took down the granaries in their hands.
Suddenly, the capital was in turmoil. No one expected that today's methods were so decisive. They did not try to reason with the people below, but directly showed their fists, making the real owners behind the grain merchants feel so cold that they did not dare to act rashly.
In the capital city right now, there is no Prince Zhongshun and Prince Yi Zhong who want to stand up for them. The Supreme Emperor's health is getting worse day by day, and it is difficult to even meet him, let alone stand up for some people.
Several of the sealed grain stores belonged to the Xue family.
When the news reached Aunt Xue, she was so frightened that she hurriedly called Xue Baochai for discussion. At the same time, she also called Xue Pan, who was in charge of external affairs, to come over for discussion.
"What should I do?"
When her son and daughter arrived, she explained the situation and said anxiously: "What should we do?"
The loss of several grain stores is nothing. The key is that the people who directly seized the grain stores this time were Xiuyiwei, who were the emperor's personal soldiers. Who knows what happened inside?
"Don't worry, mother!"
Xue Baochai calmly analyzed: "Let our people find out what is going on first, and it will not be too late for us to make calculations!"
Turning around, he said to Xue Pan: "Brother, you have to go out and investigate the situation!"
"become!"
Xue Pan stood up directly and said: "I'm going out to inquire about the situation!"
With that said, he strode out of Lixiangyuan without disturbing anyone in the Rongguo Mansion, and left directly through the small door connecting Lixiangyuan to the outside.
Not long after, this guy ran back with a panicked look on his face, and his face was extremely ugly.
"My mother is not well. I'm afraid our family may be in trouble this time!"
As soon as I entered the door, I saw Aunt Xue and said hurriedly: "It's so damned!"
"What's wrong? Why are you so anxious?"
Aunt Xue said dissatisfied: "What a disaster, our family has not done anything bad!"
"It was the stewards outside who caused the trouble!"
Xue Pan looked depressed and said unhappily: "They actually colluded with the officials who managed the warehouse and purchased a large amount of official grain at a low price. Now the emperor needs grain to stabilize the market price, and our family is in trouble!"