Chapter 261 Public Opinion Center(2/2)
Xie Qian directly rejected Liang Chu's proposal: "It takes too long to exchange money for grain, and the Ming people have not stored much grain. The continuous use of troops and wars in the past few years has caused the people to get hurt. If you insist on buying it with silver, it will inevitably lead to high prices in various places, and even the people in the areas that are not affected will suffer... Now is the spring famine."
After saying this, there was a silence.
After a while, Yang Tinghe broke his silence: "What Mr. Xie said is that the people have no food or cloth in their hands. If they have to buy a large amount of silver from the public, prices in the entire north and even the Taiping region in the south may increase. People with small amounts of grain need to buy food in the spring famine until they get harvested. If they have to use this method, it may cause chaos in the world."
Li Wu said: "Men's husband is too worried, right?"
Yang Tinghe asked back: "The Ministry of Works wants to recruit people to build rivers. If they don't give food and only money, will they be willing to go on the journey?"
Li Wu was speechless, not because he couldn't answer, but because he felt that the room was full of gunpowder and there was no need to fight for a win or a loss.
Li Jue thought to himself: "Is the atmosphere so tense because Xie Zhongtang is about to retire? It is related to the heir of the chief minister, and I must be cautious... But there are still things that money cannot be done these days?"
Yang Yiqing looked at Xie Qian: "The treasurys in various places are tight, but I don't know how to raise food? Besides, should I ask Your Majesty for instructions immediately... Maybe Your Majesty has other arrangements?"
Xie Qian waved his hand: "Even if you ask Your Majesty, the disaster that should be rescued will not be saved? At that time, will the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works be responsible for the unified adjustment and local disaster relief?"
Li Jue reminded: "At least, let Your Majesty know that there are some ministers who follow Your Majesty to the south? Maybe they have good plans too? In the end, this kind of thing should have been agreed in the court discussion. Now that Your Majesty is not here, it is decided directly that there may be arbitrary suspicion."
Originally, Li Li was not showing any signs of the mountains or water among the few people, but suddenly he stood opposite Xie Qian.
Xie Qian would not go and glar at Li Li because he couldn't do anything. From the beginning, he was wary of Li Li and did not treat Li Li completely as his own.
Who made Li Li and Shen Xi get closer?
The "officials" that Li Li reminded this time were clearly talking about Shen Xi. As for others, including Zhang Yuan, they knew very well how stupid and incompetent they were.
Yang Tinghe shook his head and said, "The distance water cannot save the near fire... The disaster relief is urgent."
Yang Tinghe and Xie Qian were in a consistent manner, which made the people present very confused. As we all know, among the people in the cabinet, only Jin Gui was obeying Xie Qian's advice. As for Liang Chu and Yang Tinghe, they all had their own ideas. Although Xie Qian liked Yang Tinghe more between Liang Chu and Yang Tinghe, he had never seen Yang Tinghe as obedient as he is today.
Xie Qian said: "Your Majesty, I will naturally report the memorial, but the memorial and disaster relief are both good. If someone delays it, the disaster relief may be delayed."
Xie Qian found an excellent reason for not asking for instructions from Zhu Houzhao, because he was afraid that someone would obstruct him. Needless to say, this person was the eunuch Zhang Yuan, the chief eunuch in charge of the seal.
Since Liu Jin, it seems that Si Li Supervisor has become synonymous with evil and will not do good deeds.
Faced with such a reason, even Liang Chu could not find any fault and could only nod and agree.
Yang Yiqing said: "Why don't you know how much food is best to collect from various places?"
"As much as possible."
Chapter completed!