Zhao Kuangyin was furious. It was not half a year, but only two or three months left. There was also a Bianshui River seal, that is, if the autumn grain of Jianghuai was not released in mid-September, it could only be transported to the capital when the flowers bloom next spring.

Zhao Kuangyin cursed Chu Zhaofu in front of the ministers: "The country has no nine years of storage, it is not enough. You don't have to do it for the sake of the calculation. When you see that the warehouse is over, you ask to divide the troops and brigades to lead civilian ships to provide transportation. This is really a good idea!"

Nine-year storage is not a national savings of nine years, but refers to the capital. The savings standards are not very unified, and each prefecture and county must also set up some prefecture and county storage, but not many. However, the capital must set up nine-year storage, including grain, cloth, medicine, charcoal and other materials.

The more you save, the more waste it will be.

But this saving is very important. For example, if the country has something to do, the army will recruit food and urgently order each county to prepare grain. Most of them are grain storage and silk storage from the capital. Or the enemy suddenly attacks. Not only will there be sufficient food and cloth in the city, but all the people in the suburbs must be moved to the city. These people also have to eat and drink. With food, drink and clothing, the people will be at peace and can stand firm and wait for the help of all directions to protect the city. Not only did the Song Dynasty, but also the Southern Tang Dynasty, there were also a small amount of savings in Jinling and Hongzhou. The Northern Han Dynasty was in Taiyuan. Therefore, the Song army surrounded the people in the city for several months, and the people in the city did not have to worry about food and drink. The Southern Han Dynasty also had it, in Xingwangfu and Guangzhou. Later Shu was in Chengdu. Wu Yue was in Hangzhou.

It is a strategic savings and is essential.

Zhao Kuangyin continued to scold: "What's the use of me and others? If you make any mistakes, you will definitely blame me for everyone."

If something happens, I will hit you.

Fortunately, all the ministers were there. The jade axe in Zhao Kuangyin's hand had not been smashed, otherwise Chu Zhaofu might not be able to survive today.

Chu Zhaofu was in a hurry and could not delay, and he could not delay it for a day of danger. After thinking about it, he saw that the price of grain in the capital skyrocketed and could not sit still, so he ran to Zhao Kuangyi's mansion.

This is a very interesting scene. Zhao Kuangyi will show the power in his hands. Later generations often reverse this process and prove that Zhao Pu did right but was not. Zhao Pu did a big mistake in this matter.

First of all, Zhao Pu started, including killing Yao Shu. This happened before the food crisis.

Then there is authority. At this time, the three departments divide the rights of the prime minister, but they do not have independent decision-making power and rely on the Zhongshu to survive. His status is just like Yu Ping's status in the Song family. Yu Ping can manage finances, but major investments and expenditures must be approved by Song Jiu.

How much tax should be imposed is Zhao Kuangyin's policy of lenient people, and the second is the decision of the Secretariat.

Relief of the victims is also the decision of the Secretariat. It is precisely these two items that led to the emergence of the food crisis.

After the incident, the third department had to bear the main responsibility, especially Chu Zhaofu should have had an early warning as early as the end of May when the disaster was ongoing. However, he ate tea every day and did not ask about government affairs, which led to the problem, the alarm began to sound high. The report time was too late.

But it cannot be said that the Secretariat has no responsibility. When the crisis comes, the Secretariat is the decision-making body of the three departments. It also has to bear responsibility. As the Prime Minister, Zhao Pu must consult with Chu Zhaofu to resolve the crisis.

However, Zhao Pu did not.

The reason is very simple. Chu Zhaofu and Zhao Pu were not very harmonious, and even ignored the national crisis and watched good things happen. It would be better for Zhao Kuangyin to crack Chu Zhaofu.

Therefore, Zhao Kuangyi stood up at this time and dared to take responsibility. He really ignored the big brother's ideas, thought about the overall situation, the country, and the people, and provoked affairs that were not within his responsibilities. Then Zhao Kuangyin thought about the various consequences of the domineering staff in the palace. Where did the capable Li Chuyun go, where did his old friend Wang Renshan go, and the remaining few people, Liu Xigu could ignore, Lu Yuqing was good, Zhao Gong was good, Li Chongju was silent. The only one who dared to do the right thing, Chu Zhaofu got on the fire...

Zhao Kuangyi opened the main door, and Chu Zhaofu went in and said, "Two kings, save the old minister."

"Chi Situation, why do you think of finding me? I can't protect myself." Zhao Kuangyi spread his hands and said, "You should look for Xianggong Zhao. The affairs of the three departments are also decided by the Secretary of State, so it is reasonable to find him."

Looking for Zhao Pu?

Chu Zhaofu knelt down and said, "Two Kings, please help me. The lack of food has spread. In just a few days, the price of grain in the capital has soared, and one bullion is almost 80 cents. This price of grain is the price of grain that our dynasty has never seen before. It is not for the sake of old ministers, but for the people of the world."

"Get up."

"If the two kings do not agree, the old minister will not get up. If he asks His Majesty to abandon the market, it is better to kneel down and die in the second king's mansion."

"Chi Situ, you are not kind."

"It is not kind to do the second kings not to take action," Chu Zhaofu knelt down on the ground and straightened his body. I will do it like that. Can you send someone to force me out?

Seeing his shameless appearance, Zhao Kuangyi made Wu Chu say, "You go back first."

Chu Zhaofu didn't speak.

"Chu Zhaofu."

"Here." Chu Zhaofu said loudly.

Zhao Kuangyi wiped his sweat and said, "Don't do this, okay? You're hurting me. Okay, I promise you. Get up, either drink tea or go back and calm down. We both sides will find a way together."

When Chu Zhaofu was sent away, Zhao Kuangyi sat in the palace to ponder. This incident felt a lot from him, so he would divide his authority again and again, including that the two governments were not allowed to interfere in the affairs of the three departments. Therefore, the East Government did not know the finance of the Three Military Departments of the West Government, the West Government did not know the finance of the Three Governments of the East Government, and the Three Governments of the East Government did not know the government affairs of the East Government, and the East Governments of the East Government, and were locked in a small dark room to do their own...

After thinking for a long time, he found his butler Chen Congxin and other close friends. This person's mental arithmetic ability should be the best in the world. Others use funding to calculate, but he uses his fingers to calculate, and his speed is faster than that of people using abacus. Zhao Kuangyi regards him as the right-hand man, managing his finances with Kaifeng.

Zhao Kuangyi first asked: "Can you manage it?"

"For the sake of the world, the two kings should take charge. After the matter is done, they will leave and hide their merits and fame." Cheng Yu said.

That is, if this thing is done successfully, you have to continue to show off when you should behave, and you have to continue to be low-key when you should be low-key, or even continue to be cowardly. But first of all, Zhao Kuangyi looked at Chen Congxin.

Chen Congxin said: "Your Highness, Congxin had traveled between Chu and Si before and saw the reason for the suspension of grain transportation. In order to fear corruption and waste, the imperial court used to transport grain by counties and counties based on the number of boatmen, and each state distributed grain from each state. Therefore, every time the boat passed through a state, it had to stop and wait for the local prefectures to distribute grain. Although there was food on the ship, the boatman and the passengers could not use it. The transportation was delayed."

"Song Jiu's strategy for transporting?"

"The two kings are not suitable. They are pursuing Taiyuan. Most of them are land, with high freight and slow speed. This is the Bian River, and the freight is not that high. Even the food saved by unloading once is far from being able to make up for the transport losses. Therefore, I thought the best way is to calculate the food they used back and forth and directly reduce the payment to the boatman on the ship."

"This method is very wonderful," said Zhao Kuangyi. In this way, the boat is desperately sailing back and forth, and there is no need to stop on the road, and the speed will be much faster.

"I dare not, and in addition, the grain and rice are in the warehouse when they arrive in the capital. There are many tourists in Hezhou. Although there are guards to maintain order, there will still be obstructions. Just now, the new bridge has just been completed. People in Hezhong, Hebei and other places must enter and exit the capital through the Xinqiao, and free up the Nankou Gate. A special person will take turns to transport it day and night. Then the third round of the year can be increased to the fourth round of the five rounds."

"This bridge is well-built."

Cheng Yu, Jia Yan, Chen Congxin, Zhang Ping and others laughed. With the bridge, not only did they solve the problem of transporting grain, but they also sold many houses. There was no bridge lift. Last year, not many people thought about buying those luxury stores. It was too expensive.

Starting from the first lunar month of the bridge construction, many people immediately became interested in these 120 houses. They were too expensive and were not sold all, even if they were very small, only 120 houses. But more than 70 houses were sold. This will be a huge sum of money, and by the end of this year it will be a dividend from one sixth to one quarter to one quarter of the dividend. A lot of money will be distributed after next summer.

This money comes, it is the dew of long-term drought, and Zhao Kuangyi's economy will become loose.

That is the future, and the food crisis should be the first priority. Chen Congxin said: "The third is the ship. The third department intends to borrow private ships to transport grain. The civil ships not only transport private grain, but also firewood and charcoal in winter. If not allowed, even if the transportation speed is increased and the time is too tight, the third department will still not be able to carry out the grain transportation task. If allowed, the firewood and charcoal in the capital will be cut off due to the few boats. It is better to raise strong ships to transport grain and rice, and the old boats to transport firewood and charcoal in both public and private."

“Good idea.”

This is extremely terrifying. Just a staff member in Zhao Kuangyi's hands has such a profound and comprehensive idea.

But no one noticed it at that time.

"The second king, the reason for the surge in rice prices is very simple. In the past, it was because of the low official prices, and the rice prices were always suppressed, and the commercial price could not rise. Now I heard that there was no grain in the national warehouses, and merchants were not profitable. However, because the merchants stocked up and did not sell them, the grain and rice became more and more expensive. It has increased to 80 cents per dou. Two kings, what is the price of rice in Jianghuai?"

"It seems that it's less than twenty cents."

“How much does the shipping cost?”

"I understand. You mean to open up the market and let grain merchants buy and sell it themselves, and even spread the news of the price of grain in the capital to all directions. I heard that a dou of rice can earn more than fifty cigars, and a stone can earn more than four hundred cigars. A ship, my god, even I want to sell grain and rice."

All of them laughed.

This is a cold joke, Zhao Kuangyi dared not do business.

But when I heard about this profit, then grain and rice from all directions will inevitably be transported to the capital. If there is too much grain, the price will inevitably fall. This is a short time. The court is ready next year and still hopes to have this opportunity? Once it cannot get rid of it, it will cut prices wildly to facilitate the conversion of grain into cash. Even if it does not fall, it will not rise. Otherwise, once it rises to a few hundred cents a dou, the people in the capital will inevitably panic, at least those poor people cannot eat because of the high rice. Would they starve to death? The court will send people to help them, and then the capital will be in chaos.

With a solution, Zhao Kuangyi calmed down and sighed: "I have to thank someone."

It is not that there is no grain, there is food, and there is food in Jianghuai and Jinghu. Thanks to Song Jiu, one surrounded the fields and the other occupied the city rice, which made the south harvest year by year and sufficient rice. It is not bad for rice, so Chen Congxin did not mention rice, but only mentioned transportation. When the transportation kept up, the food crisis was resolved. Therefore, Chu Zhaofu made a big mistake, and Zhao Kuangzhuan was furious. He reported it two months earlier, which was enough time to solve it. However, Chu Zhaofu delayed it until July. It was too late to be lucky. How could Zhao Kuangyin not be angry?

The next day, we met Zhao Kuangyin and told the origin of the food shortage in the three departments. Chu Zhaofu made a mistake, and the food crisis also had other reasons. It was a good thing to lenient taxes to the people and the people were happy. However, the tax and grain taxes have decreased, and in the past two years, there have been many disasters and difficulties in the Bian River in the Yellow River. We need relief, whether it is labor-for-relief or direct relief, all the food transferred from the grain storage. This led to the occurrence of a grain crisis.

Because he was "feared" by Zhao Pu, he did not blame the Secretariat. Zhao Kuangyin was still furious.

Zhao Kuangyi also expressed Chen Congxin's strategy.

Zhao Kuangyin thought that it was a good idea. As for the ugly country, it was not. Tell me the reason. The low food was used to save the disaster and the people would not complain. He calmed down his anger and his anger was relieved. Zhao Kuangyi said again: "Brother, this is a mistake in the Three Divisions, and it must be saved by the Three Divisions."

To put it tactfully, the three departments have to be responsible for the organizer. If the Secretariat is inserted into it, Chu and Zhao will have hatred, and the officials below will be slightly flattering and restrained, and they will be doomed. Next year, the people in the capital have a chaos in the shortage of food, so Chu Zhaofu could only go to Shamen Island to accompany Feng Zan to play companions. But because of "fear", Zhao Kuangyi said it very tactfully. Then he said: "The three departments are still less than a capable minister. Although Chu Zhaofu is loyal to the emperor's brother, his ability is limited. If the emperor wants no similar situation in the future, please choose a capable minister to serve as the deputy envoy of the third department to assist Chu Zhaofu."

"Who do you think is suitable?"

"I don't know this brother."

"How about Song Jiu?"

"It may not be correct. He likes to show off. Hezhou is not a problem, that is a private act. Lingnan is not a problem, that is, it is a tyranny of Cheng Nanhan. If it is released to the country, it may cause a hornet's nest."

"Not necessarily." Zhao Kuangyin said with a smile.
Chapter completed!