Chapter 1264 Counting silently to 123
"Oh, you said you are so smart, what can't you think of, you want to be a corrupt official who doesn't care about the life and death of the people." The demon girl Ruonan glared at Zhu Pingan and said angrily , "Don't say I'm not trustworthy, you're stupid Let go, I will only give you a cup of tea, and the dagger in my hand will not allow you to take more."
"Yes, I am so smart, how could I be a corrupt official who doesn't care about the lives of the people. "
Zhu Pingan nodded and said.
"Young poor man! I hate self-righteous scholars like you the most. Anyway, I only give you tea time. If you like to be talkative, then just be talkative. You have wasted your time. Don't blame me. The dagger in it is eager to drink blood." The demon Ruonan sneered and waved the sharp dagger in front of Zhu Pingan.
"The reason why I raised the price of food is indeed for the 100,000 people in Jingnan. Don't stare, time is precious, just listen to me."
Zhu Ping'an didn't waste time anymore and explained, Just after saying a word, he saw the demon Ruonan glaring and sneering, as if she was about to ridicule him again, so he stretched out a finger, waved it gently in front of the demon Ruonan, and said to her.
“If you fart, let it go.” The demon Ruonan sneered.
"The reason why raising food prices at this juncture is a last resort, and it cannot be done in two ways. The first is that the imperial court is unable to rescue the Jingnan flood for a while. I have myself in the study. Copies of official documents requesting the imperial government for rescue and disaster relief from Taizhou Fucheng. There were a total of twelve letters. Taizhou City issued a reply two days ago, stating that the imperial court was unable to relieve the floods at the moment, and ordered all counties to actively provide relief on their own. If you don't believe me, go to my study and you will know. "< br>
Zhu Pingan explained slowly, with a clear conscience on his face.
"Hmph, Taizhou Prefecture asked you to provide self-relief, so you raise the price of food? How is this relief? You are clearly taking advantage of the situation, adding fuel to the fire, and adding fuel to the fire! I know that other counties and counties have followed the example of Taizhou Prefecture in arresting profiteers, beheading them, and imprisoning them. Distribute and confiscate the army, and use thunderous means to reduce the price of food. The price of food in other places has been reduced to 500 yuan per stone, but you are the only one. The dog official went against the grain and issued a document in the name of the government, forcibly raising the price of food to 2,500 yuan per stone. You are trying to force the common people to death!"
The demon Ruonan gritted his teeth and glared at Zhu Pingan, the more he said, The angrier he got, the veins on the back of his slender hand holding the dagger were exposed, and he almost couldn't control himself from poking several transparent holes in Zhu Ping'an's heart.
I hate that iron cannot become steel!
I was quite optimistic about this puppy officer at first, but I didn’t expect that I was blind. It’s hard to paint a tiger’s skin but not its bones. I know people but not their hearts. This puppy officer turned out to be a man in human skin. Maggots that have darkened your heart!
"This means that the second one is unacceptable." Zhu Ping'an said calmly to the witch Ruonan's gnashing of teeth.
"I see how you confuse right and wrong." The demon Ruonan looked on coldly, twitching the corner of her mouth with disdain, as if she had seen through Zhu Pingan, quite similar to the way Teacher Fan Wei deceived him one after another.
“The second failure is to save ourselves from food shortages. Jiangnan was originally the granary of the Ming Dynasty, and more than half of the world’s food was exported from Jiangnan. However, this time, most of Jiangnan was affected by the disaster, the food was destroyed, and the granary became a food shortage. . The remaining grain in Jiangnan cannot survive for ten days and a half. The only way to survive is from Shandong and Sichuan. Only by transporting grain to the south of the Yangtze River, which is still relatively rich in grain, is the imperial court unable to provide relief. Only private grain merchants have to transport grain. The journey is thousands of miles, and the people and horses are consumed along the way. Coupled with employment work and nursing home, each item is a big expense, and there are also many things to face on the way. There are risks such as bandits, bandits and even disaster victims, and the price of grain in Shandong and other places has risen to 500 yuan per stone. If the price of grain is forcibly reduced to 500 yuan per stone, or even 400 yuan, then which grain merchant will lose money and risk transporting grain? ! If this is the case, when the food reserves in Jiangnan are exhausted, millions of people will starve to death. It's gone! That's why I raised the price of grain to 2,500 yuan per stone to induce grain merchants to transport grain to Jingnan, so that the hundreds of thousands of people in Jingnan who are desperate for food can have a way to survive. "
Zhu. Ping An sighed and re-explained what he had explained to the county government officials.
After Zhu Pingan finished speaking, the demon girl Ruonan suddenly became quiet, and the sarcasm in her eyes slowly faded away.
"That" soon, the demon girl Ruonan seemed to have thought of something and was dissatisfied.
"Then there's no need for me to raise the price of food so high, right?" Zhu Pingan knew what the demon Ruonan wanted to say at a glance, so he interrupted the demon Ruonan's words and spoke directly for her.
“Hmph.” The demon Ruonan snorted, acquiescing.
"In this case, the price is not high. In extraordinary times, only heavy profits can drive the grain merchants to continuously transport grain to Jingnan. This price is relative to the lives of 100,000 people. Is this price expensive? Jiangnan is relatively wealthy, not poor and weak places like Shaanxi and Gansu. Ordinary people have been paying for it for decades. I also have a small amount of savings, especially in Jingnan. Because I warned in advance, the people had time to respond. They took gold, silver, soft goods and other property with them when they fled. In the year of famine, what they need is food. Now every stone is two thousand. Although the food price of five hundred coins is high, they can still afford it for a while."
Zhu Ping'an waved his hand and explained slowly.
"It is precisely because the above two are not possible, and it is precisely because of the actual situation in Jingnan, that I have raised the price of food. The above three are indispensable. If the imperial court can effectively provide disaster relief, and if there is no shortage of food in Jiangnan, I, Zhu Pingan, have long been the first to chop off the heads of those grain merchants who are driving up grain prices, and forcefully lower and stabilize grain prices; if Jingnan had not always been relatively wealthy and could afford it, I, Zhu Pingan, would not have raised grain prices. "< br>
Zhu Pingan sighed helplessly.
The demon Ruonan was quiet again, this time for a long time. After a long time, she snorted coldly, "Although what you said sounds very reasonable. But how do I know if it is your sophistry?" What? ”
“This is not sophistry, this is a fact! If you don’t believe it, wait for a month. In less than a month, the food in other counties, especially Taizhou, will be exhausted, and there will be no food on the market. Grain can be sold, and the price of grain on the black market will It is soaring and skyrocketing. It is not surprising that every stone has a price of three to five thousand or even seven or eight thousand yuan. Moreover, it is often priceless and has no market. Even with gold, you cannot buy food. Famine will come and death will come unexpectedly. encounter, the picturesque Jiangnan will become "Hell on earth"
Zhu Ping'an closed his eyes and said feebly, with tears streaking at the corners of his eyes at the end.
"You are a grown man and you are still crying, are you ashamed?" Witch. Ruonan was a little at a loss.
"Sorry, I made you laugh. I just thought about countless people starving to death, but I was powerless. I couldn't control myself for a while. The people were innocent and I was powerless." Zhu Pingan took a breath, opened his eyes, and looked at the demon Ruo Nan calmly. , said calmly, "I'm done, you can take action."
After that, Zhu Pingan closed his eyes.
In his heart, silently counting 123
Sure enough, when Zhu Ping'an counted to three, he heard the demon girl Ruonan say, "Humph, forget it, let's lend my head to your neck for a month. Let me see if things are what you said. If I find out that you lied to me, don't blame me for being ruthless. I will cut off your head with my own hands." (End of Chapter)
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