However, after hearing this, Lin Chunhuan had no intention of moving. She only raised her head and looked at the emperor with burning eyes.
"The queen's hoarding of grain and cotton is also for the people of the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, the queen will not I will choose to tell the whole story when the court is in the most difficult time. The food provided is enough for the people of Kyoto to survive the snowstorm. The queen is far-sighted and I feel ashamed. The queen is not only innocent, but also meritorious."
" Queen, get up."
Looking at that familiar face, Lin Chunhuan was so nervous that her palms were sweating, but at this moment, she still had no intention of standing up, "Your Majesty, I am my concubine... I can’t get out the grain, and I can’t get out the cotton either.”
“What…I’ve stocked up so much, why can’t I get it out?”
"The Queen must think carefully before speaking. These grains are related to the life and death of the people in Kyoto, and the lives of tens of thousands of people!"
"The woman's thoughts! Could it be that she has swallowed up so many things!"
Before she finished speaking, some of the courtiers had already begun blowing their beards and staring. Finally, the Prime Minister frowned and stopped, "Don't be anxious, everyone."
"Since the Queen is here today You must have an explanation for these things, otherwise you can hide them. Do you still have the ability to know?"
Lin Chunhuan lowered his head and chuckled, turning his eyes towards the Prime Minister? Take a look.
When everyone calmed down, they realized that their master, the high-ranking king, had not said a word, and all of them had been shouting loudly just now.
At this moment, no one said anything.
"Can't take it out."
The emperor took a deep breath. For a moment, he felt as if he had never fully understood the person next to him, "So today the Queen is in front of Come on, what do you want to say?”
“So much food and cotton, you can’t get it out”
Another loud bang on the head and a heavy kowtow, "Replying to Your Majesty, before the twelfth lunar month, ten female officials of Yuhua College, headed by Yu Huier, have been selected, and the rest have twenty deputies, who have been successfully awarded official positions in the college."< br>
The emperor frowned slightly, not quite understanding why she mentioned those female officials at this time.
"Your Majesty, I let them take away all the grain and cotton."
After saying this, Lin Chunhuan's eyes were filled with tenacity that he had never seen before, "Take the grain and cotton away." If you stay here, the only thing you can save in Kyoto is tens of thousands or at most hundreds of thousands!"
"Those things can be dispersed to various states and counties, which suppresses the rapidly rising food prices! , the price of cotton can truly save the people of our Ming Dynasty.”
"I made my own decisions and put the people of Kyoto in danger. Please punish me!"
In the Imperial Study Room, there were gasps of air one after another.
Just a moment ago, in the hands of the emperor, food prices were soaring in various places, and the discounts for a bag of rice, which was worth a thousand gold, had not yet been put down, and everyone could not think of a solution despite their brains.
The road is blocked. Even if you have thousands of ideas in your mind, if you can't get out, everything will be in vain.
The Ming Dynasty has been recovering and recuperating over the years, and the people are living and working in peace and contentment. Even if there is a snowstorm, there is enough food. Everyone tightens their belts, and they can always get through it if they tighten.
As long as there is food, at least most people can survive.
But people’s hearts are unpredictable, and there are always people who are struggling to make money for the country. Those grain merchants have locked up their own granaries and raised the price of grains day by day.
Does the government open warehouses to release grain?
Those people are not in a hurry, and the government's food supply will eventually run out. By then, those officials will have trouble feeding themselves, and they will not be able to take care of these ordinary people.
Besides, there are not a few people who collude with government officials and businessmen. Taking advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money, they will have no worries for the rest of their lives.
unless. Unless... there can be a big businessman now, a big businessman with countless grains, who will not raise the price of food, but will sell food at whatever price it is, and it can even be lower than usual.
Not only does the price not be raised, but the quantity is also limited. Now that the people have a choice, who will buy high-priced grain?
Force those grain merchants to lower their prices!
No surrender? Then just wait and go bankrupt holding that pile of food!
The method is obvious and anyone can think of it, but where do the merchants come from? The court is too busy taking care of itself. People in Kyoto can't leave, and people from outside can't come in. How can there be macro-control with one hand?
Those who can enter the imperial study may have unclean hearts and may have bad intentions, but no one is a fool.
In just a few breaths, everyone thought clearly about the cause and effect of this matter, and their eyes unconsciously fell on Lin Chunhuan.
That hand is the queen!
Silence...silence like death.
Everyone in the royal study didn't even dare to speak out loud, including Lin Chunhuan.
Of course she had her own selfish motives for doing this. She could give all the grain and cotton she had stored to the emperor before the road was completely cut off.
In this way, perhaps those experienced officials will do things better than the fledgling female officials in Yuhua College.
But will the emperor believe her words?
The snow had not yet fallen at that time. Would the emperor believe that he would encounter such a rare snow disaster during his reign? The snow does not stop even in summer. Just listening to it makes people laugh.
How to make people believe it?
Ten thousand steps back will mean that the emperor believes it. Will those officials who have had enough money in their official positions really be obedient? Will they work with those grain merchants to detain the court's grain?
Will the things she worked so hard to stock up become a bargaining chip for those people to further raise food prices?
In that case, does everything she did still have meaning?
Lastly, she did it for herself and for those female officials.
Without Tongtian's kindness, how can people's hearts be changed? If the people are not allowed to see the real benefits, how can people believe that it is possible for women to be officials?
Lin Chunhuan pursed her lips. Even if she would be punished this time, she would accept it if it could pave a way for women in the world.
"Queen."
The emperor's tone was so deep that it was difficult to hear the emotion in it. Lin Chunhuan knew that this person was angry, so angry that it reached the sky.
"You sent those female officials away, claiming to be for the people, so tell me, how is the progress of this matter now? Why are so many memorials requesting to curb food prices sent to Beijing?"
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Lin Chunhuan's expression changed slightly.
She really doesn’t know the progress.
Although the road was cut off, the imperial court had its own means to exchange letters with various places and grasp the disaster situation everywhere at the first time, but she could not, she did not have such means.
Those female officials have too little foundation and do not have such means.
So it is still unknown whether those people and those grains can achieve the expected results when they are dispersed.
Clenching her teeth tightly and trying her best not to bend her back, Lin Chunhuan took a deep breath and said, "I don't know, my concubine."
"I don't know?"
The smile on the emperor's lips His mind turned cold, "What a surprise."