Zhu Youchao was actually prepared for the outage of grain transportation.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have really dared to treat civil servants so tough before.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao had long established the Maritime Department and the Foreign Trade Bureau, using the house search and confiscating the silver obtained by Shanxi merchants, so that these two departments had stockpiled a lot of grain. In addition, the grain obtained from the house search, the total amount was millions of stones, in case of emergency needs.

Because Zhu Youxiao knew that silver could only become valuable if it was spent, otherwise it would be just precious metal if it was kept in Curry.

Now the reason why Zhu Youxiao still asks Fang Congzhe and Wang Yingjiao is to see if the civil officials who are in power for him have the ability to deal with this crisis.

Wang Yingjiao, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, said first: "I have asked the governors of various places to try their best to pay tax grain this year, especially in Nanzhili and Zhejiang, two places with the most tax grain payments, so that they should try not to default on the arrears and mislead the country. After all, the demand for military rations in Liao has increased a lot this year, but I didn't expect that they still owed tax grains and owed more."

"If the grain cannot be transported in time, the soldiers on the nine sides will be out of food. At the least, the soldiers will mutiny, and at worst, there may be major changes. If the white grain is not shipped in time, the capital will also be out of food. At that time, the capital will be hungry. Now, the capital will be able to maintain food for three months!"

Wang Yingjiao continued to speak and said: "I believe that the only solution at the moment is to first mobilize the stored grains in the local vassal treasury and Changping warehouses in various places into Beijing and Jiubian to avoid major changes. Then, they have to urge tax grains to be paid, and then transport them to the local vassal treasury and Changping warehouses for storage after the grains are urged to be paid. Otherwise, once the local treasury and the local treasury will be transferred to Beijing, the local area will not be able to support it in the future if there is disaster or chaos in the people."

Zhu Youxiao nodded after hearing this.

In his opinion, Wang Yingjiao is indeed an old minister and is not at a loss to deal with this grain crisis.

At this time, Fang Congzhe also said: "I have reported to Your Majesty. Before this, I have secretly trusted the governors of Henan, Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Shandong and Huguang. Let them try to use local vassal treasury to buy grain and store grain for emergency use! I believe that although the grain is out of transportation, it is feasible if the strategy of the Grand Secretary of the People's Republic of China is really adopted, and the local grain is first transferred to Beijing, and then the urged grain is returned to the local area!"

"Very good, I will immediately plan to do so!"

Zhu Youxiao said something and then asked Wang Yingjiao: "If we want to solve the crisis of the outage of grain and white grain transportation, how much grain should we need to transport from the local government?"

"About four million stones!"

Wang Yingjiao thought about it and replied.

Zhu Youxiao nodded, and immediately ordered: "The local food stored in the country must be returned sooner or later, otherwise, as Wang Qing said, once there is a major disaster or major change in the local area, the local governor will not be able to have enough money and grain to deal with! Therefore, you must hurry up and give Qi Jin, Zhao Shujiao, Man Gui the secret decree to others, and add a content to the secret decree of people like Qi Jin, Zhao Shujiao, and Man Gui, and enter Beijing as soon as possible. Whoever stops will be killed without mercy! In addition, if anyone delays, I will severely punish you!"

...

Nanzhili.

For the matter of taxing and food, Su Song Governor Sun Chengzong invited several representative gentry and officials from Su Song to the Governor's Office.

Among them are Shen Shixing's second son Shen Yongjia, Wang Shiqi, Wang Shiqi, descendant of Wang Jie, Xu Yuanqing, descendant of Xu Qichang, and Dong Zuhe, son of Dong Qichang.

"You are all the heads of local prominent families. Your family is famous and well-known officials and has received the favor of the country. Now the summer and autumn taxes have been accumulated. As the grain is about to be interrupted, please mobilize your neighbors to actively pay taxes. In this way, I will also be exempted from ordering the servants to go to the countryside to pay the taxes and food, so that the people's troubles will be aggravated."

Sun Chengzong first brought tea and started talking to these gentry and great officials.

As a pro-Donglin, he did not want to turn against these gentry in Jiangnan before he had no choice.

After all, Sun Chengzong also knew that these gentry in the south of the Yangtze River were extremely powerful. In the court, many high-ranking officials and officials had family relationships with them, and in the local area, they also controlled most of the land, money, grain and population.

"This year, several major disasters in Nanzhili Prefectures, Suzhou, Songjiang Prefectures and Taicang Prefecture are flooding, and the people have no harvest. In order to avoid civil unrest, our large households have opened warehouses and released grain, and there is not much surplus grain, so they can only accumulate taxes and owes. Please ask the Futai to learn from it!"

Shen Yongjia said lightly at this time.

After hearing this, Sun Chengzong showed an unhappy look on his face: "This year, there will be no flood or drought in Susong. Do you really think that this official is as easy to fool as a three-year-old child?"

Xu Yuanqing also said seriously: "We say that if there is flood, there will be floods! Just report this way to the Taiwan report, why ask more questions!"

Sun Chengzong couldn't help but stand up: "You really want to go against the court. Do you deserve the favorable treatment of the court to you?!"

"Is the court worthy of our gentry in Jiangnan? I regard our scholars as straw dogs, and kill them whenever they say they want to let the court know the consequences of slaughtering the gentry! Futai is also a gentry. Do you really want to see the court treat our scholars like this?!"

At this time, Wang Shiqi suddenly slapped the table and asked.

"That's right! This is just a matter of what happened today. Besides, it's not that our families intend to ow taxes. The gentry families in the world are unwilling to pay taxes. We have no choice but to untie the bell. If the bell is untie, we must tie the bell. We just need to report to the court that if the court can make the emperor issue a decree to punish the emperor, pardon a group of scholars, and severely punish the traitors Fang Congzhe, Xu Guangqi and others, we will still pay the grain that should be paid."

Dong Zuhe also started to talk to Sun Chengzong according to his father Dong Qichang's wishes.

Sun Chengzong naturally knew that the serious collection of tax grains was related to His Majesty's tough attitude, but he also knew that today's Zi was not a person who was willing to give in, and he could not be too embarrassed to the emperor, so he just asked: "Are you really not afraid of the emperor, you really ignore the etiquette of loyalty and filial piety, and you really want to break with the court?"

After all, Sun Chengzong was also a governor, holding local military power. It would be fine if he wanted to be strong, so he simply became more serious.

"Why do we have to be so angry at the shore? We have no intention of doing this."

Shen Yongjia said this at this time, and gave a look at the somewhat reckless Wang Shiqi and Dong Zuhe, and then said, "As Futai said, we have all received the kindness of the country in the world, so how could we rebel from the court? How dare we not behave in our eyes today;

But we certainly cannot tolerate the treacherous minister Xu Guangqi's family causing disaster to the village and even smuggling Japanese. We originally wanted Futai to investigate the Xu family, but Futai repeatedly covered him on the grounds that the Xu family did not cause disaster to the village and communicated with Japanese. We can certainly understand that Futai was unwilling to offend Xu Guangqi, a treacherous minister;

But now Futai is really willing to let the imperial grain be cut off for the sake of the Xu family? As long as Futai is willing to send troops to search the Xu family, we will pay the tax grain for the neighbors this year!"

"That's right! Heaven and Earth, the king is only behind Heaven and Earth. Besides, the king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die. However, the Xu clan of Shanghai has smuggled Japanese smuggling. Our Jiangnan gentry is unable to tolerate it. As long as Futai is willing to search the Xu family, we will offer taxes and food! Moreover, you don't have to worry about Xu Guangqi's revenge. Futai has always been close to my Donglin masters, and it is also the emperor's teacher. After you have confided the Xu family, if someone really attacks you, we will support you, and you will naturally have no worries about death."

Xu Yuanqing also started talking.

Sun Chengzong did not expect that these people were still thinking about Xu Guangqi's cotton yarn industry and threatened him with taxes and grain.

This made Sun Chengzong feel very angry.

But Sun Chengzong naturally did not want to search the Xu family.

Because only he knew that the Xu family's industry was on the surface of the Xu family, but in fact it was the emperor's industry.

Moreover, his Sun family also occupied a share in the Xu family's industry, and made a lot of profits every year by providing cotton to the Xu family. Therefore, he was unwilling to confiscate the Xu family whether it was based on the interests of the court or personal interests.

After all, the emperor sent him to be the governor of Su Song to be the umbrella of the Xu family.

"I will find out whether the Xu family has smuggled Japanese smuggling or fish in the village. This is the official who will find out whether it is taxed and grains. Paying taxed food is your obligation, not a trump card for threatening the government!"

Sun Chengzong said in a bad tone.

When Dong Zuhe saw Sun Chengzong say this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud. He glanced at Shen Yongjia and others, and said, "I don't know what benefits his Xu family gave you to Futai, and he actually asked you to protect you so much. Well, how dare we villagers threaten you? Why don't you do this? Kneel down, kowtow to us, and we will give you a stone of food!"

Dong Zuhe said that, then grinned and asked Sun Chengzong: "How?"

After hearing this, Sun Chengzong immediately stood up: "No matter how arrogant I am, I am a local governor. I am on patrol the place on behalf of the emperor. How can I kneel down and wait for you? I asked you to wait for the interview today, which is enough to give you enough face. You are so ignorant of admiration!"

Seeing this, Shen Yongjia hurriedly said to Dong Zuhe: "Sheren Dong, how could you be so rude! He even let the Futai kneel down to you!"

"What, can he really dare to send troops to prosecute my Dong family? Does Sun Futai also want to be accused of being a cruel gentry?"

Dong Zuhe asked angrily.

"Come, see off guests!"

Seeing this, Sun Chengzong only took a deep breath, forced himself to endure it, and put the teacup heavily on the table.

Dong Zuhe naturally did not expect Sun Chengzong to kneel down to him. He just said this because of anger. After all, as a wealthy prince like a local emperor, he did not have much awe for officials.

But for this reason, Sun Chengzong and these gentry in Jiangnan ended up parting in disagreement.

Therefore, Sun Chengzong had to write a secret memorial to the emperor to explain the matter, indicating that it was really difficult for him to raise the taxes and grains that should be paid in the Susong area this year for the court.

Zhu Youxiao gave Sun Chengzong the right to secretly report, so Sun Chengzong could bypass the opening of the Ministry of Justice and the cabinet to report to the emperor.

...

September in the first year of the Apocalypse.

Zhu Youxiao received a secret memorial from Sun Chengzong.

After learning about the real reason for the accumulation of tax and grain in Susong area of ​​Nanzhili, he lowered his face and then came to the Political Affairs Hall and asked Fang Congzhe: "Have the troops who formed the Western Factory arrived?"

"When you go back to your Majesty, Zhao led the sect to Xishan, Mangui's sect to Tongzhou, and Zhejiang's sect to Qijin's sect to Huangcun."

Fang Congzhe replied.

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao said: "The pilot project for urging the tax started in Nanzhili in advance. Nanzhili accounts for most of the grain and white grain in the world. The tax collection in Nanzhili was completed, and the tax success in the world was half successful. Zhao led the Ministry of Education and Mangui to the capital. After Zhao led the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Education to the capital, he immediately formed the Western Factory Tax Supervision Camp with the Qin Minping Division and the Two Thousand Jinyiwei in the capital to go to Nanzhili to recover the tax! There is no mistake!"

"yes!"

Fang Congzhe replied.

"In addition, I have decided to set up a Southeast Governor, responsible for clearing the land and acres of land in Nanzhili and Zhejiang, and clarifying the tax burden. You recommend a civil servant, so you can go to Jiangnan with the Xichang in the future to recover the tax."
Chapter completed!