Chapter 119: Darkness and lightness
"You are making things simple..."
The next day, when the Governor of Xichang was on duty, Fengli Dao, who was almost recovered from his injuries, shook his head slightly after hearing Zhao Yu's words.
"Let's not talk about how you can get the disaster relief work out of the hands of those cabinet officials and the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Just say that you provide money to save the people.
This snowstorm involves more than a dozen prefectures and counties in Northern Zhili, how much can you offer?"
Zhao Yu heard this and was about to speak, but Fengli Dao raised his hand to stop him.
"I know that you took a lot of gold from Baishang Kingdom, but these things are not visible to the light. It is okay for you to enjoy it, but have you ever thought about it, a commander of the Northern Division of the Jinyi Guards, taking out dozens of
The mere release of ten thousand taels of silver is a huge trouble!"
"Furthermore, except for the government's grain hoard, all the grain in the capital is in the hands of the four major grain merchants. Who are the people behind these four major grain merchants?"
Fengli Dao stretched out four fingers and said to Zhao Yu: "He is the chief minister of the cabinet, he is the thirteenth prince, he is the Dragon Protector Villa, and he is the 9,000-year-old Wei Zhongxian!"
Fengli Dao looked at Zhao Yu and said seriously: "Do you think Jin Yiwei and Xichang's tiger skin can scare them?"
Hearing this, Zhao Yu knew that Fengli Dao was telling the truth.
Ordinary officials are afraid of factory guards, but among the backers standing behind the four major grain merchants, which one would take factory guards seriously?
"You can find a trustworthy person to pretend to be a righteous merchant and buy grain from the four major grain merchants with money..."
After being silent for a long time, Zhao Yu still said with some unwillingness to give up.
Fengli Dao smiled bitterly and shook his head. Although Zhao Yu came from an official family, he really didn't see these things as thoroughly as he did.
"First of all, given the current situation, if you want to buy grain from the four major grain merchants to save people, have you thought about how high the price will be?"
Before Zhao Yu could think about it, Feng Lizao said again: "Do you think they are really hoarding grain to get a high price for the grain in their hands?
Then you really underestimated them!"
Speaking of this, Feng Lizao sneered and said: "They are hoarding food in order to take advantage of the food relief funds issued by the imperial court. Compared with raising the price to buy to the victims who have little money, the imperial court is their most pressing concern.
Staring fat!"
Zhao Yu took a breath of cold air. He originally thought that raising prices when the famine came was enough evil.
But he didn't expect that he still underestimated the greed of these dogs!
…
Zhao Yu, who returned to the superintendent's office, kept frowning.
A selfish person like him finally had a good intention, but he encountered all kinds of obstacles.
Lu Jianxing and Jin Yichuan saw Zhao Yu frowning and knew what the Shangguan was thinking. But what could they do?
"According to our informant, at noon today, Dongchang dispatched hundreds of servants, disguised as guards of wealthy businessmen, and went to the grain farm on the outskirts of the city to guard the granary..."
"People are almost dying. These bitches say there is no food, but behind their backs they send people to the grain farms for fear that hungry people will riot and steal food!"
"I wish I had Taishang Laojun's wishful gourd. I could sneak into these dogs' grain farms and steal all the grains!"
Jin Yichuan on the side lowered his head and muttered in a low voice.
"What nonsense are you talking about?!"
Listening to his brother's muttering, Lu Jianxing scolded him in a low voice.
"stop!!"
Zhao Yu, who was still looking sad at first, stood up suddenly after hearing the conversation between the two people, stared at Jin Yichuan with bright eyes and said, "What did you just say?"
Seeing Zhao Yu's inexplicable excitement, Jin Yichuan said cautiously: "According to our eyeliner report, the East Factory will be transferred today..."
"No, it's not this sentence, it's the next sentence!"
Zhao Yu shook his head and stared at Jin Yichuan.
"People are almost dying, these bitches..."
"No, that's not what he said!" Zhao Yu still shook his head.
"I said, if only I had Taishang Laojun's wishful gourd, I could just sneak in..."
Snapped!
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yu slapped his thigh directly and was so excited that he almost jumped up from the main hall.
What the hell!
How could you forget this episode?!
I am a man with a systematic bag, how can I follow the normal routine when doing things?!
It’s impossible for him to carry all the food from the four major grain merchants, right?
Thinking of this, Zhao Yu stood up directly, leaving Lu Jianxing to guard the supervisor's office, while he led Erha and Jin Yichuan straight to the Jinyiwei Yamen.
It is one thing to be able to produce food. How to distribute these things to the victims in a reasonable and reasonable manner requires the assistance of commander An Jianqing!
Arriving at the Jinyiwei Yamen, Zhao Yu went straight to the commander's office.
Half an hour later, An Jianqing walked out of the Jinyi Guard Commander's Office with a sachet and headed straight for Chengtian Gate.
Zhao Yu did not leave immediately, but stayed alone in the command hall until it was about to leave the office in the afternoon, when An Jianqing returned to the Jinyiwei office.
"How about it?"
Seeing An Jianqing walking in, Zhao Yu immediately stepped forward.
Looking at Zhao Yu with a hopeful look on his face, An Jianqing was a little confused. For Zhao Yu, apart from offending some nobles, there was no benefit at all.
But it is this matter that has no benefits that makes this scheming guy so interested in it!
An Jianqing first returned the tip bag that Zhao Yu had given him before to Zhao Yu.
In the current court, nine thousand years old has sole power. Even he, the commander of the imperial guards, needs Wei Zhongxian's approval if he wants to see the emperor.
The tip bag that Zhao Yu gave to An Jianqing was personally given to him by Wei Zhongxian during the banquet at Chitose Mansion!
With this tip bag, An Jianqing successfully passed the examination of the ceremony and entered the Yongshou Palace to meet the monarch.
"Long Yan is so happy that he even gave me this!"
As An Jianqing spoke, he took out a roll of brocade silk from his arms. After unfolding it, there were four big characters written on it: 'Eternal Yishang'!
There is also the emperor's seal stamped underneath!
"It's done!!"
Seeing this thing, Zhao Yu's heart finally dropped into his stomach.
This morning, the emperor was confused by various offers for money for disaster relief.
But at noon, An Jianqing went into the palace to meet the saint. He directly said that someone was willing to come forward to donate money and food.
The emperor, who was having a headache, was of course happy to see the result. When he was happy, he not only agreed to An Jianqing's request, but also wrote the words "Eternal Yishang" with his pen and entrusted An Jianqing to send it.
With these four words, Zhao Yu can find a trustworthy person and start providing disaster relief and rescuing people in a legitimate manner!
"What on earth are you going to do?"
An Jianqing looked at the excited Zhao Yu and frowned.
He knew better than anyone that at this time, even if he had money in his pocket, he might not be able to buy food for disaster relief.
But if he can't get food, let alone other things, he, the commander of the Imperial Guards, will die badly on the emperor's side!
"You don't need to worry about these. Once the food is in place, you can just dispatch the royal guards for protection!"
After saying that, Zhao Yu directly took the silk with the emperor's imperial writing and turned around to leave the command hall.
Jin Yichuan on the side was already dumbfounded at this moment!
What the hell...
Chapter completed!