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Chu Huan knew that the head of the Corps Department had a surname Ouyang, and his name was just a word Zhi. He had met several times in the Ministry of Revenue, but he had never spoken and did not know this person. However, when he heard what he said today, he found that this person was really talented. After some words, he was clear and reasonable.

Ouyang Zhi is really a member of the Duke of Anguo, but the Duke of Anguo of Anguo will naturally not be full of money. Ouyang Zhi himself is still quite talented.

Ouyang Zhi was behind his words, and some people nodded slightly, but the head of the Jin tribe said lightly: "What you said is light. If everything is as you said, you can suppress the Tianmen bandits by dividing some money, that would be a good idea. But if your granary is tight, you don't think about whether the Jin tribe and silver are tight?"

Ouyang Zhi frowned.

The head of the Jin Ministry bowed to Hu Bufan, "Mr. Master, you must spend a lot of money to buy grain. Now the silver deposit in the Jin Ministry is very tight. The wars in the northwest and Hebei have already cost a lot of money. Within a month, they will have to pay 500,000 taels of silver for herbs to Sitiantai. In some places, some places have already prepared to use gold foil murals, which is another large expenditure. If the silver is allocated to purchase grain, how should Sitiantai and Tongtian Temple deal with it?"

"Five hundred thousand taels?" Ouyang Zhi frowned and said, "Isn't Sitiantai 300,000 taels of herb silver per season?"

The head of the Jin tribe glanced at Ouyang Zhi and said, "It seems that you really don't care about the great affairs of the emperor. Si Tiantai wants to refine the new pill, and the silver required is significantly increased, and the silver of herbs will be increased by 200,000 taels of herbs every quarter."

Ouyang Zhi frowned even more, and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Hu Bufan said: "Tongtian Palace and Sitiantai are related to the great affairs of the emperor's cultivation of Taoism, and nothing can be compared with this." He asked Ouyang Zhi: "Is there no other way except to buy grain?"

Lang Wuxu smiled and said, "It is a best idea to gather food and grass. Chief Ouyang said it is good. First, he can solve the needs on the spot without mobilizing the Jinling Cang. Second, he can indeed use this to cut off the logistics of the Tianmen bandits. Without food, he can't even have enough food. How can they have the strength to make trouble? But there is no need to buy food with a lot of money."

Hu Bufan looked at Lang Wuxu and asked, "Do you have a way?"

Lang Wuxu stood up and said respectfully: "Mr. Master, there are too many places to spend money now. If a batch of silver is allocated to buy grain, such expenses will undoubtedly increase the burden on my Ministry of Revenue. However, the strategy of gathering grain and grass does not have to use the Jinling warehouse, which is very beneficial to our Ministry of Revenue. The officials think that buying grain is still feasible, but there is no need to buy grain with cash. The government can issue IOUs and buy grain with IOUs!"

Hu Bufan's eyes lit up and clapped his hands: "Good strategy. There are many rich gentry and businessmen in the five prefectures of Jianghuai, and each of them has grain storage. And as my Daqin granary, there are many grain merchants there. As far as I know, Jianghuai is known as the eighteen grain merchants, and there are eighteen large grain merchants. They all have huge grain warehouses... Local officials' warehouses, gentry's grain storage, merchant grain warehouses. If these grains are collected, they will be huge...!" He seemed to have really found a bad strategy and showed joy. "You can send someone to Jianghuai and order the Jianghuai Ministry of Revenue Department to come forward and show my IOU and borrow grain from them. If they want silver, we will write him a silver IOU. If we want grain, wait until the Tianmen bandits are pacified and the autumn harvest will be paid back to them twice."

Several officials laughed and said, "It's indeed a good way."

Lang Wuxu showed a proud look, and was obviously complacent about his wonderfulness.

Ouyang Zhi showed surprise and immediately said: "Mr. Master, Master, this... this must not be done!"

Hu Bufan and Lang Wuxu all suddenly fell down. The head of the Jin tribe seemed to have a bad relationship with Ouyang Zhi. He immediately shouted: "Ouyang Zhi, you are so bold. Master Tender and Lord Sect came up with such a good way, which can be regarded as solving a big problem for your Krakawa Department. Do you still have any opinions?"

Ouyang Zhi said: "Mr. Master, Lord. The subordinates did not intend to contradict him. They just... they just bought grain from IOU, and there were endless disasters!"

"Ouyang Zhi, where do you start?" Lang Wuxu finally came up with a way to be complacent, but Ouyang Zhi poured cold water on his face and said that there were endless disasters. This made Lang Wuxu feel annoyed, but he was a person with a knife in his smile. Even though he was resentful, he still had a smile on his face.

However, Chu Huan looked at Ouyang Zhi with some admiration.

He has been in the Ministry of Revenue for half a month. He actually didn't know many people, and he didn't know many people. He thought that the Ministry of Revenue was the same party as Anguogong, and it was a solid piece of the matter. However, today, there are still some internal problems, and Ouyang Zhi seems to be a bit special. He said in public that he was not suitable to buy food for IOU, which was undoubtedly a slap in the face. Ouyang Zhi would have such courage and was not a mediocre person.

Ouyang Zhi obviously knew that his actions were likely to offend Lang Wuxu, so he said carefully: "Everyone, the officials dared to say that buying grain from IOU will definitely have serious consequences." He looked around and saw that everyone's eyes were gathered on him, and said with a stern and slander: "The victims of Tianmendao's rebellion are certainly the court and innocent people, but the most direct victims are the gentry and businessmen in the Jianghuai area. Tianmendao robbed gentry and businessmen under the banner of robbing the rich and helping the poor. Those gentry and merchants now firmly support the court. They have connections everywhere, and there are also patrol guards below. These are now said to have been organized to assist the court in encirclement and suppressing Tianmendao."

"They have all received the favor of the court. If the bandits in trouble today, they will naturally have to do their part." Lang Wuxu said.

Ouyang Zhi said: "It makes sense to be loyal to the court, but... but the officials thought that their purpose was to protect their wealth if they assisted the court in suppressing bandits."

Everyone didn't say anything, but they knew in their hearts that what Ouyang Zhi said was true, but this was too straightforward.

"If the court uses IOU to buy grain, and take the grain they regard as gold as their current ones, the officials will be worried..." Ouyang Zhi looked solemn, but he did not continue to say it.

Hu Bufan sneered: "Do you think those gentry and merchants would be dissatisfied if they bought grain by IOU?"

Ouyang Zhi nodded.

"They have today, which is the gift of the court." Hu Bufan said coldly: "Now that the court has something to do, and borrowing food from them, will they dare to rebel?"

Ouyang Zhi sighed: "After that being said, those people regard their wealth more than their lives, and may not be able to understand the good intentions of the court. If they buy grain from IOU, they are afraid that they will think that the court wants to force their food. Those people... will most likely feel resentful in their hearts."

Lang Wuxu frowned and said, "Our Ministry of Revenue issued an IOU, which is not a forced levy, but a temporary loan."

"For them, the result of temporary loans and forced levies is to take away the food they have in their hands." Ouyang Zhi said carefully: "Even if some people can understand the truth, the officials think that most people still don't understand."

Hu Bufan slapped the table and snorted coldly: "In the court, we have trouble, and we will do our best to suppress the bandits. It's not their turn to accept it or not. I don't believe it yet. Could it be that they will be the one who will be in a rebellion?"

Ouyang Zhi said: "Even if they don't rebel, as long as their hearts are not with the court, they will definitely cause trouble for our major bandit suppression. The demons of the Tianmen are everywhere. If those gentry and businessmen have resentment, they are afraid that the demons of the Tianmen will take advantage of the situation and win over them. The local clans are already deeply rooted in the local area and are very powerful. Once they are mixed with the Tianmen Road...!"

The head of the Jin tribe immediately said: "Mr. Ouyang, you are just an alarmist statement. I don't believe it. Because of a little bit of food, they will mingle with the demons of the Tianmen and become enemies with the court? The Tianmen Dao will be wiped out sooner or later. Don't they think about what their fate will be after the Tianmen Dao is wiped out?"

"Not bad, alarmist!"

"Just a group of gentry and businessmen, what's the point of worrying about?"

"Mr. Ouyang, Master Ouyang and Minister of the Ministry of Education are very good at this plan. It is an excellent solution to the food and grass of Jianghuai. If you look at it so much, if you follow your words, you will miss the opportunity."

All the officials were talking nonsense, and they obviously didn't care about Ouyang Zhi's concerns.

Ouyang Zhi opened his mouth, finally shook his head and retreated without saying anything.

Hu Bufan glanced at everyone, suddenly turned his eyes on Chu Huan, and asked, "Mr. Chu, what do you think of this proposal for buying grain from IOU?"

Chu Huan stood up and bowed, "The lower officials entered the throne and governed the government. Now they only know the matters of unified calculations. They are really not clear about the matters of food and grass. They are so ashamed." Seeing that many officials looked despised at him, they smiled indifferently and continued, "But the lower officials think that Lord Ouyang's concerns are not unreasonable. If the local clans and the imperial court are united, although the Tianmen Dao is large, they are just a mob. If they plan carefully and handle them properly, they should be able to pacify them. However, once the aristocratic gentry and the Tianmen Dao are mixed together, the situation will be very different, one will rise and fall, and it is probably not too easy to easily quell the bandits and chaos."

Hu Bufan said "Oh" and looked dissatisfied, then said, "This matter is of great importance, and I need to think about it carefully." He raised his hand and said, "You retreat first, I must be quiet!"

After everyone left, Hu Bufan called Lang Wuxu and closed the door, and whispered: "The matters about Jianghuai are not small, and we need to discuss them well with the old Duke. However, the Jinling Cang is our last granary. It is not necessary to move easily unless it is absolutely necessary. Otherwise, there will be chaos in other places and there is no food to adjust. You and I will be afraid that you and I will lose your head!"

Lang Wuxu hurriedly said, "What the sir is saying."

"If you buy grain, your method is good. I don't believe that those gentry and merchants really dare to fight against the court because of a little grain." Hu Bufan leaned closer and whispered: "There is not much silver in the silver warehouse, and you still have to deal with all expenses. It is absolutely impossible to spend a lot of money to buy grain."

Lang Wuxu frowned and said, "Ouyang Zhi is always not very obedient. Master of the Ministry, is it...?"

Before he could finish his words, Hu Bufan shook his head and said, "Ouyang Zhi is the person appointed by the old Duke. Although this person is sometimes a little disobedient, he is his own person after all, and he is still a little capable, so he doesn't have to worry about him." After a pause, he showed a cold look in his eyes and said, "It's Chu Huan, there are many things in the Ministry of Revenue next. If we do it, we will inevitably have some omissions. This kid stares at us every day, which makes me feel a little uncomfortable, and I'm afraid that he will take some handle... No, this person is in the Ministry of Revenue, and I'm in the Ministry of Revenue, and I must find a way to get him out quickly."

Lang Wuxu said: "Chu Huan is very cautious in doing things. The lower officials kept staring at him, but they never found a handle."

Hu Bufan whispered: "I must have many things to do in these days, and I don't have the energy to care about him for a while. However, if you don't get rid of this person, it will be too threatening us. So, you can walk with him more often to see if you can find opportunities. This person must be eliminated. You are the most capable person around me. With your talent, it should not be difficult to get rid of this person."

Lang Wuxu forced a smile and said, "My lord, please do your best to do it!"

Hu Bufan seemed to think of something, and even lowered his voice: "The old Duke may have to make a reconciliation recently, and there will be no mistakes recently."

"The official understands!" Lang Wuxu lowered his head, but a strange look flashed through his eyes.

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