Hu Guang said this, and his eyes looked at all the ministers below and said sternly: "Other ministers should be examples and comfort them. If there are those who dare to make trouble in secret, once the factory guards are caught, it will be no more than losing their posts!"

"This temporary control strategy is to transport grain to the south, and millions of victims can be resettled before cancelling it. The grain recruited will also be returned!" Hu Guang said this and asked again, "If you have any objections, you can report it in person; after you leave the court, you must not violate the situation in the dark!"

This is Hu Guang's style. If you have something to say, you can talk to him in person, but once the resolution is implemented and you still think of a way to object, you should be polite.

The assistant minister Cheng Jiming and others have experienced this and understand that what the emperor said is serious. If you have any objections, you will not be blamed.

To be honest, he really had a lot of opinions on the emperor's new will and unheard of food control strategies. The reason was no different, because he had a source of money under his command, which was the grain merchant.

Every time it is military affairs, floods and droughts, it is the time when grain merchants are most likely to get rich. What grain merchants have to do is just hoarding and staying at this time, and then buying low and selling high can make a fortune.

As a result, your emperor confiscated all the food. Although he promised to return the food in the future, if he missed this opportunity, the amount of money spent was gone, it would be strange if he could be willing to do so!

Generally speaking, grain merchants have backgrounds and also need capital. Small-scale quarrels are not enough to consume on the road. Therefore, the background of grain merchants is not as good as the auxiliary minister level as the foundation, so they will not be as low as there.

For example, Cao Yubian, the censor of the Zuodu, who had just been beheaded, had a relative of his family, one of the big grain merchants in the capital, and also royal relatives and nobles. This power even made Cao Huachun, the admiral of the East Factory, hesitate.

Therefore, Hu Guang wasted more time and asked Cao Yubian to jump out first, attack him, and shocked the court officials first. Then he arranged the troops from the Beijing Camp and the Imperial Horse Supervisor in advance, and gathered the troops of the factory guards to wait for the order. As for the Wucheng Military and Horses Office, the connection with the local government was too deep, so he didn't think about using it at all.

As soon as he won the battle of the capital defense battle, the generals who led the troops were all his confidants. Under such a premise, with enough control, Hu Guang suddenly came up with such control measures.

He even thought about promoting such control measures to other disaster areas, such as Shaanxi. But he could only think about it this way. There is no comparison with the capital. For himself or the court, he does not have the control and the result of forced promotion will only make the situation there even more chaotic.

Hu Guang thought about this, and when he saw that he had not spoken, he wanted to announce the execution. However, he saw Cheng Jiming coughing and stepped out and said, "All the people in the world are the people of Your Majesty, and the victims are the same as grain merchants. If such control measures are adopted, it will be no less than taking profits from the people."

"As we all know, grain sales require a lot of capital, principal borrowing requires profit, and employment also requires wages. If food sales cannot make money and cannot support the family, how can the grain merchants survive? How is this different from taking away a life? Although there are disaster victims who really need help, can the disaster victims be troubled by grain merchants? It is not the cause, but the result is what is the fairness to the grain merchants? Are they the same people of Your Majesty, who are favored by one or the other?"

Cheng Jiming talked freely, as if he was adhering to justice, asking for the people, and making excuses for the unfairness of the world!

Hu Guang looked at him expressionlessly, without expressing his opinion, just waiting for him to finish.

Among the other ministers, those with interest nodded one after another. Although they did not agree, their attitude showed no doubt.

Although Cheng Jiming saw that the emperor's face was not good, he knew that the emperor must have a bad reaction. However, as long as it was not unreasonable, it would be within his expectations and continued to tell his reasons.

"Businessmen are naturally pursuing profits, not just grain merchants. If they sell grains in a way that will not only make no profit, but also lose a lot. What kind of grain merchants dare to sell grain in the future? If there are no grain merchants in the world, where will the food of border troops come from? The grain from north to south cannot be circulated. At that time, it is probably not only millions of old and weak! The number of hunger will shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty, I am afraid that the people of the Ming Dynasty will be worried about it, your Majesty, and the country and the country!"

When Cheng Jiming said this, he even squeezed two tears, as if he had seen the hunger everywhere and the Ming Dynasty was about to die.

When several civil and military officials heard him talk about this, they all came out, in a very affectionate tone, either echoing or admonishing, asking the emperor to carefully consider this policy.

Hu Guang sneered secretly when he heard this. These literati were really unique in their mouths. They could say that they could live as dead, black as white, and something big as sesame could say that the sky had fallen.

Before he arrived at the dynasty, he had specially investigated the affairs of the previous dynasty. He found that he would say this, but he was not the first one. For example, when Emperor Wanli ordered the collection of mineral tax, Li Sancai, the governor of Fengyang, submitted a "Memorial on the Prayer of the Mining Tax" in the 28th year of Wanli. He once said similar words, describing the scene of a collapse of the sky to prevent Emperor Wanli from collecting mineral taxes.

If the emperor had no life experience and was always surrounded by civil servants, then if Cheng Jiming and others said such words, eight out of ten would shake the emperor's determination. If the policy to be implemented was offered by other ministers, it would probably be attacked, making the emperor unable to tell what is true and what is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. When there are too many attackers, things will often end, and even punish those who offer suggestions.

However, Hu Guang was not the original Emperor Chongzhen, and he knew the severity of the matter clearly. This was a fundamentalist and had no effect on him.

Hu Guang and others who should have objected all jumped out, and their opinions were almost expressed, so they said coldly: "I said that this is a temporary measure, and it is only temporarily implemented in the capital. The grain prices have increased more than three times these days, so the money made by grain merchants is not too much? If this is true, I will send factory guards to check the assets of the major grain merchants to see if they will starve to death because of this? Check the interest relationship between the middle, how many people can starve to death?"

"..." Cheng Jiming and others were speechless, and the emperor did not accept this at all. Moreover, they even hit the fatal point in their words. If they really checked the grain merchants and made public their opinions and came out to the public to discuss the truth, they would have nowhere to hide.

This kind of thing cannot be obtained from the surface. Cheng Jiming and others only felt the pain in their liver, but they could only endure the voice and bow to the teachings and said, "What Your Majesty said is extremely true. I have received the teachings!"

These are the backstage of the grain merchants. They have communicated in advance. If you dare to stumbling, don’t blame me for getting angry! Hu Guang thought to himself, and stood up and shouted: “Since that’s the case, all the ministers should act according to this, and they must not be negligent and retreat to the court!”
Chapter completed!