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  Chapter 1811 The crisis of Renzijuan gradually came to Ziyingxian's deep conspiracy

  Feng Ziying likes Shen Yixiu's depth and depth. She not only expresses her concern for herself, but also doesn't over-explore.

  In comparison, Baochai is too cautious, while Baoqin is too eager. As for Yingchun and Eryou, they are inferior in knowledge.

  Shen Yixiu is a boudoir lady who was born as an official, and as the eldest daughter of Shen Xing, Shen Xing often does not shy away from court affairs just because she is a woman.

  During Shen Xun's tenure as the censor, he had often discussed with his daughter, and after Shen Xun became the prefect of Dongchang Prefecture and Shanxi Chengxuan's envoy Si Zuo joined the government, Shen Yixiu has always maintained correspondence with his father.

   During the period, it is inevitable to talk about current affairs with my father in letters, and sometimes I even share some of my husband’s opinions with my father, so in this regard, both Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin are much inferior.

Of course, Feng Ziying sometimes talks about current affairs with Baochai and Baoqin. In his opinion, Baochai and Baoqin are extremely intelligent women, and they are also from official background. The sensitivity is still maintained, so the talent is not bad.

On the contrary, Lin Daiyu is the least sensitive in this aspect. It is in vain that her father is still Emperor Yonglong's most trusted censor, but Daiyu has not inherited the talent in this aspect at all, and she is sad all day long. , indulging in that kind of poetic and picturesque, but this also made Feng Ziying more satisfied.

  If it is true that Daiyu has been discussing government affairs with her all day long, then this style of painting has become too outrageous, and it will disappoint myself, a fan of the Red Chamber.

"What Mr. Xiang means is that the imperial court doesn't pay much attention to these things of rebellion, but cares more about what can be gained from it?" Shen Yixiu frowned, a little unbelievable, and the long-standing orthodox concept still made it difficult for her to accept this. kind.

Feng Ziying could understand his wife's astonishment, but he still regarded many things as too sacred and ideal. He thought for a while and said: "Wan Jun, if you change the angle, you can understand this kind of thing, nothing more than It is two brothers fighting for family property, the servants in the mansion stand in line, and then they each occupy a few rooms, shouting and cursing each other, and then the children of each family have not had time to separate, they are still in each other's room, the situation is still unclear Under the circumstances, how much hatred do you have for those children, and do you even want to kill them?"

Having said that, Shen Yixiu seems to have come to understand a little bit. In fact, these people who have been seized now are not really important people at all, and it is impossible for the real important people to stay in the capital city foolishly at this time. Waiting for the court to take them down, whether it is the Niu family, the Wang family or the Jia family, they are just idle or marginalized characters. If they are all killed, how much impact will it have on the overall situation?

If he realized something, Shen Yixiu also chuckled lightly: "Then Xianggong is still running around to plan for the Jia family? Anyway, the court just wants money, and all these things of the Jia family are confiscated, and then sold, at most. It's just that Jia's family was exiled and distributed, after all, their lives are safe."

"That's still a bit different." Feng Ziying shook her head, "The Feng family is also family friends with the Jia family, and Baochai and Yingchun are also relatives with the Jia family. If you help, you will also invite people to gossip."

It's not easy for Feng Ziying to talk deeply, and Shen Yixiu is magnanimous, but women's emotions in this regard can change as they say, so it's best to avoid it if they can. Good to say.

  Shen Yixiu also seemed to realize something, smiled and said nothing, and stopped arguing with her husband. This kind of thing is over, and her husband is also a person with ideas, and he will not change anything because of his own words.

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  Wenyuan Pavilion.

"Since the news of the refugees coming to Beijing from Datong spread, the price of food in the city has risen by 10% within five days. If this continues, I'm afraid there will be problems." Fang Congzhe said in a stern voice: "The refugees are still on the road. The first batch has already passed Fangshan, and the farthest behind is still on the line from Zijingguan to Yizhou, and there are nearly 10,000 disaster victims in Yizhou,..."

"The grain in Jingtong Second Warehouse is far from enough to keep the grain price down..." Huang Ruliang, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said with a gloomy face, "Now it is not a problem of grain itself, but a problem of expectations. Everyone believes that there is not enough grain in Beijing, so the size Grain merchants are reluctant to sell and hoard grain, and they all want to wait until the price of grain is the highest before shipping, but the more this is the case, the higher the price of grain will rise. Even if we throw out all the grain in Jingtong Second Warehouse, it will not help, it will be destroyed immediately The frightened people rushed to grab it, and the price will be even higher at that time,..."

Almost all the grain merchants in Beijing have some background. Even the imperial government cannot force these people to release the grain, and once the government does this, then these grain merchants also have many countermeasures. If the grain is sold out, they will put up a sign that there is no stock, which will only stimulate the price of grain even more.

"It's also very difficult to guide and detain the refugees, and the local government has tried their best, but they can't solve the problem of food for these people." Qi Yongtai mused: "These prefectures in the north have been living in the past few years. Drought continues, few savings, plus this year's severe drought, it is difficult to protect ourselves, and now we are surrounded by refugees from Datong, such a large number of refugees is actually within our expectations,..."

"The grain in Jingtong No. 2 Warehouse still cannot be moved. First, as Ming Qi said, it is useless to sell the grain in Jingtong No. 2 Warehouse at this time, and it will only increase public panic and continue to raise grain prices; secondly, it is depressing The ones at the bottom of the box cannot be used unless it is absolutely necessary. When the refugees arrive, they will still need relief, so we still have to find a way through other channels." Li Sancai glanced at Qi Yongtai, "Shuntian Mansion built a new building at Dagukou. The batch granary stores a lot of food, I know that Ziying used it to deal with the relief food when the refugees came to Beijing, but can we..."

  Qi Yongtai couldn't help frowning, he knew that the batch of grain that his disciple hoarded at Dagukou would be targeted by others.

Feng Ziying mentioned it when he was in Yongping Mansion, and as far as he knows, there are many granaries in Yuguan, including those built by merchants, to stockpile grain. Larger-scale grain storage is necessary, and there are good reasons for this, but at that time Yongping Prefecture also built some granaries for grain storage, but the scale was far smaller than the granaries used by merchants.

Feng Ziying has been investigating grain storage and transportation affairs since she arrived in Shuntian Mansion, and she also mentioned to Qi Yongtai many times that the bad weather in the north may bring about drought. When the water transportation is very easy to be interrupted due to various reasons, the risk is even greater. Qi Yongtai listened to it a little bit, but he still didn't pay enough attention to it.

   Now it seems that Feng Ziying has long realized that water transportation is unreliable, so he vigorously promotes the North-South Sea Trade and wants to replace water transportation with sea transportation, and he has indeed made considerable progress.

Without all that Feng Ziying did in Yongping Mansion, Yuguan Port would still be a little-known fishing port, not to mention the north-south sea transportation, even the surrounding coastal seas, but now it has become a southern material export to western Liaoning and Eastern Mongolia. The most important hub in the region, and in the case of interruption of water transportation, Yuguan Port can immediately take on the important role of goods from the south entering and exiting Gyeonggi.

Now that Feng Ziying has arrived in Shuntian Mansion, she has set up a granary in Dagu in the name of Shuntian Mansion. The main purpose is to prepare food reserves for the refugees and disaster victims who may appear in various states and counties of Shuntian Mansion. This should have been planned by the Ministry of Households, but now The Ministry of Households has insufficient Jingtong Second Warehouse, making it difficult to stabilize the situation, and has to make local decisions, which is really embarrassing.

Li Sancai's suggestion also won the strong support of Huang Ruliang, who attended the meeting: "Brother Daofu said that the grain storage in Dagu should be arranged by the imperial court, and merchants should continue to be encouraged to transport grain from the south to this place." , replacing Tongzhou as the current throat to maintain food imports in the Gyeonggi region,..."

  Ye Xianggao coughed lightly when he saw Qi Yongtai's unwavering expression.

When the two sang together, it was obvious that they had discussed it long ago. Li Sancai wanted to ensure the supplies of the army going south, and Huang Ruliang wanted to stabilize the food supply in the capital. Both of these need food. The little food at Dagukou is only one aspect, and they are more concerned. The most important thing is the food input channel system from the south to the north, which is what they value most.

But the problem is that this channel system was obviously established by Feng Ziying alone, and it is not an official system. If the imperial court wants to take over, it means that the personnel system from the port terminal to the storage facility to the entire transport fleet, as well as the entire personnel system in the south. The trading partner system is quite complicated, and it may even be a whole system that people rely on to make a living. Why do you take over if you want to?

Ye Xianggao even knew that Feng Ziying was not the only one who could make the decision. Apart from Feng Ziying's own personal interests, it also involved the plans of Shanshan merchants to go to sea. You must know that almost no Shanshan merchants set foot in the maritime trade system back then. Encouraged by Feng Ziying and even forced by the demand for iron materials from Yongping Mansion, it was established in cooperation with southern businessmen. rebound.

Ye Xianggao is well aware of Qi Yongtai's character. Although this person has a square personality, he still takes the overall situation into account. In this case, he should be able to understand the difficulties of the court, but if the appearance is too ugly, it will irritate the other party instead, so this is We also have to talk about the method.

  (end of this chapter)