Lonely non-good minister

When the counties are vigorously exchanging grain, the granaries are frantically hoarding grain, and she will have to stockpile the warehouse after autumn. She has made it clear in advance how much grain the grain depots in each county will have. If there is any shortage at that time, she will severely punish it, so No one dares to slack off on this matter. The granaries are filled with new grain, and the old grain in the warehouse is sold to the market to balance the grain price. If the grain price does not go up, the value of cotton will not be pulled down.

This trick made many powerful merchants who were about to have a full meal hate their teeth. The price of the grain they transported so hard could not go up, and there was not much cotton that could be replaced. Grain was replaced by a lot of cotton, and the army was as quiet as a chicken. No one made a reasonable explanation for the smooth transport of grain by ordinary merchants into the Northwest.

Before the cotton coats in the supply army were finished, the memorials to impeach Song Yuan were piled up on Song Chun's desk.

"Liangzhou Governor Song Yuan took advantage of his power to do things for personal gain, and maliciously lowered the price of grain to benefit from the inflated price of cotton." Song Chun read a sentence while holding the memorial, and glanced at the three men who were sitting down.

Emperor Hongming was in love with the palace and never returned to the palace so far. All government affairs were handled by Song Chun. For this reason, the impeachment memorial was also sent to Song Chun. He held the memorial and pondered for a moment.

"Half a month ago, the Northwest reported good news, saying that it was a bumper cotton harvest. Local reports also showed that a large number of merchants entered the Northwest. The replacement of cotton for grain helped the Northwest solve the dilemma of no food in winter. Everything seemed to be in order, but now there are so many impeachments. How does San Gong feel about the memorial?" Song Chun put down the memorial and glanced at the three of them.

Doctor Yushi was the first to speak: "Your Highness, according to reports from the counties in the Northwest, after the Ninth Highness arrived in the Northwest, he took the lead in calculating the grain production and cotton production in the Northwest. After learning that the grain production was seriously insufficient, he immediately called merchants to replace the cotton with grain. Countermeasures, and set a limit to the equilibrium price on the base price, so as to alleviate the food shortage in the Northwest, according to the current situation, the imperial court does not need to grant food aid to the Northwest this year, which is a good thing to save worry and effort."

"Your Highness, there are many complaints about the distribution of cotton in the northwest. The reason is that the cotton supplied to the army only accounts for [-]%, but [-]% is used to replace food, and [-]% is used to comfort the people. Although Your Highness Ninth Highness said This has been explained, but there are still people who are skeptical about it. I am afraid that this is where the contradiction arises." Situ mentioned it specifically.

They knew all about Song Yuan's actions after she arrived in the northwest. From the perspective of the court and the common people, all her arrangements were reasonable, that is, she saved the court's food that needed to be approved every year, and also used the court's In the name of comforting the people, it actually played a real role in encouraging cotton planting, and the people also received considerable benefits.

It's just that the people who suffer from this arrangement are those businessmen who are planning to take advantage of the lack of food in the northwest this year and want to buy cotton at a low price. They also know who is behind these businessmen.

Song Chun's expression was meaningful: "The cotton in the northwest is distributed according to the method proposed by Song Yuan. From harvesting to replacing grain, he has no room for favoritism. He thinks that these impeachment memorials are pure nonsense. I'm afraid it is Someone’s interests were harmed and they deliberately made false accusations.”

He emphasized twice in his impeachment memorial: "The more people have opinions about Song Yuan, it means that his strategy is beneficial to the people of the northwest. Since it is beneficial, the court must support it. As long as it does not involve the laws of the Wei Dynasty, everything will be done." Everything can be discussed.”

He fully supported Song Yuan, and San Gong had no objection. Since Leping, they have seen Song Yuan's ability to manage civil affairs. Now the trip to the northwest proves that they have not misunderstood the person, and they naturally support it.

"The most important thing now is how to distribute these 10,000+ cotton-padded clothes." Song Chun got up and paced: "Originally, these 10,000+ cotton-padded clothes should be used first by the soldiers in the Northwest, but the northern army and the southern army are also discounted one after another. The imperial court is required to supply cotton-padded clothes, all of whom are soldiers guarding the borders of the Wei Dynasty, so it is not good to favor one over another, but there are too many monks and too little porridge, and it is really difficult to balance."

This kind of thing is indeed difficult to balance. The three-way frontier army is not easy to provoke, not to mention the Northwest, they are all princes, and they have occupied the Northwest for many years. They know how much benefits they can get, and want them to sell them. The interests of the people are nothing but nonsense, but the northern army and the southern army are not mediocre people, and if they make trouble, it will not be easy to appease. "Song Run once mentioned in the memorandum that the allocation of cotton clothes in the army is mainly for poor soldiers. The standard is that those who do not have thick clothes to cover their bodies in cold winter are given priority." Song Chun looked at them: "How does San Gong feel about this distribution?"

Sikong nodded affirmatively: "Cotton clothes are originally used by soldiers to avoid the cold. Those who don't have thick clothes in the cold winter may be hard to bear. I think it is appropriate to put them first."

The other two didn't object, but this was still to extract benefits from the Northwest army. Who would do this bad guy?
They looked at Song Chun. Song Chun had great prestige in the northwest. No matter how domineering the princes were, they would give him three points. As long as he made a decision, those people would not dare to disagree no matter how unwilling they were, but the key was whether he Willing to be the villain.

"Your Highness, the cotton clothes have not yet been delivered to the army. Perhaps His Highness the Ninth Highness can make a decision on this matter." Situ mentioned that he believed that Song Yuan had the ability to solve the problem. The favor of the southern army, as for the northwest army, she can't get in, so she doesn't have to bother too much to curry favor.

Song Chun saw through his little thoughts at a glance. He glanced at Situ and waved his hand: "He still has to do things in the northwest. Let Gu do this evil man."

He really couldn't bear to let Song Yuan offend people again. It was already difficult for him to move an inch in the northwest. This time, he could make those few people cooperate so much. He might have begged many people in private. If he offended everyone all at once, she would think about it again. What happened is a fantasy.

After discussing with San Gong, Song Chun rushed to the palace.

The cold winter is approaching, and Emperor Hong Ming has been staying here to recuperate. Although there are new beauties waiting around, the great witch Zhi Yan is always with him as his favorite minister, and he is now highly trusted by Emperor Hong Ming.

Song Chun met Zhiyan the Great Wu once, and he really didn't like him, and he also mentioned to drive him away, but Emperor Hong Ming didn't want to, so he couldn't do anything hard.

It was early afternoon when Song Chun arrived, but the palace door was closed tightly. When the chamberlain outside the door saw him coming, he didn't dare to stop him, so he opened the palace door and let him in.

It was still broad daylight, but there was a strange feeling in the hall, Song Chun frowned and walked in, standing outside the partition without saying a word, looking at Emperor Hong Ming inside.

He was wearing a loose silk dress, and he was praying in front of a weird wooden statue with the big witch Zhiyan, with a devout expression clearly a loyal believer.