The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 333 Raising Food and Grass
It can be said that the entire Shanxi Shanxi Merchants and Merchants Group only follow his lead.

However, Guo Lun shook his head and said: "That's not what I said. The reason why the little old man was willing to take over the grain and grass monopoly business was because Mr. Hu promised that nothing would go wrong. If Liu Yushi really wants to move this time Knife, that little old man’s loss is too great.”

This hob meat!
Hu Zan cursed inwardly, but had to lower his voice and said, "Brother Guo, you really don't trust our family."

Guo Huai shook his head and said, "It's not that the little old man can't trust Mr. Hu, it's just that this matter is too special."

Hu Zan lost his temper after being tortured by him, so he could only back down and say, "Then tell me what to do."

Guo Huai was waiting for this sentence, and immediately smiled: "Tell Liu Yushi not to collect grain in Fenzhou."

Hu Zan shook his head and sighed, "It's impossible. Old man Liu is here to supervise the military pay. The whole of Shanxi has to cooperate with that old man. How can Fenzhou be an exception?"

As if he felt that what he said was too strong, Hu Zan explained again: "Of course, I didn't take it from you for nothing. The government borrowed it, and when the Tatars retreat, they will slowly return it."

Guo Huai didn't appreciate it, coughed and said: "Mr. Hu, the little old man has been cooperating with you for many years. The little old man knows what the government is like. The Tatars are disturbing the border. At this time, the government comes to borrow food. What's the difference between snatching and snatching?"

Hu Zan's expression sank and he said, "Then what do you mean? Could it be that we asked our family to help you drive Liu Yushi away?"

Guo Huai waved his hand and said, "Grand Hu misunderstood, the little old man didn't mean that. The little old man hopes that Hu Gong can cooperate with the little old man to perform a play."

"How to act?"

Hu Zan asked with a frown.

"That's right." Guo Huai moved to Hu Zan's side and whispered.

"Is this really okay?" Hu Zan looked at Guo Huai with some hesitation.

"Grand Hu will do what the little old man says, and things will definitely come true."

Guo Huai said quietly.

On the first day Xie Shen returned to Lu'an Mansion, he gave orders to borrow food from the big family in Lu'an.

With the lessons learned from the past, the big households in Lu'an have been more honest this time.Take the initiative to "lend" food to the government.

In the face of a national crisis, it is natural to unanimously externalize.

Facing the Tatars, the Lu'an gentry had a rare "same hatred" once.

But when Xie Shen saw the amount of food "loaned" by the major households, his face turned green.

The thirteen wealthy families in Lu'an only lent five thousand shi to the government in total, which was an insult to Xie Shen.

Although Lu'an is not full of luxury merchants like Pingyang, there are still quite a few merchants who can be ranked first.

Under such circumstances, they only took out five thousand shi of grain. Isn't this sending beggars?

So Xie Shen decided to find an opportunity to have a good talk with them.

The prefect issued an invitation card, no one would dare not come.

Because Xie Shen had already established a prestige before, these merchants were like sheep seeing wolves in front of him, and they did not dare to overstep in the slightest.

Xie Shen also expressed his attitude very clearly, hoping that these local wealthy families can lend more food to the government.

Soft can't come hard, under Xie Shen's half pressure, these wealthy families finally let go and promised to lend more grain to the government.

Of course they also understood that the food was said to be borrowed, but in fact it was meat buns beating dogs and never returning.

Of course, Xie Shen didn't promise them that the food would be returned, because Liu Daxia and Liu Yushi supervised the army's food and grass, and Xie Shen didn't count on what he said.

To be honest, he was very dissatisfied with the gentry class in the Ming Dynasty.These people have deep ties to the bureaucracy, and some are even bureaucrats themselves.They used policies to take advantage of the country, but when the country was in trouble, they all pretended to be deaf and dumb, and refused to give money.

The most obvious is that in the last years of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng led the crowd to besiege the city.Emperor Chongzhen almost begged his courtiers to take out some silver money as military pay to ward off intruders.

But these ministers of the imperial court who made generous speeches and spitting stars all over the weekdays have become cowardly turtles, watching their noses, noses, noses, and hearts, and keeping silent.

In the end, Li Zicheng broke into Beijing, and Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself on Meishan to die for his country. Only one eunuch accompanied him to die.
And those humerus ministers of the Ming Dynasty turned into subjects of the Shun Dynasty.

It's a pity that Li Zicheng ransacked their home in the end, and all the gold and silver that had not been warmed under the covers also entered the hands of the bandits.

This is really the most ridiculous thing in the world.

And the situation in front of him is very similar to that at the end of Ming Dynasty.

The same is when foreign enemies are present, and the same is when the gentry cry for poverty, but Xie Shen doesn't give them a chance to pretend to be crazy.

The business tax of the Ming Dynasty was too low. Setting such a low tax seemed to protect private property and benefit the people, but it was actually irresponsible to the country.

If there is an opportunity in the future, the tax system is really worth a move.

Back in the government office, Xie Shen only felt very tired.

Fortunately, Qianqian had already prepared hot soup in advance, Xie Shen changed his clothes and jumped into the barrel to take a bath comfortably.

There are many petals floating in the wooden barrel, and the dense water vapor evaporates,

While rubbing Xie Shen's shoulders, Qianqian said, "Husband, why should you be in such a hurry, you just came back from Taiyuan Mansion, so you don't want to take a good rest."

After soaking in the hot bath, Xie Shen only felt a lot of relief in his muscles and bones, so he closed his eyes and said, "I want to rest for my husband, but the situation is urgent. If I take a rest for my husband, who will take care of the food and grass matters? "

Xu Qianqian frowned and said, "The Tatars are really so powerful?"

Xie Shen felt helpless in his heart.

In recent years, under the leadership of the little prince, the Tatars have indeed shown signs of revival.

But it is almost impossible to return to the peak of Yuan Dynasty.

The reason why the little prince can take advantage every time he leads a group of people to harass the border and put pressure on Daming's border is that in the final analysis, Daming has been in peace for too long and his military equipment has been relaxed.

If the Ming army was replaced by Cheng Zu's army, it would be like hanging and beating these barbarians.

But since this is the case, what Xie Shen can do is very limited.We can only raise enough food first, guarantee to keep Datong, and tell the Tatars to evacuate voluntarily.

To be honest, Xie Shen really wanted to promote the reform of the military system across the country and set up a firearms battalion in the border town.However, these are obviously impossible to do with Xie Shen's current strength, and he should only consider it when he has power in his hands and can have an impact on the country's decision-making.

"It can't be said to be great."

Xie Shen smiled and said: "As long as we stick to Datong, the Tatars are helpless."

"But since we are not afraid of the Tartars, why don't we chase them out and fight them?"

Xie Shen was slightly taken aback, not knowing how to explain it to his wife.

It is an indisputable fact that nomads are good at horse warfare.In the early Ming Dynasty, because of Duoyan Sanwei, he was still able to not fall behind in horse battles.

(End of this chapter)