Not long after, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Li Jing, and Wei Zheng appeared in the royal study.
Everyone frowned. They obviously knew about the drought in the east of the river.
"Your Majesty, there is still a lot of grain in the national treasury. The imperial court can first transport this batch of grain to the east of the river to appease the people. This will definitely stabilize the overall situation.”Fang Xuanling made a plan.
Du Ruhui's voice was firm." That's the only way. The price of grain on the market has soared from three to twenty copper coins. This is due to the drought and the merchants from the aristocratic families stockpiling grain. I hope that Your Majesty can allow the governor of the capital to control the price of grain in the city.”
When he talked about the merchants storing grain, his tone was very angry.
Li Jing, Wei Zheng, and the others nodded. They had similar thoughts.
Li Shi Min ordered," First, transport the 100,000 dan of grain from the national treasury to the east of the river. Send out officials to supervise the disaster relief in the 16 prefectures. Make sure that the grain reaches the victims.”
"Second, merchants are strictly prohibited from buying food at a low price and selling it at a high price. If they are discovered, their property will be confiscated.”
"Third, when the country is in trouble, the royal family should take the lead in donating money to the disaster relief. The concubines in the harem should also donate jewelry and silverware to help each other.”
The ministers smiled bitterly when they heard the last part.
His Majesty was asking everyone to donate some money to the disaster relief.
After the harem concubines donated, which woman in the capital dared not to donate?
Bad luck.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the King of Zhao has stored more than ten granaries of wheat. Now that the drought has arrived, the King of Zhao is really good at divination.”
Li Jing started talking about the rumors.
Cheng Yaojin laughed and couldn't wait to continue,""Duke Wei, you don't know this, right? The money used by the King of Zhao to store grain was lent to him by His Majesty.”
"His Majesty is the one who knows how to calculate, while King Zhao is just an errand boy.”
"Those over ten granaries of wheat and grain are definitely His Majesty's.”
He obviously didn't know about the bet between Li Shi Min and Li Yuan Jing.
Li Shi Min was extremely embarrassed.
Li Jing was surprised and his eyes were filled with admiration.
Just as he had expected, how could the King of Zhao complete such a huge business?
"Your Majesty," he cupped his hands towards Li Shi Min,"your foresight is like a god. This old minister truly admires you."”
"Since more than ten granaries of wheat and grain are yours, you should take out a few granaries to relieve the disaster first. In times of drought, nothing can stabilize the people's hearts more than food.”
Cheng Yaojin and Li Jing, who did not know what was going on, echoed each other, making Zhangsun Wuji not know whether to laugh or cry.
He could see that His Majesty was extremely embarrassed.
This food doesn't belong to His Majesty.
Cheng Yaojin, you idiot, stop messing around!
"Those grains are not mine."
Li Shi Min coughed.
"Your Majesty, this is your country. Could it be that you can't bear to part with those grains?”Li Jing was surprised, thinking that the other party was reluctant.
"Your Majesty, don't pretend. I've already guessed it." Cheng Yaojin chuckled. How could a little brat like King Zhao have such ability? You must be controlling the situation from behind.”
Li Shimin was speechless.
Zhangsun Wuji immediately told everyone about why Li Shimin lent money to Li Yuanjing and the bet with Consort Qi.
Whoosh!
Everyone was shocked.
"In that case, the one who predicted this was King Zhao, an eight-year-old child.”
Everyone felt ashamed.
If he dared to borrow a loan with 5% interest per day, he would be borrowing 1,000 strings of coins.
The King of Zhao must have predicted the drought, which was why he dared to make such a huge gamble.
Cheng Yaojin was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig a hole and bury himself.
"Then how much is the value of King Zhao's ten or so granaries of grain?”Wei Zheng asked in disbelief.
Zhangsun Wuji said sourly," I received more than 1,000 strings of wheat grains at 3 wen per bushel. Now, the price of rice in Chang 'an City is 20 wen per bushel. I'm afraid it's 40 wen per bushel in Hedong Road."”
"King Zhao will earn at least ten thousand strings from this large transaction.”
Everyone clutched their hearts, feeling like they had suffered a blow.
10,000 strings, they probably wouldn't be able to earn that much in their entire lives.
Li Shi Min was filled with regret.
What a pain!
Most importantly, the capital of the King of Zhao was borrowed from Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, so what? The entire world is the land of the king. The food of King Zhao is your food.”
"So what if I borrow the grain of the King of Zhao?”
Cheng Yaojin had the thought of a hooligan again. He still felt that the eight-year-old child was easy to bully.
Zhangsun Wuji and the others shook their heads and cursed Cheng Yaojin for being an idiot.
There were some rules that couldn't be broken.
If the emperor easily confiscated the property of his subjects, he would break the rules.
Then who would dare to serve the emperor in the future?
The world was not only the home of the emperor, but also the home of the people of the world.
Wei Zheng bowed righteously." If it really doesn't work, His Majesty can only come forward and borrow grain from the King of Zhao. The King of Zhao is a reasonable person. I believe he won't refuse."”
"When the King of Zhao impeached His Majesty that day, he risked universal condemnation in order to stabilize the Great Tang.”
"It's a good thing that the grain is in the hands of the King of Zhao.”
It was a good thing that the King of Zhao had purchased a large amount of food from the merchants of the aristocratic families and became the king of food in Chang 'an.
If all the grain was in the hands of the merchants, they would probably be extorting the imperial court right now.
"This…"
Li Shi Min hesitated. He didn't want to see that bastard who made his liver ache.
If he went, he would lower his head.
All the ministers looked at him expectantly.
"Zhen will go."
Li Shi Min shook his head helplessly.
He had lost the war with the King of Zhao completely.
The King of Zhao earned the interest and easily repaid his debt. He also won the bet.
He had thought that he was a little brat, but he did not expect him to be a king.
"There is no harm in meeting him. Zhen would like to know how he knew about the drought in the east of the river.”
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