Liu E withdrew from the front of the stage and returned to behind the scenes.
He holds the same power in his hand, but standing in front of the stage and standing behind the scenes are completely different things.
Standing in front of the stage, she can influence the political affairs, participate in the discussion of the political affairs, and guide the political affairs in the direction she wants.
Standing behind the scenes, she can only make judgments on a bunch of dynasties that have been discussed, and this judgment is not in her hands.
The power in her hands has not changed, but her influence on the government has been weakened by more than half.
Yushi doctors and the supervisors felt unhappy because they failed to oust Liu E.
But this method proposed by Kou Zhun was the best way to resolve the contradiction between them and Liu E so far, and they had to accept it.
By the time Kou Zhun finished speaking of his own meaning.
Doctor Yu Shi took the lead and said: "Chen Zunzhi!"
The other hundred officials followed suit and handed over, "The minister waits to comply with the edict!"
Since then, there are only Zhao Zhen and Kou Zhun on the imperial steps of this vertical arch hall.
Zhao Zhen was young and could not manage politics. Kou Zhun controlled all affairs of the court.
Kou Zhun duly became a powerful minister.
Even if he does not have the mind to be a power minister, the ruling and opposition parties will treat him as a power minister.
The matter of Liu E came to an end.
The food shortage in Huainan and Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations has become the most urgent problem for the courts.
Kou Zhun sat on the Kou bus, frowning and said: "What do you colleagues think about the food shortage of Huainan and Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations?"
Li Di mentioned the Chaohuo, and said in a loud voice: "Open the warehouse and release grain to help the victims."
Wang Zeng, Ding Wei, Wang Qinruo and others nodded together.
They all agreed to open the warehouse to release grain.
Kou Zhun said solemnly: "The number of victims is huge. If you want to feed the victims, you can only open the Changping warehouse. Once the Changping warehouse is opened, the people who are afraid of food shortage will inevitably grab food.
The imperial court’s three-year grain storage in Huainan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang is likely to be robbed. "
Li Di said: "If the food is gone, we can save it again. We can't make the people hungry, let alone push the people against it."
Kou Zhun nodded slowly, and said, "Then order the Changping Envoy on Huainan Road to open a warehouse and release grain. At the same time, order the Huainan Road to appease the envoys, lead the soldiers and village soldiers on Huainan Road, and quickly suppress the rebellion that took the opportunity to rebel. thief."
With Kou Zhun's decision, the Manchu civil and military began to act quickly.
Originally after the Great Court meeting, all officials would close their respective yamen and go home for the New Year.
Now that such a big thing has happened, they don't care about the New Year, and they are all busy with disaster relief.
Kou Zhun did not return to the mansion after he was disbanded, but went to Shishitang.
Naturally, Kou Ji did not return home, and followed Kou Zhun to Shishitang.
Inside Shishi Hall.
When the grandfather and grandson arrived at Shishitang, there was no one in Shishitang, and Liu E was not seen.
Zhao Zhen had been sitting in the court hall for a long time today. His body was a little stiff, and Chen Lin led him to move his muscles and bones.
Kou Zhun led Kou Ji to the seat in the Shishi Hall, and moved his finger to a position for Kou Ji to sit down.
Then, while searching for recent memorabilia of Huainan and Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations, he asked Kou Ji, "What do you think of the food shortage of Huainan and Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations?"
Kou Ji sat in a chair, pondered for a moment, and said: "The Huainan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations are not short of income this year, but there is a food shortage for no reason. Someone must be behind the scenes."
Kou Zhun found a memo about food in Huainan, and while reading it, he said: "The old man naturally knows that someone is making trouble. The question is who is making trouble
Are they profiteers who want to take the opportunity to make huge profits, or are some people in the court planning something secretly and secretly collecting food? "
Kou Ji squeezed his chin, analyzed it carefully, and shook his head: "Every time there is a shortage of food, there will be profiteers who will get in the way. But profiteers are limited in their strength, and only one or two state capitals can be affected. The scale of eight state capitals.
Some people in the DPRK want to collect grain, and if they use this to plan something, it is impossible to search for civilian grain, let alone make such a big move.
They can use the Changping ambassadors in various places to quietly take the food from the Changping warehouses in various places and make up all the food they need. "
Kou Zhun put down the music in his hand and asked in doubt: "Then tell me, who is behind the scenes?"
Kou Ji couldn't think of a clue for a while, and simply suggested: "Why don't my grandfather read through the notes of the transshipment envoys from various places? The generation of Huainan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang has so much food gone, there will be traces of it.
And these traces are likely to be hidden in the memorials of the transshipment envoys everywhere. "
For the Huainan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations, the food in the eight states is gone.
No matter where the food goes.
Transportation is a huge project, and it is impossible not to pass through the transshipment agents everywhere.
Kou Zhun was reminded by Kou Ji and reacted. He hurriedly searched in the memorial pile, and ordered the eunuch who was waiting outside to go to the place where memorial memorials submitted this year from the transshipment envoys from all over the world had been submitted. Come here.
By the time this year's time all the memorials reported by the transshipment agents had moved over, a large table was piled up.
Kou Ji accompanied Kou Zhun and began to read the notes.
The grandfather and grandson had been busy from noon to the afternoon, and finally found the clues from the Zongshuli of the transfer envoy on Huainan Road.
"The merchant of Liao, who bought grain of one million shi... The Jurchen tribe, bought 300,000 shi of grain...
"The last payment was a Korean merchant who bought 500,000 shi for grain..."
Kou Ji sketched out the information about food purchases in his hand, and copied it onto a piece of paper. After careful calculation, he looked astonished.
"In Huainan, there are five million shi of food this year, but was it bought?"
Kou Zhun threw the statistics of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations to Kou Ji, and said in a deep voice: "The Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations are in the same situation."
The grandfather and grandson looked at each other, their expressions a bit heavy.
After pondering for a moment.
The grandfather and grandson said in unison: "The food was bought by the Liao people."
The Liao people bought so much grain from the Song Dynasty, and both grandparents knew what they were doing.
Since the Liao people occupied the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun and the late Queen Mother Xiao Chuo promoted Sinicization in Liao, a part of the nobles in Liao began to break away from horseback and chose to live the same life as the Song people.
But the Liao people are good at herding horses and sheep, but not good at farming.
Except for the large number of Han people in the 16th prefecture of Yanyun, where there are a large number of Han people who are farming, other parts of the Liao Kingdom are still dominated by grazing.
The Liao people wanted to live the same life as the Song people, but the food supply in Yanyun Sixteen Prefecture was far from enough.
Therefore, every year, Liao people will buy a batch of grain from the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty sent people to deliver the grain to Youzhou City in the Liao State, and the Liao Congress sent people to deliver money to the Song Dynasty.
But this year is different from previous years.
This year, the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu first led the soldiers and horses to conquer Goryeo, and then brought them into the mountains, preparing to attack Xixia, the food needed naturally increased.
In order to conceal his purpose of attacking Xixia, Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu did not want Song to take advantage of the opportunity, so he would inevitably buy food without the knowledge of Song.
In the name of the small tribes and vassals who surrendered to the Liao State, he bought food from the Song Dynasty little by little, and finally arrived in the Liao State, and then gathered together and turned into military rations to help him attack Xixia.
Kou Ji picked out one of the many memorabilia and handed it to Kou Zhun, and said in a deep voice: "The first purchase of grain by the Liao people began in July. In other words, in July, the Liao Emperor When Yelu Longxu's conquest of Goryeo was about to end, he had the mind to attack Xixia, and began to plan for this.
The old coins from Liao and the domineering posture of Yelu Angkor, the four princes of Liao, after arriving in the Song Dynasty, are probably all illusions.
The purpose is to confuse me, Da Song, so that Da Song cannot intervene in the war between them and Xixia. "
Kou Zhun nodded gloomily.
Kou Ji gritted his teeth and said: "Liao Emperor Yelulongxu's plan is really deep."
Kou Zhun had a sullen face and whispered: "The Liao Kingdom wants to conquer Xixia. I am afraid that the food they bought from Huainan and Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations is not enough. Xixia is not Goryeo, so he won't let him control it.
The Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu wanted to conquer Xixia, and he would inevitably make enough preparations for a long and fierce battle, and the amount of rations he had to prepare would be huge.
Check the notes of other transshipment agents to see if they have similar notes. "
With this guess, the grandparents and grandchildren quickly looked through the memorials of other transport agents.
Soon, Kou Ji turned to Daizhou Guangou's official memorial and found traces of Liao's purchase of grain in it.
"Daizhou..."
Kou Ji stared at Kou Zhun and said two words in a deep voice.
Kou Zhun raised the music in his hand and said in a low voice: "Tangzhou..."
"..."
"Xinzhou..."
"..."
"Dengzhou..."
"..."
As the grandfather and grandson continued to read, one after another memo was read out.
In the end, eleven memoirs were placed in front of Kou Zhun's grandparents and grandchildren.
Kou Zhun stared at the eleven memorabilia, gritted his teeth and said: "Counting the Huainan and Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations, a whole 18 states, a whole 18 states' food, was bought by Yelu Longxu a little bit. Yelu Longxu here and that. I want to buy military rations. I basically want to take the opportunity to cause trouble in my Da Song so that my Da Song is unable to intervene in the battle between him and Li Deming."
"Boom!"
Kou Zhun patted the table and said angrily: "From the very beginning, he had been cruel to us, Da Song. The old man thought he wanted to make peace with me, just for good.
Now it seems that people are obviously pitying us.
Pity us, Da Song, the Manchu civil and military, pity me, Da Song, has a bunch of stupid civil and military ministers, and pity us that we haven’t discovered his intentions until the New Year’s Eve. "
After a pause, Kou Zhun cursed again: "And those profiteers, they must have smelled Yelu Longxu's extraction of grain from my Da Song, so they secretly followed him to collect grain and took the opportunity to make huge profits.
Although the amount of grain that Yelu Longxu took away was huge, it was not enough to cause such a large grain shortage for the Huainan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations. "
Kou Ji stared at the eleven memorials on the table, and said in a deep voice, "There are probably people proficient in business around Yelu Longxu, and this person must be familiar with the behavior of my Dasong merchants.
It is precisely because of this that he dared to buy a large amount of grain, and let the businessmen smell the opportunity to make money, so he took the opportunity to collect grain. "
"Boom boom boom!"
Kou Zhun was extremely angry and banged the table. "At present, only the Huainan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations have had a food shortage. In the subsequent generations, Deng, Tang and other eleven states, there will also be food shortages.
A food shortage broke out in 18 states, enough to shake the entire government and the public.
At that time, who would pay attention to the war between Xixia and Liao.
Even if the imperial court wanted to send troops, the Manchu civil and military officials would use the pretext that they must first settle in to prevent the imperial court from sending troops. "
Kou Ji gritted his teeth and said: "Grandfather, it's better to be a little more generous now, let the 18 states open warehouses and release grain together, so as to stabilize the hearts of the people in the government and the public. The court has accumulated food for more than three years in the Changping warehouse. If these grains are thrown out, the price of grains will definitely plummet.
As long as we take advantage of the drop in food prices to calm down the people, we will certainly be able to comfort the people.
Now it is winter, and the roads in the Liao Kingdom are all sealed by heavy snow. Yelulongxu leads the army on the mountain roads, and the speed is definitely not too fast.
From Shangjingcheng to Xixia, it takes at least one month.
As long as we can comfort the people in 18 states within a month, once the Liao Kingdom starts a war with Xixia, we will be able to free our hands and intervene. "
"Boom!"
Kou Zhun slapped the table and said decisively: "Just do as you say."
In order to hold Da Song, Yelu Longxu did not hesitate to make fun of the lives of Da Song's people in order to prevent Da Song from getting involved in the war, which angered Kou Zhun.
Now that there is a way to trouble Yelulongxu, Kou Zhun naturally agreed.
The Song Dynasty had 14 prefectures and more than 200 prefectures. Eighteen prefectures suffered from a food shortage, which was not enough to make the Song Dynasty suffer from the bones and muscles.
At most, when the victims are on the move, they will randomly send some bad signals to the people in other state capitals, thereby causing a little trouble to the court.
Let the Manchu civil and military think that the world is moving.
Let the officials of the main and political parties use this as an excuse to prevent the court from sending troops when the court dispatches troops.
As long as the public opinion is soothed, the hearts of the ruling and the opposition are soothed.
Then the Great Song is still that Great Song, and that rich and prosperous Great Song, there won't be too many disturbances.
"What do you say?"
Zhao Zhen appeared in Shishitang when Kou Zhun made a decision at the table.
Hearing Kou Zhun's words, he subconsciously asked.
Kou Zhun saw him, bowed his hand, and said: "When I returned to the official house, after inspection by the old officials, I found that the state and capital of the Song Dynasty suffered from food shortages is not only the Huainan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations, but also the eleven states such as Deng, Dai, and Tang. I am afraid there will be food shortages."
Zhao Zhen opened his small mouth in surprise, "So much?"
Kou Zhun focused his head and said: "After the old minister's inspection, it was discovered that this was a conspiracy of the Liao people. In Huainan and other places, there was no shortage of income this year, but there was a grain shortage for no reason. After careful investigation, it was found that the grain had flowed into it. Liao."
Zhao Zhen questioned: "What do Liao people want so much food for?"
Kou Zhun said in a deep voice: "Prepare rations for the attack on Xixia, in order to hold my Da Song's hands and feet."
Zhao Zhen was shocked and said: "Liao people want to attack Xixia?"
Kou Zhun nodded and said: "Yes!"