Perhaps it is because of the many disasters in recent years that this snow disaster that spreads to the four provinces is really nothing in the eyes of the emperor and the prime minister.

They also don’t panic because they have experience.

"In terms of materials, we can only use the new grain that was put into storage this year." Zhong Chang continued, "Because there is not enough food, we can only use bran and grain..."

"Well, there's no way, just do it!"

Emperor Jinghe could only agree.

As I give too much bran porridge, I feel less and less guilty. Anyway, I only have this method. Not starving to death is better than anything else.

But the next quarter of the hour Chang smiled, "I have ordered the grain merchants to discuss it. This time it went very smoothly. They all actively contributed more than 20 million stones of bran, and used a ratio of one to four. They also ensured that the grain supply in Beijing must be sufficient and that the grain price will not be raised."

"Huh? Why are they so kind?" Jing Hedi was surprised.

Before, these grain merchants wanted to make a lot of money on grain, so Miao Yan also killed a grain merchant's chief officer to make them honest.

Unlike Liu Renhuai's exchange rate of 1 to 5 in Jiangnan, the capital has always been 1 to 3.

But now the grain merchants have increased the exchange rate, which is equivalent to saving a lot of food for the court.

This is something that Emperor Jing and Emperor could not have imagined.

"Isn't it because of Miao Taisheng?" Zhong Chang said, "Everyone heard about his dealing with the Cao family in Jiangnan, so they were scared. In addition, the current imperial court prefect is Ge Honglian? Ge Killing God's name is even more reputable, and they are not willing to be the first to be the one who stands out."

"hehe!"

Emperor Jing He was also happy, "I didn't expect that Taisheng could control those merchants if he was not in the capital. It seems that the Legalists really need more important officials."

"yes."

Zhong Chang said, "Two days ago, Ge Songdao mentioned it to me that he wanted to focus on cultivating Wang Liangxin, and I think it's good. Otherwise, the inheritance of the Legalists is really a bit unacceptable."

"Um……"

The emperor had a slight head, "I remember that the county magistrate in Xinye is also from the Legalists? He did a good job too!"

"The magistrate of Xinye County is Sima Bei. He is decisive and fair in his work, and actively explores roads for the people. He builds canals and increases fertile fields. He actively asks to build another honeycomb coal workshop." Zhong Chang said, "I heard from Ma Xiang that he has been waiting for the best for several years. If it weren't for the initial construction of the honeycomb coal workshop last year, he would have been able to upgrade to a higher level and take charge of a wider place."

"As the prefect!" Jing Hedi pondered for a while, "This way you can see his true abilities."

Zhong Changhe said first, "Okay, I will discuss it with Ma Xiang."

His personality is not stubborn, and he is not a strong person in the cabinet on weekdays. In addition, Ma Haoqiu knew that he was a confidant among the emperor's confidants, so he also gave him some points. The relationship between the two was better than Ma Haoqiu and Nangong Ji.

"But Xinye still seems very important. At least that honeycomb coal workshop cannot be lost. Instead, it must be done faster and bigger." The emperor said again, "You don't know. Mingqi has told me many times that she has to withdraw the honeycomb coal workshop in the south of the capital, but I stopped her. No matter how long it is, she has to wait until Xinye develops its scale before it can be done."

The Fengwo Coal Workshop has two workshops in Beijing, one in the area where the victims live and the other in the south.

The victims' areas must not move around, as it affects the lives of tens of thousands of people and is an important guarantee for the disaster victims to continue to maintain stability.

So even if it is inefficient, has a large number of workers, and has very low input and output, Liu Mingqi has never mentioned the issue of cutting.

But this one in the south is different. It is all done by the people in Beijing. They are almost between twenty and fifty years old, but their efficiency is not much better than the elderly, weak, sick and disabled people.

In addition, Liu Mingqi thought of two such a large-scale honeycomb coal workshops on the edge of the capital. Once the wind blows, the air will not be polluted, so she simply thought of turning off the one on the south side.

But the emperor disagrees, at least he does not agree now.

Zhong Chang understood the emperor's meaning: "What do you mean is Xinye want to send an operator?"

"right!"

Jing Hedi said, "It is best to be a rising star of the Legalists."

Zhong Chang immediately had a candidate: "Zhong Yunxiang, an editor of Hanlin Academy, is 32 years old this year, and Jinghe is second in the 24th year. Although the Legal student is not good at speaking, he has a clear mind and unswerving mind. He is a good seedling."

"Okay, just him!" Emperor Jing He also had a little impression of Zhong Yunxiang, "I asked Sima Bei to take him for a year and a half, and then I took charge of Xinye."

"Abide by the order!"

Zhong Chang performed the rituals.

The two were not worried about whether Zhong Yunxiang would mess up the situation.

An important advantage of Legal students is that they are good at controlling the situation, which is better than Confucian students.

But the disadvantage is that they often don’t understand human nature, making them not satisfied with them or even afraid of them.

Or business is generally suppressed in their hands, and the development is not very good.

This is also an important reason why there have almost never been any important officials of the Legalists in charge in the position of Governor of Jiangnan.

"This time, the officials in the court suffered heavy losses, so let the young people from the Hanlin Academy go out!" Jing Hedi suddenly thought of this again, "Some of them have been in the Hanlin Academy for seven or eight years, right?"

"Yes!" Zhong Chang said: "Jinghe's top scholar Zuo Hongliang has been there for seven years for the 24th year. Jinghe's top scholar Di Ziming has also stayed for four years for the 27th year."

"Okay." The emperor nodded, "It's a donkey or a horse. It's important to take it out and take a walk. If you ask the horse to arrange their position properly, you should not be too responsible or leave them idle, otherwise they will not be able to test their quality."

"I understand."

Zhong Chang said seriously.

In fact, it doesn’t take the emperor to say that they have been discussing it recently, but they are not as radical as the emperor.

Since Jing and the Imperial Capital said that they had all been released, they were happy to see how far these Hanlin Academy Jinshi could go.

After all, this is how everyone comes here.

You don’t have to be a Jinshi to achieve something.

Throughout history, officials who were given the second and third grades of Jinshi and who were given the same Jinshi often reached the peak.

"Speaking of this class of Jinshi, there are quite a few Legal students." Zhong Chang said: "For example, Shen Yuan, Tanhua and Xin Weigang, are both Legal students, and their personal marks are very obvious, which is worth cultivating."

As mentioned above, although Zhong Chang was a Confucian child, because of the emperor, he cared more about the stable development of the entire dynasty.

The important officials of the Legalists played a significant role in such a decade and twenty years, so as an indispensable support for the imperial power, they can naturally support them.

Zhong Chang's behavior of not being selfish and devoted to the emperor is also an important factor in the trust and reuse of Emperor Jinghe.

As expected, after he said this, the emperor was very interested: "Okay! Let them have more contact with the affairs of the court and see how it is!"

"Abide by the order!"

As the second and third place in the top list, I must have entered the Hanlin Academy to study.

After two or three years of separation, most of them will be awarded the official position of editor of the Hanlin Academy.

However, since I entered the Hanlin Academy, some people went to the six departments to run errands and do paperwork to start internships.

Or do odd jobs in Wenyuan Pavilion, etc.

Such people are usually very valued and focused on training.

...

After talking about this, the emperor had almost finished his meal.

He also talked about the issue of Gentile envoys.

"Qinggu, tell me, this time they came to Beijing, at such a high scale, would there be any fraud?"

Zhong Chang hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "It must be uneasy to be kind, but it is still hard to say what they will do."

Jing Hedi brought out Liu Mingqi's point of view: "Now Dakang has been affected by disasters for several consecutive years and has suffered serious losses in strength. Will they have any other thoughts and want to take a bite on Dakang?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Zhong Chang said, "In fact, I have thought about it this way. But except for this year's leopard cavalry cleaning, our imperial guards and border troops have not lost much strength. Moreover, the various food and food security guarantees in the border areas are very complete, and it is still difficult for them to break our defense.

For example, in the northwest direction, the three most solid defense centers, Tongde Prefecture, Jiayuguan and Wuwei Prefecture, Dakang spent decades to strengthen and prepare. Unless they filled in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, how could they break it?

If they dared to ignore these cities and rushed directly into the northwest, as long as my border army tied the hole tightly, they would become turtles in the jar and would not be able to escape.

In addition, the same is true for the northeast direction, and the Dakang army did not slacken at all. Behind the northern defense line is half of the imperial guards as the general reserve, and the Northeast defense line also has the Northern Navy to support it on water. How can they break it?"

The emperor nodded, Zhong Chang's thoughts were the same as him.

Although Dakang is not as solid as a god, it is basically stable.

Even if these foreigners want to take advantage of it, they will not be able to chew these hard bones and will even break their teeth.

"But don't take it lightly." Jing Hedi did not completely relax. "The cabinet here discusses and let them be prepared actively. These two years are a critical period. If we survive and no longer have a major disaster, Mingqi's sweet potatoes can be grown nationwide and achieve a great harvest, then we will be afraid of nothing."

"Abide by the order!"

Zhong Chang'er bowed and said.

They would do this without Jing and Di.

Even if these Gentile envoys do not come, they should be careful when they are weak.

If it makes things worse, the mess will be even harder to clean up.

If Dakang was beaten to the point of being beaten, wouldn’t it mean the incompetence of their ministers?
Chapter completed!