"You don't need to tell me this. I know very well how greedy those businessmen are." Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly.
"Let's get straight to the point. What does this have to do with the King of England?"
Zhu Biao said sternly: "Father, the emperor is taking advantage of being a businessman to do things for the people of Datong."
"Although it seems now that the emperor's price for food is a bit too high."
"But no matter what, money doesn't cost lives."
"Father, think about it, the current price of food in Datong is so high, how attractive is it to those businessmen?"
"In order to make money, those businessmen risked their lives to transport grain to Datong?"
"I believe that it won't be long before there will be so much food in Datong that we won't be able to finish it all."
"The drought that might have killed countless people from starvation has now been solved so easily."
"This is the true purpose of the emperor's uncle!"
After listening to Zhu Biao's explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression seemed to soften a lot.
He secretly winked at Queen Ma.
That look was as if he was saying: "You see, he is indeed my kind, he is smart. Even the ministers in the dynasty cannot understand things, but my son can understand them."
Empress Ma was speechless. After all, she was already an emperor. Why did she still act like a child?
He pointed at his belly calmly.
That look seemed to be telling Zhu Yuanzhang: "This son was born to me."
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows, as if to say: "It won't work without our old Zhu's seed."
Zhu Biao didn't know that his parents were secretly flirting in front of him.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang had been silent for a long time, he couldn't guess what his father was thinking.
He hurriedly advised Zhu Yuanzhang again: "Father, my sons and ministers can..."
Gritting his teeth, Zhu Biao said in a trembling voice: "I can use my identity as the prince as a guarantee, but the emperor's uncle is definitely not such a person."
"Nonsense!" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and slapped the dragon throne fiercely: "What do you think the prince is? Can you use my bargaining chip at will?"
"Today you can use your position as prince to blackmail me for the sake of the King of England, but can you do the same for others tomorrow?"
"Let me tell you, if you don't want to be the prince, I can replace him at any time."
"You have so many brothers, but they are all staring at this position eagerly."
brush!
Zhu Biao's face suddenly turned pale and he hurriedly defended: "Father, you have misunderstood. I definitely did not mean this."
"I just want to explain to my father that my uncle is definitely not the kind of person who is blind to money."
Zhu Biao tried his best to explain, but Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care at all.
Instead of being angry, Lao Zhu was very pleased.
As an authentic and reckless person, although Zhu Yuanzhang has now become the emperor, his previous temper cannot be easily changed.
In addition to ability, what Lao Zhu valued most was Zhu Biao's temperament.
Only Zhu Biao dared to stand up and say a few fair words for Zhu Han at this time.
"Okay, since you said there is no problem with the King of England, then I will ask you."
"The King of England priced grain so high that it could certainly attract those grain merchants to try their best to transport grain to Datong."
"But no matter how little food is available, what will happen if the people can't afford it?"
"This..." Zhu Biao was speechless for a moment.
He had actually thought about this problem for a long time, but he never figured out how to solve it.
No matter how much food there is, what should we do if ordinary people simply cannot afford it?
When Zhu Biao was born, Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang were already quite powerful.
But after all, we are still in the startup stage, so life is tight.
Zhu Biao is naturally not comparable to those princes who have grown up in the palace since childhood.
He has truly seen the suffering of the people.
Of course we know very well what the price of food is.
Forty taels of silver and one stone, even he, the prince, thought it was a bit too expensive.
Not to mention those real people.
"Go back to my father..." Zhu Biao thought hard and said everything he thought.
"Although the price set by the emperor is high now, as the saying goes, things are more valuable when they are rare."
"Food prices are high in Datong now. It's just because the drought has resulted in no harvest, and there is no food in Datong."
"Once those merchants transport a large amount of grain to Datong, resulting in a food surplus in Datong, the price of grain will naturally drop."
Although Zhu Biao is not a modern person, he has received some influence from Zhu Han after all.
What's more, as ancient people, they just don't have that much knowledge, and they are not stupid.
Of course Zhu Biao still understands the simplest economic theory.
Unfortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously not fooled.
He just held on to it and asked in a deep voice: "I didn't ask you whether the price of food will be reduced in the future."
"I just want to know how the people of Datong can survive now that face the sky-high price of food?"
"This..." Zhu Biao lowered his head deeply.
He was deliberately downplaying this issue just now, because he had thought about it for a long time and still didn't understand what his imperial uncle was going to do.
Zhu Biao even discussed this issue with his staff, but none of them could understand Zhu Han's thoughts.
Even so, Zhu Biao actually wasn't too worried.
This imperial uncle of mine has created countless miracles in the past.
This time, he felt that Zhu Han also hated him enough to have a solution.
It's just that Zhu Biao doesn't know what Zhu Han wants to do.
"What is this? Just like your unsatisfactory imperial uncle, he only acts on impulse and never estimates the consequences."
"You are the prince of the Ming Dynasty. If you are so impulsive and reckless in everything you do, how can I leave this country to you?"
Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at Zhu Biao's nose and scolded him for most of the day, which made Zhu Biao extremely depressed.
If it weren't for Zhu Yuanzhang being too busy and having government affairs to deal with, I don't know how long this period would last.
Empress Ma appeared at the right time and gave Zhu Yuanzhang a step down.
"Okay, Biao'er also knows that he made a mistake and will definitely correct it in the future. You should stop saying a few words and prepare for the meal first."
After finishing the meal in a hurry, Zhu Biao did not dare to stay for a minute longer and left the palace in a hurry.
Although I didn't get a definite answer, from Zhu Yuanzhang's name to Zhu Han.
Zhu Biao felt that his advice should still have some effect.
After Zhu Biao left, the anger on Zhu Yuanzhang's face completely disappeared.
Instead, there was a satisfied laugh.
"Biao'er is still too young and his temperament is not calm enough."
That's what he said, but looking at the smile that couldn't be concealed on Zhu Yuanzhang's face, you knew that he definitely didn't think so in his heart.
"You, don't ask for too much. At Biao'er's age, it is quite good to be able to do what he is now." Queen Ma slowly shook her head: "If you are too calm, it may not be a good thing."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled in anger: "We also know that Biao'er has suffered a lot in these years."
"But there is no way, who made him our son? No one else can bear these sufferings for him."
"That's right, sister." Zhu Yuanzhang obviously didn't want to talk more about this issue and decisively changed the subject.
"What do you think we should do during the Seventh Five-Year Plan to ensure that the people of Datong can eat food?"
"With four taels of silver and one stone, most people cannot buy a few grains of rice even if they lose all their money."
When Queen Ma heard this, she smiled bitterly and shook her head: "How can we not guess Qi Wu's thoughts?"
"I see, you should stop speculating. I guess it won't be long before the memorial of the July 5th Five-Year Plan is coming, and the truth will be revealed by then."
"Is it possible that you still don't believe in Qi Wu?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Of course we believe this kid. If we don't even believe him, there will be no one in the world who can be trusted."
"It's just that before the July 5th Memorial Day comes, those people may continue to impeach the 75th Five-Year Plan."
Even though Zhu Yuanzhang hated these impeachment memorials, and even most of the content written on the impeachment memorials, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, they were just farts.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not order those people not to impeach Zhu Han because of this.
Zhu Han had told Zhu Yuanzhang about this before, as the lord of the world.
At least on the surface, there can never be only one voice in the court.
In a court like that, there will be big chaos sooner or later.
Since he couldn't stop it, Zhu Yuanzhang simply stopped watching.
All memorials to impeach Zhu Han were left unpublished.
Zhu Yuanzhang was not even interested in taking another look.
Less than a day later, Zhu Han's memorial to Zhu Yuanzhang finally arrived.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait to open Zhu Han's memorials and read them.
As soon as he looked up, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly opened his eyes.
Immediately afterwards, the speed of reading the memorial became faster and faster.
After reading it as quickly as possible, Zhu Yuanzhang read it again.
Different from the first time, Zhu Yuanzhang watched extremely slowly this time.
I finished reading Zhu Han's memorial almost word for word.
The more he looked at it, the brighter the smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face became.
"I see. No wonder Qiwu dared to set the price of food so high."
"However, if these policies formulated during the Seventh Five-Year Plan can be fully implemented, the real cost of purchasing food for the people of Datong will actually be much higher than usual."
"This boy has never let us down."
Zhu Yuanzhang had just finished reading the memorial when Zhu Biao hurriedly asked to see him.
Just after being summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao couldn't wait to ask: "Father, I heard that the emperor's memorial has arrived."
Zhu Yuanzhang directly handed the edict to Zhu Biao: "Let's take a look."
Zhu Biao quickly took it and started reading it impatiently.
Just after taking a look, he suddenly realized and exclaimed: "So that's it."
While watching Zhu Han's memorial to clear the land, Zhu Biao's screams never stopped.
"Why didn't I think of that?"
"You can still do this."
"As expected of an imperial uncle!"
After reading Zhu Handu's memorial, Zhu Biao immediately paid his respects to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Congratulations to my father. Congratulations to my father. As long as you follow the emperor's method, the drought in Datong will definitely minimize the losses."
Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhu Biao: "Nonsense, of course I know how to do it, do I still need you to teach me?"
"When we conquered the world with Qiwu, you little bastard wasn't even born yet."
"Are you still worried that you and I will misunderstand Qi Wu?"
"Even if I believe you will rebel, I don't believe Qi Wu will use power for personal gain."
Zhu Biao wants to cry but has no tears. Although you are a biological father, you don't want to play tricks on others, right?
Since you trust your uncle so much, you should have said it earlier.
When I saw you a few days ago, your behavior was not like this.
It looks like he wants to eat his uncle alive, okay?
However, if Zhu Biao still doesn't know Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts by this time, then his position as the prince will be in vain.
"Hey, you are still too young. You were fooled around by your father and your uncle." Zhu Biao comforted himself in his heart.
The content of Zhu Han's memorial quickly spread throughout the government and the public.
Some people felt extremely guilty after understanding Zhu Han's painstaking efforts.
"I actually misunderstood His Royal Highness. If the content in the memorial is true, His Royal Highness has saved the entire Datong!"
Hu Weiyong was also shocked: "It turns out that the real purpose of His Royal Highness is this."
Although he has always lived in the shadow of Zhu Han, Hu Weiyong has always been very conceited.
He never felt that he was inferior to Zhu Han.
The biggest reason why Zhu Han was able to achieve this result was that he was Zhu Yuanzhang's younger brother.
If you don't have this identity, you may not be much better than him.
To this day, I witnessed with my own eyes that Zhu Han could easily turn his hands into clouds and rain, easily solving the drought problem in Datong.
Moreover, as the prime minister, Hu Weiyong saw problems further than others.
When others only had disaster relief in mind, Hu Weiyong had already seen it.
As long as everyone in Datong can strictly follow Zhu Han's rules and regulations.
In the next ten years or so, Datong as a whole will inevitably usher in a period of rapid development.
And all of this was brought about by Zhu Han.
Of course, some people understand and some don't.
"Nonsense! When has anyone ever provided disaster relief like this since ancient times?"
"The common people have suffered such misfortunes and are already very pitiful."
"At this time, the imperial court should play its role in drought relief and distribute food so that the people have food to eat."
"The imperial court is providing disaster relief, but it actually requires the common people to work in order to get the corresponding food."
"Open your mouth to speak profitably, but keep your mouth shut and speak profitably. What's the difference between this and those profiteers?"
"If everyone in the court is like this, then wouldn't the court be in chaos?"
"No, I can't let His Majesty be deceived by the traitor. I must impeach Zhu Han severely so that His Majesty can clearly see the ugly face of Zhu Han, the traitor!"
Swish, brush, brush!
Another wave of impeachment was delivered to Zhu Yuanzhang.
However, compared with before, the number of memorials to impeach Zhu Han this time was obviously less than half.
"Let's stay in China." Zhu Yuanzhang just read one, then completely lost interest and threw these memorials aside.
Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial edict was quickly issued, allowing Datong to have the right to cooperate with Zhu Han in disaster relief.