The court discussion lasted just like this, and the final result was quite impressive, and one million taels of silver was raised. At Yang Feng's strong request, the court specially set up a temporary disaster relief team, with Zhu Youxiao as the team leader, and Gu Bingqian, Yang Feng, Huang Liji, Guo Yunhou and others as deputy team leaders, responsible for raising and purchasing grain, supplies, and serving porridge.

Moreover, Yang Feng also suggested that everything given was distributed to everyone, and everyone must be responsible for their own affairs and report to Zhu Youxiao every day. Whoever has not done the job well or does not do it well will hit someone's board. They may be scolded, fined their salary, or even fired their official positions. Yang Feng called such a job the responsibility contracting system.

As soon as Yang Feng's proposal came out, everyone was scared. In a feudal society where people were concerned about eating big pots, doing well and doing bad things, never heard of such things? Yang Feng, do you bastard, do you know that you are such a bastard? Can you still make people live a good life? How can we live like this?

This pioneering nature of work scares many people, but it also makes Zhu Youxiao overjoyed. The biggest advantage of this system is that it can clarify the responsibilities to others, and no longer has to be afraid that the people below will shirk each other after the incident. Since the responsibilities are clarified in advance, if this matter is not done well, it is your responsibility. Once something goes wrong with this matter, Zhu Youxiao can take you down directly without listening to your explanation.

This responsibility system is naturally common in later generations. There is nothing strange about it, but it was pioneering in the Ming Dynasty. The Confucianism in China emphasizes the use of light and dust. Hello, I, everyone, everyone comes out to get along with each other. Anyway, if you help me today, I may help you tomorrow. This has caused the disadvantages of the court and the yamen to be inefficient in their work and the people are overly involved.

Now Yang Feng proposed this system but Zhu Youxiao was so happy that he immediately decided to divide the disaster relief matters into several pieces and allocated them to several cabinet masters and ministers of various departments. Even Yang Feng could not choose them. Zhu Youxiao assigned him the most important job in purchasing, which naturally attracted the malicious attention of others.

After the court discussion, Zhu Youxiao specially kept Yang Feng. Facing Yang Feng's slightly dissatisfied gaze, Zhu Youxiao explained helplessly: "Yang Aiqing, don't blame me. There is no way to hand this matter to you. After all, I really can't think of anyone besides Aiqing who can withstand the temptation of millions of taels of silver and not be moved."

What else can Yang Feng say? He could only smile bitterly and shake his head: "Your Majesty, it is certain that you have trusted me with this matter to me. But have you ever thought about it? After all, I am a military general. Can't the entire court find a few people who can trust? If this is the case, it would be too sad."

After hearing Yang Feng's words, Zhu Youxiao didn't speak for a long time. After a while, he sighed: "Yes, now I really don't know who those civil officials are trustworthy and who are not trustworthy. Do you think I am a emperor too failed? Looking at the civil and military ministers in the court, they don't know who they should trust except for their beloved ministers and chatting with a few people. I really don't know what it means to be a emperor."

Looking at the sadness that passed through Zhu Youxiao's eyes, a trace of sympathy flashed in Yang Feng's heart. Everyone said that the emperor is good, but they don't know the worries of being an emperor. But Yang Feng naturally would not let Zhu Youxiao stay so low. He thought about it and smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, in fact, your worries are not that important to me."

"Oh... why is this?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Yang Feng curiously. "Since ancient times, there has been a saying among the people that "it is difficult to draw bones when painting people, but knowing people's faces." It can be seen that the way to use people is so difficult, but why does it become less important to your beloved?"

Yang Feng looked at Zhu You and corrected his expression and said, "Your Majesty, Confucius said that people's nature is good, but Xunzi believed that: people's nature is evil, and their nature is false. Today, people are born with profit and follow this, so they fight for it and refuse to let it go. This sentence is correct in the eyes of me. Human nature is originally about seeking profit and avoiding harm, but who doesn't want to take advantage of it?

Those scholars always say that they are well-read books of sages, and almost all scholars are gentlemen. It would be fine to listen to such words, but whoever takes it seriously will be a fool. Therefore, the poor ministers have always been disdainful of the things that scholars say, such as the reign of the throne of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. How can those things not be used by Confucianism to fool future generations?”

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao smiled bitterly and said, "Fortunately, my dear words are said here, otherwise if Gao Panlong and others heard it, they would probably send me a basket of memorials impeaching you."

Yang Feng curled his lips: "I am afraid that those corrupt scholars who are only good at talking can't succeed? As long as they have the ability, let him come over."

Zhu Youxiao did not want to talk to Yang Feng about these disappointing things, so he quickly changed the topic. "My dear, I have handed over the purchase of grain and food to you this time, blocking the way for many people to make money. They dare not complain to me, but they will definitely take their anger on you. I hope you don't blame me."

Seeing a trace of guilt flashing in Zhu Youxiao's eyes, Yang Feng certainly understood the reason. In Zhu Youxiao's opinion, Yang Feng has long been an enemy in the Ming Dynasty. If it weren't for Zhu Youxiao's protection, he would have been torn to pieces by these countless civil servants and military officials. But how could Zhu Youxiao understand Yang Feng's trump card?

However, seeing that Zhu Youxiao could mention this matter to him so calmly, Yang Feng felt warm in his heart. This also proved that Zhu Youxiao was not the kind of person who broke the bridges across the river. He smiled: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Wei's life is hard. Wei's knowledge that countless people in the Ming Dynasty wanted Wei's life, but Wei's will let them understand that Wei's ability is much greater than they imagined, and it is not so easy for them to want Wei's life."

Zhu Youxiao naturally didn't know what Yang Feng said about the "ability" he said. He thought this was just something Yang Feng used to comfort him. He was moved to pat his arm: "Don't worry, my dear, I can promise you now that as long as I am here, I will protect you for a day and will never let you lose a good end."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yang Feng couldn't help but feel moved. In this era, it was very difficult for an emperor to talk to his subjects. This was almost the best promise an emperor made to his subjects.

After the two discussed for a while, Yang Feng left the palace, and at this time the huge bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty began to operate...

Facts have proved that although the Ming Empire has become very bloated and bulky today, when the emperors and ministers in the court worked together to promote something, their efficiency was still considerable.

Less than two hours after returning, the ministers who pledged in the court today also sent people to send the money they pledged to the headquarters of the Royal Trading Bank of the Ming Dynasty in the capital. Yang Feng was not idle either. He sent people to send posts and letters to the major grain stores in the capital. The letter only said one thing. From now on, major grain stores are not allowed to close, nor are they allowed to refuse the store to have no grain. Without the government's approval, the government's Li Ji is not allowed to raise the grain price without authorization. Otherwise, the government's Li Ji has been investigated and punished.

Such a short letter immediately exploded in the capital. Most grain stores disdained their own stocks after receiving this letter, mocking Yang Feng for being a dog who was meddling with other people's business. They couldn't control how much money you sold for your grain, but you can't even ask how much money I sold for my own grain. Don't tell me about hoarding goods. I am a businessman. How can I make money if I don't do this?

However, there are also shopkeepers who are cautious by nature. They have all heard of Yang Feng's name. This guy is famous for revenge. If anyone offended him, his counterattack will immediately follow. But this guy often says that he is broad-minded, so now someone has secretly nicknamed him, called Prime Minister Benliang Jiang Ningbo.

These worried shopkeepers asked their bosses behind the scenes, and the answers given by these bosses were very different. Some asked them to wait and see, and some said they ignored this post, with various attitudes.

"What... Yang Feng is in charge of the heaven and earth, and I will sell food? Even His Majesty is not easy to interfere in this kind of thing. Yang Feng is too concerned about it. After you go back, tell our people and let them ignore this bullshit post. The grain is ours. We can sell as much as we want. Tell Manager Qiu that starting today, the price of grain will rise twice. Didn't Yang Feng just get one million taels of silver? I'll let him take out all the money today!"

In Duke Cheng's mansion, Zhu Chunchen was so angry that he heard his housekeeper's report. It was Yang Feng again. Last time, it was because he stole the position of governor Rong Zheng of the Jingying. After this position was gone, his mansion lost a large amount of investment, which almost made him feel distressed.

In fact, the Duke Cheng Guo’s Mansion has been in the Beijing City for hundreds of years and has long been established in the capital. Naturally, it is not so naive to make money by relying solely on the position of governor Rong Zheng of the Beijing City. But for Zhu Chunchen, who loves money, whoever blocks his way of wealth is his enemy. Now Yang Feng not only robs his official position, but also blocks his way of making money. How can he bear it?

This time, disaster finally happened in the capital. I could take this opportunity to make a good fortune, but Yang Feng jumped out again and refused to let them raise the price of grain. Isn’t this killing him?

Looking at Zhu Chunchen in anger, the housekeeper did not dare to say much, so he quickly stepped back and notified his shopkeeper exactly.

Although Manager Qiu, who received the notice, had some objections to Zhu Chunchen's resistance to Yang Feng, as the manager, he naturally did not dare to go against the boss's opinion. So he quickly wiped the number on the today's grain price sign and filled in a new number again.

Soon, when a middle-aged man who came to buy grain with a cloth bag saw the price of grain on the sign, he was immediately shocked by the price on it. He called the shop clerk and asked, "Brother, have the grain price in your shop been written incorrectly? How could it be four taels of silver per stone?"

The shop clerk looked at the sign and shook his head and said, "That's right, it's just four taels of silver and one stone!"

"Aren't you robbing money?" The middle-aged man said angrily: "Our fishing food price is usually around one taels to one taels to one taels and five in the past year. Even if we encounter famine, it is only two taels and two taels at most. But why did you increase so much? Aren't you robbing money?"

"Get money?" The guy glanced at the angry middle-aged man with a squinted eyes: "We are willing to buy and sell, and we are willing to sell. We pay attention to being honest and honest. How can we do that kind of forced buying and selling? If you don't want to buy, you can leave, and we didn't force you to buy, how can we say we are gravitating money? Besides, don't look at the price of grain today, maybe it will be more than this price tomorrow."

"you……"

The middle-aged man with a blushed face shook his sleeves and left without looking back. The news that several grain shops under Zhu Chunchen's name had doubled the price of grain quickly spread, which immediately caused panic among the people around him.

Merchants are always profit-seeking. When they see someone raising prices, other grain merchants who are watching will follow suit and increase the food prices. As a result, the panic storm immediately began to spread.

Logically speaking, the people would not buy such high grain prices, but now the capital has just suffered a disaster, and the people are most panicked and helpless. Now that they see the price of grain rising like a kite, the panic in their hearts quickly turns into panic. Many people were scolding unscrupulous businessmen and carrying grain bags out of the house and running towards the nearest grain store to them.

In less than half a day, a long long queue of almost all grain stores in the capital was lined up. When Yang Feng received the news, the whole panic was already spreading everywhere in the capital.

Yang Feng quickly called his butler Yang Laishun in the capital. When Yang Feng first came to Nanjing, he followed his old butler and is now in charge of the grain trading of the royal trading company in the capital.

"Old Yang, how is our grain store now?"

"Brother, our grain store is now surrounded by people who buy grain. Those people are like crazy, carrying large bags and small bags to buy grain. Many people ask for food that costs several stones. If this continues, the food stored in our store will probably not last long."

Yang Feng frowned and said, "You didn't tell the people that our food prices will not change. Are you still selling affordable food to them?"

Yang Laishun stamped his feet and said, "Brother, it is because we insist on selling affordable grain that the people surrounded our shops like crazy. Some people who are forgiving their interests bought the grain and did not take it home to eat it, but sold it to others on the spot. The profit was two or three times the profit. Who wouldn't want to do such a good thing?"

"These bastards!" Yang Feng's face suddenly turned dark. He didn't expect that the situation would deteriorate to this point in less than a day.
Chapter completed!