novelaction Chapter 585 King Huai is still the same King Huai!
Chapter 585 King Huai is still the same King Huai!
While grain prices were skyrocketing secretly, each grain shop was bound by the maximum selling price promulgated by the county government.
This resulted in the situation where grain shops, even though they had grain, were unwilling to sell it at low prices.
After learning about this situation, County Magistrate Qiao met with various grain shops in the county many times, but there was no significant progress.
In the face of real money, all the grain shops pretended to obey but actually disobeyed.
County Magistrate Qiao's actions did not cause any substantial changes.
Now, if the people want to buy grain, their only option is to buy it secretly at a high price or go to the grain shop opened by King Huai.
But everyone was crowding into that grain shop and queuing up, so even if the shop was very efficient, it couldn't handle the situation.
Moreover, the food from this one shop is not enough to supply the people of Yining County and the refugees who keep coming here.
These days, the grain allocated by King Huai to the county was often snatched away within a few days of its arrival.
Many newly settled refugees wanted to buy some food in the county, but found it difficult to do so.
Some people who were smart and wealthy tried to buy grain at high prices, but only a few could afford it.
County Magistrate Qiao wanted to punish those who hoarded grain and refused to sell it, but he was too busy to do anything about it and was hindered by a series of issues such as the settlement of refugees and robbers outside the city.
These days, not only County Magistrate Qiao, but everyone in the entire county government office is busy like a top.
The speed and number of refugees currently pouring in far exceeds their expectations.
Maintaining order among the refugees at the city gate, quickly helping them settle down and assigning them to local areas has become the top priority of the county government today.
At this moment, it is not just Yining County that is worried about the refugees.
The situations faced by all the counties and cities within King Huai's fiefdom were similar.
But at this time, the ones under the greatest pressure were King Huai and his staff.
Prince Huai's Palace.
King Huai sat at the head of the conference room, listening to his staff arguing with each other, and felt overwhelmed.
His eyes swept over the staff and landed on a man with slightly dark skin.
The man did not join in the quarrel, but just sat quietly at the bottom.
King Huai found him unfamiliar and thought carefully about the person who had recently joined the staff office.
The information of each staff member in the office was presented to him, and only after he had reviewed and nodded could they enter the staff office.
It seems that there is only one person who has recently joined the Staff Office.
My little fellow villager Qingqing’s cheap dad!
At that time, Wang Shimin came over excitedly with the information and exclaimed that he had found a great talent.
He was still a little surprised. There must be something different that could make the usually calm Wang Shimin so excited.
After getting those test papers and looking through them carefully.
He also had to admit that this man was indeed capable.
Apart from anything else, this man can be said to be an expert in governing a country.
He carefully looked over several test papers before starting to look at this person's information.
When he saw the information that said the address was Baoshan Town, Yining County, and the family members were daughter Lu Qingqing and son Lu Shuyan, he was also shocked.
He confirmed with Wang Shimin twice before he was sure that this man was really Qingqing's cheap father.
Although he and Qingqing had never talked about this person in detail before, based on Qingqing's previous situation, he knew that this person was not a good person.
Moreover, how could a mere country bumpkin understand so many ways of governing the world?
When he saw the particularly abrupt image of the white-bearded old man imparting knowledge in his dream in the resume, he couldn't help but twitch his lips.
There must be something wrong with this person!
However, judging by the elegantly worded classical Chinese text and the smooth and graceful calligraphy on the entire piece of paper, this person must not be a modern person.
It could be soul travel, or it could be the system or something.
Well, there are other messy possibilities.
But there were so many things going on these days that he really didn't have the energy to confirm it.
Fortunately, the person is in the palace and is watched by the guards, so nothing can happen.
He will study it when he has time.
At this moment, King Huai was really tired of listening to the old men left by his father talking nonsense, so he said to Wang Gui:
"Mr. Lu, what are your thoughts on the imperial court issuing an edict reprimanding me for wantonly recruiting refugees and harboring ill intentions?"
Wang Gui did not expect King Huai to suddenly call his name. Although he was surprised, he did not show it. He straightened his clothes slightly, stood up and replied respectfully:
"Your Highness, you are serving your country and your people. You cannot bear to see the people of the world die of hunger and thirst. This is truly an act of great kindness and righteousness!"
King Huai listened to this, smiled, and continued to ask:
"Oh? Sir, don't you think this is an attempt to win over the people and incite rebellion?"
Wang Gui listened to King Huai's nonchalant tone, thought about the various decrees issued by King Huai that he had heard in recent days, and had an idea in his mind.
"I have always believed that in everything, we should judge by deeds rather than by intentions.
Today, people's livelihood is in decline and the people are living in dire straits.
The prince was willing to put himself in danger to save the people from danger.
This is truly a benevolent and righteous act.”
King Huai listened to Wang Gui's words and said with a smile:
"Since you agree with my actions, sir, how should I deal with the current situation?"
Wang Gui reorganized the countermeasures that he had already thought of in his mind and spoke them out.
After hearing this, King Huai couldn't help but sigh inwardly that this guy was quite cunning.
The general meaning of Wang Gui's suggestions can be summarized as follows.
There were many rare Western gadgets in the palace, and the chief eunuch Cao Gonggong beside Emperor Chongzhen loved these items the most.
The first step is to find the right channel, deliver the things, and let Eunuch Cao help with the matter.
In this era, officials are the sword in the emperor's hand, and this sword can also influence the emperor.
The solution to this matter is not difficult. After bribing Eunuch Cao with silver and rare objects, we come to the second step.
We need to write to Mr. Wang from the Donglin Party, who is on good terms with the old King Huai.
The prince wrote the letter personally, stating his current predicament and asking Mr. Wang for help.
Of course, the money and property sent along with the letter must also be considerable.
After both sides are taken care of, proceed to the third step.
King Huai needed to submit a sincere memorial to express his absolute submission to the court.
With this memorial, and with the eunuchs and the Donglin Party working together, it would not be difficult to resolve the issue.
Even if he tried harder, the court might reward him for his good deeds of helping refugees.
In fact, this strategy was almost the same as what King Huai originally thought of, except that Wang Gui's strategy was more perfect.
King Huai thought about it carefully again and decided to use this strategy.
After arranging the people responsible for implementation, King Huai got up and left without waiting for other staff to persuade him to stay.
Seeing this, the staff sighed silently.
King Huai is still the same King Huai!
Every time he enters the meeting room, it feels like he is bitten by lice!
I can’t stay here, I can’t stay here at all!
Well, the staff have become accustomed to King Huai's style of doing things.
They could only silently comfort themselves that King Huai was now in good health and was at least willing to come to the meeting room.
In the past few years, they could not see King Huai for several months.
Well, that's how things are in this world.
It would be gratifying for a person who is used to being lazy to be diligent occasionally.