Although the price of 500,000 taels is within Qian Min's acceptance range, seeing Mo Zizai's impatient appearance, Qian Min felt that he had lost money no matter how he thought about it.

But he opened his mouth and hesitated for a long time, but in the end he didn't dare to say anything more.

For Mo Zizai, it would be better to make Qian Min pay another 500,000 taels, but in that case, he would have to be slandered with Qian Min for a long time, so he would be too lazy to be so troublesome.

Anyway, in his eyes, none of the corrupt officials from the capital could escape, and the money would be his in the end, and it would be the same as taking it early or late.

Instead of bargaining for half a day, get another 500,000 taels. If you make a decision, enjoy Qian Min's expression of doubt in life. For example, Qian Min's expression is very interesting now.

Regret, heartache, hesitation, and want to speak but stop. Several expressions alternate back and forth, which is simply comparable to a face-changing skill.

"well……"

Qian Min sighed long. After all, after being an official for so many years, his mentality has been adjusted quite quickly. Although he still felt a little distressed, his face has returned to calm. "Five hundred thousand is only 500,000. The official will let Qian Gui personally send the money to the prince to the mansion."

"Okay, then I won't pursue this matter." Mo Zizai, who had just admired the face-changing show, was in a good mood and said generously: "After all, I am not an unreasonable person. For the sake of compensation, the tea leaves almost almost."

Hearing Mo Zizai's words, Qian Min's blood pressure, who had just calmed down, almost rose again. You are reasonable. If it weren't for the 500,000 taels, you would have cleaned it up?

I almost got the tea leaves. You have drunk two big pots of such a bad tea. If you change it to a better one, you would have to finish all the water in my mansion.

Qian Min, who had countless resentment in her heart, didn't want Mo Zizai to stay for a moment, so she asked straight to the point: "I wonder what business is there for the prince to come to the government office?"

"There is no question of business."

When Qian Min asked about his purpose, Mo Zizai also put away the joking expression on his face and looked a little serious, "I just heard that the imperial court can't buy food even if it has money, right?"

Although he had expected Mo Zizai to come to him because of this, Qian Min couldn't help but feel a slap in his heart when he heard Mo Zizai say that his purpose was indeed this.

However, he was very cunning. Although he was a little nervous, his face remained silent. Instead, he showed a look of worrying about the country and the people. He sighed and said, "It's true in general."

"Because of the disaster, all prefectures and counties said that there was no surplus grain, and the official verified the matter personally. Most of the permanent warehouses in each prefecture and county were almost empty, and there was basically no lie. It was indeed because the disaster was severe, which was not a ruling statement, not their ruling."

"So, there is nothing you can do about the lower officials."

"Is the position of Changping empty?"

Mo Zizai sneered that Changping Warehouse was a warehouse established in various prefectures and counties in the Great Zhou Dynasty to stabilize grain prices. When the grain prices are low in the peak year, they purchased grain at a low price and stored it into Changping Warehouse. When the disaster year comes, the grain prices will rise, and the grain that is often closed will be sold at a low price to stabilize grain prices.

It is a kind of protection for grain prices in the feudal era, which not only prevented low grain from harming farmers, but also prevented high grain from harming the people.

But now the disaster year is just beginning, and many prefectures and counties are not affected at all. In some places, it is even a rare year of bumper harvest. As a result, Qian Min actually told him that Changping's position was empty.

"Mr. Qian, what does it have to do with the disaster-stricken areas of Yong and other prefectures? Why do other prefectures and counties be bought out when they are affected by the disaster?"

"The prince clearly understands that the only three counties are affected by the disaster. Other prefectures and counties have also suffered from the disaster to varying degrees, but the severity is not as serious as these three counties."

Qian Min had long expected Mo Zizai to come, so she had already written a draft in her mind, so she said calmly: "In addition, the people are ignorant and most of them are afraid of disasters. When encountering some disasters, they will store a large amount of food, so it is not surprising that they will close their positions and buy short."

"The people are ignorant? I think it is because the people are ignorant, but the collusion between officials and businessmen?"

Mo Zizai scoffed at Qian Min's statement. The amount of grain stored in Changping was extremely large, and the money involved was often calculated in tens of thousands of taels, so it was extremely easy to cause time for corruption.

A lower-level method is like exchanging the old rice for new rice, and exchanging the small rice for big rice. Some people will directly do the work of exchanging the chaff for grain, like a big rat, and often close the position bit by bit.

But it is not like this that the advanced ones are small-scale. They are brave and will directly contact the big businessmen with capital, buy all the grain in the stock store at a low price, and then sell them at a high price. The profits they earn will be shared by the officials and merchants.

Therefore, in Mo Zizai's view, the so-called rush to be bought by the people is just an excuse. The grain in the often closed warehouse is either greedy by officials or directly sold by all the profiteers at high prices. There may not be a single grain of low-priced grain that can actually fall into the hands of the people.

"The people can't buy a piece of low-priced food. In the end, they have to take the blame for you. What the people owe you?"

Faced with Mo Zizai's ridicule, Qian Min was unmoved at all and said with a smile: "Prince, whether officials are corrupt is always supervised by the Censor of the Censorate. My Ministry of Revenue cannot take care of this matter."

"Hmph, the Censor of the Censorate, a bird of a feather."

Mo Zizai, who had just raided the top leader of the Censorate, naturally would not expect the Censorate to supervise all officials. He snorted coldly, too lazy to bother with Qian Min in this regard, and asked directly: "So, Lord Qian, you, the Minister of Revenue, can't raise food anymore, right?"

Hearing Mo Zizai's tone, Qian Min's heart tightened. He knew that the critical moment was coming, so he replied carefully: "Go back to the prince, the official is really powerless."

"Are you sure you can do nothing?"

Mo Zizai glanced at Qian Min and said threateningly: "As the Minister of Revenue, if you are not useful when you need you, then you, the Minister of Revenue, don't do it."

Hearing Mo Zizai's words, Qian Min sighed deeply in her heart. Sure enough, Mo Zizai's actions were similar to what he expected, and she spoke directly and threatened.

But what's the use of anticipating it? The best strategy often adopts the simplest actions and uses power to suppress people. It is both simple and rough. If you can't go against the general trend, you will not be able to break this open plan.

Either obediently or be crushed to death.

Although Mo Zizai was kind, he regarded the wealth of all corrupt officials in the capital as his own property, and Qian Min could also see it.

Now they just need to do things, so they didn't take away all their property directly. If he lost his identity as Minister of Revenue, he would probably have been searched and imprisoned by the people from the East Factory as soon as he walked out of the gate of the palace.

Therefore, he cannot lose the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
Chapter completed!