He did not get angry, and looked at the three auxiliary ministers according to his temperament and asked: "The capital needs a lot of grain, and the capital has also suffered heavy damage, and a large amount of grain is needed. The amount is too large. If you ask the people to hand over so much grain and only make up for it afterwards, how can they wait until afterwards?"

Hu Guang said this, after pausing, he raised his voice and said seriously: "My attitude is to try not to disturb the people. Otherwise, in order to solve the people's livelihood problems in one place, it will cause people's livelihood problems in another place. What's the use of this?"

"Or, please tell me how to avoid this problem and not affect the salt tax?" When he said this, his tone became a little harsh.

Wen Tiren heard this and bowed to reply, "Your Majesty is kind and considerate. I am deeply ashamed of it. Only Your Majesty's order is yours!"

You flattery, Cheng Jiming couldn't help but slander him when he heard this. The chief assistant surrendered to the holy will and had no shield.

Hu Guang nodded and responded to Wen Tiren's words, then looked at Cheng Jiming and Zhou Yanru and Taoism: "How can you two teach me?"

He was already a little rude in his words. Cheng Jiming and Zhou Yanru looked at each other. They had experienced the emperor's methods. They probably still had to oppose it for the sake of opposition, but could not provide a solution, and they might be scolded for being called an old man.

Thinking of this, the two of them bowed and surrendered together, "I am stupid, but your Majesty is obedient!"

Seeing that Hu Guang had agreed to his opinion and was about to speak, he heard Wen Tiren say again: "Your Majesty, there is no precedent for this matter. The amount of salt is large. How can I distribute it to the people?"

This is the details, and it is not a problem to check for omissions and fill in the gaps. Hu Guang thought about it and said, "The amount of salt citation per serving is indeed too large for ordinary people. Just do this. Get the salt citation according to the government unit, exchange it for salt and then distribute it to each county, and then distribute it to the people who give the grain!"

Speaking of this, he turned to Cao Huachun and said, "In addition to letting the Censorate send censors to supervise this matter, you Dongchang should not be idle either. Send someone to secretly supervise it. If there is any violation of laws and regulations or difficult to solve, report it to me immediately."

"I obey the order!" Cao Huachun did not have the concerns of their civil servants, and immediately agreed respectfully.

When Hu Guang said this, his heart moved and thought of something. But it was inconvenient now, so he suppressed his thoughts and waited until the discussion was completed.

Then, he considered it and said: "The disasters in the Ming Dynasty have been happening. In addition to the disaster of Jianlu, the northwest has been drought year by year. No matter how big the demand for food is, it will not be excessive. You and others should know the tragic situation in the northwest. Therefore, I decided..."

Upon hearing this, several ministers below stood up and looked at him, waiting for him to announce the matter.

Hu Guang glanced at them, then said slowly: "Send angels to envoy Southeast Asian countries to ask them to pay tribute to food. The amount required is not just to be a good example, and do your best..."

"Ah, Your Majesty, this...isn't this good?" Zhou Yanru was the youngest and couldn't hold back his anger when he heard it. He interrupted him before the emperor finished speaking.

Hu Guang was not angry, but just looked at him and asked, "What a bad way?"

"Your Majesty, my Ming Dynasty is the country of the Celestial Empire and a country of etiquette. I'm afraid it's inappropriate to ask my subordinate country for such a word...?" Although Zhou Yanru was not sure about his words, his expression was expressed very clearly, but it was inappropriate.

Cheng Jiming bowed his tribute and then replied: "Your Majesty, the tribute that I appointed by the Ming Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty is actually just a form. The purpose is to make all countries in all directions regard our Ming Dynasty as the sect leader. If the king changes, we must be enthroned by our Ming Dynasty. Maintaining the etiquette is the fundamental, and allowing it to benefit, and tempting it to benefit is the means. In the past dynasties, there has been no saying that the sect leader states ask for tribute from the subordinate countries, let alone the designated food."

"Yes, my country is vast and vast, with a vast land and abundant resources. What is there? If you ask for ordinary things like food from all vassal states, you will be ridiculed by the barbarians and lose the style of a great country!" Zhou Yanru nodded and agreed.

Both of them spoke actively, but Wen Tiren kept his head down and said nothing.

He knew in his heart that what these two people said was generally the case. Over the years, the so-called tribute was more of its political significance. However, the emperor is a pragmatic person at present, and this argument is definitely not in line with the holy will, rather than the meaning of the emperor who was young and did not understand politics.

Sure enough, after hearing their words, Hu Guang frowned again. As soon as they finished speaking, he heard him shouting: "The Ming Dynasty is now a troublesome autumn, with floods in the south and droughts in the north, and rampant barbarians. They need to rescue disasters everywhere and use money and food everywhere. I don't ask them for money, which is the style of a great country. The food in Southeast Asian countries is common to them, and letting them only provide food is considered for them. Is there anything else to argue about for such a thing?"

"Your Majesty, family scandals should not be made public!" Cheng Jiming quickly advised again after hearing this, "If the Yi Kingdom in all directions knows the internal story of my Ming Dynasty, I may feel strange!"

Haha, you can’t tell the family scandals out of the way. It’s really a slap in the face to make the fat man’s rhythm. Hu Guang sneered in his heart. Seeing that Wen Tiren didn’t say anything, he looked at him and asked with a cold face: “What do Wen Qing think?”

"I think your Majesty is right. Now the plan must be pacified in the country." Wen Tiren replied calmly and calmly.

As soon as this said, the other two people immediately attracted the confused eyes. Then when they saw the emperor showing a hint of relief, they immediately slandered Wen Tiren, a flatterer in their hearts.

Hu Guang felt that his decision to promote Wen Tiren as the chief assistant was the most correct thing. After nodding in response to Wen Tiren, he turned to look at the other two and said seriously: "You have also said that the Yiguo in all directions knows that I am weak and may have different intentions. This is the real relationship between countries, which is actually the relationship of interests, and the others are all false."

"I'll just say it bluntly. Whoever has a strong fist between countries is the boss. If a weak country wants to get recognition and protection from a strong country, he must pay protection fees. The tributes of the past will be abandoned from now on. I only need to be affordable and do not have face!"

"..." The Wenhua Palace was very quiet, and it seemed that everyone was scared by the emperor's naked and straightforward words.

"Your Majesty, this is done by the barbarians. Our country in the heavenly dynasty is a country of etiquette..."

Before Zhou Yanru's advice could be finished, he was interrupted by Hu Guang's shouting: "What do you mean is that you would rather give good benefits to friendly countries than to the people of Daming? Seeing the people of Daming hungry, they would rather starve to death, become thieves, rebel, and overthrow our Ming Dynasty than lose that face, right?"
Chapter completed!