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Chapter 736 Greed is the original sin
Carts of grain made their appearance in front of the grain store, and then unloaded.

"It's real!" The man opened a bag, which was full of grain.

"Limited purchases per household." A sergeant shouted: "According to the household registration, each household buys and registers."

Someone asked: "What about buying it twice?"

"Look there." The sergeant pointed to the side where more than a dozen men were basking in the scorching sun, "Go back and repair the city for the first month! Anyone who wants to learn from them, just come!"

"No come, no come!"

For a month, I don't have to do the work at home!
Not worth the candle.

"Yanggou has brought food again!"

The tyrants who were gathering were stunned.

"How to do?"

"If we don't sell it, the common people have bought enough grain, who will we sell our grain to?"

"Yes!"

"Quiet!"

Sun Xian shouted, and after everyone quieted down, he said, "The price will be reduced by [-]%, can we accept it?"

Everyone was silent.

Grain grows in the fields every year, and every year they sell the grain that is close to the shelf life, and the income is almost fixed every year.

If it is less than [-]%, many expenses at home will be affected.

Sun Xian said: "In this case, let's watch and see how much food Yang Gou can get. Yea, I don't believe it!"

"it is good!"

Everyone is lucky.

Maybe Yang Gou can last for a day at most.

Tomorrow, everything will be business as usual.

The sun will rise as usual, the tenants will farm the land for themselves honestly as usual, the price of food will return to the original state as usual, and their days will continue to be prosperous and long.

Sun Xian said: "Gods only protect smart people, smart people will become rich, and only rich people can offer sacrifices to the gods, and the gods also have to eat and drink, right?"

The crowd nodded.

"And stupid people will become poor people. Poor people can't serve the gods, so they are poor for generations. And we, our wealth will continue for thousands of years. My children and grandchildren will always be superior and rich. "

A servant brought drinks.

Sun Yan raised his glass, "Everyone, for our wealth and honor."

Gee!
……

"In the Tang Dynasty, the rich and noble were always the same group of people. Later, when the imperial examination was introduced, there were occasional children of ordinary people who leaped over the dragon's gate and became masters, but such examples were too few."

Han Ji and Yang Xuan are drinking.

It's at Han's house.

Yang Xuan took a sip of wine, Han Ying came in with a plate of vegetables, Yang Xuan said with a smile: "It's almost enough, and I'm not an outsider!"

Han Ying lowered her head, "It's rare for the Deputy Envoy to come."

"It's not rare, but old Han is stingy!" Yang Xuan pointed to Han Ji, and the two smiled at each other.

Yang Xuan asked: "What kind of husband do you want to find, just tell me."

Han Ying raised her head slightly with a calm expression, "I never thought about this before."

Yang Xuan shook his head, but couldn't persuade him anymore.

"This daughter! It's a headache for the old man." Han Ji smiled wryly, "Son and daughter are debts!"

Ah Liang is still young, so he should be good in the future...Yang Xuan continued the previous topic, "Studying costs money, and for ordinary people, reading is something that is elusive but elusive.

What common people have passed the imperial examination, in fact, the so-called common people are also the children of officials and eunuchs, but they are of ordinary background. "

Han Ji nodded, "Therefore, the poor are still poor, and the rich are still rich."

"No, the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer." Yang Xuan picked up a piece of jerky, and it was still good to drink, "For ordinary people, there are only two ways to change their background, joining the army and read.

To join the army is to use one's own life to forge a way among thousands of troops, and none of them succeeds.

And compared to them who were illiterate, those children who were born in the general family, those children of powerful and high-ranking officials, those...even the children of local tyrants, were more likely to be promoted in the army. "

Han Ji put a chopstick on the table, "So, most of the way to join the army is blocked."

Yang Xuan nodded, "The cost of studying is not small. Although there are government schools in prefectures and counties, how many people can the government schools accommodate? With such a small number of places, how can common people compete with local tyrants, local landlords, businessmen, and officials?
In the end, the official school became a place for the local elite to train their children, and the common people still faced the loess and turned their backs to the sky. "

Han Ji narrowed his eyes, "Mr. Lang can see through the barrier between the common people and the meat eaters at a glance, old man..." He stood up and cupped his hands, "You have been taught."

"Why so!" Yang Xuan smiled.

"I have thought about the various disadvantages of the Tang Dynasty, such as annexation of land, such as the dimness of the officialdom... But the gentleman saw the crux of the problem at a glance, study!"

Han Ji's admiration was sincere, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Aristocratic families, dignitaries, local tyrants, how can these meat-eaters be rich for generations?

It’s not that the old man is bragging. During those years in Chang’an, the old man also met many dignitaries. If you say that those people are as resourceful as the sea, it’s just a joke. Many people are so stupid that it’s unbelievable, even stupider than pigs. "

Yang Xuan smiled, "Stupid is stupid, but they have an advantage."

"what?"

"It will be reincarnated!"

Han Ji was taken aback, "That's wonderful!"

Yang Xuan said: "Many places even artificially set up restrictions to prevent common people's children from studying, why?"

Han Ji smiled meanly, "Those idiots who are not as good as hogs are worried that if they let go of this opening, the people will follow this opening and go all the way to the sky. But there are so many benefits in the world, and they are not enough for themselves. How can they let it go?" Someone come to share a piece of the pie?"

"I call this a monopoly!" Yang Xuan took a sip of his wine. "In order to monopolize the benefits that a class can grab at the moment, it blocks the passage to this class. This is a monopoly."

"Monopoly." Han Ji said with a smile: "In my opinion, this is more like greed! This group of people are greedy like beasts, like gluttons." In the school, most of the students are common people..."

Could it be that Mr. Lang has been trying to solve this problem since then?
Yang Xuan nodded slightly.

Han Ji was excited, "The old man is right, sir..."

Damn!Is this old thing trying to say that I had ambitions a long time ago?
Yang Xuan coughed dryly, and Han Ji sat upright, his eyes piercing, "If the common people can enter that class, they will become a force and disrupt the current situation. At that time..."

"The power of the aristocratic family will gradually disintegrate, and the inherent structure of the powerful will be impacted. And what I want to do more is..." Yang Xuan raised his head and drank the wine in his glass.

"Pull those idiots who think they are gods from the shrines, step on them a few more times, and let them roll with the maggots in the ground. Let the world know that in this world, everyone is the same, and no one is better than you." Who is noble!"

"This..." Han Ji was a little shocked by Yang Xuan's attitude, "If this is the case, it will be earth-shaking!"

Yang Xuan smiled, "If you don't change everything, even if you, Han Ji, become prime minister, would you be willing to let ordinary people pass the imperial examination?"

Han Ji thought for a long time with a serious face, and then shook his head with difficulty, "I'm afraid it's...difficult!"

"What are you thinking?" Yang Xuan looked at him and asked.

Han Ji said slowly: "The old man is thinking, what will happen to the old man's children and grandchildren if they are allowed to come up? There are only so many official positions in the world. If they come up, what should I do to the old man's children and grandchildren who could have shadowed me? People don't do it for themselves. , Destroy the earth!"

"You can think that way, what about others? What would those family members who have been passed down for many years think?" Yang Xuan picked up the jug and drank heartily.

"That's what Mr. Lang means!"

Yang Xuan put the jug on the desk, wiped the wine stains from the corner of his mouth, and stared at him, "I'm going to smash everything!"

……

"Zhongcheng."

Sun Yan is here. As a general, he has no foundation in northern Xinjiang, and his only reliance is Liao Jin.

Liao Jing was in the study, and Sun Yan noticed that what he was reading was actually a military book, and he couldn't help feeling sad... Liao Jin could no longer ride a horse.

"Hmm!" Liao Jing snorted softly.

Sun Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he stood up, "Vice Envoy Yang smashed a lot of grain, and now the price of grain in the market has been reduced by [-]%. The people in the city flocked here...those tyrants are watching with cold eyes."

"Thirty percent?" Liao Jin put down the scroll and rubbed his eyebrows. A servant came over and rubbed his shoulders.

"Yes." Sun Yan glanced at Liao Jin, "I don't know where Deputy Envoy Yang got so much food. Now many people are worried..."

"What are you worried about?" Liao Jin waved his hand, and the servant quit. "Worried about not enough food?"

Sun Yan nodded, "Yes."

"A bunch of idiots!" Liao Jin shook his head and said sarcastically, "Is it the start of the dispute between his wife and the tyrants?"

"Yes." Sun Yan said, "For more than [-] yuan of grain, Deputy Envoy Yang's wife is in trouble."

So Yang Xuan went into battle shirtless.

"If Yang Xuan maintains the price of food, then it is a battle of spirits. But he suppresses the price of food...

The old man can't come forward, he is almost the controller of Northern Xinjiang now.

The ruler of the northern border actually fought a food price war with the tyrants for the sake of morale. Is this to say that the husband is blind, or is he trying to say that the old man is an idiot? "

Sun Yan was shocked, "Zhong Cheng..."

Liao Jin sneered, "Who will benefit if food prices are suppressed by [-]%?
If you want to think about something, you have to see who benefits from it and who suffers from it.

Although the old man doesn't know the plan behind him, the common people will benefit from this matter, and the powerful will suffer...

Hao Qiang has to sell a batch of grain every year, otherwise it will rot in the warehouse, and those greedy idiots will feel distressed to death.

With [-]% of the price of grain down, are they willing to sell it?
The old man bets that those idiots are reluctant!
But when there is enough food in the people's homes, who will they sell their food to? "

Sun Yan was shocked, "But how much food do you need? How much money do you need?"

Liao Jin waved his hand, and Sun Yan resigned.

After he left, Liao Jin asked people to carry him to the yard.

"Lang Jun, it's too hot." The steward persuaded, "It's better to be cooler under the eaves."

"Those tyrants are being exposed to the sun by Yang Xuan at this moment, a group of idiots don't know it, and they are still complacent." Liao Jin raised his head, "The old man just came to feel the taste of being exposed to the sun."

"Hot!" Liao Jin stroked his hair, feeling that it was burning hot, "Those idiots thought that Yang Xuan had no money... the accumulation of the three major departments over the years can be called an incomparable wealth.

Xianggong tacitly allowed Yang Xuan to swallow the money back then, but he never saw Yang Xuan use it.

Xianggong also laughed at him as a miser.

It's been so long that the old man almost forgot about it, not to mention those idiots.

Holding such a huge sum of money in Yang Xuan's hands, he was throwing it down... The price of food?
The old man dares to bet that it was just Yang Xuan who took care of those idiots, but those idiots are still facing a big enemy..."

He shook his head, "Damn, it's too hot."

He stared blankly at the ground, "What is that kid trying to do?"

Grain was delivered continuously.

Tyrants, can't sit still.

"Where did he get so much money?" Someone roared.

"What should I do?" Some people were like mourning.

Just when the tyrants were in a state of desperation, Yang Xuan was having a barbecue in the backyard.

The best mutton is marinated, put on a stick, and grilled on a charcoal fire.

"It's oily!" Jiang He'er squatted on the side and began to salivate.

Chef Yang Xuan gave a skewer to Zhou Ning behind him. Zhou Ning tasted a piece and asked, "There is no smell. When did Zitai learn to roast meat?"

Yang Xuan turned over the stick, "When I was hunting in Dongyu Mountain, the meat was very smelly, so I thought about a lot of ways. If it's about barbecue, I'd say it's second, and no one in the world dares to say it's number one."

His own experience, coupled with the various tactics seen in the scroll, made Yang Xuan full of confidence: "Even if I stop being an official and go out to open a restaurant, I can still become the richest man in the world!"

"meat!"

The young master came out and yelled at the smell of meat, but now he couldn't eat it.

Yang Xuan brought the meat skewers to his mouth and quickly took them away.

Seeing A Liang's flat mouth, Zhou Ning quickly coaxed him, and then said angrily, "How could you do that, Aye."

Jiang He'er asked curiously: "Aren't you worried about those tyrants smashing food?"

"Don't worry." Yang Xuan narrowed his eyes, smelled the smell of meat, and said intoxicated: "Greed is the original sin. I gave them a chance.

At the beginning, if they had sold the grain in their hands earlier, everyone would be happy at this moment.

But human nature is greedy, even if you know that there is an abyss ahead, you will still go on without hesitation.

What does this have to do with me? "

Zhou Ning sat beside him, and said quietly: "I told you to do it yourself, but you have already laid it out. Now it's more like you paved the road, and I got in the car and swaggered through the city..."

"Is it interesting?" Yang Xuan asked with a smile.

"Talk is better than nothing!"

Yang Xuan smiled, "This day will change."

Satisfied with a meal of barbecue, Yang Xuan was ready to leave the city.

"Headmaster Ning is invited."

Ning Yayun, carrying the qin on her back and holding a stag tail in her hand, came freely and easily.

"Zi Tai!"

Yang Xuan said with a smile: "The head teacher is so personable, it makes people forget the commonplace at first sight."

"The old man is studying the Dao..." The sun was shining, and the old man was not willing to go out.

"There is something I would like to ask you to discuss in detail."

"Oh!"

Then the group left the city.

Go straight to the field.

Yang Xuan found more than ten old farmers.

Deputy Envoy Yang was very kind, "A while ago I heard a lot of people say that this year's weather is bad, do you feel it?"

More than a dozen old farmers looked at each other, and one of them said: "Deputy envoy, the sun this year... is very good, and the springs that have been cut off for many years are all leaking..."

Isn't this a good thing... Jiang He'er was puzzled.

Another old farmer sniffed, "Even locusts are rare, what a wicked day!"

He looked at Yang Xuan, and Yang Xuan smiled: "Have I ever sinned because of my words?"

Wang Laoer curled his lips and said to Tu Chang: "The one who spoke rudely last time was killed by Lang Jun."

Snapped!
Wang Laoer clutched the back of his head, "I'm not wrong!"

Tu Chang withdrew his hand and said expressionlessly, "Shut up!"

Over there, the old farmers spoke one after another.

"Yes! It's a good day this year."

"Like... 12 years ago."

"Yes, it was the same 12 years ago. The next year was drought and pests..."

"That's right! This old man wanted to say it a long time ago, but he was worried that it would be said to be a monster... 12 years ago, someone said something was wrong, and he was beaten up by the clerk!"

Yang Xuan got up and turned around.

After hearing the words of the first old farmer, Ning Yayun was counting.

He opened his eyes, "This old man knows why you want to suppress food prices."

(End of this chapter)