Dahan first prince

Chapter 164 Chen!Please go home!

"Whoo~"

Hearing Chen Ping say the phrase 'grain merchants are indeed helping farmers to store grain', Liu Ying's expression remained unchanged, but in her heart, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the concept of "official battalion" is still a bit novel in this era, similar things have not happened completely in the past thousands of years.

Not to mention far away, take the Qin Dynasty decades ago and the Han Dynasty today, weapons ordnance, especially armor, crossbows and other weapons, are undoubtedly controlled items!

In the "Han Law", there is a charge that will be unfamiliar to future generations at first glance, but in fact it also exists in future generations.

- Traitor lan (column) out of things.

In the words of later generations, it is actually smuggling.

In the "Han Law Jinguan Order", the default punishment for those who enter and exit the border without permission is: cut off the left toe and become a Chengdan.

For those who illegally possess armor and crossbows, as long as the number does not exceed single digits, the penalty is "travel two thousand miles".

So, what is the penalty standard for those who carry crossbows, armor and other controlled weapons and ordnance across national borders for arms smuggling?

Armors and crossbows that are also in single digits, if they are held, manufactured or sold in the Central Plains, the penalty standard is basically "traveling two thousand miles", but if the items of "traitorous products" are one or two pieces of armor, Three, the five-handed crossbow, its crimes and punishments are in line with "treasonous enemies"!
In addition to ordnance, there are also many other items that are not allowed to be held privately or in excess in the "Han Law".

Against such a background, it is not difficult for the high-ranking politicians to accept the concept of 'specialization'.

What really confused Liu Ying was whether the concept of "storing grain on behalf of the people" could be accepted by the court at this time.

As long as this point can be accepted, then Liu Ying's "Shaofu Guanying Guan Zhongliang Rice" matter is equal to half the success!
Thinking of this, Liu Ying raised her head in high spirits, and just about to speak, she just waited for Chen Ping to come, and there was bound to be a question.

"At home."

Seeing that Chen Ping digested it secretly for a while, he raised his head suspiciously and bowed to Liu Ying.

"It is said in the family that in the past, Mi Jiaduo, a grain merchant, 'stored grain on behalf of the people'. I can understand it a little bit."

"However, the family also said: It is to store grain on behalf of the people, so there is no need for money to buy or sell..."

"This······"

Shaking his head with doubts on his face, Chen Ping looked at Liu Ying with more confusion.

"Please do not hesitate to explain the confusion at home..."

Hearing Chen Ping's question, Liu Ying only turned her head slightly, seeing the same confusion on Xiao He's face as Chen Ping, she shook her head and smiled.

After speaking for a while, Liu Ying raised her head with a smile and looked at Chen Ping, who was full of cuteness.

"In the past, what Mijia, a grain merchant in Guanzhong, did. After the autumn harvest, he bought the people's rice and stored it for the winter, and Xu returned it to the people for food."

"Since this is the case, Qu Nihou thought that after the autumn harvest, why did the people not produce grain for a while, so he begged the grain merchant Mi Jia to store grain on his behalf; in spring and summer, he would go to fetch his own grain and eat it?"

Hearing Liu Ying's question, Chen Ping was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously said: "This is because the money and goods are cleared, so we can not owe each other."

"If you don't buy and sell it with money, and the merchants get the rice grains of the people, and then lie out of their hearts that they have not got the people, please store the grain on their behalf." Wouldn't the people be deceived by the merchants and lose all their income for a year of hard work?"

Hearing Chen Ping's words, Liu Ying nodded with a warm smile, and then looked at Xiao He with a little affection.

"Of course."

"The reason why the people sell grain to get money after autumn, and buy grain with money to eat in spring and summer, is that merchants are more profit-seeking, and they have no faith."

After saying these words in a relaxed tone, Liu Ying looked at Chen Ping again, and the faint smile on her face finally reached her eyes.

"Since that's the case, please Qu Nihou alone, try to think about the scene in your heart."

When Chen Ping nodded suspiciously, Liu Ying's extremely soft and contagious voice quietly spread out in the hall.

"An old man is highly respected and highly respected, and he has been known for hundreds of miles because of his faith; people in several counties around him, whoever knows, all praise the old man and say: Believe!"

"It is also said that a profiteer is fearful of prestige but not of morality. He only seeks profit from money and money, and destroys his neighbors. He buys his neighbors' grain at a low price in the autumn harvest, and sells it back at double the price the next year. The neighbors are angry and dare not speak. , deeply hurt by it..."

"So many years old, the neighbors are suffering from the plunder of profiteers, and they gather outside the old man's door to cry."

"The old man couldn't bear the suffering of his neighbors, and he was angry with the actions of profiteers, so he went out of his home to make money and built a granary."

"Since the beginning, the grain that the neighbors get after autumn is not sold to profiteers and put into the granary of the elderly; in spring and summer, the neighbors all go to the granary to get the rice stored at home, eat, and have enough. ..."

Painting such a peaceful and peaceful picture with a reverent expression, Liu Ying greedily recalled it for a moment before looking at Chen Ping with a light smile again.

"Qu Nihou thinks that such a thing is feasible in our Han family?"

"And if it is done like this, the Shaofu specializes in Guanzhong grain and rice, but still need money to buy and sell?"

Following Liu Ying's inquiry, Chen Ping and Xiao He also forcibly regained their senses from the long-awaited scene.

After thinking about it for a while, ecstasy suddenly appeared on the faces of the two of them almost at the same time!
——Is it okay to do this?

Row!
There is simply no more reliable way than this!
What is the most lacking thing in today's Han Dynasty?
money!
What is the most indispensable thing?
popularity!

Even if you ignore the emperor Liu Bang who has the aura of "granting the people's land" and the crown prince Liu Ying who has the aura of "renovating Guanzhong Water Conservancy", the official background of the Shaofu alone is enough to act as Liu Ying in the story just now. The old man who exploded!
As for whether the food stored in Shaofu's granary by the people will be lost or someone will claim it, let alone.

Emperor Liu Bang's "Giving the Land to the People" was distributed to each household with a hundred acres of land. The biggest harvest is the household registration book that is lying quietly in the prime minister's mansion at this moment, and can be checked by Xiao He at any time!
With those household registration books in place, it is absolutely impossible for Zhang San to claim Li Si's grain storage by himself!
Without Liu Ying continuing to speak, Xiao He had already conceived in his mind the scene of people going to the granary to receive food in the future.

——A certain month in a certain year, Li Si came to the warehouse staff outside the granary with a Hudu written on age, place of origin, facial features, and body features, and reported his place of origin and name.

Hearing the place of origin, the storehouse official took out a bamboo slip written with "a certain township in a certain county" and even "a certain village in a certain pavilion", spread it out on the case table, and found Li Si's name .

Then, the warehouse official read out the contents of the slip: in a certain pavilion in a certain township in a certain county, Li Si, after the autumn harvest last year, saved xxx shi of grain, took away xx shi in the past few months, and left xxx stone.

After reading, the warehouse official raised his head and asked, "how much food do you take today?"
When Li Si said the number, the storehouse official turned around and ordered the assistant to bring out the grain, and watched with his own eyes that Li Si got the twenty shi of grain for the whole family in the next month.

Then, the warehouse official used the brush in his hand to write this line of words under Li Si's name on the bamboo slips.

—— On a certain day in a certain year, Li Si came in person and took away twenty shi of grain, leaving xxx shi...

"Xiao Xiang..."

"Xiao Xiang?"

In the dark, two soft calls from Chen Ping came, finally pulling Xiao He's mind back from his imagination to his eyes.

Looking at Chen Ping's eyes looking at him, there was a touch of a little excitement and a little hesitation, Xiao He only took a deep breath, and immediately nodded to Chen Ping seriously!

——This matter, Xiao He, who holds the prime minister's mansion in his hand and is also responsible for the 'internal history', can handle it by himself!

Seeing that Xiao He didn't show the slightest hesitation, he nodded heavily to himself. Chen Ping also swept away his previous depression, and his expression slightly jumped up.

"If that's the case, the matter of the Shaofu government's grain and rice is indeed something that is out of reach!"

Unbearably happy, he clenched his fist and slammed it hard on his knee, and Chen Ping barely suppressed the joy in his heart.

Xiao He, who was sitting opposite Chen Ping, was even more exaggerated - just for a while, Xiao He didn't know where to find the reward, and he started to calculate something.

And what Xiao He is busy calculating is the reason why Chen Ping is so happy...

"At home!"

Barely suppressing the urge to laugh wildly, Chen Ping looked at Liu Ying with some urgency.

"I think that the Shaofu can make a little profit by storing grain for the people in Guanzhong!"

"In the past, Mi Jia, a grain merchant in Guanzhong, bought grains for more than a thousand dollars, and sold them for two, three, or even four thousand dollars.

"I think that the Shaofu will store the people's food on behalf of the people, or maybe one or two tenths of the people's food can be kept to make up for the emptiness of the government and the warehouse?"

As he spoke, Chen Ping's face was already flushed, his breath was heavy, and his mouth was even a little dry.

How much grain can there be in Guanzhong for one year?

——According to 90 households, each household is 8000 shi, which is a full [-] million shi!

If the agricultural tax and tax were removed, and the winter grains left by the farmers themselves were removed, there would be at least [-] million shi of grains, which would be stored in the Shaofu granary for 'storage'!
How much is the agricultural tax revenue of the treasury now?
——The entire Guanzhong, plus Ba and Shu, is only more than 1000 million shi!

The Shaofu banned the grain merchants in Guanzhong, and helped the farmers in the entire Guanzhong to store grain, and took [-] to [-]% of the storage fee. Isn't it too much?

At least compared to the past, the three or four times the huge profits of grain merchants, and even ten or twenty times the huge profits during natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the storage fees of [-] to [-]% are definitely considered "conscience prices".

But in Guanzhong, the grain that needs to be 'stored on behalf of the people' every year is as high as [-] million shi!
Take 1000% of it, it will be [-] million stones!
This is about to catch up with the agricultural tax of the entire Han Dynasty!

If [-]%...
"At home!"

While Chen Ping was thinking, Xiao He finally couldn't hold back the excitement in his chest anymore, he jumped up from his seat, he didn't even bother to bow his hands.

"At home!"

"Just now, my minister has already calculated: If the Shaofu stores the people's food on behalf of the people, and takes the fee of [-], the annual food will be more than [-] million stones!"

"Obtaining more than 50 million shi of this grain, in the future, there will be many wars in the Kanto region, with [-] to [-] troops outside, and the treasury can also be used as a sideline watch, no need to pay a penny or a grain of rice!"

"If you choose two out of ten, you will get more than [-] million stones at a year's age, and you will be able to fill up your government and treasury; the capital city Chang'an and the water conservancy in Guanzhong will no longer have to worry about money and food!"

"Even in the future, His Majesty will send troops to the north to ask the male and female of the Xiongnu, but it will only be ten years old!!!"

　I was supposed to write 4000 words, but at this point, the power went out at home. . .Hey, let's continue writing the next chapter. If you call, if you can't write today, tomorrow will be.

　　
　
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