The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 195 Official Store (six more)
A ray of sky just came out.

The Tianxia Restaurant ignited a raging fire, billowing thick smoke straight into the sky. At this time, the gate of the East Market had just opened, and the fire in the Tianxia Restaurant alarmed the neighbors.

Everyone rushed to put out the fire, but what happened in front of the restaurant stunned everyone. More than a thousand soldiers surrounded the restaurant, and nearly [-] corpses were carried out, and they were not burned to death. Filled with arrows, covered in blood.

One of them was Samurai Zhan, the proprietor of Tianxia Restaurant. He was also artificially killed, and a sword pierced his chest.

At this time, the soldiers were divided into two parts, one part rushed to the four directions, rushed to the shops and residences of the dead little bosses, and the other part was busy fighting the fire, and the corpses were randomly thrown on the open space outside the wine shop. A large group of people gathered around discussing the true identity of the deceased, why was he killed by soldiers?
Shen Guang and several soldiers stood on the second floor of the Tianxia Restaurant, through a half-opened window, watching the dozens of corpses of the warrior Zhan without blinking, and watching every move of the people around them.

At this time, a fat middle-aged man approached Samurai Zhan quietly. He pretended to check the wound, and then took off a sign from Samurai Zhan's waist when he was unaware.

All this fell into Shen Guang's eyes, he turned his head and asked his subordinates, "Who is that person?"

A soldier thought for a while and replied: "Li Shanchang, the proprietor of Bashu Jinxiu in Dongshi, his name is not on the list."

Shen Guang nodded: "It seems that Li Yuan has not only the warrior Zhan in Yecheng, but also another branch, or several."

Shen Guang waited and watched for a while, and there was no abnormality, so he went downstairs quickly and came to the gate. At this time, a soldier stepped forward to report: "General Qi, the fire on the fourth floor cannot be extinguished, and everything has been burned. "

"You idiots!"

Shen Guang kicked the soldier away, scolded the soldier for incompetence, and quickly glanced at Li Shanchang from the corner of his eye, and found that he was still not far away from him, staring thoughtfully at the fourth floor engulfed by the fire.

An imperceptible smug smile appeared on the corner of Shen Guang's mouth.

At the same time, the entire army cooperated tacitly to search and arrest intelligence personnel from various forces in Yecheng and surrounding counties. It was officially concluded at dawn, and a total of more than 3000 people involved in the incident were arrested.

morning!

Seven complete reports were placed in front of Yang Tong, Yang Gongren and others.

Yang Tong ordered these spies to be sent to Siping Mountain for mining, so he stopped paying attention. The next thing was Shen Guang's responsibility, and he asked, "Is the food price crisis over now?"

Yang Shidao smiled, and said: "Only the grain store where Du Ruhui was located, and the other [-] stores were closed. Although the others were persuaded by the officials, they were still reluctant to return them. I simply withdrew all the officials! Whether you ask me or not, I heard that those unscrupulous merchants were all robbed and their shops were smashed to pieces, but no one set fire to it, and now the patrolling army has come to control the situation, and the disturbance should be over."

Wei Zheng snorted coldly: "Disregarding the overall situation and forgetting righteousness for profit, they deserved what they did. If you don't teach them a painful lesson, you won't remember your mistakes."

Ling Jing continued: "I have revoked the management rights of these unscrupulous merchants, and included them in the dishonest list. They are not allowed to participate in the scientific examination within three generations."

Yang Tong nodded and said, "We should not only punish these people severely, but also publicize them so that others can learn from them."

"Here!" Ling Jing pondered, "Although the food price turmoil has calmed down this time, the panic and impact it caused can't be made up for. It's okay now. If the battle ahead is tight, it will be a big trouble."

Yang Tong nodded and said: "Exactly! Does Ling Shangshu have a good way to prevent such incidents from happening again?"

"I have an idea!" Ling Jing cupped his hands and said, "Food is a strategic material related to people's livelihood and national stability. The Ministry of Commerce can open a shop selling grain in Yecheng. The price is the normal market price, as long as the supply is sufficient. , so that there will be no incidents that cause people to panic, such as driving up food prices and salt prices."

Yang Gongren agreed: "Ling Shangshu is on the point. In fact, not only food, but also materials related to stability and people's livelihood, such as cooking oil, salt, sugar, plowshares, hoes, cloth, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, should be directly involved by the government. This is to control the price, and not only open in Yecheng, but also open an official store in every county. If everything depends on the independent business of the people, it is easy to be manipulated by criminals, and the court is too passive."

Yang Tong nodded when he heard this. This initiative is actually the Sui version of the 'Supply and Marketing Cooperative'.Its function is to organize, coordinate and manage the prices of strategic materials; maintain market stability to avoid a series of social problems caused by rising prices.

"This idea is very good, and I also think it is necessary to implement it! The Ministry of Commerce will be fully responsible for the operation and supervision of these stores in the future! Ling Shangshu first writes out a clear plan, and then we discuss it together! As for the content, it is nothing more than staffing, In terms of salary, management, supervision, accounts, supply of goods, etc., you can first open a large store in each of the five cities of Yecheng, from which to find problems, solve problems, and learn from experience! When the time is right, the next step is to lay out in each county , and finally set up a store in every county under the rule of the Sui Dynasty.”

Fang Xuanling also said: "The key lies in management and supervision. These systems must be drawn up in advance to prevent anyone from profiting from them. After the supervision system is perfected, it can be combined with the regular warehouse and the free warehouse, thereby reducing personnel expenses. .”

In ancient times, granaries were set up in order to adjust grain prices, store grain to prepare for shortages, and supply food for the government and the people.Changping originated from the Pingbuy that Li Kui conducted in Wei State during the Warring States Period, that is, the government purchased grain for storage in good years to prevent the low price of grain from hurting farmers, and sold the stored grain in bad years to stabilize grain prices and appease the people.Both Fan Li and "Guanzi" have similar ideas.During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Sang Hongyang developed the above-mentioned ideas and established the equalization law. Relying on the large amount of money and materials in the hands of the government, grain was harvested cheaply and sold expensively in the capital to stabilize prices.During the Yuankang period of Emperor Xuandi, there were bumper harvests year after year, and the price of grain was so low that it cost only five renminbi per stone.After that, Geng Shouchang, the chief minister of agricultural affairs, focused on the grain collection and storage, and set up granaries in some areas to buy low-priced grain and enter the government for the benefit of the people.This kind of granary has the name of Changping warehouse.

In the period of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Changping was placed in prison in Kyoto. In the same year, Sun Ping, the chief secretary, saw that there were many floods and droughts in the state and counties all over the world, and the people refused to give them. In Luli, it was named Yicang to prepare for the unlucky year. Emperor Wen commended and adopted his suggestion.

Collect grain from households during the harvest season to prepare for relief in famine years.Because it is located in Lishe and managed by local people, it is also called Shecang.Later, the method of accumulation and storage was determined, and the upper, middle and lower taxes were allowed, and the upper household was no more than 1 shi, the middle household was no more than 7 dou, and the lower household was no more than 4 dou.Since then, righteous warehouses have been set up in states and counties all over the world, and whenever there is famine, warehouses will be opened to provide relief.

Different from the Changping warehouse established by the state with the main function of stabilizing grain prices, the righteous warehouse is like a folk behavior, ensuring that the poor in a region can receive appropriate relief, and it can also keep all the people from having no rice to eat in times of disaster. Usually run by local government.

"Yi Cang can't do it!"

Yang Tong shook his head and said, "The cemetery is the people's own food, and it is better for the people to manage it. From now on, each village will set up a cemetery, and the village chief and two deputy village chiefs will be responsible for statistics and management. If the village chief and the deputy village chief are corrupt People can go to the county-level historian to sue. Moreover, the system of paying grain by household is unreasonable. In the future, grain will be handed over to the granary on a head-by-head basis. After all, the population of each family is different. Families with fewer households are not fair. If they are managed by officials, it is inevitable that some unjust officials will sell them back. Get up and make trouble!"

The "provident fund" system of Yicang was implemented in the fifth year of Kaihuang, and it worked very well, and it was also supported by the people. After all, no one knows whether there will be drought or flood disasters. With this guarantee, everyone can feel at ease.However, in the later period of Daye, it was gradually destroyed, and all the righteous warehouses in the east were misappropriated as military rations for the expedition to Goguryeo. In the year of severe drought in Qingzhou, the government could not afford to pay for the rations, so there was a vigorous turmoil.And there are still many free warehouses that have been robbed by bandits and resold by officials!

Therefore, Yang Tong felt that it was better for the people to manage the free warehouses themselves. The government only had the right to supervise the village head and deputy village head, and the right to supervise the distribution, but had no actual use and management rights.

Fang Xuanling pondered for a while, and said: "Your Highness is very worried. The people have suffered a big loss and have deep doubts about the Yicang. Now if they manage it themselves, they will naturally gather in all places. When the disaster year comes, Cope with it for a while."

Yang Tong saw that everyone had no disagreement, so he said: "The Ministry of Officials issued an order to let the counties organize the heads of the villages to build righteous warehouses, and to pass on the system of people's grain management. This year's autumn harvest will be stored in the warehouse. The harvest is in short supply. In a good year, one person fights one fight, and in a good year, one person fights two fights."

Speaking of this, Yang Tong got up and stretched himself, and said, "I've been up all night, everyone go back to rest first. The scientific examination documents in two months' time will be issued by the Ministry of Education; the affairs of the free warehouse will be handed over to the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The government-run stores are handed over to the Ministry of Commerce to operate, this is a policy that benefits the country and the people, and must be implemented in the shortest possible time.”

"Here!" Everyone stood up, moved their stiff bodies a little, and then dispersed.But everyone is a workaholic. After leaving the Chaoyang Palace, they all got into the mansion, wiped their faces casually, and immediately summoned subordinate officials after lunch, urgently drew up plans, assigned tasks, and sent detectives to various places. Issue the articles.

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