bastard seizes tang

Chapter 650 Return to Beijing
Jiuquan is not far from Guzang, and it only takes two days to travel quickly. In addition, Li Ke spent time in Li Haojian Shiling to worship his ancestors, and he returned to Guzang City in less than six days.

Although Li Ke was away from home, what he always cared about was the situation in Liangzhou. As soon as Li Ke returned to the Liangzhou hotel, news of Liu Rengui came.

"Minister Liu Rengui pays homage to the prince." Liu Rengui entered the residence in response to the imperial edict, and paid homage to Li Ke.

Li Ke first ordered Liu Rengui to stand up, and then asked, "After Ben Gong left, how is the situation in Liangzhou?"

The situation in Liangzhou that Li Ke was concerned about was nothing more than food and grass. After all, Li Ke had been to Jiuquan for a few days, and now Liangzhou might not be able to survive for a few days on the surplus grain of the state department.

Liu Rengui replied: "Prince, don't worry, just three days after the prince's westward journey, the grain market in Liangzhou has started to sell grain one after another, but the price is high and the supply is not enough to meet the needs of the whole city. Just after this morning, a large amount of food suddenly appeared in Liangzhou City, which is no different from usual."

Hearing this, Li Ke was a little relieved, and then asked: "How much grain is there in the state department now?"

Liu Rengui replied: "There are still more than 6 shi. Before that, there were many people who came to the prefecture to buy grain, but as the grain stores began to release grain, the number of people buying grain today has become less and less."

Previously, only the government office was selling grain in the entire Liangzhou city, and the people in the city had to come to the government office to buy grain no matter how far or near it was. When I get up, I will naturally buy food nearby, and will not run to the government office again.

Li Ke said: "That's good. Now that the Liangzhou grain market has opened, the grain roads on the state side will gradually stop."

Liu Rengui said to Li Ke: "Although the current situation is like this, it is generally no problem, but the price of food outside is too high, and the high price hurts the people. I am afraid that it is not a solution in the long run."

Li Ke asked: "What is the price of food outside now?"

Liu Rengui replied: "It's the same as what the prince set before. It's more than twice the normal price. If it's only for ten days, it's okay. I'm afraid that if it takes a long time, the high price will hurt the people, and the people of Liangzhou will not be able to bear it."

Food is nothing else, whether it is generals, princes or ordinary people, they are inseparable for a day. If the food is sold twice as before, the ordinary people in Liangzhou City will really be unable to support it.

Li Ke thought for a while and said: "Give them a few more days of sweetness, and I will give them another three days. Within three days, you need to send someone to carefully record every grain store in the city that is selling grain, and find out who is behind them. After three days, the grain stores in Liangzhou will be ordered not to raise prices inflatedly, and the previous grain prices will be restored."

Grain stores in Liangzhou are eager to open warehouses at this time, because they are interested in the profits. It is reasonable for Li Ke to give them some sweetness. The situation and background details of each grain bank are just to prevent the various grain banks from causing chaos behind the scenes when the price of grain is lowered in the future.

As Li Ke said, he remembered something again, and said to Liu Ren: "Three days later, after the grain price in Liangzhou is lowered, you can use the money you earned from the previous grain sales to buy back the grain, and send it to Chang'an as summer grain after the autumn harvest. If there are more than [-] shi, they can be stored in the treasury of Liangzhou, for emergencies."

In order to understand the urgency of burning coal, Li Ke withheld the summer grain that was supposed to be sent to Chang'an and sold it to the people of Liangzhou.Now that the grain crisis has been resolved, the summer grain will still be sent to Chang'an sooner or later. Instead of causing trouble by transferring grain from other places, it is better to buy grain in Liangzhou and transfer it to Chang'an.

What Li Ke said was naturally considering the overall situation, but Liu Rengui laughed when he heard Li Ke's words: "Although it is safe for the prince to do this, but in this way, he will offend the Liangzhou clan. There are more and more voices complaining about the prince from various families."

In the eyes of others, Li Ke was the first to raise the grain price in Liangzhou, and he raised the grain price by using the military rations in Wuwei warehouse. After it was full, it started to limit the price of grain, and had to buy back grain. Anyone would think that Li Ke did it on purpose, not only to make a profit, but also to gain fame.

Li Ke also said with a smile: "It's only one thing to move their food and interests. In the future, I will move more. If they want to complain, they can just complain. Why did I ever care about their thoughts?"

Li Ke came to Liangzhou to set up his eyes for Su Dingfang, and to fight against the various families in Liangzhou. The mere grain profit is much smaller than what Li Ke is eyeing on them. In the future, fighting will only cause chaos. It's even uglier. If Li Ke was worried about offending them, Li Ke wouldn't have come here.

Liu Rengui said to Li Ke: "Although the crown prince is the state reserve and has a high status, he naturally doesn't worry about these Guanlong family clans, but there are some things that the crown prince should prepare for early."

Hearing this, Li Ke turned his head to look at Liu Rengui, and asked, "Is Zhengze talking about Wuwei warehouse?"

Liu Rengui replied: "That's exactly what happened. Although the crown prince only pretended to open the Wuwei storehouse, this matter has already started in Liangzhou. Chang'an must have heard the news soon. If the crown prince doesn't make preparations early, he may be passive at that time." .”

Li Ke said with a smile: "Haha, Zheng Zheng has his intentions, but you don't have to worry, the palace in Chang'an City has already been taken care of, just wait for the news to come to Beijing, and the palace will become the target of public criticism, and let those jumping beam clowns gang up and attack it. "

Although Li Ke didn't tell Liu Rengui what he meant, Liu Rengui could vaguely guess Li Ke's purpose. Li Ke wanted to take advantage of the Wuwei warehouse to use himself as a bait to trick those people into taking the bait.

Liu Rengui asked, "I wonder when the crown prince will return to Beijing?"

Li Ke replied: "It's just a matter of the past few days. The news of Bengong opening Wuwei warehouse privately and selling grain at a high price will soon spread to Chang'an. It's better for Bengong to go back earlier."

As the crown prince, Li Ke is the most important state reserve, so naturally he can't leave Beijing for too long. Now that the battle between the imperial power and the aristocratic family has shifted from the local government to the court, it is meaningless for Li Ke to stay in Liangzhou. Naturally, it is better to go back earlier.

Liu Rengui cupped his hands and said, "Since that's the case, then I wish the crown prince a victory and his wish fulfilled."

Li Ke said: "Then I will make auspicious words by Zheng Zheng, but I will return to Beijing soon. I am not very worried about things in Beijing. What I am worried about is the situation in Liangzhou. After I leave, Liang On the state side, regular and good students need to take care of them.”

Liu Rengui replied: "Prince, you can be at ease. There are great generals, Pei Xingjian and the last general in Liangzhou, so they will be safe."

Regarding Liu Rengui's remarks, Li Ke is quite confident. Although the Guanlongmen clan is difficult to deal with, Li Ke's team in Liangzhou is not just paper. As the coach, he was singled out, and all of them were well-known figures at the time. Li Ke was not worried.

Li Kedao: "Whether it is preparing for the war against Tubo or suppressing the Guanlongmen faction, Liangzhou is the most important place. It is inevitable for the imperial court to emphasize Liangzhou. Xie Shufang, the governor of Liangzhou, is just a middle-aged man. He must be sitting in the position of governor of Liangzhou. Soon. I wanted to protect you as the governor of Liangzhou, but your qualifications were too low, and I was afraid that the officials would not accept me, so I had no choice but to give up. You should do your best here, and I will recommend you to the emperor after you have achieved political achievements. "

"I have thanked the prince, and I will live up to the prince's entrustment." Liu Rengui immediately responded when he heard the words.

(End of this chapter)