Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 453 Stabilizing Prices

Chapter 453 Stabilizing Prices (3000)

Xiao Gang presented the surrender table, and the whole country was attached, which also meant that in the land of Huaxia, only Chen Baxian in the south of Lingnan and Yuwentai in Shu were left to fight stubbornly, and the rest belonged to the territory of Gaoqi.

Gao Cheng gave Xiao Gang a very high standard of treatment. He named Xiao Gang Wu Gong, rewarded him with a mansion in Luoyang, and gave it to his slaves.

In a few days, Gao Cheng broke the old rule and added the position of wife in the harem, and welcomed Xiao Gang's daughter Xiao Miaoyu into the palace, making her rank alongside Er Zhu Ying'e, Song Shi, and Yuan Zhonghua.

At the end of July, the news of Beiqiner's downgrading spread to the south of the Yangtze River, and all the scholars and people cheered for joy.

The gentry were delighted because Little Gao Wang stepped up to the stage, and he would no longer be easily killed. Compared with Wu Mingche and Liu Zhongli's bloody methods, Gao Cheng still followed the rules.

The people were jubilant, waiting for Gao Cheng to revive Jiangnan's economy and distribute land for everyone.

Previously, Wu Mingche and Liu Zhongli investigated and confiscated a large number of fields occupied by the gentry, and all of them were state-owned, but they were never distributed, and they were waiting to be left to Gao Cheng to be kind to the people.

Jiangdong and Jiangzhou changed their flags and flags in a day, and supported the leadership of the Northern Qi Dynasty one after another.

Gao Cheng still took Wu Mingche as the governor of Jiangzhou, worshiped Liu Zhongli as the governor of Yangzhou, integrated the land of Jiangdong as Wuzhou, and took Duan Shao as the governor of Wuzhou to govern Jiankang.

He also respected Jinyang as Beijing, Chang'an as Xijing, Yecheng as Tokyo, Jiankang as Nanjing, and Luoyang as the five capitals. For a time, people in Jinyang, Chang'an, Yecheng, and Jiankang all rushed to celebrate.

Gao Cheng didn’t want to waste the people’s power, but used Jinyang’s Bohai Palace as his residence. Chang’an and Jiankang had their own palaces, which were also protected and did not need to be rebuilt. When building a palace, don't forget to tell the truth, don't ask for luxury.

As for the loss of the construction of the palace, Gao Cheng planned to ask for alms from Buddhism.

In the land of Jiangbei, after Gao Cheng's strong suppression, the disciples of the Buddhist sect withered away, and the few old monks left were all chanting scriptures in the temple with no desires.

However, under Xiao Yan's governance, Jiangnan's Buddhism flourished.

'In the 480 temples of the Southern Dynasties, how many buildings were in the mist and rain. '

Before King Xiaogao came to power, there were more than 480 temples in Luoyang alone in the north. Du Mu's number of [-] means that there were many temples in the Southern Dynasty. After all, he was short of knowledge.

At that time, there were more than [-] temples in Luoyang, and Gao Cheng wiped them out with a big brush. Now there are only [-] temples left, and one of them is Yaoguang Temple, which is a private entertainment place. It is so powerful that it is jaw-dropping. .

Now the wind of exterminating Buddhism in the north has also blown to the south of the Yangtze River, and all the recluses in various places have suffered for a while.

Although there are still many famous temples preserved, a large number of monks and nuns were forced to return to the secular life and became taxpayers. All temple finances were confiscated, and Buddhism was no longer as prosperous as it used to be.

For example, Tongtai Temple, a famous temple in Jiankang, Xiao Yan sacrificed his life for Tongtai Temple four times in the early years, accumulating a lot of wealth for Tongtai Temple.

Among them, only the first time was when Xiao Yan voluntarily returned to vulgarity, and the remaining three times were when officials raised funds to redeem him.

They collected [-] million, [-] million, and [-] million respectively, for a total of [-] million.

Now all these coins are confiscated and shipped to Luoyang, where they will be cast into Zhaode Tongbao.

When the 16 sons of Xiao Gang, Xiao Daqi, Xiao Daxin, Xiao Dakuan, Xiao Dalin, Xiao Dalian, Xiao Dachun, and their families left for Luoyang to resettle in Jiankang, Gao Cheng's edict also arrived in Jiankang.

In addition to the personnel arrangement, the most important thing is to prohibit the use of Zumo money and allow the common people to exchange Zhaode Tongbao.

While unifying the currency, Gao Cheng clearly pointed out in the imperial edict that hoarding by the gentry was prohibited and prices were driven up.

Back then, Xiao Yan ordered that only Zumoqian be allowed to circulate in Nanliang because of the uneven quality of various currencies in the market. But the strange phenomenon used by Dang Baiwen, just this trick, has tripled the wealth of the gentry, and the people at the bottom have been exploited.

Naturally, Gao Cheng will not repeat the same mistakes. While prohibiting the gentry from hoarding currency, he is also worried that the gentry will spread coins, causing a large amount of money to flood into the market, driving up the prices of salt, rice, and cloth. If the amount of private hoarding exceeds the standard, it is regarded as hoarding and will be hit hard.

Of course, Xiao Gao Wang is not an unreasonable person, and he will never allow the wealthy family to save money and not allow the wealthy family to consume.

Of course, the aristocratic families can consume, but it must be designated products, such as porcelain.

Gao Cheng changed Changnan, Jiangzhou, to Jingdezhen, where he set up porcelain bureaus and imperial kilns, and built more porcelain kilns open to the public. He ordered the minister Zhang Dexing to stay here to supervise the porcelain business.

In Gao Cheng's view, the wealth of the gentry should be used to buy exquisite porcelain, which is the correct use, instead of competing with the people for salt, rice, and cloth to drive up the prices of these daily necessities.

At the same time, Gao Cheng also took out many antique calligraphy and paintings from the palace and shipped them to Jiangnan.

The reason for doing these things is because the Jiangnan currency far exceeds the market demand, and Gao Cheng himself is also responsible for this phenomenon.

At that time, he transported Huainan's Zumo money to Jiangnan, bought a large amount of rice and cloth at a low price and sent them to Jiangbei, and disintegrated Jiangnan's economy by means of economic plunder.

Now that Gao Cheng has opened up the exchange of Zumo money, he still insists on using the copper content as the standard and exchanging the same amount for Zhaode Tongbao. Of course, it can benefit the gentry, but more importantly, it will not ruin the bottom of the people.

After all, if it is a cheap exchange, Gao Cheng can naturally make a fortune, but it is undoubtedly another economic plunder to the people at the bottom.

King Xiao Gao never bothered to plunder the poor people's money. When he plundered the wealth of Jiangnan, it was the difference between the enemy and us. Now the people in Jiangnan are also his subjects, so naturally he would not plunder his own people.

Duan Shao, Wu Mingche, Hu Luguang, and Gao Jishi were in Jiangdong, Jiangzhou, Xiangzhou, and Hengzhou respectively, and successively ransacked the homes of several gentry families who hid a large amount of currency and hoarded salt, rice, and cloth to drive up prices, and executed them. After the patriarch, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River became well-behaved.

Of course Gao Cheng talks about the rules, but he talks about his own rules, if you don’t follow his rules, he won’t talk to you about the rules.

What the gentry in Jiangbei knew almost everyone, now the aristocrats in the south of the Yangtze River understand. They either went to Jingdezhen with coins and rushed to buy porcelain, or bought antique calligraphy and paintings transported by Gao Cheng to Jiankang at high prices.

As a large amount of Zumo money was transported from Jiangnan to Luoyang for melting and casting, Jiangnan's economy was restored, and the prices of daily necessities such as salt, rice, and cloth also dropped to normal levels. The people in Jiangnan all praised Gao Cheng.

In addition, the land equalization system was transplanted to the south of the Yangtze River, and the governors of the four states distributed land to the poor. The beneficiaries all regarded themselves as Qi people from the bottom of their hearts, and left their past Liang people behind.

As for the fine porcelain and antique calligraphy and paintings that have been heated up in the market, no matter how expensive these things are, they will not hurt the poor people. On the contrary, they can also provide them with job opportunities.

Jingdezhen is just throwing bricks to attract jade. Porcelain kilns have been opened in various places, and other handicraft industries have also developed rapidly. After all, under the butcher knife of King Xiao Gao, the gentry neither dared to hoard money nor buy daily necessities, so they had to expand in the direction of handicrafts. Coins.

Gao Cheng's move stimulated the development of the handicraft industry in a different direction, which Xiao Gao Wang was also happy to see.

He called all six sons to his side, held the youngest Gao Xiaogui in his arms, and explained in detail with Gao Xiaozhang, Gao Xiaoyu, Gao Xiaowan, Gao Xiaoguan, and Gao Xiaocong how he stabilized prices in the south of the Yangtze River and why he forced the gentry to buy handicrafts.

Even Gao Xiaocong listened carefully. He was stubborn when he was a child, but now he is getting older. Although his stubbornness has not changed, he is still idle, but he knows to be honest with his father.

By doing this, Gao Cheng naturally wanted his sons to better understand the economy. After all, it is extremely dangerous for the king of a country not to understand the economy.

As always, when the five of them were asked to return to Shangshu Province, they did not forget to tell them to submit a policy paper tomorrow, which was the experience of today's teaching. The statement must be their own understanding, and it must not be faked by others.

Gao Xiaocong was named the King of Yan at the beginning of this year, and was kicked out of the Ministry of Rites by Gao Cheng. Yes, there were vacancies in the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites, but Gao Cheng didn't give him the chance to draw lots and directly appointed the Ministry of Rites.

This kid should be sent to the Ministry of Rites to learn what etiquette is.

He ordered someone to send Gao Xiaogui back to the Chen family's bedroom. After Gao Cheng reviewed the memorial in the Mingguang Hall, he saw that it was getting late, so he went out of the palace in subdued clothes.

He first ran to Song Qindao's house to visit Mu Xieli and his mother Qingxiao.

Because of Gao Cheng's visit, the fate of the mother and daughter was completely changed, and they were never bullied again. The scar on Qing Xiao's face also disappeared under Quan Yuanqi's treatment, and her original beautiful appearance was restored.

It's just that Song Qindao didn't touch her, obviously he misunderstood Gao Cheng's thoughts.

So King Xiao Gao took the opportunity to clarify to Song Qindao, and at the same time told Song Qindao, don't dote on his concubine and destroy his wife because of himself, just treat Qingxiao's mother and daughter kindly, no need to think too much.

Cui Shi, Song Qindao's wife, heard the words and kowtowed to Gao Cheng to thank him.

Xiao Gao Wang carried the Song couple out of the gate of the mansion, bent down and rubbed Mu Huanghua's little head, and then left under the escort of Master Yao and others.

Arriving at the residences of the princes, that is, the original Bohai Palace and Qi Palace, Gao Cheng did not enter in a hurry, but went to the courtyard next to him.

When he came to the secret room, the former tunnel had been buried and sealed tightly, and it was impossible for anyone to meet him through this place.

Suppressing the urge to go to Zhao Jun Wang's Mansion to meet that person, Gao Cheng returned to Zhu Wang's Mansion.

The Mansion of the Kings is the residence of Gao Cheng's underage brothers. Now that the youngest Gao Ji has reached the age of 15 and is given the mansion, the mansion is already empty, and only servants and maids are left guarding the mansion. .

Gao Cheng has lived here for more than ten years, the flowers and plants in the main courtyard are still the same as before, since Gao Cheng usurped the country and proclaimed himself emperor, and moved into Miyagi, the main courtyard has been vacant, who would dare to move into Gao Cheng's old residence.

 There is still a chapter of 3000 words before 40 o'clock in the morning. I got up late today, and I didn't get up until [-]:[-] noon to give out red envelopes. I'm sorry to keep everyone waiting.

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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