I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 236 I'm going to die~!

To say that this time, Liu Sheng was in charge of stabilizing grain prices in Guanzhong. In fact, there was no complicated operation—just the simple words of 'sell grain at a fair price'.

As long as Liu Sheng continues to sell food at a par price, the price of food in Guanzhong will never go up.

This is very easy to understand.

Previously, what Chang'an Chaotang was worried about was that the grain in Liu Sheng's hands was not enough to support Liu Sheng, who sold grain for several months in a row to feed the millions of people in Guanzhong.

——The food on the books is not enough at all!
Especially in addition to this once-in-a-thousand-year "opportunity", it will almost certainly make the merchants have the idea of ​​hoarding goods and driving up food prices, which makes the whole government and the public worried about Liu Sheng's stabilization of food prices. half a year.

In fact, as early as last year's autumn harvest, when signs of grain failure began to appear in Guanzhong, the Chang'an court had already begun to prepare corresponding plans for stabilizing grain prices.

However, in the preparation process of the plan, there were two problems that could not be resolved;
The first question is how to fill the food gap in Guanzhong?
Where can I find enough food to fill the supply gap in Guanzhong due to the bad harvest last year?

As long as this problem can be solved, the supply relationship can be changed;

The disappearance of the objective condition of "supply in short supply" of food naturally means that the price of food will rise, and the objective condition will no longer be met.

——Rare things are more expensive~
As long as it is no longer scarce, no matter what it is, it cannot be sold at a good price.

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As for the second question, it is more difficult than the first one.

——How to prevent merchant groups from driving up food prices and deliberately exaggerating the food shortage in Guanzhong?
It is no exaggeration to say: If the second problem cannot be solved, then no matter whether the first problem is solved or not, the final result will be very pessimistic.

The reason is simple: the shortage of food prices in Guanzhong is an objective problem, or phenomenon;

As long as this objectively existing problem is solved and this objectively existing phenomenon is changed—that is, enough food is found so that Guanzhong will no longer be short of food, this problem will be considered solved.

However, businessmen driving up prices are not objective things, but the subjective wishes of a certain interest group because they seek profits.

Such subjective wishes are difficult to change easily...
Take a very simple example.

Let’s just say that this time, Liu Sheng presided over the stabilization of grain prices in Guanzhong, and any courtier would probably feel a headache;

——What should be done to prevent the grain sold at a cheap price from falling into the hands of grain merchants and princes?

How to sell this cheap food so that the people can eat this cheap food, instead of letting the princes and merchants send some people to buy this food, and the price of food will not be stable at all?
And Liu Sheng's approach obviously provided everyone with a new way of thinking...
"Put it to death...and then live again?"

"——It is impossible to stop the princes and grain merchants from buying cheap grain, so they simply take the grain first, and check the pockets of the princes and grain merchants;"

"Found to the bottom, the princes and grain merchants have no money, so they will find another grain and sell it to the common people at a low price..."

Wanting to understand this point, everyone raised their heads one after another, casting complicated gazes at Liu Sheng who was standing in the center of the hall with a smile on his face.

——Tianzi Qi, you are right.

This time, Liu Sheng really handled it beautifully.

Every stone of cheap grain was sold to farmers;

Every grain of cheap rice has been eaten into the belly of the common people;

As for the dukes and grain merchants who wanted to take a share of it and make a difference, they once bought nearly 3000 million shi of grain from Liu Sheng, but not a single grain of rice ever really fell to them. hands;
After half a year of untouched storage in Taicang and Shanglin warehouses, the nearly 3000 million shi of grain finally returned to Liu Sheng's hands.

Dukes and grain merchants, not only failed to make money from this matter, but also lost a lot of capital...

"Young master wins..."

"It's not easy~"

"—You are not a prince yet, you dare to move the grain of Ao Cang..."

"—It's just this courage..."

Thinking like this, everyone in the hall sat upright one after another, and turned their never-before-seen solemn gazes to the still young and thin young man.

From this incident, what kind of characteristics did Liu Sheng see?
I'm afraid that for a while, no one will be able to speak up.

But at this moment, everyone in the Xuanshi Hall has realized something.

——Liu Sheng, definitely not a simple 'son', a child who is only 14 years old...

In the eyes of the teacher in the court class, the courtiers and officials looked at Liu Sheng, and there was more and more inexplicable and unclear things;
But in the East Seat, the expressions on the faces of the princes and relatives were inexplicably awkward.

As for the reason, it is not difficult to see from the irony on the face of Emperor Qi Na...
"Oh?"

"Is that so?"

"—The dukes transferred grain from the feudal kingdom and transported it back to Chang'an, to stabilize grain prices???"

Pretending to be puzzled, but actually asked a question full of sarcasm, Tianzi Qi just sullenly cast his gloomy eyes on the east seat.

"So, it's my villain's heart that saves the gentleman's belly?"

"I originally thought that the food you transferred from Fengguo was to sell to the people in Guanzhong at a high price when the price of food in Guanzhong is booming~"

"Since this is not the case, it seems that I should apologize to you?"

With a gloomy voice, "Do you want me to apologize to you", I saw hundreds of heads on the East Seat, but most of them fell down in an instant.

——The 37 princes who bought food from Liu Sheng, without exception, lowered their heads, as if they were admiring the ornaments on their waists;
People from Wuyang Hou Fanshi and Yangdu Hou Ding Ancheng looked even more ugly, obviously they didn't get the answer they wanted from Queen Mother Dou.

And the remaining nearly 80 heads - the remaining nearly [-] princes, and nearly [-] people, after Tianzi Qi's sarcasm, bowed their heads guiltily.

These people dare not buy food directly from Liu Sheng, but they don't want to miss a possible feast;

So, they secretly sent people back to their respective feudal states, and quietly transferred the unsold grain that had been accumulated over the years back to Guanzhong.

But in the end, all the food was withheld by Liu Sheng.

——When it was sent to Xingyang, it was forcibly detained and stuffed into the Ao warehouse.

With the new grain deposited in Ao Cang, the tens of millions of stones of grain that existed in Ao Cang before can naturally be transported into Guanzhong by Liu Sheng and sold at a fair price to stabilize the price of grain.

And now, it is time for Tian Ziqi to pay for this batch of grain...

"Tell me~?"

"—What price do you guys plan to sell this batch of grain to my Ao Cang?"

Seeing that everyone was silent, Tianzi Qi didn't forget to ask another question, then turned sideways, and waved his hands at Shaofu Xiao Sheng in a serious manner.

"The Shaofu asked, how much money to buy grain to be delivered to the dukes."

"As much as they want, Shaofu, just give it."

It was another meaningful sentence, and Duke Zhong buried his head even deeper, as if he didn't dare to ask for money.

Seeing the posture of the crowd, the emperor Qicai finally calmed down, turned his head again, and looked at Liu Sheng who was under the imperial steps.

"Since the price of food has stabilized, let's stop here about the food."

"Leave the rest to the Shaofu."

The calm and powerful tone only attracted the princes, nobles, courtiers and officials in the palace to raise their heads;

They looked at Tianzi Qi with different thoughts, and finally nodded slowly with different expressions.

——The matter of food has been completed.

It is impossible for the grain price in Guanzhong to fluctuate any more this year.

For the rest, it is true that Liu Sheng does not need to do it himself, just leave it to the Shaofu, and continue to sell cheap food in various places in Guanzhong.

It won't be long before the merchants who know that their plot has gone bankrupt and that the price of grain can no longer rise will helplessly start selling grain.

When all grain merchants and rice shops in Guanzhong start to operate normally, the sale of cheap grain in Shaofu can be stopped...
"My son believes that the matter of food is not over yet."

"Not only is it not over, it's just the beginning."

"—Not only this year, but every year in the future, the Shaofu should be led by Captain Zhisu to buy and sell cheap grain after autumn."

"Only in this way can the grain price in Guanzhong be completely stabilized, and our Han family will no longer have the hidden danger of surging grain prices."

Just when everyone thought that today's court meeting was about to come to an end, Liu Sheng said aloud, and everyone's scattered thoughts were instantly pulled back.

After thinking about it, especially when they thought of the phrase 'buy and sell cheap food' in Liu Sheng's words, everyone hurriedly sat up straight again.

"Buy and sell cheap food?"

"Where did the 'buy' cheap food pop up again?"

Even though he had known it for a long time, Tianzi Qi still cooperated and asked Liu Sheng a chance to explain the plan in detail.

And Liu Sheng's next speech also made all the officials and courtiers in the palace feel more dignified...

"Report to Father Emperor."

"My son believes that our Han family governs the country with filial piety and takes agriculture as the foundation;"

"Farming is farming."

"—Farming is nothing more than the farmer and the food obtained by the farmer."

"In other words, our Han family is based on agriculture, in fact, it is based on farmers and the food grown by farmers."

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"Emperor Taizu Gao once said that the national policy of our Han family is to focus on the root and suppress the end."

"The heavy book is the agricultural book;"

"The end of suppression is the end of Shang."

"--A merchant is nothing more than a Jia Ren who is a merchant, and the goods that Jia Ren sells."

"In other words, my Han family regards merchants as the end, in fact, it ends with merchants and the goods sold by merchants."

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"But in the past few years, the national foundation of my Han family has been in the hands of merchants and lowly households!"

"—The merchants do not work or produce. They only buy the farmers' harvest at a low price after autumn, and then sell it at a higher price for the farmers to eat in the following year."

"Like last year, the price of rice in Guanzhong was as high as 55 yuan per stone;"

"But these grains were bought from farmers at a price of more than 30 yuan per stone after the autumn harvest of the previous year."

"What does that mean?"

"It means that farmers, after working hard for a whole year, only get two or three hundred shi of rice grain, but they can only eat [-]% to [-]% full, or even half full;"

"And the merchants don't do anything, wearing clothes made of silk and sitting in a magnificent carriage, they can easily deprive the farmers of the hard-earned harvest."

"——Isn't this the same as merchants and lowly households oppressing the peasants of my Han family?"

"My Han family is based on farming, and oppressing farmers is not destroying the foundation of my Han family?"

"Isn't it ridiculous to let lowly merchants and lowly households who manage their last business oppress and plunder farmers who manage their own business?"

"Letting merchants oppress farmers is not the same as letting people pull carts and let horses ride???"

After some in-depth and vivid descriptions, all the officials, courtiers, princes and relatives in the palace fell into a short period of contemplation.

Soon, the courtiers and officials who reacted first grabbed the bamboo slips from their sides and spread them out on the table in front of them.

Quickly recorded what Liu Sheng just said, but Baiguan still didn't put down his pen;

Instead, he hung the pen in the air, looked at Liu Sheng without squinting, and waited for Liu Sheng's next speech.

——The words of Liu Sheng are the political signal released by the future crown prince!
This signal, with a high probability, will be the work focus and policy of the Han family court in the future Liu Sheng dynasty!
And the content revealed by this signal made the courtiers and officials busy recording, but they did not forget to sigh in secret, and sighed one after another.

"Another prince who hates businessmen..."

"The great fortune of the world, the disaster of merchants~"

When everyone was about to draw their pens and slandered secretly, the emperor, Qi, was still cooperating with Liu Sheng.

"It makes sense."

"Agriculture is the foundation of the country; it is the foundation of the ancestral temple and the community."

"It is very wrong for merchants and lowly households to control and determine the foundation of the country."

"Then what should I do so that the national capital of my Han family will no longer be controlled by merchants?"

"How can we prevent merchants and lowly households from oppressing the peasants of our Han family and the capital of our Han family?"

Those who were extremely deliberate also made Liu Sheng feel a little embarrassed;
But soon, Liu Sheng adjusted his face, and bowed to the emperor calmly as agreed before.

"My son believes that Su Duwei should always be established and should not be abolished."

"After the autumn harvest, Captain Zhisu can issue an announcement to buy grain from the common people at a slightly higher price;"

"At other times, Captain Zhisu can continue to sell grain to the common people at a fair price, just like what Erchen did this year."

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"Let me give you an example."

"For example, after the autumn harvest this year, Captain Zhisu issued an announcement: All the people in Guanzhong can sell grain to the Shaofu at a price of [-] yuan a stone."

"In this way, if merchants want to buy grain from farmers with money, they must pay more than [-] yuan."

"—If you don't do this, the common people will not continue to sell food to the merchants."

"Afterwards, Captain Zhisu issued another announcement: All the people in Guanzhong can buy grain in Shaofu at a price of [-] yuan a stone."

"In this way, if merchants want to sell the grain in their hands, they can only sell it at a price of less than [-] yuan."

"—If you don't do this, the people will not buy grain from the merchants."

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"With Captain Zhi Su setting the minimum price for purchase and the maximum price for sale, the profit margin of businessmen can be limited."

"Businessmen can't make too much profit, they are equivalent to farmers, and they won't be overly oppressed and plundered by businessmen."

"But even so, even if the profit is meager, merchants will still do food business."

"—Because they don't do grain business, the granaries they built will be completely useless."

"In other words: To govern Su Duwei, there is no need to actually buy or sell grain;"

"Just post a notice of 'how much to buy grain' and 'how much to sell grain' to stabilize the price of grain in Guanzhong."

"Of course, if you don't have enough money in the house, you have to store enough food, just in case..."

After a long and eloquent speech, Liu Sheng finally dragged the bamboo slips in his arms, which had been prepared a long time ago and even had been read by Tian Ziqi, to him again.

"The specific details are all on this scroll of bamboo slips."

"Please take a look, Father..."

Following Liu Sheng's last words, all the officials in the palace who had held their breath and listened carefully to Liu Sheng's words before finally took a deep breath.

The courtiers and officials who wrote the records also stopped their actions and fell into a long period of thinking.

And on the imperial couch, Emperor Qi finally gave Liu Sheng a playful smile...

"Governing Su Duwei is a position I temporarily set up in order to stabilize grain prices."

"Now that food prices have stabilized, according to the usual practice, Captain Zhisu should be dismissed."

"But the Ninth Prince, what you said makes a lot of sense."

"—Stabilizing food prices is not just something that needs to be done this year, but something that my Han family needs to persevere in every year in the future, and even every future king."

"If one Commander Su can stabilize food prices for a long time, then there is no reason for me to reject the proposal of the ninth son of the emperor and insist on abolishing Captain Su."

"As for Lieutenant Zhisu, he is also an official of the Shaofu, so he doesn't need to vote for the third reading..."

Having said that, Tianzi Qi slowly got up from the couch, put his hands behind his back, and then walked forward a little.

As the emperor got up, the hundreds of officials and princes sitting on both sides of the hall also set off in order, facing the emperor and bowing down.

"Just do what the Ninth Prince said."

"——Lieutenant Zhisu, don't give up for now."

"There is a secretary in the court, so you don't have to worry about the food anymore, just make preparations for the Jitian Grand Ceremony."

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"Jitian Dadian, the nine sons of the emperor will accompany you."

The expected concluding speech naturally made all the officials and officials in the palace bow down.

"Your Majesty, please obey your Majesty's edict~"

"Congratulations to Your Majesty~"

All the officials in the hall bowed in unison, Tianzi Qi nodded slightly, and then turned sideways.

Just as he was about to walk towards the apse, he heard Liu Sheng's already somewhat hoarse male-duck voice that was unique to teenagers coming from behind him.

"My son wins, I would like to play!"

There was a loud cry without any warning, causing everyone at the side of the hall to lower their heads and look at the center of the hall full of doubts;
Even Tianzi Qi, after turning around, looked at Liu Sheng rather strangely.

It was under the watchful eyes of the emperor and ministers of the Han family that Liu Sheng suddenly fell to his knees!
"My son wins, and there is a seal of impeachment!"

"I'm impeaching Wuyang Marquis Fanshi, who has no ability to bear children!"

"—Hou Shizi Fan Taguang, the wife of a man from Fan City committed adultery with his younger brother, the result of adultery!"

"People in Fan City are unable to have children, so they condone and even instruct their younger brothers to commit adultery with their wives!"

"My younger brother and his wife gave birth to a son, but the people of Fan City lied that he was the son of him, and in the end, he got to be the son of Marquis Wuyang!"

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"According to the laws of my Han family, the son of the Hou family, Fan Taguang, should be reduced to a common man!"

"The Marquis of Wuyang should be deposed!!"

"——Wuyang Hou Fan City people, bullying the king, treacherous, disrespectful!!!"

"—On the crime, cut the market at the waist!!!!!!"

　done~
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　　good night, everyone
　　
　
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