A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 666: Seeing him entertaining guests, seeing him building a tall building

Li Shimin didn't like these insects at all, and almost all of them were involved in this hoarding incident.

It’s just that some people participate more and some participate less.

They had not committed a crime. The Tang Law had not yet been repaired, and it did not stipulate that hoarding goods and living in strange places was a major crime. Even if there was this crime, almost the entire Guanlong noble class was involved, and it was impossible for him to kill all the people. killed.

This is what they rely on.

But what they didn't know was that although the emperor didn't kill them all, the Wang family could bankrupt them.

Without money, food and land, can these Guanlong military aristocrats still be regarded as Guanlong aristocrats?

Without money and food to unite people's hearts, his power will soon evaporate.

Li Shimin led his ministers on an eastward tour. To be honest, Luoyang's geographical location was more suitable as an imperial capital than Chang'an because of its convenient transportation.

However, it is easier for Chang'an to control the Western Region. At the same time, as long as the four fortresses are defended here, the security level is much higher than that of Luoyang.

The next day, before dawn, the Mingde Gate opened wide. Grain trucks were transported in from outside the city. Tens of thousands of grains entered the city, which quickly attracted everyone's attention.

At this time, the most prosperous restaurant in Changlefang was overcrowded and crowded.

Queen Changsun felt very distressed when she looked at the memorial that was like a hill.

Chang'an City, Changlefang, is the most famous treasury in Chang'an City. Whether you are a powerful person or a scholar from all over the country, you will definitely come here to enjoy it as long as you come to Chang'an.

Although there was a severe drought in Guanzhong and Hebei, there were still many things in the world that needed to be handled by him, especially the implementation of the New Deal. After Wang Xuanjing left, a lot of things needed to be handled by him.

The curfew in Chang'an City only prohibits ordinary people. As nobles, they can naturally enjoy it as they please.

He didn't take the imperial court seriously at all.

Sure enough, the court soon announced that people could buy a dou of rice at a price of seventy dou of rice.

"The soaring price of food is due to the severe drought in the north and the poor water transportation. It is not our fault!"

"Be low-key. Even if the law does not punish everyone, if you jump too high, there is no guarantee that the court will not use you to scare the monkeys!" Another person next to him said. The man's surname was Zhao, and he belonged to the Guanlong clan.

In addition to these people, Chen and others also catered to her.

"Hey, the court has no rules against hoarding goods and living alone. What's more, even if you kill me, can you produce food?"

His family had a large amount of land. When Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian successfully usurped the throne, they were all supporters.

Another businessman surnamed Yu said with a smile: "Killing you can give an explanation to the people. As for whether there is food, let's talk about it later."

At this time, Changle Square was very hot, filled with the fragrance of powder, people were drinking wine, talking and laughing, and it was very lively.

"There is a severe drought in Guanzhong and the price of food is sky-high. What if Your Majesty knows that we are making a fortune here?" One of them laughed.

Everyone who got the news sneered: "The imperial court still wants to use this method to control the price of food. It's just tens of thousands of dan of food, but we will feed it to him directly."

"There is news from the government that each person is limited to buying one dou. If you want to buy more, it will cost you one thousand dou of rice."

"A thousand dollars is a thousand dollars, I don't believe the imperial court can produce food!" "Yes, eat them all!"

"The imperial court only has this little food in its hands. If we eat it, we have the final say!"

Everyone shouted, these can be said to be the richest people in Guanzhong and Hebei, and they easily divided up the tens of thousands of stones of food.

Wang Xuanjing finished reviewing the official document and handed it to the messenger next to him to deliver it to the emperor. Then he picked up the news from Chang'an City and read it.

Wang Xuanjing sold most of the grain from the imperial court, and most of the people purchased grain at low prices.

The remaining food was eaten by the nobles and powerful men.

Wang Xuanjing looked at it briefly, and then asked the person next to him: "How many coins does the Mint have now?"

"In the past few months, the Mint Supervisor has not issued coins, and now it has deposited 1.5 million coins." This money is not only from Guanzhong, but also money shipped from Longxi and Hebei Mint Supervisors. It was originally intended to make Chang'an and Luoyang prosperous as soon as possible.

As a result, there was a severe drought and basically no money was released.

Wang Xuanjing said with a smile: "You go to Li Shentong and ask Li Shentong to come forward and lend the money. Whether it is land, manor, gold, silver and other metals, cloth, etc., it can be mortgaged. The interest will be calculated at two cents."

"Third brother, isn't the two-cent interest rate a bit low?" Wang Xuanhe asked.

"Two cents interest is not low!" Wang Xuanjing shook his head slightly. He was not a loan shark, but he had never thought about those people being able to pay back the money.

As for defaulting on the debt, Li Shentong is the king of the clan, and with the support of the imperial court, who would dare to default on the debt?

"Okay, let's just calculate it like this. Fields, real estate estates, workshops, mines, etc. can all be mortgaged. Anyway, they won't be able to pay it back by then!"

Wang Xuanjing sneered. Don’t you want to make a fortune? I will let you send it and give you a chance to see if you can catch this overwhelming wealth!
As for running away with money, there are four obstacles in this level, where are you going?

Wang Xuanhe thought for a moment and found that it was indeed the case, so he took some of the money and even the money from the imperial treasury and used it for loans.

The next day, everyone in Changlefang immediately knew that Zong Wang Li Shentong had a lot of money to lend.

Everyone who got the news was not surprised at all. In their opinion, Li Shentong was not the owner of the money. The money should have been collected by the royal family and they wanted a share of the pie.

They don't care about this at all. Moreover, this money is only two-cent profit, so just give them some money when the time comes. And with the addition of the Zong Wangmen, how will the emperor do anything then? Their safety was further enhanced.

At the same time, a large amount of grain was transported into the city today, and the imperial court began to release a large amount of grain. This time, batches of tens of thousands of stones of grain were released.

Soon the price of grain began to drop from one thousand shi per meter to five hundred shi per meter. After receiving the news, everyone immediately sent people to sweep away the grain.

The price of food quickly rose again, and the court even shipped tens of thousands more grains and grass, but after they were released, it was like a stone sinking into the sea without any ripples.

Wang Xuanjing didn't pay attention to these at all. How much food did he have?
I will put in as much as you can eat. Eat a lot and be full.

So in the eyes of those people, they felt that the imperial court released batches of grain because there was not much food and they were eager to bring down the price of food.

A large amount of food was released, and those people knew that the court's food could not be left on the market, so they joined forces to keep eating.

The imperial court released 300,000 shi of grain, but food was still hard to come by in Chang'an City.

(End of this chapter)