Datang: I am so happy to marry a disfigured princess!

Chapter 113 Business with aristocratic families

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In the system space, a screw appeared out of thin air
Lin Heng almost scolded his mother in front of Li Shimin. He could make this screw by himself. He thought it was such a high-end thing!
But now that there is a beginning, it means that Li Ningxi's appearance is expected to be restored, but it is just a matter of time.

Now, the most important thing is naturally the victims of the disaster in the north.

He is not a fool. He will never easily agree to provide disaster relief without Li Shimin's consent. After all, this matter is of great importance.

But now, since Li Shimin has agreed to these conditions, he has no worries.

Using Shang to provide relief is a very cruel thing, and it is almost destined to be stigmatized. But facing the people in the north, he, who has been a rural person since he was a child, cannot ignore it.

And if we want to do it, we must do our best. As long as we can control food prices, we can really save a lot of people from dying.

Lin Heng then suggested to Li Shimin that he needed someone to put forward his opinion on this matter. This person must be a high-ranking person in the government and the opposition and would never be overthrown. In this way, Li Shimin would not be burdened in some aspects. infamy.

Several people immediately appeared in Li Shimin's mind, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, but considering the relationship between Lin Heng and Changsun Wuji, he chose Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling quickly responded to the summons. After saluting, he asked: "Your Majesty, are you asking me to come here to discuss disaster relief?"

Lin Heng explained the plan just now to Fang Xuanling.

The old man's eyes suddenly widened, his expression was astonished, and he took a few steps back uncontrollably.

"Your Majesty, this matter may shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Shimin said solemnly: "If all the people starve to death, then it will truly shake the foundation of our country, the Tang Dynasty!"

Since Li Shimin had agreed to Lin Heng, he must have agreed with Lin Heng's point of view at this time, so asking Fang Xuanling to come was not to ask him whether this matter was right or wrong, but to ask him to implement it.

Fang Xuanling was silent for a moment, but also saw Li Shimin's intention, and immediately bowed and said: "Wei Chen thinks that this plan may alleviate the price of food in the north, but where should this food come from?"

Lin Heng said: "Those who have the most grain reserves are undoubtedly the bureaucrats, powerful families, and landlords. I will persuade the people from the noble families to sell grain, and the others will have to rely on the housing minister."

Fang Xuanling has been in charge of the court for many years and has always been the number one civil servant. He has a wide range of contacts. By relying on him and his power, he will definitely be able to get a lot of food.

But these bureaucrats must be inextricably linked to the local area. They must be aware of the food price issue and can get it, but not too much.

Fang Xuanling thought for a moment, then looked solemn: "I'll leave this matter to my husband, Prince Consort Lin. How many stones of grain are needed to really bring down the price of grain in the north?"

Lin Heng was silent for a moment: "If we want to really lower the price of grain, it will cost at least 50 dan. This is still a conservative figure. If we want to control the price of grain to around 80 dan, [-] dan is definitely enough."

"Okay, I'll mobilize as many people as possible to bring out the food. It's all for sale anyway, so they have to make a lot of money!"

After saying that, Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly: "It is unprecedented for the imperial court to open up transportation resources and allow merchants to sell grain. If something goes wrong, I'm afraid the historian will not be merciful."

Lin Heng did not pay attention to Fang Xuanling's complaints, but said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty and the Prime Minister, please don't leak out today's matter easily, even to the closest people. No one in the court can see it. Only people in the north can't see it, otherwise it will be difficult to keep food prices down."

In the court, there was movement soon.

In court the next day, Fang Xuanling directly denounced the current situation, saying that there was no grain to sell in the north, and that wealthy landowners in Chang'an and Jiangnan should be mobilized to sell grain. Under no circumstances should there be no grain there.

For such large-scale long-distance transportation, the losses are huge, and absolutely no merchant is willing to agree to it.

Immediately, Fang Xuanling proposed that court resources should be used to open water and land routes to encourage merchants to sell grain and provide support.When Changsun Wuji heard this, he was immediately stunned. If Ma Zhou had said this, he would not have heard a word of it, but it turned out to be Fang Xuanling!
To put it nicely, this is called cooperation between officials and businessmen, but to put it worse, it is collusion between officials and businessmen to benefit the world. Moreover, business has always been looked down upon by everyone in the court, including Fang Xuanling, who himself was not optimistic about business.

But he actually said these words today?

In the court hall, there was a burst of curses, scolding Fang Xuanling for colluding with merchants to harm the Tang Dynasty.

Everything was suppressed because Li Shimin agreed
This is almost just a breakthrough for the entire disaster relief plan. The anger of the officials in the court is enough to know that this matter will not be easy.

And everything has just begun.

Lin Heng came to visit the Cui family.

When Cui Hong learned about it, he immediately welcomed him warmly and couldn't hide his excitement.

"Consort Lin, you're fine. How are you doing?"

Lin Heng smiled and nodded: "Mr. Cui is as good as ever."

Cui Hongxiao narrowed his eyes and went straight to the point: "Lin Consort, I wonder if you are here today because of the Liulic Pavilion?"

Lin Heng said with a smile: "Mr. Cui can think that, in addition, he also wants to do a business with the family."

Upon hearing this, Cui Hong suddenly became interested, but he was also guessing Lin Heng's intention.

He had obviously been rejected by Lin Heng when he went to visit him before. Now when he was thinking about how to get close to Lin Heng, he actually came to his door.

bother you for something.

Therefore, Cui Hong's attitude is relatively ambiguous.

"Consort Lin, I wonder what kind of business this is?"

"Does Mr. Cui know about the famine in the north?"

Cui Hong nodded, obviously knowing that other forces were already vying to make profits in the local area, but because the family was too big and was being closely watched, they never dared to do anything out of the ordinary for fear of being caught by Li Shimin. Got the handle.

Compared to aristocratic families, those bureaucrats can only do so much. They have connections from top to bottom, and they are self-defeating. They can earn more money than others can imagine.

When he thought of this, Cui Hong felt a little regretful that he had missed a good opportunity!

Lin Heng continued: "There is a shortage in Shandong. The price of food that usually costs fifty or sixty cents per stone has now increased to five or six hundred cents. The price is even rising. Mr. Cui doesn't want to interfere?"

When Cui Hong heard this, he immediately shook his head: "The Cui family wouldn't think so. Raising prices is a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan. If I sell the grain to where, is it actually encouraging this behavior?"

Lin Heng smiled. Of course he knew that the noble family wouldn't be so kind, just because they couldn't take action.

Otherwise, if they can make money, they will be scarier than anyone else.

Cui Hong looked at Zhao Heng. As His Majesty's consort, could it be that he was sent by His Majesty to inquire about their information?
Anyway, they haven't taken action during this period. They are not afraid of their shadows being distorted, so what are they worried about?
Then Lin Heng's words immediately stunned him.

"Then if it is possible, does the family have the idea of ​​selling grain? His Majesty will not even blame it, but will even reward it?"

Cui Hong's expression suddenly became solemn and he stared at Lin Heng.

"Is this true?"

(End of this chapter)