Taking the warehouse back to Datang, Li Erle felt numb

Chapter 82 If you solve the problem, you can become an official. Where is the recommendation?
Chu Liang nodded.

"Recently, hundreds of thousands of victims from Shandong have moved south to Jiangnan and Chang'an."

"Your Majesty has a decree, and you must not block it. Let the victims pass through the border. And when passing by the government, you must provide relief and do not neglect it."

Lin Heng said with emotion: "Your Majesty's thoughts are still on the people."

Although this seems to be intentional.

After all, the current Majesty, Li Shimin, was not in the right position. In the feudal era, this was something that would be poked in the spine for a lifetime.

But Li Shimin is very different.

His literary and martial arts skills are considered to be extremely extraordinary among the emperors of the past dynasties. He also encouraged people's livelihood and made the officials clear and clear, so that the people had a chance to breathe.

It was the more than twenty years of rule that made the Tang Dynasty's national power stronger and stronger, and led to the development of the Tang Dynasty's national power to its peak in the following decades.

However, even such a person is also faced with the problem of improper position. Naturally, he has to do many things that other emperors cannot do.

Paying attention to the people is naturally one of them. This is a good thing for the people to remember Li Shimin.

The old man nodded.

"exactly."

"But now there is a problem, that is, the food and money saved by the Ministry of Revenue are simply not enough to sustain such a large number of victims. Your Majesty has also been worried about these people during this period."

Lin Heng asked in confusion: "So the opportunity that Bachelor Chu just mentioned is here?"

Chu Liang smiled.

"Did you know that there is a man named Ma Zhou in the court?"

"This person is just like you, or even inferior to you in some aspects. He comes from a humble background, but his talents are extraordinary. He became an official in the court only after being recommended."

"But this person's insights are particularly outstanding, and the provincial majesty appreciates him. He even gave him special permission to enter and leave the palace at will."

"It was this person who came up with an idea to help the victims."

There were hundreds of thousands of victims. Even if the local government intercepted some of them, there should not be too few people arriving in Chang'an.

There are at least about [-] in number.

Such a large amount means a lot of food is spent every day.

Therefore, Lin Heng couldn't help but be curious.

After all, he knew this man named Ma Zhou quite well.

Coming from a humble background, but being able to step by step across social strata by relying on one's own abilities, that is something extraordinary, and it can be considered a cool plot.

"How did Ma Zhou do it?"

Chu Liang immediately stated:
“This person shows that if we want to solve the problems of the victims, we must use business!”

"In the Tang Dynasty, businessmen are often the meanest. Of course, Xiaoyou Lin, I'm not talking about you."

Lin Heng nodded and didn't care.

He continued: "Businessmen are not eligible to participate in the imperial examination. People from merchant families cannot participate in the imperial examination for generations. This is the rule of the Tang Dynasty."

"Ma Zhou thought that although businessmen were despicable and only interested in profit, they could still make money, and many businessmen did not have official backgrounds to rely on themselves. After making enough money, they actually wanted to be officials. ”

"But the Tang Dynasty didn't give them the qualifications and channels to become officials!"

"Ma Zhou thought that he could get money from them and give them a way to become an official."

"If you want to be an official, you must take the imperial examination. As long as you spend food and money, you can get a place in the imperial examination!"

After hearing this, Lin Heng roughly understood.

After all, in this era, imperial examination quotas were too precious. He was able to participate in the imperial examination simply because he was Lin Tangqing's son, and he was considered a scholar.

Ordinary civilians are not eligible to participate in the imperial examination unless they can be recommended.

Therefore, the aristocratic family is as comfortable as a fish in water in the officialdom.

"What does Bachelor Chu mean by asking me to donate money and food to gain His Majesty's appreciation?" This method.
It's a bit of a bullshit.

People are talking about getting the right to take the imperial examination, but not the right to be an official?

Chu Liang smiled: "Of course not. Do you think this can really solve the problems of the victims?"

"Can't solve it?"

Chu Liang sighed: "How can it be so easy?"

"Not to mention, businessmen generally rarely study, and they only pave the way for the younger generations in the family."

"Let me just talk about one thing, how much do you need to donate, and how much grain can you get to get the right to this imperial examination? Will buying grains for donation lead to an increase in the price of grains? For example, if you start with [-] guan, you can buy [-] guan and save [-] guan. It’s food for one person, but when the grain dealer saw this situation, the one hundred dollars turned out to be enough to buy only one hundred people’s food.”

"It has shrunk ten times. Does that mean the effect has also shrunk ten times?"

Lin Heng thought for a while.

"This matter should be solved through methods. For example, setting up regulations from the beginning. What is needed for disaster relief is food. Wouldn't it be enough to just set up donating food?"

Chu Liang shook his head again: "It's still about the price of food. His Majesty has also been considering whether to do this recently, because once he does it, the price of food in Chang'an will rise rapidly, and food from all over the country will flow into Chang'an. Then we’ll raise the price together.”

"So what does Bachelor Chu mean?"

Chu Liang chuckled.

"If someone can come up with a way to solve this problem, that would be a great achievement."

"Being an official is easy."

Lin Heng suddenly realized.

"I see, but this matter doesn't seem to be simple."

"Of course it's not simple. I've been thinking about this too recently. Didn't I just meet you some time ago?"

"Your Baobao Pavilion, as well as low-priced paper, coupled with the current attitude of the aristocratic family towards you, are enough to show that you are not simple, so I am telling you this."

There was some emotion on the old man's face.

"After all, Your Majesty has said so. The victims have arrived outside Chang'an City, and there is a large area of ​​Wuyang. I don't want to see so many people starving to death like this. If there is a chance to solve it, I am still willing."

Lin Heng smiled: "No wonder Bachelor Chu came to see me, so I will keep this in mind."

"If you really have an idea, come and discuss it with Bachelor Chu."

Chu Liang smiled and nodded.

After leaving Chu Mansion, Lin Heng was also thinking about this matter.

Chang'an City is as prosperous as ever.

There was no sign of any damage at all.

Maybe if Chu Liang hadn't told him about this matter, he wouldn't have noticed that behind the prosperous Tang Dynasty, there were still so many people who didn't have enough to eat.

It has just passed the early years of Zhenguan and is still developing, but Datang will definitely get better and better within a hundred years.

Can you become an official if you solve this problem?

This is true, after all, one hundred thousand disaster victims is not a small number.

This thing, unless a large-scale move of food from warehouses is carried out for disaster relief, there is no way to save it.

But if you do this, let alone whether you will be discovered. Just the ratio of rewards and gains is too different.

He is not a Holy Mother and will have compassion, but this compassion must be within the scope of his ability to bear.

If you do otherwise, there is something wrong with your brain.

Forget it, just keep this matter in mind for now. If you have the chance, do your part if you can.

Yep, that guy Chu Suiliang even said he would recommend me, so he knew it wasn't that simple.

(End of this chapter)