I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 251
The imperial edict was issued, and Changping warehouses were opened to sell grain in Gyeonggi-do, Gyeongzhaofu, and Hebei-do.

According to the number of small mouths, each household can buy no more than one month's ration of grain at a price of [-] yuan per bucket.

To buy cheap food, one must first go through Lifang and obtain the county government's official bond... The purpose is to avoid fraud and impostors.

At the same time, Yushitai will inspect the sale of cheap grain in the three places.

In addition, the Investigation Department of the Imperial City Department is also operating in three places.

"Isn't this nonsense?"

When Han Qi received the imperial edict, his first feeling was that he was messing around.

This is not the first time that Guochao has experienced such a disaster, but it is the first time that Guochao has opened the Changping warehouse in such a hurry.

How much grain reserves does Changping warehouse have?Not to mention Han Qi, it should be said that the merchants and landlords of the Guochao, no one knows.

At most, it will support the cost of three to five months.Even if it is matched with the food stored in Dinghu's family, how can they survive the drought that may last a whole year?

This is not giving out porridge, and it is not letting go to make the people feel miserable, but using food to calm people's hearts in place?Easier said than done!

In this way, the final result is that when the normal warehouse is close to being cleared, the price of grain will soar to an unimaginable level.

Why did the court make such a decision?
"Duanyan, have you ever heard of something rare in Bianliang?"

Fu Bi and Fu Yanguo are in the court, and the key is the monstrous prince. Han Qi feels that the court should not be so hasty.

Some news, the report may not be true.

"Go back to Dad, my son heard that the rich minister asked himself to play the right after the early court. No one else was involved. After the rich made the right, the imperial court issued an edict."

"On the day of the duet, the rich man stayed in the palace until he was released from the government..."

Please play right?If there are no other accidents during the period, Fu Yanguo will never agree to open the regular position.

"Ask you if you have heard of rare things. Who told you to criticize your husband's behavior?"

Aren't you just wondering about the imperial edict?I told you, and blame me for criticizing Mr. Fu?When you said it just now, why didn't you stop drinking?

Han Duanyan is also helpless.

Eldest brother Enyin won the official position and passed the Jinshi examination.

Originally, I could also get an official by relying on my father, but my father has left the court...

"By the way, Daddy, my son heard people say that the track planned by His Royal Highness has passed, and it continues day and night."

"Day and night?"

"Well, the rumors are so. Rumors say that when the rail carriage is running, there are cover lights on the front and rear of the carriage, which can be seen even in the middle of the night."

Day and night... Han Qi seems to have captured something.

He waved his hand, ready to let his son go out, so he could rationalize his thoughts...

"Wait, come back! You can go to Xiangzhou and pass on my words. Let the family sell grain at the price of Changping warehouse grain!"

Han Qi suddenly remembered the incident with the new coins. It was obvious that His Royal Highness was planning to repeat the old trick again.

Even in court, not many people paid attention to the matter of the track.

Even though His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mentioned it in the court, not many people could still remember it after a few years.

It's just that his family, or other ministers' families, are concerned about this because they are related to some of His Royal Highness's business, and His Royal Highness sent someone to ask about their involvement in the track.

Day and night, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once said that the rail carriages are three to five times that of the emperor's carriages, and Han Qi can almost estimate the daily transportation volume.

If all that is transported is grain...

Han Qi knew that His Highness the Crown Prince had spread a large area of ​​origin in Guangdong and Guangxi during his southern expedition. From the time the new coins were minted, he knew that His Highness the Crown Prince had another delivery channel.

In other words, His Royal Highness is stockpiling again, just waiting for a moment to deal a blow to those who hoard food.

Not everyone is Han Qi, and not everyone knows His Highness the Crown Prince.

"The Changping warehouse is open..."

"How long can the imperial court's food reserves last? It's nothing more than March and May. Now the three places are in severe drought. Even if there is rain from the sky, this year's harvest is already complete."

"How much food can those bitter people have? Don't panic! Now Changping warehouse sells rice at a low price, even people with a little storage will consider Changping warehouse to buy rice..."

"Can we also go to Changping to buy rice?"

"The imperial edict is based on Dingkou, and we are also the people of Song Dynasty, so we can get it naturally!"

Indeed, this is not within the scope of Killing Unforgiven. Even if the Imperial City Secretary finds out, the court will not be able to convict him.

Whether in Gyeonggi-do, Kaifeng Prefecture, or Jingzhaofu on Jingxi Road, or Hebei Province, different people are doing different things.

All are moving around food prices.

No one expected that the first one to raise the butcher knife would be Wu Kui and Wu Zifang from Kaifeng Mansion.

And the one who was beheaded was an official in Changpingcang, and he was also an official with a civil official title.

Wu Kui didn't understand His Royal Highness' plan, but he has been paying attention to the matter of selling grain at a low price during this time.

It has been more than a month since the Changping warehouse sold grain at a flat price.Although the price of rice from grain merchants has fallen much, it has not risen at all, and is basically stable at less than [-] yuan per bucket.

Even some grain merchants will lower the price of rice on the day when grain is delivered from the Changping warehouse.

Things seem to be improving.

In fact, everyone knows that if everyone is united, all the grain merchants in Bianliang will be able to survive the severe drought at a stable price.

But no!The imperial court cannot arbitrarily interfere with grain merchants... The key is that it is impossible for the imperial court to intervene in the issue of grain prices.

Wu Kui believes that the purpose of the imperial decree is to stabilize the price of grain at an acceptable price based on the parity price of Changping warehouse.

And the officials of Changping warehouse in Kaifeng Prefecture know the grain reserves of Changping warehouse best.

After more than a month of selling grain at a fair price, although there is still grain in the Changping warehouse, he knows that he will definitely not be able to withstand this disaster year.

Therefore, he actually added sand to the grain stored in the Changping warehouse, and at the same time sold the surplus grain obtained by this method to grain merchants privately!

The grain in the Changping warehouse is not fine grain, more or less sand, it really doesn't matter to the people who can buy grain at a cheap price.

As if this should be the case.Little did he know that all his actions were in the eyes of the investigation department.

Now the matter of food is the biggest matter of the imperial court.

When the report was delivered to Kaifeng Mansion, Wu Kui, who had the right to know Kaifeng Mansion, executed the official without hesitation.

Beheading the officials seems to be able to kill chickens and monkeys.

Unfortunately, things backfired. After beheading the official, word spread throughout Bianliang... The food in the Changping warehouse is no longer enough to support such a cheap sale of food, which is also the reason why the official is full of private pockets.

Then... the price of food in Bianliang rose accordingly!

On the second day after beheading the officials, the price of rice in Bianliang directly rose to 150 Wen per bucket.

There are rumors that the official was questioned for exposing the amount of grain stored in Changping warehouse.

There are also rumors that the official sold the Changping warehouse grain to the grain merchant in collaboration with the grain merchant, so that there was no more grain in the Changping warehouse for the court to sell grain at a fair price.

No matter what, they all have the same meaning, that is: there is not much surplus food in Changping warehouse, and the court is just trying to cover it up.

(End of this chapter)