"While it's still early for the autumn harvest, he raises the price of food and then encloses the land??"
"Is Liang Xiao still a human being? Can he live up to the expectations of the people of Yanzhou!"
The first to react fiercely were the scholars of Yanzhou Academy.
This time the crowd was furious, even more so than Liang Xiao's killing of Gong Yang Lei.
They have found the best reason to attack Liang Xiao.
Infringe on the people!
Dongye Xuanji is getting more and more difficult at home.
"He raised the price of food. I can understand that he did it as a last resort."
"But he took this opportunity to release news and announced that he was planning to acquire the land. This intention... is already obvious favoritism, right?"
Higashino Hongji was speechless when faced with his brother's barrage of questions.
"Anyway, let's leave it alone and trust dad's judgment!"
Dongye Luoyue on the side sneered: "Grandpa is over eighty years old, and there will always be times when he is confused! If you listen to grandpa in everything, how will you and my father support this family in the future!"
Before Dongye Hongji could speak, Dongye Xuanji scolded him angrily.
"Why are you talking to your uncle!"
Dongye Luoyue hummed and said: "Who asked my uncle to keep defending Liang Xiao? Should I, my niece, or Liang Xiao kiss him?"
Dongye Xuanji was also speechless.
Now he faced a dilemma.
Liang Xiao's approach of raising the price to enclose the land was already unfair.
"Talk to him for your father's sake!"
Seeing this, Dongye Hongji stood up and said, "I'll go with you."
Dongye Luoyue choked and said: "You are just going to be angry, he will only fool you again and again!"
Liang Xiao, who was in the prefect's mansion, heard that the two heroes of the Dongye clan were visiting, so he put down the official documents at hand and arranged to receive them in the hall.
"Marquis Lanling, our family admires your determination to come to Yanzhou to do things, and has cooperated with you quite a lot. The grain has also been sold to the government at a price of sixty coins and one stone."
"But after you harvested the grain, you raised the price and enclosed the land. Is this unfair?"
In the hall, Dongye Xuanji finally expressed his dissatisfaction to Liang Xiao, while looking at Liang Xiao with disappointment in his eyes.
The young man in front of me is only eighteen years old after all!
Yanzhou is the hometown of the Dongye clan. If there is chaos here, the Dongye clan will become a rootless duckweed.
We really can't let him do whatever he wants!
Liang Xiao just took his time and asked: "Tell me, Master Dongye, if I don't come to Yanzhou and Yanzhou is still governed by Mr. Dongye, how will the city develop? Is it difficult to increase the salary to four hundred coins and one stone?" Now, I only carry eighty cents and one stone, which is still far away from four hundred cents and one stone."
Dongye Hongji was stunned and laughed dryly: "This..."
Dongye Xuanji glanced at Liang Xiao with dissatisfaction: "My younger brother has tried his best, and he is the most supportive person in the entire Dongye clan. You don't have to put the responsibility on him, right? In this way, wouldn't it make younger brother and even the entire Is Higashino’s heart cold?”
"Mr. Dongye is trying his best. Of course I know that. He is just discussing the matter." Liang Xiao looked serious.
Dongye Hongji said with interest, "Brother, Governor Liang is only dealing with the situation and not the person. What he means is, what will happen to Yanzhou if it maintains its original governance?"
Dongye Xuanji fell into silence.
"Even if Mr. Dongye is replaced by someone else, if certain changes are not made, will Yanzhou be able to avoid soaring food prices, population loss, and barren land?" Liang Xiao said in a deep voice.
"Even so, you can't do it so blatantly, right?" Higashino frowned.
The brother beside him shook his head and winked at him frequently, but he turned a blind eye.
His family is the Dongye family, which was once a prominent family, even above the Duanmu family.
Why should you bow to a young man who prepares food for the common people?
Liang Xiao said:
"Not long after I came to Yanzhou, I issued a decree and acted vigorously and resolutely. I punished the bullies and improved the public order in Yanzhou. Don't I, Liang Xiao, have no common people in my heart?"
"It wasn't like there was a bad harvest last year. The famine was clearly caused by the evacuation of the rice merchants. Millions of dan of grain were evacuated at the drop of a hat! Head of the Higashino family, did you blame the rice merchants?"
Dongye Xuanji was stunned and said: "No!"
"Then if you don't accuse the source, why do you accuse me?" Liang Xiao asked.
Dongye Xuanji was speechless.
Liang Xiao seems to be right.
Dongye Hongji quickly smoothed things over and said: "Brother, what Grand Administrator Liang means is that the current shortage of food is just because the rice is in the hands of those rice merchants. The court cannot be punished unless it is a last resort. After all, we have all been officials and have managed food. You know, when food is transported from other places or even from the south, the consumption and shipping costs are immeasurable!"
Liang Xiao then nodded and praised: "Mr. Dongye has seen clearly."
"But, how do you stop everyone from saying anything?" Higashino Xuanji asked bravely.
"Why do you want to block everyone's mouth?" Liang Xiao asked back.
Dongye Xuanji was confused again.
"Marquis Lanling, you don't care about your reputation so much?"
Liang Xiao smiled and said: "I only want to see whether the people's livelihood in Yanzhou can be improved. Is the temporary reputation that important?"
Dongye Xuanji's expression softened slightly and he cupped his hands and said, "Then please give me some advice from Marquis Lanling!"
Liang Xiao said: "Master Dongye, my plan, Liang Xiao, must be kept secret. It is really inconvenient to reveal it."
The brothers looked depressed.
One black and one white, they were enough for Liang Xiao to get down the stairs.
Liang Xiao is so disrespectful?
Unexpectedly, Liang Xiao changed the subject and added: "But I promise you that within half a year, this man-made food shortage will be solved."
Both brothers looked disbelieving.
The initiative lies in the hands of those rice merchants who have withdrawn. Even the Higashino family was caught off guard by their rush to buy this year!
What can Liang Xiao do?
The county magistrate Qin Baili watched from the beginning to the end and finally spoke: "What you two adults are worried about is whether the people of Yanzhou will suffer. If Marquis Lanling just wants to gain political qualifications for himself, why go to the north? Where is the situation? Everyone cares about the people in their hearts!"
The brothers felt a lot more comfortable.
"It turns out that Marquis Lanling has a deep meaning, it's us who are shallow! It's our turn to cooperate with you, and the Dongye clan has also cooperated. I hope the people of Yanzhou can overcome the difficulties! I'll say goodbye!"
When Higashino Xuanji stood up to say goodbye, he emphasized the word "common people".
Liang Xiao hurriedly said: "I am very grateful to you two for your cooperation, but after I ask you to go back, you will only claim that negotiations with me have been fruitless. Food prices should go up and they will go up. Land should be bought and sold. You should be angry. angry."
The brothers were confused again.
But considering that they were no longer in Yanzhou's management, the brothers had no choice but to agree.
Back home, even Higashino Hiroki couldn't help but ask: "Brother, what on earth is he doing?"
Dongye Xuanji said helplessly: "Go and ask dad for his opinion!"
Half a day later, Dongye Luoyue looked at Dongye Xuanji with an angry look on his face and couldn't help but feel proud.
"I told you earlier! You are just humiliating yourself by going to him! He is so young and still young, how can he pretend to be the people of Yanzhou in his heart?"
"In the end, he is not like the group of people that uncle said, preying on the common people and taking plunder by force!"
Considering his promise to Liang Xiao, Dongye Xuanji did not refute, but said impatiently: "You have continued to be grounded recently."
Dongye Luoyue cried angrily.
The news about the fruitless negotiations between the Dongye clan and Liang Xiao also spread.
For a time, the people of Yanzhou were filled with complaints.
