Although he is not as funny as Dongfang Shuo, Zhu Fuyan is still a wonderful person.
After sitting down, he was not polite about eating and drinking, and even thought of asking the waiter to bring him another bottle of wine.
Li Yunze can be said to be very kind when it comes to treating courtiers with good moral character.
You must know that Emperor Jing killed his important minister Chao Cuo in order to throw away the blame for cutting the feudal vassal.
As for Emperor Wu, there is no need to say more. The number of ministers who were beheaded by Emperor Wu can be said to be huge.
In Li Yunze's case, although countless officials, including the emperor's relatives and ministers of civil and military affairs, were killed, they were definitely not killed indiscriminately, and they were all worthy of death.
Just like the hoarding prince Qinghe was not harmed, he was fine during the period of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, and even died well during the period of Emperor Wu.
But Li Yunze wanted to kill him because he had harmed the interests of the people.
Throughout the ages, Zhu Chongba was probably the only emperor who put the interests of the people first.
The master's father Yan didn't need to worry about any royal etiquette. He was sincerely burping after eating and drinking, and then he was satisfied and let the servants clean up the cases.
After drinking a cup of green wine and gargling his mouth, Master Yan saluted Li Yunze and asked, "Your Majesty, how do you plan to arrange food?"
He was a smart man, and he understood Li Yunze's meaning from Zhang Tang's message. The emperor had already made arrangements and plans.
"Cheap grain hurts the farmers, and expensive grain hurts the people. Whether it's a good harvest or a poor harvest, it's not a good thing."
Li Yunze put down the wine glass in his hand, looked at his father Yan and said, "Do you have any good ideas about this matter?"
The master's father Yan immediately became serious.
On the way here, he already knew the whole story.
Although time is tight, I still have some ideas in mind.
The master Fu Yan who was able to come up with such a method of extending the favor order was naturally very capable, otherwise Li Yunze would not have let him become the prime minister.
After thinking for a while, Master Fu Yan said, "I heard that Wei Li Zi once did some things in the Wei Kingdom. Maybe you can refer to it."
The so-called Wei Lizi refers to the Legalist leader Li Kui, who was responsible for the famous Li Kui reform.
Li Kui and Wu Qi helped Wei Guo dominate the world with both civil and military forces, and the princes were unable to lift their heads.
The Qin Dynasty, which later swept the world, was suppressed for hundreds of years and could not move further eastward.
As for Ping Bian, the court purchased and stored grain in good years to prevent low prices from hurting farmers. In years of famine, the stored grain is sold to stabilize grain prices.
After hearing this, Li Yunze nodded with satisfaction.
Zhu Fuyan is indeed a capable person. It is already very good to be able to think of this in such a short period of time.
He no longer hid it, and directly stated his plan, "I plan to build Changpingcang in every county in the world."
The so-called Chang Pingcang is specially used for ordinary things, buying grain in good years and selling grain in bad years.
During the reign of Wenjing, the imperial court was indeed very wealthy, so wealthy that the collected grains were piled for too long, causing them to rot and spoil.
This is because these grains are accumulated in national warehouses such as Taikocang, Taicang, and Ganquancang.
The food in these warehouses was mainly used as military rations and to provide salaries to officials. It was regarded as war food for the Han Dynasty.
The source is the field tax collected and will not be sold to the people.
Historically, Chang Ping Cang did not appear until Liu Xun, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, died of illness. After that, Chang Ping Cang was basically set up in all dynasties.
However, due to the collusion between officials and grain merchants and landlords, and the squeeze from serious land annexation, in the late dynasty, Changpingcang, which had only a false reputation and the people could not buy grain, was unable to save the imperial court from collapse.
After Li Yunze described Changpingcang, the master nodded and then asked, "How can we make the people willing to sell grain to Changpingcang instead of to grain merchants?"
There were many shortcomings in the Changpingcang in later generations, such as persuading people to lose, deducting taxes from rent, and people gathering in Changping to collect grain in disaster years. These are all nonsense.
They are all typical ones who enrich their own pockets and cheat the people and the court.
Li Yunze knew this very well, so there was only one way to deal with it: "Changpingcang is not under local jurisdiction, but is all under the management of the Shaofu. As for the source of food, it is naturally purchased from the people. How to buy, of course, is determined every year when harvesting grain. Set one nationwide
a minimum purchase price. "
The master's father sighed softly in his heart, Your Majesty still cannot trust the Cultural Management Group.
He calmed down and asked, "Your Majesty, what is the minimum purchase price?"
"A minimum purchase price is set for corn, millet, sorghum, wheat, rice, and tempeh. For example, this year for corn, it can be set at 220 yuan per stone, millet at 300 yuan per stone, etc. Changping in various places They buy grain from the people at this price."
The master's father nodded repeatedly when he heard this, "What about the local grain merchant?"
"Ah."
Li Yunze chuckled lightly, "Changpingcang collects grain at two hundred and twenty yuan per stone. Is it possible that the grain dealer can still charge two hundred yuan per stone? Do you think the common people are fools? If you don't sell what you have at a high price, sell it at a low price?"
Master Fuyan asked again, "What if someone forces the people to sell grain at a low price?"
Picking up the wine glass and taking a sip, Li Yunze said quietly, "Zhang Tang has been a little busy recently."
The master's father Yan felt awe-inspiring.
Zhang Tang, Zhidu and others are all murderous masters.
Not to mention those who were really guilty, the officials of the big families who were not guilty, they all wanted to kill the whole family.
There is no doubt that if anyone dares to force the people to sell grain, even if the backer is a marquis or even a feudal king, as long as he falls into the hands of Zhang Tang Zhidu, the whole family will be disgraced.
Want to steal money? Yes, it depends on whether you have the life to spend it.
There is no America to let them be cool these days.
As for the merchants, without the support of the yamen, they want to force the people to sell grain to them at low prices?
This is so ridiculous!
You think the common people of the Han Dynasty are good men and women. It is true that the folk customs are simple, but every household has weapons. Basically all the men are reserve soldiers. They are either farming or doing corvee every year. What scene have you not seen?
Entering the village and planning to engage in forced buying and selling? It really means standing up to go in and lying down to come out!
The Han people of this era are roughly equivalent to the enhanced version of the American people. They are called tough.
Zhu Fuyan felt that the matter proposed by the emperor was very feasible, and discussed it again. Changpingcang could also sell grain on a daily basis, and stipulated the quantity and price of the grain, as well as the prohibition of selling to grain merchants and many other matters. Then he left. leave.
He has to go back to his hometown to write an official document, which will be used at the court tomorrow morning.
As for Li Yunze, he glanced at the green wine in the wine glass in his hand and sighed, missing Zhang Qian. "Marquis Bowang, you have to bring back the seeds from the Western Regions."
When Zhang Qian went out of the fortress, in addition to communicating with the Western Regions to collect information and promote the existence and power of the Han Dynasty, and drawing maps, another very important point was that he brought back to the Han Dynasty many plant seeds native to the Western Regions, Central Asia and even Europe.
The seeds of these plants played an important role in enriching the types of crops grown by the Han people.
At this time, Zhang Qian had been away for a long time since his mission to the Western Regions, and he didn't know what he was doing now.
At the court meeting on the second day, Zhang Tang first reported the crimes of Marquis Qinghe and informed everyone.
After all, he was a marquis, so a major event such as his removal from a noble family and his beheading would naturally have to be told to the world, and it had to be justified.
This incident did not cause much disturbance. After all, the news had spread throughout Chang'an City and beyond in the past few days, and everyone had already been mentally prepared.
Even if he is worried that Li Yunze will continue to attack the nobles, there is no way to deal with it.
Except for some money and food, some weapons and armor, some generals, servants, and so on, the nobles have nothing else in their homes.
This little thing didn't even have the courage to speak loudly in the face of the increasingly authoritative Emperor.
Wang Buhai's affairs were quickly brushed aside, and what came next was the highlight of the day.
"His Majesty."
Master Fu Yan stood up and began to sing a double act: "The profiteers collected grain at a low price and sold it at a high price, so that the low price of grain hurt farmers, and the high price of rice hurt the people. It is a plan for the Han Dynasty and a plan for the people of the world. There should be a way to deal with this matter properly." "
Li Yunze, who was wearing a hat, looked at his father-in-law through the hanging beads, "There should be a way to deal with this matter. Does the Prime Minister have a good plan?"
"I have thought hard and come up with an idea. Please take a look at it, Your Majesty."
After saying that, the master's father Yan handed the memorial he had driven out overnight to the chamberlain.
Li Yunze patiently finished reading the memorial and nodded, "This is a great policy. Let's take a look at it and discuss it together."
Really important matters have already been discussed before they are actually brought out.
When I took it out, it was just a formality.
The ministers sitting on the cushions circulated the memorial written by Zhu Fuyan.
Seeing the constant closing position and the minimum protection price written above, I was secretly surprised. This is really a good idea.
Of course, smart people can also see clearly that once this is carried out, all grain merchants in the world will basically be doomed.
Relevant backers will also lose the opportunity to make money by hoarding rare food.
The reason is simple. Unless a high price is offered, farmers will definitely be more willing to sell to Changpingcang of the inner government.
The emperor of this era is still very credible, and the people are willing to believe in the emperor.
But Chang Pingcang not only buys grain, he also sells grain.
Although there is basically no profit in terms of price, this is not done to make money, but to stabilize prices.
Changpingcang can sell grain without making money, but grain merchants can't. If they don't make money, what kind of grain merchants can they do?
Without external help, it is only a matter of time before the grain merchants are wiped out.
After everyone had seen it, Li Yunze asked, "My lords, do you have anything you want to say?"
"His Majesty."
Ji An saluted and said, "How about leaving this matter to the various counties?"
According to Zhu Fuyan's suggestion, Chang Pingcang was to be handed over to the Shaofu, which was the emperor's private court and was in the hands of the emperor.
The struggle for the power of the king and the power of the prime minister has never stopped.
Of course Li Yunze understood what Ji An meant. The establishment of Changpingcang was a kind of power, and the imperial court naturally wanted to compete for it.
Under normal circumstances, this kind of competition should be led by the prime minister who is the leader of hundreds of officials.
It's a pity that the current Prime Minister, Lord Fu Yan, is the emperor's number one loyal dog, and he is also a solitary minister who does not interact with others on weekdays.
There is no other way but those who are willing to take action on their own.
Li Yunze sat quietly and listened quietly to Ji An talking about a lot of advantages of having the Chang Ping Cang built by local counties.
He waited until Ji An finished speaking and looked at him eagerly.
Li Yunze waved his hand lightly.
"No."
(End of chapter)
