Everyone looks at me and I look at you. They all hope that someone will stand up to oppose them, but they don’t want this person to be themselves. Zhao Kuo has been gaining power for a long time. He has the support of ministers inside and nearly one-third of the officials outside are Zhao Kuo. die-hard loyalists, as well as the support of hundreds of thousands of troops and tens of millions of people.
Just relying on these people to make Zhao Kuo and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the State of Zhao change their decision is undoubtedly a drop of a feather in the tree.
In the end, I can only comfort myself in my heart. Money is something external to the body. It is a small matter and there will be opportunities in the future.
Even though they know in their hearts that after compromising once, all they have left is compromising all the time.
"This matter will be reported to the whole country immediately, without any mistakes." Zhao Kuo turned to the next page of the document and continued, "Article 16, balance the price of food. I want to make a decision in Handan, Wuyang, Jinyang, Jiuyuan, Granaries were built in five places in Yecheng to store grain and balance grain prices."
"From January 1st next year, under the new weights and measures, the price of grain in Zhao State shall not be less than 150 qian per stone, and shall not be higher than 210 qian per stone. In other words, under the old weights and measures, the price of grain will It shall not be less than twenty-five qian per stone, and shall not be higher than thirty-five qian per stone.”
Grain prices must be balanced. If grain prices cannot be balanced, the loans that are nominally used to help farmers will eventually become an aid to exploit farmers like the Green Crops Law.
On the surface it is two cents of interest, but in fact it may double.
There are no standards. Anyone with household registration can borrow money and allow labor to repay. This is also to avoid following the old path of the Qingmiao Law.
As for those who still can't pay, you can apply for an extension. If you still can't pay after the extension, then you can stay and work for the court.
However, as long as it is not a disaster year and the cattle are stolen, the seeds will not be returned. Zhao will naturally take other measures in a disaster year.
If the cattle you just borrowed are stolen, and the thief is not caught, and you have no way to prove it, then... you can only admit that you are unlucky and work to repay it.
Even if the thief is caught, the renter will be punished.
"In addition, starting from January 1 next year, all border passes and cities will strictly inspect passing caravans, and a grain of grain will not be allowed to leave the Zhao State. Anyone who secretly sells Zhao State's grain out of the country will have their homes confiscated. Anyone who transports grain from other countries into the country will Zhao Kuo will be exempted from all entry duties and city taxes." Zhao Kuo continued.
If the outflow of grain cannot be restricted, once grain prices rise in other countries, businessmen from all over the country will rush into Zhao to buy grain and sell it to other countries. No matter how much grain Zhao has, they will not be able to truly balance grain prices.
As for the drop in grain prices in other countries, merchants were frantically purchasing grain in other countries and selling it to Zhao Guo. Zhao Kuo did not have the slightest worry.
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As soon as Zhao Kuo finished his voice, noisy voices suddenly sounded below. Different from the policies announced before, the latter two truly touched the interests of the vast majority of people.
Except for those who had just joined the Zhao State and had not had time to purchase land, all the officials of the Zhao State, without exception, were all big landowners.
The Chinese people's obsession with land is engraved in their bones. Once they become developed, the first thing they think about is buying land, whether it is buying land back home or buying land in the place where they made their fortune.
In short, land must be purchased.
Only by buying land can future generations continue and develop step by step.
Needless to say, people like Zhao Sheng and Le Yi had fiefs, they had lots of land. Even those who do not have a fiefdom still have a large amount of land outside the city or in their hometown.
Stabilizing grain prices is equivalent to limiting their ability to make money by selling grain.
In the past years of disaster, they could even sell a stone of grain for a hundred yuan, but now they can't sell it for more than thirty-five yuan at most. After deducting the cost, how many times the difference is!
Just when everyone was noisy, Feng Ting suddenly stood up and said loudly with everyone's expectations: "Your Majesty is wise, this is a move that benefits the country and the people, and I fully support it."
Suddenly, the entire hall fell silent. Everyone's eyes changed from expectation to doubt, and then to anger, and they wanted to swallow Feng Ting.
We have a traitor in our midst!
"What are you doing?" Jin Yao glared at Feng Ting and said angrily.
He was not against Feng Ting agreeing with Zhao Kuo. For officials like them from other countries, the only support was Zhao Kuo's trust. Moreover, restricting food prices only made less money, but it was not unprofitable, nor was it unacceptable.
But Feng Ting standing up at this time is equivalent to acting as a vanguard and going against most of the officials of the Zhao State. They have no roots in the Zhao State. If they offend most of the officials of the Zhao State, the consequences can be imagined.
"Don't worry, not only will they not be angry, but they will also be grateful to me for standing up and stopping them from making mistakes." Feng Ting explained to Jin Mao with a smile.
"The four countries of Han, Wei, Qi and Qin have already obtained the Quyu plow and the waterwheel. Yan and Chu will inevitably start to promote the Quyu plow as soon as next year or the year after next. If no accidents occur, the grain production in each country will inevitably increase in the next few years. Surge.”
"With the sudden increase in grain production, grain prices will inevitably fall. They may even fall to the lowest level in history. On the surface, limiting the maximum grain price will make us make less money. But there are also minimum grain prices that are also set. Food prices in various countries While everything is plummeting, only our Zhao country’s food prices will not plummet, thus protecting the interests of us people.”
While others were still arguing, Feng Ting could see at a glance the benefits of this policy to them, and stood up in time to stop everyone from arguing.
In fact, as Feng Ting said, food production in various countries suddenly increased, but the population remained the same as before, and a sharp drop in food prices was inevitable. According to normal trends, food prices after the collapse will rise as the population increases gradually until they return to normal levels.
It is another matter if there is famine or war.
Under the current policy, excluding the losses on the road, Zhao Guo's grain merchants actually don't have much profit anymore. If the distance is any further, they may lose money.
But Feng Ting is not a businessman, and he does not speculate in grain. Stable grain prices are only good for him, not bad.
As for the life and death of the businessman, it has nothing to do with him. Didn't Zhao Mu, the big boss of the Zhao Guo Chamber of Commerce, say a word?
"So that's it!" Jin Yao suddenly realized it and said sincerely, "I admire you again."
Originally, Feng Ting gave Shangdang to the State of Zhao, which caused Zhao and Qin to fight for three years and almost be defeated. Many people in the State of Zhao did not like him, including Jin Mao and Han Fei who came from South Korea. He was well received by Zhao officials and people.
This time, Feng Ting ended the topic in time to stop others from making further mistakes, which also eased the relationship between the two parties and changed the Zhao officials' view of them.
Under Feng Ting's reminder, some officials gradually reacted and began to agree. Soon, this policy was approved by everyone.
