He had thought of the operation of "Prince's Bulk Food" a long time ago. However, at the same time, he also knew very well that this method could only be proposed by others, and he could never propose it himself.
Even if Hao Chujun and others couldn't think of it, he wouldn't take the initiative to propose it. The hearts and minds of the people in the world are 20%! To be honest, even he, the prince, cannot easily extend his hand to such a level of credit.
Although such achievements are coveted, they are also easily feared by the emperor.
Therefore, such things can only be assigned by the emperor and done passively, rather than you taking the initiative.
Seeing that everyone was shocked, Li Zhi smiled and said: "I am not that pedantic. Although it is the prince who appreciates it, this will also be beneficial to the prince's future governance. Why don't I agree?"
Li Xian cupped his hands and said: "Father, I know the stakes of this matter very well, so I ask my father to take back my life. I cannot afford such a credit."
"I couldn't bear it before, but now I can bear it."
After saying that, Li Zhi stood up and said with a smile: "Do you think I just said it casually? I clearly understood the pros and cons, and then I chose to agree. Prince, you should know very well that I am in very bad health. And your imperial brother is unfilial. After the white-haired man sent the black-haired man away, I have been thinking about how to train you, the new prince, in the shortest possible time."
"Originally, I was afraid, but after taking the exam for you, I was surprised to find that you are very talented, so talented that you even surpass your imperial brother. Do you know that so far, you are very talented? So far, you have completed almost six years of study at the same pace as your imperial brother?"
"What's more, Hao Chujun and the others, although they come from a poor family, are very discerning. They all praised you very much, especially just now. Even if they just wanted to annoy me, they would try to stuff this huge good thing into In your case, tell me, have you gained their approval?”
Hearing this, Li Xian looked at Hao Chujun and others in surprise, but saw that they were all like that...
How should I put it, a slightly embarrassed smile, like someone who wanted to have sex but ended up being exposed to the public.
Come to think of it, how could someone like Hao Chujun discover something wrong while talking. In their position, many times, when a word comes out of their mouth, they have to think carefully about how they could make such a stupid mistake.
It can only be that he had thought about all this, and even calculated the outcome of the saint's rage.
I thought I saw the ending I wanted to see most without doing anything. Who knew, it was someone else who was giving.
At this moment, Li Xian felt particularly embarrassed.
Seeing the change in the prince's expression, Hao Chujun couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, don't be embarrassed. You deserve this achievement. If you weren't good enough, how could I dare to bring this matter up?"
Turning around and bowing solemnly, Li Xian could only say: "I will keep your kindness in mind."
Seeing that the prince saluted and said so, Zhang Wenguan and others quickly returned the salute, and at the same time they were a little happy.
What they wanted to do was keep the prince in mind. It would be unsightly if the prince repaid the favor directly!
Li Zhi knew very well what these people were thinking, and he also knew that they had no intention of rebellion by doing this, they just wanted to give his family a chance to win the next dynasty.
excusable!
Besides....
In fact, for the sake of the prince, Li Zhi had thought about getting closer to these courtiers more than once.
However, who would have expected that the prince would gain the respect of Dai Zhide and others so quickly by virtue of his excellence.
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With a slight cough, Li Zhi said: "Now that this matter has been confirmed, we still have to discuss how to operate it. Although we have indeed taken advantage of the loopholes in the contract, we still have to find a way to cover it up so that those aristocratic families have nothing to do. OK...."
Seeing Hao Chujun and others sitting down with strange smiles on their faces, Li Xian suddenly felt that this was not the emperor and a group of courtiers discussing state affairs, but a group of fraudsters getting together to discuss crimes... .
Just when the emperor and a few people were plotting to deceive the family, the entrances to various grain stores in Chang'an could be said to be bustling with people.
Pricey but not marketable, it generally describes some extremely scarce products. However, no one thought that this word would be used for food.
In almost one morning, the price of grain in Chang'an Grain Store increased three times in a row!
It turns out that the price of grain in the grain store is two and a half coins per dou of corn and ten copper coins per dou of japonica rice. Until noon, the price jumped three times in a row, reaching six yuan per dou of corn and twenty-seven yuan per dou of japonica rice!
Grain stores are in business, so they naturally have to sell things to customers. However, they refused the request to deliver food to their homes. In one morning, they just sold the food in the grain store. As for the guy who replenished the food, he said he went down to look for rice and never showed up again.
It wasn't until the grain price was finally determined that the grain replenishment clerk brought rice to the store again.
A dou of corn costs six qian, and a dou of japonica rice costs 27 qian!
The price had nearly tripled, leaving everyone speechless. Some of the bad-tempered people pointed directly in the face of the store clerk and started angrily cursing their 19th generation ancestors.
However, the usually groveling guy suddenly became very arrogant at this time.
"If you want to buy something, go away. If you don't want to buy it, go away. If you don't want to buy it, some people will buy it. Look at that customer. He didn't ask the price during the whole process. How different is it from you. He's so gibberish. If you don't want to buy it, leave quickly. Don't disturb my business. Let me tell you, if you don’t buy it now, you may wonder how the price will increase tomorrow.”
After saying that, the waiter raised his head, looked at the troublesome customer with his nostrils, and went directly to the next service.
The scolded clerk glanced at the customer who just bought without asking the price, and could only sigh.
Judging from the dress of that person, he should be a high-ranking official or a noble butler. Others can buy whatever they want, but you can’t.
The price of goods in Chang'an was already much higher than that of the surrounding state capitals. Now the price of food has increased so much. Although he is an official, he can't get much food in exchange for his small salary.
The whole family is waiting to eat. Who knew the price of food would rise to this level!
With a sigh, he had no choice but to try his luck at another grain store.
Similar things are happening in grain stores throughout Chang'an.
To be able to open a grain store in Chang'an, you must have some background, or at least you must be a well-known wealthy businessman.
The price of food cannot be determined by one person. Although there is a dental store under management, when the people behind these grain stores appear, even the dental store does not dare to show up. Even if the Office of Standardization can't control it, how can they dare to interfere?
On the second floor of a brothel in Pingkangfang, Zheng Wen leaned on the railing and looked into the distance. Seeing his busy grain store not far away, he smiled particularly happily.
The most indispensable thing in my family is food. On weekdays, it is difficult to sell this food, and a lot of it is piled up and rotting in the warehouse. Now that there is a drought, no matter how expensive the price is, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell it.
After all, food is the most important thing for people!
Let's make a lot of money first. After draining these people's money, if the court's disaster relief still does not go well, we can come forward in the name of the family, set up three or two soup kitchens, and give away some food. At that time, the family's reputation was earned.
As for now, those grain stores have more than one puppet to carry a bad reputation and have no influence on the family.
Picking up the wine glass and toasting in the direction of the palace, Zheng Wen couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
Although the Zheng family has no officials in the Household Department, information from the aristocratic families has always been exchanged. The imperial court's expenditure this year is a bit excessive. Even if the treasury has unknown and hidden background, it will certainly not be able to withstand a disaster of this scale.
In this case, if the saint wants to completely quell this disaster, he may inevitably have to reach out to the aristocratic family.
Zheng Wen couldn't help but get excited when he thought about the confrontation between the emperor and the aristocratic family, and that he could defeat the emperor.
As long as this battle is won, the status of the family will be established again. From now on...hehehe.
Looking back, Zheng Wen frowned when he saw his youngest son walking out of a singer's house, arranging his clothes as he walked, and turning his head three times.
When the younger son came closer, he said: "Even if you enter the room, you have to tidy up your clothes before coming out. No need to behave? Also, everyone here is a bitch. It's just for fun, but don't bring it with you." Go home. Our Zheng family will not tolerate such stain of blood, have you taken note of that?"
"Kid, I remember."
Seeing that his youngest son admitted his mistake obediently, Zheng Wen smiled and rubbed his head, pointed to the banquet and said: "Go, those side branches are not qualified to be entertained by me or your elder brother, so I can only leave it to you to deal with it."
"My child understands."
Seeing his youngest son tidying up his clothes, putting on a formidable expression, and walking into the banquet, Zheng Wen suddenly became interested in the small room where the door had just been closed...
Scenes like this are happening in more than one place in Datang today...
In the palace, the conversation between the emperor and his ministers continued until the afternoon, and even lunch was served in the back hall of Yanying Hall.
What made everyone go to such great lengths was Li Xian's proposal - "relief through work".
Relief through work was a method commonly used by Zhengwen Mansion in later generations. As the saying goes, it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. Instead of allocating money directly to the people, it is better to help the people build infrastructure and improve the labor environment, so that jobs can be created in this place and the people can earn their own living and persevere.
This kind of political method obviously cannot be used in Datang. Therefore, the work-for-relief proposal proposed by Li Xian has changed its flavor.
His suggestion was to rebuild the official road from Chang'an to Luoyang and make it as straight as possible.
"Getting straight" has never been feasible in the Tang Dynasty.
It sounds easy to build mountains and bridges when encountering mountains, but it is extremely difficult in the face of the construction capabilities of this era. Because of this, Shu Road can become famous far and wide.
There is no precedent for using work for relief. The first historical example appears in "Yanzi Chunqiu". During the reign of Duke Jinggong of Qi, Yanzi asked for grain for the people. Lease, the omen is far away, the sun is slow, but it is not interesting. In three years, the platform was completed, and the people were invigorated. Therefore, the pleasure of travel is the pleasure of travel, and the satisfaction of the people is food....
Although it appeared early, this policy has never been taken seriously, and the same was true in the Tang Dynasty. It was not until the Song Dynasty that records of work-for-relief began to appear in large numbers.
There is no doubt that the scale of the disaster this time is huge, but, equally, there will be a sufficient amount of labor. Nowadays, there is no hope of saving the crops in the fields. It is a pity that so much idle labor is wasted!
"When people interact with each other, they are always wary of each other. It doesn't matter what the status of the two people is. As long as they are human beings, they have the intention of being harmed. If I give away food for no reason, I am afraid that the people will think that I have ulterior motives. Even if some people believe in me, I am afraid they feel they are in debt to me, and they may even think that this is a way for the court to increase taxes for the coming year."
"Therefore, if we find something to do for them, let them not only earn food rations, but also earn some food for other people in the family. Especially, when the time comes, the so-called 'wages' will be increased. In this way, the children will The public support I have gained will never be lost..."
In the back hall of Yanying Hall, the monarchs and ministers all listened to the prince's explanation. From being confused at the beginning, to gaining some understanding, to now being recognized, some of them can be said to be extremely shocked.
The prince’s idea is feasible! As for building an excellent official road between Chang'an and Luoyang, how can I say that although it is a bit extravagant and wasteful, it is also necessary.
As a Tokyo, Luoyang's status is only slightly inferior to Chang'an. An excellent official road running through the two capitals, once built, will serve many functions and is still necessary.
After closing his eyes and imagining the vastness of this project, Li Zhi opened his eyes again and said without hesitation: "Since you have concerns in your mind, then I will leave it to you to take charge of this matter. I will leave it to you to provide the necessary personnel." How about transfer?"
To be honest, Li Xian has not been able to control such a huge project in two lifetimes combined.
Although he was timid, he agreed without hesitation: "Father, don't worry, I will definitely be able to handle it!"
Seeing the prince's worry turn into confident in an instant, Li Zhi couldn't help but smile.
As for Hao Chujun and others, they also smiled and said nothing.
Obviously, this is another test given by the sage to the prince.
Although the prince handled the memorial very appropriately, this did not mean that he was completely qualified.
Those who do not plan for the overall situation are not enough to plan for a region. It is very appropriate for something of this scale to be used to test the prince.
Seeing that the prince agreed, Li Zhi waved his hand and said: "You will be busy for a while, so I will allow you to rest for a few more days and have a good rest."
Seeing that the emperor had expelled people, Li Xian knew that he could not listen to the next conversation between the emperor and his ministers, so he agreed, turned around and left the back hall.
