Suddenly, a few months have passed, it is already the golden autumn October, for the Han Kingdom, this year is a peaceful year, the armor is in storage, the horse is put in the South Mountain, since the beginning of the Fufeng Army, there has never been a year like this year, and a war has not broken out. This year, there are two main things that Dahan is most happy about, one is that the east-west traffic artery from Liaodong and Yuyang is officially connected, marking the official completion of the two main arteries of Dahan. The second thing is that this year was smooth and rainy, and the entire huge territory of the Han Kingdom had good news.

However, the bumper harvest for the Han court, in addition to being happy, another big problem was placed in front of them, the grain was cheap and hurt the peasants, and the bumper harvest of grain would inevitably bring about a sharp drop in grain prices, and the people at the lowest level would suffer losses.

Charged an extra three or five buckets! Gao Yuan remembered a famous article from his previous life for no reason.

"Lao Yan, the government hall is about to formulate a plan for this matter, and there must be a minimum protective price, and businessmen must not buy grain below this protective price." Looking at Yan Shenghao in front of him, Gao Yuan said categorically, now Shoufu is basically in a semi-retired state, and Yan Shenghao is responsible for the daily operation of the political hall.

"But your majesty, my Han Kingdom has never interfered with the commercial activities of merchants, and it has been a law since ancient times that we forcibly ask merchants to buy grain at a price higher than the market price, and merchants will not do it! This shows that they are going to lose money. Your Majesty, this is also a violation of the free trade decree you just issued last year! Yan Shenghao showed a look of embarrassment.

"Set a minimum protection price, and the merchants buy at this price, and the difference between them is subsidized by the imperial court." Gao Yuan waved his hand and said, "We must not let the people have a bumper harvest, but they have suffered a little more than in previous years." ”

"Your Majesty, what a lot of money!" Yan Shenghao was taken aback, "This year, the entire Han Kingdom has received good news of a bumper harvest. If the price difference is subsidized by the imperial court, where will Wang Wuchang of the Ministry of Finance jump again. ”

"What's the use of just jumping feet, you have to find a way. Lao Yan, let go of the grain restrictions on the Qin State, and the grain accumulated in the warehouse can be sold to the Qin State, isn't the Qin State in a grain harvest this year? Their country is in a mess right now, and there is a great shortage of food, and as long as we are willing to sell it, then they will definitely buy it. ”

"It was not easy to make the Qin State chaotic, and now it is selling grain to them. Wouldn't it allow them to hold on for a little longer? Yan Shenghao was a little dissatisfied, "If this is the case, I am willing to let Wang Wuyan jump to my feet, and we will bear this loss ourselves." ”

Gao Yuan laughed, "Compared to making our own people live more comfortably and maintaining the price of domestic grain, what is it to let the Qin people live for a while, Lao Yan, we can sell the grain to the Qin people, but we only sell it to Lu Chao." ”

Yan Shenghao's eyes lit up. "Let's sell it to Lu Chao, Lu Chao has gathered a lot of grain, and the Qin court will inevitably transfer grain to Lu Chao, but Lu Chao will not do it. Their relationship will inevitably deteriorate even further. ”

"Lu Chao will definitely do it, but he will use this to propose some quid pro quo to Qin Ting, of course, the effect is the same. Qin Ting's wariness of him will become stronger and stronger, and the more Qin Ting guards against him, Lu Chao's steps will definitely be faster. ”

"It's a pity that the Chu people also have a bumper harvest. Otherwise, you can sell some to them, this year is also an evil sect, Han and Chu have a bumper harvest, but the Qin State has suffered a drought, the harvest has decreased sharply, and natural and man-made disasters have come together, this is probably God's warning, the Qin people are rabbit tails can't grow! Yan Shenghao stroked his beard and said happily.

"Although Qin and Chu are allied, but now that the Qin people are in the situation, I am afraid that the Chu State has completely lost confidence in them, and once the Qin State has something to do, the Chu people can only think about getting a piece of the pie." Gao Yuan said with a smile.

"It's still the king's mastery, the military has always wanted to attack the Qin State, but the strength of the Qin people still exists, if we can't win and stick with the Qin people, then the Chu people will inevitably have some diverse thoughts, now we don't move a single soldier, only a little move of hands and feet, the Qin people themselves will be in chaos, and when they are rotten, the Qin-Chu alliance will break itself." Yan Shenghao said: "Your Majesty, according to your opinion, will civil strife break out within the Qin people?" ”

"Definitely, now I just haven't guessed how Lu Chao is arranged in Xianyang, he must have a back hand in Xianyang, otherwise he is very likely to play a dead chess game in this game, but I believe that since he dares to do this, he must have already laid down in the shadows, this person will be his biggest killer weapon, but this person is hiding too deeply, although the National Security Bureau and the Military Intelligence Bureau are trying to find out this key, but until now, there is still nothing."

"The king actually just wants to know this person earlier so that he can solve the doubts in his heart, in fact, this has nothing to do with us, when Lu Chao activates, we will naturally understand." Yan Shenghao said with a smile.

"That's true." Gao Yuan burst out laughing.

He Weiyuan walked into the door with a lofty laughter, "Your Majesty, the hour is almost up, and the carriages and horses outside are ready." ”

"Hmm." Gao Yuan nodded, turned his head to Yan Shenghao and said, "Let's go, let's go to Mr. Jiang's place to see Mr. Jiang, Mr. Jiang has been slightly ill in the past few days, and his body is a little uncomfortable, after all, he is more than seventy years old." ”

Yan Shenghao was stunned, and a surprise surged in his heart, Gao Yuan took him to see Jiang Jiaquan, the subtext here is obvious, since this year, Jiang Jiaquan's physical condition in his early seventies has deteriorated every day, and there are actually very few people in the political hall, basically presided over by Yan Shenghao, but nominally, Jiang Jiaquan is still the first assistant of the Han Dynasty.

Today's trip, I'm afraid it's just a handover between the old and the new Shoufu, and I'm going to become the Shoufu under one person and above ten thousand people in this powerful kingdom.

Thinking of this, Yan Shenghao couldn't help but feel a little complacent, recalling his political career in his life, or the wisest thing is that he defected to the Eastern Army back then. He is the first local magistrate to surrender to Gaoyuan, the head of a county, and over the years, the king has also given himself a rich reward, and now, he is finally about to step onto the top of his life.

There were no signs on the carriage, and only some plainclothes guards gathered around the carriage, who quietly drove out of the side door of the corner of the palace and headed straight for Jiang Jiaquan's mansion.

"The old gentleman is old, and this illness has made him determined to step down, and I recommend you to take over the position of Shousuke. This time, the two of us went to see him, and it just so happened that you could also have a good exchange, Lao Yan, I know that you have also made certain preparations for this, what are your plans for the next work? Inside the carriage, Gao Yuan leaned against the wall of the carriage and asked with a smile.

Although he had been mentally prepared, but these words came out of the king's mouth, naturally it was still different, Yan Shenghao suppressed the excitement in his heart and sat up straight: "Your Majesty, your subordinates think that the current situation is easy to be quiet and not easy to move, our Han Kingdom is now thriving, and everything is developing in an orderly and good manner, so after the minister is appointed as the first assistant, the first task is to continue to implement the current policy instead of being eager to do something to prove himself." ”

"Well said!" Gao Yuan smiled: "Actually, what I'm most worried about is that you want to prove yourself in a hurry, and it's good that you have this idea." ”

Yan Shenghao smiled and nodded.

"Regarding the appointment of the first assistant in the future, I still have some ideas, today with Mr. Jiang, we can just have a chat, but you can rest assured, this time, no one can compete with you, but the next session may be different, you have to be mentally prepared!"

"Next?" Yan Shenghao looked at Gao Yuan with some surprise, but Gao Yuan closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

Jiang Jiaquan's mansion is not far from the palace, compared with the large mansions of the former dynasty officials, the mansions of Han Dynasty officials are too simple, as the head of a country, Jiang Jiaquan's mansion is much smaller than the mansions of many big businessmen, just a courtyard with three entrances and three exits, even such a mansion, it seems too big for Jiang Jiaquan, this old man has no children and no daughters, alone, and lives in this house with him, except for the guards assigned to him, There were only a few workers and maids who took care of his daily life.

Jiang Jiaquan, who was standing by the door, stared at the corner door on one side, his face was a little pale, although the weather was still hot in autumn, but this thin old man seemed a little afraid of the cold, and he had already put on a thick autumn coat.

The corner door creaked open, He Weiyuan stepped into the door first, behind him, Gao Yuan and Yan Shenghao entered from the corner door one after the other, and saw Jiang Jiaquan stepping out of the threshold with both feet, and was about to meet him, Gao Yuan immediately sped up his pace and walked in front of Jiang Jiaquan, stretched out his hand to support him, and said reproachfully: "Mr. has just recovered from illness, how did he get out of the house, this wind blows, if there is a repetition, isn't it Gao Yuan's sin?" Hurry up, get inside. ”

"How can it be so delicate?" Jiang Jiaquan said with a smile: "It's just a little cold, the king made a fuss, Jude Baolai can't get rid of my house, and he makes noise with me every day, but he is annoyed to death." Finally got rid of this guy today. ”

"Don't you dare to be careless one day, my husband is old, but it can't be compared to a few years ago." Gao Yuan said with a smile, "Sir, don't blame Qiu Debao, I gave him a death order, if Mr. is not good, he will not be allowed to go home." ”

Jiang Jiaquan laughed. "A handful of old bones, let the king worry about it."

Yan Shenghao walked over and took a deep look: "Shoufu." ”

"Sheng Hao is also here."

"Let's go in and talk, Mr. Jiang, I have dinner with Lao Yan here today, let's have a good chat with the three of us, I have some ideas, I need to talk to the two of you first." Gao Yuan smiled and picked up Jiang Jiaquan and walked to the house. (To be continued......)