This is undoubtedly of great significance to Liu Hong's 'emperor's career planning'.

Prior to this, Liu Hong found himself facing a closed loop of a vicious circle - if he wanted to sweep the princes and conquer the Xiongnu in his lifetime, the Han family had to strengthen its armaments to improve its military strength.

To strengthen armaments, the central government needs to be rich enough to use materials including but not limited to copper, iron, and even steel to improve and replace the ordnance of the troops. If you want to be rich, you must encourage the people to have more children and create more wealth, but in order not to increase the burden on the people, it is necessary to reduce taxes, which will reduce the national revenue...

In short: if you want the country to become rich, you must first make the center poor!

This dead end, in history, was caused by Emperor Wen gritting his teeth to reduce taxes and being willing to swallow the pain; Emperor Jing developed steadily, and Emperor Wu enjoyed the fruits and was solved.

However, this method takes too long a long time, and although it objectively serves the purpose of 'the country and the people are prosperous together', it has taken three generations of effort and time, and created many new contradictions.

For example, in order to stabilize the princes, Emperor Wen opened the mining rights from state-owned to private in the "Xu Minchi Shanze Order", and the princes' separatist power swelled sharply after that, eventually triggering the Wuchu Rebellion of the Jingdi Dynasty.

It is also a subsidiary clause of the "Xu Minchi Shanze Order", that is, the "Tariff Abolition Order" that "no longer needs to pay commercial tax when passing the border", which made the world's wealthy businessmen rise everywhere, and land annexation intensified; Liu Bang and the feat of 'each household has a hundred acres of land' that was only completed in 190 BC, and by the time of Emperor Wu, it had developed to a situation where 'thirty acres is very good'.

Generally speaking, Liu Heng in history is like owing a loan called 'Huangtong', in order to repay it, he went to borrow a loan called 'princes' and 'Haoqiang' to fill in the hole;

Through this circular method of demolishing the east wall and making up the west wall, the Han family slowly filled in the copper leakage in the process; But there is one thing that has since disappeared in the Chinese continent...

Just as repeated borrowing will affect credibility, Liu Heng demolished the east wall again and again to make up for the west wall, and praised the 'acting skills' for later generations, completely pushed the relationship between monarchs and ministers in the feudal era to opposition; and the witch curse of Emperor Wu's dynasty.

True? The first time to break the order, is the following gram on? swept away the Xulu meritorious group of the sons of Emperor Hui; But what did Emperor Wen Liu Heng do after that? This antagonism is completely pushed to the point of no return.

This can be regarded as the only advantage that Liu Hong has compared with Emperor Wen in history: the legitimacy of the throne.

In layman's terms? Liu Hong is indeed poor now, but he has definitely not fallen to the point of 'high debts' like Emperor Wen; Liu Hong does not need to be like Emperor Wen in history? To get something? And to give up something temporarily.

"Xu Min Chi Shanze Order", Liu Hong still has to use it, but the content has been cut down by Liu Hong into just a few sentences: Xu Min hunts and picks up the wood on the ground!

That's it, no more!

As for other mining rights, tolls (customs duties)? Or even the right to cut down trees? Liu Hongdu intends to be vigilant in the hands of the state.

As for whether the tariffs, mining rights, and even the existence of the "Golden Cloth Law" of the Empress Lu Dynasty will make the private industry and commerce that flourished in the Wenjing Dynasty in history not develop by leaps and bounds in this life, Liu Hong is also prepared.

All in all, for the dilemma of the country's poverty and weakness? Liu Hong refused to compromise with the Xiongnu, princes, ministers, and even local tyrants like Emperor Wen in history? Rather, with a relatively tough attitude, starting with food? Stand in line with the people at the bottom.

In this regard, Liu Hong has made enough preparations and deductions? And with at least five of them when the dynasty two thousand stones? The feasibility of the plan was discussed.

To Liu Hong's surprise: the original prediction? The possible situation of bureaucrats violating the law and changing the law has become an 'impossible thing' in Zhang Cang's mouth!

The reason for this is that Zhang Cang's words made Liu Hongdi's vision suddenly open up - the current ruling party is Huang Laoxue, and Huang Laoxue's governing program is: If the law does not prohibit it, there is no blame.

In the past, Liu Hong always thought that this sentence was literal: as long as the law does not clearly stipulate that it is not allowed, then even if the people make a mushroom, the government should not stop it.

In Liu Hong's original cognition, this is the reason why Huang Laoxue is lonely - doesn't this central idea seem to be just upright inaction?

If all the bureaucrats drink and bask in the sun like Cao Shen, then who will do things? What else is there about centralization?

But what Liu Hong didn't take into account was: Huang Laoxue, but he can help the Han family from the turbulent era of ruins and bandits in the mountains at the beginning of its establishment to the obvious learning of the broad road of national prosperity and people's strength!

Can rely on 'rule by inaction' to calm down the turbulent world of the Han Dynasty, and after only 20 years, it will form a situation where bandits do not live, the people do not close their doors at night, and the road is not left behind, will Huang Laoxue really be a moderate political faction?

Perhaps from the perspective of the macro outline, this is indeed the case - Huang Laoxue is mainly resistant to change and completely believes in 'maintaining the status quo', but on the micro level, Huang Laoxue is not a lazy school.

Huang Laowu's next sentence is 'do everything'!

If the law does not prohibit it, there is no blame, and it also implies the deep meaning of 'as long as the law does not allow it, it must be prevented'.

In other words, Huang Laoxue did not rely on the barbaric sound field of everything to whitewash the peace of the prosperous era of Wenjing; In a popular sense, Huang Laoxue is more like the executor of the program 'Han Chamber'.

The law does not stipulate that if you make an RPG out, the officials of the early Han Dynasty really won't care at all; But as long as the law stipulates, the officials of the early Han Dynasty who were born in Huang Laoxue will suddenly transform into a guardian of order!

Therefore, the situation of 'laws and regulations not working' that Liu Hong expected, even if it was not 'impossible' in the early Han Dynasty as Zhang Cang said, at least the probability of it happening in later generations is much smaller.

And Liu Hong's move to protect the price of grain and make a clear move for the low-level people's team will not cause too much public opinion and waves - in the final analysis, the current ruling party is still Huang Laoxue, not the Confucianism who stood for the landlord class in later generations.

Today's academic requirements for the emperor are not the ridiculous sentence of later generations, 'the Son of Heaven and scholars rule the world, not the people', but 'the Son of Heaven is the parent of the people and thinks the king of the world' in "Shangshu Hongfan"!

This makes Liu Hong full of expectations for the future and endless fighting spirit!

Not to mention that Confucianism, which stands for the landlord Haoqiang, is now in decline, and even the landlord Haoqiang himself has not yet developed; Whether it is public opinion or academia, they have not yet expelled the mud legs from the ranks of the 'people' - at such a point in time, Liu Hong has a lot to do!

In this way, the implementation of the grain protection price policy will not only not arouse public opinion to resist and make any remarks about 'competing with the people for profit,' but will also praise Liu Hong's merits and win quite a lot of popular popularity.

Stable grain prices are almost linked to a 'stable society' in feudal society; the mere fact that 'it can make society stable for a long time' is enough to make Liu Hong fight to lose all his pants and grit his teeth to push out the grain price protection policy!

What's more, the price of grain protection will not only not cause a financial burden, but will also bring considerable income to the central treasury, or to Liu Hongdi's small private treasury.

From God's point of view, the essence of the grain protection price policy is actually the state's monopoly on grain trade; The difference between the monopoly of the state and the monopoly of private businessmen is that the starting point of the state will never be profit, but stability.

At the same time, the difference in the price of grain, which was originally earned by all the grain merchants in the world, will all fall into the pocket of Shaofu from now on, even if it only earns five yuan per stone, it is still a considerable income - now the population of the Han family is nearly 28 million, and the household is 2 million; Among them, the agricultural taxes of more than 200,000 peasant households were handed over to the Marquis of Che.

In addition, there are at least 500,000-800,000 peasant households in the Kanto region, which do not pay agricultural taxes to the central government - the princes and nationals, and the agricultural taxes are paid to the princes and kings; The princes and kings only need to hand over 30% of them to the central government as a 'contribution'.

But the protective price of grain will not be discriminated against because you are a tenant of the Chehou fiefdom or a citizen of the vassal state - as long as you have grain, sell it to Shaofu, and Shaofu will collect it!

As long as you have a household registration to prove that you are Han, then you want to buy grain, and Shaofu will sell it to you!

Today, the Han family can cultivate nearly 20,000 acres of land, with an annual output of 60,000 stones; As long as half of them can survive in the hands of Shaofu, Shaofu will be able to make a profit of 150,000 yuan!

The agricultural tax income of the Han family last year was only 120,000 yuan!

Shaofu's general income last year: Fu, it was only 80,000 yuan.

As for the cost of grain storage, it may be that the grain is temporarily placed in the granaries of various places, and the storekeepers are still given a stipend - regardless of whether the granary has a stock or not, the storekeeper will take it.

To put it bluntly, the cost of reserves generated by the grain monopoly is actually almost non-existent; In other words, regardless of whether the grain is monopolized or not, the maintenance cost of the official warehouses in various places already exists.

And the people will also benefit from this matter - compared with the huge difference between selling for 70 yuan and buying for 90 yuan in previous years, and the difference between Shaofu and 5 yuan, it is definitely within the acceptable range of the people.

In short, the grain protection price is actually to remove the grain merchants from the industrial chain, and the state will act as a 'middleman'; the grain merchants will return most of their original profit space to the people, and the remaining small part will fall into the hands of the state to obtain 'meager' profits.

——The interest rate of six percent is only, and the interest of the bank in later generations is only like this, which is already very conscientious in the feudal era~

As for whether the grain merchants who were kicked out of the industrial chain will have an opinion on this, it is completely out of Liu Hong's consideration - sensible, change to sell other things!

If you don't know anything, you can warn the emperor!

A mausoleum system is enough to make the merchant class unable to raise their heads in the Han Dynasty, let alone influence the country's major policies.

After Liu Hong revealed a strong foreign strategic attitude, the policy of grain protection price was undoubtedly passed in the third reading in the court meeting; From then on, Shaofu will have an additional department dedicated to buying and selling grain.

The name of the department, Liu Hongdu has already thought of it for Uncle Tian: Zhisu Duwei!

From this name alone, it is enough to see Liu Hong's ambitions, as well as the expectations of the department - in the original history, the first appearance of the official position of Zhisu Duwei was in the Wudi Dynasty.

The first governor in history, the name is also like thunder - Sang Hong sheep!

According to the "Historical Records and Pingzhun Book", Sang Hongyang was the commander of the Su Dynasty, leading the big farmers, and the lord was leveling and losing everything.

Liu Hong started with grain and quietly set up the governor of Su Zhiwei, which was to take precautions for the future and lay out in advance - the grain franchise, mainly to stabilize grain prices, so as to create a stable social order as the main purpose; The real money has to be salt and iron!

Liu Hong is 100% sure whether the salt and iron franchise can be carried out - the reason is very simple: at this point in time when "Xu Minchi Shanze Order" does not exist, whether it is a mine or seawater, it is theoretically Liu Hongdi's personal belongings!

Liu Hong opened his own mine to make iron and boiled his own sea salt, and no one could interject; Moreover, the profits of salt and iron have not yet been discovered by the people of this era, and there are no vested interests at all to obstruct them.

In the future, when the governor of Su can dry salt by tons and forge iron by tons, he can still operate according to the grain monopoly - the 'Shaofu Salt Iron', which has fallen sharply because of the simpler process, will also force the salt merchants and iron merchants in the world to be cornered and can only change careers.

Eventually, salt and iron will also be monopolized by the state.

The meaning of monopolizing salt is basically similar to that of grain, which can make people more at ease in production; The monopoly of iron will greatly reduce the probability of iron outflow into the hands of princes and kings, and even the hands of the Huns.

Before the advent of gunpowder, steel was the most important material for making weapons and ordnance; Strict control of the flow of steel will play a key role in both the stability of the regime and the development of armaments.

Coupled with the arrival of Liu Hongdi, the "Golden Cloth Law" that was denied because of Empress Lu in history was preserved...

At this moment, Liu Hong no longer feels that this is the beginning of hell - leaving aside the Chen Zhou Zhuhong group, the political environment at this point in time is too friendly for the traverser!

With a sigh of relief, he told Uncle Tian of Shaofu to set up a shelf to govern Su Duwei as soon as possible, and Liu Hong naturally opened the next topic.

Since the Chehou Xungui class is silent on the matter of grain monopoly, the next issue is naturally the issue of the Xiongnu mission - Liu Hong needs to show his attitude to make the Chehou Xungui group settle down.

"The Huns sent envoys, although they said that they wanted to make peace, but their wolf ambitions were obvious!"

As the emperor of the early Han Dynasty, Liu Hong must express this attitude - hatred of the Xiongnu, as much as belittling Qin Shi Huang, was the basic ideology of the early Han Dynasty.

As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, if Liu Hong does not make a statement of hatred for the Huns, it is almost the same as the later president of the Free State who revealed that he was close to the Great Bear, which is an absolute self-destruction of the Great Wall!

Although Liu Hong's statement can't change anything, the Han family should bow its head or bow its head, and whether it should acquiesce to the blackmail of the Huns or admit it, but for the courtiers and nobles, a tough emperor is the best heart booster.

In this way, the tone of today's issue on the Xiongnu mission is also very simple: Liu Hong wants to ensure that the courtiers and nobles fully appreciate his hard-line attitude, and at the same time set the main tone for this Han-Hungarian diplomacy - to pray for peace with the Xiongnu in a relatively dignified way.