The grain of Shaofu, which was 'withheld' by the noble courtiers, was first excluded from the plan by Liu Hong.

- Liu Hong left his old face behind, and threatened openly and secretly in person, and those who didn't return it like this were basically determined to fight Liu Hong to the end.

In other words, it is the second generation of fools who claim to be heroes, Liu's arms, pretending to be ostriches for that little money, and taking Liu Hong's 'reward' shamelessly!

And the food in the hands of these fools is probably more difficult to obtain than their lives!

The grain in the major granaries is related to the stability of the military and the people's hearts in Guanzhong, and not a single grain of rice can be moved.

Thinking about it, in addition to the grain hoarded by merchants, there are only hundreds of thousands of stone grains left in Shaofu...

But the problem is that the reason why Chen Ping didn't let Shaofu's grain storage disappear completely is precisely because Shaofu's grain storage is for the palace!

In other words, the 150,000 stone grain was actually the rations of Liu Hong, the palace maids, eunuchs, waiters, and guards.

The Shaofu grain was sprinkled into the market, although it would not make Liu Hong starving, but it would also make the people in the palace panic, and even make the guards in the forbidden center unstable.

More importantly, even if all the 150,000 stone grain was thrown into the market, it would not have a stabilizing effect on grain prices at all.

-- 150,000 stone of grain, even if sold at yesterday's grain price, is only 300 yuan per stone, and the total value does not exceed 45 million yuan.

Don't mention the Hou Xun Gui, just pull one out of the big dog households in Chang'an, and the big dog family also said that it is effortless to eat this bit of food!

In the final analysis, the problem in Chang'an now is not that there is no grain, but that all the grain is hoarded by businessmen, and the grain circulation in the market is too low, which has led to the sharp rise in grain prices.

In this case, the wisest choice for the state is to inject a large amount of grain into the market at a price that is far lower than the price at this time, but slightly higher than in normal times, and so large that it is impossible for the merchants to eat it.

When the merchants exhausted their wealth, only to find that there was still low-priced grain to sell in the market, but they could no longer afford to buy it back, the market naturally cooled.

In order not to keep the grain in their hands from deteriorating, the merchants can only follow the price of grain in the market and sell their own grain at a reasonable price - you must know that the cost of grain storage is also amazing, in order to ensure that tens of thousands of tons of grain do not rot and deteriorate in this era without frozen storage, a large flat, ventilated and dry field, as well as a large number of guards.

But at this time, Liu Hong was a clever woman who could not cook without rice.

Slowly raising his head, Liu Hong made up his mind and said to Chen Ping, who was standing in the hall: "Let's sell the grain in Shaofu first to stabilize the price of grain..."

"For the rest of the insufficient, the Shaofu will send officials to buy grain from the Kanto region and transport it to Guanzhong."

Politicians, for the most part, are faced with not a choice between good and bad, but between bad and worse.

Just like Liu Hong at this time, whether he did nothing about food prices or tried to do something, he couldn't really change the situation much.

In this situation, no matter what he does, food prices cannot fall, what Liu Hong needs is a broader vision - which option will bring less harm?

In simple terms, it's a stop loss.

At this time, if he does nothing, Liu Hong will lose the support of the people, and if he does it but it has no effect, the impact will still be within an acceptable range.

The people of China have been the most simple, the most honest, and the most cunning group since ancient times, and they have their own basis for judging who is good to them and who is not good to them.

The emperor desperately starved himself, and resolutely sold the little grain left in Shaofu, but still failed to control the price of grain, can you blame the emperor for not caring about the lives of the people?

People did their best, okay!

- Most of the time, the appeal of the common people is really simple: as long as the emperor cares about them, then the final result is really not that important.

Historically, Emperor Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty felt sorry for the hardships of the common people, and planned to crack down on a group of corrupt officials, clarify the official system, and eliminate all the harsh taxes imposed on the people, but it caused a fierce resistance from vested interest groups; In desperation, Liu Heng could only reluctantly agree with the opinions of vested interest groups and 'focus on the overall situation'.

So Liu Heng's 'useless' move this time is really meaningless?

If it really doesn't make sense, then Liu Heng will not have the lofty status of 'living saint' in the minds of the people of the Western Han Dynasty.

Even in the last years of Emperor Wu nearly a hundred years later, the people of the world who were tortured by the country's frequent military transfers, and who had long been exhausted, even if they couldn't eat, still didn't think about opposing the old Liu family; Master Zhu even relied on a simple piece of paper to regain what little people's hearts were left.

This is unimaginable in any other dynasty!

- Apologies are really useful, so why do you need Tingwei?

The truth is that the people are not stupid, they are really moved by a guilty edict to not eat the fireworks of the world; But for the sake of the pig master is the bloodline of Emperor Wen Liu Heng, I am willing to believe that the pig master is the same as Liu Heng, he loves the people from the bottom of his heart and remembers the people.

Even when Emperor Wu ascended the throne at a young age and was suspicious, he relied on the edict of the 'heir of the next generation' left by Liu Heng to sit firmly on the throne and dispel the crooked thoughts of the rest of the clans surnamed Liu.

All of this stems from Liu Heng's 'meaningless' attempt.

Therefore, what Liu Hong needs to do at this time is very simple, that is, eat half a bowl of rice less per meal, and make a gesture: My people, don't blame me for not taking care of you, I even gave you half of my own food, I am really useless, and I can't afford to let the big guy eat a full stomach...

In this way, not only will the people's hearts not be lost, but it is even very likely that they will move closer to Liu Hong - His Majesty is only thirteen years old, and he is so considerate of the people's suffering, he can really be called a holy monarch...

Besides, Liu Hong didn't just make a gesture and didn't care whether the people lived or died - the price of grain in Kanto, even when it was the most expensive in the past 30 years, was not higher than the average price of grain in Chang'an.

Sending Shaofu to the Kanto market to buy a batch of grain, and then transporting it back to Guanzhong by waterway will take ten days and half a month at most.

Besides, Liu Hong didn't ask Shaofu to buy enough grain for the entire Guanzhong for a year.

You only need to buy a small amount of food that is a small part of the upper limit that Chang'an Haoqiang can bear, and you're done.

Liu Hong predicted that at this time, the heroes of Chang'an would be able to eat at most a million stone corn - you must know that these guys have already used most of their working capital to hoard grain and raise the price of grain for this feast.

At most, 1.3 million to 1.5 million stone of grain needs to flow into the market, and the Haoqiang plan will go bankrupt.

And the price of grain in Kanto, even if calculated according to the historical peak: 100 yuan, the cost of Shaofu is only 20,000 yuan.

Shaofu can still get this money.

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PS: Today's second update, tomorrow will start the update time fixed.