Under the bright sunshine, the city of Tokyo is full of people, and it is much more orderly than before, and the most obvious change is that the guards and soldiers who are rampant in the market have disappeared. This is the result of Shang Hongqian's rectification of military discipline and restraint of the forbidden army during this period.

In other words, it is the city officials and inspectors who manage the market, and the Kaifeng Mansion takes over. After Hou Yi took office, he used the most severe means to take serious measures to strictly enforce the public order situation in the city of Tokyo, rectified many people, and gradually improved the atmosphere.

It's just that even if the sun is shining, it is difficult to make the charm completely fade. The new manager, apparently, has entered the role of power.

"Hou Yi, the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, is still good!" Standing in a tea shop, Liu Chengyou watched as a group of several city officials and pawns gradually walked away and disappeared into the corner of the street under the awe-inspiring gaze of the small stall vendors around them.

Although it is a tea shop, it actually sells alcohol, provided that customers can afford to pay a high price. For the sake of rice and grain, the imperial court forbade alcohol, but where can it really be banned, although it will not be useless, but for those high-ranking officials and nobles, secretly engaging in some wine brewing in the courtyard of the deep mansion is not a big and difficult matter. In addition, the scope of radiation is limited to the land of Gyeonggi.

Even so, the government and the opposition in Tokyo have been calling for the lifting of the ban more and more recently. Alcohol is such a thing as a really addictive thing.

And Wang Zhang, the third envoy, proposed to Liu Chengyou only two days ago that the matter of wine koji, like salt and iron, be included in the official camp. This is another way for Wang Zhang to come up with a means of collecting money, because since the imperial court banned alcohol, there have been many people in Gyeonggi who sell wine koji privately, taking the opportunity to make huge profits.

Regarding Wang Zhang's remarks, Liu Chengyou really didn't know what to say. When he learned of this, his first reaction was not that he was worried about the poor implementation of the imperial ban, but that he was thinking about how to take advantage of the opportunity to make profits. Of course, Wang Zhang is also trying his best to increase the revenue of the national treasury.

In the entire court, the one with the fastest gray hair is Wang Zhang. For the sake of national finance and taxation, with the acquiescence of Liu Chengyou, Wang Zhang formulated a lot of policies and decrees that dragged under the "positive tax", and he was burdened with a lot of infamy.

Liu Chengyou knew in his heart that it was better to be sparse after all. But this prohibition will have to last for a while, and if the imperial court does not suppress it, even if there is a shortage of food, a lot of food will be used to make wine. In addition, we will also crack down on the situation of stealing lewd koji in Tokyo.

"Official." Li Shaoyou turned into the room, quietly walked to Liu Chengyou's side, and called.

"Have you found out? Whose property is this tea shop? Liu Chengyou didn't look back, holding the shelf.

Li Shaoyou said: "It was placed by Su Xianggong's relatives. ”

Now in the DPRK, there is only one Su Xianggong left......

"The relationship between them is really not simple." The corners of Liu Chengyou's mouth grinned, and he raised his hand and instructed lightly: "Report this matter to Kaifeng Mansion, and Hou Yi will deal with it!" ”

"Yes!"

Liu Chengyou raised his eyes and looked at his respectful cousin, and suddenly said lightly: "I look at the market, there are many criticisms of the imperial court, why haven't you heard the report of Wu Desi?" ”

Hearing this, Li Shaoyou's heart subconsciously tightened, his eyes wandered, and he hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, the minister immediately reported to Yousi, and instructed him to seriously clean up those who speak falsely to the people!" ”

"Hulai!" Liu Chengyou immediately reprimanded.

"Yes!" Li Shaoyou bent over.

"Can you block all the mouths? Even if you can keep your mouth shut, can you still keep your heart shut? Liu Chengyou taught: "The imperial court has its own maladministration, if the people are tired of their suffering, they are not allowed to complain about one or two?" If the court can govern well, is it afraid of rumors? ”

Li Shaoyou echoed respectfully: "What the official said is very true! It's Chen Langyan. ”

Seeing his cousin's cautious appearance, Liu Chengyou followed up and said: "However, for those remarks that are demagogic and have bad intentions, we must not relax, so as not to be taken advantage of by bad people!" Looking at public opinion in Tokyo, the people are not stable! ”

"The minister understands!" No matter what Liu Chengyou said, Li Shaoyou responded to it all, without a little pushing. But I couldn't help muttering in my heart, the Son of Heaven is really not good to serve.

"Official, it's time to go back to the palace! Do you want to go? At this time, Zhao Yanjin, the Marquis of Zhiyu in the east class of the Vertical Arch Palace, entered with a knife and asked for instructions.

Zhao Hui's son is more clever than the previous Li Chongju.

"It's still the air outside the palace, fresh and free, which makes people feel more comfortable!" Liu Chengyou sighed leisurely, feeling like he was moaning without illness, but he quickly retracted: "Go back!" ”

"Take these rice, noodles, meat and vegetables back to the palace!" came, Liu Chengyou did not forget to command.

"Yes!"

In the house, there are some corn, rice, flour, chicken, duck, fish, vegetables, fruits, and the like. That's right, Liu Chengyou went out of the palace this time, in addition to observing the situation of the people in Tokyo, he came to buy grain.

Food prices in Tokyo are getting higher and higher. Taking rice as an example, it has jumped from 400 yuan to more than 700 yuan in the past year, which has nearly doubled, and this is still the result of the imperial court's painstaking maintenance.

Of course, the high price of food is not only due to the lack of food, but also because the money is not worth much. In addition to the various "treasures" forged and issued by the three generations of regimes over the past few decades, there are also many iron and lead coins, and in addition, there are also a lot of miscellaneous money from other countries......

The chaos of the currency system can be seen. As for gold, silver, silk and other heavy equivalents, ordinary people cannot afford to use them. In today's Han country, many places have returned to the state of barter.

Investigating this matter, Liu Chengyou knew that he and the imperial court had another task to forge and release new money.

After returning to the palace, before he could rest for a while, Liu Chengyou summoned Wang Zhang to discuss the matter of leveling the price of grain and building new money.

The issue of food prices is difficult to say, but it is also simple to say, as long as there is enough food.

The whole country is in a stage of scarcity, and now Tokyo's food source is very scarce. The ban on grain in the Southern Tang Dynasty really caused a lot of trouble to the Han Dynasty, and Liu Chengyou hated it every time he thought about it.

However, there are always more solutions than difficulties. When it is difficult to increase the internal grain and rice, we can only find a way from the outside.

It mainly comes from two aspects, one of which is Jingnan. Gao Congzhi, the king of Nanping, recently sent an envoy to Kaifeng to accuse him, asking the court to forgive his previous sins and repair the good of the monarch and ministers. In this regard, Liu Chengyou has not responded, and he can take the opportunity to lead Jingnan's grain north, and the Gao family always has some grain in Jingnan. By the way, it can also make the Gao family's "two or five boys" disgusting and disgusting Nantang.

The second is to make a deal with Houshu. Some of the prisoners were sent to Tokyo and set up as Huaiwei Army by Liu Chengyou, while the rest were still detained in Fengxiang.

Liu Chengyou plans to let Hou Shu redeem that part of the Shu army generals, it is reported that Meng Chang, the lord of Shu, is in the final stage of cleaning up the ministers, there is such an opportunity to enhance his reputation and buy the hearts of the army, I think I will not let it go. As for the previous issue of hostility between the two countries, it can be put on hold for the time being.

In contrast, the matter of building money is more troublesome. The first and most important problem is the lack of copper.

Where to find copper? In addition to prospecting for ore and smelting, Liu Chengyou's mind is full of Buddhist temples in China......