Stability is paramount.

This phrase often appears in the press releases of a certain country in later generations.

Li Ran has always scoffed at it, believing that it is a foolish policy to maintain class rule.

However, standing in a different position, he suddenly realized that he was very wrong.

Stability is definitely the biggest benefit for ordinary people.

Instability means rising prices, reduced law and order, and insecurity at the most basic level.

In just a few months, the price of grain in Hedong Province has been ten times higher!

On the way to Jinyang, you can see hunger everywhere, and in a trance you return to the tragic situation when the Jizhou earthquake occurred.

What is Huan Yanfan doing to eat!

After Li Chongrun left, Li Ran gathered all the officials above the seventh grade in Jinyang for the first time and held a meeting.

The black pressure of a human head is like a wandering ant, with anxiety and uneasiness...... Li Ran dared to kill the minister in the Xuanwu Palace, one shot at a time, this small Jinyang Yamen was not enough for him, the big Buddha.

"Ahem!"

A heavy cough sounded, and everyone chrysanthemum tightened.

Li Ran walked from the back hall of the mansion with a gloomy face, his face was as pale as ice, and the coldness in his eyes was about to burst out.

"I ask, you answer."

Simple explanation, rough and straightforward.

This attitude, which is a conversation between colleagues in the officialdom, is clearly the tone of interrogating prisoners!

“…… Lord Shang Shuling, what did we do wrong? ”

Huan Yanfan had to fight hard, as the chief official of Jinyang and the leader of internal affairs, Li Ran was furious and slapped him in the face.

But he asked himself that he had worked hard during his time in Jinyang, and he had no credit for quelling the rebellion in Hedong Province, and he also had hard work!

"There are too many slots, I can't vomit."

Li Ran glared at him, and unceremoniously smacked at this buddy's own face, "In general, it's like shit." ”

One stone stirs up a thousand waves.

The vulgar words instantly angered all the bureaucrats, and their eyes widened with anger, if it weren't for the other guys in Li Ran's waist, they would definitely rush up and repay the old fist.

"Still not convinced? Yes! Let's take a moment to figure it out. ”

Li Ran smiled, these people were angry, proving that they were not hopeless.

"First of all, why is the price of grain in Hedong Province ten times higher than usual!"

The most fatal problem is the king bomb.

“…… Shang Shuling! Do you know that the army and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the anti-party and Wu Sansi have resisted stubbornly, he has taken advantage of the future of the official army, he has looted all the grain in Hedong Province and is ready to hold it, and the officers and soldiers came on light horses, and the supply and transportation are troublesome, in order to quell the rebellion, we and others organized the people of Hedong Province to supply the officials and soldiers, and they need food everywhere, but you can tell me why the price of food will rise! ”

Huan Yanfan is straightforward, obviously he is involved in the whole process.

"Okay, let's settle the score."

Li Ran smiled even more, took out the notebook, and listed them one by one, "The grain output of Hedong Province is this number, except for the tribute to the granary of the national treasury, the rest of your government is enriched into the treasury finance at the same level as a tax, except for daily expenses, there is still this number." ”

"Wu Sansi's rebels have more than 10,000 people, and the amount of food consumed every day is this amount, even if he collects all the grain stored in the Hedong Provincial Treasury, he can't eat it all in just a few months!"

"And when he broke through his lair, he didn't find much grain, could it be that this grain would fly?"

When you talk about evidence, if you want to beat someone, you will beat the other party so that the other party has nothing to say.

As Li Ran wrote out the numbers one by one, even the faces of the Jinyang scholars, who were not very sensitive to mathematics, gradually changed.

It seems that various algorithms point to a question.

The amount of food is not comparable...... At least thousands of stone of grain are missing!

"After the end of the rebellion, Luoyang has organized rich grain from all over the country to be transported to Hedong, but it takes time, and the distant water can't save the thirst, not to mention that we only count Jinyang, there are thousands of stones of grain that can't be matched, so how much grain in the entire Hedong Province can't be matched?"

Li Ran looked around at everyone and asked them red-faced.

Especially Huan Yanfan, his face is as swollen as a pig's liver.

“…… Lord Shang Shuling, we didn't have to fill our pockets. ”

He tried his best to defend himself, eager to prove his innocence by death.

"I know, I believe in you."

Li Ran nodded heavily, and his affirmative attitude warmed everyone's hearts.

What a good young man, that's how accurate you look at people.

However, in the next second, everyone's eyes were about to pop out.

"After all, with your minds, you can't think of such a professional way to steal food."

Why are you still scolding!

Should I refute it?

Everyone looked at each other as if it were a dilemma.

“…… Lord Shang Shuling, please don't hesitate to teach, what does the so-called professionalism mean? ”

Huan Yanfan was ashamed of himself, but he deserved to be one of the four famous ministers of the Tang Dynasty, and he had nothing to say about the field he didn't understand.

"The grain is in the hands of the landlord and the old wealth."

Li Ran smiled and gave the answer directly.

"They surrendered to Wu Sansi in the early stage, and handed over the grain to the rebellious King of Liang, although this helped to abuse, but it is also forgivable, after all, Wu Sansi's butcher's knife is hanging on the brain, and it is absolutely regarded as a typical example to set an example, and the heads of the officials and soldiers will be hung on the flagpole, of course, most of the landlords and old wealth are forced to stand in line, but there are also many speculators who bet at both ends, these people, we have to check, we can't let the people who steal and cheat and play tricks come from left and right."

At any time, the grass on the wall is the target of suppression, and the interrogator is Huan Yanfan, who is from the supervision of the imperial history, and he immediately agreed.

"However, it is impossible for Wu Sansi to transport all the grain to his fortress, he needs to disperse and resettle, in other words, the grain that nominally belongs to him is not actually in his hands."

The key point came, Li Ran raised his eyebrows and said, "With the advancement of the counterinsurgency, in some of the recovered places, there are actually warehouses that hoard grain, but there are few officers and soldiers, and their minds are focused on the battle, and they only hand over the work of stabilizing local law and order to the various squires and Li Zheng, these people are almost all landlords and old wealth, you say, will they let go of the grain handed over?" ”

Huan Yanfan suddenly suddenly said angrily, "These rats! It's really hateful. ”

"Don't worry, their little tricks aren't over yet."

Li Ran continued to mend the knife, "After the landlords and old fortunes took back their own grain, they knew that this thing was expensive, so they secretly hoarded it, and refused to assist the government to put it on the market to stabilize prices. ”

"They're disregarding human life!" , Huan Yanfan was so angry that he scolded.

Although he himself has nearly 100 acres of fertile land and is a veritable landlord, the appearance of the scholarly family will never be so ugly.

"As far as they are concerned, if the people can't get over it, the more they will sell themselves to them as tenant farmers."

With the experience in Chang'an and Luoyang, Li Ran is clear about what the landlord wants to do.

To put it simply, it is difficult to make a fortune!

In their eyes, the lives and deaths of the people are certainly not as good as fattening their own pockets...... The sky is falling, and it's a big deal to change the emperor to do it, and it won't affect their inheritance in the township.

The corners of Li Ran's mouth rose slightly.

The change in the number of people in the industrial and commercial class mentioned in that five-year plan is absolutely correct.

He has stabbed the landlords and old fortunes twice in Chang'an and Luoyang, although the effect is remarkable, but it has not yet reached the extent of hurting the bones.

And Hedong Road, which has been beaten into a mess, happens to be a good place to start with the third knife...... Don't stab a knife to see blood, his name is written upside down!