"The gradual liberalization of food prices is a major policy that cannot be changed!" Li Ze looked around at the more than a dozen assassins in the room, and his tone was unquestionable.

As he expected, after the policy was introduced, it was the local officials who resisted the most. Among them, even his second uncle, Li Anmin, who is now the assassin of Mozhou. These people hurried back to Wuyi from Zhidi, all wanting to get temporary immunity from Li Ze.

"The food pressure in Mozambique is still very high this year." Li Anmin glanced at the people in the room and took the lead in speaking: "According to the harvest of winter wheat this year, we still need to import hundreds of thousands of stones from abroad to ensure what Mozhou needs. If grain control is relaxed, food prices will inevitably rise sharply, and Mozhou is still poor, which may be difficult for the people to bear. ”

As soon as Li Anmin finished speaking, Yao Jing, the assassin of Texas who had just taken office, looked bitter, and then said: "Li Xiang, Texas grain is not like other places, it can be more or less self-sufficient, we in Texas, in addition to breeding and various workshops, most of the remaining land is planted with sparse vegetables, etc., once the price of grain rises, the entire Texas will be greatly affected." I'm afraid that there will be some incidents, Texas has a major stake, and once there is chaos, it will affect the overall situation, which Li Xiang has to worry about. ”

After listening patiently to everyone's complaints, Li Ze waved his hand and said, "What you said cannot be used as a reason. In those days, we implemented grain price control because we were seriously short of food, in order to crack down on Tunjijuqi, in order to ensure our most basic survival, and in order to enable us to concentrate all the forces we could, only in this way can we survive and come to this point. But now, this policy is clearly not suitable for the current situation. ”

"We're still short of food!" Li Anmin said.

"The second uncle is standing in Mozhou and looking at the problem." Li Ze smiled and said, "In fact, Mozhou may not be short of food. ”

Li Anmin's face changed slightly, and before he could react to the next step, Li Ze had already continued: "Second uncle, the grain price control policy we have realized, in fact, the most hurt is the farmers who farm the land. I believe that all of you should have a clear understanding of this, right? What they have done in a year is basically barely enough to keep a person to eat, and the people are not hungry. ”

"That's already pretty good." Dai Lin, who rushed back from Lingzhou, said: "Although the imperial court has implemented control above the price of grain, but from the top of taxes and forced labor, they have been exempted a lot, and the burden of the people of Lingzhou is the lightest in these decades. ”

"Giving light to the meager endowment and giving the people more opportunities to make money is what the court and the government should do, what should be done, and what must be done." Li Ze said categorically: "We can't feel that they should be compensated in some other places because we have collected less taxes and provided them with some job opportunities, and we feel that it is natural to collect their grain at a low price." ”

Speaking of this, Li Ze glanced at the magistrates present and said, "You are all members of the land management side, and you should know very well that the farmers' efforts are not commensurate with their gains. They should have had a better life, but because of our policies, they are working hard year after year. ”

The crowd was silent.

"Some time ago, I talked about the way to be an official, and I believe you all have your own experience." Li Ze continued: "It may be acceptable for a person to make a certain sacrifice for the overall situation in a short period of time, but after the situation is stable and improving, you don't want to compensate him, but still want him to continue to sacrifice, is this reasonable?" If it were you, would you be willing to do it? That's what the peasants under our rule are like that now. ”

"The reason why there have been no incidents yet is because the lives of ordinary people are still passable. I know that in this regard, the local governments have still made great efforts, but in the long run, this kind of resentment will deepen step by step, in fact, there are already signs of it. ”

Many officials in the room were slightly alarmed.

"You should know, if you don't know, it means that your work is not done properly." Li Ze said coldly: "The investigation of the Internal Guard, the Supervision Yuan, and the Yixing Society has fully shown that the peasants have shown signs of reluctance to sell. After paying the public grain, they sold less and less grain, and they were collecting grain. The peasants are not collecting grain for the purpose of making a fortune or for opportunism, they simply feel that they have suffered a great loss if they sell it at such a price. ”

Looking at Li Anmin, Li Ze smiled and said: "Second uncle, in Mozhou, I am afraid that there are a large number of peasant families who have stored a lot of grain, if this batch of stored grain is spit out, so what?" ”

Standing up and going around the house a few times, Li Ze said: "If the grain is released, the price will definitely fluctuate upwards in a short period of time, and there will even be a big price increase, but after the household department has counted and calculated on a large scale and reviewed the output and other data within our jurisdiction over the past few years, it has confirmed that a large amount of grain stocks will inevitably be sold to the market at that time, so the price will quickly fall back to a reasonable level." ”

"If the people have food in their hands, it may be a different situation." Li Anmin's face was slightly red, and he said in a sneering manner.

"There must be." Li Zedao: "Yingzhou Bao Hui as a pilot, has fully demonstrated this problem, this year because of the drought, our winter wheat production has actually decreased, but from the current grain supply in Yingzhou, greatly exceeds this year's output, where does the extra grain come from?" The stock of previous years is just that. ”

Everyone in the room glanced at each other, but they all showed relieved expressions.

"The existence of public grain has actually ensured our most basic survival and ensured the normal operation of the army and government institutions. The liberalization of grain will bring many new problems to local management, and this is what you need to face next. Li Ze said: "But what I want to tell you here is that in the future, there will be many bulk materials that will also be released from control, and in the future, except for salt and iron, the imperial court will delegate power." You also have to be prepared, the life of the government was very comfortable in the past, but in the future, it will not be so comfortable. ”

"Don't be afraid that the peasants have money! It's good to have a lot of money in your hands. With the money in their hands, they will build better houses, buy better livestock, make better cars, farm implements, wear better clothes, and even buy luxury goods that they could not have reached before. The government should give the people a kind of hope, that is, if you have money, you will use it, and you will come when you use it, and our government will ensure that you earn more and more year by year, and today will be better than yesterday, and tomorrow will be better than today. ”

Li Ze waved his arms and said loudly.

"If the people have more money, dare to use it, and can buy more things, it will greatly stimulate the local economy, and even the economy of the whole country." Li Ze turned his head to look at Yao Jing, the Texas assassin, and said, "What's so scary about Texas?" When the people are rich, you can sell more of what you make in Texas, you can sell it at a better price, and the more money you make, the more you can pay the workers, and the workers' incomes will continue to rise, even if the price of food rises, what is it? As long as wages rise faster than food prices. It's a good cycle, and as long as we get into such a good cycle, our days will get better and better day by day. ”

Looking at these feudal officials in the room, Li Ze said: "If you don't understand this, you can go to the School of Political Science and Economics of Wuwei Academy to take a few classes." If you feel that you don't have time, then after you go back, you can also ask those of you who graduated from Wuwei Academy. ”

Everyone in the room was a little dumbfounded for a while. These people, basically, are still governing the place according to the old experience of the past, and although they are already trying to accept new affairs and new ideas, it is obvious that they still cannot keep up with the progress of the times.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you don't rest on the merits of the past and live a satisfied life, being an official under me, this will not work, no merit is a fault, this is my standard for evaluating you. If you feel that you can't cope, you can go back to Wuyi to support the elderly. If you want to go further, study hard, otherwise, you will be left behind by the times. ”

Li Ze stood up and waved his hand: "Tomorrow, the Datang Weekly will fully publish the management of grain liberalization, and now it is not limited to the official know, but the whole world will know, if I were you, I should go back and arrange the corresponding matters now to meet the baptism of this storm!" ”

Seeing Li Ze brushing his sleeves away, everyone in the room looked at each other for a moment, then stood up and left the prime minister's mansion in a hurry.

"Xiangye, will the weekly newspaper really publish this decree tomorrow? Do you want to give them more time to prepare? Zhang Xun asked.

"Some people just can't give them a little bit of respite, otherwise, they will feel that the wind is changing again, and their minds will change with it." Li Zedao: "It will be published tomorrow and sent to the world, so they have already left today, and the news will not be fully dispersed in the local area before they arrive, and it is just the opportunity to see their ability to deal with the crisis." ”

"Yes!"

"Zhang Xun, Datang Monthly has become a weekly newspaper, now are you losing money or making money?"

"Now it's a small profit!" Zhang Xun smiled.