In fact, for the stability of grain prices, for the entire Tang Dynasty, the benefits are obvious, but the most fundamental reason for the implementation of Baili is that many large landlords are often also big grain merchants, especially some families, which control the grain price of a place.

And above the court, many ministers are often representatives of big landlords, such as Du Yan and Wei Changde in front of them, they are also big landlords.

Although Li Shimin has repeatedly ordered that officials above the fifth grade are forbidden to do business, selling the output of their fields is not considered business.

Moreover, the Wei and Du families are deeply rooted in Chang'an City, and their power is amazing, the Du family is Du Ruhui's relatives, and there are countless protégés in the court, and the Wei family is the maiden family of Wei Guifei, and they are relatives of the emperor, and no one dares to move.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that we can increase the right to close positions and build more positions in various parts of Datang to stabilize local prices." Fang Xuanling came out of the queue.

He was the prime minister of the dynasty, and it was his responsibility to maintain the stability of grain prices, so he proposed the most fundamental solution to the problem.

"What Fang Aiqing said, this is indeed a cure." Li Shimin nodded, turned his head and said to Duan Lun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry,

"Duan Aiqing, the matter of building a permanent position will be handed over to your Ministry of Industry."

Duan Lun responded: "Obey!" However, the construction of a standing position is not an overnight thing, and without three or five years, I am afraid that there will not be much permanent liquidation. ”

Building a granary is not a simple matter, it needs to be selected, built, and equipped with various facilities, which is not something that can be built in a day or two.

"And the money spent is a lot of money, plus the purchase of grain, I'm afraid the court can't come up with so much money!" The Ministry of Civil Affairs Shangshu Dai Xuan frowned. He also knows the good thing of Chang Ping, but it is difficult for Qiao Woman to cook without rice, and the finances are not so tight at this time, but if he wants to take out so much money to use Chang Ping to buy food, I am afraid it is impossible.

When Wei Du and the others heard this, they were immediately overjoyed, and they couldn't help but glance at each other, and then a trace of regret appeared on their faces.

Li Shimin was silent for a moment, the lack of money is indeed a pain in everyone's hearts, even the emperor.

Su Lingnon said: "Your Majesty, it is a long-term plan to close the position, but far water cannot quench the thirst of the near, if the imperial court sets a grain price, no matter whether the purchase or sale is carried out at this price, so as to ensure the interests of the farmers to the greatest extent." ”

"No?" Wei Changde was suddenly shocked.

If a price is set at the same price, then how can the Taweidu family make huge profits by relying on the purchase of grain.

"Why not? The price of grain is set, it will certainly not be lower than the current price, the old man knows that the Wei family has a lot of fields, if the grain that can be produced can be sold at a good price, wouldn't it be good for you. Su Lingnon blew his beard and glared.

Wei Changde immediately scolded Su Lingnon for pretending to be confused, relying solely on grain and grain output, where can a family be fed, and which family will not be able to continue by sucking blood from the people in the end.

Besides, not to mention the family, even ordinary landlords who will not sell grain at the lowest price when the grain is just beaten down, they all hoard until a few months later, wait until the price of grain rises, and then slowly sell grain, but ordinary peasant households, without the slightest ability to resist, can only sell grain at a low price.

"Lord Wei doesn't know that if the price of grain is set to death, the grain merchants will not be profitable, so they are naturally unwilling to buy and sell grain anymore. When the time comes, the grain in the hands of the peasants will not be able to be sold, and the people in the cities will not be able to buy grain. Du Yan was a talent who later achieved the position of prime minister, and at a glance saw the drawbacks of Su Lingnong, and spoke to help Wei Changde break the siege.

"That's just as well!" Su Lingnon nodded in agreement, but said after a while: "In that case, how about we set a minimum and maximum grain purchase price?" ”

"What are the minimum and maximum food prices?" Li Shimin couldn't help asking.

"Your Majesty, the minimum grain price is the lowest price at which grain merchants can purchase grain from peasant households, and this minimum price should ensure that peasants will not sell grain at a low price when they sell it. The highest grain price is the price at which grain merchants sell grain, and this maximum grain price is to ensure that the people of Chang'an City can afford the price of grain, and will not affect their lives. And the difference in the middle price is the profit of the grain merchants, so that the interests of the three parties can be guaranteed. Su Lingnon talked eloquently and threw out a practical method.

Li Shimin's eyes lit up suddenly, in this way, the problem will definitely be solved perfectly, and there will be no more phenomenon of overcharging three or five buckets, and there will be no phenomenon of Gu Gui hurting the people.

"What do you think?" Li Shimin's tiger body was shocked, his eyes were like electricity, and he looked at the ministers of the DPRK and China.

"Is this good governance?" Fang Xuanling immediately nodded and said, in this way, coupled with the assistance of Chang Liquidation, it will definitely be able to ensure the stability of Datang's grain prices.

Many ministers also figured out the joints, and couldn't help nodding in praise, especially some ministers who were not engaged in grain trading at home, nodded and praised one after another.

Suddenly, under the general trend, Wei Du and the others were opposed, which would only attract Li Shimin's anger, after all, for an emperor, there was nothing more important to maintain his rule, especially an emperor like Li Shimin, who favored fame.

The two Weidu families are in power, and they are still weak in the face of the emperor's will.

When Su Lingnon heard this, he couldn't help but show a smile of relief, all along, his position as a big farmer seemed to be noble, but he had no real power, and he did nothing in the face of the suffering of the people, and if he could control the lowest and highest price of grain prices in the country today, wouldn't it be for the benefit of the people of the world.

"I didn't expect that Lord Mo's attention was really good!" Su Linong couldn't help but have a smile on his face.

It was true that the minimum purchase price and the maximum price of grain that he proposed were Merton's ideas for him, otherwise how could he have come up with such an idea with his usual character of bowing down to the fields.

The tone has been set, and the rest are naturally difficult for these elites of the Tang Dynasty, and soon Dai Zhou has already calculated a reasonable minimum grain purchase price and the highest grain selling price.

The lowest purchase price of the valley is 7 cents per bucket, and the highest selling price is 10 cents. The difference in the price of the three cents in the middle is the profit of the grain merchant. The salmon is already equivalent to a small half of the money per bucket of grain, even if the transportation cost is erased, it is still a considerable profit, after all, the grain is still the volume in the end, not the price.

In addition to millet, the court also re-established the minimum purchase price and the maximum selling price for wheat, sorghum and rice.

"Good! In the future, Datang took this as a rule, and every year at the time of the summer harvest, Dasi Nong set the national grain price and reported it to the court for distribution to the world. Li Shimin said happily.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, the courtiers immediately agreed in unison, of course, there were also unwilling voices of Wei Changde and Du Yan.