"Big bucket in and small bucket out!"

"Sell low and sell high!"

"A disaster year is more profitable than a good harvest year."

Li Shimin looked at the article in the ink magazine, and his face was gloomy.

After the Mo family became wealthy, Li Fuzi stepped down from his teaching work in Mojia Village, and he was usually idle, so he took the initiative to invite Yinglai to serve as the editor-in-chief of the ink magazine.

This is also suitable for his character, dry feng shui, this time I saw the vernacular version handed over by Murton, scolded Morton scolded, personally wrote the Chinese version, and unceremoniously signed his name.

This point was agreed by everyone in the Mo family, after all, there were too many people offended by this article, and Li Fuzi was also to protect Merton.

The gap is nearly three times, the peasants work hard for a year, and the money they earn is only enough to satisfy their stomachs, if there are three long and two short in the middle, a family will have to borrow for a living, and the interest at this time is the interest of the donkey rolling, if the money is not paid, the family will definitely be bankrupt.

"Pound!" Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

"The old slave is here!" Pound replied.

"Immediately go to Chang'an City to find out the price of grain in Chang'an City in the past year." Li Shimin said.

Pang De hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty is angry, this phenomenon that Master Li said is a matter of the previous dynasty. ”

Just as Li Fuzi protected Merton, Merton did not agree with Li Fuzi's direct confrontation with these interest groups, but advanced the time to the Sui Dynasty.

Li Shimin suddenly sneered and said: "You don't know who Li Duo is, I don't know, if it was a matter of the previous dynasty, he probably wouldn't even look at it." ”

At that time, Li Fuzi was called a strange Confucian, and he was excluded by the mainstream of Chang'an City, and he was not allowed to live in seclusion in Mojia Village, but now he has ink magazines in hand, which is like a fish in water, and the article he personally signed can not be a sentence that can be exposed in the previous dynasty.

Li Shimin is very sure that Li Fuzi is definitely using the past to satirize the present, and the grain prices in Chang'an City must be strange.

Pang De's efficiency was very high, and soon, the price of grain in Chang'an City for twelve months a year was placed in front of Li Shimin's case, and the highest was 13 wen per bucket in April and May, and the lowest time was in the summer and autumn harvest time, and each bucket of grain was only 5 wen.

"How can it be?"

The more Li Shimin looked at it, the more angry he became, slamming the table with a heavy bang, and the bloody facts reported by the ink magazine in front of him made him lose face, he had always thought that the price of grain in Guanzhong was five cents per bucket, and people could afford to buy grain and eat, who knew that this was just a word game.

Five cents per bucket is only the lowest grain price in Chang'an City, and Merton used to think that the price of grain in the Tang Dynasty was very low, but after coming to the Tang Dynasty, he knew that this was definitely the historian beautifying the rule of Zhenguan, but he just quoted a minimum price, and this lowest price may still be the lowest price when the grain was the lowest in the past years.

"What about closing positions? Has the standing position I set up become an ornament? Li Shimin roared angrily.

Pang De smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, Chang Ping is only buying and selling grain according to the market price, and most of them are for the relief of the bad year or the loan to the people for the autumn ripening. ”

Changping is a place specially designed to stabilize food prices in ancient times, usually when the price is low, when the price is low, when the price is high, sell food, but what seems to be a good thing, at that time in the era of extremely closed transportation and communication, the effect is extremely limited, except in the year of catastrophe or when the price of food is too abnormal.

It is almost impossible to adjust food prices in a timely manner according to the fluctuations in grain prices in the market.

Li Fuzi's writing is very good, and in just one article, he vividly describes a peasant's state of mind from joy to despair, which makes people can't help but sympathize with them after reading them, and at the same time hate the illegal grain merchants.

Since the concept of compulsory education was mentioned, Li Fuzi's reputation in Chang'an City is booming, as if he has become a big name in the education industry, coupled with the position of editor-in-chief of the ink magazine, it is even more out of thin air to add a fire, "Overcharged Three or Five Buckets" once released, immediately detonated in Chang'an City, after all, the price of grain fluctuates too much, not only affecting farmers, but also affecting the citizens of Chang'an City, after all, who can save how much food at home?

In any era, food is the top priority for a country's stability. Therefore, when Li Shimin convened the courtiers, many ministers knew Li Shimin's intentions.

Ink periodicals are now an important way for people in Chang'an City to be a source of information, although officials usually get much more sources of news than ordinary people, but compared to the special collection of news ink periodicals, it is still not enough to read, coupled with the high quality of ink magazines, detailed content, officials must read, Li Fuzi's article has of course been seen by officials.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today the emperor asked me a question, what is the meaning of the term 'grain cheapness hurts farmers'! You are all well-educated people, I don't know which Aiqing can answer for me! Li Shimin suddenly asked a question that was well known to women and children.

The ministers suddenly understood for a while, and what they discussed today was indeed this matter.

Su Lingnong, the great Si Nong, immediately came out and said: "Back to Your Majesty, this word comes from the Book of Han, which means that if the price of grain is too low, the peasants will be harmed. ”

Li Shimin nodded immediately and praised: "Su Aiqing is worthy of being a well-educated person, and he is right in one word." ”

Su Lingnon smiled bitterly, so he had to cooperate with Li Shimin and said: "Weichen is just abiding by his own duties, so he naturally cares about agriculture-related knowledge. ”

"I read Li Fuzi's "Three or Five Buckets Overcharged" today, and I felt a lot of emotion in my heart, the harm of the grain and the peasants is too much, it is really painful!" Li Shimin said.

The entire courtiers were silent for a while, and they couldn't help but look at the two ministers in front, Du Yan and Wei Changde.

Around Chang'an City, there was a joke: "Weidu in the south of the city, go to Tianqi Wu." "The Wei family and the Du family are the largest landlords in Chang'an City, and they are also the largest grain merchants in Chang'an City.

"Your Majesty, this is a matter of the previous dynasty, and naturally such a thing will not happen in our dynasty." Du Yan had no choice but to say hard.

The corners of Li Shimin's mouth twitched, and he sneered: "The past does not forget the teacher of the future, I can't repeat the mistakes of the past, food is the foundation of the country, it is the top priority, let's discuss how to avoid the phenomenon of cheap grains hurting farmers!" ”

Li Shimin set the tone of this court meeting in one sentence, that is, to set a charter for today's matter.