Chong was born poor. //. QВ(5).Com\When he was two years old, his father was poisoned. Because of his livelihood, his mother managed him to remarry, and lived a poor life under the fence. When he was young, Fan Zhongyan studied in a mountain monk's house, and was very poor, so he froze a small pot of porridge and divided it into four pieces, put a little leek and salt, and it was a day's food.

However, after ascending to the rank of Shidi, Fan Zhongyan's situation suddenly changed, not to mention his political status, only from the perspective of economic income, when he was only a small official such as Dali Temple Cheng and Secret Pavilion School Manager, a year's salary was already very considerable, and it can also be seen that the Song Dynasty had a preferential policy for scholars.

The strong contrast of his own status and the ambition of his childhood can be stretched, perhaps it is precisely because of all this that Fan Zhongyan's strong idea of repaying his gratitude has been caused, so he will have the height of the temple and worry about his people; is far away from the river, and is worried about the famous words of the king. However, Fan Zhongyan repaid his kindness, and the object was not just the emperor, but in the unique way of the Song Dynasty scholars to repay the court's kindness to him.

"The Son of Heaven is heroic, the article teaches Ercao, everything is inferior, only reading is high." This poem vividly illustrates the relationship between the Song Dynasty court and scholars and the social status of scholars, and it is very straightforward and seductive to utilitarianism, clearly stating that a person's identity and status can be obtained through reading.

There's no denying it. Sharp. It is a temptation for anyone, but the scholars and scholars of ancient times are not all mercenary people, since ancient times, in their blood, there has been a sense of responsibility, a sense of responsibility to take the world as their own responsibility, however, this sense of responsibility, due to the limitations of various factors, in many periods, so that many scholars and doctors can not be expressed.

Before the Northern Song Dynasty. The gate valve clan is the protagonist in the political arena, but after the great turmoil of the five dynasties at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the foundation of the gate valve concept has been very weak, and the dynasty of the five dynasties is constantly changing like a marquee, which not only disrupts the inherent political order, breaks up the traditional political combination, and basically cannot find the dispute between the scholars and the scholars that often appear in the political life of the Tang Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty was precisely in view of the shortcomings of the gate valve system in history, the dispute between the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the armed secession of the five dynasties, and the fact that it was established through usurpation, in order to be able to encompass the people of the world as widely as possible. A basic national policy was deliberately set, although it has not yet been clearly proposed, but everyone knows it, that is, the emperor and scholars rule the world.

Fan Zhongyan was the beneficiary of the Song Dynasty's Youlishi Doctor's policy, so he was in his waiting. are soaked with a strong idea of repaying gratitude, but in his heart, it is no longer simply to repay the emperor alone, but to sublimate to the realm of doing his best for a court and doing his best for the long-term peace and stability of this court.

When he was a teenager, Fan Zhongyan had envisioned two life paths for his future, one was to be a good look, the other was to be a good doctor, it can be seen that his two life ideas, one is to save the world, the other is to help the people, both are based on worrying about the country and the people.

Perhaps, in the eyes of some people, Fan Zhongyan is very tired of life, determined to save the world from fire and water, and relieve the people from hanging upside down, Chu asked himself if he could do it, or it is precisely because of this that he will especially admire Fan Zhongyan's behavior of worrying about the world first and enjoying the joy of the world after the world.

"The old man didn't keep you here to listen to your flattery." Fan Zhongyan waved his hand and said lightly: "The things that were delivered to you a few days ago have all been done?" ”

"That's nature." Chu Zhen said. With a smile as if he was asking for merit, he took out more than a dozen deeds from his arms, all of which were vouchers for purchasing grain: "According to Taishou's instructions, the money and silver have been paid to them, and the goods can be moved at any time." ”

Carefully looking through a few deeds, Fan Zhongyan showed a satisfied look: "Very good, you have done a good job in this matter, and you have lived up to Brother Jichuan's expectations of you."

Hearing this compliment, Chu Zhi was like drinking honey, his whole body was sweet, and he felt that his hard work in the past few days had not been in vain, you must know that in order to reach an agreement with the grain merchants as soon as possible, he kept running among the major cargo ships, and he tried his best to negotiate the price before signing a contract with the merchants who were asking for a price.

"The lower officials don't dare to take credit, thanks to the Taishou mediation and strategizing, this matter can be satisfactorily resolved." Chu Qianxin said convincingly, there was absolutely no intention of slapping the horse.

At the beginning, Chu Zhen thought that he thought of a solution to the lack of crisis in Hangzhou City, and came to Fan Zhongyan to offer advice, and he was more or less secretly proud in his heart, feeling that he was still very capable, and he didn't want Fan Zhongyan to just smile and affirm his behavior, but he didn't mean to adopt his advice at all.

Jealous of meritocracy? Or is the Internet slow for self-use and unwilling to accept advice with an open mind? The thought of slander had not yet flashed, but Chu Zhen heard a piece of news that shocked him.

"Go to the east wharf of the city and negotiate with the owner of the grain matter."

Until now, Chu Zhen still remembers his mood when he heard this sentence, confused and stunned, but listened to Fan Zhongyan explain indifferently. It turned out that when he learned that the drought was coming, he had already sent people to Suzhou, Changzhou and even Jingnan to publicize the incident, and he also exaggerated the news of the soaring prices in Hangzhou.

That's the experience. It is more useful than his so-called reverse thinking and reverse thinking, Chu Zhen sighed, when he was still thinking hard about countermeasures, people had already arranged the back hand, this is the gap, not to copy a few more poems can make up for it.

sighed. Chu Zhen of course very honored to accept Fan Zhongyan's assignment, secretly contact with the merchant shipper, after the grain merchant arrived in Hangzhou, found that the legend is false, although there is a drought here, but the price of grain has not risen at all, angry scolding vent, thinking that he is unlucky, ready to get rid of the grain, and then buy some Hangzhou native products to return.

At this time, Chu Zhen came to the door and directly said that he wanted to eat this batch of goods, the merchant was happy, but he was not confused, and he took the shrewdness of the merchant to the extreme, and began to ask for a price, of course Chu Zhen could not agree, but he was afraid that the news would leak and arouse the vigilance of the profiteers in Hangzhou, and they came to sabotage the transaction.

After consulting Fan Zhongyan, he chose a compromise and bought a full ship of grain at a price of 160 wen per bucket. However, as the more merchant ships reached Hangzhou, and several ships of grain were purchased, the treasury of the state government was also a little tight, so it only purchased tens of thousands of stone and rice grains, which was far from satisfying the needs.

And at this time, Chu Zhen finally came up with a good idea, but it was all to be used by the people, so why not take it from the people first, this is the matter of the sharp rise in the price of grain in the middle of the Yuan, the method is very effective, after selling all night, constantly increasing the number of grain sales points, in just a few days to raise a large amount of cash to buy grain.

"It's you who came up with the idea, and you don't have to give it to the old man." Fan Zhongyan smiled and said: "It is the rule of the court that meritorious service must be rewarded, but the disaster in Hangzhou has not been lifted.

"As an official, it is my duty to worry about the country and help the people, and I dare not ask for extravagant rewards." Chu Zhi said awe-inspiringly, of course, if the imperial court insisted on adding officials to the knighthood, or rewarding gold, silver and jewelry, he would definitely not refuse.

Fan Zhongyan loves to hear this very much. And from Chu Zhen's usual words and deeds, he also felt that he was such a person, and nodded indifferently on the surface. But he was secretly satisfied in his heart, and his love for talents became more and more intense.

Just when Fan Zhongyan wanted to say a few words to encourage Chu Zhen to forge ahead, the voice of the official came from outside the door of the council hall: "Taishou, the villain has something to ask to see."

Come in, Fan Zhongyan raised his voice slightly.

Chu Zhen twisted his body unnaturally, and was about to stand up and say goodbye and leave, but seeing Fan Zhongyan caressing lightly, as if he had the intention of retaining, Chu Zhen of course sat back, determined to treat himself as a mud and wood bodhisattva later, and just looked at it and didn't say anything.

The official walked in lightly, and when he saw Chu Zhen here, he didn't have a surprised expression, saluted, and then said loudly: "Some time ago, more than 100 grain stores were closed, but today they suddenly opened one after another, and the price of grain is the same as that of the official store. Gu Tong was surprised, and specially ordered the villain to report the matter to Taishou

"Got it." Fan Zhongyan nodded and waved away the servants, smiled sideways at Chu Zhen and said, "After all, they found the clue."

"I have been carrying rice and grain to the shops in the city for a few nights, and it is normal for no one to notice that something is wrong, Chu Zhen said, things have come to this point, and it doesn't matter if they are discovered. Anyway, the merchants have already signed the contract. If you want to regret it, you don't have the courage to do it, otherwise you will want them to know that the government's money is not so easy to get.

"It's okay to let the officials carry rice and grain openly, and they don't have to stay up all night anymore." Fan Zhongyan said that he was very sympathetic to his subordinates, and at the same time did not forget to care about the people: "It is time for grain prices to return to normal." ”

Hearing this, he hurriedly stopped.

"What? Do you still want the old man to continue to bear the infamy? Fan Zhongyan said with a smile.

"The lower officials don't dare, and they have no intention of doing so." Chu Zhen's face was slightly red, and he was very embarrassed, after all, the idea was his own. But it is a bit unorthodox to let the family bear the scourge, and now they have to disclose the truth, and it is indeed a bit unorthodox to stop it by themselves.

Shaking his head, Fan Zhongyan smiled slightly: "Say, what idea do you want to fight?" ”

"The lower officials are foolish, the disaster is still continuing, I don't know when it will end, and whether it is water diversion for irrigation, or work for relief, zero and zero, there are only a lot of places to use money, in order to buy grain, Guanzhou Treasury is afraid that it has been empty, if it is not filled in the deficit, it will be difficult to do things in the future." Chu Zhen explained that it is easy to do things with money, no matter what period it is, this sentence is true.

Well, there is some reason to nod his beard, Fan Zhongyan smiled: "I'm afraid this is just one of them, and there is another two?"

"Second" Chu Zhen suddenly laughed, smiling very shyly, like a fox who had stolen a chicken to eat.

In the city, the sun is shining, although it is past noon, the sun is offset, but the light is still scorching, the flat bluestone slabs on the street are like ironed iron pots, the people wearing cloth shoes really dare not step on it, they have passed under the eaves, but after arriving at the destination, the people can only endure the pain of burning their feet, holding umbrellas in their hands, carrying cloth bags, squeezing into the rolling crowd.

Stepping on the stone slab, the foot board is like being pricked by a hot needle, only the constant foot change and jumping can be soothed, many people have regretted it, they knew that they should add a few more layers of mats in their shoes, and jumped for about 20 minutes. I came to the front of the shop, took out the money, took the rice, turned around and left, walked under the cool eaves, and finally was relieved.

Long exhaled a long breath of hot air, inhaling a deep cool breath, some people suddenly felt that something was wrong, when they lined up to buy grain yesterday, it was simply a year's rest, how could it be so fast today, turned to look at the rice shop, and suddenly realized, it turned out that there were only 100 people lining up in front of this rice shop, no wonder it was their turn so soon, it seems that today's luck is good.

"What kind of luck, this brother, you don't open your eyes when you walk, now the streets are full of rice shops, and the prices are the same, why bother squeezing into crowded places."

After being reminded, the people suddenly found that the city of Hangzhou seemed to have suddenly changed, and the grain stores that had been closed some time ago had reopened, not to mention, those expensive rice shops had also lowered their prices, and the prices were the same as those of the official shops, and there were no restrictions on the purchase of grain, and they could give as much as they wanted.

In addition to the surprise, ordinary people will not find out what is going on, but frantically pour into various grain stores and start to rush to buy.

"Ah Mao, come over quickly, the shopkeeper of this store is very kind, and the amount of rice and grain given is full, and there is no shortage of catties or two."

In the streets and alleys, greetings like this are obvious, the people are carrying heavy rice bags, their faces are full of joyful smiles, and many people feel a little regretful, they should not just bring a cloth bag, the next second, this mood immediately disappears, converted into extreme remorse.

"The price of the official shop has been reduced, and each bucket of rice grain is only 170 yuan, so let's go and buy it quickly."

The voice is like thunder, resounding in the hearts of the people, don't think that just ten cents is just a decimal number, when the price is stable, one penny can buy a dumpling, ten cents in an ordinary small shop to eat a full meal is not a problem, the people are very pragmatic. I don't understand the big truth, but I also know what it means to be cheap.

All of a sudden, the people who were ready to take the rice and pay for it poured out the packed rice, turned around and ran to the official shop, and some even gave the money, but forgot to return it, and left in a hurry, and the guests ran out, what should I do? The situation was urgent, and the shopkeepers hurriedly reported the matter to the proprietor behind it.

The proprietors naturally gathered again to discuss countermeasures, and before their opinions could be agreed, news came that a small group of people headed by Yang Chengping and the grain stores under them also adjusted their prices step by step.

"Everyone, in my opinion, you don't need to discuss it anymore, let's all disperse." After a moment of silence, Zhang Dongzhu took the lead in standing up and walked out, staggering, stumbling and stumbling, as if he would fall down at any time, and his voice was desolate: "The general trend has gone, everything is over"

Looking at the background of the proprietor of Zhang, everyone felt a little sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox, of course, some people reported a different opinion, snorted lightly, and the ancient proprietor said stupidly: "Alarmist, it's okay to go, so as not to mislead everyone again." ”

Seeing that no one responded, the ancient proprietor coughed, returned to the topic, and guided everyone to continue to discuss countermeasures, discussed for a long time, but still unsuccessful, it was late, only to talk about tomorrow, everyone returned, and the next morning, the price of food fell one after another, and the alliance was dispersed unannounced.

The latest full book: 、、、、、、、、、、