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"And out of this million, a total of 20 guan has been collected, including 100,000 stone of rice, which is still in the warehouses of various states." Luo Zhixiang continued.

Gao Mian asked with some confusion: "Why did you only receive such a little this year?" According to the situation in previous years, wouldn't it be at least half of it by this time? ”

Luo Zhixiang smiled bitterly and said: "Didn't His Royal Highness the Prince of the World order to register the household registration and recompile the accounts this year?" In some places, it is done quickly, and it is naturally collected quickly, and in some places, it has not been completed, and naturally it has not yet been collected. Therefore, I am afraid that a large part of this year's autumn tax will not be collected until November. ”

Theoretically, part of the income from the two taxes should be handed over to the imperial court, but Huainan stopped paying tribute to the imperial court many years ago, and the reason was naturally to prevent Zhu Quanzhong from intercepting the flow and becoming an enemy.

In Huainan, part of the revenue from the two taxes was left in the local government, and part of it was handed over to the Jiedu embassy, but the specific distribution was not determined.

"Order, let the states leave the necessary money and grain, and the rest will be transported to Guangling, and no place shall intercept it!" Yang Xingmi said in a deep voice.

Now that there is a shortage of money and grain in Guangling, it is natural to collect money and grain from all over the country as much as possible.

However, even so, the grain that can be obtained in the short term is only 100,000 stones, and it is still not enough to supply the army to go on the expedition, let alone use it to lower the price of grain in Guangling, so the autumn tax cannot be counted on for the time being.

At this time, Zhou Yin said: "Since you can't kill all those profiteers, then choose a few of them to make an example of the monkeys, let the other profiteers know that they are powerful, how about selling the hoarded grain?"

This is also a habitual thinking of people in this era, when facing merchants and facing them, they will always think of using the sword to solve problems; And the mercenary nature of the businessman himself is difficult to impress.

When this kind of foreign enemy army is pressing, they dare to play speculation, and if they do not carry out a counterattack, then the authority of the Jiedu embassy will be completely finished, and in the future, the merchants will only be afraid that they will engage in hoarding at every turn. So Yang Xingmi nodded without thinking about it: "Okay!" Judge Zhou, you are responsible for this matter, you draw up a list as soon as possible, and arrest a few typical examples of those profiteers who usually act arbitrarily, and kill their prestige! ”

Although Yang Xingmi is benevolent, it doesn't mean that he won't kill people. He was reluctant to do anything to those who secretly spread rumors without evidence, because a large part of those people were his old subordinates, and they were the ones whose interests were damaged in this internal adjustment; After all, these people have been in Huainan for so many years, and their relationships are intertwined, and they can't be killed indiscriminately at will, so as not to cause turmoil. But killing a few unscrupulous profiteers is not such a problem.

Yang Wu came from later generations, although he knew what a terrifying power a businessman's mercenary nature could burst out if he was driven by good; However, if it is not restricted, this double-edged sword is likely to hurt himself, so he did not stop Yang Xingmi's decision.

agreed to Zhou Yin's proposal, and at the same time, everyone's hearts began to think.

The current situation seems to be a bit troublesome, but in fact, there is no shortage of grain in Huainan as a whole, and there is no grain harvest failure in various places, but because of the rumors of some well-intentioned people and the speculation of some merchants, the grain transported to Guangling is somewhat insufficient; However, because of the war, there is not much grain in stock, and the autumn tax cannot be collected in time because of the re-compilation, resulting in the temporary lack of enough grain to stabilize grain prices.

Of course, the more important point is that it is the first time that the current officials in Huainan have encountered this situation, so they are just a little caught off guard.

"Now it is the autumn harvest season, the people everywhere must have a lot of grain in their hands, and those profiteers also bought the grain from the people, since they want to hoard Juqi, we just need to send people to buy directly from those people who have surplus grain in their hands?" Yin Wengui said suddenly.

"It's hard! The surplus grain in the hands of those people has long been bought by the grain merchants, and the remaining seeds must be left, and enough food rations must be left, but I am afraid that there will not be many that can be sold to us. Moreover, this method is too slow! "Yan Ke asked.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so is there a way?" Gao Mian said a little anxiously.

"There is a way, but I don't know if the king is willing to implement it." Luo Zhixiang said suddenly.

"Oh, what can you do, you might as well talk about it!"

"If there's any way to do it, let's hear it!"

"Yes, the subordinate method is to relax the restrictions on food prices and let the food prices rise!"

"What! Allowing food prices to rise? "Everyone was a little surprised, and now the discussion is about how to curb food prices, and it is good that he not only does not limit food prices, but directly relaxes the restrictions and allows them to grow, which makes people feel ridiculous.

Yang Wu's heart moved, and he immediately understood what Luo Zhixiang meant, and couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, he came from a later life, and he should have much more knowledge in these economic aspects than Luo Zhixiang, and he didn't even think of such a simple way.

I only heard Luo Zhixiang explain: "King, in fact, Huainan is not short of food now, and the profiteers who are really bewitched by rumors and hoarded and deliberately work against us are actually only a small part, and the vast majority of grain merchants, even if they have speculative ideas, but in fact they are not very bold, as long as they can make more money, they will sell the grain in their hands; And now that it is the autumn harvest season, new grain will soon be on the market, and those merchants will also worry that the grain they have hoarded in their hands will rot in their hands. Therefore, as long as the grain price control is relaxed, the matter of grain shortage in Guangling will naturally be solved. ”

"Since most businessmen only need to make a little more money to sell their grain, isn't it enough for them to make money with one stone now?"

"Because of the food price control, those grain traders feel that the price of food can rise a lot, so they are reluctant to take action. After the price control is relaxed, some grain merchants who feel that they have enough money will naturally take the lead, and then other businessmen will naturally follow suit and sell their grain when they see someone making a move. At that time, Judge Zhou will arrest a few more illegal profiteers as a model and deal with them strictly. In this way, the grain turmoil in Guangling can be over, and when the price of grain is lowest, the Jiedu embassy can also buy grain in large quantities, and the military rations needed for the army to go out will be complete at that time. ”

After listening to Luo Zhixiang's explanation, everyone reacted a little, feeling that they didn't need to do anything to get through this food crisis, but wouldn't those Guangling people suffer a big loss of interests? Aren't those grain merchants going to make a lot of money? This made everyone a little unwilling.