Chapter 157: Lantian Experiments with the Field Loan Law
After some discussion in the palace, Li Shimin forcibly ordered the ministers not to leak Luo Yan's Lantian movements. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info then let these important ministers go back, so that they could think about the predicted famine again. The stakes are very high, and there is a lot of evidence at this time that what Luo Yan said is true, so it is natural to treat it with a considerable attitude.
Early the next morning, the entire power center of Datang was fully operational. First of all, from the Jianghuai generation, a large number of grain began to be transported to Guanzhong, and then began to re-inspect the inventory of grain depots in various places. For a while, the officials of the household department were very busy.
As for the matter of Lantian County, Li Shimin forced Zhongshu Province to approve Luo Yan's request and allow the trial implementation of the land loan law within a county. At the same time, in order to ensure that Luo Yan could carry out this matter smoothly, Li Shimin also asked the household department to allocate a batch of money and grain, which was sent to Lantian along with the holy decree.
From Luo Yan sending Song Shu to Chang'an, to Li Shimin sending money and food to Luo Yan, and at the same time giving Luo Yan a holy decree to allow him to act cheaply. The interval between this is only one day.
The messengers in the county all saw the big ones when they went out, and they knew what they were sending. At this time, I saw the angel coming to the gate of the county government with a mighty convoy, urging Luo Yan to accept the order, which made many officials in Lantian County embarrassed.
Obediently, Lantian has not had a holy decree for many years. For a while, not only the officials in the county government came out, but also the ordinary people on the street, and there were no less than a dozen laps inside and out.
In the eyes of many expectations, Luo Yan walked out of the door in a big green official uniform with a fish bag. Walking to the incense table that had been set up, he knelt down and waited quietly for the decree to be announced. After Luo Yan knelt down, the officials of all sizes in Lantian knelt down. Then came the onlookers.
For a time, the entrance of the Yamen in Lantian County was black.
In a very rhythmic rhythm, the priest read out the entire decree and handed it to Luo Yan. At the moment when he helped Luo Yan up, he whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty also said, if you want to do it, make a show, don't embarrass him." When necessary, Chang'an's drum banner army can let you call a thousand. His Majesty has already greeted the commander of the Drum Banner Army. ”
Luo Yan was shocked by Li Shimin's decisiveness and trust. And the common people were shocked by Luo Yan's energy.
Obediently, I have never seen the county order give money and food to the emperor, how have I ever seen such a great ability to let the emperor reward money and grain.
For a while, the people of Lantian worshipped Luo Yan as a god.
Invite the messenger and enter the back office to drink tea, and arrange for Chen Yuru and Cangcao Hucao to be sent to the treasury with the money and grain escorted.
After entering, he invited the young Tongshi to drink saliva and breathe a sigh of relief, and Luo Yan asked, "In addition to these, is there any other action in Jingzhong?" "The holy decree only said all the matters in Lantian County, and did not mention any other actions, so Luo Yan asked this. Thinking about it, this general person can be regarded as a close minister of the Son of Heaven, so he should know some details.
I only heard this person owe to Luo Yan's body for a while, and replied: "Your Majesty has asked Jianghuai to transport grain over. At the same time, the inventory of the national treasury began to be made, and preparations have been made. It's just, Luo Xianling, will this famine really happen? Looking at the current situation, it doesn't seem to be that serious. ”
"Misfortune accumulates in the suddenness of danger. The people didn't react, but now they can afford the price of food. In another half a month, the price of this grain will rise to more than 60 yuan, and then there will be a real big incident. Luo Yan said with some seriousness. In fact, it doesn't take half a month at all, and according to the current situation, ten days is a lot. In the past two days, several more families have already sold their land. It shows that many people are just holding on.
"Looks like everyone is busy. This is not a trivial matter in one state and one county, once it happens, it will affect the entire land of Guanlong. Alas, I don't know how many people will suffer. ”
"If Your Majesty makes up your mind to deal with this matter, you must still be able to get through it in peace, rest assured." Li Shimin has just ascended the throne and changed the yuan, and he will definitely not let such a natural disaster go unchecked, so no matter how difficult it is, in fact, the loss will be minimized. After finishing speaking, Luo Yan laughed at himself and said: "It's my field loan, if I do it well, I'm afraid that I will be scolded by the world's scholars and doctors, hahaha." ”
Regarding Luo Yan's self-deprecation or boasting, this generalist was also covered in cold sweat. This kind of thing is not something he can comment on, one is not good, if he is assigned to Luo Yan's side, then his career in this life will be over. After all, he is not a person like Luo Yan who is favored by Li Shimin.
Seeing that the Tongshi Sheren smiled dryly and didn't speak, Luo Yan also knew that he had lost his words, so he didn't say anything, he also smiled, and took over this page.
The two drank tea for a short time in silence, Chen Yuru came back and forth with Cangcao, and Li Shimin let the money and food brought by him all put it into the Lantian Mansion. This is also a matter, the general is reluctant to stay for a long time, so he refuses Luo Yan's invitation to eat together, and takes people to say goodbye.
Luo Yan also saw that this person didn't want to get into trouble, so he didn't expose it, so he said goodbye to this group.
In the county office, Chen Yuru and others all squeezed into the room where Luo Yan was handling official business, and looked at Luo Yan like this, without saying anything. After being stared at by these people for a long time, Luo Yan felt that his spine was cold, so he said a little unhappily: "If you have anything to say, you can feel like you are going to work." ”
"Lang Jun, your ability is too big. It is the first time in many years that Lantian County has been able to ask for so much money and grain from the household department. The officials led by Chen Yuru were sycophants for a while, and Luo Yan felt that he was so great.
"Okay, okay, it's not that I have a big face, it's that Your Majesty is worried about the situation in the next few months. I just happened to be there. Also, from tomorrow onwards, you'll be busy. Go back to do things well, and after today's duty is over, I'll go outside to gather first. Luo Yan is very confident about what to do next, so it is necessary to give these people a reminder at this time.
However, when he heard that Luo Yan was going to gather everyone, all his attention was shifted here, and he didn't pay much attention to the key points.
That night, among the largest restaurants in Lantian County, Luo Yan was the east, and these people were drunk.
The next day, early in the morning, the officers went to the villages with the papers. As soon as they entered the township, these people rang the gong and shouted all the way: "The county has an order, and from now on, land shall not be bought and sold privately." However, when there is a difficult time, you can go to the county government and use the land as collateral to obtain sufficient money. Superior fields, full of ten thousand dollars; Medium field, full amount of seven thousand yuan; Inferior fields, full four thousand dollars. Each ding is limited to 30,000 dollars. However, if there is money left, you can redeem the acres of land at any time and collect 10% of the profits. During the mortgage period, the rent adjustment can be exempted, but each year must serve for 30 days, and no money or goods can be credited. ”
Luo Yanlai's hand made the people of Lantian overjoyed.
It used to be a one-shot sale of land to the gentry. After writing a document in the government, Tian became someone else's forever. When the time comes, if you want to redeem it with money, don't even think about it. Especially in the fertile fields on both sides of the Bahe River and the Chan River, people just want to get in and don't want to go out.
Well, now, although the forced labor during the mortgage period is still available, and there is still a percentage of the profit, but this is much better than selling to those gentry. Therefore, this matter soon spread throughout Lantian County.
The ordinary people were happy, but the gentry were sad.
Luo Yan's method of land loans greatly limited the ability of the gentry to buy land. is to be able to embarrass Luo Yan, and he can't do it frequently to take money from the county government.
Luo Yan has set three restrictions in the field loan. Each ding is limited to the amount of exchange, profits, and servitude. None of these three can be applied to short-term large quantities. In today's trading, it takes a lot of time to make a profit. Not to mention conscription, you must also participate in person, and you are not even eligible for credit.
Originally, Luo Yan's plan was to use grain to take it. But Li Shimin happened to send a lot of money, and now Luo Yan had capital, so he thought of the economic war in Shanghai, the founding of the country in his previous life. If these gentry repeatedly adjust grain prices to the point that the people's grievances are boiling, Luo Yan doesn't mind taking action to suppress them.
Therefore, in the next few days, there were many more people in the county government who came to borrow money.
Taking advantage of the fact that grain prices have not completely risen, the common people are not stupid, and they have used the money they have borrowed to buy a large amount of grain. This further pushed up the price of food, and the gentry loved and hated it.
One night, a large number of people gathered in the mansion of a wealthy gentleman in the county.
"This hairy boy county order is too much. Originally, I thought that he didn't stop us from buying land in the past few days, but he backed down. I'm still thinking about going and thanking him in a few days. Who knew that this kid would be holding this bad water. It's been five days, and no one has come to the door to sell the land. Even the grain in my rice shop still wanted to increase the price again, who would have thought that it would be snatched up by those mud legs in two days. I should have closed my doors for a few days and watched the rumors. ”
"Isn't everyone different? Who hasn't been forced to come here after a lot of money? Alas, this turtle grandson, it's time to find a way to treat him well. ”
The first old man, when he heard the noisy noise of these people, frowned, and said, "Shut up for me, it's noisy." One day, I knew that I was yelling and shouting, and I couldn't think of any ideas in my head. If you want me to say, you all deserve it. ”
"Old man Sun, don't say cool things. The money you have lost in the past few days is no less than mine. What, you want to hold that bunny's leg? Want to sell us all? "These people were scolded, of course they were not happy, and they fought back immediately.
"If the old man wants to hold that hairy child's leg, he will still listen to you brainless rambling here. I have inquired a long time ago, and this matter is only available to us in Lantian. As the saying goes, if you don't suffer from widowhood but suffer from inequality, if you want to clean him up, you should be in this sentence. ”
Hearing what the old man surnamed Sun said, these gentry immediately pricked up their ears and listened carefully to what he said next.
"We just need to spread the matter of Lantian to the counties of Gyeonggi, and then find their own relationships and make trouble in the capital. By then he would have ten heads, which would not be enough to cut off. ”
"But wasn't there a decree that day that allowed him to do things cheaply? Does this really work? ”
Old man Sun glanced at the one who spoke with contempt and said, "For many years, there have not been one or two emperors who have issued an edict. What do you know about you money-filled goods? (To be continued.) )