"Is Brother Yunfan back?" Su Shi said in the room.

Du Wenhao walked in in response, only to see Su Shi sitting on a chair, and there was no one else in the room. He arched his hand and said, "Brother Zizhan." How does it feel? ”

"It doesn't matter anymore." Su Shi smiled and beckoned, motioned for Du Wenhao to sit down, and personally poured him a glass of water and handed it to him.

Du Wenhao took it with both hands, drank it dry in one gulp, smashed it, smashed it, put the cup down, and Su Shi poured it full for him. Then he smiled and said, "How is the matter of borrowing grain?" ”

Du Wenhao thought that Lin Qingdai should have told Su Shi everything, so he told Su Shi about borrowing grain.

Su Shi nodded approvingly and said, "Very good, it's rare that you think thoughtfully." ”

Du Wenhao: "I'm afraid Su Zhizhou can't move into the state government for the time being, I should already be in the state government,"

Su Shi interrupted Du Wenhao's words: "I know, you did the right thing." Settling the common people is the greatest

"Lord Su, except for some of the officials of the state government who were killed, the rest have fled the war and have not returned. I'm afraid you'll have to wait a while before it can function properly. ”

"yes. During this time, the people's hearts should be stabilized first. Restoring order is what matters most. Even if there is an official office. I can't sit still. ”

While the two were talking, Su Shi's wife, Wang, hurriedly walked in. Pointing to the door, he said angrily: "Master Du, what are you doing, I heard that there has been a lot of rain in Yazhou at night recently, and others are good to say." I see that Mrs. Du is not in good health along the way, you can't let them all live outside, they will get sick. ”

Outside the door was Li'er, who followed the Wang family in, with a look of shame, and whispered timidly: "I didn't say anything, it's Mrs. Su."

Su Shi was confused for a while, and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Du Wenhao hurriedly explained: "Mrs. Su doesn't have to worry, Humble Jing is in good health, and she is still very young, besides, it is also a hot day, there will be no illness, and it is cool outside, and she can also treat flowers and wine, isn't it beautiful?" ”

Mrs. Su was still displeased, walked up to Su Shi, and complained: "Master." That's not going to work, we said okay. Vacate two rooms for Lord Du and them, several of the children are all men, so you don't have to occupy one by one, what do you say? ”

Su Shi heard the clues, not very moved, he remembered that the emperor once said to himself that Du Wenhao is a calm and wise person, if he lets go of this person, he will show his skills and do a great job. I won't let you down, this is a man who does practical things. Thinking of this, Su Shi said to Du Wenhao: "You are so tired, you can't just set up a tent outside to deal with it, you listen to the old man, just move back to live, and everyone lives together lively." ”

Du Wenhao wanted to say more, but Su Shi raised his hand: "Okay, I have the final say in this matter, after all, these are extraordinary times." We don't talk about anything special, the children can't be too pampered, they have to be sharpened. ”

Wang nodded and echoed: "I think what the lord said is, don't push each other anymore, it's just a shelter from the wind and rain, I believe this is only temporary, as long as someone is there, this state city that was burned by the war will soon be restored in the hands of the lord and Lord Du." ”

Du Wenhao couldn't help but sigh: "Mrs. Su, what you said is too good, you are not talented, you must keep Mrs. in mind." ”

There was a rumbling thunder outside the window, a lightning bolt was like a sharp sword that cut the sky in half, the golden beam of light split through the clouds and slashed straight at an old tree that had dried up opposite the window, there was a scream outside the door, Du Wenhao got up and rushed out of the door, only to see Xue Fei'er holding Lin Qingdai, her handsome face was pale with fright. Niuqingdai smiled at Du Wenhao with relief, and then whispered something to Xue Lei'er, Xue Liang'er nodded obediently, and the two of them went back to the tent.

After a while, the heavy rain fell from the sky, the air became fresher, and the wind was cooler, but Du Wenhao was not in the mood, and said to Su Shi: "I'm afraid this rain is not small, I have to go to the street to see the people in the city." See what you can do to help.

Su Shi said: "I'll go too!" ”

"Don't go. You're seriously ill, don't catch a cold. ”

"Out of the way! As a Zhizhou, what do I look like when I hide at this time! Walk! ”

The guards hurriedly came over with umbrellas, gave the two masters, and went out of the city to patrol the streets.

As governors and officials, they personally patrolled the streets to stabilize the people's hearts, and along the way, they brought some homeless residents who were drenched in the rain back to the yamen to hide from the rain, and let them boil ginger soup to prevent them from getting cold. and discussed with Han Yi and Su Shi about the reconstruction plan. I was busy until late at night, and then I came back to rest.

The next day, Du Wenhao got up early in the morning. Because Su Shi insisted that people move back to the room to live, Du Wenhao let the four ladies live, and he and Li Pu lived in a tent, next to the tent where Yingzi and Ke'er lived.

The sky was already clear, and the hateful Zhizhi began to chirp endlessly in the branches irritably, and the sun poked out half of his face from the east, Du Wenhao stretched his waist, and Li Pu also walked out after him.

"My lord, you are so early, you went to bed late last night to study the matter of rebuilding the dwelling, you should sleep a little longer."

Du Wenhao buttoned his button as he walked, and said: "Don't sleep, there are still a lot of things to do today, let's sleep a little longer, the people's affairs will be solved one day later, time waits for no one, let's go, go to the state government first." ”

Li Pu agreed. He is a soldier and is used to hardships, so he can't imagine that Du Wenhao looks at one like this. A gentle physician. He can endure the same hardships as himself, and even more endure than himself, which makes him convinced. Du Wenhao is an official who thinks about the people, and it is worth doing his best for such a person.

After the order of Yazhou was basically restored, a considerable number of the officials who had fled had returned, and some died in the war. Only then can we stabilize the people's hearts.

When they came to the yamen, they saw that the whole yamen was lying and saw that everywhere there were residents of the city who had lost their homes, and they were all lying on the ground weakly, and the children's cries came and went, and they kept shouting: "Mother, me."

, Dad, I want to eat yakiniku! ”

This is the problem that worries Du Wenhao the most, there is no food, no money, what should these victims do?

Among them, some of the victims have already developed symptoms of typhoid fever, and the epidemic is not over.

Du Wenhao immediately came back to deploy the work, and he first arranged for Qian Bushui to take Yan Miaoshou, Pang Yuqin, and Xue Li'er, as well as Lang Zhong, who was willing to participate in the disaster relief and treatment of several pharmacies in the city, to form a medical team and volunteer to Fan Chuan, a typhoid fever patient. He also sent the Yamen Minzhuang to deal with the garbage in the city, and allocated a large amount of disinfectant to thoroughly disinfect it. At the same time, part of the military rations were boiled and distributed to the victims to relieve their urgent needs.

Then, he arranged for Li Pu to lead the yamen officials and the arresters to investigate how many grain merchants there were in the city

Grain.

But he couldn't act until he figured out the situation.

In the days that followed, he and Su Shi took officials from the Zhizhou Yamen to visit the victims in nearby villages. After learning about the resumption of production, he went down to the field to check the growth of the crops, and learned that most of the crops had been preserved in the war, after all, the army was more concerned about money, and the grain in the field had not yet grown. It couldn't be harvested, so it wasn't much damaged.

It's just that now, when the green and yellow crops are scarce, the grain in the field is not ripe, most of the grain in the warehouse has been eaten, and most of the food that has not been eaten has been destroyed in the war, and many people have begun to eat chaff vegetables. Some even began to eat bark and grass roots. Therefore, he was ready to start implementing his plan in advance, originally he wanted to wait for the situation to stabilize before starting to implement the change, but the current situation forced him to fight this plan.

Return to Yazhou City. Li Dan had already found out the grain merchants' grain stocks, and told Du Wenhao that these grain merchants had hoarded a large amount of grain, and because the granaries were relatively hidden, they had escaped the military disaster, but the grain merchants were unwilling to sell grain at a reduced price, and they were even more unwilling to open warehouses for free to release grain to help the people. It was suggested that Du Wenhao order the forcible requisition of grain.

Du Wenhao listened. Shaking his head, he only asked Li Pu to summon all these grain merchants to the Yamen for a meeting.

The grain merchants didn't know what Du Wenhao would say, and they were worried, they were not only grateful to Du Wenhao for leading the troops to exterminate the army of the Tibetan tribe in the western mountains, but also worried that the grain they had hoarded would be confiscated by the yamen.

Du Wenhao took Han Yi and Su Shi to the venue, took out the holy decree and read out the appointment to himself. Among them, in particular, the content of ordering Du Wenhao to implement the new law in Yazhou. It made all the grain merchants nervous all of a sudden. I wanted to talk a few words, but I didn't dare, so I got up with a sallow face and saluted. Congratulations to Imperial Doctor Du for taking charge of the granary in Yazhou.

Du Wenhao then introduced Han Xiu's identity.

The grain merchants listened. This marshal who held the power of the army turned out to be the Changping Position Promoter of Chengdu Fulu, responsible for the food supply and dispatch of the entire Chengdu Fulu, and was their top boss. They all stood up together and saluted.

Du Wenhao asked Han to talk first, of course Han Xiu knew what Du Wenhao meant, coughed, clenched his fists to the east, and said respectfully: "You should know that Imperial Doctor Du is the person next to the emperor, and his medical skills are the best in the world." Deeply favored by the emperor. The Holy Lord has issued a holy decree, ordering Imperial Physician Du to be the custodian of our Yazhou Prefecture, and authorizing Imperial Physician Du to implement the new law in Yazhou. Even if this official is a member of the Chengdu Fulu Standing Position, he cannot interfere with the new law implemented by Imperial Doctor Du in Yazhou. Soran, the decision made by Imperial Doctor Du after a while is the final decision, not to mention everyone here, even if it is this official, he has no right to change it. If someone thinks that there is someone above and wants to take it to the court, it is useless, because this is the emperor's decision, who can be bigger than the emperor? ”

The grain merchants listened. I screamed bitterly in my stomach, thinking that this was a precursor to tough measures, and this was miserable, but this was the emperor's holy will, who would dare to say half a word? Although the emperor is far away, at present, the supreme leader of Chengdu Mansion has stated that he has no right to interfere with Du Wenhao's new law, which has already shown Du Wenhao's authority to change the law in Yazhou, but I am afraid that it is a fact that can no longer be changed.

Fu Yi said coldly: "We are ugly and high, and in the future, the new law of Imperial Doctor Du will be implemented, who dares to disobey the yang and the yin, and secretly make trouble, don't care about the ruthlessness of this general!" ”

These grain merchants are good at observing words and feelings, and now they can only knock out their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs, squeezing out smiles one after another. Even claiming to be yes means resolute obedience, and there is absolutely no reason to disobey the yang and the yin and the darkness.

Du Wenhao smiled and thanked Han Xiu, introduced Su Shi again, and asked him to speak.

Su Shi's appointment as the official announcement of the official department of Yazhou has been posted on the Yamen Zhaobi, and most of the people in the city already know about it. Now when I see the real person, he is a sick middle-aged man, a little surprised, and he is busy and gets up to salute.

Su Shi's words were very simple: "Ladies and gentlemen, what General Han said just now is what this official wants to say, although this official is the governor of Benzhou, he does not dare to interfere with Du Yuyi's new policy. This official believes that the new policy is definitely not a competition for profit with the people, and it is definitely not a rich court and poor people. It must be a good new law that really benefits the people and benefits the people. Therefore, I hope that all of us will work together to assist Imperial Doctor Du to promote the new law, so that the people can live a prosperous and healthy life! ”

These few words made the hearts of the grain merchants a little more stable.

Du Wenhao smiled: "Don't be nervous, as Su Zhizhou said, the change of the law should benefit the people, and the change of the law of this official in Yazhou is also based on this basic idea, if this law cannot achieve the purpose of benefiting the people, or even harming the people, you tell me directly." I'm determined to change it, if it doesn't work. and it shall be abolished. The interests of the people are the highest interests! This official has always firmly believed that it is absolutely impossible for the law to last long if it does not allow the people to live a better life, and that a good system can only be recognized and strongly supported by the broad masses of the people, including all of you. It is possible to implement it for a long time. Otherwise, it will eventually be eliminated by history! ”

Su Shi never knew what kind of changes Du Wenhao was going to implement, and he didn't ask much along the way, although the holy decree required that he could not interfere with Du Wenhao's changes, but if Du Wenhao's changes were like Wang Anshi's changes. Not only does it not benefit the people, but it harms the people, with their own personality, they are afraid that it will be difficult to protect them and not raise objections. Now listening to what Du Wenhao said, the tone of the reform is set to benefit the people, rather than allowing the court to increase revenue, which is exactly what he wants, and he won his heart, and he can't help but applaud.

The grain merchants have heard a lot of beautiful words from officials, but to be honest, they have never seen officials who dare to put the interests of the people first, and who dare to openly say that the interests of the people are the highest interests. Hearing his words, I was terrified for a while, and at the same time, my heart was moved, but at the same time, I was uneasy. It wasn't until he heard Su Shi's applause to express his approval and appreciation that he had the courage to applaud.

At first, the applause was only echoing, but once the applause was over, I thought that if such a change could really be implemented, it would be a good thing, and the applause became enthusiastic.

Du Wenhao and other everyone's applause round reading the most paid children's day on the washing stream book concave and concave and reckless) "Lie a certain whole," after the second, smiled! "The official's change will not be embraced. It's a step-by-step brew... The segments are pushed out gradually. Now the official is going to announce the two changes that will be implemented in this state. The first is to completely stop the implementation of the original law change in this state! ”

Upon hearing this, all the grain merchants were surprised and happy, but Su Shi and Han Xiu were not very surprised, Song Shenzong had stopped some of the changes, and Du Wenhao had stopped all of them in Yazhou, which could be described as natural. In order to implement the new law, of course, the old law must be stopped.

Du Wenhao paused, and then said: "The new law must benefit the people, as far as the immediate situation is concerned, my Yazhou network has just experienced a war, and everything needs to be rebuilt, but it is a top priority. It is to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people. And the Yamen's Changping and Guanghui positions are already empty. There is not a single grain of food that can be used to help the victims. I know that all of you have a large amount of food in the hidden granaries and have escaped this war. Therefore, to solve the stomach problems of the victims, we can only rely on all of you! ”

The grain merchants secretly thought to themselves in their hearts, afraid of something, and said it in a blink of an eye. Among them, there are people who are sensible and good at observing words and feelings, seeing that Du Wenhao's origin is so big, the so-called person who knows the times is Junjie, and at the moment, this posture is that you have to agree and you have to agree, and you have to agree if you don't agree.

The old grain merchant took the lead in standing up and arched his hand: "Master, just say a word, how much grain you donate, we will definitely do it, they are all from the villagers, who doesn't have a difficulty." And thanks to the eldest lord leading the army to exterminate the army and keep our food, otherwise, these grains would not have been robbed. Just thank the master for a little heart. ”

The other grain merchants were also smart people, and they all stood up and arched their hands: "Yes, sir, you can just say something." We will recognize how much you donate! ”

Du Wenhao arched his hand and said: "Thank you for giving this official this face, but you misunderstood, this official invited everyone to come this time, not for this matter, of course." You have the heart to open a warehouse and release grain, which is a great good deed to accumulate yin virtue, and this official is here to thank the people first. I'm going to say it. In fact, it is also the second change. ”

When the grain merchants heard this, Du Wenhao did not impose a forced apportionment to donate grain, but consciously volunteered to build a porridge factory to release grain to help the victims, which is what grain merchants often do. First, it doesn't consume much food, and secondly, it has a good reputation, and the grain merchants are still willing to do this kind of thing, and they are all relieved. But when I heard him say that this was the second change, I became nervous again. I don't know if there are vital interests involved.

Du Wenhao said: "One of the previous changes is called the "Qingmiao Method", which is used to subsidize the people when there is a shortage of green and yellow, but that method has a big drawback. It is the government that intervenes, not only to take profits from the people, but also to profit from the officials, forcibly apportionment, and as a result, the original policy of benefiting the people has become a policy of harming the people. My new law must take its advantages and avoid its disadvantages. ”

Among the various changes, the Qingmiao Law and the Shiyi Law have the closest relationship with the grain merchants, and when they heard this, all the grain merchants held their breath and listened attentively.

Du Wenhao said: "The biggest drawback of the Qingmiao Law is that the government does business and abuses its power. So. The first step of the new law is to change the loan under the Seedlings Law from government and commerce to private business.

However, it is not all about letting the people borrow on their own. That's no different from what we used to do. It won't be a change. My change was to set up a public-private joint venture money lender. ”

These words were so modern that the eyes of all the people present widened, not knowing what Du Wenhao meant by this.

Du Wenhao briefly introduced the company's common sense, and it took half an hour for these grain merchants to roughly understand what Du Wenhao's idea was all about.

Du Wenhao said: "This system is not a hard apportionment. Purely on a voluntary basis, the officials who joined the Mu Division on behalf of the imperial court, although they still continued to receive monthly salaries, could no longer work part-time in the official government, and therefore did not have the power of the official master, they were only representatives sent by the imperial court to manage the property contributed by the imperial court. Legally, the right to vote on the company's major events is the same as yours, and it is determined by the amount of capital contribution, one share and one vote. The minority obeys the majority, they have no privileges. ”

When the grain merchants heard this, their faces were joyful and they nodded one after another. A grain merchant said: "So, after we join this company, we can lend grain again?" ”

The BIBS Law imposes a government monopoly and prohibits individuals from lending. That's why the grain merchant has this question.

Du Wenhao nodded and said, "Of course." ”

The grain merchants were immediately overjoyed, you must know that before the change, the grain merchants made money in addition to selling grain. A large amount of income is in the green and yellow when the green and yellow are not received, lending grain to the people, the autumn harvest is to add interest to recover the profits, after the change, this road is blocked, and when the green and yellow are not accepted, the people have no money to buy grain, and the grain merchants are unwilling to sell at a low price, so the grain merchants can not make money. Now that I heard that I could continue to lend grain when I joined the company, I was immediately happy.

Du Wenhao was not in a hurry to let them express his position, and said: "In this way, you can discuss for half an hour." I'll listen to your opinions in half an hour, and I'll still say the same thing, voluntarily join, never forced. ”

After that, Du Wenhao walked out of the hall with Han Yi and Su Shi. Come to the back hall to rest.

Su Shi hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Brother Yunfan." Can you do this? ”

Du Wenhao also didn't know whether it was feasible to transplant the company system under the conditions of the commodity economy in modern society to the small-scale peasant economic environment, so he smiled bitterly: "I can't answer your question now." Okay, you have to do it. ”

Su Shi and Han Yi both nodded yes.

Du Wenhao said: "You help me figure it out." If you are a grain merchant, would you like to join the company? ”

The two looked at each other. Think for a moment. Han Yi said first: "I think Brother Yunfan's method is feasible. Businessmen, mercenary is the nature, as long as there is money to make, there is no big risk or no unnecessary risk, after weighing the pros and cons, it will still be done, Brother Yunfan, the first benefit to grain merchants is that they can make money with grain. This is the main purpose of their hoarding of food. Rush a little. Will join as well. ”

Su Shi nodded and said: "Yes, now that the people have suffered disasters, there are not many people who can afford to buy food, but most of the crops in the field have not been destroyed, and there will still be a harvest after the autumn, as long as the interest rate is appropriate, of course the people are willing to borrow." And lend out the grain. It is better to get it back after the autumn with interest than to put the grain in the granary and let the rats eat it if they can't sell it. On this point, grain merchants will also agree. ”