The bigwigs figured out the joints, and they couldn't help but be discouraged, looking at Zhao Shangshu's gaze was also faintly a little unkind, letting you come out is to solve the problem, who knew that Zhao Shangshu jumped out, the problem was not solved, and a lot of problems were thrown out, could it be that they wanted to depose a mining tax that harmed the country and the people, is it so difficult?

The ministers are in tears, we are obviously here for the country and the people, why is it so difficult!

"Isn't there a way to stabilize food prices?"

Wang Xijue frowned slightly and spoke.

It should be said that this is indeed the drawback of a whip law, which blocked most of the gray income of local officials, and this extra silver, in addition to returning to the imperial treasury and reducing the pressure on the people, was also taken away by the merchants.

But then again, even if the taxes collected by the imperial court in the past were grain, the price of grain is still not static, and the household department, as the place in charge of the world's economy, is it possible that there is no way to deal with this situation?

"There is a way, Emperor Taizu had an edict, ordering all localities to set up reserve warehouses, to buy grain in official money to prepare for relief, in case of famine years to borrow money from the people, in order to stabilize the price of grain, but the reserve warehouse is too many, since the Emperor Yingzong of this dynasty, gradually abolished, around the reserve warehouse, often close the money, grain two empty, I am afraid it is difficult to cope with the fluctuation of grain prices!"

Zhao Shiqing sighed and spoke.

To put it simply, it is to buy back grain reserves from the people in good years, and open warehouses to release grain in disaster years, so as to calm speculators and improve local resistance to disasters.

However, Zhao Shangshu also said that the system of regular liquidation has now existed in name only, and it is often difficult for the reserve warehouses and regular liquidation positions in various places to reach the amount of grain reserves stipulated by the imperial court, and naturally they have lost the ability to stabilize prices.

"Dare to ask Da Situ to make it clear!"

An old man suddenly interjected on the side, and everyone looked at it, but it was the new Lord of Zuodu Yushi Wanshi Dewan.

"This ......"

Zhao Shiqing hesitated slightly, this issue of often closing positions is not the topic of today's court discussion, the reasons are complicated, if you want to say it, it will be far away.

And what made him a little puzzled was why Wan Shide jumped out......

"Da Situ, please say, the system of closing positions is also an important task of the imperial court, and it is closely related to the system of imperial court taxes, which is not off-topic!"

Wang Xijue glanced at Wan Shide, but there was a hidden understanding in his heart, and he spoke.

"Okay, the old man said!"

Zhao Shiqing's heart was strange for a while, but he was not hypocritical, and he opened his mouth after sorting out his words a little.

"The imperial court set up a system of standing liquidation, which was originally to store grain for the harvest year and release grain in the disaster year, but since Emperor Yingzong, the role has gradually shrunk, and the reasons are complicated, the old man only said the main thing, one of which is the financial difficulties of the imperial court, you should know that the permanent closing is an official warehouse, not a tax, and the grain storage is the imperial court to allocate silver to buy grain from the people, but in recent years, the imperial court is in financial difficulties, and the silver that can be allocated to the permanent closing is limited, so it is inevitable that the permanent closing will be tied up when buying grain, and it is difficult to compete with local grain merchants!"

When he said that, Zhao Shiqing's face was also a little hot.

The dignified court is not even as good as the starting price offered by a group of Yeluzi grain merchants below, which is really a shame!

But there is no way, the silver that the imperial court maintains the operation of the two sides are tight, how can there be money allocated to Chang Ping, not to mention, the role of Chang Ping is to stabilize prices, in good years, so that the people's grain will not be too cheap, and in disaster years, will not let unscrupulous grain merchants raise prices too much.

In other words, in any case, in terms of price, the price of grain purchased by Changping must be higher than that of ordinary grain merchants, and in disaster years, the price of grain purchased by Changping will be lower than that of grain, so as to stabilize prices.

So here's the problem, anyone with a little insight can see that it will not be profitable to close positions often, and it would be good if you don't lose money!

Therefore, the permanent liquidation needs to be maintained by the imperial court's allocation of silver, but in recent years, the imperial court's finances have been difficult, how can there be such a large amount of silver to maintain the permanent liquidation, and after a long time, it will naturally be slowly discarded.

"As for this second point, it is a disaster without reason!"

Restraining his thoughts, Zhao Shangshu continued to speak, but the flush on his face faded a little.

"Compared with you, you can also see that the system of regular liquidation, the more good years, the less dependent on the imperial court, and the more disaster years, the more silver the imperial court has to allot, and in recent years, the imperial court is financially difficult, not to mention, disasters occur frequently, and there is no time to store grain at all, so you have to put grain, which is the fundamental place! It is precisely because of these two reasons that the system of always closing positions has gradually become superficial and difficult to play its due role. ”

These two points should be said to be the effect of mutual influence, the better the situation of the regular liquidation, the less dependent on the imperial court appropriation, assuming that five consecutive years are a good year, even if there is a gap between the price and the grain merchants, it can be filled over the years, but the reality is that in recent years, disasters have occurred frequently in various places, and disaster years and harvest years have basically alternated, how can there be time for Changping to store grain.

What's more, Chang Ping is different from the imperial court disaster relief, Chang Ping buys grain for silver, and when the disaster relief is naturally sold, not free relief, but the actual situation is not the case.

The imperial court is financially difficult, so it often orders Chang to close the position to give out the grain first, not only can not recover the silver, but also lose the old capital, and it can hold on in a short time.

"Da Situ, this is not true! Is there really only these two reasons for the frequent liquidation and disposal? ”

An old man's voice sounded, but the identity of the person who spoke was not expected by anyone.

The secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Sun Piyang!

What's going on......

The big guys looked at each other, a little confused, but Wang Xijue and Wan Shide glanced at each other, with a faint smile in their eyes.

"According to the old man's opinion, the matter of frequent liquidation and disposal should be inseparable from the inaction of local officials and the connivance of domestic grain merchants to manipulate prices, right? The businessmen of their generation are the last of the four people, they should be in peace, but they dare to bid with the imperial court officials, if there is a disaster year, they are even more price gouging, regardless of the life and death of the people, the local officials guard the pastoral side, and connive at the rampant of the other generation, is not it a dereliction of duty? ”

Sun Tianguan's words were not shocking, and he overturned a boatload of people as soon as he opened his mouth.

You must know that the loss of the effect of regular closing is not a matter of one place, and this situation occurs all over the country.

And now, the official secretary who wore the official hat, Otsuka Zai Sun Tianguan, actually said that it was because of the magistrate, how could it not be shocking, not to mention that this crime of dereliction of duty came out of the mouth of the official department, which was not a trivial matter.

The content of today's court discussion is going to be transmitted to the outer courts, and if this word spreads, I don't know how many magistrates will have to pinch a cold sweat!

can think about it from another angle, even if Sun Piyang is the secretary of the ministry, he will overturn so many local officials with one rod, and he will not feel good, above the officialdom, who does not have a protégé, all kinds of pressure are surging, can he really stand it?

This Sun Tianguan, could it be that he was stimulated by the changes in the court meeting and went crazy?

For a while, even Zhu Geng and Shen Li, who had always been good friends with him, couldn't figure out the mind of this Otsuka Zai.