After the Spring Festival, until the autumn harvest season, these months of time, green and yellow, is the most prone to accidents, once encountered war or famine, it is difficult for the people to survive this time. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Chengdu Fulu also encountered this problem, but the people had food.

Chengdu Fulu was formerly ruled by Mongolia, and Liu Heima and Liu Yuanzhen operated here for many years.

The Mongolian court did not have the ability to govern the country, the Mongolian iron cavalry fought fiercely, and was known as one of the most courageous armies in the world, but unfortunately their ability to govern the country was really average, until the third year of Jingding, that is, in 1262, the Mongolian Khan Kublai Khan officially determined the Mongolian court officials, and at the same time determined the internal and external official system according to the model of the Great Song Dynasty.

On the one hand, when going out to conquer, the plundered wealth is distributed in proportion, the higher the official position, the more you get, the Mongolian prince who leads the army to fight, each expedition can obtain a huge amount of wealth, and the other aspect is to obtain the grain and grass when collecting, the number of grain and grass collected is determined by the officials, the amount is very high, and in the end it is forcibly expropriated, and the people are miserable.

Kublai Khan, who had great ambitions, discovered the problem, so after becoming the Great Khan, he began to determine many rules, and the determination of the official salary and the tax to be levied was his greatest contribution.

The Central Plains occupied by the Mongol court basically implemented the system of officials and the amount of taxes, but only Chengdu Fulu did not implement it.

Liu Heima as a military envoy of Chengdu Road, but also knew that sympathy for the suffering of the people, roughly determined the amount and scope of taxation, etc., Liu Heima died of illness, Liu Yuanzhen took office, the tax suddenly increased, and in many places there was a situation of plundering large households, resulting in the people's life becoming more and more difficult.

The chaotic situation caused by Liu Yuanzhen broke out after the Spring Festival of the fifth year of Jingding.

The establishment of the yamen.

There are a lot of urgent documents on the table, almost all of them are emergency documents from Fuzhou County, which is under the jurisdiction of Chengdu Fulu and Lizhou West Road, and there are also some documents sent from Yunnan.

When Liu Yuanzhen conquered Bazhou, he collected a large amount of grain and grass, and in the process of collecting grain and grass, the officials below secretly increased the tax amount to obtain money from it, and the intensity of collecting grain and grass after the autumn harvest was even more intensified.

During the Spring Festival, the situation of the people's lack of food has been reflected sporadically, but it is not particularly prominent.

After the Spring Festival, the problem was completely exposed.

Chengdu Fulu has been a granary since ancient times, this is a place of grain production, if there is a shortage of food here, no one will believe it.

Wu Shaogang also didn't believe it, after all, over the years, Chengdu Fulu had not suffered any famine, and the grain planted every year had been harvested, and the grain and grass collected by Liu Yuanzhen had not consumed a lot of himself, so he was completely defeated.

Where did the collected grain and grass go, this is what Wu Shaogang is concerned about.

Only by finding the whereabouts of these grains can we truly solve the problem of food shortage in Chengdu Fu Road, Lizhou West Road, Yunnan and other places.

People are iron and steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic, if there is no food, no matter what you say, you will not be able to stabilize the situation.

The possibility of opening the door to the imperial court does not exist, and the imperial court has long been unsustainable, otherwise Jia Rudao would not have forcibly implemented the public land law, and there are certain difficulties in collecting grain from Tongchuan Fu Road and other places, mainly because Chengdu Fu Road, Lizhou West Road and Yunnan and other places need too much grain, and Tongchuan Fu Road and Chongqing Fu Road and other places simply cannot afford it.

Wu Shaogang was waiting, waiting for the intelligence agency's intelligence.

When Yuan Shichun entered the room, Wu Shaogang nodded slightly.

Yuan Shichun was holding several documents in his hand, these documents should be the results of the investigation by the Intelligence Agency, and these pieces of information should have pointed out where the food was.

"Yuan Shichun, briefly tell me where the grain is."

"Yes, my lord, according to the information we have, the grain collected by the Chengdu Fulu Army and Horse Economic Envoy last year can no longer be counted to a specific number, but with the confession of some officers of the new annexed army, as well as the confirmation of local officials, only a small part of the grain and grass collected has entered the army, and most of the rest have been secretly traded to merchants...

Wu Shaogang frowned slightly, although he had doubts about Liu Yuanzhen's ability, it was still surprising that such a thing happened, which could be said to be Liu Yuanzhen's loss of control.

"In Chengdu, Hanzhou, Jianzhou, Meizhou, Maozhou, Yazhou, Lizhou and Jiading, many merchants have hoarded more than one million stones, and the specific amount will take time to figure out."

"The situation on Lizhou West Road is similar, Fengzhou, Chuzhou, Chengzhou, Jiezhou, Wenzhou, Longzhou and Xihe Prefecture, where merchants are also hoarding a large amount of grain, and the specific amount is not very clear."

"The grain hoarded by these merchants was not traded, and there were investigations, and some merchants traded with Tibet privately, sold grain at a high price, and made a lot of money."

"The subordinates believe that by cracking down on these merchants, they will be able to obtain a large amount of grain, and they will be able to solve the problem of food shortage in Chengdu Fu Road, Lizhou West Road, Yunnan and other places. . . ."

Wu Shaogang shook his head slightly, obviously negating Yuan Shichun's suggestion.

Hao Jing and Huang Jiaming entered the house one after another.

"Mr. Hao, Mr. Huang, why is there a shortage of food, we have now figured it out, you can tell me what to do."

Hao Jing looked at Huang Jiaming and slowly spoke.

"My lord, as a last resort, I can only collect food...

Huang Jiaming did not speak, and he, who was in charge of people's livelihood matters, knew what the consequences might be if he did so.

The commerce and trade of the Great Song Dynasty was extremely prosperous, and the imperial court also supported the development of commerce and trade, and Wu Shaogang attached great importance to the development of commerce and trade.

Maybe he was mainly responsible for military planning for a period of time, Hao Jing thought it was simpler.

"My lord, the merchants should have understood the difficulties of the government, at such a critical moment, if they deliberately hoarded grain, and traded grain with Tubo privately, this is obviously the act of profiteers, the government can completely suppress it, and if necessary, it can even completely expropriate the grain they have hoarded...

Hao Jing still spoke along his own lines.

After Hao Jing finished speaking, Wu Shaogang looked at Huang Jiaming and spoke.

"Mr. Huang, what do you think?"

"My lord, my subordinates haven't thought of a good way for the time being."

Huang Jiaming did not affirm Hao Jing's suggestion, obviously disagreeing.

Food is a real thing, and it can't be said with one mouth.

Wu Shaogang sighed and spoke again.

"Mr. Hao, have you ever thought about what kind of results will be achieved if we do something to those merchants who hoard grain, yes, with these grains, we may survive this famine, what can we do later, how can the merchants trust the government again, they know that after they get rich, they will encounter the liquidation of the government."

"Don't talk about businessmen, I'm afraid that the people won't trust the government in the future."

"I also admit that they are profiteers, and at such a critical time, they still hoard food, regardless of the lives of the people, but we can't act rashly, and we can't rely entirely on suppression."

"I think we should start from two aspects, one is to mobilize some grain from Tongchuan Fu Road and Chongqing Fu, and the Hezhou Imperial Army will also take out some grain, and make the Yamen take gold and silver to buy some grain from the south, and the amount must be sufficient, at least for two to three months, and second, let the merchants of Chengdu Fu Road, Lizhou West Road, and Yunnan take the initiative to take out the grain and sell it, and they cannot raise the price indefinitely."

"Local governments should set up special grain bureaus, that is, those who sell grain, and start selling grain on a large scale, and at the same time, give a certain amount of grain to those peasant households who have no way to buy grain, so as to tide over this difficulty."

"We have taken such an action, if there are still businessmen hoarding grain, or even buying grain from the Food Agency for hoarding, then we are welcome, businessmen make money, we have no objection, but if they only want to make money, there is nothing in their eyes, such businessmen, we don't want it."

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As soon as Wu Shao finished speaking, Huang Jiaming spoke.

"My lord, this is a good idea, the government has some gold, all of which are earned from trading with Tubo, and the subordinates suggest that they take it out and go to the south to buy grain, and the Fuzhou County under the jurisdiction of Chengdu Fulu can set up a grain department in the shortest possible time, as for the grain of the imperial army in Hezhou, the subordinates suggest not to move, and the grain and grass in the army cannot be easily deployed."

Hao Jing also understood, and then spoke.

"What the lord said is that his subordinates also feel that the food in the army should not be easily deployed."

Wu Shaogang shook his head.

"Or deploy a part of it to get through the current difficulty, the consumption of the Hezhou Imperial Army is too great, tens of thousands of soldiers, tens of thousands of war horses, if we can't make Sichuan and Yunnan quickly stabilize, can't let the people feel at ease, then the Hezhou Imperial Army is also difficult to maintain."

"In addition, the matter of trading with Tibet must be strictly investigated, especially those merchants who trade with Tibet without permission, once verified, they will be severely punished, and the transaction with Tibet must be decided by the yamen, and the transaction between merchants and Tibet can be allowed to a certain extent, but the amount of taxes paid is very high."

Wu Shaogang made a final decision, Hao Jing and Huang Jiaming had nothing to say, and the rest was implemented.

Next, Wu Shaogang asked Hao Jing and Huang Jiaming to seriously think about business and trade matters, manage commerce and trade, smoothly collect trade taxes, and at the same time let commerce and trade develop substantially, which is not a simple matter.

Wu Shaogang creatively put forward the method of tax determination, that is, according to the size of the business quota of the merchants, the fixed tax amount, except for special circumstances, a certain amount of tax can be reduced or exempted, and the rest of the time is completely levied in accordance with the fixed tax system.

This is the simplest and most straightforward way to manage it, and the benefits outweigh the disadvantages in the current situation. (To be continued.) )