In the face of Yang Ci's inquiry, Liu Xin nodded with a smile and said: "Of course, if this king doesn't want to do this, he won't tell Mr. Yang about this matter, so even if this king gives Mr. Yang a thorough understanding of you, this matter is imperative, even if it is Mr. Yang, you are not willing to help this king in the end, and this king will complete this matter alone." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Yang Ci saw that Liu Xin answered so resolutely, and he didn't know what else he could say for a while, so he couldn't help but fall into contemplation again, after all, this matter in Liu Xin's mouth is not a small matter that can be decided between hip-hop-hee-ha, but a major event that is important enough to affect the officialdom of the Han Dynasty today, even Yang Ci, who is one of the three princes of the Han Dynasty, has to think carefully about this, thinking about whether this matter in Liu Xin's mouth is a good thing or a bad thing...

And even Yang Ci, who is well-informed and has eaten more salt than Liu Xin has eaten, can't help but be stunned by Liu Xin's idea, after all, Yang Ci has been in the Han officialdom for decades, but Yang Ci has never heard that person re-mentioned this matter in Liu Xin's mouth, or Yang Ci can be sure that now in the Han Dynasty for a hundred years, no one has proposed to reset the state pastoral system, after all, the state pastoral system has been abandoned for hundreds of years, and everyone has already abided in the old rules. has long ignored the existence of the state pastoral system, and even Yang Ci asked himself if Liu Xin hadn't mentioned this matter today, I'm afraid Yang Ci wouldn't have remembered that there was such a thing as the state pastoral system, but Yang Ci also had to admit that although the state pastoral system has been abolished for hundreds of years, the state pastoral system is not outdated, on the contrary, it is very in line with the current situation of the Han today, after all, today's Han has been in a state of mishes, although there is no Han who has implemented the state pastoral system, The central court's ability to control local officials is still very good, but the local officials who have been severely constrained will still appear to be constrained in the face of some unexpected situations, and they can only be said to be more than successful and not enterprising, Yang Ci, as one of the three princes of the Han Dynasty, is naturally able to access many confidential matters of the Han Dynasty, including the tax situation of the Han Dynasty today, which can be said to be worse than a year, especially in recent years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have never stopped, Yang Ci found that the grain income over the years has almost directly shown a cliff-like decline, at least by more than sixty percent, so that there is a tendency to make ends meet, which makes Yang Ci can't help but start worrying, if there are some natural disasters such as drought and locust plague this year, or a serious rebellion in some important grain producing areas, then the Han will inevitably face a large-scale famine.

And since ancient times, famine has often been accompanied by countless chaos, as small as two people fighting each other over a piece of wheat cake, to the people of a state directly launching a rebellion under the guidance of people with intentions, and then a vicious circle will be formed, the famine is getting more and more serious, and there are more and more areas of rebellion, and eventually it is bound to shake the foundation of the Han Dynasty!

Therefore, just when Yang Ci was thinking about whether he should accept the cooperation proposed by Liu Xin, Yang Biao made a decision in his heart, that is, to help Liu Xin convince his father when necessary, because Yang Biao very much agreed with the idea proposed by Liu Xin!

And why Yang Biao agreed with Liu Xin's idea, the reason is actually very simple, that is, because Yang Biao has also thought about restarting the state pastoral system in Dahan.

Because Yang Biao's father, Yang Ci, has long recognized Yang Biao's identity as the heir of the Hongnong Yang family, Yang Ci will often reveal some important news about Han officialdom to Yang Biao, which naturally includes some ordinary people, or confidential information that even most high-level officials can't access, including the news that the grain reserves of the Han Dynasty are urgent.

Because the people take food as the sky, the foundation of the stability of the Han Empire lies in the grain, simply put, if the Han does not have enough food reserves, there will inevitably be a serious riot, and it can even shake the foundation of the Han Dynasty, so the issue of the official grain reserves of the Han Dynasty has always been a very important confidential matter, and only the top officials of the Han Dynasty are qualified to know, and the central court will always declare to the outside world that the official grain reserves of the Han Dynasty are very sufficient. It is enough to cope with the opening of warehouses and release grain to the people of Dahan in some emergencies to ensure the food needs of the people of Dahan...

But now, Yang Biao has learned from his father that there has been a problem with the official grain reserves of the Han Dynasty, and if some large-scale natural and man-made disasters occur in the Han Dynasty next year and affect the grain production of the Han Dynasty, then the official grain reserves of the Han Dynasty will be exhausted next year. . .

After Yang Biao learned this serious news from his father, he also began to ponder how to save the current urgent situation, after all, although Yang Biao has always been an official in Luoyang, Yang Biao's friends are very wide, and many friends are local officials, so Yang Biao also learned about the current situation in Dahan, so he also knows what caused such a serious problem in Dahan's official grain reserves!

In recent years, there have been serious droughts, floods, or locust plagues in many places in Dahan, so the local grain production has been greatly affected, and there has been a serious plague in the Hebei region of Dahan, resulting in a large number of deaths and injuries among the Han people, so a large number of labor has also been lost, and rebellions of varying scales have also occurred in some areas of Dahan, which has greatly affected local production activities. As a result, it fundamentally affected the output of local grain, resulting in problems in the official grain reserves of the Han Dynasty.

Then there is the inaction of local officials, Yang Biao learned such a news from a friend of his own, in the county where Yang Biao's friend worked, because the local officials colluded with the local clans, deliberately concealed the tenant farmers of these clans, and transformed these farmers who should have handed over grain into black households who did not have to pay taxes, thus directly reducing the amount of grain that should be handed over by more than half. This part of the concealed grain naturally fell into the hands of local officials and clans, and even Yang Biao, who knew all this, could only say that he could not do anything about it, after all, simply put, such behavior is already a common problem in Dahan, after all, various things have happened in Dahan in recent years, resulting in many Han people can only commit themselves to being tenant farmers under the clan, and the clan is still for their own interests, chose to use various excuses to turn these Han people who were supposed to bear taxes into black households, and became slaves of these families in disguise, even if Yang Biao's own Hongnong Yang family also took in thousands of tenant farmers, so Yang Biao also knew that it was an impossible thing to get these local families to hand over these black households, even if he was today, he did not dare to order rashly, after all, this matter involved the entire family power, so there was basically no chance to regain the food in this area.

First of all, there are basically all kinds of problems in the management of granaries in various places - rat plagues and mildew occur from time to time, so the loss of grain in the process of storage is also very alarming, and it also involves a common problem - corrupt officials and corrupt officials!

Although the officials in charge of grain reserves are not of high rank, and they also look like a clear water yamen, after all, unless the grain is sold in huge quantities, these officials will not get much benefit, and if these officials embezzle these grains on a large scale, they will be easily discovered, so over time, in response to the old saying - there are policies at the top, and there are countermeasures at the bottom, and these officials know that although they cannot embezzle these grains on a large scale, then they can achieve "a long stream". From time to time, they take away a bucket of grain, or fill their pockets in making a false account for collecting grain, in short, these officials who are responsible for managing grain can be described as "big greed, small greed is continuous", and a kind of atmosphere has been formed, and the entire circle of officials who manage grain reserves has been corrupted.

Therefore, the grain reserves that were originally quite sufficient, in these officials who have been corrupted to manage the grain reserves, use various names, such as adding an extra loss every time they report the loss of grain, or simply finding a scapegoat to set fire to an empty granary, and then even if it is to offset the grain they have embezzled, all in all, Yang Biao also learned from some sources that the amount of grain embezzled by these officials in charge of grain reserves every year is extremely amazing, almost astronomical.

Finally, there is the use of these Han official grain reserves, these Han official grain reserves are roughly used in two aspects, the first is to usually carry out disaster relief in famine areas, and when necessary, it will also play a role in stabilizing market food prices, after all, no matter when, food is an indispensable necessity for people, and it is also the most stable hard currency, and in recent years, the Han government has also carried out many large-scale disaster relief, so it has also consumed a part of the food reserves, but this is not the point, because the focus is on the second aspect of the use of food reserves.

In today's Han Dynasty, the officials' food reserves are basically based on grain, such as how many stones a certain official has and the like, which represents how many stones the official's annual income is worth of grain, of course, for some senior officials of the Han Dynasty, their money is generally not directly received food, but converted into equivalent cloth or gold and silver, However, most of the officials of the Han Dynasty still directly received grain as a stipend, and in recent years, because the number of officials has increased significantly, the expenditure on grain reserves has also increased, which has also led to a very serious problem in the official grain reserves of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, Yang Biao, who knew that there was a problem with the grain reserves of Dahan now, naturally began to think about countermeasures, and the most suitable countermeasure that Yang Biao thought of was to restore the long-abandoned state pastoral system!

After all, in the state pastoral system, the state pastor has the right to freedom, and can establish a state's granary by himself, and it is equivalent to the state pastor needs to be "self-responsible", and will hand over the grain in accordance with the regulations every year, so the state pastor will do his best to take care of the area under his jurisdiction and control the amount of grain that should be handed over locally. All need to be reported to the central court in advance, and when the central court approves it, these families are afraid that they are all ready, and there will be no way to assassinate the history at that time.

And the state pastor is different, the state pastor has the right to cut first and then play to a certain extent, in case the state pastor is angry, the state pastor can directly copy these family families, and then according to these family families on a crime of rebellion or the like, the central court will not say anything, after all, the state pastor can take the wealth obtained from these family families as a trophy to the central court, as for those black households that have been rediscovered, it will naturally become the evidence of the rebellion of these families, After all, if you harbor so many black households without permission, don't you want to rebel?

Therefore, Yang Biao believes that the state pastoral system is of great help in the face of the official grain reserve problem of the Han Dynasty today, but Yang Biao is just thinking about it before this, after all, Yang Biao does not have the ability to propose the ability to restore the state pastoral system to the above, even if Yang Biao's father Yang Ci wants to propose a resolution to restore the state pastoral system above, I am afraid that he will pay a certain price, and even shake the foundation of the Hongnong Yang family, so Yang Biao did not tell his father Yang Ci his thoughts. After all, this is a thankless task, Yang Biao feels that he doesn't need to do this...

And now, Yang Biao looked at Liu Xin, as if he saw a bosom friend, although Liu Xin's starting point for wanting to restore the state pastoral system may be different from Yang Biao, but there is a good saying, that is, different paths to the same end, all in all, Liu Xin's current behavior is exactly the same as Yang Biao thinks, so Yang Biao is also willing to help Liu Xin to convince his father Yang Ci, after all, Yang Biao also understands why Liu Xin will find his father to discuss this matter, because if Liu Xin and Yang Ci together propose to the above to restore the state pastoral system, The success rate is at least 80% or more!

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