Chapter 117: Fierce Medicine

"If you want to stabilize food prices, in fact, you only need three to do it, one is the British Gong Zhang family, the second is the Wei Gong Xu family, and the third is our Li Jia Teng fan group 4∴8065 As for the seven, it doesn't hurt if the court wants to check and balance, but that's a later story, in front of me, as long as the three of us work together, stabilizing food prices is not a difficult thing I will first analyze it for my brother-in-law, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, located in the border, and poor mountains and bad waters, food self-sufficiency is also the same Fujian and Guangdong, there is no need to say that there is a lot of grain and rice now, One is Huguang, the second is Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the third is Guangxi, with the grain of these four provinces, supporting the four northern provinces, Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, should be enough for this autumn harvest, my Li family collects a large amount of grain, but my family hoards grain, there are four million stones, because I know that this year, the grain is not worried about selling, but the cost is not low, and it is cheaper in the early stage, but the south is in a hurry, and the price is immediately raised. This is also the average price of Huguang to Shaanxi's current population of millions of stone grain, saving some food, should be enough to support Shaanxi for a year The British Duke went to the south to collect grain, and I think I would find the Duke of Wei, these two great nobles came forward, as long as the price was fair, he was a businessman, and he would give some face, but the words of the British Duke were not bad, and now to buy grain, the cost would have to be three taels, that would still give him face and a large population, and if the grain he bought was sold at this price, it would have to be robbed in a few days, and there was a little, That is, to beware of other rice merchants taking the opportunity to buy in large quantities, I now have a way, that is, to see if my brother-in-law can go down to that hand."

Li Yuanchen talked eloquently, and after he finished the last sentence, Yue Su hurriedly asked, "Don't you know what your brother-in-law and I are?" As long as it is beneficial to the imperial court, any hand can be used"

"That's good" Li Yuanchen smiled quietly and said: "Now the price of grain is so high, and the tax rate of the imperial court is constantly twenty taxes and one, like selling grain, and there is no tax now, adults should collect heavy taxes on grain, and the small people sell some surplus grain at home, which is nothing, but where the rice shop hoards more than five stones, the tax rate is at least twenty taxes and four"

"It's so high, if the imperial court raises the tax on grain sales to this position, and other merchants are not allowed to continue to increase the price, then the small people can't afford it," Yue Su shook his head and said

Twenty taxes one is equivalent to a tax of five percent, and twenty taxes four is equivalent to a tax of twenty percent

"This brother-in-law can rest assured, this is our Li family in the back of the support of millions of stone grain, to the brother-in-law after the palace, although the brother-in-law is assured that the brother-in-law will first collect taxes in Beijing, but if you dare not pay, indirectly seized, stolen food, is not enough for the court to relieve the people If you pay, the grain of the British public, and the grain on my side, can at least be sent to some, they raise the price, we reduce the price, let the people limit the purchase, do not give those merchants the opportunity to buy grain from us, and the grain price of other shops is high, Naturally, they can't sell the grain, whether to close the door or continue to sell, if you continue to open the door, then go to collect taxes, if you close the door and don't sell, the court can also ask them a hoarding of a large amount of grain, there is a suspicion of misdeeds, is it the same as Fan Yongdou, there is a heart to sponsor Liaodong Just such a sentence, which of those businessmen must not be dumbfounded, the court then came again, since you don't plan to sell, then lend it to the court first, you take it to the enemy, and the grain will not be in hand There are adults in the capital here, which one dares to make a time, As for other places, Huguang, with my Li family, must be worry-free, as for Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it depends on Wei Guogong, but if the two places of Zhili and Huguang go well, Wei Guogong is embarrassed not to do it, if my brother-in-law thinks that the food may not be enough, I still have the idea to find the vassal king," Li Yuanchen said with a light smile

"How do you do it?" Yue Su asked again

"This is just a policy, it is best not to use it, but the brother-in-law wants to use it, and the younger brother can't stop the land of the vassal king when it was divided, it was counted, but after so many years, a lot of land has been bought by them, whether it is the prince or the county king, the existing land is almost half of the land in the world, if it is in peacetime, it is nothing, the food is enough, the vassal king wants to hoard Juqi, and it is impossible to sit on the ground and raise the price, but when it comes to the season of famine and war, the situation is different, if they are dedicated to the sake of the court, Selling food at the usual price, or donating food, is naturally beneficial to my family, but none of these vassal kings have such an idea, and they can't wait for the higher the price of food to rise, the better, in this way, it will be unfavorable to the imperial court, the grain is hoarded in their hands, they don't reduce the price, the people can't afford it, the world will become more and more chaotic, but if you want to suppress them, it's actually very easy, the vassal king has always been most afraid of attracting the suspicion of the imperial court, except for collecting money, it is a waste of wine, and nothing else dares to do anything better than the king of Chu, just in Wuchang City, If my family's grain price drops, his family's grain will naturally not be sold, the Chu Wang's field can be a lot, and most of them are féi wo, of course the grain will not be less, it can't be sold, and he can't reduce the price, it can only be stored at home At this time, the emperor can send someone to ask the King of Chu, why is there so much grain stored at home and not sold, now the grain in the Forbidden City is not as much as your family, do you have a heart of disobedience, just this sentence, can scare the King of Chu half to death and then use a little means, concoct it, at least according to the market price, That is, the price of the grain sold by my family gave the grain to my brother-in-law, what do you think? Li Yuanchen smiled lightly again, but what he said must be based on tough measures, and even some of them are scoundrels

However, Lord Yue understands that in this year, the Ming Dynasty is terminally ill, and it is really time for the redistribution of interests, he closed his eyes, pondered for a long time, and finally said: "Don't be so troublesome, it's enough to keep Zhili and Shanxi, and you Huguang yourself, you must keep it."

Hearing Yue Su's words, Li Yuanchen's eyes lit up, he stared at Yue Su tightly, and after looking at it for a long time, he said: "Brother-in-law, Yuanchen underestimated you, your knife is really ruthless, if you can successfully dig out the tumor, the Ming Dynasty will have at least one hundred and fifty years of stability."

"Yuan Chen, you are amazing, even what I think, you have guessed your title hereditary replacement, I agreed, when I return to the capital, I will enter the palace to ask for this reward for you, and the method of support you said, and tell me about it" Yue Su said

"This is actually very simple, that is, the system of twenty taxes and four taxes on grain, which is constantly maintained, and my family is a merchant knight, hereditary replacement, it can be regarded as a noble, and the nobles do not have to pay taxes, they are twenty taxes and four, at the same price, which businessman can fight my family to squeeze other rice shops yellow, naturally it is a grain monopoly, and this does not need the imperial court to pay a tael of silver, why not do it" Li Yuanchen said lightly

"Okay, it's a word, I also agreed to this matter," Yue Su said solemnly

"Then thank you brother-in-law" What is Yue Su's identity now, what he said, Li Yuanchen believes, can definitely count

"You're welcome, to be honest, I still have to thank you for your suggestion, otherwise, I can't think of that way," Yue Su said with a light smile

"Brother-in-law, your method is good, but after all, it is a dangerous move, once lost, not only the Ming Dynasty may not be guaranteed, even your life may not be guaranteed, but I still believe in my brother-in-law, just keep Shanxi, Zhili, Huguang, I think there will be nothing but there is something to remind my brother-in-law, now that Huguang General Soldier, really has no ability, let him resist the Liukou, ten ** is unstoppable, if there is no Xing Ying, it is estimated that the Liukou will come over, I think you still give an order, promote Xing Ying to the Huguang General Soldier, there is, You stop the car for a while, I will write a letter now, and ask someone to send it back to Huguang to my father, so that he can prepare to transport grain, and as for the boat, I have to ask my brother-in-law to help with the snacks," Li Yuanchen said calmly

"The ship is easy to handle, and when I return to Beijing, I will order someone to go to Tianjin to transfer warships to Huguang."

When I returned to Beijing, it was already night, at this time, Yue Su naturally couldn't enter the palace to face the saint, after all, the emperor was young, and what he really wanted to see was actually the queen mother and the two people were the same age, no matter what, they had to avoid suspicion

The next morning, Yue Su first handled some official affairs in the cabinet, and then handed a sign to the emperor and the queen mother immediately summoned in the Yuteng room, and when he entered the Yuteng room, Yue Su talked about the countermeasures he had studied with Li Yuanchen, and after finishing speaking, he had to say Li Yuanchen's request again

After hearing this, Zhang Yan nodded and said: "If it can reduce the price of grain, stabilize the world, and give him a hereditary replacement, it is not a matter of this Li Yuanchen, there are a lot of ideas in his head, and his method of support is also very interesting, then it is just a tax on grain sales, and it will rise to twenty taxes and four, I'm afraid it will be difficult to implement."

Yue Su smiled quietly and said: "Queen Mother, this matter has been considered by Weichen for a while, but he came up with an idea, I don't think it's better, just take the matter of the horse master, make a fuss, let's not do anything about the horse master, just to increase the grain sales tax, pave the way, but before the implementation, we must wait for the grain of the British government and the grain of the Li family to enter Zhili."

"When will it be implemented, Aiqing, you are in charge, so what is this specific method, can you tell His Majesty and the mourning family to listen to it," Zhang Yan said

"Of course, I want to tell His Majesty and the Queen Mother, and then I have to ask the emperor to come forward and deter the hundred officials......" Immediately, Yue Su explained the method he came up with to Zhang Yan in detail

Zhang Yan listened, nodded, and said: "Okay, then do this for two days, you can take the time to inform the British public and ask him to cooperate at that time."

"Obey the Order"

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