Once the chaos in Guanzhong unfolds, it will be like a wildfire, and it will not be cleaned up.

Every day, Liu Yu can see a lot of front-line reports from the yamen of various military departments, today this county town has been ransacked, and tomorrow he will kill a bandit leader Yunyun. The army of Dongshui Camp to quell the rebellion has reached the southwest of Guanzhong, but wherever the imperial army passes, the rebels dare not approach. On the other hand, the rebels are gradually gathering strength, and it seems that they are preparing to join forces in one place to officially tear up the banner and rebel.

The new emperor's sacrifice was originally scheduled for August 21, but due to the illness of some ministers, the sacrifice was changed to August 23. And because of the Guanzhong Rebellion, the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens was postponed again.

As more and more refugees moved north, the porridge farms around Chang'an City were no longer enough to cope with the eating and drinking of so many mouths. The construction of straw huts, the distribution of bedding, the resettlement of displaced people, and the amount of silver obtained by the imperial court through the Department of Commerce and Trade and the sale of officials also decreased sharply. And some officials in the household department and the ministry are still urging the new emperor to give the civil officials a fortune every day, originally said that the income from selling officials will first solve the difficulties of the imperial court, but now that there is money, the matter of issuing a fortune is still gone.

After the catastrophe, there was a great epidemic, and now more and more displaced people are approaching the feet of the Son of Heaven in Chang'an, and the work of disease prevention must also be carried out, but obviously, in ancient times, people's awareness of disease prevention was not strong, and almost all the victims were digging well water to eat, and most of the canals around Chang'an City were also in a semi-dry state. Water has become a big problem again.

"Separate! If the disease is detected early, it must be isolated and treated, and the doctors of Chang'an City must be summoned to go outside the city to see the victims, and the consultation fee and medicine fees will be paid by the imperial court, and those who suffer from infectious diseases should not be taken lightly. Adequate food and water should be given. All disaster relief and epidemic prevention come first. ”

At a disaster relief mobilization meeting. Liu Yu spoke.

Other people in attendance. Most of the words to him are left ear in and right ear out.

How the victims outside the city are not their concern, there are victims every year, droughts, floods, locust plagues, hail plagues, natural disasters and man-made disasters have never been cut off in the history of the Great Shun Dynasty.

They believe that if there is a disaster, salvation is, and only those officials in the household department are the ones who serve snacks, and the emperor must bow down to everything. In terms of disaster relief, they are often asked to go to the disaster area to preside, and they have also seen many tragic conditions in the disaster area. And this time, the disaster spread at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and it was indeed too serious.

Disaster relief and counterinsurgency are the biggest problems in front of Su Yan and Liu Yu.

Liu Yu couldn't eat and drink peacefully for a few days, and was often called up in the middle of the night to go to the palace to discuss the newly arrived military affairs report with the minister of war and the new emperor.

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August 27.

It's been almost a month since the new emperor ascended the throne, and the matter at hand is still a mess. It was rare that the weather was good on this day, and Liu Yu sorted out his mood. Decided to give yourself a day off and go for a walk outside the city. See for yourself how the victims are being resettled.

However, before leaving, it is still necessary to attend the first meeting of the Department of Commerce and Trade since its establishment. As the initiator and the general leader, he always had to sit in on the sidelines.

The Yamen of the Commerce and Trade Department of the Ministry of Industry, in the inconspicuous place of the Ministry of Industry, is guarded by the Imperial Forest Army at the door, and the new officials of the Commerce and Trade Department tremblingly come out of the sedan chair and go to the Yamen.

Presiding over the meeting was Sui Yu, the young supervisor of the Department of Commerce and Trade, who was holding a booklet in her hand, which was the important task of the meeting that she had sorted out in advance. The six deputy prisoners were all bloated businessmen, and when they sat on their buttocks, the whole chair was not enough to cover the wide lower plate.

There were only two people from the imperial court who came to observe, one was Liu Yu and the other was Han Sheng.

The yamen, the manager of the Commerce and Trade Department that Han Sheng is in charge of, has also opened, except for Han Sheng, the official Shaoqing, there are only two Lang officials below, and they are very quiet. As for the rest, Qu Zhu is also one of Han Sheng's helpers, but he is to help carry and lift, transport silver and manage the carriage, and Qu Zhu is the helper arranged by Liu Yu to Han Sheng. Everything is in its infancy, and it is not yet complete in terms of configuration.

Inside the yamen of the Department of Commerce and Trade.

"This time, the main discussion is the parity of the materials in short supply in the city, grains, grains, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, as well as ordinary coarse cloth clothing, cotton wool, should be reduced to the price before the disaster, and all shops in Chang'an City that deal in these goods must be sold at a uniform price." Sui Yu said, looking at Liu Yu, who was sitting next to him silently, "Commander Liu, is there a problem with this arrangement?" ”

Liu Yu smiled awkwardly and said: "Young Eunuch Sui is the person in charge of the Department of Commerce and Trade, General Ben and Han Shaoqing are just here to listen, you have a resolution, you can submit it to the emperor and the imperial decree will approve it." ”

Liu Yu's clear attitude relieved those deputy eunuchs, who were originally worried that this matter of stabilizing prices was ordered by the imperial court to Sui Yu. I didn't dare to say anything when I complained, but now I have to say it.

"Doing business is to make things scarce and expensive, and things to be scarce, and now these commodities that you proposed are the most scarce in Chang'an City at present, how can there be a reason to reduce prices instead of increasing prices?" The deputy supervisors all looked at Liu Yu at the end, after all, Liu Yu was a person who could make a decision.

In fact, the opinion of one person also represents the opinion of the entire merchants of Chang'an City. Although in the past, every year in the face of famine, the imperial court would issue an order to stabilize prices, but it is still not uncommon for prices to rise behind the scenes, and merchants are using this to make profits, which is not indispensable. However, this year's situation is different, first, the disaster is too great, the shortage of food and daily necessities is to the point of scarcity, and the price will fall, and only those second-class dealers will take advantage of the situation to sweep up a large number of goods, hoarding and hoarding, and the people still cannot buy goods at affordable prices.

"Since the Department of Commerce and Trade has been opened, the attitude of the imperial court is very clear, and everything is decided by the Department of Commerce and Trade. You don't have to look at General Ben for everything, General Ben said that today he is just a spectator and will not express his opinion. Liu Yu said in a somewhat relaxed tone.

Sui Yu also knew that the establishment of the Department of Commerce and Trade was not to exploit the interests of merchants, or even to protect the interests of merchants. The Commerce and Trade Division will squeeze the interests of the merchants when they come up in the city, which will only make them resentful.

Sui Yu said: "The parity of goods can be subsidized in taxes, the tax rate of grain tax is not levied for the time being, and the goods needed for life are only taxed for the time being, how about this?" If the goods are not at parity, such a low tax rate, the imperial court will definitely not approve it, so ...... Please think about it. ”

The six deputy supervisors looked at each other, and Sui Yu's plan was, to put it bluntly, to exchange low taxes for the parity of grain. Although the shortage of goods has led to high prices, disasters do not occur every year, and they should think too much about the exchange of future benefits. In the past, although there was no uniform tax rate, the tax on basic goods reached 30 to 50 percent, that is, half of the money had to be paid to the government.

Low taxes, which means that they are profitable, are also worth considering.

"If the imperial court can really teach low taxes on the goods needed for daily life, then stabilizing prices should not hurt the interests of merchants too much." A deputy eunuch said the businessman's heart, "I just don't know if the emperor can approve it, and it will be a few years to approve it." ”

Sui Yu couldn't help but glance at Liu Yu again, and saw that Liu Yu still didn't speak, but was talking to Han Sheng from ear to ear, so she knew that Liu Yu was completely letting her do it in this matter.

"Three years. The little girl will try her best to fight with the emperor. Sui Yu said in a somewhat firm tone. (To be continued......)