Just when the crown prince was worried in his heart and wanted to turn around and cover Zhang Xu's mouth and prevent him from continuing to speak, Emperor Mingzong said in a deep voice: "Go on." ”

The prince gritted his teeth secretly, but he was helpless.

"Yes," Zhang Xu bowed his head and continued, "Shi Nong Industry and Commerce, 'Shi' is at the top, 'Agriculture' and 'Gong' are among them, and 'Shang' is at the bottom. What 'scholars' seek is fame or power, 'farmers' and 'workers' seek livelihood, food and clothing, and the livelihood of their descendants, and 'merchants' seek profit. The implementation of the Seedlings Law and the allocation of funds for the Seedlings would be much more stable if only the 'scholars' and the 'farmers' participated, but if the 'merchants' were added to it, the tripartite wrestling would be much more stable. ”

Zhang Xu said as he gestured with his hand: "The imperial court will implement the green seedling law, and at the same time, act as an intermediary to supervise the distribution of green seedlings by merchants and urge farmers to return the credit after autumn; The merchant has abundant assets, and according to the rules of the business, the green seedlings are allocated in spring and summer, and the grain is recovered after autumn to offset the silver. According to their own needs, farmers find merchants to pay for seedlings on credit in spring and summer, and pay off their debts after the harvest in autumn, in the hope that they can get seedlings on credit more smoothly in the coming year. The imperial court still performs the duties of supervision, rewards and punishments, and judgments, judging the merits and demerits of business or agriculture, and does not evaluate the performance of the government based on the amount of green seedling funds allocated in the place, but still based on how many people have enough food and clothing because of this, so as to truly realize that 'the people do not add endowment and the country uses enough'. ”

When the three parties are in full swing, the relationship is the most stable.

Emperor Mingzong fell into a long examination, and what Zhang Xu said was indeed something, and it was indeed out of consideration for the people and the community. However, if it is really implemented in this way, the requirements for "people" are quite strict: how to select officials who are to supervise, reward and punish, and judge, and how to choose the merchants who lead the Seedlings Law, so as to ensure that the two parties do not collude with each other and deceive each other.

No wonder the crown prince couldn't wait to propose that the Lin family take on this important task.

Indeed, if Emperor Mingzong is allowed to choose by himself, he also belongs to the Lin family. However, what Lin Ruo said was ......

If Lin Qian really dies, with Lin Ruo and Lin Qi, the two little guys, it will be almost difficult to hold up! Li Yan may have this ability, but Emperor Mingzong did not have such a deep trust in Li Yan like Lin Ruo.

Taking a step back, handing over the green seedlings to the Lin family, Lin Qian most likely wanted to hand over this burden to Li Yan. If Li Yan can't afford it, it will harm the Lin family; If Li Yan can afford it, once Li Yan has two hearts, how can Lin Ruo and Lin Qi be Li Yan's opponents?

"Since Zhang Aiqing has considered the implementation of the Seedlings Law and the allocation of Seedlings, presumably the merchants who lead the allocation of Seedlings will not only consider the Lin family, right?"

Of course not.

Even if it is for the purpose of bringing the Lin family under the wings of the crown prince, it will not be so blatant.

"Back to the emperor's words, about this matter, the prince has summoned Weichen and Shangyu adults and students to brainstorm and learn from others, and what they have obtained is in the recital submitted by Weichen to the emperor."

It is not to accept advice, but to learn from others, and to consider the words in front of the emperor, it can be said that it requires twelve points of caution. And this so-called brainstorming and learning from others' strengths is naturally not a clear explanation of the Qingmiao Law and the Qingmiao section to the people who discussed, but finally the opinions of the people and the inclusion in the chapter are mainly Zhang Xu's thoughts after synthesizing everyone's opinions and the prince's selfishness.

Emperor Mingzong's eyes swept over the unfolded chapter on the imperial case, and motioned for Zhang Xu to continue.

According to the humble opinion of Weichen and others, if the merchant wants to lead the allocation of the seedlings, the selection of the merchants must be cautious: first, they need to have rich family resources and be able to advance the total amount of seedlings in a county, a state or even a county; Second, its credibility needs to convince the local peasants and the government, and it must not be treacherous, cunning, selfish and greedy. Both are indispensable. Of course, it would be better if we could have a grain guide or cooperate with the household department to collect and sell grain. After such a selection, there are not many households left......"

Zhang Xu's gaze glanced at Lin Ruo, and the subtext meant that according to the conditions, the Lin family was indeed the most suitable.

Swallowing the entire Donglu Qingmiao appropriation, except for the imperial court, no merchant has this ability - even if there is, such as the Lin family, it will not let the imperial court know. Therefore, Zhang Xu mentioned in his recital and statement that the financial resources of the selected merchants should be able to advance the total amount of seedlings in a county, a state or even a county.

In this way, it is not only convenient for the imperial court to supervise, but also can alleviate the ambition of merchants to be greedy and swallow elephants.

In order to prevent collusion between officials and businessmen, Weichen still has advice. First, in addition to the supervision and inspection of the officials of each province, prefecture and county, the imperial court can arrange for the inspection and secret visits of the imperial mission to prevent trouble; Second, the merchants who lead the allocation of seedlings in various provinces, prefectures and counties need to be replaced after a certain number of years, and once there is an act that is not conducive to the country and the people, they will be replaced immediately after there is evidence, and if they fulfill their duties, the imperial court can appropriately extend the period of distribution of seedlings; Third, if possible, Wechen suggested that the imperial court should set up a department to be in charge of the implementation of the Qingmiao Law, and at the same time, the cases related to the Qingmiao and the Qingmiao Law in various provinces, prefectures, and counties should be handled in a timely manner once reported to the government, and reported to the department for the record every month. In this way, although it cannot be asserted that there will be no corruption, it can at least prevent the gradual progress, so that the green seedling law can be smoothly implemented, and the welfare of the community and the people can be benefited. ”

These words finally made the emperor temporarily put away his dissatisfaction with Zhang Xu. If the Seedlings Law can be implemented in accordance with this charter, it will indeed be a good thing for the country and the people that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

It's just that it's easier said than done.

It is easy to find out the rich merchants of various provinces, prefectures, and counties, as long as they take the books from the household department and check them. But it is really difficult to select those who are worthy of this position from among these wealthy businessmen - it can't be like the opening of the imperial examination and the martial arts, and then open a commercial examination, right? And even if there is a business move, how can it be judged? This is not as simple as the imperial examination and the martial arts, which can be distinguished by Wen Taowu and Wu Xu.

Weighing comes and goes, indeed, it is still the Lin family that is the most suitable.

"Minhui, what do you think?"

"Me?" Lin Ruo, who was named, was stunned for a moment, and looked at Emperor Mingzong's searching gaze, Lin Ruo frowned slightly, thought about it again, and then said, "Your Majesty, if it is in the collection and sale of grain, the imperial court has a place where Minhui can be used, and Minhui will naturally make Shopkeeper Luo and Shopkeeper Yun fully cooperate, and there is no other word." But if it is related to the allocation of BIBS...... Please forgive the emperor, Minhui didn't dare to entrust him, the Lin family was really difficult to take on this position. ”

The embarrassment and determination on Lin Ruo's face, Emperor Mingzong looked at his eyes, was silent for a moment, looked behind Lin Ruo, and asked, "Li Yan, what about you?" What do you think? ”

Including Lin Ruo, everyone didn't expect that Emperor Mingzong would ask Li Yan! The surprised eyes were all focused on Li Yan's body, including himself, and he was also a little unexpected.