Murong Chong shook his head, not fully believing Lin Ruo's words: "Your so-called 'cursory look' is not much worse than the intensive study and careful reading of others. ”

Lin Ruo smiled and said nothing.

"Tell me quickly, what kind of method is this 'green seedling law', and how can it achieve 'the people do not add endowment and the country uses enough'?"

"It's easy to say."

Lin Ruo pulled a piece of paper from the bookcase, took a little wolf hair from the pen stand, drew a granary on the paper, and wrote the word "Huimin" on it.

"Huimin Cang?"

"Exactly."

The Donglu Imperial Court has set up Huimin warehouses in various places, reducing the market price in case of expensive quantities, increasing the market price in case of cheap quantities, harvesting grain in good years, and producing grain in disaster years, so as to achieve the purpose of balancing grain prices.

"In addition to the grain, there is also a second year's grain seed in the Huimin warehouse, which is ready to be sown in the next year."

"That's right," Murong Chong nodded in agreement, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Could it be that this green seedling method is related to the grain in Huimin's warehouse?" ”

Lin Ruo did not directly answer Murong Chong's question, but said without hesitation: "Most of the grain seeds in Huimin Warehouse are high-yield grain varieties collected by officials from all over the country, and under normal circumstances, they will be sold at a low price to the gentry and landlords who own private land, and only a few of them flow into the public land, and the selling price is so high that ordinary farmers can not afford it. ”

Murong Chong nodded, he had also heard a little about this, after all, he was also a "landlord" who owned a lot of private land, and he was also a prince with heavy troops, and what he received every year was bound to be high-yield grain.

However, there is nothing wrong with that. After all, a lot of the land in the hands of those gentry and landlords is fertile soil, and grain is matched with fertile soil, so it is natural to hope that more grain can be grown.

Puzzlement appeared in Murong Chong's eyes: "Could it be that this Qingmiao method wants to change this?" ”

Lin Ruo shook his head: "If this is the case, I am afraid that the gentry in the Shangyu area will start to make trouble and join forces with the wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan to boycott, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can only kill Zhang Xu and the people will be angry." ”

Murong Chong narrowed his eyes: "How should that be?" ”

"Farmers need to buy grain seeds first for spring plowing and autumn harvest, and the quantity of grain they can exchange for is not much, and the quality may not be high; However, if the 'Seedling Law' is followed, the farmer can first apply for grain seeds from Huimin Cang according to his own ability, sign an IOU, and the local yamen will record the outstanding seedling fee, and when the autumn harvest comes, the grain collected can be used to offset the outstanding seedling fee and interest. ”

Murong Chong thought about it, looked at the simple picture drawn by Lin Ruo, and couldn't help but frown: "That's really a wonderful strategy for benefiting the people!" In this way, farmers can get more and better grains; In order to repay the autumn season, the peasants must be more industrious. The imperial court could also use this to earn more interest as taxes. 'The people do not add endowment but the country uses it', it is true! ”

"Fourth brother, do you think this matter is very good?"

"Of course!"

"Then why did the previous dynasty still lose the country?"

"This ......" Murong Chong was choked up for a moment and had nothing to say, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "There are many reasons for the collapse of the country in this previous dynasty, how can it be attributed to the fault of the 'Qingmiao Law'?" ”

Lin Ruo smiled: "What the fourth brother said is true, the 'Green Seedling Law' is indeed a good strategy for the benefit of the country and the people, and Shangyu can also rely on it to survive the disaster year this time." However, the sword can save people and kill people, it depends on who uses it, can the fourth brother agree to this truth? ”

Murong Chong's face sank: "You mean to say, prince?" ”

Lin Ruo shook his head: "The fourth brother is wrong, what I want to say is - people's hearts." ”

Murong Chong's joy gradually subsided, and he thought carefully about Lin Ruo's words.

In terms of the art of war, strategy, and marching, he is a brilliant general; But when it comes to politics and civil affairs, he has a sense of uselessness as a hero.

"The prince is so happy, if the 'Qingmiao Method' is effective in Shangyu, what does the fourth brother think the prince will do?"

Murong Chong frowned, he knew the temperament of the second brother of the crown prince very well, and immediately replied: "Ask the emperor for credit, recommend Zhang Xu, and then suggest that it be implemented in the whole country of Donglu." ”

"That's right, and it's a no-brainer."

"However, according to the law of our dynasty, before the implementation of the decree, it must be piloted and promoted in various places to improve the system and truly benefit the country and the people."

Lin Ruo shook his head: "It's not difficult to pilot, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely choose an official who is on his side, or an official who is upright and upright and will really benefit the people." But putting aside these officials who are worried about the country and the people, the selected local officials must make great efforts to urge their officials and people to complete the tasks assigned by the imperial court for the sake of their own political achievements. In this way, the decree will surely be passed. ”

Murong Chong was still confused: "What about after that?" ”

Lin Ruo involuntarily raised his voice and said, "Then it's really troublesome!" ”

Murong Chong's heart jumped: "Why is this?" ”

Lin Ruo's face was solemn: "From the perspective of the 'Qingmiao Law' alone, it is beneficial for both the peasants and the imperial court - the peasants can get more grain, and the imperial treasury can be abundant and sufficient. But the imperial court played the role of a borrower in it, where did the people who originally borrowed money for a living be placed? ”

"Are you complaining about profiteers?"

Lin Ruo shook his head: "Fourth brother, such profiteers are not a small number, and the power in the hands of these people should not be underestimated, there are many places, up to the prefect, down to the small officials, even black and white, you have to look at the faces of these people." ”

Murong Chong was silent, and Lin Ruo was telling the truth.

"These people are not easy to appease, there are two results, first, a joint boycott and confrontation with the local prefect; Second, officials and businessmen collude, divide interests, exploit interest, and adjust the cycle, and it is the court and the people who suffer. This is one of them. ”

A hint of gloom flashed in Murong Chong's eyes, and he quietly listened to Lin Ruo continue.

"Second, once the 'Green Seedlings Law' becomes the law of our dynasty, it will definitely become a standard for the evaluation of officials in various places, and officials, no matter how big or small, will encourage farmers to pay more money for their own future. In the end, it was the low-level officials and peasants who suffered, as well as the grain that would be wasted. ”

This is just like the owner of the rain gear shop wants it to rain every day, and the owner of the coffin shop wants people to die every day, as the executive official of the "Seedlings Law", he must hope that everyone in the area under his jurisdiction will advance the seedlings to increase their performance. This is contrary to their original intention as a parent official - they should have burned incense and prayed for good weather throughout the year, but this means that the peasants have enough food and clothing, no one advances the green seedlings, and the local officials' green seedlings are blank.

"Third, there is the issue of repaying the money. If it is an ordinary private loan, it is natural to repay debts. Fang Cai also mentioned that those wealthy businessmen who make a living by borrowing money have a lot of power under their hands to drive them to force the borrower to repay the money. But if the local government lends out the account, and the people don't pay it back, what will the local officials do? Send out a small official to forcibly collect debts with sticks? So what's the difference between this and a ruffian? ”

When you borrow money, you are the uncle, and when you ask for money, you are the grandson.

Since ancient times, I have been like this, and I am honest!