Hearing that Liu Ying categorically gave the conclusion that 'the grain is the heavy weapon of the country, and it cannot be described as the palm of the Jia people', Rao is quite involved in the affairs of the world, and Lu Pheasant couldn't help but change his face slightly.

In fact, there is no need for Liu Ying to repeat how important food is, when there are nearly 20 million Han people today, it is impossible not to understand the importance of grain if you don't have a hole in your brain.

Regardless of the current Han Dynasty, it is out of the feudal farming civilization of the Cold Weapon Era, how much importance is attached to the strategic significance of food, just a little bit is enough to explain everything.

- But as long as he is a man, he has to eat whole grains!

Whether it is a farmer who makes a living from arable land, or a businessman who makes a fortune as a trader;

Whether it is a soldier and a commander walking in the ranks, or a minister and a hundred officials in the temple.

In the entire Han world, regardless of whether they are high or low, rich or poor, everyone has one thing in common in an absolute sense.

Everybody, you have to eat.

It can even be said that the vast majority of people from all walks of life, all classes, and all groups in the world are also begging for food.

- Needless to say, farmers farming must want to harvest crops and eat;

- A businessman, although he does not farm the land, but the money he earns is ultimately for the sake of eating better;

- Soldiers, from the perspective of the general righteousness of the family and the country, are to protect the family and defend the country, but from a personal point of view, it is still to eat military rations.

As for the officials, that's even less to say.

- Nowadays, from Xiao He, the prime minister who eats Lu Wanshi, down to the hundred-stone officials in local counties and townships, and even the 'no rank' who is less than 100 stones, the salary of an official is without exception to food!

Putting aside those scenes of 'serving the country and the people' and 'guiding the country', it is no exaggeration to say: In this era, being an official is just for eating the emperor's grain!

It is also the most intuitive benefit that the noble status of the clan princes and nobles of the eastern part of the country brings to themselves is also the tax of their respective fiefs.

At the end of the day, it's still food.

In a sense, it can even be said that in this era, the pursuit of the vast majority of people can ultimately be classified as food.

When the people and officials have food, they can eat to their heart's content;

The princes and kings have food, and those who have no interest can drink wine and meat forests, eat Haisai, and those who are a little prosperous can build a fief and leave a rich fief for future generations;

If the court has food, it can throw off its arms, and inside, water conservancy and infrastructure can be raised; Outside, it is possible to solicit all parties who are not subservient.

Combined with all these things, what Liu Ying said is indeed right.

Grain, which can indeed be called a 'heavy weapon of the country', cannot be held in the hands of businessmen who are despised as 'the last business'.

But after thinking about this, Lu Pheasant's expression did not have much joy, but in an instant, there was a little sadness.

"What Ying'er said is indeed true."

"——The grain is indeed the important weapon of my Han family!"

said a word with a little seriousness, and saw Lu Pheasant looking at Liu Ying helplessly.

"Do you know what else can be called 'the important weapon of the country' in addition to grain?"

asked softly, and seeing Liu Ying bowing his head and contemplating, Lu Pheasant only smiled bitterly to himself.

"Salt, iron, copper, cloth!"

"Salt and cloth are indispensable to all the people of the world."

"and copper and iron, which are the weight of the militaristic state; Copper is also a money system, which is related to the livelihood of the world's thousands of dollars! ”

With a serious face, he said these words, and then smiled at Lu Pheasant lovingly and looked at Liu Ying.

"Ying'er thinks that these four are compared to grain and rice?"

Hearing this, Liu Ying only thought about it for a moment, and then nodded with a calm face.

"Salt, cloth, and grain are all the warmth and satisfaction of people, and they should be the same!"

"And copper and iron, although they cannot be eaten to fill the stomach and cover the body with clothing, but they are a military matter, and they are heavier than salt, cloth, and grain!"

Hearing Liu Ying's answer, Lu Pheasant only nodded his head and asked again: "Listening to my son's words, it seems that he wants to cut off the goods and grains of the merchants, and the Shaofu specializes in rice and grain. ”

"The weight of salt, cloth, copper and iron is no less than grain, and I think that these four should also be monopolized by Shaofu?"

"I also think: In the past, Yin Shang, Ji Zhou, and even the Spring and Autumn Kingdoms, why didn't they ban merchants and goods because of the weight of grain, salt, cloth, copper, and iron?"

Hearing the old lady's repeated questions, Liu Ying also fell into a short period of contemplation for a while.

Grain, salt, cloth, copper, iron, and other 'important weapons of the country', in the words of later generations, are actually strategic resources.

Among them, iron is a 'new thing' that has only appeared in recent decades, and in the previous Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, the only metal of strategic significance was actually copper.

Whether it is the production of weapons and equipment such as swords, halberds, ge, spears, arrows, etc., or the minting of coins, copper is inseparable.

As for salt and cloth, not to mention, at any time, they are hard currency comparable to gold.

It is no exaggeration to say: even one day, copper coins and even gold are worthless, salt and cloth cannot be worthless!

As for grain, its properties are similar to those of salt and cloth, but after all, it can be obtained relatively easily through farming, and the scarcity is relatively low compared to salt that needs to be marinated and cloth that needs to be woven.

Thinking of this, Liu Ying said her guess with a little wording.

"Both copper and iron are taken from mountains and mines, and they are natural and cannot be made by man."

"Although salt and cloth can be made by people, their processes are very complicated, and it is more difficult to obtain them than grain and rice."

"And these five, why have they never been franchised ······?"

"Or is it because Yin Shang and Ji Zhou didn't think about this, and the Spring and Autumn Kingdoms are all narrow and weak, and they can't do it?"

Seeing Liu Ying say his guess with a little uncertainty, Lu Pheasant only chuckled and nodded, and shook his head slightly.

"Yes, it's not."

"The Spring and Autumn Nations do not specialize in these five, but it is indeed a small force of the country, and there is nothing to be done."

"However, Yin Shang and Ji Zhou, but no one thinks about the franchise."

"And these two, even if they are rich and have God, they are not able to do a monopoly ······"

With a slight sigh, he said this sentence, and Lu Pheasant sighed leisurely.

"At night, Guan Zhong relies on the benefits of fishing and salt, and the princes of Zuo Huan and Jiuhe are the swan song of historians."

"However, even if the sages of Zhong Zhizhi only rely on fishing and salt to make profits, and then use the profits obtained to strengthen the country and enrich the people, and do not dare to do 'salt' things."

"What do you think?"

"But Guan Zhong doesn't know, if all the salt in the world comes from Qi, can Qi be stronger than the combination of other countries?"

"Or the princes of Huan Gong Jiukuang, whose authority is beyond the power of the countries, Xu Qi salt monopoly?"

Hearing this, Liu Ying finally shook her head blankly and bowed her hand to Lu Pheasant.

"The son is dull, and I hope that the queen mother will solve the doubts······"

Seeing Liu Ying put on a posture of listening attentively, Lu Pheasant finally took a deep breath and gave his own answer to this topic that was slightly suspected of the emperor's technique.

"One of them: people."

"If in the past, Guan Zhong wanted to specialize in salt, and wanted to make Qi salt enough for the world's use, so that Qi people could be all the craftsmen of brine salt."

"However, if this is the case, the Qi people do not engage in farming and military formations, but only know the brine salt and sell it to other countries, what do the Qi people feed on?"

"How can you get the elite warriors and protect the Qi Society?"

"Without grain and rice for food, and sharp soldiers for each other, can the nations not envy the benefits of monopoly salt, and raise troops to plunder it?"

As he spoke, he saw Lu Pheasant touching Liu Ying's head lovingly.

"The same is true for my Han family."

"If you want to specialize in salt, you should have hundreds of thousands of brine salt craftsmen, and it is the power of a few mansions that can be used in the world; However, Shaofu, you can't just know the brine salt, but not make ordnance and arrow feathers? ”

Speaking of this, Lu Pheasant sighed again and looked out of the hall.

"Both: profit."

"As the so-called world is bustling, it is all for profit; The world is crowded, all for profit. ”

"Whether it is salt, cloth, or grain, rice, copper and iron, but the franchise, its benefits are huge and huge!"

"With such huge profits, if it is monopolized by the court, An Neng will not be envied by others, and he will do private food and even destroy things?"

"It is said that the monopoly of grain and rice, but the price of grain has plummeted, and the people of Guanzhong should run to celebrate, and the grain merchant Mi Jia has to swallow his anger."

"However, Hou Guixun, who has the merit of sealing the national tax and taxes, can sit back and watch the price of rice plummet?"

As he spoke, he saw Lu Pheasant's slightly gloomy head: "Even now, the nobles and nobles of the Gonghou all know the general situation and take the overall situation into account, but there is no shortage of corpse vegetarian meals, and they lose the lawsuit!" ”

"My son is a grain and rice franchise, this generation, I am afraid that the gossip will be on His Majesty's side that day and night, and my son should not stand!"

As he spoke, Lu Pheasant seemed to remember something, or someone, and gritted his teeth faintly.

After a long while, when Liu Ying's face became a little embarrassed, he sighed as if nothing had happened, and continued: "Moreover, the greater the profit of the franchise, the greater the money and food required in the beginning. ”

"In other words, my son wants to cut off the world's goods and grains, and make Shaofu specialize in rice and grain."

If it is indeed done, the price of grain in Guanzhong should not be boiling; Shaofu can also rely on this, accumulate thousands of dollars, and enrich the country and strengthen the army. ”

"However, can I know: If you want to specialize in the grain of Guanzhong, you need to get a few granaries, how many officials, how many soldiers to protect the warehouse, and how many imperial histories to supervise?"

"Today's mansion and treasury may undertake the construction of granaries with money and grain, and in the future, they may undertake the salaries and military rations of warehouse officials and soldiers?"

After asking a few more questions one after another, Lu Pheasant finally shook his head hesitantly and patted the back of Liu Ying's hand gently.

"Here's the matter, Ying'er, there are indeed some Meng Lang······"

"In the future, always remember: plan, then act; If it is undecided, do not move. ”

"If the plan is undecided and the first move, regardless of success or failure, it should eventually be successful because of people's gossip."

"Huh?"

Looking at the looming look in the eyes of the old lady looking at her, Liu Ying only chuckled and nodded, but she didn't answer in a hurry.

After a long time, I saw Liu Ying with a confident smile, got up and bowed his hand to Lu Pheasant.

"My son has the teachings of Uncle Sun Taifu: The major affairs of the country are only Rong and worship."

"And "Shangshu Hong Fan" said: Hong Fan Eight Politics, one said: food, and the other said: goods."

"In this case, you may try to say: the major affairs of the people are only food and goods?"

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Lu Pheasant nodded thoughtfully, and immediately made a tense face with anger.

"I say 'Guan Zhong' to teach, and my son takes "Hong Fan" as the right?"

"That being the case, I will smell it: Uncle and grandson, what is the one who teaches my son."

Seeing that Liu Ying heard this, she smiled a little coquettishly, and put her views and plans in front of the old lady Lu Pheasant.

"The major affairs of the people are only food and goods, and the grain is the food of the people's goods, and the foundation of the people."

"Today, my father and the emperor obey the heavens, and the king has tens of millions of people in the world, and he should put the livelihood of the people first; And food is the people's foundation, and it should be the most important thing for my Han family. ”

"In this way, the goods and sales of grain, and the rise and fall of grain prices must not be in the hands of merchants!"

With a resolute face and said this sentence again, 'businessmen must not completely dominate grain prices', Liu Ying quietly changed the conversation.

"Today, the price of grain in Guanzhong is about to boil, and it is an extraordinary time for children to ban Jia Tun grain, and they have no choice but to do extraordinary things."

"My son has no intention of exterminating the world's grain merchant Mijia, and the grain of the only Shaofu is in the market."

"Only today, the Kanto region has been plagued by wars for many years, the treasury of the court is empty, and Mi Jia, a grain merchant in Guanzhong, pays taxes without farming, and pays taxes without entering the household."

"There are also treacherous businessmen such as the Changling Tian clan, who have hundreds of slaves, and don't go out of the slaves to enter the Shaofu."

Speaking of this, Liu Ying swallowed her saliva a little nervously, looked at Lu Pheasant's gaze, and dodged a little.

"I think that for the sake of today's plan, we should temporarily use Shaofu and specialize in grain and rice."

"In the future, when the rebellion in the eastern part of the country is peaceful and my father lives in Chang'an for a long time, he will draw up a "tax law" to distribute it."

"In the grain market, Shaofu also sells grain all year round; and the price of rice sold by the surplus grain merchant Mijia is parity with that of Shaofu. ”

In this way, the grain merchants will not be able to hoard goods and raise the price of grain; and the "Tax Law" can be used for state affairs by taking the benefits of businessmen, so that this generation can be slightly more useful than the state······"

Hearing Liu Ying's slightly apprehensive words, Lu Pheasant first nodded subconsciously.

When he reacted to the content of Liu Ying's words, he saw Lu Pheasant turn his head suddenly, and when he looked at Liu Ying, his eyes suddenly took on a strange color!

"Do you really think that the merchant tax should be on the grain merchant Mijia?"

Seeing Lu Pheasant's reaction like this, Liu Ying only calmed down and raised her head with a smile.

"Not only Mija, the grain merchant, but also all those who do business in the world should pay taxes to the treasury."

"Otherwise, farming in the fields, paying agricultural taxes without food, and getting Jia Li, and having a family of money is useless in the country, the edict that my father said that 'Jia people are not allowed to wear silk and ride in a car' is not an empty talk?"

Seeing that Liu Ying said sincerely: Not only a grain merchant, but any businessman should pay taxes, Lu Pheasant's face finally swelled with a touch of heartfelt joy.

"What my son said, it is very important to govern the country!"

Unabashedly praised him, and saw Lu Pheasant waving his sleeves and getting up from the soft couch.

"The matter of the grain and rice monopoly, I, on behalf of Your Majesty, agreed!"

"My son can make great progress, even if there are obstacles, he will have to rely on the queen mother!"

Hearing this, Liu Ying finally secretly sent air, and smiled at the old lady.

"Son, thank you for your mother's ······"

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