Regarding Liu Ying's question, Liu Jiao, the king of Chu, failed to give a complete answer in the end.

After Liu Ying returned to Changle Palace together and participated in the court meeting as Zongbo, Liu Jiao barely stayed outside the palace for a moment, and went straight back to his palace of the king of Chu.

In Changle Palace, Liu Ying, the son of heaven who was officially crowned pro-government, was called to his side by the old lady Lu Pheasant.

"How?"

"In the matter of King Wu, King Chu, can it be said that it is right and wrong?"

asked indifferently, Lu Pheasant's expression was still graceful, but his tone was in a middle, but he was a little cold.

When Liu Ying heard this, she still looked like she was smiling, and she stepped forward respectfully, reaching out and gently kneading her shoulders for the old lady.

"Uncle Chu Wang has always been responsible, and he knows the overall situation; In the matter of King Wu, the King of Chu has not made a judgment. ”

"It is the grain that Shaofu exported to Kanto, and the king of Chu did not say anything about it, let alone the matter of 'Shaofu rice is expensive'······"

The gentle tone also made the coldness in Lu Pheasant's eyes gradually dissipate, and the gaze that looked at Liu Ying finally brought the gentleness of the past.

"The king of Chu is a ······ of peace"

"Only the Wu Wang family, since the time of his father, has never known what 'duty' is?"

It seemed that he was still dissatisfied and let out a complaint, Lu Pheasant also shook his head with a smile, and then turned his face sideways and gently put his side cheek on Liu Ying's delicate hand.

And behind Lu Pheasant, Liu Ying pinched the shoulders of the old lady while not forgetting to think about it secretly.

Speaking of this, Wu Wang Liu Bi's 'vain talk about the government' has to start with the grain price fluctuations in Guanzhong a few years ago.

In the autumn of the tenth year of Emperor Taizu Gao, it coincided with the rebellion of the prime minister Chen Xuan and Zhao, and the dispute broke out again in the eastern part of the country; In addition, Guanzhong encountered another year of poor grains, and the price of grain in Guanzhong rose.

By the spring of the following year, Guanzhong grain Mi Jia secretly colluded to raise the price of grain, so that the rice stone was more than 3,000 yuan; The people in Guanzhong are not hungry, and if they are not satisfied, it will be another tragedy of thousands of miles of hunger and cannibalism.

Upon learning of this, Liu Ying, who was still the crown prince and was entrusted by the former emperor Liu Bang with the responsibility of supervising the country, was assassinated in Liu Bang's Changlingyi before he could act.

Although the subsequent investigation proved that Liu Ying's assassination in Changling was committed by Jing Che, a guest under Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, the 'assassination of the prince in Changling' was also used by Liu Ying himself as an entry point, thus eradicating the grain merchant group in Guanzhong in one fell swoop.

The grain market was disrupted by the prince, and it was followed by the Shaofu brandishing the banner of 'government-run grain and rice' and starting a grain monopoly business in an official capacity.

It was also from that time that the Kwantung princes, who originally had absolute autonomy, were tied to their necks by an invisible iron chain······

-- Before the Shaofu government-run grain and rice, the entire grain market in the Han Dynasty was composed of large and small grain merchants, and completely complied with the development of the market economy.

There are many rice in Guanzhong, and there are few rice in Kanto, and rice is cheap in Guanzhong, and rice is expensive in Kanto;

The low-priced grain in Guanzhong was naturally transported to Kanto by the mercenary grain merchant group and sold at a high price.

Under this market law of absolutely abiding by the market economy, although Guanzhong and Kanto have their own grain outputs, under the 'tireless' transportation of grain merchant Mi Jia, the two independent grain markets in Guanzhong and Kanto, which should have nothing to do with each other, have also been inexplicably merged into a whole.

-- Although the grain production in Guanzhong is high, most of it is transported out of the customs by grain merchants, so even if the grain production is sufficient, the grain price in Guanzhong is still very high;

In the Kanto region, although tens of millions of stone grain were shipped out of the Guanzhong, the high transportation costs also made the price of grain in the Kanto region high.

It is precisely for this reason that before the official grain and rice of Shaofu, whether it is the people of Guanzhong or the princes and citizens of Kwantung, they can only reluctantly accept the cruel reality that 'no matter the harvest year or disaster year, the grain price will always be only a little lower than the people's tolerance limit'.

To be more specific, Guanzhong, as the granary of the world, maintains grain prices around 1,500 to 2,000 yuan per stone all year round; In the Kanto region, which relies heavily on 'importing' grain from Guanzhong, the price of grain is generally around 2,500 yuan.

Such a high price of grain naturally made the former grain merchant group make a lot of money, and also made the people of the world mourn all over the world, and it is only one step away from the level of 'the people are not able to make a living'.

After the prince of the prison state of the 'assassinated Changling' attacked brazenly and completely eradicated the grain merchant group in Guanzhong, the originally "thriving" Han grain market entered a strange blank period.

In the past, the operation of the grain market in the world was to transport grain from Guanzhong to Guandong and transfer it to Kanto, so as to promote the supply and demand relationship of 'Guanzhong and Kanto are both suffering from a slight shortage of grain and rice', so as to maintain high grain prices;

However, after Liu Ying's trend Shaofu ended up in an official capacity and monopolized the grain market in one fell swoop, this inherent pattern was broken in an instant.

If you think about it, you will know that in the Han Dynasty, which had just been established and had not yet been completely settled, transporting grain, a strategic resource, through Hangu Pass, was obviously not something that those rich people in the eastern part of the country could do;

The Guanzhong grain merchants, who had lost their 'hands and eyes to the sky', naturally the connection between Guanzhong Grain City and Kanto was easily severed.

As a result, the Guanzhong and Kanto grain markets, which had been merged into one by the grain merchant groups earlier, have since been divided into two independent markets.

-- In Guanzhong, where grain production is abundant and there is Shaofu's 'macroeconomic control', grain prices have fallen steadily, from more than 2,000 yuan per stone in the spring of the 11th year of the Han Dynasty to 200 yuan per stone after the autumn harvest last year;

In the Kanto region, where grain production is insufficient to meet demand, grain prices remain high, at 2,000 yuan per stone all year round.

As for the reasons, it can be described as extremely complex.

There is Liu Ying, the son of heaven, who 'favors one over the other', and gives priority to the supply of Guanzhong and the North Wall garrison as the main phalanx;

The eastern grain merchant group 'hoarded' and raised the price of grain for profit;

Of course, the main reason is that the small government that monopolizes the grain market in Kanzhong, the amount of grain supplied to Kanto is insufficient, and the supply price is not low.

Let's take last autumn harvest as an example:

According to the announcement issued by Shaofu after the autumn harvest, the price of grain purchased by Shaofu this year is 150 yuan per stone, and the selling price is 200 yuan 1 stone;

At the same time, in order to ensure its monopoly position, Shaofu 'bought for 150 yuan per stone and sold for 200 yuan per stone', which in principle was unlimited in purchase and sale.

However, when supplying the Kanto, Shaofu was transformed from a big dog who monopolized the grain market in Guanzhong to a staunch defender of 'equalizing and losing'.

As for the amount of grain supplied to Kanto, Shaofu strictly followed the principle of 'giving priority to ensuring the grain market in Guanzhong, the use of the court, and the replenishment of the army' explained by Liu Ying, and maintained the amount of grain supply to Kanto below 50 million stone a year!

In layman's terms, it is the food supplied by Shaofu to Kanto, which is enough to keep enough rations for the people in Guanzhong, the needs of the court and the army, and then take out the remaining unused part and supply it to Kanto.

The supply of grain, which does not exceed 50 million koku a year, has also indirectly led to a serious imbalance between supply and demand in the Kanto grain market, resulting in the inability of grain prices to fall at all.

——The money for grain and rice in the Shaofu government, and the grain flowing into Kanto from Guanzhong, are basically more than 150,000,000 stone per year!

Even so, the price of food in Kanto has never been lower than that in Guanzhong!

Now, however, the amount of grain exported from Kanchu to Kanto has suddenly decreased by two-thirds, which will obviously exacerbate the food shortage in Kanto, thereby affecting food prices.

In addition, the grain supplied by Shaofu to the Kanto region was not sold in unlimited quantities for 150 yuan per stone and 200 yuan per stone for unlimited sales in accordance with the Guanzhong region', but at a price of 850 yuan per stone, 50 million stone was sold every year.

In this way, Liu Bi, the king of Wu, complained that 'Shaofu extorted the princes of the clan', which is a very common thing.

Selling it for 200 yuan in Guanzhong, but selling it for 850 yuan in Kanto, this is clearly robbing money!

Even the price of 850 dollars per stone does not include transportation costs!

- After receiving the 'order' request from the princes of the Kwantung clan, the Shaofu was only responsible for transporting the grain to Aocang outside the Hangu Pass, and asked the princes to send someone to pick it up themselves!

With such differential treatment, if no one jumps out and scolds Yang Chengyan for two sentences of 'Li Ling Zhi is faint', I am afraid that even Liu Ying will mumble in her heart, guessing whether Yang Chengyan, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, has some 'monstrous background' that he doesn't know.

But whining is complaining, Liu Bi, the king of Wu, and even Liu Fei, the king of Qi, Liu Jiao, the king of Chu, and Liu Ying's other younger brothers, I am afraid that they will not dare to make any outrageous moves at all.

The reason for this.

"Emperor Taizu Gao divided the princes of the clan and the princes to the east of the country, and gave all the land and people to the hands of the princes and kings;"

"It is the duty of the princes to be fed and fed, not the duty of the court."

After saying a word in a low tone, Liu Ying also stopped and sat beside Lu Pheasant with a slightly serious expression.

"In the past, when the people of Kanto were short of food and rice, the princes did not care, and only spent extravagance in the palace, and did not care about the people's livelihood;"

"The princes and the people are hungry, and there are no princes to protect them, so they have to have enough rice to lose in Guanzhong, which is worth thousands of dollars······

With a solemn expression, Liu Ying didn't forget to sigh a little, took her eyes off her mother Lu Pheasant, turned to look in the direction of the palace gate, and let out a long sigh leisurely.

"Since the death of Qin and the rise of the Han Dynasty, all the people of the world have relied on the Midong of Guanzhong to send out the Han Valley for the people of Guandong;"

Therefore, even if Guanzhong has abundant grain production, it is inevitable that grain prices will be boiling; and the rice that was lost to the Kanto region in Guanzhong was also allocated by the way, and it was more expensive than thousands of dollars. ”

"When my son was still a prince, I heard the teachings of Emperor Taizu Gao: If you don't seek the king of eternity, it is not enough to seek a moment."

"At that time, my son had doubts."

"——Today, hundreds of wastes are waiting to be rebuilt, the people are not rich, and the rations of the people in the world are also stretched;"

"In the future, when the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment, and the people's mouths are abundant, and the grain in Guanzhong is not enough for the people in Guanzhong, how should the people of the world be fed?"

The tone was full of solemn questions, and Liu Yingcai turned her head and looked at the old lady Lu Pheasant's thoughtful and kind face that couldn't help but nod her head with a smile.

"Therefore, I think that for the sake of today's plan, the only way to do this is to order Shaofu to transfer less expensive rice and Kanto, so as to force the princes of Kanto to reclaim!"

"If not, after a few decades, when the people of the world live in peace and double, Guanzhong is afraid that there will be no way to lose rice to feed the world, but when the rice outside the customs needs to be imported into the Guannai to support the people in Guanzhong······"

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Lu Pheasant did not show surprise on his face, but only smiled meaningfully, and gently took Liu Ying's hand.

"If you use the plan of the world and a hundred years, force the princes of Kwantung to open up their own wasteland, and self-sufficient grain and rice for the people, it can indeed be described as a great plan of the national dynasty."

"However, if this is the case, in the future, the three or two princes will have bad thoughts in their hearts, and they will have money and food to turn things around, and they will have a sharp weapon and make a difference, what about it?"

"Wouldn't it be better to let the countries of the Kwantung region rely on the Guanzhong for a long time, so that the princes do not have the ability to rebel, and the Zongmiao Society can be stable for a long time?"

Hearing this, Liu Ying smiled, and immediately looked at Lu Pheasant's scrutinizing gaze without hesitation, and there was no panic between his eyebrows.

"In everything under heaven, there is gain, and there is loss."

"Ruling the princes with grain and rice can indeed make the temple peaceful for a while, but it will not be able to maintain peace for a long time."

"And if today, because of the rule of the princes, the princes are prevented from cultivating the land, and in the future, when the food of the world is not enough for the people of the world, this will be a great disaster that will shake the society."

"As the saying goes: the lesser of two phases is harmful."

"For the princes of the Kwantung region, instead of choking on food, it is better to follow the order and be kind to the temptation, so that each nation can support his own people."

"And the princes have to stock up grain and have different hearts, which can be said to be a disaster, or it can be said to be an opportunity."

"If one day, the Kwantung Kingdom has to support its own people, and the clan relatives who have no Han Zuo's evil thoughts can send troops to fight for it, so as to turn this 'self-supporting people' country into a county ·······"

With a weird smile, Liu Ying looked at Lu Pheasant with a faint calculation in his gaze!

"Moreover, although the Shaofu today supplies the Kanto region with little grain and expensive rice, it is not the work of the three or five years old to reclaim for self-sufficiency."

"When the princes are powerful, the children are also strong, and the court is also full of treasury and soldiers."

"At that time, I was afraid that even if the Kwantung princes had the ability to rebel, they didn't have the courage to have bad thoughts?"

Syllable;

Syllable;

Syllable.

Three crisp applause made Liu Ying raise her head involuntarily, and saw that Lu Pheasant's face was full of appreciation and inexplicable peace of mind.

"Good ·······"

"Very good ······"

Laughing and giving this praise, Lu Pheasant put his hand back on his lap, although his eyebrows were still soft, but in his tone, he subconsciously brought a little competence.

"Even if the emperor is confident, I will have nothing else to discuss."

"Only King Wu has resentment, and in the long run, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the society."

With an understatement, Lu Pheasant turned sideways, picked up a piece of silk cloth from his side, and handed it to Liu Ying.

"My intention: send an envoy to reprimand King Wu, warn him that his words and deeds are inappropriate, and secretly warn the rest of the princes of the clan."

"What does the Emperor think?"

Hearing this, Liu Ying stood up with a smile and bowed his hand to Lu Pheasant with a meek face.

"Son, obey the edict of the queen mother······"

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