Where does the money come from?

Zhao Shuo didn't need them to care.

He will make a lot of money, and as for the pillars of the country in front of him, he only needs to do his part well.

After Zhao Shuo arranged a heavy task for Zhang Shuye and Chen Gui.

Let them go north on a certain day to meet with Zong Ze and convey the spirit of this meeting.

The two stepped out of the hall, and the old rules were still unsettled.

He was excited and trembling a little.

It's hard to imagine that he suddenly changed from a sesame official to a powerful minister who entered the palace at will.

It is estimated that it will be difficult to adapt to this new identity for some time.

"Captain!" Chen Gui bowed to Uncle Zhang.

"General Chen, what's the matter?" Uncle Zhang replied at night.

"The last general has admired the prime minister for a long time, and he will not hesitate to advise."

Uncle Zhang smiled: "Don't dare to advise, you and I will eat the king, bear the worries of the king, and if there is a serious matter, we should negotiate and regulate it, and execute it quickly." ”

"Yes."

In the Wende Palace, Zhao Shuo and Li Yanhui were left at this time.

"Li Aiqing, I want to promote you to the cabinet chief!"

Li Yan shuddered back, and hurriedly bowed three times and knocked nine times: "Your Majesty, the minister is panicking." ”

"You can, I hope you don't disappoint me."

"Your Majesty, even if Weichen is full of liver and brain, he will definitely repay this heavenly grace."

"Aiqing is flat."

Zhao Shuo paced in the hall and said, "Although the Jin army has retreated, they only need to replenish grain and grass, and when winter comes, they will inevitably make a comeback." ”

"Unlike us, the mess on our side needs to be dealt with expeditiously."

"Otherwise, it will definitely be exposed in the winter."

"When the time comes, it will be difficult to deal with it."

"Your Majesty, the minister understands."

"It's good to understand, now the treasury is penniless."

"And the shortage of grain and grass in Bianliang City is huge, which is the key to stabilizing the people's hearts."

"In addition, we need to dredge the grain road as soon as possible."

"After all, the Jin people besieged Bianliang, resulting in no contact between the capital and the local government for half a year."

"Now I can think of the regimes in various places, and they are also stormy."

"Right now, above the court, the civil official group continues to be reluctant, they are insatiable, they are my big Song moth, even if there are many things, they still need to be given good medicine."

Zhao Shuo's words, Li Yan's skin was numb when he heard this.

But he's not scared anymore.

Now the Son of Heaven of the Great Song Dynasty is the king of a generation of saints.

What if you do something for such a king, even if you offend those corrupt officials and doctors?

Not only is he not afraid, but he also looks forward to being able to go down in history.

Zhao Shuo continued: "Now there are some things that need to be supervised by you, the cabinet chief, if it goes well, Aiqing will be the first contributor to the revitalization of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Please give an order to Your Majesty, if Weichen can't do it, come and see you."

"Good! Li Aiqing's generation of Confucian officials has the style of a tiger general. ”

After Zhao Shuo approved, he got straight to the point and got straight to the topic: "First, you supervise the grain and grass in Lianghuai and the land south of the Yangtze River to go north and fill the northern grain depot. ”

"There are also grain routes and official roads destroyed by the war, which must be repaired as soon as possible to restore the smooth flow of traffic so that local taxes can be brought into Beijing."

"Then it is to cooperate with Gao Yu to stabilize the order in Bianliang City."

"Now that the Jin people have retreated, they will inevitably provoke their internal response in the city and make trouble for us, you understand?"

"Weichen understands, and the minister will go down to deal with it."

"Wait."

Just as Li Yanhui was about to leave, Zhao Shuo stopped him.

"Grain and grass have always been strategic materials and cores."

"At present, Shandong and Zhejiang are on the line, because of the uprising of the people, food will inevitably not be abundant. So, you don't have to put the food collection target in those two places. ”

"It could have been done in a different way."

Li Yan was stunned when he heard this, and said puzzledly: "I still hope that Your Majesty will make it clear." ”

Zhao Shuo said: "The Great Song Dynasty is seriously polarized, the poor die of poverty, and the rich are so rich. You can take advantage of the rich merchants who are hoarding large quantities of grain in an attempt to drive up the price of food. ”

"Kill?"

"No!" Zhao Shuo shook his head, how could he kill it?

They're all my money.

Besides, can it be killed?

According to historical records, almost 80 percent of the grain and silver at the end of the Song Dynasty lay in the treasury of the civil official group.

In particular, the world's wealthy merchants, who were tied up with the scholars, monopolized half of the country's grain.

The grain they hoarded would rather be moldy and damp in the storehouse and dumped the next year than be sold at a low price to the poor.

For what?

Isn't it just waiting for the emperor to recuperate, and take it out to sit on the ground and raise the price?

Therefore, Zhao Shuo didn't give them that chance at all.

Rather, they were the first to take countermeasures against those merchants.

That is to prohibit the sale of grain!

This trick can be called an excellent example of hitting a snake and hitting seven inches.

Aren't merchants trying to get low and sell high?

Well, the court won't allow you to sell.

Whoever sells it will cut off his head.

You can also hoard it.

Lose your own money!

If they are going to hold on, there will only be a mass bankruptcy of businessmen.

Of course, Zhao Shuo would never have allowed this matter to develop to such an extreme level.

He said wisely: "Li Aiqing, as the head of the cabinet, you can issue another decree prohibiting the sale of grain, and then point out a way out for those desperate businessmen." ”

"Your Majesty?"

Li Yanhui realized that his brain circuits could no longer keep up with the emperor.

Hurriedly and urgently.

Zhao Shuo said with a smile: "It is recommended that you ban it for a month, and then give the merchant a qualification to sell a batch of grain." ”

"For each sale place, you need to pay the shore tax silver."

"Open 100 places at a time, preferably only one per region."

"But this is not permanent, the imperial court gives them an assessment every quarter."

"If there is no situation of buying low and selling high, and the business is well-run, the imperial court will give them a series of policy funds."

On this basis, select a group of excellent and obedient wealthy businessmen, open a green channel for them, and reward the yellow coat of the Great Song Wudesi. so that they may be used by the court. ”

Li Yan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and a mysterious smile appeared on his cheeks.

"Your Majesty, seconds!"

"What a second, Your Majesty is really a celestial."

Li Yan replied with heartfelt praise, just because he found an excellent opportunity to open up a new situation under the guidance of Zhao Shuo.

"It's just Your Majesty, the imperial court provides them with policies? Isn't that okay? ”

"What's wrong?"

"For example, today's businessmen are profit-seeking. Even if they are given quotas to sell after the ban, they will inevitably make a profit. ”

"As long as the market allows, within a certain profit boundary, then let them earn."

"But let them make money, and give them policy support? Isn't it too cheap for them? ”

Li Yan said it with a little resentment.

Actually, he can't be blamed.

Now in this Great Song Dynasty, who doesn't hate those capitalists?

According to the course of history, experts say that the germination of capitalists in the East began in the Ming Dynasty.