To say that this time, Liu Sheng is responsible for stabilizing the price of grain in Guanzhong, in fact, there is no complicated operation - it is a simple 'sell grain at a low price'.

As long as Liu Sheng continues to sell grain at a flat price, it is impossible for the grain price in Guanzhong to rise.

It's very understandable.

Previously, what the Chang'an court was worried about was that the grain in Liu Sheng's hands was not enough to support Liu Sheng, and he sold grain for several months in a row to feed millions of people in the entire Guanzhong.

- The little grain on the books is not enough at all!

In particular, coupled with this once-in-a-lifetime 'good opportunity', it is almost certain that businessmen will have the idea of hoarding goods and raising grain prices, which will make the entire government and the opposition worry about Liu Shengping's grain price suppression for nearly half a year.

In fact, as early as after the autumn harvest last year, when the signs of grain failure began to appear in Guanzhong, the Chang'an court had already begun to prepare corresponding plans for stabilizing grain prices.

However, in the process of preparing the plan, there are two problems that have never been solved;

The first question is the food gap in Guanzhong, how to fill it?

Where can we find enough grain to fill the supply gap in Guanzhong due to last year's grain failure?

As long as this problem can be solved, then the supply relationship can be changed;

The disappearance of the objective condition that grain is 'in short supply' naturally means that the objective conditions will no longer be met for the rise in grain prices.

——Rare things are expensive~

As long as it is no longer scarce, no matter what it is, it will not be able to sell for a good price.

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As for the second question, it is even more difficult than the first.

INTERVIEWER How to stop the merchant group from inflating grain prices and deliberately exaggerating the extent of food shortages in Guanzhong?

It is no exaggeration to say that if the second problem cannot be solved, then whether the first problem is solved or not, the final result will be very unoptimistic.

The reason is very simple: the shortage of grain prices in Guanzhong is an objective problem, or phenomenon;

As long as this objective problem is solved and this objective phenomenon is changed, that is, enough food is found so that Guanzhong will no longer be short of food, and this problem will be solved.

However, the price hike of businessmen is not an objective thing or thing, but the subjective will of a certain interest group that will inevitably be adopted because of profit.

Such a subjective will is difficult to change easily······

Let's take a very simple example.

Let's just say that this time, Liu Sheng presided over the stabilization of grain prices in Guanzhong, and as any courtier, I am afraid that he will feel a headache;

-- What should be done to keep the grain sold at a fair price from flowing into the hands of grain merchants and princes?

How can we sell this cheap grain so that the people can eat this cheap grain, instead of letting the princes and merchants send some people to buy this grain at will, resulting in the price of grain not stable at all?

And Liu Sheng's approach is obviously to provide a new idea for everyone······

"Put to death... And the afterlife? ”

"--Can't stop the princes and grain merchants from buying cheap grain, so they simply take the grain first and explore the depths of the princes and grain merchants' pockets;"

"After getting to the end, the princes and grain merchants have no money in their hands, so they will find another grain and sell it to the people at a reasonable price······"

Thinking of this, everyone raised their heads one after another, and scattered their complicated gazes to Liu Sheng, who was standing in the center of the hall with a smile.

- Tianzi Qi, that's right.

This time, Liu Sheng, did it beautifully.

Every stone of affordable grain was sold to the hands of the farmers;

Every grain of cheap rice has been eaten into the stomachs of the people;

As for the princes and grain merchants who wanted to get a piece of the pie, make a difference, and be second-tier dealers, although they once bought nearly 30 million stone of grain from Liu Sheng, not a single grain of rice really fell into their hands;

After piling up in Taicang and Shanglin Cang for half a year, the nearly 30 million stone grain finally returned to Liu Sheng's hands.

The princes and grain merchants, not only failed to make money from this incident, but also lost a lot of capital······

"Childe wins ······"

"It's not simple~"

"--They're not princes yet, so they dare to touch the grain ······ Aocang"

"—This alone is ······ of courage"

Thinking like this, everyone in the hall sat up straight and cast their solemn gazes on the young man who was still immature and thin.

From this incident, what characteristics did you see from Liu Sheng?

I'm afraid that after a while, no one will be able to say anything.

But at this moment, everyone in this Xuanshu Hall has already realized something.

- Liu Sheng, definitely not a simple 'son', a child who is only fourteen years old······

In the western seat of the court, the eyes of the courtiers and officials looking at Liu Sheng became more and more indescribable and unclear;

In the east seat, the faces of the princes and nobles were inexplicably embarrassed.

As for the reason, it is not difficult to see from the fact that Tianzi Qi Na already has a sarcastic face······

"Oh?"

"Is that so?"

"——The princes transferred grain from the feudal country and transported it back to Chang'an, but it was actually to stabilize the price of grain???"

Pretending to be puzzled, but in fact, he asked a question full of sarcasm, and Tianzi Qi only sank his face coldly, and his eyes were gloomy towards Dongxi.

"In this way, is it the heart of a villain, the belly of a gentleman?"

"I originally thought that the grain you transferred from the feudal country wanted to wait until the price of grain in Guanzhong was boiling and sell it to the people of Guanzhong at a high price~"

"Since this is not the case, then I seem to be able to make amends to you?"

The gloomy voice said, "Do you want me to apologize to you?", and I saw hundreds of heads on the east seat, but most of them were lowered in an instant.

——The thirty-seven princes who bought grain from Liu Sheng, without exception, buried their heads, as if admiring the ornaments on their waists;

Wuyang Hou Fan City and Yangdu Hou Ding Ancheng were a few people, and their faces were even more ugly, obviously not getting the answer they wanted from Empress Dowager Dou.

And the remaining nearly 100 heads, the remaining nearly 100 princes, and nearly 80 people, bowed their heads weakly after Tianzi Qi's cynicism.

These people didn't dare to buy food directly from Liu Sheng, but they didn't want to miss a possible feast;

So, they secretly sent people back to their respective feudal countries, and quietly transferred the stored grain that had been accumulated over the years and had not been sold back to Guanzhong.

It's just that in the end, these grains were all withheld by Liu Sheng.

——When it was sent to Xingyang, it was forcibly detained and stuffed into Aocang.

With the new grain deposited in Aocang, the tens of millions of stone grain that existed in Aocang before could naturally be transported into the customs by Liu Sheng and sold at a low price to stabilize the price of grain.

And now, it is the time for the Son of Heaven to pay for this batch of grain······

"Let's talk about it~?"

"——At what price do you plan to sell this batch of grain to my Ao Cang?"

Seeing that everyone was silent, the Son of Heaven did not forget to ask again, and then turned sideways and waved his hand at Shaofu Xiao Sheng.

"Shaofu asks, see how much money you want to pay for the grain to the princes."

"As much as they want, Shaofu, just give as much as they want."

It was another meaningful word, and the final prince only buried his head deeper, as if he didn't dare to ask for money.

Seeing everyone's posture like this, the Son of Heaven Qicai finally lost his breath, turned his head again, and looked at Liu Sheng under the imperial stairs.

"Now that the price of grain has been calmed down, the matter of grain will end here."

"The rest will be left to Shaofu to do."

The calm and powerful tone only caused the princes and nobles, courtiers and officials in the palace to raise their heads together;

Each looked at Tianzi Qi with thoughts, and finally nodded slowly with different expressions.

- The matter of food has been completed.

It is no longer possible for grain prices in Guanzhong to fluctuate in any way this year.

The rest of the things really don't need Liu Sheng to do it himself, hand it over to Shaofu, and continue to sell cheap grain in various parts of Guanzhong, just do it.

It won't be long before the merchants, knowing that their plot has gone bankrupt and that the price of grain is no longer likely to rise, will have no choice but to start selling grain.

When all the grain merchants and all the rice shops in Guanzhong start to operate normally, the cheap grain in Shaofu can stop selling······

"Erchen believes that the matter of food is not over."

"It's not the end, it's just the beginning."

"Not only this year, but every year in the future, the Shaofu should be led by the governor of Su to buy and sell cheap grain after the autumn."

"Only in this way will the grain prices in Guanzhong be completely stabilized, and my Han family will no longer have the hidden danger of boiling grain prices."

Just when everyone thought that today's court meeting was about to be declared over, Liu Sheng said a word, and instantly saw everyone's scattered mood pulled back.

When they came back to their senses, especially when they thought of Liu Sheng's words, the sentence 'buy and sell affordable grain', everyone hurriedly sat up straight again.

"Buying and selling cheap grain?"

"Where did a 'buy' parity grain pop up again?"

Even if he had foreseen it, Tianzi Qi still cooperated with the question, giving Liu Sheng a chance to interpret the plan in detail.

And Liu Sheng's next speech also made the hundreds of officials and courtiers in the palace feel more and more solemn······

"Father."

"Erchen thinks: My Han family governs the country with filial piety and is based on agriculture;"

"And farming is farming."

"Farming is nothing more than the farmer who cultivates the land and the grain that the farmer cultivates."

"In other words, my Han family is agriculture-oriented, in fact, it is based on farmers and the grain grown by farmers."

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"Emperor Taizu Gao once said that the national policy of my Han family is to focus on the basics and suppress the last."

"The heavy foundation is the agricultural foundation;"

"The end of suppression is the end of business."

"—Merchants, nothing more than the Jia people who trade and the goods that the Jia people sell."

"In other words, my Han family ends with merchants, which is actually the end of merchants and the goods sold by merchants."

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"But in the past few years, the national capital of my Han family has been in the hands of businessmen and lowly households!"

"The merchants did not work or produce, but only bought the peasants' crops at a low price after the autumn, and sold them back to the peasants at a higher price the following year."

"Like last year, the price of rice in Guanzhong was as high as 55 yuan per stone;"

"But these grains were bought by merchants from farmers at a price of more than 30 yuan per stone after the autumn harvest last year."

"What does that mean?"

"It means that the peasants work hard for a whole year to get two or three hundred stone of rice and grain, but they can only eat seven or eight percent full, or even half full;"

"And the merchants, who do nothing, wear clothes made of silk and ride in magnificent carriages, can easily take away the harvest that the peasants have worked so hard to obtain."

"—Isn't this the same as a merchant and a lowly household, bullying the peasants of my Han family?"

"My Han family is based on agriculture and oppresses farmers, isn't it destroying the foundation of my Han family?"

"Isn't it ridiculous to let the businessmen and lowly households who run the last business to oppress and plunder the peasants who run their own business?"

"Isn't letting the merchants oppress the peasants the same as letting the carts pull the carts and let the horses ride???

A simple and vivid description made the hundreds of officials, courtiers, princes and nobles in the palace fall into a short period of contemplation.

Soon, the courtiers and officials who were the first to react only grabbed the bamboo slips from their sides and spread them flat on the table in front of them.

quickly recorded Liu Sheng's words, but the hundred officials still did not put down the pen;

Instead, he hung the pen in his hand in the air, looked at Liu Sheng without squinting, and waited for Liu Sheng's next speech.

——Liu Sheng's words are a political signal released by the future crown prince!

This signal is most likely to be the focus of Liu Sheng's work and policy in the future!

And the content revealed by this signal made the courtiers and officials busy recording at the same time, but they did not forget to secretly let out one sigh after another.

"Another prince who hates businessmen······"

"The great fortune of the world, the disaster of businessmen~"

When everyone was about to put pen to paper, and secretly slandered, the Son of Heaven was still cooperating with Liu Sheng.

"That makes a lot of sense."

"Agriculture is the foundation of the country; It is the foundation of the Jongmyo and the shrine. ”

"——It is very wrong for businessmen and lowly households to control and decide the national capital."

"Then what should I do so that the national capital of my Han family is no longer in the hands of the merchants?"

"What can I do to prevent the merchants from being lowly and oppressing the peasants of my Han family and the national capital of my Han family?"

Several of them were extremely deliberate, which also made Liu Sheng a little embarrassed;

But soon, Liu Sheng adjusted his face, as agreed before, and calmly bowed to the Son of Heaven.

"Erchen believes that the governor of Su should always be set up, not abolished."

"After the autumn harvest, the governor of Su can issue a proclamation to buy grain from the people at a slightly higher price;"

"At other times, the governor of Su can do the same as this year, and he has been selling grain to the people at a low price."

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"Let me give you an example."

"For example, after the autumn harvest this year, the governor of Zhisu issued an announcement: All the people in Guanzhong can sell grain to Shaofu for forty yuan and one stone."

"In this way, if a merchant wants to pay for grain from a farmer, he must give a price of more than forty yuan."

"If they don't, the people won't continue to sell their grain to the merchants."

"After that, the governor of Zhisu issued another announcement: All the people in Guanzhong can buy grain in Shaofu at a price of fifty yuan and one stone."

"In this way, if the merchants want to sell the grain in their hands, they can only sell it for less than 50 yuan."

"If they do not do this, the people will not buy grain from the merchants."

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"With the minimum price for purchase and the maximum price for sale, the profit-making space of the merchants can be limited."

"Merchants can't make too much profit, they are equivalent to farmers, and they won't be overly oppressed and plundered by merchants."

"But even if this is the case, even if the profits are small, the merchants will still do the grain business."

"Because if they don't do the grain business, the granaries they build will be completely useless."

"In other words: Zhisu Duwei doesn't actually need to really buy or sell grain;"

"You only need to post a notice of 'how much to buy grain' and 'how much to sell grain' to stabilize the price of grain in Guanzhong."

"Of course, if you have a small amount of money, you must also save enough food in case you ······ it."

sprinkled a long speech, Liu Sheng finally put it in his arms, the bamboo slip that had been prepared a long time ago, and had even been seen by the Son of Heaven had been dragged back in front of him.

"The specific details are all on this bamboo slip."

"Please take a look at ······ father"

As Liu Sheng's last words came out, the hundred officials in the hall who had previously held their breath and listened carefully to Liu Sheng's words finally took a deep breath.

The courtiers and officials who started to write down also stopped what they were doing and fell into a long period of thought.

And on the royal couch, Tianzi Qi finally smiled playfully at Liu Sheng······

"The governor of Su is a position temporarily established by me in order to stabilize the price of grain."

"Now that the price of grain has stabilized, according to the usual practice, the governor of Su should be abolished."

"But the ninth son of the emperor makes a lot of sense."

"——Stabilizing grain prices is not something that needs to be done only this year, but something that my Han family needs to persevere in every year in the future, and even every future monarch."

"If a governor of Su can stabilize grain prices for a long time, then I have no reason to refuse the proposal of the ninth prince of the emperor and insist on abolishing the governor of Su."

"And the governor of Su Du is a subordinate official of the Shaofu, and he does not need to be voted on by the court for three readings······"

As he said this, Tianzi Qi slowly got up from the couch, put his hands behind his back, and stepped forward slightly.

As the Son of Heaven got up, the hundred officials and princes who were sitting on both sides of the hall also set off in order, bowing down facing the Son of Heaven.

"Just do what the ninth son of the emperor said."

"--Captain Zhisu, not for the time being."

"There is a division in the court, so you don't have to worry about food anymore, just prepare for the field ceremony."

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"The book of the field, the ninth son of the emperor will accompany him."

The expected concluding speech made all the officials and ministers in the palace bow together.

"Ministers, I respectfully obey His Majesty's edict~"

"Congratulations to Your Majesty~"

The hundred officials in the hall bowed in unison, and Tianzi Qi nodded his head slightly, and then turned sideways.

was about to walk towards the apse, but when he heard behind him, Liu Sheng's already hoarse male duck voice unique to teenagers came from behind him.

"Erchen wins, I will play!"

Without warning, he shouted loudly, causing everyone on the side of the hall to bow their heads and look at the center of the hall with doubts;

Even Tianzi Qi, after turning around, looked at Liu Sheng quite strangely.

It was under the gaze of the monarchs and ministers of the Han family that Liu Sheng fell to his knees with a bang!

"Erchen wins, there is an impeachment chapter!"

"Erchen, impeachment of the people of Wuyang Hou Fan City, has no ability to give birth to heirs!"

"- Hou Shizi Fan Taguang, the wife of Fan Shi, and his younger brother committed adultery and fornication!"

"The people of Fan City themselves could not have children, so they connived, and even instructed their younger brother to commit adultery with their wives!"

"The son born to my younger brother and his wife was lied to by the people of Fan City that he was born to him, and in the end, he had to be established as the son of the Marquis of Wuyang!"

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"According to the law of my Han family, Hou Shizi Fan Taguang should be demoted to a concubine!"

"The Marquis of Wuyang, you should be deposed!!"

"——A native of Wuyang Houfan City, a deceitful, treacherous, and disrespectful !!"

"——On the crime, you should abandon the !!!!! of the city"

Finish~

Whew···

Good night everyone

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