Yang Jun has not been idle recently, and he told his father-in-law Yuwen about the urgent opening of the canal, and he was very concerned.

Yan Bi had already set off one step in advance, he had to survey the terrain, and on the side of Taifu Temple, Shaoqing Yun Dingxing was also taken away, leaving only Shaoqing Yuanshou.

Two million stone of grain, the dog also knows that it is not enough to eat, so the problem that Yang Jian urgently needs to solve at the moment is where to get the remaining food.

Several large granaries in Luoyang are half empty, and half of the remaining grain is to be supplied to the Beijing Division, and half of the emperor's northern tour is to be recruited, so Yang Yong cannot be moved.

So what to do?

When the treasury is short of money, take it from business, and when the treasury is depleted, take it from the people, this is the only law, and it can be done at any time.

"Try it in Henan first, notify all grain merchants, sell the grain to the Yuzhou government, and those who don't sell it will be questioned for hoarding," Qi Wangfu, Yang Yongzheng was discussing with a group of people about preparing grain.

Wei Jin, the servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, frowned and said, "So, at what price should we buy these grains?" ”

"Lest they react too much, it's best to buy it at eighty percent of the original price," Shi Liujian, the head of the Qi Palace, said: "Either borrow or sell, and if you borrow, the government will return it in three years." ”

Wei Jin smiled bitterly and shook his head: "How can you pay it back?" Take those granaries in Luoyang? We can't move these granaries. ”

"Borrow it first," Yang Jun waved his hand.

Pei Yun, who is also the Shaoqing of Dali Temple and the waiter of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was also there at this time, and was stunned when he heard the words:

"Isn't that right? If the government loses its trust in business, how will it deal with it in the future? Henan grain merchants are all industries on the bright side of the big family, and King Qi still has to be thoughtful. ”

"Can the mint be minted?" Yang Jun nodded and looked at Shaoqing Yuanshou Dao of Taifu Temple.

Yuanshou nodded.

The coinage of the Great Sui is under the management of Taifu Temple.

During the Kaihuang period, the number of five-baht coins issued was extremely large, because the monetary system at that time was very chaotic, the Changping five baht of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the five elements of the Great Cloth of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Yongtong Wanguo, the Chen five baht of the Southern Dynasty, the six baht of Tai goods, the goose-eye money of Liu Song, and the trimming money of Xiao Liang were all used by the people.

Therefore, Yang Jian began to rectify the currency, recast the unified standard Sui five baht, that is, the Kaihuang five baht, and the other money will be abolished, so the Sui five baht will definitely need to be put in large quantities.

So at the beginning of the emperor, prices were very low, because money was too valuable, but as more and more money was minted, prices also rose, but basically remained at a reasonable level.

That is, last year, Yang Guang built the largest mint in Yangzhou in the Great Sui, Yangzhou opened the furnace, and minted five baht of tin, resulting in white copper, so the common people call it white money, and white money has now begun to circulate in large quantities.

Because the north-south trade is now booming, the money in the market is no longer enough, and a large amount of five baht must be minted and put into the private sector to solve the difficulties of trade.

This year, Taifu Temple is expected to release 4 million yuan, as soon as the money comes out, how to put it?

Of course, it depends on the government's investment, for example, Yang Jin's current situation, he can use the government's newly minted money to buy grain merchants' grain.

But in this way, there is also a big drawback, that is, it will push up prices, and for civilians, it will be a disaster in a short time.

Because it takes a while for the income of the private sector to adapt to price inflation, this painful period is very difficult, but with the trade between the North and the South, the income of the common people will definitely increase gradually.

Yuan Shou said: "This year has just opened the furnace, and the money has not yet been cast, so the grain can only be borrowed, but at the end of the year, you can take the new money to pay it back." ”

"That's it," Yang Xuan said, "according to eighty percent of the current grain price, buy grain from Henan grain merchants, return it at the end of the year, and if it is not enough, buy it from Hebei, Shanxi, and Shandong." ”

"It's definitely not enough," Pei Yun said: "When Tokyo was built, the grain merchants in Henan had already produced blood, and they didn't have much surplus grain. ”

Yang Yan was stunned and said: "I borrowed grain at the beginning, didn't the grain be repaid?" ”

"What was built in Tokyo has been returned," Pei Yun said helplessly: "The grain borrowed by Yuhe was originally repaid this year, but King Qin's westward expedition and His Majesty's northern tour have already been transferred, and they can't be repaid." ”

Yang Jian thought for a while and said: "This time to build the canal, my father has a will, the policy of exempting slaves and maids from paying taxes will continue to be implemented, and the money will be collected and repaid, right?" ”

"The premise is that you have to collect it," Pei Yun said: "Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, these are all suffered by the military disaster, how much can be collected, it is not clear now, that is, the grain merchants in the south can still make up their minds." ”

"Isn't that okay?" Yang Yun frowned and said: "Jiangnan has already allocated two million stones, and my father has exempted the Yangzhou District from taxes for three years, all of which are exempt from taxes, so I don't want to fight Jiangnan's idea again, right?" ”

"There is more than one Jiangnan in the south, there are other places," Pei Yun said.

Yang Jian smiled bitterly: "I don't have the ability to pick out grain from the mouth of the southern barbarians, and the focus of borrowing grain has to be in the north." ”

"If we do this, there may be a food shortage in the north, and there will be civil unrest," Pei Yun reminded.

Yang Yun laughed: "Pei Gong is too worried, and the small stock unrest is also provoked by others, so there is nothing to be afraid of." ”

What if it's a big share? What a mallet do you have, Pei Yun looked helplessly at his new boss Yu Wenshu, hoping that Yu Wen Shu could help persuade him.

Yu Wenshu comforted Pei Yun in turn: "Pei Gong is too worried, it will be fine, even if there are some homeless people and bandits, it will be a small pain, and it will not hinder the big thing." ”

Are you really not afraid of things? Yang Jian is not afraid and can understand, he has never been on the battlefield, and your Yuwenshu has also been on the battlefield for a long time, so he even regards it as child's play?

Pei Yun is helpless, although he was born in the Pei clan in Hedong and has a close relationship with Pei Ju, but their family was an official in Nanchen in the early years.

His father, Pei Ji, followed Chen Ba to destroy Hou Jing first, so Pei Yun heard about the tragedy in the south from his father when he was very young.

Hou Jing's rebellion had an unprecedented devastating blow to the south, when Nanliang sat in the south, it had a faint tendency to fight against the north, and as a result, a Hou Jing appeared, which directly led to the demise of Nanliang, half of the southern scholars disappeared, and the population plummeted.

Historical records: Hou Jing's soldiers killed and plundered, handed over corpses and blocked the road, rich and wealthy families, arbitrarily stripped of children, wives and concubines, all entered the military camp.......

After Chen Ba first established the Chen Dynasty, his control over the south was already very limited, because Hou Jing completely disrupted the south, so that he and the southern barbarian forces were too big to eliminate.

That's why, Yang Jian said that he didn't have the ability to pick food from Nanman's mouth, he really didn't have that ability, Nanban could rebel anytime and anywhere.

It can be said that without Hou Jing, Yang Jian may not have destroyed the Chen Dynasty, so if you say this, Hou Jing has made a special contribution to the unification of China.

Pei Yun is very afraid of civil unrest, especially a big family like him, because this time, Yuwenshu asked him to follow Yang Jian to Luoyang, and he even had to go to Hebei, because he was in charge of recruiting people.

Why don't I go, don't think that if you are a scholar, you can manage it, Lao Tzu?

Pei Yun figured it out, as long as he didn't cooperate, Yuwenshu would definitely have to be replaced, so he said directly:

"I can't do this errand, unless the King of Qi solves the food problem, let's change people."

Yang Jun sneered again and again, I especially know that you are unreliable, you Pei from the south, do you really think you are Pei Ju?

How many days has my father spoiled you? Are your wings stiff? How dare you pick on me?

Yang Jun directly reprimanded angrily: "Get out of here." ”

Get out, thank you, Pei Yun got up and left, and he was happy in his heart.

After Pei Yun left, Yang Yun spat on the ground: "Such a dog thing, you deserve that your daughter can't give birth, it can be seen that there are a lot of evils." ”

Then, Yang Jun looked at Wei Jin, who was another servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and said:

"Then I'll bother Wei Gong and go to Hebei."

I'm so old, what am I going to Hebei for? Wei Jin said: "The recruitment is not a big deal, the old man is not suitable to run around when he is old, this kind of thing should be done by young people, Wei Yijie, Wei Fuhei can do it." ”

Yang Jun scolded in his heart, but it was not easy to show it on his face, so he could only smile and nod: "It's because this king is not thoughtful, then let Yijie go." ”

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After the restructuring of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, in addition to Shangshu, Zuoguan is two waiters, Wei Jin and Pei Yun, with four divisions: Du Branch, Household Department, Gold Department, and Cang Department, of which the degree branch and the household department, each have two waiters, which are under the management of Wei Jin, and one Shilang is one for each of the gold and warehouse departments, which is under the management of Pei Yun.

Among them, the two waiters of the household department are Wei Yijie and Wei Fusi, the two of them were originally outsiders, and there were eight people in the past, and after the restructuring, they were promoted.

Wei Jin's face, Yang Jian can't ignore it, because he is Wei Xiaokuan's son and the uncle of the crown princess Wei Ying.

And Wei Yijie is the princess's own brother.

The matter is so decided, the food has to be found from the north, Yu Wenshu also knows in his heart that if he continues to do this, Hebei will not be able to bear it, as Pei Yun said, civil unrest is almost inevitable, but he feels that as long as it is calmed down as soon as possible.

As long as the canal is opened smoothly and His Majesty does not go south after his northern tour, then everything else does not matter.

After Pei Yun left the Qi Palace, it was already dark, so he took advantage of the night to go to the Qin Palace.

Pei Ju was not there, he didn't even have anyone to talk to, so he could only go to Yang Ming, because he also knew that he had offended King Qi just now.

"If you don't listen to persuasion, if you do this, who will be guilty if there is a mess?" After Pei Yun saw Yang Ming, he complained as soon as possible.

Yang Ming asked Pei Shuying to pour a cup of tea for the other party, and said with a smile:

"Pei Gong successfully unloaded his burden, congratulations."

Pei Yun took a sip of tea and said with a wry smile: "It's the first time in my life, when I was scolded and rolled out, my heart was comfortable." ”

"King Qi is also too rude," Pei Shuying said on the side.

Pei Yun waved his hand: "I have a poor background, my family background is thin, and it is normal to be despised by others, and it is because of this that I don't want to be dragged down by King Qi." ”

This is called self-knowledge, in history, Pei Yun's branch to him is already the peak, and future generations are unknown.

He is different from Pei Ju, their family went to the south early, so after returning, they have no influence in Hedong, and they must rely on Pei Ju.

Yang Ming said with a smile: "Pei Gong must not be presumptuous, it's a good thing not to go, by the way, how is the crown princess lately?" ”