Chapter 674: The Grain Hurts the Peasants

Li Yunze does not engage in any private interviews with microservices.

It's not that he's worried about safety, and in his current state, he shouldn't worry about safety.

Wherever he went out of Chang'an City, he took a group of people to identify himself, in order to be able to make decisions at any time.

It's like in this small village at this time, if Li Yunze does some kind of private interview, he will have to talk a lot of nonsense.

And when he directly identifies himself, he can directly ask the grain merchant who was pressed to the ground, "Who is your backer?" ”

It is impossible to do business in Guanzhong and Chang'an, especially in the grain business, which requires a lot of capital, without a backer.

The dredging of the government, the security of security, the network of transportation and sales, etc., where do ordinary businessmen do it?

There is also the principal.

An ordinary village, just like the village in front of you, has more than 100 households, and on average, each household can take out at least dozens of hundreds of stones of grain for sale, and 100 households are more than 10,000 stones of grain.

The money spent on the grain alone is in the millions.

It is also necessary to organize a costly transport team to transport these millions of catties of grain.

Along the way, pay taxes, protect the safety of hired manpower, and other expenses.

If you want to be a grain merchant, you need a high start-up capital.

Moreover, it is impossible for grain merchants to buy only the surplus grain of one village, at least the surplus grain of ten or eight villages, and this kind of capital that can easily cost tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, which businessman can pay out without a big backer?

The grain merchants who were pressed to the ground were stupid, and shouted tremblingly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Xiaomin only collects grain, and has never done anything that violates the laws of the Han Dynasty~~~"

Seeing Li Yunze frowning, the drama Meng on the side immediately took two steps forward and grabbed the grain merchant's hair, and directly went over with a big bibi, "Your Majesty will say whatever you ask, and then dare to send you to the prison of the Criminal Department!" ”

The prison of the Criminal Department is the former Tingwei Yamen, and the prestige here, even the royal family and nobles will tremble when they hear it.

The grain merchant finally became honest, and said his backer with a swollen face, "The Marquis of Qinghe is not harmful." ”

The first marquis of Qinghe was named Wang Su, and he was one of the eighteen founding marquis of Liu Bangding.

The fief is Qinghe, and the food is as high as 2,200 households.

Their family is relatively low-key, from the founding of the country to the destruction of Zhulu, and then to the change of the throne in turns, basically they did not participate in it, and they belong to the type of muffled fortune.

As for this grain business, their family started it many years ago, and it has always been smooth sailing, and they never thought that they would meet the Son of Heaven when they came to the village to buy grain today.

That's a bit of bad luck.

"Qinghe Hou."

Li Yunze nodded, indicating that he understood, and then asked, "Where will you send the food after receiving it?" ”

The grain merchant dodged his gaze, but where could he hide it from an old Jianghu like Ji Meng, and he directly went over to a big bibi, "If you dare to lie in front of Your Majesty, it is not your own business." ”

This big bidou directly woke up the grain merchant, and responded tremblingly, "All sent to the granary on the bank of the Wei River." ”

"Oh."

Li Yunze asked again, "Where will it be sold after that, and what is the price?" ”

"It's mainly sold to the Kanto region, and it's not sold now." After the liberalization, the grain merchant poured the beans into the bamboo tube, and said endlessly: "We will wait until next year, when there is no harvest, or when there is a famine, to be loaded and shipped over and sold at a high price."

He added, "And we are selling last year's old grain, and this year's grain will not be sold until next year." If it weren't for the fact that grain was not easy to preserve, it would be better to sell old grain from many years ago. ”

The faces of the people all around were angry, and there was no doubt that this was a profiteer.

"What about the price?" Li Yunze asked again with a normal face, "What is the price for you?" ”

"This." The grain merchant said, "The price is usually floating, and you have to see the selling price of the place." Usually, when there is no green and yellow, 300 yuan and one stone is the least. If there is a famine, it has been sold for seven or eight hundred dollars a stone. ”

"What a bastard!"

"Profiteers!"

"The Marquis of Qinghe dared to do such a thing!"

"Your Majesty, you must be severely punished!"

The officials were furious, which was really bad.

Li Yunze was noncommittal, and looked at a young man with a face full of anger beside him, "Li Kang, take him to Zhang Tang, and order Zhang Tang to deal with the matter of Qinghe Hou." ”

The young Li Dang immediately saluted, "Oh! ”

When Liu Dingguo, the king of Yan, was sent to Chang'an City, he naturally brought the news that it was Li Guang's father and son who captured the thief.

Li Yunze also immediately made an order to promote Li Guang's youngest son, Li Dang, who stayed in Chang'an City, as the Lang official by his side.

Li Guang's father and son haven't come back yet, and the Li family will inevitably recover again after they come back.

Li Dang took the grain merchant to Chang'an City in a hurry, and Li Yunze was not in the mood to continue his inspection.

He led everyone straight to Shanglin Yuan.

On the way to Shanglin Yuan, Li Yunze has been thinking about how to solve the problem of Gu cheap hurting farmers.

In the final analysis, this matter is still a commercial issue.

Buying at a low price and selling at a high price is indeed a commercial act, but the consequences are that it affects the income of rural households.

Li Yunze does have a supportive attitude towards strengthening business behavior, but he will definitely not support such things as buying low and selling high or even making black money.

After wandering around Shanglin Yuan for a few days and checking Ma Zheng here again, Li Yunze returned to Weiyang Palace.

"Your Majesty."

Zhang Tang had already waited for a long time, and when Li Yunze came back, he immediately came over to see His Majesty and report on the disposition of the Marquis of Qinghe.

"The Marquis of Qinghe did not harm the embezzlement of fields, secretly hid weapons and armor, sacrificed gold to make false ministers, etc., and agreed that he should be beheaded and removed."

It's just buying and selling grain, and it's actually not illegal here in Dahan.

But if you want to find the shortcomings of a marquis, it is a very simple matter.

As a nobleman, what family does not have a basket of illegal things?

It was inevitable to encroach on the land, and there was no one who did not encroach on the land, and Li Yunze used so much strength and did so many things to force the peasants to surrender to the land, in order to cut off the foundation of land annexation.

Privately possessed weapons and armor are even more common among the nobles.

The nobles are all martial artists, and it is a matter of course that they have weapons and armor at home.

It's just that there are regulations in the Han law, and there is a limit on the number of weapons and armor that each nobleman can have.

Once exceeded, it is naturally a great reversal of behavior.

And the reason why we have to hide more weapons and armor is, on the one hand, naturally for self-preservation.

On the other hand, it is for the funeral.

The Han Dynasty was an era when the funeral system was prevalent.

If someone in the family dies, the funeral must be large enough, and the funeral must be enough and weighty enough, so that it can be regarded as having face, otherwise it will be pointed at.

Moreover, in the Han Dynasty, it was popular to accompany the funeral gold coins, as well as the things that the owner's family liked during his lifetime.

is like Zhang Tang, when his father died, in order to make up enough funeral goods, he had to sell the family's acres of land and buy gold utensils for the funeral.

When the martial artists are buried, there will never be less weapons and armor, and the more the better.

This is an important reason why many martial artists often hide weapons and armor privately.

In the past, as long as it wasn't too much, the Son of Heaven also turned a blind eye, and it didn't matter if no one cared.

But once you get serious, it's definitely a catch.

As for the falsification of the sacrificial gold, this is even more needless to say.

In the Han Dynasty, the princes and nobles, when sacrificing in the temple, the gold offered with the wine was called the gold, and the gold was strictly regulated, and the quantity and amount were not small.

Even for the nobles, this is a big expense.

With the passage of time, it has become a habit to use hands and feet on this, reducing the quantity and portion.

In history, after Emperor Wu grew up with Wei Qinghuo Qubing and others and mastered the military power, he used this excuse to get rid of a large number of corpses and nobles in one go.

There is no doubt that it is also a capital offense to use gold and feet.

Therefore, if you want to find trouble with the nobles, some of them are guilty.

"Everything is buried in the ground, no wonder the tomb robbers are put to death." Li Yunze sighed, "I still have to change customs, why are there so many things." ”

He waved his hand, "Deal with it according to the law." ”

"Whoa."

Zhang Tang saluted in response, and then said, "Your Majesty, the king did not harm the family and found 17,000 gold, 330 million money, and grain."

Li Yunze was slightly moved: "So rich? ”

"Your Majesty." Zhang Tang responded again: "According to Wang Buxian, their family started to do this kind of grain business of buying low and selling high in the early years, and they have naturally gained a lot after years of accumulation. ”

"Hmph, I'm so full."

Li Yunze waved his hand again, "Fill the treasury." ”

"Whoa."

"Tomorrow is the morning dynasty, and I intend to come up with an idea about the purchase of grain." Li Yunze instructed Zhang Tang, "You go and inform the master father Yan and the others, let them think of a way overnight, and take it out tomorrow morning when they come to the court." ”

The early pilgrimage is not every day, usually every five days.

When there is a major day, it is called a big pilgrimage, and it usually comes every few days.

The more diligent emperors also have it once every three days.

Every day in the morning court, it seems that only Zhu Hongwu is the only one.

Zhang Tang is a little tooth sore, who can come up with a good idea for this night's work?

But he couldn't say anything against it at this time, so he could only retreat and go out of the palace to spread the word.

As for Li Yunze, he first went to wash up, and then went to find Wei Zifu.

Don't get me wrong, he is looking for Wei Zifu just to talk, chat, and exercise.

By the time the exercise was over and Li Yunze had washed up again, it was already evening and he was ready to have dinner.

"Your Majesty."

There is a Lang official to report, "The prime minister asks for His Majesty." ”

"Let him come." Li Yunze, who was about to have dinner, motioned to the attendants, "Add another table to the prime minister." ”

"Whoa."

Li Yunze knew that the master father would come, because no one could really come up with a good solution in one night.

But the time is set so tightly, and the only purpose is that the Son of Heaven already has an idea, but he needs to say it from the prime minister's mouth.

The master father understood it, so he hurried over.

And, it came at the right time.