Li Mu jumped up all of a sudden, scurrying around the room, muttering to himself as he walked,

"Great Commander, we found out that the closest to King Cheng was not King Anjun, but King Han who died of illness during the Shaoning period."

"According to the clues we found in the old archives, King Han died of illness for another reason, probably to avenge the crime of King Jiangling who was implicated in the Huzhou case twenty years ago."

At this time, the great commander was no longer in a mess, and everyone was almost stupid, pointing at Yunying and being speechless for a long time.

"You, you, you," after so many years of investigation, there are no clues at all, only then there is a little eyebrow, less than half a month, so many clues have been found, the key is that so many princes have been implicated, Li Mu doesn't know how to say it.

"Great Commander, now only King Cheng is on the throne, and the other princes have died of illness one after another, and the descendants who stayed behind have been demoted to fiefdoms, and there is no longer any impact."

"Cheng Wang, only Cheng Wang, do you know who Cheng Wang is!"

Cheng Wang, the fifth son of Youning Sheng, the younger brother of Shaoning Sheng, the uncle of Xining Sheng, the current patriarch of the Zhao family, the highest seniority, and the only remaining prince during the Youning period.

It can be said that Shaoning Shengshang ascended the throne, and this younger brother contributed the most, not only did he come forward to run errands for his brother, but also obtained the military power of the most important Praetorian Guard for Shaoning at that time during the critical period, so that Shaoning Shengshang could successfully ascend to the throne.

Therefore, during the reign of Shaoning Sheng, King Cheng has always been reused, and Xining Sheng's ascension to the throne has continued, and he has great trust in this uncle.

After so many years, King Cheng is about to be buried in the ground, how can he toss at this time.

According to Li Mu's understanding of King Cheng, that is a prince who will never have any thoughts, and for such a long time, if he has thoughts, he can join forces with any prince.

Moreover, all the ministers in the court respect this prince very much, and he really plays the role of the anchor of the sea in the court, and takes care of the government in an orderly manner.

There must be a problem in the middle, and it is definitely not what is presented on the news, the most likely thing is that someone is confusing the public and deliberately muddying the waters, and the internal situation may be very complicated.

Become a king, how can you be a king!

King Huai instructed the guards, King Xuancheng, Duke Wei Guo, British Duke, Shoufu Yu Rui, Huang Zhengqiang, Secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Li Shuming, Secretary of the Ministry of War, and Wang Jie, the new Secretary of the Ministry of Households, to enter the palace to discuss the new policy.

"The past two years have been too much of a toss-up, because of the fight against the Flower Thorn Man, there have been a lot of delays, and then the focus will be shifted, you will discuss, next, what should the court do? Hurry up and get a charter and report it to the saint! ”

"Lord Wang, I heard that the rice yield in Shuyang can already reach 600 catties per mu, and if it can be popularized in large quantities, the grain production in Yangzhou will increase by no less than 100,000 catties, and the border army will have no worries about food."

Wang Jie, the new head of the household department, is still somewhat capable, he was promoted from the local government, and he is very familiar with agricultural affairs.

Especially during the period when he took office, he specially sent people to collect and sort out the news sent by various places, and he also happened to pay attention to the news of rice yield increase reported by Shuyang.

"What Lord Wang said, I also paid attention to it, it is said that if Yangzhou can do it, Jingzhou and Tanzhou are not a problem, the land of the three states is not less than 10,000 mu, and the yield per mu will increase by 200 catties, it will be amazing. The minister suggested that a special person be appointed to inspect and urge the local government to follow the implementation. "Shoufu Yu Rui also knows about this.

King Huai glanced at Wei Guogong and British Duke who were standing beside him, and didn't say much, but the smile on his face became more obvious.

"Land and food are the foundation of the country, and there have been too many disputes in the court in recent years, and many things have not been done well. Of course, I don't mean to blame the ministers here, but to figure out what to do in the future. ”

Although King Huai had no intention of blaming, Yu Rui and several courtiers quickly knelt down to plead guilty.

"Well, I'm not going to blame you, but I'm going to tell you what you plan to do next."

King Huai waved his hand, he really didn't like these red tape very much, and the border army was much better, straight to the point.

"What about this matter, the old minister also knows a little bit, the last time the little girl came back, she occasionally mentioned one thing, when she discussed it with Yuan Rui one day, she mentioned this and said some opinions, I don't know if the old minister should talk about it or not."

The treacherous and cunning Wei Guogong was also helpless, so he could only pick this matter away with a cheeky face, but he cheapened that stinky boy.

"Wei Guogong doesn't need to be polite, just say it."

"Lord Wang, my lords, what Yuan Rui said to the little girl the most was not the lack of food, but that there would be great troubles after a substantial increase in grain production. When the people have more grain in their hands, once the local grain becomes rich, the price will be low, and there will be merchants who will sell the grain to other places where there is a shortage of food. And once these traffickings are not restricted, the grain will inevitably flow to bandits, robbers, and even foreign vassals, which will cause them to greatly increase their strength, thus endangering the society of the country. ”

Wei Guogong actually didn't understand too much, he didn't have an intuitive understanding of what Yuan Rui said about the economy, he only knew that it was true that grain was transported to foreign domains, and it was not possible to increase the enemy's power.

"Another point, Yuan Rui said that the land is too concentrated, it is not wrong, but all kinds of things are not good, and the land cannot be concentrated without restrictions, nor can it be completely unpaid, what he means, if the court rewards, others can be exempted, as long as the land can produce food, then the grain must be handed over according to the harvest."

"Food is the foundation of the country, and private individuals and businessmen have no right to sell it."

Wei Guogong didn't care whether he said it or not at this time, and showed that some of the truths that Yuan Rui said were clear.

"He didn't say what he thought about it."

King Huai followed, this old guy is not bad, and he basically explained what Yuan Rui meant.

It's just a bit inauthentic, this is his own son-in-law, and he doesn't know how distressed he is, this is what pushed Yuan Rui to the cusp of the small wave.

"Lord Wang, my lords, I don't understand what he said too much, I only listened to the general idea, and it means like this."

Yuan Rui's meaning is actually very simple, that is, it is to imitate some practices of later generations, simple and rude.

First of all, the new policy should be improved, and the land is too sensitive at the moment to be moved, but only gradually.

However, the grain can be controlled, and the private grain cannot be sold across states, and can only be purchased by the court.

The grain purchased by the court is mainly used for two purposes, one is to serve as the main reserve of the border army, and the other is to provide relief in disaster years.

In addition, part of the grain collected by the state capitals is used to meet the needs of the local people, and part of it is used as local reserves.

The second is to implement a grain price limit, and all grain sold by the government will be at a par price, mainly for merchants and officials who do not grow grain.

Ordinary people can also sell their own grain, but the maximum price cannot exceed twice the official price.

There is a rule here, as long as the government has enough food, it will be difficult for the people's food to exceed the government price.

Yuan Rui also knew that the biggest problem here was the collusion between officials and businessmen, and the grain of the government was not sold by itself, but resold to businessmen for profit.

His countermeasure is also very simple: all grain sales must be arranged by the household department, and it is not subject to local jurisdiction, and as for the household department personnel, if there is any problem, it is a matter for the Supervision Yuan.

As for the rotten rules of collecting food from the people, Yuan Rui is still powerless at present, there are always some people in every place who only want to make money, he can only try to let the people collect more food to make up for it.

According to his idea, if the ten taxes and two can really be realized, plus the fifty percent taken by the landowners, the people can leave at least thirty percent.

According to the current output, a tenant farmer's family of five rents 10 acres of paddy fields, and can store more than 1,000 catties of grain in a year, which can basically meet the needs of food and clothing.

Thirdly, he also has a limit on the 50% that landowners take, and these large households receive the largest share of grain.

In the past, they were all free, selling wherever they wanted, and paying almost no taxes, all of which were borne by merchants.

Yuan Rui directly made restrictions and did not allow grain to be trafficked across states without permission, that is, if the grain collected by large households wanted to be sold, it could only be sold to the government, and then the court and the household department would balance and dispatch it between the states.

Yuan Rui didn't know that this restriction was not easy to achieve, but it was also in a less formal occasion at that time.

He just said it according to his own ideas, and he didn't even do it in depth with discussion and analysis, and he didn't know if he could do it or not.

But he had a little understanding of the current situation, the country was short of food, the people were starving, and they could only be stabilized at this time by the forced intervention of the court.

In the end, he was more supportive of the large concentration of land, which was convenient to operate and did not have so much nonsense.

But for the meritorious field, karma has its own ideas. The countermeasures he gave were slightly different from those that had been controversial in later generations, and the reason why this caused such a big reaction was that it harmed the interests of many ruling strata.

Yuan Rui's idea is that as long as the land can produce grain, the landowner must hand over the grain according to the ratio of ten taxes and two, and nothing can replace it.

As for the relevant rewards that the landowners should receive, they can be tilted in terms of money and goods, and in any case, these people do not want food at all, but property.

Wei Guogong finally made it clear slowly, he wiped his sweat while scolding Yuan Rui's stinky boy in his heart.

Several ministers listened to Wei Guogong's explanation, while thinking about the trick in the middle, and thought of one thing in their hearts, although this operation is too radical, it may not be a method, it seems that the prince is real.