Chapter nine hundred and eighty third: stockpiling grain
Seeing that there were so many people coming to the grain store, they followed their peers to raise prices, and some simply closed the store doors. Now... the people were even more panicked.
Since the people of Xiliang became rich in jade brocade, fur and paper, the people of Xiliang, who already have little arable land, have become even less willing to work hard to farm. Instead, they have worked hard on jade brocade, hunting and papermaking, and because of the food.
The prices are cheap and the supply is stable, so the people feel that the income from farming grain is not high, and over time the farmland will be abandoned.
But at this moment, the price of grain stores in Yunjing suddenly increased, and suddenly closed one by one and did not sell it to the public. Grain is the top priority for the people's livelihood. Isn't the people running around just for food and clothing? The price of grain is like
How can the people not panic when they pinched the throats of the people of Xiliang?
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It was already late at night, and the lights and shadows in the Mingyang Hall were covered with lights and shadows, hanging on both sides of the red beads by red gold and copper hooks, swaying in the shallow wind. The Empress Xiliang sat behind the bead curtain made of jade beads to review the memorials, and the Empress would
He had long hair tied up on top of his head, wearing a jade crown, dressed in a man, but his eyebrows were so beautiful that he looked like a peony flower blooming in the beautiful scenery, glorious and attractive.
The two ministers knelt outside the slightly shaking pearl curtain and reported to the Queen of Xiliang that the sudden price of food in Yunjing today. Yun Poxing forced himself to cough and stood aside with a serious expression and remained silent.
When the Empress of Xiliang received the news, she looked as expected. She put down her pen, picked up the teacup, exposed a small piece of white wrist, and looked up at the Minister of Revenue and the Minister of Revenue who came to report the news: "
Finally came..."
It’s just a pity that she and the officials of the court realized it a little late, and Cui Gongxing refused to admit it.
However, there is an ancient saying, "There is a severance to repair the siege."
The earlier you discover this problem, the more timely it can be remedied. Although the hole is already huge, it is better than watching it grow bigger and bigger.
After arresting Cui Gongxing in prison last month, the Empress of Xiliang issued a series of edicts to encourage farming, but the results were minimal.
The Empress of Xiliang wanted to make up her mind to deal with Cui Gongxing's shops, but now it can be said that most of the people in Xiliang make a living by jade brocade, and a few rely on fur. The one with the largest purchase in Xiliang is Cui Gongxing's shops.
If Cui Gongxing's shop is rashly closed, there will be no such big merchant in Xiliang that can swallow the jade brocade that the people are making every day, which will cut off the lives of the people.
Furthermore, Cui Gongxing is a smart person, and she has a big business... and she also brought the eight most powerful families in Xiliang to participate. Although the eight major families are no longer in a state of chaos, the eyesight of the other six tribes should not be slapped.
Not to mention the complex relationship, Cui Gongxing, with the help of the nobles of Xiliang and several major families, has become the largest vendor in providing food for Xiliang. This is also the reason why the Empress of Xiliang has not killed Cui Gongxing for a long time.
, Kill Cui Gongxing... Half of the people in Xiliang are probably going to drink the northwest wind.
In the past, the Empress of Xiliang, who was accused of businessmen, was because Cui Gongxing could tell her the style of Jin, and she had strange stories and strange things she encountered when she went out to sea. Cui Gongxing did not despise women, and there was even more gender equality in her words.
Such words were very heart-wrenching to the Queen of Xiliang, so... Later, even the Queen of Xiliang never regarded Cui Gongxing as a confidant, she was regarded as a person who could speak.
Unexpectedly, it was such a person... who actually had a ill intention to cause Xiliang.
As my father said, the people of Jin... and the people of Yan are the most tricky.
It is also because Xiliang is like a nation in recent years, and he is so despised by merchants that he never takes a small businessman to heart. He did not expect that this businessman could have such great energy and could weaken a country quietly.
During the period when Cui Gongxing was imprisoned, eight major families kept pleading for mercy. Later, they received the promise of the Empress of the Great Zhou that they would not interfere with the business of the shops under Cui Gongxing's name and affect the income of the eight major families. Only then did the eight major families calm down.
"Tomorrow, I will sell the food and grass that I ordered the Minister of Revenue to transport from Dayan to the people at a normal market price..." After saying that, the Empress of Xiliang asked Yun Poxing again, "The General thought that this would last for a period of time, can it be done?
Adjust the market price of grain back?”
Yun Poxing held back his cough and turned to salute the Queen of Xiliang in the pearl curtain and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks... the most urgent thing should be to release Cui Fengnian. Cui Fengnian and the eight major families have mixed interests. This period of time has not been affected.
Everything is fine in the business of the Eight Great Family. Now Cui Fengnian's people raise the price of grain, but I am afraid that it is just the beginning. If Cui Fengnian is not released, there will definitely be another step, which may be Jade Brocade."
The Empress Xiliang pursed her lips, her beautiful and bright eyes half-hung, and her voice was filled with a smile: "I never thought that the once powerful general in Xiliang would be afraid of the Eight Great Family."
"Cough cough cough..." Yun Poxingzai couldn't help but coughed a few times, and continued to endure it, his cheeks flushed, "The old minister was not afraid, but through this matter, he understood the eight major families...
It is not as the old minister and Your Majesty thought. Promoting the cold and humble has already played a role and can compete with the eight major families. It is not the time to do so."
The Queen of Xiliang could not bear to say anything to Yun Poxing forcibly and signaled the eunuchs who were serving her to give Yun Poxing a seat to serve tea.
Yun Poxing took the teacup and took a few sips, coughed twice, pressed the cough back, and then said, "For example... If the eight major families were not tempted by interests and blocked the gaze of the court, who would have known that they were already.
Xiliang, which has few farmland, has abandoned farming and weaving jade brocade to hunt wild animals! Cough cough... Cough cough cough..."
The Queen of Xiliang closed her eyes in a chill.
Yun Poxing coughed severely, so he hurriedly took out a veil to cover his lips, making him even more heartbreaking.
"General, sit down!" The Empress Xiliang was very worried about Yun Poxing's body. Seeing that Yun Poxing couldn't hold on, the Empress Xiliang slowly spoke, "The interests of the country are not as important as their money!
I think... The Eight Great Family deliberately concealed the report this time because it valued the benefits of this jade brocade, and even more so... After the jade brocade, it can use grain to scatter the money earned by the people with jade brocade, and then search again
Go into their pockets.”
After a long time, the Empress of Xiliang opened her eyes: "If I had thought it was right, there would be a lot of food in the hands of these eight major families! The Eight major families were waiting for the day when the price of grain suddenly doubled, and they would care about Cui again
Be respectful and dead."
It’s not that Cui Gongxing, a businessman, is that he is very capable, but that the eight major families are too greedy.