And Xu Wei, who was in Jixian County, also knew about the gatherings between the governors of various states and the businessmen and the congressmen. He even knew what they said, but he could only helplessly smile and said: "Sure enough, there is nothing new under the sun.
matter!"
It would be a bit too much to say that Zhang Baiqi's behavior was a result of collusion between government and businessmen, but it is not wrong to say that it was mutual benefit.
Rights, rights are inherently connected. If Xu Wei hadn't stipulated that there would be no seats for businessmen in the Four People's Assembly, I'm afraid that the current members would basically be big businessmen like Zhen An, and he would have no choice but to take office on his own
If these people are restricted, the development of the times will not stop just because they are time travellers.
In fact, Xu Wei also felt helpless. These businessmen were indispensable for the development of this era, and there was also a more decadent class in this era that hindered the development of the era, that is, the feudal officials. This is Xu Wei's biggest enemy at this stage! But the merchant class is also
It has to be restricted, otherwise the people of the world will suffer from it. Xu Wei understands this very well. It can be said that the merchant class is a double-edged sword. Xu Wei must not only find ways to expand the merchants in the handicraft industry, but also find ways to buy low and buy high now.
The unscrupulous merchants who sold the goods had to restrict big merchants like Zhen An and the others, which troubled him greatly.
At this time, Zhen An brought Li Ru and Jia Xu to Xu Wei!
Xu Wei met the three people in the study and said: "Master, why do you have time to come to my place?"
Xiangkai smiled and said: "Wen He and Wen You also have the ambition to govern the country and stabilize the country. Now the governors of various states in Jixian County are planning and constructing large projects. They are also tempted. They want to help govern one side. It is not a bad idea."
Lose what you have learned in your life!”
Jia Xu and Li Ru saluted Xu Wei together and said, "Please give us a county so that we can put into practice what we have learned in our lives!"
Xu Wei looked at Jia Xu and Li Ru, and said that they were indeed the most knowledgeable people in Daqian. Especially since Jia Xu later became the Taiwei of Cao Wei, it would not be a problem to govern one side.
Xu Wei thought for a while and said: "You have made a lot of achievements in Daqian, and you are also qualified to become the prefect of a county. Let me discuss with Niu Gui and see where we can place you?"
The two excited men saluted Xu Wei and said, "We will definitely do our best to govern!"
The next day, during the conference, all states submitted huge infrastructure plans one after another. It can be said that every time a plan was submitted, Niu Gui would be slapped in the face. By the time they had submitted all the plans, the total of these plans exceeded 100 billion yuan, which was not big at all.
Do what the imperial court can bear.
Niu Gui even presented the facts and reasoned, and at the same time united with the poor states and counties in Yanzhou to veto these infrastructure plans. Only the Yanzhou plantation plan, the Sili water conservancy facility plan and the Yuzhou rail plan were passed! Because Daqian's finances could only
It can support these three plans.
Other infrastructure plans were not completely rejected, but they were asked to rely on the state's financial resources to find their own solutions! At the same time, Xu Wei also sternly warned various governors that even if they want to issue bonds, they must first report to the court for approval before they can be implemented.
Xu Wei could remember that when he left China, the debts of many counties and counties in China were higher than the gross national product, and bankruptcies were frequently in the news. He did not want these things to appear in Daqian!
Some people achieved their goals in this conference, and some came back disappointed, but overall it was a victorious conference!
Originally, this parliament was about to end, but a congressman from Jizhou put forward a very interesting proposal, which was to ask the Daqian court to relax restrictions on the cultivation of cash crops!
This congressman believes that in Daqian, restrictions on cash crops have only been relaxed in Liaodong and Youzhou, while other states and counties still have to ensure food security and grow wheat, sorghum and other staple foods. This is extremely unfair to other states and counties. , after all, the income from cash crops is several times higher than that from food. Even if you grow sisal in Daqian, the income is 5-6 times that from food! The gap is too big. People in Youzhou have the most unused land, and their income is still more than People in other places are several times higher, which is too unfair to the people in the prefectures and counties.
This proposal actually won the approval of many people, and everyone generally demanded that Xu Wei be treated equally. However, the legislators from Youzhou and Liaodong sadly believed that if everyone planted cash crops and reduced food production, there would be a natural and man-made disaster in Daqian. If a big problem occurs, everyone will have to bear historical responsibility.
But most people denounced the Youzhou congressmen, thinking that Youzhou people make so much money that they don't even care about their conscience.
A Jizhou congressman even seriously stated to Xu Wei the reasons why they wanted to relax restrictions on cash crops. It turns out that Daqian has vigorously built water conservancy facilities and applied struvite over the years, and grain output has generally increased by more than doubling. Now Daqian Basically, one year of growing grain is enough for the entire Daqian people to eat for two years, and it is still based on the highest standards. In other words, the current Daqian grain production capacity is already overcapacity and needs to be reduced.
Last year, even though a massive 800,000-strong army attacked Dahan and consumed a large amount of grain in the granary, nearly a year's worth of grain was still piled up in the granary. However, this year the entire Daqian territory has generally had a bumper harvest, and even the newly harvested Xuzhou, Qingzhou also had a great harvest.
Now all the official warehouses in Daqian are full of grain, and new warehouses are even being built to store new grains, and the private sector is also vigorously building grain warehouses. At that time, Xu Wei whimsically hoarded three years of grain, and it actually happened 10 years later. It has been realized. Now the stewards of granaries in various places in Daqian are extremely troubled by the matter of purchasing grain, because the grain warehouses have been exhausted. They even pray that there will be another war this year so that some old grains can be consumed and their warehouses can have space to store new grains. .
But this year, Da Gan did not use weapons at all, so the grain and grass officials of Da Gan were busy for most of the year building granaries. What made them even more helpless was that when the summer harvest came next June, they still didn’t know what to do. good!
It can be said that Xu Wei got it wrong. If he had not established the food subsistence allowance system, I am afraid that the price of food this year would have dropped to 30 yuan per stone. If this was true, Xu Wei's land would be in vain. The people's income has been completely swallowed up by the low price of food.
When Xu Wei heard that the food problem in Daqian was so serious, he immediately asked to adjourn the meeting. Then he found the information stored in the grain warehouses of various states and counties, and then discovered that what these congressmen said was actually true. Starting from the summer harvest this year, officials from the grain warehouses in various places continued to Make a report requesting the establishment of new grain, and at the same time report on the local grain accumulation situation and request the court to solve it.