Under the bright sunshine, the city of Tokyo was buzzing with people. It was much more orderly than before. The most obvious change was that the guards who were so domineering in the streets disappeared. This was Shang Hongqian's order to improve military discipline during this period. The result of restraining the imperial army.
Instead, the city officials and patrols who managed the market were taken over by the Kaifeng Prefecture. After Hou Yi took office, he used the most severe means to seriously enforce the public security situation in Tokyo's cities, rectified many people, and the atmosphere gradually improved. .
However, even if the sun shines, it is difficult to completely subside the evil spirits. The new managers have obviously stepped into their roles and are domineering.
"Hou Yi, the governor of Kaifeng, is quite good!" Standing in a tea shop, Liu Chengyou looked at the awe-inspiring eyes of a group of several city officials and hawkers who were doing business around them. Down, gradually walked away and disappeared around the corner of the street.
Although it is a tea shop, it actually sells alcohol, provided that the customers can afford the high price. For the sake of rice and grain, the court banned alcohol, but how can it really be banned? Although it is not in name only, for those high-ranking officials and nobles, in the Shenfu compound It is not a big or difficult thing to secretly make some wine. It is forbidden by the imperial court, but the real restrictions are on the ordinary people at the bottom. Moreover, the scope of radiation is limited to the capital.
Even so, recently, calls for lifting the ban have become louder and louder among the government and the public in Tokyo. Alcohol is something that really makes people want to stop drinking.
Wang Zhang, the envoy of the Third Secretary, proposed to Liu Chengyou two days ago that the distillery, such as salt and iron, should be turned into an official camp. This was another way Wang Zhang came up with to make money, because since the imperial court banned alcohol, Later, there were many people in Gyeonggi who sold liquor koji privately and took the opportunity to make huge profits.
Regarding Wang Zhang's suggestion, Liu Chengyou really didn't know how to express his emotion. After learning about it, his first reaction was not to worry about the poor implementation of the imperial ban, but to consider how to take advantage of the opportunity to make profits. Of course, Wang Zhang was also trying his best. Seek to increase revenue for the national treasury.
In the entire court, the person with the fastest gray hair was Wang Zhang. For the sake of national finance and taxation, with Liu Chengyou's acquiescence, Wang Zhang formulated many policies and laws that were sheltered under the "positive tax", and he was burdened with a lot of infamy.
Liu Chengyou knew in his heart that blocking was better than opening up. But the prohibition on alcohol would still last for some time. If the court did not suppress it, even if there was a shortage of food, a lot of food would be used to make wine. Moreover, as for the secret wine production in Tokyo, situation requires a targeted crackdown.
"Official." Li Shaoyou turned into the room, walked quietly to Liu Chengyou's side, and called out.
"Have you checked clearly? Whose property is this tea shop?" Liu Chengyou didn't even look back, he was holding his airs.
Li Shaoyou said: "It was placed by Su Xianggong's relatives."
Now, there is only one Xianggong Su left in the court...
"The relationship between them is really not simple." Liu Chengyou grinned, raised his hand and said calmly: "Inform the Kaifeng Mansion of this matter, and Hou will deal with it!"
"yes!"
Liu Chengyou raised his eyes and looked at his cousin who was showing respect, and suddenly said calmly: "I have been criticizing the imperial court a lot in the market place. Why haven't I heard the report from Secretary Wude?"
Hearing the question, Li Shaoyou subconsciously felt his heart tighten, his eyes wandered, and he quickly said: "Please rest assured, officials, I will immediately notify the Secretary and instruct him to strictly deal with those who make nonsense and abuse among the people!"
"You're here!" Liu Chengyou scolded him immediately.
"Yes!" Li Shaoyou bent down.
"How can we stop everyone talking? Even if we can keep our mouths shut, how can we keep our minds silent?" Liu Chengyou lectured: "The imperial court has its own bad government, but if the people are suffering from it, why don't they be allowed to complain? If the court can implement good governance, why should we be afraid of rumors?"
Li Shaoyou respectfully echoed: "What the officials said is true! It's my minister's lies."
Seeing the cautious look on his cousin's face, Liu Chengyou immediately added: "However, we must not relax about those remarks that are likely to confuse people and have evil intentions, so as not to be taken advantage of by bad people! Looking at the public sentiment in Tokyo, The people are not stable!"
"I understand!" No matter what Liu Chengyou said, Li Shaoyou agreed without any hesitation. But he couldn't help but mutter in his heart, the emperor is really difficult to serve.
"Officials, it's time to return to the palace! Do you want to set off?" At this time, Zhao Yanjin, the Marquis of Zhiyu from the East Banquet of Chui Gong Hall, came in with a knife on his shoulder to ask for instructions.
Zhao Hui, this son, is more clever than Li Chongju before him.
"The air outside the palace is fresh and free, making people feel more comfortable!" Liu Chengyou sighed leisurely, feeling like he was moaning for no reason, but he quickly calmed down: "Go back!"
"Take these rice, noodles, meat and vegetables back to the palace!" Liu Chengyou did not forget to give the order.
"yes!"
In the house, there are some millets, rice, flour, chicken, duck, fish, vegetables, fruits and the like. Yes, Liu Chengyou came out of the palace this time, in addition to observing the public sentiment in Tokyo, he came to buy food.
The price of food in Tokyo is getting higher and higher. Taking rice as an example, it has jumped from 400 yen per bucket of rice last year to more than 700 yen, which is nearly doubled. This is the result of the imperial court's efforts to maintain it.
Of course, the price of food is so high not only because of the shortage of food, but also because money is worthless. There is too much old money and bad money circulating in the market with inflated values. In addition to the money that was forged and issued by the three generations of regimes for decades, In addition to various kinds of "Tong Bao", there are also many iron and lead coins. In addition, there are also a lot of miscellaneous coins from other countries...
The chaos of the currency system is evident. As for gold, silver, silk and other valuable items, ordinary people cannot afford them. In today's Han Dynasty, many places have returned to the state of barter.
After observing this matter, Liu Chengyou knew that he and the court had another task to forge and issue new money.
After returning to the palace, without having time to rest for a while, Liu Chengyou summoned Wang Zhang to discuss matters such as negotiating the price of grain and creating new money.
The issue of food prices is difficult to say, but simple in fact, as long as there is enough food.
The entire country is in a lean stage, and now Tokyo's food sources are very scarce. The ban on food in the Southern Tang Dynasty, which resulted in the loss of Jianghuai rice, really caused a lot of trouble to the Han Dynasty. Every time he thought about it, Liu Chengyou hated it deeply. .
However, there are always more solutions than difficulties. When it is difficult to increase the amount of food and rice internally, we can only find solutions from the outside.
It mainly comes from two aspects, one is Jingnan. King Gao Congjiao of Nanping not long ago sent an envoy to Kaifeng to accuse him, asking the court to forgive his previous sins and restore the good relationship between the king and his ministers. In this regard, Liu Chengyou has not responded yet , we can take this opportunity to bring the grain from Jingnan to the north. The Gao family always has some grain in Jingnan. By the way, it can also make the Gao family's "second and fifth generation" disgusted with the Southern Tang Dynasty.
The second was to make a deal with Hou Shu. In the previous episode, during the great victory at Ji Feng Mountain, some of the captives were sent to Tokyo and were assigned to the Huaiwei Army by Liu Chengyou, while the rest were still detained in Fengxiang. .
Liu Chengyou planned to let Hou Shu redeem some of the Shu soldiers and generals. It was reported that Meng Chang, the leader of Shu, was in the final stage of cleaning up the powerful officials. If he had such an opportunity to enhance his reputation and win over the morale of the army, he would not let it go. As for the previous issue of hostility between the two countries, it can be put aside for the time being.
In comparison, building money is more troublesome. The first and most important problem is insufficient copper.
Where to find copper? In addition to prospecting and smelting, Liu Chengyou’s mind is full of Buddhist temples in China...
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