Everyone looks at me and I look at you. They all hope that someone will stand up to oppose them, but they don’t want this person to be themselves. Zhao Kuo has been gaining power for a long time. He has the support of many ministers inside and nearly one-third of the officials outside are Zhao Kuo.
die-hard loyalists, as well as the support of hundreds of thousands of troops and tens of millions of people.
Just relying on these people to make Zhao Kuo and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the State of Zhao change their decision is undoubtedly an attempt to shake a tree.
In the end, I can only console myself in my heart that money is something external to the body, it is a trivial matter, and there will be opportunities in the future.
Even though they know in their hearts that after compromising once, all they can do is keep compromising.
"This matter will be reported to the whole country immediately, without any mistakes." Zhao Kuo turned the document to the next page and continued, "Article 16, balance the price of food. I want to be in Handan, Wuyang, Jinyang, Jiuyuan,
Granaries were built in five places in Yecheng to store grain and balance grain prices."
"From January 1 next year, under the new weights and measures, the price of grain in Zhao State shall not be less than 150 qian per stone, and shall not be higher than 210 qian per stone. In other words, under the old weights and measures, the price of grain will
It shall not be less than twenty-five qian per stone, and shall not be higher than thirty-five qian per stone.”
Grain prices must be balanced. If grain prices cannot be balanced, the loans that are nominally used to help farmers will eventually become an aid to exploit farmers like the Green Crops Law.
On the surface it is two cents of interest, but in fact it may double.
There are no standards. Anyone with household registration can borrow money and allow labor to repay. This is also to avoid following the old path of the Qingmiao Law.
As for those who still can't pay, you can apply for an extension. If you still can't pay after the extension, then you can stay and work for the court.
However, as long as there is no calamity and the cattle are stolen, the seeds will not be returned. Zhao will naturally take other measures in the calamity.
If the cattle you just borrowed are stolen, and the thief is not caught, and you have no way to prove it, then... you can only admit that you are unlucky and work to repay it.
Even if the thief is caught, the renter will be punished.
"In addition, starting from January 1 next year, all border passes and cities will strictly inspect passing caravans, and a grain of grain will not be allowed to leave the Zhao State. Anyone who secretly sells Zhao State's grain out of the country will have their homes confiscated. Anyone who transports grain from other countries will be
Zhao Kuo, exempt all entry duties and city taxes." Zhao Kuo continued.
If the outflow of grain cannot be restricted, once grain prices rise in other countries, businessmen from all over the country will inevitably rush into Zhao to buy grain and sell it to other countries. No matter how much grain Zhao has, they will not be able to truly balance grain prices.
As for the drop in grain prices in other countries, merchants were frantically purchasing grains from other countries and selling them to Zhao State. Zhao Kuo did not have the slightest worry. He would collect as much grain as he wanted, and he would not lose a penny.
As soon as Zhao Kuo finished his voice, noisy voices suddenly sounded below. Different from the policies announced before, the latter two truly touched the interests of the vast majority of people.
Except for those who had just joined the Zhao State and had not had time to purchase land, all the officials of the Zhao State, without exception, were all big landowners.
The Chinese people's obsession with land is engraved in their bones. Once they become developed, the first thing they think about is buying land, whether it is buying land back home or buying land in the place where they made their fortune.
In short, you must buy land.
Only by buying land can future generations continue and develop step by step.
Needless to say, people like Zhao Sheng and Le Yi who have fiefs have a lot of land. Even those who don't have fiefs have a lot of land outside the city or in their hometowns.
Stabilizing grain prices is equivalent to limiting their ability to make money by selling grain.
In the past years of disaster, they could even sell a stone of grain for a hundred yuan, but now they can't sell it for more than thirty-five yuan at most. After deducting the cost, how many times the difference is!
Just when everyone was noisy, Feng Ting suddenly stood up. With everyone's expectations, he loudly said: "Your Majesty is wise, this is a move that benefits the country and the people, and I will fully support it."
Suddenly, the entire hall fell silent. Everyone's eyes turned from expectation to doubt, and then to anger, and they wanted to swallow Feng Ting.
We have a traitor in our midst!
"What are you doing?" Jin Yao glared at Feng Ting and said angrily.
He was not opposed to Feng Ting agreeing with Zhao Kuo. For officials like them from other countries, the only support was Zhao Kuo's trust. Moreover, restricting grain prices only made less money, but it was not unprofitable, nor was it unacceptable.
But Feng Ting standing up at this time is equivalent to acting as a vanguard and going against most of the officials of the Zhao State. They have no roots in the Zhao State. If they offend most of the officials of the Zhao State, the consequences can be imagined.
"Don't worry, not only will they not be angry, but they will also be grateful to me for standing up and stopping them from making mistakes." Feng Ting explained to Jin Bo with a smile.
"The four countries of Han, Wei, Qi and Qin have already obtained the Quyu plow and the waterwheel. Yan and Chu will inevitably start to promote the Quyu plow as soon as next year or the year after next. If no accidents occur, the grain production in each country will inevitably increase in the next few years.
A sudden increase.”
"With the sudden increase in grain production, grain prices will inevitably fall. They may even fall to the lowest level in history. On the surface, limiting the maximum grain price will make us make less money. But there are also minimum grain prices that are also set. Food prices in various countries
While everything is plummeting, only our Zhao country’s food prices will not plummet, thus protecting the interests of us people."
While others were still arguing, Feng Ting could see at a glance the benefits of this policy to them, and stood up in time to stop everyone from arguing.
In fact, as Feng Ting said, when the food production of various countries suddenly increases, the population will remain the same as before, and the collapse of food prices is inevitable. According to the normal trend, the food prices after the collapse will rise as the population increases little by little until they return to normal levels.
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If there is famine, war is another matter.
Under the current policy, excluding the losses on the road, Zhao Guo's grain merchants actually don't have much profit anymore. If the distance is any further, they may lose money.
But Feng Ting is not a businessman, and he does not speculate in grain. Stable grain prices are only good for him, not bad.
As for the life and death of the businessman, it has nothing to do with him. Didn't you notice that Zhao Mu, the big boss of the Zhao Guo Chamber of Commerce, didn't say a word?
"So that's it!" Jin Yao suddenly realized it and said sincerely, "I admire you again."
Originally, Feng Ting gave Shangdang to the State of Zhao, which caused Zhao and Qin to fight for three years and almost be defeated. Many people in the State of Zhao did not like him, including Jin Pao and Han Fei who came from South Korea.
He was well received by Zhao officials and people.
This time, Feng Ting ended the topic in time to stop others from making further mistakes, thus easing the relationship between the two parties and changing Zhao officials' views on them.
Under Feng Ting's reminder, some officials gradually reacted and began to echo the policy. Soon, this policy was approved by everyone.