As the year draws to a close, the vast land of Guanzhong is filled with happy people.
Because, the harvest season is coming!
Looking at the heavy millet seedlings in the fields, all the farmers were so happy that they could not close their mouths.
This year, God is very kind to me. Guan Guan has good weather and abundant sunshine. Therefore, this year will definitely be a good year!
Farmers who have worked hard for a year can finally reward themselves at the end of the year.
Especially this year, the Holy Emperor also issued a decree to exempt the land tax from the Han tripod, and only had to pay a cud tax.
Therefore, these days, almost all farmers are busy harvesting the grass in the fields, drying it, and then bundling it into bundles for delivery to the court.
But while the common people were happy, the well-off bureaucrats and landlords were not so happy.
"Master, this year's Guanzhong grain protection price is posted under the cloth. According to the prince's request, the maximum price of corn this year is sixty yuan per stone, and the minimum price is forty yuan per stone. If the price is higher or lower than this price, the Shaofu will
We will take action and sell or purchase at a fixed price..." Many landowners and large grain merchants in Guanzhong finally waited for this announcement that decided their fate.
It's beyond people's expectation.
After listening to their reports, their respective masters breathed out a sigh of relief almost simultaneously.
The lowest price is 40 yuan and the highest is 60 yuan, which basically maintains the average grain price in Guanzhong last year.
Although the price was artificially and forcibly fixed in this way, grain prices lost room for manipulation.
However, in comparison, there is still enough profit space left for the vast majority of landowners and businessmen to operate.
In other words, the interests of the vast majority of small and medium-sized landowners and small and medium-sized businessmen have not suffered much.
Since this is the case, then...
"Go tell the Du family that their family's affairs have nothing to do with me..." Almost most of the landowners made their decision immediately after learning about the upper and lower limits of the food protection price.
No one in this world is a fool.
When gods fight, a little ant insists on getting involved. Isn't that asking for death?
What's more, has anyone changed Liu's decision in the past twenty or thirty years?
At the same time, an official document from the Neishi Yamen was also placed on the desks of the county magistrates and county lieutenants of the 75 counties in Guanzhong.
After reading this, these county magistrates and county lieutenants did not dare to neglect, and immediately called their respective appointed confidants in front of them and gave them instructions.
"Yu Shi Zhongcheng Xingwen Nei Shi Yamen has included the implementation of the protective price of grains in future assessments..." A county magistrate said to his confidants like Xing Cao, Pavilion Chief, You Jiao, and Yao Fu.
His order: "I know that someone is wooing you, but you all have to think clearly. Your position was given by me. If anyone wants to hinder my promotion, I will make him uncomfortable for the rest of his life!"
The so-called county magistrate who destroys the family, and the magistrate who destroys the family!
Who dares to take things lightly in front of the real holders of these local political powers?
The county magistrate of the Han family has the power to directly appoint and remove the lower-level pavilion chiefs and youjiao!
As the saying goes, it is better to be in charge than to be an official.
The lower-level pavilion chiefs can ignore the policies issued by the Minister of Two Thousand Stones, but they will never dare to offend their immediate superiors.
So, these low-level officials all bowed and agreed: "Promise, the county magistrate has given the order, so of course the young people dare not disobey it!"
Who said this year was a big exam for the imperial court?
As for some guys who have received the benefits, I thought about it in private and felt that this Du family is really not afraid of death!
How dare you go against the Tian family.
It seems that this Du family is going to die.
This ship is going to sink!
In this case...
What you have eaten in your mouth is naturally yours!
Even those who are brave have begun to think about what benefits they can get after Du's fall.
Well, several of the Du family's villages and workshops in this county look quite delicious...
This world is so cruel.
Not many people know how to offer help in times of need, but on the contrary, there are many people who add insult to injury!
…………………………………………
At this moment, Liu Che was in the crown prince's womb, reviewing the reports coming back from various counties in Guanzhong.
There is no way, the autumn harvest is coming soon, it is time to test whether the fist of his prince can break the iron chain connected by the wealthy businessmen in Guanzhong.
No one in the entire palace dared to take it lightly.
"My family, the report from Huayin County has come back..." Ji An hurriedly ran in holding a bamboo slip, bowed and said: "Huayin County is calm, the market merchants are calm, and the private landlords and gentry are as usual.
, nothing unusual!"
"Thank you for your hard work!" Liu Che nodded and quickly asked Wang Dao to prepare tea.
"Urgent report from Taniguchi County..." Yi Zong ran in panting and reported: "Everything is normal at Taniguchi!"
Liu Che also nodded and asked him to sit down with a smile.
He looked at the reports from various counties in Guanzhong that were piled on his case list.
Now, 60 of the 75 counties in Guanzhong have sent back reports, and the situation is basically calm.
This shows that Liu Che made the right move.
The situation has become a success, and those big businessmen who try to fight against him are just trying to use their arms as a chariot!
To be honest, Liu Che worked very hard to deal with all this.
So he lost his temper and went to ask Chao Cuo, and discussed with Yang Fen, the censor Zhongcheng, and asked Yang Fen to suppress the local magistrate and county lieutenant.
Then, to make sure nothing goes wrong.
Liu Che even made concessions on the issue of food price protection.
Originally, Liu Che decided that the minimum price was forty-five yuan and the maximum price was fifty-five yuan.
In order to make this policy accepted by more people, Liu Che made concessions of five yuan each and took the average of last year.
Facts have proved that this choice is extremely wise.
At this moment, the vast majority of the landowners and merchants in Guanzhong did not have any objections or criticisms, but calmly accepted this policy.
"** is right, politics is about uniting the majority and attacking a small group!" Liu Che sighed in his heart: "Any reform can only succeed if it is based on benefiting the majority!"
There have been many reforms in history.
The original intention of the reforms was to change the country's unfavorable situation, but in the end they all failed.
The famous Wang Anshi's reform brought the civilization and prosperity of the Northern Song Dynasty to its demise.
And these losers all have one thing in common, that is, they forgot to take care of the interests of the majority of landowners, gentry and nobles. The impact was too large, resulting in all kinds of resistance and resistance from the middle and lower classes even if there was support from the top.
Successful reforms, such as the reforms of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, first took care of the interests of the nobility, gentry and landlords. That is why they were successful.
As for the reforms of Emperor Taizong of the later Celestial Dynasty, they first fed the bureaucratic class and then succeeded later.
Thinking this way, Liu Che already had a clear understanding.
Now, this first step has been taken, and his reputation as the prince has also been established.
Then, there is only one thing left.
Kill the chicken to scare the monkey!
Since those big businessmen dare to confront him, the prince, it means that they are enemies.
There is no need for mercy towards the enemy!
not to mention……
Up and down, so many pairs of eyes are staring at it!
In this era, there is no such thing as repaying evil with kindness.
This society that advocates revanchism and promotes blood revenge has only one sentence: How to repay kindness with kindness?
"Go tell Ju Meng and start taking action!" Liu Che calmly ordered Wang Dao.
"No!" Wang Dao nodded and retreated to the door. Ju Meng, who had long been unable to hold himself back, turned red in the face.
This battle was the battle that made his name as a dramatist and made his official debut in the political arena. He could only succeed and not fail.
After receiving the order, Ju Meng turned around and looked at the hundreds of men who were fully armed and lined up to occupy the entire garden, and asked: "Gentlemen, is all the evidence conclusive?"
"Report to the captain, the evidence is conclusive!" Everyone sang in unison.
The big businessman who made his mark in Guanzhong had few lives and few murders on his hands.
It's just that before, they were all protected by umbrellas.
But at this moment, the prince made a strong attack, and the robbers and the yamen were gearing up, and those protective umbrellas had long since withdrawn.
Many original rangers, just thinking about those arrogant nobles in the past, would tremble in front of them, and their hearts would be filled with excitement.
…………………………
In the palace, Liu Che's attention was diverted to other things.
"Zhang Tang!" Liu Che stepped forward, walked up to Zhang Tang, and asked, "How many five-baht coins have been minted so far?"
"Reporting to my family, a total of 27.54 million five-baht coins have been minted so far..." Zhang Tang was prepared and immediately reported a series of data: "A total consumption of more than 190,000 jins of copper, iron and lead
A total of more than 60,000 kilograms..."
Liu Che nodded after hearing this.
This number is still quite appropriate.
Theoretically, a pound of pure copper, if not adulterated, can be purchased for about five baht, or eighty to ninety pieces.
But is there such a conscience to mint money?
Money that is not mixed with iron or lead...hehe...
I'm afraid, such money cannot be circulated at all...
The reason is very simple. If this is the case, then the smart Chinese will immediately melt all the money, cast it into copperware, sell it, and then use the money from selling the copperware to continue to cast bronzeware.
Relatively speaking, the ratio of copper to iron and lead in Liu Che's five-baht coins was nearly four to one.
This is already the most conscientious batch of coins since the Han Dynasty coined coins!
Well, the batch of three-baht coins minted by Liu Bang back then were simply terrible! Sixty to seventy percent of them were impurities...
So much so that it is almost impossible to see it on the market now...
The iron-lead ratio of the four-baht coins minted by Deng Tong in Shu County was probably three to one.
In this way, he swept away all the monsters and monsters in the northern currency market and unified the northern coins.
As for the Wu coins produced by King Wu Liu Bi, they are generally slightly better than those coined by Deng Tong, but not much better.
Liu Che's five-baht coins not only contain a high copper content, but are also heavier than most other coins circulating in the market.
Thinking like this, Liu Che felt that his five baht coins should be able to easily dominate the currency market in Guanzhong.
The only regret is that casting money consumes too much copper! Just one batch of coining used up all the copper products in the hands of Liu Che, the prince, and even had to take tens of thousands of kilograms of copper from the Shaofu.
And China is not a copper-rich country.
The largest known copper vein in the country was actually under the rule of Wu King Liu Bi...
"Go get a box of copper coins and take them into the palace to show your father..." Liu Che ordered.
"No!" Zhang Tang nodded and retreated. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
