Chao Cuo took the bamboo slips, spread them out, and then read: His son Liu Dejin heard: Hong Fan's Eight Policies, one is food, the other is goods...
At first, Chao Cuo didn't pay much attention to it, because although Liu De could write such a political commentary at his age, it was pretty good, but it still wasn't enough to shake his opinion on millet.
The core of Chao Cuo's theory of valuing millet is that the government must use policy regulation and public opinion propaganda to naturally form a trend among the people that millet is the best and everything else is dregs. As long as you persevere, sooner or later one day, the people will
The ideological atmosphere of placing emphasis on corn and devaluing commerce and focusing on agriculture will naturally appear.
As for losing millet and donating noble titles, these are just means in the process of valuing millet.
However, when Chao Cuo saw the back, his eyelids trembled inadvertently.
"What a great trick!" Chao Cuo couldn't help but sigh after reading the entire memorial.
It is actually because the matter of setting food protection prices mentioned in this memorial would not have been done ten years earlier because there was no money. Ten years later, it might have died due to excessive local opposition.
But it is just right to launch it at this time.
Nowadays, the attention of all the princes in the world is on the imperial court's discussion of reducing vassal states. As for their reaction to such a policy that will not have much impact on them, most of them will think that this is the imperial court's way of winning people's hearts.
The only grain merchants who might object could not come to the table at all.
Of course Chao Cuo knows that there are many rich people in the world today, and it is no exaggeration to say that the rich are as rich as the enemy.
However, money cannot change the sword. When the sword comes against them, they have no ability to resist.
The most serious thing is that because most businessmen are rich and unkind, there is a lot of hatred among the people. There are countless people who hate businessmen. Chao Cuo himself dares to vouch for it. As long as he has an edict from the emperor, he does not have to waste a single soldier or a single soldier.
We can bring all the wealthy businessmen in the world to Chang'an and judge them one by one.
Chao Cuo thought for a while, then stepped out to pay homage: "May I ask, Your Highness, how much money does the imperial court need to spend per year if protected prices are implemented?"
He said: "Just taking Guanzhong as an example, the annual harvest of corn is tens of millions of dan, and the minimum price for one dan is forty yen. It takes tens of millions of yen to do it!"
"Moreover, there are so many fertile lands in the world, and there are also many who cannot produce them except in Guanzhong. I am afraid that the treasury will not be able to catch them!"
As soon as Chao Cuo's words came out, they immediately aroused the resonance of many people. They all said: "Yes, yes, what Chao Neishi said is absolutely true. His Highness's plan is beautiful, but I am afraid that the treasury cannot support it."
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Most of these people have some relationship with grain merchants in Guanzhong and Guandong.
Taking people's money**...
But it was not like Liu De had not done his homework. He sorted out his thoughts, stood up and answered: "What Chao Neishi said is not unreasonable... But... I dare to ask Chao Neishi, do you know the amount of grain received from Guanzhong in the past ten years?"
Chao Cuo was naturally too lazy to remember data like this, which was insignificant and would hardly attract anyone's attention at this time.
But Liu De happened to see it in the documents of the Neishi Yamen and wrote it down.
Liu De said: "Ten years ago, Guanzhong's annual grain supply was only 500,000 shi, eight years ago it was 650,000 shi, seven years ago it was 700,000 shi... this year it is one million shi!" Liu De recited it fluently!
With this set of data, he stood up, walked towards Chao Cuo step by step and asked: "I dare to ask Chao Neishi, in ten years, the amount of grain has doubled. How much grain will Chang'an need after ten years?"
"Two million stones?" Liu De shook his head and said shockingly: "I'm afraid it's more than five million stones!"
Liu De clearly remembered that in the first year of Yuanguang seventeen years later, Chang'an needed to transport 7 million shi of grain in one year!
"Can the Weishui River bear the cost of transporting five million shi per year?" Liu De looked at Chao Cuo and asked.
"Can't..." Chao Cuo shook his head for a long time before spitting out the answer.
The current Weihe River is of course impossible. Even seventeen years later, Liu Che's court spent countless efforts and dug 300 miles of canals, but it still could not meet the needs of water transportation.
And when Chao Cuo said the word "can't", countless people were immediately shocked.
Since Chao Cuo, who is the internal historian, admits that the current Weihe River cannot bear the annual grain haul of five million shi, that means that in ten years, there will be a grain shortage in Guanzhong!?
It’s incredible to think about it!
Some ministers even said excitedly: "Your Highness, are you worrying unfounded? When Lou Bai met with Emperor Gao, he once said that the land in Guanzhong is enough to support the people of Guanzhong. The Qinchuan River in Guanzhong is 800 miles away, and thousands of millets can be harvested every year.
Wan Shi, how can there be a shortage of food?"
Yes, how could there be a shortage of food?
Guanzhong has a mild climate, abundant rainfall, fertile land, and a large population. How could there be a shortage of food?
Liu De chuckled: "Human!"
"The land in Guanzhong can naturally support the people of Guanzhong, but if there are more of you and me, it won't be able to support them!" Liu De said with ill intentions: "This is also the reason why the late emperor ordered Jianghou to join the country!"
Seeing Liu De talking about this public case, the minister immediately wisely shut up and stopped talking, for fear that it would arouse the emperor's intention to expel Chehou.
At the beginning, Zhou Bo succeeded Chen Ping as prime minister and had great power.
But Leng Buding was knocked unconscious by an edict falling from the sky.
The edict read: The day before yesterday, I issued an edict to Lord Che to return to the country, but perhaps it failed to be carried out. The prime minister, who is my most important, will take the lead.
In this way, a generation of powerful officials were relieved of their power and sent back to the feudal country.
But just like this matter of power struggle that everyone knew about, Liu De abruptly extended it to the late emperor's far-sightedness and far-sightedness...
There's really no way to refute this.
Liu De did not intend to let them go. He said that it is better to chase the poor bandits with the remaining brave men than to pretend to be a famous academic overlord. He then threw out his trump card and said: "You guys still remember that when Emperor Gao established the world, he gave five thousand pieces of rice in Guanzhong.
, the past where people exchanged money and cannibalized each other? Will such a tragedy happen again? "
Well, having said that, the one who objects is definitely the bad guy. Not only the bad guy, but also a traitor with evil intentions. Lingchi must be dragged out!
Liu De said again: "Actually, with the kid's strategy, it doesn't cost much!" Liu De continued to say shockingly: "It may only cost a little more in the first year, but it's only 20 to 30 million yuan.
That’s enough to solve the problem. From then on, it may only require 10 to 20 million yuan per year, and you may even be able to make some money!”
"How is this possible?" someone questioned.
"Of course it's possible!" Liu De said without hesitation: "The imperial court does not need to eat all the grain. Taking Guanzhong as an example, the surplus grain that appears on the market every year is no more than one million dan. Among these millions of dan,
, the imperial court only needs to eat part of it, up to 300,000 dan, which is enough to stabilize food prices!"
Liu De took out a coin from his arms and said to Chao Cuo: "Besides, if you exchange these copper coins, which you can't eat or drink, for the corn that fills the treasury, in my opinion, it's a profit no matter what!"
Facing Liu De's move to change his concept, Chao Cuo was at a loss what to do. He could only lower his head and said: "What your Highness said is absolutely true. I agree with you!"
Since even Chao Cuo seconded the proposal, who dares to object?
