webnovelvip Chapter 455 Let him go
Chapter 455 Let him go
Chapter 455 Let him go
"Your Majesty, if such a situation happened in the past, the government would definitely intervene, but now that the imperial court has started to collect business taxes, if they randomly intervene in business operations, the businessmen may not be willing to pay business taxes." Fang Xuanling said.
"Fart, it's obvious that someone is driving up the prices now. If the court doesn't intervene, the common people can't afford food, wouldn't they starve to death?" Wei Zheng retorted loudly.
Although Wei Zheng often complains about this and that, he always quotes the classics and occupies the righteousness. This is also the reason why others are not easy to refute when they are sprayed by him.
But Wei Zheng never swears, which shows how angry Wei Zheng is at this time.
He doesn't know the inside story like Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling.
And those businessmen knew that they did not maliciously drive up prices, but that the normal supply and demand were out of balance, causing prices to skyrocket.
Wei Zheng didn't know all this, he just felt that there had been no major famines in the past few years, and now that food prices had risen so sharply, it must be those profiteers driving up prices.
But Fang Xuanling suggested Li Shimin not to interfere, how could he not be angry.
Fang Xuanling smiled wryly, and glanced at Li Shimin, you told me to say that, now I'm being scolded.
"Ahem~" Li Shimin was a little embarrassed.
There is no way, Wei Zheng's temper is too straightforward, and he is from Shandong
He is inextricably linked with the Shandong clan, tell him, who knows what will happen.
So Li Shimin can only hide Wei Zheng.
"Xuanling, what you said is indeed reasonable, but what Wei Qing said is also right. Think about it and see if there is any solution." Li Shimin said.
Fang Xuanling said: "If we want to take care of both ends, the imperial court can only take out part of the grain and sell it to the common people at the previous grain price."
"The price of grain is soaring now, which has caused panic. It is useless for the court to sell grain to the people. The people are worried that they will not be able to buy grain later, so they will definitely store up grain. How much grain can the court have?" Wei Zheng retorted.
Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "Xuancheng is right, but the supply can be limited. According to the population of each household, each household can only buy the grain needed for the day, and cannot buy more. In this way, those merchants who drive up prices If the intention is lost, the price will naturally be lowered, and the turmoil will subside by then."
Li Shimin pretended to be overjoyed and said: "Okay, Xuanling's attention is good, do you have other methods?"
Many people have already tasted it at this time.
Although they didn't know what Li Shimin was paying attention to, but someone was buying food on a large scale, Li Shimin didn't mean to be in a hurry, it was obvious that there was something wrong.
So one by one, watching the nose, watching the heart, keeping silent.
Wei Zheng is not an idiot, although he reacted a bit slower than others because he cared about the people, he also sensed something was wrong at this time.
He kept frowning and thinking hard about Li Shimin's intentions, but he didn't speak.
Seeing that no one objected, Li Shimin said: "Since there is no objection, we will do as Xuanling said. Gao Ming, you are the prince and the governor of Chang'an, so I will leave this matter to you. You cannot let the people starve to death, otherwise I only ask you!"
"Your servant takes orders!" Li Chengqian bowed in response.
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"My lord, the government has notified from door to door that every household can go to the government to buy the food they need for a day at the previous price according to their population," said Steward Cui.
"What!" Cui Hao was startled, and asked hastily, "Then does anyone still go to the grain store to buy grain?"
He originally thought that someone was buying food in a big way, which was done by the court.
Of course he knew about the fact that the imperial court traded grain and grasslands for a lot of horses.
The court's food was replaced by horses, and it was normal to be short of food.
However, the imperial court suddenly sold grain to the people according to the previous grain price, which made him doubt his previous guess.
"There are still people who go to the grain store to buy grain, and those people even hinted that as long as there is grain, they want as much as they have, and money is not a problem." Cui Steward said.
Only then did Cui Haohao feel relieved, if no one collected the grain, it would be troublesome if the family couldn't sell the grain brought in.
After thinking about it, Cui Hao was still worried, and wrote another letter, explaining the current situation in detail, and asked the housekeeper to send someone to send the letter back.
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"Xuan'er, the price of food in Chang'an has risen a bit recently, why should our family stockpile more food?" Lin Dongyang asked worriedly.
In the past, he would never have asked Lin Xuan about such things, but over the past year, Lin Xuan has changed too much, and he is used to asking Lin Xuan for everything.
"Father, is our family out of food?" Lin Xuan asked.
If there is a real shortage of food, it’s okay to buy some, since the family is not short of money anyway.
If it's enough to eat for a while, Lin Xuan doesn't want to send money to the family.
He came up with the idea, and he knows the situation inside.
"The food at home is enough for two months at most, but the price of food in Chang'an has gone up a bit. I'm worried that I won't be able to buy food even if I have money in the future, which will be troublesome." Lin Dongyang said.
The Lin family has so many fields, in fact, there is no shortage of food at all.
It was only because Lin Xuan reduced the rent for the people in Zhouzhuang that there was basically no income for thousands of acres of land, which led to the lack of food for the Lin family and needed to buy food to survive.
The few members of the Lin family can't eat much, but Lin Xuan has five hundred soldiers and hundreds of maids in the family, so the daily food consumption is very large.
Lin Xuan heard that it was enough to eat for two months, and directly refused: "Father, you don't need to buy it. The price of food has risen so high that the imperial court will definitely intervene. Before long, the price of food will definitely drop."
Lin Dongyang nodded and said, "Since you say so, then I won't buy it. I have already arranged for the housekeeper to buy some things, and you can send them to the tenants in Zhouzhuang in a few days."
Lin Xuan said: "Father, it's winter hunting tomorrow, and I'll go when I come back from winter hunting."
After Lin Dongyang left, Lin Xuan thought about it and went to the barracks.
Since resigning, he has not been to the barracks for several months.
Hearing the sound of horses running inside, Lin Xuan felt a little strange, but at the same time he felt nostalgic.
Although Lin Xuan hadn't come for several months, the guards at the gate of Daying knew him and let him in without stopping him.
Lin Xuan didn't reprimand them, saying that he was no longer their general, and he couldn't let himself in without notification.
What is written in many novels is that the emperor was stopped from entering the barracks, but the emperor was not angry, and even boasted that he was able to manage the army well.
This kind of plot can only be written like this in novels.
Such things may have happened in ancient times, but the general who commanded that army would definitely end up miserable.
When an emperor is stopped when he enters the army camp, that emperor will doubt whether he can command this army to move.
Of course, it is another situation for the emperor to conceal his identity.
Although Lin Xuan was not the emperor, he had once been the general of this team, and it was undoubtedly embarrassing for the soldiers to stop him.
It must be training at this time, Lin Xuan did not go to the school grounds, but went directly to Xue Rengui's big account, and waited.
When Lin Xuan came to the barracks, someone naturally reported to Xue Rengui.
Not long after, Xue Rengui led Cheng Chumo and the others to the camp.
"See Lord Hou!" Xue Rengui saluted respectfully.
Lin Xuan waved his hand and said, "I have resigned a long time ago, and now you are the chief general of the first army, so you don't need to salute me."
Xue Rengui nodded, but did not speak.
Lin Xuan is kind to him, and he will still salute the next time we meet.
Lin Xuan shook his head. He knew Xue Rengui's character, and he would not change it, so he could only let him go.
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(End of this chapter)