Volume 3] Management——

Management

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, Princess..." Yue Su handed over to the three of them in order, and then said: "The reason why I said that I want to kill the entire Liu family is well-founded. I also said just now that Li Haoquan went to buy

When it comes to rice, the rice shop clerk first asked for ten taels of silver per stone, and then asked for fifteen taels of silver per stone, but that's it, haha..."

At the end of the sentence, Yue Su couldn't help but sneer.

"What's going on? The merchant just increased the price temporarily, so what's the crime? Furthermore, didn't your men also beat up the guy? Could this matter alone be regarded as the death of the Liu family?

Are you guilty?" When the princess heard Yue Su's laughter, she immediately became dissatisfied and argued loudly with Yue Su.

The young emperor Zhu Ciyan naturally didn't understand what it meant, and seemed to think it was nothing. Only the Queen Mother Zhang Yan seemed to have some trouble.

At this time, Yue Su spoke again, "The princess has a body of a thousand pieces of gold. When she comes to eat, she opens her mouth and when she wears clothes, she certainly won't take such things seriously. A thousand years old may seem like a small matter, but to the people, it is a big deal. To me,

The Ming Dynasty is even more important, and it can even lead to the collapse of the Ming Dynasty."

"Yue Su, please stop talking alarmist here and trying to excuse your subordinates. Your crime of slandering the Ming Dynasty is enough to get you cut into pieces!" Princess Ningde pointed at Yue Su and shouted angrily.

"Are you being alarmist?" Yue Su chuckled lightly and said, "Since Princess Qiantose doesn't understand, let Yue Su, a minister, analyze it for Qiantose." Yue Su pondered for a moment, and then said: "First of all,

Talking about the salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty, I am a first-class official, with a monthly salary of eighty-seven dan, but the lumi has to be converted into the official price, one tael of silver and one stone, which means that my monthly salary is eighty-seven taels of silver..."

"What's the use of this? Who doesn't know how much the salary of a first-grade official is!" Princess Ningde rushed to speak before Yue Su could finish his words.

"Huiyan, don't interrupt yet, let the Yue Qing family finish their story." Zhang Yan's tone was gentle. After Princess Ningde responded "Yes, Queen Mother," Zhang Yan looked at Yue Su and said again: "Yue Qing

, you continue."

"Yes, Queen Mother." Yue Su nodded slightly and said, "I am a first-class official, and my monthly salary is eighty-seven taels. But now Liu Ji's rice shop sells a stone of rice for fifteen taels. In this month, I will also earn 15 taels."

You can buy six shi of rice. If you include the guards, there are hundreds of people in your house. In one month, you will need to eat at least dozens of shi of rice. If you follow this price of food, it will not take ten days to pay the salary.

You have to bring your family and your family to the emperor to have a meal. This also means that I am a first-grade official. What if I am a seventh-grade official? The monthly salary is only seven taels, and I can't even buy a stone of rice. It's only five dou. Who can

There are not more than a dozen people in the house. How come they don’t have two shi of rice in a month? How can you let them live? The officials can’t even eat, let alone the ordinary people. Their monthly income is only a few dollars.

Money and money, some are old and some are young. I want to ask the princess, how do you want them to live? With such a rice price, within a month, I am afraid that everyone in Beijing will starve to death."

This sentence is true. Princess Ningde was pampered all day long and never took fifteen taels of silver seriously. He didn't take the price of rice mentioned by Yue Su at all. Now listen to it.

After hearing what Yue Su said, I was really a little confused. I calculated in my mind that it seemed to be the same. Yue Su's monthly salary was only eighty-seven taels. If this food was fifteen taels per stone, it was indeed a bit expensive. This rice

The price, for a seventh-grade official, is even more ridiculously expensive.

Zhang Yan came from a small family and had roughly heard the meaning of Yue Su's words before, so she just asked Yue Su to continue speaking. Now she nodded slightly and said, "Qing family, the price of rice is indeed a bit expensive."

Hearing the Queen Mother's tone, Princess Ningde seemed to be leaning towards Yue Su and said quickly: "Queen Mother, this rice is a bit expensive, but it has nothing to do with beating up the Prince Consort, let alone enough to kill the Prince Consort and his family!"

"Princess, if I tell you now, it will not be enough to kill Guang Enbo's family!" Yue Su raised his voice, cupped his hands towards Zhu Cizhen and said: "Your Majesty, there are Jurchens peeping out of the Central Plains, and rogues raging inside.

There is a severe drought and the people are not hungry. Why are the bandits killing more and more? It is really because the people are forced to make a living. They believe that if they don’t rebel, they will starve to death. If they rebel, they may die, but they may still have a mouthful of food. Therefore, the bandits have been trying to

All were wiped out. At the time of the national crisis, many unscrupulous and profiteers hoarded rice and took the opportunity to raise the price of rice, just to line their own pockets, regardless of the lives and deaths of the people, and the country and the country. As time goes on, more and more people are unable to eat, in order to make a living.

, more and more people are taking desperate risks. In the important place of the capital, at the feet of the emperor, unscrupulous merchants dare to raise the price of rice at will, regardless of the rise and fall of the world, let alone other places. And Uncle Guang En, as a noble nobleman of the imperial court, during the national crisis

, should be concerned about the safety of the imperial court and the country, but he ignored the emperor's favor and drove up the price of rice for his own selfish interests. He ignored the life and death of the people and ignored the safety of the country. Shouldn't he kill the whole family? You know, if things go on like this, don't do it.

Saying that the rogue bandits have been put down and the people have enough to eat, even if I wait for the imperial officials, I will starve to death in front of His Majesty!"

The little emperor was so overwhelmed by Yue Su's sonorous and powerful words that he didn't know what to do, and he didn't particularly understand what Yue Su meant. But Princess Ningde understood clearly.

"Your kindness" is enough for my husband's family to drink a pot, let alone the following "disregarding the safety of the country".

She was so frightened that she quickly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother... I... I will not sue Master Yue. After I return to the house, I will definitely reprimand the consort and think about his mistakes behind closed doors at home..."

Zhang Yan glanced at Princess Ningde and said, "Princess, please come back quickly."

"Thank you, Queen Mother..." Princess Ningde stood up.

"Even so, just step back first, remember what you said, and let the consort take care of himself." Zhang Yan said coldly.

"Yes, yes... I obey the order..." Princess Ningde did not dare to say more and quickly bowed and retreated.

After she left the imperial study, Zhang Yan looked at Yue Su again and said, "Yue Qing's family, sit down quickly."

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Yue Su returned to the chair and sat down.

"What the Qing family just said is true, but after all, the prince-in-law is the late emperor's sister-in-law. I think this matter can be forgotten. The most important thing at present is not his matter, but the price of rice. According to what the Qing family said, this is

The high price of rice cannot be tolerated by officials, let alone ordinary people. How do the Qing family think this matter should be handled?" Zhang Yan was also very scheming, and she first lightly exposed Liu Youfu's matter.

Then we talked about the price of rice.

Yue Su naturally understood what the Queen Mother meant, and he had no intention of really wiping out the entire Liu family. Moreover, Liu Ji Rice Shop was not the only merchant in Beijing who was driving up rice prices.

"Your Majesty, the price of rice is indeed too high now, and it is really not easy to control it. There is a severe drought in the north, and rogue bandits are raging in Henan. Merchants who want to transport rice to the capital have to go through many twists and turns, and it takes a lot of hard work.

, the cost of grain has doubled. Merchants are looking for profits, so how can they take risks to transport grain to the capital if there is profit." Yue Su said with a slight embarrassment.

"That's true, but even if the cost is increased, it can't be so expensive. This is how people live. Otherwise, the imperial court issues a decree to limit the price of grain. Once the price of rice is higher than the imperial limit, families will be raided and destroyed. What does Ai Qing think?

Like?" Zhang Yan said.

Yue Su shook his head and said: "Queen Mother, there is something wrong with doing this. Now that the grain is in the hands of merchants and the court has set price limits, they are likely to hoard the grain or stop transporting it to the north. In this case,

There are even more people who have no food to eat. The current situation is turbulent, and it is inconvenient for the court to confront them head-on, otherwise the people will still suffer."

"It won't work to let them raise the price of rice at will, nor to impose a price limit on rice. What should I do?" The country belongs to her son. How can Zhang Yan not be anxious? She also understands that if things go on like this, the people will not be able to eat.

Now, the land is full of rogue bandits. Anything that will shake up your son's empire must not be allowed to continue.

"Queen Mother, it seems that for the current plan, the imperial court can only compromise and cooperate with merchants to stabilize the price of rice." Yue Su said seriously.

"Aiqing, how can we cooperate?" Zhang Yan asked quickly.

"Forcing merchants to lower the price of rice, the imperial court will bring down all the merchants in the world. It's okay in normal times, but it won't work now. The imperial court can only find merchants to cooperate, and through negotiation, let them rather lose money than lower the rice price to the original price.

Only in this way can the current situation be stabilized." Yue Su said solemnly.

"Let the merchants lose money and lower the price of rice to the original price. Can the merchants, who have always been profit-seeking, agree to this?" Zhang Yan said with some disbelief.

"If we look for cooperation with merchants all over the world, it will naturally not work. But the imperial court can find a few big merchants to cooperate and ask them to come forward to control the price of rice. If that doesn't work, we can give them the power of monopolizing grain sales. The imperial court wants to control the merchants all over the world.

It is really difficult, but if you only control a few, it is easier. Give them the right to sell food exclusively. No matter it is in peacetime or in times of turmoil, only they are allowed to sell food, and the price will be the same as in the past. Now look at

It may not make any money, but with the promise and decree of the court, for long-term considerations, it is equivalent to holding a golden rice bowl. No matter what, if the weather is good, the world will have more peaceful days. Many businessmen

, they are all colluding with officials, but who doesn’t know that colluding with no matter how big an official is, how can it compare to cooperating with the emperor?" Yue Su said frankly.

In fact, Mr. Yue also knows that the price of rice has risen. These days, he has been studying with Jiang Jie how to suppress the price of rice. After much deliberation, he only came up with such a feasible method. To put it bluntly, this method is called national

Support merchants and let merchants monopolize operations.
Chapter completed!