Chapter 117 fierce yo

"If you want to stabilize grain prices, you only need three families to achieve it. One is the British Duke Zhang family, the second is the Wei Duke Xu family, and the third is our Li family. As for seven families, the court wants

It's okay to have checks and balances, but that's a story for later. What's in front of us? As long as the three of us work together, it's not difficult to stabilize food prices. Let me analyze it for my brother-in-law first. Yunnan and Guizhou are located on the border, and they are in an unstoppable state.

It is enough to be self-sufficient in land and grain. The same is true for Fujian and Guangdong. Needless to say. Now the places with a lot of grain and rice are Huguang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Guangxi. The grain of these four provinces supports the four northern provinces.

, Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, should be enough. During this year’s autumn harvest, my Li family harvested a large amount of grain, but the grain hoarded by my family amounted to four million dan, because I know that this year, there is no need to worry about selling the grain.

But the cost is not low. It was cheaper in the early stage. But with the commotion in the south, the price was immediately raised. For one stone of grain, you have to carry one, two or five yuan of silver. When we go out for takeout, it only costs four liang and one stone.

, this can be regarded as the average price in Huguang. With the current population of Shaanxi, four million shi of grain, if you save some food, it should be enough to support Shaanxi for a year. When the British Duke goes to the south to collect grain, he will probably find Wei Guogong in the future.

If Daxungui comes forward, as long as the price is fair and he is a businessman, he will give him some face. However, the British public is not bad. Now the cost of buying grain is only three taels, so it is better to give him face. Zhili has a large population, so he buys

If the imported grain is sold at this price, it will be robbed in a few days. Another point is to be wary of other rice merchants taking the opportunity to buy in large quantities. I have a way now, and that is to see if my brother-in-law can do it.

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Li Yuanchen was talking eloquently. After he finished his last sentence, Yue Su quickly asked: "Don't you know what your brother-in-law is like? As long as it is beneficial to the court, I can do anything!"

"That's good." Li Yuanchen smiled slightly and said: "The price of food is so high now, and the court's tax rate has always been twenty to one. Like selling food, there is no tax. Your Excellency, you should impose heavy taxes on food now.

It doesn't matter if ordinary people sell their own surplus grain, but for rice shops that store more than five shi of grain, the tax rate is at least twenty tax four."

"It's so high. If the imperial court raises the tax on grain sales to this level, and other merchants are not allowed to continue to raise prices, then the common people will be even less able to afford it." Yue Su shook his head and said.

Twenty tax one is equivalent to a five percent tax, and twenty tax four is equivalent to a twenty percent tax.

"Brother-in-law, you can rest assured about this. Our Li family is behind us, and four million shi of grain will be given to my brother-in-law. I can rest assured. My brother-in-law will first collect taxes in Beijing. Anyone who dares not to do so will be directly seized and copied."

The food that comes is not enough for the imperial court to provide relief to the people. If the government breaks down, the British government's food and the food from my side can at least be sent to some. They raise the price, we lower the price, let the people limit their purchases, and do not give it to those

Merchants come to us to buy grain, but other shops have high grain prices, so naturally they can't sell it. If they can't sell grain, should they close the door or continue to sell it? If they continue to open the door, then they will collect taxes.

If Guanmen refuses to sell, the imperial court can also ask them whether a person who has hoarded a large amount of grain and is suspected of having evil intentions is as interested in subsidizing Liaodong as Fan Yongdou. With just such a sentence, none of those businessmen will be dumbfounded. The imperial court will then say, since you

If you don't plan to sell it, then lend it to the court first. You can use it to support the enemy, and you can get the food. There are adults in charge here in the capital, who dares to make mistakes? As for other places, in Huguang, there is my Li family,

There must be everything to worry about. As for Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it depends on Wei Guogong. But if Zhili and Huguang are successful, Wei Guogong will be embarrassed not to take action. If my brother-in-law thinks that the food may not be enough, I will

I still have the idea to attack the feudal king." Li Yuanchen said with a smile on his face.

"How did the vassal king start?" Yue Su asked again.

"This is just a bad idea. It's best not to use it if you can. But my brother-in-law wants to use it, and I can't stop him. When the feudal king's land was first divided, there were a lot of it, but after so many years, a lot of land was bought by them.

Whether it is a prince or a prince, the existing land already accounts for almost half of the world's land. In peacetime, this is nothing. There is enough food. If the vassal king wants to hoard it, he will not raise the price.

Maybe. But in times of famine and war, the situation is different. If they only think about the court and sell food at the usual price, or donate food, it will naturally be beneficial to my family. But none of these vassal kings have such a wish.

The general idea is that they wish that the price of food would rise as high as possible. This would be detrimental to the court. All the food is hoarded in their hands. If they don't lower the price and the people can't afford it, the world will become more and more lunatic. However,

It is actually very easy to suppress them. The vassal king has always been most afraid of arousing the suspicion of the court. Apart from amassing money and arrogant and drunken sex, he dare not do anything else. For example, the King of Chu, in Wuchang City, if the price of my family's food is reduced,

Naturally, his family's grain cannot be sold. The Chu family has a lot of fields, and most of them are fertile. Of course, there will be no shortage of grain. If it cannot be sold, he cannot lower the price and can only store it at home. At this time, the emperor can send someone

Ask the King of Chu why your family has so much food that you don’t sell. Now the food in the Forbidden City is not as much as yours. Do you have a disobedient heart? Just this sentence can scare the King of Chu half to death. Then

With a little bit of trickery and cooking, we can at least collect the grain according to the market price, which is the price of grain sold by my family. Brother-in-law, what do you think?" Li Yuanchen smiled again. But what he said must be done.

It is based on tough measures and even has a bit of a dishonest nature.

However, Mr. Yue understood that in this era, the Ming Dynasty was seriously ill, and it was really time to redistribute interests. He closed his eyes, pondered for a long time, and finally said: "It doesn't have to be so troublesome. It's enough to keep Zhili and Shanxi.

And you, Huguang yourself, must protect it."

After hearing Yue Su's words, Li Yuanchen's eyes lit up and he stared at Yue Su closely for a long time before saying: "Brother-in-law, Yuan Chen underestimated you. This knife of yours is really cruel. If you can successfully dig out the cancer,

Come out, the Ming Dynasty will still have stability for at least 150 years."

"Yuan Chen, you are even more powerful. You can even guess what I am thinking. Your title is hereditary, so I agreed. When I return to the capital, I will go to the palace to ask for this reward for you. And what else do you say?

Please tell me the method of support." Yue Su said.

"This is actually simpler, that is, the system of twenty-four taxes on food has always been maintained, and my family is a merchant knight, hereditary, and can be regarded as a noble. The nobles do not have to pay taxes. They twenty-four taxes, the same

No merchant can beat my price. If other rice shops are squeezed out, it is natural that it will be a grain seller. This does not require a tael of silver from the court, so why not do it." Li Yuanchen said lightly.

"Okay, it's a deal, and I agree to this." Yue Su said solemnly.

"Then thank you brother-in-law." What is Yue Su's status now? Li Yuanchen believes that what he said can definitely be counted.

"You're welcome. To be honest, I'd like to thank you for your advice. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to think of that solution." Yue Su said with a smile.

"Brother-in-law, your method is good, but after all, it is a dangerous move. Once it goes wrong, not only the Ming Dynasty may be in danger, but even your life may be in danger. But I still believe in brother-in-law.

Yes, as long as we keep Shanxi, Zhili, and Huguang, I expect nothing will happen. But there is one thing I have to remind my brother-in-law. The current Huguang general soldier is really incompetent. If he is asked to resist the bandits, he will most likely not be able to stop them. If

Without Xing Ying, the bandits would probably attack. I think you should still issue an order to promote Xing Ying to the rank of commander-in-chief of Huguang. Also, please stop the car for a moment. I will write a letter now and have someone send it back to Huguang to my father.

, let him prepare to transport food. As for the ships, I have to ask my brother-in-law to help with snacks." Li Yuanchen said calmly.

"The ships are easy to handle. After returning to Beijing, I will order people to go to Tianjin to mobilize warships to Huguang."

When we returned to Beijing, it was already evening. At this time, Yue Su naturally could not enter the palace to meet the emperor. After all, the emperor was young, and what he really wanted to see was the queen mother. The two of them were of the same age, and they had to avoid suspicion no matter what.

In the morning of the next day, Yue Su handled some official business in the cabinet, and then handed a sign to see the emperor. The Queen Mother immediately summoned him in the imperial study. After entering the imperial study, Yue Su explained the countermeasures he and Li Yuanchen had studied, and said

After that, he had to repeat Li Yuanchen's request.

After hearing this, Zhang Yan nodded and said: "If it can lower the price of food and stabilize the world, it won't be a big deal to give him a hereditary replacement. This Li Yuanchen has a lot of ideas in his mind, and his support

The law is also very interesting, so let’s settle it. It’s just that the tax on selling grains has been raised to 20 taxes and 4 taxes. I’m afraid it won’t be easy to implement.”

Yue Su smiled slightly and said: "Queen Mother, after thinking about this matter for a while, I came up with an idea. I don't think it's better to make a fuss about the Prince Consort. We don't care about the Prince Consort, just

This will pave the way for the establishment of an additional grain sales tax. But before implementation, we must wait until the British public grain and the Li family grain will soon enter Zhili."

"My dear, you decide when to implement it. So what specific method is this? Can you tell your majesty and the Ai family about it?" Zhang Yan said.

"Of course I will tell it to Your Majesty and the Queen Mother. Then I will have to ask the Emperor to come forward and scare all the officials..." Then, Yue Su told Zhang Yan the method he had come up with in detail.

After hearing this, Zhang Yan nodded and said, "Okay, let's do it like this. In the next two days, you can go and inform the British public and ask him to cooperate."

"I obey the decree."
Chapter completed!