But most of the people who are capable of doing such things have backgrounds, and those in power often can only turn a blind eye.
Hello everyone, this is really good!
In northern Xinjiang, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. The place is powerful and powerful. The rich people are like local emperors. They have done this hoarding thing countless times.
The less something is and the more people need it, the more ruthless they will be. They will use various resources in their hands to monopolize goods and raise prices.
The people yelled and cursed while buying.
This situation may occur once or several times every few years, or even every year.
It's like cutting leeks.
One crop after another.
This rush to buy salt is a leek-cutting operation.
People also rob, but how much money do they have?
The main force is still the rich.
Yang Xuan said no matter what, which led everyone to speculate whether he had discovered salt or opened up a smuggling channel.
But when the convoy transporting salt arrived, this hope was dashed.
At this moment, a strange crime of hoarding was thrown out, which shocked Liu Qing and others.
"You don't care, you just sit back and watch them rush to buy. The more you buy, the more fines you will have to confiscate afterwards."
But these methods are too overbearing... Luo Cai said directly: "Isn't it too overbearing?"
Liu Qing said: "Just right!"
Song Zhen stroked his beard and nodded, "Not overbearing." Why do I think you two are hiding something from me...
Luo Cai looked at the two of them, thinking about inviting them to drink in the evening, and asking Liu Qing, the worst drinker, to get information.
Song Zhen said: "If it happens again later, it will be suspected of being intentional. Send it out immediately!"
Liu Qing said: "I see, it's such an understatement... The three of us just nod, and the Duke nods."
Externally, it was said that the Jiedushi government passed a batch of new laws...
So, the matter was settled.
These new laws were introduced this afternoon, and then they were put on hold.
"Xiao Xuanzi, you are really cheating!"
Zhuque felt that Yang Xuan was getting worse and worse.
Yang Xuan thought this was a different kind of fishing!
Those who wish take the bait!
Yang Xuan felt that what he was fishing for was people's hearts.
Greed is human instinct, desire is never-ending, and one mountain looks as high as the other.
How much salt can rich people eat in their homes?
According to the results of Jin Yiwei's survey, wealthy people generally have salt stored in their homes for one or two years. In other words, even if they don't buy it this time, they can survive until the day when Northern Xinjiang may collapse due to lack of salt.
Then, their motivation for snapping up salt is obvious.
Just to make money!
Yang Xuan held up a roster and said, "Here are the businessmen I praised earlier for delivering food to Northern Xinjiang and alleviating the food shortage crisis in Northern Xinjiang.
But more than half a year later, he changed his mind and turned into a bug digging into the corners of Northern Xinjiang. This kind of human heart! Even the gods can’t figure it out."
"I see, we still need education!" Liu Qing said. "Education is useless!" Song Zhen said disdainfully: "The word education has been mentioned for thousands of years, but people who should be greedy are still greedy."
Luo Cai said: "Every year, the Ministry of Civil Affairs gives advice to educate officials, and the articles are distributed everywhere, but those who should be corrupt are still corrupt, and those who should be derelict in their duties are still careless. As time goes by, I know that this education! Use it alone.
It’s useless.”
Lao Luo still has some real stuff... Yang Xuan said: "People's hearts are unpredictable, and people pursue profit. To restrain people's hearts, education is essential, but education alone is useless, only adding a big stick. Education is
Speak gently, and the big stick is a deterrent. If you obey, speak gently; if you disobey, you will be beaten severely..."
"One in literature and one in martial arts!" Luo Cai nodded, "Good!"
"The Duke."
Helianyan is here.
"What's the matter?"
Yang Xuan asked.
He Lianyan came in, and "Jin Shun suddenly spoke and said that he knew where the salt was."
"oh!"
Yang Xuan nodded, "Bring it here."
Song Zhen said: "I'm afraid it's false news."
Don’t be afraid of fake news, but the situation is urgent and you can’t afford to waste time!
Jin Shun was brought in, his face was livid and his whole body was stiff.
If he blew it for one more day, this person would definitely be gone.
As soon as he came in, he kneeled subconsciously, but his knees were stiff, and as soon as he moved his body forward, he fell to the ground.
puff!
Yang Xuan covered his forehead, "..." Liu Qing coughed dryly. "Stand up."
Jin Shun, who was being held up, had a bruised nose and swollen face, and cried in pain.
"Where is the salt?" Song Zhen asked.
Jin Shun said while crying: "The villain was delivering goods to Sangzhou two years ago. When passing by Su County, he missed Sutou and found a Taoist temple.
The villain stayed at the Taoist temple. The Taoist was kind and even gave him food at night. While the villain was eating tofu, he felt that the taste was wrong. When he asked, he said that there was salt brine behind the Taoist temple... The Taoist temple had not bought salt for more than a hundred years.
.”
"If it's a little..." Liu Qing felt that this matter was useless.
Jin Shun panicked when he heard this, "Big! Big! It's just that most of the salt produced in the Tang Dynasty comes from the Northwest Salt Lake, which is very cheap. Many places will lose money when producing salt, so they put it aside."
At dawn, the villain took a look at the salt well. It’s not deep, so it can be dug anywhere. The Taoist said that any hole dug in that area can be a salt well.”
Yang Xuan asked: "How old is it?"
Jin Shun drew a circle with his hands and said, "At least ten acres of land."
This is……
Yang Xuan asked: "Look at that place, is there any vegetation?"
Jin Shun shook his head.
"How old?"
This time Jin Shun didn't dare to answer casually, and thought about it carefully, "The villain just took a look and didn't see the side!"
Song Zhen's body trembled, "Wherever there is salt, no grass will grow!"
Luo Cai glanced at Yang Xuan and thought that Zitai also knew about this?
Yang Xuan stood up and said, "Throw him in the prison and eat and drink well. If this is true, it is a great achievement. If this is false, it is a meal without head!" Jin Shun knelt down smoothly this time and howled.
He cried: "I swear, everything I swear is true!"
Yang Xuan said to Liu Qing: "Sangzhou is on the back and right of our northern border. Last time Chang'an was about to attack Huang Xianggong, I ordered Sun Ying of Fengzhou to send troops to shock Sangzhou and knock on the mountains to frighten the tiger. Wu Yun, the governor, did not respond. Order
Helianyan is here."
Helianyan is outside.
"The Duke."
"Do you know Wu Yun, the governor of Sangzhou?"
"Wu Yun was born in a powerful family and was the eldest son. However, he was fond of painting and was obsessed with painting. He was known in Sangzhou to rule by doing nothing."
"Isn't this special girl just indifferent?" Song Zhen said with a smile, "Are the people of Sangzhou angry?"
He Lianyan said: "He stayed in Sangzhou for several years, and every year he requested to be transferred back to Chang'an, saying that if he had not been the eldest son, he would have resigned and gone home to paint."
Luo Cai looked strange and said, "I remember, this is a wonderful man. He is transferred back to Chang'an every year and says he is willing to take up a casual position. But every time, the people in Sangzhou will try to keep him, saying that he is a capable person and Sangzhou cannot do without him!"
No matter what you do, you are still capable?
Everyone was stunned, but only Luo Cai took it for granted, "Many officials thought they were full of knowledge and sat at home, imagining many ways to govern the place. Once they got to the place, they became blind...I made a mistake."
He glanced at Yang Xuan, and realized that it was Yang Guogong who brought up that foul language. The old man felt very comfortable and would say it from time to time.
Helianyan lowered his head slightly, trying to hold back a smile.
Yang Xuan smiled, "Mr. Luo, continue."
Luo Cai continued: "Those officials used all the governance methods they imagined, and nine times out of ten, they got things wrong. They didn't do bad things at home, but the local area suffered terribly. Therefore, officials who govern by doing nothing
, on the contrary, it is very popular!”
Yang Xuan thought thoughtfully, "In other words, the people don't expect to have an official who is capable and can benefit them. They just hope that there will be someone who... doesn't make fools of themselves."
"Hahahaha!" Jin Shun was thrown into a prison in a single cell.
Next door is Chengguo Gong Helianluo.
"What did you do?"
Thanks to the blessing of his sister Helian Yunshang, Helian Luo is also alone and in good conditions.
Of course, there is also a contribution to this from the money donated by the officials of Chengguo.
The amount of money sent each time was so large that Yang Xuan couldn't bear to treat his brother and sister harshly.
Jin Shunran.
"I'm so stupid!" He burst into tears, "I have a great future, but I'm a bitch, I'm a bitch!"
He raised his hand and slapped the corner of his mouth hard.
After a while, the corners of his mouth became swollen.
"Second brother is here."
The flattering voice of the jailer came from outside.
"Um!"
Helian Luo threw himself on the railing, "Second brother, second brother!"
"What's the matter?"
Wang Laoer came around the corner.
Seeing that he was carrying an oil paper bag, Helian Luo smiled even more joyfully, "Second brother, have you ever asked the Duke when my sister and I can go out?"
Wang Laoer scratched his head, "It's been uneasy outside recently, and there are a lot of people in the Eagle Guard. If you brothers and sisters go out, you are afraid of being killed. What they said... they will put the blame on the Duke, which will arouse the anger of the Chengguo Palace...
…”
"Then the Ningxing dignitaries were angry." Helian Luo Menqing used these methods, "Helian Hong is like a dog!"
"I think you are just like that dog!" Wang Laoer said, "You can live in Ansheng, it's not bad here."
"It's not bad, but I can't get any sunshine." Helianluo's environment is similar to that of Nitra, with good food, clothing and housing.
"When I come back this time, I will talk to the Duke and take you out for a walk."
"Thank you, second brother!" Helian Luo felt that this matter was unreasonable and that Wang Laoer was bragging, but at least it was a hope!
Wang Laoer went to Helian Yunshang's place.
Wang Laoer brought fried chestnuts. Helian Yunshang hadn't eaten them for a long time. He sat there and ate them like a squirrel.
Wang Laoer said: "When I came out earlier, Yi Niang asked me what I thought of you."
Helian Yunshang chewed the sweet fried chestnuts, "What do you think?"
"It doesn't stink!" "Ha!"
"I'm leaving this time and I expect to come back later. If you have anything to say, please tell me."
"Who am I talking to?"
Helian Yunshang looked at him, "They ignored me."
Wang Laoer said: "You have to try it!"
He turned and left.
Helian Yunshang sat down and asked, "Why am I unhappy?"
She held her chin in her hands, "He was the one who took me to Northern Xinjiang. Logically, I should hate him! How come I don't even want to eat chestnuts after hearing that he left?"
The chestnuts were well fried, with some areas on the outside turning black, and a slit in the middle. You could easily peel them apart along the slit. The meat was slightly yellow, and when chewed, it was sweet and fragrant.
Helian Yunshang suddenly sighed, "Hey! Come back earlier!"
No one answered for a long while.
Helian Yunshang muttered, "Heartless."
"knew!"
Wang Laoer's voice came from the front.
Not far!
Sangzhou is a place with no sense of existence.
Many years ago, this place was a barbaric land with a crocodile and a dragon. The dragon was considered by the people to be the pet of the gods and could not be killed or approached.
Where there are many dragons, there are many swamps.
And there are a lot of jungles.
Swamp and jungle are almost synonymous with danger.
No one will come here if it's okay.
In the middle of the Chen Kingdom, there was a severe drought, and the people were hungry and ate dirt. Someone got a Xilong in the area where Sangzhou is now, and roasted it carefully to eat.
As for the pets of gods, when humans are extremely hungry, even gods will eat them.
The result is that the dragon meat is unexpectedly delicious.
Everyone's eyes turned green and they asked how many there were. Those who went there said they were everywhere.
The news spread like wildfire, and hungry people from the surrounding areas came in droves. The powerful dragons also lost their dignity in front of the hungry people, and they became food in their mouths.
After Zhang Long finished eating, the hungry people found that this place was not bad, at least there was no shortage of water, so many hungry people chose to settle here.
"Many people in Sangzhou are descendants of the hungry people in the past, and they are frightened to the core. They just want to be fed, so I do nothing to govern, but they are happy."
On the top of the city, Wu Yun, the governor of Sangzhou, was painting a picture of hungry people hunting a dragon.
Xiao Lan, a fellow driver next to him, stroked his beard and said: "I have been wondering what the taste of dragon meat is. Besides, what kind of magic is it?"
Why are the pets of spirits not angry after being exterminated..."
Wu Yun sketched out the appearance of a happy dragon, picked up his pen and looked at it carefully, "People like to name everything unknown in the name of gods, whether there is lightning and thunder, or what kind of earth dragon turns over..."
Xiao Lan said with a smile: "Some people outside are saying that Yang Xuannai in Northern Xinjiang is a traitor and will be punished on the same day. However, after a long time, he was fine, but the person who said he was executed on the same day was unlucky to be hit by a car."
"Chang'an said he was a traitor, but Northern Xinjiang said he was a hero. Who should we listen to?" Wu Yun said sarcastically: "He is domineering, and he even dared to roar at His Majesty, saying that if His Majesty dared to touch Huang Chunhui, he would
Raise your troops and go south."
"How brave!"
"Actually, just be domineering! What disappoints me the most is that His Majesty chose to be patient. Alas!"
"We can't start a fight, right?"
"There is no need to fight. You should at least be angry and try to cure him. In this way, people in the world will naturally turn to your side. But he is still singing and dancing in the pear garden.
It can be seen that the food in the palace is quite good, and I eat too much."
These words mocked the emperor who was so full that he wanted to target Northern Xinjiang... Xiao Lan did not dare to continue, "Northern Xinjiang has descended on Longhua Prefecture, and the situation is great!"
"Chang'an is getting angrier and angrier. It's a pity that it's just incompetent and furious!"
Wu Yun said disdainfully: "But I didn't have any means. I just stopped the salt smuggling in Northern Xinjiang, and even hooked up with Beiliao and joined forces together.
Tsk! I wonder what the history books will say about him a hundred years from now. "He must be a fool!"
Xiao Lan had been working with him for several years and knew that the envoy did not want to be an official and was extremely arrogant, so he dared to say some taboo words.
"No, he must be Mingjun."
"Why?"
"Because of women!"
Wu Yun lost the intention to paint, put down the brush, walked to the city wall, looked into the distance and said: "When Emperor Wu was here, those people did not dare to say anything, and they could only hide their dissatisfaction. After she left, there were people everywhere.
It's a cry of defiance.
What do you mean, Si Chen acted in the opposite direction? He also made up many lies and poured dirty water on Emperor Wu's head.
If it is too embarrassing in history today, how can it reflect the incompetence of Emperor Wu?"
"The human heart is so dirty!" Xiao Lan sighed.
A group of riders has arrived.
A messenger was brought.
"Han Ji has met Mr. Wu." Han Ji saluted.
Wu Yun looked at him with his hands behind his back, "If you don't praise the paintings by the Duke of Qin in Northern Xinjiang, why did you come to Sangzhou?"
Han Ji smiled and said, "The Duke said he wanted to come to Sangzhou for a walk and have a look."
Wu Yun was stunned, "The Duke of Qin is coming to Sangzhou?"