Chapter 551: The Great Law of Shifting Contradiction
Food is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, no one can ignore this issue, but in the current Song Dynasty, it is ignored by people, and it is even used as political capital. This is something Ye Anzuo cannot tolerate.
After returning to Tokyo, he saw that the price of food in the city was still the same as when he left. Ye An suspected that the imperial court and grain merchants were working together to control food prices.
It is understandable that when grain is grown in summer, grain prices will rise. However, when grain is harvested in autumn, grain prices will rise instead of falling. This is a bit of a problem. Although the increase is not large, a price increase is a price increase!
It is now late autumn, and some people have already begun winter storage. Everyone feels that the slight increase in food prices is acceptable, but the only problem that no one has discovered is that the unreasonable has become a matter of course.
In winter, the food supply in the north is completely cut off, and all that is sold is inventory or very little food from the south. Winter is actually not bad, after all, everyone saves food, but spring and summer are the most difficult seasons. The old food has been used up, and
The new grain has not yet matured, and it is the time when the harvest is ripe.
The only way is to stock up on food in the winter and hope that the weather will be smooth after spring, so as not to have a famine. Last year's drought locust disaster in Henan Province didn't even count how many people died.
Fortunately, this place is at the foot of the emperor, where the capital is located, and the price of food does not change much. The stores in Tokyo have sufficient food stocks and the price is stable.
The only thing Ye An can see is the behavior of grain merchants to slightly raise the price of grain. Food transportation has costs, which are not low. Grain storage also has costs. Therefore, grain merchants' behavior of slightly raising prices will be allowed in future generations, let alone
The Song Dynasty in the feudal era?
Businessmen have always been low-income and high-income people. They are not philanthropists, but it would not work without them. If there were no businessmen in the Song Dynasty, the entire country would be paralyzed.
The emergence of potatoes and sweet potatoes is Ye An's trump card, but it is also a double-edged sword for the rulers. How much impact will a large amount of alternative high-yield grains have on the market have on the market?
How much change will there be to the original economic structure, and how should the court make timely adjustments? These are things that a normal dynasty should think about, but equally everything should be based on the promotion of improved seeds.
Therefore, after Fan Ziyuan came to visit, Ye An suddenly realized that maybe it was the best plan to dilute the Huanzhou incident and let those in the court who were using Huanzhou's victory to gamble give up their goals.
This was Ye An's plan. Using one contradiction to alleviate another contradiction was a commonly used method in later generations of international politics, and it was also one of the most effective methods.
Compared with this era, the politics of later generations have almost reached a perverted level. In those eras where conspiracies were frequent, the wisdom of the ancients has been squeezed out, and innovations continue.
So it's not that Ye An's methods are clever, but that he is well-informed...
Of course, this kind of thing is also the result of long discussions between him and Qin Mumu. A woman's delicacy and sensitivity can always help him think carefully. Ye An is even glad that he met Qin Mumu, otherwise he would not be able to handle many details perfectly.
Take control.
The young couple's life at home was always sweet. Lying in the back garden and watching the two beauties holding strings and flying kites high, and laughing and playing on the grass, Ye An felt that these crisp autumn days were the most refreshing.
After having Qin Mumu, Ye An's social life became unsustainable, and brothels were not allowed. After being educated by Qin Mumu, the idiot Tieniu became the "informer" of Ye An's personal ethics.
Qin Mumu explained clearly that the daily carriage and horse journey was like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube. Zhao Hu, Li Ergeng and other soldiers who followed Ye An became Qin Mumu's loyal generals.
In their words: "We are also doing it for the good of Marquis Ye. Madam said: Harmony at home is the foundation of the Marquis's mansion, and it is also our safe guarantee in the Marquis' mansion!"
Well, people die for money and birds die for food. These fools are like Iron Bull, hoping that their small family can unite under the Marquis Mansion and embark on a well-off road... Ye An has nothing to say.
Before dawn, Ye An was pulled up by Qin Mumu and put on court clothes under the service of her and Xuan'er, as he had a big court meeting today.
Yesterday, Lan Jizong specially sent someone to notify Ye An, who had returned to Tokyo and was still "pretending to be stupid", telling him to attend the court.
Obviously everyone ignored him, but Liu E still didn't forget him, and he had to attend the court meeting normally. Fan Yong and Cao Yi were still stationed outside Tokyo. Without them, Ye An, as the Huanzhou body,
To appease the deputy envoy, even if you want to keep a low profile.
The court uniforms are not official uniforms, they are all red vermilion clothes, with a skirt-like vermilion dress tied around the lower body. Because Ye An was with the Marquis, he wore a crimson robe skirt, lined with a white flower singlet, and tied with a large belt.
, then tied with a leather belt to cover the knees, and a square-shaped collar, thus suppressing all the impetuousness of a young man.
Hanging a jade sword, jade pendant, brocade ribbon, white silk stockings and black leather shoes on his waist, coupled with Ye An's red lips and white teeth, it made Qin Mumu shout "Oppa"...
This kind of clothing varies according to the size of the official position. There is no middle rank below the sixth rank. The sword and brocade ribbon are lined on the inside, and the collar of the coat is exposed.
Therefore, after going to court, it was easy to tell his rank through his collar. Even if Ye An wanted to keep a low profile, it was too late.
The chariot driven by the Marquis of Yunzhong to go to court is always the big green bull from Shangqing Palace. During this period, Ye An found that it seemed to be getting stronger and stronger. Its body like a hill pulled the carriage forward. How many ordinary people had seen it?
Surprised, he praised: "What a big and strong bull!"
On the imperial road to Xuandemen, many horse-drawn carriages and oxen-carts drove side by side. Some people recognized Ye An's carriage and greeted him through the window. This was unique in the past. After all, he was a lone minister in the court.
Self-proclaimed.
Normally, Ye An would be flattered if he was paying New Year's greetings, but today he could only smile awkwardly, and with his high Jin Xian crown, he could only raise his car window and cross his arms in return.
Whenever there is such a big court meeting, carriages must be blocked in front of Xuande Gate, but now there is a place for Ye An in the Dailu Courtyard, but he does not want to go to the Dailu Courtyard now, in front of the courtiers.
Under his strange eyes, he drank the mutton soup given by the emperor.
The courtyard is quite big, and it is already very cold in the late autumn morning. The courtiers who are a little better off have already put on thick furs to keep out the cold. Ye An is wearing a cotton cloak. The new cotton has a very good thermal insulation effect.
It wasn't too heavy. Mu Mu and Xuan'er used needle and thread to sew it piece by piece. It looked particularly fitting and was worn on the body like a double lapel. It actually attracted a lot of curious eyes.
Good-looking people always attract the attention of others. Lu Yijian, who was wearing a Diao Chan cage scarf and a Jinxian crown, walked over with a smile. As for Wang Zeng, who looked exactly like him, he naturally came hand in hand.
I don't know why these two old enemies can actually get together? But after Ye An saw the "wretched" smiles of the two old men, he felt bad...