Chapter 235

"Big Dipper in, small dipper out!"

"Sell low, sell high!"

"Disaster years earn more than harvest years."

Li Shimin looked at the article in Ink magazine and his face was gloomy.

"Three or five more Dou" published in Mohist magazine is the classical Chinese version of Li Fuzi. After Mohist School became rich, Li Fuzi left his teaching job in Mohist village. When he was in a hurry, he volunteered to come to Mohist magazine as editor in chief.

This is also suitable for his character. He started from Feng Shui. This time, he saw the vernacular version handed over by Merton, collected more than three or five Dou, scolded Merton, personally wrote the classical Chinese version, and signed his name impolitely.

This was agreed by all Mohists. After all, this article offended too many people. Master Li also wanted to protect Merton.

The gap is nearly three times. Farmers have worked hard for a year and can only earn enough money. If there are three long and two short in the middle, a family will have to borrow money to make a living. Moreover, the interest at this time is the interest of donkey rolling. If they can't pay back the money, they will be able to waste their property.

"Pound!" Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

"The old slave is here!" replied pound.

"Go to Chang'an city immediately to explore the price of grain in Chang'an City in the last year." Li Shimin said.

Pound hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, calm down. This phenomenon described by Master Li is a matter of the previous dynasty."

Just as Master Li protected Merton, Merton did not agree that Master Li directly opposed these interest groups, but advanced the time to the Sui Dynasty.

Li Shimin immediately sneered and said, "you don't know who the strange Confucian Li Duo is. I don't know yet. He probably wouldn't even look at what happened in the previous dynasty."

At that time, Master Li was called a strange Confucian because he criticized current politics. He was excluded by the mainstream of Chang'an City and was not allowed to live in a Mohist village with similar ideas. Now that he has ink magazine in hand, it is like a fish in water. How can the article signed by him be exposed by a sentence from the previous dynasty.

Li Shimin is sure that Master Li will definitely use the past to satirize the present, and the grain price in Chang'an city must be strange.

Pound's efficiency was very high. Soon, the price of grain in Chang'an City for 12 months a year was placed in front of Li Shimin's case. The highest was 13 Wen per bucket in April and may, and the lowest was in the summer and autumn harvest, with only five Wen per bucket.

"How unreasonable?"

Li Shimin became more and more angry. He slammed on the heavy table. The bloody facts reported by the ink magazine in front of him made him lose his face. All along, he believed that for every five Wen in the grain price in Guanzhong, people could afford to buy food and eat. Who knew it was just a word game.

Five Wen per bucket is only the lowest food price in Chang'an city. Merton once thought that the food price in the Tang Dynasty was very low, but after coming to the Tang Dynasty, he knew that it was definitely the historian's beautification of Zhenguan's rule. He just quoted a lowest price. This lowest price may still be the lowest price when the food was the lowest in the past years.

"What about the Changping warehouse? Has the Changping warehouse I set up become a decoration?" Li Shimin roared.

Pound said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, Changping warehouse only buys and sells grain according to the market price, and most of them are for disaster relief or loan people to plant autumn harvest."

Changping warehouse was a place specially designed to stabilize grain prices in ancient times. It usually bought grain when the price was low and sold grain when the price was high. However, it seemed a beautiful thing. At that time, in the era of extremely closed transportation and communication, the effect was extremely limited. It could be used only in the year of major disasters or when grain prices were excessively abnormal.

It is almost impossible to adjust grain prices in time according to the fluctuation of grain prices in the market.

Master Li's literary talent is very good. In a short article, a farmer's mood from joy to despair is described incisively and vividly. People can't help feeling sympathy after reading it. At the same time, they hate illegal grain merchants.

Since the concept of compulsory education was mentioned, Master Li's reputation in Chang'an City has been at its zenith. He seems to have become a big winner in the education sector. Coupled with the position of editor in chief of Ink magazine, it has added a fire out of thin air. Once it was released, it immediately exploded in Chang'an city. After all, grain prices fluctuated too much, which not only affected farmers, It also has a great impact on the urban residents of Chang'an. After all, who can save much food at home?

In any era, food is the top priority of a country's stability. Therefore, when Li Shimin summoned courtiers, many ministers knew Li Shimin's intention.

Ink periodicals are now an important source of information for all people in Chang'an city. Although officials usually get much more sources of information than ordinary people, they are still not enough to read compared with ink periodicals specially collecting information. In addition, ink periodicals are of high quality, detailed content and must be read by officials. Of course, all officials have seen Master Li's article long ago.

"Dear Aiqing, the emperor asked me a question today. What's the meaning of the word 'grain cheap hurts farmers'? You are all learned people. I don't know who Aiqing can answer for me!" Li Shimin suddenly asked a question that is well known to women and children.

The ministers immediately understood it. It was really the matter discussed today.

Su Lingnong, the senior minister of agriculture, immediately stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, this word comes from the book of Han Dynasty, which means that if the grain price is too low, the farmers will be damaged."

Li Shimin immediately nodded and praised: "Su Aiqing is worthy of being a learned man. He hit the mark in one word."

Su Lingnong smiled bitterly, so he had to cooperate with Li Shimin and said, "Weichen just abides by his duty. Naturally, he pays special attention to the knowledge related to agriculture."

"I read Master Li's" three or five more fights "today, and I felt a lot of emotion. The harm of cheap grain to farmers is too much, which is really painful!" Li Shimin said.

The whole courtier was suddenly silent and couldn't help looking at the two ministers in front, Du Yan and Wei Changde.

Around Chang'an City, there is a joke: "Weidu in the south of the city is five feet away." the Wei and Du families are the largest landlords in Chang'an City and the largest grain merchants in Chang'an city. The grain merchants in Li Fuzi's article are based on their two families.

"Your Majesty, this is a matter of the previous dynasty. Naturally, such a thing will not happen in our Dynasty." Du Yan had to harden his head and said.

Li Shimin took a swipe from the corner of his mouth and sneered: "the past does not forget the teacher of the future. Naturally, we can't repeat the mistakes. Food is the foundation of the country and the top priority. We'd better discuss how to avoid the phenomenon of cheap grain hurting farmers in the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Shimin's words set the tone of the meeting, that is, to make a constitution for today's event.