Dahan first prince

Chapter 264 Being an emperor is really tiring~
"The briefings from all parties have been delivered?"

A few days later, Fengyi Palace.

Sitting upright in front of the wooden table at the top of the side hall, looking at the bamboo slips piled up half a person's height in front of her, Liu Ying flipped through them and kept asking questions.

It's just that after asking the question for a long time, she didn't wait for an answer, which made Liu Ying frown and raised her head.

After seeing the empty hall, as well as the soldiers and guards coming and going outside the hall, Liu Ying sighed a little, lowered her head again, and continued to read the brief book.

Huainan Wang Yingbu's rebellion came to an end with a secret report from Changsha Kingdom.

When the emperor Liu Bang feels Fengyi from Suiyang, Yingbu's head should be sent.

As for the Huainan rebels, they had already collapsed after the first battle in Yongcheng. Those who died, those who fled, and those who did not escape, were all gathered by Jin She's army, and immediately sent people to Chang'an.

——In the past few years, Shaofu has been a little poor. It can be said that it has done nothing except minting three baht coins.

But now, Shaofu holds the exclusive right to trade grain in the entire Guanzhong, coupled with the bumper harvest in Guanzhong this year, no matter how the Shaofu is, there is no reason to continue to be poor.

When the Shaofu has money, all kinds of large-scale projects will naturally start.

For example, the Changling Mausoleum where Liu Bang died, Chang'an, the capital of the Han Dynasty, which has not yet started construction, and the residential areas in Chang'an except Weiyang and Changle Palaces, as well as various supporting facilities, have all been proposed by the Chang'an court. on the agenda.

And each of these projects requires an extremely large labor force.

Sending the surrendered and captured Huainan rebels to Guanzhong to contribute to the construction of the Han Dynasty can also be regarded as waste utilization and self-salvation.

——No matter how bad it is, these rebel soldiers can at least be used to make money, right?
Nowadays, the three-baht coin has almost disappeared in Guanzhong, but the substitute introduced by Liu Ying: the five-baht coin is far from enough to meet the market demand.

With these rebels who will inevitably be demoted to official slaves by the emperor Liu Bang in the future, Shaofu can save a lot of effort in casting five baht coins.

After all, no matter how you say it, it is better to let these 'traitors' shine and shine than to recruit laborers from Guanzhong and increase the burden on the people in Guanzhong for nothing.

The rebellion has been quelled, and Liu Ying, as the prince of the supervisor, should have set off as soon as possible to return to Chang'an.

However, the news that the emperor Liu Bang was about to come to Fengyi fortunately also made Liu Ying stay in Fengyi temporarily, waiting for her father to come and ask for instructions on what to do next.

So in the recent period, most of Fengyi's experience has been put on the preparations for welcoming the emperor Liu Bang.

Liu Ying was a little lazy, and left all the matters of welcoming Liu Bang to her uncle Liu Jiao, and asked her brother Liu Fei to assist her, while Liu Ying herself was busy with other things.

"Whoo~"

"Everyone says it's good to be an emperor, to be rich and own the world, to have everything you need..."

"Who can understand the hardships involved..."

With an exhausted expression, Liu Ying raised her head again and stretched her neck with a grin.

——Right now, Liu Ying is still just a "Prince of the Supervisory Kingdom", and it's just because her father hasn't waited for the time to look through the things that need to be dealt with in the recent period, and she already feels that she is "the king of the world" trouble!
It's hard for Liu Ying to imagine that one day in the future, when the burden of the whole world falls on her immature shoulders, what kind of mental pressure she will face.

For now, aside from some trivial matters, things that are not in a hurry, and things that can be manipulated by others to let the people below play their subjective initiative, only Liu Ying, the prince of the supervisory country, must intervene and give a solution as soon as possible. , No fewer than five fingers!
The first to bear the brunt of this was the matter of the Shaofu's official grain management.

——It was almost September, and in Guanzhong, the autumn harvest was coming to an end, and the summary of grain production in various places had also been sent to Liu Ying.

Now that the autumn harvest is over, what follows is a completely inescapable problem: the Shaofu's policy of "storing grain on behalf of the people" and the issue of official management of grain and rice.

According to the news sent back by Shaofu Minister Yang Chengyan, a considerable part of the people in Guanzhong still hold a wait-and-see attitude towards Shaofu's "grain storage on behalf of the people".

In other words, in order to dispel the concerns of the people and distrust of the Shaofu's policy of "storing grain on behalf of the people", at least this year, the Shaofu will spend real money to buy at least one-third of the Guanzhong. food!
Because only in this way can the people believe that Shaofu is not trying to take away our food without spending money, but to store it for us; when we need it in the future, we can indeed take out the previously stored food.

But in this way, new problems arise.

——Since you can sell the grain in your hand and exchange it for visible and tangible copper coins, who is willing to exchange the whole year's harvest at home for the "passbook" issued by the Shaofu?
I'm afraid that as soon as the news that "grain can be stored in the Shaofu and sold to the Shaofu" comes out, most of the people in Guanzhong, even those who try to "store grain" for the original reason, will choose to sell the grain to the Shaofu.

And in this way, there is a high probability that the Shaofu's "government-run grain and rice" policy will be aborted, and even the little government credibility that the Han Dynasty has just established will be wiped out in an instant.

——What is the core content of the government-run grain and rice policy?
Store grain on behalf of the people!

Because the storage of grain on behalf of the people can ensure that Shaofu can perfectly replace the role and role played by the "grain merchants" group in the past in the Guanzhong grain market without spending a cost to buy grain!

Then if the matter of "storing grain on behalf of the people" is still aborted, how will the Shaofu's "Grain and Rice Official Operation" policy be affected?

Very simple.

——Since no one deposits in Shaofu, Shaofu can only buy it in order to monopolize the market!

There are nearly a million households in Guanzhong, and each household has an annual grain output of hundreds of shi. In other words, the annual grain output in Guanzhong is at least tens of millions of shi!

Adding in the price of thousands of dollars per stone, if the Shaofu wants to monopolize the Guanzhong market by 'buying money', the start-up capital required will be unimaginably huge.

Even if she doesn't know much about the copper grain reserves in today's world, Liu Ying can conclude that even if all the copper coins in the world are found, it is absolutely impossible to buy all the grain production in Guanzhong for a year at a price of more than one thousand yuan per stone !

Therefore, in order to solve the problem of "insufficient money" in the market, Liu Ying could only use the method of "storing grain on behalf of the people" to let the Shaofu eat the grain in Guanzhong as easily as possible.

"Um······"

"This year, the average yield per mu in Guanzhong is more than three stones, and the total output should be about thirty million stones..."

"According to the usual practice, after the autumn harvest, each household will leave about fifty shi of grain for the winter..."

"Fifty shi per household, a million households, is 5000 million shi..."

"If the agricultural tax is one out of fifteen, another 2000 million shi will be removed..."

"hiss······"

"Twenty-three million stones..."

Talking to herself with a gloomy expression, Liu Ying finally raised her hand hesitantly, and wrote the word 'five hundred' on a blank bamboo slip.

In the past few years, the price of grain in Guanzhong fluctuated very high, basically fluctuating around [-] yuan to [-] yuan.

And this spring, in order to stabilize the grain price in Guanzhong, Liu Ying forcibly established a grain price of "[-] yuan per stone" to ensure the stability of grain prices.

Coupled with this year's bumper harvest in Guanzhong, the grain output has increased significantly compared to last year, and the group of "grain merchants" was banned by Liu Ying, which also made it more difficult for Guanzhong's grain to be exported to Kanto.

In this way, according to Liu Ying's original plan, the price of grain in Guanzhong next year should be reduced to about [-]-[-] yuan per shi, which is more in line with market laws.

But now, in order to solve the shortage of funds for Shaofu to purchase grain in Guanzhong, Liu Yingzong has some concerns, so he can only forcibly lower the purchase price of grain to [-] yuan per stone.

——No matter how expensive it is, the Shaofu cannot afford it...

If they can't afford it, it will inevitably lead to Shaofu not being able to eat the entire grain in Guanzhong, and the goal of "shaofu monopolizing the grain market in Guanzhong" will not be achieved.

And in this way, if the purchase price is set at [-] qian per stone, the selling price cannot be set too high.

"Buy for five hundred dollars, sell for six hundred dollars..."

"Um······"

"Hey, that's right!"

"The difference between the buying price and the selling price is larger. In order to avoid losses, would the common people be more willing to choose to store grain instead of buying grain..."

Thinking of this, Liu Ying finally nodded slowly with a relaxed expression.

"Ok!"

"definitely will!"

"The Shaofu bought it for [-] yuan and sold it for [-] yuan. The double price difference will definitely discourage the people in Guanzhong!"

"Compared to the plan of 'losing half of the shot', the 'storage food' that only loses [-]% of the storage fee is obviously more cost-effective..."

"Moreover, there are more than 24 households in Guanzhong with more than five million people. Each person needs 3000 shi of grain per year, so they need at least [-] million shi of grain!"

"In addition, the loss of grain sales is much higher than the loss of grain storage. There should be nearly 5000 million shi of grain deposited by the people in the Shaofu, and then slowly taken out to eat..."

After counting the parted hands, the serious look on Liu Ying's face gradually faded, she nodded secretly, and began to write vigorously.

——Clearly tell the common people: From now on, when selling grain to Shaofu, the stone price is 12 yuan; from the first day of October in the winter of the [-]th year of the Han Dynasty, when buying grain from Shaofu, the stone price is [-] yuan!

——The storage fee for storing grain on behalf of the people should also be issued by the prime minister's official document: one out of ten; half of it goes to the national treasury for military expenses, and the other half goes to the Shaofu as capital for the construction of Chang'an!
——Another: Those with household and business registrations have nothing to do with production, and they plunder the people's wealth with flies and dogs. Those with old household and business registrations buy Shaofu grain for two thousand dollars!

After writing down this line of 'instructions' eloquently and closing the scroll of bamboo slips, Liu Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief.

People in Guanzhong eat more than 3000 million shi of grain every year, and to store these grains in Shaofu, they need to pay more than 300 million shi for "storage fees".

In this way, the 5000 would be eaten by Shaofu by means of "storing grain on behalf of the people".

As for the remaining 8000 million shi, although the Shaofu did not have the ability to spend all of it, Liu Ying couldn't help it.

——The people in Guanzhong have enough food to eat, which means that the 8000 million shi of food does not need to exist in Guanzhong at all, and can be sold to Guandong!

Therefore, for the 8000 million shi of grain, Liu Ying can completely follow the previous method of taking the grain in the hands of the grain merchants first, and paying the money after selling it.

or······

"Let the kings of Qi and Chu reserve the grain to be bought from Guanzhong next year, and give the money first!"

"With this money, you can buy food for the people in Guanzhong, and then send the purchased food to the Guandong..."

Thinking of this, a sincere smile finally appeared on Liu Ying's face.

"hey-hey!"

"I bought it for five hundred yuan per stone, and then shipped it all the way to Kanto..."

"Selling [-] renminbi per stone, isn't that too much?"

"Um······"

"Not too much."

"It's not too much at all!"

"It's only more than double the profit. Compared with those grain merchants who made seven or eight times the profit in the past, it is simply a conscience price!"

"Besides, in a place as big as Kanto, it's too much to point to the food in Guanzhong all day long..."

"What should we do when the population in Guanzhong increases and we don't have enough food?"

"Sell the grain exported from Guanzhong more expensively, so that countries in the Kanto region can be forced to grow their own grain..."

After making up her mind, Liu Ying smiled and stood up, stretched comfortably, and moved her sore back.

Just as Liu Ying packed up the slips and planned to visit her uncle Liu Jiao and elder brother Liu Fei to discuss the plan of 'ordering food from Guanzhong', a soldier finally appeared at the gate of the palace.

It's just that this soldier didn't walk into the palace, or stood guard with his back to the palace gate, but stood outside the threshold with a sneaky look.

Seeing this situation, Liu Ying only lowered her head for a moment to think, and then took a closer look at the soldier to make sure that there was nothing wrong with him, and finally coughed twice.

After the soldier raised his head according to the sound, Liu Ying waved lightly again, and finally recruited the soldier into the hall.

The soldier walked into the hall in response, and Liu Ying saw the soldier's face clearly, and subconsciously took two steps forward, before asking in a low voice, "But uncle, is there any news?"

When the soldier heard the words, there was a hint of excitement in his eyes that 'His Royal Highness actually recognizes me'!

When the soldier suppressed the joy in his heart, finally Liu Ying stepped forward again, and took the bamboo slip that the soldier took out from his arms.

Spreading out the bamboo slips and taking a quick glance at the content on them, Liu Ying just put on a little relaxed face, and then brought deep worry again.

"Ugh······"

"Fan Kuai, Fan Kuai..."

"Why don't you listen to advice..."

Muttering twice in a mournful tone, Liu Ying slowly closed her eyes, waved to the soldiers to retreat, then turned around with her hands behind her back, sighing endlessly.

As for what was written on the scroll of bamboo slips in Liu Ying's hand, it was another major event that Liu Ying needed to care about personally and pay close attention to at all times.

——Fan Kuai, Marquis of Wuyang, has been captured by Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang, and Chen Ping, Marquis of Qu Ni...
In this way, the war between Dai and Zhao will probably be delayed for a while; Yan Wang Lu Wan, who has already given birth to an unruly heart, will also get a period of time enough to expand his ambition...

"Whoo~"

"It's hard..."

"It's so difficult."

"Me too."

"What's wrong with you, do you have to be a prince?"

"I don't know how tired I will be when I take over the old man's class in the future..."

(End of this chapter)