The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 158 Exchange

The side hall of Chaoyang Hall.

Wang Renze stepped forward to salute and said, "Wang Renze sees Your Highness! Congratulations to Your Highness on your wedding."

Yang Tong said: "General Wang is also an acquaintance, so there is no need to be courteous, please sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Yang Tong showed a slight smile, "I heard that King Zheng finally got control of Luoyang, congratulations!"

Wang Ren sighed: "In front of Your Highness, I will not speak hypocrisy. Although my uncle won the final victory, he encountered strong opposition from all over the world. The military has been damaged, and this internal dispute will break out sooner or later. Now that Luoyang is in chaos, uncle can only ask His Royal Highness King Qin for help."

Yang Tong didn't mention aid, but said: "I once said that I would support Zheng Shang's seizure of Luoyang's military and political power. My original intention was to hope that Luoyang could integrate the military and the government, just like our Hebei, and stabilize as soon as possible to stabilize food prices. So that the people of Luoyang can live in peace! But I heard that Luoyang is more chaotic now, and almost all civil servants no longer deal with Luoyang's government affairs because of illness, don't you think about getting rid of this situation of being controlled by others?"

Yang Tong's meaning is very obvious. He supports Wang Shichong to replace the Southern Sui Dynasty, thus making Yecheng the only orthodox city in the Sui Dynasty. The current situation is that Wang Shichong compromised with the civil servants, but the Southern Sui civil servants did not buy Wang Shichong's account, adopted a non-violent and non-cooperative attitude, and allowed Luoyang to be chaotic. If this continues, Wang Shichong will be dragged to death by internal affairs sooner or later.

Wang Ren wanted to talk about this matter. Wang Shichong monopolized the power of the government and was called Cao Cao in the Southern Sui Dynasty. Pei Shiqing and others were undoubtedly Fu Wan who was trying to regain power. About to arrive.But if Wang Shichong wields the butcher knife at people like Pei Shiqing, he must get the support of the people, and the prerequisite for winning the hearts of the people is that he has food in his hands. With food, he has the right to speak, but food will not fall from the sky, or grow it yourself , but the fields are all in the hands of the aristocratic family, and there is no result in a short time, so I can only ask Yang Tong for support.

Wang Renze said in a low voice: "We are under great pressure now. There are internal disputes and external aggressions. We have repeatedly attacked and defended Xingyang with Li Mi in the east, and Li Yuan in the west is threatening Hongnong from Shangluo. This trip is ordered by my uncle. Your Highness, it is because my uncle has decided to replace Emperor Huangtai... and then solve the internal problems in one fell swoop, and follow His Highness's example in distributing the land to the common people..."

Yang Tong said: "Those gentry bet in many ways, their eyes are higher than the top, and they will not support you. Quickly cutting the mess and cutting the wrists of the strong are the only way out for you now! Otherwise, you will surely die."

Wang Renze said: "That's true. They not only supported Li Mi, but also Dou Jiande, and some even came into contact with Li Yuan! If His Highness reveals a little word here, I can guarantee that they will all come over."

Yang Tong smiled coldly: "They are daydreaming."

Wang Renze continued: "It is easy for us to completely seize power and regime. The key is to stabilize Luoyang. Now that the price of food in Luoyang is soaring, the people are in great pain. If we lower the price of food, we will be able to get the support of the people, so my uncle implores His Royal Highness King Qin I can borrow one hundred thousand shi of grain."

Yang Tong couldn't help laughing: "One hundred thousand shi of grain is more than 200 million catties, which is not a small amount. How does King Zheng plan to pay it back?"

Wang Renze said: "As long as we stabilize the court, we will distribute the land to the common people for cultivation, and return it to Your Highness after the harvest."

Yang Tong pondered for a moment and said, "How much is the grain price in Luoyang now?"

"Eight hundred dollars for a bucket of rice."

"So expensive?" Yang Tong was taken aback.

"Yes!" Wang Renze smiled wryly. The people of Luoyang had money, but Yang Tong bought all the real things. No matter how much money they had, they couldn't eat it. It was useless.

"One hundred thousand shi grains are not much to me. They are available in both Hedong and Hanoi, but I think it's better to buy and sell! I don't take advantage of you. One bucket is five hundred yuan, one stone is five hangs, one hundred thousand shi is 5000 Two gold, or 25 taels of silver!"

Now under the rule of Yang Tong, prices are stable. Now rice is only 470 renminbi per stone, white flour is [-] renminbi per stone, a piece of raw silk is about [-] renminbi, a piece of fine cotton silk is two hangs, a piece of coarse cloth is about [-] renminbi, and a pair of cloth shoes Twenty bucks, a pair of fine shoes fifty bucks, an iron hoe fifty bucks...

Compared with today's Zhongyuan, this price is pitifully low. Of course, this is all new money.

Under his rule, thanks to the garrison system and the strategy of not allowing food to flow out, there are as many grains as there are mountains and seas, and there is no shortage of goods. Naturally, the prices of various goods will not be too high, especially the prohibition of food. Merchants hoarded food as a surprise, and introduced strategies such as sales restrictions, so that the people were not short of food.And in order to strengthen the prosperity of commerce, he also encouraged the people to sell the surplus grain to the court at a price [-]% higher than the market price, so that the people had money to buy what they needed.
Wang Renze pondered: "That's okay too! If His Highness agrees, we are willing to use gold and silver to buy 40 stones at this price to stabilize the grain price in Luoyang."

"Yes!" Yang Tong originally had grain from nearly ten warehouses such as Luokou warehouse, Liyang warehouse, Zhuojun warehouse, etc., and has been trying his best to use bad money to buy grain in other places over the years, while Jizhou, Youzhou and Liaodong had a bumper harvest every year, and successively extorted nearly tens of millions of shi from Li Yuan. He really had no shortage of food.Wang Shichong is in urgent need of grain, so he can sell some old grain to him.

Yang Tong asked Wang Renze again, "How many troops do you have?"

"We still have 15 troops."

"Wagang has several 10 people. You have to defend against the enemy everywhere. Can you handle it?"

Wang Ren said respectfully: "His Highness actually used less than 30 troops in the Battle of Bingzhou, and Li Yuan's total force was no less than 15. Aren't they also killed by His Highness to sue for peace? Now the Guanneidao battle is also based on the same Fewer wins more. It can be seen that the number of soldiers is not large. Although we only have 50 people, most of them are the former Sui army, which is well-equipped and powerful. The Wagang Army claims to be [-], but less than half of them wear armor. In a head-on confrontation, the Central Plains can be settled in one battle. It's just that Li Mi has a few very powerful generals in his hands. "

"Okay! You can go to Mengjindu to transport food tomorrow."

Wang Ren stood up immediately, "Xiaozhi will go back now, at the latest tomorrow night, King Zheng will have an official reply."

"General Wang, take care all the way." Yang Tong knew that this might be the last cooperation with Wang Shichong.

"and many more!"

"What orders does Your Highness have!"

"Bring me brother Yan Wang alive."

Yang Tong may not care about Yang Tan's life or death, but he cares about the feelings of his relatives in Yecheng. The miserable days of the Yang family have ended in the Jiangdu palace chaos. pain.Yang Tan is alone, what can he do when he is on his own land?
(End of this chapter)