I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 202 Monopoly!In winter in Bianjing City, it’s hard to find just one dish

Outside the Daqing Hall, the officials dispersed one after another.

This dispute between the courtiers and Tai Jian not only did not reduce the power of Tai Jian, but actually made Tai Jian reach the most prosperous state in the dynasty.

On the surface, it was Su Liang's argument that left all officials speechless.

In fact, it was Zhao Zhen who wanted to use Taiwan's remonstrance to spur all officials to advance and build momentum for the Song Dynasty's reform next year.

……

The third day of November.

The officials of Taichang Liyuan submitted a petition to invite Zhang Mei to be a noble concubine.

After the Taiwanese admonishers learned about this, they were not surprised at all. Zhang Meiren gave birth to a dragon son, and she even protected him at the beginning of the year.

Now that the end of the year is approaching and it is the time for awards, promotion to a noble concubine is completely in line with etiquette.

At that moment, she was promoted to a noble concubine.

There is no threat to Queen Cao's position.

According to convention, when the harem is promoted, relatives will also receive rewards.

The admonishers in Taiwan are waiting for the edict.

If Zhang Yaozuo got a false position, that would be fine. If he were to hold an important position again, Tai Jian would definitely impeach him.

A relative will never be allowed to hold important positions in either government.

……

The fifth day of November.

Zhao Zhen issued an edict to canonize Zhang Mei as a noble concubine, and ordered Ding Du, the imperial edict, to write a eulogy for the concubine.

at the same time.

Zhang Yao was dismissed from his position as an official in the Kaifeng Prefecture, and he was granted the title of Huaikang Jiedu Envoy and Qunhu System Envoy.

Both of these positions are virtual pension titles.

Having wealth but no real power is equivalent to asking Zhang Yaozuo to become an official and provide for his retirement.

The admonishing officials in Taiwan were very happy to learn about this edict.

Recently, officials' decisions have become more decisive and wiser, solving many hidden dangers that may arise in next year's reform.

……

It’s afternoon on the ninth day of November.

Su Liang and Cao Guo's uncle Cao Yi appeared in Baijia Academy.

At present, Baijia College has fully entered normal operation.

The relationship between teachers and students is not a teaching relationship, but a mutual promotion and study of the same thing.

Some people are obsessed with mechanism manufacturing; some are busy with metal smelting; some have reclaimed a piece of wasteland and are with crops all day long; some have used wood and stone as tools and have made several types of strange tools.

Teachers and students in Baijia College will recite a sentence silently before going to bed and waking up.

“Do things that have never been done before and create things that have never been done before.”

This is the motto of hundreds of colleges.

In addition, Baijia College will review teachers and students every two months.

Anyone who is lazy, eats and drinks, or is unable to accomplish anything will be fired directly and will not be tolerated.

To Su Liang's great surprise, Mr. Liu Qi also showed a second creative spring.

You can compose a song and song in three to five days.

The content covers city scenery, city life, people's daily life, various industries, etc.

They even wrote lyrics and music specifically for some lower-class people, such as trackers, jugglers, storytellers, cuju players, kaikos, and female sumo wrestlers.

Cao Ji spread these lyrics and music to the streets of Bianjing, and for a time they attracted countless people to sing sympathetically.

For many lower class people.

Liu Yong's lyrics and music are a good medicine to relieve stress and a spiritual sustenance.

Relieving worries and fatigue is as indispensable as firewood, rice, oil and salt.

at the same time.

The firearms workshop of Baijia College has also been successfully established.

Because he needed to cooperate with the Sansi Jiazhou Case (the yamen in charge of the development of weapons), Su Liang handed the matter over to Cao Hu.

Su Liang paid special attention to the firearms workshop. If he wanted money, he would give money, if he wanted people, he would give things.

This workshop is outside hundreds of colleges and only a few people know about it.

Su Liang has only one request.

"Invent a firearm that can defeat the Liao and Xia cavalry."

Su Liang knew that there was a long road ahead, and Baijia College still had a long, long way to go.

But he was determined.

In the near future, this college will surely produce many miracles.

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November [-], at dusk.It's getting colder.

As soon as Su Liang walked to his house, he saw two donkey carts loaded with vegetables parked at the door.

On the car, there are Chinese cabbage, radish, dwarf yellow, wax gourd, leek, green onion, etc.

On the side, Uncle Ji was busy directing the vegetable vendor to unload the truck.

"Uncle Ji, why did you buy so many vegetables?" Su Liang asked curiously.

There are seven people in Suzhai.

I can’t eat so many vegetables in a month.

Uncle Ji replied: "What the officials don't know is that this year's floods in Hebei and Jingdong have greatly reduced vegetable production. Many people are stocking up on vegetables at the southern suburbs market, so I thought about stocking up on some. These vegetables are durable. , I go back and put them in the cellar or bury them in the dirt in the backyard!”

Su Liang nodded slightly and walked into the courtyard.

In winter, vegetables are always in short supply.

This year, there were floods in Hebei and Jingdong Roads. It is inevitable that vegetables will be in small quantities and prices will rise.

The closer we get to the New Year, the more expensive vegetables will be.

……

The next day, around noon.

Su Liang was reading the Di newspaper when a piece of news reached the Yushitai.

A very bad fight broke out in the southern suburbs market as vegetable vendors rushed to buy vegetables.

Five people were seriously injured and more than ten people suffered minor injuries.

The turmoil was calmed down only after the Kaifeng Prefectural Government Officials and the Imperial City Chief Officials arrived.

……

Next.

There have been incidents of panic buying of vegetables in many places in Bianjing City.

Some vegetable farmers no longer go through the southern suburbs market and sell directly on the road.

Some vegetable merchants are constantly hoarding and storing large quantities of vegetables in their warehouses, intending to throw them out when the market peaks.

An aristocratic businessman frantically bought more than ten carriages of vegetables and piled them in his cellar.

……

The whole city is full of food-grabbers.

There are folk rumors that due to the floods in Jingdong and Hebei, vegetables are in short supply in the north. If we don't collect vegetables now, there will be no vegetables throughout the winter.

This has attracted many inns, restaurants, and businesses to take action.

Once a certain type of vegetables is discovered on the market, it will be snapped up immediately.

Vegetable prices are constantly rising.

It's five times more than usual, almost equal to the price of meat.

There is even a phenomenon of marketability but no price.

At this time.

The inequality between people is revealed.

There are mountains of vegetables in the homes of the aristocratic and wealthy people. Even if they eat vegetables every day, they can last until March next year.

But they are still trying their best to stock up on food.

Some unscrupulous businessmen were also involved. They bought and sold, earning the price difference, and made a lot of money for a while.

Fresh vegetables continued to enter the homes of aristocratic and wealthy households.

And the people at the bottom have no means, and even if they have money, they can't buy vegetables.

This resulted in great public dissatisfaction.

soon.

Uncle Ji also followed the crowd and bought half a cart of vegetables.

If he wasn't Su Jingming's housekeeper, he wouldn't be able to buy even one of the cars, not to mention most of them.

Such chaos quickly alarmed the court.

Zhao Zhen ordered the third division responsible for stabilizing market prices to stand up.

Wang Yaochen, the Third Chief of Staff, originally wanted to stabilize vegetable prices.

However, after investigation, it was found that nearly [-]% of the vegetables on the market were hoarded by wealthy vegetable merchants.

There is no food left in the market and there is no way to adjust prices.

At present, the floods in Jingdong and Hebei are no longer the main reason why it is difficult to find food in Bianjing market.

To keep vegetable prices stable.

The only thing that could be done was to ask the aristocratic and wealthy households in Bianjing City to put all the excessive vegetables stored at home on the market.

Otherwise, wait until the new year comes.

The vegetables of the aristocrats and wealthy households will stink in the cellars, while the common people at the bottom cannot even buy the Song vegetables used to buy dumplings during the New Year.

(End of this chapter)