Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 631
"I don't know if Li Dazai still remembers the Tang family in Shanyin? That first-class silk merchant, the family is rich and the old house is worth hundreds of thousands of guan." Lu Zai thought of his in-laws and said with a sigh.

Li Gang nodded, Lu Zai begged for food twice, and squeezed out the last bit of food from the Tang family in Shanyin, and Tang Hong couldn't even pay the entrance fee for Lu Zai's family.

And this descendant of a first-class silk merchant is also well-organized in managing the textile factory, and he can be regarded as a capable official.

"The Tang Siwu of the Textile Institute has a good reputation for serving the country wholeheartedly. It is a good story, and it will definitely be written into the history and passed on forever." Li Gang asked with some doubts: "But the matter of Tang Hong, the reason why the Tang family in Shanyin fell into ruin , or because of the military disaster. What does it have to do with this matter now? Could it be..."

Lu Zai shook his head and said, "It's not what Li Dazai thought. When I mentioned Tang Hong, I actually meant that most of the merchants in the Song Dynasty were not single-minded in pursuit of profit, and did not hold back when it comes to right and wrong."

"But right now, some people hold the idea that a businessman's pursuit of profit is the most important thing, and human life is cheap because of money. In this case of transshipment, they will further persecute this grain merchant."

Only then did Li Gang understand that Lu Zai was trying to convince him that someone was persecuting merchants.

Lu Zai shook his head again and again and said: "Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are all His Majesty's subjects. Why are merchants regarded as a lowly industry, ranging from insults and beatings, to ransacking and destroying households. They are also known as Kuang Fu Guofeng."

"These merchants in Yanjing are all making profits from Shangjing Road to Kelebu, which is tens of thousands of miles away. Every penny is not earned for nothing. After Yanjing was replaced by food, thinking about this last journey Earn a little more, what's the result?"

The result was on the slip in Li Gang's hand.

This letter was written by several first-class grain merchants in Didian.

And what was written was astounding.

When the transshipment method was first implemented, it was transported to the Yanjing Transshipment Department, exchanged for food stamps, and then picked up in Bianjing.

It didn't take long to find out that some merchants mixed stones into rice bags to gain weight and profit.

And these people who have made money in the country have been brought to justice, and they have the means of random inspection.

Then there were food officials from the transshipment department who made profits from it.

The grain officer of the transshipment department mixed the soil into the rice bag when exchanging the grain, and then the merchant found it after transporting it back and complained to Taiwan.

The Taiwan remonstrance and the transshipment department had been arguing for a long time, and finally under the ruling of the government, merchants can also take random inspections of grain, and they can report the grain officials as obstructions.

After this incident came to an end, the grain officials of the Transshipment Department began to use more means to exchange grain, shoddy, randomly replacing the grain in the bag, soaking in water, and mixing soil and sand repeatedly.

Lu Zai sighed and said: "Li Dazai, you know that it is not easy for the people to sue the officials. The people are weak in the first place, and the officials and officials have a blind date, so most people swallow their anger after being cheated by the grain officials of the Transit Department, especially those who The first-class merchants in Didian, they are more concerned about the relationship with the court, whether it will be very stiff."

"But they can't bear it now, thirteen in and seven out, who can withstand this?"

Of course Li Gang knew what Lu Zai was talking about. The first-class grain merchants in the Song Dynasty had to pay [-] portions of grain in Yanjing, but they could only exchange [-]% of it when they arrived in Bianjing.

Li Gang closed the leaflet, shook his head and said, "They were embarrassed by those food officials in Yanjing. They mixed soil, didn't dry it, turned first-class into fifth-class, and ten catties became one yuan. These tricks are really countless."

"You said that this is a good government. It is convenient for the court to transport military rations, and it is also convenient for the people to transfer food and grass. Why is there such a commotion? How did it become like this?"

The two court ministers looked at me and I looked at you, but they couldn't figure this out.

Why did the policy that seems to be beneficial but harmless become like this?

Li Gang suddenly brightened his eyes and said: "When Wanyan Zongqian was in the Kingdom of Jin before, he also did something like this, that is, the decree to collect swords and soldiers to secure the place. There are a lot of moths."

"Isn't our food introduction matter under consideration?"

Hearing what Li Gang said, Lu Zai relaxed his frown.

He has been thinking about how to manage the officials, but this kind of material goods is not a unilateral fault in the first place, and the grain officials of the transshipment department complained more.

The random inspection has long been turned into a full inspection, otherwise it will be easy for those profit-seeking merchants to take advantage of the loopholes for personal gain.There are also many complaints from the transshipment department on weekdays.

Lu Zai frowned and thought for a long time before saying: "Someone thinks that this transfer method is really only suitable for emergency transfers. It's better to stop this transfer method of military rations."

"Verification of the handover certificate between Yanjing and Bianjing is a very troublesome matter. There are many cases of forged grain quotations. And sometimes there is no corresponding grain exchange, causing a lot of trouble."

"This method is a good method when the military supplies are tight, but if you really do it as a routine, you will find that this method is not very useful."

After Li Gang heard about it, he said: "Since Lu Shaoqing has an idea, let's temporarily stop this method. Since it is harmful to politics, let's stop this policy first."

"Lu Shaoqing, do you have any clues here at the Transshipment Department? It's strange that merchants collectively stopped exchanging grain this time."

Merchants like Tang Hong and Li Zimei are the portrayal of most merchants. It is absolutely impossible that there is no driving force behind this incident.

Lu Zai's face darkened, and he asked, "It's strange, could it be that someone is instigating them? Is it Heishuisi?"

Li Gang shook his head. The battle between the Imperial City Division and the Blackwater Division is an important task of the inner court. He has also learned from Zhao Ying. Now the Jinren are being beaten on the frontal battlefield and are retreating. The focus is on Shangjing Road and Jin Kingdom.

"The Blackwater Division has fully contracted. It is impossible to hide such a big move from the people of the Imperial City Division. It should not be them." Li Gang shook his head and said, denying Lu Zai's idea.

Lu Zai thought for a long time and said, "I don't know about that."

"Think carefully about how to make up for the food supply. The government's war is stalemate. There is no food and grass. None of us can run away when we come back to ask for responsibility. Since you have no news, I'll go elsewhere and find a way." Li Gang stood up and said goodbye. .

The first reason for the food outage this time is that there are some problems with Da Song's policy. This is easy to say, just stop this policy.But it is very strange that these merchants are suddenly united.

Who is the person who instigated the first-class merchants behind this?And at the right time, the selection was just in time, making Li Gang sweat coldly down his back.

Most of the merchants in the Song Dynasty knew people, and the Song Dynasty was not prosperous, so how could they do business?
Moreover, the Huainan Chen family took the lead and obtained many benefits after attaching to the Great Song Emperor, which made people envious. No one provoked them, and they would never make such a big mess.

Not to mention the grain and grass line from Bianjing to Yanjing, the grain and grass line from Huainan to Cangzhou and Jinkou was also broken.

Li Gang walked to the door of Zhao Shi's house, the great Zong Zhengxun king of the royal family. He stood at the door of Zong Zheng, looked at the tall plaque, hesitated for a long time, and then stepped into Zhao Shi's house.

He didn't want to come, because it was easy to attract suspicion by meddling in the royal affairs, especially since he was now the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, it was easy to be misunderstood.

　Thanks to "another novice" for the reward, thank you for your support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)