Luoyang has changed a lot, since it was recovered by the Great Sui, set as the imperial capital, the status is countless times higher than the period of the Great Cause, after all, the previous implementation of the two capital system, and now, it is the unique first city, far from accompanying the capital Daxing, Yecheng, Zhuojun, Taiyuan, Jiangdu can reach. Because of the monopoly of Luoyang in the world, a large number of wealthy families have moved here, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it changes three times a day.

Nowadays, with the Silk Road going farther afield, exquisite glazed products, silk, porcelain, paper, tea, and fine wine are favored by Hu merchants, and the Persians who smell business opportunities from them, in order to obtain more profits, many people form caravans to rush to come, and the Persian carpets they bring are also very popular.

However, the people take food as the sky, agriculture has always been the top priority of the Great Sui Dynasty, in order to ensure that no one starves to death in the year of the catastrophe, the people engaged in agriculture have always accounted for the majority, but because of the rise of commerce, people who want to make quick money are very large, that is to say, Yang Tong in order to ensure that the grain is not reduced, must ensure the income of the farmers, otherwise, the people will not farm, and the field will eventually fall into the hands of a few people, when these people master the food resources, it is equivalent to holding the lifeblood of the imperial court.

In the early days of this day, the Ministry of Commerce, Sinong Temple, and Taifu Temple jointly played, saying that it was a bumper summer grain harvest in various places, which led to a sharp drop in grain prices, and suggested that the imperial court give a solution.

"In order to regulate grain prices, the previous dynasties set up regular liquidation positions to store grain and prepare for famine to supply the government and the people, and when the grain price was low, the imperial court appropriately raised the grain price to make a large number of purchases, which not only made the imperial court storage full of grain, but also the border counties were also full of warehouses. When the price of food rises wildly, sell it at a lower price. It not only avoids 'grain cheapness hurting the peasants' but also prevents 'grain is expensive from hurting the people,' and plays a positive role in calming down the grain market and calming the people's minds. Yang Tong looked at the many courtiers under the throne, frowned, and said: "In this dynasty, I also professionally set up supply and marketing cooperatives to stabilize the prices of grain, salt and other necessities of life. ”

"Holy Lord, it's not that the supply and marketing cooperatives don't accept it." Ling Jing, the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, said: "The supply and marketing cooperatives are mainly for the benefit of the people, and when the grain is cheap, the price is increased by 20% to buy high, and when the price is high, the normal price is reduced by 10%, and it is almost always at a loss, which is also the reason why the position is often closed in the past dynasties and dynasties. ”

"It means that the supply and marketing cooperatives want to collect grain, but they don't have any money in their hands, right?" Yang Tong understood.

"Exactly." Ling Jing replied.

"I have come up with a solution, which is to give the supply and marketing cooperatives the capital to buy and sell." Yang Tong said.

"This move by the Holy Majesty is indeed a wonderful solution." Yang Shidao, the head of the household department, said: "However, the population of each county is different, and if the imperial court uniformly allocates the capital, not only will a large number of coins be out of the warehouse, but there will also be insufficient large counties and small counties. ”

"Shengshang, Weichen suggested restoring the county hierarchy system, and allocating capital to each supply and marketing cooperatives according to the size of the county, so that there would be no problem that Yang Shangshu was worried about." Wei Zheng said.

When Yang Tong heard this, a trace of embarrassment flashed on his face.

At the beginning, the Great Sui had a strict hierarchy of counties under its rule, and the standard of the administrative unit of the county was that 'those with more than 50,000 households were regarded as upper counties, those with more than 30,000 households were regarded as middle counties, and those with less than 30,000 households were classified as lower counties'; and counties were '5,000 or more households were regarded as upper counties, more than 3,000 households were intermediate counties, and more than 1,000 households were lower counties'.

However, when Yang Tong first entered Jizhou, his political vision was far less than now, and in order to motivate officials, he canceled the scientific and reasonable county hierarchy.

It wasn't until later that Yang Tong found out that the county guard in charge of the '50,000 households' was very busy, and the county guard in charge of the 'less than 30,000 households' was so idle that it hurt, but the two of them got the same money and enjoyed the same treatment, which was undoubtedly unfair to the former. This also made Yang Tong how stupid and short-sighted he was to cancel the county hierarchy.

However, Yang Tong has never been the kind of person who 'dies to save face and suffer crimes', and he will not pay for the 'face' of the Great Sui officials, and seeing that everyone mentioned this, he asked: "Ladies and gentlemen, how is Wei Shangshu's discussion?" ”

As the head of the hundred officials, Yang Gongren has long realized that the 'county equality system' is unfair to the diligent officials, but the restoration of the 'county and county hierarchy' involves the vital interests of middle and lower county officials, and the rash reform of the system may cause local turmoil, so he wants to mention the unification of the world again, but Wei Zheng has mentioned it now, and Yang Tong also has this thought, and the more important thing is that he is also worried that a minor illness will become a serious illness, and then he thinks of Yang Tong's control over the world, so he came out and said: "Saint, there are so many positions at all levels of the imperial court, if you continue to implement it." 'Equality system', how can there be such a position as a county guard for the promotion of county officials? When the county commanders feel that they have no hope of promotion, they will inevitably be lazy and inactive, thinking about eating and dying for a lifetime, and in the end it is the local people who will suffer, and the reputation of the court will be ruined by these people one by one. The county hierarchy system is different, which can produce more levels of competition, and the lower county and county guards must be diligent and love the people in order to be promoted to the middle county and county commanders. ”

"Holy Lord, what the left servant said is extremely true. The systems created by our Great Sui Dynasty have a far-reaching impact on the future, and they are definitely not weaker than the degree of the same system, the currency system, the same text, the same line, the same track, and the county system created by Qin Shi Huang...... In order to ensure the orderly continuation of the name of the Great Sui Dynasty, we cannot turn a blind eye to the unreasonable system, and should change it in time to ensure perfection. Wei Yunqi also stood up.

"Brother seconded."

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister seconded the proposal."

“……”

Yang Yu, Du Ruhui, Kong Yingda, Liu Zhenghui, Jiang Xingben and others also agreed one by one, the advantages and disadvantages of the 'county hierarchy' and 'county equality system' have been revealed, and everyone can't turn a blind eye, not to mention, Yang Tong is not the kind of emperor who can't listen to good words, so everyone dares to boldly say the pros and cons.

"No, never." Xu Kuang, the attendant of the school department, said: "The 'county equality system' was created by the saints, how can it be changed overnight? If it is a reform, where will the prestige of the saint be placed? ”

Xu Kuang, the words are far away, the Five Classics are well-read, especially good at the "Spring and Autumn Left Biography", he is knowledgeable, upright and respectful, and eventually becomes a generation of teachers. Dou Wei, Yang Xuangan, Li Mi, Wang Shichong and other influential figures are his students.

During the Great Cause years, Xu Kuangguan served as a doctor of Chinese studies and a national son sacrificial wine. After the world was in turmoil, there was a famine in Luoyang, Xu Kuang went to forage outside the city for food, and was captured by Li Mi's subordinates. But Xu Kuang kept asking Li Mi to surrender to the Sui Dynasty and let him be good. Li Mi was annoyed, saying that he had broken Yu Culture and surrendered with Wang Shichong, but Wang Bodang lost Luokou City, and Xu Kuang was captured by Wang Shichong.

Xu Kuang as a contemporary master of scriptures, Wang Shichong did not dare to slack off, but Xu Kuang always regarded himself as a Sui official of Yang Qi, scolded Wang Shichong as a villain when he was happy, and scolded Wang Shichong for being a thief when he was unhappy, and finally provoked Wang Shichong, but he did not kill him, but cut off Xu Kuang's supply, trying to make Xu Kuang surrender, but Xu Kuang was almost starved to death and did not let go.

Later, when Luoyang was recovered, Yang Tong heard the name of this Confucian scholar who was full of poetry and books, but had an iron backbone, so he asked him to do his old job. Xu Kuang is different from the funny Liu Xuan, he is more pedantic; However, Hu Feng has prevailed in the world for hundreds of years, and the social atmosphere is extremely open, so the pedantry of Confucianism in this era is only relative to Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda, Yang Shidao and other embryos.

It's just that Xu Kuang is now maintaining Yang Dong's reputation, and others are not good at speaking out, so Yang Tong can only come out in person, he shook his head and said: "Xu Shilang, as the so-called time and time, how can the law of the ancestors be passed on to all generations?" No matter how powerful an empire is, it must remain humble and cautious and keep pace with the times, so that it can always stand at the top of the world, and so does the country and the king. We can't know that we are wrong, and we still have to govern the country in the wrong way and in the wrong way, right? ”

"But the name of the saint?"

"What is the name of a person compared to the vital interests of thousands of people in the Great Sui?" Yang Tong looked at Xu Kuang and said with a smile: "Since ancient times, filial piety has come first, and I have restored the 'county hierarchy' implemented by the Second Emperor of Wenwu and Wu, which can be regarded as the law of restoring the ancestors, which is filial piety." ”

Yang Gongren, Wei Yunqi and others secretly said 'beautiful'.

"......" Xu Kuang was speechless.

"Well, it is imperative for the county and county hierarchy to be meritorious in the present and beneficial in the future." Yang Tong said in a firm tone.

"Holy Wisdom."

The ministers responded with a bang.

Xu Kuang thought about it and said no more.

"Holy Lord, by what standard are they graded?" Yang Gongren asked.

"The county level is implemented according to the standards of the first emperor. In terms of official ranks, the third-class county guards are from the third rank, the fourth rank, and the fourth rank; The third-class general guard is from the fifth grade, the sixth grade, and the sixth grade; The third-class county is under the fifth grade, under the sixth grade, and from the sixth grade; The third-level county order is from the sixth grade, the seventh grade, and the seventh grade; Third-level county ...... From autumn onwards, the money is distributed according to the standard of release. After setting them one by one, Yang Tong said again: "After the dispersal of the dynasty, first announce the world; The Ministry of Civil Affairs must delineate the county level in accordance with the household registration book of the DPRK and China in the shortest possible time, and after verification, send it to each county, and each county will notify the county governor to let them know which level the county belongs to. ”

"Whoa."

Yang Gongren, the left servant of the Shangshu who was in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and Yang Shidao, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, responded in unison.

Yang Tong thought for a while, turned back to the original topic, and said: "The cost of the supply and marketing cooperatives is 3,000 in the upper county, 2,000 in the middle county, and 1,000 in the lower county; In order to avoid being too scattered and not in place to supervise, so that the unjudicial officials will be filled with their own pockets, the county level will not set up supply and marketing cooperatives for the time being... But at harvest time, it must be purchased in the county... It will be transported to the county official warehouse, and the local imperial department and criminal department must not relax, and the greedy people must not be allowed to take advantage of the loopholes, and those who dare to embezzle will be punished according to law. ”

"Whoa." The hearts of the ministers were awe-inspiring.

"Enlighten the saint, the right servant sent an urgent letter." At this moment, the news of the delivery of Yang Shanhui's letter came from outside the hall!

"Send me the letter." Yang Tong said.

"Whoa." A guard entered and handed the letter in.

When Yang Tong showed the letter, the smile on his face froze suddenly, completely shocking the battle report of 'Yang Shanhui'.

This time the ministers of His Royal Highness were in a hurry, thinking that something had happened to Yang Shanhui.

Yang Tong picked up the battle report again and again to read, and suddenly smiled: "This is a war report that has nothing to do with my Great Sui." ”

Yang Gongren's heart moved, and he asked, "Could it be that it is from the pseudo-Tang and Beizhen Army?" ”

"Exactly." Yang Tong laughed: "The afternoon before yesterday, the Beizhen Army was in the northern suburbs of Gucheng County and killed Liu Hongji's 45,000 soldiers; That night, Li Shimin and Dou Cong besieged Gucheng, and the Beizhen army broke the embankment and poured Gucheng, leaving 90,000 soldiers without a piece of armor, and almost all of them died in the belly of the fish. In other words, in less than a day, the Beizhen Army achieved the brilliant record of annihilating 1230,000 Tang Army soldiers. ”

"Hiss~"

For a while, the civil and military officials in the hall couldn't help but gasp, and the shock in their hearts was indescribable. Although the Great Sui Dynasty won many brilliant victories, there were only a handful of battles that killed so many enemy troops in one day.

"This Beizhen army commander Dugu Yanyun is so good."

"In this battle alone, Dugu Yanyun is enough to leave a name in history."

"Real name general."

"It's a pity that it's not my General Dasui, it's a pity."

“……”

The ministers who didn't know what to do were amazed.

Yang Gongren and a few other insiders chuckled lightly, with a meaningful look on their faces.

"That's all for today, Sanchao."

"Congratulations to the Holy One."