(Roar: Collect!) Yes! Yes! ）

Fu Bi's riding skills are good, and he quickly caught up with Su Jin, leaned over and grabbed Su Jin's reins, panting and said: "You are too anxious, you will disappear before I finish speaking." ”

Su Jin hurriedly said: "It's too nonsense, this road is obviously not smooth, but she is still allowed to go first, what if something happens." ”

Fu Bi smiled: "What's wrong?" Seventy or eighty people are guarding her, all of them are good hands, and no two hundred bandits can move her? When you are an adult, you don't care about your nieces and nephews, do you care the most? Look, we're going to make the adults confused. ”

As he was talking, a personal guard rode up and said, "Master Fu, the third envoy came to ask, why did you suddenly ride your horse and run?" ”

Fu Bi smiled: "You go back to the adult, Su Gongzi is a little depressed and wants to whip up and gallop, it's not a big deal." ”

The soldier went to reply, and after a while, he came back again, hugged his fists and said, "My lord wants to invite Su Gongzi to talk about it, Su Gongzi please." ”

Su Jin wanted to rush to the front to meet Yan Biyun in a smoke, but Yan Shu naturally didn't dare to disobey, so he had to turn his horse's head, return to the middle of the team and come to Yan Shu's cart, and said loudly to the purple curtain: "Under the order, Su Jin is here." ”

Yan Shu poked his head out and ordered, "Get in the car and talk about it." ”

Su Jin got off the horse and got into the car, the big car was very spacious, there were several boxes on both sides, which were full of books and papers, Yan Shu pointed to the soft seat opposite with a booklet in his hand and said: "Sit down, the old man has something to ask you." ”

Su Jin sat down as he said, and Yan Shu smiled: "You feel a little depressed, don't you?" The calf's whole body is strong, isn't it uncomfortable not to sprinkle joy? ”

Su Jinxin said: What kind of words are this, such a way to go, I don't know that you can only get to the capital in the year of the monkey.

"You see, the old man is studying the rice and grain and fiscal and tax inputs of the imperial court in recent years, and some figures are easy to tell you, so that you can understand in your heart."

Su Jin said: "The emperor won't ask me this, it's none of me." ”

Yan Shu said suddenly: "If you are on an errand, you need to know the truth and the truth, such as the number of fields in my Great Song Dynasty, and the yield per mu?" What is the annual harvest? What is the demographic? Consumption geometry? With the help of these figures, it is possible to determine how much grain has not yet been circulated among the people, and then [by virtue of these, the number of grain stockpiled by profiteers can be roughly deduced; If we want to do this errand, we naturally need to know to what extent we can solve the current crisis, if we blindly urge or relax, wouldn't we be blind and walk at night? ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, these numbers are given to me privately, what I said is that the emperor will not ask about these, and I will not take the initiative to say it; According to the speculation, what the emperor wants to know most is what means we will use to collect these grains. ”

Yan Shu said: "According to you, how should it be carried out?" ”

Su Jin said: "Su Jin listened to the arrangement of the lord, and the specific strategy to adopt was decided by the emperor and the lord." ”

Yan Shu said with a calm face: "When did you become so sleek, I'm afraid you don't know the importance of this errand, if you can't make contributions this time, to put it mildly, the people will be displaced and turbulent, and the army will also run out of food, do you know what serious consequences this will cause?" ”

Su Jinxin said, no matter how serious the consequences are, it is not something I can control, why did you go earlier, there is a great drought in the south, even we businessmen know that there will be a famine, as early as May and June, we have to take precautions, and now we have to plug the loopholes, of course, we are in a hurry.

"What's in your mind? Can you tell us about it? ”

"Of course, I want to tell you, this time the old man can only be behind the scenes, as soon as the old man moves, the news will leak immediately, and nothing can be done at that time; In the second year of Taizong's Duangong edict on allowing merchants to buy grain into the official warehouse, it was said: "All the people in the family of Shilu are not allowed to enter the middle of the house and ask for discounts with others." Violators, Xu Ren will be reported, the chief official will be executed, and the official will be removed from the name and demoted. It is still entrusted to the Imperial Observatory. He did not count how much, and he was rewarded with the informant. The presiding officer is free to make a confession and exonerate himself, and he shall also do it according to the rules of the accuser. The courtiers and envoys shall not be instructed to accept the Zhonghu Fight, and the violators will be removed and demoted. ’； This article was later incorporated into the Song Penal System as a law, and it has been more than 40 years since then. ”

Su Jin asked: "I understand the Shilu family, what is a situation person?" ”

Yan Shu glanced at him strangely, as if he didn't even understand this, and said: "The so-called Shilu family and the situation people refer to the families of officials and gentry, or the powerful or land, and this article is to put an end to fraud that damages the public and private interests in the process of entering the central official warehouse." ”

Su Jin thought for a while, shook his head lightly and said: "I'm afraid this article is going to be revised, the terms of the Taizong period have been chronic so far, I think it is because of this article that it is too strict, and the officials and squires have hoarded a large amount of grain to prevent it from entering the Zhongguan warehouse, and today's situation is not due to this article." ”

Yan Shu smiled: "You think about it reasonably, but it's not all, when Taizong Ye issued this strict edict, it was because these powerful people took advantage of the opportunity to enter the middle to fill their pockets, simply put, these people have huge financial resources, forming forces in the local states and counties to control the price of grain and rice, and the official warehouse of the imperial court has a price for every year of grain, for example, the price of the imperial court during the Taizong period is 400 wen per stone, and then when the new grain is on the market, these people control the market when the people make grain, Lower the price at a price of 351 stone or less, borrowing grain in the name of the imperial court; Taking advantage of the psychology of the small people who are anxious to get grain, they earn the difference in income at a low price and enter the official warehouse at a high price. ”

Su Jin smacked his tongue and said: "It turns out that there are these cats inside, no wonder Grandmaster Tai will issue an edict not to let these officials and powerful people interfere in this matter." The three words of this powerful person are really incisive, aren't these people really powerful people. ”

Yan Shu sighed: "Isn't that so? Taizong Ye delegated this power to the merchants, and at that time, I am afraid that it played a role, and the punishment was severe, and it is reported that many people who did not die for money were also punished, but the good times did not last long, and other tricks came out. ”

Su Jin said: "That's natural, there are policies, there are countermeasures, and no matter how perfect the policy is, it can always be exploited by people with a heart." ”

Yan Shu said: "This sentence sums up well, it is exactly like this, the power to enter the middle is delegated to businessmen, and officials cannot interfere on the surface, but in fact, officials and businessmen collude secretly to play many tricks; The magistrates used their power of supervision to not only control prices, but also to use shoddy goods, intercept hoarding, mix mud and sand, and take bribes when awarding contracts. ”

Su Jin's heart is cold, these guys are simply to the point of lawlessness, no wonder he, a powerless and powerless small businessman, hoarded food, and he was unharmed, it seems that everyone has the mentality that the law does not blame the public, you will fish and I will fish, and there will be nothing to do; Even if this kind of case is reported, I am afraid that it will be backlogged layer by layer, and I am afraid that all the joints will benefit.

Yan Shu continued: "Over the years, there have also been officials in various places who have been dismissed because of this matter, but in recent years, there has been a bumper grain harvest, and gradually even the emperor does not care much about such things. The old man also knows that once the famine years come, such a thing will become a cancer that shakes the cornerstone of the society, but it is a pity that people regret not planning earlier when they reach the time of crisis. ”

Su Jin admired Yan Shu for daring to tell such a truth, he just blamed him for why he didn't prepare earlier when the drought was great, it seems that he was wrongly blamed, Yan Shu must have reported the matter, but it didn't attract Renzong's attention.

"But when it comes to interests, there are always people who want to take risks." Su Jin sighed.

Yan Shu was silent, deeply worried.

"My lord, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not."

Yan Shu waved his hand and said: "That is, this is a private discussion, not above the official court, or to say everything." ”

Su Jin coughed, rubbed his brows and said, "I want to ask, what is the emperor's will for this meeting?" ”

Yan Shu said: "What do you mean? ”

Su Jin simply let go and said: "I mean, according to your opinion, whether the emperor has made up his mind to rectify it, after all, this matter may implicate a large number of people, if it is just for the current situation, then there needs to be room for future actions, otherwise it is incumbent on him to take this opportunity to eliminate this stubborn disease." ”

Yan Shu looked at Su Jin in a daze, and said after a while: "Of course, the old man means the latter, as for the emperor's wishes, it is still unclear, but this is also the direction you and I want to promote, and some things may as well be said when I meet the emperor." ”

Su Jin's heart was half cold, at this time, Renzong's attitude was unclear, what should I do on this errand? The emperor doesn't know what he's thinking in his head?

Su Jin is not a politician, how did he know that some things are helpless, things in the world are often inextricably linked, if it is because of this time when the grain is rectified, pull out the radish and bring out the mud of the whole vegetable furrow, the turmoil brought is definitely not less than the famine and the displaced people; If it involves key personnel, it is necessary to be more careful, otherwise it may be a great disaster for officials and politics.

This is a time to test political wisdom and courage, and it is really not easy to make a decision on how to choose.

The carriages and horses were sparkling, the team moved forward silently, and the two people, one old and one young, sat in the carriage with their own thoughts, looking at each other speechlessly.