In fact, several other people had the same idea, but they didn't dare to say it clearly, and they all looked at Lu Yuanhou for a while.

The latter also frowned and hesitated, he still had 2,230,000 stone grain and rice in his hand, if he sold it now, he would be able to leave 6,700,000 taels of silver after returning the money in the village.

Although this is far from his original goal, if he continues to fight, he may lose all his money.

After a long time, he finally returned to the chair under the "expectant" gaze of several other people, nodded dejectedly, and said, "In this case, then let's ship it." ”

……

"Yang Gebu, it was really expected by you!" Lin Zunbin hurriedly walked into the Nanjing Mansion with his official robe, and said excitedly, "The big millet shops in the city have been released to sell grain, and the selling price is half a percentage lower than that of the official warehouse. ”

Yang Tinglin didn't seem surprised, shook his head and said, "It's not what I expected, it's all planned by His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King." According to His Highness, this is called 'chasing the rise and killing the fall'. As long as grain prices are allowed to fall steadily, these profiteers who hold huge quantities of grain will not be able to hold back.

"Look at it, His Highness also asserted that the grain and rice will be thrown more and more fiercely in the future."

At this time, Lin Zunbin followed Yang Tinglin's side, seeing that he had attracted profiteers to sell it at a reduced price with less than 100,000 stone grain and rice according to the arrangement of His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King, he was greatly impressed in his heart, and couldn't help but point: "Your Highness is a great talent!" With his plan, the people of southern Fujian were able to solve the pain of overhang. ”

Yang Tinglin nodded thoughtfully, and then ordered: "Duke Yan, first let the grain price of the official warehouse drop by another five yuan per stone."

"You have to keep a close eye on grain prices, and you must ensure that official grain is 10% lower than the market price at any time."

"The subordinate obeys!"

……

Ten days later.

In the study room of the Auxiliary Prince's Mansion, Yang Tinglin was respectfully presenting, "...... Subsequently, the rice shops in the city had to reduce their prices to a price similar to that of the official warehouse. According to His Royal Highness's policy, the lower officials lowered the price of rice to two taels and five coins per stone in a few days.

"Strange to say, the lower the price, the less anxious the people are to buy food. For a time, the grain merchants in the city saw that the grain in their hands was becoming less and less valuable, and they all panicked and spontaneously lowered prices to sell and hoard rice.

After that, there was no need for the officials to take any more action, and the big and small businessmen competed to lower the price, for fear that they would be more expensive than others. Even when the price of grain was high, the squires who were reluctant to sell their grain were also panicked, and they were eager to exchange grain and rice for cash before the price of grain fell to a lower level.

"For a while, grain was sold everywhere, but few people cared about it. By the time the lower officials left Nanjing, a stone of brown rice could only be sold for one or two taels of silver.

"Using the 700,000 taels allocated by the imperial court to buy grain, it will definitely ensure that the people of southern Fujian can survive the disaster safely."

"Yang Gebu has worked hard for the people's livelihood this time." Zhu Lin praised Yang Tinglin first, and before he was modest, he immediately continued, "However, although the disaster in southern Fujian has been resolved, we still can't take it lightly. ”

Yang Tinglin hurriedly said solemnly: "Please make it clear to Your Highness." ”

"Although grain prices have plummeted recently due to the collapse of grain profiteers, southern Fujian is still a disaster area after all, and it will not be long before grain prices will begin to rise due to a large number of people buying grain.

"Food is the foundation of the people, and the price of food fluctuates so violently, which is harmful and not beneficial to the people. The people grow grain for money to make a living, so if the price of grain is too low, the people will live a miserable life. When the harvest was not good and the people needed to pay for food, the profiteers took the opportunity to raise the price of food, and the hungry people were born. ”

Zhu Lin looked at Yang Tinglin and said, "How does the Yang Pavilion think of a whip method?" ”

The core idea is to use silver to replace grain and material taxation, which greatly improved the tax chaos of the Wanli Dynasty and was one of the important factors in its revival.

Yang Tinglin was familiar with this, but he frowned and said: "Lower official, it's difficult to judge......"

Zhu Lin nodded, Yang Tinglin did not simply sing praises for Zhang Shoufu, indicating that he still has some understanding of the people's suffering.

Zhu Lin simply said, "The original intention of a whip method is excellent, but since the Chongzhen Dynasty, it has been the source of the people's hardship.

"The government set taxes for the people based on the amount of grain paid, but they were all converted into silver money. When the price of grain is high, the government will levy more tax, but when the price of grain is low, it will ignore it and continue to collect the amount of the previous year.

"Since the beginning of the apocalypse, the price of food has fluctuated, but the taxes paid by the people have only increased. Profiteers are even hoarding and profiteing by manipulating grain prices.

"The people's taxes were not too heavy, but after they were converted into money, they were all overwhelmed, and a large number of people were forced to leave their homes because they could not pay the taxes. At that time, the Rogues recruited these displaced people, and their number increased to hundreds of thousands within a few years! ”

Yang Tinglin bowed his head and was silent, he knew most of these situations, but after accumulating so many drawbacks, he couldn't abolish a whip law, right?

Zhu Lin continued: "This time the matter of the profiteers in southern Fujian stockpiling grain is also an opportunity. Yang Gebu must have earned a lot of silver from profiteers, right? ”

Yang Tinglin hurriedly said: "Xiaguan sold a total of 110,000 stone of grain, and obtained nearly 700,000 taels of silver. ”

Zhu Lin nodded and said: "With this money, together with the 170,000 taels allocated by the imperial court, it will be remitted in one place as the Ming grain price control fund." ”

"What did Your Highness say about the gold?"

"That is, to keep a sum of money in the household, but not to divert it for other purposes. Only when there are large fluctuations in grain prices in the market, this silver should be used to stabilize grain prices. Zhu Lin explained, "As for how to operate, Yang Gebu's move in Nanjing this time can be taken as an example.

"Only when the price of grain is stable can the people's lives be stable, and the idea of speculation by profiteers can also be cut off.

"By the way, when a 'parity division' is set up in the household department, a special person will be responsible for controlling the stability of grain prices across the country. When taxes are levied in various localities, the amount of grain converted into silver must also be determined by the parity department. In this way, we can put an end to the disadvantages of local governments ignoring the livelihood of the people and relying on food price fluctuations to increase taxes in disguise. ”

He let Yang Tinglin digest it for a while, and then continued: "After Yang Gebu returns to southern Fujian, he can invest hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and hoard grain and rice in the official warehouse at a low price." On the one hand, it is used to give relief to the victims, and on the other hand, if the profiteers and thieves do not die, they will use the grain to destroy them. ”

The lower official then proceeded to do it.

Speaking of people's livelihood issues, Zhu Lin also remembered the planned agricultural single tax, which was a disaster in southern Fujian at this time, and could be used as an excuse to carry out a "pilot" in southern Fujian.

If you find any problems, you can also use the "Temporary Measures in Time of Disaster" to make adjustments.

He then said to Yang Tinglin: "The disaster is coming, and the land of southern Fujian should be mainly for recuperation. I am considering reducing the tax on local farmers, abolishing all donations, donations, and distributions within three years, and collecting only one agricultural tax, and setting the tax rate at four percent. ”

At that time, the tax rate of the Ming Dynasty was 30 taxes and 1, that is, less than 3.4 percent, but all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, corruption**, coupled with the chaos of grain prices, the people even had to hand over more than half of the harvest.

Therefore, if the mandatory tax rate is only 4 percent and there is no other apportionment, it will actually reduce the pressure on the people by more than ten times.

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