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Chapter 255 The Arrested Spy Guo Fengxiao

This is a serious question, or a question that no one dares to think about.

Zhang Jiao's like that must have used magic tricks, a magic trick that cannot be tolerated by the world. However, a Han clan suddenly received a teaching of immortals, and the current emperor's stupid words...

I really can't imagine it, and it's hard to say it out loud. If it spreads, it will definitely bring about a murder.

"Be careful..." Xun Yue was the oldest, so he came forward to stop Guo Jia's words. There were not a single family here, but there were so many families involved, and some words were not something that could be said casually.

"Haha, why bother to deceive yourself?" Guo Jia laughed, "Guo is very curious. What is the secret of the prefect!"

Seeing that he left immediately after saying that, everyone looked at each other and could see that everyone was feeling a little complicated.

"That Guo Jia... is from Guo..." Xin Pi took the lead in asking. Generally, those who can enter the circle should be wealthy families in Yingchuan, and the Guo family in Yingchuan, so there is no need for them to be from Xin.

"Guo Jia is just a sideline. His parents died early. The clan often deducted his monthly routine, so he has this personality since he was a child." Xun Yu sighed, and was bullied by his clan since he was a child and suffered various injustice.

Guo Jia's appearance of being unruly is actually more unimaginable strength and open-mindedness.

"So that's the case..." Xin Pi slightly put down his attention to Guo Jia when he heard this, but did not look down on the other party because of this.

A few days passed quickly to be honest. As the crops in the fields matured, Liu Tao even invited the most experienced old farmer in Yunzhong County to confirm that they were really mature, so he ordered the harvest to begin.

According to the rules, the taxes for naturalized Hu people were more important than those of the Han people. Liu Tao did not immediately abolish this rule and collected as much as he should. The treasury was immediately filled with a lot and looked much more comfortable.

"Xianhe, it seems that there are more things happening on your side." Liu Tao said with a smile.

"I am very happy to be busy with this kind of busyness." Jian Yong said with a smile.

"It's not just that simple. I plan to reopen the Changping position." Liu Tao explained, "I will buy a batch of grain from these people at the market price and put it in the cabin. I need you to develop a plan to store, store, and prevent others from misappropriating it."

"Chang Pingkang has not been set since this dynasty. It's not good for us to set it up rashly, right?" Jian Yong was a little worried.

"Anyway, it is the trial implementation in this county, and other places will not be opened for the time being. If there is a problem, Yunzhong County will not affect other places. If it is feasible, it will be gradually promoted. If it is not feasible, it will be stopped directly." Liu Tao said casually.

He paused and continued, "Xianheke knew that he had planned to open a Changping position during the Ming Dynasty, so why did he stop it?"

"This..." Jian Yong said that this was a bit too embarrassing for him, and he really didn't study much.

"Because it was fully deployed at that time, local officials were not qualified. Under the pretext of the name, they purchased the people's grain at low prices, and then sold them at high prices. At the same time, the grain stored may have unknowingly become old grain, and even when sand was mixed into the grain..." Liu Tao recalled.

Part of it was indeed the clan relative Liu Ban advised him on these reasons, so the discussion on Chang Ping Cang was put on hold. Part of it was explained by Liu Tao's recollection about watching a drama called "The Granary of the World" before.

The problem of often closing positions was not solved even during the Ming and Qing dynasties. He didn't care much about this part and could not help.

"For so many questions, the lord just threw them to his subordinates..." Jian Yong was a little embarrassed.

"It's okay, I will ask Canshan to help you. Xun Yu, his subordinate, should be very good at this matter. Then I will write a memorial." Liu Tao said with a smile.

When it comes to the basic national policy, it is not something that he, as the prefect, can touch. Not to mention the fundamental issue of administration, even the naturalization test and the concept of regular settlement need to be reported to Liu Hong. Although he will try it out if he gives it or not.

At this stage, it is not enough to be completely treated as if he does not exist. No matter if he takes action first or later, basic respect is still necessary.

The key to these two policies are indeed positive for the great man, and Liu Hong should be able to see that. With his personality, he should allow himself to try it out. If not, then it would be purely suppression.

"It's all that..." Jian Yong had no choice but to establish a system, the problems contained in the problem is not that simple. Just talking about this market price, it is hard to say what standard it is to calculate it.

After all, the prices of grain vary from place to place, and at the same time, as merchants buy and sell, the fluctuations in grain prices will also change. When to buy, when to sell, when to buy, what price to buy, and what price to sell are all problems.

There is also the problem of warehousing, how to ensure the storage of food. In addition, it is the administration of officials and how to ensure that officials do not have any problems. Liu Tao gave a concept, but how to implement it will definitely make people doubt their lives.

"If Changping positions can reappear with us, then the people don't have to worry about the problem that a good harvest will lead to losses and a bad harvest will not survive." Liu Tao sighed, "Xianhe, do you know what is the biggest resistance to Changping positions?"

"The so-called lord, is it a squire?" Jian Yong thought about the role of Changquan's position, and then roughly understood.

These days, the gentry or soldiers probably have one problem, that is, they are lazy. They don’t think about how to develop and make money. After all, they have to be an official, but the problem is that if they don’t have money, they must be greedy. In order not to be greedy, they need to have money.

How to make money? Business and industry are both risky. The more people invest, the more risky they are. In terms of stability, there is no problem with land output, so everyone's attention is still on farmland.

After all, there is a land rent that can be harvested every year, and you can receive money without spending much effort, which is of course the first choice. But just this is obviously not enough. If you regard farming as an industry, then according to the idea of ​​capital, you must naturally maximize your interests.

So the price of grain is like the stock market. The gentry kept reducing the price when purchasing grain, and then held back the market in the disaster year, raising the price of grain, and then making moves.

Those who later generations used the tricks to make real estate speculation, basically the means of these ancestors playing tricks.

To control the price of grain, the first thing to pay attention to is the immobility of grain. All grain can only be taken in the county or county and cannot flow to other places. Otherwise, the fluctuations in grain prices will be difficult to control, and it is impossible to maximize profits.

The culprit of this result is merchants, especially those big grain merchants. Therefore, all dynasties and generations have suppressed merchants. On the one hand, they are jealous because they don’t have so much time to do business; on the other hand, merchants make it difficult for them to control the price of grain, which is unhappy!

Often closing positions is definitely beneficial to the country and the people, but for the aristocratic families, they deprive them of ways to manipulate grain prices. The 200% profit was compressed to 20% to 35%, which was completely a matter of making hard money. They were used to 200% profit, so they naturally had to protest.

It just so happens that this thing needs to be managed by officials. Coincidentally, more officials come from these gentry families these days...

Many positions that often close are prone to problems, but the root cause is actually here.

"Sometimes, I think it's really good to come to Yunzhong. There are no wealthy families, and at most small families who work as officials in the county. This means that our biggest resistance will not bring us too much trouble." Liu Tao sighed.

He paused, looked at Jian Yong and said, "This is why we can keep a regular closing position here."

After changing to the counties and counties in the Central Plains, I guess I don’t know how much resistance this will encounter and how many people will calculate it. They will use a hundred methods to tell him: it is impossible to open a position that is often closed!

"The lord has always been lucky." Jian Yong smiled. This has become a topic that has become a core and private joke. Speaking of which, who doesn't want to get the luck of four hours?

"If you want to experience it, I can also show it for you..." Liu Tao thought for a while and whispered.

"I am already lucky enough, and after being lucky, I suddenly become less lucky, which is quite bad." Jian Yong refused rationally.

"Yes, this is how I feel now." Liu Tao said helplessly, "I am used to having four hours of luck every day. In addition, I always think that it would be great if I could be lucky all day."

It would be better if you are more lucky, but... People are not easy to be content.

Regarding the matter of Changping, Jian Yong also planned to think about it carefully, give a plan, and then ask a few people to discuss it.

As a result, when I was about to go out, I remembered something and turned around and said, "Lord, my subordinate caught a spy last night."

"Oh, who has such leisure time? I need to come to us to inquire... I've caught you even." Liu Tao joked.

"He contacted his subordinates as a scholar who had been studying here since then. During this period, he seemed to have intentionally or unintentionally inquire about the spells of the lord. The subordinates felt that there was something wrong, so they sent someone to take him down last night and were being held in a prison." Jian Yong replied.

"Although I don't think this news can be kept for a lifetime, our confidentiality measures are still good." Liu Tao joked, "So, who betrayed us?"

But no one was burned to death, or betrayed this matter, isn’t it considered an active hostile act?

"It's unknown. The lord and subordinates think that this matter always requires a proper solution. It will be useless to keep it hidden." Jian Yong reminded.

"I will consider this. Speaking of which, what is the name of the spy... Forget it, it is probably a pseudonym." Liu Tao was a little curious about the spy. After all, he had caught such a profession for the first time.

"This person calls himself Guo Jia from Yingchuan, and his name is Fengxiao, but he doesn't know if it is a pseudonym." Jian Yong replied.

"Slowly, what's your name just now?" Liu Tao was shocked and asked hurriedly.

"Yingchuan Guo Jia..." Jian Yong didn't understand why Liu Tao was so excited.

"He is in prison, right?" Liu Tao said excitedly, "No, I'm going to see him now!"

"Oh, lord is just casual..." Jian Yong probably realized that he was probably similar to Xun Yu's situation. He should be a talent that his lord was thinking about. But if he was a talent, why would he be so clumsy to find out the situation?

Jian Yong couldn't figure it out, so he simply didn't think about it. Anyway, he was even more anxious and had to do something with headaches.

A few minutes later, Liu Tao came to the prison. The environment here was not very good. If possible, he would have not come, so he tried not to come, but at this moment he couldn't take care of so much. When he came to the cell where Guo Jia was imprisoned, he excitedly shouted to it: "Guo Jia Yingchuan?"
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