The old emperor's funeral was extremely simple, and this simplicity was divided from time to time. When Zhao Zhen was alive, he thought it was pure nonsense to put his body outside for nine months, so he only allowed his son to put his body in the coffin and worship it for twenty-seven days before he was buried while the body was still fresh. He would not bother with himself or the people in the world.:6d

Since Emperor Long Yubin Tian, ​​all the civil and military officials in the court were busy with the funeral of the old emperor. When the Shanling Envoy Pang Ji returned from Gong County to submit the imperial edict, the government affairs of the Song Dynasty returned to the peaceful situation in the past.

After hiding in the palace for a long time because of both parents' death, the young emperor hid in the palace and was sad, and he did not immediately plan to go to court to ask about things.

This requires all civil and military officials to come out to truly rule the world after three invitations. Of course, the emperor still needs to be reserved after three invitations and cannot show an urgent feeling, so as not to mistakenly think that he hopes that his mother will die soon.

It was not until the empress dowager took the ruler handed down by the old emperor and whipped the emperor hard for a few times that the haggard emperor would sit on the dragon throne with tears in his eyes and prepare to kill people.

Killing is also a common practice. I am worried that there is no one to call the old emperor in the underworld or in the sky. The first thing the new emperor needs to do is to kill all the death row prisoners first, and there is no need to wait until the autumn is executed.

The death row prisoner was killed, and then he wanted to express that the new emperor was a kind emperor and then he wanted to impose a general amnesty in the world. As long as it was not a crime of tyranny, he could basically be pardoned.

This is a routine, so many people who have accumulated hatred in their hearts will choose to start avenge after the old emperor dies, and then go to the government to surrender after revenge. As long as they are in prison for a few months, the new emperor will be able to come out again after the world is pardoned.

This year, these people made the wrong idea. After the little emperor killed the death row prisoner in prison, he did not announce any general amnesty. The only kindness he gave was to further reduce the land tax. At the same time, the commercial tax increased a little.

Today, the proportion of commercial taxes in the Song Dynasty in national taxes has exceeded that of land taxes. After a while, the court not only did not reduce its income, but instead had more inputs.

The only tax that did not rise but was lowered was grain tax. The Ministry of Revenue calculated the final figure of grain, and Zhao Xu forced the final selling price of grain to die. According to the figures he gave, there was basically no profit to traffic in grain.

There is no profit in selling, so there is no profit in farming. The only benefit is that you can fill your stomach.

When Pang Ji saw the decree of the little emperor, he knew that it was very inappropriate to do so. However, the initial decree of the little emperor could not be rejected, and this was for the prestige of the little emperor.

In the end, did the young emperor's decree pass through the center? It passed the left and right platforms, and the officials did not return the emperor's decree. All the prefectures and prefectures obeyed the same. The grain merchants in the world complained, and one decree blocked the way for the grain merchants in the Song Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the grain output of the Song Dynasty has never been balanced. The rice output in the south is high and wheat output in the north is low. Nowadays, the northern population of our Song Dynasty is more than the southern population. Therefore, we need to transport the excess grain from the south to the north. In this way, the north and the south will have enough food to eat. Especially in big cities like Tokyo, they do not produce grain themselves, and the grain produced by the surrounding small counties is not enough to supply the capital. Most of the grain in the capital depends on the canal to transport it from the south.

Therefore, Tokyo people eat rice more than pasta.”

Pang Ji sat on a chair and told the little emperor Zhao Xu about the relationship between grain production and price, as well as the relationship with grain merchants. He hoped that the emperor could understand that governing the world is definitely not something that can be managed just by getting angry.

When Zhao Xu went to Yun’s house a few days ago, he passed by a grain store. It was the time when the green and yellow food was not available, and the prices of grain in Tokyo soared. A woman who could not afford food dragged three young children to sit at the door of the grain store and cried.

The three children were shouting that they were hungry, but the guy in the grain shop held his hands and watched the fun, so he didn't sell food to the woman who only had five copper coins in his hand.

The eldest lady of the Yun family, who was with the little emperor, was furious and took her brother to smash the grain store on the spot. The grain store clerk and the shopkeeper's mouth were beaten by the Yun family's generals and the palace guards. The reason was that the shopkeeper said that the wild things he brought to the shop to make trouble.

Finally, the eldest lady of the Yun family took out a ingot of silver to buy all the food in the grain store and gave all the food inside to the poor people who could not afford it.

When the eldest lady of the Yun family saw the woman crying with joy while holding the child, she asked the emperor with tears in her eyes, why did she let these unscrupulous businessmen bully people?

Seeing the unscrupulous emperor with his own eyes, he returned to the palace and thought about this solution after he was furious.

"Tao Fu, I really can't stand the bad businessmen bullying my people."

A smile appeared on Pang Ji's face, and he looked at the emperor with relief and said: "Your Majesty has the people of the world in his heart, and the old minister is extremely happy. This is a mind that a wise ruler must have.

But Your Majesty forgot that although the owner of the grain shop was bad, they were also His Majesty’s people. As long as they do business within the scope permitted by the laws of the Song Dynasty, Your Majesty should support it, rather than stop it by barbarism.

At this time, it was the time when the new and old food was alternating. At this time, the food from last year had been eaten up and the new food had not yet been shipped to the capital. Therefore, it was natural for the rise in grain prices to rise.

The old minister has checked that the increase in grain this year is not very large, and merchants have not hoarded grain and deliberately raised prices. As long as new grain arrives in Tokyo, the price will naturally fall."

"But, that woman..."

"Your Majesty, it is the responsibility of the government rather than the grain merchants. The Changping Warehouse under His Majesty is used at this time. The grain to help the people should be released from the Changping Warehouse, not from the grain merchants. The grain merchant has paid taxes to the Song Dynasty, so his responsibilities have been completed."

"So, am I wrong?"

Pang Ji laughed and said, "What's wrong with Your Majesty's love for the people? Besides, thunder, rain and dew are all kindness of the Lord. Although grain merchants are suffering at the moment, the people of the world are inscribed with Your Majesty's love for the people. There is no mistake between gains and losses."

"But you said earlier that after I did this, the food in the world would no longer be circulated, and no merchants would be willing to transport the food to the capital."

"It is the responsibility of the old minister, the prime minister, and it is not the burden of His Majesty. The reason why there is a disunity in the whole world is the freight. Your Majesty only stipulates the price of grain and does not calculate the cost of transportation. At this time, Your Majesty should issue another decree to stipulate the amount of freight. In this way, the grain merchants will not complain."

Zhao Zhen scratched his head and sighed: "If you do this, the price of food is still very high! There is no change from before."

Pang Ji smiled and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know that the lower the price of food, the better. Your Majesty knows the reason why the grain is hurting farmers."

Just when the monarch and ministers were discussing how to make up for the emperor's faults, the eunuch came to report that Yun Lu brought his eldest daughter Yunlu and his eldest son Yunting came to the palace to apologize.

Zhao Xu blushed a little, and Pang Ji smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Yun Lu is the one who knows the best way of economy among women. If Yun Zheng had not learned to lead troops to fight, he would have become the number one businessman in the Song Dynasty. Since Yun Lu knew that her children had made mistakes in the grain store, why not listen to what Yun Lu would say?"

Zhao Xu nodded repeatedly.

When Pang Ji walked out of the hall, he happened to see Lu Qingying kneeling outside the hall with his son and daughter. Yun Luoluo and Yun Ting were tied up with their hands tied up by ribbons, kneeling behind their mother with their heads hanging down.

Pang Ji smiled and ordered the eunuch to help Lu Qingying up and said, "Madam, why bother! It is not unforgivable for children to make occasional mistakes.

I was just praising His Majesty for his wife's children who all had a kind heart, which is very rare."

Lu Qingying bowed and said, "The Prime Minister has been too much. Because of their misconduct, His Majesty has deviated when formulating national policies. How can this be a minor crime?

What's more, I asked someone to ask that the woman had no food because her husband gambled the money for the grain she sold to them at a low price.

They smashed their shops without asking the truth. This is a sign of a bastard. This is related to national policy. How can they be easily let go?")
Chapter completed!