Wei and Jin Cooks

Xia Houren's face turned red and he said angrily: "His Majesty is still here, and you Zhao family openly say that the general represents the imperial court, isn't it because you have the intention to replace him?"

“Fart, if the general had such intention, he could have followed the trend at the observatory that day. I think you want to harm the general and alienate the relationship between His Majesty and the general. The most sinister person is you, you should..."

"Okay," Zhao Hanzhang cut off Zhao Shen's words, glanced at the noisy people who were blushing and thick-necked, and said: "Let the people know that God will bring disasters to let them take precautions. Tao Wu, Xia Houren, if you don't accept it, , then go to the outside of Luoyang City and serve as Li Zheng’s deputy, just in time to persuade the people to live frugally and save food to prevent disasters.”

Then he said to Zhao Shen: "I asked you to assist Zu Ti in flood prevention and disaster relief. What are you doing in the capital? You can leave tomorrow."

Zhao Shen opened his mouth, wanting to feel aggrieved for himself, but he endured it silently.

Zhao Hanzhang paused and then said: "Everyone is seeking profit, especially businessmen. Hoarding is their method, but the court may not necessarily approve their behavior."

"Even businessmen should have patriotism and compassion for the people, let alone scholars who are well-read in poetry and books?" Zhao Hanzhang glanced at the officials below, until he saw several ministers dripping with cold sweat and turning pale before continuing: "Now At a time when the country is in dire straits and the people are suffering, hoarding is especially hateful. From today on, any price increase that exceeds 15% of the five-year average for the same period will be counted as price gouging. Once discovered and captured once, only money and food can be used. Atonement.”

Ji Yuan immediately bowed and said: "The general is wise!"

 Others quickly followed.

The little emperor breathed a sigh of relief and felt that he had escaped disaster again. He glanced at Xun Zu sadly, especially wanting to beg him to stop trying so hard. He had been lying flat since the day he ascended the throne. Why didn't his third uncle give up after so long? ?

Xunzu didn't receive the signal from his nephew's eyes, so he lowered his head and followed the others silently, feeling very uncomfortable.

Xia Houren and Tao Wu can only be regarded as a relatively neutral group of old ministers, and their attitude has always been ambiguous. They were squeezed out of Luoyang, and there were even fewer ministers in the court who could speak for the emperor.

 Zhao Hanzhang retreated from the court and left. Fu Tinghan walked beside her and said, "You are allowing food prices to rise."

Zhao Hanzhang: "Xia Houren is right about one thing. Because of information asymmetry, dissemination speed and differences in people's IQ, the thoughts and behaviors of most people in the world are very stupid after they know there is a major natural disaster. All kinds of stupidity This action will infinitely harm public interests, so the court needs to be flexible and make choices when responding."

"There is a rope connecting the imperial court and the people. This rope is quiet most of the time and vibrates occasionally. The people closest to the knot are the most sensitive. But the world is so big and the rope is so long. Most of the people are far away from the knot. Very far away, we cannot ask them to keep up with the pace of the court." Zhao Hanzhang sighed, "When disaster strikes, the rope begins to vibrate and tighten. It is not only the court that is exerting force, but also the people on the other side of the knot. He’s also pulling hard.”

"If we pull the rope very tightly from the beginning, how much strength will we have to hold on to the rope when the disaster really strikes?" Zhao Hanzhang said softly: "The record is that there was heavy rain for three months. After the rain, disaster relief was required, and the court at least The rope needs to be tightened for five months, so I can’t and won’t push hard at that point.”

“This rope should be tightened or loosened, so that the vibration can reach farther places, and tell people far away from the rope that a disaster is coming, and you should start preparing..."

“When they really can’t sustain it, the imperial court can continue its efforts so that they can continue to hang on the rope and not fall into the abyss.”

Zhao Hanzhang did not expect to be able to stabilize the people and make policies from the beginning, and maintain order for more than five months.

That can only be done by a strong country.

 Is the Jin Dynasty a powerful country?

Now the Jin Dynasty is just breathing a sigh of relief. The treasury is so clean that even rats don’t bother to visit it. Not only does it need subsidies from her, but it also owes a lot of money and food to the local tycoons headed by Zhao Hu.

It itself has only one breath left, and all she can do is to give the people a breath of relief. Fu Tinghan held her hand and said, "Then you have to be prepared to be scolded. Next, food prices will rise and fines will be imposed. I'm afraid there will be more than one group of people who want to scold you."

 Zhao Hanzhang laughed and didn't mind, "Just scold me. What they scolded is not unreasonable. In the end, we are still too weak and the national treasury is empty."

She sighed and said: "Food is the hard currency."

Fu Tinghan thought for a moment and then said: "Last July, the newly discovered copper mine in Mei County contained very high copper content. A lot of it was mined and was smelted into copper blocks on the spot, but it did not make money. I originally wanted to use it in industry. of…"

Zhao Hanzhang's eyes were bright and he looked at him with shining eyes.

Fu Tinghan smiled and said: "If you can convince Zhongshu Sheng and Menxia Sheng to agree, I will give you half."

 Although things like copper mines now nominally belong to Zhao Hanzhang, she has always used them as national assets, and every time she uses them, she goes through formal channels.

However, she can have exclusive power if she wants. At this time, Zhao Hanzhang can wave his hand and say: "That's it, give me half, I will go back and let the money bureau take it, and the new money can be taken to Jiangnan to buy food." . There is still too little food in the North."

Fu Tinghan: "But the Central Plains is the major grain-producing region in this era, because it has been suffering from constant wars and natural disasters. If it can be stabilized, it will surpass Jiangnan in less than two years."

Zhao Hanzhang nodded, but Jiangnan has always been a land of fish and rice in later generations. The soil is fertile and the water is rich. If it is cultivated well, it can also be planted, and it can produce a lot of food.

 So the agricultural development in Jiangnan cannot be slacked off.

 The government order was issued, and the price of grain in Luoyang was under control. It began to rise, rising by a big step from time to time, then quietly falling by a small step when the Yamen watched, and then continued...

Just like this, the price of food is rising slowly.

Xia Houren and Tao Wu, who were sent to the outskirts of Luoyang, looked at the price of food and were secretly worried. "Luoyang is like this under the eyes of the general, let alone other places."

Xia Houren sighed: "She has also changed. She used to be able to listen to advice, but now she is becoming more arbitrary and authoritarian. Once the price of food is out of control, the world will be in chaos, she...sigh."

Xia Houren always felt that Zhao Hanzhang was going to follow Gou Xi's old path.

 Is this the curse of the great general of the Jin Dynasty?

 Every regent general has no good results in the end.

The two of them were feeling relatively sad when they heard their friend shouting at them from a distance, speaking in a strong local accent: "I want to go to the countryside and persuade them to plant sorghum. What are you doing here?"

The two people who were about to shed tears immediately ignored their sadness and quickly picked up their robes to follow.

Good night