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"Shocking!" After dinner, sitting in the small study room decorated with elegant and exquisite expression, Li Ze looked at Gongsun Changming with a heavy face and said, "I have observed it for a day in the West City and East City today. The situation may be even more serious than we imagined."

"What did Jishuai see?" Gongsun Changming asked.

"The high price of grain is almost beyond the reach of the people." Li Ze shook his head and said, "Today, I saw those who came to buy grain in the grain shop. Basically, they bought food for a day. Many people even bought half a liter of grain at a time. If this is just one person's food, that's fine, but if there are two or three or more people in the family, then many people will be hungry in Chang'an City."

"A dou of rice is worth 100 yuan. This price is indeed a bit high during the rising season. Moreover, there were no major disasters in various places last year, and the grain was produced with a bumper harvest." Gongsun Changming nodded.

"Grain production is high, but the price of grain is rising compared to last year. What does this mean?" Li Ze asked back.

"In addition to economic reasons, it is probably more political reasons. Towns in various places may be garrisoning food and grass." Gongsun Changming said word by word: "In other words, everyone has realized the problem now. Once the canal transportation is cut off, Guanzhong will be in chaos."

"The rise in grain prices has driven all the prices to rise together, but there are not many ways to make money." Li Ze said: "There are too many people in Chang'an City. In the afternoon, Qiaoer and Changping were there. Li Mi and the others bought a lot of things. I also found a few lifu to help carry it. Mr. Gongsun knows how much strength it is in half a day? The price is only ten cents, and a liter of rice is priced. A lot of people rushed to do it, and finally they lowered the price and even fought each other."

"This is why Jishuai finally hired several people?" Gongsun Changming laughed and said, "This is just a drop in the ocean. Jishuai has taken care of their food rations today, what about tomorrow?"

"They are all half-year-old boys, one by one, one is skinny and sad to see." Li Ze said with some gratitude: "It's when you're having a long meal, you're always hungry and you'll be useless. It's okay if you don't see it. Since you've seen it, you can take care of it for a day, it's only a day."

"Chang'an City is pretty good, I'm afraid there are some more miserable places than here." Gongsun Changming shook his head and said, "So, what Jishuai wants to change is not to occasionally make kindness, but to fundamentally change all of this."

"There is a long way to go!" Li Ze sighed, "Jingzhao Yin is not doing anything in power. Along the way, I see that there are a lot of wastelands on the land of Guanzhong, and the mountains, forests and waters are basically deserted. If these idle men can be organized to reclaim wasteland, they can improve the status quo, right?"

"Jingshou is to judge others by oneself." Gongsun Changming said: "There are indeed a lot of wastelands on the land of Guanzhong, which are Shanglinyuan and other places not far from Chang'an City. There are countless wastelands, but these lands are all masters! Not to mention anything else, the area of ​​Shanglinyuan belongs to the royal family. The young master measured the land in Chengde and other places, counted the household registration, and distributed all his hundreds of thousands of acres of land to the landless people by military farming, but this is not feasible in Guanzhong. The emperor dared to do this, but he was afraid that the throne would be lost immediately, and even his life would be in danger."

"Does these Guanlong nobles want to go to see King Yan Luo with these property?" Li Ze sneered: "In the east city, the dignitaries and nobles are fat and have big ears, spending a lot of money without changing their faces, but there are many people with vegetables in the west city. This is really a stinky smell of wine and meat, and there are frozen bones on the road!"

"The rich family smells like wine and meat, and the road is frozen to death!" Gongsun Changming repeated it, sucked for a moment, and said, "Young Master's words are inspired by feelings, which is really thought-provoking, but this is reality. You are not willing to give up your own interests to help others. If everyone in the world has the idea of ​​your young master, how could it become like this now?"

"Court officials, censors and censors, can they be written to the emperor without a discerning person?

"There have always been people who are not afraid of death or trouble, but these people are usually slight. The big men of the dynasty did not understand this truth, but they understood even better that the Tang Dynasty's body was already full of holes. It would be fine if such a disease was not exposed. Once it was exposed, it would be a sudden attack, and even the restlessness could not be done. The only thing they could do was to repair and delay the aging of this body. This is why they urgently needed a big victory to cover up the current dilemma. If they want to do all this, they must have a virtuous minister inside, a strong army outside, and an attack from inside and outside to work. Otherwise, they would act rashly and would kill themselves." Gongsun Changming analyzed. "So now you are so important!"

"It's really hard for them." Li Ze sneered. In fact, Li Ze also knew very well in his heart. Who is the one who can ascend to the throne of the imperial court who is not a meticulous person? How could they not see the problems they see? However, they occupy different positions, different ideas, and even more so.

"It's not easy to live in Chang'an!" Gongsun Changming said: "Today, the young master went to visit the east and west markets. I also visited a friend who was a doctor in the Imperial College in the past. I miss his family."

"Are you so embarrassed by a doctorate in the Imperial Academy?" Li Ze was surprised.

"The doctor of the Imperial Academy, with a sixth rank in his rank, was a noble position in the prosperous era, but now, it is really cleared to the end. Speaking of which, his salary is not low. If he has a prosperous salary of 90 stones per year, he will have ninety stones. If he adds other positions, salary, and miscellaneous labor, he will have an income of about 300 cents in a year."

"Isn't this a low point?" Li Zeqi said.

"It sounds not low. The problem is that the court cannot pay the salary now. There are too many people receiving salary from the court. Arrears are normal, and it is normal to owe salary for a few years. The court now needs to maintain normal operation, maintain the stability of the imperial army of 200,000 yuan, and maintain the royal demeanor. It is normal to rely solely on the land of Heluo and Guanzhong, and lack money. In the past, he used to support Chang'an by the world, but now he only relies on Heluo and Guanzhong. The embarrassment can be imagined." Gongsun Changming said: "My friend is only good at studying and teaching, and has no rights in his hands. Those who are in charge of salary will naturally delay if they can, and they will not give them if they can. He and his family were originally relying on his salary to live. Today I went to find him, and he actually cast nets to catch fish and shrimp in the river, which makes people sad."

"Has the sixth-rank official reached this point? It can be seen by ordinary people." Li Ze said: "I really don't know if I don't see you, I'm shocked when I see you."

"I just learned after talking to him that the court could not afford the money now, so it came up with a new way to distribute them grain rolls and use them to the designated grain merchants where to collect grain. Even such grain rolls may not be able to be obtained smoothly." Gongsun Changming said.

"Food delivery rolls? People who came up with this idea are very smart. There is a lot of articles to do here, right?"

"Ji Shuai's magic tricks." Gongsun Changming smiled. "Where could the grain merchants miss this opportunity to pluck this layer of hair? They actually had to collect 30% of the lost money. A dou of grain rolls can only be exchanged for seven liters of grain."

"If you turn around, this grain merchant can get a lot of food from the court with this grain roll and sell it outside at a high price. It will make a lot of money from inside and outside." Li Ze sneered. "For this reason, the army will not be the same, right?"

"This is what I worry about. As Jieshuai expected, all the 150,000 Shen Ce troops stationed around the capital were like this. Only the 50,000 Shen Ce troops of Heluo Li Xin were paid in full salary."

"So, I'm afraid that the combat effectiveness of the Shence Army in Chang'an is worrying." Li Ze said worriedly. "But the day before yesterday, the army led by Qin Zhao was quite energetic."

"JieShi, that is the Yuan Cong Imperial Guard, who guards the palace. It is the emperor's real guard army that the emperor can command himself. If even they cannot guarantee, then don't make a big mess?" Gongsun Changming said with a smile.

"It has reached this point!" Li Ze sighed: "Your friend, since life is so difficult, let him come to General Qianniuwei's Mansion to do things in the future. I will give him enough salary."

"He only teaches and is a righteous man. In the future, General Qianniuwei, who was stationed in Chang'an, would not be suitable for him. I suggest that he go to Chengde. Didn't Zhang Hui agree to go? Zhang Hui was also his old boss before."

"Will he be willing to go from the prosperous place of Chang'an to the remote and remote hometown of Chengde?"

"I can't live happily anymore, how can I not leave?" Gongsun Changming smiled and said, "What's more, Jieshuai's momentum is soaring now. As soon as I said that, he agreed, he was very happy. I didn't dare to leave Chang'an before, but I didn't know the situation outside. Now that I have friends to surrender, he would not refuse. I left him some money for him to prepare and let Tuhu send him over. This person has solid knowledge, especially the law. I think Jieshuai can do it."

"Especially the law?" Li Ze suddenly became very interested: "Sir, we really need such talents when we achieve virtue. No matter what we want to do, the law must be the top priority. We cannot always use military law to govern. This is too strict. The laws of the Tang Dynasty are now not suitable for the new situation under our rule. When this person goes to achieve virtue, he can teach and modify the laws and regulations to match our overall strategy. The disciples he taught in the future will inevitably be very outstanding in this regard, and we will have more talents in this regard. Miaoji, Miaoji."

"The general of Jie is eager to seek talent, so I dare to arrange for him to go to Chengde before reporting it." Gongsun Changming smiled.
Chapter completed!