After the Hongmen Banquet, the dignitaries in the court just symbolically sold out all the food in the grain store, and then chose to close the shop, assuming a posture of fighting to the end.

It’s not illegal if you don’t sell it!

Isn't it just warehouse tax? I just pay it. What the hell!

After that, only food stores that cooperate with WFP will be open.

However, only after more than two months, some grain shops in the city began to open their doors for business one after another, with prices set at thirty-eight cents.

At the same time, Cai Jing raised the price of grain to 40 cents.

This is not to say that he is showing great kindness, but because the food of the imperial court is indeed useful and can only be used in emergencies at critical times.

In this way, those people who are forced to make a living and participate in the work-for-relief program naturally choose to go to these grain stores to buy food, which is two cents cheaper after all.

But it's just them.

Most people still don't buy it.

That's it?

There is no sincerity.

They believe that grain prices will fall again, and even if they want to buy, they will only buy in one or two days.

Everyone knows that there is still a lot of food that has not been released.

This is really a good reincarnation, no one will be spared by heaven.

The more times this happened in the past, the more these big landowners would hold back on selling their grain, and unless they sucked up all the people's land at the lowest price, they would never sell it.

But this time, that time.

Don’t you love hoarding food?

Just stock up.

We would rather have porridge every day than buy it.

Don't tell me, some people really think so, and they try their best to persuade others not to buy it.

However, as these small and medium-sized owners began to sell grain to outsiders, the large landowners gradually became unable to bear the burden.

They were really starting to get anxious.

Because they know that if this continues, the imperial court will definitely be able to survive until the beginning of autumn. The key is that it does not trigger a panic and grab food, and everyone is still rushing to buy.

Any store!

"It's over! It's all over!"

Liu Ping looked at the newly opened grain stores downstairs, and immediately became discouraged and collapsed on his chair, his eyes gradually becoming dull.

Cao Huaidao: "Brother Liu, the higher-ups...what did the higher-ups say?"

"above?"

Liu Ping glanced at him and said, "Above, haha, I wanted to ask yesterday, but they scolded me. Now they can get angry at me."

Chen Xiang said: "What should we do now? In the year of famine, the price of grain was only thirty-eight cents. It was not as good as when there was a recession. It was too low. We were asked to sell grain, but we couldn't do it like this!"

Cao Huaixin asked: "Otherwise, we spend a lot of money to buy all the grain from the small and medium-sized households?"

Liu Ping and Chen Xiang looked at him at the same time.

It seems to say, do you buy it?

In fact, those small and medium-sized landowners have hinted before that they are willing to sell grain to them. If you don't buy it, then we will sell it to others, but we can't hold it anymore.

But they are not stupid. The current situation is very unfavorable to them. At this time, they have to buy grain on a large scale. As long as the court waits until the beginning of autumn, it will really cost them both their wives and their troops.

These powerful people are all very snobbish. How could they be willing to help these small and medium-sized households take risks?

...

Royal Palace.

"Madam, there are people coming from the Wang family and the Li family again."

Empress Dowager Gao carefully spoke to Empress Dowager Cao who was lying on the collapse.

Empress Dowager Cao slowly sat up with the support of her maid, "What's the matter?"

Empress Dowager Gao said sarcastically: "It's still about the warehouse tax. They hope that the officials can be accommodating."

Empress Dowager Cao said: "I have also heard about the warehouse tax. This is not to rob their food, but to let them sell the food. Can their family eat so much food?"

Empress Dowager Gao said: "But they said that the time is too tight and they can't be sold out at all."

Empress Dowager Cao said: "Then you go ask them, how do you want me to tell the officials that our relatives in the Song Dynasty all have hundreds of thousands of stones of grain in their homes, and they can't even sell them all? Can you please give them some accommodation?

If an official asks me why my relatives keep so much food, how do you want me to answer?"

Empress Dowager Gao added: "But there are also many complaints from the clan?"

Empress Dowager Cao waved her hands and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter, they only complain about this moment. After all, the officials are not trying to rob them of their food, nor are they trying to give them less food, but let them give it to them."

If you change it into money, you will gradually get used to it."

After a pause, she added: "Also, go and tell King Chang that this is a disaster and a war. The official has not had a good sleep for several days, so he must not bring trouble to his brother.

trouble."

The implication is to let Chang Wang Zhao Hao lead by example.

"yes."

...

Zhao Mansion.

"Zhao Zongzheng."

When all the officials saw Zhao Wenzheng coming in, they all stood up and looked at him eagerly.

Zhao Wenzheng sat down, let out a long sigh, and said, "Don't hold out hope in this palace. The Empress Dowager has already said that both the clan and relatives must abide by the warehouse tax."

"ah?"

All the officials couldn't help but look at each other.

Meng Qiansheng said: "But the clan is under the jurisdiction of the clan and should not be restricted by the Legislative Council."

When relatives of the clan break the law, they are usually not handed over to the judicial authorities, but are tried by Zongzheng Temple. This is what Zhao Wenzheng did.

But when it comes to investigation, it’s still the judiciary.

Suppose the procuratorate finds that Zhao Hao has violated the law, but generally it will not be handed over to the imperial court for trial. Zhao Xu's previous restructuring did not involve Zongzheng Temple, which means that this point has not changed.

Zhao Wenzheng said: "Having said that, don't forget that the reason for this warehouse tax is to worry about others' rebellion. Even the prince of the clan cannot bear this crime!"

Dali Temple and Kaifeng Prefecture have also tried cases involving clan members, mainly rebellion cases. Once a rebellion case is involved, the emperor will not hand it over to Zongzheng Temple for trial.

The reason why you are so panicked this time is because of the definition of warehouse tax. Once the tax department finds out, if the amount is shocking, then there will be suspicion of rebellion, and it will definitely be investigated, and Zongzheng Temple will not necessarily be responsible for it.

.

The key point is that Zhao Xu is not good to the clan, because when his father was still alive, he was often oppressed by the clan, and he has been reducing the clan since he came to the throne, so they did not have much hope for Zhao Xu.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This is why the relatives of the clan went to ask Empress Dowager Cao, hoping to give them a clear message, although as far as the system is concerned, the imperial court has no control over them.

But it might involve rebellion, which frightened them.

However, the empress dowagers of the two palaces were not vegetarians. They knew very well that this natural disaster would have an impact on the emperor's reputation, and the warehouse tax was conducive to stabilizing the imperial power.

The key point is that this warehouse tax is designed in an interesting way. It is exempt from commercial tax and encourages everyone to make money. Don't hoard it. If the food is not sold for money, it will be used for rebellion.

...

After learning this result, the officials sitting here couldn't help but feel a little desperate.

“But how can we sell food at this current price?”

"We still don't know how long this disaster will last. If all the food is sold, what will we eat then?"

Zhao Wenzheng said: "If you are afraid of disaster, then pay the warehouse tax. Anyway, you will only collect half of it. If you are afraid of losses, then sell it. Don't come to me about this matter. I have a headache now."

"

...

This was unreliable, and they began to reason again.

A dozen well-known squires in the capital went to the Legislative Assembly and asked Fu Bi how to calculate the Yizhuang?

Hope to get immunity through Yizhuang.

Although Yizhuang was Fan Zhongyan's masterpiece, and Fu Bi respected Fan Zhongyan the most in his life, Fu Bi did not give Fan Zhongyan any dignity in this matter and decisively rejected it.

The reason is very simple. If you really want to take care of the clans in your village, you can deposit the money in exchange for grain into Yi Zhuang, and they can use it to buy grain.

In addition, you can send food directly to them.

According to the warehouse tax, if you give all the 100,000 shi of food at home to the villagers, you will not have to pay tax and will not be afraid of being fined.
To be continued...