In the morning, Zu Qiong walked on the streets of Jiankang with a few followers, and soon saw a long line of porridge shop in front of the door on the corner of the street.

Countless men and women dressed in shabby clothes lined up to buy "affordable porridge", using it as a food, barely filling their stomachs, and then going to work.

Porridge is not too hungry, but it is always better than eating it, because many people can’t afford food and can only come here to buy “affordable porridge” to fill their stomachs.

Since the end of last year, grain prices in Jiankang City have risen abnormally, with an increase of increasing numbers.

It is March now, and the grain price has risen to the sky. The market price of rice shops is more than 1,000 yuan.

In the same period of previous years, as long as it was not a disaster year, a stone of rice (ten dou is one stone) could not be sold at this high.

Poor families cannot afford food. If it weren't for the official porridge shops spread all over the city, many people would have starved to death at home, or turned into a "road down" on the streets of Jiankang.

"Hurry up, do you buy it or not?"

"If you don't bargain, buy it if you want to buy it, get out if you don't buy it!"

"What are you glaring at me? If you don't agree, don't queue up! Buy rice yourself and cook it home!"

When Zu Yi shouted and cursed, he looked closely and saw the minor official who maintained order next to the porridge shop impatiently urged the queue to "move faster."

Ruoguang listened to his tone and thought he was feeding a dog.

Zu Yi could see clearly that these minor officials not only had bad tone, but even showed their contempt on their faces. There was no doubt that they really regarded these people who were queuing up to buy "affordable porridge" as dogs who were waving their tails and begging for mercy.

Some people who were regarded as dogs, looked down and did not dare to say anything, while others looked angry but did not dare to attack.

There is no way, filling your stomach is important. In comparison, what is the use of face?

However, there must be resentment. Zu Yi looked at the silent men and women lined up and felt resentment soaring into the sky.

The price of grain has risen so much that people cannot afford to buy food, so of course they have resentment.

The minor officials who maintained order in the porridge shop also looked like "resentful women". The reason was naturally because they only worked but had no benefits.

In order to stabilize the price of grain, the government has not thought of ways, but opening an official warehouse to sell grain at a fair price will only buy all the grain by those profiteers who have prepared for a long time.

Therefore, the government changed the method: set up porridge shops in each of the city, and then organized some small vendors to "take the spoon" to cook the stored grain in the granary into porridge, and sell it to the residents of the city according to the "affordable price" in the past.

Then, officials were sent to maintain order in various porridge shops to prevent anyone from making trouble, and to supervise whether these small vendors selling porridge cut corners.

In addition, the officials were assigned to guard the porridge shops to identify whether the people who came to queue up to buy porridge were neighbors in the building, or unidentified people who deliberately consumed rice porridge.

If you have no money or good work like this, it would be strange if those little officials have a good face.

And a new problem arose: when opening a granary, it was found that the accounts did not match the actual inventory.

For example, on the book, there was 10,000 stones of good grain in the granary. As a result, after counting it during the emergency call, it was found that not only was the amount of grain stored incorrectly, but most of the grain was old grain and rotten grain.

What's going on?

hehe...

In any case, there must be an explanation.

There are all kinds of statements and different reasons. After searching, it will be left alone.

As a result, even the officials were tortured and were affected by the soaring grain prices.

The reason is that the new tax system is to be implemented, which has caused panic in the market and soaring prices.

Therefore, in Jiankang City, no matter the officials and the people, they are increasingly resentful about the new tax system.

This is someone deliberately pouring sewage into the new tax system, because until now, many matters in the new tax system are still under preparation, so how can it affect prices?

Zu Feng passed by the porridge shop and continued to walk forward.

The price of grain soared, and prices soared. This is a fact. People always need to find a culprit to vent their anger.

The culprit was naturally Li Li, who was the "supervising the Jiankang tax affairs".

Now that the court is full of people, I don’t know how many people are waiting to see Li Li’s jokes. As the price of Jiankang’s grain continues to rise, all kinds of sarcastic statements emerge.

There is no doubt that the implementation of the new tax system has offended countless people in Jiankang City.

The interests of these people are mixed. Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan, who has been emperor for decades, has never dared to move.

Now, if a mere military official from a humble background is to move, it will inevitably cause fierce resistance.

Those people are just raising the price of food and chopping people with soft knives, which is already considered to be merciless.

Li Li was unable to mobilize a large amount of grain to penetrate the money bags of the Jiankang merchants. First of all, he did not have this power, so it was different whether the departments would cooperate or not.

Secondly, the unscrupulous merchants in Jiankang City themselves have strong funds and are deliberately borrowing money from the big money lenders and temples in the city, so they have abundant funds and cannot even compare to the national treasury.

Moreover, Li Li did not receive support from the bureaucrats.

Because after the price of grain soared, the government wanted to open warehouses to sell grain at a low price to stabilize the price of grain. As a result, all kinds of broken things in the granary were seen and a bunch of cases were pulled out. How many officials would be unlucky?

Those who dare to make a decision on the official warehouse will inevitably have powerful people as their backers. So, how should the officials who check the accounts respond? Investigate or not?

Even the squatters guarding the porridge shop had a look of resentment.

Moreover, the unscrupulous businessmen who dare to raise the price of grain must have acquiesced to the acquiesced by their backers, who secretly hindered the court from taking measures to calm the price of grain.

So the grain prices in Jiankang only rose but not fell, but the Jiankang bureaucrats seemed not very anxious. They sat down and watched the public resentment boil, but they grasped the "degree" well, so that the public resentment would only burn to Li Li.

Now, many people in Jiankang City may have begun to curse Li Li for fear of death.

Such a situation is like a dead end and cannot be resolved.

The official warehouse releases grain, adjusts grain from other places, and then sets up a porridge shop to sell "affordable porridge" to save lives in the poor people in Jiankang. How long can such measures last?

There are more and more officials who have requested to "suspend the reform of the tax system" in the above table.

The King of Xiangdong, who was recording the Shangshu, has asked Li Li for details many times and asked "Is there any confidence?"

The empress dowager could not sit still, so she summoned Li Li to the palace and asked about the current situation. Although she did not explain it clearly, her attitude was already very obvious: the public was angry and the prime ministers' support for the new tax system may not last long.

Seeing Li Li's reputation was about to be ruined.

In the midst of public anger, Xin Tax was still in the womb and did not even have the chance to be born.

Zu Yi pointed out this point when he was planning for Li Li.

Of course, Li Li and Zhang Ying also thought of this.

So, Li Li was not stupid enough to return to Beijing to take office. He jumped into the fire pit without any preparation.

Zu Qi walked slowly with a relaxed look on his face, and before he knew it, he came to the bank of the Qinhuai River, near the Suzakuhang.

The residences on both sides of the Qinhuai River are densely packed and lined up one after another, called "Bianhuai Lisi", which is very prosperous.

Zu Feng, who had long admired Jiankang's name, visited Jiankang as he wished, and had the most direct understanding of this famous ancient city.

The number of registered households in Jiankang is currently about 260,000, which is 1.3 million people in each household. The scale is no less than Yecheng, the capital of Qi, and its prosperity is not inferior to that of the capital of Qi.

Especially on both sides of the Qinhuai River, because the river water connects the transport bank (east) and connects the Yangtze River (west) to the Yangtze River, countless goods are gathered here, and ships travel around, gathering a large number of residences and scattered.

There are also cities in Jiankang City, which are very lively every day. The metropolis with a population of millions consume countless materials every day. The resulting large amount of commercial transactions and material circulation should have been levied to be levied.

However, it cannot be collected.

Whether it is Guanjin, market or Bianhuai, tax collectors cannot collect taxes in full on merchants with backers, nor can they prevent these people from evading taxes, evading taxes, and evading taxes.

Therefore, the target of taxation is to those ordinary businessmen and small vendors.

These people were tortured by tax collectors and were robbed by the market orders, so they complained.

The government has tried its best, but the business has not received much tax revenue, and it has to bear the infamy.

Everything is what Li Li said, "interest group" is making trouble. Zu Yi thinks the word "interest group" is good and very vivid.

Therefore, facing the new tax system that Li Li wanted to implement for the court, these interest groups were angry and decisive just like the chaste and fierce woman resisted the teasing of the Dingtuzi.

Thinking of this, Zu Qi narrowed his eyes.

Instead of persuading prostitutes to be good, he likes to let chaste women fall into depravity.

Nothing else, it stimulates the ears.

Therefore, he deliberately seduced many good girls, and then watched these good girls become as good as they can when they first had an affair with one person to accepting "handling with them" by multiple people.

The more serious the other party is, the more he emphasizes "womanly" and "keeps the integrity". The more angry he is, the more excited he is, and the more he wants to succeed.

Now, the more violent the "faithful woman" in Jiankang City resisted, the more excited Zu Yi felt.

Several people came in a hurry and reported to Zu Yi that he had found out in Bianhuai Liesi: There was still no goods, and no one's family had no goods.

Even if you are willing to "pay the full deposit", no merchant dares to collect it because it is really out of stock.

"Okay, very good!" Zu Yi smiled happily.
Chapter completed!