Chapter 5: Who can turn the tide is only General Chen

"The solidity of the rivers and mountains lies in virtue but not in danger!" Wang Gui looked at Li Jiancheng and said, "Your Majesty is kind and kind, and it is naturally not worth worrying about the Turks!"

Fang Xuanling looked at the serious Wang Gui, and a sneer appeared on his face, and he looked at the show with a calm attitude.

When Wei Zheng heard Wang Gui, he began to swear by Wang Gui. When talking about playing tricks, Wei Zheng had super strong combat power, which made Wang Gui speechless.

Chen Ying ignored the dispute between Wang Gui and Wei Zheng, but turned around and walked towards Fang Xuanling and said lightly: "Fang Xuanling, what are you thinking?"

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "Nothing!"

This is insincere and Chen Ying didn't care.

Chen Ying said lightly: "What do you think? Isn't it clear?"

Fang Xuanling sighed faintly and said, "In the past, when the King of Qin was still there, it was Fang who made plans. Keming (Du Ruhui) and the King of Qin decided, and they would never be so shirkable..."

Compared with Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng really lacked a decisiveness.

Chen Ying looked at Fang Xuanling and said, "Do you think you helped Erlang win the world?"

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "I have never had such an arrogant idea!"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "That's it. Your ability lies in common affairs and national affairs. If the disputes are over today, it is your place to use it. If that's the case, what are you worried about?"

Fang Xuanling looked at Chen Ying and said, "The prince consort thinks that Your Majesty will value Fang?"

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "I don't know if I can use me, but if you don't show your talents and excellence, even if Your Majesty wants to use you, he will not be able to block everyone's leisurely mouths.

Fang Xuanling shook his head lightly and said, "The King of Qin has been a heroic ruler, but unfortunately he is eccentric in his luck and has mistakes in employing people. His Majesty is obsessed with the world, but he has kindness and open-mindedness, but he doesn't know whether it is pretending or real!"

"Your Majesty has a blessing in the world!" Chen Ying smiled faintly and said, "How many people who eat meat are good people. Even if you pretend, it is a blessing in the country. You can still pray too much!"

Fang Xuanling smiled self-deprecatingly: "I followed the King of Qin first. Now that the King of Qin is not sure about his life and death, if he surrenders His Majesty, he will definitely be criticized for being unfaithful and unrighteous."

Chen Ying sneered and said, "What's the best thing about being a loyal minister?"

Fang Xuanling looked at Chen Ying.

Chen Yingyou smiled and said, "In ancient times, Fenglong and Bi Gan became loyal ministers and took his own life. Will it benefit the people and the affairs of the world?"

Fang Xuanling subconsciously shook his head.

Chen Ying smiled and said, "Why do you have to do things that are not good for others and yourself? Just for a good reputation of loyalty and righteousness?"

He sneered, "That thing is worthless!"

Before he knew it, the controversy in the court actually touched Yang Guang. Wang Gui was furious and roared like thunder: "Emperor Yang of Sui was very happy to be successful. He built the Eastern Capital, built the canal, and conquered Goryeo three times, abused the people's power, which led to the chaos of heroes..."

Wei Zheng sighed and said, "Building the Eastern Capital is to manage Kanto; dredging the canal is to communicate between the north and the south; the three expeditions of Goryeo are to expand territory. Are these three things not serious?"

Li Jiancheng was stunned.

Wei Zheng continued: "Although Emperor Yang of Sui was foolish, what he did was clearly a matter of making contributions to the present and benefiting for the future, but he had not done it well. What about us?"

Li Jiancheng was confused for a moment and did not respond.

Wei Zheng then sighed, "Taiyuan raised an army and killed Wang Wei and Gao Junya; in the battle of Huoyi, he killed Song Laosheng; in the battle of Chang'an, he killed Yinshishi; in the battle of Longyou, he killed Xue Renguo; later he killed Li Mi... In the battle of Luoyang, Wang Shichong, and in the battle of Hebei, he killed Dou Jiande, and killed him, and all the Han family members...

Wei Zheng looked at Li Jiancheng and said, "Your Majesty, can this be considered a serious matter?"

Li Jiancheng pondered: "Xuancheng...where do you start with these thoughts?"

Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "The Supreme Emperor's proclamation said that he silenced the people and punished the common people, comforted the common people, and cured the people... Now that Guanzhong has a severe drought and the Turks are moving abnormally, you are actually thinking about peace talks. All these things should not be just empty words..."

Wei Zheng said this a bit too much. Now Li Jiancheng is the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Denying Li Yuan denied the legitimacy of Li Jiancheng's throne.

Li Jiancheng said aloud: "Of course it's not empty talk..."

Wei Zheng said: "Isn't it empty talk? Wars are frequent, nine out of ten houses are empty, and the people are displaced. In the past few years, the people of Guanzhong have even offered up their overnight surplus food, just to have a safe day, but this is the day, has the Tang Dynasty given them?"

Li Jiancheng looked at Wei Zheng in surprise.

Chen Ying sighed that Wei Zheng was still the Wei Zheng in history. Not only did he dare to criticize Li Shimin, but Li Jiancheng also did not give face.

Li Jiancheng's cultivation is naturally better than Li Shimin. Li Jiancheng bowed to Wei Zheng and then said sincerely: "I would like to teach me how to do it!"

Wei Zheng said: "The current problem is actually a problem of food. Although the official warehouses and military warehouses are sold out, there are actually a lot of food stored in the people. However, the common people have narrow-minded eyes..."

In fact, there are some problems, and Wei Zheng is also a little confused.

Although the weather has been abnormal recently, and the rain has not fallen for more than two consecutive months, delaying spring plowing, there has been no war in Guanzhong for three or four years. Compared with previous rulers, the Tang Dynasty regime was actually very tolerant. People can easily save surplus of food in the stability of several consecutive years. With the current productivity of the Tang Dynasty, farmers can save rations for the next year in two to three average years by paying grain taxes. If there is a bumper harvest, the grain for the remaining grain can be almost prepared for one year. With a surplus, in addition to preparing for the wasteland, they may be sold to grain merchants for profit.

The New Year just started and there was no snow. Logically, from March to May after the New Year, this is a time when food will inevitably rise, and food will inevitably rise.

However, after Li Jiancheng ascended the throne, it was still abnormal. The price of grain continued to drop from twenty cents of rice at the beginning of the year to five cents of rice.

These people found that the food in their hands was becoming less and less valuable, so they took advantage of the fact that the food prices had not fallen to the extreme and quickly took out the food in their hands.

However, with the drought becoming severe, the situation reversed, and the price of grain rose from five cents to fifty cents of rice, which had increased tenfold.

This is like the stock market in later generations. Because the market makers have empty the stock market, crazy investors are sucking blood in their hands. Now the private grain is being taken away, and the entire Guanzhong lacks grain, and the entire market is about to rise!

In other words, it is now the season to cut the liquor! The grain market is not a stock market, and no one needs to trade stocks, but everyone needs to eat.

As soon as the in and out, almost all the private grain storage was concentrated in the hands of grain merchants. As early as February, when Wei Zhengwei discovered the clues, his brows frowned. At that time, he was looking forward to changes in the weather, because once the drought eases, as long as the people of Guanzhong do not hoard grain wildly, the food will be enough for the people of Guanzhong to eat.

But things didn't go as they wished, and everything turned in a more severe direction.

"The grain price in Guanzhong has risen to five times the usual!" Wei Zheng sighed and said, "The grain merchants rarely make moves, and they limit themselves to buy only once a day for each person and household. Now, there is a queue for buying some food on the market, and it is almost out of stock!"

"It seems that they don't have much food in their hands." Li Jiancheng was the heir trained by Li Yuan himself. Although he did not come from the bottom, he knew a lot about people's livelihood and suffering, but he was not well-versed in business after all.

"Hmph! They are not without food, but they are still waiting for the price of grain to continue to rise!" Wei Zheng sneered and said, "There are many families of grain merchants, including the Wei family in Jingzhao, the Yang family in Hongnong, the Cui family in Qinghe, the Li family in Zhaojun, the Cui family in Boling, and the Lu family in Fanyang. Just a few of them should have enough 500,000 to 600,000 people to eat half a year of grain storage."

Li Jiancheng looked extremely shocked and said, "There are so many!"

Wang Gui also felt a little incredible on the side: "There aren't so many."

Wei Zheng said without hesitation: "Some. I have been staring at them in recent years. In the usual seasons, they just spit out some things to maintain business. In the year of harvest, they just put new grain in and old grain out. In terms of the total number, it can almost be said that there are in and out! The accumulated years of accumulation are enough to reach this number - maybe more than just!"

There is actually another reason why Wei Zheng can know this inside story - he controls Li Jiancheng's secret power. Although Li Jiancheng's secret power is not as good as Li Shimin's Baiqisi, it is still more than enough to monitor a Guanzhong.

Of course, as Wei Zheng's career has been rising all the way in recent years, the Wei family of Julu also took root in Guanzhong. As an emerging aristocrat, the Wei family owned more than 8,000 stones of grain in Guanzhong. You should know that the population of the entire Julu Wei family in Guanzhong was less than 100 people, and the food of 8,000 stones is enough for them to eat for a hundred years.

When Li Jiancheng heard this, he shouted angrily: "These profitable businessmen! If they are willing to express the difficulties of the country, then our difficulties will not be a difficult situation!"

Regarding the economy, Chen Ying has the most say.

At this time, Chen Ying had to stand up and said, "Your Majesty, they have been waiting for three or four years. Today, such a large amount of grain storage, insect damage, mildew resistance, transportation, drying, exchanging the old for new, barn fire prevention, and the manpower and material resources used are enough to double the cost of each bucket of grain. Now it is the time to take action! After this year, the grain will definitely have a surplus in Guanzhong next year, and the grain price will drop. If there is another bumper harvest in Guanzhong, these people will all go bankrupt! This is due to their wealth and life. How can they open a warehouse to stabilize the price of grain for justice?"

Li Jiancheng said angrily: "Aren't they making money from the national crisis?"

"Yes, it's just about making money from the national crisis." Chen Ying said: "Often rice is cheap and gold is expensive, so they collect rice at a low price. Now rice is expensive and gold is cheap, so it's time for them to collect gold."

Li Jiancheng said: "I understand the principle of "capture is expensive and selling, low and high and high, but making money must be done at a certain level. Now that the country is in trouble, they still do such things. Do they think this country is their own country? If you are the prime minister, you will issue an order to give them a fair price and let them open a warehouse to sell grain at this fair price."

Chen Ying was stunned and gave an order to let the merchant sell grain at the price in the order. This "method" was only thought by martial artists. Chen Ying did not expect Li Jiancheng would do this!

However, Chen Ying did not agree with doing so.

A country must have credibility, although it is easier to do so. However, now it is not as good as later generations. The aristocratic races have the absolute control of the local area, and they have enough strength to fight against the central government. Now the food war in Guanzhong is no longer a matter of aristocratic families, which involves the interests of the entire Guanzhong and the Shandong nobles.

Once the court and the clans are too stalemate and officials from aristocratic families collectively give up, there will be huge problems in the entire Tang Dynasty. If there are no officials and the government is paralyzed, there will undoubtedly be chaos in the world. The emperor's decree, Li Jiancheng, could not leave Chang'an at all.

Not to mention the army, the imperial court cannot provide food to support the army, and I am afraid that the first one to rebel is the army.

Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, this method is useless. Even if Your Majesty issues an imperial edict, they will definitely refuse to have no food..."

"Do they dare not open it? Humph..." Li Jiancheng said angrily: "I will let the Twelve Guards go over now and smash their granary to see how they are! With so much food, I can't hide them!"

Chen Ying was shocked when he heard this. If he wanted to send troops to force the warehouse to open a warehouse, why should the twelve guards go in person? He could just send a general around and sweep it. But in this way, the reputation of the Tang Dynasty's court among the aristocratic families was completely destroyed. Wang Shichong did this. He expanded his army wildly and had no food, so he had a falling out with the Zheng family in Xingyang. The aristocratic families and aristocratic families in Henan made Wang Shichong betrayal and divorced each other for a time.

Even if Wang Shiyun used the Fire Bull Formation to wipe out all the 100,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty, he still did not reverse his disadvantages. The force was very useful. However, unless Li Jiancheng dared to learn from the Qing Dynasty, he was completely shameless and swept it with the Three Lights Policy, in that case, the Tang Dynasty would become like the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and immediately collapsed.

Chen Ying was absolutely unwilling to watch Li Jiancheng ascend the throne and just do whatever he wanted, otherwise the Tang Dynasty would be over. Without the support of the clans and clans, Li Jiancheng's status would be shaken immediately. Once Li Jiancheng dared to do this, the clans would send dead soldiers to rescue Li Yuan at all costs to clean up the mess.

Chen Ying said: "Your Majesty, this is not allowed!"

Everyone was secretly surprised. They all thought that the one who stood up at this time was either Pei Ju, Chen Shuda, or Xiao Shiwen, and the most time should be Yu Wenshiji.

However, he did not expect that Chen Ying was the one who stood up to oppose Li Jiancheng.

Although Hou Mo Chenying has been very popular in recent years, their background is too poor. At best, they are just second-rate clans. Besides Chen Ying, there is no one in the entire Hou Mo Chen family who can be taken advantage of.

Chen Ying said: "The struggle must be followed by rules. Now they use commercial means. Our Tang Dynasty legislation is not secret. We deserve to be exploited by these grain merchants. We must be cautious when legislating in the future!"

When Li Jiancheng heard Chen Ying speak, although he was angry that the businessman was unrighteous, he knew that it was inappropriate to do so. Li Jiancheng asked: "In the opinion of Chen Qing, what should we do now?"

"It is actually not difficult to solve this matter!" Chen Ying thought for a while and said, "The Tang Dynasty is so big and the territory is so wide. Although we have encountered a rare drought in Guanzhong, there are more than 300 states in the world, and only more than 40 states in Guanzhong are affected by disasters, less than one-eighth of the world. We can guide merchants with merchants. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Jianghuai or Bashu grain merchants, we are eager to enter Guanzhong, and use Jianghuai, Hebei and Liaodong grain merchants to deal with Guanzhong grain merchants!"

Li Jiancheng asked hesitantly: "This method is feasible?"

Fang Xuanling looked at Chen Ying in surprise. Although this method is feasible, there is a prerequisite, that is, there must be sufficient resources to make the Jianghuai, Bashu and Shandong clans feel profitable, otherwise this is the flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water.

The key is that Chen Ying is now a clever woman, but she cannot cook without rice. Although Chen Ying is rich, she cannot support the two or three million people in Guanzhong. The food is not tens of thousands of stones or hundreds of thousands of stones, but it requires millions of stones.

Although Chen Ying achieved gratitude in the Western Regions, he was too far away and no matter how much food he had, he could not transport it.

Since it is barely transported, it is a drop in the bucket. Ninety-nine percent of the food transported by land must be consumed on the road.

Fang Xuanling really couldn't figure out where Chen Ying's confidence came from.

Wei Zheng coughed and bowed and said, "I dare to ask General Chen..."
Chapter completed!