Cattle, horses, ironware, cloth, salt and other supplies are all in short supply, so they are naturally very expensive. And this kind of expensiveness often means that when the wind comes, it rains, and when it rains, it becomes a knife! If there is a little wind and rain, these things will become a knife.

The knife stabs the peasant woman! This is what the nobles and local powerful have been clamoring for. They don’t need the imperial court to guide the economy and the market needs to be fully opened!

For an ordinary farmer and woman, they only have some excess grain to exchange for other materials when Zhuanghe is harvested, and the extremely unreasonable price between Zhuanghe and other materials often makes

Farmers had to sell grains at low prices and buy seeds, farm tools and other necessities at high prices, resulting in huge losses.

Xun Yu stopped at this point.

"Therefore, the current price of grain is hurting the farmers..." Xun Yu said slowly, "I know that Your Majesty sympathizes with the people and is worried about the people, so he ordered Changping, Liangping and Chang to fix three warehouses at a price slightly higher than the market price.

, buy the grain and grass from the people and protect their profits... Therefore, there really is not much money in the public treasury..."

"This..." Liu Xie was stunned for a moment, then swallowed, not knowing what he should say.

In the process of Xun Yu's explanation, it seems that this is indeed the truth, and there seems to be nothing wrong with what Xun Yu did.

But there was always something wrong in Liu Xie's heart...

But what exactly is wrong?

Naturally, it was the things that Xun Yu hid and did not tell about. These hidden things were not that Xun Yu did not know, but that he could not tell them.

During the years of disaster, relief materials were all in the hands of the nobles and powerful men, and the tax reductions and exemptions would not go to the farmers. Although the price of grains was high, there was not much grain harvest in the fields.

He has poor scissors and can harvest a large amount of farmers' flesh and blood...

Farmers' income comes from the millet obtained from cultivating the land. The price of millet is low, so their income is low, and they are very poor. Although they will not starve to death, they are very poor, cannot make ends meet, and cannot withstand any blow. But people eat whole grains,

How can anyone not get sick? When people live in this world, whether they live or die, or come and go, they all need money.

What's even more frightening is that the powerful nobles still preach about "filial piety" every day!

This is not ordinary filial piety, but "filial piety" carried to the extreme!

After the death of your parents, you have to stay at the graveside for three years to observe filial piety! And you have to give them a grand burial. You don't invite people from all over the country to have a meal, and you don't sing a great show for five days and ten days, which is unfilial!

If you fail to do one thing, you are unfilial, and you will be criticized by these guys who stand on top, and attract a large group of malicious idlers and innocent idlers to enjoy the lowly and free "moral feast"!

As long as you insult these "unfilial" people, those who cannot give their parents a generous burial, and those who cannot observe filial piety and not work for three years, you can gain spiritual nobility and physical pleasure!

What should I do if I really have no money?

The smiling squire stood up and patted his thick fleshy chest, "A filial son! You did the right thing! Bury with a generous burial! How can you live up to your ancestors without a generous burial? How can you live up to your ancestors! It doesn't matter if you don't have money! I'll lend you money."

! See if you want to mortgage your land to me, or mortgage your wife and daughter to me, it doesn’t matter! You make the decision! I don’t mind it! 』

A group of spectators did not mind the big deal and shouted loudly, "filial son! filial son! Take them all! Take them all!"

It's like seeing poor people selling their daughters in Lao She's teahouse. The other people drinking tea have smiles on their faces. After all, they are selling other people's wives and children. I can still live well. Not only do I not have to mortgage my land and wife,

It’s amazing that you can also eat meat as a meal, it’s beautiful!

The government is aggressive and tyrannical, and some officials even know and break the law, take bribes and bend the law, and impose excessive taxes. They also require farmers to be conscientious and respect filial piety. As a result, farmers have no way to survive. Some people have to borrow money at high interest rates and have to sell their sons and daughters.

, had to sell land and houses at low prices to fulfill the "conscience" and "filial piety" of these superior men!

Jiaohua County!

Xiaoti County!

Educate all the people, govern Damei County, and have outstanding political achievements!

These are only on the surface, but the deep-seated land annexation and population embezzlement are the usual methods of the local gentry. They are also taboo and cannot be talked about or touched.

Farmers want to survive, eat, and support their parents, wives, and children. When the land is sold, there is only one way, which is to rely on the buyers of the land, who are the rich and powerful families in various places.

The Han Dynasty once stated that it prohibited the sale of land, but in fact the rich and powerful families had inextricable connections with local officials. If farmers did not understand the law and officials did not report it, what was the use of the court's clear laws?

Even if it is found, the farmer dare not admit it in order to survive. What can the pursuer do?

In the past, because Boss Cao needed the Yuzhou nobles to provide a large amount of material, financial and manpower to conquer the world, he gave many excellent preferential policies, such as lower taxes, more business preferential treatment, full liberalization of salt and iron operations, etc.

After the large gentry families in Yuzhou experienced initial difficulties, they quickly became wealthy...

This is of course the reason why a jar of Drunk Immortal Wine worth fifty thousand dollars can still sell out of stock.

Of course, Xun Yu couldn't say anything about this. After all, everyone knew who owned the largest spice importing house in Yuzhou and Jizhou.

Cao Cao's campaigns in all directions also brought the population and wealth from all directions, which were brought together in the land of Yuzhou, creating unprecedented prosperity. These people who became rich during the war included princes, nobles, aristocratic families, and bureaucrats.

, in addition to businessmen and wealthy people, there are also military elites.

But there are only no farmers and women in Yuzhou.

Today, under Cao Cao's rule, officials, scholars, merchants, and the "trinity" abound, and some of them have far more power than the court imagined.

The richer these people are, the less money the central court will have. Therefore, what Xun Yu said about the lack of taxes and the lack of money in the public treasury is not an empty lie, it is true that there is no money.

"Xun Aiqing..." Liu Xie frowned and pondered for a long time before asking, "In that case, how about using the hussar method to solve the current situation?"

Xun Yu was stunned for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "This is the reason why I have come to see your Majesty... The general is now in Qingxu, quelling the rebellion, and it will be settled soon... Your Majesty, you can wait for a while,

Then there will be good news... We will hold a celebration then, especially not too late..."

Liu Xie stared at Xun Yu, pondered for a long time, and finally nodded slowly, "I will love you..."

Not dependent?

So what if I don’t comply?
Chapter completed!