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Chapter 176 The key lies in the human heart

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    Returning to Wujiyuan, Zhao Ran was summoned by Song Zhiyuan to meet in the prison house. Song Zhiyuan handed Zhao Ran a letter. When Zhao Ran saw it, he saw that it was written by Zhang Yunzhao, the prison guard of Xizhenwu Palace, specifically addressed to Song Zhiyuan and Zhao Ran.  Secret messages between the two.  The letter stated that he had applied to Li Yunhe of Xuanyuan Guanyuan for the allocation of 3,000 shi of grain, and at the same time purchased 2,000 shi of grain from Hubei through personal relationships. A total of 5,000 shi of grain would be sent north from the Fujiang River, and the grain ship would be unloaded at Jiangyou.  , please Guyang County organize labor servants to go and be prepared to receive food.

    Zhang Yunzhao said in the letter that he is still thinking of ways to continue purchasing grain, but for now, I am afraid that Guyang County can only rely on these grains to stabilize grain prices before October. He knows that this task is very difficult, but he hopes that Guyang County  The top and bottom work together to overcome the difficulties.

    Five thousand shi of grain sounds like a lot, but Guyang County is a Shang County, and a large area has been affected by disasters. Nearly 30,000 farmers have to share 5,000 shi of grain. Even if they save on food, they may not be able to survive the New Year.  Therefore, Song Zhiyuan felt very disappointed and said to Zhao Ran: "It seems that Zhang Supervisor has done his best. You and I can't expect more. And you also read what was said in the letter. Although it is five thousand dan, the first batch of food is the earliest."  It will take five days to arrive, and there are only 1,000 dan. The remaining 4,000 dan will have to wait for more than ten days to be transported to Jiangyou. In this way, I am afraid that this year¡¯s famine will be more difficult"

    There was indeed a shortage of food. No wonder Song Zhiyuan was a little discouraged. Looking at Song Zhiyuan's tone and demeanor, Zhao Ran felt something was wrong.  Sure enough, Song Zhiyuan sighed and said to Zhao Ran: "How about temporarily slowing down the loan of your charity money? I will come forward and reconvene all the big households in the county and ask them to open warehouses to sell grain?"

    If Zhang Yunzhao, the Supervisor of Xizhenwu Palace, was the main backstage for Zhao Ran's intervention in Qingmiao Qian's reform, then Song Zhiyuan, the Supervisor of Wuji Palace, was Zhao Ran's biggest backer in Guyang County. If Song Zhiyuan even backed down, it would undoubtedly be a disservice to Zhao Ran.  It was an extremely serious blow.  Zhao Ran immediately said: "Supervisor, this proposal is absolutely unacceptable!"

    Song Zhiyuan hesitated and said: "I know you have spent a lot of money on charity funds Do you think this is good? The hospital will make up half of the shortfall for you?"

    "This is not a question of money! No matter how much I lose in charity money, I don't care at all. But if I back down now, Guyang County will no longer have the possibility of reforming Qingmiao Money in ten years. Not only Qingmiao Money, but also whatever happens in the future.  When facing this group of evil gentry, the Taoist Yuan and the county government will lose the confidence to suppress them, and the entire Guyang County will let them do whatever they want! This is the true meaning of 'reform is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat'!"

    "Reform is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat" Song Zhiyuan was somewhat moved when he heard this.

    Zhao Ran continued to encourage Song Zhiyuan and said: "Moreover, this matter was promoted by Zhang Supervisor Yuan. How much expectation does Zhang Supervisor Yuan place on Guyang County? If you, Supervisor Yuan, back down at this moment, in Zhang Supervisor Yuan's heart,  What impact will it have? The prison must think twice!"

    Song Zhiyuan pondered for a moment and sighed: "I was wrongbut how can we overcome the current difficulties? The price of rice reached one hundred and twenty cents per bucket yesterday. People in the county are panicked. I am afraid that something will be unstable."  Wan got up and walked around the room for a few times, and said fiercely: "If I had known today, I should have agreed with your suggestion and used thunderbolt methods to kill these dogs before they were properly dealt with! Hoarding, hum, although the court does not have this  It¡¯s not legal, but according to the old rules of this dynasty, it¡¯s okay to kill a few of them!¡±

    Zhao Ran frowned and said: "Although Mr. Kong agrees with our position, it is difficult for him to come forward and punish him severely. I went to the county government to discuss this matter before, and Mr. Kong only agreed to pick out  Several families cooked the soft-footed shrimps, and after thinking about it further, they refused to agree. I also talked to Jin County Lieutenant, and he was even worse than Kong County Lord. All in all, only one family was selected to come out and prepare to weave.  There are some charges. But it¡¯s no wonder that since ancient times, officials and gentry have been one. It¡¯s not easy for us to bring the county government over. We shouldn¡¯t have too high expectations.¡±

    In fact, Zhao Ran really wanted to mobilize the Taoist Fangtang inspection team to frame these stubborn evil gentry one by one and conduct direct inspections in the name of promoting evil religions.  But this idea can only be thought of. If it is really done, it will break the tradition of Taoism and the imperial court each performing their own duties and ruling the world. Once this trend breaks out, the subsequent impact will be extremely bad and will inevitably shake the country.  Therefore, neither Zhao Ran nor Song Zhiyuan, nor even higher-level figures such as Zhang Yunzhao and Li Yunhe would ever choose this path.

    Seeing Song Zhiyuan slapping his forehead hard, his anxiety evident, Zhao Ran couldn't hold back any longer, and simply revealed all his coping methods: "Don't worry too much about the prison, I already have a coping method.  .¡±

    "Oh? Come and listen?"

    "The soaring price of food is not because there is no food to sell, but because large households are hoarding it and reducing sales in food stores. Coupled with this year's severe drought, people are panicking and competing to buy, causing food prices to rise again. And food prices are soaring  , it stimulates the desire of large households to continue hoarding, thereby further reducing grain sales. In this way, a viciouscycle.  I think the key lies in the people's hearts. The common people's heart is worried about the lack of food, and the big family's heart is their expectation of higher food prices.  If we want to stabilize food prices, we must start with people's hearts.  First, it makes the people believe that our Guyang County has enough food and can buy it at any time. There is no need to rush to buy at this time; second, it makes the big households believe that their hoarding so much food is of no great use. Not only is it useless, but it will also attract people.  A fatal disaster.  "

    After sorting out his thoughts, Zhao Ran continued: "To calm people's hearts, the key is to let everyone see with their own eyes that a steady stream of food is being transported into Guyang. As long as the people believe that there is enough food, they will naturally stop buying it at high prices.  The determination of big households to hoard will be shaken."

    Song Zhiyuan said doubtfully: "But we only have five thousand shi of food at most"

    Zhao Ran said categorically: "No one knows that we only have five thousand shi of food!"

    "You mean"

    ¡°Food comes in during the day, food comes out at night!¡±

    "Others can tell the reality of the granary at a glance."

    "The top is food, the bottom is mud, fish eyes are mixed with pearls!"

    Song Zhiyuan thought carefully for a moment, and gradually his worries turned into joy: "This plan is very clever, it seems feasible!"

    Zhao Ran curled his lips, this is an old routine, specially prepared for time travellers, if you do it a few more times, you are guaranteed to get involved.

    Having a solution, Song Zhiyuan immediately urged Zhao Ran to do it. At the same time, he repaired the book in Xi Zhenwu Palace and asked Zhang Supervisor to cooperate. The amount of food must not be leaked.  He also reminded Zhao Ran that he must choose trustworthy people and never leak secrets, not even to the county government.

    Of course, Zhao Ran has his own team of people to operate this matter. He has already made preparations for Jinji Rice Shop to operate this matter, and all the details have been worked out long ago.

    On September 15th, the Mid-Autumn Festival, a long line of convoys stretching for half a mile appeared at the foot of Wuji Mountain. Carloads of grain were transported from Jiangyou County and sent to several newly built large granaries in Jinji Mipu for storage.  At the same time, Jinji Rice Shop issued a notice that it would open a warehouse for sale in three days, with the price of one hundred wen per bucket.

    This selling price is twenty or thirty cents lower than that of other rice shops in Guyang County. As soon as the news spread, it immediately caused a sensation. The food in rice shops in various counties suddenly became unsaleable. The people waited and watched, waiting for Jin Jiji three days later.  Rice shops sell grain.  At the same time, a piece of news gradually spread in the towns and villages: Xizhenwu Palace Supervisor Zhang Yunzhao and Xuanyuan Guan Supervisor Li Yunhe were vigorously transferring grain from other provinces. The newly arrived grain from Jinji Rice Shop was the first batch, and there would be more later.  !

    Three days later, Jinji Rice Shop officially started selling grain at a price of one hundred wen per bucket.  One morning, hundreds of people gathered around Jinji Rice Shop, queuing up to buy grain under the supervision of county government officials.

    Because Jinji Rice Shop has made a promise to manage enough food and open it for sale, although the shopkeeper and the clerks are very slow, the people are still waiting patiently.  After an hour, less than fifty households had bought food, and Jinji Rice Shop sold a total of twenty kilograms.

    The number of people who came to queue up to buy grain grew more and more. When the number reached nearly a thousand, another long motorcade came loaded with grain. The servants delivered the rice bags into the granary of Jinji Rice Shop, and the bags were piled full.  yes.  Some laborers accidentally dropped a grain bag while unloading it, and the grain immediately spilled out of the bag. In front of hundreds of people, shopkeeper Jin directed a few men to hurriedly collect the grain and put it back into the bag.  middle.

    After finishing all this, Shopkeeper Jin announced the suspension of grain sales. After a while, he took out a sign and placed it on the counter of the rice shop, with a new price written on it: ninety-five cents per bucket.

    The people were immediately in an uproar!

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