Chapter 155 is of great benefit to the emperor

   All the houses of the Jia family were demolished and rebuilt, and the two brothers rented a house in Daodefang to live in.

   "Peace, it is said that it will take half a year!" Yang Deli was a little bit reluctant, and brought back many pots and jars back and forth many times.

   "Half a year, maybe half a year." Jia Ping'an didn't care, but spending money like running water gave him some headaches.

   Gao Yang is here again.

  Her little horsewhip was inlaid with a few precious stones, and Master Jia was very envious of her aura of nouveau riche.

   "The emperor is poor."

  The emperor was poor.

  After gritting his teeth and giving 25,000 guan, it is said that the emperor didn't even eat dinner.

  The prime ministers ask to see you.

After a wink, Li Ji got up and said: "Your Majesty, the matter of building the Nursing Home... I thought it should be a matter for Shangshu Province, but I didn't realize the disadvantages of being alone and having nothing to support, and I am guilty. I implore Your Majesty to take back the order and leave it to the court." Out of money."

Changsun Wuji smiled and said: "Yes! Your Majesty distributed 25,000 guan in internal funds, which is not easy... The ministers and others have sensed His Majesty's compassion for the people. But it is not easy in the palace. The death of the late emperor will cost a lot. It will cost a lot to change the canonization next year, so the court should pay the money."

   Li Zhi had a sore nose and couldn't help feeling a little sad.

  After the death of the first emperor, there were too many places for him to spend money, but since he said about the nursing home, how could he go back on his word?

  The so-called king has no jokes, what he is talking about is prestige.

  As the emperor, your words and deeds attract the attention of the world, and you must practice what you say. Repent today, change tomorrow... Everyone will know that what the emperor said doesn't work.

  The consequences of this are far more serious than 25,000 Guan, so Li Zhi has to swallow his tears even if he has tears.

   "I have decided on this matter, and everyone is watching carefully. If someone uses this to enrich their own pockets, they will be severely punished!" Li Zhi couldn't help feeling funny when he thought of the admiration on Wang's face when he came to find him last night.

  My heart aches, but I have to say something... His Majesty is merciful, and my concubines are happy...

   As for Xiao, he was obviously more straightforward, and said with a frowning face that he might have a hard time for a while.

   Hard days are hard days.

  Li Zhi got up and said: "It's not my attitude, that day I... just, you can come with me, let's go and have a look together."

  The prime ministers looked at each other, and Yu Zhining said: "Your Majesty, there are still many political affairs over there..."

  Emperors and prime ministers sit and discuss, which is a characteristic of this period. Courtiers speak directly when they have something to say, without the restraint and caution of later generations.

  Li Zhi said seriously: "I thought, you should go and have a look, and take a look, so that you can know what you know."

   Well, everyone went out with the emperor.

   "Zhu Qing, go and change your clothes." Li Zhi returned to the harem by himself, and naturally there were maids in the palace to change his clothes for him, but the officials...

   "Where is Your Majesty going to take us?" Chu Suiliang felt that the emperor was a little weird.

  Changsun Wuji shook his head, "Let's see."

   Later, the monarchs and ministers changed into plain clothes and gathered in the imperial city, and then went out.

   Li Zhi led the way and went straight to Dongshi.

  Chu Suiliang said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is so familiar... Seems like you have been to Dongshi recently?"

  Officials above rank five are not allowed to enter the market, this is the rule.

  But the emperor swaggered in with the prime ministers.

   "East City is becoming more and more prosperous."

   "Yes! Look at those merchants, look at those guests, like crucian carp crossing the river, it can be seen that the business of Datang is flourishing today."

  Although the prime ministers also look down on businessmen, it does not prevent the family from doing business to make money.

   Li Zhi stopped suddenly, and everyone followed.

   "Look there."

   Everyone followed his arm and saw a few beggars.

   "Isn't that a beggar?" Chu Suiliang regretted it as soon as he said it.

"That's right! That's beggars." Li Zhi said: "Look at them, in such a cold day, they can only hide under the eaves. If someone with good intentions gives a few pennies, it will be a great joy. ...But not every day someone gives money, those days they can only suffer from cold and starvation... I..."

  Changsun Wuji felt that the emperor's voice was wrong, so he took a step forward.

   "Pheasant slave!"

  Everyone felt that something was wrong, and when they stepped forward to take a look, they were shocked to find that the emperor was in tears.

"I thought of when I was a child." Li Zhi wiped away tears, "At that time, I was ignored in the palace, and when my brothers met occasionally, they would pet the top of my head like raising a puppy... Later it became Prince, I and my son are raised by the late emperor. The late emperor is busy, and my younger sister and I depend on each other every day..."

   Everyone saw a little girl shivering in the arms of a boy.

   "After I ascended the throne, I thought of everything, but I forgot what the late emperor said... put the people first."

  He strode over.

  The little girl trembled from the wind, and suddenly felt that there was no wind, so she raised her head happily, "Brother, there is no wind."

  The boy looked up with her and looked at Li Zhi who blocked the wind.

   "Where are the parents?"

   Li Zhi was young, looking friendly, the boy said: "Aye and Aniang have gone."

   "Then why don't you go to your relatives?" Chu Suiliang asked from behind.

  Changsun Wuji shook his head, motioning him to stop talking.

  If there are relatives who can take refuge, how could these two children appear here?

  Li Zhi stretched out his hand to touch the girl's dirty face, turned around and said, "It's getting cold, these children... find a place for them, and send them away when the nursing home is built."

  The prime ministers also understood the emperor's mind, and they turned out to be sympathetic to the people.

  The emperor is sympathetic to the people, this is the prime minister of Mingjun, and all the prime ministers were overjoyed for a while.

   Then the monarch and his ministers took a tour of Dongshi by the way.

  Chu Suiliang suddenly let out a cry of surprise, and everyone followed his gaze to look over...

  Xu Jingzong!

  Old Xu Zheng was dressed in plain clothes, talking to the merchant with joy, Chu Suiliang said in a low voice, "I'm afraid he's not here to buy things."

  Fifth-rank officials are not allowed to enter the market. Old Xu is the governor of Yongzhou, and his rank belongs to the top rank. He has already passed this line.

   Li Zhi's face darkened, thinking that this confidant really didn't want to embarrass himself today, and he was caught on the spot.

   "Call him."

   Li Zhi stood with his back, and Tang Xu, who was accompanying him, passed quietly.

   "Grand Xu!"

   "Don't make trouble!" Xu Jingzong was asking the price, but he ignored it when he heard someone calling.

  Tang Xu patted him on the shoulder again, "Mr. Xu!"

   You're not finished, are you?

  Xu Jingzong turned around, saw that it was Tang Xu, and thought of the emperor in his heart.

  He glanced ahead and saw a group of familiar old men, plus a familiar figure from the back.

   "Let's go." Old Xu hurried over, but Tang Xu almost missed catching up.

   "Your Majesty... I have met Mr. Lang." Old Xu changed his words quickly.

  Chu Suiliang sneered at him and said, "Why did you come to Dongshi?"

   This matter was seen by them, and it is impossible to be kind. If the emperor does not deal with Lao Xu, impeachment by the imperial censor is indispensable.

Xu Jingzong raised his head at him, showing disdain, and moved closer to the emperor, smiling: "Your Majesty, every winter, the prices of food and vegetables in Chang'an City will fluctuate and rise. I came here specially today. inquiry..."

  He took out some sheets of paper, and a charcoal pencil.

  Li Zhi took the paper and looked at it. It was full of records of various rice, grain and vegetable prices, which were very detailed.

   "Xu Qing has a heart."

   Several prime ministers were at odds with each other, especially Chu Suiliang, who felt that he had been cut down by Lao Xu.

   "What's the use of recording such things?" Chu Suiliang is most fond of calligraphy. As for his political achievements... he clings to the thigh of his uncle, grandson Wuji, and soars all the way.

  Although Lao Xu also holds his thighs, he can do some practical things, so he naturally looks down on Chu Suiliang.

  Old Xu is a straightforward person, he doesn't give face when he looks down on you, and he often runs on you with a few words, he can be called a master of hatred.

   As a result, the relationship between him and Chu Suiliang naturally became worse and worse.

  So Xu Jingzong squinted at him, and said: "Why did I tell you?"

   Invincible!

  Li Zhi's cheeks twitched, feeling that his confidant's actions were really vulgar, but why was I so happy!

  Chu Suiliang didn't expect Lao Xu to turn his face on the spot, so he said flatly: "If you don't understand, you don't understand. Why pretend to understand if you don't understand."

  Old Xu knows the price of a fart, and all the prime ministers present know this.

  Xu Jingzong felt that he was being scorned, "Write down the daily prices, gather them together for analysis, and finally get the result. Based on this, the court and the central government can know the changes in the entire Tang Dynasty..."

  Chu Suiliang looked admiring, "How do you know?"

  I don’t know you, Xu Jingzong?

   Literary talent Lao Xu is really good, but playing the people's livelihood...

   This is as ridiculous as a weasel caring about the lives of chickens and ducks.

  Xu Jingzong hesitated to speak, but got stuck.

  Changsun Wuji had a smile on his lips, feeling that this scene was so joyful, and his depressed mood from the past few days has improved a lot.

  Li Zhi thought it was not easy for his confidant, so he said: "We will talk about this later."

  Chu Suiliang gave Xu Jingzong a look, signaling him not to be embarrassed.

  The provocation from his old enemy made Xu Jingzong furious, "Mr. Lang, Xiao Jia knows about this."

   "Who?" Li Zhi was startled.

   "Wuyang male, Jia Pingan."

  Li Zhi nodded, "Let him come."

   Later, the monarchs and ministers arrived at the Zhengshitang.

  Li Zhi looked around, and said with concern: "The political affairs hall is the place where the prime minister discusses matters, but it looks rudimentary. Let's go back and repair it."

  Elder Sun Wuji smiled and said: "Your Majesty, it's not easy to be in power nowadays. It's better to spend money on people's livelihood. As for us, a shelter from the wind and rain is enough."

   This is just a courtesy.

  Changsun Wuji held the few pieces of paper, and said curiously: "Just because of this... I know that prices are related to people's livelihood, but how can I know the changes in the entire Tang Dynasty?"

   "This..." Xu Jingzong talked about him from left to right, "This place is quite luxurious, Your Majesty, this wood...is actually sandalwood? It's too luxurious."

hehe!

  Everyone laughed, feeling that Lao Xu was about to lose face this time.

  Of course Li Zhi knew it was sandalwood. He had seen the construction list of the Zhengshitang back then, and it cost a lot of money, but he still said it was too crude today.

   "Huh!" Chu Suiliang suddenly covered his stomach, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister will retreat for now."

   This is going to the latrine.

   Chu Suiliang went out, just in time to meet Jia Pingan coming in. He stood in the shadows, narrowed his eyes slightly, and raised the corners of his mouth...

   Then he rubbed his stomach, and instead of going to the latrine, he followed into the Zhengshitang.

   Li Zhi looked at the prime ministers present, and his gaze stayed on Li Ji for a while longer.

   "Your Majesty, Jia Ping'an is here."

Jia Pingan came in disgrace, Li Zhi felt happy, and immediately thought of Xu Jingzong's words, he said in a deep voice: "I ask you, if you check the prices in Chang'an every day, you can find out the changes in various parts of the Tang Dynasty? I also go out of the palace from time to time during the year, I have met those businessmen, I have seen those businessmen, but whoever lies perfunctorily, I... will punish them severely!"

  This boy killed Li Zhiqiong's jingle, seeing him now, it really is a new and old hatred coming together.

  If you can’t answer, or if you are perfunctory, messing around...

   Li Zhi grinned grimly in his heart for a moment.

   "Change?" Jia Pingan glanced at Old Xu.

  Old Xu looked helpless.

   It wasn't that he was weak, but that he was arrested.

  Jia Pingan understood, he thought for a while, "Your Majesty, the center of the Tang Dynasty is Chang'an, there is no doubt about that."

  Li Zhi nodded.

  The capital city is the center, the core, and every dynasty and generation is like this.

  "Businessmen communicate with each other, and go wherever there is money to be made. Their eyes are sharper than officials, and they can endure hardships more than officials."

  Some businessmen in the previous life worked so hard when they started, it is really unimaginable.

   "So what?" Yu Zhining said in a deep voice, "Get to the point."

Jia Pingan took a look at the sloppy prime minister, "The best place to make money in the entire Tang Dynasty is Chang'an City. All businessmen in the world are proud to do business in Chang'an City. But all the goods in the world gather in Chang'an City. If you want to make money , you have to have an advantage. Either the price is cheap, or the goods are good..."

   "These goods come from various places in the Tang Dynasty, such as cattle and sheep from Xiazhou, musk deer from Yazhou, wood carvings from Lingnan, and silk from Hangzhou..."

  Jia Pingan picked up a piece of paper, pointed to a spot on it and said, "Please look here, Your Majesty."

  Li Zhi took a look, "This is the price of Yazhou sweet deer in Chang'an City. What do you want to say? Could this sweet deer be able to see the movement of Yazhou?"

  Jia Ping raised his head slightly, and Li Zhi returned to the time when he faced his husband in a trance.

"Your Majesty, Yazhou's fragrant deer... Please see here. At the beginning of October, the price of Yazhou's fragrant deer was about 19 pennies and three hundred yuan. But in the middle of October, the price of Diezhou's fragrant deer suddenly rose... 20 Three strokes and six hundred words..."

  The deer deer is used to take sachets. Some people want sachets, while others like live bodies. Yazhou supplies this thing all year round, so the price is relatively mature.

   Li Zhi snorted, "Indeed."

   Jia Ping'an took a look at Chu Suiliang. He had seen him sneering at Old Xu before, and Jia Ping'an was covering Old Xu. Naturally, he wanted to find his way back.

   "Does Mr. Chu know the mystery here?"

  Chu Suiliang...

  Old man...doesn't know anything, the old man only knows to hug the uncle's thigh.

  As for the price, how could the prime minister’s family be short of money, and Chu Suiliang didn’t pay attention to the fragrant deer at all, so how could he know what’s inside?

  He made a haha, "Is there any mystery in it, you can tell me."

   That's all, I'll try to slap you in the face.

  Wu Yangnan is a fledgling man, there must be someone to sacrifice the flag!

Jia Pingan said: "Yazhou is close to Diezhou, and when Diezhou and the Tubo people fought...it was the first ten days of September. The merchants were the most sensitive. When they learned that Diezhou was invaded by Tubo people, they immediately stopped all business. Only those who are bold will take the musk deer on the road. Therefore, if the musk deer is out of stock, the price will naturally increase. This is the market rule, and those who are good-looking must check!"

  Li Ji said softly: "This is interesting. If we found out about the unexpected price increase of Yazhou musk deer, and then asked the merchants, we could get the news that there are Tibetans entering Diezhou. That's it..."

  He looked at Jia Pingan with piercing eyes.

  This boy...

  He actually knows such knowledge!

Jia Pingan nodded reservedly and said: "The herdsmen on the grassland live after the grass, and the merchants pursue profit. No one can stop the merchants. Just pay attention to them, pay attention to the price and goods of their goods, and then analyze carefully. The local There is no hiding the situation.”

  After many years, a country's secret service department analyzed the location of oil production based on just one photo. This is analysis.

   And more analysis is even more powerful after various auxiliary conditions are perfected, so many rules have been issued, for example, the army is not allowed to take photos and upload them.

   This is a science.

  Chu Suiliang blurted out: "What is the proof?"

   "After half a month, Diezhou was stabilized, and the news of Tubo's defeat spread to all parties. Merchants from Yazhou came to Chang'an again, so...Look here!"

  Jia Pingan pointed to the piece of paper and said: "Half a month later, the price of Yazhou fragrant deer dropped accordingly, even lower. Why?"

  He looked at Chu Suiliang.

   Chu Suiliang frowned, "Shu Zi is rude!"

  Xu Jingzong was aggrieved for a long time, but now he couldn't help it anymore, "Jia Ping'an is a Wuyang man!"

  Why does it sound like...a gigolo?

  Jia Pingan finally found the reason why he was uncomfortable with this knighthood. It turned out that his thoughts were not pure.

  Chu Suiliang's lips twitched, but in the end he had nothing to say.

  Wu Yangnan is the beginning of the title, but with this beginning, it means that Jia Ping'an can talk to him face to face without bowing his head or dodging.

   This is the biggest benefit of being knighted.

   Li Zhi also wanted to know why. He looked at the paper, and the more he looked at it, the more interesting it became.

   "The price dropped for half a month, and then the price returned to normal. Why?"

  The status of merchants in the Tang Dynasty is low, and the status of the business is not high, so a group of monarchs and ministers are confused when looking at these data.

But Jia Ping'an knew it all at a glance, "Your Majesty, the out-of-stock earlier caused the price to rise, and then the goods were delivered in large quantities, but those who bought them would not buy them all at once. The deer is not easy to raise, so the merchants can only sell it at a reduced price... This is why It is a price reduction, and then the supply and sales of goods are balanced, so the price will naturally stabilize."

   Li Zhi was surprised, "So that's how it is."

  He looked at the data again, "Sure enough, these price increases and price reductions... There are more goods and less goods. After careful consideration, it is really extraordinary to be able to see the quality of a place."

Xu Jingzong said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Jia Ping'an learned knowledge from other people back then, and his skills are no less than those of his ministers! It's a pity that he was suppressed by some pious and deceitful people... It's a pity! It's a pity! It's a shame! "

   This is a war against Chu Suiliang.

  The blowing of the horn gave Li Zhi a headache.

   But Jia Pingan felt that something was wrong, "Mr. Xu, I don't mean to be under the pressure, but... to be under the pressure."

   Xu Jingzong was stunned, "Is there a difference?"

   "Of course."

   It's too ugly to press down!

  Jia Pingan looked at Chu Suiliang, and said calmly: "And there is another big benefit, has Mr. Chu discovered it?"

  Chu Suiliang was a little messed up at the moment, he took the paper and looked at it carefully, but couldn't figure it out for a long time.

   "Hehe!" Jia Pingan laughed, "This great benefit is of great benefit to the country and the people, and it is even more indispensable to His Majesty..."

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