Prime Minister Lin was no fool to be able to sit in this position. This didn't sound true, but what did it have to do with him? No matter who the other party was, as long as he could make a profit, it was fine.
He accepted the huge glass lion. The next morning at court, Lord Li's disciples interfered with Prime Minister Lin's account.
It simply means that he allowed the people from Liulizhai to purchase large quantities of local silk, causing the price of silk to rise rapidly, and also asked people to destroy crops and plant mulberry trees instead.
Prime Minister Lin walked out of the team slowly and bowed respectfully to the Emperor of Rong.
"Your Majesty, it was indeed Liulizhai that I invited to open a shop in Rong State. After my investigation, I found that the person behind them was a prince from the Western Regions. They purchased large quantities of silk because there are no such mulberry trees in the Western Regions. The people of the Western Regions are very fond of the silk from our Central Plains."
"As for what Lord Bai said about destroying crops, that's completely nonsense. The fields where mulberry trees are planted were all planted after the grain was harvested. Furthermore, they planted them voluntarily and were not forced at all."
"Finally, although the price of silk in Rong Country has risen due to Liulizhai's large-scale purchase of silk, this is only a short-term price fluctuation. I believe that over time, the price of silk will stabilize."
"And as far as I know, Liulizhai pays a huge commercial tax of 100,000 taels a month. If it were a year, that would be 1.2 million taels of tax revenue for the national treasury. Your Majesty, everything I do is for the glory of the country and for Your Majesty. Please understand and do not trust such a villain."
Emperor Rong was skeptical about the rest of the words, but Prime Minister Lin’s last sentence really shocked him.
A small glass shop collects a huge tax of 100,000 yuan a month!
Ever since Lian Yuanjian's defeat, the Rong Kingdom has been severely damaged. At this time when the treasury is empty, the tax revenue from this glass shop is like timely help.
"Minister Cao, is what Prime Minister Lin said true?"
Minister Cao of the Ministry of Revenue came out from the procession and said, "Your Majesty, what Prime Minister Lin said is true. Since the Liuli Shop came to Rong State, it has paid at least 100,000 taels of tax silver every month, and some even paid 200,000 taels."
Seeing that the Emperor of Rong was about to be persuaded, Lord Bai hurried out and said, "Your Majesty, although planting mulberry trees is voluntary now, if this continues for a long time, I'm afraid it will cause disaster! The higher the price of silk, the more people will be inclined to plant mulberry trees. When it comes time to grow grain, they will also use their land to grow mulberry trees. Then where will Rong Kingdom's food come from? If we have to rely on other countries for our food supply, and they cut off our food supply, won't we be fish on the chopping board at their mercy?"
Prime Minister Lin stepped forward and said, "Lord Bai, your words are too alarmist. Right now, our most important task is to address the depleted treasury. Liulizhai's purchase of silk is, at least for now, a beneficial and harmless move. It can also increase tax revenue for our treasury."
After saying this, he turned to the Rong Emperor who sat high above him and said, "Your Majesty, if you are worried that the people are planting too many mulberry trees and wasting food, Your Majesty can issue an order to set a certain number of acres of mulberry fields to ensure a certain amount of food is planted. This will not only solve the problem of food being strangled, but also continue to enrich the national treasury."
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Lin's words make sense."
"Your Majesty, I also think that Lord Bai is exaggerating."
In the end, Prime Minister Lin and his followers won.
After hearing what happened in the morning court today, Manager Jin smiled with his eyes narrowed. His master was indeed far-sighted. He could get a powerful thug by using a stone object.
I just don't know how the owner made it so that the stone lion has different colors when viewed from different angles in the sun?
The battle to boycott Liulizhai was resolved by Prime Minister Lin's powerful fighting ability before it even began.
An Jingzhi, who was far away in Yan State, laughed out loud after receiving the news.
"Prime Minister Lin is truly a loyal minister to our Yan State."
A smile flashed in Yan Su's eyes, "In this way, I think the plan you mentioned will be realized in no time." Without losing a single soldier, the Rong Kingdom can be taken down.
As for what Prime Minister Lin said about issuing an order to stop the excessive planting of mulberry trees and to ensure a certain amount of grain planting.
This order was of no use. Rong State was suffering from serious land annexation, and most of the land was hidden in the hands of officials. Even if the annexation of a small portion of the land could be stopped, there would definitely be people who could not resist the temptation and uprooted the crops to plant mulberry trees.
Even if they can grow crops, can they feed the entire people of Rong State by relying on the land of a small number of people?
By the time Emperor Rongguo found out, it was already too late.
They don't need to spend a single soldier. As long as they cut off Rong State's food supply, they will surrender on their own in no time.
The facts were just as they both expected.
Only a small number of people obeyed the order issued by Emperor Rong, and some of that small number of people secretly over-planted mulberry trees.
As for those official families, they have a lot of land. These people are not so stupid as to dig up all the land to plant mulberry trees, but they cannot resist the high price offered by Liulizhai. Even if they do not use silk to exchange for glass, they can directly sell the silk to Liulizhai at a price three times higher than the original market price.
That’s right, the price of silk has tripled and is still rising.
Even the meat-eaters who thought they were smart could not resist the temptation of money. When the price of silk rose five times, they used most of the land under their names to plant mulberry trees.
"Dad, should we dig up all the crops and plant mulberry trees? The price of silk in the market has increased tenfold!" Young Master Lin's eyes were red and he looked excited.
Even Prime Minister Lin was shocked. "How could the price be so outrageous?"
At this moment, he felt a little scared, as things seemed to be going in a direction that he could hardly control.
If things continue like this, who would still grow crops? The price would be ten times higher! Even their own family only had 30% of their land left for growing crops; the rest was planted in mulberry trees.
"Dad, why don't we dig up all the remaining food? Ten times, that's ten times!"
Prime Minister Lin was stunned for a moment, then suddenly woke up and shouted, "No!"
Master Lin was startled by his father, "Dad, what's wrong with you?"
Prime Minister Lin looked a little terrified, "It's over, it's all over..."
Master Lin looked puzzled, "Dad?"
Prime Minister Lin suddenly raised his head and said, "Hurry up, hurry up and get our silver—"
When I was halfway through, I realized that my son was not reliable.
"Forget it, I'll do it myself. Go and make an appointment for me with Manager Jin."
At this point, what else doesn't he understand?
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