As the saying goes, "The dragon gives birth to the dragon, the phoenix gives birth to the phoenix, and the mouse's son can dig holes", which fully demonstrates the importance of origin. This is a somewhat desperate reality when used in society. The powerful are powerful and the poor are poor for generations, and this is not only because of genetic factors, but more because of environmental problems.

Du Lin's father was Du Ye, the governor of Liangzhou. He was knowledgeable and his works were passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Du Ye's grandfather was Zhang Chang, who was famous for painting his wife's eyebrows. He became the prime minister of Jingzhao, and Zhang Chang's grandfather was the prefect of Shanggu. It can be seen that this family has been officials for more than 100 years, and they are all high-ranking officials, which can be called a wealthy family.

In the era of class solidification in the Han Dynasty, such examples were everywhere. By the time of the later Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the "nine-rank Zhongzheng system" was implemented, and the class solidification was very serious. The family members controlled the government for hundreds of years, and becoming officials became the patent of high-ranking families. It was difficult for poor families to make their way forward.

Du Lin grew up in an environment where he has been an official for generations. He received the best education since childhood and had the best official resources. It is difficult to not become a talented person, and it is difficult to not become an official.

He was fond of learning and knowledgeable when he was young. People at that time called him a Confucian scholar. He was proficient in the Book of Documents and was an advocate of the Book of Ancient Literature. During the Xin Dynasty of Wang Mang, Du Lin worked as a county official. After the demise of the Xin Dynasty, he did not become an official in the Gengshi Dynasty, but instead took his family out of Guanzhong and lived in Hexi.

Wei Xiang was also a knowledgeable person, and he especially liked knowledgeable people, and he attached great importance to Du Lin. When Wei Xiang started to revive the Han Dynasty, he received support from the wealthy families in Guanzhong who avoided chaos in Liangzhou under the banner of restoring the Han Dynasty. When he had a falling out with Emperor Gengshi, escaped from Chang'an, returned to Longxi, and then raised the banner, the situation changed.

At this time, Wei Xiang lost his reputation as righteousness. Du Lin, Gu Gong and other Guanlong nobles had a crisis of trust in him. Especially after he refused to conscript Emperor Jianshi and sent troops to attack Sun Yi's army, his ambitions were obvious. Du Lin, Gu Gong and others looked for an opportunity to leave Longxi, and Sun Yi sent someone to escort him back to Chang'an, becoming the ministers of Emperor Jianshi Liu Yu.

Liu Yu was in Zheng County to provide disaster relief and entered Chang'an City without any crime, which won him a great reputation, especially the Confucian scholars, who praised him very much. Du Lin believed that he could meet a wise ruler and realize his political ambitions. Unexpectedly, because of the price of food, Du Lin had doubts about the virtues and abilities of the young emperor. Especially after his death, he was detained, and was extremely disappointed with Jianshihan.

The prison cell of the Zhaozhuo was dark and humid. Although it was spring now, it was still cold.

Du Lin knelt among the haystacks and broken cotton wool in the corner of the house, holding a pen in his hand, leaning over and writing quickly.

Although the emperor was furious and threw him into prison, he did not punish these ministers. Therefore, Du Lin did not suffer from flesh and blood, but only suffered a little hunger and cold. However, this torture also made him, a person who was usually pampered and had a very uncomfortable feeling.

Du Lin asked for books and paper and pen, but he was allowed, but the prisoner only brought in "Guanzi" and "Salt and Iron Theory". The prisoner said that this was the book that His Majesty the Emperor appointed for them, so that they could learn more about economics and not become useless people who could only read books.

Du Lin sneered, "I am a useless person? At least I know how to love the people, and I know that the people need to eat and make a living. But what about Your Majesty? Ignore the people's sufferings and do not listen to the advice of good ministers. If this continues, will he be the only husband?"

The prison officer was so scared that he hid out and did not dare to listen to his slandering the emperor.

Du Lin felt that he was probably doomed this time. He had to be brave enough to face the possible catastrophe. He firmly believed that he was right. Du Lin was asking for his orders for the people. What was wrong? If he was killed because of this, he was also Du Men's pride. He was a loyal minister of the court. He could leave his name in history books and be remembered forever.

And the little emperor who ignored the lives of the people would also be named a tyrant who killed loyal ministers indiscriminately.

Thinking of this, Du Lin angrily unfolded the bamboo slips and referred his pity to the people and his dissatisfaction with the emperor one by one. If there was a chance, these words could be spread, and the world would see his sincere heart and strong heart.

The advice of Du Lin and others was not adopted by the emperor. Even if they were to speak out for death, it would have no effect on Liu Yu's decision.

The little emperor still did not limit the price of grain. He sent Wu Yuan to closely monitor the food conditions in the surrounding areas and allowed the price of grain to rise from 7,500 to 9,000. At this time, the resentment of the people of Chang'an had reached its peak. There were already sporadic grain grabbing incidents. Thanks to the disaster relief sand porridge that made them hang their lives, otherwise the entire Chang'an City might have fallen into turmoil.

When the grain price reached the 10,000 yuan per stone, a large amount of grain suddenly poured into the market. The grain from unknown sources began to be sold in Sanfu at a price of 8,000 yuan per stone. This price was 20% lower than the price of grain merchants, thus quickly seizing the market. Seeing this, the grain merchants had to lower the price to 8,000 yuan to start selling grain, but the price of 7,000 yuan per stone quickly appeared in the market. When the grain merchants followed up to 7,000 yuan, the price was again 5,500 yuan per stone.

Although this price was almost cut in half compared to the peak of the grain price, it still had huge profits and high prices. Grain merchants were afraid that there would be no such high prices in the future and rushed to sell them. The grain price in Chang'an dropped three times a day, and within half a month it dropped from 10,000 yuan to 3,000 yuan per stone.

At this time, the grain merchants were already nervous. The grain they purchased from various places had already arrived one after another, and were about to make a big profit. Unexpectedly, the grain price began to fall sharply. What was even more frustrating is that because the grain price fell too quickly, unless the family waited for the rice to be cooked, the people would no longer purchase a large amount of grain, but began to hold their coins and wait for a lower price.

When the grain prices in Chang'an dropped to 2,300 coins per stone, the grain merchants' uneasiness reached its peak. They knew that there must be grain tycoons participating in the market. This is a super powerful player. Only when the grain merchants join hands can they compete with it.

The big grain merchants in Sanfu began to connect with each other and wanted to join forces to regain the pricing power. The grain purchased from other places through their own channels has been in place. For this high-priced grain feast, some borrowed money from the grain, and some pre-leased granaries for storage early. Everyone pointed to this transaction to make a fortune. Unexpectedly, the grain price is now falling and falling.

As the latest rising Guanzhong Da Shang, the Sun family gained a transcendent status because of its transactions with the royal family. The merchants regarded the Sun family as a weather vane. The Sun family's behavior had a great impact on the big merchants.

In the past two days, there have been countless big merchants who have visited the Sun family. The threshold of the Sun family has been almost broken, but no one has seen the Sun family's head, Old Master Sun. Everyone has been blocked. There is only one reason. Old Master Sun is unwell and cannot meet guests.

Old Master Sun was indeed a little uncomfortable, but it was definitely not as good as not being able to see guests. His discomfort was also caused by the price of grain these days, so Old Master Sun was a little angry. However, the old man was a man who had experienced the world and had seen many strong winds and waves in his life, so this thing was far from overwhelming him.

The 50,000 stones of grain purchased by the Sun family from other places have been put into the warehouse. The eldest son, who is in charge of Chang'an's business, came to ask for instructions whether to send the grain to the store immediately, or wait and see the situation of the grain price.

Mr. Sun said he would wait a little longer, and he was waiting for news about Sun Bada.

Recently, Zheng Shen’s disciples are very busy, and Sun Bada can’t find anyone. Today, he was ordered to die by the old man and must find out the exact news.

At night, Sun Bada finally came back and immediately came to repay Mr. Sun.

"Father, as you expected, the food in the market has been sold recently. His Majesty the Emperor opened the official warehouse and dumped a large amount of grain into the market, causing the price of grain to plummet."

"Sure enough, no one else has made such a big deal, and this is not surprising." Old Master Sun said: "There are a large amount of grain sold in various places at the same time, and no one can do it except the government. Many people can guess this. What I want to know is His Majesty's next action, how much grain will be stored in the official warehouse? Will His Majesty continue to sell and make the grain price lower."

"Zheng Bai didn't know this, but he said that Zheng Shangshu had chatted with him yesterday and said that the current price of grain is still too high. Zheng Bai asked how much it costs to make a stone. Zheng Shangshu said that one stone of grain should be at most 100 yuan in Taiping. Nowadays, famines have been frequent and wars are still frequent. The food is much more expensive than usual, so it cannot exceed five times the price of the average year!"

Mr. Sun pondered for a while and asked, "What is our food price?"

Sun Bada said: "Most of our family's grain comes from the north, and there are some grains from Hexi and Nanyang, and the prices are different. If it is spread equally, plus people feeding horses, road checkpoints and handling fees, it will cost about 530 yuan per stone!"

"All of them will be sold in the store tomorrow. They should be sold as fast as possible. It is best to sell them in batches to other merchants. It is better not to make money this time than to suppress goods!" Old Master Sun said firmly, "Let's help His Majesty suppress the price of grain!"

For bulk commodities such as grain, the amount of funds occupied by a large amount. Squeezing goods means reducing money, exhaustion, and warehousing is also a large expenditure. It is important to quickly reclaim funds. Now that the emperor is taking action personally, he wants to lower the price of grain to less than 500 yuan, the Sun family can of course not hold on.

Of course, selling grain by the official warehouse alone is not enough to completely control the grain price. The private grain reserves add up much more than the official warehouse. However, merchants fight on their own and cannot form a joint force to compete with the government. When the government lowers the price, merchants will inevitably follow the trend and lower the price. This is a chain effect, allowing the government to increase the price of this large market with a smaller amount.
Chapter completed!