In the autumn and seventh month of the first year of Qianyou's reign, Liu Chengyou entered the Chongyuan Hall and entered the Great Dynasty.
Since he succeeded to the throne, due to various reasons, he has not held a few major dynasties in total. However, each major dynasty discussed national affairs and current affairs, which was long and complicated.
"Your Majesty, the summer harvest in the Kinki prefectures has been completed, and the summer grains have been put into the warehouses in the various prefectures. The Central Plains and the towns under the control of Hebei have also come to an end, and the summer expedition has come to an end." Wang Zhang, the envoy of the Third Division, went out to report to Liu Chengyou The "good news" is also reported to the ministers.
After saying these words, Liu Chengyou's facial muscles became much softer, as did all the ministers present. For almost a year, the Han Dynasty court was suffering from food shortage. Although the court tried its best to raise food, it even did not hesitate to sign a "loss of power and humiliation of the country" with Hou Shu. contract, but the salary is always a drop in the bucket and they cannot make ends meet. Nowadays, the lower class people in Tokyo, including many petty officials, almost all have hungry faces.
After so long, we finally have a real turning point. Of course, we have to plant in autumn and harvest in summer. Last year, due to the country's unrest and war, the scale of autumn plowing was not large, so the output of summer harvest was still not satisfactory. Big head, still It depends on the autumn harvest. However, the drought in Hebei for several months has been a big blow to farming and has spread to the Central Plains...
However, no matter how many difficulties there are, they will not be as difficult as last year and when Liu Chengyou first took over the throne. It is a good thing to have new grain in the warehouse.
"I am ordering all the governors in charge of the army, envoys and officials to complete all summer harvest tasks and pay summer taxes before July!" Liu Chengyou sat upright, with a loud voice and clear enunciation. When he spoke, the beads on his crown did not move very much.
After a pause, he continued: "I have ordered all the prefectures to levy summer taxes from June 1st, and autumn taxes on October 1st. This will be custom-made forever."
After thinking about it for a while, Liu Chengyou said: "In addition, the state governments will keep 40% of the summer and autumn taxes for themselves, and the rest will be lost to Tokyo! The three divisions select capable officials as grain envoys and send them to each state to supervise them. thing!"
"Yes!" Wang Zhang agreed without any hesitation.
"Your Majesty, Liu Zhu, the military governor of Qingzhou, reported that the locust plague has disappeared. A total of more than 50,000 locusts have been caught in the prefectures and counties within the territory, and the field seedlings are harmless." After Wang Zhang finished his report, Dou Zhengu, his servant, stood up to report.
Droughts are often accompanied by locust plagues. Last month, the drought in various states in Hebei became increasingly severe, especially in Pinglu. The locusts appeared, flooding and destroying people's fields. After hearing the news, the first reaction of the officials in the imperial court was to offer sacrifices to heaven. To pray for rain, set up an altar to pray to the "Locust God". A slightly helpful suggestion is to ban the hunting of pigeons, because pigeons eat locusts.
This was rejected by Liu Chengyou and he directly issued an edict, telling officials and people in Qingzhou and Hebei Daozhou that locusts have destroyed our crops and I will eat them immediately. I will work hard to eliminate locusts and catch and eat them. Locusts have great nutritional value.
The officials were hesitant, but this edict had precedents to follow and could be tested, so they did not stop it.
Under the imperial edict, Liu Zhu, the envoy of Pinglu Festival, responded very quickly, quickly conveyed the imperial edict and the emperor's holy will, and organized the Jingzhou and county generals to lead the people to exterminate the locusts. In fact, before the imperial edict arrived, Liu Zhu had already Preparations were made for catching locusts. Therefore, after spending a month inspecting Zi and Qing, nothing was missed. The crops did not suffer too much from insect pests, but instead gained tens of thousands of dendrobium "food" in vain.
Of course, Liu Chengyou doesn't really believe that it is "harmless to field seedlings". How can the disaster of drought locusts have such a small impact? Even if the insect disaster is suppressed, the drought without rain for many days is enough to reduce autumn grain production. Over in Qingzhou, Liu Baht The response is quick, but what about other places? This has to be a question mark.
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"Reduce the system, commend the Qingzhou generals, add Liu Zhu to the title of Sikong, and share the same chapter. From Jiedu and below, those who protect the fields from locusts will be cited for their merits, transferred to their posts, and rewarded." Liu Chengyou still replied steadily.
"yes."
After careful calculation, after the summer harvest, there are not many prefectures and towns with spare capacity to support Tokyo. The two capitals are Datou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Zheng, Ru, Xu, Song, Hao, Chen, Cai, etc.
Among these prefectures and counties, the two capitals and Zhengzhou are the core. Zhengzhou was also affected by the Yuanwu breach. The rest, Ru, Song Dynasty, Haochu was ruled, Xuzhou was tormented by Liu Xin (after the town, the emperor's uncle Guo) Do not stop), the separatist regime was restricted to the south of the Chen and Cai lands.
In addition, Xuzhou's hunger situation has eased somewhat, Yanzhou's situation is OK, and Yunzhou's self-sufficiency is still difficult to achieve under the governance of the emperor's relative Murong Yanchao.
As for the towns in Hebei, Weibo and Weibo were still devastated by the war last year, and the rest were affected by drought. The three towns of Chengde, Henghai and Pinglu were slightly better.
In addition, the military and political affairs in Heyang and Hedong are considered stable, and the production is sufficient. However, last year, more than half of the population in Hedong followed Liu Zhiyuan and moved south to the Central Plains. Their potential was almost reduced, and it was difficult to provide sufficient food.
Guanzhong is automatically ignored, while the rest are either in the border areas, or the court cannot control them well, or they need to be fed back by the court.
In short, for the Han Dynasty, although the food shortage can be solved after the summer harvest, it is still not optimistic. If the drought continues today, the trouble will be even greater. Recently, due to the drought, Liu Chengyou has been increasingly depressed.
"Your Majesty, I heard from the Censor's Office that there are many people in the world who are committing lies and murders. Local states, counties, and vassal towns report punishments and killings, but the imperial court does not investigate the truth and obeys their requests. There are even those who do not report and only punish and kill people. This has led to There are countless officials and people in the world who have died in vain. Under the sky, there are many complaints. I ask your Majesty to send an edict to rectify it, so as to eliminate the people's resentment and highlight the saint's benevolence." The person who entered the performance was Cheng Bianwei, the imperial censor.
After Bian Wei finished speaking, "Prime Minister" Yang Bin, who was sitting in the front row, looked a little unhappy. He agreed to all requests for execution because of the local government's demands for executions, citing the fact that the country's legal practices were profound at the beginning of the founding of the country.
Liu Chengyou also glanced at Yang Bin, got angry, and spoke directly about the rectification measures: "From now on, when the town of Fanzhou reports executions, Dali, the Ministry of Punishment will verify the facts before dealing with them. All state governments, all involved Murder cases need to be reported to superiors for review and no arbitrary killings are allowed. In addition, the criminal system of the Han Dynasty has been reorganized to speed up the progress!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"yes!"
"Your Majesty, Hengzhou and Cangzhou reported that since the summer this year, there has been hunger in the north and residents have fled south. Hengzhou has taken in 3,741 Yan people, and Cangzhou has taken in 4,360 people." Reported by Prime Minister Li Tao.
"With Zhang Yanwei and Wang Jing, follow the precedent and make good arrangements!"
"yes."
"Your Majesty, Guo Congyi of Huazhou reported that the breach in Yuchi has been resolved. The farmland was damaged and there were no casualties."
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"Your Majesty, based on the reports from all parties, after nearly half a year of suppression by the imperial court and local officials, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the thieves who have caused trouble to the local area have been basically eliminated. As of now, it can be said that the banditry of the Han Dynasty has been eliminated!" Yang Bin As a prime minister, it is impossible not to say something. Once you speak, it will be good news.
"Because of your Majesty's bravery and bravery, the military and political parties are united, and the people are loyal to you, the world will be governed!" Su Yugui followed suit.
Sending the imperial army to local areas for suppression has achieved remarkable results. Otherwise, it would be too slow to just rely on local areas to do their own thing. Moreover, it is gratifying to have the bandits suppressed, but if good governance is not implemented and the people return to banditry, I am afraid it will only Between day and night.
"Your Majesty, please collect the Imperial Army and return it to the court, and issue an edict to reward those who have made meritorious deeds in fighting thieves!" Yang Bin asked with a stiff face. That somewhat reserved expression made Liu Chengyou feel strange in his heart.
"Yes!" Liu Chengyou's expression remained unchanged and he responded calmly.
Just like in the past, a court meeting lasted for nearly three hours. There were many things going on, and it seemed that all the important military and political affairs in the world were concentrated on this day. Of course, there were urgent matters, and there were also reporting matters that had been dealt with long ago.
But what was really important was not suitable to be discussed with the courtiers at the court meeting. After the court dispersed, the ministers and ministers were very understanding and went to the Guangzheng Hall in a tacit understanding. Obviously, there were still matters to discuss.
For example, the situation in Youzhou and the unusual movements of Li Shouzhen in the river.
