Chapter 289: Four states run out of food, Li Chengfeng reviews the memorial
Although he has never dealt with government affairs, he also learned how Li Shimin went to court when he listened to the government before.
I saw Liu Zhenghui opening the memorial in his hand and saying: "Start the memorial to the Eighth Prince! What I want to report is about the various aspects of people's livelihood!"
"Recently, the disasters in the Tang Dynasty have been serious. Cities such as Yangzhou, Liuzhou, and Jinzhou have run out of food. There is no food to provide to the Tang Dynasty. Even if they spend a lot of money to buy food, they can't buy it! And the cities such as Xuanzhou and Youzhou are in disaster situations.
Serious, lack of food
Food! Coupled with the hot weather, there were countless casualties among the people, and the people were in dire straits! Therefore, after inspecting the people's situation, the ministers and others implored the Eighth Prince to open a warehouse and release two million catties of grain! One million catties were transported to Xuanzhou, and one million catties were transported to You.
State! To survive the year of natural disasters!”
After Liu Zhenghui finished speaking, Li Chengfeng pursed his lips, frowned and began to think.
Two million catties of grain is not a small amount.
Li Chengfeng checked the number of treasury granaries handed over by Wang Dequan and found that there were tens of millions of kilograms of grain stored in them.
Many of these grains are even dry foods left over from the Sui Dynasty.
So Li Chengfeng nodded and said: "It's accurate!"
"Food is the most important thing for the people! A million kilograms of grain is not much. We can make back this year's losses next year!"
Li Chengfeng waved his hand generously and shouted loudly that the music should be played.
Liu Zhenghui suddenly beamed with joy and said: "Thank you to the Eighth Prince for playing the tune! The old minister will replace Xuanzhou. The people of Youzhou City kowtow to the Eighth Prince to thank you!"
After saying that, Liu Zhenghui immediately knelt down and kowtowed three times on the ground.
In the past, transporting food was not that simple.
Because Li Shimin had a lot of worries, he usually considered for a long time before distributing half of the food.
But in reality, people will definitely starve to death in years of drought.
The emperor is ruthless. Li Shimin knew that the granaries in the treasury could not save the people in the world, so he could only starve some to death first and then put food in to save others.
This is the best option.
But when Li Chengfeng took office, he cut the mess quickly.
There is no food, right? We open the treasury to put food in. If we lose money today, we can make it back next year.
Li Shimin took a longer-term view, so he would not open too much treasury grain at once, because Li Shimin was afraid that the coming year would be a year of natural disasters, and he had to preserve the treasury's grain and preserve the strength of the Tang Dynasty.
But Li Chengfeng and Li Shimin have different ideas.
Li Shimin was afraid of disaster in the coming year, but Li Chengfeng was not afraid at all.
The food we lose this year can be earned back next year.
Natural disaster blocking the road? Drought? Flood? Then Li Chengfeng will directly use the system for you to build a Three Gorges Dam to control the water source and see if there is anything else to say?
Once the reservoir is completed and the Grand Canal is completed, there will be two grand canals in the entire Tang Dynasty.
One is the commercial Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and the other is the agricultural water-carrying Grand Canal.
In this case, are you still worried that you won’t be able to grow food next year?
Moreover, the hybrid rice that produces 2,000 kilograms of grain per mu in the backyard of the Prince's Mansion in Li Chengfeng Town is no joke.
As long as there is land and water, hybrid rice can be grown.
Even if Datang did not have pesticides and chemical fertilizers, Li Chengfeng would be able to grow 1,000 kilograms of grain per acre without asking them to give them 2,000 kilograms per mu, right?
In this way, as long as hybrid rice seeds are planted throughout Datang next year, there will definitely be a bumper harvest.
Li Chengfeng had confidence in his heart, so he decisively opened the warehouse to release grain.
However, those ministers were shocked by Li Chengfeng's actions.
The former emperor Li Shimin had to think a lot about opening warehouses to store grain, but the Eighth Prince only thought about it for three seconds before he made the decision?
Isn't this too fast?
No wonder the emperor said that the eighth prince definitely cuts through the mess with a sharp knife when dealing with government affairs.
This is like cutting off all the difficult and complicated diseases with one stroke.
But the question is, can Datang's treasury be able to bear such consequences?
If he couldn't afford it, would Li Shimin take over wiping his butt again after letting the eighth prince make a fool of himself?
Isn't the emperor looking for trouble and misfortune for himself?
If Li Chengfeng's grain distribution rate is followed, the national treasury will definitely be unable to make ends meet, and within a few years, the national treasury will be completely in loss!
"I am reporting to the Eighth Prince that Taizhou, Tanzhou and other areas are also suffering from drought, and the people are starved of food. I would like to ask the Eighth Prince to approve 1 million kilograms of grain and go to support the victims!"
Another minister in charge of the cities in the two states stood up and started the memorial.
Li Chengfeng frowned and thought for a while, then asked: "Is the disaster serious?"
The minister said: "Reporting to the Eighth Prince, when I went to inspect, people were already starving to death on the roadside! And..."
"Okay, stop talking and get ready!"
Li Chengfeng waved his hand and approved again.
At this time, the civil and military officials of the entire court were stunned again, and Li Chengfeng took advantage of the situation and gained a wave of naughty points.
Many ministers saw that the Eighth Prince's verdict was so decisive, and they all stood up one by one to start a public report on the people's drought.
"The Eighth Prince, as well as Chengzhou, Quanzhou and other cities, need food..."
"Eighth Prince, the people of Lizhou are also suffering from food shortages and may soon enter a famine!"
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Many ministers started to report on matters related to food.
Li Chengfeng asked again: "Excuse me, ministers, I, the prince, have a question now that I don't understand!"
Li Chengfeng's last voice was very heavy.
For a moment, the ministers who started the memorial fell silent and did not dare to speak.
They didn't expect that the eighth prince would actually curse people in the court. He would use foul language.
Wei Zheng cupped his hands and said respectfully: "Eighth Prince, please tell me your doubts, and I will answer them for you!"
Wei Zheng knew that the eighth prince would definitely have many difficult problems that could not be solved when he was dealing with government affairs for the first time, so Wei Zheng had been waiting for Li Chengfeng to ask questions, and then stood up to explain.
Li Chengfeng said: "Prime Minister Wei Zheng, this prince has a question that I don't understand very well!"
"Eighth Prince, please speak!" Wei Zheng said.
Li Chengfeng said: "How come the Tang Dynasty is so prosperous and powerful, but for the sake of people's livelihood, it can't survive a year of natural disasters? Don't they have a little food reserve at home? Can't they survive even a year?"
"You said that there is a shortage of food in the red soil lands in the north, where food cannot be grown. That's fine! But why do the south, which is a land of fish and rice, and Yangzhou, a land of rice, have no food? What is going on?"
Li Chengfeng asked seriously.
Wei Zheng answered seriously: "Eighth Prince, you don't know something! Let me tell you in detail!"
"This state governs the county, the county governs the city, the city governs the village, and the village governs the people!"
Chapter completed!