"We distribute food, layer by layer, layer by layer. In fact, there is not much food left in the hands of the people at the end! The governor, county chief, city owner, and village chief all have to eat, and

One eats better than the other! Then the peasants will only suffer. The peasants drink gruel, the village chief eats white rice, the city lord eats big fish and meat, and the county chief even throws away the food and feeds it to the dogs. According to the governor,

Not to mention, the rich governor is as rich as any of them, and even the court officials are not as rich as them!"

Wei Zheng frowned and continued in a hoarse voice: "On the other hand, farmers pay taxes the same way. Local officials deduct and oppress in various ways. The grain collected by the people every year is only enough to be self-sufficient. If there is no grain harvest this year, they will have to live.

starving!"

"Local officials, on the other hand, can survive for a while relying on the grain collected over the years! Therefore, they themselves cannot eat enough and will not distribute grain to the people!"

Wei Zheng told the truth, and many ministers suddenly looked panicked.

But in fact, the ancient system was like this. Common people had no human rights. The higher the official position, the more prosperous life they could live. On the contrary, the common people living at the bottom starved to death on the road, and no one paid to bury their bodies!

"It's unreasonable, it's really unreasonable! Prime Minister Wei Zheng, do you mean that due to local officials' layer upon layer of deductions from us, less than a few kilograms of food has reached the hands of the people?" Li Chengfeng asked angrily.

Wei Zheng sighed and said: "Hey, let alone how many kilograms there are, there is still a question of whether we can get it!"

"It doesn't make sense, it really doesn't make sense!"

Li Chengfeng showed a hint of anger in his eyes and shouted: "From today on, I have ordered that local officials shall not take any of the food distributed to the people, otherwise if they are caught, their heads will fall to the ground, and no one can protect him!"

"

Li Chengfeng said angrily: "Those officials still have food in their hands, so they dare to withhold the food distributed to the people? Don't they know that a large number of people have starved to death? If they do this, won't their consciences hurt?"

Li Chengfeng was angry in the court, and the ministers did not dare to say anything and could only listen silently.

And those ministers who were originally very disdainful of the Eighth Prince now looked at him with great awe.

They were originally one and the eighth prince went to court. It was just child's play! What kind of world affairs can a six-year-old child understand?

But after going to court today, they discovered that this cute six-year-old kid was actually more angry than the Emperor Li Shimin?

Moreover, the Eighth Prince will ask the ministers about the public sentiment before making a decision on whether to distribute food.

The Eighth Prince handles government affairs based on public sentiment, while Li Shimin handles government affairs based on the overall situation.

Regarding the two people's handling methods, Li Shimin is definitely more conservative, but Li Chengfeng's approach is more able to win people's hearts.

Because Li Shimin would worry about the day when the national treasury would be in deficit, but Li Chengfeng was not worried at all.

Because Li Chengfeng is confident that he will make back all the food he lost this year next year!

"This order is an order issued by this prince on behalf of the emperor. It is like an imperial edict. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"

"The Eighth Prince Shengming!"

Li Chengfeng just likes to cut through the mess quickly.

Because he has a broad vision and a broad structure, he does not care about how much food is in the national inventory, but he cares about how much food the people of the entire Tang Dynasty can earn next year.

As long as we can earn back the food, are we still worried that the national treasury will be in deficit?

Li Chengfeng advocated human rights and equality for all. Although it affected the interests of some ministers, it was also approved by most ministers.

They were all amazed by the six-year-old eighth prince in front of them, and his decisiveness in handling government affairs.

Subsequently, Li Chengfeng approved all ministers who applied for food distribution.

As long as the people do not starve to death, when today's drought passes, the Tang Dynasty will definitely be more prosperous in the coming year.

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At this time, Cheng Yaojin, Duke of the State of Lu, took a step forward and said: "The Eighth Prince, the four cities of Liangzhou, Suzhou, Lanzhou and Shazhou are bordered by the Turks to the north and Tubo to the south! In addition, the disaster was serious, and the Tubo and the Turks were both

The country often wanted to invade the borders of the Tang Dynasty, launch wars, and consume the strength of the Tang Dynasty! Therefore, the old minister affirmed the Eighth Prince and sent 40,000 troops to station in the cities of the four states to prevent the Tang border from being invaded by Turks and Tubo thieves.

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After Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, Li Chengfeng looked at Li Jing and said, "General Li Jing, what do you think of Lu Guogong's suggestion?"

Li Jing took a step forward, clasped his fists and said: "I think what Duke Lu Guo said is reasonable! But if we want to mobilize 40,000 troops and horses, I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult. Not to mention the long distance to mobilize the troops, just the transportation of grain and grass is a big task.

Difficult thing!"

"Well, how many troops does our Datang have now?"

"Reporting to the Eighth Prince, the strength of the Tang Dynasty is about one million, but they are all distributed in the border areas of the Tang Dynasty to guard the country! And our strength in Chang'an City is probably only 100,000 soldiers, plus 30,000 Xuanjia troops!

These troops are the last line of defense left by the veteran to guard Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty. These troops will not be dispatched unless absolutely necessary!"

"Um!"

Li Chengfeng nodded slightly, and then started thinking.

Cheng Yaojin and Li Jing saw Li Chengfeng thinking and did not dare to disturb him.

They didn't treat Li Chengfeng as a six-year-old child.

In their eyes, as long as a man sits on the dragon throne, he is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Now that Li Shimin is seriously ill, Li Chengfeng has replaced Li Shimin in handling government affairs. In the eyes of these ministers, Li Chengfeng is the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Although being an emperor is fun, there are also many troubles.

At this moment, Li Chengfeng finally knew why Li Shimin kept sighing recently.

After all, so many complicated things are piled on your head and you have to deal with them by yourself. Is it strange that you don’t have a headache?

After Li Chengfeng thought for a while, he slowly spoke.

Li Chengfeng said: "Liangzhou, Suzhou, Lanzhou, and Shazhou are bordered by Turks to the north and Tibet to the south. They should need reinforcements!"

"But because the remaining troops in Chang'an City cannot be mobilized until absolutely necessary, I, the prince, do not plan to mobilize the troops in Chang'an City to support these four major cities!"

Cheng Yaojin's eyes suddenly widened and he said in a rough voice: "Here, the Eighth Prince! Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst! What if the Tubo and Turks take advantage of the weakest moment of the country's power to capture the Tang Dynasty?

, then our Tang Dynasty will lose a lot of land, and when the time comes to send more soldiers to defend, it will be too late!"

Li Chengfeng waved his hand and said: "Don't be anxious, Duke Lu. This prince said that no additional troops from Chang'an City will be sent. Did he also say that no more soldiers will be sent there?"

"But the Eighth Prince, there are only 100,000 mobilizable troops in the entire Chang'an City. If you don't mobilize them, where are the other troops that can be mobilized?" Li Jing asked in confusion.
Chapter completed!