She thought about it and realized that among her several daughters, none was the most suitable for her, which made her very depressed!
Li Shimin said: "Guanshi Nu, you should consider how to reward me. I want to solve everything."
the next day.
Li Shimin was sitting in the court, and the ministers seemed to have known about this for a long time, and they were all trembling with fear.
As soon as Li Shimin ascended the throne, more than ten ministers immediately came out of the queue and knelt down one after another.
"Why do you kneel down?" Li Shimin asked coldly.
All the civil and military officials kowtowed.
"Your Majesty, it is our lax discipline that has caused the disasters in Shandong and the people are starving. I hope your Majesty will punish you."
Li Shimin said angrily: "Okay, then as you wish. Come, arrest them all and execute them on the spot."
All the civil and military officials were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy.
However, they were dragged away without mercy, and no one from the civil and military officials stood up to speak for them.
Everyone knows that the emperor is currently in a rage. This is a matter of great wrath and resentment. If anyone goes to speak for his majesty, he will either be beaten to death by the emperor or cast aside by everyone in the world.
Li Shimin asked: "Master Fang, are you aware of the affected areas?"
"Your Majesty, a rough calculation shows that there are a total of twelve counties and thirty-six counties. Jiangnan, Guangdong and Guangxi are all suffering from major disasters."
boom!
"Your Majesty, it is estimated that 200,000 people will die because of this disaster, and there will be hundreds of millions of innocent people."
The ministers were in an uproar.
Li Shimin's eyes were red, his fists were clenched, and he was extremely angry.
However, he thought of Su Chen and his one hundred thousand kilograms of fairy rice, and then he felt relieved.
"The Heavenly Master is indeed a god, and he can hit the nail on the head. The world today is really a mess, and I still think about a peaceful and prosperous age."
"Thanks to the fairy rice given by the Heavenly Master, my Tang Dynasty is still favored by God."
Civil and military officials reported the disaster situation one after another.
"I wonder what you guys have to say?" Li Shimin asked.
These people are all the three princes and ministers who were left in the palace last night and did not come back all night.
Wei Zheng said: "Your Majesty, we need to open the grain depot and transport all the grain out."
Fang Xuanling was startled and said hurriedly: "Now, our household department is fully supporting the front attack, and there is no extra food."
Wei Zheng said: "We can't just let them starve, right?"
Fang Xuanling shook his head and was speechless.
Just as the ministers were arguing, Changsun Wuji suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that each family should be given food and grass first to stabilize the situation. When there is a good harvest next year, the chaos will be solved."
All civil and military officials were in an uproar. These people were from various families.
Of course, they would not agree, but after all, Changsun Wuji was the spokesperson of the major forces. Since he had made such a suggestion, it was hard for them to say anything more.
However, there are also some people who plan to donate more to wealthy people and wealthy families.
Li Shimin asked: "So, do you think, how much money should we pay to the family?"
Changsun Wuji said: "I took the lead this time and delivered 30,000 kilograms of rice first, plus two ingots of silver."
call out!
The crowd was in commotion again.
Ministers, you look at me and I look at you, they all look confused.
Even Li Shimin did not expect Changsun Wuji to be so generous.
Thirty thousand kilograms of rice is enough to support an army of 10,000 people for more than three months. However, this small amount of food is far from enough to support hundreds of thousands of people in famine.
Fortunately, Changsun Wuji took the lead, and all civil and military officials also followed suit and donated money.
In the end, Li Shimin counted and found that he got a total of 360,000 catties of grain and grass and 800,000 taels of silver.
He was about to be blown away!
This amount of money and grain is not enough to feed millions of people for a day!
Li Shimin was angered by these people's stinginess.
He thought of Su Chen's words and thought: "It seems that you are right. This is to make the poor people kill each other."
"But now is not the time. Let's stabilize the situation first."
Li Shimin sighed deeply and said, "I want to buy grain from all the nobles. What do you think?"
The eyes of all the civil and military officials shone brightly.
This is exactly what he wants!
They can get their hands on these things and make a fortune!
The ministers all expressed approval.
Li Shimin continued: "However, I was worried that the nobles would raise the price, so I sent Lu Guogong and Chen Guogong to lead an army to patrol the four directions. Anyone who dared to raise the price would be killed."
All civil and military officials were panicked and shocked.
Li Shimin didn't want to anger them, so he continued: "We will talk about next year's affairs after this year's cold season has passed."
Ministers, when you look at me and I look at you, a big stone falls in your heart.
Your Majesty has already given up. It will take several months to keep food prices down for a few months before they stabilize. He will have to pretend not to know next year!
Many people smiled and agreed one after another.
This catastrophe will not be over until at least next autumn. We will have plenty of opportunities to make money in the coming year, as long as we don't let the victims starve.
So the ministers agreed one after another.
Only smart people, such as Changsun Wuji, looked confused.
Li Shimin has never been a person who gives up easily, why would he do this?!
Changsun Wuji said: "Your Majesty, what should we do with these people? What should we do with their lives in the next year?!"
Next year of life?!
Li Shimin said: "I still have a few grains of rice here, which I plan to sow in Jiangnan and Shandong areas for use next year."
All civil and military officials in the dynasty were stunned.
His expression was a little strange.
Some people are still arguing, but then they think about it, if we only rely on tomorrow’s rice, that’s really child’s play.
However, they have enough food in hand to last three to three years.
If the hunger lasts longer, they will get more income.
Therefore, many civil and military officials bowed their hands and said yes.
That is to say, a few dignitaries like Changsun Wuji, who were far-sighted and wanted to share the joys and sorrows with the Tang Dynasty, dared to put forward their own opinions.
"Your Majesty, how is the quality of the grain? As long as there is good quality, you must choose a good place for testing. Jiangnan has always been an important area for grain production. If you just plant some rice with unknown names, the yield will be reduced next year.
I'm afraid there will be another large-scale disaster."
Wei Zheng also nodded repeatedly: "Your Majesty, how about we pick some farmland and test it first, and then..."
"It goes without saying."
This was the first time Li Shimin spoke. Without any hesitation, he directly asked Wei Zheng to arrange the farming officials and let them make arrangements.