Han Shizu

Chapter 232
In the seventh month of the autumn of the first year of Qianyou, Wushenshuo, Liu Chengyou Yu Chongyuan Palace, the Great Dynasty.

Since he took the throne, due to various reasons, there have not been several great dynasties in total.However, every time a great court discusses state affairs and current affairs, it is long and complicated.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the summer harvest of the prefectures in Kinki has been completed, and the prefectures of the prefectures have put the summer grain into storage. The towns in the Central Plains and Hebei have also come to an end, and the summer expedition is underway." Wang Zhang, the envoy of the third division, came out and reported to Liu Chengyou The "good news" is also to inform the ministers.

After saying this, Liu Chengyou's facial muscles really softened a lot, and so did the officials present.It has been almost a year, and the Han court has been suffering from lack of food. Although the court has exhausted all means to raise food, and even signed a contract with Hou Shu that "forfeit power and humiliate the country", it is always a drop in the bucket and cannot make ends meet.Up to now, the lower-level people in Tokyo, including many small officials and officials, are almost hungry.

After suffering for so long, finally ushered in a real turning point.Of course, planting in autumn and harvesting in summer last year, because of the country’s unrest and military disasters, the scale of autumn plowing is not large, so the output of summer harvest is still unsatisfactory.Big head, we have to wait for the autumn harvest.However, the months-long drought in Hebei has dealt a big blow to farming and has spread to the Central Plains
However, even if there are many difficulties, how difficult is it when last year and when Liu Chengyou first succeeded to the throne?It is a good thing to get new grain into the warehouse.

"Order to all the prefectures to be in charge of the army, envoys, officials and people. Before July, complete the summer harvest and end the summer tax!" Liu Chengyou sat upright, his voice loud and clear, and the glazed beads on his crown didn't shake much when he spoke.

After a pause, he said again: "Decree to all the prefectures, from now on, the summer tax will be collected from June [-]st, and the autumn tax will be collected from October [-]st, and it will always be custom."

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Chengyou said: "In addition, all the state capitals, summer and autumn taxes, keep [-]% for themselves, and the rest will be lost to Tokyo! The third department selects capable officials and sends them to the states to supervise them. thing!"

"Yes!" Wang Zhang responded without any hesitation.

"Your Majesty, Qingzhou Jiedu envoy Liu Zhu reported that the locust plague has disappeared. A total of more than [-] dendrobiums of locusts have been caught in the prefectures and counties in the territory, and the field seedlings are harmless." After Wang Zhang played, Dou Zhengu, his servant, stood up and reported.

Drought is often accompanied by locust plagues. Last month, the drought in Hebei provinces became more severe, especially in Pinglu.The locusts protruded and flooded, destroying people's fields wantonly.Hearing the news, the court officials' first reaction was to offer sacrifices to the heavens to pray for rain, set up an altar to pray to the "God of Locusts", and had a slight suggestion to ban Qu pigeons, because Qu pigeons eat locusts.

It was rejected by Liu Chengyou, and he directly issued an imperial edict, telling the officials and people in Qingzhou and Daozhou, Hebei, that locusts destroy our crops, and I will eat them immediately.Locusts can be of great nutritional value.

The officials were hesitant, but there are examples to follow and test for this edict, so they did not stop it.

Under the edict, Liu Zhu, the envoy of Pinglu Festival, responded very quickly, and quickly conveyed the imperial edict and the emperor's holy will, and organized Jingzhou and county generals to lead the people to fight off the locusts.In fact, before the imperial edict came, Liu Zhu had already made preparations for catching locusts.Therefore, it took a month to inspect Zi and Qing, and there were no omissions. The crops did not suffer too much pest damage, but they got tens of thousands of "grain" for nothing.

Of course, Liu Chengyou doesn't really believe that "field seedlings are harmless". How can the impact of drought locust disaster be small.Even if the plague of insects is suppressed, the drought without rain for many days is enough to reduce the autumn grain production.On the other side of Qingzhou, Liu Zhu reacted quickly, but in other places, this has to be a question mark.

"Despite the system, Jiamian Qingzhou generals, plus Liu Zhu Sikong title, the same level of affairs, below the Jiedu, those who flatten the locusts and protect the fields, will be rewarded for their merits and relocation." Liu Chengyou still replied steadily.

"Yes."

After careful calculation, after the summer harvest, there are really not many prefectures and towns that have enough money to support Tokyo.The land of the two capitals near Ji is Datou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Zheng, Ru, Xu, Song, Hao, Chen, Cai, etc.

Among these prefectures and counties, the two capitals and Zhengzhou are the core, and Zhengzhou was also affected by the Yuanwu Breach.For the rest, when Ru, Song, and Hao first ruled, Xuzhou was tossed by Liu Xin (after the town, the emperor's uncle would not stop), and the south of Chencai's land was restricted by separatism.

For the rest, Xuzhou's hunger has eased a bit, Yanzhou is okay, and Yunzhou is still difficult to support itself under the rule of the emperor's relative Murong Yanchao.

As for the towns in Hebei, the land of Weibo was devastated by last year's war, and the rest were all affected by drought. Chengde, Henghai, and Pinglu were a little better.

In addition, in Heyang and Hedong, the military and government can be regarded as stable, and there is more than enough production.However, last year, more than half of the population of Hedong followed Liu Zhiyuan to move south to the Central Plains, and the potential was almost reduced, and it was difficult to provide enough food.

Guanzhong is automatically ignored. As for the rest, they are either in the border areas, or the imperial court has weak control, or needs to be fed back by the imperial court.

In short, as far as the big Han is concerned, after the summer harvest, although the food shortage can be solved, it is still not optimistic.If the drought continues this day, the trouble will be even greater.But recently, because of the drought, Liu Chengyou is increasingly depressed.

"Your Majesty, the Yushitai has heard that there are many people in the world who kill people with false words. Local states, counties, and feudal towns are punished and killed. There are countless officials and people who have died in vain in the world. Under the sky, there are complaints everywhere, please send an edict to rectify it, so as to eliminate the people's complaints and show the saint's benevolence." The censor Zhongcheng Bianwei played the role.

After Bian Wei finished speaking, Yang Bin, the "Prime Minister" who was sitting in the front row, looked a little unhappy, because the local government or punishment, he always agreed to it on the grounds that the law was profound in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Liu Chengyou also glanced at Yang Bin, raised his breath, and directly spoke about the rectification measures: "From now on, there will be criminal killings in Fanzhou Town, and Dali and the Ministry of Punishment will verify the facts before disposing of them. Homicide prisons need to be reported to the superiors for review, and no 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 have reported that since summer this year, the northern land has been hungry, and the households have fled to the south. Hengzhou has accommodated 740 people from Yan, and Cangzhou has accommodated 360 people." Prime Minister Li Tao reported.

"For Zhang Yanwei and Wang Jing, according to the previous example, arrange them properly!"

"Yes."

"Your Majesty, Huazhou Guo Congyi reported that the breach in the fish pond has been resolved, the fields are damaged, and there are no civilian casualties."

"Your Majesty, according to the reports from all parties, after nearly half a year of rectification and suppression by the imperial court and local officials, since the founding of the People's Republic, the thieves who caused harm to the local area have been basically eliminated. Up to now, it can be said that the banditry of the great Han has been eliminated!" Yang Bin As a prime minister, it is impossible not to say something, and it is good news when you open your mouth.

"It's all about Your Majesty's bravery and bravery, the military and government work together, the living and the people belong together, and the world is governed!" Su Yugui followed suit.

The imperial army was sent to the local area to carry out the suppression, and the effect was remarkable.If not, it would be procrastinating to just rely on the locality to do things on its own.Moreover, it is gratifying that bandits are at peace, but if good governance is not implemented, the people will return to banditry, and I am afraid it will only happen overnight.

"Your Majesty, please take back the imperial army and return to the court, and reward those who have made great achievements in defeating the bandits!" Yang Bin asked with a serious face.That reserved expression made Liu Chengyou feel quite strange.

"Sure!" Liu Chengyou's expression remained unchanged, and he responded calmly.

Just like in the past, a court meeting lasted for nearly three hours.Everything is complicated, it seems that all the important military and political affairs in the world are concentrated on this day to solve.Of course, there are urgent matters, and there are also notification matters that have been handled long ago.

But what is really important is not suitable for discussion with courtiers at the Great Court Meeting.When the imperial court was over, the chancellors and secretaries were very knowledgeable, and went to the Guangzheng Hall together in a tacit understanding. Obviously, there were still matters to be discussed.

For example, the situation in Youzhou and the changes in Li Shouzhen in Hezhong.

(End of this chapter)