Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 552 Another Year Another Disaster

Soon after, Pei Ju died of illness, and the imperial court posthumously presented him as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Zuo Sanqi was a regular attendant.

The first year of Zhenguan is also coming to an end here, entering the second year of Zhenguan.

Li Zhiyun changed the history, but he couldn't change the weather. The second year of Zhenguan was still a year full of disasters.

In spring, there was a severe drought in the Guanzhong states.

Although it is possible to continue to use work in lieu of relief and build cement roads between the cities in the pass, the losses are still shocking.

In March, locust plagues raged in the pass.

"Second brother, you are really awesome." Li Zhiyun stood on the ridge of the field, looking at the burning fire and the locusts rushing into the fire, he couldn't help feeling in his heart.

Holding the money and food from the Zheng family and the Pei family, as well as income such as sugar and soap, he was able to withstand the natural disasters that occurred year after year with ease.

And the second elder brother in history, at this time, is not only struggling to resist natural disasters, but also accumulating the power to overthrow the Turks.

It should be said that it is indeed you, Li Shimin.

However, compared with the original Tang Dynasty in history, the current situation of Datang is undoubtedly several times better.Although natural disasters are still unstoppable, thanks to Li Zhiyun's efforts, a large number of people did not starve to death.

With work in lieu of relief, concrete roads can be built to connect the cities in the pass, making transportation more convenient.

It is clear at a glance who wins and who loses.

In addition, Datang did not need to pay compensation to Turkic relatives. From this point of view, he did not do badly.

Snapped!
A locust landed on Li Zhiyun's shoulder. He reached out and grabbed it, then threw it on the ground and trampled it to death.

Using fires, chickens and ducks to deal with locust plagues is just a drop in the bucket, and they can only vent anger for a while, but cannot solve the locusts.

The severe drought in the pass caused heavy losses to the crops, and this year's spring plowing was basically scrapped.

There is bad news and good news. After this year, next year will be much better. This is the last rampant period of natural disasters.

"Your Majesty, do you want to return to the palace?" Chencang County Magistrate Liu Rengui asked.

"It's still early, take me to see the farm's soil fertilizer and the promotion of Quyuanli."

"As ordered."

Liu Rengui is a good courtier. In the villages around Chencang, every household basically prepares their own soil and fertilizers. Quyuanli is also owned by many people. Even Champa rice has many people who have planting experience.

Because of natural disasters, Li Zhiyun has exempted many places from the tax of the year, and the same is true in Guanzhong.

Therefore, when the emperor appeared in Chencang to inspect, the people were very excited and thanked the emperor for his kindness.

And Li Zhiyun accepted it with peace of mind.

To tell the truth, since the disaster, he has used almost all his internal money to buy food all over the world, and transported it to the disaster area to help the people.In addition, the expenses in the palace are also reduced again and again.

Looking at the emperors in history, how many people were able to empty their money and use it to help the people?
Not saying how great he is, but he empathizes.

His thinking is always different from this era.

He may not be able to make the people equal in society, but he can treat everyone equally in personality.

It was late at night when we returned to the palace, and Li Zhiyun was still dealing with political affairs.

In the past two years, although natural disasters occurred frequently, most of them were in the north, and there were no twists and turns in the south.

Because of this, the money in his hands was used to buy food in the south, which was continuously transported from various places to Guanzhong, or other disaster-stricken areas for relief.

This time, the appeasement ambassadors sent by the imperial court to the southern regions such as Huainan Road, Jiangnan Road, and Jiannan Road reported a lot of good news.

Without it, the main reason is that taxes and food are paid a lot.

As he expected, after these two years, Datang will enter a period of good weather.

In addition, the Governor's Mansion in the north also sent an official document, saying that the climate in the grassland has been abnormal in the past two years, and the weather has been extremely cold.

This is good news. Last year, I sold wool pants on a small scale and made a fortune in the grassland.

When he was relieved, Li Zhiyun was going to open a mutual market, selling woolen trousers to the grasslands in exchange for cattle and sheep.

Well, I hope that this year the grasslands will also freeze to death.This is my most sincere and sincere wish to the grassland people.

In addition, Li Zhiyun felt a little sorry about the group of Turkic slaves.Seventy percent of the slaves captured from the Turks have died.In addition to those who died in coal mines, there were also those who died in stone mines.The rest will either starve to death or die of illness, in short, they will be consumed very quickly.

He didn't really care about the life and death of these alien slaves, he just felt that the death was a bit too fast.

At the beginning, Li Zhiyun estimated that an adult slave should last five to seven years.However, due to natural disasters, the imperial court once again reduced the small amount of food and clothing provided to the slaves, and it is conceivable that they died soon.

Think about it, slaves originally ate less, but later the Tang people had to provide disaster relief, so slaves could only eat less.And once a slave is sick, no one will treat him, but let him die, and then gather and burn his body.

"It has become a one-time consumable." Li Zhiyun rubbed his chin and pondered.

If it wasn't for the natural disaster, he might have found an excuse to let Qin Qiong and others enter the grassland to arrest slaves.

Regarding the matter of the grassland slaves, the ministers of the government and the opposition turned a blind eye, and it didn't matter if they didn't murder the Tang people anyway.Furthermore, there is no burden to use those slaves. Anyway, if they die, they will die, and there is no need to be responsible.

Thinking of this, Li Zhiyun made one or two points in the memorial, asking the officials in charge of the slaves to treat the slaves a little bit better, so as not to let them die too quickly.

After all, without slaves digging coal to smelt iron and forging plate armor, how could Datang's military strength continue to rise.

Some officials complained about this inhuman treatment, but Li Zhiyun completely ignored it.

In the eyes of the central officials, these Turkic slaves are actually a trouble.

Killing it is not good, it will hurt peace.

If they don't kill them, they will become enemies if they stay in the grassland, and it will be troublesome to bring them back to the Central Plains.

The way the emperor handled it, they felt inexplicably very nice.

Distributing Turkic women to Datang men, all Turkic men were sent to dig coal for consumption, which can not only solve the trouble, but also have a beneficial effect on the Tang Dynasty, which is great.

As for whether slaves are human beings?

I'm sorry, Turks, barbarians and lowly people, are not enough to be human.

Anyone who pleads for the Turkic people is a real idiot.

It's not the Tang people who oppress and persecute, so what are you called?

After handling a batch of government affairs, Li Zhiyun rested on his own.

At this moment, Gao Liangzhong came over quietly.

"Your Majesty, Mrs. Changsun has sent her medicinal food, do you want to receive it?"

"pass."

"Yes."

Gao Liangzhong bowed his body to invite the Changsun family into the room, then retreated with others, and closed the door intimately.

Now that Li Zhiyun is out of the palace, the Changsun family must be by his side.Not only Gao Liangzhong knew about this matter, but also some central officials.

Although the impact is bad, no one dares to beep.

Mrs. Changsun put the medicinal food on the table and knelt quietly.

For her, this is the limit of what she can do for him at present.Although the two were interested by King Xiang and not by Goddess, but they have been in contact for a long time, and their relationship is not as estranged as before.

After all, good relationships are born.

Li Zhiyun never overstepped her in his treatment of her. Although he talked flamboyantly, he didn't really force her to do anything.

One-sidedness begins with love and ends with courtesy.

Because of this, Changsun's heart became more and more complicated.

The more tolerant and generous the emperor was to her, the less she knew whether she should continue to reject the emperor.

(End of this chapter)