God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 838

The major event of the country lies in offering sacrifices to the people.

The people are the foundation of the country.

And people-based, it is food.

The rulers of the past dynasties emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, and encouraged farming. The reason for this was to increase the production of grain and increase the stock of grain.

Whenever the world is in chaos, there are countless dead people. Among them, apart from those who died in battle, many people died because of lack of food, starvation, or disasters caused by lack of food.

However, productivity did not increase, and the amount of food increased to a limited extent.

In today's Tang Dynasty, apart from the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, in other places, the food produced by the people can only be barely self-sufficient.

Zhang Xuansu’s impeachment memorial directly pointed to the crux of the problem, that is, people still don’t have enough to eat. If a large amount of grain is used to produce feed for pigs, horses, and cattle, according to the current consumption rate of the pig feed processing factory of the pig tycoon , In less than half a year, all the grain in the Gyeonggi area can be completely consumed. When the next spring is green and yellow, countless people will not be able to eat food, which will cause a lot of disasters.

Li Er actually finished reading it quickly.

He put down the memorial, and it took a while to recover from the shock.

"Masters, what Zhang Qing's family said, I don't think it's alarmist. This matter is about the people, but more about the country. When Du He is announced to enter the palace, I will make an order in front of him. From now on, this pig tycoon will be killed The feed processing plant is closed!" Li Er said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

All the ministers praised.

Zhang Xuansu was full of pride.

Du He, this time you are dead!
Shaking the foundation of the country is not a child's play, even if you have a lot of credit, but in this matter, you will definitely not have room to stand up.

The people in the palace quickly left Chang'an, rushed to Hu County, and brought the oral order with them.

Du He rushed to Chang'an non-stop, and soon entered the palace and came to the Tai Chi Hall.

Du He entered the Taiji Hall and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I'm going to die!"

Li Er snorted: "Du He, do you still know that you are guilty?"

Du He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, people are valuable with self-knowledge. I have always been stupid, but I have self-knowledge. When I meet people who are not nice, I actually accepted a bastard disciple like Fang Yiai, and the discipline is not strict. I didn't educate him well. The minister's dereliction of duty, however, the minister has always had a clear distinction between grievances and grievances, let him bear the responsibility of Fang Yiai's mistakes, and I suggest that he should be killed to sacrifice to heaven!"

Everyone: "..."

Fang Xuanling rolled up his sleeves and wanted to hit someone.

In fact, Du He had already calculated it on the way here. If he had to kill people to anger the common people, then he would just die.

A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist!

Li Er has black lines all over his head.

"Du He, why do you think I'm looking for you?" Li Er asked speechlessly.

Du He asked back: "Isn't it the case of the stubborn Fang Yiai endangering Chang'an?"

Everyone almost fainted.

It turned out to be the wrong object?

No wonder it sounds so weird.

It's unlucky for Fang Yiai to have such a teacher!
Snapped.

Li Er threw down the impeachment memorial on the case table and landed in front of Du He, and a majestic voice sounded: "Take a good look!"

Du He picked it up, glanced at it a few times, and immediately became impatient: "Your Majesty, what kind of dog wrote this memorial, who dares to slander the character of the minister in such a bland, white-toothed manner, it is simply inhumane, pig Dogs are not as good as..."

Zhang Xuansu jumped out at once: "Du He, who do you call pigs and dogs inferior?"

Du He turned around, looked at Zhang Xuansu, and suddenly smiled: "Master Zhang, hello, you have lived in my pig tycoon pig feed processing factory for more than half a month, and you have eaten more than 100 catties of pig feed. Give it, give me money!"

Zhang Xuansu eats pig feed?
Everyone was stunned.

Li Er was also very curious, and said: "Zhang Qing's family, although I have never seen pig feed, but from this name, it feeds pigs. Why do you want to eat pig feed?"

Zhang Xuansu blushed and said: "Your Majesty, you don't know something. The reason why I sacrificed myself to eat pig feed is to find out the reality of the pig feed processing factory of the pig tycoon. If it wasn't for a minister who tried the pig feed himself regardless of personal safety, so what? It can be found that the production of pig feed consumes so much food, if I don’t find out in time, this disaster will be unstoppable in the coming year.”

Zhang Xuansu complained incessantly.

Your Majesty, the point is that the pig tycoon's pig feed processing factory consumes too much food, it's not me who eats pig feed.

Li Er nodded: "Zhang Qing's family is right, Du He, are there any mistakes or omissions in Zhang Qing's memorial?"

Du He shook his head, "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang has improved his writing skills by leaps and bounds since he ate pig feed, and his mind has improved a lot. There is indeed nothing wrong with this memorial. If there are any mistakes, it is Mr. Zhang's news." Not very accurate, in fact, today’s pig feed processing factory not only produces pig feed, but also horse feed, donkey feed, chicken feed, etc. There are many varieties and complete types, as long as it is for livestock to eat, everything is available, which consumes a lot of money Naturally, there will be more and more food!"

Snapped.

Li Eryi slapped the table and said angrily, "Do you still know that this feed consumes food?"

Du He was taken aback, staring at Li Er, and asked: "Ah, Your Majesty, what's wrong with this? The grains of the pig tycoon pig feed processing factory are all bought from various places by the Dream Group at a high price, and there is absolutely no forced buying or selling." , and there is no cheating, if your majesty doesn't believe it, you can send people to various places to inquire about it, I, Dream Group, have been in this grain business since I started, and I have always been innocent and honest in collecting grain."

"That's enough," Li Er interrupted Du He roughly, "Do you know that what I, Tang, lack the most is food?"

"What?"

Du He was stunned: "Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty is short of food. Is this what Mr. Zhang said? It's alarmist and nonsense. Your Majesty is an emperor through the ages, comparable to Yao and Shun. The people of the Tang Dynasty live and work in peace and contentment. Diligent in farming, the Tang Dynasty is so rich that every time the harvest comes, the barn will be full of grain, so how can there be no food shortage?"

Everyone glared at Du He.

This hooker is really standing and talking without back pain!
Dai Zhou, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, stood up and said: "Mr. Huyi County, this statement is wrong. The Tang Dynasty is short of food. Although there has been no war in the past ten years, the population has increased, and the grain production has increased. However, according to last year The harvest, among other things, in the Guanzhong area, after the people turned in the grain, they can barely eat enough. Now, your pig tycoon pig feed processing factory consumes several thousand catties of grain every day, and some small counties in Gyeonggi , the grain stored in the granary is no more than 10,000 catties, and the grain stored in the entire county is only [-]+ catties. If this continues, you will empty out the grain stored in the capital area. After the spring of the next year, what will the people eat? No way, Let pigs eat food, and people eat wild vegetables?"

"Yeah, feeding pigs with grain is a waste of grain!"

"Mr. Huyi County, stop!"

"It's not too late to rein in the horse!"

"Your Majesty, please decree, what kind of factory did Li Ke close the pig tycoon? It must be closed!"

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(End of this chapter)