Sui and Tang Dynasties: Killing Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty to sacrifice to heaven at the beginni

Chapter 410 All eyes are on Shandong.

Daxing City, Imperial Study Room.

"Ha ha!"

"The general is really my lucky general. The locust plague in Shandong has been dealt with properly!" Yang Guang looked at the letter from Shandong and couldn't help laughing loudly.

"Good thing, good thing!"

"It never occurred to me that the locust plague in Shandong would not require a small amount of food from the imperial court!" Hubu Shangshu Yu Wenhuaji echoed from the side.

Li Mu said in the letter that the loss of grain in the Shandong area was not serious, and that the people's loss would be enough to get the people through this disaster year by allocating some grain from the county government.

In the Sui Dynasty, most of the stored grain was stored in several large granaries such as Xingluo Cang.In addition, there are also a small amount of emergency food stored in the granaries of the cities and counties of the major states.

Although there was a lot of grain in the Sui Dynasty, it would be great if we could not use the grain in the major granaries.

Li Mu sent a letter to ask for an order to use food from the cities and counties of the major prefectures and counties in Shandong for disaster relief.Then, in the next year, the taxes of the cities and counties of the major prefectures and counties in Shandong will be exempted for two years.

"Yu Wenqing, what do you think of the general's strategy?" Yang Guang asked Yu Wenhuaji.

Yu Wenhuaji was the Secretary of the Household Department of the Sui Dynasty. Whether it was the taxation or the transportation of grain and grass in the Sui Dynasty, it had to go through the hands of the Household Department.

Although Yang Guang agreed with Li Mu's opinion in his heart, he couldn't act arbitrarily. He still wanted to seek Yu Huaji's opinion.

"Your Majesty, it would be the best thing to release grain for disaster relief. If you transport grain from Huiluo warehouse for thousands of miles, not to mention the time delay, there will be a lot of prostitutes on the way."

"I think that since the general thinks that the disaster victims in various places don't suffer much, and the food stored in the treasury of each county is enough for disaster relief, then it is better for each county to provide disaster relief by itself!" Yu Wenhuaji responded.

Sure enough, Yu Wenhuaji's reaction was not what Yang Guang expected.

In ancient times, there were no trucks, cars, or trains to transport food.Food was transported either by boat or by horse-drawn cart.

Whether it is transported by boat or by horse-drawn cart, it will take a long time, and there must be soldiers on the road to transport it.What people ate and what horses swallowed along the way was counted in the food transported, and the food consumed on the road was called floating.

Moreover, the most important thing is that due to the different distances of these drifts, the time spent on the road varies, and the cost of people and horses varies, there is no fixed number of drifts.Among them, the big and small officials responsible for the escort naturally had to make a fortune.

Therefore, after delivering a batch of grain to the destination, only [-]% to [-]% can be left.

Even, sometimes there is too much drift, and when the delivery officials can't explain it, they will mix some stones into the grain, and the sand will be shoddy.

But if grain and grass are transported, there will inevitably be drift.This kind of thing has almost become the unspoken rule of the Sui Dynasty.

However, under such circumstances, Li Mu is sitting in Shandong?If the food delivered in the past is reduced by [-] to [-]%, can he let it go?It must be impossible.

It was hard for Yu Wenhua to stop this kind of drifting, and he was afraid that Li Mu would find trouble with the household department after this kind of thing happened.So, now Yu Wenhuaji is eager for the counties in Shandong to go to the disaster relief by themselves.

Disaster relief is fast-fat pork, but whenever you lean on it, you have to get oily.Therefore, Yuwen Shiji chose not to rely on it.

If someone else is in charge of disaster relief, then naturally everyone will be happy to make a fortune together.However, now it is Li Mu's disaster relief, whoever dares to stretch out his claws will be in bad luck.

"I hope you can be more sensible, know what can be touched and what can't be touched!" Yuwen Shiji murmured in his heart.

In previous years, everyone made money for disaster relief, so everyone wanted to rely on disaster relief.These officials made a lot of money. As for the people affected by the disaster, they just had to have a little gruel so as not to starve to death.

However, Li Mu's temper Yu Wenhua knew that he would never be greedy for these things, and naturally all the food for disaster relief had to go to the hands of the people.

In this case, disaster relief has become a fat job and a drudgery, and it is easy to be implicated.Therefore, Yu Wenhua and had already picked himself out.

"Since Yuwen Aiqing also thinks this is the case, let the household department make a report, and after I approve it, send someone to send it to the general!" Yang Guang ordered.

"I know!" Yu Wenhuaji responded.

After Yu Wenhuaji returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he hurriedly made a note, and after Yang Guang approved it, he immediately ordered someone to send it to Shandong.

At the same time, the locusts in the entire Shandong border are almost under control, and the remaining locusts in twos and threes are difficult to change the overall situation.

However, you must know that although the locust plague has been dealt with, it has more or less affected the local people.

Compared with previous years, the grain production in the entire Shandong area has decreased by about [-]% on average.In each of the more serious disaster areas, the reduction in production is only [-]% to [-]%.

Li Mu had done a good job of finding out the grain that should be stored in the treasuries of various places in advance.

This year, the people in Shandong will be exempted from taxes, and then a part of the food will be allocated from the treasuries of various places to distribute to the people.In this way, the people can get as much food as in previous years.This year's disaster year will naturally pass safely.

Then, after next year's bumper harvest, the people will pay taxes to the county government as usual, and then the county government will be exempted from paying the court to the court.In this way, the granaries of the government treasuries in various places will be filled.In this way, it is also easy to deal with any unforeseen needs.

Li Mu's whole plan is quite good, and he also thinks that Yang Guang can approve it.Therefore, after sending the letter, Li Mu calmly waited in Lu County for Yang Guang to send someone to reply.

The county government offices belong to the government affairs department, and Li Mu, the general, is a military officer.Therefore, Li Mu had to ask Yang Guang for instructions first if he wanted to move the grain from the county government.

Although, the officials of all sizes in Shandong were basically supported by Tang Bi, and Tang Bi belonged to Li Mu.Li Mu wanted to use Shandong's grain, but no one stopped him.

However, if the procedures that should be followed are not followed, I am afraid that the ministers of the powerful family will find out, and they will catch Li Mu barking again, which will only increase the trouble.

In fact, at this time, the eyes of the aristocratic family are still closely staring at the border of Shandong.Because, according to the practice of previous years, whenever there is a disaster relief, all the officials involved in the disaster relief, from top to bottom, are not clean.

People from aristocratic families are watching. Once Shandong officials become corrupt, they will impeach them immediately.

At that time, they will collectively impeach Tang Bi, a traitor, to see how Li Mu will deal with his own people.

In fact, Tang Bi was also flustered at this time. He has been operating in Shandong for many years, and officials from all over Shandong are more or less related to him. Whoever has an accident, he will get it.

(End of this chapter)