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

Chapter 411 It's time to chop off the claws! !

Soon, Yang Guang sent people to send a decree, and the counties in Shandong will provide disaster relief on their own, and the general Li Mu will take care of it.

Jinan Prefecture, Licheng County.

"My lord, the imperial decree has come down. All counties in Shandong will provide disaster relief on their own, and the general will be in charge of supervising it!" The magistrate of Licheng County reported to Tangbi.

Tang Bi thought for a moment, then asked in a deep voice, "Is there a problem in Licheng County?"

"My lord, what are you talking about? The lower officials are not that kind of people. Our Licheng County government treasury is well-stocked, so it's no problem to subsidize the victims!" the magistrate of Licheng County assured, patted his chest.

After all, Licheng County is the seat of Jinan Prefecture, and it is under Tangbi's nose. Therefore, Li County is one of the few counties where there is no problem.

Licheng County, Shandong, was originally the territory of Shandong Shuai Tangbi, and the officials of all counties in Shandong were somewhat involved with Tangbi.It can be said that in the past in the border of Shandong, Tangbi was caught by the military and government.

After thinking about it, Tang Bi felt that although the officialdom was not clean, the officials under him should not make any serious mistakes.

However, despite this, Tang Bi still ordered people to pass down an order that officials from various counties in Shandong Province, who dared to greedy ink for disaster relief food, would be sentenced to death.

Tang Bi's order was conveyed, but many county officials were worried.They don't dare to get food for disaster relief, but the problem now is that many government offices can no longer provide food for disaster relief.

It is true that government offices in various places have emergency food reserves, and these foods are often not used.Therefore, there will be some speculative officials.When the price of grain is high, sell the grain in the government office at a high price.

Then when the new grain comes out and the grain is most abundant, the price of grain falls at this time, and the government buys grain at a low price to make up for the government, and earns the difference in price.

However, this year, the old grain in the treasury has been sold at a high price, and the counties in Shandong have suffered from famines. Instead of falling, the price of grain has risen.

At this time, if they are asked to make up for the lack of food in the government office, they will go bankrupt.

However, it is better to lose one's family and property than one's official position and one's life.Therefore, at this time, county officials in Shandong are gnashing their teeth to collect money, trying to make up for the government treasury before the start of disaster relief.

All of a sudden, all parts of Shandong began to snap up food secretly. Naturally, such a big movement cannot be hidden from those who are interested.

At this time, the powerful family began to exert its strength.They can't do other things. It's very appropriate to do this kind of small tricks behind the scenes.

Yuwen Shiji and Li Mi were the first to secretly drive up the price of grain in Shandong. In a short time, they actually raised the price of grain in Shandong by as much as [-]%.

The rich and powerful families were not short of money. All in all, Li Mi and the others would grab food at a price several percent higher than what the officials in Shandong offered.

For a while, officials from all over Shandong wanted to sell grain to make up for the government government's balance, but it was already difficult to make up.

For a while, quite a few officials in Shandong were grey-haired, wishing they could slap themselves several times.All the money that was greedy for ink back then was used up, and it didn't make up the balance of the government treasury, let alone, now it is impossible to say that he will lose his official position and life.

In a blink of an eye, the day of disaster relief is coming, and the food in the counties of Shandong is not enough!

In this officialdom, he is still shrewd.I don't know which county started it first. Some fine sand, stones, wheat husks, and turf were mixed with the relief food distributed to the people.

It is not that there is not a single bit of food in the treasuries of the counties, and officials in various places have raised some from various sources.

Therefore, adding some impurities can barely make up the amount of food for each family for disaster relief.If there is a lot of grain in that county, it should be mixed with less sundries.If there is little grain in that county, it will be mixed with more sundries.

Lu County.

Li Mu was looking at the brochures sent from all over Shandong. According to the brochures, all counties in Shandong had already started distributing disaster relief food.Judging from the current progress, the disaster relief situation in Shandong will come to an end in at most half a month.

However, Li Mu was never someone who only read written reports, so he immediately took a few officials from the household department to the front line of disaster relief to watch.

The Yuwen scholars and the household officials assigned to Li Mu were all upright officials in the household department, so these people were very fond of Li Mu.

It can be said that these household officials admired Li Mu very much after getting along with each other these days.

Lu County.

Xiaoqiao Village.

The disaster situation of Xiaoqiao Village is second only to Niujia Village in Lu County.Li Mu of Niujia Village is already very familiar, so it doesn't matter if he goes or not.Therefore, this time Li Mu came to Xiaoqiao Village first.

When Li Mu led the team to Xiaoqiao Village, the relief food in Xiaoqiao Village had already been distributed.

When Li Mu came to the entrance of the village with several officials from the household department, he happened to see a family of villagers working in the field at the entrance of the village.

"General, it's General!" The villagers working in the field saw Li Mu and hurriedly saluted.

Li Mu has always been at the forefront of disaster relief in Lu County, so many villagers have seen Li Mu's appearance.

"Please get up quickly, there is no need to be too polite." Li Mu hurriedly helped up the couple who kowtowed to him.

"If there is no general, how many people in our Lu county will starve to death this year, we should kowtow to the general!" The middle-aged man smiled innocently.

"My fellow, has the relief food from the county government been distributed?" Li Mu asked the middle-aged man.

"General, you don't know about those grains."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

The middle-aged woman continued to speak, but was glared at by her man and reprimanded severely.

"General, the food was delivered yesterday, it's very good, it's very good! This year, there is no shortage of food and drink, no shortage of food and drink!" The middle-aged man said hastily.

While the middle-aged man was speaking, his eyes couldn't help but dodge a little, and he didn't dare to look directly at Li Mu's eyes.This is obvious and a sign of lying.

The middle-aged woman was reprimanded by her husband, and stood behind aggrieved, not daring to interrupt.

Li Mu is such a smart person, he immediately saw that there was a problem.

"My fellow, do you think I'm an idiot? We two brothers are just chatting today. If there is any problem with the food, you can tell me the truth and it will be fine."

"What's the matter, is it not enough?" Li Mu asked with concern.

If it was not enough, Li Mu didn't intend to pursue it.After all, there is no cat in this world that does not steal fish, and when the water is clear, there will be no fish.

Within the range of Li Mu's bottom line, it's fine if they are greedy, but if they stretch their hands too far, Li Mu will chop off their claws.

Seeing that he couldn't hide it from Li Mu, the middle-aged man sighed and said, "It's fine if you're short of catties, isn't it a waste of food?"

"Waste food!" Li Mu was a little confused, and immediately asked, "My fellow, what's going on!"

"General, you will come home with me to see the food distribution, and you will understand!" The middle-aged man said, leading Li Mu to his home.

(End of this chapter)