Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 587 Great Drought in Guanzhong

Xiao Yu stepped forward: "Sage, there are 54 counties in Guanzhong. Fifty counties have reported disasters, of which [-] counties in the north and [-] counties in the west are severely affected. The signs of locust plague have been found, and it is estimated that there will be no harvest."

"There are still four counties!" Li Shimin said in his heart that this is finally good news among bad news.

Xiao Yu continued: "Sage, these four counties are Huayuan, Sanyuan, Jingyang, and Gaoling. They are all counties managed by Prince Liu. There are countless waterways, wells, and waterwheels. As long as the Weishui and Jingshuis are unbroken Liuhe is not afraid of severe drought. Although there may not be a bumper harvest this year, the reduction in production will be limited."

"Writing, these four county magistrates will be promoted to state officials, and they will still serve in Guanzhong." Li Shimin ordered.

Fang Xuanling stepped forward: "Saint, not for the time being. After this year's evaluation, it will not be too late to be promoted early next year. Right now, there is a severe drought in Guanzhong, and at least four counties have not reduced production due to the disaster. It is always a good thing."

Cui Junsu also stepped forward and said, "Saint, the food grown in these four counties may not be enough for the four counties."

"Guancang?" Li Shimin asked a crucial question.

Cui Junsu replied: "Sage, the big warehouse in Bingzhou cannot be moved. It is the important warehouse of the North Defense. It can be said that before the farming in other places in the north has no effect, the important towns in the north rely on the big warehouse in Bingzhou to provide food. Once the North Defense is unstable, Changan will be stable. It's worse."

"Chang'an Dacang..." Cui Junsu didn't continue, he didn't know how to speak.

"Speak!" Li Shimin urged.

"When the drought was reported, Duke Xiao and his ministers had already adjusted grain in Shannan Road, but they didn't expect that there would be no harvest this time. Moreover, there was no hope for summer planting, and there was no hope for autumn harvest. The ministers needed for this were incompetent."

Li Shimin patted Yuan heavily: "How much is the difference?"

"Chang'an Dacang can't fight without leaving food..."

"I ask you, how much is the difference?" Li Shimin was furious.

"The difference is 200 million shi, at least." Cui Junsu finally gave Li Shimin a number.And added: "This is the situation where there is no food left in Chang'an's big warehouse, and the difference is 200 million shi."

Li Shimin sighed heavily: "200 million shi. How much grain is there in Bingzhou Dacang."

"Saint, Bingzhou Dacang can't move, that's the basis for Beifang." Fang Xuanling stepped forward to stop it.

Li Shimin sighed again, and handed over a document he had already written to Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling was taken aback when he saw it, Li Shimin had already written the edict of his crimes.

It can be said that there is no precedent for the new king to commit a crime in the first year of his ascension to the throne.

At this time, Liu Zhenghui, Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment.Tang Jian, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, asked to meet the saint, and after getting permission, the two entered.

"Saint, there are rumors in the city of Chang'an that Tang's extermination of Buddhism caused a natural disaster. I believe that such rumors are even more serious in the affected counties. I ask the saint how to deal with it."

Li Shimin's heart twitched, could it really be the retribution he got for destroying the Buddha.

Xiao Yu believed in Buddhism, so she stood up at this time: "Saint, this is a rumor. The promoter of the extermination of the Buddha was Liu Concubine, and the Tang Dynasty did not know how many bronze Buddha statues were pulled to Sanyuan to be melted and recast into money. It is true that the four counties managed by Prince Liu were punished by heaven, but there is a severe drought in Guanzhong, but these four counties are fine?"

Even if Xiao Yu is a Buddhist believer, at this moment, he somewhat hates this rumorer.

And at this time, he needs to make the Emperor of Tang Dynasty firm in his confidence and not waver in the slightest.

Only then did Li Shimin nod his head, feeling a little calmer in his heart.

Yao Silian stepped forward: "Saint, what I want to report may not be good news."

"speak!"

The person sent to Luoyang to transport grain came back, and the minister happened to meet him.They told the minister that the General Secretary was one step ahead and transported away the old Sui grains left by Luoyang before they arrived, at least 100 million shi.

"This..." Li Shimin wanted to scold Liu Mu, who else could transfer Chen Liang from Luoyang except Liu Mu's commander in chief.

But when the words came to his lips, Li Shimin stopped.

Liu Mu would never be so unwise, and Qin Qiong told Yuan Tiangang to write a letter to Liu Mu behind his back, even the content of the letter.

Knowing that there will be a severe drought in Guanzhong, why did Liu Mu transfer the grain from Luoyang?

"Report, I invite you to face the saint." Someone shouted outside the door.

Du Fuwei was welcomed in, and as soon as he came in, Du Fuwei pushed away the eunuch and handed a newspaper to be printed and distributed the next day directly to Li Shimin, and then shouted: "I invite you to order me to kill all these traitors." .”

Li Shimin picked up the manuscript of the newspaper and looked at it, he was stunned, and the whole person stayed there.

Xiao Yu and others hurried forward: "Saint, please take a look."

Li Shimin laughed heartily: "Look at it, modify these words and sentences. What is written here, it is extremely vulgar."

I saw it written in the newspaper:
My willow wood burned Buddha bones and melted countless Buddha statues. Who heard that the four northern counties of Chang'an were affected by severe drought.God's punishment, what fucking nonsense, the sky is the sky, the saint is the son of heaven, and shepherds the world on behalf of the sky.Heaven's punishment is also the punishment of saints.

My Liu Mu is going to be a father, this is a blessing from heaven.

There is a decree to overhaul the waterways in Guanzhong, but the waterways cannot prevent the drought, so people can’t help but wonder if the workers are behind it. Did the 20 bald donkeys who worked hard build the waterways seriously?
Liu Mu wrote a handwritten letter and sent it back with a fast horse.

The manager of the Chang'an Newspaper has not changed a single word, even Liu Mu's wrong words, typos, and simplified characters written in meaningless are still transferred to the manuscript.

After Xiao Yu finished reading, he said to Li Shimin: "Saint, I think you should either leave the last sentence and rewrite the whole article, or leave nothing at all."

"Why?"

"I didn't change a single word. It can be said that this is the handwriting of Prince Liumu on the bumpy road back to Beijing. Prince Liu has enough trust in the hearts of the people in Chang'an. After all, it was written during the bumpy ride. Some mistakes are more obvious. It is true. Especially the last sentence, Zhenguan is a prosperous age, and there are tens of thousands of stones in storage."

The next day, when the Chang'an News appeared in the market, there was a surge of heat in Chang'an City, which was full of depression due to the drought.

Suddenly, someone shouted: "Fleet, fleet. Fleet of big ships going up the canal."

The counties to the east of Chang'an have sent soldiers to stand guard on both sides of the canal, and ships from Hangu have already begun to move grain down.Every temporary food has the banner of the General Secretary of the Tang Dynasty written on it. The disaster in the east of Chang'an is not serious, and there are not many hungry people here, but many people who have little food at home start to go to the county together with the hungry people. direction surge.

With the flag of the general secretary, the people are not in chaos.

There are grain piles there, and the panic in the hearts of the people has been reduced a lot.

Even though the people in the two easternmost and westernmost counties had heard about the severe drought in Guanzhong, the four counties under the jurisdiction of Prince Liu had not been affected much.

When the ship arrived at Guangyuntan Wharf, Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty came to greet him in person.

(End of this chapter)