Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 891

Chapter 13 The Peerless National Scholar Fang Xuanling

Li Jiancheng looked at the ministers and said, "Is there any way to solve the food crisis now?"

Wei Zheng was naturally aware of Li Jiancheng and Chen Ying's plan, of course he didn't point it out, but shook his head and said: "The food shortage in Guanzhong is just the beginning now, this year has already missed the farming season, and now there are no less than 40 hungry people in Guanzhong. Numbers, over time, will gradually increase!"

Li Jiancheng patted the head of the guest and said, "Could it be that half of the army is really going to be disbanded?"

Wei Zheng smiled wryly and said, "As far as the granary in the palace is concerned, there isn't much grain left."

At this moment, Wei Ting said, "Unless His Majesty issues an order to forcibly confiscate the family's food."

Wei Zheng didn't have a good impression of the Guanzhong family, but as the servant of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng knew that if he forcibly collected the food from the Guanzhong family, he would definitely push the Guanzhong family to the opposite side.

Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "If this is the case, the imperial court will... be in chaos.

Chen Shuda sighed and said: "It is necessary to save His Majesty's face, but also solve the food shortage in Guanzhong, and not offend the family in Guanzhong. How can there be such a perfect plan?"

Chen Ying stood in the hall and did not speak.He became a wooden man. Anyway, if Li Jiancheng didn't ask him, he wouldn't say it. Chen Ying wanted to see what Li Jiancheng could do.

At this moment, Li Jiancheng heard grumbling sounds from Chen Shuda's belly.

Li Jiancheng waved his hand and said, "Notify the imperial dining room to prepare meals!"

Not long after, the maids and eunuchs in the palace filed in with food.On the small desk in front of the ministers, there were two sheets of noodle cakes and one sheet of green vegetable soup.

Chen Ying looked very familiar with the vegetable soup, and it turned out to be kelp that he got from Zhang Zhongjian.Chen Ying is a general who leads troops all the year round. When a war really starts, he, as the commander in chief, has no chance to drink hot soup, not to mention eating.

Chen Ying also felt hungry at this time, so he broke open the noodles and put them into the seaweed soup. These seaweed soups were also made from the old soup of stewed mutton and had a strong taste.

Chen Ying ate with great relish.

However, the other ministers seemed to be chewing wax.

Seeing all the ministers eating the bread like yellow lotus, Chen Ying was very happy.

……

Fang Xuanling came to the door with a relaxed expression. At this time, all the colleagues in the door avoided Fang Xuanling one after another, and even took a detour.

Fang Xuanling walked to his office as if no one else was there, looking at the clean table, Fang Xuanling coughed and said, "Has the imperial edict from Zhongmen Province arrived?"

A petty official bit the bullet, holding the imperial edict sent by Zhongmen Province, and handed it to Fang Xuanling's desk.

Several officials were on the sidelines, whispering.

The provincial doctor under the door smiled cheaply and said, "Fang Xuanling is so courageous..."

A small official echoed: "Who says no, he dares to come back!"

One official gloated and said, "It's really crazy!"

The doctor under the door smiled coldly: "This madman has offended His Majesty, Chen Linggong, and Feng Xiangguo. I think he should leave within two days..."

The sound of the watchman telling the time came from outside.

All the officials got up to pack their belongings.

Fang Xuanling also got up slowly.

A servant came in quickly, shouted at everyone in the hall and asked: "Where is Fang Xuanling?" Fang Xuanling was startled, and said hesitantly: "I am here."

The servant smiled and said: "Your Majesty announces your audience, the room is in charge, follow our house!"

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When Fang Xuanling arrived at Xiande Hall, Li Jiancheng looked at Fang Xuanling with some embarrassment, and he coughed to cover up his embarrassment.

Fang Xuanling stood opposite Li Jiancheng indifferently.

Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

Li Jiancheng pondered and said: "I did not think properly about the edict issued yesterday.

Fang Xuanling let out a "huh".

Li Jiancheng took a deep breath and said, "I was wrong, and I apologize to you!"

Fang Xuanling shook his head, said with a faint smile: "Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, I will leave.

The evil fire in Li Jiancheng's heart rushed to his forehead, he stood up angrily, pointed at Fang Xuanling and shouted: "Fang Xuanling, you know how the people in Guanzhong are, why don't you tell me frankly, why Do you want to use the method of sealing and refuting Tugui to make me lose face?"

Fang Xuanling was not afraid, looked straight into Li Jiancheng's eyes, and said with a cold smile: "Is the Li Shu in Guanzhong more important, or His Majesty's face?"

Li Jiancheng was startled, speechless.

Fang Xuanling said calmly: "I just wanted to ask His Majesty, why don't the people in Guanzhong go out to beg?"

Li Jiancheng asked Ai Ai humanely: "In this way, what face does the imperial court have to face the people of the world?"

Fang Xuanling's face darkened, and he asked loudly, "The face of the court is more important than the life of Li Shu? Did the three generations of sages, Yao, Shun and Yutang, do this?"

Li Jiancheng pointed at Fang Xuanling, but couldn't find an excuse.

Seeing Fang Xuanling pressing towards Li Jiancheng, General Zhandian and Golden Melon Warrior appeared in the main hall at the same time, as long as Li Jiancheng gave an order, they would take Fang Xuanling down.

Chen Ying pouted, stood up slowly, and stretched out his hand to signal General Zhandian and Golden Melon Warrior to retreat.

At this time, the Zhandian generals in the Xiande Hall or the Golden Melon Warriors are all Li Jiancheng's confidant troops. Of course, these soldiers are all the old troops when Chen Ying was in charge of the left and right guards and the left and right officials of the Eastern Palace.

Seeing Chen Ying's gesture, the General Zhandian and the Golden Melon Warriors who had just appeared retreated one after another.

Fang Xuanling approached within ten steps of Li Jiancheng, and shouted in a cold voice: "The gate of Tongguan is closed tightly, and the gate is starved for thousands of miles. Your Majesty and the court will have face?"

Li Jiancheng slapped Yu An angrily and said, "Presumptuous!"

Chen Shuda and Feng Lun shouted: "Fang Xuanling, you are so brave!"

Li Jiancheng looked at Fang Xuanling and gritted his teeth, "What else are you doing besides standing here talking and sneering? What problems can you solve?"

Fang Xuanling looked at Li Jiancheng coldly and said, "Of course I have a solution!"

Li Jiancheng had a smug look in his eyes, and Wei Zheng recommended Fang Xuanling to Li Jiancheng, saying that Fang Xuanling had great talent and could be called a national scholar.Chen Ying called him a unparalleled national scholar, with the ambition of the world in mind, and the strategy of helping the people in his belly. Li Shimin couldn't use it, so he was defeated;
You have to know that looking at the whole history, how many people can be called national scholars?Guan Zhong assisted Qi Huangong to win the first hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period, established a series of effective systems, and established Qi's strong national power for centuries.Moreover, Duke Huan of Qi was actually not a particularly wise monarch, which further reflects Guan Zhong's ability.

Fan Li assisted Gou Jian, the king of Yue, to try his best, and finally overthrew his deadly enemy, Wu State, and succeeded in becoming the hegemony. Le Yi assisted Yan State, and made the small country counterattack.Lin Xiangru's skill with the tongue and hardness of the neck, it is estimated that there are few civil servants throughout the ages who can compare with him.

Lord Xinling Wei Wuji: Lord Xinling should be the leader of the four gentlemen of the Warring States period in terms of personality and achievements.Twice entangled like a mob, the armies of the six countries defeated the Qin army who had been killed.

Shang Yang, Wu Qi, Sun Bin, and Liu Bang got Han Xin to create the 400-year history of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Bei got Zhuge Liang to stand on a tripod.

Seeing that Fang Xuanling was hit by Li Jiancheng's provocative method, Li Jiancheng was very proud.

Li Jiancheng said with warmth and anger on his face, "Who doesn't know how to speak big?
But Fang Xuanling said solemnly: "If a gentleman says it, it's hard to chase after a horse. Since I said there is a solution, I must have a solution. But..."

Fang Xuanling calmed down, looked at Li Jiancheng, and said provocatively: "If you want me to solve the famine in Guanzhong, Your Majesty must agree to one thing.

Li Jiancheng said proudly, "It's okay to talk about one thing or ten things."

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "Just one thing!

Li Jiancheng was stunned, staring at Fang Xuanling and said: "From now on, the right to dismiss and return the subordinates to the post of Shizhong must be recognized and guaranteed."

Li Jiancheng stared wide-eyed and said: "One day in the Tang Dynasty, there will be no crimes in the case of refuting the imperial decree."

Hearing this, Chen Ying was stunned.

Sure enough, Fang Xuanling did not disappoint him.

Fang Xuanling hoped that Li Jiancheng would not interfere with the sect's right to refute the matter in order to limit the imperial power.For the imperial decree to have legal effect, it must be jointly signed by Zhongshu and Menxia Province, so that it has real legal effect.

Now, Li Jiancheng's words follow the law and will be written into the daily life record as the law of the ancestors and will never be changed.

Even so, there are still loopholes to exploit.However, Menxia Province can refute the imperial decree of the emperor, and will not be punished for his words, so that it can be greatly avoided, because of the emperor's personal reasons, he will make random plans that will harm the country and the people.

Unless, the whole court is full of traitors, and the whole court is full of jesters.

However, when that time really came, Datang was about to perish, and the gods could not be saved.

Li Jiancheng looked at Fang Xuanling and said, "In this way, isn't the imperial court going to make enemies of the world's families?"

Fang Xuanling said indifferently: "Guanzhong has nearly [-]% of the country's population, which one is more important, do you still need to distinguish?"

Li Jiancheng pondered silently: "Xiao Xiangguo and Feng Xiangguo talk about the rule of Wenjing the most, Huang Lao's inaction, light corvee, and recuperation. They actually mentioned better troops and simpler administration, but the Turkic side has serious troubles. The last one is just to say .”

Fang Xuanling said without hesitation: "In the long run, there is no problem with the strategies of the two ministers, but these methods will not help the current difficulties. The problem now is not how to let the court let go and let the people of the local counties recuperate. It's about how to work together to help and relieve disasters."

Li Jiancheng nodded and said: "Chen Ying and Wei Zheng proposed to return to the equalization method and the Pinghuai policy to mobilize the resources of the whole country to solve the famine in Guanzhong. They also proposed to streamline the army and streamline the administration, and cut down [-]% of the army and officials, which will save money. The food supplies that come out are used for disaster relief."

Fang Xuanling said: "How many people can be rescued?"

Li Jiancheng shook his head and sighed: "It's far from enough. If it's spread to every commoner, it's only a month."

Fang Xuanling said: "What about in one month? Your Majesty, Guanzhong this year is doomed to fail. That is to say, before next autumn, the millions of people in Guanzhong will have to rely on the imperial court for relief. Now there is still one year before next autumn." Years and three months."

Li Jiancheng spread his hands and said, "Okay, the problem is here, you can come up with countermeasures!"

Fang Xuanling said indifferently: "The method, in fact, the two ministers and Chen and Wei have already mentioned it. I will add another one, open the four gates in Guanzhong, and let the people in Guanzhong go out to beg for food."

Li Jiancheng immediately sat up straight, glared at Fang Xuanling and said, "You..."

Fang Xuanling took the time to look at Li Jiancheng and said, "However, the minister's elite troops and streamlined administration are different from theirs."

Li Jiancheng was taken aback, and asked suspiciously, "How is it different?"

Fang Xuanling said: "It's true that I have a better army and simpler administration."

Li Jiancheng laughed back angrily, "Then tell me, you really have better troops and simpler administration."

Fang Xuanling sighed and said, "It's impossible not to reduce it. Your Majesty, there are more than four million people, soldiers and civilians in Guanzhong. Calculated on the basis of three catties of grain per day, these four million people will survive until next year's autumn harvest. On average, one person will need at least Fourteen shi and four buckets of grain can tide over difficulties. Four million people need 400 million shi of grain.”

Li Jiancheng was silent, and he suddenly remembered why Chen Ying proposed to move the people in the Guanzhong out of the Guanzhong when he clearly had food in his hand, just a step away from the pass.

Because it requires a huge transportation force.

There are no less than [-] vehicles that can be used in Guanzhong, but only about [-] of them are four-wheeled carriages, and more than [-]% of them are two-wheeled carriages.

[-] horse-drawn carriages seem to be a lot, but the transportation capacity is really limited, because all [-] horse-drawn carriages can barely transport a million shi of grain.

There are more than 5000 million shi of grain, and it is said that Li Jiancheng does not have it, and even Chen Ying does not have it.

Instead of letting the 400 million mouths in Guanzhong sit and wait to die in Guanzhong, it would be better to move the people out.

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying and said, "Chen Ying, how many people do you think the Western Regions can accept?"

Chen Ying said without hesitation: "The Western Regions have no less than 5000 million acres of arable land. Even if all the 400 million people in Guanzhong are moved out of the Western Regions, there will be no pressure. However, the people in Guanzhong cannot all move out!"

Chen Ying walked to Li Jiancheng's desk and picked up a pen from the desk.

Li Jiancheng subconsciously poured water and ink for Chen Ying.

Chen Ying drew a map of the Guannei Road area on the huge map and said: "Wuanzhou and Gyeongju are also suffering from drought, but they can barely halve the harvest, so that there will be no crop failure. The common people and the official warehouse can guarantee the balance. The minister plans to set up a grain station every [-] miles along the Yuanqing Road, with a grain storage of [-] shi, and the grain storage in Lingzhou, Fengzhou, and Yanzhou should be able to support them and support them to Lingzhou!"

Li Jiancheng nodded.

It takes about five days for Lingzhou to transport the grain to Yuanzhou, and it will consume about seven buckets of grain in five days.The closer to Lingzhou, the smaller the loss.

Chen Ying thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, you can move [-] households to Lingzhou first."

Li Jiancheng nodded.

Thirty thousand households with a population of 12 can save more than 100 million shi of grain for Guanzhong.

Wei Zheng stepped forward, pointed to the map and said, "Your Majesty, not only can people move to Lingzhou, but they can also move west to Hedong and Henan provinces!"

Li Jiancheng nodded.

After the ravages of Wang Shichong and Zhu Jie in Henan Mansion, Henan Mansion, which originally had a population of more than 500 million during the Daye period, only had less than one million people left.

Of course, Henan Province is not the Henan Province of later generations. In later generations, Henan Province has a population of over 500 million, but at this time, an additional three to five million people can actually be fully supported.

The most important thing is that because of the Sanmenxia, ​​large-scale fleets cannot cross, so there is no basis for water freight.

At this time, if you want to pass through Sanmenxia, ​​the probability of an accident with the space shuttle of later generations is similar, but it is different in Luoyang. No matter Hebei or Jianghuai rice grains can be transported to Luoyang through the Grand Canal.

If there are 400 million hungry people in Luoyang, it is really not a problem for the Tang court.

Four million people can eat more than 400 million shi of grain in one year and two months, and even if the supply is halved, more than 5000 million shi will be needed.

The transportation of more than 2000 million shi is very troublesome for vehicles, but for water transportation, it is simply not worth mentioning.

In particular, the course of the Yellow River is completely navigable by the largest 2000 shi ship in this era. One can transport [-] shi of grain, and more than [-] million shi of grain, but it is only a matter of a few thousand large ships.

Referring to the issue of people migrating abroad, Li Jiancheng looked at Fang Xuanling and said, "Then you can talk about your better troops and simpler administration now!"

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "Yes!"

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