I am Da Song

Chapter 81

National wartime rationing of food and fuel was not a difficult task for the Song Dynasty, which had reached its peak in civil politics.

But his most important premise is that government orders must be consistent, and the window for distributing supplies should be controlled by the imperial court.

But this undoubtedly greatly damaged the interests of these literati and bureaucrats. These people wished to siege the city for a longer time, and they harvested more wealth through grain shops and charcoal fields.If the imperial court strictly controls the sale of materials, how can the scholar-bureaucrats make a lot of money for the country?
Looking at his own life, Zhao Huan knew that the quality of life of these people was not affected by the siege at all.

The scholar-bureaucrats spend money like water, drunk and dreaming of death.A hero who dies for his country is like dust.

After stabilizing the military situation, Zhao Huan was determined to end the current sickness of the Song Dynasty.

So after Li Ruoshui made a suggestion, Zhao Huan immediately said with a smile: "Since the Kaifeng government has a great wish to protect the poor in Tokyo, I have to support it. The Fuguo warehouse, Guangying warehouse, Yongfeng warehouse, Jiyuan warehouse, etc. Fifty granaries, thirty of which I allocated to the treasury to help the people."

"Master Zuo, does Zuo Kuzang have a warehouse to store charcoal?"

Mei Zhili immediately replied: "The official's family, there are internal and external charcoal storages beside the Zhou Bridge, Henan and North Carboniferous Fields beside the Caihe River, workshop material storages, internal and external material storages, etc. in the inner city. Charcoal, coal, etc. are stored."

Zhao Huan can only sigh with emotion, Da Song is really fucking rich. "They are all allocated to the treasury to help the people."

Mei Zhili hastily praised: "The officials are lenient, benevolent and caring for the people, with pure holiness and morality. For the masters of less than three generations, even the cultural scene of the Han Dynasty is not as good as it."

The other officials also praised a few words. According to the tradition of the Song Dynasty, the emperor allocated a private collection from the inner treasury to settle the problem, and everything ended here.Officials continue to lie on the country to suck blood, drunk and dreaming, and let him be flooded.

But Zhao Huan had no intention of stopping here. He glanced at a group of indifferent ministers and opened his mouth and said: "Nowadays the city has been besieged for a long time, supplies are in short supply, and the people are suffering from hunger and cold, and their corpses are lying on each other. It is the army and the people who are loyal to the country and work together. , when the country is in trouble."

This righteousness is so high that a group of scholar-bureaucrats could not find an objection from the Confucian standpoint.You can't say it bluntly, let them live or die these untouchables.

Those who are thoughtful have already secretly guessed that the officials want to force donations. As a last resort, everyone may have to take out a hundred ten stones of rice to fool them.

But Zhao Huan's next words instantly shattered everyone's illusions, and once again refreshed the officials' perception of the tough and iron-blooded officials.

"I have decided to nationalize all charcoal farms and grain shops in the inner city, and the Kaifeng government will implement wartime rationing, and distribute them free of charge to the people in the inner city according to their household registration, so as to relieve the national crisis."

As soon as Zhao Huan's words fell, the officials immediately turned against Yingtian for the control of this wartime state material. It is to compete with the people for profit!"

"Wouldn't the government lose people's hearts by taking such a tricky way?"

"There is a saying in the official "University" that it is better to have ministers who steal than to have ministers who collect money."

"Those who eat salaries are not allowed to compete with the people for profit, and those who receive the big ones are not allowed to take the small ones. The government already has countless materials in the internal treasury, but they still take the meager benefits from the people. I'm afraid it will be disappointing."

Facing the anger of the officials, Zhao Huan calmly looked at the mountains and rivers in the distance, turning a deaf ear to the alarmist and false threats of these people.

Chongzhen was too weak and paid too much attention to these officials, so it ended in a broken state.

During the wartime, the country's material control was carried out by all countries in later generations, and no country was seen to perish because of this.

Of course, the times are different and the national conditions are also different. Zhao Huan will not cut the boat and ask for the sword.In the Song Dynasty, these literati and bureaucrats were deeply rooted and far-reaching. The implementation of national wartime material control and taking out their materials to help the people would inevitably violate the interests of these literati and bureaucrats.

Looking at the ugly faces of these people, Zhao Huan knew that the so-called popularity and popularity were behind the interests of these people.Those grain shops and charcoal farms that are raging in wealth, and the owners behind them are all standing here now.

Seeing that Zhao Huan was unmoved, the minister was so angry that he immediately threatened him, saying: "If I can't persuade the officials to change their ways, I will have no face to the common people in the world, please resign."

"Zuzao!" Zhao Huan said calmly, "Who else wants to resign, please come out together."

More than a dozen officials held their black hats high, knelt down in front of Zhao Huan, and persuaded with mournful words: "Officials, please think again! The ancient tyrants would not do things that compete for the interests of the people!"

"Just now you said that my three generations are below, and there is no match for benevolence. In a blink of an eye, even a tyrant is inferior? The benevolent and the tyrant are all in the middle of your words." Zhao Huan smiled immediately, waved his hand and said: "Forget it , now that you have resigned, there is no need to say more. Take the imperial equipment, take their black hats, and clear them out of this place."

"Anyone else object?" Zhao Huan asked calmly after scanning the others.

At this moment, all the scholar-bureaucrats went cold, and once again felt the fiery authority of the monarchy.If the officials insist on going their own way, no one can stop the officials from achieving their intentions.

Literati, Zhao Huan shook his head, he was really worse than a paper tiger.I thought how fierce and resolute they could resist.

From this point of view, the benefits of this decision far outweigh the costs.

The biggest cost of enforcing wartime national material control is to damage the interests of the scholar-official class, which makes these people extremely dissatisfied with themselves.

But the world is balanced, and if there is a loss, there is a gain.The interests of the scholar-bureaucrats were taken away by Zhao Huan, and the people in Tokyo and ordinary scholars who benefited the most.After all, these materials have changed from monopoly shops to free distribution.Countless people will thus alleviate the suffering of hunger and cold, and will be able to survive the national calamity.I have harvested the hearts of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, civilians and scholars in the inner city.

When it really started to be debated in the public opinion field, the influence of these dozen or so high-ranking officials may not be comparable to that of tens of thousands of ordinary scholars.

Of course, there is another most important meaning. After the charcoal and rice are distributed free of charge by the Kaifeng government, the population of the inner city will be counted as quickly as possible.

In order to create conditions for Li Ruoshui to incorporate the charcoal farms and grain stores in the inner city, Zhao Huan deliberately detained all the court officials around him. Anyway, in the battle of defending the inner city, these people have no government affairs to deal with.

A group of officials were brought by Zhao Huan to the carbonaceous field in the north of Henan. The so-called coal is coal. Ouyang Xiu, a great writer and statesman in this dynasty, had a very deep research on coal, calling it "incense cakes, charcoal also, used for incense, A piece of fire can last forever."

It's just that although the Song Dynasty has conducted in-depth research on coal and oil, the folk customs and inertia are still used to using charcoal.

(End of this chapter)