Datang unsigned for six years, only to know that it is Journey to the West

Chapter 33 God Bless the Tang Dynasty 【Please recommend a monthly ticket】

"What should I do?!"

"You ask me, who do I ask?"

Li Shimin was furious, he clapped the case and said: "Shandong is such a disaster, why do we only know now?!"

thump!
At this time, Fang Xuanling knelt down. He was responsible for leading the position of Minister of the Household Department.

Quickly said: "Your Majesty calm down, the Shandong government has concealed the report, and the old minister does not know."

Wei Zheng said: "Your Majesty, the most urgent task is to know how many state capitals have concealed the report."

All the ministers nodded.

Li Shimin said angrily: "Tomorrow I want to know all the concealment. I don't care what methods you use or what's wrong with you. I must come up with a countermeasure tomorrow."

Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling and others wanted to speak.

Li Shimin reached out to stop them, and got up and left alone.

Back in the room, Li Shimin angrily threw the table and the stool.

The eunuchs and maidservants knelt on the ground, not daring to say anything.

It was the old eunuch Wuji who went to invite the queen to calm down a little.

The queen said: "Erlang, why are you so angry?"

Li Shimin said: "Shandong has no harvest, thousands of miles of starvation, and 18 disaster victims are on the way to Chang'an. I don't know how many prefectures like this exist. How can I not be angry?"

The queen said: "Didn't Erlang go to Hualong Temple, what does the celestial master say?"

At the mention of Su Chen, Li Shimin's expression softened a lot, and he even smiled a little.

"Before I went, I still somewhat doubted the ability of the Celestial Master. After I went, I blamed myself very much. The Celestial Master is really a god."

The queen had experienced Su Chen's ability, so she smiled and said, "Naturally, he is an outsider who knows the world. Not only can he pinch and count, but he even knows a thing or two about some strategies for governing the country."

Li Shimin said: "Know a thing or two? Avalokitesvara, it seems that you still don't understand the Celestial Master. He is simply a capable person in the world."

The queen was taken aback for a moment, puzzled.

Li Shimin just said everything that happened in Hualong Temple and what Su Chen said.

"what?!"

The queen was completely stunned and dumbfounded.

She said in surprise: "Promote the imperial examination, pay attention to poor families; use work instead of relief, the people win a win-win situation; the aristocratic family holds food, which can be bought or robbed."

The queen straightened her clothes immediately, knelt on the ground, and was overjoyed.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, you have obtained three good strategies for governing the world, and our Tang Dynasty will prosper!"

Li Shimin was also very excited, helped the queen up, and said with a smile: "I originally wanted to persuade the celestial master to give some rice seeds. But, I didn't expect to get three good strategies. God help me!"

The queen congratulated again.

Li Shimin said again: "It's more than that, hehe, I originally wanted to plant a few catties of rice seeds for trial planting, but I didn't expect that the Celestial Master gave me ten thousand catties of immortal rice, which can be planted in several state capitals at the same time."

He was a little trembling with excitement, "The yield per mu is ten thousand catties, nine times a year, Guanyin servant girl, can you believe it, in less than a year, my grain depot will not be able to hold it."

The queen was also dumbfounded.

She was stunned and couldn't believe it.

I thought it would be a great joy for Datang to ripen the celestial rice with a yield of ten thousand catties per mu in one year, or even in three years.

Unexpectedly, it is still nine times a year.

For Datang, this is an unparalleled blessing.

The queen wept excitedly, "Erlang, God bless me, Tang Dynasty, the Heavenly Master is so capable, please Erlang, please give me a big reward."

Li Shimin said: "That's natural, but I don't know what kind of reward is appropriate. After all, he is an outsider, so I'm afraid he doesn't pay attention to fame and fortune."

His eyes flickered, and he said: "In fact, I hope to marry Chang Le to him, but Chang Le is obviously not worthy of him, and he is a foreigner, I am afraid that this move will anger him."

The queen nodded again and again, "Changle was promised by His Majesty to marry the eldest grandson's family, after retiring, it would be inappropriate to marry a celestial master again."

She thought about it with her eyes, and she was choosing candidates among her own daughters, but none of them were suitable, which made her a little annoyed!

Li Shimin said: "Guanyin maidservant, think about how to reward, I will deal with the concealment of the state government first."

The next day.

Li Shimin presided over the court, and the officials seemed to know what had happened, and many officials were trembling.

When Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair, more than a dozen officials immediately came out and knelt on the ground.

"Why are you kneeling on the ground?" Li Shimin said expressionlessly.

The dozen or so ministers hurriedly kowtowed like garlic.

"Your Majesty, we have no way to govern your Majesty, which has caused a famine in the Shandong state capital, and countless people have starved to death. Please punish your Majesty."

Li Shimin said angrily: "Okay, I will fulfill you. Come here, drag them down, and make a decision."

More than a dozen ministers were terrified and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

However, they were still dragged down mercilessly, and none of the officials dared to intercede for them.

Everyone knew that the emperor was in a fit of anger, and this incident was obviously a matter of anger and grievances. Whoever dared to intercede would be scolded to death by the people if he was not beaten to death by the emperor.

Li Shimin said: "Mr. Fang, do you know all the disaster-stricken state capitals?"

Fang Xuanling hurriedly came out and said, "Your Majesty, I roughly figured it out. There are 36 prefectures and [-] prefectures where the famine is serious. Except for Jiangnan and Guangdong and Guangxi, there are disasters of all sizes."

thump!
Fang Xuanling suddenly knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, it is estimated that more than 20 people died of starvation in this disaster, and more than ten million people were affected."

The ministers were in an uproar.

Li Shimin's eyes were also red, and he clenched his fists, furious.

Fortunately, thinking of Su Chen and the [-] catties of fairy rice seeds, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"The Celestial Master is really a man of gods. What he said is right. The world is really full of holes. I actually thought that the country is peaceful and the people are safe."

"Fortunately, there are fairy rice seeds gifted by the celestial master, and my Tang Dynasty still has the protection of God."

The ministers reported some things one after another, all of which were disasters in various places.

Li Shimin said: "Do you have a good strategy?"

These words were spoken to those Sangongs and various ministers. They were all left in Zichen Palace last night and did not return all night.

Wei Zheng said: "Your Majesty, we need to open a warehouse to release grain."

Fang Xuanling was shocked, and hurriedly said: "The household department supports the front line to fight the Turks, and there is no food left."

Wei Zheng said, "Are we just watching the people starve to death?"

Fang Xuanling shook his head helplessly, unable to answer.

When the ministers were arguing endlessly, Changsun Wuji suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that the major families should donate food to stabilize the current situation and wait for next year's harvest. The chaos will naturally resolve."

The officials were in an uproar, they were all representatives of the great families.

Naturally, they were opposed to this in their hearts, but Changsun Wuji was also the great representative of the aristocratic family, so they had nothing to say when he proposed such a proposal.

But some people have decided to donate at most, so that the rich, gentry and people with rations can donate more.

Li Shimin said: "Master Xiang thinks, how much is appropriate for the aristocratic family to donate?"

Changsun Wuji said: "The old minister took the lead and donated 1 dans of rice, plus [-] taels of silver."

Whoa!
The crowd roared again.

The ministers looked at each other, feeling at a loss for a while.

Even Li Shimin didn't expect that Changsun Wuji would be so generous.

Thirty thousand tons of rice is enough to feed an army of [-] people for three months, but it is still not enough for tens of millions of victims.

Fortunately, with the eldest grandson Wuji at the beginning, the officials followed suit.

However, the donations became less and less. In the end, Li Shimin asked people to count, and there were only 36 dans of grain and 8 taels of silver.

He almost died of anger!
This amount of food and silver is not enough to feed tens of millions of disaster victims for a day!
The stinginess of the family made Li Shimin very angry.

He thought of Su Chen's suggestion, and secretly said: "It seems that what the celestial master said is true, he really wants to promote the poor and disintegrate the family."

"However, it is not enough now, we must stabilize the current situation."

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said, "I want to buy food from the aristocratic family, what do you loves think?"

The officials' eyes lit up.

Buying food is exactly what you want!
They can sell it at a high price and make a lot of money in this disaster!
All the ministers echoed and expressed their approval.

Li Shimin said again: "However, I am afraid that the family will raise the price, so I decided to let Lu Guogong and Chen Guogong lead a team to patrol the world. If any family dares to raise the price, they will be killed without mercy."

The officials were terrified and shocked.

Li Shimin was afraid of making them anxious, so he said again: "As long as the common people get through this winter, let's talk about the next year's affairs."

The officials looked at each other in blank dismay, and they all secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Our emperor is resigned. Even if the price of food is suppressed for a few months to stabilize the situation and raise the price next year, he can only turn a blind eye!

Many people smiled and nodded in support.

Anyway, this disaster may not be over until next autumn, and there is still half a year to make money next year. This year, it is enough to keep the victims from starving to death.

Therefore, the ministers seconded.

Only sensible people such as Changsun Wuji were a little puzzled.

Li Shimin is not a person who compromises, how could there be such a proposal? !

Changsun Wuji said casually: "Your Majesty, how will the disaster victims be resettled, and what will be their livelihood next year?!"

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