A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 515 Profit The new emperor ascends the throne

Wang Che died, his posthumous name was Xuanwu, his temple name was Xiaozong, and he was called Emperor Xiaozong Xuanwu.

Compared with the previous emperors, Wang Che was not outstanding, but he still maintained his great achievements and continued to be brilliant. Yunhe's sad dance took away Wang Che's regret, and the wheel of history continued to move forward.

The sage and good Zhou Wen is called Xuan, the good minister is called Xuan, the good inquirer Zhou Da is called Xuan, the expansion of land and Kaifeng is called Wu, the peace of the people and the people is called Wu, and the punishment of the people to overcome them is called Wu.

[Wang Che passed away. This is the fifth emperor in your family. In his twenty-five years, he cleaned up the evils of Daqian, stabilized the country, suppressed the rebellion in the south, and moved the people on a large scale. This further promoted the development of the South, and at the same time agricultural technology also received vigorous development. He was praised by many descendants and had a long-term impact on the history of Zhuxia.

The income is being settled, you have gained a lot of luck, and you have obtained an earth-level prop: the Thousand Miles Message Talisman. 】

[Earth-level props: Thousand-mile communication talisman. According to legend, it is a means of communication for gods. It can communicate with people thousands of miles away, as if the ends of the world are just a short distance away. This prop can be used repeatedly. After using the prop, it will communicate with the target you want to communicate regardless of distance. The farther the prop ignores the distance, the more luck points it consumes, and the longer it lasts, the more luck points it consumes. 】

Thousand-mile communication talisman? Not bad at all, it allows for quick communication with clansmen who are far away. In this era, the speed of information transmission is very slow, just like in the Western Regions. Every contact with the Central Plains takes at least two or three months. If it is a round trip, it will take half a year. It's over. The same is true for Ryukyu and Fuso.

Many times, things happen so quickly that Luoyang has no time to react.

With this thousand-mile communication talisman, the connection between the royal family and the Western Regions, Lingnan, and Fusang was suddenly strengthened. Once there were any changes, the royal family would be informed of it as soon as possible. Such an artifact directly raised the royal family's communication level to the 21st century in real history.

In the autumn of the 25th year of Emperor Qianyuan's reign, Wang Che passed away, and his son Wang Yi came to the throne. The next year, the reign name was changed to Jianxing.

In the summer of the second year of Jianxing, there was a severe drought in Guandong. From Qingzhou to Yuzhou, there was no harvest and the people were displaced.

The governors of Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou did not dare to hide it, and immediately wrote to the court. At the same time, the governors of the three states also wrote to each other. For a while, countless memorials flew towards Shangyang Palace in Luoyang like snowflakes.

"Your Majesty, the rivers in the counties of Yanzhou have stopped flowing, the land is cracked, and the seedlings have died. There are already 300,000 hungry people in the counties. The prefectures and counties have opened warehouses to release grain. However, the grain harvest in Yanzhou last year was poor, and the warehouses were opened in Changping to stabilize grain prices. , grains were sold to the people at low prices last year, but now there is no shortage of grains."

"The refugees in Qingzhou starved to death everywhere. The common people gnawed bark and grass roots. Some refugees gathered in the mountains and forests. The nobles and nobles gathered in the counties and counties. Outside the counties and counties, the refugees fought with each other. The winner got food and the loser died."

"There was a severe drought in Yuzhou, and the county and city were attacked. I defended the city and killed thousands of people who attacked the city. Fearing that the refugees would gather together, I led the army to disperse them. I also ordered the nobles and powerful merchants in each county to provide food to relieve the victims. I sincerely request the court to allocate funds. Grain and grass to feed the hungry.”

Wang Yi never expected that he would encounter such a thing just two years after taking the throne. Although there are Changping warehouses in various places, except for a few big cities, there are not many grain storage in Changping warehouses. Coupled with last year's lack of rain and poor grain harvest, it was no longer enough to provide relief to the hungry.

In the Qianyuan Hall, Wang Yi's face was as sinking as water, and he immediately asked: "Where are the Prime Minister and Da Sinong?"

In the Daqian court, the left and right prime ministers would take turns, and at other times they would work in the front palace office.

"The Prime Minister is here!"

"Da Si Nong is here!"

Prime Minister Zuo Gongyangze came in a hurry. As Prime Minister Zuo was an old minister left by the late emperor, Gongyangze's status was very important in the court. This time I got the news of the severe drought in Kanto and came here in a hurry.

Seeing the arrival of Prime Minister Zuo and Da Sinong, Wang Yi asked: "There is a severe drought in Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou. How much food is there in the several granaries of the imperial court? Can it be allocated as soon as possible?" "At the same time, someone in the local area took the opportunity to cause trouble. Should I send a large army? Counterinsurgency?"

After reading the memorial, Gongyang Ze said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Although there are severe droughts in Qing, Yan, and Henan, Jizhou has a good harvest of grain. Jizhou is a big grain-producing state and a big dry granary. All you need to do is to transport Jizhou's grain." Once transported there, the state and county can be stabilized."

"Moreover, Huai'an has not suffered from drought and has sufficient food to transport food northward."

"Although there are refugees in the other three states causing rebellion, it is not serious. We can order the troops stationed in Huai'an to go there. The main purpose of the army is to appease them. If anyone takes the opportunity to cause rebellion, they should be defeated with thunderous force."

"Your Majesty should be kind to the people when he ascends the throne. He should not punish without teaching. He should directly order suppression. It should be noted that although there are people with evil intentions among the refugees, most of them are just hungry people without food. Wait until the food is transported and warehouses are opened for disaster relief, and then let When officials appease the people, the people will naturally obey.”

"As for those who don't want to surrender, they are naturally bandits. When the time comes, the court will attack them with a large army."

"There is a severe drought in the three states and the people are displaced. Your Majesty can follow the late emperor's old order and move the victims south to enrich the southern counties."

Gongyangze quickly gave a way to deal with it. In fact, Gongyangze still had something to say. He wanted to move the noble and powerful families from the three states to enrich the border areas.

Due to the high degree of development and the large number of nobles and powerful people in the three prefectures of Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Henan, they have continued to expand in recent years, squeezing the living space of ordinary people.

Although the imperial court had limited land orders, large families could also occupy land by dividing their families and spreading their branches. Especially Yanzhou, because Yanzhou is the smallest, and more than 40% of its land has been occupied by nobles and powerful men, and many people have become tenants.

Gongyangze wanted to relocate the nobles and powerful men, but the new emperor had only been on the throne for two years and there was a severe drought in the world. If he directly affected those noble men and powerful men, it would probably make the noble officials in the world feel uneasy.

"Just do what the left prime minister says."

"Da Si Nong, calculate the grain, grass and materials that can be allocated from various places, and then allocate them as soon as possible, with the priority being to help the people first!"

"I obey the order!" Da Sinong bowed and saluted, and then immediately figured out where he could transfer the supplies.

"Your Majesty's kindness is a blessing to all people in the world!" The officials in the hall saluted one after another.

Although the order has been issued, disaster relief and comforting local people are not just words. In those places, there are many subordinate officials who have connections with nobles and powerful people, and they can manipulate them. They even deliberately starved the people in order to force them to sell their land and their bodies, and they were fed bowls full of delicious food.

We must send out elite soldiers and strong generals. Otherwise, if a stone of food is transported, 50% of it will be wasted, and less than 40% will fall into the hands of the people, or even less.

The food involved this time is more than a million dan, and Wang Yi doesn't believe that everything will go smoothly.

(End of this chapter)