A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 519 The world is in chaos

The news that Yan State was attacked by the Xianbei people was sent to Luoyang immediately.

Luoyang Imperial Palace, in the Qianyuan Hall. His Majesty the Emperor Daqian is discussing with the ministers.

"Your Majesty, the Central Plains has just experienced a severe drought, and the south has just experienced floods. A large number of people have been displaced, and food is needed everywhere. Xianbei's 300,000 cavalry are attacking the Yan Kingdom, and the Liaodong Corridor is blocked. If our army wants to pass through, it must suffer heavy casualties. No, coupled with the lack of food and grass, even if the court spends a huge price, it will be difficult to repel Xianbei and protect Yan." After a minister finished speaking, many ministers in the hall felt that this was indeed the case.

"No!" As soon as the man finished speaking, another minister stood up and retorted: "Your Majesty, Yan State is our Dagan vassal state, how can you ignore it?"

"If I, Dagan, ignore the encirclement of Yan State, will other vassal states sincerely accept me as their suzerainty?"

"What's more, once the Xianbei people break through the Yan State and obtain the Yan State's resources and manpower, their strength will increase again. At that time, Daqian will face a powerful empire with 300,000 string control people and hundreds of thousands of skilled craftsmen."

"At what point will I be able to stabilize the north?"

"Not to mention whether the Xianbei people can conquer the Yan State, even if they conquer the Yan State, I have a strong army and strong horses. How can I be afraid of those nomadic people?"

"Since we have strong troops and strong horses, why don't you destroy Xianbei first? Instead, wait for Xianbei to destroy Yan? You are harboring evil intentions. You want me to break my promise to other countries, and you are worthy of death!"

"Nonsense!" The man's face changed slightly, and he quickly said to Wang Yi: "Your Majesty, my heart towards Daqian is clear. The reason why I don't agree to send troops to the Yan Kingdom is that the road is difficult to travel and Liaoze is dangerous. It is difficult to cross, and the second reason is the lack of food and grass."

"Over the years, various disasters have occurred in various parts of Daqian. The victims are everywhere, and the imperial court is constantly migrating people. Although the population pressure in the Central Plains has been reduced and the south of the Yangtze River has been developed, the consumption of money and food has been too huge. Now the national treasury is empty, and there is simply not enough money and food to support the army. Expedition!"

"Yu Qing, don't panic, I know it in my heart." Wang Yi comforted him, and then said: "Sun Shuqing, how much food does the Taifu have to use now?"

Although Wang Yi was dissatisfied with Yu Qing's performance, what he said made sense, and Da Qian would not punish him for his words. What he just said is indeed an objective reason, but if Daqian lets Yan go without saving, the consequences will be far beyond what can be solved by saving food and supplies.

No normal emperor would agree to use the reputation established by the Daqian Dynasty over the past century to save some food and grass.

"Your Majesty, there are still 500,000 guan of silver in the treasury, and the usable stock is only 300,000 dan. However, if it can be delayed until July and the world's grain tax comes to Beijing, the imperial court will have no less than a million dan of grain and grass to use. "

"Your Majesty, although there are 300,000 stones of grain and grass, many places are still short of food because of the drought that has just ended. If these grains and grass are used, those people may be short of food!"

At the turn of spring and summer, the people were short of food. Not to mention the two consecutive years of drought, the people had no food left. Even because of Chao Cuo's grain requisition, many powerful families did not have much food.

In order to relocate the victims, the imperial court had acted a little hastily.

Wang Yi frowned slightly and then asked: "In accordance with the old practice of the Marquis of Zhenhai, salt will be introduced to the people of the world in exchange for food."

The imperial court planned to exchange the salt for food and let those people transport the grain to designated locations. In this way, the court could obtain the food without having to bear the manpower and material resources of transportation. The losses would also be borne by those people, and they only needed to give the salt.

After the businessman obtained the salt, he exchanged it for table salt and sold the salt, and he could also get a lot of profits. It could be said that he killed two birds with one stone. In real history, this system was called the Kaizhong system. It had appeared since the Tang Dynasty and lasted until the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In fact, in this era, the open-centered system is a very good system, but the open-centered system has collapsed many times in history. One of the important reasons was that the imperial court distributed salt arbitrarily.

As a result, the merchants who transported grain were unable to get the salt after receiving the salt bait, but the nobles and powerful men took the salt bait and resold it wantonly. Daqian is now very strict about the care of the salt farm, and no one dares to mess around yet.

"Your Majesty, it is difficult to pass through Liaoze, but the Zhenhai King's naval forces are crossing the waves. Daqian can transport the army across the sea to Liaoyang. By then, together with the Yan army, we will definitely be able to defeat the Xianbei people!" In the main hall, Zuo Xiang, who had been silent all the time, said Chao Cuo suddenly spoke.

"With the help of the navy, we don't have to attack Liaoze, which is difficult to pass. The transportation of grain and grass is also convenient. It must not cost much!" said Wang Yan, the internal minister next to him.

"The biggest difficulty in aiding Yan has been solved. How can those Xianbei people be the enemies of my powerful warriors?"

"The emperor's uncle makes sense. If so, then we will order the Linzi garrison and Jinyang garrison to go to Dengzhou, and order the King of Zhenhai to send a fleet to escort and assist the Yan State!" Wang Yi ordered directly.

The ministers also agreed.

At the same time, just as the Xianbei people were attacking the Yan Kingdom, the war between the countries in the Western Regions finally broke out. Dayuan, Wusun, even Kushan and other small countries in the Western Region began to attack other countries because they could not resolve their domestic conflicts.

For a time, the countries in the Western Regions were in chaos. After decades of development, the countries in the Western Regions that were entrusted by the Daqian court now have a combined population of more than one million. However, facing the vast Western Regions, they could not be calmed down for a while.

Especially Dawan and Wusun. Both countries are big countries with a population of one million and have hundreds of thousands of people in control. Even the five countries in the Western Regions feel a lot of pressure. What's more, a large number of Huns who could not survive on the grassland also came to join in the fun.

The entire Western Region has also fallen into war. The five Western Region countries and the Western Region Protectorate can only protect themselves now.

The situation in the Western Region was in crisis. The Protectorate of the Western Region and the five countries in the Western Region sent envoys to Luoyang to ask for help. When Da Qian received the news of the request for help, he also felt troubled.

The Western Regions and Liaodong are equally important, and the Daqian court has been operating for hundreds of years. A large amount of money can be obtained from the Western Regions every year. Twenty percent of Daqian's annual fiscal revenue comes from the Western Regions. If the Western Region is gone, Daqian will have a financial gap of millions every year.

From this point of view, the Western Regions are even more important than Liaodong.

After learning that there was a problem in the Western Region, Wang Yi immediately discussed it with the court officials. Everyone understood the importance of the Western Region, and even the vast majority of nobles and officials did not want to lose the Western Region.

These families send caravans to the Western Region every year and bring back a large amount of money. If the Western Region disappears, they will also suffer huge losses.

Therefore, after learning about the war in the Western Regions, they wrote to the court and sent large armies to quell the chaos.

(End of this chapter)