Ji Tang

Chapter 410 Go Slow!Do not send!
After seeing his daughter, Xie Lian and Ji Song came to the study room.

After sitting down, Xie Lian looked serious, but Ji Song didn't care at all.

Boil a pot of water, make some tea, and bring it to Xie Lian!

"Please! This is the West Lake Longjing that Brother Qing and the others sent here. Try it. It tastes really good!"

Xie Lian drank it all in one gulp and said, "I'm so angry. I have no intention of drinking tea with you here!"

Ji Song smiled and said: "You, you are still like this after all these years, what's the use of being anxious? You might as well have a good sip of tea."

Xie Lian frowned: "How come you are more mature than me who is half buried in the ground? This is not good!"

"A young man should have the energy of a young man. See what you look like now?"

With a wry smile, Ji Song didn't say anything, but just motioned for Xie Lian to drink tea.

After his body warmed up, he said, "Is it a matter of money and food?"

Xie Lian stood up suddenly and pointed at Ji Song with a look of disbelief on his face, as if he had seen a ghost!
"You...how did you know?"

Now he was a little shocked. Even some officials in the Ministry of Revenue were not very clear about what was going on. How did his son-in-law, who was "not close to the door", know?
Is it...

Suddenly he looked at Ji Song with a different look. He first went out and looked around to make sure no one was there, then closed the door and came to Ji Song.

"are you……"

As he spoke, he also made a very secretive move, which made Ji Song look baffled!

Although I don’t know where my thoughts went, I definitely thought wrongly.

"Okay, don't guess anymore!"

He held his forehead and smiled bitterly: "Don't forget that my son-in-law has served as a young minister of Sinong Temple. I may know more about the land in the country, as well as the money and grain tax situation in various places than you do!"

"Is that so..."

Xie Lian was a little embarrassed, thinking that this son-in-law had placed people in the Ministry of Household Affairs!
No wonder he suspected that his partner had gotten too close to Ji Song during this period.

Last time, he was appreciated by the emperor and the court for his initiative to lead his family to clear the snow. Historians even recorded this incident in the history books of the fourth year of Zhenguan.

He was constantly fussing in front of him over this matter, and he finally realized that it was his son-in-law who had given up the credit, otherwise it would be his turn!
Maybe he was a little worried about leaving his name in Qingshi. In order to silence Ji Song, he said good things about Ji Song everywhere, and often dragged himself to give him some gadgets to show his attentiveness!

Hearing Ji Song's words, he breathed a sigh of relief!
"Hey! Don't mention it. People say that the Hubu is the great steward of the imperial court. Everyone wants to squeeze in, but you won't know how difficult it is to be in the Hubu of the Tang Dynasty until you get in!" Xie Lian complained.

Ji Song knew that although the court's tax revenue was high, its expenditures were even greater, but he would not force his father-in-law to do this!
"This...isn't it?" Ji Song asked without confidence!
It suddenly occurred to him that instead of reducing military expenditure this year, the imperial court had increased it a lot.

As far as he knew, Li Shimin was planning to attack the Western Regions!
In the past few years, Xue Yantuo had been dancing happily in Tuyuhun. He often went to Longxi to rob, which made the local people very annoyed.

You say fight, you are a crippled thing that has been beaten by Yang Guang, you can't let Datang go to war.

You said that if we don't fight, they will harass us like monkeys, I'm so tired of it!

In the end, the imperial court really didn't want to waste too much time on this matter. There were still some big things to do in the country, and there really was no time to play hide-and-seek games with them!

So Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty waved his hand and beat him to death to completely solve this problem!

It was great, but the logistics supplies that followed were life-threatening.

No money!
This was what Fang Xuanling said. At first, Li Shimin didn't believe it, thinking that the Ministry of Revenue was trying to prevaricate him.But when Xie Lian showed the account books of the Ministry of Accounts to the emperor, no one said anything.

"So you want me to find a way?" Ji Song's voice raised several pitches!

"No, what do you think? It's none of my business if the court has no money. What do you want from me?"

Looking at his good father-in-law who was rubbing his hands and looking a little embarrassed, Ji Song raised his forehead and was speechless!

So honest!

If there wasn't an emperor running around with those old men, he wouldn't believe it even if I beat him to death!

Xie Lian was so embarrassed by Ji Song's question that he slapped the table and said loudly: "Anyway, I have already agreed to your father-in-law. You have to find a way for me now, otherwise... otherwise I won't leave!"

"What did you promise?" Ji Song had a bad feeling.

Xie Lian was stunned, and his arrogance suddenly disappeared!

"That is to say, I promised His Majesty that I would guarantee to raise the food, fodder, and salaries for the army for three months..."

Xie Lian whispered, his face flushed. He probably knew that he had been cheated, but what could he do?

Who let the emperor be the one who deceived people? He could only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach!

"Go slowly! No delivery!"

Ji Song went out immediately, pretending not to hear Xie Lian's voice!
Xie Lian was dumbfounded when he saw it. The bullshit had already been blown away, but now that his son-in-law didn't help, he had no ability to get so many things.

Now is the time of drought, and there is not so much food in Guanzhong for him to use.

At this time, the only place that could have so much food was the civilian warehouse of Sinong Temple.

In order to deal with possible natural disasters, Ji Song set up Sinongcang and Mincang respectively!
Sinongcang is under the direct control of Sinong Temple. Now that Ji Song is not in charge, Ma Zhou, the temple minister, can mobilize the food in Sinongcang. It is estimated that it has been emptied out long ago, otherwise he would not have the idea of ​​​​mining the warehouse!

The civilian warehouse is different from the official warehouse. This is an extra half of the grain paid by the common people every year.

Ji Song did not bring it under government management because it was located in a village, so he handed it over to the villages for joint management without the government getting involved.

But there is one thing that has been explained in advance, that is, when the imperial court makes an emergency call, no place can stop it, and the grain collected will be deducted from next year's tax revenue!
This is considered as collecting half of next year's tax in advance, and it is an advance payment!
However, there is a prerequisite for advance payment of these grains, which is that the emperor must issue an explicit decree and legally confirm that this is part of next year's tax revenue and will be deducted in the future.

In fact, it was Ji Song who specially guided the people to put forward this condition. Otherwise, given the simplicity of the people now, and according to the thinking of the king and the land in the world, it would be given as long as it was given!

This is done to prevent some officials from taking advantage of these potentially life-saving grains!

But the crux of the matter is here. If the emperor issues an order to borrow food from the people, can the emperor agree?

Even if the emperor agrees, the officials cannot agree!
This is something that will lower the prestige of the court, and nothing can be done.

So, someone decided to take advantage of him.

Because as long as Ji Song comes forward, with his prestige over the people under Sinong Temple, as long as he opens his mouth, even if the people have some complaints, they will eventually agree.

But Ji Song can’t!

This matter has related to the people's trust in the court. It is easy to break, but who will believe you next time?
If he does it, then Mincang will be completely destroyed. This is something Ji Song cannot agree to!
(End of this chapter)