Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 326
Xu Qing went to the door, knocked on the door and entered, and swept all the people in the hall. They were Pei Ji and Xiao Yu, the servants of Shangshu, Gao Shilian and Chen Shuda, and Du Ruhui, the servant of Zhongshu.Fang Xuanling.Feng Deyi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Tang Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Wu Shiyu, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and several other ministers, as well as eunuchs, ministers of ceremonies, ministers of various ministries, and the imperial doctor of Yushitai, all sat in the lobby of the province.The left and right Shangshu Pushe and the servants under the door sat on the east and west sides, and the other officials sat at the bottom together.

Xu Qing opened the door and went in, and all the officials looked at it, and looked at it, maybe they thought there was an urgent report.Generally speaking, the memorials from various places are first sent to the six departments, and the ministers of the six departments organize the left and right ministers to review them, deal with trivial matters, and give the ministers those who need to use their brains.And some of the six ministers were selected for approval.Of course, he must choose small things, and the bigger things will be submitted to the subordinates for deliberation.After the provincial deliberation, the next day, all the officials were summoned to discuss the matter with the ministers. Sometimes the emperor would come in person, and sometimes a eunuch would be sent to listen.After the results of the trial, Zhongshu Sheng was asked to write and draw up the purpose.This decree was not drafted by Zhongshu Ling, but by a scholar of Zhongshu Province.It's like calling for essays. The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China will pick out the ones the emperor is probably willing to choose and send them to meet the emperor.At this time, Zhongshu Sheng still has one more thing, that is, there are many polite words in the memorial, which are often more than the things to be said. Zhongshu Ling deletes these nonsense and highlights important things.

The matters discussed this afternoon include Ling Xun, the Spring Festival Ceremony and other matters.As soon as the discussion started, Xu Qing came in.

Pei Ji coughed and said: "Master Xu must have gone the wrong way when he came here for the first time, please sit down quickly?" Pei Ji took the initiative to sweep Xu Qing away from embarrassment, other officials began to look at Xu Qing, and the Yushitai side The ones with closed eyes closed their eyes and meditated.The last time the censor attacked Xu Qing, Li Yuan directly demoted the four of them. Now, the censor has become an honest person.

Xu Qing hugged and apologized: "My lords, I'm a little late, please Haihan."

Gao Shizhong had no expression on his face, picked up a memorial and said: "Master Xu, please sit down, everyone, tell me, this flood is coming, what should we do?"

At this time, an official in green robes said: "Master Gao, the next official is Xu Guo, the supervisor of the Yellow Qu River. The Yellow River has been frozen for a long time, but the ice layer is thin. If you don't prepare, there will be ice floods."

The Yellow River's nine curves have high and low dimensions. If the upper reaches of the lower dimensions are thawed first, the lower reaches of the higher dimensions will be blocked. In this way, the dikes may burst and cause catastrophe.At this time, all the officials were talking about the method, but they were all methods used in ordinary years, such as artificially digging the ice of the downstream river.This method has become a practice at any time, but the money and food that the imperial court spends on this every year is also huge. Therefore, at this time, the Minister of the Household Department looked at the person behind him, and it turned out to be the governor of Datong who came over from Lianxue.Datong is located in the lower reaches of high latitudes.

At this time he said: "Last year when the Turks came to invade, under the rule of lower officials, they invaded again and again. The people were poor and the soldiers were exhausted. And this method of digging ice requires the use of tens of thousands of people. Given the current situation, it is really unsustainable. Please find another way." Only then did Xu Qing realize that in addition to the Chang Bo of the Six Departments, there were also the governors from various places who had just arrived in the hall.

The governor of Datong's words won the approval of several officials behind him.

If there is no ice digging, there will be a risk of floods. However, if the ice is digging, the government will not be able to pay for it. Force the people to do hard labor, and it may stir up civil uprisings.Datong is originally a place adjacent to the border, if there is a civil uprising, it will be the way to death, so several governors came all the way, just to ask the center to give a good prescription.In other words, it is to let the court allocate money.

Now that the Tang Dynasty was established at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, and there are border troubles, where can we get a lot of money?The people in the household department said that they would not add an extra penny to the usual river work bill.Discussions came and went, the provincial hall under the door was very noisy, but Xu Qing lowered his head and closed his eyes, resting his mind.At this time, Pei Ji also saw Xu Qingman's indifferent look, and gave a signal to Chen Shuda, the province under his door.Chen Shuda immediately uttered a voice, stopped the noise of the crowd, and said: "Everyone, when Xu Qing was in Cangzhou, he made great political achievements, why don't you listen to him."

The officer next to him stabbed Xu Qing, and Xu Qing woke up suddenly: "Huh? Ah, oh oh oh, the meeting is over?"

"Hey, lord Xu, Dazai, please tell me how to deal with this flood."

Xu Qing was taken aback and said, "Why are you still talking about Ling Xun? Isn't it just as per the previous law?"

An official reminded again: "This year is different. The Turkic people came and harassed us not long ago. The people have no money or food, and they don't want to work."

Xu Qing yelled: "It's not been a year or two since the Turks invaded. Why don't you cry poor when you usually invade? It's just money. The government has no money. Don't those aristocratic families still have money? Isn't borrowing money finished?"

The officials also knew that the aristocratic family was rich, and when the Turks invaded, they could hide in the self-built village in the deep mountains, protected by the family members, so they were immune to most of the fire.But at this time, there was an uproar in the family, and there was a lot of discussion, Master Xu didn't wake up today.How can the government borrow money from the people? Isn't it a joke?

Pei Ji coughed a few more times, and then said: "Master Xu, why don't you tell me your method."

Xu Qing stood up at this time and said: "The noble family has money and food, but the government has no money and no food. Isn't it natural for the poor to ask the rich to borrow it? Is it still waiting for death for the sake of face? Don't worry, the food of the noble family is released. There is only rotten in hand, and the government borrows old rice from him, promises to return new rice after the autumn harvest, and can even promise interest."

The officials at the scene listened and pondered. At this time, Xu Qing continued: "The imperial court allocates 10 taels. If it is all used for river construction, it will only be 10 taels. If it is used as interest, how much money can there be?" It can be as many as millions! If you can borrow this money, and then use labor as relief, and pay these wages to the people, the people will naturally be willing to dig ice to dredge the river."

"One million is huge, and the river is not enough? The remaining money can also be used to repair the city wall, train soldiers, and even store it as a reserve warehouse. If the Turks invade, you can keep a little grain to survive the war disaster Ah. The remaining money can also be loaned to farmers as seed money, and [-]% and [-]% of the interest will be collected with the autumn harvest, which will be used as government support."

"In this way, the people have overcome the difficulties, the government has money to build roads and city walls to support soldiers, and the aristocratic families have also benefited. Although it is meager, the number is huge. Everyone is happy." Xu Qing said while pacing, and the officials in the hall Then she turned her eyes following him, only to hear Xu Qing say again: "My lords, what I say is just a suggestion, if it's not right, please also ask Haihan."

At this time, there was a cold snort, and someone said in a deep voice: "Of course it's wrong, how can the government compete with the people for profit!?"

(End of this chapter)