Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

Is it really so...

Everyone was lost when they heard the words, but Li You didn't finish his words: "But!"

"What but?"

Li Shimin's body leaned forward subconsciously, and the ministers and officials who raised their heads once again focused their attention on the past!

"The problem that needs to be solved now, the problem that needs to be paid attention to, is it the drought?" Li You greeted everyone's gaze and said solemnly, "No! No!"

"What did you say?"

Wei Zheng, Xiao Yu and the others were shocked, and they were a little confused about what medicine Li You was selling in the gourd. It was obvious that the people of the world were suffering from drought, but Li You now said that what we should pay attention to is not drought? !

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Li Shimin also frowned, "Now the grain harvest has started to fail badly, all because of this damn drought, but you mean the drought is irrelevant?"

"Exactly!" Li Youlang said, "Erchen believes that the place where we should focus our attention now is not the past, nor the present, but the future!"

"In other words, you have to look to the future!"

As Li You spoke, he looked around.

His show is about to begin!

Chapter 555 One step closer to the natural disaster! (Second more)

"Focus on... the future?"

Li Shimin chewed on Li You's words, and waited for Li You's answer together with the civil and military affairs of the Man Dynasty.

Li Youlang said: "As of now, I don't think anyone will doubt my predictions and judgments, right? Then, isn't it clear that the real disaster that should be guarded against is the disaster that follows closely behind? Locust ~ plague and great famine!"

"Nowadays, the drought can't be stopped, but in the face of the locust plague and famine, we can still take the lead and prepare for the two most terrifying disasters in advance! This is focusing on the coming disaster-!"

"So that's how it is...!"

Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Zhang Liang and others were the first to wake up and fell into contemplation.

His Highness the King of Chu is right. If you want to minimize the disaster as much as possible, you must be one step ahead... No, one step ahead of the disaster!

Now, with the predictions and inferences of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, we can know that there will be a great locust plague and a great famine—in fact, the locust plague has broken out on a small scale, so in comparison, the great drought is just a prelude!

"That's true... Although the current drought is serious, it hasn't caused too many casualties or chaos, but when the great locust plague and even the subsequent great famine arrives, it will be completely different! The most terrifying and most guarded thing is that Great locust plague and great famine!"

Li Shimin was also muttering to himself on the dragon chair, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

He is extremely fortunate now, fortunately he called Li You over, otherwise he and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty would still be blinded by the drought in front of him, and as a result, he missed the opportunity to prevent even bigger and more terrifying disasters in advance!

"That's right, thanks to your wake-up call!"

Li Shimin came back to his senses, looked at Li You and said, when he looked at the rest of the officials, they all had expressions of fear and shame, obviously they were all the same.

"Then..." Li Shimin asked again, "Since you said that, then what you mean is that there is a good way to deal with the great locust plague and drought?"

"I dare not say a good way, but it is definitely an effective way."

Li You nodded and raised a finger.

"Faced with such a catastrophe that will cause nationwide unrest, the most important thing the court must do is control!"

Without waiting for everyone to ask questions, Li You explained: "Why do you say that? Because in the face of such unstoppable natural disasters, the greatest advantage of the court is that it has a strong executive power as a country! This is also the biggest advantage that the court can use. It's an advantage!"

Li Shimin quickly asked, "Then specifically, what aspects need to be controlled?"

"Of course it's food," Li You smiled. "In the face of the great locust plague and famine, as long as there is food, everything can be said. Food is the foundation of people's survival, so it is also the biggest resource in disasters!"

Food is indeed more important than anything in the current situation.

As long as they don't starve to death, people won't be forced into a corner, and the number of refugees who rebel and rebel will be greatly reduced.

"Then how to hoard food? The first point is to increase income and reduce expenditure."

When Li You said this, many officials felt cold behind their backs, and suddenly had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, the next moment Li You said: "This king heard that in my Tang Dynasty, even Ninth-rank officials can have five stone grains every month, which is undoubtedly a manifestation of the power of the Tang Dynasty in the past, but it is a pity that they are still doing this now. , it's a waste."

"Then the first step the court needs to do is to reduce its own expenditure on food! Before the disaster period, not only should the food salary be reduced, but also no longer be divided according to the grade, whether it is the ninth-grade sesame official or the first-grade sesame official. Sir, give the same amount of food!"

"What?" Someone couldn't help but jumped out and retorted, "His Royal Highness King Chu, how can you do this?"

"Why can't this king do this?"

Li You looked at him and asked coldly: "It's an extraordinary period, so let me ask you, whether it's a ninth-grade sesame official or a first-grade officer, are they all human? So is there any difference in their appetite? "

The official couldn't answer all of a sudden, his face flushed red.

Li You glanced at him and said, "People's appetite is only so big, and it won't increase or decrease because of your level. Now is the era when people can't eat, so at least it can ensure that officials don't go hungry. Just do it!"

"...Yes, I'm taking the liberty of it."

The official gritted his teeth and lowered his head, silently retreating into the ministers.

Li Shimin watched this scene and didn't speak, because after Li You said so, he suddenly felt that giving so much food was a huge waste at this time.

……

After all, if there is too much food for senior officials to eat, they will only hoard it at home, but there are countless people outside who cannot eat. What is this waste?

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu is right, this minister is willing to take the initiative to reduce the salary of food!"