I am the empress, you still tell me to run away?

The potatoes weigh about ten catties and look dusty, like a rock, but not like a rock.

The sweet potato weighs about [-] catties and has a red skin. Does it look delicious?

As exhibits, these are the largest ones taken out for the several ministers present to see.

"My dear friends, you can watch it up close. Guess what kind of fairy food these are?"

Empress Ji Handan smiled, looked at the ministers in front of her, and asked.

This is a question and a test.

Several ministers left the table one after another to observe the immortal food up close.

"This one must weigh seven or eight catties!"

Cabinet elder Huang Cisong exclaimed, pointing at the corn.

When he is free at home, he also grows some vegetables and fruits, and more often uses poles, which are very sensitive to weight.

"Old Huang Ge, this thing is really powerful, it weighs more than ten catties!" Cheng Butang, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, pointed to the potatoes and said, "Look at the soil on this thing, it should grow underground and surpass the essence of heaven and earth. To grow so big, I just don't know how to eat this fairy food?"

"This thing is extraordinary!" Minister of Industry Geng Yuandao pointed to the sweet potato and said, "I've figured it out, it should be worth twelve catties and three taels of money, it's really a treasure!"

Sima Zhao took a closer look, staring at the three kinds of immortal food on the table, feeling equally excited in his heart.

Although this Empress Ji Han is a bit stupid, his loyalty to Dagan is as good as the sun and the moon. With these fairy food, Dagan will only flourish more and more.

I believe that after the catastrophe in Xiangzhou, with enough food and grass, as long as a little adjustment is made, the empress Ji Handan will definitely be willing to personally conquer Chu, Wei, and Yu...

The future is just around the corner!

Several ministers discussed left and right, shook their heads one by one, and saluted to the above: "Your Majesty, I don't know what the name of this fairy food is, please give me your advice!"

Empress Ji Handan nodded slightly.

Sure enough, none of the ministers in the DPRK and China knew about these fairy grains, and no one knew the origin of them.

So where did Lin Xuan get these grain seeds?

In any case, let's clear up the doubts of these ministers first.

"This pearl is like jade. The name is corn. What you eat is the corn on the surface. It can be eaten after steaming for a quarter of an hour. It tastes sweet."

"Planting in the countryside only takes about 90 days. Therefore, two seasons can be planted in one year."

"The yield per mu is 12000 catties!"

The empress picked up the corn and said.

All the ministers stared at the corn in front of them, and couldn't help but straighten their eyes.

This corn looks so big, I am afraid that one corn can support the rations of two people.

Especially when they heard the figure of the yield per mu, all the people present were extremely excited. This corn alone can sweep all the countries!

"This cobblestone-like one is called a potato. It grows in the soil and has a growth cycle of 5 months."

"The yield per mu can reach 15000 catties!"

Empress Ji Handan said.

In fact, she reduced this data according to the data provided by Lin Xuan.

Regardless of whether it has been reduced or not, this kind of output is enough for many people who work hard to eat and live through the winter with peace of mind!

15000 catties? !

The Minister of the Ministry of Commerce looked at Tudou silently, his eyes straightened.

His business department is in charge of commerce and agriculture. He was shocked by the yield of corn, but he didn't expect the yield of potatoes to be even higher!

"Your Majesty, is this yield real?"

Liu Zongheng's eyes were red, and he pointed to the potato and asked.

Empress Ji Handan nodded: "Of course it's true, the actual output will only be higher, I'm estimating based on conservative data."

Will it be higher? !

Liu Zongheng took a deep breath, picked up the potatoes on the plate, and tears welled up in his eyes.

He is from Xiangzhou. The members of his family have always been diligent in planing food in the fields. Later, he was fortunate enough to follow Emperor Taizong to have everything he has today.

However, he still remembers that when he was young, Xiangzhou suffered a famine, his relatives and neighbors starved to death, and wherever he went, there were corpses and bones.

"Father, mother, Xiangzhou is saved!"

Liu Zongheng carefully put the potatoes back on the plate, but he never left his eyes.

However, after hearing the introduction of the Empress Ji Handan, everyone looked forward to the last sweet potato even more.

"This is a sweet potato, which also grows in the soil, and the growth cycle is 3 months."

"The yield per mu can reach 15000 catties!"

Empress Ji Handan said, this is also conservative data.

Several ministers looked at the sweet potato and then at the potato, feeling more and more excited.

"Your Majesty, with these immortal food, Xiangzhou can be saved!"

"In this way, Xiangzhou only needs to persist for three months, and then there will be celestial food to help the disaster and survive this disaster safely."

"But three months, I'm afraid it will be extremely difficult."

"At present, Xiangzhou has caused millions of hungry people to flee famine and wander around. Wherever they pass, the bark is eaten up, the grass is eaten up, and there are countless corpses on the roadside. It is already extremely serious."

"I received the bamboo slips and documents, saying that the government treasuries of the counties and counties in Xiangzhou have long since run out of grain."

"How should this be done?"

It is a truth that everyone understands that distant water cannot quench near thirst.

The officials responsible for presiding over the Pojun Mansion have been discussing for a long time, and apart from the basic disaster relief methods in the past, no more effective plan has been proposed.

As for who has food at this stage, they also know, but if they want to get this part of food, they have to pay a high price, and they have to offend a large number of aristocratic families.

Therefore, even if they sit in Tiandu, they dare not make up their minds at will.

In fact, the plan proposed by the Pojun government officials is nothing more than asking Dagan to exchange debts for the food of the aristocratic family, through this method to provide disaster relief, and then to compensate the aristocratic family in various ways after the disaster is over.

This is the blood-sucking method commonly used by aristocratic families.

It's just that the Empress Ji Handan just copied a few aristocratic families and beheaded a lot of people not long ago, so they didn't dare to propose such a plan.

Sima Zhao looked at these ministers and watched them coldly.

He is not in charge of the Pojun Mansion this time, and most of the work of the cabinet is controlled by the Pojun Mansion, which makes him somewhat unhappy.

After all, he used to be a Taiwei, one of the three princes, but now he has become the chief assistant of the cabinet with only the power to discuss the government.

It's like he used to be a vassal with an army of one hundred thousand in his hands, but in an instant he became a puppet with empty titles and no real power. How could he be reconciled?

Reviewing some bamboo slips and documents on a daily basis, and arguing with a group of eunuchs who are neither male nor female, and those gossiping female officials in the palace!

What a shame!

Even now, even if he is the chief assistant of the cabinet, he still has to be under the control of the Pojun government.

Needless to say, the culprit is the old widow of Taining Palace. As for Lin Xuan who proposed the reform plan, he will be killed sooner or later.

Oh, if the yield of this fairy food is really so high, it is indeed very good.

It's a pity that there will be three months to wait for the fairy food.

Even if it is ripe, it will take three and a half months to transport it to the counties of Xiangzhou.

What kind of things would a million starving people do for three and a half months?

Don't even think about it, it must be the same as the last years of the previous dynasty, a few rebels pretending to be gods and ghosts appeared, coercing a group of hungry people to attack the city and seize the territory.

Even in the future, the folks will still scold the empress Ji Handan for having immortal food and not for nothing, forcing the people of Xiangzhou to rebel for no reason.

Sima Zhao took a deep breath, and saluted the Empress Ji Handan: "Your Majesty, we need to make a decision early on the matter of disaster relief, otherwise things will change later!"

Several officials who were in charge of breaking the military government looked at each other and understood that it was Sima Zhao who was putting pressure on them.

But they really couldn't come up with a concrete and detailed plan quickly.

Empress Ji Handan glanced at Sima Zhao: "I have a full case for this matter."

what?

Your Majesty has a disaster relief plan?

All the ministers present looked at the Empress Ji Handan and saluted, "Please show me, Your Majesty!"

Saying this in his mouth, in fact, he is still full of distrust towards the empress Ji Handan.

After all, the Empress' internal affairs ability is obvious to all, it is really...

But, who made Ji Handan the emperor?

But Sima Zhao's eyes lit up, he was going to see what the Empress Ji Handan wanted to do.

However, he had some bad feelings in his heart. According to the informant, Empress Ji Handan visited Yongle Lane again.

The reform plans of the cabinet, Fengbi Division, and Pojunfu came from Yongle Lane.

Negotiating with Wei Guo, the plan to encroach on Wei Guo also came from Yongle Lane.

Could it be that this disaster relief plan also came from there?

If this is the case, even if Empress Ji Handan's internal affairs ability is 0, as long as she is good at employing people and listening to opinions, she can easily solve the problem.

This is not impossible!

After all, if this Ji Handan was really stupid, he wouldn't be able to win every battle on the battlefield.

The female emperor Ji Handan swept all the ministers with a glance, and said, "My plan is to provide relief with work!"

Then, Ji Handan repeated what Lin Xuan had said, which made the eyes of the ministers present shine brightly.

"Wonderful!"

"This kind of work-for-relief can not only make those aristocratic families willingly provide food, but also quickly restore the vitality of Xiangzhou after the disaster."

"As long as these millions of hungry people can have a bite to eat, they will not go to extremes."

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The ministers discussed Ji Handan's work-for-relief plan for a while, and they decided that it was feasible, and they were extremely excited.

However, Liu Zongheng said: "Your Majesty, these old people and children are unable to work, and I am afraid that they cannot be rescued with the plan of work for relief."

Hearing this question, several ministers frowned again.

Those who can really be included in the work-for-work program are those who can do some work.

If nothing can be done, and the victims are still waiting for food, and still need a lot of rations, who should support them?

"These people are all given relief food by the imperial court." Empress Ji Handan didn't say much, "I have my own way of knowing where the relief food comes from!"

Where does the food come from?

According to Lin Xuan's method, on the one hand, it will be taken from those aristocratic families who are unwilling to provide food relief.

On the other hand, ask for it from the state of Chu, which is rich in food every year!

After the defeat of Dagan last time, Chu State still had a lot of food and grass that had not been paid, and now they want to go back to the land of one state, what are you kidding?

If the state of Chu does not give it, there are so many hungry people in Xiangzhou, and 10 to 20 people are drawn from it to form a legion and go to the state of Chu to eat, which is also a way.

Of course, this is a last resort.

Several ministers discussed again for a while, and believed that this "relief with work" was enough to support millions of hungry people through the difficult 90 days.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The ministers once again expressed their respect to the empress Ji Handan.

General Li Lin was even more eager to try, and wanted to claim credit for Lin Xuan who proposed to provide relief with work.

Ji Handan looked at the ministers in front of him and said, "Actually, this strategy of using work for relief is not my idea, but someone else's."

This……

Sima Zhao became more respectful, his guess was not wrong at all.