"In fact, at the beginning of winter, in order to prevent disasters from happening, various places had already made preparations in advance, and food for the winter was also prepared."
"Jincheng is also affected by the cold winter this year. Li Zheng can keep the people of Jincheng safe. Why can't Yuzhou and Zhangzhou? It shows that some people are still dishonest. The snow has stopped, and the number of victims reported by the two states is still increasing. They are still Ask the imperial court for grain. When the King of Chu received the disaster relief mission, he allocated a batch of grain from the treasury and transported it to the two states."
An Xiyue also said: "In my memory, there was no such snow disaster in the previous life. Even if a disaster did occur, there would be no shortage of food to buy. I'm afraid someone did it deliberately. It snowed heavily, and the village It is true that it was destroyed due to the snowstorm, but according to the imperial court's deployment, Yuzhou and Zhangzhou already had grain reserves, and then the imperial court shipped a batch of disaster relief grains and it is impossible for people to starve to death."
Nangong Yuanyi nodded and said: "That's why the food in Yuzhou and Zhangzhou disappeared out of thin air, so there was no food in the city and the government needed relief."
"The imperial court's food is calculated every year. This year, in order to prevent the sudden invasion of Cangyi Kingdom, enough military food has been allocated to the Ministry of War. As a result, the surplus food in the national treasury is not very rich, so the emperor has allocated two million We spent two taels of silver to buy food from merchants all over the country to provide relief, but there was a situation where we couldn’t buy food even if we had money.”
An Xiyue knew that military rations must not be touched during this special period, so it was actually a good way for the court to purchase grains from merchants to provide disaster relief.
When a disaster occurs, food and commodity prices rise, and people starve to death if they cannot afford food.
After listening to Nangong Yuanyi's explanation, An Xiyue added, "That's why the food that can feed the people has disappeared."
"The emperor is kind, but it is a pity that his food has been stolen again. Kyoto is not close to Yuzhou and Zhangzhou. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. The emperor only arranged for people to send food there. As for whether the food can reach the hands of the people, it is Who knows." An Xiyue sighed.
An Xiyue thought for a while and then said: "I always feel that the shortage of food in the Northern Dynasty has something to do with the Cangyi Kingdom. Now I pray that the food is still in the Northern Dynasty."
Nangong Yuanyi's eyes were slightly cold and he said: "There are natural disasters in Yuzhou and Zhangzhou. In fact, someone is secretly taking advantage of this to cause trouble. As early as a few months ago, the Huo family secretly purchased a large amount of grain, probably hoping to wait until the severe winter. It was time to make a fortune. Unexpectedly, the early cold in the Northern Dynasty this year caused a snow disaster. The court wanted to buy grain from vendors for disaster relief, but there was no grain to buy. In fact, it was all the trouble caused by the Huo family. The Huo family in Yuzhou was the empress dowager's family. "
An Xiyue thought of this and suddenly said: "How do you know that they secretly purchased grain? Moreover, the snowstorm happened recently. It is impossible for them to predict it."
"You suspect that Huo's move is also related to the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother will not be so stupid as to collude with Cangyi Country to harm her own country. Besides, from the details of Cangyi Country, I can see that the Queen Mother does not know..."
When An Xiyue was in the palace, she knew that the Queen Mother wanted to help the Huo family rise to power.
"The Queen Mother is indeed not that stupid. She just wants to seek another guarantee for Huo because she feels that she can no longer control her two sons."
Nangong Yuanyi praised: "You are right. I think the key point in the matter of Yuzhou and Zhangzhou lies in the Queen Mother. Even if the emperor kills the chicken to scare the monkeys, the emperor has successively removed the Xu family and the Lin family, they should have a sense of awe. , but they still dare not to restrain themselves on the wave, which shows that they feel that they have a greater backing."
