"Sage, it is true that the harvest in the north is poor and the official warehouses in the north are temporarily short of food. However, the north is vast and sparsely populated." Su Wei cupped his hands and said, "On the other hand, the people in Jizhou and southern Youzhou are rich and every family has a surplus of food. But, The Jizhou government was ordered to use official grain to support the northern part of the state through Feihuxing and Jingxing, and at the same time purchase it from the private sector."
Liyangcang is located in Jizhou, Jizhou on the north bank of the Yellow River. Unfortunately, the Yongji Canal has not been repaired, so the grain in Liyangcang cannot be decomposed by water. If it is navigable, the grain in this official warehouse can pass through the Yongji Canal and enter Hutuo. The water goes straight to Hengshan County in Youzhou, and then enters Taiyuan from Jingxing. Although the route is relatively long, once loaded on the boat, it can be driven day and night, so it does not take too long. But the most important thing is that the Yongji Canal has not been completed yet, so Su Wei has no choice but to use this stupid method.
Thinking that Changpingcang is located to the west of the "Mainstream" and does not need to pass through the "Sanmenxia" where rapids and reefs are scattered, Suwei added: "It is the rainy season when the water is turbulent. The Fenshui has a huge amount of water, and large grain ships can sail there smoothly. Taiyuan, and medium-sized grain ships can reach the intersection between Loufan County and Mayi County. I suggest using large ships to transport the grain from Changping Granary to Taiyuan, and then using small and medium-sized ships to deliver the grain to Loufanguan area."
"This method is feasible, let's do it like this!" Yang Guang pondered for a while, and then ordered: "There have been nine droughts in the north for ten years. This method can only be used as a temporary emergency, but it is not a long-term solution. It will inevitably lead to hurriedness and panic in the future. , immediately ordered the Ministry of Industry to select a site in Jinyang Palace and build a large official warehouse."
"Here!" Su Wei is the right servant of Shangshu. He is responsible for managing the Ministry of War, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Works of Shangshu Province. He has to coordinate construction matters. Whenever the Ministry of Works submits a construction plan, it is usually between him and the Ministry of Works. The minister takes it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for "defense", and then forms a formal plan, which is given to the Ministry of Internal History for review. If it feels good, it will be ordered to be implemented. However, if the Ministry responsible for the review thinks it is still inappropriate, it can reject it and let the Ministry of Internal Affairs revise it again. .
After the Shangshu Province revised it, they did not go through the previous procedure, but directly took it to the council hall for defense to see if it was really inappropriate! Or the Ministry of Internal History and the Ministry of Menxia are maliciously creating difficulties.
"The northern part of Bingzhou has been solved! How about the northern part of Yongzhou?" Yang Guang asked coldly.
This time, everyone was stumped.
The mainstay of Sanmenxia can carry grain ships during the rainy season, but Hukou Waterfall cannot. However, the official warehouses in Guanzhong are empty, and the people are affected by the grain buying trend and only buy but not sell, so Suwei's method does not work here in Yongzhou.
Yang Ji stood up and said: "Liangzhou is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. Ships can sail directly to Hukou Waterfall, and it is not a problem to provide aid to the Hetao area. If the court really has no way to solve the food shortage in Yongbei, then leave this task to Liangzhou The state is ready."
The Hetao Plain in the north of Yongzhou is a fertile land with many canals and abundant water resources. As early as the Western Han Dynasty, the imperial court began to develop this area on a large scale. However, during the long period from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the expulsion of Qimin Khan, the land was dominated by the Hu people, and the Hu people were mainly nomadic. As a result, the farmland and water conservancy established by the Han Dynasty no longer existed.
The people living there now are very badly transformed. If the government does not guide them, they will definitely continue to be nomadic. It is not that the local government is not trying to change and guide now, but farmland and water conservancy are not easy to build, so the people guarding the Hetao Plain are simply unable to be self-sufficient in the face of the disaster.
Yang Ji also knew the situation in the Hetao Plain. Seeing that no one could come up with any timely and effective measures at the moment, and since he was the prince and minister of the Sui Dynasty after all, he naturally could not continue to turn a deaf ear and pretend to be deaf and dumb.
However, when he said this, everyone in the palace was stunned, including Yang Guang, who looked at Yang Ji with an incredulous look, as if they were saying: You poor ghosts from Liangzhou come here every day to cry about your poverty. More than one of you can cry. You can hardly lift the pot. How many kilograms of food can you get?
There is no food on hand, what are you pretending to be here?
After being silent for a long time, Pei Ju, the old father-in-law, still loved his son-in-law. He was afraid that Yang Ji would take on this important task without knowing what he was doing, so he stood up and said to Yang Ji, "The king is unaware of something. The drought is It affected the five counties of Wuyuan, Yulin, Lingwu, Shuofang, and Yanchuan in Yongzhou, and even Diaoyin County and Yan'an County were also affected to a certain extent."
Yang Ji became even more curious now and handed over to Yang Guang.
Li Li asked, "Sage, although the disaster was serious, it didn't happen all at once. Why didn't the court and local officials make preparations beforehand?"
In an instant, the hall that was whispering because of Yang Ji's promise became quiet again, and the atmosphere became quite strange.
"This is what I'm curious about." Yang Guang, the superior, showed a cold smile on his face because of Yang Ji's question. It can be said that Yang Ji asked all his questions and irritations.
He leaned forward slightly, looked at the ministers below, and asked with ice-cold words: "Masters, if I remember correctly, when the court met at the beginning of the year, I made a plan to patrol the north, and the local officials also talked about the north. Disaster. Why no one cares about these, why no one prepares in advance? Tell me, whose fault is it?"
All of a sudden, after hearing what some people were about to say, Yang Wensi, Minister of Civil Affairs, had no choice but to go out and complain: "Sage, this humble minister has seriously neglected his duty. I beg the saint to give this humble minister a chance to make meritorious deeds."
"Then you go to Taiyuan immediately and solve the problem of food shortage in Bingzhou according to what Prime Minister Su said." Seeing that the "person responsible" was dilly-dallying for a long time and finally confessed, Yang Guang's expression softened slightly and he said coldly: "In view of your serious dereliction of duty, I have been demoted to the rank of Chancellor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Examination, exercising the power of the Chancellor."
Yang Wensi breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, saint!"
Seeing his relaxed look, Su Wei and Pei Ju, who were standing in the middle, glanced at each other and sighed secretly: The saint's current arrangement is just a temporary measure. Otherwise, the saint should let Yang Wensi take charge of Daxing and command. Instead of letting him go to Taiyuan to run errands as a dignified minister, Yang Wensi must not have known it yet, but he had disappointed the saint deeply.
Yang Guang was indeed deeply disappointed with this lineage; for him, Yang Ji and other royal family members were his indispensable core force, and the Hongnong Yang family was an indispensable core force for the entire royal family, so even if the Yang family Despite provoking him again and again, he never gave up on Yang Jun's lineage (Yang Su's great-grandfather), and even gave the extremely crucial Minister of Civil Affairs to Yang Wensi and Minister of Rites to Yang Xuangan. However, these two Really unsatisfactory.
A dignified minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs did not even pay attention to such a major matter and failed to handle it well within three or four months. If this was done during the war, what would happen? If it weren't for the upcoming Northern Tour and the inability to "change coaches before the battle", he really wanted to beat Yang Wensi to the end.
"King Wei, I wonder how many stones Liangzhou can prepare for emergency supplies?" Yang Guang's eyes felt warm as he looked at the poor brother who was poor but could jump out to carry the burden at critical moments.
Yang Ji said: "Six to seven hundred thousand dan can be collected! If you give me time and add another million dan, it shouldn't be a problem."
At this moment, everyone was stunned again.
Compared to the total reserves of several major granaries, 16.7 million shi of grain is actually just a fraction and nothing. But over the years, the imperial court was paralyzed by Yang Ji's demands for food. Now in everyone's mind, Liangzhou is a "poor man" with highly developed commerce, a lot of money, but very short of food; and the Prefectural Mufu is a "concentration camp" for the pauper, and their food expenditures are recorded in great detail. .
It's as detailed as one stone or one bucket. How poor a person is to be able to do this? However, as the leader of the paupers, it was really unacceptable for Yang Ji to say such a number without blinking his eyes at this moment.
Of course, there are many people who know that Liangzhou is not like that, but some of them have a close relationship with Yang Ji and will not undermine Yang Ji on this matter; some people dare not undermine Yang Ji, after all, it is It's not their property, and Yang Ji didn't enrich himself and actually used it for practical purposes. What are they doing to offend such a big shot for no reason? As for the last group of people, they have a darker psychology. They wish that Yang Ji would "deceive" the court more, and they wish that Yang Ji would take the court's support materials for themselves, so that they would have evidence of killing Yang Ji.
"King Wei, can you really give so much?" Su Wei, a servant, was also confused. He only remembered that the highest amount given by the court to Liangzhou was four million stones in the third year of Renshou, and the lowest amount was not long ago. Su Wei had no idea how many times Du Ruhui had moved a thousand buckets, and what the amounts were.
But Su Wei and many people in the court had a consensus: they felt
After all, Du Ruhui was also a merchant from a big state, but that guy could even take a thousand dou, and the central government could satisfy him with a thousand dou, which was enough to show that Liangzhou was short of food and was so angry that people were complaining.
Yang Xiong didn't believe that Yang Ji could bring it out. He said sternly: "King Wei, it took a lot of effort for Liangzhou to reach this situation. Don't ruin Liangzhou's good situation just to support Yongzhou!"
"Liangzhou really has food now!" Yang Ji also realized that their gang had become the little boy in "Crying Wolf". They had told too many lies, and now no one would believe the truth; if it were normal times, He must have happily retired, but the northern part of Yongzhou was in a hurry for food to save his life. How could he continue to pretend to be poor?
"Forget it, forget it!" Yang Guang waved his hand. If Yang Ji said three to four hundred thousand dan, he would believe it. After all, before the war, Yang Zhao sent a lot of food to Liangzhou, and Yang Ji fought so fast. Therefore, the remaining three to four hundred thousand stones is more normal and reasonable. But the problem is that it has been sent to Xihai County.
Instead of transporting it back from Xihai County and having to make up for it in the future, it is better to use ships to transport the grain from Changpingcang to Hukou Waterfall, then unload the ship and walk for a while overland, and then load it onto the ship to the north. Wouldn’t this save time and effort?
When Yang Guang expressed this idea, Yang Ji immediately stopped talking. Since everyone thought that Liangzhou had no food and had a solution, they continued to pretend to be poor.
[The writing was very messy yesterday, so I won’t post it; I revised it last night. This chapter makes up for yesterday. 】
