At this time, not only the emperor, but also the eyes of everyone present were drawn and concentrated on Gao Yue.

In the Hanlin Bachelor's Session, Zheng Zhi was particularly nervous.

After all, Gao Yue was guarding Guanzhong, a transportation portal between Shu and Jingxiang, so it was natural that he was the first to answer the emperor's inquiry.

After quickly making eye contact with Li Sheng and Wei Gao, Gao Yue held the ivory tablet with one hand and raised his sleeve with the other. Then he bowed to the emperor again in the train, then stood up and left the shift, and then bowed and shouted, "My dear Yue went to the palace and was met with the saint, and he had no choice but to look at the Heavenly He Saint, and he was so excited that he could cut off the screen camp!"

The emperor waved his hand, saying that you and I still had so many polite tricks, and this situation will be opened up to you.

Sure enough, Gao Yue said generously: "After the autumn wheat harvest in Xingyuan Prefecture, the Chiya Cang obtained rice, and the wheat grain was 200,000 stones. Except for the 80,000 stones left for floods and droughts and for military use, the rest were willing to send it to the capital with Hu Dou rice!"

"Loyalty, it's true..." The emperor was overjoyed.

The next person to Gao Yue was Wei Gao, who said that although Fengxing Prefectures had limited land, they could raise 30,000 stones of grain to offer.

Li Sheng continued, Xichuan could produce 150,000 stones of grain.

Not bad, not bad, Sanchuan can get 400,000 or 500,000 stones of food at once, and the military and civilians in the capital will be saved.

Just when the emperor was overjoyed, Gao Yue spoke again: "However, when the transfer of grain to Guanzhong, he could only go to the Western Han River (Jialing River). I have to go to Chiya Pass to the Western Han River, you must pass through the Jinniu land route, Xichuan and Dongchuan grain to the Western Han River, and then after the grain reaches the end of the Western Han River, you must pass through Fengxiang Prefecture to enter the Wei River, and then go to the Xiwei Bridge in Shangdu. This is a huge loss, and 500,000 stones of grain, I am afraid that only 200,000 stones of food can reach the Xiwei Bridge."

When the emperor heard this, he was discouraged. Two hundred thousand stones were indeed not enough!

The current imperial guards in the capital, plus the soldiers from all towns in the northwest, and the troops to prevent autumn, are about 200,000. So much food is only enough for them to eat for a month. What about the people? If they starve to death, who will still grow food in the entire capital next year? I will really become a lonely person.

At this time, Hanlin scholar Lu Zhi couldn't help but stand up and advised: "Please pay for your majesty and buy more food from the people of Sanchuan to compensate for the consumption on the way."

The emperor turned around and asked Lu Zhi, how much money does this amount cost?

After a little calculation, Lu Zhi replied that if he could take out 400,000 guan of money, he would be able to ensure that 500,000 shi of food was sent to Chang'an in full.

Forty-hundreds of thousands of coins, forty-hundreds of thousands of coins... The emperor was in pain again.

Who should pay this money?

Is it the treasury controlled by the prime minister, or is it the Daying, Qionglin, who is privately owned?

But there is not much money in the private warehouse now. I asked Daying to envoy Huo Zhongtang to make a lot of money and now I have obtained less than 300,000 yuan. Moreover, the cost of "imperial offerings" in the palace is too high, so I need to maintain it. Otherwise, the Daming Palace will collapse after the winter. We can't fire eunuchs, female officials, craftsmen, and those princesses, princesses, and county lords.

So the emperor asked the Prime Minister Zhang Yanshang and the judge Cui Zao of Duzhi, how much money is left in the treasury under the Duzhi Department, and whether it can pay for the money for the foot and the money for the purchase?

"Your Majesty, there is not much money left in the treasury of the left and right, and it can only support the salary of Chinese and foreign officials. The military needs are less than 70 days." Zhang Yanshang and Cui Zao hurriedly replied, meaning that Your Majesty, there is no surplus grain in the treasury! If there is money in the treasury, I would have bought food to provide disaster relief for a long time. Will you still have to worry about your Majesty?

The emperor trembled and his eyes turned to the calm Han Huan again.

The situation now seems to be in a vicious circle, and I have been working hard for a long time, and then returned to the shoulders of the Xuanrun Jiedushi.

Han Hu had money, and the salt profits in the southeast were more than 2 million guan a year, not including the income from tea and wine. However, the money was all in the patrol controlled by Han Hu, not in the imperial treasury, nor in the emperor's private treasury.

The emperor had to ask him for it.

Alas, Zhang Yanshang still can't count on it.

"..." I don't know how stiff the atmosphere in the entire Xiaoyanying Palace was at this time.

Just when the emperor was in a difficult situation, Gao Yue suddenly turned around, bowed to Han Huai, and said directly to Han Huai: "As the transporter of the Jianghuai River, the Changgang ship should carry grain and light goods into Beijing, so as to help the country's Li Yuan in the upside down!"

"Senior High School..." At this moment, the emperor was filled with mixed feelings.

Han Huan looked at Gao Yue with a bright face and shouted: "Young Yin's words are so light. Now the country draws 170,000 troops from various towns in Guandong every year, and more than 150,000 troops from all towns in the northwest. Now there is a Shence Camp, the Shenwei Army behind the palace, and the Jinwu, Weiyuan, and the imperial guards of the six soldiers in the North Ya. There are no less than 400,000 troops. Hedgehog gathers in the west of the capital to prevent autumn every year, and there is no less than 200,000 achievements every year. Just eating corn is no less than 200,000 stones, let alone rewards and sets of color branches! Guanzhong is so painful that it is really painful, but how can I ask for excessive demands? The people in the capital are hungry and hungry, and I, Xuanrun, also have food, and I, is so responsibilities that I, are afraid to take responsibility, please resign!" After saying that, Han Huan was about to resign from his position as the governor in front of the emperor.

"Sir, why bother?" the emperor wanted to keep him.

He had to keep it!

But before the emperor finished speaking, Gao Yue continued: "Nanyang Duke only knew the reason but not the reason. Yue believed that the border army had no success for many years and was consuming food. It was because our Tang Dynasty lost the geographical advantage. Such a situation was not reversed and changed. It was indeed as Nanyang Duke said - our dynasty raised the border army and hundreds of thousands of imperial guards were futile."

"Oh no, this time I was sing a double act with Han Huan again!" At this moment, Zhang Yanshang and his son-in-law Zheng Zhi shouted this sentence in their hearts almost at the same time.

But Zhang Yanshang couldn't stop him. He heard Han Huan say "Oh" and then asked Gao Yue, "Why did Shaoyin say that I know the reason but not the reason? Please help!"

Gao Yue said it directly in Xiaoyanying Palace:

"The land of Helong has always been a key place for our Tang border. When it was still in the hands of the court, Taibai Mountain, Longdi, Liupan Mountain, and Dahe and Helan Mountain formed a natural barrier. If we guard several passes such as Longdi, Yuanhui, Xiaoguan, etc., even if a million enemy troops come from the west, they will not be able to pass. The capital is calm and the Guanzhong lives and works in peace. However, since the fall of Helong, the small bride and Hu cavalry have ravaged the suburbs of Beijing, but in fact, it is only 30,000 or 50,000 soldiers each time. However, when it comes down from Longshan, it can be a stagnant and shaking pass.

To plunder Fengxiang, you can plunder Jingzhou, from Qingshiling, you can plunder Binning from Yangyuguan, you can cross the Yellow River to Lingwu, go deep into Qing, Yan, Xia, and Weibei, and incite Dangxiang to be the leader, and travel like the wind, no one knows where to attack. As the saying goes, Xiaofan only comes all the way, I must guard five or six routes, Xiaofan only raises 50,000 to 60,000 troops, and I need 400,000 to guard the border to prevent autumn. In the long run, Xiaofan is invincible, and my Tang is weak, and millions of stones of corn and millions of coins of money and silk every year are all wasted."

"Okay! Gao Shaoyin said it well, so I want to ask, how to punish the ills when saving?" Han Huan took the opportunity to say it.
Chapter completed!