What Sun Chengzong said is the truth.

In fact, people's understanding of this era may be very simple.

If a famine occurs, go to provide disaster relief. When Liaodong is going to fight, go to fight.

As long as the emperor gives the order, the empire's machine will rotate, and the problem will naturally be solved.

But in the actual process, when executed, all of this has countless variables.

You have to carry so much food. The first thing you have to do is to need enough people, so you have to serve corvee labor first.

If you transport so much grain, you will definitely want it if you transport 100,000 or 80,000 grain.

How many days are you planning to walk? It may be an exaggeration for a year or two from Beijing to Guanzhong, but it still needs it for three to five months.

The problem arises again. People are carrying food. They transport it all the way. You have to give people a bite of it. What should I do? Eat it locally.

So... a man carried two hundred kilograms of grain and stopped all the way. After three or five months, one hundred and fifty kilograms of grain were eaten up.

How many can actually be transported? It is only fifty kilograms.

With just these fifty kilograms, you have to make sure that every person in the Ministry of Revenue is law-abiding, that everyone is not greedy or taking possession, and that after being sent to the Guanzhong government, all officials from all over the country will not be given a fee.

But in fact... these are actually necessary expenses.

In other words, if two hundred kilograms of grain is normal, it would be good if it could actually reach the victims' hands twenty kilograms.

This loss is amazing.

In an era of low production efficiency and transportation efficiency, disasters occur in a place mean that the imperial court may consume half of the national treasury at any time.

This is the case with disasters and wars. This is why the Central Plains dynasty dare not start the war easily because it cannot afford it.

After all, you need so many civilians to save a disaster, and so much money and food. The large number of corvee workers who are recruited will spend three or five months on the road, which means that manpower is completely exhausted, which is also a huge loss.

This is also why the Jiannu people almost dragged down the entire Ming Dynasty.

The treasury does have money now, but where the disaster occurs, money is useless and will only make huge profits for merchants who are stocking up. They must allocate grain to solve the problem.

If it is not allocated, it means hunger occurs, people eat each other, and the people really can't stand it, and eventually... they will shout...

At this time, Sun Chengzong had the patience to explain what happened in Guanzhong to Zhang Jingyi: "Since the rise of bandits, many fields have been deserted, and Guanzhong and Henan have been greatly damaged. The grain collected by the court is far less than before. Now the disasters are still frequent, and even the treasury cannot solve the problem. The food is transferred, and the court cannot bear it. If the food is not transferred, the people cannot bear it."

"Your Highness, I'll be honest. Now the court is already in trouble. It's not possible to solve the problem by chasing a few houses. If the new policy is continued, it's unrealistic, I'm worried..."

Zhang Jingyi didn't expect that he would shift the topic to the new policy.

The ministers on the side also listened silently. At this time, they couldn't help but feel shocked when they heard Sun Chengzong's bitter persuasion. They obviously... also agreed with Sun Chengzong's words.

Yes, seeing that the country has reached this point, it’s better to make less trouble. What to do? Isn’t it good for everyone to live a few more years?

Zhang Jingyi said, "Since the loss is so huge, we should think about how to reduce the loss, but why do we think about stopping the new policy? Is there no new policy, and two hundred kilograms of grain transported to Guanzhong, and more than twenty kilograms of grain will be brought to the victims? Is this a matter that can be solved by suspending the new policy?"

Sun Chengzong: “…”

Someone on the side finally couldn't hold it in. It was Chen Yangmei, the minister of Dali Temple.

Chen Yangmei couldn't help but say, "You can't say that. The loss has existed since ancient times and has existed since the Qin and Han dynasties."

Zhang Jingyi looked at him mockingly and said, "It's always there, so can you turn a blind eye?"

When Chen Yangmei heard this, she wanted to vomit blood. Isn’t this arguing?

"We are not talking about the actual situation."

"What I said is the actual situation." Zhang Jingyi said seriously: "Because there is loss, everyone thinks it is natural that almost 70% or 80% of the annual income of the treasury is wasted on this loss, but the Dukes never try to find ways to change this loss, but they are still content with their own complacent. What is the reason?"

This is like scolding everyone again.

The people listening to the side showed an angry look.

However, because the other party was Zhang Jingyi, he couldn't do anything to him.

Sun Chengzong had no choice but to sigh and shake his head, Zhang Jingyi was not in trouble!

In fact, his meaning is very simple. Now there are famines everywhere, and the bandits are making a big fuss. At this time, the new policy is suspended to win people's hearts. Don't let the bandits take the opportunity to deter people's hearts.

I don’t know that Zhang Jingyi is very strong and ignores it at all.

Young people, young people...

Sun Chengzong shook his head, feeling upset for a moment, feeling that Zhang Jingyi did not understand his painstaking efforts.

at this time……

The Ming Gate is open.

Emperor Tianqi came out of the Ming Gate.

As soon as the imperial carriage arrived, all the ministers saluted one after another.

Immediately, everyone followed the imperial carriage and headed towards the already scheduled direction.

Emperor Aoki sat upright in the imperial carriage and occasionally heard the ministers who followed him behind him whispering.

So Emperor Tianqi summoned Wei Zhongxian and asked, "What are you talking about later?"

Wei Zhongxian's breathing was a little quick. While trotting, he made sure that he and the imperial carriage were moving forward in unison, he said, "Your Majesty, the ministers are talking about the new policy, and there are also talking about... the prince of Liaodong."

Emperor Aoki couldn't help but be curious: "What's wrong with this?"

Wei Zhongxian smiled bitterly and said, "It's nothing, I just heard... Brother Zhang... Brother Zhang... He... didn't care about the victims at all, and insisted on his own."

Emperor Tianqi frowned and said, "Zhang Qing doesn't care about the victims?"

Wei Zhongxian said, "Yes, just now, Master Sun Ge advised him that a major disaster occurred in Guanzhong and that the country is in a dilemma now. He didn't know whether to provide disaster relief. He also said that the cost of disaster relief was shocking and he was worried about it. As a result... Brother Zhang said that it is not allowed to discuss it. It is all because of the loss. What does it have to do with his new policy? The ministers were whispering, saying that Brother Zhang ignored the overall situation and had reached an inhumane level for the sake of the new policy."

Emperor Tianqi said, "Yes, I also think Zhang Qing is nothing wrong, these people...ha..."

Wei Zhongxian immediately said: "I think so too, these people...bah..."

The imperial carriage left the city and arrived at the outskirts of the city.

Not long after I left, I arrived at the new district.

The new district covers a wide area, and most of the people here... are refugees from Guanzhong. Zhang Jingyi spent a lot of effort to resettle them. Now, hundreds of thousands of people live here, with continuous houses and roads extending in the shape of fields.

When you look closely, this place seems to exude endless vitality. Although several streets are blocked and there are guards along the way, you can also see the prosperity here from the countless shops along the street.

The most intuitive feeling here is that it is clean and neat. Even if the passers-by are wearing plain clothes, they still look well-dressed.

Many people look good.

Many of the people here are divided into fields. With enough fields and sufficient labor, they can ensure that they do not starve to death. So many people come to the streets to do some small business, or come to work, and many people have read some books a little.

With some culture and knowledge, I don’t have to worry about food, so I began to pay attention to appearance.

Even if you are poor, try to clean yourself up.

However, this time, Zhang Jingyi obviously did not lead everyone to see the new district.

But even so, many ministers still feel different when they arrive here.

Because the pattern of the capital is originally divided into an imperial city, an inner city, an outer city and a suburb. Needless to say, the imperial city lives in the inner city, the royal relatives, merchants and the people in the capital, and the outer city is a tribe of religions and all kinds of people. Most people should be dressed in rags.

But the style here is clearly more like an inner city, with many trees planted along the streets. The commerce here is even incomparable to the east and west cities.

On the one hand, it attracts a lot of people, and on the other hand, it is managed properly and everyone is willing to come. On the other hand, the people here often have higher consumption power than other places.

After all... after people are satisfied with eating and drinking, they have spare money in their hands and dare to buy some shops. Some shops that may not have many customers in the east and west markets, but there are many customers here.

Emperor Aoki looked over and couldn't help but be amazed, with an admiring light in his eyes.

However... after passing through the core area of ​​the new district, a bluestone road is seen here, extending all the way to the wilderness.

Walking in this wilderness, Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but mutter in his heart, what gourd is Zhang Jingyi buying? Why... I came here, there is not even a crowd here!

Sitting on the chariot, a few more incense sticks passed, and finally, my eyes suddenly became clear.

But I saw warning signs hanging in front of me: Military important places are prohibited.

Even, you can see people wearing gray coats patrolling here with muskets on their backs.

Going further... finally... the place has arrived.

Emperor Tianqi got off the imperial carriage with twelve-point curiosity, and then... Zhang Jingyi came up and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you have worked hard all the way."

"Where is your big baby?" Emperor Aoki went straight to the point and said, "Why didn't you take it out and show me?"

Zhang Jing smiled and said, "It's inside... Your Majesty will know at first glance."

So Emperor Tianqi looked up at Zhang Jingyi's gaze and saw that there seemed to be a large workshop shed in the distance, which looked very large.

Next to this workshop shed, you can see rows of houses, and the more you go, the more tight the guards seem to be.

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