"Sage, the harvest in the north is bad, and it is true that the official warehouses in the north are temporarily short of food. However, the north is vast and sparsely populated, and the population is not large." Su Wei cupped his hands and said: "On the other hand, the people in Jizhou and southern Youzhou are rich, and every family has surplus food. But

The Jizhou government was ordered to pass official grain through Feihuxing and Jingxing to help merge the northern part of the state, 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 yet, 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 reaches Youzhou Heng

Shanjun, and then enter 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 critical thing is that the Yongji Canal has not been completed yet, and Su Wei only has

Use this stupid method.

Thinking that Changpingcang is located to the west of the "Zhongli Pillar" and does not need to pass through the "Sanmenxia" where rapids and reefs are scattered, Su Wei added: "It is the rainy season when the water is surging, and the Fenshui River has a huge amount of water.

Grain ships can travel smoothly to Taiyuan, and medium-sized grain ships can reach the intersection between Loufan County and Mayi County. The minister suggested 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 long time, and then ordered: "There have been nine droughts in ten years in the north. 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 to 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 took it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for "defense", and then formed a formal plan, which was given to the Ministry of Internal History for review. If it felt good, it was ordered to be implemented. However, if the minister responsible for the review thought it was still inappropriate, he could reject it and let the Ministry of Internal Affairs revise it again.

.

After the Shangshu Province revised the matter, they did not go through the previous procedure, but went directly to the council chamber to answer the question to see if it was really inappropriate! Or was it because the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Menxia were maliciously making things difficult?

"The northern part of Bingzhou has been solved! Then how to solve the problem in 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, and 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 is not feasible 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. 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 let this task be given 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 world 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 has not tried hard to change and guide them, but farmland and water conservancy are not so easy to build, so they will continue to be nomadic.

Faced with the disaster, the people in the Hetao Plain were simply unable to support themselves.

Yang Ji also knew the situation in the Hetao Plain. Seeing that everyone could not come up with any timely and effective measures, and he was also the prince of the Sui Dynasty and the minister, 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 people 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 grain can you get?

There is no food on hand, why are you pretending to be a big boss 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 over this important task without knowing what was going on, so he stood up and said to Yang Ji: "The king is unaware of the drought.

It affected the five counties of Yongzhou, Wuyuan, Yulin, Lingwu, Shuofang, and Yanchuan, and even Diaoyin County and Yan'an County were also affected to a certain extent."

Yang Ji became even more curious now. He bowed to Yang Guang and asked, "Sage, although the disaster is serious, it didn't happen all at once. Why didn't the court and local officials make preparations beforehand?"

In an instant, the main hall that was whispering due to 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 where he was angry.

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?"

Suddenly, after hearing what some people were about to say, Yang Wensi, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, had no choice but to complain: "Sage, this humble minister has seriously neglected his duty. I beg you to give this humble minister a chance to make meritorious deeds."

"Then you go to Taiyuan immediately and follow what Prime Minister Su said to solve the problem of food shortage in Bingzhou." Seeing that the "responsible person" 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 position 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 looked at each other and sighed secretly: The saint's current arrangement is just a temporary measure. Otherwise, the saint should let Yang Wensi take command of Daxing.

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, but these two

It's really unsatisfactory.

A dignified minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs did not even pay attention to such a major matter and did not handle it well within three or four months. What if this was done during the war? If it were not for the upcoming Northern Patrol, we could not "change the commander on the spot"

", he really wanted to fuck Yang Wensi to the end.

"King Wei, I wonder how many grains can be prepared in Liangzhou for emergencies?" 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 with the total reserves of several major granaries, 16.7 million shi of grain is actually just a fraction and nothing. However, over the years, the imperial court has been paralyzed by Yang Ji's demands for grain. Now in everyone's impression,

Liangzhou is a "poor man" with highly developed commerce, very rich 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 many poor people can do this? However, as the leader of the paupers, it is 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.

It has indeed been put to practical use. What are they doing to offend such a big shot for no reason? As for the last group of people, who have a darker mentality, they wish that Yang Ji would "cheat" the court more, and they wish that Yang Ji would take the court's support materials as his own, so that's it.

Evidence of the crime 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 moved a thousand buckets, and what the numbers were.

But Su Wei and many people in the court have a consensus: they feel that Du Ruhui is also a merchant from a big state, but that guy can even take a thousand dou, and the center can satisfy him with a thousand dou, which is enough to see Liang

The state is short of food to the point of indignation.

Yang Xiong didn't believe that Yang Ji could get it. 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 his gang had become the little boy in "The Boy Who Cried Wolf". He 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!" Yang Guang waved his hand. If Yang Ji said three to four hundred thousand dan, Thaksin would believe it. After all, before the war, Yang Zhao sent a lot of food to Liangzhou, and Yang Ji fought so fast.

Therefore, it is normal and reasonable to have three or four hundred thousand stones left. But the problem is that it has already been sent to Xihai County.

Rather than transporting it back from Xihai County and having to make up for it in the future, it would be 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 from the north. Wouldn't this be easier?

Save time and effort?

When Yang Guang expressed this idea, Yang Ji immediately stopped talking. Since everyone thought that there was no food in Liangzhou and had a solution, they all 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 is a supplement to yesterday’s post.]
Chapter completed!