In a moment's effort, Qing Xuzi had already become one with Zhang Sanlang and others, and the Tubo soldiers were in trouble, and it was solved so dramatically. When he returned to Chang'an City, it was close to sunset, and the nine drums of the drum tower meant that the doors of Chang'an were about to be locked, and Qin Jin felt hungry, so he regretted not eating a few bites of food at home. However, there are no major events around today, so it is better to go home and have a good dinner.

However, as soon as he crossed Daningfang Street, there were cavalry soldiers of the Shenwu Army galloping all the way over, and when he saw this situation, he knew that the idea of going home for a sumptuous dinner today was about to be ruined. The streets of Chang'an City are not allowed to gallop on horseback unless they are for emergency military affairs, otherwise they will be punished with whipping in public. Especially in the Shenwu Army, those who knowingly commit crimes must be doubly punished.

Sure enough, the horseman stopped in front of Qin Jin's horse team.

"Doctor Qin is here?"

I saw the horseman ask in a loud voice. Qin Jin's servants all recognized this cavalry as the herald of the Shenwu Army Shuaitang, so they brought him directly to Qin Jin.

The horseman took out a parchment-paper-sealed official document from the skin of his waist, with bright red fire paint on it, apparently a military newspaper that had just arrived.

Qin Jin's heart was tight, the current military report was so urgent, it was either Hebei or Anxi, and he hurriedly tore open the seal and took out the official documents inside. Sure enough, it was a military report from Hebei.

However, this military report is not from the Yang Xingben camp in Luoyang, nor from the Luqi camp in Hedong, but the county prince Yan Zhenqing, who has been sticking to Pingyuan County.

The content of the military newspaper only briefly introduced the movements of the historical thieves, and the vast majority of the pen and ink were actually used to describe the catastrophe and famine in Hebei this year, with starvation everywhere and corpses floating for thousands of miles, and its tragic situation could not be encountered once in a century. In the end, Yan Zhenqing almost cried blood and tears, and begged the imperial court to send food for disaster relief.

In fact, the catastrophe and famine in Hebei have already begun to take shape as early as last year, coupled with years of war, the loss of manpower in Hebei by thieves and historical thieves is too great, so that the cultivated land is abandoned, no one cultivates, coupled with the natural disasters that must not occur once in a century, there is no snow for a whole winter, and there is not a drop of rain for a whole spring. The fields are dry and hard, the rivers are dry, and the lakes are bottoming out.

However, most of the military reports sent by both Luoyang and Taiyuan only focused on the military, and they also reported the movements of the historical thieves and rebels, as well as their grain and grass situation. It wasn't until Yan Zhenqing sent this military report that Qin Jin knew that Hebei was facing something that had never been seen before since the Han Dynasty.

Back in Shuaitang, the old Xia Yuanji had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Qin Jin, he hurriedly got up, but due to sitting for a long time, his legs were already a little numb, and he didn't listen to the call, and almost fell to the ground. It was the attendant beside him who saw the opportunity quickly and helped him.

"The doctor has received an official letter from Henan?"

"Henan's official document? Hebei's military newspaper received one, and Xia Xianggong took a look. ”

Xia Yuanji took over the military report from Yan Zhenqing from Qin Jin's servant military officials, and said with a little urgency in his mouth:

"I just received the official letter from Luoyang and other places, this year's celestial phenomena are abnormal, there are many broken streams along the Yellow River, since the beginning of the spring began to prepare to deal with the peach blossom flood, now it seems to be prepared in vain, the current situation is really worrying, it is better to break a few openings, flood a few wheat fields......"

Since the opening of the Yellow River, there have been frequent problems, every spring and summer, the water is often out of mouth, and the imperial court has to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to deal with it in spring and summer. However, the situation of the Yellow River this year is unusual, and the flow of the river has suddenly stopped. In the eyes of the government and the opposition, the officials and the people of the government and the opposition were afraid that it had become an ominous omen of impending disaster.

However, Qin Jin did not take the interruption of the Yellow River too seriously, after all, his thinking was completely different from today's agricultural society, and he did not realize how much damage the interruption of the Yellow River would cause to agricultural production along the Yellow River, and what serious consequences it would bring.

It was only at this time that Qin Jin noticed that Xia Yuanji's face was different, not to mention the pale color, and his body was still shaking slightly involuntarily.

"Xia Xianggong is sick?"

Xia Yuanji then withdrew his somewhat sloppy gaze and looked at Qin Jin, shook his head and sighed and said:

"The old man's body has recovered well since the beginning of spring, and the old man is anxious about this abnormal celestial phenomenon, and it is inevitable that someone will make a big fuss about this matter!

This reminded Qin Jin that abnormal celestial phenomena have always been the only magic weapon to deceive people's hearts, how could those who oppose him let go of this opportunity?

However, Seon is not blessed, one is sad, and the other is likely to be happy.

There is a great drought in Hebei and starvation everywhere, not only the people are unlucky, but even those historical thieves and rebels who rely on exploiting the people and knocking out the bones and sucking the marrow will face the desperate situation of running out of food because they can't collect food. In the past, there was not enough grain in Hebei, and the imperial court could allocate it from the granaries of each province regardless of the cost.

Now, since the imperial court wants to suppress thieves, it will not use food to fund the enemy.

In this way, the contradictory problem about Yan Zhenqing's military newspaper also arises. Yan Zhenqing couldn't bear to watch the people of Hebei suffer from evil and die, and hoped that the imperial court would take out grain from the granary to help the victims, but at present, the victims of Hebei had to pay taxes and levy taxes to Shi Siming.

In this regard, after Xia Yuanji read Yan Zhenqing's military report, he resolutely disagreed with sending grain to Hebei for disaster relief.

Xia Yuanji was talking about his reasons in a loud voice, and Fifth Qi and Wei Jiansu also arrived one after another.

This is the first time since the restoration of Chang'an last year, the prime ministers of the political hall have gathered in the handsome hall of Qin and Jin.

The prime ministers also gathered together to discuss the main problems of the Hebei disaster and the interruption of the flow of the Yellow River.

Qin Jin has no experience in dealing with civil affairs, which is obviously because the three prime ministers have a lot of experience, they not only have rich experience as magistrates, but they have also been in the center for many years, and they are well versed in the process of dealing with famines.

Therefore, Qin Jin only made a summary of the problem, and let the three prime ministers express their opinions. Xia Yuanji was a little emotional when he spoke just now, and he was a little out of spirit at this time, Qin Jin ordered someone to bring the soft support and let him lean on it.

Wei Jiansu was still in the same style, smiling and asking Xia Yuanji and Fifth Qi to express their opinions. Xia Yuanji had already told Qin Jin what he should have said just now, and he was quite emotional just now, so Fifth Qi should express his opinion.

After reading Yan Zhenqing's military report, Fifth Qi also agreed with Xia Yuanji's opinion, since the people of Hebei paid rent to the Shi Thief rebels, what reason did the imperial court have to help them?

Of course, there is another reason that is inconvenient to put on the surface, that is, to use the famine and starvation in Hebei to completely drag down the historical thief rebels. If Shi Siming lets the victims ignore it, it will inevitably lose the hearts of the people, and it will only be a matter of time before the hungry people can't survive and be exposed. If the warehouse is opened to release grain, the granary in Hebei Province will be a drop in the bucket for the victims in Hebei Province, and it will be completely out of food in a few months.

"This will not take more than half a year, at most before the end of the year, the rebels of the thieves will definitely collapse, and then the imperial court will surrender without a fight, recover Hebei in one fell swoop, and completely quell the rebellion. ”

At the end, Fifth Qi's voice couldn't help but rise high, and it was clear that he was emotionally excited about the idea he had proposed.

Only at this time did Wei Jiansu say unhurriedly:

"According to the strategy of the Fifth Prime Minister to surrender the army without a fight, although the rebellion was decided, the support of the people of Hebei was also lost, and the lost population was afraid that it would be difficult to recover in 30 or 50 years, and it was difficult to measure whether the pros and cons were too much! In the future, if the historian does not bend his pen, he will accuse Doctor Qin of harboring evil intentions......

Although he said it unhurriedly and in a very soft tone, he was completely negating the strategy of Fifth Qi and Xia Yuanji.

Fifth Qi's face was a little unbearable, he really didn't expect that Wei Jiansu would actually raise objections here, did he have to send a large army to conquer it, and it was only upright to spend food and population?

"Forgive me for saying bluntly, Wei Xianggong is inevitably a little broad, is it true that the imperial court is going to respond to Yan Zhenqing's request and distribute grain to the victims? Wouldn't this grain be sent to the enemy? Once the historical thieves and rebels relieved themselves, the imperial court wants to exterminate them, and they don't know how many people will die and how much military food will be consumed......

From beginning to end, Wei Jiansu had a smile on his face, and he didn't argue with Fifth Qi.

"The old man just pointed out the pros and cons in it, as for how to decide, presumably Doctor Qin has already made a plan!"

With an understatement, he kicked the ball to Qin Jin, but Qin Jin didn't have a plan at this time, his heart was contradictory, what Fifth Qi and Xia Yuanji said made sense, and what Wei Jiansu said made sense.

After thinking about it for a long time, he was still at a loss, so he had to spread his hands and said helplessly:

"What is my plan and decision now? You ministers should also plan well and strive to get the best of both worlds!"

The fifth Qi mouth is fast, when even the way:

If the counterinsurgency is successful, the price paid will be considered to be gained, and if it is postponed indefinitely, the consequences for Hebei and the imperial court may not be light...... The trade-offs can restore peace to the world, how can the world not remember Dr. Qin's merits and kindness?"

To be honest, Qin Jin didn't care much about the evaluation of future generations about himself, what he cared about was how to achieve the victory of counterinsurgency at the minimum cost, so it was difficult to make a decision for a while.

Fifth Qi refuted Wei Jiansu's words word by word, and seeing that he was about to argue, Qin Jin felt hungry again, and his stomach was growling, so he said:

"You ministers must not have dinner yet, why don't we talk while eating!"

The kitchen had already prepared the food, and a large pot of scones, mutton, and pickled dried vegetables were served, and in addition to that, each person also had a bowl of fragrant and sticky corn porridge, which was already mouth-watering just by smelling.