Qin Jin didn't say anything, but looked at Wei Jiansu and Fifth Qi with a smile and expressed their opinions. All in all, the Fifth Qi did not want to transfer the grain of Hanjiacang to relieve the disaster, there were too many displaced people, and to a large extent, the mountains were the burden thrown off by the Shi thief rebels and used to consume the food of the imperial court.

If the court does not refuse to accept all the comers, it is very likely that they will fall into the tricks of the historical thieves and rebels, and a large amount of grain reserves will be lost before the war, and there will be a gap when it is really used, as long as the gap appears, it will be like a snowball, rolling bigger and bigger.

In this regard, Wei Jiansu's opinion is no different from that of Fifth Qi, but his attitude is more conservative.

"The old man didn't expect that in just a few days, the number of displaced people in Hebei has reached millions, and seeing that the famine will continue, if he is so unrestrained in the shelter of displaced people, when will it be a head?"

You must know that Hebei Province is known as half of the world, and its population is also the first in the world, with millions of households and nearly 20 million people. It is precisely because of such a large population base that An Lushan will have a steady stream of soldiers to conquer the Tang Dynasty after the rebellion.

Although after several years of war, the population loss of Hebei Province has been close to fifty percent, but even so it still has a population of millions, and the famine broke out, and the population from all over the country rushed to the private enterprises along the Yellow River to take refuge and eat, and the number was difficult for Hanjiacang to bear.

Wei Jiansu is not indifferent to these millions of grass people like ants, all his starting points are to focus on the imperial court's treasury and the imperial court's counterinsurgency soldiers, if these displaced people affect the progress of the imperial court's counterinsurgency, this natural and man-made disaster is likely to spread further southward in the future, and then the tens of millions of people in Hebei Province will be affected?

"Wei Xianggong is very worried, I don't know what the fifth Xianggong can do?"

Fifth Qi was so blocked by Qin Jin's question that he almost didn't come up in one breath, he didn't approve of the endless shelter of displaced people, and the previous consensus he reached with Wei Jiansu and others on this was also based on underestimating the number of displaced people in Hebei Province.

"If the doctor has to ask the Fifth Qi what to do, there is only one way, strictly limit the number of displaced people, and if necessary, drive the displaced people back to the north!"

Of course, Fifth Qi suggested this not because he was ruthless, but because the grain of Hanjiacang supplied the military rations of the entire Dugi Province, and once it was eaten up by millions of displaced people, the army of the imperial court would go hungry.

Comparing the displaced people with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, the fifth Qi, as the prime minister of the political hall, will of course choose the army, and as for the displaced people, they can only become a cancer that can be cut off painfully.

On this matter, Fifth Qi and Wei Jiansu, who have always belonged to two factions, actually reached a consensus

Of course, Qin Jin would not be surprised, although they belonged to different factions, after all, they were all people in charge, and they didn't just play tricks.

"Let's discuss the movement of the Hebei thieves first, how should the imperial court deal with it?"

Qin Jin is now going to convene at least two prime ministers in the political hall to discuss it together, even if he has already made up his mind, he will not bypass the prime ministers. He did not do this intentionally to delegate power, but to bring the prime ministers into his sight, and to grasp their inner thoughts through their opinions at any time and place.

All in all, since Qin Jin was not the rightful ruler of the empire, it was impossible for him to bypass the prime minister for the sake of centralizing power. Therefore, even if the prime minister is an existence that divides his power, he must be co-opted at any time. Power is such a strange thing, it is often mutually limiting and interdependent, and if you have the attitude of eradicating everything and guarding against everything, then the whole world can become an enemy. And once you change the angle and reconcile the benefits, it is likely to be a pattern of multiple benefits.

Qin Jin has always believed that a win-win situation for all parties is the means to win, but how to master this degree is the key.

When it comes to the war situation in Hebei Province, the two prime ministers are cautious. None of them are known for their military affairs, even if Wei Jiansu has the qualifications and merits of the Jiangnan local propaganda in the past, but at best it is still within the scope of the power struggle, and it is not the same thing as fighting a war after all.

However, since Qin Jin let them discuss, they can't not come up with any opinions, right?

The first to speak was the fifth Qi, among the three prime ministers in the political affairs hall, Xia Yuanji's health was not good, and he often took sick leave to recuperate at home, Wei Jiansu was a tight-lipped person, so only the fifth Qi expressed his opinion regardless of it.

Even if he is not in the field of military affairs, he tries to make some unique arguments.

"The reason why the thieves didn't react may be that they wanted to capture the old people, and if the court relaxed its vigilance, it was likely to fall for the tricks of the thieves and rebels. ”

Fifth Qi's statement is not entirely unfounded, the rebels have used the tactics of wanting to capture and indulge in the offensive and defensive battles of the imperial court more than once in the past few years, and the soldiers and horses of the imperial court often advance because of small victories, but in the end they ended up in a crushing defeat.

Therefore, out of the study of previous battle examples, the fifth Qi cautiously put forward his views, hoping to attract the attention of Qin Jin.

Qin Jin rubbed his brows, and looked at Wei Jiansu with an inquiring gaze, he didn't care if Wei Jiansu liked to be silent or not, what he needed was for Wei Jiansu, a treacherous and cunning old fox, to say what he really thought.

Seeing Qin Jin's inquiring gaze, Wei Jiansu knew that he couldn't hide, so he had no choice but to stroke his beard and say:

The fifth minister's opinion is agreed, but there are also a few points to add, the food supply of the imperial court must not only supply the army, but also meet the needs of the private sector, how to distribute the proportion of the two. Once the rebels of the thieves launch a counterattack, even though there are millions of people in the private sector, how should they deal with it? If the response is unfavorable and they are attacked by the rebels of the thieves, how should the mess be cleaned up? In the above three points, the imperial court must be prepared to advance in victory and retreat in defeat!

This remark seems to be exhaustive, but in fact, it is everywhere to warn Qin Jin that the Shenwu army is likely to encounter an unexpected counterattack in Hebei, and it is obviously unrealistic to rush into the enemy, or think that it can be easily won by engaging in private operations

However, Wei Jiansu refused to say directly, although he had always assumed that Qin Jin's established strategy would definitely be victorious, the points listed were all possible troubles and even countermeasures after defeat. Qin Jin smiled, Wei Jiansu deserved to be an old fox, even when expressing his opinions, he refused to say his true intentions directly, it was all a twist and turn.

Since Wei Jiansu was like this, Qin Jin was happy to pretend to be confused.

"The distribution of grain has long been planned, and the food supply of the Shenwu Army is self-contained, and it does not completely rely on the granary of the imperial court. If there is a real shortage of grain, the grain including Jiacang can be fully supplied to the private sector. ”

Speaking of this, Qin Jin sighed.

"In today's world, for the imperial court, there is nothing more valuable than the population, although gold is valuable, but after all, it is buried in the ground and inexhaustible, but the population is not, once lost, it will take at least one Jiazi to restore the old view. ”

Qin Jin paused, his gaze swept back and forth over the faces of Fifth Qi and Wei Jiansu. Then, he strengthened his tone and said:

"One Jiazi, just ask you and me here, how many of you can live to the next Jiazi?"

In the sixty years of Yijiazi, Wei Jiansu is already close to the old age, although his body is still strong, but there are still a few good springs and autumns? Only Qin Jin has just been thirty years old, but if he wants to see the next Yijiazi, he will live to be ninety years old.

For the vast majority of people in this era, living to be ninety years old is undoubtedly a dream of cannibalism.

Wei Jiansu and Fifth Qi were silent together, they both hoped that the imperial court would be able to keep food to supply the army, but they ignored the foundation and foundation of the world, that is, the population that could make the land produce wealth.

In a sense, the Qin and Jin dynasties were right to compare population to the most valuable wealth, but it was this most valuable wealth that had been repeatedly ignored and abused by those in power for thousands of years.

In the years of war, the army without food even drove the living to be used as military food, and even called these people who were going to be used as military food two-legged sheep.

Datang has not heard the sound of swords and soldiers for a hundred years, and this several years of war has directly knocked the people of the world from a kind of vain prosperity directly to the hell of Abi. Even Chang'an, the first good place, has not been spared, and many princes and nobles have suffered many casualties.

Think about it, once the war comes, even the children of the princely and princely families are no different from ordinary grass people, and their lives are as fragile as dead branches and leaves in a storm.

"It's not that Qin Jin insists on going his own way, but Qin hopes to do his best to keep a little more wealth for this world, and Qin also hopes to see the dignity of the prosperous world again in his lifetime!"

Qin Jin, who was a human being in two lifetimes, had only one purpose, that is, to make the regrets in history no longer regret, so he ignored his wife and children, and ignored all the people and things related to him.

In his view, if we do not take advantage of the fact that the turbulent times have not been stabilized to completely reverse the declining situation, then the endgame that we fell into after the "Anshi Rebellion" in history is likely to be unavoidable.

This is something that Qin Jin absolutely does not want to see.

Although the Shenwu army has achieved a series of victories, but in this seemingly good situation, there is still a hidden crisis, the situation in Hexi is unclear, Anxi's * is still no news, the Tang Dynasty has faintly faced a two-front battle, if the war in Hebei is not ended as soon as possible, once the chaos in Hexi spreads to Longyou, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Just yesterday, Miao Jinqing, the governor of Hexi, sent an urgent official letter, and several cavalry of unknown origin suddenly appeared in Hexi, and if the situation continues to deteriorate and spread, Zhangye, as the governor of Hexi, is likely to be unable to keep it.