Regarding why he did not agree to move to Luoyang, Li Chengxiu naturally thought of the answer a long time ago, and after listening to the emperor, Li Chengxiu immediately said: "There are two reasons why the sons disagree, one is from the expense, and the other is from the emotional consideration. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Tell me about it." The Emperor said.

Li Chengxiu said in a loud voice: "Wang Shilang's Song Shu'er Chen has seen it, he has calculated the cost of opening in Chang'an and the road to Luoyang, and the cost of Luoyang at the other end has not been calculated at all. But this alone is as high as 2 million. According to Erchen's understanding, every time he moved to Luoyang in the past, the cost of Luoyang was half more than that of Chang'an, and it was about three million yuan. Two heads and one plus, it is five million. As far as the current situation of the imperial court is concerned, Erchen does not think that it has the ability to bear such a large expense. Even if there is, it can't be spent here. Five million guan, if it is bought into corn, it can be bought for 7.5 million stones at the current 60 wen and one bucket. 7.5 million stone of corn, let alone Hedong Road, even if there are two more roads, no one will starve to death. After a pause, Li Chengxiu glanced at Wu Dan hesitantly and said: "Father, I don't know if you have received the news, it is not only Hedong Province that has been affected, but also the drought in Guannei Province is also very serious. The beggars who died in the south of the city were the victims from Guannei Road, and even from Longyou. ”

"I don't need anyone to report it, I know it." The emperor said: "If it weren't for the problems in Guannei and Longyou, how could Chang'an's corn rise to sixty wen a bucket?" In normal times, it is only five or six yuan, and the price has increased tenfold......"

"Exactly." Li Chengxiu said: "So, the court can't afford to spend the five million yuan!" ”

"And what do you mean by emotional reasons?" The Emperor asked again.

Li Chengxiu said: "Chang'an is close to Guannei Road and Hedong Road, and the people of the two provinces are often proud of the Son of Heaven, and they regard themselves as closer to the Son of Heaven than people in other places. In fact, since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, whether it is foreign warfare or taxation, we have relied on these two things. Now that there is a disaster in the two roads, the court ran to Luoyang in a hurry, and it was inevitably suspected of abandonment. This is like parents and children, children always regard their parents as heaven, but when parents are in danger, they leave their children and give birth alone, what will they think in their hearts as children? ”

"So what can you do if you stay in Chang'an? It only adds to the suffering. The emperor said.

"Not really." Li Chengxiu said: "Now it's like a battlefield, the court is like the Chinese army, your father is the general who sits in the Chinese army, and the people in suffering are like soldiers charging into battle." As long as you, the great general, my father, are not chaotic, the Chinese army will not be chaotic, the Chinese army will not be chaotic, the momentum of the battle array will not be reduced, and the people in suffering will have hope. ”

"Is it so useful for me to stay in this imperial city like this?" The emperor only thought that Li Chengxiu was very interesting, and said with a smile.

"Of course not." Li Chengxiu said: "Of course, we can't just sit in the deep palace, for example, send a competent courtier or prince to visit the disaster victims in the disaster area, or often release the situation in the middle of the situation, and tell the people affected by the disaster that we are still in Chang'an, we are still in the imperial city, and we are always with them." When the people know, they will feel comforted in their hearts, which can reduce the people's dissatisfaction with the imperial court, and greatly reduce the probability of civil unrest. ”

After listening to Li Chengxiu's words, the emperor nodded and sighed: "You have some truth in what you said, but only when you have food at home can you not panic, and eating is always a big deal." Solving this problem is fundamental. ”

"That's it!" The queen said: "You said it easily, Chang'an rice is as expensive as gold, if you don't go to Luoyang, what will everyone eat?" ”

"That's right, the grain shortage in Chang'an is already serious, if Luoyang is unfortunate, won't it increase the food burden in Chang'an even more?" The emperor echoed and said: "Now in Chang'an, even if you have money, you can't buy rice!" ”

The queen and Wu Dan nodded in unison.

This is indeed a problem, but it is difficult for Lee Sung-so.

Lee Sung-so said: "There is rice. ”

"Oh? Where is it? As soon as he heard that there was rice, the emperor's eyes lit up.

Li Chengxiu replied: "In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, in Lianghuai, in Yizhou, Chengdu and other places. ”

The emperor and empress couldn't help but smile and shook their heads, but Wu Dan was thoughtful: "Adjust the grain......"

Glancing at Wu Dan, Li Chengxiu smiled and said, "The prince wants to say that far water can't quench his thirst, right?" ”

"Isn't it?" The Emperor asked.

Li Chengxiu said: "In fact, we don't have to worry about the near thirst, because the quenching of the near thirst has always been in the land of Guanzhong and Chang'an, we just need to adjust the distance to relieve the worries." ”

"Guanzhong, there is grain in Chang'an?" The emperor looked at Li Chengxiu in shock, and asked with a green light, "Where?" ”

"In the house of the rich man." Li Chengxiu replied with a smile and said: "There is a famine every year, how have you ever heard of a wealthy family who has starved to death?" It's just ordinary people who starve to death. ”

This is true, and everyone here agrees.

"There is no shortage of food in Guanzhong and Chang'an." Li Chengxiu said: "Don't talk about other people's families, just a few families that Erchen knows, such as the Qi family, the Xue family, and Erchen's mother's family, which one has no grain stored in the warehouse for two or three years?" As far as Liu Zhixue of the Chongwen Pavilion of the Prince's Mansion is concerned, when he first came to Chang'an, he was only a family of three with three or two servants, and the food stored at home was no less than 100 stones. ”

"But how can they take it out so easily?" The queen said with a frown.

"That's what we're going to think about." Li Chengxiu said: "How can these rich people take out the grain? Erchen thinks that there must be three conditions first, first, they must know that they and Chang'an and the disaster are the people who live and die! The people have survived the disaster, the court is safe, they are fine, if there is a mess, they will be finished! Second, there is a saying that people die for money, birds die for food, and everything in the world that can be talked about or cannot talk about is determined by the word 'profit'. Nowadays, the price of grain in Chang'an is soaring, almost a few times a day, and the food in the hands of these people is real money. There is a way to rob people of their money, just like killing their parents. Let them lose this benefit in vain, they will definitely not do it, and the court must show equal benefits in exchange for it. Third, the royal family and nobles must take the lead. The stability of the world is related to the safety of the imperial court, the status of the royal family, and the survival of noble relatives, and we must be more active than ordinary people. To say a word that is not very auspicious, even if the world is in chaos and the court is defeated, the common people will still live a life after a few years of hardship, but we only have a dead end, so whether the world is stable or not is more important to us than others. ”