After Feng Shoufu raised the issue of grain and grass, the ministers discussed on the spot, how to ensure the supply of grain and grass for the army?

The generals were very simple, and said: "If the food is not enough, let's go and grab the grain of Xihu and Northern Qi." "Anyway, Xihu and Northern Qi did the same, and it was normal for them to do so.

But......

Civilians who hold themselves to the highest moral standards will not be allowed to do so.

"Rough, barbaric, what is the difference between you doing this and the barbarians of Xihu and Northern Qi? How can I, a great country, do such shameless things. ”

Even if you want to do it, you can't say that, you have to beautify it anyway, so that you can have a valid reason, otherwise they will be scolded by the world's scholars, and at the same time, it will also arouse the dissatisfaction of the people of Xihu and Northern Qi.

Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize a boat, and they need to be careful in their actions.

"What Lord Wen said makes sense, my Great Qin is a state of etiquette. We went to rob the grain of Xihu and Northern Qi, what is the difference between this and robbers? ”

"This is a shameless act, Xihu and Northern Qi can be shameless, but we in Daqin cannot. What have we become to join them in the conspiracies? ”

A group of civil servants stood up and echoed these words, and degraded the generals to worthless.

When several generals saw it, they were angry, spread their hands, and said, "You have a way, you think for yourself." "They tried to find a way, and these people didn't say it was good, and they scolded them as bandits and robbers, which is simply unreasonable.

The generals didn't care, and Wenchen didn't care, so he discussed it personally, and there was a result soon.

Of course, their result was to beautify the methods proposed by the military generals, and to describe the robbery of grain and grass in Northern Qi and Xihu as helping the border people and getting back the looted property.

There are a lot of things in this property, and it is naturally up to them to decide what kind of finances they will get back when the time comes.

Wenchen's discussion was enthusiastic, and although the generals said that they didn't care about it, they pricked up their ears to listen, and when they heard them talk, they still grabbed grain from Xihu and Northern Qi, and they couldn't help but sneer.

The generals waited for the Wenchen to say it, and then they were scolded by Lord Wen. Hubu Shangshu, who didn't want to speak on behalf of Wenchen, said this method, and Lord Wen not only didn't scold, but also slapped his thigh, "Okay, good, my son of Great Qin, I should protect the property of my people in Great Qin, and I can't let Xihu and Northern Qi be arrogant in my Great Qin's territory." We must beat them up this time, so that they will never dare to rob us again. ”

Lord Wen said righteously and strictly, and his righteousness was awe-inspiring, as if Qin Shiyan did not adopt this reason, that is, he did not care for the people of Great Qin.

The generals were confused when they heard this, touched their heads, and couldn't understand for a long time why Lord Wen didn't spray those Wenchen, but praised them?

You know, they came up with this method first, although they expressed it differently, but the meaning is the same?

What puzzled the ministers the most was that Qin Xiaoyan, who had not expressed his opinion before and acquiesced in the quarrel between the ministers of civil and military affairs, nodded with satisfaction at this time, not only to lose Lord Wen, but also to praise the Hubu Shangshu, saying that they considered the people for the sake of the people, which was very good!

The generals are very aggrieved, obviously they are also thinking about the people, and they thought of this method first, why didn't the emperor praise them?

Of course, grievances are grievances, and they don't have the courage to say their dissatisfaction in front of Qin Xiaoyan in the main hall.

There are military generals who start and Wenchen who embellish, and the plan of robbing the grain and grass of Xihu and Northern Qi is clear, but ......

That alone is not enough.

The grain and grass of the Western Hu and Northern Qi Dynasty could not be grabbed until the war began, or they could not be grabbed until the war was halfway through, and they now also needed to transport a batch of grain to the front line to ensure that the soldiers could eat enough to go to the battlefield.

This batch of grain is available in the imperial court, but Qin Shiyan doesn't want the imperial court to release this batch of grain, he wants to keep this batch of grain as a reserve grain in case of emergency.

There is no food in his hand, and his heart is empty. And this year has just begun, God knows if there will be any natural and man-made disasters, and when the time comes, where something happens, the court will not be able to get food, not adding to civil strife.

Hubu Shangshu has long known the meaning of Qin Shiyan, because when talking about the truth that the soldiers and horses are not going to go, and the grain and grass go first, the Hubu Shangshu proposed to directly collect grain from all over the country to save transportation time.

Of course, the method of requisitioning grain locally will certainly not work. If the grain is given to the army, the people of the city will most likely not have enough to eat, and when the time comes, there will be not enough grain in the market, which will inevitably cause the price of grain to rise, and the rise in grain prices will inevitably cause panic.

If there is something, I can't think of a countermeasure, so we can only discuss it together. The ministers again discussed the issue of raising food, but this time the generals did not participate. They are not as treacherous as Wenchen, but they are not stupid, just make a wedding dress for Wenchen once, and if you do it again, it will be hopelessly stupid.

The solution has been there for a long time, and the so-called discussion is just to deceive those who don't know about it. As the main person in charge, Tobe Shangshu successfully controlled the pace of the discussion, and the results came out an hour later.

The imperial court did business directly with the grain merchants, and asked the grain merchants to send them grain.

As for the specifics?

Qin Xiaoyan handed over the Hubu Shangshu, and then asked the six Ministries to cooperate with the Hubu Shangshu operation.

Everyone knew the importance of this battle, and the temple said that they would definitely cooperate with the household department and complete the matter of raising food.

And when the grain and grass are ready, that is the problem of the army.

There are hundreds of thousands of troops on the northwest front, plus Feng Yao's people, they don't need to send troops to the northwest. And if there are grain merchants to send grain, they no longer need to send troops to deliver grain, and they can enter a state of readiness in an instant.

Qin Xiaoyan appointed the king of Pingxi as the commander-in-chief, let Feng Yao go to assist, and set off ten days later.

The reason why it was set to ten days later was because they had to wait for the grain merchant who delivered the grain.

Grain merchants can ask ordinary people to send food, but when it comes to defending it, it is still a well-trained army that is superior. If the grain merchant is willing, he can follow the team of Pingxi Junwang and Fengyao, so that the safety along the way is guaranteed.

"The emperor is wise, long live long live long live." As soon as Qin Xiaoyan's decision came out, the whole dynasty praised Qin Shanyan for his wisdom and benevolence.

Although it was explained that what the ministers said was false, Qin Shanyan was still very happy to sit high on the dragon chair and watch the ministers prostrate at their feet, praising his public virtue with a serious face.

At least, he has done a good job on the surface, and in the eyes of the ministers, he is still a wise and benevolent king!

"The ministers are flat and have nothing to do to retreat." Qin Xiaoyan said one more sentence, which startled the ministers below.

You must know that in the early dynasty, Qin Xiaoyan never said much. More often than not, they, the emperor, sat there, coldly watching them arguing, and only came out to say their decision after they had almost quarreled.

And this decision, sometimes it was put forward by one of them, and sometimes none of them said it, it was purely the emperor's will. But the emperor brought it up at that time, and no one would say that he was arbitrary, because ......