Jiangnan is the land of fish and rice, has always been rich, the annual grain, grass and taxes account for sixty percent of the treasury of Daqin, it can be that Jiangnan feeds most of the people of Daqin, without the rich land of Jiangnan, there is no Daqin's current country is rich and strong.

But it was precisely because of the wealth in Jiangnan that Jing Yan set his sights on that land. In the past few years, the tax revenue in Jiangnan has declined, but it is not obvious, and the Jiangnan area also gives a normal reason - natural disasters.

Emperor Taishang, who was still the emperor at the time, sent someone to investigate, and the drop in taxes was indeed a natural disaster and not man-made, so this matter was revealed. Besides, there was less grain handed over by Jiangnan back then, but there was more tax silver, Daqin was not short of grain but lacked silver in the past few years, and the emperor was very happy to receive more tax silver, and the officials of the household department were also very happy.

Since this precedent was set, Jiangnan did not hand over much grain and grass in the next two years, but more and more taxes and silver. In addition, the local officials in Jiangnan were generous and took care of the Beijing officials, and many officials spoke for Jiangnan and covered up this matter.

Hubu Shangshu also gave a sentence or two to the Emperor Taishang, briefly explaining the reason why Jiangnan used silver to offset grain, and the Emperor Taishang didn't take it to heart after hearing it, and the grain in Daqin was enough to eat, and the lack of half or one percent of the grain was not great.

At first, the officials of the household department were afraid that the grain handed over by Jiangnan would become less and less, and the grain in Daqin would not be enough, but in the same year, the officials in Jiangnan wrote an excerpt, saying that they had opened thousands of acres of land and left a batch of grain for seeding, and they would be able to hand in double the grain in the coming year.

If this matter is confirmed, the Beijing officials will be relieved, and the behavior of Jiangnan's lack of grain will not be taken seriously. And in the second year, the land in Jiangnan was indeed opened, and there were many kinds of grain, and the Manchu Dynasty thought that there must be a bumper harvest year in the second year of Jiangnan, and the result was ......

They were right, Jiangnan did have a bumper harvest, and the grain was more than double that of previous years, but that batch of grain did not enter the treasury of Daqin, but was snatched away by Jing Yan.

What's even more odious is that after Jing Yan snatched the grain and grass, he also flooded Jiangnan. Now the imperial court is not only unable to collect grain from Jiangnan, but also has to pull grain and grass to go over for disaster relief.

The officials of the household department knew about these things, but Qin Shiyan didn't know about them.

Qin Lianyan knew about the rest of the matter, after all, Jiangnan was flooded, and all these things happened in Qin Xiaoyan's hands. But for the first two years, Jiangnan handed over to the imperial court with silver instead of grain, but Qin Xiaoyan didn't know anything about it.

In fact, it's not strange that Qin Xiaoyan doesn't know, in the past few years, the six parts were all under the control of King Zhou, King Zhao and others, Qin Xiaoyan couldn't interfere at all, and it was normal to not know.

But...... At the beginning, the people of the household department did not report it to him to know, Qin Shanyan could understand it, but he ascended the throne, and the household department Shangshu actually concealed this matter and did not report it to him to know, which is really an unforgivable crime!

A trace of murderous intent flashed in Qin Shiyan's eyes, and it was so fast that the officials below didn't notice it.

Hubu Shangshu chattered for a long time, and after finishing speaking, he knelt in place, waiting for Qin Xiaoyan to speak, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't see Qin Xiaoyan speak, Hubu Shangshu couldn't help but be afraid, raised his head tremblingly, and didn't dare to look directly at Qin Shiyan's dragon face, only called weakly: "Emperor, the emperor ......" is dead or alive to give a sentence, holding back so much and not speaking, it will really drive people crazy.

Jiangnan used silver to replace grain, he took some filial piety back then, but this matter was also agreed by the emperor, and he really can't be blamed.

God knows, since the new emperor ascended the throne, he has been worried about the matter of food, for fear that the new emperor will find out about it, and he will not be able to protect it.

In order to close the food shortage, he had a lot of dealings with those grain merchants during this time, trying to buy grain from them, even if the price was a little higher, there was nothing, but...... Little success.

Jiangnan is flooded, and people with a discerning eye can see that Daqin is short of grain, and grain will become more and more scarce, as long as the grain merchants hold on for another month or two, the price of grain will rise wildly, and if they sell it at this moment, it will be stupid.

"You guys, it's good......" Qin Shiyan looked at the officials below coldly, his fingers tapped on the tabletop, his voice was not heavy, but it scared the people present very lightly.

The Son of Heaven was furious, ambushed millions of corpses, and bled for thousands of miles. The officials present ...... Feng Shoufu, including Feng Shoufu, couldn't sit still, and knelt on the ground together, and Feng Shoufu said with a face of shame: "Holy Lord, the minister is guilty, please punish the Holy Lord." ”

Feng Shoufu knew a little about the incident in Jiangnan, but he didn't know that the matter had reached this point. Although he is the first assistant, it is impossible to do everything himself, he has too many things to ask every day, and unimportant things cannot be sent to him at all.

Daqin has never been short of food, although there was a flood in Jiangnan, but Feng Shoufu never thought that Daqin's granary was out of food, after all, every time Jiangnan asked for food, the household department Shangshu gave it very happily. The military department asked for food, and the household department also gave it happily, and there was no sign of food shortage at all.

There is no shortage of food, and Feng Shoufu will naturally not bother with this matter. But ask, how can you know that Daqin is short of food, and even hundreds of thousands of troops can't afford to support it.

Qin Xiaoyan ignored Feng Shoufu, and his eyes fell on Hubu Shangshu again, "How much grain is left?" "He had to plan what he was going to do to get through the difficult situation.

"If you go back to the saint, all the grain and grass for disaster relief in Jiangnan have been pulled out, and according to the amount that Lord Jiao wants, it is only a lot more. The grain and grass required by the military department have also been prepared, which is enough for the army to last for half a year and last until the autumn harvest. When Jiangnan recovers, the grain and grass will be collected, and the original operation will be maintained. Tobe Shangshu's face collapsed, and his voice trembled and could not be spoken.

Speaking of which, he was also unlucky, after he found out that something was wrong, he went to raise grain as soon as possible, and even used his connections to forcibly buy a batch of grain from grain merchants to fill the holes.

Finally, the hole in the lack of food was temporarily filled, and it happened that Feng Yao brought the army to defect again.

If there is no group of people brought by Feng Yao to come, he will hold on and force a few grain merchants to make some blood, maybe tomorrow the harvest in Jiangnan will be good, and this matter will pass quietly, and he will not even let the emperor know, but now?

Don't he dare to hide it?

He now only has a warehouse of grain in his hand, which is only enough for the Beijing Janissaries to eat for half a year, where did he get the grain and grass of the 300,000 army from now?

Except for the people in Feng Yao's hands, the grain and grass in other places are enough to support half a year and last until the autumn harvest......

"What about pre-stockpiled grain? Not a single one? What if there is a natural or man-made disaster, the harvest is not good this autumn, or the area south of the Yangtze River does not produce in a short period of time? "After the floods, it takes time for Jiangnan to rebuild, and the original harvest will not be restored in three to five years.

In other words, they Daqin may have to eat food for three or five years, and they must be careful not to have a little accident, otherwise there will be starvation to death......

As soon as he thought of this possibility, Qin Shiyan was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.

A few years ago, Daqin's silver was greedy by several princes, so that the treasury had no silver, and it couldn't even support a big war. And now, Daqin's grain has been robbed by a so-called orthodox royal bloodline, and it is also unable to support a big war.

Could it be that Xihu won't fight?

A note to readers: Please forgive me for being late. Running to the hospital today, my uncle was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and the whole family couldn't bear it.