"We distribute food, layer by layer, layer by layer, and finally the food that reaches the hands of the people, in fact, there is not much left! Governors, county magistrates, city lords, and village chiefs all have to eat, and each one eats better than the other! Then it can only be bitter for the peasants? The peasants drink gruel, the village chief eats white rice, the city lord eats big fish and meat, and the county magistrate can throw it out and feed it to the dogs if he can't finish it, not to mention the governor's words, the rich governor is rich on the side of the party, even if it is an official of the court, they are not as rich! ”

Wei Zheng frowned, and continued to say in a hoarse voice: "On the contrary, the peasants pay taxes in the same way, the local officials have all kinds of deductions and oppressions, and the grain collected by the people every year is only enough for themselves, once there is no grain harvest this year, they will have to starve to death!" ”

"Local officials, on the other hand, can survive for a while by relying on the grain collected over the years! Therefore, they themselves will not have enough to eat, and they will not give food to the people! ”

Wei Zheng told the truth, and the faces of many ministers suddenly became a little panicked.

But in fact, the ancient system was like this, civilians had no human rights, and the higher the official position, the more nourishing the life could be, on the contrary, the civilians living at the bottom starved to death on the road, and no one paid to bury the corpses!

"How unreasonable, but unreasonable! Prime Minister Wei Zheng, do you mean that the grain we distribute will not fall into the hands of the people under the layers of deductions by local officials? Li Chengfeng asked angrily.

Wei Zheng sighed and said: "Alas, don't say a few catties, it's still a question whether you can get it!" ”

"How can this be reasonable, it really is unreasonable!"

Li Chengfeng's eyes showed a trace of anger, and he shouted: "From today onwards, this prince has ordered that all the food distributed to the people, local officials, must not touch the slightest, otherwise after being caught, the head will fall to the ground, and no one will be able to protect him!" ”

Li Chengfeng said angrily: "Those officials still have food in their hands, so they dare to withhold the food distributed to the people? Don't they know that a large number of people have starved to death? Doesn't their conscience hurt when they do this? ”

Li Chengfeng was angry in the court, and the ministers didn't dare to say much, so they had to listen silently.

And those ministers who were originally very disdainful of the Eighth Prince also cast a very awe-inspiring gaze at this moment.

They were originally one, the eighth prince went to court, it was pure child's play! What can a six-year-old child understand about the world's major events?

But after going to court today, they found that this six-year-old little cute baby on weekdays started a fire, and her momentum was even more fierce than that of the emperor Li Shimin?

Moreover, the Eight Princes would ask the minister how the people were and then decide whether to distribute food.

The Eighth Prince's handling of government affairs is based on the people's feelings, while Li Shimin's handling of government affairs is based on the overall situation.

In terms of the way the two are handled, it must be that Li Shimin is more conservative, but Li Chengfeng's approach can win the hearts of the people more.

Because Li Shimin will be afraid of the day when the treasury is empty, but Li Chengfeng is not worried at all.

Because Li Chengfeng is sure that he will earn back all the grain he lost this year next year!

"This order is an order issued by this prince for the emperor, just like a holy decree, those who violate the order will be beheaded!"

"Eighth Prince Shengming!"

Li Chengfeng does things, but he likes to cut through the mess quickly.

Because he has a wide vision and a wide pattern, he does not care about how much grain the state has in stock, but how much grain the people of Datang can earn next year.

As long as you can earn back the grain, are you still afraid that the treasury will run out?

Li Chengfeng's advocacy of advocating the principle of human rights and the style of equality for all has touched the interests of some ministers, but this has also won the approval of the majority of ministers.

They were all amazed by the decisive decision of the six-year-old Eighth Prince in front of him to deal with the government.

Subsequently, all ministers who applied for the distribution of grain were all allowed to be played by Li Chengfeng.

As long as the people are not starved to death, then when today's drought passes, the Tang Dynasty will definitely be more prosperous in the coming year.

……

At this time, Lu Guogong Cheng took a step forward and said: "Eight princes, the four cities of Liangzhou, Suzhou, Lanzhou, and Shazhou are bordered by the Turks in the north and Tubo in the south!" In addition, the disaster situation is serious, and Tubo is in the Turkic two countries, and often wants to invade the Tang frontier, start a war, and consume the strength of the Tang Dynasty! Therefore, the old minister affirmed the Eight Princes and sent 40,000 soldiers and horses to garrison the cities of the four states to prevent the Tang Dynasty frontier from being invaded by the Turks and Tubo dog thieves! ”

After Cheng Yanjin finished speaking, Li Chengfeng looked at Li Jing on the side and said, "General Li Jing, what do you think of Lu Guogong's suggestion?" ”

Li Jing took a step forward and hugged his fists and said: "The old minister thinks that what Lu Guogong said is reasonable!" However, if you want to mobilize 40,000 soldiers and horses, I am afraid it will be a little difficult. Not to mention the long distance of the troops, just the transportation of grain and grass is a difficult thing! ”

"Well, then how many troops does our Datang have now?"

"Back to the Eighth Prince, the strength of the Tang Dynasty is about one million, but they are all distributed in the border area of the Tang Dynasty to guard the country! And the strength of our troops in Chang'an City is probably only 100,000 soldiers, plus 30,000 Xuanjia troops! These troops are the last line of defense that Lao Chen deliberately left behind to guard Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, and he will not dispatch these troops unless he has to! ”

"Hmm!"

Li Chengfeng nodded slightly, and then thought about it.

Cheng Yanjin and Li Jing saw that Li Chengfeng was thinking, and they didn't dare to disturb him.

They didn't treat Li Chengfeng as a six-year-old child.

In their eyes, as long as it is a man sitting on the dragon chair, then he is the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty.

Now that Li Shimin is seriously ill, Li Chengfeng will replace Li Shimin to handle the government, so in the eyes of these ministers, Li Chengfeng is the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Although, being an emperor is very cool, but there are also many troubles.

At this moment, Li Chengfeng finally knew why Li Shimin had been sighing lately.

After all, so many complicated things, all piled up on their heads, and they have to be dealt with by themselves, so why not have a headache?

Li Chengfeng thought for a while and then slowly spoke.

Li Chengfeng said: "Liangzhou, Suzhou, Lanzhou, Shazhou, north of the Turks, south of the Tubo, should be in need of reinforcements!" ”

"But because the remaining troops of Chang'an City cannot be dispatched until the last resort, this prince plans not to mobilize the troops of Chang'an City to support these four major cities!"

Cheng Yanjin's eyes widened suddenly, and he said in a rough voice: "This, Eighth Prince!" If you're not afraid of 10,000, you're afraid of what if! If the Tibetans and Turks take advantage of the weakest moment of the great ** force to capture the Tang city, then our Tang will lose a lot of land, and when the time comes, it will be too late to send additional soldiers to defend! ”

Li Chengfeng waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about Lu Guogong, this prince said that if you don't send more troops from Chang'an City, don't you say it, don't send soldiers over!" ”

"But the Eighth Prince, in the entire Chang'an City, there are only 100,000 troops that can be mobilized, if you don't mobilize them, where else can you mobilize?" Li Jing asked puzzled.

Li Chengfeng smiled lightly and said, "This question is very simple!" ”