The land south of the Yangtze River has become a new granary of the Han people after the degradation of agriculture in the north, at this time in previous years, Yangzhou has already rained heavily, flooded, this spring has a spring rain, many people look at the crops in the field want to cry without tears, this is the hope of the year! Seeing that the crops are growing less than half of last year's harvest, God doesn't want to let these miserable people live.

After more than ten days on the ship, Lu Zifei and Song Qi arrived in Yangzhou, one step away from Suzhou, Song Qi suggested that the fleet take a little rest, the big guys were suffocated, I heard that they were going to rest in Yangzhou, they fried the pot at once, turned over the boxes and cabinets to find their own private money, and wanted to give the money to the women who lost their footing at night on the banks of the Qinhuai River, Song Qi smiled and waved his hand to let go.

Lu Zifei felt the scorching land and said to Song Qi: "Many of the places we pass through are like this, many of the fields are cracked, the crops are not harvested, and countless families are selling their sons and daughters, doesn't the imperial court know about this situation, Lord Song." ”

Song Qi sighed and said: "How can you not know, everyone pretends not to know, up to the emperor, down to the small officials, their hearts are as clear as a mirror, what can the emperor do if the treasury is empty, you also know very well where the money is, the more famine the year, the more they like it, where do the land of those big families come from, in your opinion, life is important or land?" ”

Lu Zifei said: "Tang Taizong Li Shimin once said, 'Water can carry a boat, but also can overturn a boat', the grain harvest in the south of the Yangtze River failed, and the food and clothing of the entire Great Song Dynasty became a problem, you eat the people's, live with the people, they are in trouble now, shouldn't you stand up and lend them a helping hand?" Without the people, what can we people be? ”

Song Qi said: "It's difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, what do you say, let the emperor tear down the palace and let the emperor borrow money from the ministers?" It's just a matter of demolishing the east wall and making up the west wall, the ills of the Great Song Dynasty have been accumulated for a long time, and the contradictions are getting bigger and bigger, you didn't find that the emperor was very anxious. ”

Lu Zifei didn't reply to Song Qi's words, the two of them walked for a long time, the situation was even more serious in the place far from the canal, the rice died in the field, the people spontaneously organized to dig wells, they lacked sharp weapons and professional equipment in their hands, Lu Zifei saw that they had no water after a lot, Lu Zifei stopped and pulled an old farmer and asked: "Uncle, is this what your place looks like or is Huainan East Road like this, can you use a shovel to dig out water?" ”

The old man saw that Lu Zifei was asking from the bottom of his heart, so he didn't get angry that he disturbed himself to dig a well, wiped his sweat with his sleeve and said: "Hey, old man, I have lived so long, and it is the first time to see such a dry day, how big is Huainan East Road, I have a relative in Shuzhou, he said that Huainan West Road, Jiangnan East Road, and Liangzhejiang Road are all like this, natural disasters!" ”

Lu Zifei asked Nanxing to take out some food and a bottle of wine and put them on the ground, Lu Zifei said, "Uncle, let's sit down and talk for a while." ”

The old man looked at him vigilantly and said, "Are you from the government, I won't say anything else, you can leave if it's okay!" ”

Lu Zifei said with a smile: "Uncle, have you ever seen someone from the official mansion at my age?" I just want to ask you about the situation here, don't worry too much, my family also farms, and it's a little better than this. ”

The old man looked at Lu Zifei's immature face and thought that there would indeed be no such a young official, looked at the food on the ground, swallowed his saliva and said: "Last year's harvest was okay, after paying the rent, the family can still fill their stomachs with some miscellaneous grains, and the seeds in the family this year must not be kept, after paying the rent, I dare not imagine how to live until next year, my neighbors are now starting to eat seeds, and this is more than a month before the crops are ripe?" ”

The three children stood beside the old man and didn't speak, all their attention was on the fat chicken, Lu Zifei picked up the chicken and divided it by two, and distributed it to a few children, each of whom stuffed a few pieces of snacks in their hands, although the children wanted to eat very much, but they were still waiting for their grandfather to speak, the old man looked at them with pity and said, "Eat!" Thank you so much to this brother. ”

Song Qi asked: "Brother, I remember that every disaster year, some grain will be put out in the ordinary warehouses in various places, Yangzhou as the land of fish and rice, it stands to reason that there is no shortage of food, Yangzhou prefect Yamen didn't think of opening the ordinary warehouse?" ”

The old man took a few grandchildren, looked left and right and whispered: "You are outsiders, you all think that Yangzhou is not short of grain, and the usual warehouse should be full, we have rumors here that the ordinary warehouse in Yangzhou is empty every year, and the grain in it is transported to the north to sell, you also come by boat!" It will take more than ten days to go all the way, and the money will all go into the pockets of those people, and now you let them open the usual warehouse, do you think they dare? Nine times out of ten, this news is true. ”

Song Qi said: "They don't have that much courage!" This is the country's strategic reserves and life-saving grain, and I believe that reselling a little will happen, and it is a bit of an exaggeration to sell them all. ”

"Exaggerated? It's not an exaggeration at all, the inspectors came, went to take a look, the grain inside was full, it was just a layer of surface work they did outside, if you go to the back warehouse to check, you will find that the inside is empty. ”

It's not appropriate to be bold enough to put it on them, when the time comes, the court will order the opening of the warehouse to release grain, and if they can't take out the grain, they will be beheaded.

Continuing to walk forward, Lu Zifei's heart was completely cold, thirty percent of the crops were dead, and now even if there is water, it can't be solved, in a field in the distance, a young man commanded a group of old farmers to dig a well, they have a lot of tools here, the young man shouted so loudly that his voice sounded a little dumb, still shouting there, come on.

Song Qi took two steps to see a little more clearly, and then said to Lu Zifei: "This kid is good, if he didn't contradict Lu Xiang during the palace exam, maybe he would be lecturing for the emperor in the pavilion?" ”

Seeing that the young man in front of him was not a few years older than himself, he was dressed in an official robe and dirty, he didn't know what was on his face, he was quite thin, but he looked very energetic, Lu Zifei asked, "Who is he?" is so young and dressed in an official robe, he is this year's new science and technology jinshi. ”

Song Qi said: "This person's name is Wang Anshi, the word Jiefu, the fourth place in today's Jinshi Branch, the Zichen Hall is hard and rigid Lu Xiang, saying that he is a sinner of the Great Song Dynasty, and the people have not lived a good day under his governance, and the emperor saw that this kind of stubborn donkey was still put on the place, but he didn't expect to be put in Yangzhou in the end." ”

Lu Zifei's heart set off turbulent waves, Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi He has seen it, Su Shi is still a child, Yue Fei, Xin Qijian is estimated to be a protein, Wang Anshi is a figure in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, it is he who has made the Great Song Dynasty strong for hundreds of years, and the 'Xining Reform' is a reform of special significance in ancient Chinese history. It doesn't seem like a big deal, if I, Lu Zifei, come, then I don't have anything to do with you.

Wang Anshi dragged a suit of dirty clothes to Song Qi and said, "Meet Lord Song, how did you come to such a place." ”

Song Qi said with a smile: "Why can't I come, I also came up step by step from the bottom, the people are like fire, what are you doing here now, are you an official in Yangzhou?" ”

Wang Anshi said dejectedly: "Xiaguan is the judge of Huainan East Road, Shangguan sent me to inspect the people's situation, I am teaching the people how to dig wells, how much loss can be recovered, and they can save their lives at all." ”

Song Qi asked, "Then is the method you taught them useful?" How many wells with water were drilled. ”

Wang Anshi said: "At present, there is no one, for some reason, the well drilled this year is several times deeper than in previous years, but there is no water, and there is no way to do it, if the imperial court has no measures, then next year all roads in the south of the Yangtze River will definitely be full of mourning." ”

Those people above the temple are still intriguing, what does the life and death of the common people have to do with them, everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, and we will consider countermeasures when the matter comes out! They don't want to think about it, the chaos in the world gives those aliens a chance, and the story of people being eaten like two-legged sheep will be staged!