"Your Majesty, the grass people sued Lord Wei for the lives of the people." Li Ren is not just ruthless in his heart. immediately knelt down to tell Wei Gangjing's state.

Wei Gang's beard is curled up one after another. "You are talking nonsense, the old man has always abided by the law, honest and loves the people." Where will hay be a matter of human life? ”

Li Shimin also raised interest, and it is true to say that Wei Gangjing is not likable. But if he wants to say that he has any violations of law and discipline, he really doesn't believe it.

At that moment, he looked at Li Ren with a straight face, waiting for him to continue.

Li Ren coughed dryly and said: "Lord Wei knows that the Yuxi case is not my fault, and he still wants to force these sins on my head, what is this not a careless disregard for human life?" ”

Wei Gang was speechless. Do I understand this as a stopgap measure? This is made for outsiders to see. And I'm talking about punishing you heavily, not killing you.

Besides, this matter was originally caused by you, if you don't open a restaurant in Laoshzi, where is there so much to do?

Wei Gangjing knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the army has moved frequently tonight. If you don't give a reason for saying the past. If it is used by someone with a heart. It is said that His Majesty mobilized the army to massacre the victims. Rumors together. It will be terrified. The victims are afraid of rioting. ”

This also makes sense, after all, there was a bit of a commotion tonight, and it really can't be justified if you don't give an explanation. But let's be honest. That's not appropriate, do you have to tell the world? How many children teamed up to steal the jade seal and the tiger talisman?

Wouldn't that be a joke for the royal family. The best result of this matter is that the madman Li Ren colluded with the eunuchs to steal the jade seal and the tiger talisman.

But it was discovered by the wise and martial emperor and stopped overnight. Because of the hard work of the king of Hejian, many ministers interceded. Around Li Ren's life. How and how to severely punish Li Renyunyun.

To put it bluntly, Li Ren is a black pot, as long as he fools the victims and doesn't let them think nonsense.

But Li Ren was unwilling, not to mention that he didn't want to carry the black pot. It was the attitude of this group of people towards the victims that made him feel uncomfortable.

Since the outbreak of locust plagues. The imperial court did not issue an edict to appease the victims. It's just trying to fool the victims. The ministers of the DPRK and China have never been able to provide food relief in a down-to-earth manner, and they have opened and closed their mouths to prevent riots among the victims, as if this group of victims is not ordinary people waiting to be fed. It's a mob ready to rise up,

"As long as the victims can be fed, they will riot when they are looking for death." Li Ren muttered quietly.

"You yellow-mouthed kid know what. Now the treasury is empty. The official warehouse ran out of food. Where is there food to be distributed to the victims! Only by stabilizing people's hearts first. Prevent riots by victims. Wait quietly for the locust plague to pass. Looking forward to the next harvest. Wei Gangjing said with a dark face.

"I'll just hehe, you are also a minister of the court, this is how to deal with the victims? If we wait for the next harvest, won't more than half of the victims die? ”

"You claim to be dedicated to the country and the people. He looks like a white-faced loyal minister. In my opinion, he is also an unscrupulous person who treats people's lives like a mustard. Li Ren couldn't help but scold.

"You...... You ......" Wei Gang was speechless.

Li Shimin was not happy when he heard this, and now there is no way to treat the victims of the disaster. Li Ren scolded Lord Wei like this, wouldn't it be equivalent to scolding the entire court.

At that moment, his face darkened, and he said angrily, "Li Ren, you don't know don't talk nonsense, Lord Wei's statement is the result of a common discussion in the entire court. The imperial court also wanted to save all the victims. But it's really powerless. ”

Belch...... Li Ren twitched his mouth and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, it's okay for Lord Wei to say that, why do you say that too?" Can you bear to see more than half of the victims die? ”

"Of course I don't want to, but now there is no food in the treasury, and the household department has been busy for half a month, which is only half of the food collected for disaster relief. What can I do! Li Shimin couldn't help but drop a cup. In a huff.

The eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but scold: "What do you know about a yellow-mouthed child!" In order to raise food for the victims, His Majesty did not hesitate to personally beg for help. But now there is a shortage of food, and the food you ask for is a drop in the bucket. It's not worth it at all. ”

"And now there is not much grain in the official warehouse, if the grain in the official warehouse is completely eaten, the entire Chang'an will have no grain to buy. There will be huge trouble. ”

"Hehehe," Li Ren sneered, "Is there really no food, or there are people who have strange goods to live in." The eldest grandson won't be unaware, right? ”

"Not to mention anything else, in the first half of the year alone, Guancang handled tens of thousands of loads of Dasui grain. So much stale grain has been wiped out by some families. Don't tell me, in less than a year, these families have consumed these tens of thousands of loads of old grain. ”

Belch...... The eldest grandson Wuji was speechless for a moment. Everyone knows that the family has a large amount of grain in their hands, and everyone knows that they are strange goods to live in, and everyone knows that they deliberately raise the price of grain.

But they did not break the law. As long as they follow certain rules. Even Li Shimin can't do anything about them.

Could it be that Li Shimin can still send troops to copy the family!

Fang Xuanling seemed to see something, stroked his beard and smiled: "Li Ren boy, if you have a way, just say it." Don't scare the air here. Both adults are old, so you have to be angry. Killing you won't be enough to pay for it. ”

Li Ren looked at the many ministers in the hall, rolled his eyes, and said with a dry smile: "What can I do, it's just nonsense." ”

Fang Xuanling scolded with a smile: "Put away your ghost thoughts, those who are here tonight are His Majesty's henchmen." Whatever you say, feel free to say it. ”

Li Shimin gave Li Ren a reassuring pill. "You just have to say that as long as you can solve this trouble for the imperial court, the credit is yours. Not only will I not punish you for stealing the jade seal, but I will also reward you heavily. ”

It wasn't me who stole the jade seal, it was the three little kids. Li Ren yelled wildly in his heart. But then I don't know what came to mind. He sighed dejectedly and said slowly.

"Your Majesty, the minister invented a food called locust cake......"

Before Li Ren finished speaking, Fang Xuanling interrupted with a smile, "Your locust cake is indeed a good thing, but it can only solve the urgent need." It is not possible to address the root causes of the disaster. ”

"There are tens of thousands of victims in Chang'an alone, if you distribute locust cakes. Each person consumes half a catty of locusts every day, and that day will cost tens of thousands of catties. There are so many locusts in the wild, and they will be eaten after ten days of death. ”

"You can buy grain from Jiangnan......"

"The treasury is empty, every penny of money has long been useful, and there is not a penny to spare. Besides, the road to Jiangnan is far away, and even if you take the water transportation, it will take a month to go back and forth. Far water can't quench the thirst of the near. ”

"You can donate food ...... to wealthy families"

"Your Majesty personally came forward, and the eldest grandson came to lobby the house, and the major families agreed to donate 200 loads of grain each. The total amount donated by all families, including officials, did not exceed 5,000 quintals of grain. It's just a drop in the bucket. ”

“……” Li Ren was a little speechless.

Fang Xuanling let out a long sigh. "So, don't think we're useless old guys. In fact, we have tried our best to find a way. It's just that the world is difficult, and we can't do anything. ”

"So, for the sake of the country, you should make a small sacrifice, rest assured, Your Majesty is merciful and will not kill anyone. At most, exile you to Lingnan. It just so happens that King Hejian has a lot of friends in Lingnan, and you won't suffer hardship. ”

Li Ren's face turned green, so unless he thought of a way to solve the food problems of the victims, otherwise, he would only have the road to carry the black pot?

In an instant, Li Ren's brain spun rapidly. One by one, the methods of raising food came to his mind.