With the ringing of the Jinyang bell in the palace hall, the ministers of civil and military affairs entered the hall one after another, and they were lined up on both sides according to the civil and military classes. The king of the Jin Dynasty ranked first in the literary class, and the next was the left prime minister Qi Guogong Gao Xi, Taifu Yu Wenshu, etc. As soon as everyone stood on Emperor Wen, they sat on the dragon chair in the middle of the hall under the support of the eunuch of the Yellow Gate, Yang Er saw the majesty of the ancient emperor for the first time, only to see Emperor Wen wearing 12 crowns of golden crown, yellow robe of rhubarb and bright color, two golden dragons on rust, a germanium yellow wrapped with a white jade wide back belt, sitting alone on the high-level dragon chair, very majestic. Under the pressure of the emperor, people have to rise up a sense of worship. Yang Er couldn't help but feel a strong desire for power in his heart, no wonder people sharpened their heads and tried their best to climb up, doing whatever it took to gain power, there was really nothing more crazy than having power.

The master of ceremonies, Huangmen Shilang Yuanyan, shook off the dust in his hand, and shouted in a sharp voice: "If you have something to do, play early, and you have no capital to retreat from the court----

"Your Majesty, the minister has a request." Zuo Prime Minister Qi Guogong Gao Xi came out of the class and said.

"Gao Aiqing has no play, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." Emperor Wen looked at Gao Xi and said kindly.

"Your Majesty, now more than 200,000 of my Great Sui elite soldiers have been confronting Nanchen across the river on the north bank of the Great River for more than a year. Every day, horses chew and people eat, and it costs countless money and food. In addition, the spring grain has just been sown, and it is far from the time of harvest, and the daily stock of grain of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is only in and out. There are also countless displaced people who fled here in the Central Plains of the northern land, all of which were provided with grain relief from the inner government. However, the current grain stock in the inner government is only enough to supply the army for less than half a year. If before the autumn grain is laid, the Turks use troops against us, and the rebellion breaks out again, and there will be no grain to collect in Guanzhong Hetao and other places, then our dynasty will be in danger of extreme food shortage, and I hope that our emperor will make a decision as soon as possible. Gao Xi finished his words unhurriedly, and before the words fell, the sound of discussion suddenly rose in the court. Emperor Wen was also silent when he heard this, thinking about how to solve such a dilemma.

"The prime minister's words are related to the national system, can the secretaries have a countermeasure?" Emperor Wen looked up at Wen Chenqun, and his eyes swept over Yu Wenshu, Yang Xiaozheng, Pei Su, Yuan Min, Liu Fang and other ministers. Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent, not daring to go out of class to admonish. Only Yang Guang, the king of Jin, seemed to be unfazed at this time, his face seemed to be sunken, and there was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, not as panicked as the ministers of the court, shaking his head and saying nothing.

Emperor Wen sighed lightly when he saw it and said: "I just solved the suffering of no salt the month before last, and now I am in danger of running out of grain. I want to disperse the displaced people who come to Beijing, stop the daily consumption of food, and send a message to the state capitals to collect food from the people to enrich the inner government, I don't know what the ministers want? ”

"Your Majesty, no. If the people who came to Beijing were all landless peasants, if they stopped giving porridge and food and dispersed them out of Beijing, they would inevitably starve to death, making the people of Gyeonggi unstable. If the state government is ordered to collect grain from the people, there are many corrupt officials in the state government, and the people will inevitably be exploited doubly, and if so, it will provoke a popular uprising. Everyone raised their eyes and saw that the person who came out of the class to anger the emperor was Yuan Minye, the assassin of Beizhou.

Yang Er couldn't help but nod his head and praise secretly when he heard it, that Yuan Min said every word to the point, and directly refuted the emperor's holy edict. There are such ministers in the court, no wonder the Great Sui has more than ten years of prosperity.

"How would that be? Emperor, you used one person to solve the danger of salt in my Manchu Dynasty before, and it was rumored by the people to be the salt god Linfan, and now there is this food shortage, do you have a solution? Seeing that the ministers did not speak, Emperor Wen did not pin his hopes on Wenchen, but only looked at Yang Guang, the king of Jin, with a trace of longing in his eyes.

Seeing this, Yang Er had no choice but to speak: "Father, what Lord Yuan just said is very true. At present, the soldiers must not increase the burden on the people, lest some unscrupulous people use this to incite the people's feelings. Erchen has a good way to solve this crisis. After that, he handed the book in his hand to the celebrant and forwarded it to Emperor Wen's imperial review. The Chinese military ministers of the dynasty were shocked, and they didn't want to solve such a difficult situation for King Chitose of Jin? When Yang Su in the Wen class heard this, he looked at Yang Er, his face was extremely heavy, and his eyes were even more gloomy.

"Emperor, is it really as you said in the book to solve the food shortage? I still don't understand the meaning of the article, you can explain it in detail. After a moment, Emperor Wen raised his head and said to Yang Er with a puzzled expression, hoping that he could explain in detail, and at the same time, let the ministers of the court and the central government evaluate it.

"Father, uncles." Yang Er bowed to Emperor Wen and turned to salute the ministers of civil and military affairs, and then said: "Xiao Wang left Beijing a few months ago to go to Tongguan to experience, halfway heard that my dynasty is very short of salt, the people are miserable, so he rushed to Luzhou, Hedong to find the Jiechi Lake that can produce refined salt, and then recruited people to mine lake salt, now my lakeside salt field has formed a scale, the salt produced is enough to ensure the use of the people of our dynasty, but also opened the north-south trade route to traffic salt to the Turks, Liaodong and other places in exchange for gold and silver. In the past few months, Xiao Wang traveled all over Hedong and found that there were fertile fields in a radius of hundreds of miles with Luzhou as the center. If the father and emperor hand over the borderless land of Luzhou in Hedong to the children to develop and grow grain, the children will solve the shortage of grain for their father in less than half a year, so that the inner government grain depot will be full. Yang Er spoke eloquently in the main hall, and said proudly with confidence.

As soon as the words fell, the sound of discussion began to rise. Some nod their heads, some keep shaking their heads. There are even ministers who are interested in the crown prince Yang Yong, who keep saying "crazy words" and the like.

"The emperor's words are true!" Emperor Wen was also surprised and delighted when he heard this, and hurriedly asked. When the main hall heard this, it immediately fell silent and stopped talking wildly.

"Father, the son has a way to succeed as soon as he says it, if it doesn't work, please resign from the title of king." Yang Er swore loudly.

"Okay, for my father to believe in you, I will decree that Hedong County will be handed over to you, and the whole territory of Hedong will be your fief for the king of Jin, and Tang Guogong has his own saying. Is there anything else the emperor can please? "My son had a miracle, it's hard to say that there was no second. Emperor Wen was willing to bet on his son and let him give it a go.

"Father, there are three more things for my sons, I hope my father will approve it." Yang Er bowed and said.

"First, all the displaced people in Beijing will still be dismissed." Before Yang Er's words were finished, everyone was in an uproar, and the voices of opposition suddenly rose, one after another. Even Yang Su, the king of Yue, who had been silent, was loudly in line with the opposition at this time, causing Yang Er to look at those princes and friends with contempt.

"Then you still have to starve to death? Never! Emperor. ”

"Your Majesty! If the hungry people are starved to death, it will definitely damage the name of our emperor's benevolence and righteousness, how will it be different from Qin II? ”

The ministers retorted loudly.

"The secretaries don't have to make a noise, and it's not too late to discuss after listening." Emperor Wen hurriedly beckoned everyone to stop the noise and motioned for Yang Er to continue.

"Huh! The sons asked the emperor to send the dismissed people, men, women, and children, to the east of the river, which is vast and sparsely populated, and there is a shortage of cultivating people, and the food supply and expenses along the way are all borne by my Jin Wangfu, and the grain of the inner government is not moved, where is to starve him to death in the wilderness, which is a convenient way to kill two birds with one stone. Yang Er's voice fell, and Yuan Min, who only listened, couldn't help but applaud, and Prime Minister Gao Xi also nodded frequently with joy on his face. The Jin King Party led by Zhang Heng praised each other and kept applauding. This not only solves the dilemma of lack of people in the development of Hedong, but also saves a large amount of relief grain for the inland government and supplies the front-line soldiers with all its might, which is really a benefit for killing two birds with one stone. Yang Su gritted his teeth with hatred, panting heavily, and the princes and friends were all stunned when they heard the words, speechless to each other, and full of ugliness.

"Second, the son will also expand the fiefdom of the King of Jin in Hedong to the south to the north of Shaanzhou, hoping that his father will be fulfilled!" Yang Er's attitude was resolute, neither humble nor arrogant, and after speaking, he hurriedly gave a big gift to Emperor Wen. As soon as this remark came out, it caused the ministers of the court and the central government to discuss one after another, and they didn't know what His Royal Highness the King of Jin meant. Yang Su's head was a little overwhelmed at this time, and he didn't know why the King of Jin wanted the saline-alkali land of Shaanzhou, which was not suitable for growing grain south of the big river.

"Emperor, isn't the land east of the river enough? I also want that Shaanzhou, and the land in Shaanzhou doesn't seem to be suitable for farming! Emperor Wen was also quite puzzled and asked in a low voice. The voices of discussion between the DPRK and China also came to an abrupt end.

"Father, Shaanzhou and my Pinglu County in the east of the river look across the river, and the sons want to open up the trade route grain road from Luzhou Mansion to Pinglu, and use Pinglu as a ferry to transport grain, salt and other things to Shaanzhou. This is a shortcut to my Hedong to Zhongzhou Luoyang, Huguang Jingzhou's business road, and I must control it! If it is possessed by others, it is not good, like the son of the retainer's neck is choked. Yang Eryan said, and all the ministers nodded yes. Yang Su and the others realized at this point, and secretly beat their hearts, and they didn't see King Jin's move earlier. Now he can only watch the King of Jin gradually expand his power to the Central Plains.

"Moreover, once the grain road in Hedong is passed, the war in the south is together, and the grain from Hedong does not have to arrive in Chang'an first, but only needs to pass through Pinglu and Shaanzhou to go straight to Luoyang to transport the front line, which is far more convenient than the grain road of Tongguan in Beijing, isn't it better!" Yang Er said loudly.

Emperor Wen also smiled and nodded with relief, "Okay, my father will include this land of Shaanzhou in Henan Province under your jurisdiction in Hedong, let you act cheaply and allow you to recruit 3,000 government troops to guard the grain road ferry." Say your third. "Emperor Wen now finds that everything his second brother says is a good thing for the court, and he is making up for the blanks he wants to do but has never thought of, okay! In that case, let's have a few more.

"Father, the third article of the sons is to take the mining rights of underground coal and iron in Hedong County, so they must not be satisfied, and the sons and daughters will not go out of Beijing, so the prince will be next to this father and queen mother, and the feet of the Son of Heaven will be a free prince!" Yang Er knew in his heart that the salt, iron, and coal were all under the exclusive control of the imperial court. This salt industry has allowed itself to monopolize the operation, and the father can see that he has made great contributions to this and is the prince's sake, so he can open the net and not pursue it. But if you want to decentralize the lifeblood of the country, even if your father is willing, you can't pass the level of the ministers!

Sure enough, before Emperor Wen could speak. One of the ministers had already stood up and shouted, "No! His Royal Highness the King of Jin has to look at Shu so much, I don't know enough! The iron and coal are all under the control of the Ministry of Industry and Iron for the state, how can it be restructured because of the King of Jin. If the iron and coal of the kings' fiefs are not owned by the national court, then the court will not be hollowed out in vain. Hearing this, Yang Su applauded in his heart, okay! said well, King Jin must not be allowed to succeed again. When he looked up, it turned out that Guo Yan, the Guanglu doctor, was admonishing loudly, opposing the release of iron and coal governance to the King of Jin. Yang Suxin said that there is finally someone who can take the benefits of the prince to come out against the king of Jin, and the others are as straight as wood.

"Emperor, this -----" Emperor Wen was reluctant to agree and didn't know how to refuse, then Guo Yan just said something against it. You don't have to think of new words yourself, see how you two boys answer.

"Father, Doctor Guo's words are wrong. It only knows one but does not know the other, most of the iron ore explored by my Great Sui is around Jinyang Mansion, and I don't know if there is iron ore under Hedong County at present, how to occupy it? The coal and stone mining area is even more large, in the Northern Turkic region, if you want to occupy it, wouldn't it be to send troops to the Turks? Moreover, Erchen made it clear that as long as the right to mine is made, the iron and coal mined still belong to my Great Sui and still enter my Great Sui Treasury, is it for my own selfishness? Yang Er had already thought of a countermeasure, and at this time he was not in a hurry and made a statement. After hearing this, Emperor Wen's eyes closed slightly, and he was silent. The ministers in the palace were also talking to each other, and Guo Yan had nothing to say at this time, just bowed his head and exchanged glances with Yang Su.