Warm Pavilion, Emperor Hongzhi is a little tired.

But the discussion continued.

This time, it was presided over by Li Dongyang, a cabinet scholar and secretary of the household department.

Although the post of secretary of the household department is concurrently held by a university scholar, in fact, Li Dongyang is in charge of few large and small affairs in the household department.

But when encountering such a major event, it has to be Li Dongyang.

Li Dongyang's face was solemn, and he scolded Fang Jifan's ancestors for the eighteenth generation, if it weren't for the unreliability of this guy and those guys who prepared guards, why would he be where he is today.

In addition to Liu Jian and Xie Qian, there were also personnel from various ministries attending the meeting, Ma Wensheng had a sad face, Li Dongyang couldn't scold Fang Jifan, or rather, even if you pointed at people's noses and scolded, what about it? People should eat and sleep people, and they won't lose a pound of meat, so can't they scold you Ma Wensheng?

Recently, Ma Wensheng has become more and more targeted.

Almost everyone pointed the finger at Ma Wensheng.

Among the ministries, whoever wastes the most money and food is the military department!

Whoever is the most ineffective is the Ministry of War!

Ma Wensheng lowered his head, the passing year is not good.

But don't worry, soon, it's going to be transferred, and it's going to be ...... Hang on!

At this time, Liu Zhang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was pale in the face, he was born as a local parent official, from Gaomi Zhi County, Shandong, to Fujian Province to supervise the imperial history, and then successively promoted to Shandong Servant, Shanxi Sichuan Deputy Envoy, Shanxi according to the inspection of the political envoy, the right deputy capital of the imperial history governor Gansu and so on, the most important thing, he is still Wei Hui people, in the past, most of the local positions, the country voice has not changed, and the temper has been known for its fiery: "Go to the ball!" How much grain did the turtles and grandchildren spend, and now, Ningbo is short of food, and the whole house is in dire straits, with ragged clothes, hungry stomachs, cannibalism, and life like mustard. If the turtles and grandchildren are less miserable, why is this so? How so! ”

Weihui belongs to Henan, Henan is an important granary in the north, with a large population and little land, so when it comes to grain, Liu Zhang is very distressed.

Of course, this is clearly aimed at Marven.

Which turtle grandson is the one who spends money and food, isn't it your military department? Now almost all the money and grain of the imperial court are supplied to the Ministry of War, and the other ministries, especially the Ministry of Industry, are getting less and less money and food.

Ma Wensheng lowered his head and remained silent, looking like he was spitting on his face.

Li Dongyang said worriedly: "If there is an emergency transfer of grain from Fujian, although this Fujian political envoy is not far from Ningbo Mansion, it is full of mountains, and without a month's effort, the grain will not arrive." The political envoy of Zhejiang, Si Pa, has already escorted the surplus grain in the treasury into Beijing. Jiangxi's political envoys, but there are still Taicang full, but the far water can't save the fire. The grain sent to the relief in front of the imperial court is still on the way to transport, and the boats are set off, but there are not ten days and half a month, and I am afraid that I will not be able to arrive, Tinggui, the old man knows that you are anxious, but everyone here, why not be anxious, okay, no need to scold. ”

Tinggui is Liu Zhang's name, Liu Zhang said: "Ten days and a half months, it's not a way, even if the grain arrives in Ningbo Mansion, when the Ningbo Mansion starts to give relief, a few days have passed, this half a month, people have no food, what will happen?" ”

Liu Jian and Xie Qian sat on the side, silent.

Li Dongyang began to search his intestines and scrape his stomach, thinking about food, it was terrible, there was no food for half a month, and Ningbo Mansion was a big mansion, and what was involved was the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people, which was ...... It's going to be terrible.

It's just that the Qiao woman still has no rice to cook, what can he do.

"If you can transfer money and grain from Fujian to Ningbo by sea......

When he said this, he shook his head again, not to mention that although the Fujian Political Envoy Department has a sea ship, in the hands of the Fujian Beiwei Guard, what is the use of such a poor sea ship? There are too many reefs nearby, and if something happens, the ship will be destroyed and people will die, but once it deviates from the land, those dilapidated small sea boats will not be able to withstand the wind and waves at all......

The crowd fell silent again.

Emperor Hongzhi looked anxious, he leaned on the cushion, kept silent, and suddenly said: "In the yellow book of Ningbo Mansion, there are 93,000 households? ”

Everyone looked at His Majesty, and Li Dongyang said, "Yes." ”

Emperor Hongzhi said: "If you add hidden households and fugitive households, I'm afraid there are 150,000 households, right?" ”

Emperor Hongji appears to be an understatement.

The problem of recluse and fugitive has always been a stubborn disease, and many large households deliberately conceal the population in order not to pay taxes, which is a hidden household. As for the evasion, it is probably the spontaneous behavior of the people at the bottom who are unable to pay taxes.

"150,000 households, that's 6.7 million people." Emperor Hongzhi said: "At least this amount." ”

"Six or seven hundred thousand people, don't say that there is no food for half a month, that is, three days, five days, what will become?" Emperor Hongzhi glanced at the princes: "Prefect Wen Yansheng's recital, I saw it a few times last night, and the food has run out, and when this recital was delivered here, it has been seven days, seven days." So now...... What has become of Ningbo Mansion? It's terrible, it's terrible. ”

The ministers were silent and speechless.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed again: "How can things in the world be so difficult? I must find it difficult to see you. But what kind of situation will I find difficult for you, and what kind of situation will those small people fall into? ”

Rhetorical questions are like heart-wrenching.

Li Dongyang hurriedly said: "The minister is dead." ”

Hongzhi made a straight face: "I don't blame Li Qing, and I don't blame other Qings, all parties are guilty, and the crime is bowing." I thought that the 3,000 rations for March would be 20,000 if they were only given to the victims for half a month...... I had a dream last night, and I dreamed that the people had no food to eat, and they were digging in the soil and gnawing on the bark of trees......"

Speaking of this, Emperor Hongzhi's eyes were red: "In this dream, it is the misery of the people, but why is it not a tart against me?" Ladies and gentlemen, I heard that there is soil in the south, which is Guanyin soil, and the people are very hungry, so they use this soil for food, you ...... Have you ever eaten it? ”

"Your Majesty......" everyone bowed down and said ashamedly: "Please forgive your majesty." ”

Emperor Hongzhi looked tired and shook his head: "I haven't tasted it, you haven't tasted it if you want to come, the soil can't be eaten, but the people have no food, what can they do?" Poor, pitiful......"

Even said that the two were pitiful, and in the mind of Emperor Hongzhi, the tragic situation of the people competing to eat the soil had already emerged.

These people who feed on the soil must resent the court and resentment me.

He smiled wryly, wanting to say something.

Xiao Jing hurriedly came in and shouted, "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty......"

Xiao Jing is the smartest person, he knows what His Majesty is thinking in his heart, at this time, there is news from Ningbo Mansion, he immediately intercepted the song from the hand of the household servant, and hurried in: "Your Majesty ......"

Emperor Hongji's words were interrupted.

glanced at Xiao Jing with a resentful expression.

Xiao Jing poured: "Your Majesty, the performance of Ningbo Mansion has arrived." ”

Emperor Hongji was silent.

After a long time, he sighed with emotion: "Look at it, look at it, it's nothing more than cannibalism, the army and the people, feeding on tree bark, tree roots, and soil...... Bring it! ”

Xiao Jing was busy sending the music to the court.

Emperor Hongzhi blushed.

He felt that this omission was tantamount to an indictment of his son of heaven.

Take a deep breath.

Sonata opens.

Wen Yansheng, the prefect of Ningbo, said: The drought in Ningbo has not been met so far, and this is a vision that has not been seen in a hundred years...... In the year of the catastrophe, the price of grain soared more than 100 times, and the army and civilians were in ...... of fire and water."

Emperor Hongzhi didn't dare to look at it anymore.

But then, he saw the words "Bei Weiwei".

No, to be precise, this is not an ordinary guard, because this guard is very special, it is the guard of the town and the government.

"There is a town and a country government to prepare a guard, go to sea to salvage, God is lucky, and the ancestors are virtuous...... When the big ship goes out to sea, it is not satisfied to return with a load, and when it goes to space, it can catch hundreds of thousands of catties of fish. ”

“……”

What is the concept of hundreds of thousands of catties......

Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly, feeling incredible.

How do you look at it...... Like auspicious? This prefect Wen Yansheng, is he crazy? Hallucinations?

"Hundreds of thousands of catties are yellow croaker, this fish swim bladder is very fat, more than seven or eight catties, less than three or five catties, or there is a king of fish, there is a weight of ten catties. If the scalp of the fish is removed, the odor can be removed. The meat is tender and suitable for steaming, if it is fried in oil, how much oil is needed to avoid frying the yellow croaker meat. Among them, the fish soup is very delicious, just like Qiongju wine, although a little salt is put in, it can still be a little sweet, and there is no fishy, this fish meat is delicious, it is really rare......"

"The town and the government prepared the guards, this fish was sold for a penny, the military and the people were very happy, and they flocked to buy it, especially the victims rushed to buy it, he had no food, so he fed on the yellow croaker, Ningbo up and down, the cooking smoke was everywhere, the fish fragrance overflowed, the minister died, the fish should have been offered to His Majesty, please taste this delicacy, but it has traveled thousands of miles, only afraid of ......"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Song Shu, very angry, and actually felt a little hungry.

Eat...... Eat fish......

The victims are eating fish......

Emperor Hongzhi didn't really know.

In later generations, a period of hard years, many people in the south of the Yangtze River were called to eat big yellow croaker, in order to reduce the country's food consumption, this big yellow croaker, called patriotic fish, if it is patriotic, they ate it, the coastal people, have patriotic sentiment, this fish as food, eat all want to vomit.

And now......

Seem......

Emperor Hongzhi slowly put down the song and glanced at the princes.

"The Daming Sea has been banned for 120 years, how do fishermen fish?"

Beat...... Beat...... Fishing......

Xie Qian is a native of Zhejiang, and he is familiar with this: "There are fish ...... in rivers and lakes"

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head: "I am not talking about rivers and lakes, but in the sea, fishing in the sea, Qing, etc., can you see such a record?" ”