Luo Zhaoyun heard that Gao Shilian, who was still in the household department and Tongping Zhangshi, said that there was no excess grain and grass in the warehouse, and he was a little stunned, this style of painting was a little wrong, according to his historical knowledge, the Great Sui established six granaries in the time of Emperor Wen, with a population of nearly nine million households, and collected a steady stream of grain storage for 20 years, reaching an astonishing number.

I remember that there is a historical material of Zhenguan dignitaries, which records that in the second year of Zhenguan, Taizong asked Wang Qi, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, and said: "In the fourteenth year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui, there was a great drought, and there were many people and hunger. Now the storehouses were overflowing, and they were not allowed to give alms, but they made the people chase for food. Sui Wen did not pity the people but cherished the warehouse, compared to the last year, counting the world's accumulation, and it had to be supplied for fifty or sixty years. Emperor Yang relied on this wealth, so he was luxurious and unreasonable, and then perished. ”

The gist of it is: In the fourteenth year of the opening of the Sui Dynasty, there was a great drought, and most of the people were starving. At that time, the country's granary was very well stored, but the imperial court refused to use grain to save the victims, and ordered the people to find their own way. Emperor Wen of Sui did not cherish the people but spared food, and at the end of Emperor Wen's reign, the grain stored in the granary was enough for fifty or sixty years. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty inherited his father's business and relied on the wealth of the country, so he spent extravagantly and extravagantly, and finally the country was ruined.

It is precisely because of this historical material that later scholars and netizens argue endlessly, some people feel that the Tang Dynasty is prosperous, thanks to the Sui Dynasty's grain storage, in fact, this is a kind of interpretation of historical materials is not thorough enough, first of all, this is Tang Taizong's exaggerated grain storage, to prove that the fall of the dynasty has nothing to do with the amount of reserves, depicting the shortcomings of Emperor Wen of Sui who did not pity the people and Emperor Yang of Sui who was very happy.

Second, this need for 50 or 60 years does not mean that the people will eat for 50 or 60 years without farming, but that they will not be levied for decades, and can be used for state use, relief, and state expenditures, and it does not mean that tens of millions of people in the world will be empty for 50 or 60 years. Moreover, the storage technology of grain in the Sui Dynasty at that time, millet could be stored for nine years, and rice could be stored for five years, and these fifty or sixty years were all exaggerated statements.

In addition, there is also a historical record that in the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Ma Zhou, the superintendent of the imperial history, said to Tang Taizong: "The Sui family is the prince of Luokou, and Li Mi is because of it; The Xijing Treasury is also for the use of the state, which has not been exhausted so far. At that time, it had been twenty years since the Sui Dynasty had fallen, and Emperor Wen of Sui had been dead for thirty-three years, but the grain and cloth at that time had not been used up, which was also a corroboration for many later generations to eat Zhenguan for eleven years as the grain of the Great Sui, in fact, it was also a one-sided understanding of historical materials.

This sentence mainly refers to the money, silver and cloth in the Xijing inventory, many of which are left by the treasury of the Sui Dynasty and have not been used up, not specifically referring to grain, not to mention that after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the grain of the Great Sui has been eaten until the eleventh year of Zhenguan, which is also nonsense.

According to some historical records, after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there were several disasters, droughts, floods, locust plagues, etc., which made the local people starve to death.

At the beginning of the reign of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the history recorded that "frost and drought were disasters, rice grains were expensive, Turkic intrusions, and states and counties were in an uproar". This is because the national treasury and local rice warehouses do not have much grain in stock, and the several major granaries of the Great Sui have long been lost a lot in the toss of Emperor Yang and the competition for hegemony, and after a certain storage time, they are inedible.

Luo Zhaoyun knows it in his heart, and he also understands that the historical record cannot be trusted, after the fall of the dynasty, the next dynasty will compile the history books, deliberately try to scandalize the truth of many things, and beautify his own dynasty, which is inevitable, even in later generations, in order to facilitate his own rule and embellish the truth, so the official remarks and data cannot be fully trusted.

"Gao Qing's family, you are in charge of the household department, in your opinion, how to solve this grain and grass matter as soon as possible without affecting the war?"

Gao Shilian immediately replied: "Your Majesty, this grain and grass problem, the minister has discussed with the servants and servants of the household department, for the time being, because the spring ploughing has just ended, there is not much grain in the people's homes, and there are a large number of displaced people have not been settled, whether it is in the Guannei, or Hedong, Hebei, Henan, Huaibei, the local grain storage can not be easily mobilized, after the war, the original granary was empty, and now it is not last autumn to harvest some grain and grass taxes, but the people are only one-tenth of the previous one, and most of the agricultural products are deserted, Therefore, the tax collection is very small, and the grain of the local Chengyi should be kept in case of drought, locust plague, and the disaster of the Yellow River.

Therefore, Li Jing's army in Jiangling, when transporting grain from Chengyi in the Bashu area, there was no war there, the country of abundance, the land was fertile, and it was the rear of the Han Dynasty when the Chu and Han struggles. After requisitioning grain, it followed the Han River into the Yangtze River and arrived at the front line. ”

Luo Zhaoyun nodded when he heard this, he can still recognize Gao Shilian's statement, the Central Plains has been in turmoil for a long time, farming is wasted, and the people have taken refuge everywhere, some have joined the rebel army in their prime, fought and killed, and died a lot, some have fled to the mountains and forests for refuge, and some have attached themselves to the local gate valve squires, become subordinates and slaves, and have no household registration, as if they have evaporated, which has affected last year's production and taxes.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, the problems were cumbersome, and Luo Zhaoyun felt at this time that these could no longer be solved by fighting and killing, but how to mobilize resources, formulate new policies to popularize the whole country, and how to select and use talents were the top priorities.

"Gao Qingjia considered Zhou Xiang, what he said was extremely true, and in this way, Zhongshu Province immediately drafted an edict, handed it over to me for review, and then reviewed and promulgated by Menxia Province, and promoted to go to Shu County to conquer the rebellion of the Yingtun Marquis Cheng Mingzhen as the county guard of Shu County, and the position of general, responsible for the grain collection of Shu County, within a month limit, transport 100,000 stone of grain to the front line of Jiangling, at the same time, in the next three months, the total amount of grain collected must reach 300,000 stone, to meet the needs of the front. The grain and grass transported to the northwest this time have not been used up, some of them have been brought to the border areas, and a small part of them have been retained, which have been transported to Beijing on the way back to Beijing, and directly allocated to Hou Junji's soldiers and horses for grain and grass, and then from the capital treasury to extract 10,000 stone corn supplies, no matter how bitter the rear is, it cannot let the soldiers on the front line starve. ”

"Follow the parables!" Gao Shilian, Changsun Wuji and other household officials, as well as officials from Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, received orders one after another.

The edicts of this period are roughly divided into seven forms: books, books, consolation books, edicts, edicts, and edicts, which are generally drafted by the province of Zhongshu and examined and promulgated by the province of Menxia. The little things will be awarded." Of course, there is definitely no beginning of Fengtian Carrier and the Emperor's edict, which was only implemented in the Ming Dynasty, but with "under the door, the foundation of the world...... to start with.

After the front-line food and household difficulties were coordinated, Luo Zhaoyun mentioned the issue of the era name, and coins, and also planned to discuss and agree with the ministers in the court.

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