Gao Shilian bowed his hand, and then replied: "The household department has counted the treasury in Chang'an City, and there are 500,000 stones of grain and rice, 8 million old coins of five baht, 150,000 horses of silk and silk and other valuables, 15,000 catties of gold, 70,000 catties of silver, and 100,000 catties of jewelry and jade.....

It sounds like there is a lot, but this is the state treasury, which bears the expenses and expenses of the country's operation, such as gold, silver and jewelry have not yet fully flowed into the currency circle, silk and other things must be issued to civil and military officials every month as one of the lulu, and the most direct thing that can be used for rescue is grain, rice and coins.

Although there are still a lot of five-baht coins, they have been abandoned in the new dynasty and can only be re-entered into the furnace to make new coins.

"Sui five baht" is the last dynasty of the five baht money, the money contains more lead, copper is blue and white, re-making, it takes a period of time to adjust and test the ratio.

Luo Zhaoyun said to Gao Shilian: "Gao Shangshu, I have roughly written down these quantities, presumably the civil and military officials have also heard it, you can tell me, these materials, whether they are too much or too little, what are the things that can be freed up for rescue, and what are the possible ones to take away some of them to Hanoi County for disaster relief?" ”

Gao Shilian said: "Back to Your Majesty, these numbers sound like a lot, in fact, compared with the treasury of the Great Sui when it was strong, it is only one-fifth, just take this grain and rice as an example, a soldier must eat enough, at least one catty of rice a day, thirty catties of rice per person a month, and the 100,000 army is three million catties per month, about 30,000 stones." We have three forbidden armies in Beijing to defend the capital, and there are currently about 80,000 soldiers. If you add the civil and military officials, large and small officials, Fang Shi Catcher, Fang Ding, etc., and their families, there are 100,000 people together, then in half a year, nearly 200,000 stones can be consumed. ”

"In Chang'an City, although the population has been lost, there are still nearly 800,000 people, and the number is still increasing, which makes the grain and rice elbowed. Although some merchants also have grain in their rice warehouses, they are merchants after all, and once they hear that the rice in the warehouse is not enough to supply, they will definitely have strange goods to live in, raise prices, cause panic among the people in the city, and then cause chaos. Therefore, the 50 stone of rice is only for half a year, and after the autumn harvest, part of the grain handed over from all over the country will flow into the treasury of Chang'an granary, so as to stabilize the foundation of Chang'an, so there is no surplus food to relieve the disaster victims. ”

Luo Zhaoyun understood that the current treasury is not enough money and grain, or in other words, it can only cope with half a year, and it needs to be replenished by the autumn harvest and taxes, otherwise it will last until the end of the year, and there will be no rice available in Chang'an City, which is undoubtedly a major threat and challenge for the capital with a population of one million.

"Then what do you think should be done to relieve the areas where the Yellow River bursts its banks and suffers from flooding along the river?" Luo Zhaoyun kicked the question to Gao Shilian again.

Whoever raises a problem, you have to think of a solution, which is called sticky!

Gao Shilian pondered for a moment and replied: "It is recommended to first call the local granaries of Hedong and Hanoi counties, as well as the imperial court to spend money to collect the surplus grain stored in the families of grain merchants and gentry from the surrounding counties to deal with the disaster in a short period of time. Then an edict was sent to the officials left behind in Luoyang, from several granaries around Luoyang, 100,000 stones were drawn out and transported to different disaster areas along the Yellow River as a supplement, but whether it was the treasury granary near Chang'an City, or several large granaries near Luoyang City, after the baptism and destruction of war, the grain storage could not be compared with the prosperous period of the previous dynasty, and could only be used sparingly, and it was necessary to be prepared for emergencies. ”

"Makes sense!" Luo Zhaoyun nodded in agreement, Gao Shilian's words can be described as insightful, clear, and to the point.

He vaguely remembered that in the history books, in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, there were several major famines, such as the flooding of the Yellow River, the great drought in Guanzhong, the locust plague, and the plague, all of which occurred, resulting in several records of starvation and death of large numbers of victims in the early years of the Tang Dynasty. Part of it is related to the changes in the climate and environment of the times, and the other part is also in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and local governance was not timely enough, resulting in unfavorable factors for disaster emergency measures.

Since Luo Zhaoyun knows about historical climate change, he should take precautions, reserve grain and rice as soon as possible, and take disaster prevention and control measures to be prepared.

"Eldest grandson Wuji, did you hear it, Gao Shangshu just made a remark, right in the middle of the key point of disaster relief, you should keep it in mind, go to Hanoi County, as the minister of the Qin Mission, on behalf of the imperial court, you must stabilize the situation, take the life and death of the people as the first priority, as for the houses, land, cities, money, etc., they are all things outside the body, and if you save the people, those will come from scratch!"

"The minister has written it down, and he will live up to his mission!" The eldest grandson Wuji bowed and accepted the exhortation seriously.

"That's good, the Ministry of Internal History will draft another pardon and send it to Luoyang Order, asking him to transfer 30,000 stone to Hanoi County for disaster relief immediately, and another 70,000 stone to be ready to be transferred to the new disaster area along the Yellow River at any time."

The Inner History Province of the Great Sui Dynasty, in fact, is the Zhongshu Province of the Tang and Song Dynasties, which has not yet been renamed, and has the task of drafting official documents and edicts. ”

Luo Zhaoyun also said: "I mentioned last time that in order to promote the commercial development of the new dynasty, strengthen the trade with the Western Regions, and ease the tax pressure on farmers by taxing merchants and commercial workshops, we must have special business talents to manage the commercial economy and market coordination, so in addition to the Tai College, the capital has also successively set up medical schools, business schools, engineering colleges, etc., to cultivate different talents, which are owned by the imperial court and benefit the society......

"Your Majesty is wise!" When someone takes the lead in shouting out, it is natural that there will be a chorus of praise.

Luo Zhaoyun was accustomed to hearing it, and he was accustomed to it, and continued: "The development of commerce is not carried out blindly, let alone the economic foundation of land cultivation. ”

The feudal society in ancient China, in the final analysis, was because the agricultural civilization was too strong and solid, coupled with the platform of land area, and the establishment of the Great Unification Dynasty, which made the feudal agricultural civilization, social system, and economic model difficult to fundamentally reverse, so from the Warring States Qin and Han dynasties to the Qing Dynasty, more than 2,000 years, it was a feudal social model.

Because of the large number of countries, inland seas and mountains, Europe is separated from many small countries, less arable land, and more population, so that the people of all countries must strengthen communication and business cooperation in order to meet the needs of life, so the business model and capitalism in Western Europe will be rapidly derived, and the time of feudal society is not so long.

Luo Zhaoyun should clearly understand this point, know the importance of agricultural civilization to the current imperial court, and cannot blindly expand commercialization and ignore farming, because the idea of Shinong industry and commerce is too deep-rooted, and the commercial system and productivity are immature, so they cannot completely rely on commerce. Otherwise, once there is a slight economic crisis, it is likely to affect the stability of the imperial court and social tranquility.