In the Taiji Hall of Bianjing, the civil and military ministers gathered here, the Qilin Pavilion scholars, Zhao Ding, Zhang Xiaochun, Wang Pu, Yelu Dashi, Cao Jing and others in the political hall were the leaders, leading the civil and military hundred officials to call long live, and began the great court meeting.

"Your Majesty, at present, not a drop of rain has fallen in Guanzhong, Jianghuai, North China and other places for half a month, and I am afraid that spring plowing will be affected, and the local government is trying to solve the problem of water sources, but the effect is not great." Zhao Ding, as the first auxiliary minister, first told the matter of the drought. In fact, the drought was already showing signs at the end of last year, and there was no snow in many places in Datang, which indicates that there may be a drought in the coming year.

"Man will conquer heaven, although there will be drought in heaven, but as long as we are united, there is no obstacle that cannot be overcome." Li Jing's face is not good-looking, at this time, there are very few ways to resist natural disasters, drought, floods, locust plagues, etc., these disasters are enough to destroy the fruits of the people's hard work for a year, sometimes, once the drought is not perfectly controlled, it means that some people will take risks and rebel, which is definitely bad news for the new Tang regime.

"Your Majesty, after years of war, the treasury is empty, and there is a shortage of food, the minister suggests that all parts of the country start buying grain from rich households, just in case, and once there is a drought, immediately provide relief." Zhang Xiaochun also said: "Secret guards in various places, and the supervision of the imperial history of all walks of life are on standby at any time to monitor the movements of disaster victims in various places, as well as the distribution of disaster relief food. At this time, whoever dares to touch a piece of disaster relief food, the minister recommends severe punishment. ”

Li Jing nodded and said: "The famine is of course very troublesome, but as long as the imperial court provides disaster relief in time, it can reduce all the disasters to a minimum, natural disasters are not terrible, what is terrible is man-made disasters, once man-made disasters break out, the imperial court will face counterinsurgency, simply the Jin people are far away from the northeast, and the Southern Song Dynasty is about to be in civil strife, so as long as the imperial court is not chaotic, the world will not be disrupted." The government hall should also be prepared to allocate grain and grass for the disaster area at any time, and if there is not enough money and grain in the treasury, the local garrison will be mobilized for grain and grass, and if there is any unrest in one place, the local officials will be immediately dismissed. If it is no longer possible, they will dig canals, and the Yangtze River and the Yellow River will not be cut off, and organize the common people and the disaster victims in various places to start digging ditches and drinking water, not only the common people will do it, but also the garrisons in various places will also do it, and take advantage of the fact that there is nothing in the world to build water conservancy and benefit future generations. Li Jing stood up and said loudly: "The political hall is located in Bianjing, and I will personally inspect all places to supervise the drought, and I don't believe that this drought can defeat my majestic Tang Dynasty." ”

"Your Majesty." Everyone listened to the mountain shouting long live, since Li Jing raised the army, the Tang Dynasty has always been smooth, and finally the good luck ran out, and now there is a drought, which is also the time to test the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers, simply because Li Jing has paid enough attention to these situations, so he began to prepare at the beginning of spring, not only to mobilize the people, but even the army, to join the drought fight, the most fundamental is to maintain the stability of the Tang Dynasty.

Yelu Dashi and Li Fu glanced at each other, at this time, they were very glad that Li Jing made the decision last year to release Zhao Huan, so that Zhao Huan and Zhao Gou brothers would fight each other for orthodoxy, so as to avoid Jiangnan taking the opportunity to send troops to harass Jiangbei, so that Datang had a chance to breathe and lay out the drought with peace of mind.

"Cao Jing, is Datang's food sufficient? Don't when the time comes, you can't even send out the food for disaster relief in the regular liquidation, these years, the imperial court has recovered a lot of land from the hands of the rich households, and the rich households may not have enough food in their hands, so you can get a charter from the household department. Li Jing glanced at Cao Jing. Disaster relief is not a casual talk, what is needed is a lot of money and food, especially grain, to sustain the drought situation.

"This, Your Majesty, in fact, how long Changping and the granaries in various places can be supported, the minister does not dare to judge, and can only be determined by looking at the time of the drought." Cao Jing hurriedly said. For such a thing, Cao Jing didn't dare to pack a ticket, once he played a package ticket, in case something happened, it would be bad for him.

"It's no wonder to you about this, prepare as soon as possible! Prepare more food! There is food in the hand, and there is no panic in the heart. Li Jing waved his hand, Li Jing has been dominating the world all over the world over the years, and there have been countless wars, and I don't know how much grain and grass has been consumed, and it is not easy to hide food in the treasury. So there is no blame.

"Your Majesty, the minister heard that the Jiangnan War is imminent, and the minister thinks that whether it is Zhao Gou or Zhao Huan, he does not want the Tang Dynasty to be involved, and he will definitely send an envoy to come, and when the time comes, the court can ask for some food from it. Li Fu said.

"Your Majesty, if you don't see anything in the country, you will go somewhere else to grab it. That's the easiest way to do it well. As soon as Li Fu's words fell, he heard Gao Pet striding out and said loudly: "The world is so big, there must be many places with food, and there is no food in the Central Plains, so I will go to other places to rob it, Your Majesty once said that this place in Zhancheng is three crops a year, even some of the rice we eat is from Zhancheng, it is better to rob it from Zhancheng, and the minister is willing to be a pioneer." If you want to come to the place where you occupy the city, the people are weak and the country is small, and the army is dispatched, and you can grab a lot of food for Your Majesty in an instant. ”

"General Gao said with a smile, the imperial court has sent countless troops over the years, and the soldiers should be resting at this time, and the imperial court is still busy with disaster relief, and it also needs to use the army, how can it send troops?" Wang Pu glanced at Gao Zhong dissatisfied. These generals are really simple-minded, if this robbery can solve the problem, then everything is not a problem.

"Your Majesty, it is not a good thing to be reckless, the soldiers have been fighting for many years, at this time we should focus on resting and recuperating, waiting for the opportunity, and when the Southern Song Dynasty is defeated, we will shoot immediately, so we will kill with one blow, so the minister thinks that at this time, it should be mainly resting and recuperating." Zhang Xiaochun also said in a rare way.

"Take the war to feed the war side as the right way, Your Majesty, as long as there are 50,000 troops, the minister can destroy the city of Zhan, and turn the city into a grain production area for my Datang, so that my Datang will never have to worry about food." General Lin Chong also spoke out in support of Gao Chong.

"Lin Guogong should not underestimate the city, when the previous dynasty, the Zhao family hundreds of thousands of troops attacked the Li Dynasty in Vietnam, and did not conquer the Li Dynasty, this Li Dynasty and the Zhancheng strength is equal, Guogong thinks that 50,000 troops are enough? Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if you want to attack Champa and turn Champa into a grain production area of the Tang Dynasty, it should not be too late to wait until the world is unified. Li Fu hurriedly spoke. The words of these generals are obviously in line with Li Jing's temperament and stomach, and they will grab what they don't have, but it is better to be careful about the things that occupy the city, so as not to follow in the footsteps of the previous dynasty.