"Xuan Ling, how much grain is there in Chang'an City now?" His Majesty Li Er glanced at Chu Ze deeply, and did not confirm anything further, but turned his head and asked Shangshu Zuo Servant Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly in his heart, but his face was already solemn and solemn, and said, "Your Majesty! Originally, Chang'an was my Tang Dynasty Kyoto, and the grain should be enough for at least three years to eat. However, in recent years, in order to ensure the victory of the war, several major wars have used the grain stocks in Chang'an City, and in recent days, although grain ships have begun to replenish from various places, it has only replenished about one-tenth. ”

Fang Xuanling sighed, paused and continued: "At present, these people in Chang'an City can only eat for a month at most, and there are normal grain ships that continue to transport grain to Chang'an, so naturally there is nothing to do, but if it is really as Yangquan County said, in March next year, the Weinan Lintong Wei River will burst its embankment, and the waterway and land will be washed away by the flood for a while, and it will be difficult to replenish the grain." Most of the population of more than ten surrounding counties flocked into Chang'an City, and the grain in the granary would last less than ten days before it would be eaten. ”

When His Majesty Li Er heard this, he gasped, if it was really as Chu Ze said, the Wei River burst in March, and there was no reminder from Chu Ze at this time, what kind of scene would it be at that time, as the king of a country, with His Majesty Li Er's stability and the city government, he felt that his scalp was numb, and he would definitely be used by some opponents to make a big fuss about it at that time. Although deep down, he was still doubting the news that Chu Ze said.

But this matter is a typical kind of thing that would rather be believed than believed. Not to mention that Chu Ze saw from the records of the ancestors of the Chu family, even if some so-called monks and masters in a certain Taoist temple or temple in the secular world made such a prediction, His Majesty Li Er would also attach great importance to it.

But apart from an outlier like Chu Ze who traveled from the afterlife, who would dare to say such a prediction, and who would have the ability to say it.

"Come on, spread the Chang'an Mansion Yin into the palace to discuss matters! I don't believe that a small flood can trap my Chang'an City, so that my Datang has no way to deal with it. His Majesty Li Er took a deep breath and said.

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The final result of the deliberations was that, except for His Majesty Li Er and several important ministers, the news about the breach of the Weihe River in a few months was resolutely not allowed to be made public, and the imperial court must block this news.

This is a common trick used by rulers. Chu Ze also expected this.

The result of the discussion between His Majesty Li Er and the bigwigs was not unexpected by Chu Ze. Naturally, it is prepared to raise the embankment and raise food.

On the one hand, Yu Yueze was asked to recruit labor and raise the embankment of the Yellow River with all his might, and because of the urgency of time, all the twelve guards drew a total of 50,000 soldiers to join it.

In addition, Xiao Yu is in charge of making every effort to express grain from all over the city to Chang'an City. However, specific plans are still being worked out.

Transporting grain? It is not possible to do what can be done with a single word, to raise and transport more than a million people for more than a month of food in just three months, and a few will cost 6 million stones.

With so much grain, it is simply impossible to do this by land. Chang'an is at the key point of the bad canal, and the nearby counties usually rely on Chang'an's grain, and now Chang'an urgently needs to hoard a large amount of grain. During this period, the nearby counties could not be ignored, and the little grain transported by land was probably not enough for the nearby counties.

Water transportation is naturally much faster than land transportation, and there is just a water transportation between Jianghuai and Chang'an, the first granary of Datang. But raising so much food at one time is a problem in itself.

Sudden rush to buy ...... What should we do if it causes a sudden surge in local food prices?

Even if so much grain was raised in other prefectures and counties, excluding the time it took to raise grain for at least a month, would it be possible to transport 600 stone of grain to Chang'an in the remaining more than a month?

The loss of transportation and the loss of capsizing ships are negligible, but the difference in water level in each section of the river is an important problem that cannot be ignored.

For a long time, when encountering this kind of problem, the grain has to dock at the wharf after passing through a section of the river, move all the grain ashore, and then transport it to the next river wharf by horse-drawn cart, load it on the ship, and keep moving and unloading, and it can really use enough grain to Chang'an in more than a month?

With the continuous analysis and inference of Fang Xuanling, eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Zheng and others, they all thought that it was extremely difficult. Even the eldest grandson Wuji thought that this matter was difficult, and it was simply an impossible thing to complete.

In the Taiji Palace, Cen Wenwen and several other ministers who were responsible for raising the river embankment had already left ahead of schedule and began to unfold in full swing.

The rest of the ministers all frowned, and explained to His Majesty Li Er one by one the gains and losses, pros and cons, and results of various grain transportation strategies. However, no matter which method is used, there is no guarantee that more than one million people in Chang'an City will be able to raise food for a month in more than two months.

As for evacuating the population of twenty or thirty counties near Chang'an to other states and counties in advance, except for Chu Ze who thought about it in his heart, no one else thought about it at all. It's not wrong to plan for the worst and make two-handed preparations, but it is absolutely impossible to make the Tang Emperor and the important ministers fully believe in the prediction Chu Ze said and completely evacuate the people according to this result, and few of the people below will be willing to leave their hometowns.

Xiao Yu sighed in his heart, he didn't expect this matter to be so difficult, he no longer thought about how to complete this matter, but how to push this hot taro out, so as not to end up in his hands.

"Your Majesty! It is extremely cumbersome to collect and transport so much grain in more than two months, which requires a person who has a strong ability to control and do things, and in the process of raising food in each state and county, the prestige position is enough to suppress the people in each state and county, and there are enough capable officials under his hand to operate this matter. Looking at the court, the minister thought that only the eldest grandson had this ability and condition. Xiao Yu glanced at it, and the eldest grandson Wuji, who was changing his face on the other side, and didn't know what to think about anymore, said solemnly.

When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, his heart was not good, and he secretly scolded the old horseman, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Shangshu Province has a lot of official affairs to deal with, and now it has to cooperate with the requisition and labor service. And the Prime Minister has not had any major events in the DPRK recently, and he is one of the hundred officials of my Tang Dynasty, and his advisers are like clouds, when this is related to the safety of my Tang Jingshi, he should come forward and take on this great responsibility. ”

Xiao Yu immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what the eldest grandson said is inappropriate, the more at this critical moment, the more the minister wants to sit in the center and control the overall situation." What's more, as the prime minister, the minister can easily leave the capital and the important land. The minister still thinks that the eldest grandson is the best person to complete this important task. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji immediately retorted: "Your Majesty! Xiao Xiang is a prevarication, not to mention that the center has a room in addition to Xiao Xiang, Xiao Xiang left for two months and does not affect normal operation at all, not to mention that there are big and small things, and Xiao is quite benevolent in this matter. ”

"The eldest grandson's words are wrong. I thought it was ......"