Shi Shi was disheveled, and walked out of the inner room, his face was haggard, his body was thin, and his eyes were slightly sunken.

"Wechen greets Your Majesty!" Zhang Bao saluted and said.

"In the past few days in Wolong Mountain, it seems that something has happened!" Shi Shi put his hands behind his back and looked at Zhang Bao from a distance.

"Back to Your Majesty, Anyang, the embankment of the Inner Yellow River has been destroyed, and the flood has lasted for nearly a month, and a few days ago, Weichen has already reported this matter to you."

"Since you are my prime minister, I have authorized you to do everything! Come! Tell me, how have you handled things these days? Shi Shi said, and sat down with Lu An's support.

"Your Majesty forgives the sin, the minister failed to handle the matter well!" Zhang Bao kowtowed and said.

Shi Shi's face suddenly became a little unhappy, and he asked, "The household department and the ministry are all in your hands!" Why can't this be done? ”

"Your Majesty Mingjian, the so-called Qiao woman is difficult to cook without rice, the household department can't get food, and the court has no food to allocate it!"

"What is the damage situation? How much food is needed? How many people are there? Shi Shi asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the money and grain of the household department have not been in place for the time being, and the river embankment is barely blocked, but the most important thing is the problem of food! According to the following news, the population affected by the disaster is about four or five hundred thousand, and they are basically concentrated in the Handan area to avoid the disaster! Xihuahou has already taken out the general military rations to help the victims for more than 20 days, and Weichen estimates that to consume this flood, at least 600,000 stone of grain will be needed! ”

"600,000 stone grain?" When Shi Shi heard this number, his face suddenly became even more ugly, he frowned slightly, and asked, "How much can the household department come up with?" ”

Zhang Bao secretly glanced up at Shi Shi, hesitated for a moment, and finally stretched out three fingers.

"Three hundred thousand stones?" Shi Shi asked.

Zhang Bao shook his head awkwardly and said, "Thirty thousand stones." ”

"What? 30,000 stones? Shi Shi thought he hadn't heard clearly.

"Yes, only 30,000 stones!" Zhang Bao responded.

When Shi Shi heard the number of 30,000 stones, his face suddenly changed, and he grabbed an empty cup in his hand and threw it under his feet.

"I know how to eat, drink and be merry all my life, and I want to be poor and luxurious! Leave me this mess! Shi Shi patted the table, stood up, put his hands behind his back in a huff, strode around the hall, and said with a curse in his mouth: "The dignified Zhao State, there are only 30,000 stone grain in my treasury!" It's just ridiculous and generous! ”

"Your Majesty is angry......"

"Anger?" Shi Shi stood still and said to Zhang Bao: "I have always known that there is not much food, but I have never known that there is only 30,000 stones!" Just such a small amount of food, it is not enough to fight a war! ”

"There is no way, Your Majesty! The family foundation left by the first emperor is too thin! ”

"Thanks to this, Zhao and Xianbei Xiongnu are not at war! Otherwise, it will be a problem for my soldiers to even fight! ”

"Your Majesty, there is already a problem now!"

"What do you mean?" Shi Shi didn't quite understand.

"In order to relieve the victims, Xihuahou has taken out more than two months of military rations, and according to Weichen's estimate, he won't be able to last long!"

"Shi Min takes military rations to help the victims?"

"Yes!"

Shi Shi pursed his lips and asked with some displeasure, "Who made him do this?" ”

"Nobody wants him to do that!"

"My people, my world, he will make decisions for me!" Shi Shi was a little unhappy.

"Even if you don't care about the victims, you have to fill the holes in the Xihua Marquis's military rations, otherwise his soldiers will probably have to drink the northwest wind!"

"But there are only 30,000 stone of grain, where can I conjure 570,000 stone?"

Zhang Bao thought for a while and said, "If you want to make up 570,000 stone of grain, Zhao Guo can actually take it!" ”

"What do you mean? Where is the 570,000 stone grain? ”

"As far as the minister knows, most of the grain and field products of Zhao State are concentrated in the hands of our Qian people, and the imperial relatives of Zhao State must have some grain, as long as the corresponding rations can be collected from them, this flood can be dealt with."

"Then why don't you do it?" Shi Shi asked.

"Weichen thinks that it seems that there is no need!" Zhang Bao thought for a while, and then said: "After all, the hundreds of thousands of people who were affected by the disaster are basically Han Chinese, and if they die, they will die!" Use the food of the Qiang people to save the Han people, and we will not be able to hang up the face of the Qiang people! ”

"But Shi Min is there, how to explain!"

Zhang Bao nodded and said, "Your Highness is right, this is the only thing the minister is worried about!" The expropriation of that grain will affect the interests of the nobles, and the controversy between the court and China will definitely be not small! But if the imperial court doesn't do anything, the voices of the people and the victims are not small, and it is even more difficult to hide the past on the side of the Xihua Marquis Mansion! ”

"What do you think about it?" Shi Shi asked.

"Drag!"

"Drag?" Shi Shi asked.

"Yes!"

"What can be dragged out?" Shi Shi was puzzled.

"The minister has asked Wu Liang to buy grain from the Jin Kingdom in the south! You can get about 150,000 koku of food in a month! ”

"One hundred and fifty thousand stones? That's still a gap of 430,000 stones! And it was not a day or two days to transport from Jin to Handan! ”

"That's right! That's dragging! Drag it to Xihuahou Mansion to see! It's also dragged to the nobles! Only in this way can you open your mouth to the nobles and use the granaries of various places to store food for emergencies! ”

"I'm the king of a country, and I have to cower when I ask them for something!"

"Helpless, Your Majesty!" Zhang Bao sighed and said: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, now Xihuahou has written two letters to Weichen, putting all the responsibility on Weichen's head, thinking that the imperial court has not allocated food and money so far, and it is Weichen who is misleading the country and the people!" The minister can only smash his teeth and swallow it in his stomach! ”

Shi Shi glanced at Zhang Bao and said, "I still haven't figured it out, what problem can be solved if this drags on?" ”

"There are still two months left, and the tribute from the Qiang and Di tribes should be able to arrive! At that time, these things can be used as bargaining chips to exchange food with the nobles! Now it's time to requisition some of them first! Of course, take them for one liter and exchange them for half a liter! However, if there is no tribute from the Qiang and Di clans, Your Majesty, I am afraid that there will be no food worth 280,000 stone in the treasury! ”

"Humph! That's it! I actually want to deceive them! ”

"If you delay it for a few months, you may be able to wait until the first season of grain is harvested, so that this matter can basically be overcome!"

"But no matter how you count it, hundreds of thousands of people, I'm afraid they can't take care of it!"

"There has to be a trade-off! At this time, Your Majesty, you can't do everything! It's impossible to be all strong! Those who can't take care of them can only be regarded as unlucky! ”