The drought in Shandong this time is so wide and heavy that it has been affected is really shocking!

As soon as Li Er received the secret letter from the urgent envoy, he urgently summoned several important ministers of the court to enter the Ganlu Hall to discuss, and discussed for a whole day. Subsequently, Li Er issued an edict to exempt Shandong from all taxes this year, urgently requisition grain from Henan Province, and went to Shandong for disaster relief.

So, the whole dynasty was in an uproar!

Shandong is the birthplace of Confucianism, and there is a family of gate lords living in Shandong, and for two reasons, half of the courtiers in Li Er's court are entangled with Shandong, that is, Qin Cheng and his family are from Shandong.

On the post road between Chang'an and Shandong, the sound of horses' hooves was endless, and one news after another was transmitted to Chang'an, which was more detailed and more shocking than the secret letter sent by the envoy.

The drought in Shandong exceeded everyone's expectations, the crops were not harvested, and the whole of Shandong will face a great famine next. The whole of Shandong! How much food does that need?

His Majesty the Emperor issued an edict to let Henan Province urgently requisition grain, and Henan Province counted back and forth, and the area around Heluo was a place where grain was produced.

However, last year, because the Turks moved south to empty the treasury, Chang'an had already requisitioned a batch of grain from Heluo into the customs. Now, there is not much grain requisitioned in the Heluo area, and if there is no food, what will Shandong face?

The court has completely exploded, except for the Jiangnan Shi clan and the Guanlong Group, almost everyone is crying to Li Er. The court cried and begged, and the outside of the imperial city knelt down, and the one kneeling outside the imperial city was the one who came from Shandong day and night, Cui Shilang and other representatives of the Shandong clan.

Li Er's temples were beating violently. This sudden drought almost made him lose an inch. Now, except for the land of Heluo. Even if he wanted to requisition food, he couldn't do it.

Years of war have shattered mountains and rivers, a large number of people have been lost, and the land has been barren year after year.

Now, when the dynasty is newly built, it is the time when all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, except for the rich land of Heluo since ancient times, Li Er really can't think of where to collect grain.

Someone stepped up. It was proposed to requisition grain from Jianghuai and other places to go to Shandong for disaster relief. As a result, as soon as this proposal was put forward, the people of the Jiangnan Shi clan jumped out angrily.

Jiangnan has just been pacified, it is the time for the people to be at peace and comforted, if the heavy responsibility of Shandong is pressed on Jiangnan at this time, I am afraid that Jiangnan has just been pacified. It's going to be another wave again.

One by one, the proposals were put forward, and in the end, they were all shattered under endless arguments. Actually, let's talk about it. Just one focus.

There is no food! There is no way to levy and requisition food!

Derry Fang, outside the gate of Chengfu, a few big cars swing away. It was full of food that Cheng Yanjin had managed to get these days.

Cheng Biting Jin was born in Shandong, and now he has left Shandong. can hear that Shandong has suffered such a big drought this time, Cheng Biting Jin is still the first time. I managed to scrape together enough of these carts of grain and prepared to send my family to escort them to Shandong.

This little bit of food is a drop in the bucket for the whole of Shandong, but it is better than fighting for it in the court every day, and in the end there is no way to fight for it, which is much better.

More than half of the family's food has been loaded into the car, and in the days to come, I am afraid that I will have to tighten my belt to live!

When I followed a few big cars out of the workshop, I happened to see Qin Shubao also follow a few big cars out with a stunned face, and the two brothers looked at each other from a distance and sighed in unison.

If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place?

A new round of controversy in the court has begun, and it has almost become a routine these days. However, the current controversy has been pushed from the original emergency grain requisition to the autumn harvest, but after the autumn harvest, another question has arisen, that is, where to requisition.

Hebei has long been exempted from taxes, so there is no need to think about it, and there are still hundreds of thousands of troops waiting for Guanlong's grain!

The army is gone, the army is difficult to move an inch, and the army can't stay in Chang'an, watching the enemy in the north, and drive straight in!

Then there are only Heluo and Jiangnan Dao left, so the focus of the dispute is back to the beginning, these two places can't afford such a big gap in Shandong no matter what.

If this year's grain is quadrupled compared with previous years, then it is still possible, with the current grain alone, it is wishful thinking!

As soon as this remark was raised, the atmosphere in the court suddenly became extremely strange, and the fierce people who had quarreled before suddenly closed their mouths and quietly stepped aside.

The person who was still arguing fiercely saw that the other party had closed his mouth, his expression was slightly stunned, and then he thought of something, his mouth opened silently, and he finally closed his mouth and stepped aside.

More and more people began to realize something, silently closed their mouths, stepped aside, and in a moment, the court, which had just been arguing endlessly, suddenly became silent.

The strange atmosphere instantly filled the entire court!

On the third day of the first month of the first month of the first year of Zhenguan, a young man asked someone to bring a few jars, and in the jars were the high-yield crops bred by the boy!

The young man said that he brought these grains to promote this high-yield grain crop in Datang while officials from all over the country were there.

At the beginning, the young man stood where they were standing at the moment, with a smile on his face, and said to His Majesty the Emperor above the main hall that he wanted to give His Majesty a Wanmin Le!

Wan Minle! Once high-yield grain is popularized in Datang, won't it be the joy of all people?

Then they saw the high-yielding grain. Indeed, as the young man said, it is a high-yield grain that can make the people of the whole Tang Dynasty happy.

It's just that they are just surprised and sigh, who really goes to their hearts? Didn't you? If so, then why are they arguing in the court for the sake of food now?

Under the strange atmosphere, almost everyone's eyes began to look at the few Confucians over there.

At the beginning, when Zhao Chen donated high-yield grain and built a school palace, it was these Confucians who stood up, fearing that the status of Confucianism would be shaken, so they took the school palace from Zhao Chen's hands, thus forcing Zhao Chen away.

Kong Yingda, who was sitting there, trembled slightly with his fingers in his wide-sleeved robe, the expression on his face was bitter, and everyone's eyes were like invisible pressures, which instantly pressed him a little breathlessly.

Several old Confucians beside Kong Yingda, like Kong Yingda, were also like Kong Yingda, they were highly regarded by the ministers, sitting there one by one, with their eyes closed, at this time, even if they knew that they were wrong, they would not be able to stand up, if they stood up and admitted their mistakes.

Then, Confucianism is wrong!

"This matter is the fault of one person!" Li Er, who was sitting on the top of the main hall and had been silent, finally sighed softly at this time, looked at the ministers in the main hall, and said: "It's my fault, it's because of me that Zhao Chen went away!" If this were not the case, how could we, the monarchs and ministers, worry about food today! ”

The whole court is in an uproar!

Your Majesty the Emperor is sinning against himself!

"Father!" Li Chengqian, who was standing below and listening to the government, suddenly heard Li Er's words of self-blame, his mouth opened slightly and he was stunned for a moment, and the tears in his eyes flowed down with a 'swish'.

stood up as soon as he could, stepped into the middle of the hall, bowed down, looked at Li Er above, and spoke in a sad voice.

"Zhao Chen's son is far away, the old minister should be at fault before!" Kong Yingda, who was still sitting there just now, heard that His Majesty the Emperor had admitted his mistake, so he immediately got up from his seat, came to the middle of the main hall at once, and said to Li Er.

Even if they admit their mistakes, when will they score, at this time, even His Majesty the Emperor admits his mistakes, if they are still sitting there and not standing up, it is extremely stupid.

Zhao Chen is an immortal disciple, since the ministers are helpless in the face of the drought in Shandong, they can only pin their hopes on Zhao Chen.

"Your Majesty, the top priority now is to call Zhao Chen back from Lingnan as soon as possible!" As the prime minister, Du Ruhui, when he heard the words of His Majesty the Emperor's self-blame, he immediately stood up from his position and bowed to Li Er and said.

Thinking about calling back? Easier said than done!

When Li Er heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, he had already sent Qin Shubao to Lingnan in person, and promised to be a marquis, Zhao Chen was unwilling to come back, and now, such a big thing happened in Shandong, which is equivalent to begging Zhao Chen to go, how could Zhao Chen come back so easily!

In the main hall, there was a sudden silence!

"Your Majesty, this matter was caused by the old minister, and the old minister is willing to go to Lingnan in person and invite Zhao Chen back!" After being silent for a long time, Kong Yingda suddenly sighed softly, bowed to Li Er in the main hall, and spoke.

"What is Master Confucius doing with that child?" As soon as Kong Yingda's words came out, Cheng Yanjin, who was originally going to be silent, suddenly snorted coldly, looked at Kong Yingda and said: "If you want him to come back, come back, and if you want to squeeze that kid away, I will stand up and squeeze him away!" ”

Without waiting for Kong Yingda to speak, he said angrily: "I advise you, don't go, you won't be able to call it back!" ”

Cheng Yanjin was really angry in his heart, when Zhao Chen took out something, you ran out in groups, hindering this and that, now, there is such a big thing in Shandong, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty can't solve it, so you actually pushed the matter to a child who was squeezed away by you.

I also went to Lingnan in person, please come back, how big of a face you are Kong Yingda!

"Then according to the meaning of the national prince, what should the old man do to invite Zhao Chen back?" Kong Yingda heard Cheng Yanjin's accusations, and there was no unhappy look on his face, and he looked at Cheng Yanjin and asked.

"Then I don't know about Lao Cheng!" Cheng Yanjin originally wanted to say the ugly words, but his eyes suddenly came into contact with Qin Shubao and shook his head at him, and he immediately pursed his lips and muttered.

Since the marquis can't invite Zhao Chen, then add the title to another level! (To be continued......)