The main hall of the household department, the senior officials of the household department, including the director, are gathered here, Hu Bufan's face is very solemn, and he said straight to the point: "Everyone also knows that Jianghuai Dao Tianmen is in turmoil, and the demons of Tianmen have gathered tens of thousands of people, and now Qianshan, Hekou, Zhensu, Qingtang and Taihu Lake five counties have fallen into the hands of Tianmen demons, Jianghuai Governor Liu Shengkui and Jianghuai Commander Cheng Song mobilized the army to encircle and suppress, Dali Temple and the Ministry of War have also issued an order to use the Jianghuai Guard's army, the so-called sword soldiers, grain and grass must go, Next, everyone must do their best, and they must not miss Jianghuai money and food. ”

The head of the warehouse department was the first to get up and arched his hand: "Lord Ministry, Chen Yang's granary supports the northwest, and a large amount of grain has been transferred to the northwest before, and there is no grain to adjust there, and Jiping has always supported the northeast, and it is also irretrievable." Jianghuai Road has always been the place of my Daqin granary, all along, not only does it not need to transfer grain and grass there, but most of the grain and grass in Jinling granary are mobilized from Jianghuai in the past, and now Jianghuai is in chaos, do you want to transfer grain from Jinling warehouse? ”

Hu Bufan thought for a while and asked, "Is there still any surplus grain in Xiaoling Cang?" ”

The head of the warehouse department said with a wry smile: "Lord Ministry, the Qingtian King of Hebei Province rebelled, and after Han Santong entered Hebei, he sent people to stare at Xiaoling, and my lord should still remember that before Han Santong left Beijing to go on the expedition, he made a special trip to our household department, and said that Xiaoling Cang is the foundation of his suppression of bandits, and Xiaoling Cang has not much grain storage, if there is an accident in Xiaoling Cang, Hebei will not talk about bandits." ”

Hu Bufan sneered: "Han Santong really regards Xiaolingcang as his own? He hoarded tens of thousands of troops in Hebei, and it is said that he also sent people to guard Xiaoling Cang, just to prevent us from transferring grain from Xiaoling Cang...... This official is really wondering now, whether he Han Santong is a general who leads his troops to fight, or a household official who controls the transportation of grain and grass. ”

Lang Wuxu said on the side: "Lord Ministry, Han Santong's approach may be too much, but he has General Lei behind his back, what can we do?" According to the lower officials, Xiaoling Cang not only has to support the Hebei official army, but also to provide relief to the victims of Hebei. Xia Guan is only worried that the Xiaoling warehouse will run out of food, and Han Santong will call our household department again. ”

Hu Bufan's face was a little unsightly, and he said: "Xiaoling Cang can't move, Chen Yangcang's grain has been transferred to the northwest, and Ji Ping's position is closed...... Hey, there isn't much grain over there, so to put it bluntly, you can only transfer grain from Jinling Cang to Jianghuai. ”

The Great Qin Empire set up four granaries, all of which came in handy when they were needed urgently.

In the northeast, between Hexi Road and Liaodong Road, there is a Jiping Warehouse, in the West Valley Pass, between Anyi Road and Xishan Road, there is a Xiaoling Cang, and in the Ministry area, between Hebei Road and Yuling Road, there is a Xiaoling Cang.

Luo'an Jingcheng is located between Yuling Road and Jinling Road, in the south of Jinling Road, near Sichuan Road, there is the largest granary of the empire, Jinling Warehouse.

The granary of the empire is a heavy place for grain storage, with a solid security defense system, in fact, the appearance looks like an ancient city, and the grain stored in it has always been only used for military and disaster relief purposes, if the world is peaceful, the grain in the four granaries does not need to be used at all, but now the empire is in turmoil, and food has become a vital issue.

The head of the warehouse said: "Lord Ministry, there is still half a year before the autumn harvest, at this time, Chen Yang's granary grain has been exhausted, and there is not much left in the Xiaoling warehouse, Jinling warehouse is now the last guarantee in our hands, although there is a lot of grain in it, but to transfer grain from there, but also to think twice." ”

"Think twice?" Hu Bufan frowned and said: "The Ministry of War has continuously urged us to hurry up and prepare to transfer grain to Jianghuai in the past two days, which is a major military matter, can we still not transfer it?" ”

The head of the warehouse stood up and said respectfully: "Lord Ministry, the lower officials are just worried, it is easy to adjust the grain, but it is difficult to renew the grain, once we easily adjust the grain now, and wait until there is a place to make waves in the future, we have no food to adjust, then the saint will definitely blame, I am afraid of ......!" He raised his head slightly, glanced at Hu Bufan, and didn't dare to continue.

Hu Bufan picked up the teacup, took a sip, and asked, "Is it a problem to renew the grain?" ”

The head of the warehouse nodded and said, "Exactly." Lord Ministry, Jiping granary not to mention, four warehouses, Jiping is the smallest, the main source of its grain is Liaodong and Hexi, but these two are not the place where grain is produced, Jiping has always been just maintained, and there will be no more grain every year. The grain of Chen Yang's granary, although there are three roads in the northwest and two roads in Xishan and Anyi, but after a toss by the Xiliang people in the northwest, a large area of the fields has been damaged, and there are many barren places, no matter whether the next negotiation can be successful, it is impossible for the three provinces of Tianshan, Xiguan and Beishan in the northwest to have enough grain to be harvested after the autumn harvest, even if some places can barely collect some grain, it must be known that there are millions of soldiers and civilians in the northwest, and the grain collected is not even enough to support their rations. It can only be collected by Anyi and Xishan, and the official grain collected from these two roads will have to continue to be transported to the northwest if nothing else, before the northwest fully resumes production, Chen Yangcang can support the predicament of the northwest is already good, we don't need to think that Chen Yangcang will have surplus grain storage. ”

"Ji Ping and Chen Yang can't count on it." Lang Wuxu touched his beard and said: "If the war in Hebei is delayed, Xiaolingcang can't even count on it." ”

"Not bad." The head of the warehouse nodded and said: "Half of the grain in Xiaoling Warehouse has been paid from Hebei Province, and now that Hebei is in turmoil, not only can it not be paid, but it is necessary to allocate grain from Xiaoling Warehouse. Now Jinling warehouse is the warehouse with the most grain storage in the four warehouses, but its problem is the same as Xiaoling warehouse, half of the grain in Jinling warehouse is also collected from Jianghuai, and now Jianghuai is in chaos, Jinling warehouse is facing the same dilemma as Xiaoling warehouse. If the Jianghuai rebellion cannot be extinguished quickly, and a large amount of grain is transferred from Jinling Cang, then if the grain stock cannot be replenished after the autumn harvest, I am afraid that there will be a catastrophe of empty warehouses at that time! ”

The household officials present all suddenly changed color and looked at each other.

Chu Huan is also in the main hall, he actually has no concept of money and grain, and now he is also learning step by step in Duzhi Cao, and he knows a little about the real operation of money and grain.

Talking about the predicament faced by the four granaries of the empire, Chu Huan actually didn't feel much of it, but when he saw the dignified expressions on the faces of all the officials in the household department, he knew that something was not good.

Although Chu Huan doesn't know how to pay or eat, he is not a stupid person, and he can still understand some tricks.

If a family's rice jar is empty, the family will be nervous, let alone a country's granary is empty, and the consequences will inevitably be unimaginable.

Chu Huan understands that throughout the ages, the root cause of the people's rebellion is nothing more than not being able to eat enough, in fact, for all living beings, as long as they can fill their stomachs, most of them will work with peace of mind and be able to endure too many disasters, but if they can't even eat their stomachs, then they will definitely make the rabbits grow fangs.

Chu Huan heard the words of everyone in the hall vaguely, but the last sentence of the head of the warehouse department, "empty warehouse disaster", also made Chu Huan feel a chill.

An empty warehouse means that there is no grain in the treasury.

Once there is no food in the official warehouse, then it will inevitably lead to the discouragement of the army, and there will be a mutiny, not to mention fighting with the enemy, the army itself will collapse, and there will be no food for disaster relief, which will make the heavens angry and resentful, and the people will inevitably rise up, and the world will be in chaos.

If there is no food, there will be no disaster relief, and if there is no disaster relief, it will be impossible for the people to cultivate steadily, and if they cannot cultivate in a stable manner, there will be no food to provide them, and so on, and so on, and a vicious circle will be formed.

External enemies are often not terrible, but what is really terrible is that there are internal problems.

In the early years of the empire, the officials were honest, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, worked hard, the treasury was gradually abundant, even if there were natural disasters, the imperial court was also a great effort to provide disaster relief, so even if they were in the disaster, the people were also working together with the imperial court to tide over the difficulties, the four granaries of the empire accumulated millions of stone grain, because the empire had a period of glory, when the money and food were abundant, and the waist pole of the empire was also very tough.

But since the emperor cultivated the Tao with his heart and ruled the country without intention, the phenomenon of official corruption has become more and more serious, the glory of the early years of the empire has long been gone, the officials have tried their best to exploit from top to bottom, and the heavy taxes and taxes on the people can not be penetrated, and the Qingtian King of Hebei Province has made a rebellion, in fact, it is because the government is too fierce to exploit the people, and the people cannot survive, which is revealed.

If the imperial court can wake up in time and His Majesty the Emperor reinvigorates, there may be a chance to save the empire, but the emperor does not seem to have that awareness, which has led to crises in all parts of the empire.

Chu Huan could even imagine that if he could not quickly quell the rebellions in various places and then reach a peace agreement with the Western Liang people, then the crisis faced by the Great Qin Empire would be unprecedented.

Internal and external difficulties, homeless people, bandits, chaos in the world, rivers of blood, famine caused bones all over the field, that scene actually floated through Chu Huan's mind.

Hu Bufan obviously felt that the situation was serious, and asked: "Everyone, in your opinion, how should we deal with the transfer of grain to Jianghuai?" ”

The officials looked at each other and did not speak for a while.

Hu Bufan snorted coldly and said, "The Lu of the Eater is the matter of loyalty to the King." You keep saying that you want to share your worries for the saint on weekdays, but now that Jianghuai is in chaos, can't you think of a way? If so, what is the use of the court raising you? He seemed to have forgotten that he was the Shangshu of the household department, and how to deal with it, he, the Shangshu, should first come up with a charter.

The head of the warehouse department felt Hu Bufan's gaze looking at him, and said stubbornly: "Lord Ministry, the lower officials think ...... The lower officials thought that if the Jianghuai Rebellion was quickly pacified, it would be fine, and if it could not be pacified, then other places might be able to give rise to greater wars at any time, and if the household commanders could not grasp a certain amount of grain for later variables, it would really come to that time, and the consequences would be unimaginable. ”

"What do you think?"

"Xia Guan thinks that Jinling Cang is now a top priority, and it must be ensured that it is foolproof." The head of the warehouse department looked a little capable, and arched his hand: "First of all, we must inform the military department that Jinling Cang must send heavy troops to protect it, so as not to make the idea of Jinling Cang up." Secondly, let Jianghuai Governor Liu Shengkui order, in the encirclement and suppression of Tianmen bandits, make efforts to buy Jianghuai's grain, Tianmen bandits are rampant, but now they are only a few counties, the overall control of Jianghuai Dao is still in the hands of the imperial court, before the Tianmen bandits are strong, as soon as possible to control the grain in Jianghuai in the hands of the government. There are also small official warehouses in various parts of Jianghuai, and there are many grain merchants in Jianghuai who have their own granaries, and the government can purchase grain ......! ”

The head of the Jin Department frowned, got up and said: "Lord Ministry, in this case, the price of Jianghuai's grain must be amazing, and it is by no means the previous market price that can be purchased. Can Liu Shengkui get this silver? ”

The head of the warehouse department frowned and said: "Relying only on the Jianghuai place, this silver will naturally not be able to be taken out." ”

The head of the Ministry of Gold said: "Is it possible to allocate money from the Ministry of Households to buy grain?" ”

"Otherwise, where did you take it from?" The head of the warehouse department sneered: "The Jianghuai rebellion, the household department is responsible, but it's not just my warehouse department's business, is it difficult for your gold department to ignore anything?" If we can make great efforts to gather Jianghuai's grain, first, we can temporarily avoid using Jinling warehouse, and second, we can let Jianghuai's grain and grass be in the hands of the government and have the initiative, but third, we can cut off the grain and grass of the Tianmen bandits. ”