Chapter 534 Grab Grain and Grab Grain

"Advocating literature, martial arts, and frugality!" Chen Kefu said word by word, every word is like Hong Zhong, if Da Lu, it is imprinted in the hearts of all the ministers in the palace, which is thought-provoking. ＂＂

Chen Kefu stood in the hall and said loudly, "Now you are all high-ranking officials in the imperial court, and you are in high positions. The imperial court also relied on the efforts of the monarchs, and now the power is getting bigger and bigger, there are more and more people in the world, the land is fighting more and more, and the population is gathering more and more. There is a way that it is easy to fight the world immediately, but it is difficult to rule the world immediately. Therefore, the power is great, and we can no longer always follow the old rules in Liaodong. Warriors can fight the world, but they need literati to rule the world. That's why we need Chongwen! ”

"But Chongwen doesn't want to cultivate literature with martial arts, such as seven points today, and the descendants of bureaucrats and royal families in various places are divided. At the same time, the peasants in various places rebelled one after another, and the world was in turmoil. At this time, it is necessary for the army to dominate the world, the blood and hard work of the soldiers, and the courage of the people to fight. Chongwen and need to be martial, so that he can cultivate both inside and outside and calm the world. ”

"The Chinese war broke out everywhere, and the people had too much to eat and no clothes. At such a time, it is the time when all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, so at this time, the court needs to be frugal and prohibit extravagance and waste. The court is like this, and I and the monarchs, as role models in the world, should be frugal and simple. ”

"Your Highness's teachings!" The ministers were taught a lesson by Chen Kefu, and they all praised and convinced.

"These days, I've been thinking about the DPRK and China. The use of troops abroad is a necessity. Only by pacifying all localities at an early date can we restore peace at an early date, resume production at an early date, and restore peace in the world. The lack of food, although tricky, is only temporary. We cannot afford to give up the present opportunity to march because of a lack of food. ”

"I want the fish, and I want the bear's paw. It is not my wish to give up the fish or abandon the bear's paws. Chen Kefu finally said what he thought in his heart.

"But there is no food and no soldiers, but I am afraid that the war will be disadvantageous. What if the war is stalemate and there is no food on the front line? Gao Shilian said anxiously.

Chen Kefu shook his head, "There is no food, we will find a way to solve it." Don't just focus on the six granaries, the six granaries are far away in Luoyang, even if you take the risk to capture one or two, there is no overall situation. Actually, we are not without food, we still have food. As long as it is used well, coupled with other methods, the food gap of 50 million stones is not impossible to solve. ”

Gao Shilian's eyes stared straight at Chen Kefu, he didn't understand where the grain he was talking about, could it be that when the Liaodong Army attacked Goguryeo, where did it secretly store a large amount of grain? He couldn't help but look at Li Benlei, Li Benlei was the second-in-command of the Liaodong Army back then, and he had no reason not to know such a secret. But when he looked at Li Benlei, he couldn't help but be disappointed. Li Benlei was also full of doubts, not understanding where the grain was.

Chen Kefu smiled slightly, turned around and sat down.

"I heard Gao Shangshu also say just now that the imperial court is going to organize homeless people to hunt, fish, and dig wild vegetables, which is a good way. There are too many displaced people in Hebei, and if they can't be appeased well, it will be easy to resurrect and resurge. Therefore, the imperial court should divide the displaced people into the counties of origin according to their place of origin. Then the imperial court asked the counties to organize the strong to go up the mountains to hunt and fish, and women and children could go up the mountains to dig wild vegetables. All harvested prey, fish, shrimp and wild vegetables are uniformly dispatched by the county and county, and the people are uniformly rationed with food. If it is insufficient, the imperial court will allocate grain. In addition, the remaining labor force should not be idle, and the county government should take advantage of the current post-autumn season to re-level the land in all parts of Hebei. Take back the terra nullius and give them to the landless people. In addition, if there are local tycoons who take the opportunity to merge land on a large scale, they will issue a law to limit the number of acres of land, and those who exceed it will be bought back at a cost and then distributed to the landless peasants. After the field is equalized, it is necessary to take advantage of the current autumn and winter season to immediately organize these idle people to reclaim the land, repair the ditches, and prepare for next year's production work. ”…,

Fang Xuanling and the others nodded in their hearts when they heard this plan, and they all understood that the key to this plan was not to increase food. Instead, it is inevitable that the huge number of displaced people in Hebei can be resettled, and the displaced people will gather together, and change will occur over time. If they were to return to their villages, be given food rations to spend this time, and organize them to reclaim their fields, they would be able to prevent the displaced people from gathering again to make trouble.

However, everyone was still worried that although this plan could appease the people, it could not conjure food. Hunting and fishing can only feed a small number of people, and the real majority of food consumption does not have to be allocated by the imperial court.

Chen Kefu looked at the attendant on the side and wrote down everything he had just said before continuing, "Of course, this alone can't solve all the problems. We must take a multi-pronged approach to overcome this food shortage. ”

"My initial plan is to divide it into several parts, the first is to immediately contact the various tribes in Liaodong, we borrow grain from them, cattle, sheep and horses, whatever it is, as long as it can be eaten, we can borrow from them, we will borrow as much as we want. The Khitan, the Saddle, and Silla are all our allies, and we can borrow from them. And although Baekje, Dongying, Turkic, Tiele, Xi and other countries are not our allies, we can borrow from them, no matter how much we want. I believe that my Chen Kefu's face should still be worth a few cents, and Baekje and other countries dare not borrow it. ”

Looking at Chen Kefu's fierce gaze, everyone understood his subtext, this is just a salute before a soldier. If you dare not to borrow, you will be robbed by then. Now the surrounding countries are estimated to have not dared to face the hard top and want to provoke a war in the tribal kingdoms.

Gao Shilian calculated in his heart for a while, "Your Highness, although borrowing grain is a way, most of the surrounding countries are grassland tribes, and even if they borrow, most of them are cattle and sheep, and it is estimated that they can't borrow too much." ”

"It's okay, you can borrow as much as you want. However, the grain and grass for the war horses need to be sufficient, and the forage for these war horses must be borrowed from the tribes in sufficient quantities. If they don't give it, tell them that I will send the Liaodong Iron Cavalry to fetch it in person. ”

Gao Shilian nodded, if he only asked for enough forage, but not the amount of grain, then it was estimated that this matter should be fine. After all, the Eastern Turks are now divided, and after the fall of Goguryeo and the Eastern Turks, the surrounding tribes no longer have the strength to compete head-on with the Liaodong Army.

Chen Kefu is also desperate now, otherwise, he would not be so hooligan-like to borrow. Although food can be borrowed in this way, it will inevitably make the relationship between the Liaodong Army and the surrounding tribes tense.

"Borrowing, it should be able to solve part of it. However, just borrowing from the surrounding tribes will not be able to borrow much food. However, I have asked the Investigation Department to make a survey and statistics, and Director Li told me that although the people in Hebei have no food, there is a large amount of grain hoarding in the hands of local families and powerful people, and the amount is huge. In addition to these landlords, many officials in our court also hoarded a lot of grain in their families. In addition, there are even many big traders, who also have a lot of granaries in Liaodong, Hebei and other places, and all of them have hoarded a lot of grain. These grains may not seem like much when dispersed, but when they add up, they are more than 20 million stones. ”

Chen Kefu picked up a thick sheet of table folds from the table, which was densely covered with names.

"Mao servant shot, house servant shot, you Shangshu Province according to this list, go to borrow grain from the families of various families, Haoqiang and officials of the imperial court. How much should each family borrow, there is also a number on it, and you can borrow it according to the number. If they are unwilling to accept money, then according to the agreement, for the next ten years, the imperial court will repay them every year with a certain amount of interest. ”…,

Mao Xi stepped forward to take the list, looking at the dense names, his heart couldn't help but be shocked. Unexpectedly, this time, the Investigation Department was actually used. This is a more mysterious and powerful yamen than the secret service. Since the beginning of the Liaodong army, the Liaodong Army has also punished many guilty generals and officials for corruption and defection to the enemy, and each time it is evidence obtained by the Investigation Department first.

Fang Xuanling was also shocked, and said cautiously, "Your Highness, this family has a lot of power in the local area, and if the imperial court forcibly borrows grain from them, I'm afraid they won't be willing." When the time comes, I am afraid, but it will cause chaos in various places. ”

Chen Kefu waved his hand, "What are you afraid of?" I really don't like these powerful families. If our court wants to fully control the place, we must start a conflict with these families as soon as possible. Over the years, the wealthy families in various places have become too powerful, not only wantonly annexing land, but also concealing the tenant population, evading the imperial court taxes, privately raising armed families, and secretly hiding equipment and armor. Not only did he not respect the orders of the government, but he often violently resisted the imperial court. Now the imperial court naturally can't treat them as before, if they want to mess up, let them mess up. I'm worried that I can't find a chance, anyway, now all parts of Hebei are scorched earth, and they can jump well. Jump out of one, I just kill one, and then those who dare to make trouble will be killed, confiscated family property, just to alleviate our food shortage. If there is a way that is not broken or established, the new court must have a new atmosphere, and I don't think it is allowed to sit under the rule of our court, and the local powerful forces will not be allowed to sit big. ”

Listening to Chen Kefu's murderous voice, many Wenchen couldn't help but feel their hearts skip a beat. His Royal Highness Xindao was really calculating, and forced these powerful families to make trouble by borrowing grain, and at that time, he just swept away these local forces that did not obey the affairs of the imperial court, and took the opportunity to confiscate their family property and take away their grain, so that they didn't even have to borrow at that time. It's really a strategy to kill birds with one stone, which is admirable.

In troubled times, do extraordinary things. If it weren't for the chaos in Hebei right now, Chen Kefu really wouldn't have used such a rapid approach. But anyway, Hebei is like this, simply smash these broken local frameworks and build a new one.

At that time, most of the grain was borrowed from the hands of these obedient families, and then their grain was confiscated from the hands of those who were in rebellion, and the grain hoarded by those merchants could add a lot of grain reserves to the imperial court.

In addition, in Hebei, Shandong, Huaibei and other places, since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Buddhism and Taoism have risen vigorously, and there are countless temples and Taoist temples in various places. The large temple Taoist temple has thousands of hectares of fields, and there are hundreds of hidden tenant farmers. Moreover, these people do not produce, do not pay taxes, and even take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble in troubled times. At this time, these temples and Taoist temples must also be greatly renovated. ”

Saying that, Chen Kefu said to Sun Wuji, the new head of the Ministry of Rites, "Wuji, after you go back, you immediately ask the household registration to draw up a clause to conduct an inventory of all temples and Taoist temples within your jurisdiction." The number of monks in all temples and Taoist temples must be strictly limited, and those who exceed the number must be forced to return to the world. In addition, temples and Taoist temples can allow them to own a certain amount of industrial land, but the number must also be strictly limited, enough for the monks in the temple Taoist temple to maintain their lives. All the surplus acres of land must be collected as official property and distributed to the people. And all the tenant farmers hidden in the temples and Taoist temples must also be re-registered and given land. In addition, the floating wealth in the temple and Taoist temple must also be counted and counted, and if the amount exceeds a certain amount, it will be confiscated as an official. And all the monks who remain must also obtain documents issued by the Ministry of Rites. In the future, all monks and monks must obtain the approval of the Ministry of Rites. Violators will be severely punished, exiled to hard labor, and in serious cases, the temple qualification will be directly revoked. ”

Eldest Sun Wuji listened to this order in a little stunned, and finally nodded after a long time. Buddhism and Taoism have a very high status in the hearts of the people, sometimes even surpassing the government. In this way, I am afraid that it will cause trouble. However, thinking of Chen Kefu's attitude towards the family, he no longer spoke. …,

For the monk's move, Chen Kefu also had no choice but to do it.

The four hundred and eighty temples of the Southern Dynasty, from this poem, we can know the prosperity of Buddhism at this time, especially Buddhism. Even Emperor Wen of Sui was particularly convinced of Buddhism, and Chen Kefu's Chen royal family in the south of the Yangtze River was even more superstitious about Buddhism. During the more than 30 years that the Chen clan of the Southern Dynasty was emperor in Jiangnan, the five emperors successively built more than 2,000 temples in the territory. These temples were extravagant, possessing a large amount of land and hiding a large number of peasants for their rent.

In order to avoid taxes, countless people have invested in temples to rent land. They don't even have a household registration, let alone tax remote service. Moreover, the more troubled the times, these places that were originally quiet and my Buddhist path are often mixed with many other people to stir up trouble.

Chen Kefu was originally a non-believer, so it was naturally impossible for these Buddhist paths to flourish so much that they even climbed to the head of the imperial court. This time, since the family and local powerful forces are being attacked, then simply suppress these vampire-like Buddhism together.

"The food shortage is so serious this time, not only the three provinces and six ministries of the imperial court and the local government must work together to deal with this difficulty. Even our army must share the responsibility. I have ordered Zhang Zhongjian, the general of Hailongwei, to immediately send all his fleets out to sea, and bring with them the goods produced in Liaodong to trade with Baekje, Dongying, and other countries in the southeast China Sea, such as Boli, Sulu, Womasek, Johor, Brunei, Limyi, Falla, and Funan, and exchange and buy grain as much as possible, and if necessary, disguise themselves as pirates to plunder and plunder grain. In addition, when transporting grain to Jiangdu, it was also necessary to form a land army to carry out surprise operations on the coastal border of the Chen Dynasty in the southeast to grab grain. ”

Shang Shu's left servant shot Mao Xi was dumbfounded, and asked Hailongwei's fleet to go to the southeast to trade in exchange for food, which he agreed. However, after changing the grain, he had to disguise himself as a pirate to rob, which was unacceptable to him, a Confucian disciple who was deeply inherited by Confucianism.

"Your Highness, we are the upright Heavenly King's teachers, but we are soldiers of benevolence and righteousness, how can we do this"

Chen Kefu waved his hand, "Needless to say, the inner and outer kings are the right way." It is natural to be kind to the people, but it is not necessary to be benevolent to other countries. Between countries, there is no benevolent and righteous friendship, and some are just naked interests. Although these maritime countries do not border with us, since they are not subject to our court, there is no need to be polite. You know, we are polite to him, but when he is strong and I am weak, they will not necessarily be polite to us. If Mao still doesn't understand, you can think about Goguryeo. For more than 500 years, the Goguryeo state has been on the northeastern border of our Central Plains Dynasty. Originally, it was just a small country, but when the Central Plains Dynasty was strong, I was called a minister, and I was very honest. But once the Central Plains Dynasty was in chaos and split, they would be the first to jump out and bite hard. In hundreds of years, they went from a small border barbarian tribe to the most powerful force in Liaodong. Three expeditions to Goguryeo, isn't there enough blood left by our Central Plains soldiers? We must always be vigilant against these neighboring countries, we must always suppress and guard against them, and we must not let them sit on the throne and become the next Goguryeo again. ”

For these island countries in Southeast Asia, Chen Kefu has no good feelings. In later generations, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Vietnam, as long as they were countries on China's maritime borders, if they did not come out and snatch one or two islands from China, they would be embarrassed to call others China's neighbors.

Especially later, even North Korea jumped out and kidnapped Chinese fishermen for blackmail, which made him even more disgusted like a fly.

Now, at this time, how could he let these nation-states that were still savages grow up again. If it weren't for the fact that he was busy with the battle of the Central Plains now, Chen Kefu would have sent the Sea Dragon Guard Fleet to destroy them one by one, to see if they would dare to fight for this island and that island. Now it's better to just send the fleet to do business, and by the way, to do some business without capital.

"Chen Qing, Chen Gui, Zhang He, Liu Tiezhu, all the generals obey the order!"

"The last general will obey the order!"

"This king ordered you to lead 3,000 cavalry disguised as bandits, and go to Tiele, Xi, Turkic, and Baekje respectively, and you have only one task, to grab food. Grab as much as you can, don't fight hard with the enemy, rob when you encounter less, and follow when you encounter soldiers and horses. ”

"Order!"

"Lu Shishen and Guo Xiaoke will listen to the order!"

"The last general will obey the order!"

"This king ordered the two of you to lead 20,000 elite horses, and immediately go south to attack Liyang, capture the Liyang warehouse, and take all the grain in the warehouse."

Lu Shishen and Guo Xiaoke looked at each other, their faces were overjoyed, and they nodded hurriedly to receive the order.

Chen Kefu handed over the tiger talisman to the generals, but his eyes fell on the west of Taihang Mountain on the sand table on the side again, looking at the land east of the river, his heart was even more determined.

*J@a