Time is not counted, in the blink of an eye, and years.

A year has passed, and the time has come to the autumn harvest season of the first year of Zhenguan.

One by one, urgent documents were sent from all over the country to Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

"There is a great drought in Shandong, the grain harvest is gone, and the people have nothing to eat."

"There was a severe drought in Henan, for six consecutive months, the sun was not raining, the land was dry and cracked, and the people had no food to eat."

"There is a great drought in the state, and the grain is out of production, and it cannot be planted in the soil."

"There is a great drought in Shuzhong, from spring to autumn, there is not a drop of rain, and the people have no sustainable food to eat."

"There is a great drought in Guanzhong and Longyou, and the auspicious charm drought (ba) has reappeared, the grass and trees are all dead, and the food is cut off."

The entire capital of the Tang Dynasty, Taiji Palace, where Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty's office, and Hongwen Palace, where the Tang Dynasty's important ministers worked, suddenly became busy.

After receiving the urgent documents from all over the country, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin immediately ordered the left servant of Shangshu, the secretary of Shangshu Fang Xuanling, the right servant of Shangshu, and Du Ruhui of the criminal department to mobilize grain from reserve granaries all over the country to relieve the localities.

Although the drought was menacing, sweeping the whole country, and the emergency documents in various places were also written very urgently, whether it was the Tang Emperor Li Shimin or the civil and military officials in the court, they were very calm in their hearts and panicked at all. Everyone knows that the grain stored in the major granaries of Datang is enough for the people of the whole country to eat for a year.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the 36 roads were against the king, and the 72 roads were in the dust, and the heroes rose together to compete for the world. According to the plan of Li Xiaoji, the military advisor of the Emperor Taishang at that time, the Tang Dynasty began to prepare from the early years of Emperor Yang of Sui, stockpiling grain, cloth and various ordnance for nearly 20 years, in order to prepare for the conquest of the world. The capital of the Tang Dynasty was Chang'an, and the country was founded. At that time, Datang's grain reserves alone were enough to supply the 800,000 troops of Datang at that time for ten years. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, although the separatist forces in various places were exterminated, there were frequent wars and conquests everywhere, but in the years after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the grain in the Tang Dynasty's ruling area was bumper harvests year after year, which was enough for self-sufficiency. Therefore, the grain reserves in the major granaries are now sufficient, which makes the Tang Emperor Li Shimin and the civil and military officials have absolute confidence to deal with this year's drought.

Soon, the food for disaster relief was successively transported to all parts of Datang. The situation was brought under control. No people in the Tang Dynasty were starved to death because of the sudden drought.

The time is too narrow, the finger gap is too wide. Time is flowing, and in the blink of an eye, it is the autumn harvest of the second year. As in the previous year, emergency documents from all over the country were once again sent to Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

"There was a severe drought in Shandong and Henan, and there was not a drop of rain for 18 consecutive months. The river is dry and the well is dry, and the land is thousands of miles away. ”

"There is a great drought in Longyou, Guanzhong, and Bingzhou, and the seeds are not harvested, and many people beg for food."

Tang Emperor Li Shimin walked out of Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. Walked to the field outside Chang'an City. Overhead, the tyrannical sun brawled its teeth and claws, and under his feet was the parched earth, without any moisture, cracking through cracks. It's unusually ugly. A large number of victims who wanted to beg in Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, gathered outside the gate of Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, all of them had yellow faces and chapped lips. His eyes were weak, and he seemed to be powerless against the two major droughts arranged by God, so he could only be forced to accept his fate.

Tang Emperor Li Shimin returned to Taiji Palace, he had no time to sigh "the many disasters and difficulties of the Tang Dynasty", but still resolutely issued an edict, ordering the left servant of Shangshu to shoot, the Ministry of Shangshu Fang Xuanling, the right servant of Shangshu to shoot, and the Criminal Department Shangshu Du Ruhui as soon as possible to transport all the grain that has been stored in the granaries of various places to various places to relieve the victims, and be sure not to make the people of the Tang Dynasty starve to death.

After all the grain has been shipped out and the drought has been alleviated in various places. Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty summoned the left servant of Shangshu, the secretary of Shangshu Fang Xuanling, the right servant of Shangshu, the Shangshu of the criminal department Du Ruhui, and the head of the household department Pei Ju strictly ordered: "I require all localities to speed up the construction of water conservancy, and next year my Datang will not experience drought again no matter what." If there is another drought, our Datang will face no food to save, and the people of Datang will also face no food to eat. ”

In the blink of an eye, the autumn harvest season of the third year of Zhenguan came, and the wind and rain in Datang were smooth, and after a few rains, all the farmland in Datang was a thriving scene. A bumper grain harvest seems to have become a foregone conclusion, but who would have expected that a locust plague would suddenly break out and sweep across the country. After crossing the border, there was no grass to grow, and the crops were devoured, and the people were too late to extinguish and capture, and all the leaves on the trees were eaten, and even the bark and smaller branches were devoured.

The country's emergency documents once again converged like a tide to Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, to the Hongwen Palace, and to the Taiji Palace.

In Taiji Palace, Tang Emperor Li Shimin held the seemingly thin emergency document, his heart was heavy, and he was silent for a long time, and he secretly said in his heart: "God, why are you so embarrassed by my Tang Dynasty?" If you are not satisfied with me, Li Shimin, you can inflict suffering on me alone, why should I let the people of the Tang Dynasty suffer such disasters in turn? ”

Hongwen Hall is no longer busy as before, and everyone is unusually silent. From the left servant of Shangshu to shoot the left servant of Shangshu, the Shangshu of Shangshu Fang Xuanling, the right servant of Shangshu to shoot and Du Ruhui of the Criminal Department, down to the ordinary walking and scribes, everyone understands that the Tang Dynasty has run out of food. After two consecutive years of drought, Datang's granary reserves were completely exhausted after two years of supplying grain to four million people across the country. In this year's locust plague, Datang has no food to distribute and no food to save. A sad mood permeated the entire Tang Hongwen Palace, the entire Tang Imperial Palace, the entire Tang Imperial Capital Chang'an, and the entire country.

However, the disaster situation in various parts of Datang has not been alleviated in any way, but has reached the point of intensification.

"In September, Shandong and Henan suffered large-scale locust plagues, agricultural crops were lost, the countryside was barren, and the people were starved (piao) on the way, and the bones were full of white bones."

"In September, Guanzhong and Longyou suffered a plague of locusts that had not been encountered for many years, all the seeds were wiped out, many people went into exile, and due to hunger, two or three out of ten people died."

"In September, Shuzhong suffered a locust plague, grass, trees, animal skins, insects and flies, everyone ate them, and the people were eaten by their children to satisfy their hunger."

One after another, the urgent documents made the Tang Emperor Li Shimin and the entire Tang Dynasty court anxious, but there was nothing to do, no food to send, and no food to save. (To be continued......)

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