In the Ziwei Pavilion, dozens of officials gathered together, including the chief and deputy officials of the Seven Xiangguo and the various ministries and temples, and this was a high-level meeting held by the Great Sui Imperial Court after Yang Yuanqing returned.

Just yesterday, Yang Yuanqing and Qixiangguo had internal communication, setting the main tone for the future development of the Sui Dynasty: make great efforts to govern the country and build the country with diligence and thrift.

In the spacious semicircular meeting hall of Ziwei Pavilion, dozens of court officials were seated, and Yang Yuanqing and Qi Xiangguo sat in the first row.

On the Bai Yuheng platform in front, it was originally the emperor's position, but under Yang Yuanqing's strong advocacy, the emperor's position was cancelled and changed to a debriefing platform, and the debriefers took the stage to speak, including Yang Yuanqing himself.

And Yang Yuanqing and Qixiangguo sat below, listening to the speeches of the debriefers, this is just a small change, but it has great meaning, which means that the chief officials of the Taibu Temples in various provinces are reporting to Ziwei Pavilion.

And Ziwei Pavilion Xiangguo is to report to Yang Yuanqing, this is actually a kind of separation of monarchy and phase power, the monarch is in charge of the minister, the minister is in charge of the hundred officials, and the Han Dynasty compared with the prime minister, the Sui Dynasty also implemented a multi-phase system to prevent the dictatorship of the country.

On the debriefing platform, Xiangguo Du Ruhui was explaining to everyone the grain situation this year and next year.

"This summer, the output was reduced, and the summer grain output in Hedong was reduced by two percent, which sharply reduced the grain storage in Taicang to 150,000 stones, and if we add the grain stored in the official warehouses in various places and the grain captured in the war, our total grain storage also has 600,000 stones."

Speaking of this, Du Ruhui's tone became heavy, "The economic recovery of Hebei and the Central Plains will take one to two years at the earliest, and the imperial court will still need relief during this period, if we consider the expenditure of the counties in Hebei and the Central Plains, as well as some military food expenditures, from now to next summer, at least more than 1.2 million stone will be consumed, so that we will have a gap of 600,000 stone grain, and the autumn grain may not be able to make up for it, the situation is very grim, so how to open up sources and reduce expenditure has become the biggest challenge for the imperial court this year and next year." ．．．．．．”

Du Ruhui's debriefing was completed. There was a whispering of discussion below, this Ziwei Pavilion meeting is extremely important, and it will directly affect the political situation this year and next year.

And Du Ruhui's report has already revealed the clues, food is insufficient, and it is necessary to open up sources and reduce expenditure, and this is the trend of the political situation this year and next year.

In fact, everyone also understands in their hearts that the seizure of the Central Plains has achieved huge strategic resources. However, the devastated Central Plains will bring great financial pressure to the Great Sui in the short term. Even whether the Sui Dynasty could afford it was a big question.

Some officials also worried that if the Sui Dynasty exhausted its national strength, the economy and population of the Central Plains would begin to recover. But it was taken away by the Tang Dynasty, which was a huge blow to both the military and the people, so many officials did not approve of the seizure of the Central Plains.

However, the fact that the Central Plains belonged to the Sui Dynasty could no longer be changed. So how to face the reality and defuse the financial crisis has become a concern for everyone.

This Ziwei Pavilion court meeting was held in response to the immediate crisis, which made many ministers feel excited, after all, His Royal Highness the King of Chu was still willing to face the crisis head-on and actively work hard to find a way to solve the problem.

At this time, Cui Junsu, the rotating minister who presided over the meeting, raised his voice and said, "Next, we invite His Royal Highness the Prince Regent to come to the stage to explain the government." ”

The hall suddenly fell silent, and Yang Yuanqing got up and nodded to everyone. Walking quickly to the debriefing desk, he didn't bring manuscript paper, and smiled at everyone: "It's been three days since I came back, and I sat down with everyone to discuss government affairs, I feel very sorry." ”

With a simple greeting, the smile on Yang Yuanqing's face disappeared and became serious.

"I need no more resonance of the crisis before us. Du Xiangguo has made it very clear, I will only talk about how to open up sources and reduce expenditure, the key to 'throttling' is to prohibit luxury and promote frugality, starting from the imperial court and promoting it to local governments.

For example, stop all official banquets. Except for special holidays, all official observances are stopped. Officials are not allowed to wear silk and satin costumes, jade belts, or gold crowns, and officials under the age of 60 are not allowed to ride in carriages, including Yang Yuanqing, and so on.

Then some people will say, you are not allowed to wear silk, what about the saved silk? The saved silk can be used for trade, in exchange for cattle, horses and livestock to the Turks, to support farming, to restore production, of course, there will be many measures to reduce expenditure, since it will be issued by the ministers of Ziwei Pavilion after consultation, here I will only give a few examples, no more.

The focus is on opening up the source of land and increasing the channels for obtaining grain and various strategic materials, and I have ordered the army to carry out the tuntian, strive to achieve self-sufficiency in military food, reduce the burden on the imperial court, and in addition, we also have a large area of grassland, and we must also make full use of it, raise cattle and sheep, and increase the source of meat.

I can tell you frankly that my purpose is not just to survive the crisis, but more importantly, to work hard to accumulate national strength and fully prepare for the next annexation war. ”……

This court meeting, which was related to the political situation of the Great Sui in the next two years, lasted for two hours, and after the dispersal of the dynasty, Du Ruhui followed Yang Yuanqing to his official room.

The two sat down, the tea boy served them fragrant tea, Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly: "Du Xiangguo, in two days I plan to go to the six counties of Guanbei to inspect, and the affairs of the court and the central government will have to work hard for you." ”

"Although Your Highness is reassured, the ministers of the DPRK and China are very energetic and have a new atmosphere, although there will be temporary difficulties, as long as everyone works together, they will definitely tide over the difficulties."

Du Ruhui groaned, and said: "Your Highness, in fact, what I am worried about is not the present, but in the future, now that the autumn examination has begun to register in various counties, I have a general understanding, almost all of them are famous families in each county, and there are very few children of poor families, I am very worried that the imperial examination is still monopolized by major families, and the gate valve system will not be big in the future!" ”

Du Ruhui said very implicitly this time, he not only referred to the imperial examination, but also implied that Yang Yuanqing appointed too many famous scholars in Hedong, which would make them sit big and difficult to control in the future.

Yang Yuanqing has also been thinking about this problem, in the current situation, he must rely on the Shandong Shi clan, sit firmly in the north and the Central Plains, if he wants to deal with them, he must also wait for the unification of the world.

Historically, the Tang Dynasty also waited until the era of Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian before it began to weaken the power of the Shi clan gate lords and the Guanlong nobles.

At this stage, he can only try to balance the family as much as possible, and he can't let the family sit big, Yang Yuanqing sighed slightly: "I also understand, but we can't suppress the family at present, otherwise, the foundation of the Great Sui will be gone." ”

"Although this is the case, His Highness can take precautions and vigorously support the children of the poor family, I have a suggestion, I wonder if His Highness can accept it?"

"Du Xiangguo, please speak!"

Du Ruhui said in a deep voice: "I am also a scholar, although Jingzhao Du is also regarded as a famous family in Guanlong, but I have more contact with the folk Han scholars, know their suffering, in fact, the biggest problem of the children of the poor family is not the poor family, the poor family will make people more motivated, the key is that they have no books, the wisdom of the sages is difficult for them to obtain by self-study, this is the reason why they are difficult to compete with the children of famous families, I advocate that the Sui Dynasty should vigorously develop the paper industry and the book printing industry, as long as the books can be widely circulated, Then the children of the poor family will be able to get more opportunities, and the imperial court may wish to make some efforts in these two industries to encourage the great development of the two industries of paper and printing. ”

Engraving printing had already appeared at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and this was indeed a time for the printing industry to flourish, and this suggestion made Yang Yuanqing deeply convinced.

"What Du Xiangguo said is reasonable, Xiangguo might as well raise this matter first, and then we will talk about development in detail after I return from my inspection in Guanbei."

Du Ruhui said goodbye, Yang Yuanqing pondered in the room with his hands behind his back, Du Ruhui's suggestion to develop the paper industry and the book printing industry is indeed of far-reaching significance, once these two industries are developed, it will affect future generations for hundreds of years.

In fact, Yang Yuanqing is also thinking about cracking down on the door valve in the future, although he needs to get the strong support of the family gate valve now, and in return, he will also protect the interests of the door valve family, but if they are allowed to develop too strongly, it will indeed be big in the future.

While getting the support of famous families, it is also necessary to restrain their strong sitting, how to maintain a balance between the two, this is a problem that Yang Yuanqing has been considering.

He considered running county, county, and township government schools and giving them free room and board, so that he could give more opportunities to the children of the poor family.

At this time, a personal soldier reported at the door, "Your Highness, General Luo has something important to see." ”

"Order him in!"

Soon, Luo Shixin hurriedly walked in, he didn't wear military uniforms and armor, and he couldn't salute, so he bowed down and saluted: "Luo Shixin see the manager!" ”

Yang Yuanqing glanced at him and saw that he was wearing a scribe's white robe, a leather belt around his waist, a gauze hat on his head, and he was tall and mighty, quite a bit of majestic hair, which made Yang Yuanqing admire: "Yes, you wear a robe more than armor." ”

Luo Shixin's face flushed, and he said in a low voice: "The informant also said the same about me." ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Then when can I drink your wedding wine?" ”

"My father urged me to do it as soon as possible, but I want to wait until Qingzhou is pacified."

Yang Yuanqing understood what he meant, Luo Shixin still wanted to let Dou Xianniang choose again, after pacifying Dou Jiande, Dou Xianniang would face the reality and make a final choice.

However, Luo Shixin's idea, Yang Yuanqing did not support it, "I still suggest that you get married as soon as possible, Ping Dou Jiande and getting married are two different things, she is not Dou Jiande's daughter after all, and after getting married, she has a home, she will be less sad about the future, you should think more about her." ”

Luo Shixin pondered for a moment, and finally nodded, "I understand the humble position, and I will think about it again." ”

"Alright! I look forward to drinking your wine soon. ”

Yang Yuanqing turned the topic back again, "What is the important thing you came to me for?" ”

Luo Shixin hurriedly took out half a bottle of wine from his arms and put it on the table, and said in a deep voice: "This is a strange thing that I discovered today, and I felt that it was not simple, so I rushed to report it to the general manager. ”

Yang Yuanqing took the bottle, pulled out the wine stopper and sniffed it, his brows furrowed, "What's going on, where did the rice wine come from?" ”