The weather is getting hotter, but after the Luoyang Imperial Court lost Gao Gong and He Ruobi, it became more and more convenient for Yi Feng to operate.

Many things were discussed directly with the officials of the East Palace without going through the imperial court, and then directly promulgated by the Hanlin Academy, just by notifying the three provinces. With the arrival of the governors of the provinces, coupled with a round of major adjustments of the officials of the prefectures, the Northern Ya Forbidden Army was stationed in various important places, and various government decrees were carried out very smoothly. The summer harvest work in various localities is in an orderly manner, and Yi Feng has specially ordered all provinces, prefectures, and counties to step up the summer grain harvest this year, and the most important one is that after the summer grain harvest, the government will do a good job in collecting the grain and collect the newly harvested grain. At the same time, Yifeng has allowed provinces to build granaries in some convenient places to store grain to facilitate transshipment or local storage. Hedong plans to build Taiyuan warehouse, Hebei plans to build Youzhou warehouse, and Liyang warehouse on the north bank of the Yellow River, Henan plans to build Hanjiacang, Heyang warehouse, Huiluocang, Luokou warehouse, Songzhou Kaifeng warehouse, Shandong Qizhou Licheng warehouse nine minimum grain storage more than 1 million stone of large warehouses, of which Luoyang City is surrounded by Hanjia, Heyang, Luokou, Huiluo four large warehouses, the plan can store up to 50 million stone grain, become the country's largest grain reserve and transfer center.

"The construction of the Nine Great Warehouses has begun, mainly using underground cellaring technology, and the cellars are sealed and sealed in the ground, which can be sealed and stored for up to nine years." The Ministry of Civil Affairs Shangshu and Jian'an Hou Fan Zigai reported to Yi Fengyu. According to his report, these warehouses are not above-ground warehouses but underground cellars, using cellar technology, the construction sequence of warehouses is about to dig an outer diameter of six zhang, inner diameter of four zhang, about one zhang wide, half a zhang deep annular foundation groove on the ground, and then ram the foundation groove, so as to form a solid warehouse mouth. Then dig a deep of about three and a half zhang in the mouth of the warehouse after ramming. The mouth is slightly larger than the bottom of the cylinder-shaped warehouse, and the outer foundation groove is like a protective cover. Make the inner cellar more solid. In addition, for the grain in the warehouse, the storage technology of layer by layer is also adopted. In general, this kind of waste time and waste power is far more troublesome than the underground cellar of the above-ground warehouse, the ultimate goal is to seal the cellar at low temperature, and ordinary grain is stored on the ground for about three years, and this underground cellaring technology can be used to preserve it for up to nine years.

"If you save it for nine years, can you still eat it?" Yi Feng asked. Normal grain is stale after a year. Grain merchants harvest new grain for old grain every year, and the grain at the bottom of the warehouse that is more than two years old is even directly used as feed for livestock. Nine years, that's too long. Can you eat that?

"Yes, as long as it is sealed well and not opened, then it will be completely edible in nine years."

According to the underground warehouses designed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, each granary can store 8,000 stones of grain. The minimum design of the nine granaries has 150 underground warehouses, and as the largest granary in the design, Luokou Warehouse is planned to build a 3,000-hole cellar, with a maximum storage of 24 million stones, which is ambitious. Such a huge granary. Therefore, the Ministry of Industry proposed to build a warehouse city, build a city wall gate, and garrison heavy troops, and at the same time build a supporting Hekou grain transportation wharf. construction of carriage tracks, etc. Make it the largest grain base and transshipment base in Luoyang, the capital. The purpose of the establishment of the Nine Great Warehouses Castle is to transfer the grain from all over the Kanto region through the various granaries in Guò. and store, so that the imperial court can more reasonably manage and use these grains. Achieve better coordination and mobilization.

"Three thousand cellars, will it be too much? Other than that. Luokou warehouse, such an important granary, built outside Luoyang City, will there be some hidden dangers? Yi Feng remembers that in history, Yang Guang later built the eastern capital, dug the canal, and then built a lot of granaries along the canal and in Luoyang. Li Mi first captured Liyangcang, so as to recruit troops and horses, and then captured Luokoucang, and suddenly his power increased greatly, and he became the leader of the alliance against the king in Kwantung, and the defenders of Luoyang could not get out of the city. Luoyang had many soldiers and horses, but because the granary was outside the city, he had to go out of the city to fight and grab grain, lost his defensive advantage, and was defeated by Li Mi successively.

"The 3,000 cellars are the largest storage project, which is for the long term, but it will not be built all at once, it will be divided into multiple phases. As for the construction in Luokou, it is also because Luokou is on the side of the Yellow River, which is convenient for transshipment, after all, if there are 3,000 cellars, it is a huge reserve of 24 million stone grain, and the transportation and storage of so much grain is an extremely huge amount. Moreover, Luoyang City has also built a Jiacang, which plans to build a 500 warehouse, which can store 4 million stone grain, which is enough for the military and civilians of the Eastern Capital. As for the safety of Luokoucang, we also considered it, so we proposed to build a warehouse city and station heavy troops to protect it, so safety would not be a problem. Fan Zigai obviously also took into account these problems that Yi Feng was worried about.

"Well, in terms of construction, we must pay attention not to forcibly requisition people, we have to change our thinking and pay for the recruitment of people to build." Easy to confess.

Fan Zigai was a little surprised, he had never heard that the imperial court construction project did not directly requisition people, but had to recruit workers to pay back the money.

"In fact, it doesn't cost much, and the new industrial and commercial tax law has recently been introduced, and we can collect a lot of industrial and commercial taxes from this aspect, and use these revenues to pay for the project, which is completely enough to pay. And the people are exempted from this labor, and those who volunteer to work on the construction site can also make money, and the people will be happy, and they will support our court, and they can exchange the hearts of the people for spending some money, can't this account be drawn? ”

"This is all His Highness's benevolence and love for the people, otherwise, no one will do this, even if the court is rich." Fan Zigai hurriedly praised, although he didn't approve of this method in his heart. But since the crown prince has pulled money from the new income from industrial and commercial taxes, he naturally has nothing to say. After all, after the implementation of the new industrial and commercial tax law, the Ministry of Civil Affairs did collect a lot of extra money, but the tax system of the new industrial and commercial tax law is extremely advanced, not the kind of arbitrary apportionment, but the design is very reasonable, pulling the most wool, but listening to the least sheep's cry, I don't know how the prince came up with it. But the financial income has increased greatly, and now the pockets of the household department are very full, and it is indeed not bad for this money.

Yi Feng thought for a while, and said, "It's a good thing to establish nine granaries, it's a long-term consideration. But I still have a mention, and that is in the states and counties. It is also necessary to establish a standing position to regulate food prices. We all know that. Whenever the grain is harvested, that is, when the grain merchants go out. They often unite to suppress grain prices, and in many cases, the more abundant the grain crops, the lower the grain prices, and the more difficult it is for the people. In response to this situation, the imperial court must do something to increase the arrangement of standing positions and build them in all states and counties. When the price of grain in the market crosses this warning line, the imperial court will officially pay for a large amount of grain at the original minimum price. And when the market price is higher than the highest price. Then the government will open the regular liquidation position and sell grain to the people at a fair price at the highest price set by the government, so as to prevent the grain from hurting the peasants and the grain from hurting the people, so as to calm the grain market and calm the people's minds. ”

"This is a benevolent government that has existed for a long time, and our dynasty also has it, but the number is limited. His Royal Highness is now going to expand the scale of the standing position, which is a great thing. ”

"The Ministry of Civil Affairs has to set aside a special amount of money from the treasury to be used for the annual purchase of grain at parity, and the special fund will be used for special purposes. Dedicated personnel should manage it, and in addition, it is necessary to review the governor back and forth, so that the benevolent government must not end up becoming a source of corruption and wealth for some people. ”

"Wechen remember."

Yi Feng looked at Fan Zigai and took out a pencil seriously and recorded it in a small notebook. nodded appreciatively, this kind of atmosphere from nostalgia is very good. It's very pragmatic, and officials should be like that.

"One more thing you should remember. With regard to the establishment of Yicang in various localities, the government should take the initiative to contact the landlords and wealthy households in various localities to establish Yicang. In normal years, families donate food to prevent famine. Yicang is a special creation of this dynasty, and it has been established in the fifth year of the emperor's reign, but the original imperial court every autumn each family produces a stone of wheat and millet, which needs to be improved. Although Yicang is for famine, it should be a concept of mutual help. I think that according to the different levels of wealth and poverty of the people, they should donate different grains to the warehouse. For example, donate grain according to the amount of land produced by each family, donate one liter of grain per mu, donate more for those who have more land, and donate less for those who have less land, so that Yicang becomes a guarantee rather than a burden. ”

One acre of grain is donated one liter, and one hundred acres of grain is donated ten stones, which seems to be more than the original donation of five stones per family, but now few people still have 100 acres of land, and Yi Feng specially explained that this mu of land is only the number of grain fields, not including mulberry fields and hemp fields. The biggest change is to donate according to the family, to donate grain according to the mu, so that those who have land will naturally donate more.

"Your Highness, this righteous warehouse is to prepare grain to prevent disasters and famines, and to make up for the arrears in good years. Usually donate grain for storage, and in case of famine, open a warehouse and distribute it equally to the people of Yicang. If we donate grain by mu now, then the grain will be distributed evenly after the disaster, and I am afraid that the rich households with more land will not be satisfied. ”

Yi Feng didn't care, "It seems that the rich family suffers a little loss, but since it is a rich family, it naturally has to help the neighbors, and the greater the so-called ability, the stronger the responsibility." One liter of righteous grain per mu is not much, even if two stones of grain are produced per mu, this liter of righteous grain is less than one percent of its output, what are they reluctant to do? You must know that if there is a famine, if the imperial court is unable to transfer grain and rescue it, and the people have no food to eat at that time, they are hungry, and everything can be done. And the most likely thing for the hungry people to do is to rob the big families and take their grain, not to mention that the food is gone, and even their lives may not be saved, so Yicang is actually a protection for the rich landlords. ”

"His Royal Highness said that it was true, but I am afraid that those rich people will not understand."

"They don't understand? It's reluctant. But it doesn't matter, they can't figure it out, isn't there still a court? Although Yicang is a civil act of mutual assistance and disaster preparedness for local people, the government must also actively participate in it. The government may issue an order that donating one liter of grain per mu is a mandatory obligation, and those who are willing to donate more are voluntary, but not lower than the official standard. In addition, for Yicang, the government also has to send special personnel to supervise and manage, not to let these righteous grains be corrupted by some people, and must ensure that these grains can be used for disaster relief and peace of mind in the year of famine. ”

When you have food in your hands, you don't panic.

For the imperial court, the importance of food was incomparable, even more important than real money. Food is stability and people's hearts.

At this time, Li Mi came in, "Your Highness, General Pei asks to see you." ”

Fan Zigai hurriedly got up, "The minister retreats." ”

Yi Feng got up and sent him off, "What we talked about just now will be implemented immediately, I will tell you the truth, and then I will immediately ask the imperial historian Liu Xingben to send the imperial history of the imperial history platform to inspect, if there is a problem in your implementation, improper use of people, etc., you will be impeached at that time." ”

"Ministers should do their best."

Sending Fan Zigai away, Yi Feng turned his head to Li Mi and said, "Please General Pei come in." ”

A moment later, Pei Jin came to see that the Military Intelligence Service under his command was now officially subordinate to the Supervision Yuan, and its name had been changed to the Military Intelligence Department. Regarding Pei Zuo's envoy during the original Tiger League, Yi Feng didn't treat him as an outsider, and didn't treat him politely, but directly pointed to the couch, "Uncle Pei, please take a seat." ”

Pei Zeng didn't see the slightest reckless style on his body, he sat down very respectfully according to the rules. "Congratulations to Your Highness, the Southern Expeditionary Army has swept through Huainan, and all the states have surrendered to the wind, and Kaicheng has been annexed, and there is no stubborn resistance. Today, south of the Huai River, north of the Yangtze River, east of the Dabie Mountain, the ten states of Yang, Chu, Chu, He, Hao, Lu, Shou, Guang, Shen and Shu have all been recovered by the imperial court. ”

"Well, the Southern Expeditionary Army is indeed very smooth." Yi Feng was not too excited, this qiē was expected. Yang Guang's biggest mistake was that the whole army marched westward, he thought that he could attack Guanzhong smoothly, and then wave his army to attack Hedong. Who would have expected that now he can't enter the customs, but his nest has been copied. After all, it is not a war between the two countries now, but a struggle for the throne within the royal family, so whether it is the local officials or soldiers in the prefectures and counties of Huainan, they do not have the determination to resolutely resist. Anyway, no matter which one wins, it is still the world of the Great Sui, and they are still the subjects of the Great Sui. When Yi Feng was smooth sailing and the Southern Expeditionary Army was killing with great momentum, Huainan, which was already empty, really had no one to resolutely resist.

"Pei Bo came here, he definitely didn't say this, right?" Yi Feng asked with a smile. The news of the recovery of Huainan had already arrived with Gao Gong's seal, and Yi Fengdu had already decided at the East Palace meeting to immediately establish Huainan Province, let his subordinates recommend the officials of the three divisions of Huainan Province, and prepare to send people to Huainan to evaluate the current officials to decide on the next personnel adjustments. "Isn't it the military intelligence of Liaodong?"

"It's the Longyou military situation, Yang Su and Shi Wansui just fought, Shi Wansui lost nearly 20,000 horses and horses, and he has withdrawn to Huizhou."

Yi Feng smiled, "Yang Su is really good, how much damage has he had?" ”

"Yang Su's damage is no more than a thousand, it is incalculable, long live the best history."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mi came in again, "Report to Your Highness, General Liu Ying of the Special Service Department asked to see him, saying that there is important information to report." ”

ps: I have a cold, a headache, and I can only watch two shifts today. (To be continued......) R1292