Fan Yidao, the head of the household department, said: "There is also improper storage every year, and there is also a corresponding loss, about 20,000 stone of grain and grain per year, so the grain imported into the official warehouse of Chang'an is actually only 180,000 stone per year on average. ”

"The annual storage of 180,000 stone of grain needs to pay for the public grain of the royal family, bureaucrats, the army and other personnel on duty, and it must be sold at a low price when the price of grain rises in Chang'an due to food shortage, so as to stabilize the grain price market in Chang'an. In this way, the annual expenditure is far greater than the collection, and the deficit between income and expenditure is huge, if we do not hurry to transfer grain from the Jianghuai region, I am afraid that Chang'an will have no grain to help in winter, after all, it takes time and effort to import grain from the states every year, and it can be achieved in a short time, and now it is the end of July, and it is already quite late to adjust grain in August. ”

After listing and listing the data one by one, after talking about the current situation in Chang'an Guancang, and giving his own suggestions worried about the country and the people, Fan Yi, the head of the household department, stood with his head down, waiting for the empress's orders.

Obviously, the actual situation of Chang'an Guancang is too much beyond everyone's expectations.

On the one hand, the cost is too large, the loss on the transportation road reaches 60,000 stones, and the annual loss of improper storage reaches 20,000 stones, and the entire 80,000 stone grain is gone.

In this way, the annual grain collection is less than that of more than 80 years ago, but the population is several times or even 10 times that of 80 years ago, and it is impossible to imagine how the deficit in income and expenditure has been balanced for so many years.

For a while, Fan Yi was quiet, but the sound of gasping one after another sounded around.

Compared with the surprise of the courtiers, the empress did not have the slightest discoloration, and even the dignified and powerful Jingshi Guancang was lost into such anger, just like he had already known the situation of the Chang'an Guancang, looking at the courtiers sitting in the main hall with indifferent expressions, but there was a trace of imperceptible satisfaction when the phoenix eyes fell on Fan Yi, who was waiting to fall, and nodded: "Aiqing, my heart is as careful as dust, since I was appointed as the head of the household department, I have never disappointed me in my post." ”

It's been a long time since I've heard the Empress speak like this.

Fan Yi, the head of the household, glanced at the empress, his reddened eyes were clearly visible in the brilliant light, but it was only enough for everyone to see it at a glance, and he seemed to feel that this was an offending to Long Yan, and it was a crime of disrespect, so he lowered his head and choked up: "Old minister...... Minister......"

I choked up for a long time, but I didn't say why.

The empress seemed to know what Fan Yi choked and wanted to express, so she stopped and said, "Needless to say, I know." ”

Some of the words stopped at once, and he did not expect to eliminate the estrangement of the Empress of the Sunset at this moment, so he took a breath at the moment, bowed his hand respectfully, and returned to his seat to re-seat.

Looking at Fan Yi, who was grateful and sitting back, the courtiers sitting there didn't have time to be stunned, and the empress was actually not angry at the official warehouse, only to see the scene of the empress and Fan Yijun's ministers, you come and go, and they all thought that Fan Yi was afraid that he was not exhausted, and there was a bit of a contrarian trend.

It is really a hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff!

Yao Chongzheng, the household servant sitting behind him, sneered in his heart.

However, compared to the current big problem of the emptiness of the official warehouse, it is not worth mentioning that Fan Yi, the head of the household department, unexpectedly showed his face in front of the empress, leaving this accident behind, seeing that the empress is not angry at the moment, plus some well-informed officials, knowing that King Wei led the crowd to the History Museum, and what is there in the History Museum? Naturally, it is the most complete information of the divisions.

After this thought, the ministers guessed in their hearts that the empress was afraid that she had already known the situation in the official warehouse.

As expected, I saw that after the empress asked Fan Yi to answer the situation of the official warehouse, she did not continue to let the people of the Taicang Department answer, the Taicang office is low, but it belongs to one of the nine temples of Sinong Temple, and now Sinong Siqing is also there, but the empress did not continue to ask Sinong Siqing to talk about the situation of the official warehouse, obviously she already understood, but it was through the mouth of others, so that their ministers could hear it with their own ears.

And the more afraid of something, the more she wants to come, the empress no longer mentions the Taicang Department or Sinong Temple to say more, the phoenix eyes are not angry, looking at her group of important ministers, and said coldly: "Everyone has heard that the grain imported into Chang'an by the states every year is as much as 260,000 stones, but now the actual annual storage capacity is only 180,000 stones, and it will be lost every year if it is not transported and stored properly, and a full 80,000 stone of grain will be lost!" That's 80,000 stones! It's not 8,000 or 800 stones! ”

Thinking that she would not be angry, she should have been angry this afternoon, but as soon as she said this, thinking of seeing the table data this afternoon, the empress found that she still couldn't help but be angry, and she was furious when she heard it!

"The saint is angry!" Although all the ministers and princes have their own positions, they still have a tacit understanding at this time, and they are busy getting up from their couches and bowing to the empress.

The most taboo for the elderly is to be angry, and the empress closes her eyes to ease this anger.

In the middle of the night, under the silence of the main hall that could be heard of falling pins, the empress finally slowly opened her phoenix eyes, her voice was a little less angry, but it was even colder: "Chang'an has not rained since March 29, and it has been the end of July so far, it has been a whole April, and it is already known that the autumn harvest is hopeless, and the grain price in Chang'an has risen to three or four hundred wen and one stone, although the grain price in the entire Guanzhong is not as high as Chang'an, but it is not that the people can afford to eat." In order to curb the rising grain prices, I issued an order two days ago to transfer grain from Taicang to all prefectures and counties in Guanzhong, first to solve the urgent needs of the moment, and then to transfer grain from the Jianghuai region to Beijing. ”

Listening to the empress's voice without a trace of emotion, the courtiers did not dare to make a sound.

The empress closed her phoenix eyes again, hid the anger in her eyes, and continued: "I thought that with the grain stored in Chang'an Guancang in recent years, there was no problem in helping Guanzhong, but who knew that returning to Chang'an Guancang was unable to help Guanzhong, and it was only barely enough for Chang'an to make a living!" ”

Speaking of this, she suddenly opened her eyes, her phoenix eyes were sharp, and she saw many courtiers looking up in surprise, and when they found their gaze, they lowered their heads in a panic, and the empress couldn't help but smile softly, and the irony was obvious.

"I'm surprised why I didn't let you know, how did I let you know? I'm also afraid of startling snakes, and it's hard for me to know the real situation. Fortunately, King Wei lived up to my expectations, but in the morning he asked King Wei to investigate, and King Wei gave me a detailed reply in the afternoon. ”

Talking about it, she seemed a little tired, and the empress shouted: "King Wei, you show them the data table made by Liu Chenxing, and see how bold they are!" ”

"No." Shen Zhongyi answered, got up from the couch in the first row on the left, and at the same time glanced at the yellow ginseng standing beside the empress, Huang San and a small eunuch immediately unfolded the information summarized by Liu Chenxing in front of everyone.

Shen Zhongyi stood aside, facing the courtiers and said: "There are seven states in Gyeonggi, and this data table clearly lists the income and expenditure of the seven states of Gyeonggi. ”