"In addition, we can send some people to transport water from those coastal areas where there is more abundant water to the drought places to realize the south-to-north water diversion."

"And if we can build a canal to transport this water to the water-scarce areas in the north, it can not only solve the flood problem, but also allow the north to have enough water, and with the canal, it will be much more convenient for us to trade back and forth, and it is always much faster to walk by water."

"By adding checkpoints on the banks of the river, merchants who want to trade through the river will have to pay a certain amount of customs duties, which will also fill the treasury."

"Natural disasters are not terrible, I am afraid that some people want to eat human blood steamed buns in this disaster and dare to make the disaster wealth of innocent people." Old Man Yao said with a slightly heavy expression.

The emperor's face also sank slightly, but he asked him to continue.

"The plans just mentioned by Wei Chen cannot be achieved immediately for a while, and it must take a long time, during which the drought must have begun, and the people are struggling to make a living, in order to show His Majesty's benevolence, some relief food must be distributed, but these grains have been scraped down layer by layer, layer by layer, layer by layer, and finally when it reaches the hands of those disaster victims, how much food can be left?"

"The poor people are suffering from this, but the mansion of another group of people is singing and dancing, there is a road where Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road, who cares about the lives of those victims?"

"Although my Ming Dynasty is peaceful and auspicious, everyone knows that the surrounding small countries have been eyeing our Ming Dynasty for a long time, and my Ming Dynasty is ...... In addition, the officials protect each other, interlocking, and move the whole body with one hair, which is the most difficult part. ”

In fact, the emperor has already thought about these problems mentioned by Old Man Yao, and he has been in power for more than ten years, such as droughts, snowstorms, and floods, but every disaster relief is not satisfactory, although he knows where the joints are, but he has never been able to cure them.

When the water is clear, there are no fish, how can there be completely innocent people in the officialdom?

"What Yao Aiqing said is reasonable, you Aiqing have listened to it for so long, you must all understand, but what is the countermeasure?" On the high dragon chair, the emperor's voice was a little low, but it implied some anger.

How can you not be angry? The imperial court raised such a group of officials, and in the end, none of them did anything and didn't say anything, and they still changed the law to try to detain the people, how could he not be angry?

The officials above the court all looked at each other, their faces were ugly, they had been officials in the court for several years, they needed to be dotted everywhere, they needed money everywhere, how could they squander that idea?

But once these things are put on the surface, they are the same thing.

"Back to the emperor, since the main problem is that corrupt officials are not eliminated, he will definitely become a disaster in the future." An official stepped forward and said.

"Don't you know this kind of thing? Need you to talk about it? The emperor snorted coldly and said, "But what about those corrupt officials and corrupt officials?" Who will do the extra positions besides them? Have you thought about it all? I am raising you people, but I don't use it to eat rice, give you three days, if you can't think of a way within three days, this will cure you for the crime of incompetence, and retire from the dynasty! ”

After retiring from the dynasty, the faces of all the officials were ugly, and even the old man Yao raised these topics with some anger.

Old Man Yao is old, he has his own plans to do things, and he doesn't pay attention to the anger of these people, but when he wants to leave, he is blocked by the big eunuch who comes.

"Lord Yao, please slow down, the emperor asks you to talk about it in the imperial study."

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Old Man Yao was not in a hurry, he looked like everything was expected by him, and followed the eunuch to the imperial study.

"Yao Aiqing, you're here!"

Old Man Yao just went in and saluted the emperor, "I don't know what important things the emperor called his ministers to discuss?" ”

"I don't want to beat around the bush and say it straight, where did I get these things?" The emperor pointed to the booklet on disaster relief policies that was put aside, and said: "Then the person who wrote such a plan must be a talented person. ”

"Your Majesty, what you said is a bit too much." Old Man Yao lowered his eyes, went around in a circle and said: "The poor friend is just a rural village man, who only knows how to farm and hunt, and he can write these things only because he read a lonely book on a whim, and there are some contents recorded on it, and he can't deserve anything." ”

"And her status is low, I'm afraid it's unreasonable."

"That's it, over there!"

The emperor is also a shrewd person, how can he not hear the prevarication in his words, Old Man Yao is an old minister who has assisted two generations of kings, and he used to be the emperor's concubine, and the emperor has to give him three points of thin noodles.

"Even so, since it is not justified to give advice to my court, it is not reasonable to receive some praise, and if the one is unwilling to put this matter in the open, I will take something out of the private treasury in my own name and reward him."

"Then the old minister will represent his friends, thank you to the emperor."

Old Man Yao didn't grind, he happily accepted the reward, and went back.

Lu Yan and Sisi didn't know about the things that happened in the court at home, and they didn't have the heart to inquire, but according to the methods they had come up with before, they were now experimenting on the field in their Zhuangzi.

Although there is a drought, with proper precautions, Si Si's own field still has a harvest, but it is not as much as in the past, and the situation is much better than others.

But other places are not so lucky, the north has been dry all the year round, and this year's drought has encountered, the price of grain in various places has risen sharply, and more villagers have not enough food to eat, and they will not think about selling it at all.

All of a sudden, the price of grain has increased several times compared to before.

Other grain shops are all unable to eat because they have no grain to sell, and they have poured a lot, but because Sisi has said hello to Qi Zhaodi before, the Qi family's grain shops can still operate normally, but they control the share of grain purchases and reduce the phenomenon of hoarding.

In the face of the soaring grain prices in other places, their grain stores were able to maintain the original prices, and many ordinary people were happy to talk about it, and no one complained about the quota purchase.

On the other hand, the life of the Zhou family was not so good.

"Damn!"

Zhou Zimo looked at the account book of the big deficit in his shop, and his eyes were red.