Cheng Yanjin also seemed to remember something, and sighed.

"Your Majesty, one year when I was a child, there was a drought in my hometown, and the imperial court allocated silver for disaster relief and bought ten truckloads of grain to transport to our township to relieve the urgent need. When I left the city, it was ten carts of grain, and when I arrived in our village, it became ten carts of rice bran. The old people in the village are weak, where can they eat rice bran? In the end, they all died. ”

These are the things that Cheng Yanjin has personally experienced, and when he said the emotion, he couldn't help but redden.

In order to accumulate wealth, those corrupt officials and corrupt officials do not care about the lives of the people at all, and the court broadcasts money for disaster relief, and ninety percent of it goes into their pockets. Ten cartloads of grain went out of the city, and ten cartloads of rice bran were transported. Where can they be found in the law?

exploiting loopholes to make money, they are all good players.

Li Hao said: "There is also the fact that nine counties and counties in Hongzhou have been affected, and the disaster must be light and serious. If you blindly distribute disaster relief funds on an average basis, you will not be able to use them in the severely affected areas, and you will not be able to use them up in the places where the disaster is severe. Where the calamity is light, if there is a corrupt person who perverts the law, do you think the money will be recovered? ”

"There are also those businessmen, don't look at Xiao Li when he is an example, they are so active in donating money and materials, saying that it is good to say that it is happy that the disaster is selfless, and it is difficult to say, most of them are not to win a good reputation for their own family. There is no treachery and no business, and now Hongzhou has suffered from floods, and there is no harvest of grain grains, and there is a food shortage after the flood. At this time, those businessmen may be gearing up, ready to make a fortune! ”

"On weekdays, the grain of one penny of silver, when there is a shortage of grain, I am afraid that it will rise to five yuan." The eldest grandson Wuji sighed.

They have encountered too many such things, not that they don't know, but they don't want to mention it.

"Xiao Li, you are resourceful, there will definitely be a way. Hurry up and talk about it, you guys, I'm about to abdicate what you said! Li Shimin said with a wry smile.

Li Hao and the others glanced at each other, and couldn't help laughing.

In fact, they said so much in the imperial study, not deliberately to make things difficult for Li Shimin, but just to give him a side strike. Although Datang's national strength is growing day by day, there are still countless internal contradictions and troubles that have not been resolved. As the king of a country, he must not be carried away by the victory in front of him.

The eternal Mingjun is not so easy to be, he must stay calm at all times and maintain a pure heart.

Recently, Li Shimin, the emperor's party, has been too stable, with the help of Li Hao and the support of loyal ministers such as Fang Xuanling. There are already three of the five surnames, seven wangs, and seven major families, which have completely become his forces.

Under the impact of successive victories, Li Shimin was already a little floating, and he didn't even see the plan to kill.

Therefore, Li Haocai, Fang Xuanling, and the eldest grandson Wuji acted in a scene together, reminding Li Shimin to sink his heart.

Li Shimin naturally saw their intentions, and the joke just now has proved that the once stable Emperor Taizong has returned.

Seeing him like this, Li Hao did not continue to ridicule: "In fact, it is very simple to solve these things, first of all, let's talk about how to deal with the food shortage after the flood." ”

Seeing that Li Hao finally began to talk about how to break the game, several people immediately concentrated and listened carefully. Li Hao is avant-garde in his thinking, and he can always say some methods and ideas that transcend the times, and every time he puts forward an opinion, it can make them refreshed.

"Hongzhou's grain has been completely destroyed by this flood, and this year's grain must be harvested. However, there is no grain in Hongzhou, and the grain in other places has not been destroyed, I am very confident in my new wheat seeds, and the grain harvest in Datang this year must be twice that of previous years, so the grain shortage in Hongzhou is not a problem. ”

"That's right, Your Majesty, do you remember the last time we paid the fee on Cuiping Mountain? How good the food grows in Xiaohe Village! This year must be a good year! Cheng Biting Jin patted his thigh and said.

Li Hao smiled slightly: "We have raised a lot of money this time, and we will never spend it for disaster relief." We can keep some of it first, wait until the food shortage is just enough, and buy some grain and send it to Hongzhou for disaster relief. Then His Majesty issued a decree to exempt the affected counties of Hongzhou from this year's taxes, so that they could have time to recuperate. ”

"No problem, now that the Tang Dynasty is leveling down and the grain is harvesting, the taxes in various places must be much more than last year, and it doesn't hurt to have less taxes in the affected places."

"Secondly, during this disaster relief, Your Majesty needs a group of people to travel to various places in the Tang Dynasty and secretly inquire about the price of grain in various places. Then secretly report back. ”

"Why is that?"

This time, not only Li Shimin, but even Fang Xuanling didn't understand what Li Hao meant by this? In the Tang Dynasty, the carriages and horses were slow, and it took several months to travel through the territory of the Tang Dynasty, so it was a little unclear to collect the price of grain from all over the world.

"Didn't Lord Eldest Sun say it just now? On weekdays, one penny of grain costs at least five dollars when there is a food shortage, is this tantamount to making a naked fortune? His Majesty collects the price of grain in the whole country, and then calculates the increase or decrease in the price to calculate a reasonable price. When the disaster has passed, this set of food price bills will be enacted. Anyone who sells grain must not exceed the price range you have set, and those who violate the order will be executed! ”

"Great idea!" When Fang Xuanling and others heard Li Hao's words, they couldn't help but applaud, it is understandable for businessmen to make money, but some people who are rich and unkind like to sell grain at sky-high prices in the disaster-stricken places.

The victims were so hungry that they could only buy even the most expensive food, and those who had no money could only wait to starve to death. And these people who sell grain at sky-high prices make a lot of money.

If we follow Li Hao's method, set a price range for grain. Regardless of whether a merchant is stockpiling grain and selling grain, he must not go too far. In this way, merchants can be prevented from taking advantage of disasters to make a fortune.

"Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years! I will send someone to make this bill a book and announce it to the world within three months! ”

"One last bit!" Li Hao raised his fingers and continued: "The disaster area has been affected to a different extent, and it must not be treated fairly, Lao Li, you need to send someone to check the disaster situation and distribute the disaster relief funds according to the priority." All the money must also be put in place, and it must not be swallowed up by corrupt officials. Otherwise, it will be you who will be scolded at that time, but it will be those corrupt officials who will benefit! ”

Li Shimin is a little difficult, there are many officials in the Tang Dynasty, but how many people know people but don't know their hearts, how many people can really think about the people? Those who swear on the surface, who knows what disgusting things will be done behind the scenes? When the money for disaster relief is distributed, where it is used and what it is bought, who can understand it in every detail?

Send someone down to supervise, what if the person who supervises is bribed?

The most important question is, who should be sent?

Li Hao was a little helpless: "Lao Li, Lao Li, I said it so bluntly, why don't you open your mind?" ”

Li Shimin suddenly realized: "You mean, you are willing to be the minister of the Qin Mission this time and personally supervise all matters of disaster relief?" ”

Seeing that he had finally opened his mind, Li Hao nodded with satisfaction.

This minister is none other than Li Hao.

First of all, Li Jiazhuang is famous all over the world, and Li Hao has money in his hand, so he doesn't need to embezzle that little disaster relief money at all.

Secondly, how to deal with this disaster was proposed by him, and Li Hao personally went out, and naturally commanded and handy.

Last but not least, Li Hao, as a great contributor to the fundraising of this disaster relief fund, personally went to the disaster area, which is justified.