Great Pilgrimage!

It didn't start because of impeachment, it didn't start because of one thing.

Yingcheng has also participated in several court meetings.

Except for the things that the First Emperor had already decided, and the will would be directly read out, a lot of other time was discussed by the officials of each province!

It's more of a debriefing process.

"The Great Law Order, the lower officials have a performance!"

As soon as Yingcheng finished speaking, an official below stood up, also impatient.

"Last year, the world's total grain output was 8 million bells, of which 4 million bells were wheat, 900,000 wheat, 1 million millet, 1 million rice, and 1.1 million wattles!"

"The granaries in various places have a total of 12 million bells of grain in stock, of which 7 million bells are consumed a year!"

"Counting last year's taxes, there are five million bells of grain in the government's inventory!"

"Spring ploughing is imminent, one million of them cannot be used, and the government treasury must keep one million bells of grain for backup, of which only three million bells of grain can be used!"

"Among them, 14,000 bells of grain must be transported to the north every month, and in June, 84,000 bells are counted!"

"The garrison of each county must consume 30,000 bells of grain per month, which is slightly reduced, and in June here, it can be counted as 170,000 bells!"

"Your Majesty's southern tour, 800,000 soldiers, 80,000 bells of grain per month, and 500,000 bells in June."

"Among them, nearly 50,000 grains were consumed by grain transportation."

"Since August this year, the government treasury has been unable to move 800,000 bells of grain."

"Spring ploughing or summer and autumn harvest, winter or lack of grain, spring loss is the most serious here......"

The officials listened to the statement of the inner Stembala, and they could be regarded as hearing it!

Lack of food!

Yingcheng also heard it.

Lack of food!

With the current grain reserves of the government treasury, it is completely insufficient to support the summer harvest and replenish the government treasury in the autumn.

There is a shortage of at least a million bells of food.

Although it was not within the scope of the Inner History of the Governor's Mansion before, the Governor's Mansion was calculated for grain, and such data was calculated according to the consumption of previous years.

And that's not a small amount.

One bell is equal to six Hu and four buckets, and one Hu is equivalent to one stone, one is a volume unit, and one is a mass unit, which is actually very different, but in the unity of weights and measures, the entire Daqin is calculated according to one Hu is equal to one stone, so there is not much difference in such data.

In the measurement, one stone is equal to four jun, and one jun is equal to thirty catties.

If you convert it into catties, it sounds extremely terrifying.

Now, there is no shortage of food!

It is possible to mobilize 3 million bells of grain reserves at will, which is 3.1 billion catties of grain.

Enough to support any arbitrary extravagant policy at this stage!

However, after a winter, spring ploughing is required, and before the summer and autumn harvests, for six months, the tax revenue is deposited into the government treasury, and then the government treasury uniformly dispatches these 300 days, and the grain in the government treasury will decrease little by little.

This is also a characteristic point in the tax model of Daqin.

Taxation is heavy, almost two-thirds, leaving only one-third or one-half in the private sector.

The people had to survive on this grain for one year and wait for the next year's harvest.

Originally, the yield per mu was not high, but it is conceivable that under such a heavy tax, it is impossible to last for a year.

And in the consciousness of the court, it is necessary to ensure that the people have food for their stomachs.

However, all the grain that has been harvested and the grain that has been stored in the past is dispatched in a very comprehensive macroeconomic regulation and control.

To put it simply, it is no different from returning food.

That is, standing at the level of Daqin, it was reported from the township to the county for the first county-level regulation and control, so as to ensure that the people who could not survive normally could be fed.

If a county can't regulate and control grain storage, it will be regulated by the county and the state, and if it can't even regulate and control the grain storage, it will eventually go to the Great Qin Dynasty for cross-county and cross-state regulation.

In this way, we can ensure that the people have food.

But this!

The requirements for the rule of officials are so high that they are terrifying.

But if there is even a little chaos in the rule of officials, it will cause turmoil in the whole place.

As for Daqin, the perennial armament, and the military rations have not been deducted, and the annual consumption of grain has reached nearly two million bells, which is just food consumption.

And after all these years of stability in the court, it can be said that this has reached a state of equilibrium.

That is, to ensure that the government treasury has enough basic grain of 2 million to deal with any emergency, to ensure that there is enough grain to maintain cultivation, and to ensure that there is enough grain to supply the military and political needs of the whole country.

The reason for this million-dollar shortfall.

It was because of the military operations launched by the First Emperor's southern tour.

That is, the war launched by the First Emperor during his southern tour, the ration budget given to the First Emperor by the Zhisu Inner History Mansion was an extra one million bells of grain!

And this million bells of grain is actually the problem that Nesten really proposed to solve at this time!

To put it more bluntly.

The First Emperor's southern tour, the budget is sufficient, and the First Emperor will toss it casually, as for the resulting gap, find a way to solve it!

"Xiaguan proposes to levy taxes again, and the main targets of grain collection this time, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and the northern four places of Xuzhou, should be levied in May!"

Ne Shi Teng is also a ruthless person, since he raised the question and took it to the court for advice.

It means that Nesten has been prepared and has thought of countermeasures.

"No!"

As soon as Nei Shi Teng proposed it, he was opposed by many people, and it was Shaofu Ling Zhang Gong who stood up, whose real name was Zhang Shaogong, but he was called Zhang Gong when he screamed.

"When the winter after the autumn of last year, the tax has been levied again, if the people have no food to replenish, then levy grain, I am afraid that the people will not be hungry!"

"Xiaguan suggests that the stored grain should be used and replenished after the harvest!"

Nesteng directly retorted: "Use the stored grain, hmph, in the three months of last spring alone, the amount of grain used for relief reached 800,000 bells, just like that, nearly 10,000 people died of starvation, and nearly 40 grain riots were suppressed. ”

"The summer is rainy, there are many floods, the earth dragon turns over and the disaster, and uses the stored grain, how to deal with the disaster."

Zhang Gong was also dissatisfied: "The re-imposition of taxes will also cause chaos, and the chaos will not stop, and the barren grain land will affect the collection of grain. ”

Feng Quji also shook his head and said: "Grain storage can't be reckless, and taxes can't be levied again, but to maintain stability, we can't cause chaos in Yangzhou, and then cause chaos in Jiqing, Yanxu, and Sizhou." ”

"But the grain seed, I think it can be reduced to 500,000!"

Tian Zhen, director of the Department of Agriculture, hurriedly stood up and said: "Grain varieties cannot be reduced, and the restructuring of the Department of Agriculture this time, all grain varieties should be borne by the government treasury, which is set, so that the implementation of collective farming can be carried out smoothly." ”

Seeing that Feng Quji had put his mind on the grain seed, Tian Zhen was also anxious.

If it had been before, the grain seed would have been reduced, because a large part of the grain itself was borne by the people themselves, and those who could not afford the grain seed were borne by the local government treasury, and this part of the grain seed would not be harvested until after the harvest.

Therefore, there is a surplus of grain seeds every year, and the surplus grain seeds will be retained or distributed for other purposes after the end of spring ploughing.

Grain seeds, the same grain grown in the same field, who makes the grains of the family full, and some of them are shriveled and cannot grow, they are all the refined grains of the refined grains, how can they say that they can move.

The most difficult point of the reform of the Agricultural Department is the collectivization and restructuring, and after thinking about it, they thought that all the grain varieties this year will be borne by the imperial court.

The one million bells of grain must not be reduced.

It's reduced, and you let me let all the people share their land with a single mouth and a will, then you still cut me down!

This time.

There was a stalemate in the court.

Nothing can be moved, the gap is there, and it will be too late to discuss it like this when there is a shortage of food.

Suddenly.

One after another, they looked at the prison country of Yingcheng again.

The gap needs to be filled, and it depends on where the knife is cut.

Yingcheng listened to it for a long time, and gradually had a general understanding in his heart, so he couldn't help but say: "What about buying grain from the people, why don't you reduce the food needed for Your Majesty's southern tour, how much can you make up and solve the rest?" ”

Feng Qu immediately shook his head, knowing that Yingcheng would put his mind on His Majesty's Southern Tour, and categorically refused: "Your Majesty's Southern Tour has mobilized too many parties, and if it is reduced, once it is not enough, it will increase in vain." ”

"As for the purchase of grain, I am afraid that I will not be able to buy enough vacant grain, and the consumption of winter and spring ploughing is serious.

However, as soon as Feng Qujian finished speaking, Li Si said with a smile: "I agree with what the Great Law Decree said, reduce Your Majesty's needs!" ”

"Don't forget, Yangzhou is also a rich place for grain production, especially the land of Jiangdong, which used to support forty percent of the Chu State, how can there be no grain?"

"Your Majesty's southern tour, half of the time can be eaten in Jiangdong!"

Feng Qu hurriedly shook his head, stared at Li Si viciously and said: "No, if this is the case, I am afraid that the land of Jiangdong will be full of corpses and displaced people, and the evil consequences here will definitely spread to Jiujiang Donghui and other places!" ”

Li Si said with a smile: "It's a thief who is guilty of chaos, so if it is rotten, it will be rotten, and after it is settled, then dispatch food to relieve the people, naturally worry-free!" ”

All right.

There was a stalemate again.

It seems that no matter who puts forward an idea that can solve the problem concretely, there are people who oppose it.

Suddenly.

A pair of eyes looked at Yingcheng again.

If it had been discussed to this point in the past, it would have consolidated everyone's opinions and sent it to His Majesty who was on the eastern tour, but now, Yingcheng is in charge of the country.

If Yingcheng said that he would use the stored grain, then Nei Shi Teng would have to break his teeth and make way.

If Yingcheng said that the grain seeds would be moved, then even if the Agricultural Department objected, it would have to reduce the grain seeds.

If Yingcheng said that His Majesty would go south to eat in Jiangdong, he would discuss it with His Majesty, and everyone would have no opinion after discussing it.

All in all, it's about solving problems.

And it still has to solve the problems that will be faced in four or five months.

Yingcheng is also thinking, this is not unfounded, and in his opinion, not only is it normal, but even a three-year budget and a five-year budget are not too much.

"Let's issue grain bonds!" Yingcheng thought about it, and finally said it.

"What?" Feng Qu was stunned and looked at Yingcheng in confusion.

Li Si also seemed to be old, he didn't hear clearly, and looked at Yingcheng with puzzled eyes: "Grain debt, what do you mean?" ”

Nei Shi Teng is also a veteran of Su Neishi, and looked at Yingcheng suspiciously: "Grain debt? ”

Many officials were also puzzled and asked, "Grain debt?" ”

Yingcheng paused and said, "As stated in the decree of the Zhisu Inner History, the current treasury is enough to support June, and it is necessary to prepare for the collection of taxes in May. ”

"It is not feasible to increase taxes again, nor is it feasible to grow grain, nor is it feasible to purchase grain.

"Grain debt, to put it simply, is that my Great Qin Dynasty borrows grain from the world, no matter who it is, you can borrow grain from the imperial court, if the imperial court issues a seven-month grain bond, someone borrows a stone of grain from the imperial court, and this person cannot claim it back from the imperial court in July, and after seven months, the imperial court must not only return the grain borrowed by this person, but also pay interest on a liter of grain to this person."

"This is, grain debt!"

"There is still a precedent for this law, in the past, when the filial piety faced the siege of the six countries, and the Qin state had no money and grain for military purposes, the clan relatives and various feudal lords successively donated their family finances for the use of the filial piety, and the filial piety also borrowed materials from Zhou Tianzi and promised to return the heavy profits, so that my Qin country passed a difficult period."

"The grain debt is the same, whether it is an official in the court, a noble family, or a common people."

"The imperial court shall issue grain bonds in May, with a period of 1 million yuan of grain, which shall be repaid in May, and shall be returned in October, when the imperial court will not only return the grain borrowed, but also pay the corresponding interest."

"At the time of the announcement, the large grain debt was announced, and the 1,100 stone grain was returned to 1,100 stone of grain, and someone must have purchased the grain debt."

When many officials heard Yingcheng's detailed explanation, their eyes lit up, and they couldn't help but be surprised and worried, only to feel that their eyes suddenly opened up.

The food problem is no better than other items.

Even if the treasury is short of money, they will not be so worried.

Because the money itself is made by the imperial court, it can be made without additional factions.

But this grain.

The total amount is so much, even the noble families of the people have reserves.

But if you want to get into the treasury, you either have to increase taxes or make purchases, and in addition, I am afraid that the only way to go is to rob them.

But none of this works.

The grain debt raised by Yingcheng seems to have opened a clear road for them.

"Still, so?"

Feng Quji was almost thinking quickly about the pros and cons of this grain debt, and his eyes became brighter and brighter, and he even became relaxed.

That's right.

Nei Shi was worried, racking his brains to find a way, thinking of increasing the taxes of the people in some areas, and that was also because he urged him.

What is really worrying about this is him, the prime minister of internal affairs!

Since he decided to use troops against Jiangdong on the southern tour, he began to let Nesteng make huge statistical calculations.

Without him!

If there is enough money and grain to start a large-scale war, will it affect other uses of grain storage in the government treasury after it is launched?

The result is not enough.

He was trying to figure out a way, and the pressure was also on Nesten.

After thinking about it, this matter was still mentioned at today's court meeting.

There is really no way, in his thoughts, no matter which direction it is, he must have a knife to make up for this million vacancy.

If you don't cut it now, you will have to cut it in three or four months.

And this is bound to have other effects.

But now.

Food debt!

"Good fellow, this is a good plan for eternity!" Feng Qujian couldn't help but mutter, thinking about it, he felt that it was very suitable, not only now, but also very suitable in the future, and it was always very suitable.

Without him!

He didn't dare to guarantee anything else, but he dared to absolutely guarantee that the convincing power of the Great Qin government among the people was unprecedented.

In the past hundreds of years, the people at the bottom of the county and township pavilions would borrow cattle and farm tools from the imperial court when they ploughed in the spring, and they would borrow money from the imperial court when the family was short of money, and under the control of the imperial court, they would send grain to the people to feed their stomachs, and this order was maintained for hundreds of years.

If the imperial court issues grain bonds.

No one would think that the imperial court would not return the grain borrowed, let alone pay interest.

This is his self-confidence, and it is also Daqin's self-confidence.

And this policy.

The same can be done in the future.

"Feasible!" After thinking deeply, Li Si said categorically: "Don't say that May, even if it is a year, there will definitely be a lot of people who will buy grain bonds." ”

"My Great Qin ruled the country by law, and although the people are afraid of the government, the prestige of the government in the people is unmatched."