Cao Shichun smiled disappreciatively and said, "Lord Li's words are agreeable?" Could it be that I have the ability to make such a hundred miles of urgent reporting slower? ”

Li Xiangru looked at Cao Shichun and said: "I don't know if Lord Cao has this ability, but there are always people who have this ability, after all, as long as it is slow, the victims will rebel against the thief, in this case, the imperial court will have a reason to send troops to suppress it!" ”

Cao Shichun sneered twice and said: "Whether it is the disaster victims or the traitors, those people are all to rebel against the imperial court, since they have chosen this path, then the imperial court will naturally not be polite!" ”

"Besides, it's just some pariahs, give them a chance to live, but they don't want it themselves, then don't blame the court for being ruthless!" Cao Shichun said coldly and ruthlessly.

Li Xiangru looked at Cao Shichun and said coldly: "Lord Cao's mouth is a court, what he said is light, is it possible to forget, how did Emperor Daxia Zu clean up the mountains and rivers of Daxia back then?" But I also understand, I heard that the prefect of Xiping Mansion seems to be the same senior brother as Lord Cao, right? ”

Cao Shichun's face changed suddenly, and Yang Wenjing, who had not spoken for a long time, also opened his mouth at this time: "Is Master Li suspicious of the old man?" ”

Tao Ranyong, another university scholar standing beside Li Xiangru, changed his face, "Lord Yang knows, Lord Li doesn't mean that!" ”

Everyone present knows that Cao Shichun and the prefect of Naxiping Mansion are brothers, and the teacher is the first assistant of the cabinet in front of him, Yang Wenjing!

As Yang Wenjing spoke, the scene suddenly cooled down, and at this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Emperor Xia took Xu Qing'an and walked in slowly, glanced at the six scholars in the cabinet, and then walked straight to the throne and sat down.

"Join Your Majesty!" All the ministers bowed down.

It's just that while kneeling down, a few vague eyes swept over Xu Qingan on the side.

Xu Qing'an stood beside him for a long time, not paying attention to these glances.

Xia Huang, who was sitting on it, shook his sleeves and said, "Get up, summon you over, you must know what happened, think about how to solve it!" ”

Looking at Emperor Xia's calm face, several scholars did not speak for the time being, the current situation in the three southwestern provinces is very critical, and if you are not careful, it will be the result of rebellion.

Seeing that several scholars were silent, Emperor Xia frowned and looked at Yang Wenjing and said, "Yang Aiqing, let's talk about it first!" ”

Yang Wenjing looked at Emperor Xia and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the emergency report of the three southwestern provinces said that because of last year's drought and this year's snowstorm, the people of the three southwestern provinces are struggling to make a living, especially Xiping Mansion, which is the hardest hit area, and now there are nearly 100,000 victims fleeing from Xiping Mansion!" ”

"Now there are nearly 400,000 people fleeing the disaster, if someone raises their arms in the middle, I am afraid that they will not be a catastrophe, but a rebellion!" Yang Wenjing said slowly.

Emperor Xia nodded and said, "The most important thing now is to appease these victims, is the Hubu Shangshu here?" ”

Gao Yuan said softly on the side: "Your Majesty, you are already waiting outside the palace!" ”

Emperor Xia bowed slightly: "Summoned!" ”

"Yes!"

Gao Yuan then said loudly to the outside of the hall: "Xuanhu Department Shangshu enters the hall!" ”

Then I saw a chubby official walk in from outside.

"Minister Qian Zhongxiang, see Your Majesty!" Qian Zhongxiang, the head of the household, knelt down on the top of the main hall, and some of his fat bodies were still shaking slightly, obviously because he was running too fast, and he was a little out of breath!

"Calm down, Qian Zhongxiang, how much silver taels are still available in the treasury now?" Emperor Xia looked towards Qian Zhongxiang.

Qian Zhongxiang hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, in addition to the sufficiency of various ministries, military expenses, and royal expenses, only 100,000 gold and 2 million taels of silver can be used now!" ”

"So little!" Emperor Xia frowned, although he knew that the silver taels that could be used in the treasury were less, but this was too little.

It is equivalent to three million taels of silver, and if you want to provide disaster relief, this is probably only enough for one prefecture to provide disaster relief silver taels!

Xu Qing'an, who was on the side, watched them discuss disaster relief, but they were all concerned about the silver taels, although Xu Qing'an had just come to this world for a short time, but he also knew that three million taels was actually a lot, which was already equivalent to the state capital's tax on the imperial court for a year!

Thinking of this, Xu Qing'an arched his hand at Emperor Xia and said, "Father, the son has a question, and I want to ask my father and the ministers!" ”

Hearing Xu Qing'an's words, everyone's eyes were on Xu Qing'an, they naturally knew Xu Qing'an, but they didn't know how Emperor Xia could bring the Nine Emperor Princes with him in such a situation!

Xia Huang looked at Xu Qing'an and said, "If you have any questions, just ask them directly!" ”

Xu Qingan nodded and said, "Since you are all talking about disaster relief, why do you need so many silver taels?" ”

Qian Zhongxiang, the head of the household department, was stunned by Xu Qing'an's question, he didn't know how Xu Qing'an could ask this question, disaster relief needs silver taels, and three-year-old children are afraid that they all know, right?

Several ministers of the cabinet also glanced at each other, and it could be seen that these people were a little disdainful and ridiculed in their hearts.

Emperor Xia also frowned slightly, Xu Qingan looked at the Hubu Shangshu, Qian Zhongxiang glanced at Empress Xia and said: "Your Royal Highness Nine, these silver taels for disaster relief are used to buy food, clothing and other supplies, these things are urgently needed after disasters in various places, and when the disaster occurs, the price of food will rise rapidly!" ”

"In this way, you will need more silver taels!" Qian Zhongxiang said slowly.

"Buying food?" Xu Qingan was a little surprised.

"Don't I have a granary in Great Xia? Is there no official rations? Moreover, those shops that sell grain, when the country is in a disaster, still think about making a fortune, is it possible that the imperial court will not take action? Xu Qingan asked in great surprise.

Emperor Xia was slightly stunned after hearing Xu Qing'an's words, "What did the emperor mean by the official food just now?" And those merchants, how should we do it, once many grain merchants are too suppressed, they will unite and no longer supply food to the people, and even more merchants, once they don't like him, they will no longer enter and leave the territory of Great Xia! ”

"Emperor, you know, I still have a lot of things in Great Xia, and I need those merchants to go to various countries to buy and sell them!" Emperor Xia said helplessly.

Xu Qing'an was a little stunned and said: "Official grain is a kind of reserve grain, and it is the preparation of the imperial court to deal with some unexpected situations, and its purpose is to cause this kind of disaster caused by various weather reasons!" ”

"In normal times, the imperial court buys grain reserves in the market at a parity price, and changes the grain every season to ensure that the grain in the granary is available at any time!"

"As for what you said about not being able to make a move on those merchants, it is even more impossible to talk about it, merchants, after all, they have to be attached to a country, if they are coerced in turn, then can this court still be called a court?" Xu Qingan said in a condensed voice.