340. Anger
The valley is a thriving, hard work scene, and Shanggu Town is also because of the extra batch of grain, especially when they know the production capacity of sweet potatoes and potatoes, the people also see a smile on their faces, and they are more full of expectations for life, almost non-stop to plant seeds into the ground, carefully take care of them, and look forward to the harvest in a few months.
However, in Panshi Town, dozens of miles southeast of Shanggu Town, and even hundreds of miles away, the people of the county town are still living in extreme panic, depression, and despair, full of violence, and many people have gone crazy in order to grab food resources.
I thought that the receding flood would bring hope, but I didn't expect it to be even more desperate, there was no relief food, no food, and the eyes of the people who could not see hope by relying only on wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger were gloomy.
When they are crazy and hungry, watching the rich and powerful people eat enough, wear clean clothes, and enslave their subordinates with command, this imbalance reaches the extreme, and will completely explode at any time.
Imperial Mausoleum Palace.
"Your Majesty, this is a memora handed over by various states and cities, please make a decision from Your Majesty."
Sitting in a high position, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and a crown, Jinjin held his forehead tightly with one hand, frowned, and his face was gloomy, obviously his emotions had reached the extreme.
Every day is a decision, a decision, a decision, he is only an emperor, not a god, where can there be two kinds of food, shouldn't these be a way for a courtier?
"Your Majesty......"
The one who stood tall during a loud shout from the officials finally couldn't bear it anymore and broke out.
"Decide, you know let me decide, whether I can conjure grain or grain seeds, shouldn't you as a courtier find a way?"
"The ministers are incompetent, please calm your anger" The Son of Heaven was angry and frightened, and the important ministers knelt on the ground.
"Incompetent and incompetent, can't you make yourself capable, what's the use of asking you courtiers?"
"Tobe Shoshu"
"The old minister is ......," a trembling figure walked out and attached to the ground.
"What is Zhao Aiqing's good plan?" The bright yellow figure on the high position stared at Tobe Shangshu tightly.
Lord Zhao was drenched in cold sweat, although he was not a prophet in charge of the household department, how could he know that the disaster had arrived in advance, who could have known that the flood was so turbulent, and in just a few days, the entire Gu Yan Kingdom was completely submerged.
The most important thing is that the tax revenue, grain and silver in various localities are still on the way, and in addition to the bad year last year, there is really not much grain and silver reserves in the state treasury, and after this year, only more grain cannot be imported and exported, and even if there is more grain, it cannot help but be consumed in this way.
The flood submerged everything to the bottom, and gold and silver could be dug out of the mud, but more food could never be recovered.
After the flood receded, the whole land was a piece of life, and life-saving songs from all over the country came like snowflakes, even if he tried his best to even use the majesty of the emperor to coerce and lure the wealthy squires of the family clan to take out the grain, but it was still a drop in the bucket for the entire Gu Yan, and the remaining grain was only able to sustain the surviving people in the capital with one porridge a day.
Even the saint only eats two meals a day, one meat and two vegetables.
"Your Majesty forgives me, the old minister is incompetent" Zhao Ji'an fell to the ground, his body trembling like chaff.
These days, my hair is gray, but I still can't think of any way, except for the people to save themselves, the court really can't get food.
After all, it's not a state or a city, but the whole country, and even if you kill him, you won't be able to turn it into food.
"Waste, it's all waste...... I don't want to listen to this nonsense, I want you to come up with ideas, Lord Zhao, I'm giving you one last chance......" The bright yellow figure stared at the old minister who was prostrate on the ground, his eyes were as sharp as knives, and his eyes were full of anger.
The wrath of the Son of Heaven, millions of floating corpses, bleeding thousands of miles.
At this moment, the hall was silent, and the ministers all clenched their necks, lest His Majesty's next target would be against them.
Lord Zhao's body trembled again, and he lay down, "Your Majesty, old minister...... Lao Chen ...... and then closed his eyes ruthlessly, "Lao Chen must try his best to squeeze out some grain seeds, so that the farmers can plant as soon as possible, but the grain Lao Chen really has no way, for the way is to save the people everywhere, fortunately, now is the time when all things are recovering and plants are growing wildly, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water, and always be able to hold on for a period of time, and once the grain harvest situation will definitely improve. ”
After speaking, Lord Zhao continued to lean on the ground with a bitter face.
Although it is promised to squeeze out some more grain seeds, but where are these life-saving things so easy to squeeze out, even if there is such a time, who does not protect the grain seeds tightly, just a flood is a year and a half, and who dares to guarantee what disasters will be in the future?
The nobles of the family are profound, but these are all big families that have been inherited for a hundred years or even a thousand years, which one is not scheming, take one step and look at ten steps, it is even more difficult to get food or seeds from these people than to the sky.
Yesterday, some old guys went to the court to cry that there was no food to eat at home.
I only hope that the rich merchants in the city haven't had time to finish leaving, otherwise even if they offend people, they can only squeeze from the hands of the courtiers.
Now in times of crisis, he can't squeeze it alone, he still has some food at home, but he can't bear the large number of people in his family, and the master and his subordinates guard dozens of people, and they are mainly gruel every day.
As long as people are selfish, there are still a few months before the harvest, and there are too many variables in the middle, so he can't ignore the life and death of his family in order to please His Majesty.
"Your Majesty, what Lord Zhao said is that this disaster has spread so widely that everyone has not expected, and most places have no time to prepare, and now the plan is to order the state and cities to distribute grain seeds first, and pay close attention to planting, as for the relief grain, it can only rely on the people to save themselves, this disaster has brought great and devastating, and many people have died, although it is very cruel, the old minister has to say that it is because of the decline in population, and now the vegetation is abundant, as long as you are diligent and live, it should not be a problem."
"Lord Zhao, what Lord Zhang said is" Many adults echoed when they heard this.
A flood destroyed everything, not only lives, but also food and food, almost everything, even the buildings were not spared, everyone is really powerless, and now we can only use this method that is not a solution.
Otherwise, these ministers would not still stay in the mountains with the emperor, and there would be no place to live at all.
Even though the palace has not yet been renovated and is mostly buried in the mud, the whole palace is still in shambles.
"In this way, we will do as the secretary said, and within three days the grain will be gathered and distributed to the states, and at the same time inform the states that all taxes will be waived this year, and they will go all out to farm and appease the people, as long as the whole country is united in fighting the disaster, I believe that this difficult situation will be overcome."
"Your Majesty Shengming" is attached to the ministers.
"Lord Zhao, I seem to remember the new grain species that Lingzhou Mansion sent to discover last year, and the yield is amazing, at least 1,000 catties per mu, is there such a thing?"
"Back to Your Majesty, but there is such a thing."
"Is there anything left?"