Emperor Jingren has only been on the throne for three years, and Wei Cheng has been involved in politics before, so he is not so sensitive to financial figures.

And Wen Chen is different, a man who degenerates into a social animal after retiring from the army has already engraved careful calculations in his bones, and the slightest suspicious information can't escape his eyes.

In the past ten years, Dasheng's annual disaster relief appropriation has averaged more than 100,000 taels of silver, and it has to be apportioned among the states, so it doesn't cost much silver at all.

And Guangqing Prefecture took 300,000 taels of silver from the treasury this year, although the drought and famine for two consecutive years were serious, but this year is only half of it, how quickly did the disaster relief materials allocated before be digested? Now he is coming to ask for money and food, saying that there is no greasy here, I'm afraid no one will believe it.

These local officials bullied Emperor Jingren who had just succeeded to the throne and did not know enough about the specific proportion of annual financial expenditures, so they dared to make unscrupulous demands.

"Wen Chen, since you know that they are greedy for real cheapness, why do you still ask me to allocate money for them?" The little emperor frowned and looked at Wen Chen.

Wen Chen took a long breath, "What they want is money, but what Your Majesty wants is people, if you don't give it, not only will the people starve to death, but these corrupt officials will also have to spread rumors about Your Majesty's inaction, and once there is a civil uprising, the imperial court will send troops to suppress it, and the price paid will only be more, not less." ”

"Then I watched these moths, taking my money, and continuing to trample on my people?!" Emperor Jingren couldn't help but clench his fists.

Wen Chen knew the concerns of the little emperor, the officials who could be greedy for so many imperial court materials were by no means one or two in Qingzhou, if at this time, a large order was issued to appoint and dismiss, and Qingzhou was handed over to officials who were not familiar with the situation, not to mention whether it would have a significant effect, and the disaster situation in the entire Qingzhou could be completely out of control.

In this era of backward communication, sometimes the news is the most valuable, only by grasping the specific situation of the disaster in Qingzhou, can we prescribe the right medicine, and now this person must also be handed over to the current officials of Qingzhou to complete.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has a way to not only fill the stomachs of the people of Qingzhou, but also avoid the layers of exploitation of disaster relief materials by officials up and down, I wonder if Your Majesty is willing to give it a try?"

The little emperor raised his eyebrows, "Your method, won't you make me sacrifice something?" ”

Every time Wen Chen puts forward an opinion, it will more or less make her pay some price, whether it is psychological or economic, this seems to have become a tacit understanding.

Although I didn't feel very comfortable, but in general, it solved the urgent need.

"Your Majesty needs to be scolded."

Hearing this, the little emperor smiled with relief, "If that's just the case, I can still accept it, the lives of the people are much more important than my reputation." ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Wen Chen bowed and clenched his fists.

As he spoke, he bent down and grabbed a handful of sand and gravel from the flower bed, "Your Majesty, please see, this is one of the grains and grass that is transported to Qingzhou!" ”

"Isn't this a stone dirt? Lord Wen can't make such a joke! Concubine Jing on the side was puzzled.

"That's right, it's this sand and gravel that can save the people of Qingzhou from fire and water!" Wen Chen explained, "When the money and grain that was transported to Qingzhou was transported, it was already good that two or three percent of it could go to the hands of the people, if Weichen guessed correctly, the remaining seven or eight percent of the grain had been exploited and seized by the handling officials, or taken to resell, if Your Majesty wanted to prevent this kind of thing from happening, he could only let these corrupt officials cut off the idea of greedy ink after seeing the grain!" ”

The little emperor really made sense at one point, and when Concubine Jing was still thinking about what Wen Chen meant, a smile had already appeared on her face.

"Are you saying that the grain is mixed with sand and soil, which can not only meet the amount of grain and grass that Qingzhou asks for disaster relief, but also make these moths sick to their stomachs when they look at it?!"

"Your Majesty Mingjian!" Wen Chen said, "No matter which grain seller will not collect grain mixed with sand and gravel, this thing not only weighs the pound, but also wants to separate them, can only be washed with water repeatedly, but the washed grain is not easy to preserve, if you can't sell it in a short time, you can only rot in your hands!" ”

"Oh——, Hongu understands!" Concubine Jing's eyes lit up, "In this way, once those corrupt officials can't turn food into profit, they can only delegate it to the people, and the people only need to simply process the food before it can be eaten!" ”

Wen Chen bowed slightly, "That's right, it's just that the people who don't know the truth will think that Your Majesty is fooling them, so Wei Chen will say that Your Majesty has to be scolded a few times." ”

Emperor Jingren waved his hand, "It's okay!" This method is available! ”

"However, the grain and grass I have raised is limited, and I am afraid that the people of Qingzhou will not be able to sustain it until next year."

It is true that the most important thing in disaster relief is to fill the stomach, but the amount of food is certain, and no matter how much sand and gravel are mixed with it, this thing cannot be eaten as food.

Wen Chen smiled slightly, "For the rest, I'm afraid Your Majesty will have to find the palm seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor to solve it." ”

"Ke Donglai?"

"That's right." Wen Chen nodded and said, "The Imperial Horse Supervisor raises war horses for me Dasheng, and it is essential to hoard forage on weekdays, and in two months, it will be the season of autumn grass harvest, Your Majesty can take out some of the forage and transport it to Qingzhou, temporarily relieve the urgent need!" ”

"Let the people graze? Will this work? Concubine Jing hesitated.

Emperor Jingren shook his head, "During the catastrophe, don't say that you eat grass, the trees on the road can be eaten, and besides, my Dasheng war horse eats alfalfa grass, and people can eat this thing, it won't get in the way!" ”

"Then what if the officials of Qingzhou sell the forage that His Majesty has transported?" Concubine Jing asked.

"How dare they?!" The little emperor's eyes were murderous, "This forage is used to raise war horses, if they resell it, the one who takes over must be the Southern Qi, and the silver that I secretly have is just that, they still want to cooperate with the enemy and commit treason?!" ”

Wen Chen nodded on the side, "Your Majesty is right, and Qingzhou is far away from Nanqi, and the silver taels from selling these forages are probably not enough for the labor travel expenses to transport them over, this kind of loss-making business, they will not do it." ”

"Then the Huns are close, they can sell to the Huns!" Concubine Jing said innocently.

Emperor Jingren glanced at her helplessly, "Wen Chen, you explain it to her, I will go back and sort out my thoughts first, and I have to find a reliable person to do this." ”

"Why, why didn't they sell fodder to the Huns?" After seeing His Majesty leaving, Concubine Jing hurriedly asked.

"Kiss me and I'll tell you." Wen Chen laughed evilly.

Concubine Jing's cheeks flushed, and she secretly looked around, and when she saw that there was no one around, she pecked at Wen Chen's face like a dragonfly.

"Alright......"

Wen Chen nodded with satisfaction, "Do you know where the Huns live, concubine?" ”

"Of course it's the prairie!"

"What's the most on the steppe?"

Concubine Jing frowned and said tentatively, "Huns? ”

"Of course, there is the most grass on the grassland!" Wen Chen sighed, I really don't know how Tan Siwei was in the first place, and the daughter he gave birth to couldn't turn his brain!

"And then?" Concubine Jing said coldly, "Why don't you kiss you again in this palace, and you tell this palace?" ”

Wen Chen was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly realized that something was wrong.

I saw Tan Xuan's eyes full of smiles, looking at him playfully.

Do I wipe it?

It turns out that the person whose brain doesn't turn is me?

"The sun hasn't set yet, so it's not good......"

Concubine Jing snorted softly, "Vegetarian today." ”

"What to eat vegetarian? Good luck, eat chicken tonight! Wen Chen laughed evilly, grabbed Concubine Jing's arm and walked towards the boudoir!