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Chapter 82 Disaster Relief Discussion

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    ¡°Although Yang Tao¡¯s words are beautiful, everyone present is a smart person. Of course, some of them don¡¯t believe it.

    Deputy Prime Minister Zhong Chang frowned and asked, "What about the two lakes area?"

    Yang Tao paused, "The burden on the two lakes areas is already huge. The three northwest provinces and Guangxi must use their food to save lives every year. They themselves have suffered frequent floods in recent years. They originally had more than 20 million tons of food in stock, and they also have food in various places."  It has been almost used for disaster relief and river repair.

    This time, 300,000 people in Yunmengze were affected by the disaster. Without the food and supplies sent by Jiangnan, it would have caused a disaster thousands of miles away.  "

    "You mean the most troublesome thing this time is actually in the two lakes area?" Zhong Chang said.

    "Yes." Yang Tao smiled bitterly: "They have to bear the food supply of Guangxi, Gyeonggi and Northwest every year. They were able to save 20 million dan before, which was already very good. Now they really can't change the food."

    "Is it feasible to mobilize grain from Jiangnan? I remember that Jiangnan's grain storage has always exceeded 50 million dan."

    "no."

    The person speaking this time was Nangong Ji. As deputy prime minister, he came from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and is now coordinating with the Ministry of Household Affairs: "Jiangnan is responsible for the food supply in Fujian and Guangdong every year. The year before last, he gave an extra 15 million shi to Guangdong's flood victims.  Last year, an additional 10 million was collected to rescue the typhoon disaster in Fujian. This year, another 10 million was transferred to the two lakes. The food in hand was almost only 30 million shi. Even if they were called the land of plenty, they could not consume it endlessly.  .

    ¡°Besides, Shandong is the one affected by the disaster this time. Shandong still has to bear the food supply for the defense line of the Northeast Great Wall. Now that Shandong is in trouble, doesn¡¯t it also have to rely on Jiangnan for support?  If there is not enough food left in the south of the Yangtze River, if there is a problem in the northeast, who will be responsible.  "

    Everyone nodded after hearing this.

    The same goes for Emperor Jinghe.

    Although Liu Shaoling, the governor of Jiangnan, was a capable minister of the highest rank in the world and managed Jiangnan unparalleled in the world, he could not keep pointing fingers at Jiangnan and not leaving some vitality to Jiangnan.

    Zhong Chang could only change to another place: "What about Sichuan?"

    Sichuan is known as the land of abundance and has always been one of the major granaries in the southwest.

    Now it was Cao Yi's turn to shake his head: "Sichuan is responsible for the food security of the three provinces in the southwest. Xikang and Guizhou have always been short of food, and natural and man-made disasters have occurred one after another. If we want to stabilize the southwest border, Sichuan cannot mobilize even if it has food."

    "In this case, where should we adjust the grain?" Emperor Jinghe still asked Yang Tao.

    "Wei Chen has two steps." Yang Tao said: "The first is to directly adjust grains from the granaries of Qiu County and Kao County, and first mobilize 10 million stones to prepare; the second is to actively purchase private grains for the imperial capital and the northwest.  regional food security supply reserves.¡±

    "no!"

    Among the four prime ministers, the deputy prime minister Ma Haoqiu, who was the only silent one, stood up and vetoed: "The grain reserves in the Gyeonggi area cannot be touched at any time! We not only have the emperor here, but also six officials, and more importantly, we have  The Nine Guards of the Forbidden Army and their families! They are the bottom line of the Dakang Dynasty, and there must be no mistakes or accidents."

    Regarding this point, Zhong Chang, who has always been tough, expressed his agreement: "I don't agree with using the grain reserves in the Gyeonggi region. However, Yang Shilang's second method can be used. Jiangnan is the most fertile land in the country.  There have been basically no disasters in recent years, and there is a lot of food stored among the people, so we can buy more for backup."

    "Buying food at this time"

    Wang Feiteng, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, shook his head: "That's just sending it up to be slaughtered!"

    Emperor Jinghe frowned.

    ¡°Purchasing grain in large quantities from Jiangnan is essentially different from controlling grain prices in the Gyeonggi region.

    Grain merchants in the Gyeonggi area have to sell grain, buy and sell, sell and buy again, so as to make money through continuous turnover.

    Since there is business activity, it must be restricted by the government.

    Those wealthy locals in Jiangnan are different.

    They don¡¯t have to sell the grain at all and just store it in their own cellar warehouse.

    Then you can¡¯t force people to sell at a low price, right?

    There was no time when the Dakang Dynasty was so arrogant.

    Therefore, these wealthy locals will sell their grain only if the price satisfies them, or at least is affordable.

    "It's difficult, but can we just ignore the more than 17 million people in the two lakes areas?" Feng Yuqiang, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, snorted coldly: "Besides, the autumn grain harvest in the Jiangnan area is about to begin, and this year is obviously another bumper harvest.  Will the price still be expensive?

    ? ?much better.

    The two ministers of Zhizao Mansion are not in Beijing, and there were big problems in Zhizao Mansion this year due to the weather, so they are not counted this time.

    In fact, he also understands what Wang Feiteng said just now. In a country as big as Nuo, how can it not use money?

    If you use up all your spare money just for this locust plague, what will you do if you encounter bigger and more troublesome things in the future?

    There was no other way, Emperor Jinghe could only be cruel and use the knife on himself.

    "Tao Shan, how much can the Ministry of Internal Affairs get out? Can three million taels be enough?" Emperor Jinghe said.

    Tao Shan is Zhang Xiang, the Minister of Internal Affairs, and Zhang Taoshan. He is a smart man. Watching the people in front of him picking at the ropes, he has long understood that sooner or later, it will happen to him.

    "Compared with other ministers, he, the internal minister who specializes in managing the emperor's personal treasury, has no room for evasion.

    "Your Majesty, yes!" Zhang Xiang replied in a deep voice.

    "good."

    Emperor Jinghe said calmly: "Then the Ministry of Revenue will send people to Jiangnan to purchase grain. Eight million taels of silver. I want seven million shi of grain. Is this possible?"

    Wang Feiteng knelt there and did not get up. Hearing this, he kowtowed again: "Wei Chen will definitely send some capable officials to guarantee the purchase of seven million stones of grain for shipment."

    Lin Zhenyuan, the governor of water transportation, once again stood up in advance: "The water transportation yamen is responsible for the transportation along the way, and we guarantee that not a single stone of grain will be lost, and not a single tael of silver will be charged."

    "well!"

    Emperor Jinghe patted the dragon chair and said with a smile: "Shouyu, you are so loyal to the country, I am so relieved, I am so relieved!"

    Today he encountered embarrassment again and again. As a result, Lin Zhenyuan took the lead in setting an example twice, which gave him great face.

    So the emperor felt in his heart that even if the water transportation had such shortcomings, Lin Shouyu was still trustworthy and worthy of being my potential minister!

    "This is what I should do." Lin Zhenyuan did not take credit, turned around and sat back.

    Nodding, Emperor Jinghe looked at the prime ministers again, "Prime ministers, the imperial court does not have enough money, and the damage caused by the locust plague is difficult to estimate, so I think we can only use the grain reserves in the Gyeongsang region What do you think?  suitable?"

    After such a confrontation and compromise, everyone has a clear understanding of the current situation.

    Seven million stones of grain is definitely not enough for the two lakes areas. We must use the ample areas to mobilize some grain, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable.

    Ma Haoqiu did not accept the move, pointed at Yang Tao and said: "Shilang Yang, please tell me."

    Yang Tao did not shirk the blame and said loudly: "You prime ministers are very reasonable. The alluvial plains where the three provinces meet have to rely on the granaries in the Gyeonggi region for relief, and food is also needed to stabilize people's hearts, so it is not appropriate to use more.

    But Wei Chen felt that it was more appropriate and realistic to mobilize 5 million shi of grain to go to the two lakes, and then wait until the autumn grain arrived from Jiangnan before making further additional allocations.  "

    "Then five million stones!"

    Emperor Jinghe was afraid that these ministers would refuse again, so he directly made a decision: "The transportation will start immediately after the locust plague. All ministers will handle it together, and there will be no mistakes."

    "Follow your orders!"

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    Note: According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, the thirteen warehouses of grain in the capital are for the consumption of the royal family and princes and ministers, and the remaining Eight Banners can also use the imperial grain.  There are only three situations when ordinary people want to buy grain from the Cao Cao: "the rice is in good condition on the bottom of the soil", "the grain is scattered in the grain" and "the grain in the warehouse is surplus".

    Not only the Qing Dynasty, but even if the Sui Dynasty perished, the grain in several large warehouses was not distributed to the people who were starving to death. Therefore, the princes of the Kang Dynasty paid great attention to and were stingy with the grain from the capital. It is understandable.

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    I don¡¯t know what to say. Thousands of words can only be combined into a sigh.

    In fact, I had a vague feeling that something was wrong a few years ago when he was seriously ill and lost weight and was hospitalized.

    But I still couldn¡¯t bear to part with that bohemian, green-bearded uncle who yelled ¡°Old Bedbug¡± whenever he appeared.

    That was the first time I saw Uncle Da¡¯s TV series.

    It¡¯s really like looking back a hundred years ago!

    Way to go, Uncle Da!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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