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There is no doubt that Emperor Jinghe was a kind and generous emperor.
But no matter how kind and generous you are, there will always be a bottom line.
When faced with the life and death of tens of millions of disaster victims, he would not mind using thunderous means to kill a group of corrupt officials to scare the monkeys and make the disaster relief work better.
A few thousand people crying is better than tens of millions crying.
Hearing him say such strong words, Miao Yan was very pleased and bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Emperor Jinghe looked a little melancholy, but he had to ask: "Mingqi, do you think it is necessary to do this in the capital?"
Liu Mingqi shook his head without thinking: "Unless it is absolutely necessary, the court should not let them get something for nothing. Otherwise, they will have to look forward to the court for relief every time there is a disaster, big or small. So, is it better to provide relief or not to provide relief?"
Emperor Jinghe looked ugly again.
If possible, he would like to help all the victims and poor people across the country to provide relief so that they can afford to eat.
But Liu Mingqi is right, people are always dissatisfied, and the money and food from the national treasury will not allow it!
The young man smiled again, "Your Majesty, you have done a good job these years, and everyone has seen it. You can also help them as much as possible, but you have to make plans for the prince and his descendants!
On weekdays, they can follow your lead, but what if they encounter natural disasters that last for more than ten years or decades?
At that time, the state treasury was running out of money and food, refugees were everywhere, and there were countless turmoils. If foreign enemies invade again, what should our Dakang Dynasty do? "
Emperor Jinghe took a breath of air, and his face became increasingly livid.
Even Miao Yan looked at Liu Mingqi in surprise, feeling that this young man did not look like a young man at all, just like an old man who had experienced thousands of years of hardships.
The horrific things he said were as if he had actually experienced them.
correct.
What the young man is talking about is the ups and downs of the thousand-year empire.
The name of the dynasty that encountered this situation was "Ming". In our five thousand years of history in China, it was the most righteous dynasty in the country. It was the only dynasty in which the emperor guarded the country, the emperor died in the country and kept his promise. It was destroyed in this way. Little Ice Age.
The Dakang Dynasty was far from this level, but taking precautions and taking precautions before they happened was what Liu Mingqi, the prince of the empire, should do.
The price of food is about to rise from eighteen cents to forty cents. Liu Mingqi understands that there is nothing he can do about it.
The Dakang Dynasty attaches great importance to business, so it is necessary to respect business rules, not to grab whatever you want, or to take whatever you want.
If you want those big grain merchants to sell grain, you must at least leave enough profit for them.
Otherwise, it is really named Ming grabbing, and in the eyes of all other industries, the Dakang Dynasty lost its authority and trust.
This is very fatal!
Once a court loses its integrity, it means that it has become alienated from the people below.
If business collapsed, it would be a devastating blow to the entire Dakang Dynasty.
The Dakang Dynasty simply couldn¡¯t bear it.
So the prime ministers, ministers, and ministers together with the emperor set a price of forty coppers per liter.
The acute problem now is that the people still only have so much money, but the food supply has more than doubled in one breath. It used to be enough to buy three months of food, but now it can only buy one month's supply. The remaining two What to do with Yue?
This is not a question of whether the grain merchants can release grain, but a question of whether the people have money to buy grain.
"Actually, the sages of the past dynasties have already experienced this situation. Isn't it just a matter of working for relief?" Liu Mingqi then softened his tone, "With the financial resources of the people today, even if the price of rice and wheat rises, It is more than doubled, and there should be no problem in supporting it for a month or two.
There are still two months until autumn and winter, when the rivers are in dry season. The Yellow River, Jinshui River, Wuzhang River, Bian River, Cai River can't these rivers flowing through the capital be dredged and repaired? Can't hundreds of thousands of poor people have work to do and receive money to go home and buy food? "
The largest river flowing through the capital is actually the Yellow River. Although it does not go around the city, it is very close and affects the capital at any time.
The cleaning up of the Yellow River happens to be the most important and troublesome. It costs a lot of money every year, and it still cannot be completely dredged and repaired.
Because this requires too many manpower, the capital simply cannot mobilize so many people to do it.
Miao Yan frowned: "Your Highness, we just carried out dredging and repairs two years ago. Judging from the current situation of these rivers, except for the possible needs of the Yellow River, there is no need to spend so much money anymore. Manpower and material resources.¡±
Liu Mingqi smiled, "Mr. Miao, you will have no problem repairing and dredging the Yellow River at any time of the year. There must be no mistakes in such an important river.
??And the purpose of dredging and repairing is not to dredge and repair, but to give our court an honest reason to distribute the money.
There is another purpose that is hard to explain, which is to give them something to do instead of staying at home and complaining every day. If this is used by someone with intentions, it will be very bad. "
Hearing this, Miao Yan was silent for a moment, cupped his hands to the young man, and said seriously: "His Royal Highness is indeed a gift from heaven. He has considered it thoroughly, and I admire him."
Emperor Jinghe said: "According to your opinion, should we do the same in the two lakes area?"
"Of course!"
Liu Mingqi said: "After the locust plague is over, organize all the men who can organize to repair the rivers, tidy up Yunmengze, strengthen the dams, and build roads.
Women let them wash clothes, light fires to cook, and help carry some things; children can collect firewood, help feed cows, sheep, chickens, ducks, etc.
In short, just one sentence, don¡¯t let them stop, don¡¯t let them be idle, don¡¯t let them have time to think that they have nothing now.
As long as we can wait until next year¡¯s new wheat and rice harvests are harvested, all the troubles will be over, and the two lakes area will gradually return to normal, without leaving many years of pain and sequelae. "
Emperor Jinghe listened very carefully, and then said to Miao Yan: "Tai Sheng, I will call them over in the afternoon. You can make the suggestions mentioned by Mingqi."
"According to the order!"
Miao Yan said without hesitation.
Liu Mingqi shrugged.
On the surface, it seems that Miao Yan is taking the credit from Liu Mingqi, but in fact it is him who takes the blame and reveals these strategies that consume a lot of manpower and material resources, adding a lot of trouble to the court.
This is a job that offends people, but Miao Yan has never been afraid of offending people.
"But in this case, I'm afraid the transferred grain will not be enough." Miao Yan also pointed out the problem, "Even 12 million stones of grain will not be able to last long under such high-intensity work! There are more than 17 million people in the Lianghu area! If we add in losses, we can only support it for two months at best."
"We still have autumn grain" Emperor Jinghe said subconsciously.
"Is the autumn grain only for the two lakes areas?" Miao Yan shook his head, "The northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest all have to rely on subsidies from these major grain-producing provinces every year. Five years ago, there was a severe drought in the northwest, and then in the past two years Due to the typhoon in Fujian and the flood in Guangdong, you have already exhausted most of your stored grain and banknotes because of your best efforts to provide disaster relief.
Now that the two lakes themselves have been affected by the disaster, the burden of Guangxi and the three northwest provinces will fall again! There are more than 15 million people here, shouldn't they be considered? "
The two lakes areas were affected by the disaster, and it was only the hinterland of the empire.
The situation is different in the northwest, where the Uighurs and Xiqiang people are directly facing poverty, cruelty and lifelessness. If chaos breaks out there, the entire Dakang Dynasty will be shaken.
So no matter what time, we must ensure the stability on their side.
And food is the best needle to stabilize the sea.
Emperor Jinghe was speechless.
It is true that he did not consider the national treasury when providing disaster relief.
Think about it.
No matter how rich you are, millions of mouths need to eat and drink every day, and there are various disaster relief expenses. How big an astronomical figure is this?
The fact that it still has some strength to support it now is thanks to the blessings of our ancestors, and God has given us face over the years, so that both the national treasury and the internal treasury have food!
Depressed, he saw Liu Mingqi doing nothing, and asked casually: "Mingqi, why are you mute now? Tell me, what should I do?"
"The best way is to purchase it from the private sector. The private sector has at least tens of millions of shi of grain in stock." The young man said directly.
"Bullshit!"
Emperor Jinghe scolded, "Who doesn't know this? But where does the money come from?"
"Aren't you making things difficult for me? I'm not in charge of the money." Liu Mingqi spread her hands, "I don't have money but I want to do something that I have money to do. Where can such a good thing come from in the world?"
Emperor Jinghe stopped talking.
Looking at his uncomfortable look, the young man struggled for a while, but still couldn't hold it back: "Your Majesty, I actually have a very bad suggestion"
"You still say it's not good?" The emperor was also anxious and said something to him casually.
Liu Mingqi immediately shut up, thinking that if you don¡¯t let me say it, that¡¯s just right!
But Miao Yan saw the clues and raised his hand directly: "His Royal Highness, please tell me. Maybe it will be effective?"
Seeing Emperor Jing He looking at him, Liu Mingqi could only say: "Then I said, Your Majesty, you must not be angry, you must not scold me, and you must not let others know that I said it."
"explain!"
"All right!"
Liu Mingqi considered it, and then said after a moment: "Your Majesty, do you know that one pound of rice or wheat flour can be exchanged for three pounds of bran?" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)After pondering for a while, he still couldn't hold it back: "Your Majesty, I actually have a very bad suggestion"
"You still say it's not good?" The emperor was also anxious and said something to him casually.
Liu Mingqi immediately shut up, thinking that if you don¡¯t let me say it, that¡¯s just right!
But Miao Yan saw the clues and raised his hand directly: "His Royal Highness, please tell me. Maybe it will be effective?"
Seeing Emperor Jing He looking at him, Liu Mingqi could only say: "Then I said, Your Majesty, you must not be angry, you must not scold me, and you must not let others know that I said it."
"explain!"
"All right!"
Liu Mingqi considered it, and then said after a moment: "Your Majesty, do you know that one pound of rice or wheat flour can be exchanged for three pounds of bran?" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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