Daqin: The first emperor came to recognize his relatives, and I greeted him with a knife

In the past few days, Ying Zheng has heard many voices questioning himself.

So now he really wants to know what Zhao Yang thinks.

So he asked tentatively: "Do you think your Majesty's decision this time is wrong?"
Zhao Yang raised his eyebrows and replied: "If there is nothing wrong with my personal opinion, this group of corrupt officials should be eliminated."
A gratified smile appeared on Ying Zheng's face.

Even if people in this world don't understand his painstaking efforts, as long as Zhao Yang understands.

Ying Zheng continued to test: "But others think that if you do this, it is very likely that there will be no ministers available."

"Although the water is clear and there are no fish, it is useless for this group of people to stay."

Zhao Yang took a sip of water and said these words calmly.

Ah Fang Nu looked at them from a distance.

Seeing that Zhao Yang didn't show much resistance.

She had decided to just let it be.

The two chatted for a long time.

Zhao Yang felt more and more that the old man in front of him was unfathomable.

He understands the laws of the country, cares about the world, and even has many thoughts that coincide with his own.

He was literally his confidant.

It wasn't until late at night that Ying Zheng was reluctant to leave when Li Si reminded him.

The two meet to discuss together in the future.

Looking at the back of Ying Zheng going away, Ah Fang smiled in relief.

This scene was something she had never dared to imagine in the first half of her life.

In a thatched hut.

A group of squires were all gathered together.

One of them was the first to say: "Nowadays there is a severe drought in the south, we must hurry up and hoard food now, so as to save ourselves suffering and starvation when the time comes."
"I have stockpiled a lot of surplus food, which is enough to survive the severe drought."

"I don't know how long this famine will last. It's better to hoard all the food in this city."

The group of squires all reached the same idea at this time.

They don't want to care about the life and death of those people, as long as they can live.

The next morning.

The streets of Xianyang City were already crowded with people.

Everyone stood curiously at the door of the grain store.

A few squires stretched out the money in their hands, struggling to get to the front.

"Give me another seventy shi of grain!"

"Give me the one that comes first!"

"I'm willing to pay more than them!"

Those who sell grain don't know what happened, but since there is business, they will naturally sell it.

Soon the food in the city became scarce, and it directly rose to a stone and a hundred dollars.

And in the small towns in the south, this scene is also being staged.

The difference is that all the people in the southern city know about it.

But they could only watch helplessly as this group of people bought their life-saving food.

Because they simply can't make up that much money.

The squires were complacent and felt that they had taken advantage of it.

At that time, these people will have no food to eat, and they can sell the food at a higher price.

Besides, even if those people have no money to buy it, what does it matter to them?
They just love to see the weak tortured.

But it was only two days.

While the gentry were still hoarding grain, the government began to take action.

I heard that the government actually used money to relieve the disaster, and the people in the south were not affected at all and could eat enough every day.

They were dumbfounded for an instant.

It's really a thousand calculations, but I didn't expect the government to come up with so much money.

There have been constant wars in recent years.

As the most important city of Xianyang, there are almost no young people in the city.

Not to mention these remote southern regions.

There are only a few old, weak, sick and disabled people left.

At first, I thought that the silver in the treasury was almost used up.

Someone stood up and complained: "If I knew we didn't need to hoard so much food, now it's all backlogged in our hands."

"Why don't we sell all the food to the government now, and we can get back some money, or we will lose it!"

"I think sell it to them quickly, maybe you can get a favor from the government."

Everyone panicked and lost their minds for a while.

At this moment, a man in white came out and said, "The government will definitely not be able to provide more money. We might as well put all the money together to store more food and sell it to others at a high price."

"Yeah, that's a really good idea. As long as we continue to store food, there will be a day when they can't last."

After negotiating, they continued to buy grain.

Food is getting scarcer and more expensive.

There are even rich people who are willing to exchange brass for a tael of grain.

But food is hard to come by.

In this way, another seven or eight days passed.

Unknowingly, many strange faces appeared in Xianyang City.

Many of them had fled from the South.

Many people starved to death on the way to escape.

Li Si sent people to settle down all the people who escaped from the south.

But this is a considerable expense.

Seeing the national treasury gradually running low, Li Si was helpless.

Ying Zheng looked at the urgent report sent by the south, frowning.

Looking at Li Si standing at the bottom, Ying Zheng asked: "Obviously, so much money has been sent there, why can't the problem be solved until now? I think the famine in the south written on it has never been controlled at all. live."

This time he handed over the matter to Li Si and Wang Jian.

They have sent silver taels to the place in the past few days.

Presumably this disaster should have been stopped long ago.

Why is it getting worse now?
Li Si knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the local officials have been reporting that there is a shortage of food in the local area, so the price is getting more and more expensive. The money can usually buy ten shi of grain, but now it can't even buy a handful."
Li Si hasn't slept well in the past few nights.

There is no way for them to punish such things as people robbing food like this.

Moreover, those people did not violate any laws.

The only thing we can do is to buy food before they do.

Ying Zheng frowned and said, "How much money is there in the treasury now?"
Li Si quickly inherited the country.

Ying Zheng picked it up and looked at it, sighing again and again.

I am afraid that this money will not be able to support even half a month.

"Some people from the south have already fled here, and I have made all the arrangements, but if I add some more people, I am afraid that Xianyang City will not be able to afford it."

Li Si's eyes were full of guilt.

He also didn't want to watch these people suffer.But if the money is used again, the whole country will be in turmoil.

Someone else will definitely come out and take advantage of this loophole.

At that time, it will not only be a problem of famine in the south.

Ying Zheng also knew that this matter was not easy to solve.

But none of the ministers in the court could rely on, and they couldn't think of any good ideas at all.

He could only say: "Distribute the remaining silver taels in the treasury first."

Li Si took the order and went down to handle the matter.

Under the light of the candlelight, Ying Zheng's face looked dim.