Datang: Beat Tang Taizong violently at the beginning

Chapter 485, Xie Yan, the former king of the old hall!

"Could it be that there is no rice in Luoyang City right now?"

Wei Zheng frowned, and asked immediately, this disaster relief is no small matter, if the official warehouses in Luoyang are empty, then the official warehouses in other places may not be much better.

In this way, I am afraid that there is really not much food in Henan today. Wouldn't it be necessary to transfer food and grass from other places? Let alone Li Mo only brought 600 million this time, even if he brought 800 million Even 1000 million, I am afraid it will not help!

After all, Henan and Shandong are the most important grain producing areas in the Tang Dynasty. Even if the drought and locust plagues hit, if the stored grain can be reserved for unified deployment, it can also play a role in stabilizing grain prices.

But now, according to Liu Dongshan, there is almost no food that the government can allocate in the whole of Henan. How to provide disaster relief under such circumstances?

After all, if you want to succeed in disaster relief in the Three Ways this time, the most important thing is food. Without food, it is impossible for the common people to listen to you!
"This, Your Highness, does not mean that there is no food in Luoyang, it's just that we can't make decisions about the food!"

Liu Dongshan said with an extremely ugly expression: "Luoyang is the granary of the Central Plains. There are rich merchants and wealthy households, gentry and landlords. They have a lot of food in their hands, but these people..."

"Why, don't these people dare to sit on the ground and raise prices, making a fortune for the country!"

Li Mo's eyes suddenly turned cold. Although Liu Dongshan hadn't finished speaking, Li Mo already knew what Liu Dongshan wanted to say!

Henan is the granary of the Central Plains, and Luoyang is extremely rich. Even if there is such a large drought and locust plague this year, the grain grains will not be harvested.

But as the granary of the Central Plains, there is no grain stored in previous years, but what Li Mo did not expect is that these grains stored in previous years are not in the hands of the government at all, not even a lot of them are in the hands of the government.
Li Mo didn't even ask Liu Dongshan why he didn't use the power of the government to force those rich merchants and family landlords to open warehouses to release grain, help the people, and stabilize the price of grain, because this is not something the government can do at all!
The imperial examination system was only launched at the beginning of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but the current imperial examination system is only in its infancy. Even if it is to select talents and appoint talents, it is only to open a way for the people at the bottom to be promoted. It is still those who really control the ruling class of society. The first man!

Even today's Tang Li family belonged to a wealthy family before their fortune.

Although the imperial examination system originated in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it is obvious that it did not bring huge impetus to the reform and changes of the entire society in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Although the family status was not obvious, the influence of family status was everywhere!
It wasn't until the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties that the imperial examination system really affected the low-level people. Once they were on the imperial list, they got rid of their status as passers-by. However, the imperial examinations in the Ming and Qing dynasties were too rigid, and stereotyped selection of scholars did not know how many talented scholars were harmed!

It can be imagined that if a talented person like Li Bai and Du Fu was born in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, I am afraid that he would not have the eternal reputation of poet sage and immortal!

As the granary of the Central Plains, Henan has a large number of gentry. For a Luoyang governor like Liu Dongshan, I am afraid there is really nothing to do!
After all, if these landlords, old wealthy and powerful families unite, there is no way to fight against them just by relying on the execution power of the current imperial court!
And it is precisely because of the existence of these people that the stability of the Henan area is barely guaranteed.
Yes, it means stability. Although there are countless disaster victims in the Henan area, without these wealthy families, the entire Henan area would really be in chaos.

After all, when the disaster victims are disaster victims, it is just pitiful, but if these disaster victims become rebels, it will be a headache!

Sure enough, the three ways of disaster relief this time are not so easy, but fortunately, Li Mo came prepared this time,

But even if you come prepared, you must make corresponding preparations before that.

Otherwise, the 600 million and at least [-] million catties of corn seeds in his hand would be useless!
Originally, Li Mo wanted to start disaster relief activities directly after coming to Luoyang, and plant all these corn seeds in Henan first.

Three months later, there will be a bumper harvest in Henan, and the crisis of drought and locust disasters in the three lands will be completely resolved.
But judging from the current situation, let alone whether there is a problem of human race when these seeds are distributed, it may be a problem whether they can be distributed.

After all, these corn seeds are also considered food, and those extremely hungry people can even eat Guanyin soil. These corn seeds may not be able to be planted safely in the ground!
"Which ones have the most food in Luoyang City?"

Li Mo asked lightly, this time he came from Chang'an, Li Mo didn't bring food with him, the food in Chang'an had to be transported from other places, how could it be possible that Li Mo wanted to bring food from Chang'an when he went to disaster relief?

And even if you bring food from Chang'an, you can't bring much!

But before that, Li Mo has already made preparations and plans. Of course, it will take some time before this plan is launched, so before his big plan is actually launched, he must do something, otherwise, I will be sorry for the three disaster victims. These people!
"His Royal Highness, the Qian family, the Song family, and the Wang family store the most grain in Luoyang City. Besides, there are many big landlords, and they also have tens of thousands of grains in their hands!"

Liu Dongshan immediately said hastily,
Li Mo didn't bother Liu Dongshan. Judging from the current situation, Liu Dongshan should have done a good job.

It's a pity that it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. The impact of the three droughts and locust plagues this time is so great, and there are still these landlords and old fortunes in the local area who are so uncooperative. Without absolute power, I am afraid no one can do anything about it!
After listening to what Liu Dongshan said, after a while, Li Mo understood that the current situation in Luoyang City,
Before the drought and locust plague broke out, Luoyang had a permanent population of more than 15 households. With a population of 50, it is definitely one of the largest cities in the Tang Dynasty besides Chang'an. The population is ten to five empty,

Most of the food in the entire Henan area is concentrated in the hands of those landlords, rich, gentry and wealthy families.
Taking Luoyang as an example, most of the food is concentrated in the Qian family, Song family, Wang family, and many other big landlords outside the city!
And the Qian family, Song family, and Wang family have different backgrounds.
Among them, the Qian family is the largest landlord in Luoyang and even Henan.

It is said that the Qian family alone owns more than [-] acres of land.
Of course, the Qian family will be affected the most this year. After all, the Qian family's [-] mu of land will have no output this year.

Of course, for others, such a situation is definitely a fatal crisis, but for the Qian family, no food this year does not mean no food in previous years. It is said that the food hoarded by the Qian family can be in the millions!
The Song family is a family of poems and books. Song Shouyi, the patriarch of the Song family, is a great Confucianist in the world. It is said that Li Yuan has repeatedly wanted to invite Song Shouyi to become an official in the court, but Song Shouyi rejected them all. The Song family is definitely second to none in Luoyang, extraordinary!

As for the Wang family, it is even more unusual. In the chaotic Sui and Tang Dynasties, Wang Shichong occupied Luoyang and moved the Wang family to Luoyang.

After Li Shimin defeated Wang Shichong, although Wang Shichong was defeated and died, the Wang family did not disappear with it. Of course, the current Luoyang Wang family is definitely not Wang Shichong's direct lineage, but the Wang family has a great career.
There is a saying that Xieyan, the former king of the old hall, flew into the homes of ordinary people, and the representative of the world is the Wang family, the Xie family!

(End of this chapter)