Datang unsigned for six years, only to know that it is Journey to the West

When Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair, more than a dozen officials immediately came out and knelt on the ground.

"Why are you kneeling on the ground?" Li Shimin said expressionlessly.

The dozen or so ministers hurriedly kowtowed like garlic.

"Your Majesty, we have no way to govern your Majesty, which has caused a famine in the Shandong state capital, and countless people have starved to death. Please punish your Majesty."

Li Shimin said angrily: "Okay, I will fulfill you. Come here, drag them down, and make a decision."

More than a dozen ministers were terrified and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

However, they were still dragged down mercilessly, and none of the officials dared to intercede for them.

Everyone knew that the emperor was in a fit of anger, and this incident was obviously a matter of anger and grievances. Whoever dared to intercede would be scolded to death by the people if he was not beaten to death by the emperor.

Li Shimin said: "Mr. Fang, do you know all the disaster-stricken state capitals?"

Fang Xuanling hurriedly came out and said, "Your Majesty, I roughly figured it out. There are 36 prefectures and [-] prefectures where the famine is serious. Except for Jiangnan and Guangdong and Guangxi, there are disasters of all sizes."

thump!

Fang Xuanling suddenly knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, it is estimated that more than 20 people died of starvation in this disaster, and more than ten million people were affected."

The ministers were in an uproar.

Li Shimin's eyes were also red, and he clenched his fists, furious.

Fortunately, thinking of Su Chen and the [-] catties of fairy rice seeds, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"The Celestial Master is really a man of gods. What he said is right. The world is really full of holes. I actually thought that the country is peaceful and the people are safe."

"Fortunately, there are fairy rice seeds gifted by the celestial master, and my Tang Dynasty still has the protection of God."

The ministers reported some things one after another, all of which were disasters in various places.

Li Shimin said: "Do you have a good strategy?"

These words were spoken to those Sangongs and various ministers. They were all left in Zichen Palace last night and did not return all night.

Wei Zheng said: "Your Majesty, we need to open a warehouse to release grain."

Fang Xuanling was shocked, and hurriedly said: "The household department supports the front line to fight the Turks, and there is no food left."

Wei Zheng said, "Are we just watching the people starve to death?"

Fang Xuanling shook his head helplessly, unable to answer.

When the ministers were arguing endlessly, Changsun Wuji suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that the major families should donate food to stabilize the current situation and wait for next year's harvest. The chaos will naturally resolve."

The officials were in an uproar, they were all representatives of the great families.

Naturally, they were opposed to this in their hearts, but Changsun Wuji was also the great representative of the aristocratic family, so they had nothing to say when he proposed such a proposal.

But some people have decided to donate at most, so that the rich, gentry and people with rations can donate more.

Li Shimin said: "Master Xiang thinks, how much is appropriate for the aristocratic family to donate?"

Changsun Wuji said: "The old minister took the lead and donated 1 dans of rice, plus [-] taels of silver."

Whoa!

The crowd roared again.

The ministers looked at each other, feeling at a loss for a while.

Even Li Shimin didn't expect that Changsun Wuji would be so generous.

Thirty thousand tons of rice is enough to feed an army of [-] people for three months, but it is still not enough for tens of millions of victims.

Fortunately, with the eldest grandson Wuji at the beginning, the officials followed suit.

However, the donations became less and less. In the end, Li Shimin asked people to count, and there were only 36 dans of grain and 8 taels of silver.

He almost died of anger!

This amount of food and silver is not enough to feed tens of millions of disaster victims for a day!

The stinginess of the family made Li Shimin very angry.

He thought of Su Chen's suggestion, and secretly said: "It seems that what the celestial master said is true, he really wants to promote the poor and disintegrate the family."

"However, it is not enough now, we must stabilize the current situation."

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said, "I want to buy food from the aristocratic family, what do you loves think?"

The officials' eyes lit up.

Buying food is exactly what you want!

They can sell it at a high price and make a lot of money in this disaster!

All the ministers echoed and expressed their approval.

Li Shimin said again: "However, I am afraid that the family will raise the price, so I decided to let Lu Guogong and Chen Guogong lead a team to patrol the world. If any family dares to raise the price, they will be killed without mercy."

The officials were terrified and shocked.

Li Shimin was afraid of making them anxious, so he said again: "As long as the common people get through this winter, let's talk about the next year's affairs."

The officials looked at each other in blank dismay, and they all secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Our emperor is resigned. Even if the price of food is suppressed for a few months to stabilize the situation and raise the price next year, he can only turn a blind eye!

Many people smiled and nodded in support.

Anyway, this disaster may not be over until next autumn, and there is still half a year to make money next year. This year, it is enough to keep the victims from starving to death.

Therefore, the ministers seconded.

Only sensible people such as Changsun Wuji were a little puzzled.

Li Shimin is not a person who compromises, how could there be such a proposal? !

Changsun Wuji said casually: "Your Majesty, how will the disaster victims be resettled, and what will be their livelihood next year?!"

Chapter 34 The Holy Emperor's Immortal Golden Body, Someone Wants to Rebel?

Livelihood for next year? !

Li Shimin said: "I have some rice seeds in my hand, and I plan to plant them in the Jiangnan and Shandong regions, and supply the world in the coming year."

All the ministers were stunned.

Then he looked weird.

Some people want to refute, but when you think about it carefully, it is a bit too childish to think that the common people rely entirely on the rice grown from these rice seeds tomorrow.

But they have food in their hands, and it will not be a problem to last for two or three years.

The longer the famine lasted, the more they made.

Therefore, many ministers clasped their fists and expressed their approval.

Only a few far-sighted family ministers such as Changsun Wuji, who intend to share weal and woe with the Tang Dynasty, are outspoken and dare to advise.

"Your Majesty, what is the quality of the rice seeds? If they are good enough, we should also select fertile fields for experimentation. The south of the Yangtze River has always been a major grain-producing area. If we rashly plant unknown rice seeds, resulting in no harvest in the next year, I am afraid it will cause even greater famine. .”

Wei Zheng also nodded hastily, and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you choose a few pieces of farmland for experimentation, and then..."

"No need to say more."

Li Shimin interrupted Wei Zheng's words for the first time, and there was no doubt about it. He immediately ordered the minister in charge of agricultural planting to prepare his staff.

However, Li Shimin did not announce the matter of the fairy rice seeds this time, because he was afraid that someone would take the risk and prevent the fairy rice seeds from being harvested.

So plant first, and when the first crop is harvested, everyone in the world will know it, and no mere aristocratic family can stop it.

Distribute rice seeds to ordinary people, and they will be able to grow them, and never go hungry again!

Li Shimin must hold back his anger, and he also has imperial land and royal property, all of which must be used to grow fairy rice seeds.

If something happened in other places in the future, even the imperial land he controlled would be enough to feed the people of several state capitals.

Immediately afterwards, Li Shimin brought up the imperial examination again, and this incident became a blockbuster among the officials.

Many people in the aristocratic family feel that it is wrong. They think that ordinary people should plow the fields. Today's scholars are enough, and there should not be so many people who are not doing their jobs.

but.

There are also many aristocratic families who feel that this is a move to attract talents, so they also strongly support it.

The second is that the forces behind many ministers have no way to compete with those top aristocratic families, so if there are talents to join the imperial examination, they will have new helpers.

to this end.

Most people in the court supported the imperial examination, including Changsun Wuji and Wei Zhengfang Xuanling, so the resumption of the imperial examination was also supported.

The next thing is to perfect this.

however.

One of these ministers counted as one, and they never imagined that Li Shimin's imperial examination would completely end the monopoly of the aristocratic family over officials of all sizes.

Ordinary people have their day, and the emperor has a new reliance, no longer need to compromise with the aristocratic family.

In the next seven days, the victims of the disaster in Shandong had indeed arrived at the foot of Chang'an. Fortunately, the imperial court had already made preparations, so they were not shocked.

The crown prince and some princes also began to appear on the stage in full bloom, each serving porridge and inviting their names to win people's hearts.

The money and food that the family promised to donate before was not even half of the promise, which caused Li Shimin to be furious and killed a group of family members to stabilize the situation.

Afterwards, Li Shimin bought grain from some aristocratic families. Even though his decree came forward, the aristocratic families still increased the price by several percent.

Li Shimin chose to be furious, and while buying food with money, he asked Cheng Yaojin to kill with a knife.

Under this iron and blood method, although many aristocratic families still choose to take risks, the disaster situation has temporarily stabilized.

but.

Many people predict that it won't be stable for long, and now that winter is coming, when winter comes, more food will be consumed, and it will be completely out of control.

At that time, it was time for the family to make a fortune!

However, the aristocratic family never expected that Li Shimin would never let the disaster survive the winter.

He only needs to hold on to the situation for more than a month. After the fairy rice seeds he arranged are harvested, the entire famine situation will be completely alleviated.

Plant another season, and there will be no more famine in the Tang Dynasty!

Hualong Temple.

After Su Chen sent off the last wave of pilgrims, he ordered Sun Simiao to bury the pot and make a meal.

hum!

suddenly.

The golden list in his mind unfolded, Su Chen was hit by a golden light, and his body was immediately wrapped in golden light.

But in the golden light, Su Chen's muscles, bones and flesh all changed.

His whole body looks sacred and inviolable, overlooking everything and the world.

Sun Simiao had already prepared the meal, and when he saw Su Chen's state, he immediately knelt on the ground, extremely devout.

"Master, it is true that the Holy Emperor is still alive!"

The Immortal Golden Body of the Holy Emperor!

After Su Chen got the fairy golden body, his whole temperament changed immediately.

In an instant, people in the entire Chang'an area with a radius of thousands of miles felt the Emperor's Way.

Li Shimin, who was dealing with government affairs in the palace, sensed this aura and got up immediately, panicked.

"Why would someone be more dignified than me?"

"Is someone going to rebel, or is someone enthroned?!"

Empress Changsun hurriedly said: "Erlang, don't worry. It must be because of the recent famine. There are rumors among the people that it was caused by your unfilial piety. Why don't we take our father out of the imperial city and give porridge to the people in person? Press down."

Take Li Yuan out of the city to give porridge? !

Li Shimin was a little flustered, he didn't dare to see Li Yuan, let alone let Li Yuan see the world.

but.