.Li Wei acted in the Western Regions, but Guanzhong was in chaos at this moment.

The newspaper said that it was flooded first and then drought, and then locust plague. A very simple sentence, but in reality, it was terrible. Three disasters, if they were spread out, some people would suffer, and all three came together. Almost a thousand miles from Guanzhong, the 800-mile rich Qinchuan, which was the former Duke Xiang of Qin, had become a barren land. Not to mention crops, even the leaves were almost eaten up by the locusts.

This disaster was almost one of the several major disasters in the history of the Tang Dynasty.

It doesn’t matter to the wealthy families. Many landlords even have stored food in their hands, so they sell it at a high price, making a lot of money. But what kind of food is stored in the families of poor people?

When I saw it wrong, not only did the summer harvest disappear, but the autumn harvest also had nothing. Therefore, a scene that has been staged many times in ancient history - escape from famine, was staged again.

There is no way to escape. It is raining heavily in Luoyang and other places in the east, and I can’t even have food. What kind of relief will I give you? It’s going to be *** in the north, do you dare to go? To the south are the Qinling Mountains, unless you go to Liangzhou (Hanzhong area), other areas, if you cross the Qinling Mountains or the mountainous areas, you are also suffering groups, so you have to escape to Longyou.

This is not in history.

Related to the environment, Li Wei went to the village, with more farmland than in history, higher yields, and more harmonious ethnic relations. He built a strict line of defense, which was safer than in history. Originally, a large number of Han people had settled. Various factors made the people flee to Qinghai one after another when they felt something was wrong at the beginning.

It is also difficult to escape, after all, there is still more than a thousand miles of road. They are not the people who arranged for relocation in the previous few times. They provide travel expenses on the road, keeping full and warm, and coaxing and persuading them to move forward. What should I do if the more than a thousand miles of road?

The people came up with another solution. In the past ten years, Guanzhong has suffered many disasters and difficulties. I don’t know which god he offended. I can’t live this life. It’s still a way out to Qinghai. I heard that there are more fields and more grains, so I sold my only land to a wealthy family. I collected enough food for food and fled westward. This is the people with land, but what should I do if more tenants? I beg for the whole way, but they are suffering. How can I ask for it? Those who sell children and daughters, even when they are extremely hungry, are robbers, prostitutes, and monks, are all enough.

After hearing this, Li Zhi suspended the expedition and suppression of ***, giving Asunagudu a major air-saving opportunity. Then he released all the granaries, and except for the necessary food surplus, they were sold at low prices. But this was not a solution. The court sold them at low prices. The wealthy families sent troops and slaves to buy them, and then sold them at high prices to make profits. So he thought of Li Wei's idea in the early stage, the food coupon system. This system itself is good, which can ensure that the low-priced grain reaches the hands of poor people. What can be enforced are people, officials and yamen runners, and even Li Wei dare not guarantee whether they have reached the hands of the people. Moreover, the drought is severe, and the water level of the Wei River and Guangtong Canal is very low, so he has to transfer to Guanzhong with stones and stones on small ships, which reduces efficiency and speed.

There is no starvation for thousands of miles, but the starvation of people occurs from time to time.

Li Zhi had no choice but to let Liu Rengui go back and stay in Xijing.

This edict gave the people of Guanzhong a chance to slow down. Liu Rengui stayed in Chang'an and was qualified, prestige and capable to reduce the harm caused by disasters.

However, when this edict was issued, Liu Rengui kicked Liu Rengui to Chang'an. At this time, Chang'an was not the original Chang'an. Li Zhi was in Luoyang, and all the ministers were also in Luoyang. When they kicked Chang'an, they undoubtedly kicked out of the court.

With Liu Rengui in charge and there are two more money in the treasury, Li Zhi also calmed down and continued to go east.

In July, we arrived at Mount Tai.

The situation in Guanzhong is still not optimistic, but a large number of people fled, and grain from all over the country arrived continuously, and the price of grain finally stabilized at more than 120 cents per bucket. It was still a terrible number. One bucket is a unit of volume, with more than 12 kilograms of corn, and more than 20 kilograms of rice and more salt. But at this time, will a bucket of corn be twelve and a half kilograms of corn be? It would be good to have ten kilograms of food. With the income of the people of the Tang Dynasty, can they afford to eat a kilogram of corn worth more than 10 cents? Not only that, the price of grain has risen so much, but other prices have also soared.

In addition, Black Tooth Changzhi was so angry that he jumped his feet in Qinghai.

How many people who suffered from Guanzhong have reached? The people in Chang'an and neighboring states alone have almost reached five million people. One tenth of the people came to Qinghai, and Qinghai could not bear it. Whether to save or not, Qinghai could not support it. If you don't save it, you dare not bear the consequences. I had to write two letters, one to Li Wei, asking him to think of a solution. The other one to Luoyang, not Luoyang, but to transfer to Mount Tai, and report to Li Zhi. The latter did not expect it anymore, and I don't know what situation to wait for when I transferred to Mount Tai. Besides, the Supreme Emperor still has the heart to worship the Fengshan, so will he take it seriously? But when he turned to the Broken Leaf, Hei Teeth Changzhi was also very worried that Li Wei was not in the court, but in the Western Regions, which was a little out of reach.

The letter was gone, and the black-toothed Changzhi was still jumping his feet. It was not marching and fighting, but his expertise in government affairs. There were more and more people coming. What should I do?

Li Zhi really didn't think much about this, so he had to see that the food prices were stabilized. Once they were stabilized, more food rescued from various places would be transported to Guanzhong. It won't last long, and the food prices would inevitably drop. Everyone, as the emperor, I have done a good job. How many emperors are so concerned about the disaster like me?

This is another wrong idea, because since the thinking concept developed in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty practiced business, and the main taxes came from the people and could be taken from the people. When is this time and why is it not returned to the people? It is not for you to spend money on Fengshan.

But with this kind of sense of worthiness, he climbed Mount Tai, and felt good, so he had an incredible idea. Since ancient times, he has called the emperor the emperor, Your Majesty, and the Emperor. But he is called the Emperor. Since ancient times, Fengshan has been mainly Mount Tai, but he issued an edict to build the Fengtian Palace on the southern foot of Mount Song, and told the ministers that he would enfeoff the Five Mountains.

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were stunned.

However, it was extremely strange. As an important minister of Li Wei's sect, Li Wei once again told him not to say too much to avoid giving him a handle. So he didn't say anything. When the other ministers followed him saw that Li Yiyan, Di Renjie and others didn't say anything, they didn't say anything. Ministers loyal to Wu Zetian and Li Zhi were also not easy to speak.

No minister objected to such absurd and none of the ministers.

In the face of danger, the Censor Li Shangan advised: "Your Majesty conferred Mount Tai twice, and told peace, and to bring good fortune. It is a perfect match for the Three Emperors and Five Emperors."

Li Yiyan wanted to laugh very much. Even Li Zhi in his later years was cruel and stupid, but he could not catch up with Emperor Yang of Sui. As the Supreme Emperor, he was not too evil in his life, but what reason was he willing to compete with the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors?

Li Shangan continued: "But for several years, the harvest has not been harvested, the hungry people have been waiting for each other, the four barbarians have invaded each other, and the soldiers and chariots have been driven every year. Your Majesty should reflect quietly and punish God. But Your Majesty not only did not, but instead built palaces and labor, and everyone in the world was disappointed. I am the country's eyes and mouths (referring to his duties), and I am deeply worried."

Since the death of Chu Suiliang and others, Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong were in power, and the ministers in the world used their words. Even if they made suggestions, they were only concerned about trivial matters. Later, Li Wei came out strongly and gave advice, but he had more of a ritual struggle.

Only this time the advice did not have any element of party struggles, and he was also an authentic neutral minister, so after it was spread, the people called it Fengming Chaoyang.

Li Zhi didn't listen, but he was silent.

This matter was originally suspended.

But he started, but led to a person. Liu Yizhi, one of the scholars of the North Gate, also made a remark in front of Wu Zetian. This was the remark in his handing over the cursive edict, and no one else knew about it.

He said, "I met an elder on the mountain and said he was worried about me. In order to survey water conservancy and disaster victims, the emperor traveled all over Henan prefectures and counties, and lived in only a few tents and food was only beans and millet. However, the Supreme Emperor mobilized many troops and came to Mount Tai for the Fengshan. His worries were one. In order to defend the country, the emperor entered the Western Regions again. In addition to the Fengshan Emperor, the emperor had the intention of enthroning the five mountains, and wanted to be endless. The second worries were two. The emperor ascended the throne and issued an edict to not build any palaces, and cut down the cost and maids in the palace. However, the Supreme Emperor built a Tiangong again, which was three worries. The Supreme Emperor built a charity warehouse widely. When the disaster came, there was no grain to be released. Only the emperor took out a few large storage warehouses to help the victims, and the fourth worries were the emperor."

This was said through the mouth of an elder, and it was impossible for this old man to really have this old man.

The territory of Shandong was not affected by disasters, and although it was also implicated, such as the urgent collection of grain into Luo and Wei, the complaints brought about by Fengshan, but the complaints were not too great. And no old man could say such a good thing. The Yicang said it very reluctantly later. To be precise, this Yicang system did not come from the Tang Dynasty, but was created by Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian. Not only Yicang, but also valued talents, set up imperial examinations, abolished the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, the three-province six-department system, and the government system were all created by Yang Jian, which made the Sui Dynasty an efficient country, which unified China. It also restored the country's population to the heyday of the Western Han Dynasty. It took a long time before the Tang Dynasty reached so many people. But I didn't expect that my son would ruin it. After Li Yuan ascended the throne, he almost used it all. It can be said that Li Tang quickly entered the rule of law, and Yang Jian took a lot of credit.

But decades later, there were too many powerful people in the Tang Dynasty, which had serious annexation and serious taxation shortages. The original meaning of the charity warehouse was good, but it eventually became a tool for the state to make profits. Coupled with the loss of new and new losses and the greed of officials, many charity warehouses could not produce grain this time. However, because of the large number of newly established granaries, even if there were losses and greed of ink, they could still produce grain.

Liu Yizhi deliberately added this article to intentionally form a strong contrast.

He himself belonged to the Empress Dowager's Sect. After all, Wu Zetian was in charge of the transfer, but he also had his own bottom line. He had dealt a lot in recent years and knew the Empress Dowager's skills and contributions to the country. He did not object to the Empress Dowager's rule. But the bottom line is that the Empress Dowager could not be called emperor, and he never thought that Wu Zetian would eventually have the idea of ​​becoming emperor.

Therefore, the spearhead was slightly directed at Li Wei. Li Zhi could not continue like this. If he continued, the people would probably overthrow Li Zhi for Li Wei and take over the country's power. But the original intention was to make the Tang Dynasty better. How much did Fengshan cost? Moreover, Fengshan brought most of the leadership teams and also affected the handling of state government affairs.

What consequences will be caused by sealing the Five Mountains again?

Wu Zetian didn't say anything. Maybe she heard it. Maybe she didn't want her husband's body tossing and struggling on the mountains and mountains, but she thought of another thing.

When Liu Yizhi left, he summoned Ximen Chong to see him.

When Ximen Chong arrived, Wu Zetian said, "What is your responsibility?"

"Pray for sarcasm and admonishment, and the entourage took the carriage." Ximen Chong did not know Wu Zetian's intention, so he had to answer.

"You know that you are sarcastic and admonishing, and the Supreme Emperor wants to enfeoff the Five Mountains. You are not only the left plagiarism, but also the most important aide to the emperor in the past, why don't you give advice?"

This is very unreasonable.

Ximen Chong had the right to give advice, but not only the left to make up for the vacancies, but also the officials of the Censorate in the Tang Dynasty system. The Secretariat had the right to make up for the vacancies, and the Jung-Secretariat had the right to make up for the vacancies, and the Jung-Secretariat had the right to make up for the vacancies. They all served to supervise all civil and military officials and missed the position of giving advice to the emperor. If you really want to pursue it, you must first investigate the officials of the Censorate, and there is no reason to find a small trouble for the left to make up for the vacancies.

But Ximen Chong was frightened.

He thought for a while and said, "This is a big matter. I dare not give advice. If I ask me to give advice, I will give advice to another matter."

"What's the matter?" Wu Zetian asked lightly.

Ximen Chong advised one thing, but this matter opened Panduna's magic box.

That is fire consumption.

It is best to be an official in the Song Dynasty. There is no crime of beheading. In addition to the unlucky Yue Fei, the salary is also high. Some officials may earn tens of millions of yuan with salary and subsidies. Officials in the Ming Dynasty were the most miserable. If they were not greedy and had no other way, they could only live a life of stagnation like Hai Rui. But officials in the Tang Dynasty were okay, so Li Wei said that Pei Yan was hypocritical. As a prime minister, in addition to salary subsidies, there were also Yongye fields, public houses and vocational land. Even if he treated tenants well, he did not charge much rent, and the annual income of salary and various subsidies was close to nearly a thousand yuan. All kinds of rewards were not counted.

With the life of the Tang Dynasty, it was difficult to live in the capital and could live a very comfortable life. If he was socializing, would he suffer any loss? Later, Yao Yuanchong lived in a temple in history, which proved that this was his false attitude. However, Lu Huaishen was an honest man and was not good at raising funds, so he was the prime minister, and he could not help but be hungry and cold, and his residence was not covered by wind and rain. But he also had a place to live. In addition, when he was in power, he received a lot of favors and was also a good old man. So after he took over his salary, he took out his salary and scattered it to his relatives. Later, it was also an important reason for his poverty, otherwise he could still live a well-off life.

Pei Yan needs help from whom he is, does the Pei family in Hedong need his help?

But he also had a countermeasure. After revealing it, he said to others lightly: "Although I have some salary, the source is only from this, and I have a wife to support me. I will not like luxury in the future. Do you have to live a luxurious life if you become a prime minister?

Many people agree deeply.

Li Wei had no choice but to do anything to him. Is it unreasonable? Yes!

But Pei Yan is the prime minister after all.

How many officials were there in the Tang Dynasty? There were soldiers, nobles, nobles, relatives of the royal family, and foreign "friends". At least hundreds of thousands of people were. If everyone had to maintain Pei Yan's treatment, even if the Song Dynasty's finances were financed, the finances would not be able to bear it.

And not every official will run the business or have a good family background.

However, except for Li Zhi in his later years, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the three emperors have been called good emperors in power. Even officials did not dare to overestimate the people. Therefore, the fire was consumed.

For example, generals report more soldiers and get military pay. Or more weapons consumption. Even if there is no war, weapons and armor must be maintained. Like a set of light armor to overhaul, the cost may reach two cents of money. This is also a fire consumption.

Civil servants from all over the country have more tricks.

For example, when renting people from all over the country, there are losses and freight fees along the way. If there is no way to calculate, some of them will be deducted, which will become fire consumption. For example, when collecting grain, the bucket becomes larger, and it is a change of direction. However, some farmers are very smart and come to the house first. But the tricks come out again, which is called the scattered hukou. For this hukou, some officials practiced huawei at home. On the day of collecting grain, they felt that their skills were not deep enough, so they added a hundred meters to run, and then came to Huwei, shouted loudly, and kicked desperately.

What is this kick for?

When the people hand over the grain, they put them in the hukou. Sometimes they have quantity, sometimes they use weight. This depends on the grain. The grain is light and the rice is heavy. The amount of rice is used. The grain piles are sharp and the part is emerging. When this kick, the emergence will be scattered on the ground. The people hurriedly picked it up. The officials said, don’t pick it up, it is a loss. Hey, where are you picking it up? Do you want to sue?

So this kick is powerful. The more you have, the more you will be sprinkled, and what you sprinkle is what you get.

The same is true for cloth, with many tricks.

Under Li Wei's instruction, the Tang Dynasty implemented the deformed one-whip method in some areas for the first time. This was a great progress, and even Li Wei did not expect it. It was divided into third-class tax collection. This is another scientific tax collection method.

The general rent-in-law regime in the Tang Dynasty would not change, but there were many miscellaneous taxes. The actual tax paid far more than the prescribed rent-in-law regime. If paid according to the system, the people of the Tang Dynasty could enter a happy life. Some of these miscellaneous taxes entered the treasury, but most of them entered the pockets of officials. The Tang Dynasty also had some humanized actions, such as so many in the mountains. When they arrived in the plains, the people paid a lot of corvee, household tax, charity warehouse tax, etc. due to transportation, so they were divided into third-class discount taxes. Generally speaking, they were equivalent to the actual tax paid by various places, and saved a lot of burden for the country. However, this reform made some officials lose the opportunity to make fire.

But there are policies from above and countermeasures from below.

In grain production areas or Masang production areas, they continued to pay in kind, in order to give the people a fair share. The fire consumption in these areas still exists, but in some areas, the people began to replace gold and silver. However, whether it is gold or silver, because it is expensive, it is a small cube or a small piece of money when paying. It cannot be transported to the court like this, and officials had to melt them again. Some losses must be generated when melting, such as impurities or loss of gold and mercury juice. Even copper coins have many privately cast copper coins, which cannot be handed over to the treasury, and new fire consumption has been generated.

However, after the imperial court issued silver treasures, it issued thinner gold treasures, a very small and thin piece, which is equivalent to fifty cents. Most of them were circulated in the hands of merchants, and some were flowing to ordinary people, so the people used them to pay taxes.

Some officials were unwilling to reintegrate the cast gold, silver and treasures, and deducted them, artificially creating fire consumption.

Today, under the pressure of Wu Zetian, Ximen Chong gave advice.

His intentions are good, and the country loses countless money every year. However, the emperor saved money and fed back to the treasury for the extra money and silk in the treasury, and even issued a clear edict to not build any palace in the future. He was very sad. He was born in a poor family and had seen many similar things. He often lived in low-level officials and even witnessed various actions of some officials. In particular, he was finally shocked when he heard that some officials had melted gold and silver treasures again.

In order to prevent counterfeiting, the state has spent a lot of effort to cast gold and silver treasures. Every piece of gold and silver treasure has been released through many procedures. How much does it cost to cast it again?

I have always wanted to say that, and I said it out today.

But Wu Zetian smiled and said with his forehead, "Ximen Qing, this is a good advice, you can go."

"Here." Ximen Chong went down suspiciously.
Chapter completed!