243 Solving food problems
Li Xin had already heard that the King of Tang wanted to rebel, and he also wanted to invite him to rebel together.
So, will he rebel?
Of course, counter-!
He had seen through it that the court now has no ability to save the people in the deep straits. Now these officials only know how to fight for power and profit, and do not care about the lives and deaths of the people.
The Ming Dynasty was already rotten to its roots. Only by rebelling and overthrowing this corrupt court can the people live a good life.
In history, he also joined the rebellion ranks at this time, but in history, he voted for Li Zicheng, but now he is looking for him is Zhu Qizhu of the King of Tang.
If we talk about the ability to govern the country, Zhuqiu is naturally much better than Li Zicheng, because in history, Li Xin tried his best to assist Li Zicheng, but Zhuqiu has made Zhejiang and Sichuan the most prosperous place in the world.
Where can I find such a wise master?
He immediately said without hesitation: "If the prince is interested, it will be a blessing for the people of the world. Even if the students are not talented, they will try their best."
good!
Since all the words are said to be true, there is no need to play a puzzle.
Zhu Qituo said bluntly: "I heard that the young master is outstanding in his talent and devoted himself to the country and the people, so I asked the young master to come and make a concerted act of justice. Since the young master also has this intention, I will not be pretentious. Yes, I am interested in resolute trouble, so I would like to ask the young master to help me."
When Li Xin heard this, he bowed with excitement on his face: "Thank you for the wrong love of the prince, the students must do their best to help the prince establish the foundation for all generations. The prince, the prince, really dare not be called the prince. That is the wrong love of the villagers and screaming randomly, and the students express their words "righteousness."
Mr. Li is indeed his nickname, and the people of Kaifeng Prefecture call him that, but it is indeed a bit awkward to call him Mr.
Zhu Qizhi nodded slightly and said, "Well, rituals, I happen to have something to do and I want to ask you to find a solution."
Li Xin hurriedly bowed and said, "Prince, please speak."
Zhu Qidiao explained in detail: "Yi Li, you also know that the northwest has been drought for years and the people are hungry, so they take risks and follow the man to rebel. If we do not solve the problem of food, it will make no sense to seize more territory. The people will be hungry and will still rebel."
Li Xin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said with a little shame: "This is indeed a big problem. The students have been thinking about how to make the people full, but they have never thought of a way. The students are ashamed."
Uh, I haven't finished speaking yet.
Zhu Qizhuo shook his head slightly and said, "I'm not talking about this. The problem of food is not impossible to solve, it just takes time. I have sent people to take down Dongfan, where it is full of rain, fertile land, and there is a wasteland of millions of acres. However, I don't have so many people in my hands to reclaim wasteland. I want to accumulate grain and be king slowly. Prepare enough food first and then do it. Can you have a way to summon more than 100,000 young and strong men to Dongfan to open up wasteland without attracting the attention of the court?"
So that's the case. Li Xin heard this and thought about it carefully, then asked: "Prince, aren't you planning to donate food to provide disaster relief?"
I'm so stunned, what's the use of donating food to help disasters?
You are still thinking about this!
Zhu Qizhuo couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "Donating grain to provide disaster relief is not a long-term solution. No matter how rich I have, I can't support so many victims in the northwest. If I want to solve this problem, I still have to rely on them to rely on themselves."
Uh, that's not what I mean!
Li Xin quickly explained: "Prince, I mean I can donate grain to provide disaster relief, open a porridge shed, and then, we can do this again."
This guy is indeed a talent.
Zhu Qizhuo couldn't help but give him a thumbs up when he heard this.
The next day, porridge sheds were opened outside the counties in Nanyang to provide free porridge for the victims.
In fact, there are not many victims in Nanyang at this time, because Zhuqi Waste has waived all the land tax and has given all the more than one million acres of arable land belonging to the Tang Palace to farm for the people.
Therefore, despite the increasingly serious drought in Henan, the people in Nanyang have not yet been able to drink much porridge.
So, why did the King of Tang open a porridge shed?
Isn't he raising idle people?
Soon, news came from Luoyang Prefecture, Kaifeng Prefecture, Runing Prefecture and Ruzhou around Nanyang that the Tang King of Nanyang did good deeds and accumulated virtues, donated grain to provide disaster relief, and opened porridge sheds outside the counties in Nanyang Prefecture. Everyone should go quickly!
This is a big deal. The victims of Henan prefectures were running towards Nanyang Prefecture in a crazy manner.
Henan is the hinterland of the Central Plains. It has been the most densely populated area since ancient times. The number of victims is simply too large. Although many victims followed various rebels to rebel, the remaining number of victims is also quite terrifying.
Within a few days, hundreds of thousands of victims gathered outside the counties in Nanyang.
With so many disaster victims, even if each person only drinks a few bowls of porridge every day, he will have to consume tens of thousands of stones of food a day!
Even if the King of Tang in Nanyang is rich, he may not be able to hold on. You know, the food price in the northwest has risen to more than ten taels of silver per stone, and tens of thousands of stones a day will be more than ten thousand taels!
Who can withstand it?
Within a few days, it began to spread among the victims. His Highness the King of Tang could no longer bear it. In order to provide disaster relief, His Highness the King of Tang was almost emptying his family's fortune.
When the disaster victims heard the news, they were all grateful. His Highness, the great charity!
However, no one left because they had no food to eat even if they went back.
A few days later, His Highness the King of Tang really couldn't stand it anymore. Notices were posted in various porridge sheds. There was not much food left. If you wanted to survive, you should go south and go to Yunyang Wharf. His Highness the King of Tang prepared a fast ship for everyone and sent everyone to the south. There was food and land there, and the rain was abundant. If you went there, you wouldn't have to go hungry.
There are such good things?
The victims naturally rushed to Yunyang Wharf.
A few days later, the porridge sheds outside the counties in Nanyang gradually disappeared, and the victims rushed to Yunyang Wharf one after another, took the fast boat, and went to Dongban.
In fact, this method is not surprising. It is simply a simple way to use free porridge to lure the victims over, and then use the means of suggesting that food is out of stock to force the victims to run to Yunyang Wharf, get on the boat, and rush to Dongban.
The reason why Zhuqiu didn’t expect was that he didn’t run around and didn’t know the situation of the victims around Nanyang Prefecture.
Li Xin is different. In recent years, he has been urging people to donate grain to provide disaster relief. He has basically traveled all over Kaifeng Prefecture. Naturally, he knows that the victims are willing to travel dozens or even hundreds of miles for a bowl of porridge.
In this way, Zhuqiuzhe immediately collected hundreds of thousands of victims.
As for what to do when these victims arrive in the Eastern Conference, he doesn't have to worry about this.
Chapter completed!