Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 225
Since it is possible to rent acres of land in the Yuzhou area, it is possible to borrow grain with this. Therefore, after discussing with Yang Su, Yang Ming decided to increase the three pieces of mustard pancakes provided to the peasants to five pieces a day, and change the number of meat to seven pieces a day. One supply per day.

If you don't eat meat, you have no energy.

It has been half a month since we arrived in Luoyang, and Yang Ming has been asking Du Ruhui to follow the people from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to count the casualties.

In just half a month, more than 600 people died and more than 4000 were injured.

However, Yang Ming was very pleased with such a result. After all, the population base was there, which was 60 people.

A city wall in Luoyang is more than ten miles long, and tens of thousands of migrant workers are working hard on just one city wall, and they still work in two shifts, day and night.

The progress of the project is still within Yu Wenkai's calculations. According to his plan, the foundation of the city wall must be dug in a month at most.

After another half a month, Pei Xizai had sent a letter, and the food was in short supply.

So Yang Ming urgently summoned everyone to discuss the matter.

"As expected, the exemption of slaves and maidservants to grant land was not implemented in Changping County, but over there, more than 50 peasants have been recruited, and there is not enough food, that's for sure," Yang Da said: "And the matter of borrowing food in the Bingzhou area, Today, we have only borrowed a total of [-] shi, which is not enough for us, let alone aiding Changping."

Yang Su also sighed, and said: "It seems that the daily rations of the migrant workers need to be temporarily reduced. We have already eaten half of the Heyang warehouse, and it will be empty in another month."

For a whole month, Yuan Wen and Li Baiyao were down below, and they had already negotiated with many grain merchants. Unfortunately, the Yuzhou Yamen only signed lease agreements with a few of them, because the lease price had not been negotiated.

Of course it's wrong.

It is already mid-April, and the best time for sowing wheat has passed, and I am not stupid. If I plant it now, the harvest is bound to be bad. Of course, I will bargain with you.

Grain merchants from all over the world are originally owned by aristocratic families. If they don't want to waste money, you can't force them.

On Yang Ming's side, he had already gotten news from Dugu Zhuan that several grain stores in Dugu's family had already prepared grain and prepared to rent out the fields, but the Yuzhou Yamen did not contact them at all.

What does Yang Hao want to do?
"How long will it take for the borrowed grain to arrive in Luoyang?" Yang Ming asked.

Yu Wenkai said: "It will take more than ten days to continue. If King Qi doesn't speed up the process, we will have to eat Liyang warehouse in a month, and the food in Liyang warehouse can be guaranteed for a month at most."

Liyang warehouse is a large warehouse, but Luoyang can only eat one-third of it, and the rest has to be supplied to the capital, so Yang Ming can't move.

"Shi Da (Yang Da's character) went to the government office of Yuzhou, reminded them, and asked them what's the situation?" Yang Ming had already guessed that the second child was tripping him up, but he couldn't show up now, so he asked play dumb.

Yang Da nodded, got up and left.

Yu Wenkai was in charge of supervising work, so he also pleaded guilty and went to the Luoyang construction site.

Yang Su coughed and ordered the other officials to go down and do their own things. After everyone left, he said:

"Your Highness and King Qi, what's wrong?"

Sure enough, it's the old Jianghu, who grasped the key point at once,
Yang Ming smiled bitterly and said, "He is not satisfied that he is the King of Qi and I am the King of Qin."

"Why didn't he say that he was pampered and pampered in Yangzhou, and His Highness was fighting on the battlefield?" Yang Su shook his head helplessly: "No one in the court objected to your appointment as the king of Qin. It can be seen that it is the heart of the people and the expectations of the people. The king of Qi just came to Luoyang, and he was restrained. Elbow, our original plan, I'm afraid something will go wrong."

Yang Ming nodded and said, "Changping is almost running out of food. When the King of Han rebelled, Yang Liang looted all the granaries in various places. Now the food reserves are not enough. The Changping granary in Shan County has to supply Guanzhong, so it cannot be moved. According to the plan, I am afraid that grain will be transported from Hebei to supply Changping."

"Hebei is also difficult," Yang Su sighed, "The rebellion in Hebei and Shandong has just ended, and the loss of granaries in various places is undoubtedly huge. Besides, borrowing grain from Hebei is also for the King of Qi, and it is not appropriate for His Highness to come forward. "

In name, Yang Ming only cares about repairing Luoyang, and Yuzhou has the final say. It is Yang Hao who borrows grain from Hebei, and it is Yang Hao, the shepherd of Yuzhou, who borrows grain.

Of course, Yang Ming knew that Yang Hao would not borrow it.

Yang Ming said: "It's inconvenient for me to have a stalemate with King Qi right now. If I go to negotiate this matter with him, he must have prepared a reason to deal with me. Well, the daily supply of food should be appropriately reduced, but the working hours of migrant workers must also be reduced." Correspondingly shortened, if you don’t have enough to eat, how can you have the strength to work.”

Yang Su said in a daze: "In this way, the construction period will definitely be delayed, and Yu Wenkai may not make it through."

"It's not that I want to procrastinate, but someone is procrastinating," Yang Ming said with a smile, "If we continue like this, once we run out of food, we won't be able to explain it to you."

Yang Su smiled and nodded. This time, he fully agreed with Yang Ming's decision.

If the King of Qi, Yang Hao, had not been transferred to Yuzhou Mu, Yang Ming would have full power to preside over Yuzhou's government affairs and take charge of the overall situation. In this case, Yang Su absolutely did not support Yang Ming to procrastinate.

But right now, someone is helping Yang Ming to delay, so if he can't hand in the work in the future, it will not be Yang Ming's business.

He and Gao Jiong have been in charge of the Great Sui Center for more than [-] years. Naturally, there will be many informants in the palace. Li Zixiong's son can know about the prince Yang Zhao, can he not?

His own son, Yang Xuanting, is currently adopted by his younger brother Yang Yue, who is also the Duke of Ancheng County. As his heir, Yang Xuanting entered the officialdom from Yang Yue's family and became the deputy leader of the left guard of the East Palace of Prince Yang Zhao.

Diabetes is not an incurable disease, but Prince Yi is drinking too much now, so it may not be curable.

But Yang Su didn't intend to tell Yang Ming about this matter, he was afraid that after telling Yang Ming, Yang Ming would fight now, which is not good.

He wanted to stabilize Yang Ming and help Yang Ming lay a solid foundation so that he could take care of Yang Ming in the future.

And right now, there is a great opportunity.

As a shepherd in Yuzhou, you can't guarantee the food supply in Luoyang, so that you delay the construction period. This crime has nothing to do with Yang Ming.

"I still want to borrow food. Yang Hao won't borrow it. I can only borrow it in my own name." Yang Ming asked, "Yue Gong thinks, who should I ask to borrow?"

There was no food in the official warehouses in Hebei, but the aristocratic family had it, and the reserves were huge. The aristocrats entrenched in various places in the Sui Dynasty were equivalent to small local governments. They could do things that the prefects and county officials could not do.

Yang Su replied with a smile: "In the Yuzhou area, the King of Qi dares to delay, so His Highness can rest assured. As for Changping, he needs to borrow food from Hebei, and in the Hebei area, the Qinghe Cui family is the first, and His Highness can only go there personally." Borrow, the letter does not show sincerity."

The Cui family of Qinghe did not do well in the Sui Dynasty. Most of them relied on the family's women to marry into Guanzhong to maintain their relationship with the court. There were not many men who became officials. After all, their family mainly served the Northern Wei and Northern Qi dynasties. The four surnamed Gaomen back then was King Lu Cui Zheng, but the Sui royal family did not trust them very much.

Moreover, during the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Qinghe Cui family suffered a big somersault. Due to the "Prison of National History", several large branches of the family were exterminated and the nine clans were wiped out. They suffered heavy losses. More than 100 years later, they are still in the recovery stage.

On the contrary, it is the Boling Cui family who are quite happy at the moment.

However, the Qinghe Cui family has always been known as the orthodox Confucianism in the north, and the family power is extremely large. Many of them have marriages with Hebei clans, and they almost control the local government.

The current leader of the Cui family is called Cui Fuli. During Kaihuang's reign, he was a general secretary of the province. He is now nursing at home. He is the grandson of Cui Yanzhen, Duke of Qinghe County, and Cui Yanzhen is the grandfather of Holy Empress Dugu Jialuo.

Cui Yanzhen's Duke of Qinghe was conferred posthumously after the founding of the Sui Dynasty, which is also called posthumous posthumous title, which is different from the actual conferment, because at the same time, there was another Duke of Qinghe, who was none other than Yang Su.

After Yang Su was named the Duke of Yue because of his great contributions, Yang Jian gave the title of Duke of Qinghe to his fourth son Yang Xuan.

"I do have a suitable candidate here, and I can go to Qinghe County with His Highness as a recommendation," Yang Su said with a smile.

Yang Ming knew who he was talking about, and said with a smile: "I heard that Xuan Zong's wife is from the Cui family of Qinghe?"

Yang Sudao: "When Cui Zhen (biao) was serving as an internal servant, he married his daughter to the old man's second son Xuan Zong. However, Cui Zhen is dead, and his eldest son Cui Shiji is now in Luoyang. He is currently a member of the Ministry of War, and he can accompany him Your Highness, go to Qinghe County together."

Qinghe County is located in Xingtai, Hebei, thousands of miles away from Luoyang, how much time will it take to go back and forth?
Yang Ming didn't want to go so far, but he had to borrow food.

"Is there any way I can borrow food if I don't go to Qinghe?" Yang Ming asked.

Yang Su smiled and shook his head: "There is no other way. Your Highness has concubines, side concubines, and concubines. The marriage has been cut off, but there is no marriage. How can it be possible to let people borrow money?"

Yang Ming thought so too, but he couldn't leave Luoyang easily, and the food in Changping County was already in short supply. Once the food ran out, it would be no joke.

"There is another way," Yang Su said with a meaningful smile.

Yang Ming asked: "Mr. Yue, don't be so obedient, talk quickly."

"Doesn't Your Highness still have a son?" After Yang Su finished speaking, he couldn't help laughing, and he also felt that this method was unreliable.

Yang Ming also smiled: "My son is still in his infancy, so I'm afraid it's inappropriate to talk about marriage right now? Besides, I may not be able to decide on my son's marriage."

Suddenly, Yang Ming came to his senses and said with a sly smile: "Aren't Xuan Zong and the Cui family related by marriage? Let Xuan Zong borrow it? Let me figure it out. What does Yue Gong think?"

Yang Su was stunned, unable to laugh or cry: "Your Highness only wants to borrow, have you ever thought about how to pay it back?"

Yang Ming suddenly looked depressed. He really didn't have the ability to pay it back. He couldn't take the grain from Yuzhou to pay it back, could he?Besides, it doesn't count what he said.

"Sigh..." Yang Ming sighed, "Let's do this, Mr. Yue is quite familiar with the Cui family. You can recommend a few people. I'll think about it here. Recommending them to become an official is a bargaining chip in exchange for food."

Since you can't borrow it, let's sell the official, and you can count as much food as you can exchange.

Startled, Yang Su nodded quickly and said, "This is feasible."

(End of this chapter)