Mingshi

Chapter 1116 Xu Jie's Suggestion

The reason why he didn't play it was because he couldn't think of a solution.Just asking questions, when the time comes, Emperor Jiajing will ask you, how to solve it?

But you can't answer, isn't that waiting for Emperor Jiajing to reprimand you?

However, he did not expect that Xu Jie would expose these problems to Emperor Jiajing today. He glanced at Xu Jie suspiciously, and thought to himself:

"Does Xu Jie have a solution to the problem?"

"What are you looking at? Tell me quickly." Emperor Jiajing's voice became sharp.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Gao Gong swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "The four southern provinces that have not been affected by the disaster are better now, and their food is enough to last until the autumn harvest. But the three provinces that have been affected by the disaster can only count on the court to Disaster relief. The food provided by the court for disaster relief can only last for one month.

In the two provinces in the north that were not affected by the disaster, they could eat enough food for the autumn harvest, but in the four provinces that were affected by the disaster, they could only last for a month, relying on the relief from the imperial court.The food in the capital can last for three months. "

Emperor Jiajing said in a slightly slower voice: "Since there are still four provinces in the south and two provinces in the north that have not been affected by the disaster, then there is grain in their granaries, and those big families should also have grain, and the court can use money to buy it." .”

Gao Gong shook his head and said, "There is not much food left in the official warehouse."

"Where did the food go?"

"It's all allocated to the disaster-stricken provinces and the army to suppress the bandits. And the food that should be stationed in the north and the south this year has not yet arrived."

Emperor Jiajing's face sank like water: "In other words, the entire Ming Dynasty only has one month's grain?"

Gao Gong pondered for a while and said: "The capital has three months' worth of grain, and the capital is usually pressed for three months, and the next month will bring in another three months' worth of grain. However, I'm afraid there is no grain coming in now. The two provinces that were not affected by the disaster really have no surplus food. Originally, the grain harvest in the north was not as good as that in the south. And this time, four provinces in the north were affected by the disaster, while only three provinces in the south. Two provinces supply the grain of four provinces. The two provinces in the north really can't afford any more grain. If they have to grab grain from the north, then there will be food shortages in the two provinces that were not affected by the disaster.

However, once the two northern provinces did not provide food.Refugees from the other four provinces will flood into those two provinces.At that time, the north will be corrupted.

In the south, there are four provinces that were not affected by the disaster, but a large amount of food was also transferred from them to the three provinces that were affected by the disaster.There should not be much food in the official warehouse.If you want disaster relief, you must buy food from big households.However, I don't know if those big players will sell it, and at what price.Once the negotiation fails, a large number of refugees will appear again, and then rogues will form.Generally speaking, we must solve the food problem within a month, otherwise..."

Gao Gong couldn't continue.

"Crack!" Emperor Jiajing slapped the table and said, "Since both of you know that the problem is so serious, why didn't you report it?"

"This... is also the report that was sent from various places the day before yesterday."

Emperor Jiajing gasped heavily and said, "What can you do?"

Gao Gong shook his head and said: "The reason why I didn't play is because I have been thinking of a way, but I didn't think of it."

Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Jie and said, "What about you? Since you played, don't tell me, you haven't figured out a way."

"There is a way." Xu Jie said softly.

"Emperor Jiajing's eyes lit up and said: "Say it quickly. "

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Xu Jie said in a condensed voice, "The disaster is inevitable now. The six northern provinces have no food, and the four southern provinces, even if the big households provide all the food, it is impossible for the six northern provinces and the three southern provinces. So, a civil uprising is inevitable."

Emperor Jiajing's face became very ugly, he stared at Xu Jie firmly, and said coldly: "That is to say, in a month's time, Daming will be full of bandits and wars?"

"Yes!" Xu Jie nodded.

"In the six northern provinces of Ming Dynasty, four provinces will be without food, and bandits will be everywhere, swarming into the other two provinces, robbing the other two provinces, and making the other two provinces foodless, and then six The rogues from the province will rush to the capital?"

"Yes!" Xu Jie nodded awkwardly.

"Will the rogues from the three northern provinces rush into the four southern provinces that were not affected by the disaster, and burn, kill and loot those four provinces?"

"Yes!" Xu Jie nodded again.

"Then... is it still a rogue?"

Emperor Jiajing was in turmoil. Just thinking about that scene, he could imagine the chaotic scene when Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of their old Zhu family, conquered the world at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty.It is all the rebels who poured out, and the old Zhu's family might be over.Suddenly, Emperor Jiajing came to his senses, looked eagerly at Xu Jie and said:
"Didn't you just say that there is a way? Is there any way to solve the current food shortage?"

"There is no way to solve the food shortage." Xu Jie shook his head and said.

"Crack!" Emperor Jiajing slapped the imperial book case, and said with a dark face, "Xu Jie, you dare to tease me."

"I don't dare!" Xu Jie bowed hastily and said, "Your Majesty, please listen to me."

"Speak!" Emperor Jiajing suppressed his anger.

"Your Majesty, the food shortage is a natural disaster, and no one can solve it. What we can solve is the aftermath of the food shortage. As Your Majesty said just now, in a month's time, the Ming Dynasty will be full of flames and the world will be in chaos. If there is a mutiny in the army, the Ming Dynasty will The foundation of the country is about to be shaken. Therefore, at this time, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty cannot be chaotic, and the military cannot be chaotic."

"What do you mean?" Gao Gong seemed to realize something, and looked at Xu Jie in shock.

"Your Majesty!" Xu Jie ignored Gao Gong at all, looked at Emperor Jiajing and said, "Let Luo Xin stop the disaster relief, and take the relief food back to the court and leave it to the military. Then let Luo Xin collect food for the court and guarantee Food and grass for the military. Your Majesty, as long as the military has food to eat, they will not be chaotic. And the court has a military, so they can suppress bandits. So what if there are bandits everywhere? Just let the military kill them."

"Xu Jie...you are a traitor..." Gao Gong pointed at Xu Jie angrily and cursed: "Are you trying to kill all the people of Ming Dynasty?"

"They are not ordinary people, they are traitors. If we don't kill them, should we let them enter the imperial city?"

"You, you, you...you..." Gao Gong trembled with anger: "You don't provide disaster relief, but at the same time let Luo Xin collect food. If you say it's a collection, that's robbing, grabbing food from the mouths of the people. You are an official forcing the people opposite."

"Nonsense." Xu Jie said angrily, "Did I force this natural disaster? I just want to protect Daming. If you have a way, I, Xu Jie, apologize to you. Do you think I think so? As long as the court is here, The disaster of Ming Dynasty is still within the controllable range. If the court is gone, it will be a real disaster. At that time, the world will be full of wars, and the real people will be in dire straits."

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