Chapter 88: The most important thing is to survive (Part 2)

"ah!?"

Before Emperor Jing and Emperor could speak, Zhao Shou exclaimed in surprise.

The emperor turned his head and scolded, "What are your name?"

He was in a very bad mood. Not only did he scold Liu Mingqi, but he also became a traitor.

Of course, Zhao Shou didn't care. He could only bow to the end and slapped himself.

Miao Yan didn't understand either. He looked at Liu Mingqi with a confused look, hoping to get an explanation.

Liu Mingqi smiled, "It seems that Eunuch Zhao understands what I said, so why not ask him to explain it to His Majesty."

Zhao Shou cursed Liu Mingqi in his heart, and the smile on his face was even worse than crying: "Your Majesty, old slave... old slave..."

"Tell me, I won't blame you."

Emperor Jing He also realized that this method would definitely not be very popular, otherwise the two of them would not be so embarrassed.

Facing the emperor's gaze, Zhao Shou could only grit his teeth and said quickly: "Bran bran is the residue left when grinding rice and wheat. It is usually used to feed livestock. His Royal Highness Prince Yu's meaning should be to replace all the food with bran bran and then give it to the victims for food."

"What!?"

Jing Hedi and Miao Yan were both shocked.

The two looked at Zhao Shou with their eyes almost trying to kill.

Zhao Shou was so scared that he was almost paralyzed, "Your Majesty, Lord Miao... This is the idea of ​​Prince Yu. I just said it..."

So Liu Mingqi was also immediately "gazing at death".

But the boy was not afraid, and looked at them instead: "There is no food and no money. If you don't want this idea, will it make a total of ten or two million people starve to death?"

"But aren't these residues fed to animals?" Miao Yan's black face turned red, "How can people and livestock be confused?"

"When you reach this point, don't pay attention to it. Saving your life is the most important thing." Liu Mingqi said: "Mr. Miao, have you ever been hungry? You can eat it for three days and three nights, let alone bran bran, even leaves and bark!"

"Even if I starve to death, I will not eat these things." Miao Yan said sternly.

"Yes, you are noble, you are noble, and your reputation is more important than death." Liu Mingqi laughed, "But Lord Miao, the people are not as honest as you. They just want to live. In order to survive, they are willing to do anything... By the way, do you know that soil can be eaten?"

"Nonsense!" Jing Hedi said, "How can you eat soil?"

"Eunuch Zhao, please explain." Liu Mingqi took out the poor Zhao Shou again.

Any time Zhao Shou had a knife in his hand at this time, he could stab the bastard boy in with one knife.

Unfortunately, he didn't.

Then, facing Jing Hedi's inquiry, he could only whisper honestly: "That kind of soil is called Guanyin soil, and you can resist hunger after eating it. But if you eat too much, Guanyin soil will swell in your stomach and make people swell to death.

When I was a child, I encountered a major disaster. There were people with such big belly bloated everywhere on the fields and roads, including men, women, and young and old…”

Thinking of the horror scene Zhao Shou said, Jing Hedi and Miao Yan couldn't help but shivered.

"Look, this is the life experience of Eunuch Zhao who has experienced hardships." Liu Mingqi said, "So now, Lord Miao, you can ask, if it is time to live or die, will he eat bran?"

"eat!"

This time, Zhao Shou also took the initiative. Without waiting for the emperor to ask, he closed his eyes and said, "When he was about to starve to death, he even had to grab the bark, let alone bran. Bran bran can only be afforded by people with some savings!... If there was no way out in the past, Lao Nu's father would not have been so cruel. He sold the old slave to the x dealer and came to the capital..."

I was silent for a long time in the study room.

Miao Yan wanted to say something, but his mouth was very dry and he couldn't say a word.

Jing Hedi's eyes were red, and he looked at Zhao Shou fiercely, as if he was going to kill someone.

Liu Mingqi understood the emperor's feelings at this time.

He has been kind and gentle all his life, especially to the common people, and he has not known how much labor and taxes he has exempted.

As a result, today it was so sad and ironic that it was forced to give the victims a scoop.

The boy's tone was gentle at this time: "Your Majesty, you can't think too much about it. Natural disasters and man-made disasters are still before man-made disasters. It proves that the destructive nature of natural disasters is the greatest and is not under our control.

In other words, this is the same when other emperors encounter this. Of course, what I just said is not all of them with bran instead, there are still many things to pay attention to here.”

Jing Hedi didn't speak.

Liu Mingqi said to herself: "The men who participated in the labor eat at least rice porridge and steamed buns, and their food rations cannot be saved. And the elderly, weak, sick and disabled who are unable to work have no choice but to starve to death or have enough food, otherwise they can only go the path of bran and porridge making.”

"I'm afraid that men will eat porridge and steamed buns are not just because they have to work, right? I'm also worried that if they don't have enough food, they will cause trouble and cause more turmoil, right?" Miao Yan asked with a smile, but the smile looked cold no matter how he looked at it.

"right!"

Liu Mingqi was not surprised that his thoughts were seen through. If Miao Yan and the imperial court could not even see this clearly, his wisdom and wisdom would be in vain.

To put it bluntly, it's cruel.

But in any dynasty, stability is the most important thing, far more important than disaster victims.

If chaos arises, there are more than just 10 or 20 million disaster victims?

Aren’t Huang Chao, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong, the despicable demon kings who are just evil committed in troubled times?

"You are really thinking about my country!" Emperor Jing He also said quietly at this time.

Liu Mingqi dared not reply again.

Seeing that the emperor was about to break out, if you go up, maybe the board will fall down.

Emperor Jing He sat on the imperial chair and suddenly slapped the table, "I have decided to add autumn grain, and send a total of 20 million stones of grain from Beijing to the two lakes area to help them overcome the difficulties!"

Miao Yan, who was pale, directly opposed: "Your Majesty, your decree cannot be agreed by the court. The capital area is the top priority, and there must be no mistake. Twenty million stones of food is really too much!"

"What should I do?" Jing Hedi said angrily: "Do I really want my people to be like animals?"

"Those who survived are called people, and those who died are called bones. White bones cannot compare to animals." Liu Mingqi blurted out.

He was angry that the emperor was so stupid that he didn't know that the world was great and the life was the greatest, so he thought to himself and said it out with his mouth.

As a result, Emperor Jing He grabbed the white jade pen holder and smashed it directly to him.

Liu Mingqi was not stupid at all and just avoided it.

"Bang!"

The pen holder fell to the ground and broke into several pieces.

"Liu Mingqi! You bastard!!" Jing Hedi didn't vent his anger after smashing something, and scolded sternly, "Have you read your books into the dog's belly? Can you say such words?"

Liu Mingqi didn't dare to reply.

However, this time Miao Yan raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, the words of Prince Yu just now are like enlightenment, which makes me suddenly enlightened... Without any other way to imagine, isn't it the best result to let the victims survive first?

Isn't it great if we compensate them again when our lives are better? We can't let the court not even have the opportunity to compensate in the future, so let them starve to death now, right?"

Emperor Jing He could get angry with Liu Mingqi like this, but he would not be so with Miao Yan.

After hearing this, he kept smiling bitterly and shook his head, his whole body seemed to shrink, and he looked a little old.

Seeing him relieved a little, Liu Mingqi said again: "Your Majesty, if you really can't bear it, you can use a mixture of rice and bran to cook porridge. For example, one pound of rice and three pounds of bran, although this taste is not as good as pure rice porridge, it is much better than those with bran."

"Have you eaten?" Jing Hedi asked.

"I have eaten it more than once." Liu Mingqi said it with confidence.

Jing Hedi and Miao Yan, including Zhao Shou, all looked at him in surprise.

Liu Mingqi has really eaten it.

It was just in the previous life.

Didn’t I advocate eating coarse grains in my previous life?

Wheat bran and rice bran are good things nutritionists say, and they are definitely better than refined rice.

Liu Mingqi made porridge like this for a while. The roughness was a bit heavy, but it was definitely not difficult to swallow.

Even Liu Mingqi can be eaten, how could the victims not be able to eat it?

In fact, let alone this kind of mixed porridge, even the whole bran bran was used, and the victims did not say that they could not eat it, but the emperor thought they would not be able to eat it.

"You can ask them to make a pot of bran porridge on site tonight, just in time for the Prime Minister and the others to try it." Liu Mingqi suggested, "If everyone thinks it's okay, why not do this?"

Emperor Jing He felt that Liu Mingqi could say "human words" tonight.

It was this sentence that made him feel okay.

He could not accept the whole bran, but if rice was added, it would not be eaten by animals. It was considered a type of porridge at least.

Emperor Jinghe turned around and ordered, "Zhao Shou, please arrange it and let them prepare it. Let's cook it in front of the imperial study room, and no adulteration is allowed. Later, I will go to Wenyuan Pavilion to let the Prime Minister and the Secretary of the State Council come over to drink a bowl."

"Abide by the order!"

Eunuch Zhao ran to the door again.

Looking at his back, Jing Hedi was in a deep pain and suddenly felt a little relaxed for no reason.

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Note: A brother asked a question, why did the Great Kang Dynasty write about the prosperity of the Great Kang Dynasty, but it only had about one year of surplus grain? This does not meet the standards of prosperity?

The Book of Rites says: "If you have a good harvest, you will not be in office for four years. If the country has no storage for nine years, it is called insufficient. If you have no storage for six years, it is called urgent. If you have no storage for three years, it is said that the country is not the country." It means that if the food does not have storage for more than nine years, it means that the material is insufficient; and if the country's stock does not have to be six years, it is still relatively critical; once the food is stored for less than three years, it cannot be called a "country".

Is this statement correct?

When to see.

Of course, there is no problem when there is a sparse population like the Western Zhou Dynasty. Even within 50 years of the beginning of each dynasty, there is no problem.

However, once it stabilizes, the population will inevitably usher in a surge, but the land does not grow with the growth, and the total grain output will not increase. Therefore, no matter how much grain reserves are, they cannot keep up with this pace. In addition, continuous floods, droughts, locust plagues, etc., consume a lot of money and grain, so let alone 9 years of reserves, it is impossible to keep up in three years.

Isn’t it just to talk about the possibility of a bad harvest in 2020? Our grain reserves are 1 and a half years, enough for everyone to eat, so don’t worry.

This is true in modern countries. Moreover, the Dakang Dynasty had encountered typhoons, droughts, floods and other disasters in the previous few years. Therefore, the scholar set that after so many disasters, the Dakang Dynasty currently has one year reserve, which I think is more realistic.
Chapter completed!