The time for Lai Huer to rest was very precise. On the way from Luoyang to Jiangdu, he had carefully considered all the possible situations that might arise in the future.
He calculated that the crown prince would definitely not allow Jiangnan to successfully suppress the rebellion, so the way to constrain it would be to cut off food.
Lai Hu'er knew very well that the prince wanted to cut off Jiangdu's food supply, which was fair and just.
Therefore, after taking Liyang, he immediately rested, consolidated the city defense, built forts, and deployed defense lines. He did not plan to use troops in the short term.
The four warehouses in Luoyang, what are their functions?
First, the world's annual grain is stored and allocated by the Ministry of Civil Affairs according to local conditions. So where does the annual grain mainly come from? Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Jiangnan, and Jingzhou.
Shanxi has been barely self-sufficient in food in recent years, and taxes are basically used locally. As for other places that supply food to the four warehouses, only Henan and Jingzhou can do so.
Don't expect the other three, Hebei, Shandong, and Jiangnan, to ask you for food with their mouths open.
Second, and most importantly, the grain reserves in the four warehouses are mainly supplied to Guanzhong, which to be more precise is called Jingzhao County.
There was a great war in Guanzhong the year before last, but it has not recovered yet. Last year, several places were hit by drought, and the food shortage was severe. The granaries in Luoyang this year only had nine million dan in storage, and four million were allocated to Guanzhong.
stone.
So for the rest, three mouths are asking for it, who should give it to them?
"There was a great chaos in Hebei, and half of the land was abandoned. Everyone from civilians to businessmen were short of food. The food gap reported by each county was as high as nine million dan," Fang Xuanling lamented in the main hall of Luoyang East Palace: "Now
Even if we use all the strength of the Eastern Capital to save it, we can’t save it.”
This is called a war disaster. Before the war, the people were suffering. When the war started, the people were suffering. After the war, the people were still suffering.
"Where is Bashu's annual food last year?" Yu Juluo also realized the seriousness of the matter and asked with an ugly face.
Fang Xuanling sighed: "All the annual grains from Bashu have been sent to Guangtong Granary in Guanzhong. Secretary Geng Chunchen, the eunuch of the provincial eunuch, and Xiao Huaijing, the young minister of Taichang Temple, said in front of His Majesty that the Sui Dynasty King Qi has descended to the south, and the grain and rice from all over the world should be gathered in Beijing.
Omen, keep the king's energy in Guanzhong."
Dou Kang and others were stunned. They had many excuses for wanting food. Why did they choose this one?
"In other words, there is actually no shortage of food in Guanzhong?" Yang Yichen asked.
Fang Xuanling explained: "Originally, there was a shortage, but with Bashu's annual grain, there is no shortage."
"We just allocated four million stones to the capital?" Dugu compiled: "What did the two warlocks say?"
Fang Xuanling said: "Geng Chunchen reported that the groups are like a canopy. They are all equipped with Qi in five colors: green, yellow, red, white, and black. Some dragon patterns appear, or some are decorated with phoenixes. This is called the Qi of the Emperor. He observes the celestial phenomena, and the Qi of the Emperor is in it.
Jiangdu."
"Ah?" Yang Yichen said hoarsely: "Where does this person come from? Isn't this just nonsense?"
Li Jingdao, Duke of the State of Jiu, said: "This is simply nonsense. Your Majesty, after hearing such words, should immediately kill this official."
Yang Xuanzang looked extremely ugly and said: "I have another saying: Your Majesty needs to visit Jiangdu this summer to gather the emperor's energy."
Dou Kang rolled his eyes and thought, this is just an excuse for him to go to the river.
"Is that Xiao Huaijing the heir of Xiao Ji?" Yang Yichen asked.
Yang Xuanting, the third child, sneered: "Father and son, a pair of bastards, wait until I return to the capital and skin him."
Everyone was stunned, how much hatred is there? Say this?
Why did Xuanting say that? Because Xiao Huaijing's report to Yang Guang had something to do with their family.
Xiao Huaijing's great-grandfather Xiao Yi was the eldest brother of Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan. He was an orthodox Lanling Xiao. His father Xiao Ji was the number one magician around Yang Guang. In official terms, he was good at yin and yang arithmetic, but he died young.
At present, Yang Guang mainly asks Xiao Huaijing about ghosts and gods.
What did Xiao Huaijing say? He said that Yang Xuangan's family's ancestral grave in Huayin County was emitting white gas.
If the white cloth is white, it is unclear, appearing and disappearing at times, and its appearance is similar to that of a dog, which is called evil spirit. If the evil spirit is seen, there will be no great mourning in the world, but there will be mutiny.
After Yang Guang heard this, he felt uneasy because his family also recognized Hongnong Yang as their ancestor, so he asked if there was a solution. Xiao Huaijing replied that Xuangan should have their ancestral graves...
.....Move abroad.
Isn’t this spitting in someone’s face?
Someone’s ancestral grave must be a geomantic treasure place? Where did the evil spirit come from?
After everyone listened to Xuanting's explanation, everyone was very surprised.
Xuangan's ancestral tomb, isn't that Yang Su? What is this for?
Dugu compiled: "Those who confuse the public with their evil words and slander the important ministers of the country should be killed."
Yang Ming smiled: "The words of a warlock want to target the eight central centers. He doesn't have the ability yet. Yuan Tiangang also said that it is not evil spirit, it looks like smoke but not smoke, like clouds but not clouds, and it is full of depression and looks like...
Dragon shape, this is called auspicious energy, and when you see auspicious energy, you should do something auspicious, and you can help Xuangan ward off disaster."
The auspiciousness of Xuangan's ancestral tomb is because the emperor has auspiciousness. Isn't this nonsense? This kind of intimidation means that Yuan Tiangang can fool you. In fact, it is to blame the royal family on Hongnong Yang. It means that it is not Xuanzang.
I feel that the ancestral tombs are auspicious, and it is your majesty’s ancestral tombs that are auspicious.
Not to mention, many people think his explanation is reasonable. After all, this kid is very popular in the capital and is a great warlock recognized by many big families.
But he is not Yang Guang’s spokesperson, so Yang Guang will not reuse him.
Just like Zhang Qiu Taiyi, Yang Jian's imperial warlock, he is still alive, but Yang Guang doesn't know how to use it.
Every emperor will have several such people around him. Don't underestimate such people, they can kill you with just a few made-up words.
"Xiao Huaijing is so brave that he dares to mess with our family, and so is my father. Why should he swallow his anger in front of such a person? Just find an excuse to kill him, a small sixth-grade official, and it will be over." Yang Yuanqing was young and energetic, and could not swallow this breath.
, said angrily.
Dou Kang couldn't help but laugh and said: "Yuan Qing hates evil as much as his enemies, and it is human nature to be righteous and angry. Xiao Huaijing's father seemed to have had trouble with Yue Gong during his lifetime, right?"
"Well," Yang Xuanzong, the second eldest child, said, "My father naturally looks down on the slaves with the third surname."
Which three masters? Emperor Jing of Liang, Xiao Fangzhi, Emperor Gong of Western Wei, Yuan Kuo, and Emperor Xuan of Zhou, Yu Wenyun.
The biography of Xiao Ji in "History of the North" records: He was aloof by nature, did not get along well with the ministers, and was not in harmony with Yang Su, so he was abandoned and depressed.
During the reign of Emperor Kaihuang, if you offended Gao Xi and Yang Su, you could only feel depressed and frustrated.
"Okay, okay, these kind of flimsy and slanderous words have no effect on Xuangan. Let's continue discussing the food allocation," Yang Ming said.
In fact, he knew in his heart that Yang Guang must have the intention to deal with the Hongnong Yang family, but this would have to wait until Yang Yue died.
The Yang family is too rich, and Yang Guang has always been dissatisfied with them. Although Yang Yue spit out all the money he gave away, he is still not satisfied.
Don't think that Yang Guang will take Yang Rui's feelings into consideration. What should you have to worry about? I am your grandfather and you are a descendant of our family. Is it possible that your elbows will turn outward?
Historically, there have been many emperors who took care of the mother's side of the family.
"Luoyang must keep at least half of the five million shi of food remaining in the treasury," Dugu compiled: "That is to say, Hebei, Shandong, and Jiangnan can only divide 2.5 million. How to divide it is up to His Highness to decide.
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Xue Shou said: "I thought that the south of the Yangtze River was a land of plenty, and now that I have come to protect my children and win a great victory, I can take back eight counties and be self-sufficient, right?"
Everyone knew that what he said was a lie with open eyes.
The taxes of the eight counties were collected in advance by Xiao Xian and Du Fuwei. What is left to you is a mess. How do you collect it? And then peel off the skin of the place?
You can do this, but you have to consider the consequences.
Dou Kang frowned and said: "In short, there must be more Hebei. Now the trade along the canal is recovering, and the gap in Hebei is too big. If we can't appease it properly, and with the strong folk customs here, and another rebellion, it will really be difficult to recover."
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In fact, we are afraid of the people from Hebei and would rather attack Jiangnan twice than attack Hebei again.
"Do you have the census results for each county?" Yang Yichen asked.
Du Ruhui nodded and said: "Currently there is only a rough investigation result. A total of 1.3 million people were lost in Hebei due to the chaos. Of course, many of them had gone out to seek refuge and had not yet returned."
Dou Kang let out a long sigh, put his forehead with one hand and frowned.
Huangfu Wuyi said: "I suggest that we allocate 1.5 million dan of grain to Hebei and 50 to each of Shandong and Jiangnan."
"That's not what King Qi wants," Li Jiancheng said. "They ask you for two million. If you give me half a million, I'm afraid they'll sue us all with a memorandum."
Yang Ming smiled and said: "If you want to sue, you are suing me. Why are you nervous?"
"I am complaining for His Highness," Li Jiancheng said angrily: "One Guan Chong and the other Liu Yuanjin have now surrendered to the imperial court and secured the Jin Mausoleum. Wu County has not suffered another military disaster. It can be seen that the prince's initial strategy was completely correct.
If the King of Qi had not been constrained in the south of the Yangtze River, Duke Wei would have taken care of this matter, why would he let the Xiao thieves wreak havoc in Jingzhou like this?"
Dou Kang grinned and said, "You can give him as much as he wants? Luoyang still has to have so much food for him, five hundred thousand, divided into five times, and delivered to him within two months, and he will figure out how to handle the rest."
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Yang Yichen nodded and said: "I think it's okay. Chen Leng's ship has also passed by. We can definitely supply along the coast. He wants to empty Luoyang, but we don't dare to let him empty it."
Yang Ming looked at Dugu Zuan and said: "Since everyone said so, let's do it this way. Zhang Xutuo and Huaiyi have not spoken, but they must be in embarrassment. The situation in Shandong is very good now, and there are three or two more
The month is over, so the food should be sent over as soon as possible so that they can use it to appease the people."
Dugu Zuan nodded and said: "I will do it as soon as possible."
In fact, the situation in Shandong is very optimistic. After all, Zhang Xutuo has worked here for so long and has maintained good relations with aristocratic families from all over the country. With the support of these people, he has captured half of Shandong and the remaining rebels.
The army is only a matter of two or three months.
Moreover, Zhang Xutuo and the others are not short of food now, because Zhou Fashang from the Andong Protectorate across the sea has been supplying them.
The jurisdiction of the Andong Protectorate was half of Goguryeo.