Soon after, Pei Ju died of illness, and the imperial court posthumously gifted him with the title of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Zuo Sanqi served as his constant attendant.
The first year of Zhenguan is now coming to an end and entering the second year of Zhenguan.
Li Zhiyun changed history, but he could not change the weather. The second year of Zhenguan was still a troubled year.
In spring, there was a severe drought in the states in Guanzhong.
Although we can continue to use work-for-relief projects to build cement roads between cities in the pass, the losses are still shocking.
In March, locust plague raged in Guanhai.
"Second brother, you are really awesome." Li Zhiyun stood on the field ridge, looking at the burning fire and the locusts rushing into the fire one after another, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
With the money and food sent by the Zheng family and the Pei family, as well as sugar, soap and other profits, he was able to withstand the natural disasters that occurred in successive years.
As for the second brother in history, at this time, he was not only struggling to withstand natural disasters, but was also accumulating the power to overthrow the Turks.
It should be said that it is indeed you, Li Shimin.
However, compared to the original historical situation of the Tang Dynasty, the current situation of the Tang Dynasty is undoubtedly several times better. Although natural disasters are still unstoppable, due to Li Zhiyun's efforts, large-scale people have not starved to death.
In exchange for relief work, cement roads can be built to connect the various cities in the pass, making transportation more convenient.
It is clear at a glance who wins and who loses.
In addition, Datang did not have to pay compensation to the Turks and relatives. From this point of view, what he did was not bad.
Snap!
A locust landed on Li Zhiyun's shoulder. He reached out to grab it, then threw it to the ground and trampled it to death.
Using fire, chickens and ducks to deal with the locust plague is just a drop in the bucket. It can only vent temporary anger and cannot solve the locusts.
The severe drought in Guanhai caused heavy losses to crops, and this year's spring plowing was basically scrapped.
There is bad news and good news. If you survive this year, next year will be much better. This is the last rampant period of natural disasters.
"Your Majesty, would you like to return to the palace?" Chencang County Magistrate Liu Rengui asked.
"It's still early, please take me to see the farmer's promotion of soil fertilizers and curved plows."
"As commanded."
Liu Rengui is a good minister. In the villages around Chencang, basically every household prepares soil and chemical fertilizers. Many people also own Quyuan plows, and many people even have experience in planting rice in Zhancheng.
Because of natural disasters, Li Zhiyun has exempted many places from paying taxes for that year, including Guanzhong.
Therefore, when the emperor appeared in Chencang for inspection, the people were very excited and thanked the emperor for his kindness.
And Li Zhiyun accepted it with peace of mind.
To be honest, since the disaster, he has used almost all his internal funds to purchase grains from all over the world and transport them to the disaster areas to help the people. In addition, the expenses in the palace have also been reduced again and again.
Looking at the emperors in history, how many of them were able to empty their own funds and use it to provide relief to the people?
It's not that he is great, but that he feels the same way.
His thinking has always been different from this era.
He may not be able to make people equal in society, but he can treat everyone equally in terms of personality.
It was already late at night when we returned to the palace, and Li Zhiyun was still dealing with political affairs.
Although natural disasters have occurred frequently in the past two years, most of them have been in the north, and there have been few twists and turns in the south.
Because of this, the money in his hands can be put to good use, buying food from the south, and continuously transporting it from various places to Guanzhong, or providing relief to other disaster areas.
This time, the appeasement ambassadors sent by the imperial court to Huainan Road, Jiangnan Road, Jiannan Road and other southern regions reported a lot of good news.
Without it, the main reason is that I pay a lot of taxes and food.
As he expected, after surviving these two years, Datang will enter a period of good weather.
In addition, the governor's office in the north also sent an official document, saying that the climate in the grassland has been abnormal in the past two years and the weather has been extremely cold. As a result, a large number of livestock froze to death, making the grassland people miserable.
This is good news. Last year, I sold woolen pants on a small scale and made pocket money in the grassland.
After he recovered, Li Zhiyun planned to open a mutual market and sell wool pants to the grassland in exchange for cattle and sheep.
Well, I hope people can freeze to death in the grassland this year. This is my most sincere and sincere wish to the grassland people.
In addition, Li Zhiyun felt a little regretful about the group of Turkic slaves. Seventy percent of the slaves captured from the Turks had died. In addition to those who died in the coal mines, there were also those who died in the stone mines. The rest
Those who eat it will either starve to death or die of illness. In short, it will be consumed very quickly.
He actually didn't care whether these alien slaves lived or died, he just felt that they died a little too quickly.
Li Zhiyun originally estimated that an adult slave should last five to seven years. However, due to natural disasters, the court once again reduced the small amount of food and clothing provided to slaves, and it was conceivable that they would die quickly.
Think about it, slaves originally ate less, but later the Tang Dynasty had to provide disaster relief, so slaves could only eat less. Once a slave got sick, no one would treat him, he would just be allowed to die and then be gathered together
Burn corpses.
"It has become a disposable consumable." Li Zhiyun touched his chin and muttered.
If it weren't for the natural disaster, he might have found an excuse to let Qin Qiong and others enter the grassland to capture slaves.
Regarding the matter of slaves on the grassland, the ministers of the government and the public turned a blind eye. Since they were not trying to harm the Tang people, it didn't matter. Furthermore, there was no burden on using those slaves. They were dead anyway, so they did not need to be held responsible.
Thinking of this, Li Zhiyun made a few points in the memorial, asking the officials in charge of slaves to treat the slaves a little better and not let them die too quickly.
After all, without slaves digging coal, making iron, and forging plate armor, how could the military power of the Tang Dynasty continue to rise.
Some officials had complained about this inhumane treatment, but Li Zhiyun completely ignored it.
In the eyes of the central ministers, these Turkic slaves were actually a trouble.
Killing is not good, it will harm the peace of the world.
If you don't kill them, if you stay in the grassland, you will endanger the enemy. If you take them back to the Central Plains, they will be troublesome.
They found the emperor's handling of the matter inexplicably disgusting.
Allocate the Turkic women to the men of the Tang Dynasty, and send all the Turkic men to dig coal for consumption. This can not only solve the problem, but also have a beneficial effect on the Tang Dynasty. It is great.
As for whether slaves are human beings?
Sorry, Turks are barbarians and despicable people, not worthy of being human beings.
Anyone who pleads for the Turks is a real fool.
It’s not the Tang people who oppressed and persecuted, so what do you call them?
After handling a batch of government affairs, Li Zhiyun rested on his desk.
At this moment, Gao Liangzhong walked over quietly.
"Your Majesty, Mrs. Changsun has sent me some medicinal food. Do you want to receive her?"
"pass."
"yes."
Gao Liangzhong bowed his body and invited Changsun into the room, then led the people back out and closed the door thoughtfully.
Now that Li Zhiyun is out of the palace, the person accompanying him must be Changsun. Not only Gao Liangzhong knows about this, but also some central officials.
Although the impact is not good, no one dares to beep.
Mrs. Changsun put the medicinal meal on the eucalyptus table and sat down on her knees calmly.
For her, this is the limit of what she can do for him at present. Although the two of them are interested in Prince Xiang and not the goddess, they have been in contact for a long time and their relationship is not as close as before.
After all, good relationships are all about friendship.
Li Zhiyun never went above and beyond in his treatment of her. Although he made nice remarks, he didn't really force anything on her.
The one-sided act stems from emotion and ends with etiquette.
Because of this, Changsun's heart became more and more complicated.
The more tolerant and kind the emperor was to her, the less she knew whether she should continue to reject him.