Liu Mingzhi gently fiddled with the tea lid in his hand, looking through Mian Qi in front of him, towards the faces of the household officials under the Longtai.
He calmly observed the changes in the faces of the household officials, raised his brows slightly, and fell silent thoughtfully.
After a while, Mr. Liu gently waved his hand.
"I understand, please take your seats first."
"I obey, thank you very much, Your Majesty."
"Jiang Aiqing."
"The old minister is here."
"What is the situation of the people in the other three prefectures?"
Xia Gongming withdrew his gaze and immediately opened another document.
"Reporting to your Majesty, the people in the remaining three prefectures do not have any problems with their housing.
However, there are food shortages in the homes of people in these three prefectures."
Liu Mingzhi sipped the tea leaves at the corner of his mouth and gently played with the ring on his thumb.
"Hubu, please give us a brief overview of the situation."
"Your Majesty, the territory of the three prefectures has been covered with heavy snow for several days.
The snow is majestic and continuous.
Therefore, all the official roads in the three prefectures have been blocked by heavy snow. Facing the deep snow on the official roads, the traveling vehicles really have no way to travel.
Whether it was the officials and merchants of the imperial court or the caravans of ordinary people, they were all trapped halfway by the heavy snow and had to stop at the nearest state capital or inn.
If the grain merchants can't get through, the people in the local state capital will naturally have no grain to buy.
Therefore, the people in the three state capitals have suffered from food shortages."
Liu Mingzhi stood up straight away, wandered silently on the dragon platform for a moment, and turned slightly sideways to look at Jiang Yuanming.
"Tobe, isn't it?"
Jiang Yuanming looked stunned and quickly bowed: "Huh? I dare to ask Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
"During the last great imperial meeting, the chief officials of various prefectures wrote to the imperial court to report on the situation of the people's livelihood and the administration of officials under their jurisdiction.
I remember very clearly that their documents said that the people's homes had enough food to survive this winter.
If I remember correctly, among those documents, there are documents from the three prefectures of Dengzhou, right?
There was enough food in stock a few days ago, but today there is a food shortage.
In this case, isn’t this inconsistent and conflicting?
Could it be that the chief officials of these three prefectures concealed the truth before?"
Jiang Yuanming quickly glanced at the contents of the document and looked up at Young Master Liu.
"Your Majesty, that's not the case."
"Um?"
"Your Majesty, if we calculate according to normal conditions, the food stored in the people's homes is indeed enough for them to survive this cold winter without worries.
However, the situation changed after heavy snow blocked roads and made it difficult to travel by car."
Young Master Liu paused and frowned subconsciously: "Jiang Aiqing, does the heavy snow blocking roads and making it difficult to travel by car have anything to do with the food stored in people's homes?
The grain stored in the homes of the common people is theirs, and the grain transported by grain merchants to various state capitals is another batch of grain.
There seems to be no necessary connection between the two, right?"
Jiang Yuanming listened to Mr. Liu's serious tone and quickly closed the documents in his hand.
"Your Majesty, there is one thing, have you forgotten?"
"Hmm? Jiang Aiqing, what do you mean by this? Have I forgotten something?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the food and fodder consumed by the 100,000 elite soldiers of our Great Dragon Heavenly Dynasty's Second Route Western Expedition Army.
Initially, they were recruited from Dengzhou, Northwest Xuanzhou and many other large and small state capitals!
Your Majesty's order at that time was to collect grain and grass from the northwest first, and then replenish the grain and grass in the hands of the people in the north with subsequent grain and grass."
Liu Mingzhi's face was slightly startled. After reacting, he instantly recalled the past events Jiang Yuanming said.
"Yes, yes, I remembered it, it does happen."
Jiang Yuanming breathed a sigh of relief and held up the document in his hand respectfully.
"Your Majesty, the grain shipped to the three prefectures by our imperial officials and merchants is the last batch of grain that the imperial court will compensate the people of the three prefectures.
Therefore, as the veteran said just now, if normal conditions prevail, the food stored in the hands of the people will indeed be enough to survive this cold winter without any worries.
Unfortunately, the chief officials of the three state capitals did not expect that these grains had to stop halfway due to heavy snow and road closures."
Details about the food shortage among the people in the three state capitals.
After the veteran sorted it out, he listed them one by one in the document.
Please take a look at it, Your Majesty."
"Willow Pine."
"yes."
Liu Song trotted to the foot of the dragon platform, took the two instruments from Jiang Yuanming's hand, and immediately returned to the dragon platform.
"Master, please."
Liu Mingzhi took the document, held it in his hand and read the contents carefully.
Soon.
Mr. Liu gently closed the documents in his hand and looked down at Jiang Yuanming under the dragon stage.
"Housebu."
"The old minister is here."
"After the dispersion of the dynasty, you immediately sent a decree to the chief officials of the three prefectures, allowing them to open emergency treasury and distribute food to the people for the winter.
Just in case, the golden eagle conveys the order, and the six hundred miles of Hongzhong messenger conveys the order in a letter."
"Old minister, please obey your orders, Your Majesty is wise."
"Jiang Aiqing, do you have any other documents to submit?"
"Returning to Your Majesty, do you agree to all the requests from the chief officials of the other four prefectures?"
"With permission, the order was sent to several officials at the same time. After receiving my order, they immediately mobilized all the skilled craftsmen in the state capital.
We must repair the houses that collapsed due to the snowstorm as quickly as possible for the people.
The imperial court will share half of the money and supplies consumed by the people."
"Your majesty is wise, long live my emperor."
"Ride the wind, carry the will, and achieve success."
The three Liu Chengfeng brothers immediately stood up, walked to the hall with the jade tablets in their hands, and bowed.
"My son is here."
Young Master Liu breathed a sigh of relief, picked up a few blank volumes of imperial edicts from the dragon table and handed them to Liu Song.
"Willow Pine."
"You are here, Master?"
Liu Mingzhi picked up the teacup on the dragon table and gave Liu Song a wink with a faint smile.
"Um."
"Yes, little one, I obey."
Liu Song smiled lightly and walked up to brothers Liu Chengfeng, Liu Chengzhi, and Liu Chengqian, and handed over the several volumes of imperial edicts in his hands with a respectful expression.
"Your Highnesses, please."
To be continued...