Datang: At The Beginning, Li Er Forced Me To Rebel

"What did you say?!"

Chang'an City, in the palace!

Even Li Er, who has been blackened and calmed down a lot.

At this moment, there was also a strange cry.

A pair of angry eyes stared fixedly at the eldest grandson Wuji who was kneeling on the ground with a painful expression.

"Shortage of food and grass? Even the food and grass used to support the front line is almost out of supply?!"

Just when Li Er took over the literary world in a decisive manner.

Regardless of the court.

Against everyone's opposition, Li Shan and Li Hu insisted on stationing at the frontier.

When you think you are in control of everything.

Changsun Wuji jumped out suddenly!

Tell him that the food hoarded by the treasury is no longer enough?

Even the rations used to support front-line operations are somewhat difficult!

Isn't this fatal?!

"Reporting to Your Majesty, at present, there is not one out of ten grains in the national stockpile, and it is about to bottom out. There are a total of one million troops in the world, and the people eat horses. The daily consumption is an immeasurable number!"

Changsun Wuji said with a distressed face:

"The existing national grain stocks, plus the rations carried by the frontline troops, can last for more than a month at most, and the supply will not be enough..."

"How much? A month?!"

When Li Er heard this, his eyes immediately widened.

"There is only one month's ration left in the national stockpile? What about the food? Where has all the curry food in this country gone?"

Seeing Li Er began to become a little irritable again.

Changsun Wuji's heart also became extremely complicated.

This is what Zhang Yan got used to.

When Zhang Yan served as the chief assistant of the Tang Dynasty and the Duke of Zhenguo.

Whether it is silver or grain in the treasury, it is extremely abundant!

Whether it's Li Er or the court, they never need to worry about these things.

As time passed, Li Er had even forgotten about it.

What kind of feeling does it feel when the treasury is empty and people in the world can't eat!

Now that Zhang Yan is gone, the operation of the national treasury has been paralyzed, and a big irreversible loophole has appeared.

Not only was the imperial court caught off guard, they were in a hurry.

Even this Li Er got confused first!

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the founding of the Tang Dynasty was not long, and the national treasury was already weak! In addition, in the past few years, although there were no major disasters, there were no great harvests. The income and expenditure were balanced, and the annual income was limited!"

Changsun Wuji patiently explained.

"In the past, under the management of the traitor Zhang Yan, increasing income and reducing expenditure, it would not be possible to have a surplus in the Yinnian year, but now, there are locust disturbances, and there are two deficits, so this has caused this. situation....…."

"What? I'm such a big Tang, and I've already reached the point where I have nothing to cook?"

Li Er said angrily in a muffled voice.

"Since there is no food, let's raise money and buy it! Didn't you just tell me at the court meeting that you would use the silver in the treasury to overcome the crisis of food shortage? Even my internal treasury is It was calculated by you!"

Obviously, Li Er has a lot of resentment about the fact that his internal treasury was calculated and taken away by Changsun Wuji.

Now that the grain depot is short of food, Li Er can't bear it anymore, using this excuse.

He just reprimanded Changsun Wuji all over his face.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this policy of using money to raise food can only solve temporary worries! Besides, even if all the money from the internal treasury and the national treasury are added together and used to collect food, it may not be enough!"

Changsun Wuji was about to touch his head to the ground, he faltered and whispered as he explained.

The tone is like a little daughter-in-law who has been pissed off, which is called a grievance.

"Furthermore, even if the national treasury and internal treasury have enough money to prepare military rations, even if they search all over Guanzhong, they may not be able to gather such a large amount of military rations!"

"What?!"

Li Er was surprised again! He gritted his teeth and asked urgently:

"Why is this? Even if there is a locust plague in Guanzhong, the locust plague has just arrived. Whether it is the people or the merchants, they should still have grain.

"Why is it that the locust plague has not been long since the locust plague came, and the imperial court wants to buy official grain, but Guanzhong can't produce grain to sell?

"Could it be that there are still some people who took advantage of the catastrophe in Tang Dynasty and hoarded grain to drive up the price of grain?"

People depend on food, and food is the most fundamental foundation of a dynasty.

That can definitely influence the life and death of the world.

If you are not careful, it will bring great disasters, even more serious consequences than military disasters!

Therefore, farming and mulberry growth, annual harvest in summer and autumn, food price control...

These have always been the top priority of the Tang court's control.

Even Li Er didn't dare to slack off slightly!

Now I suddenly heard that food prices have also fluctuated! Where are you still calm?

"Qizou Your Majesty, originally, the people of the Tang Dynasty would not leave too much rations in their hands to store more than their own rations. Even if there is a lot of storage, it has been consumed, or sold to grain dealers to supplement their households!"

Changsun Wuji's tone was very bitter.

"|| Now, this pass has encountered a once-in-a-century catastrophe, and it is also shocked by the bad news on the frontier. In order to save themselves a way out, the people of Tang Dynasty in Common are unwilling to sell it even if they have surplus food in their families!"

"And those who have no food at home will naturally purchase in large quantities at the first time."

"As soon as it enters and exits like this, the original grain price will rise, and this grain price, long before the locust plague came, was already extremely high...

"etc!"

With a dark face, Li Er suddenly interrupted Changsun Wuji's speech with a wave of his hand.

"What did you just say? What does it mean that food prices were already high before the locust plague?"

Hearing Li Er's words, Changsun Wuji's expression suddenly became even weirder.

Carefully looking at Li Er's obviously darkened face, he took a long, deep breath.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, in fact, this year, before the locust plague came, Zhang...Zhang's House of Merchant (Zhao Hao) had already started buying grain in Guanzhong, whether it was rice, wheat, or millet. ... are all within their acquisition range. And the price is much higher than in previous years!"

"Usually, every year from the end of the year to the beginning of spring, there is a period of flat grain prices in Guanzhong, but the Zhang family shop buys a large amount of grain at a price that is 10% higher than the market price, and does not refuse anyone who comes!

"In name, the explanation given by the Zhang Family Company is for wine making, but in fact, no one knows where the food is going!"

"With such a high price, the wealthiest people and grain vendors in Guanzhongcun choose to sell their grain to Zhang Yan!"

"It's because of these reasons...that's why the grain in Guanzhong has increased sharply after the locust plague, and there is a price but no market...

Hearing Changsun Wuji's cautious report.

Li Er's face was completely darkened, and he raised his hand and slapped it heavily on the huge table in front of him.

"These bastards!".