Tang Dynasty: What! My mother is actually Empress Zhangsun

"Dad, take a look at this."

Li Nian pointed to the money and grain account book and said,"A total of 3,000 strings of cash were used to purchase 20,000 shi of grain for disaster relief."

"Is there anything wrong with this?"

Li Shimin frowned and said,"The flood in Hedong Road has caused a rise in grain prices. The price of 15 wen a dou is high, but the flood in Hedong Road has made it impossible to sail on the river, and it is normal for grain to be difficult to transport."

Li Nian shook his head.

"Dad, when was the relief money and grain distributed?"

Li Shimin recalled:"Half a month ago, the Hedong Road was 800 miles away, and the fast horse came to report"

"On the second day, the Ministry of Revenue mobilized relief money and grain from nearby prefectures and counties for distribution.

Li Nian smiled and said,"That’s a problem!"

"Today, the price of grain in Chang'an is eight coins per dou. Before the disaster, it was four coins per dou."

"Half a month has passed since the disaster, and the price of grain has reached its peak. Although Hedong Road was affected by the disaster, the price of grain will not exceed 20 wen per dou."

"August 13th""The imperial court has already allocated 10,000 dan of disaster relief grain in time, and the grain price has stabilized.���

Li Shimin finally understood

"What is reported here is the grain price in Hedong Road today, not that day's price!"

"Right!"

Li Nian said seriously:"The rise in food prices is a process, it will never reach the peak in one day!"

"If all are calculated according to the highest price, the court's funding will certainly not be enough!"

After listening to this, Li Shimin's eyes flashed as fast as lightning, and he carefully scanned these account books.

Without exception, all expenses were reported according to the highest price.

The data reported by Hedong Road is indeed no problem when compared with the current price.

But the market price half a month ago and the market price half a month later have almost doubled!

"There is corruption here!"

Li Shimin angrily shouted as he slammed the account book on the desk.

"These are just the tip of the iceberg. There are more tricks than that."

Li Nian couldn't help but sigh.

These people are too bold. The account is fine, but it is a fake account.

A quick look shows that at least half of the relief money and grain have been embezzled.

"Dad, don't be so angry. It's Li Er who should be angry. You are the emperor, don't be anxious....Ahem, don't worry."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Li Shimin staring at him with a dark face.

"You little bastard, who taught you to use honorifics when addressing the emperor?"

Li Shimin slammed the table, twisted his ear and said,"If you say such rude things again, I'll beat you to pieces!"

"Tap, tap..."

Li Shimin grabbed her ears, and Li Nian cried. It seemed that her father was really angry. That's right, this is the imperial city, who knows if there are ears behind the walls. She begged for mercy immediately.

"Dad, I won't do that anymore."

"Humph!"

With a snort, Li Shimin put the memorial aside.

"Keep reading!"

Originally, I just wanted to let this kid get in touch with how to read memorials tonight, but I never thought that Li Nian would give him a big surprise right from the start.

At that moment, Li Shimin was not so angry anymore.

When his father got angry, the thunderous force pressed people so hard that they could not breathe.

After learning the lesson, Li Nian did not dare to speak carelessly.

He immediately opened the next book.

"Dad, it's the report from Hedong Dao. There are more than 12,000 disaster victims, and they are homeless. We request money and food to resettle them."

Li Shimin was still angry, and he raised his eyes and said,"Let's put this matter aside for now, and we'll talk about it after we thoroughly investigate the officials in Hedong Dao."

"With these pests, no matter how much money and grain we give, it will be useless!"

Li Nian touched his chin and said,"Dad, the disaster is severe. Once the case is investigated, what should we do with the victims?"

"Even if we want to investigate the case, it's not the right time now."

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a headache.

""Tell the Ministry of Revenue to allocate 15,000 dan of grain first to ensure the survival of the victims."

After a long silence, he said in a low voice.

Seeing that Li Nian was still thinking, he immediately said,"Why are you looking at me? Write it."

Li Nian shook his head and said,"Dad, there are tens of thousands of people here, and they only have half a pound of grain a day. How long can these 10,000 dan last?"

"It's not okay to just keep them like this."

Li Shimin sighed,"I know that, is it possible to not care about their life or death?"

"Once these disaster victims gather together, they will attack the surrounding government offices and plunder various places. That would be an army of tens of thousands. (To read the violent novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)

"The court will have to send troops to suppress it. War is about to break out in the northern border, so we can’t let any chaos happen now!" Li Nian nodded and said,"But blindly providing disaster relief is not enough."

"Dad, I remember there is a saying: When Qi was famine, Yan Zi used the road to help the people."

After hearing this, Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and after a moment, he suddenly realized it.

This saying comes from"Yan Zi Chunqiu".》[]

The general meaning is that there was a famine in Qi State, and the people were displaced.

At that time, King Jing of Qi was planning to build a"Road Sleeping Terrace".

Yan Ying used the name of building a terrace to carry out disaster relief.

This is the earliest work-for-relief.

Instead of supporting so many disaster victims in vain, it is better to effectively prevent it.

In this way, the disaster relief issue was solved and the disaster victims were comforted, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone....

"Good boy, what's wrong with your head!"

Li Shimin laughed loudly, and the rolling laughter shook the room.

Rubbing Li Nian's head, Li Shimin smiled and said,"Tell me what you think!"

Seeing that Li Shimin had come to his senses, Li Nian smiled and explained:

"The flood in Hedong has made it too difficult to transport grain by river. Transporting grain by land will cause too much loss. For every 10,000 dan of grain that people eat and horses chew, only 8,000 dan will be left when the grain arrives at the destination."

"Second, it was necessary to transport horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts, which was not only inefficient but also very costly."

"We can use work-for-relief to relocate these disaster victims to other places to work, so that there will be less trouble."

After listening to this, Li Shimin nodded.

This is a good idea.

However...

Staring at Li Nian with a smile, Li Shimin asked,"What do you think we should do with these disaster victims?"

Work-for-relief is a good idea, but it cannot be used blindly.

Li Nian said a lot, and the most important thing is to solve the employment problem.

If this problem is not solved, the work-for-relief method will lose its prerequisite.

"Road construction!"

Li Nian smiled and said,"Right now, there is a big project to be done."

As he said this, he opened the map on the desk.

"The most important thing for this northern expedition to the Turks is logistical supply."

After hearing what Li Nian said, Li Shimin also became interested and nodded, motioning him to continue.

The battle is about comprehensive national strength and money and food.

"The post road now is too narrow and uneven. If it rains, the road will be muddy and will cause 4.9 delays."

"If the post road is widened and repaired, the food in the court can reach the northern front within five days, and the difficulty of using troops in the future will be much smaller!"

Absolutely!

Listening to the grand plan constructed by Li Nian, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a little excited.

If this is true, then this post road will benefit the present and future generations!

Seeing that his father was a little moved, Li Nian smiled and said:

"The Qin Dynasty already had experience in this matter."

"The Great Qin Road can reach any county or state, and the Great Qin cavalry can reach the border in the shortest time."

"Dad, we are just widening the original post road. It is not difficult to complete this task with hundreds of thousands of laborers in three months!"

Li Shimin quickly calculated all this in his mind, and the whole palace was silent.

After a long time,

Li Shimin slowly stood up and patted Li Nian on the shoulder.

"My son is truly a genius!"......