Chapter 1122

Jiangnan is a land of fish and rice. It has always been rich. The annual grain, grass and taxes account for 60% of Daqin's national treasury. It can be that Jiangnan has fed most of Daqin's people. Without Jiangnan's rich land, it would not be as rich and powerful as Daqin's country.

But it was because of the wealth of Jiangnan that Jing Yan focused on the land. In the past few years, the tax revenue in Jiangnan has declined, but it is not obvious. Moreover, Jiangnan has given a normal reason - natural disaster.

The emperor, who was still the emperor, sent someone to investigate. It was revealed that the decline in tax revenue was indeed a natural disaster, not a man-made one. In addition, there was less grain in Jiangnan, but more tax and silver. A few years ago, there was no shortage of grain but less silver. The emperor was very happy to receive more tax and silver. So were the officials of the Ministry of household.

Since setting this precedent, Jiangnan has not paid much grain and grass in the next two years, but more and more taxes and silver. In addition, the local officials in Jiangnan are generous and have managed all the officials in Beijing well. Many officials speak for Jiangnan and cover up the matter.

The Minister of the Ministry of household also gave the emperor a sentence or two, explaining the reason why he used silver to pay for grain in the south of the Yangtze River. After hearing this, the Emperor didn't pay attention to it. They had enough grain to eat in the Qin Dynasty. Half or ten percent less grain had little effect.

At the beginning, the officials of the Ministry of household were also afraid that the grain in Jiangnan would be less and less, and the grain in Daqin would not be enough. But in the same year, the officials in Jiangnan wrote a discount, saying that thousands of acres of land had been newly opened, and a batch of grain had been left as seeds, and they would be able to pay double the grain in the coming year.

If they are sure that this is true, the officials in Beijing will be at ease, and they will not be responsible for the lack of grain in Jiangnan. In the second year, the land in the south of the Yangtze River was really opened up and a lot of grain was planted. At that time, the Manchu government thought that there must be a bumper harvest year in the second year of the south of the Yangtze River, and the result was

What they expected is right. Jiangnan has indeed had a good harvest. The grain is more than twice as much as in previous years. However, the grain was not put into the national treasury of Daqin, but was robbed by Jingyan.

What's more hateful is that after Jingyan robbed the grain and grass, he flooded Jiangnan. Now the imperial court is not only unable to collect grain from the south of the Yangtze River, but also has to pull up grain and grass for disaster relief.

The officials of the Ministry of accounts knew about these things, but Qin Jiyan didn't.

Qin Jiyan knows about the following things. After all, the south of the Yangtze River was flooded, and all these things happened in Qin Jiyan's hands. But Qin Jiyan didn't know anything about the fact that Jiangnan used silver instead of grain to hand over to the imperial court two years ago.

In fact, it's not surprising that Qin Jiyan didn't know. A few years ago, the six departments were all under the control of the king of Zhou and the king of Zhao. Qin Jiyan couldn't intervene at all. It's normal.

But Qin Jiyan can understand that the people of the Ministry of household didn't report it to him at the beginning, but when he ascended the throne, the Secretary of the Ministry of household even kept it secret and didn't report it to him. It's really unforgivable!

Qin Jiyan's eyes flashed a sense of obliteration. Soon, the officials at the bottom didn't find it.

Hubu Shangshu talked about it for a long time. After that, he knelt down and waited for Qin Jiyan to speak. But after a long time, he didn't see Qin Jiyan speak. Hubu Shangshu could not help but be afraid. He raised his head tremblingly and didn't dare to look directly at Qin Jiyan's face. He only called weakly: "emperor, Emperor..." Is it death or life? It's really driving people crazy to hold on so much.

He took some filial piety for the replacement of grain with silver in Jiangnan, but the emperor agreed to it. I really can't blame him.

God knows, since the new emperor ascended the throne, he has been worrying about food. He is afraid that if the new emperor finds out about it, he will not be protected.

In order to make up for the shortage of grain, he has been dealing with those grain merchants all this time, trying to buy grain from them, even if the price is a little higher, but The effect is very little.

The south of the Yangtze River is flooded. People with a clear eye can see that there is a shortage of grain in Daqin, and the grain will be more and more in short supply. The grain merchants only need to hold it for another month or two, and the price of grain will soar. If they sell it now, they will be stupid.

"You are very good..." Qin Jiyan looked coldly at the officials below. He tapped his fingers on the table. His voice was not heavy, but he scared the people present.

When the emperor was angry, his corpse was a million, and his blood was flowing. "Plop..." The officials present, including Feng Shoufu, couldn't sit still. They all knelt down on the ground. Feng Shoufu said with shame: "holy, I'm guilty. Please punish me."

Feng Shoufu knew something about Jiangnan, but he didn't know it was so serious. Although he is the first assistant, he can't do everything by himself. He has too many things to ask every day, and the unimportant things can't be sent to him at all. The following people join hands to deceive the superior and the subordinate. It's not difficult to deceive him.

Daqin was never short of grain. Although there was a flood in Jiangnan, it never occurred to him that there was no grain in Daqin's granary. After all, every time Jiangnan asked for grain, the Secretary of the Ministry of household gave it to him very happily. The Ministry of war asked for food, and the Secretary of the Ministry of household also gave it a pleasure. There was no sign of food shortage.

If there is no shortage of food, fengshoufu will not be involved in this matter. If you don't care, how can you know that Daqin is so short of food that it can't support hundreds of thousands of troops.

Qin Jiyan didn't pay attention to Feng Shoufu. His eyes fell on the Secretary of the Ministry of household again. "How much grain is left?" He had to plan what he would do to tide over the present difficulties."If you go back to the holy place, all the food and grass for disaster relief in the south of the Yangtze River have been pulled out. According to the amount that Lord Jiao wants, there is only a lot more. All the grain and grass required by the Ministry of war are ready, enough for the army to use for half a year until autumn. When the south of the Yangtze River is restored and the grain and grass are collected, the original operation can be maintained. " Hubu Shangshu's face collapsed and his voice trembled.

He was also unlucky. When he found out something was wrong, he immediately went to raise grain, and even used his own relationship to force him to buy a batch of grain from the grain merchants to make up for the holes.

Finally, painstakingly and temporarily to fill the gap in the lack of food, and the wind took the army to defection.

If there were no such people brought by fengyao, he would hold on and force a few grain merchants to give some blood. Maybe the harvest in Jiangnan will be good tomorrow, and it will pass quietly. He won't even let the emperor know. But now?

Is he afraid to hide it?

He now has only one grain warehouse, which is only enough for the half a year's food of the imperial guards in central Beijing. Where did he get the grain of 300000 troops?

Except for the people in fengyao's hands, the food and grass in other places are enough to support half a year until the autumn harvest. It is said that the Secretary of the Ministry of household affairs has done a good job, but

"What about pre stored grain? Have you got one? In case of natural and man-made disasters, if the autumn harvest is not good this year, or if the Jiangnan area fails in a short time, what shall we do? " After the flood, it will take time to rebuild the south of the Yangtze River, and the original harvest will not be restored in three or five years.

In other words, they may have to live beyond their means in three or five years, and they have to be careful not to have any accidents, otherwise there will be starvation

At the thought of this possibility, Qin Jiyan was so angry that he wanted to kill people.

A few years ago, several princes were greedy for Daqin's silver, so that there was no money in the national treasury, and they could not even support a big war. Now, the grain of the Qin Dynasty has been robbed by a so-called orthodox royal family, which can not support a big war.

Don't you think Xihu will stop fighting?

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