"When we distribute food, we distribute it layer by layer, layer by layer. In fact, there is not much food left in the hands of the people! Governors, county heads, city owners, and village heads all have to eat, and One eats better than the other! Then the peasants will suffer? The peasants drink porridge, the village head eats white rice, the city owner eats big fish and meat, and the county magistrate can throw it away and feed it to the dogs if he can’t finish it. The governor’s words, Not to mention, the wealthy governors are wealthy, even if they are court officials, they are not as rich as them!"
Wei Zheng frowned, and continued to speak in a hoarse voice: "On the contrary, it's the same for farmers to pay taxes. Local officials deduct and oppress in various ways. The grain collected by the people every year is only enough for self-sufficiency. If there is no grain harvest this year, they will have to live starving!"
"The local officials, on the other hand, can rely on the food collected over the years to survive for a while! So they can't eat enough for themselves, and they won't distribute food to the people!"
Wei Zheng told the truth, and the faces of many ministers suddenly became a little panicked.
But in fact, the ancient system is like this, civilians have no human rights, and people with higher official positions can live a more nourishing life. On the contrary, civilians living at the bottom starve to death on the road, and no one pays to bury their bodies!
"It's unreasonable, it's really unreasonable! Prime Minister Wei Zheng, what do you mean, the food we distribute has been withheld by local officials, and less than a few catties of food have fallen into the hands of the people?" Li Chengfeng asked angrily.
Wei Zheng sighed and said, "Oh, let alone a few catties, it's still a question of whether you can get it!"
"It's unreasonable, it really is unreasonable!"
There was anger in Li Chengfeng's eyes, and he shouted: "Starting today, my prince ordered that any food distributed to the common people should not be taken by local officials, otherwise, if they are caught, their heads will fall to the ground, and no one can protect him! "
Li Chengfeng said angrily: "Those officials still have food in their hands, so they dare to withhold the food distributed to the people? Don't they know that a lot of people have starved to death? Wouldn't their conscience hurt if they did this?"
Li Chengfeng was furious in the court, and the ministers didn't dare to say more, so they could only listen silently.
And those ministers who originally disdained the Eighth Prince also cast awe-inspiring gazes at this moment.
They were originally one, and the Eighth Prince went to court, it was purely child's play! What major events in the world can a six-year-old child understand?
But after going to court like this today, they found that this cute six-year-old boy was even more aggressive than the emperor Li Shimin when he got angry?
Moreover, the eighth prince will ask the ministers how the people are feeling before making a decision on whether to distribute food.
The Eighth Prince handles government affairs from the perspective of the people, while Li Shimin handles government affairs from the perspective of the overall situation.
In terms of how the two dealt with it, Li Shimin was definitely more conservative, but Li Chengfeng's approach was more able to win people's hearts.
Because Li Shimin would worry about the day when the national treasury would be short-lived, but Li Chengfeng was not worried at all.
Because Li Chengfeng is sure that he will earn back all the food he lost this year next year!
"This order is an order issued by the prince on behalf of the emperor. It is like an imperial decree. Anyone who disobeys the order will be beheaded!"
"Eighth Prince Shengming!"
Li Chengfeng just likes to cut through messes quickly when he does things.
Because he has a broad vision and a wide pattern, he doesn't care how much grain the country has in stock, but how much grain the people in the entire Tang Dynasty can earn next year.
As long as the food can be earned back, is it still afraid that the national treasury will be short-lived?
Li Chengfeng advocated advocating human rights and equality for all. Although the interests of some ministers were affected, this was also approved by most ministers.
They were all amazed by the decisiveness of the six-year-old eighth prince in handling the government affairs.
Afterwards, Li Chengfeng was allowed to play all the ministers who applied for the distribution of grain.
As long as the people don't starve to death, the next year's Tang Dynasty will definitely be more prosperous after today's drought passes.
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At this time, Lu Guogong took a step forward and said: "The eight princes, the four cities of Liangzhou, Suzhou, Lanzhou, and Shazhou are bordered by Turks in the north and Tubo in the south! In addition to the serious disasters, Tubo is separated from Turks. China, often wants to invade the borders of the Tang Dynasty, start wars, and consume the troops of the Tang Dynasty! Therefore, the old minister affirmed the eight princes and sent 40,000 troops to station in the cities of the four states to prevent the borders of the Tang Dynasty from being invaded by Turkic and Tubo dogs. !"
After Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, Li Chengfeng looked at Li Jing who was at the side, and said, "General Li Jing, what do you think of Lu Guogong's suggestion?"
Li Jing took a step forward, clasped his fists and said, "The old minister thinks that what Lu Guogong said is reasonable! But if it is necessary to mobilize 40,000 troops, it may be difficult. Not to mention the long journey to mobilize troops, the transportation of grain and grass is just one thing. Difficult thing!"
"Well, how many troops does our Tang Dynasty have now?"
"Reporting to the Eighth Prince, the Tang Dynasty has more than a million troops, but they are all distributed in the border areas of the Tang Dynasty, guarding the country! And the strength of our Chang'an city is probably only 100,000 soldiers, plus 30,000 Xuanjia troops! These troops are the last line of defense of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, and they will not be dispatched unless it is absolutely necessary!"
"Um!"
Li Chengfeng nodded slightly, then thought about it.
Seeing that Li Chengfeng was thinking, Cheng Yaojin and Li Jing didn't dare to disturb him.
They didn't treat Li Chengfeng as a six-year-old child.
In their eyes, as long as he is a man sitting on the dragon chair, he is the emperor of Tang Dynasty.
Now that Li Shimin is seriously ill, and Li Chengfeng will replace Li Shimin to handle the government affairs, then in the eyes of these ministers, Li Chengfeng is the current Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Although being an emperor is very exciting, there are also many troublesome things.
At this moment, Li Chengfeng finally knew why Li Shimin has been moaning and sighing recently.
After all, so many complicated things are all piled up on my head, and I have to deal with it myself, so why not have a headache?
After thinking for a while, Li Chengfeng spoke slowly.
Li Chengfeng said: "Liangzhou, Suzhou, Lanzhou, and Shazhou are bordered by Turks in the north and Tubo in the south They should need reinforcements!"
"However, because the remaining troops in Chang'an City cannot be dispatched until the moment of last resort, this prince intends not to mobilize the troops in Chang'an City to support the four major cities!"
Cheng Yaojin's eyes widened immediately, and he said in a rough voice: "Here, the Eighth Prince! Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case! If Tubo and Turkic forces take advantage of the weakest moment of the great power to capture the city of Tang Dynasty , then our Tang Dynasty will lose a lot of land, and when the time comes to send more soldiers to defend, it will be too late!"
Li Chengfeng waved his hand and said, "Don't be anxious, Lord Lu. My prince said that no more troops will be sent to Chang'an City. Did you say that no soldiers will be dispatched there!"
"But the Eighth Prince, there are only 100,000 mobilizable troops in the entire Chang'an City. If you don't mobilize them, where else can you mobilize?" Li Jing asked puzzled.
Li Chengfeng smiled slightly and said, "This question is very simple!"
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