Updated: 2012-11-23

The Ministry of Revenue’s main hall, senior officials including the head of the Ministry of Revenue, gathered here. Hu Bufan’s face looked very serious and said straight to the point: “Everyone knows that the Tianmen rebelled in the Jianghuai Road. The demons of Tianmen have gathered tens of thousands of people. Now Qianshan, Hekou, Zhensu, Qingtang and Taihu counties have all fallen into the hands of the demons of Tianmen. The Governor of Jianghuai, Liu Shengkui and Jianghuai Commander Cheng Song mobilized the army to encircle and suppress the enemy. Dali Temple and the Ministry of War have also issued a transfer order to mobilize the Jianghuai Guard Army. The so-called "one moves the sword and the food must be done. Next, everyone must do their best to do their jobs and must not miss the money and grain of Jianghuai."

The head of the Warehouse Department was the first to stand up and bow and said, "Mr. Master Chen Yang's granary supports the northwest. In the previous period, he had already started to transport a large amount of grain to the northwest. There was no grain there to adjust. Jiping has always supported the northeast and cannot be adjusted. The Jianghuai Road has always been the place where my Daqin granary was. Not only did it not need to allocate grains there, but most of the grains and grasses in the Jinling granary were mobilized from the Jianghuai River. Now that the Jianghuai River is in chaos, should I transfer grains from the Jinling Gang?"

Hu Bufan thought for a while and asked, "Does there still be surplus grain in Xiaoling Cang?"

The head of the Cang Ministry smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Master of the Ministry of War, the Qingtian King of Hebei Province rebelled. Han Santong once entered Hebei, he sent someone to stare at Xiaoling. Lord. He should still remember that before Han Santong left Beijing to go to war, he came to our Ministry of Revenue and said that Xiaoling Cang was the basis for his bandit suppression. Xiaoling Cang originally had not stored much grain. If there was an incident in Xiaoling Cang, he would not talk about the bandit suppression in Hebei."

Hu Bufan sneered: "Han Santong really regards Xiaoling Cang as his own? He has tens of thousands of troops hoarded in Hebei. It is said that he has sent people to protect Xiaoling Cang to prevent us from transferring grain from Xiaoling Cang... I am really wondering now whether Han Santong is the general who leads troops to fight or the official of the Ministry of Revenue who controls the transportation of grain and grass."

Lang Wuxu said on the side: "Mr. Han Santong may be too good at doing this, but with General Lei behind his back, what can we do? As far as Xiaguan knows, Xiaoling Cang not only needs to support the Hebei government army, but also provide relief to the victims in Hebei. The amount reported from Xiaoling Cang in the previous period was that there was not much food in it now, and it may not be able to support the autumn harvest. Xiaguan was only worried that the Xiaoling Cang was exhausted, and Han Santong was going to call us at the Ministry of Revenue again."

Hu Bufan's face looked a little bad, and said, "The Xiaoling Cang cannot move. The grain of Chen Yang Cang has been transferred to the northwest. Ji Ping Cang... Alas, there is no way to transfer much grain there. In this way, the grain transfer to Jianghuai can only be transferred from Jinling Cang."

The establishment of four major granaries by the Qin Empire was in handy when it was urgent.

The northeast is between Hexi Road and Liaodong Road, with Jiping Cang, Xigu Pass, Chenyang Cang built between Anyi Road and Xishan Road, and Xiaoling Cang is located in the central area, and between Hebei Road and Yuling Road.

Luo'an Jingcheng is located between Yuling Road and Jinling Road. It is located in the south of Jinling Road and close to Chuanzhong Road. There is the Jinling Cang, the largest granary of the empire.

The empire's granaries are a heavy grain storage area with a solid security defense system. In fact, they all look like ancient cities. The food stored in them has always been used for military and disaster relief purposes. If the world is peaceful, the food in the four major granaries does not need to be used at all. However, now the empire is war-torn everywhere, and food has become a crucial issue.

The head of the Warehouse Department said: "Mr. Master, there is still half a year left before the autumn harvest. At this time, Chen Yang's grain warehouse has been exhausted and Xiaoling warehouse is not much left. The Jinling warehouse is the last guarantee we have now. Although there is a lot of grain stored in it, we must think twice about it if we want to adjust the grain from there."

"Think twice?" Hu Bufan frowned and said, "The Ministry of War has urged us to prepare to transfer grain to Jianghuai in the past two days. It is related to military and national affairs. Can we still not transfer it?"

The head of the Warehouse Department stood up and said respectfully: "Mr., the subordinate officials are just worried that it is easy to adjust grain, but it is difficult to renew grain. Once we adjust grain easily now, and there will be no food to be adjusted in the future, and we will have no food to adjust. At that time, the emperor will definitely blame it, just fear...!" He raised his head slightly, glanced at Hu Bufan, and did not dare to continue talking.

Hu Bufan picked up the teacup, took a sip, and asked, "Is it a problem to replenish the grain?"

The head of the Warehouse Department nodded and said, "That's right. Master of the Ministry, let's not talk about the Jiping Granary. Among the four warehouses, Jiping is the smallest. The main sources of its grain are Liaodong and Hexi. However, these two roads are not grain-producing places. Jiping Gnary has always been maintained and there will be no more grain every year. Although the grain in Chen Yang's granary is supplied by the three northwest roads, Xishan and Anyi roads, after the struggle of the people of Xiliang in the northwest, a large area of ​​fields were damaged and there were many barren lands. Regardless of whether the peace can be successfully negotiated, the three roads in the northwest, Tianshan, Xiguan and Beishan roads cannot be harvested in autumn.

After that, there will be enough grain to be collected. Even if some places can barely collect some grain, it should be noted that there are still millions of soldiers and civilians in the northwest, and the grain collected is not even enough to support their food. After the autumn harvest, the grain storage that Chen Yangcang can obtain can only be collected from Anyi and Xishan. Moreover, if nothing unexpected happens, the official grain collected from these two channels will have to be transported to the northwest. Before the northwest completely resumes production, the dilemma of Chen Yangcang being able to support the northwest is already good. We don’t have to think that Chen Yangcang will have surplus grain storage.”

"Jiping, Chen Yang can't count on it." Lang Wuxu touched his beard and said, "If the war in Hebei is delayed, Xiaolingcang will not even be able to count on it."

"Not bad." The head of the warehouse department nodded and said, "Half of the grain in Xiaoling Warehouse has been paid from Hebei Road. Now that Hebei is in war, not only can it be paid, but it has to allocate grain from Xiaoling Warehouse. If the outside of this place is calculated, Xiaoling Warehouse is also very tight. Now the Jinling Warehouse is the warehouse with the most grain storage among the four warehouses, but its problems are the same as Xiaoling Warehouse. Half of the grain in the Jinling Warehouse was also collected from the Jianghuai River. Now that the Jianghuai River is in chaos, the Jinling Warehouse faces the same difficulties as the Xiaoling Warehouse. If the Jianghuai River Rebellion cannot be extinguished quickly and the Jinling Warehouse transfers a large amount of grain, then if the grain cannot be replenished after the autumn harvest, Beizhi is worried that there will be a huge disaster in the warehouse at that time!"

The officials present at the Ministry of Revenue all suddenly changed their color and looked at each other.

Chu Huan was also among the officials of the main hall. He actually had no idea about money and grain. Now he is also learning step by step in Duzhi Cao, and he has a little understanding of the real operation of money and grain.

When talking about the difficulties faced by the four major granaries of the empire in the hall, Chu Huan actually didn't feel much touched, but when he saw the officials of the Ministry of Revenue showed serious expressions on his face, he knew that things were not good.

Although Chu Huan is not good at money and food, he is not a stupid person, and he can still understand some of his abilities.

Food is the most important thing for people. If a family’s rice jar is empty, the family will become nervous, let alone a country’s granary is empty, the consequences will inevitably be unimaginable.

Chu Huan understood that throughout the ages, the root cause of the people's chaos was nothing more than not being able to eat enough. In fact, for all living beings, as long as they can fill their stomachs, the city will work with peace of mind and endure too many disasters. However, if they can't even eat enough, then the rabbit will definitely grow fangs.

Chu Huan listened vaguely when everyone in the hall said, but the last sentence of the head of the Kuraku Department, "The Great Disaster of Empty Warehouse" also made Chu Huan feel a chill.

An empty warehouse means that the national treasury has no food.

When marching and earthquakes, the people must be solved by relying on the grain of the official warehouse. Once there is no grain in the official warehouse, it will inevitably lead to a downward movement and a mutiny. Not to mention fighting with the enemy, the army itself will collapse, and without food to provide disaster relief will make the heavens angry and the people will resent, and the people will inevitably rise up and the world will be in chaos.

Without food, disaster relief cannot be provided, and disaster relief cannot be provided, the people will not be able to farm peacefully. If they cannot farm peacefully, there will be no food to be provided. This will lead to a vicious cycle.

Foreign enemies are often not scary, but what is really scary is that there are internal problems.

In the early years, the empire worked hard to govern, with officials clean and honest, the people lived and worked in peace and hard, and the national treasury gradually became rich in money and food. Even if there were natural disasters, the court also made great efforts to provide disaster relief. Even in the disaster, the people worked together with the imperial court to overcome difficulties. The four major granaries of the empire had accumulated millions of stones of food, because the empire had a glory, and at that time, the empire was rich in money and food, and the empire's back was also very tough.

However, since the emperor practiced Taoism with great since he was determined to govern the country without intention, the corruption of officials has become increasingly serious. The glory of the empire in his early years has long disappeared. Officials have tried their best to exploit them from top to bottom. The heavy taxes and taxes have suppressed the people. The Qingtian King of Hebei Province has caused chaos, but it is actually because the government exploited them too fiercely and the people cannot survive, so they rose up.

After the rebellion of the Qingtian King, the empire began to fall into a vicious cycle. If the court could wake up in time and His Majesty the Emperor would regain his energy, he might have a chance to save the empire, but the emperor did not seem to have that consciousness, which led to crises everywhere in the empire. Now that the Jianghuai Tianmen Road is in trouble, the empire will be hit hard again and will be completely in trouble.

Chu Huan could even imagine that if the rebellion in various places could not be quickly quelled and then reached a peace agreement with the people of Xiliang, the crisis faced by the Qin Empire would be unprecedented.

Internal and external difficulties, refugees are everywhere, bandits are full of troubles, the world is in chaos, blood is flowing into a river, and famine leads to white bones everywhere. Those scenes actually flow through Chu Huan's mind.

Hu Bufan obviously felt the situation was serious and asked, "Everyone, according to your opinion, how should we deal with the transfer of grain from Jianghuai?"

The officials looked at each other and stopped talking for a while.

Hu Bufan snorted coldly and said, "Eat the king's fortune and loyalty to the king. You always say that you should share your worries for the emperor. Now that the Jianghuai River is in chaos, can you think of a way? If so, what is the use of the court to support you?" He seemed to have forgotten that he is the Minister of Revenue. How should he deal with it? He, the Minister of Revenue, should first propose a charter.

The head of the Kuraku Ministry felt Hu Bufan's gaze at him and said with a thorn in his mouth: "Mr. Master, the lower officials thought... the lower officials thought that it would be fine if the Jianghuai Rebellion was quickly quelled. If it could not be pacified quickly, then other places might have greater wars at any time. If the Ministry of Revenue cannot control a certain amount of food for later variables, the consequences will be unimaginable when it comes to that time."

"What should you do in your opinion?"

"The officials thought that the Jinling Cang is now the top priority and must ensure that it is foolproof." The head of the Warehouse Department seemed a bit capable and bowed: "First of all, we must inform the Ministry of War that the Jinling Cang must send heavy troops to protect it, so as to prevent the Tianmen Taoist from taking up the idea of ​​the Jinling Cang. Secondly, the Governor of the Jianghuai Huai River, Liu Shengkui ordered that when encircling and suppressing the Tianmen bandits, he would make efforts to purchase the grain of Jianghuai River. Although the Tianmen bandits were rampant, they have only captured several county towns. The overall control of the Jianghuai Road was still in the hands of the court. Before the Tianmen bandits were in great influence, the grain from all over the Jianghuai River should be controlled as soon as possible. There are small official warehouses in all parts of Jianghuai River, and many grain merchants in Jianghuai River have their own granaries, and the government can purchase grain...!"

The head of the Jin tribe frowned and stood up and said, "Mr. Master Budang, in this case, the price of grain in Jianghuai must be astonishing. It is definitely not possible to purchase the grain of the grain merchant. If you really want to buy the grain of the grain merchant, the silver consumed must be astronomical. Can Yagyukui take out these silver?"

The head of the Kuraku Ministry frowned and said, "Only relying on the Jianghuai area, this money will naturally not be available."

The head of the Ministry of Revenue said: "Can you still need to allocate money from the Ministry of Revenue to buy grain?"

"Otherwise, where should I take it out?" The head of the Warehouse Department sneered: "The Ministry of Revenue is responsible for the rebellion of the Jianghuai River, but it is not just the matter of my Warehouse Department. Is it possible that your Jinshi will not care about anything? Purchasing grain is certainly to hoard grain for the use of officers and soldiers. Another reason is to cut off the grain of the Tianmen bandits. If you can spend a lot of effort to gather the grain of the Jianghuai River, you can temporarily not use the Jinling Warehouse. Secondly, you can keep the grain of the Jianghuai River in the hands of the government and have the initiative, but you can cut off the grain of the Tianmen bandits. There is no grain of grain. Then see what they use to support the court?"

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