There was a very important system in ancient China called the canal transportation system. The canal transportation was very small before the Tang Dynasty and was basically stagnant during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Before entering the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Yang Guangxing, a tyrant who was later called a dog, built a river channel, laying the foundation for the canal transportation in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

But the canal transportation really developed and systematically developed in the Song Dynasty.

The importance of canal transportation to the Song Dynasty was like the major highways and high-speed rail networks in later generations, and was a national strategic deployment.

Without the canal transportation, Tokyo City cannot have more than one million people. Even if there are, half of them will starve to death.

The Song Dynasty had departments specifically supervising the grain transport. The largest department was naturally the Three Sessions Office of the Zhou Dynasty. It managed and planned the national grain transport, and then set up the Transportation Department and the Delivery Department. These two roles were reported to the Three Sessions Office, that is, to the Zhou Dynasty, the Finance Minister of Zhao Huan.

The Transportation Department was responsible for preparing grain, and the Delivery Department was responsible for transporting goods. Because the roads in ancient times were dilapidated and land transportation was restricted, most of the grain transported to the capital came from canal transportation, that is, water transportation.

Tokyo City has four major canal transportation systems, all serving Tokyo City: the grain on Shaanxi Road goes east from the Yellow River and enters the Bian River. The grain on Jiangnan goes from the Jiangnan to the Huai River and goes to Beijing through the Bian River. The grain on the Central Plains and Jiangling is mainly entered the Bian River from the Cai River to the Bian River and enters Beijing. The grain on Jingdong Road and Qilu River mainly reaches Beijing through the Wuzhang River.

The prosperity of Tokyo can be said to be a collection of food from all over the world. Even so, the food prices in Tokyo were already outrageously high, which is enough to prove that the economy at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty had basically been necrotic and the court was unable to control the economy.

In fact, as the boss of the Sansi Yamen, the Zhou Dynasty discovered that the food transported from Jiangnan was 50,000 stones less than the food transported by Jiangnan a few days ago, and immediately sent someone to question it. However, the following response was that the heavy rain in Jiangnan this summer and the fields were affected by disasters and poor harvests.

Zhou Dynasty immediately roared: Let's go and deceive the ghost with such a mentally retarded reason!

It is now the end of September, and the weather is getting colder day by day. It is the season of harvest, and it is also the time to transport winter food to Tokyo.

At this time, the grain price in Tokyo was already outrageously high. If Jiangnan did this, if this matter spread, it would inevitably lead to merchants deliberately raising prices.

The emperor was still angry some time ago because of grain prices. If the grain prices rise again at this critical moment, his three-member envoy would be able to lose his head.

Seeing that the matter could not be covered, the Zhou Dynasty immediately entered the palace and reported the matter to the emperor.

At this time, Tang Rui was bringing Qian Yu to the residence of the current prefect Xu Churen. Tang Rui came too suddenly. Xu Churen was missing, but he also heard that Tang Rui brought the Qian family members to him.

When Xu Churen heard that it was from the Qian family, he immediately met the son of the officials and political affairs.

At this time, Xu Churen was still leisurely at home and had no idea what was happening outside. The reason why he was willing to meet the Qian family was because at this critical moment, the court had already glanced at the wealthy southeast. The husbands were very concerned about the Qian family in the southeast, especially Xu Churen. In addition to various government affairs these days, the most thought about is how to implement the new policy in the south.

As the Dazai, he naturally has to worry about what the emperor is worried about, otherwise if the emperor asks and he can't answer, it would be a big deal.

Xu Churen cleaned up for a while. As soon as he came out, Tang Rui and Qian Mu stood up at the same time to salute: "I have met Mr. Xu."

After greetings, Tang Rui immediately said his intentions in the future, and also said what happened today.

Xu Churen's expression immediately changed. Damn it! It's such a big deal! I was a little unaware of it, and the Qian family ran directly to Tokyo City to commit suicide, and also a group of ministers from both governments to commit suicide!

Qian Mu said: "Mr. Xu, Qian Yu's words and deeds are not the intention of the old master, nor the head of the family. The old master has no intention of fighting against the court, and they are all encouraged by others."

"What do you say?"

Qian Mu talked about the current situation in the south to Seo Churen. After listening to it, Seo Churen felt even more headache.

The South had great resistance to the new policy, which was long as he expected, but he did not expect it to be so serious. Almost all the major forces of the big families united. They strongly opposed the tax and commercial tax laws in the new policy, depending on the situation, they were going to confront the court to the end.

The fact that a fool like Qian Yu can be sent to Tokyo City to commit suicide is enough to prove how unstable the Qian family is now. It can be infiltrated and affect the candidates sent to Tokyo City. Once the Qian family and the court completely confront each other, the Qian family will inevitably be cleaned up and the business in the southeast will be severely damaged.

Xu Churen frowned. This was really a headache. With today's temper, he would inevitably have to dispatch troops again.

The south rarely experiences wars. Since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, large-scale battlefields have been concentrated in the northern Central Plains. Even in the Anshi Rebellion, the main battlefield is still the Central Plains. The Five Dynasties have been affected, but the southeast has been preserved.

The south is rich, and it can be seen from the annual fiscal and taxation that two-thirds of the fiscal and taxation of the Song Dynasty come from the south. Today, the south accounts for two-thirds of the large cities.

If it were the Southern War, it would inevitably affect the entire Song Dynasty.

No, we must not let the war start in the south. Xu Churen sighed: "I will enter the palace immediately to meet the saint. The Qian family is the pillar of the southeast, so we cannot fall, and the south cannot start in the war."

Qian Mu immediately knelt down and bowed: "Xu Xianggong is righteous, I will be bowed by Qian Mu."

"Don't worship me for now. I'm not sure whether I can stop the emperor from moving the army."

Xu Churen was determined to dissuade the emperor. He believed that at this time, except for the emperor's few traits, no minister would agree to the emperor launching a war, because that would be too expensive.

Unexpectedly, Xu Churen met Wang Kui'an as soon as he left the house.

"Grandpa Xu, Your Majesty summoned the Wende Hall of the two palaces to discuss matters."

Xu Churen was slightly stunned. Wang Kui'an came to invite him in person. This was rare. He had an ominous premonition.

When all the emperor's important officials arrived, the emperor's face was as cold and heavy as the clouds in winter.

"Wang Kui'an, let me show you the memorials of the Zhou Dynasty to everyone present."

Xu Churen was confused. He wasn't he going to discuss the Southeast issue? Why did he involve the memorial of the Sansi envoy?

Xu Churen glanced at Zhou Dynasty, and the latter looked helpless and reluctant. When the memorial was passed to Xu Churen, Xu Churen's face changed drastically and almost jumped up when he saw it.

This is outrageous!

This group of people is so brave that they dare to deduct winter food! This is to rebel!

Zhao Huan locked his sword eyebrows and shouted: "I will never allow the grain price in Tokyo to rise by a little more! I will never allow anyone to dare to go against the court or against the people of the world! I will not allow another court in the south!"

As soon as the emperor said this, the atmosphere in Wende Hall seemed to be frozen, and almost every one was directed at the south. For example, Xu Churen and Tang Ke originally planned to stop the emperor from launching a war, but now the emperor has blocked the words.

Okay, the emperor's attitude has been shown, and I will watch your husband's performance next.
Chapter completed!