Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 233 Mai Qiu
Yang Ming killed someone, isn't he worried about being exposed?A little bit.

Although Yang Su had already sent people back to the capital ahead of time, and greeted all parties, Yang Ming was not familiar with those at the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment. Fortunately, there was Yang Wang, who was from Yang Su's family. Will help with cover.

What Yang Ming was really counting on was Yang Xiong. On the first day the other party arrived in Luoyang, he came to see him first, implying Yang Ming inside and out. No matter what, this matter would have nothing to do with Yang Ming.

Yang Xiong is the chief person in charge of this case, he has said so, Yang Ming has nothing to worry about.

On the side of Qi Wang Yang Hao, he was caught and hurt his feet, so in the following days, he kept a very low profile and did not find the Ministry of Criminal Justice to pursue the case.

However, their delay in borrowing food has not been settled at all. The food shortage in Changping has been temporarily relieved because of the Qinghe Cui family, but Yuzhou is already eating Liyang warehouse.

After eating Liyang warehouse, which warehouse can I eat?

The construction of Luoyang depends on the peasants, and the labor of the peasants depends on the food. Without food, nothing can be done.

So right now, it is not Yang Ming who is looking for trouble with Yang Hao, but Yu Wenkai, Yang Da, and the officials sent to Luoyang.

Food supply is not available, and their work cannot be carried out.

"Don't complain here. The King of Qin is not responsible for renting the fields, and the King of Qin is not responsible for borrowing food. Who should you go to?"

Faced with hundreds of officials chattering and complaining in the hall, Yang Su directly threw out this sentence.

Yang Ming was indifferent. He originally wanted to delay the fortification, but now that someone is helping to delay it, why not do it?

Furthermore, as long as there is a shortage of food in Luoyang, father Yang Guang will not be able to get on the horse when he digs the Tongji Canal.

The longest section of the Tongji Canal is from Xingyang to the Huaihe River in Xuyi. This section is mainly dug by Henan people. Right now, Henan people are all at the construction site in Luoyang, and the food for next month has not been settled yet.

In fact, Yang Ming is in a very good mood now. It is already the end of June, and the matter of Tongji Canal has not been brought up in the court. What does it mean?
It shows that Yang Guang also knows that Luoyang has dragged him back.

As long as Yang Ming can drag it until autumn, the canal work will definitely stop this year. As Gao Jiong said, digging the canal is a one-stop job. The best time is when there is plenty of rain, because there is a lot of rain, and the water level will rise. Thereby aggravating the water potential, helping to flush the canal and saving manpower.

The flow of water cannot be determined by manpower. Sometimes you have dug a canal, but the water flows away from other places, which may destroy the embankment or damage the town.

Therefore, things like digging ditches are usually done from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, without stopping in the middle.

Yu Wenkai was also in trouble. Liu Quan, the Shaoqing of Weiweisi, who was in charge of the director of Miyagi Construction, and Wei Wanqing, the secretary, had quarreled with him several times. Yang Su ordered a month ago to reduce the daily food and work hours of the peasants. So much so that the construction of Miyagi was delayed.

The folks can't eat enough, and the wood that was originally carried by fifty people now requires a hundred people, so they don't have the strength.

Luoyang City, what is the most important, the answer is Miyagi and Neiyuan.

Not to mention Miyagi, where the emperor lived, every brick, tile, stone, and tree was carefully selected.

In addition, to the west of Miyagi, there is also a royal garden named Xiyuan, and Yang Guang named it Huitongyuan, which was Shanglinyuan in Tang Dynasty.

Huitong Garden is the originator of royal gardens in the history of China. The drawings were made by Yu Wenkai long ago. It reaches Mang Mountain in the north and Yique in the south, with a total area of ​​[-] square kilometers.

There is an artificial lake in Xiyuan, on which there will be three fairy mountains, Fangzhang, Penglai, and Yingzhou. There are Qushui Pool, Qushui Palace, Lengquan Palace, Qingcheng Palace, Lingbo Palace, Jicui Palace, Xianren Palace and other palaces and pavilions.

The diversion canal enters the garden, named Longlin Canal, and there is an artificial sea with a radius of ten miles.

Such a huge project, but the current Xiyuan has not even built a prototype.

Yu Wenkai was also forced to rush, so he had to take people to the Yuzhou government office.

It is now June, and the peonies donated from all over the country are about to start their luck. As we all know, the best season for transplanting peonies is August. If the peonies cannot be planted this year, the beauty of Xiyuan will be lost by half.

Luoyang peonies are the best in the world, and it started from the artificial planting of Luoyang Xiyuan in the Sui Dynasty.

"The reduction of the food supply is also a last resort after the old man discussed with King Qin," Yang Su said to those officials who hadn't left yet:
"Only in this way can we wait for the food to arrive, otherwise we will eat it all at once. With so many mouths, how can we settle down?"

At this time, I saw Du Yan, a member of the criminal department, slammed the file in his hand on the table, and grinned. He seemed to want to scold something, but in the end he didn't curse, his face flushed and he was angry. Walked away.

He and Wei Fusi, a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, went to various parts of Yuzhou to investigate the granary under the order of Yang Ming. The situation was not optimistic.

Most of the grain in Yuzhou is concentrated in a few large warehouses, and there are not many granaries in the remaining states and counties. Although he also cracked down on several corrupt county magistrates during this period, the results of the house raids were not satisfactory, so he very much Understand the urgency of the food shortage in Yuzhou.

How much money the county magistrate has, all his money has been paid to the higher-ups, but Du Yan dare not check the higher-ups.

So the little food he and Wei Fusi brought back was not enough to fit between the teeth.

Next, officials one after another left the meeting in anger. When they left the Dajian Mansion, they found that many people were heading towards the Yuzhou government office, so they simply formed a temporary small group and went together.

Yuzhou government office,

Yang Hao slammed the table and angrily said:
"One by one, come to complain about the king? Who is licking his face and going to borrow food from below? It's me! Who is dealing with the land lease matters day and night? Whoever borrowed the grain to Luoyang, it was me!"

"Has the food supply been cut off? The migrant workers at the construction site in Luoyang have no food to eat? Or do you have no food to eat?"

Yang Hao was furious and said, "This king is not hungry alone, but you all came to me. Could it be that whoever did the most will suffer the most?"

At this time, Shi Liujianzhi, the head of the palace, also stood up and said to Yu Wenkai and others:
"His Royal Highness Qi is in charge of food supply, but not food distribution. Our supply has never been interrupted. It is not His Royal Highness Qi's order to reduce food rations. You are really looking for the wrong person."

Yu Wenkai didn't dare to get angry at Yang Hao, but he dared to vent his anger on Liu Jianzhi, only to see his face gloomy and said:

"The Liyang warehouse can't last long. Where is your food? Why haven't I seen it? What? You have to wait until the Liyang warehouse is fully drained before you can take out the food?"

"What is Shangshu talking about? Could it be that we have food and refuse to take it out?" Liu Jianzhi said: "It takes time to transport food, and we can't fly to Luoyang. If you dare to cut off Luoyang's expenses, you are doing well, and you are blaming us."

Yu Wenkai was furious: "Building Luoyang is a national policy, and the construction period is also set by His Majesty. The current grain can't last for half a month, but the grain you borrowed is still on the way? Once the grain is cut off and a civil uprising is triggered, can you bear the burden?" Are you responsible for this?"

Liu Jianzhi said directly: "The supply of food will never be interrupted. The Minister has a fire in his heart, and the minister can understand it, but why can't you understand King Qi's difficulties?"

"Don't use the King of Qi to suppress me," Yu Wenkai said angrily, "The construction of the palace city has been delayed. If I don't see the food in another ten days, you can go back to the capital with me to plead guilty."

After all, Yu Wenkai shook his head and walked away angrily without even looking at Yang Hao.

"Dog stuff!"

I don't know who scolded someone in the crowd, and Yang Hao, who was in the main seat, suddenly changed his expression, and said angrily: "Which traitor is talking nonsense, let me bring it out."

All of a sudden, dozens of guards rushed in with knives, and the government office was in chaos.

"If in half a month, King Qi's food has not been delivered, what shall we do?" Yang Su asked.

Yang Ming paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back. Hearing this, he frowned and said:
"Let's recruit some from the local aristocratic family, and try to survive until the autumn harvest."

Yuzhou's main grain is wheat, and wheat is not harvested in autumn, but in mid-July and early summer, which is half a month before it can be harvested.

However, the ancients called the season when wheat matures as Maiqiu, not Maixia, because Cai Yong in the Eastern Han Dynasty explained in "Yueling Zhangju": "All kinds of grains regard their first birth as spring and ripening as autumn, so wheat regards Mengxia as autumn. "

Therefore, what the ancients said is the season of wheat autumn is actually the season of early summer.

Harvesting wheat takes time, drying takes time, and tax collection takes time. Therefore, Yuzhou's annual field tax is completed between October and November at the end of the year.

Wheat in the Sui Dynasty is an annual, basically sown from September to December of that year, and matures from June to August of the following year.

After harvesting, the moisture in the wheat is very high, so it must be dried repeatedly for about three or four days. Natural air drying will cause the wheat to become moldy and rot.

But having said that, drying depends on luck, and drying can only be done on sunny days. Once it encounters continuous rain, the time required for this step will be extended.

"We can also remind the people below to collect this year's food as early as possible," Yang Su said with a serious face.

Yang Ming spread his hands, and said, "Yuzhou Mu is not me, and I am not in charge of urging taxes."

"Oh..." Yang Su sighed, shook his head, and said nothing more.

At this time, a guard came from outside the door to report that it was Du Yan, a member of the criminal department, who had been hung on the girder of the government office by King Qi for insulting King Qi, and was beaten.

Yang Ming and Yang Su looked at each other and were taken aback at the same time.

What is this called?You could hold back from me just now, but how come you can't hold back in front of King Qi?
Yang Ming held his forehead with a wry smile, and said, "Please trouble Mr. Yue to go and bring him back, so he won't be beaten to death."

Yang Su nodded, got up and went.

(End of this chapter)