Emperor Sui Yang

Su Lie belongs to the prince. If he had not been able to carry out the defense in Tianshui County for five days this time, Yu Wenshu would not have been able to complete the defense of Fufeng County. Although Yang Ming had set the limit for seven days and Su Lie had two days less, the task was completed. .

Yu Wenshu was a top-notch smart man. He petitioned Su Lie to be knighted, and Yang Ming agreed. He was given the title of Duke of Lintao County, just one level behind his father-in-law, Pei Renji, Duke of Langya County.

Yu Wenshu's second son, Yuwen Zhiji, was awarded the title of County Duke because of his father's honor. Wei Xuan's second son, Wei Xiaojing, joined the Ministry of War as a minister and was not given a title because Wei Xuan's eldest son had died long ago and the second son was destined to succeed him in the future. Therefore, Wei Xiaoyi, the third son of Wei Xuan, was given a marquis.

Yin Shishi, who had finished the execution, was also granted the title of County Duke and the title of Shangzhu Kingdom.

Li Jing and Yang Xuanting will happen in the future.

The imperial court has sent envoys to the East and West Turks, what are they doing?I want money to compensate for my losses and ask you to pay me tribute. If you don’t pay tribute, I will continue to beat you.

In fact, it was just a scare. The Sui Dynasty was unable to send any more troops, because all the money was spent on the army, which led to banditry in many places this year.

This time the military pay could not be owed. All the money earned by the paper mill and the dyeing department was allocated to the army. This was not enough. Yang Ming had to borrow more than 200 million yuan from wealthy businessmen such as Samurai Xun and He Chou to make up for the shortfall.

"There are still three months left. We will get through this year. Three months can be delayed no matter what. When the taxes from Jiangnan come up next year, all difficulties will be solved," Yang Yue said at the court meeting.

The tax-rich areas of the Sui Dynasty actually depended on population. Where there were more people, more taxes were collected.

Guanzhong counts as one, and Datong, Taiyuan, Linfen, and Yuncheng in Shanxi Province on that canyon line count as one.

The population density of Henan is mainly concentrated in the area along the Yellow River in the north of Henan, with Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Jingzhou in the south.

To the west is the central Bashu region.

Hebei is awesome. In the Sui Dynasty, the population density of Shandong was not high, but the entire Hebei area was a highly densely populated area.

Taxation here has always been the main revenue for the national treasury. If Hebei is in chaos, the country will be poor.

The national treasury has been in deficit for so many years because Hebei has been in chaos and cannot collect much tax, so the court still has to subsidize it.

So Yang Ming said: "Next year, the taxes collected from Jiangnan will be given priority to Hebei and help Hebei resume agricultural production as soon as possible. The imperial court has new debts in various places this year. This money has to be paid back. Next year will still be difficult."

"The Eastern and Western Turks must be made to pay for it," Yuwen said:
"If it weren't for them, Guanzhong wouldn't be like this this year. The war happened during the growing stage of crops. Many acres of land were plundered and trampled with heavy losses. Luoyang has to ensure the supply to the capital."

King Cai Yang Zhiji, who was the garrison of Dongdu, frowned when he heard this and said:
"There is no food in the east. Your Majesty has consumed some during his southern tour. This year, the food supplied to the capital is more than 800 million shi. The four warehouses are almost empty. The imperial court in the east capital cannot count on it."

Lu Chu raised his eyebrows and said: "There is no food. The people in Guanzhong have suffered again this year. Banditry is almost inevitable. However, it is not appropriate to use heavy codes in Guanzhong. We still need to find a way to solve the food problem. Say hello to Wang Shilong and ask him to send it from Bashu." If you order some food, Guanzhong must guarantee it."

"And Gao Chang, we have to ask them for money," Yang Xuangan said: "We have lost so much because of him, there is no way if we don't give him money."

Yang Yue frowned and said: "How to give it? You don't know why Qu Boya was kicked out. If he adds more tributes to us and oppresses the local civilians, Gaochang will still have problems, and we will have to wipe his ass. It’s not something you can do wrong.”

Yang Ming nodded, raised his hand and said: "Forget it about Gaochang, we still count on the trade in the Western Regions. This place cannot be chaotic anymore. Isn't Qibi Geling still imprisoned? Send a message to the Tiele people and ask them Give him [-] horses as ransom."

"It's better to kill this person," Yuwen said.

Yang Ming smiled and said: "If you can exchange for [-] horses, you can't kill them. If you can't exchange them, it won't be too late to kill them again."

Tiele was basically defeated this time. There were more than 8000 prisoners thrown into the Sui Kingdom, more than 6000 captured horses, and the leader was also imprisoned.

The losses of the East and West Turks were not small. Where to place the more than 3 prisoners was a problem.

Let's send it to the northeast. It's too far. How much food will we eat along the way?These people must be dispersed.

Population is productivity, and Sui Dynasty needs population now.

Yang Ming said: "The Ministry of Civil Affairs is responsible for the resettlement of all prisoners. Bashu, Jingzhou, Hebei, and Henan can resettle some. They must be dispersed as much as possible. There should be no more than 200 people in a county. The rest are allowed to dig coal and build water canals."

More than 200 people, especially if they are all men, will form a local armed force, which will cause a headache for the local magistrates.

Cui Zhongfang nodded: "Two counties in Jingzhou have been hit by floods this year, and the people below have been urging me. I really have nothing to do with this money."

"How many are needed?" Yang Ming asked.Cui Zhongdao: "The Ministry of Civil Affairs has roughly calculated that it will be at least more than 300 million yuan."

"Is there no money in the account?" Yang Ming said.

Cui Zhongfang nodded and said: "Of the 700 million yuan in emergency reserves, there are only more than 100 million left. We really can't touch it. The domestic war complies with the regulations on the use of emergency funds, so we have allocated it early, and it is not just about money."

"Say," Yang Ming said.

Cui Zhongfang said: "First of all, we need to provide relief, with rice for the extremely poor, money for the second, and loans for the slightly poor. The reason why we provide relief to the poor is because we can only afford to live in a relatively poor family. Even if we meet Jin, You can use all means to survive, but the poor can only sit and wait for death. The period of alms payment should be urgent and the method of alms payment should be uniform. The official warehouses of Yong'an County and Jiangxia County need to be opened to provide relief to the victims, but it is not enough."

"Second, to adjust millet, there are three types of millet adjustment: millet for immigrants, millet for people, and flat millet. In the two counties of Jingzhou, flat millet cannot be done, so only the first two can be used. Guan Zi said: All grains He is the master of all things. If the grain is high, then all things must be cheap. If the grain is low, then all things must be high. If the two are enemies, then there will be no equality. Now that the two counties are hit by floods, the price of food will inevitably rise. The court must intervene and use the price of the disaster. Send millet to provide disaster relief."

Resettlement means moving disaster victims to places where there is food; relocation means moving food from unaffected places to disaster areas. The two must be carried out at the same time.

Cui Zhongfang continued: "The third is pension, which is also three points: giving porridge, housing, and redeeming children. The court must always open porridge sheds, so that if one eats a day, one will not die, to protect the lives of the victims, and for those who are sick, they must provide Medicines and shelter. Those who sell their children to survive will have their children redeemed by the court."

"The fourth is to deal with the aftermath. There are four points. The first is Anji, which means providing a place to live for the civilians who fled after the disaster, and re-granting acres of land. The second is Juān, which means tax deferral or tax exemption, and giving Provide disaster victims with time to recuperate and recuperate. The third is lending. The court should open up lending and encourage civilians to borrow money to buy new properties, preferably interest-free or low interest. The fourth is frugality. The disaster-stricken counties and counties should be frugal in their daily expenses and work with the people. Let’s get through this together.”

Yang Ming was dumbfounded when he heard this. He slapped the table and said: "Listening to your good advice on governing the country is better than reading ten years of books. The public's disaster relief plan should be written into the law and become the national policy of famine relief in the Sui Dynasty."

Yang Yue also sighed: "The three provinces and six ministries were proposed by Cui Gong. Today's famine relief methods are more detailed and comprehensive than Cui Gong's. They are the pillars of the country."

"Let's do it like this," Yang Ming said: "Order all counties in Jingzhou to allocate grain to the disaster areas. The people affected by the disaster must also move to rich places to eat. They will be tax-free for three years. The price of grain will be sold at half the usual price. Anyone who has hoarded it will be ordered immediately. Behead! Encourage wealthy businessmen to lend money to the private sector. Anyone who pays high interest rates will have their homes confiscated!"

Cui Zhongfang said there was no way, but in fact he had already thought of a way, but he did not dare to do it because one of them was to open the official warehouse, which he could not decide.

The grain in the official warehouse is equivalent to the national treasury reserve. Although he is the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he still has to ask for instructions from above.

This method saves a lot of money, because there are loans, and private money is lent to the private sector, so the burden on the country is lightened, but the court must also allocate some money.

In the name of King Yang Rui of Qin, Yang Ming allocated 100 million yuan from the East Palace for disaster relief in Jingzhou, so as to leave a good name for his son as soon as possible.

Historically, whenever there is a disaster, there will be civil unrest, and as long as there is civil unrest, official warehouses will be robbed.

Because only the official warehouse has food, and many times the official warehouse will not be opened, because it is used to allocate the whole country in the statistics of the entire country.

Therefore, during the harsh rule of some dynasties, once a disaster struck, the grain in the official warehouse would be escorted away immediately, so robberies of the emperor's grain frequently occurred.

Not all emperors will open warehouses to provide relief. Isn’t there a famous saying in the TV series: The emperor’s heart is all about Jiuzhou and a few counties. If they are flooded, they will be flooded.

The country is rich and the people are poor, the country is poor and the people are rich, this is the truth.

At present, the Sui Dynasty's treasury is in deficit every year. It is not that all the money has been spent. Although only a small part will benefit the common people, it is ultimately used for the people.

Yang Ming truly admires Cui Zhongfang, but historically, Cui Zhongfang will die next year.

If there is an old man, if there is a treasure, I can't let him die.

Therefore, Yang Ming directly deployed two imperial doctors from the Imperial Medical Office, who would be responsible for Cui Zhongfang's physical care from now on. If he had any minor illness, he would report it to the court immediately.

"Cui Gong's eldest son is still just the magistrate of Dingtao County. This is the fault of the Ministry of Personnel," Yang Ming looked at Cui Junsu, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

Cui Junsu also felt that he had been wronged. Shangshu Yu Shiji was in Jiangdu, and Gao Shengdao, the son of another minister, Gao Xi, was still in mourning. Now I am the only one supporting the capital. I am almost exhausted.

"It is indeed my fault. If there are any shortages in the capital, we should recall them as soon as possible," Cui Junsu said.

Yang Ming directly raised his hand and said: "Don't go to so much trouble. Send someone from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and let Cui Mintao go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Father and son are of the same mind. You have to help His Majesty take care of it."

Are you asking me to offend someone again?Who should I call out?Cui Junsu agreed with a bitter look on his face. (End of chapter)