Sui and Tang Dynasties: Became Yang Guang's Chief Advisor at the Beginning

"Forget it, Aiqing, I will grind it for you, and you will write it down."

Emperor Sui was very nervous, so he brought pen, ink, paper and inkstone in person.

Yang Yu was a little surprised when he saw this, but he was not hypocritical, and immediately wrote while talking.

"Wei Chen has four strategies this time."

"The first plan is to open up the warehouse to help the victims."

The so-called righteous warehouse is actually a public welfare granary.

It was established by the government to allow the people to store surplus food in the harvest year.

When floods, droughts or other natural and man-made disasters occur, and the people are unsustainable, they will be taken out and distributed to the people to avoid difficulties.

Speaking of the uprising warehouse, we have to mention Yang Jian, the father of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty.

In the place where the Sui Dynasty was established, all kinds of industries were waiting to be developed, and the Great Sui Dynasty suffered successive disasters, which made the hungry people everywhere.

In order to deal with this situation, Emperor Wen should be accompanied by the grandson of Sun Ping. On the basis of the ancients' "three years of ploughing and one year's accumulation, nine years of storage and three years of storage", he called on the people of the world to store grain in the warehouse for emergencies. need.

As soon as the decree came out, people all over the world responded.

Within a few years, the grains in the warehouses in various places will be piled up like mountains, and the world will be full of abundance.

But Yang Jian is not kind and stingy!

Later, the world's righteous warehouses were controlled, and they were built aggressively, and the people were also forced to hand in food.

Originally, the ownership and use rights of grain belonged to the common people, and the government only managed it on their behalf.

In the back, it became that the people only had ownership but no right to use.

When there is a disaster, the people want to get food?

Sorry, no!

Want to open a warehouse?

I'm sorry, but I have to ask the emperor first!

People want to starve and make trouble everywhere?

And give a little first!

It can be said that the wealth of the Great Sui Dynasty has become the wealth of the imperial treasury, while the people are impoverished and have no food and clothing!

"Opening the righteous warehouse can solve the disaster? This plan can only solve the urgent need."

Hearing this, Emperor Sui nodded slightly, but was not satisfied.

To be the emperor, Yang Guang is not a mediocre person.

It's not that he didn't think about opening the warehouse to release grain, and he did do so, but in the end it had little effect.

"..."

"Your Majesty, as far as Wei Chen knows, the food in the warehouses in the disaster area is enough for the people to support for a long time."

Yang Yu glanced at Emperor Sui.

Good guy!

Could it be that he didn't know how rich his father's family was?

I don't know father Fu Yang someone? !

How much food was left during Emperor Wen's time?

In the early stage of Li and Tang later generations, they have been eating the food left by the Great Sui Dynasty!

If there is no food left by the Great Sui Dynasty, perhaps the successive floods, droughts, locust plagues and other disasters in the early Tang Dynasty would be enough for Li Yuan and Li Shimin to drink a pot!

The reign of Zhenguan may also be delayed for many years to appear!

Hearing the words, Emperor Sui lowered his head, thoughtful.

Could it be that Da Sui Granary is really so powerful?

As the emperor, he doesn't know? !

"Second plan, cash-for-work."

"This plan can only be implemented after the open warehouse and the people have a little spare capacity."

Yang Yu didn't stop and continued.

Why cash-for-work?

To put it bluntly, it is to give those disaster victims a job and let them participate in the construction of various infrastructure projects led by the government, instead of directly giving them money and food.

Under a large-scale drought, a large number of hungry people will inevitably breed.

The gathering of hungry people will certainly make the local unrest continue. …  

And now is the time when the Eighteen Routes rebelled against the king, as long as they raised their arms and shouted to give the hungry people a full meal.

The hungry will only be part of that rebel army!

Relief for work has given the victims a livelihood, but when they are full, why would they go to rebellion in a thankless way?

In this process, a large number of infrastructures that benefit the country and the people have been built.

It can be said to be three birds with one stone!

"This plan is good!"

"Just what kind of project should it be built? I am afraid that such a large sum of money cannot be provided in the national treasury."

When Emperor Sui heard the second plan, his eyes lit up.

Only then his eyes dimmed again.

Make bricks without straw!

"Your Majesty, building bridges and roads, developing water conservancy, these are all feasible."

"For this reason, the government can contract some projects to wealthy businessmen."

"For example, building a highway across the country, subcontracting it to wealthy businessmen in sections, promising to let them collect tolls for a certain period of time, but it belongs to the state. The government supervises it and can even collect taxes and fees."

Yang Yu pondered for a moment, then organized the language.

It carried over the set of later generations and made some small improvements.

"Borrowing the wealth of wealthy merchants to build bridges and build roads, the government sits on roads and bridges, and distributes profits from them."

"It's such a plan, wonderful! It's really wonderful!"

After understanding the key point, Emperor Sui was amazed, his eyes widened, as if he had discovered a new continent.

Not only do you not have to pay, but the government can still make money?Is there such a good thing? !

More importantly, in the past, building such large-scale siege cities often required hundreds of thousands of corvés to be recruited in various places for free.

It will only increase the burden on the poor and make life difficult for the people, and the people are full of grievances!

And once contracted to a wealthy businessman, the businessman pays to hire someone.

The common people can also benefit from it, and they will certainly not object to it, and even be happy to see it!

If it is really implemented, the benefits are far more than these!

Take Chidao as an example. After the road is repaired, it will be of great benefit to transportation and commerce.

In wartime, it can provide more convenient transportation for them!

"How about two more plans?"

Emperor Sui was breathing rapidly, like a student desperate for new knowledge.

The look in Yang Yu's eyes also had some admiration.

This is my Yang Jiaerlang!

Such a strategy!

There are several people in the world who can compare! .

Chapter 207

"The third plan is to develop water conservancy."

Seeing Emperor Sui's curious eyes, Yang Yu did not hide his clumsiness.

drought.

It can be said that it is a long-standing problem faced by the rulers of all dynasties from ancient times to the present.

After all, drought is a natural disaster.

Man-made disasters can still be avoided, but natural disasters can’t be avoided even if you want to avoid them!

If God wants to get along with you, it is useless for you to be a mortal crying for your father and mother!

However, in the thousands of years of practice by generations of Chinese people, a set of effective methods to combat drought has been summed up.

In addition to the two points mentioned above, there is a long-term solution.

Develop water conservancy!

What is the main crux of the drought?

Water shortage!

Without water, it will affect the growth of crops in the fields, and even in serious cases, there will be no harvest!

The development of water conservancy projects can effectively alleviate the disaster.

So that the water can flow into the crops in a steady and steady stream.

Of course, water conservancy projects are not a panacea.

In years when the drought is not very severe, it can play a good role.