"That's not enough. "www.biquge.info Li Chao did not fool Li Shimin, but answered very directly. After all, it is impossible to directly take away all the grain from large households, set a limit, and then buy half of the excess, which is already a bit ruthless.

"There's a lot more to do."

"What's a multi-pronged approach?" Fang Xuanling asked. He is not as conservative as Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda, and he is in favor of Li Chao's fierce plan. If you really can't control the disaster in the Central Plains, then you won't just offend some local sovereigns, but you will be unstable.

"First, from the Central Plains, that is, the areas where the drought is serious in the coming year, those poor people with little land should be moved to Longyou, Hexi, Shuofang, and other places as soon as possible, and they will be given land there. As a result, the population of the Central Plains will be reduced, and when there is a famine next year, there will be fewer people affected by the disaster and less food needed. Moreover, these people moved to the frontier, and they were able to support themselves, and they could even hand over some grain for the imperial court and sell some commercial grain to the market. ”

Originally, the population density of the Central Plains was large, and the so-called narrow countryside was narrow and densely populated. Not long after the end of the Great War in the Central Plains, the people of the Central Plains were even more miserable, there were not many people with grain in their homes, and even the landlords did not have much surplus grain, and their ability to resist disasters and famines was weak.

"Removing people is also a way. It's just that immigrants also need money! Du Ruhui said.

Li Chao does not agree with this statement, the rich move the law, and the poor also have the poor move the law. For example, if immigrants are poor, they may not have the money to build a house, buy cattle and farm tools, or even immigrate to a new place.

At this time, the imperial court had to come forward.

First help send the immigrants to the border land, and when they arrive at the place, they can also come to a centralized reclamation first, and the imperial court will provide some seeds for cultivating cattle, and the immigrants will first work together to reclaim the wasteland, and when they have settled down, it is not too late to divide the land after two or three years.

"The imperial court doesn't have so much money!"

"The imperial court can introduce private capital, for example, the imperial court can approve and approve some private money banks, commercial banks, etc., to provide loans to immigrants, rent farm tools, farming cattle, seeds, and so on. The imperial court guaranteed the immigrants, and at the same time, the imperial court assured the immigrants that the interest on the money they borrowed would be fairer, and there would be no usury traps. ”

Maybe this kind of immigration will be a little more difficult, but it's better than staying in the Central Plains without land and life, right? After all, when you get to the borderland, you can divide the land and grant the land, not to mention, there will be a catastrophe and famine soon. Immigrants are not just about making their lives better, but also about saving their lives.

"Immigrants from the Central Plains to the borderlands, well, this is also a method of prevention and disaster relief. What else? Li Shimin is also anxious now, since he knew that next year was likely to be a catastrophe, he can't eat and sleep now.

"There is another way, that is, to work for relief, the imperial court is now to the Xiangdeng generation to mobilize more hoarding of grain and grass, and do a good job in the planning of Xinjing. When the disaster began after the autumn, the young and strong people were immediately transferred from the disaster area to Xiangdeng to build a new capital. ”

This trick was actually learned from the Northern Song Dynasty. The Xiang army of the Northern Song Dynasty was, to put it bluntly, all kinds of engineering troops. The source is simpler, as soon as there is a famine, the young and strong people in the disaster area will be immediately selected into the army.

This has a great advantage, that is, the young people in the disaster area have been recruited by the imperial court, and after a good meal, there will be no such thing as rebellion among the victims without these backbone young people.

Moreover, the cultivation of Hanjing originally required manpower.

Now pulling these young people from the disaster area over to repair Hanjing is killing two birds with one stone. As long as there is food to eat and some wages, it doesn't take a lot, there is a little bit, I believe that those young people will die of gratitude.

Pulling young people from the disaster area to repair Hanjing is not only a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle, but also a charcoal in the snow.

Li Shimin's eyes widened suddenly, and he also thought that this was a good way.

"Okay, then Xiu Hanjing doesn't need to recruit people from all over the country, and then just call people directly from the disaster area in the Central Plains to work."

Now the imperial court has to prepare more than half a year in advance, and it is fully prepared for the upcoming disaster in the Central Plains, and everything must make way for disaster relief.

Under normal circumstances, the construction of Hanjing should be stopped at this time. But as Li Chao said, the Central Plains is such a catastrophe, and there are so many victims, they can't be idle. If you are idle, you may have problems.

So they have to have something to do.

Pull out the young and strong people to repair Hanjing, draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and avoid chaos. As for the rest of the women, children and the elderly, the court will give them some relief food and let them continue their lives, and the elderly, women and children will not be in chaos.

In the year of catastrophe, the first priority is to prevent chaos, and the second is to prevent epidemics.

"The minister also has a plan, that is, to take out some of the grain from various warehouses such as Yicang, Shecang, Changping, and Transshipment Warehouse, as well as the grain that has been bought, and process it into disaster relief cakes for disaster relief."

Disaster relief cakes use less food, and the same food is more durable to make disaster relief cakes. It's not tasty, but it's a lifesaver.

In the case of limited food, it is also a good idea to find a way to produce more food into relief cakes.

"Let the people go to catch insects and fish, not necessarily just locusts, no matter what kind of insects, as long as they are non-toxic and do not spoil them, as long as they are crushed and mixed with soybeans, sorghum, grain bran and everything else that can be eaten, steamed, dried into disaster relief cakes."

Li Shimin looked at the table of dry food on the table in front of him, and his mind came to mind the tens of millions of stones of grain in Datang, plus a large number of miscellaneous grains, all kinds of insects, and what dried fish were boiled into a paste and then steamed and dried, becoming a stone-like disaster relief cake, and his face felt a little pale.

That kind of thing is an absolute foodie's nightmare.

However, what Li Chao said is also right, if a serious stone of grain is added with all kinds of messy ingredients, and finally made into a disaster relief cake, it will definitely increase a lot. And eat less of this thing, and still carry hunger, at least there is no problem to satisfy hunger.

In times of famine and hunger, who would be afraid to have such a piece of bread to eat?

"Wenyuan, Your Majesty is about to inspect Xiangyang, and at this time, pulling a large number of disaster victims to build a new capital near Xiangyang will threaten the safety of Xingzai." Gao Shilian then raised a question.

"Yes, we must not let a large number of victims get close to the line, especially if they are all young and strong, this is like a lot of dry firewood, in case there is a little spark, but it will be on fire."

"Not allowing the victims to come close is not in conflict with building a new capital." Li Chao said.

Now the site selection of the new capital has basically ended, and the address of the new capital is in Dengzhou. It is the state city of Dengzhou, located in the center of the Nanyang Basin, on the south bank of the Turbulent River, and the Turbulent River finally joins the Han River. Dengzhou is in the center of the Nanyang Basin, in the north of Xiangyang.

Between Xiangcheng and Xiangyang, the distance between north and south is 200 miles.

The distance of two hundred miles is only two hours' drive behind, but it is still a long way at this time. As long as a defense is set up in the Xinye area in the middle of the two places, it is guaranteed that no disaster victims who built the new capital can run to Xiangyang.

Dengzhou south of Jing Mountain, back to bear ears, Wan Ye barrier to the left, Yungu arch to the right. According to the upper reaches of Jianghan, it is choked by Qin and Chu, fertile for thousands of miles, and the land is called land and sea.

The traffic is also very convenient, the Han River, Danshui, Xishui, Turbulent Water, Yushui, Blocked Water, Baihe River and so on are separated from the surrounding area.

There are Qinling Mountains in the west, Funiu Mountain in the north, Wudang Mountain and Jingshan Mountain in the south, and Dabie Mountain in the east.

It is located in the center of the Nanyang Basin, known as the Central Plains Tianfu, and the Hanjing was built here, which is just right.

"Matters such as immigration and buying grain will be handed over to the ministers of the imperial court, and the disaster victims will be recruited to build a new capital, and this matter will be handed over to you." Li Shimin said.

"The minister will live up to His Majesty's trust!" (To be continued.) )