The reason why he didn't play was because he couldn't think of a solution. Just ask questions, and when the time comes, Emperor Jiajing will ask you, how to solve it?

But you can't answer, aren't you waiting for Emperor Jiajing to reprimand?

However, he didn't expect Xu Jie to expose these problems in front of Emperor Jiajing today, he glanced at Xu Jie suspiciously, and said secretly in his heart:

"Could it be that Xu Jie has a solution to the problem?"

"What do you see? Say it. Emperor Jiajing's voice became sharp.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Gao Gong swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said: "Now the four southern provinces that have not been affected by the disaster are better, and their grain is enough to eat until the autumn harvest." However, the three provinces that were affected by the disaster can now only count on the court to provide disaster relief. And the food provided by the court for disaster relief can only last for a month.

The two provinces in the north that were not affected by the disaster were able to eat the grain until the autumn harvest, but the four provinces that were affected by the disaster also counted on the relief of the court, which could only last for a month. The food in the capital can last for three months. ”

Emperor Jiajing's voice softened slightly: "Since there are still four provinces in the south and two provinces in the north that have not been affected, then there is grain in their granaries, and those big families should also have grain, and the court can use money to buy it." ”

Gao Gong shook his head and said, "There is not much food in the official warehouse. ”

"Where's the food?"

"It's all been allocated to the stricken provinces and to the army that suppresses the bandits. Moreover, the food that should be stationed in the north and south this year has not yet been found. ”

Emperor Jiajing's face sank like water: "In other words, there is only one month's grain in the entire Ming Dynasty?" ”

Gao Gong pondered for a moment and said: "There are three months of grain in the capital, and the capital is generally pressed for three months, and another three months of grain will be shipped next month. However, I am afraid that no food has been delivered now. The two provinces in the north that were not affected by the disaster really have no surplus food. Originally, the grain harvest in the north was not as good as in the south. Moreover, this time there were four provinces in the north and only three in the south. Two provinces are already stretched thin to supply food for four provinces. The two northern provinces really can't get a single grain anymore. If we had to snatch food from the north, there would be food shortages in the two provinces that had not been affected by the disaster.

However, once those two northern provinces did not provide food. Displaced people from the other four provinces will flood into those two provinces. When the time comes, the north will be in ruins.

In the south, there are four provinces that have not been affected, but a large amount of food has been transferred from them to help those three provinces. There shouldn't be much food left in the official warehouse. If you want to provide disaster relief, you have to buy food from large households. However, I don't know if those big ones will sell it, and at what price. Once the negotiation is not appropriate, a large number of displaced people will appear, and then the formation of rogues. Overall, we have to solve the food problem within a month, otherwise we ......"

Gao Gong couldn't go on.

"Smack!" Emperor Jiajing slapped the table and said, "Since you two know that the problem is so serious, why don't you report it." ”

"This ...... It was also a report sent from all over the world just the day before yesterday. ”

Emperor Jiajing snorted and gasped a few times and said, "What can you do?" ”

Gao Gong shook his head and said: "The reason why the minister didn't play is that he has been thinking of a way, but he hasn't come up with it." ”

Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Jiedao: "What about you?" Now that you're playing, don't tell me, you haven't figured it out. ”

"There's a way." Xu Jie said softly.

Emperor Jiajing's eyes lit up and said, "Say it quickly." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Xu Jie said in a condensed voice: "Now the disaster is inevitable. The six northern provinces are already out of grain, and the four southern provinces, even if those big households take out all the grain, they can't be able to take out the six northern provinces and the three southern provinces. Therefore, civil unrest is inevitable. ”

Emperor Jiajing's face became very ugly, staring at Xu Jie, and said coldly: "In other words, in a month, the Ming Dynasty will be all over the place, and beacons will be everywhere?" ”

"Yes!" Xu Jie nodded.

"In the six northern provinces of the Ming Dynasty, there will be four provinces without food, and they will be flooded all over the other two provinces, robbing the other two provinces, so that the other two provinces will also become without food, and then the six provinces will rush to the capital?"

"Yes!" Xu Jie nodded stiffly.

"Will the rogues of the three northern provinces storm the four provinces in the south that have not been affected by the disaster, and burn and loot those four provinces?"

"Yes!" Xu Jie nodded again.

"That'...... Is it still a rogue? ”

Emperor Jiajing's heart was in turmoil, and just thinking about that scene, he could imagine the chaotic scene at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, when Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of their old Zhu family, fought the world. It is all rebels, and the old Zhu family's country may be over. Suddenly, Emperor Jiajing reacted, and looked at Xu Jiedao urgently:

"Didn't you just say there was a way? What can be done to solve today's food shortage? ”

"There is no way to solve the food shortage." Xu Jie shook his head and said.

"Smack!" Emperor Jiajing patted the imperial book case, and said with a dark face: "Xu Jie, you dare to tease me." ”

"Don't dare!" Xu Jie hurriedly bowed down and said, "Please listen to your majesty." ”

"Speak!" Jiajing Emperor Annai held back his anger.

"Your Majesty, the food shortage is a natural disaster, and no one can solve it. All we can solve is what happens after the food shortage. As His Majesty said just now, a month later, the Ming Dynasty will be full of phoenix fires and chaos in the world. If there is a mutiny in the army, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty will be turbulent. Therefore, at this time, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty cannot be chaotic, and the military cannot be chaotic. ”

"What do you mean?" Gao Gong seemed to realize something, and looked at Xu Jie with some shock.

"Your Majesty!" Xu Jie didn't pay attention to Gao Gong at all, looked at Emperor Jiajing and said: "Let Luo Xin stop the disaster relief, collect the food for disaster relief, and leave it for the military." Then he ordered Luo Xin to collect grain for the imperial court and ensure the grain and grass of the military. Your Majesty, as long as the military has food to eat, they will not be chaotic. And the imperial court has the military, so it can suppress bandits. What if it's all over the place? Just let the military kill. ”

Xu Jie...... You are a traitor......" Gao Gong was so angry that he stretched out his finger and pointed at Xu Jie, and scolded: "Do you want to kill all the people of Daming?" ”

"They are not the people, they are thieves. If you don't kill them, will you let them enter the imperial city? ”

"You, you...... You ......" Gao Gong trembled angrily: "While you don't provide disaster relief, you ask Luo Xin to collect grain, saying that it is collecting, that is, robbing, snatching food from the mouths of the people." You are the official coercion and the people are rebelling. ”

"Nonsense." Xu Jie said angrily: "Did I force this natural disaster? I just want to protect the country. If you have a way, I apologize to you. Do you think I want to? As long as the imperial court is there, the disaster of the Ming Dynasty is still under control. If the imperial court is gone, it will be a real disaster. At that time, the world was full of fires, and it was the real people's livelihood. ”

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