Datang: Changle, I really don’t have any private money for my husband

Chapter 121 The last resort
Not long after, a group of ministers were summoned in the main hall.

They were all frowning, and looked at Li Shimin at the top from time to time. After seeing Li Shimin's face was not good-looking, they all fell silent one after another.

From this point of view, this crisis is serious, and it may even be time to have to withdraw troops.

Otherwise, no matter whether it is the emperor or the ministers, they will not all have a face.

"Everyone, have you heard the news?"

After the ministers came together, Li Shimin raised his head and looked at the ministers below.

All the ministers were silent, no one wanted to say this, and no one could bear the responsibility for such a defeat.

Wei Zheng, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, etc. were frowning, while Qin Shubao, Yuchi Jingde, and Cheng Yaojin were also unhappy.

They were overjoyed at first when they got the news of the first victory of the frontline army, but the next moment, the news that the food road was blocked came again.

What's worse is that even if the grain roads are dredged, there is not much food and grass that can be sent to the front line, and there is absolutely no shortage of food and grass for disaster relief in the back.

Therefore, there is a scene where civil servants sigh and military officials are aggrieved today.

Li Shimin knew what they were thinking, threw the memorial in his hand aside, looked around, and said:
"I called you here today, not to discuss whether to withdraw the troops, but to discuss how to solve the floods in Shandong and Henan!"

The ministers are silent, is there any difference between this and asking them for food?

There is no shortage of people in Datang, but the lack of food is the most important thing at the moment.

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling stood up with a wry smile, bowed and said:

"Your Majesty, there is not much food in the treasury of the Ministry of Households, and the supply to the frontline is still insufficient, let alone the flood relief in Shandong, Henan and Huainan Road."

Wei Zheng on the side seemed to be reminding, or simply wanted to tell Li Shimin, and he stood up and said:

"Your Majesty, millions of people in Shandong, Henan, and Huainan have been displaced. Among them, the granaries in various places have been damaged, the south road has been cut off, and the transportation time is too long. The food and grass needed for disaster relief needs at least 500 million shi!"

"Five million shi!" Fang Xuanling's eyes widened when he heard Wei Zheng's estimate, "If you sold me to the treasury, you wouldn't be able to get 500 million shi of grain and grass, and now there are only 500 million shi of usable grain left in the treasury!"

"It's really not possible, if you think about it again, you can always get 450 stones, right?" Wei Zheng took a step back.

"No!" Fang Xuanling rebuffed straight away, "Let's not talk about 450 shi, even the [-] shi in the national treasury still needs to be supplied to the front lines. If it is used for disaster relief, it will be even less."

Wei Zheng still wanted to fight for it, "This is possible."

Fang Xuanling smiled wryly and shook his head, "There really isn't one!"

Du Ruhui also stood up from the side, "Your Majesty, aside from Huainan Road, relying on the Grand Canal, it is easier to reach grain and grass, but Shandong Road has no granaries, and now it is even more critical!"

"Henan Road is not in a hurry?" Yuchi Jingde stood up, and the generals did not flinch at all from the fact that the side near Longyou was related to the front line.

The military generals only care about marching and fighting, and the civil servants need to be responsible for the logistics. They don't care, not to mention the fact that the frontline battles are winning steadily, and they can't be defeated because of the defeat in the rear.

They have nothing to say about reducing the supply of food and grass on the front line, but they can't bear it if they don't supply food and grass to the front line.

Du Ruhui had a headache, which involved too much, but he didn't want to persuade Li Shimin to withdraw his troops, so he hurriedly said:

"I didn't say that Henan Road is not in danger, but Shandong Road needs more food and grass!"

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Yuchi Jingde still wanted to refute, but Li Shimin, the leader, interrupted him, "Stop arguing!"

"If this quarrel continues, the two hundred shi of grain and grass in the treasury will not be more, and the floods on Henan Road, Shandong Road, and Huainan Road will not subside!"

"At the moment, the most important thing is how to raise enough food and grass. As for the withdrawal of troops from the front line, don't mention it again!"

Everyone bowed and agreed.

It has to be said that Li Shimin's Guanlong Group is united in one place, and they are indeed very united. No one dares to refute Li Shimin's words.

But relying solely on the strength of the Guanlong Group, they were still unable to defeat the natural disaster, and they were still powerless in the face of the flood.

Li Shimin is also very helpless now, it is about the national war, and it does not mean that a strong military force can win the war.

War is about logistics and national power. Once a war starts, it is very difficult to end it unless the enemy can be subdued or eliminated soon.

Even if Li Shimin wants to end the war now, the generals will never agree, and Li Shimin doesn't want to end the war so hastily, because that will undoubtedly make Datang worse.

But in the face of the current situation, even Li Shimin, who is Tian Khan, has no way to stop Tuyuhun from invading. Only by beating them out can Datang have a chance to breathe.

The ministers deliberated for a long time, and they came up with any method, even the method of collecting food and grass from the people, but after all, there was no feasible way to raise enough food in a short period of time.

Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling below, with earnestness in his eyes, and asked:
"Is there a way to increase the grain and grass in the national treasury to 400 million shi? The soldiers on the front line need food and grass, and Shandong and Henan Provinces also need food and grass!"

Fang Xuanling smiled wryly, gritted his teeth, raised his head and said:
"Your Majesty, there is really no way to gather so much food and grass in a short period of time. If the treasury spends more on these food and grass, there will be problems in Chang'an City."

"Weichen...Weichen can add another 50 stone at most. If not, Weichen really has no other way."

Although the increase of 50 shi seems to be a lot, it is simply a drop in the bucket for the current crisis in Datang.

The 250 million shi of food and grass is at most only used for the frontline army and to temporarily make up for the Henan Road, which means that the Shandong Road may have to be given up.

But this choice is simply impossible for Li Shimin.

It is impossible for him to give up Shandong Dao. If he really makes this choice, then he will be the emperor to the end.

Hearing this, Li Shimin felt a little depressed, and all the ministers failed to come up with an effective solution, which made him very disappointed.

In fact, he has a way in his heart, but that way is too provocative to his imperial power, and it will inevitably lead to a situation that cannot be lost later, and he has always been afraid of it.

But now the situation is extremely urgent, urgent news from the front line came one after another, and the situation is getting worse and worse.

In the end, he winked at Changsun Wuji, who sighed secretly, and stood up anyway:

"Your Majesty, I have a way, and that is to borrow food from the clan!"