Honglouchun

Since the sixth year of Jingchu, the imperial court moved the people from Huguang to fill in Sichuan. Over the past 30 years, the number of people in Sichuan has exceeded 500 million.Counting the servants, hidden Dingkou and foreign people, even if it is less than ten million, it is not far behind.It took a lot of effort to recover most of the vitality, and if there was another severe drought like the Zhengren period of the previous dynasty, the consequences would be unimaginable...

The governor of Sichuan wrote to the imperial court that the price of rice in Sichuan and Sichuan has risen by [-]%, and it is still rising..."

Han Cong, the official censor, said in a deep voice: "Yuanfu, there are tens of millions of people in Shandong, and even more people in Henan. These two provinces also suffer from drought. Why does Yuanfu focus on Sichuan? Is it because of the difficulty of the Shu road?"

Han Bin nodded slowly, and said in a deep voice: "The difficulty of the road to Shu is that it is difficult to go to the blue sky. Although since the Tang Dynasty, the Baoxie Road is the only post road in the northern section of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Post Road, and it is no longer called the Baoxie Road. The proper name of Yunzhan, and the plank road was changed to the road, and the dangerous plank road was replaced by the road. However, the road to Shu is still difficult. Sending a stone of rice to Shu will consume more than half of it on the road. There is another The difficulty is that even the imperial court can't divide the surplus food..."

Li Han frowned and said, "Yuanfu, you have copied so many rebels earlier, the household department should not be short of money..."

Seeing that Lin Ruhai had no intention of opening his mouth, Han Bin shook his head and said, "I don't have much money now, and it's hard to sell houses, furniture and fields for a while. Besides, even if you have money now, where do you go to buy food?"

"Jia Qiang's sea food..."

Zuo Xiang hesitated, but did not finish.

Han Bin said: "Even though Jia Qiang has three heads and six arms, and the energy is constantly transporting sea food, there are countless people affected by the disaster this year. Is it possible to rely on only one young man? It's unreasonable!"

Saying that, even this half-mountain man who is famous all over the world feels a little powerless in his heart.

They are not afraid of the enemy, no matter how powerful the opponent is, he has a way to deal with it slowly and defeat it.

But regarding changes in the celestial phenomena, natural disasters, or natural disasters year after year...

How can he save the sky?

However, in the end, it was the Zaifu who had been honed and trained for decades. After a little downfall, Han Bin cheered up again, and said to Emperor Long'an: "Your Majesty, Mr. Lin predicted last year that there will probably be one in 60 years. A round of natural disasters. Now it seems that this is indeed the case. Since the court has long expected it, let it go and try its best to rescue the disaster! Even if the pace of the New Deal will be postponed for one to two years, it is not a problem. As long as it can Guarantee the livelihood of the people as much as possible, and never let the tragedy of Yizi cannibalism happen in the Long'an Dynasty, and it is worth delaying for a year or two! Isn't the new policy just to let billions of people live and work in peace and contentment?"

After a long breath, Emperor Long'an said, "What Yuan Fu said is very close to my heart. But, I don't know how to do it... Lin Aiqing, what do you think?"

Lin Ruhai has been silent all this time, and at this moment when he was called, he bowed and said slowly: "Your Majesty, I am recalling how the Sichuan and Sichuan tragedy happened during the Zhengren Dynasty, how could so many people die..."

Emperor Long'an said "Oh" and asked, "Can Ai Qing get anything?"

Lin Ruhai nodded and said: "I think that the severe drought in the middle of Sichuan is a change in the sky, which will certainly cause great disasters. However, the land of Shu is known as the land of abundance. Even if there is a disaster this year, it should never be to the point where there is no rice to eat. Therefore, the disaster in Sichuan this year is the disaster of people!"

As soon as this remark came out, the expressions of the monarchs and ministers in the palace changed.

They are all experienced in politics, how could they not understand what Lin Ruhai meant?

Han Bin turned around, looked at Lin Ruhai with sharp eyes, and said, "Ruhai, what do you mean, Sichuan and Shu not only cannot suspend the New Deal, but also vigorously promote it to eliminate human disasters?"

Lin Ruhai nodded and said, "If that's not the case, the difficulties of millions of people in Sichuan and Sichuan cannot be solved."

Is there no food in Sichuan?

how is this possible……

That is the land of abundance!

In whose hands is the food?

Among the gentry, among the wealthy rice merchants!

Zhang Gu reminded: "Mr. Lin, this is a risk to the world."

This has nothing to do with the New Deal...

This is fundamentally robbing the rich and helping the poor, but in this way, the gentry in the world still don't fry the pot?

At that time, the imperial court is bound to be condemned by thousands of people.

This year's military cabinet ministers, perhaps, will bear the reputation of "Long'an Six Thieves"...

The key is……

Li Han frowned and said, "If you do this forcefully, Sichuan may cause chaos. Most of the generals in Sichuan's army are Shu generals, and most of the soldiers are from Shu."

Lin Ruhai glanced at Li Han and said, "Then transfer troops first and change generals."

Han Bin suddenly started to pace up and down in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and walked faster and faster. After walking back and forth a dozen times, he looked at Emperor Long'an and said, "Your Majesty, it's possible!"

Emperor Long'an narrowed his eyes, looked at Han Bin and Lin Ruhai, and said, "What the hell should I do... Lin Aiqing, sit down quickly! Xiong Zhida, send the imperial physician!!"

Before he finished speaking, seeing Lin Ruhai's frighteningly pale face, he was taken aback, stood up hurriedly, and ordered repeatedly.

Han Bin and others were also taken aback, and hurriedly supported Lin Ruhai to sit down. Seeing that his clothes were wet with cold sweat, Han Bin immediately said angrily: "I'm not feeling well, so I should have said it earlier! If you really insisted that something happened, wouldn't it be Joking?"

Emperor Long'an also hurriedly walked out of the imperial case, stepped forward to look at Lin Ruhai, who had a face like gold paper, widened his eyes nervously, turned around and scolded sharply: "Where is the imperial physician?"

Zhang Gu poured a cup of hot tea at the side and said, "Master Lin, hurry up and have some hot tea..."

After Lin Ruhai took a bite, he seemed to have regained some energy, and said to Emperor Long'an, "Your Majesty, I'm fine..."

Emperor Long'an was both distressed and annoyed, and said in a deep voice: "Love Qing, it is for the sake of me and the country, so you should take care of yourself!"

After Lin Ruhai thanked you with a strong smile, he said: "Your Majesty, Yuanfu, first change the generals in Sichuan, and then transfer the troops. After that, order the embroidered clothes guards and the officials of the household department to go to Shu, pass the imperial decree, store grain and gamble rice, Manipulating the price of rice to make the country rich, and treason and other crimes! You have to kill a batch and copy a batch. All the grain you get is used...for cheap food..."

"Okay, okay, can this old man not be able to do these things? Ruhai, you!!"

After hearing Lin Ruhai's words, Han Bin was greatly moved, and interrupted immediately before he could finish speaking.

Lin Ruhai said that these things are well-known, and if it comes from his mouth, he will bear most of the responsibility for this policy. If something goes wrong, he will be responsible.

Moreover, the infamy caused by this incident also made him recite most of it by himself.

Such a responsibility, such a mind, how can everyone not be admired and moved?

At this time, the imperial doctor on duty in the palace rushed over, and after a while, he came to a conclusion: "Master Lin is really too tired, and he is over-prepared, so you can't do it! If you continue to suffer, you will run out of fuel..."

Lin Ruhai shook his head and said, "The emperor and all the adults are much busier than me...it's irrelevant."

Emperor Long'an's eyes were slightly red, and he said in a deep voice that he could not refuse: "My lords and I are more than three times stronger than you! Aiqing, I will leave with you for ten days and go back to rest. If something really happens, I will send a middle official to go Ask you. The days are still long, and now you are exhausted and exhausted, what should you do in the future?"

Han Bin, Han Cong and others also nodded in agreement. Han Bin said: "With the method you gave, most of Sichuan's difficulties can be solved. Although there will be some future troubles, compared with the millions of people in Sichuan, it is not enough. And this method may not be impossible to use in other provinces."

Lin Ruhai exhorted weakly: "But there is one thing that we must not let down our vigilance, and that is to guard against the officials below, who will take advantage of the opportunity to do evil, search and extort the good and the innocent. If you are willing to sell it, if you don’t raise the price of rice too high, then...just..."

Seeing that he was about to lose his voice, Han Cong, the official censor, hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Prime Minister Lin, I will personally monitor this matter and send various censors to Sichuan to investigate secretly."

Lin Ruhai wanted to say something, but Emperor Long'an waved his hand and said: "Needless to say, since you are overworked, Aiqing should go home and rest immediately. Besides, the day after tomorrow is the day when Aiqing's only daughter will leave the cabinet, so she should go back to make arrangements ...Shall I send some servants to help you?"

Lin Ruhai was powerless to thank him, and the middle official carried him out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation and sent him out of the palace to Buzhengfang.

After Lin Ruhai left, Emperor Long'an returned to the throne, and said with emotion: "If all the ministers in the world are like Lin Aiqing, who are loyal to the country and share the worries for the king, but never seek their own, then why worry about the failure of the New Deal? Why worry about the prosperity not coming?"

No one said much about this praise, Lin Ruhai really deserves such praise for being able to do this.

It's just that Sichuan made a move...