Even if it is a natural disaster, as long as you make a plan in advance, you can greatly reduce the disaster.
Natural disasters are not the most terrible, the most terrible thing is that there is no prevention plan, once something happens, empty-handed, so the disaster is out of control, more and more serious.
Whether it is a drought or a locust plague, it will eventually turn into famine.
Droughts can lead to poor harvests and no harvests, and locust plagues will exacerbate the situation.
When the drought and locust plague destroy all the crops, then the greatest disaster begins.
The green and yellow are not received, the food is not connected, and the stomach is hungry.
To prevent next year's catastrophe, which may occur once in 30 years, the most effective solution for the imperial court is to prepare food in advance and transfer it to the disaster area.
But the easiest way is also the most difficult, such a large area of the disaster area, the number of people affected by the disaster will be extremely large, the food shortage is also huge, and the imperial court is unable to pull out so much food.
Especially in the Central Plains, in fact, it has always been a high-density area, even after the war, Henan, Hebei, Guanzhong, Hedong, Huainan and other places in the Central Plains are still the most densely populated areas.
Although the imperial court has implemented community warehouses and righteous warehouses in the local area in recent years, so that the people can not only hand over the imperial grain, but also distribute grain according to households, and establish granaries in the local areas for disaster relief.
But after all, after the war, in just a few years, where and how much grain was stored.
In the event of a catastrophe and famine, that little bit of food will not be able to do anything at all.
Li Shimin and the prime ministers have thought of many ways these days, but they still don't have a good way to deal with it, and they are mostly just tinkering.
From Bashu, from Longyou, from Shuofang, from Shannan, Lingnan, Jiangnan and other places to prepare for the transfer of grain, and to move the imperial court from Chang'an to Shannan, these methods can alleviate some of them, but they are not enough.
This time.
From Emperor Li Shimin to the prime ministers, everyone looked at Li Chao.
In my impression at home, every time Li Chao can always come up with some different methods, and it always works.
"Do extraordinary things in extraordinary times."
Li Chao crossed his fingers and sat there with a solemn expression.
"What does it mean to do something extraordinary" Zuo servant Xiao Yu asked, as soon as he heard Li Chao's extraordinary words, he felt his heart pounding, this is not a good word.
This word generally means to use forcible means.
And the court is strong, which is a sign of danger.
"First of all, the shecang and yicang in various places were immediately investigated and taken over by special personnel sent by the imperial court.
Yicang and Shecang grain inventory and registration, and then do a good job of filing.
After the registration of the local grain payment directory, after the disaster occurs, the Yicang and the community warehouse will distribute the grain as soon as possible, not to the amount of grain as the standard, all the disaster victims, regardless of the original grain payment more or less, and whether it is rich or poor, according to the population, the disaster relief grain, must rely on the house post, identity card, but also need to go to the food in person, receive the grain also according to the fingerprint registration, etc., and at a time to distribute up to three to seven days of food, can not be too much at a time. ” The community warehouse is the grain that the local government asks the local people to pay, generally a county is a community warehouse, and the grain people pay the grain according to the household, and the grain is stored in the warehouse, which is also managed by the local people themselves, and the grain is taken out for disaster relief in the disaster year.
Later, there was a Yicang, which was built in each township, and the villagers paid for grain and managed it by themselves, which was also used for disaster preparedness.
Now Li Chao proposed to send people from the imperial court to take over the grain.
The grain in the warehouse is still used for local relief, but the management and distribution have to be taken over by the people of the imperial court to ensure fair and timely relief.
"Second, if we close positions and step up grain collection, we can raise some prices, and we can collect as much as we can."
When several prime ministers heard these two articles, they felt that it was not too much.
However, Li Chao's third article made them all dumbfounded.
"Third, when special times are carried out, the imperial court has issued an edict that all grain merchants and grain shops must immediately register and report to the local government for registration, and report the type, quantity, and storage location of the stored grain to the government for registration, and all grain merchants and grain stores must sell half of the stored grain to the government at the market price for regular liquidation."
"Landlords with more than 100 acres of land in various localities should sell half of the excess grain to the government at market price if they have more than 100 stone of grain stored at home."
"Officials above the ninth rank and nobles with lords, in addition to the grain of twenty stone per capita in the family, also need to sell the excess to the government at the market price."
The coercive behavior of selling to the government at the market price mentioned by Li Chao is actually not unusual.
This official business practice, with a professional term, and buy.
It began to appear in the Qin Dynasty, and it was generally the government that purchased silk and linen and other commodities from the private sector to meet official and military needs.
Later, the types of silk and linen, articles, bricks and wood commodities increased, and even ceased to be fair trade, but began to be directly issued and purchased from the people.
If the people didn't have it, they had to buy it from the rich and merchants at a high price, and then sell it to the government at a low price, which actually became a way for the government to exploit the wealth of the people.
But normal and buying, but there are very few and buy grain.
Li Chao's third article is very fierce.
Directly to the grain merchants, landlords, bureaucrats and magnates who had grain, set a certain amount, more than the amount they owned, they had to sell half of it to the imperial court at an equal price.
For the imperial court, it was able to receive a large amount of grain at a low price and deploy it to the disaster area in advance to prevent disasters.
But for those who have food, this is just a food grab.
In the disaster year, the grain was expensive, but Li Chao had to collect their grain at a fair price.
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Xiao Yu shook his head, and Chen Shuda also inhaled, and the two servants did not agree with this radical method.
Stealing grain directly from the landlords, bureaucrats, and magnates must not provoke public anger "Your Majesty, the minister also said that this is just an extraordinary thing to do at an extraordinary time.
Next year will be a once-in-30-year catastrophe, involving several places in the Central Plains and millions of people.
At that time, if the government can't come up with food, and can't provide disaster relief and release food in time to appease the people, these hungry people will become bandits, thieves, hungry people, and do everything. ” Li Shimin frowned, how could he not know what Li Chao said, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, there were anti-people in the world, and most people were hungry people who couldn't eat.
And then there are those powerful and noble careerists of the world, who incite and guide, it is even more unbelievable.
However, Li Chao's method is indeed fierce.
"Wen Yuan, can we solve the food gap with this method?"
asked Li Shimin.
If it can be solved, then he is willing to take the risk.
If it doesn't work, then he'll have to think again.
"Also, Wen Yuan, are you willing to take out half of the grain stored in your family and hand it over to the imperial court to close the position," Li Shimin asked Li Chao.
"The minister is willing" Li Chao was not ambiguous, the food was indeed expensive, but it was only about half of it, and there was still half left to ensure his family's food.
Besides, in fact, for those landlords, under the condition of ensuring that they have food for themselves, they can take out half of the grain and sell it to the imperial court, and the imperial court will relieve the victims, which is also a good thing for them.
If you really don't pull out a dime, the court will have no food to help the victims, and the victims will be hungry, and you can't find these landlords to eat big households and the displaced people are in a hurry, but it doesn't matter whether you are a landlord or a bureaucrat, whether you are a local people or a big clan, the hungry people will become locusts when they are hungry and will sweep everything. t1706231537: