Chapter 410    The eyes gathered in Shandong.

Daxing City, Imperial Study Room.

"Ha ha!"

"The General is really my blessing general. The locust plague in Shandong has been properly managed!" Yang Guang couldn't help laughing loudly as he looked at the letter coming from Shandong.

"Good thing, good thing!"

"I never expected that this Shandong locust plague did not require the court to supplement a trace of food!" Minister Yu Wenhua, Minister of Revenue, echoed.

Li Mu said in his letter that the food loss in Shandong is not serious, and the loss of the people is allocated some warehousing grain from the county governments in various places, which will be enough for the people to survive this disaster year.

In the Great Sui Dynasty, most of the warehousing grain was stored in several major granaries such as Xingluo Warehouse. In addition, a little emergency grain was also stored in the granaries of major prefectures and cities.

Although there is a lot of food in the Great Sui Dynasty, it is naturally better not to use the food in the major granaries.

Li Mu sent a letter to request an order to use the food from major prefectures and counties in Shandong to provide disaster relief. Then, taxes from major prefectures and counties in Shandong will be exempted from the second year next year. In this way, the number of counties in Shandong will be compensated.

"Yuwenqing, what do you think the general's plan?" Yang Guang asked Yu Wenhua and.

Yu Wenhe was the Minister of Revenue of the Ministry of Revenue of the Great Sui Dynasty. Whether it was the taxes or the transportation of grain and grass, it had to go through the hands of the Ministry of Revenue.

Although Yang Guang agreed with Li Mu's opinion in his heart, he was not willing to act arbitrarily and still wanted to seek Yu Wenji's opinions.

"Your Majesty, it would be great to release food and disaster relief from all over the country. If you travel thousands of miles from Huiluo Cang to transport grain, not to mention the time being, there are only a few prostitutes on the road."

"I think that since the general believes that the disaster victims in various places have little losses and that the food stored in the treasury in each county is enough to relieve the disaster, it is better for each county to provide disaster relief!" Yu Wen and the responded.

Sure enough, Yu Wenji's reaction was not as Yang Guang expected.

In ancient times, there were no trucks, cars, trains, etc. to transport grain. It was either transported by ship or by carriage.

Whether it is shipment or carriage transport, it takes a long time to say that there are soldiers on the road. What people eat and what horses swallow on the road are all counted in the food transported, and the food consumed on the road is called "drifting".

Moreover, the most important thing is that these floats do not have different distances, different time spent on the road, and different amounts of people and horses, and there is no fixed number of floats. Among them, the officials of all sizes and big and small are responsible for escorting will naturally have to make a fortune.

Therefore, after transporting a batch of grain to the destination, only 70% or 80% can be left.

Sometimes, sometimes when the transport officials cannot explain it, some stones will be mixed into the grain, and sand will be used as inferior products.

If you transport food and grass, you will inevitably have some drift. This kind of thing has almost become the unspoken rule of the Great Sui Dynasty.

However, under such circumstances, Li Mu was in charge of Shandong? If the food transported was 20% or 30%, could he give up? It would definitely be impossible.

Yu Wenji is not able to stop this kind of drift, and he is afraid that Li Mu will cause trouble for the Ministry of Revenue after such a thing happens. Therefore, Yu Wenji is now hoping that all counties in Shandong will go to provide disaster relief by themselves.

Disaster relief is fast-fried pork. If you lean on it, you have to get some oil. Therefore, Yu Wenshi chose not to lean on it.

If someone else is responsible for disaster relief, then it will be a pleasure for everyone to make a fortune together. However, now it is Li Mu's disaster relief. Whoever dares to stretch his claws will inevitably be in trouble.

"I hope you can know more about it, know what can be touched and what can't be touched!" Yu Wenshi muttered in his heart.

In previous years, everyone was able to save disaster relief, so everyone wanted to rely on disaster relief. These officials made a lot of money, and as for those who stayed with the people, they could barely have some porridge and not starved to death.

However, Li Mu's temper and culture know that he would never be greedy for these things, and the food for disaster relief will naturally be all in the hands of the people.

In this case, disaster relief becomes a fatal labour and becomes a labourer, and it is easily implicated. Therefore, Yu Wen and the one who have already recognized it has picked themselves out.

"Since Yuwen Aiqing also thinks that this is the case, then the Ministry of Revenue will submit a memorandum. After I approve it, I will send someone to the general!" Yang Guang ordered.

"I know!" Yu Wenhua and responded.

After Yu Wenhua and the Ministry of Revenue, he hurriedly submitted a memorial. After Yang Guang approved it, he immediately ordered someone to send it to Shandong.

At the same time, the locusts in the entire Shandong territory have been almost managed, and it is difficult for the whole situation to change the whole situation in groups of three or three.

However, you should know that although the locust plague has been cured, it has more or less affected the local people.

Compared with previous years, the average grain production cut in Shandong was about 30%. In each of the more serious disaster areas, the production cut was only 40% or 50%.

Li Mu had already done a preliminary survey on the grain stored in the treasury of various local governments.

This year, the people of Shandong are exempted from taxes, and then some of the grain will be allocated by the local government treasury and distributed to the people. In this way, the people can get as much food as in previous years. This year's disaster year will naturally be safely passed.

Then, after the bumper harvest next year, the people will pay taxes to the county government offices as usual, and then exempt the county government office from paying the court. In this way, the granaries of the treasurys in various places will be filled. This will help you deal with any out-of-time needs.

Li Mu's entire plan was quite good, and he also believed that Yang Guang could approve it. Therefore, after sending the letter, Li Mu was very calm in Lu County waiting for Yang Guang to send someone to reply.

The county government offices belong to the government affairs department, and the general Li Mu is a military officer. Therefore, if Li Mu wants to move the food from the county government offices in various places, in theory, he must first ask Yang Guang for instructions.

Although, most of the officials from Shandong were supported by Tang Bi, and Tang Bi was Li Mu's person. Li Mu wanted to move Shandong's food, but no one stopped him.

However, if the process should be taken is not removed, I am afraid that if the ministers of the aristocratic families will find out, they will catch Li Mu and bark again, and I am afraid that it will only add to the trouble.

In fact, at this time, the eyes of the aristocratic families were still staring at the Shandong territory. Because, according to the practice of previous years, whenever disaster relief occurs, all the officials involved in the disaster relief will be clean from top to bottom.

People from aristocratic families are watching. Once Shandong officials embezzle, they will inevitably impeach them as soon as possible.

At that time, they will collectively impeach the traitor Tang Bi, and they will see how Li Mu dealt with his own people.

In fact, Tang Bi was also worried at this time. He had been in Shandong for many years, and officials from all over Shandong had more or less related to him. Anyone who had any trouble would have lost it.
Chapter completed!