Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Facing the mountain of disaster memorials already piled up on his desk, Li Shimin was unable to complain at this time.

Looking at the veterans standing below, he spoke again and asked in a hoarse voice:

"So far, haven't we been able to calculate the damage, the number of deaths and the resettlement of the victims?"

Fang Xuanling, who was standing in the crowd, sighed softly and stood up: "Your Majesty, this frost disaster is truly unprecedented in a century. The main roads in various places are basically covered by heavy snow. If you want to open them up in a short time, you can only We can use the garrison from all over the place."

"But even if the defenders in various places clear the main roads, we do not have enough materials for disaster relief. We need to think of other countermeasures and mobilize materials as soon as possible."

After hearing Fang Xuanling's words, Li Shimin's eyes turned red, and he glared fiercely at Dai Zhou, who had just become acting minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and shouted: "How much food can the Ministry of Household Affairs spend for disaster relief now?"

Dai Zhou's body trembled for a moment, then he bowed and went out of the queue: "Your Majesty, you also know the situation in the Ministry of Household Affairs. You can spend up to 30 taels of silver for disaster relief. As for supplies, I really have no choice."

"You have the nerve to say 30 taels!!! Do you think I don't dare to kill you!!!"

Upon hearing Dai Zhou's words, Li Shimin was furious. He jumped up from the dragon chair and smashed the tea cup at Dai Zhou directly.

Dai Zhou didn't dare to move, his forehead caught the teacup Li Shimin threw at him, and blood flowed out.

When Du Ruhui saw this, he sighed softly and had no choice but to stand up and speak for Dai Zhou:

"Your Majesty, Mr. Dai is not to blame for this. Have you forgotten that you gave the order before, saying that this year's autumn grain will be collected soon, and ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs to send all the remaining money, grain and materials in the treasury to Mayi for the use of the frontline troops? .”

"And when the courtiers discussed the matter of frost disaster, your lords also felt that if there was a frost, it would be more likely to fall in the north, and the front line was about to start using troops against the Turks, and these winter supplies were needed more there, so we will All supplies have been delivered.”

After hearing Du Ruhui's words, Li Shimin instantly collapsed on the dragon chair as if struck by lightning.

He had forgotten that because he was eager to avenge the Weishui River, he transferred all available supplies to the front line.

Taking a deep breath, he glanced at Dai Zhou, whose forehead was full of blood, and said, "Aiqing, please get up. I wrongly blamed Aiqing. You should go and ask the imperial doctor to bandage it for you first."

After hearing Li Shimin's words, Dai Zhou bowed hurriedly, and then walked out with the support of two chamberlains.

Seeing Dai Zhou leaving, Li Shimin looked at the ministers below with a cold light in his eyes and asked: "Now, do you have any good ideas to solve this frost disaster?"

The already dull imperial study room fell silent again.

Changsun Wuji looked at the people around him who were all hunkering down like quails, snorted disdainfully, then stood up and said:

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten someone? This person predicted the coming frost disaster in advance, and even stocked up a large amount of supplies in advance. Whoever you are looking for now would be better off looking for him."

"The auxiliary machine is talking about Chu Mo's child?"

Li Shimin woke up instantly, stood up excitedly, walked back and forth several times, and suddenly sighed.

When the ministers heard Chu Mo's name, their eyes lit up. Although they knew that Changsun Wuji was plotting against Chu Mo, no one spoke up for Chu Mo.

Because everyone knows that Chu Mo is undoubtedly the one who has the most supplies in his hands now. Although it is unethical to plot against the opponent like this, which of these old foxes is a soft-hearted person?

Hearing Li Shimin's sigh, Changsun Wuji's eyes flashed with joy, and he immediately asked: "Your Majesty is worried about how to requisition Chu Mo's supplies?"

"As expected of an auxiliary machine, he really understands my thoughts. Yes, you all know that Chu Mo is an iron rooster. If he is asked to provide supplies for free to treat people, it is no different from eating his flesh or drinking his blood. The other party I definitely won’t agree to that.”

"Your Majesty, this matter is easy to handle. We don't need to come forward. We just need to spread the news that Chu Mo has a large amount of supplies and let the people know about it. Then someone will naturally come to the door."

As soon as Changsun Wuji heard Li Shimin's words, he immediately understood that His Majesty the Emperor did not want to offend Chu Mo himself, so he immediately gave advice.

After hearing Changsun Wuji's words, Li Shimin's eyes lit up, knowing that the other party wanted to use the hands of the common people to cause Chu Mo to bleed.

Immediately he felt happy, and he patted Changsun Wuji on the shoulder happily and said: "The auxiliary machine is still thinking clearly, then we will do as the auxiliary machine wants, spread the word, and say that more than [-]% of the supplies in the entire Chang'an City have been concentrated In Chu Mo’s hands, let’s see how he responds.”

Seeing that Li Shimin followed Changsun Wuji's words and put the disaster relief directly on Chu Mo, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at each other, then shook their heads slightly, feeling that the other party was going to kick the iron plate again this time.

But seeing that the two of them were having fun, and the idea came from Changsun Wuji, His Majesty the Emperor had already nodded in agreement. If he spoke out against it at this time, he would be offended.

The most important thing is that during this period, His Majesty was able to make some extra money from outside from time to time. After filling his own internal funds and national treasury, he no longer looked down on old ministers like them and acted without any scruples.

Unless you encounter something that is really difficult to choose or cannot make a decision, you will ask them to make suggestions, and you will never listen to their opinions on weekdays.

Thinking of this, several people sighed and asked His Majesty and others to kick the iron plate, so as not to blame them for being troublesome.

Since the heavy snowfall, Chu Mo has been sleeping in the sky, holding a small heater and never leaving the door to prepare for hibernation.

As for the situation outside, he would ask his subordinates from time to time.

When he learned that the heavy snow outside had stopped and that Li Shimin had sent out the Imperial Army to clear the roads and actively rescue the victims, most of the stones in his heart had already fallen.

I thought that although His Majesty the Emperor did not follow his own advice and prevent frost disasters in advance, he could still do a good job in rescuing the victims.

However, what he didn't know was that although Li Shimin sent the Forbidden Army to rescue the victims, he did not release much materials to relieve the victims.

Prices in the city, especially food, have skyrocketed, approaching prices during the drought.

Since the severe drought in Guanzhong had just passed, and the frost disaster had caused no crops to be harvested in the fields, the two disasters came one after another. Any businessman with a little bit of brains knew that the key to the survival of the people depended on food.

As a result, all the grain merchants seemed to have negotiated and raised the price of grain to the highest level at the same time.