Chapter 411 Only the people of Guanzhong can be wronged...
"Master Hou, the prime minister is here!"
Ji Song, who was studying, heard the housekeeper coming to report and said without thinking: "No! Go and tell him that this matter is non-negotiable!"
Since Xie Lian came last time, people have been coming to act as lobbyists in the past few days.
But can this be agreed to?No way! If he agrees to this, Ji Song's reputation will be slightly damaged, but when the people no longer trust the court, that will be the beginning of disaster.
But after a while, Lao Zheng ran back again. When he saw the person behind Lao Zheng, he stood up hurriedly.
"I have met His Majesty, why didn't you inform me in advance so that I can prepare!"
The person who came was none other than Li Shimin, followed by Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui.
This is a bad comer!
After everyone sat down respectively, Li Shimin's eyes lit up after taking a sip of tea! “Good tea!”
Then he looked at Ji Song with contempt and said: "You are such a heartless thing. You don't know how to send some of such good tea to the palace, but you enjoy it alone at home. You are really unworthy of a human being!"
Ji Song still didn't speak. He knew what this group of people wanted to do. Anyway, I just stood still. What do you think you will do? Although you don't say anything, you still have the attitude you should have.
He smiled and said: "Well, it is indeed my fault. I will send some to the palace later. But I don't have much here. When the new tea comes next year, I will send more to you and the Supreme Emperor!"
"Ugh!"
Li Shimin sighed, as if he had something to hide.
Ji Song pretended not to notice and continued to drink tea, as if only tea could attract him! It’s embarrassing now, this guy doesn’t play by the rules!
But after all, he is not alone, there are a few 'praising' people beside him!
"Why are you sighing for your Majesty? If you are useful, you must do your best!"
"Yes, Your Majesty! As the saying goes, a king will humiliate his ministers to death. If you have any trouble, just say it. I'm waiting for you and I won't let you down no matter what!"
The comparison between Lao Fang and Lao Du is shameless, but why do you keep looking at me when you are talking?
Wei Zheng didn't say anything. He was brought here by force today.
Originally he would not agree to this, but now the court is really in a dilemma!
But Xue Yantuo and Tuyuhun in the west are like sticky plasters, which have always occupied part of the Tang Dynasty's energy. If they are not dealt with in time, they will always contain part of the Tang Dynasty's national power.
If this continues, the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty will never be able to let go and fight.
Therefore, at this moment when they are weak, give them a fatal blow and beat them to the point where they will never be able to stand up again.
Ji Song took a look and thought, yes, the bitter meat trick has been used, but can you fucking use some snacks?What does eating while talking mean? "Good Marquis, what can you do? Look how worried your Majesty is. As a minister, is there anyone like you?"
When Fang Xuanling saw that Ji Song didn't answer, he immediately became anxious and said angrily! In his opinion, young people are the most unreasonable to be provoked, and their hair will explode when provoked! But he looked at Ji Song wrongly. He had already lost that thing, but now it is as stable as an old dog!
By this time, Ji Song knew that he couldn't do it without saying anything.
If they were making insidious remarks just now, now they are going straight in! "His Majesty!"
First, he cupped his fists and saluted Li Shimin, and then said: "It's not that I don't want to worry about your father, but I really can't do anything about it!"
Just as Ji Song finished speaking, he was interrupted by Du Ruhui: "Then Mincang..."
"Don't even think about it..."
Before Lao Du finished speaking, Ji Song jumped up as if he was irritated!
Ji Song's performance shocked Lao Du, and he thought something had happened to him! "It's not that I, Ji Song, care about feathers. Those things are nothing to me. But have you ever thought about the consequences of doing this?"
"as a result of?"
Li Shimin stood up immediately and shouted: "I only know that if there is no food, my army will be hungry, we will not be able to defeat the enemy, and my people will also suffer from the poison of war."
He kicked Ji directly and scolded: "Is this what you want to see? Your father-in-law and I came to see you, and you even ignored us? You have grown up! I think you are just a white-eyed wolf."
"I made an order to borrow food from the people. You can't imagine it. Do you know that the imperial court's budget has already been allocated to the back of the budget? How can we reduce or reduce taxes?"
"If I don't get it by then, how will my face be saved? Where is the majesty of the imperial court? Ah?"
Ji Song was dumbfounded and said stupidly: "The year after...the year after?"
He pinched his flower teeth and felt dizzy. This damn thing was so militaristic!
If there is any major natural disaster or man-made disaster, will Datang survive?
"You are playing with fire, do you know? A slight accident will be a huge disaster, you... you..."
Ji Song sat on the ground in vain, he really didn't know what to say.
Du Ruhui looked defeated and said in a harsh voice: "Do you think we are thinking about it? If there is no other way, who the hell dares to make fun of the national destiny?"
"The land of Hebei is uninhabited for thousands of miles. Many villages have no men and cannot grow food. What should we do? We can only continue to supply them!"
"Shandong is also experiencing constant natural disasters. If Old Wei hadn't come to pacify them, there would have been wars all over the place!"
No one said anything now. Everyone looked at Ji Song after hearing this. It was up to him what to do!
"You can move the civilian warehouse if you want!" Ji Song suddenly said! "Seriously?" Li Shimin was overjoyed.
Ji Song said: "But the three provinces need to issue documents, otherwise you can rob or cheat. I don't care."
Li Shimin was stunned. He didn't expect Ji Song to propose such a condition? He didn't need the emperor to issue decrees, but he needed the three provinces to issue inventive documents. He couldn't help but look at Fang Xuanling and the others!
"impossible!"
"The old man agreed!"
Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling spoke out at the same time, but their opinions were completely different.
"Old Wei, you..."
Wei Zheng ignored Fang Xuanling's accusation and said: "I know that Mincang is a life-saving food for the people. If we have to, we will not take advantage of it!"
"Now these people still have life-saving food to resist natural disasters, but people in other places are already starving to death. As the rulers of the Tang Dynasty, this is our dereliction of duty!"
"But whichever is the lesser of the two harms each other, it will only wrong the people of Guanzhong."
Ji Song suddenly realized, yes, people in other places can't even eat, let alone collect taxes from them, so it's good to be able to protect themselves.
As the ruling class of the Tang Dynasty, we cannot only think about the life and death of the people in one place, but also take into account the people in other regions and learn from each other's strengths. This is the real situation where one side is in trouble and all directions support it!
Lao Fang stopped talking. For the sake of the people, it didn't matter if they got some bad names.
"Well, in that case, let's set a two-year period, but then we will have to reduce the tax by [-]% as compensation for the people!"
Li Shimin thought for a while and found that this was still within the acceptable range, so he nodded and agreed!
(End of this chapter)