457, Treat Natural Disasters and Man-Made Disasters (Please Order the Full Version)

The 2-foot-3-inch rainfall in Guanzhong led to a severe drought in Guanzhong. The severe drought in Guanzhong did not kill people, but the resulting reduction in grain production would starve people to death. So if you want to accomplish this meritorious deed, you can start with the rain-praying technique, or you can start with solving the food crisis.

And solving the food crisis..., there are many ways.

It does not necessarily require magic.

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After April, no one noticed that this year's spring rains became sparse, and some small water veins gradually dried up. Only the fertile fields irrigated by the river were spared, while the dry land on the plateau slopes was seriously lacking water. From April to May, there were only three rains, and the total rain ended in less than one hour.

"We can only look at May. If there is no rain in May, this year will definitely be a disaster year. In previous years, there will be locust plagues in severe droughts..."

In the Hanyuan Hall, the ministers discussed.

Since Li Shimin ascended the throne, he has worked hard to govern the country, and he is wise and loves the people. The ministers in the government hall are not simple. Fang Mou Du Duan is needless to say. Zhang Sun Wuji, Wei Zheng and others are all capable ministers.

Therefore, as soon as there are seeds of drought in Guanzhong, they will be discovered by these wise ministers, and preventive measures will be prepared.

It is not a fantasy to know that there will be a drought. For example, there is a farmer's proverb that says: "North wind blows during Grain in Ear, and drought will occur.", "Wind is cold for half a winter on the winter solstice, no rain for a week on the winter solstice, and frost on the winter solstice will lead to drought next year."

"Guanzhong is a granary. Although grain can be transferred from Bashu, Yuzhou, Jiangnan and other places. However, reports from various places show that not only Guanzhong has reduced production this year, but other places are also not optimistic. Moreover, the cost of transferring grain from various places must be a lot..."

Fang Xuanling said worriedly.

Guanzhong is a granary. Qin, Han, Zhou and Sui all relied on it to unify the world. But after unification, Chang'an, as the capital, not only supported a large number of royal family members and the powerful class, but also had a large number of slaves, servants, guards, etc. serving the powerful class, not to mention the people and merchants living near Chang'an. The heavy troops in the north and south yamen of Chang'an alone were not a small number.

Therefore, the emperor often went to Luoyi to seek food in a disaster year to alleviate the food pressure in Guanzhong.

The severe drought in Guanzhong was definitely a difficult problem for the central government of the Tang Dynasty.

"Order the officials of the court to submit memorials..."

"Discuss this drought."

Li Shimin, who was sitting on the dragon chair, frowned and said in a deep voice when he heard these words.

Listening to one side leads to darkness, listening to both sides leads to enlightenment.

This is what he has always insisted on doing.

Every once in a while, he would ask the officials in the court to submit memorials to discuss politics. Not only to solve government affairs, but also to select talented officials.

"Your Majesty is wise."

The ministers fell silent and saluted.

As the Left Picker of the Ministry of Personnel and a close minister of the emperor, Bai Gui naturally had the obligation to submit memorials.

Droughts have been dealt with in later generations with relatively complete methods.

He only needed to select and copy them and submit them.

Although this is not as powerful as the rain-praying technique, natural disasters are often accompanied by man-made disasters. According to the methods of dealing with droughts in later generations, the losses can be minimized. And this is also the most important thing for a minister to do.

Advanced management experience is a kind of science, and it will never be outdated.

And by completing this, Bai Gui can be remembered in history and write a book.

Droughts are severe, but if the water used for plant irrigation is used according to traditional agriculture, the water lost by plants under transpiration is about 90% of the water absorbed by the roots.

In feudal society, although it is not as high as the use of drip irrigation technology in a desert country in later generations. But it is also feasible to save some food and reduce production losses.

The operation is very simple, and it can be done by using the knowledge of collecting dew in the desert.

This is just one method mentioned by Bai Gui in the memorial.

Since part of the grain has been saved, the production will not be reduced too much. Then the second thing is to try to reduce the number of people who starved to death due to drought, so this can be done from the food ration...

Multiple methods, several approaches. Even if there is a severe drought in Guanzhong this year, the number of people who starved to death will definitely be much less than in previous years.

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Late at night.

Li Shimin read the piled-up memorials until late at night.

"Pedant, pedant!"

"What's 'If Henei is in danger, move the people to Hedong. If Henei is in danger, the same applies.' King Hui of Wei only has a corner of Wei State, and cannot get the whole territory of Yuzhou. It is okay to use this small country with few people. But the great Tang Dynasty is a great country. There is a severe drought in Guanzhong. How can we move people to other places for food?"

"This is a way to cause chaos."

He threw a memorial to the ground angrily and cursed.

Study hard, this is studying hard.

It seems reasonable, but for the country, this kind of behavior will cause more terrible disasters than natural disasters. If the people are out of control, it is like a wild horse running away from its reins. Once someone incites them, it will be a large-scale rebellion.

Even if the people are as obedient as sheep, they will not leave their homeland until the last step. Once they leave, it is equivalent to the wealth accumulated by their ancestors disappearing in an instant.

This is different from the rich and powerful seeking food elsewhere.

"Widely accept other opinions, isn't this what your majesty often says? This method is not feasible, but your majesty should not be angry about it. If the memorials in the court are not such scholarly sentiments, but are all the same, then it will be your turn to worry..."

"Now there is this memorial, which shows that your majesty is good at governing the country."

A noble lady walked into the hall, picked up the memorial, put it in the pile of memorials that had been reviewed on the desk, and then walked behind Li Shimin, rubbed his shoulders, and said softly.

Li Shimin was still angry, but after hearing this, his anger suddenly disappeared and he felt much better. "Guanyinbi, you are right. If all the memorials in the court are the same, it will be my turn to worry."

Guanyinbi is the nickname of Empress Changsun.

He continued to review the memorials tirelessly.

"Huh? This memorial?"

Li Shimin concentrated on a memorial, repeatedly pondering the meaning of the memorial word by word.

Occasionally, when he was excited, he would slap his thigh and say "good words".

As the empress, Empress Changsun knew the harm of the harem interfering in politics, but this time she was also attracted by Li Shimin's demeanor. She walked around, took a closer look, and whispered: "All methods of dealing with disasters are nothing more than avoiding natural disasters and dealing with man-made disasters. I dare not speak nonsense about natural disasters. The most human disaster is..., although it is necessary to rely on the benefits of nature to manage the seedlings of crops, it can also be done by man, collecting the rain and dew that evaporates in the morning and irrigating them again..."

"One stone of grain can feed a hundred men for a month for a good general. A mediocre general can only provide half of the amount. To reduce disasters and save the people, the use of food rations should not make the people eat all the food. When saving the people, the grain in the charity warehouse should also be the same..."

The strategies for dealing with droughts were listed in the memorial.

The structure is clear and not empty.

Li Shimin read the memorial of thousands of words one by one until he saw the end, and he was still not satisfied.

"The memorial of Bai Gui, the left picker of the Ministry of Menxia."

He read it over and over again.

"This boy is not simple. This memorial should be ranked first among all the ministers in the court."

After a moment, he read it again and said to Empress Changsun.

"I am also very happy to see this memorial."

After that, Empress Changsun walked down from the steps, walked into the hall, put on her palace clothes, bowed to Li Shimin, and said with a smile: "I congratulate your majesty for getting another prime minister."

"Queen, you are right."

"This boy... is a prime minister."

Li Shimin stroked his beard and laughed.

This memorial is like timely rain for the current Tang Dynasty. At the same time, Bai Gui's display of such talent is a happy event for the future Tang Dynasty.