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Chapter 442: Your Majesty, the people live on fish

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    Nuan Pavilion, Emperor Hongzhi is a little tired.

    But the discussion continues.

    This time it was hosted by Li Dongyang, a bachelor of the cabinet and minister of household affairs.

    Although it is said that the post of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is held concurrently by a bachelor, in fact, Li Dongyang has very little control over the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue.

    But when encountering such a big event, it must be Li Dongyang.

    Li Dongyang's face was solemn, and he cursed the eighteenth generation of Fang Jifan's ancestors in his heart. If it weren't for this guy and those guys who prepared Japanese guards, why would we be here today.

    In addition to Liu Jian and Xie Qian, there were also personnel from various ministries present at the meeting. Ma Wensheng had a frown on his face. Li Dongyang couldn't scold Fang Jifan, or in other words, even if you pointed at someone's nose and scolded him, so what?  You eat and sleep when you should, but you don¡¯t lose a pound of meat, so why can¡¯t I scold you, Ma Wensheng?

    Recently, Ma Wensheng has become more and more the target of public criticism.

    Almost everyone pointed the finger at Ma Wensheng.

    Among the various ministries, who wastes the most money and food is the Ministry of War!

    Who is the least effective at doing things is the Ministry of War!

    Ma Wensheng lowered his head, it was a bad year.

    But it doesn¡¯t matter, the transfer will happen soon, so hold on!

    At this time, Liu Zhang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was livid. He was a local official. He went from the magistrate of Gaomi County in Shandong to the censor of Fujian Province. After that, he rose to the rank of Qianshi of Shandong, deputy envoy of Sichuan in Shanxi, chief envoy of Shanxi inspector, and right deputy governor.  The governor of Gansu Province, etc., and most importantly, he was from Wei Hui. In the past, he mostly served in local places. His local accent has not changed, and his temper has become famous: "Go to the ball! How much food have been wasted by the turtles and grandchildren. Now, Ningbo Hefu  There is a shortage of food, and the whole house is in dire straits. The clothes are in rags, the food is not enough, people eat each other, and their lives are like grass and grass. If the turtles and grandchildren waste the money and food, why is it like this? Why is it like this!"

    Wei Hui belongs to Henan, which is an important granary in the north. It has a large population and little land, so when it comes to food, Liu Zhang feels very distressed.

    Of course, this is obviously aimed at Ma Wensheng.

    Who is the one who wasted money and food? Isn¡¯t it your Ministry of War?  Nowadays, almost all the money and food of the imperial court are supplied to the Ministry of War. Other ministries, especially the Ministry of Industry, have less and less money and food. Who can I blame if I don't scold you?

    Ma Wensheng lowered his head and remained silent, looking like he was doing nothing.

    Li Dongyang said worriedly: "If we need to urgently transfer grain from Fujian, although the Fujian Chief Envoy is not far from Ningbo, there are many mountains. It won't take a month to get the grain. But the Zhejiang Chief Envoy has already arrived  The remaining grain in the warehouse has already been escorted to the capital. The Jiangxi Chief Envoy still has a Taiping warehouse that is full, but water from far away cannot save the fire nearby. The grain sent to the imperial court for relief is still on the road of water transportation.  The boats have set off, but they won¡¯t arrive in ten days and a half. Tinggui, I know you are impatient, but everyone here is impatient, okay, no need to scold me.¡±

    Tinggui was Liu Zhang's name. Liu Zhang said: "Ten days and a half month is not a solution. Even if the food reaches Ningbo Mansion, when Ningbo Mansion starts to provide relief, a few more days will pass. During this half month, what will happen if people don't have food?"  ?¡±

    Liu Jian and Xie Qian sat aside, silent.

    Li Dongyang began to scratch his head, thinking about food. It was terrible. There was no food for half a month, and Ningbo was a big government. It involved the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people. This was really fatal.

    "It's just that a clever woman can't make a living without rice, so what can he do?"

    "If we can transfer money and food from Fujian to Ningbo by sea ship"

    When he said this, he shook his head again, not to mention that although the Fujian Chief Envoy had sea ships, in the hands of the Fujian Beiwa Guards, what was the use of such pitiful sea ships?  There are too many reefs nearby. If something goes wrong, the ship will be destroyed and people will die. But once it deviates from the land, those dilapidated small ships cannot withstand the wind and waves at all

    Everyone fell silent again.

    Emperor Hongzhi looked anxious. He leaned on the cushions and remained silent. He suddenly said: "There are 93,000 households in the yellow list of Ningbo Mansion?"

    Everyone looked at His Majesty, and Li Dongyang said: "Yes."

    Emperor Hongzhi said: "If we add in the hermits and runaways, there will probably be 150,000 households, right?"

    Emperor Hongzhi seemed to be understatement.

    The problem of hidden households and escaped households has always been a stubborn problem. Many large families deliberately conceal their population in order not to pay taxes. This is a hidden household.  As for household escaping, it is probably a spontaneous behavior of the people at the bottom who cannot bear the tax.

    "One hundred and fifty thousand households means six to seven hundred thousand people." Emperor Hongzhi said, "At least??However, we are so far away, I'm afraid"

    Emperor Hongzhi looked at the memorial and felt very disappointed. He actually felt a little hungry.

    Eateat fish

    The victims are all eating fish

    Emperor Hongzhi actually didn¡¯t know.

    In later generations, during a certain period of hard times, many people in the south of the Yangtze River were called upon to eat large yellow croaker to reduce the country's food consumption. This large yellow croaker was called a patriotic fish. If they were patriotic, they would eat it. The coastal people  , their patriotic sentiments were high, and they ate this fish to the point where they felt like vomiting.

    And now

    It seems

    Emperor Hongzhi slowly put down the memorial and glanced at the princes.

    "The Daming Sea has been closed for 120 years. How do fishermen fish?"

    Fightingfightingfishing

    Xie Qian is from Zhejiang, so he is familiar with this: "There are fish in rivers and lakes"

    Emperor Hongzhi shook his head: "I'm not talking about rivers and lakes, but the sea. I'm talking about fishing in the sea. Sir, can you see such a record?" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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