"Actually, I have another suggestion!"

Li looked at Li Shimin and said a little hesitantly.??

"But it's okay."

"This summer, the harvest in various places is pretty good, which is a bumper year. However, according to the current situation, this fall, it is estimated that the harvest in many places will be difficult to maintain. Not to mention that there is no grain harvest, but at least it will be greatly affected and the yield will be reduced a lot."

What Li Xiang said was to advise Li Shimin to take advantage of the situation now and move now. Don’t be like the two emperors of the Sui Dynasty before. After the disaster, they were too late to let go and had no food in Guanzhong. They could only hurry to take the palace and court officials and soldiers in the capital to Luoyang to eat. They also had to bring countless Guanzhong people with them, which was like fleeing famine.

"Your Majesty, Guanzhong has a large area of ​​narrow and large populations, and the food is limited. It is impossible to satisfy itself in a normal year, let alone in a major disaster. If Your Majesty temporarily goes out to patrol Shannan, at least ten to 200,000 people can be taken away. Guanzhong reduces the food supply to so many people, and the food needs will be reduced a lot."

Zuo Pushe Xiao Yu couldn't help but interrupt, "But Hanjing hasn't even chosen the address yet. Your Majesty went to Shannan, where are you living? Where are you living in more than 100,000 or 200,000 people?"

Under normal circumstances, Li also knew that the new capital had to be built first before moving the capital, and then slowly moved it over. But the situation is not very special now.

After the new capital is built step by step, even if it is just built the imperial palace and imperial city of Hanjing first, it will take at least five years. Five years, too long.

There will be a big locust plague next year. If the locust plague comes, it will be a big famine. Chang'an is already narrow and there are too many people, and the food supply is insufficient. After the famine, the Central Plains will also be short of food, so it will be even more difficult to transport it. Besides, if the famine comes, the grain output in Guanzhong will also be greatly reduced, and the food shortage will be even larger. But when the food is transported from outside, it is not enough to have food, but also limited by transportation capacity.

The Yellow River in Shanzhou cannot be used to take the grain ship. It is extremely difficult to transport hundreds of thousands of stones.

Guanzhong has shortage of food, and there will be more food next year. Transfer is already difficult, and the large gap will lead to even more transportation next year. It is in this situation that Li Cai proposed to let Li Shimin take his people away as soon as possible.

Of course, Hanjing couldn't be repaired overnight.

Therefore, you can leave Chang'an first in the name of patrol, so that it won't make everyone panic. Shannan is also well-connected, with direct grain-producing areas around it, and water 6 is convenient for transportation.

Let’s go there first, as for where the people I brought to live.

This is not a problem.

Yang Guang used to like to go out for tours, but he spent most of his time a year outside, even in Zhangye, which was in the distant Hexi, and he also brought more than 100,000 people. Once he encountered a canyon, but it was severely stormy and snow, and then he froze to death tens of thousands of people.

Not to mention dragon boats going to Yangzhou.

After all, it is a temporary solution. Whether it is Jiangling, Xiangyang or Luoyang, there is no way to squeeze out more than 100,000 or 200,000 people.

Let’s squeeze together first, and then talk about it after passing this level.

It is better to squeeze in Xiangyang or Luoyang than to have no food in Changan and run out temporarily.

"Where to go?" Li Shimin asked.

Li thought for a while, "I should have been elected Luoyang. Although all the palaces in Luoyang have been demolished, the city is still there. However, Luoyang is located on the edge of the Yellow River. If the locust plague explodes next year, Luoyang will be a severely affected area. Therefore, it is not as good as Xiangyang and Jiangling in the south of the mountain. Originally, the country of Tianfu in Shu was also a good choice, but the road was far away and it was inconvenient to contact foreign traffic. It was not the first choice."

Xiangyang or Jiangling.

Both places are located on the East Road of Shannan, Xiangyang is by the Han River, and Jiangling is by the Yangtze River.

Xiangyang and Jiangling are both important towns and transportation is very convenient. However, Xiangyang can be considered to be in the north, while Jiangling is completely considered to be in the south. Li Shimin thought about it and thought it would be better to choose Xiangyang. Although Jiangling is larger, Xiangyang is more central.

"If Xiangyang is selected, then we must start preparing now. I suggest that when the autumn is cold, we will start patroling and stationed in Xiangyang. Now we will send people to Xiangyang to fight the front station, mobilize grain, prepare utensils, and rush to build some military camps, palaces, houses, etc. In addition, the surrounding areas of Xiangyang must also strengthen defense. In addition, the Chang'an area must also start preparing. Each yamen must send people to fight the front station, and some supplies must also start transporting. Whoever stays behind and who to move, must make a decision early."

"Wen Yuan's words are reasonable, slowly adjust them and try to move everything you want to pass before the New Year."

Li’s family on Bashang.

Around a table of locust feasts, the emperor and the prime ministers began to discuss national affairs.

Prince Chengqian also stayed to listen, but rather than staying to listen to the monarch and ministers discussing important matters, he would rather staying to eat locusts.

There are all kinds of locust meals made by Li himself, so there are not many opportunities.

So Li Shimin and the others talked about plans one by one, and Li Chengqian was eating locusts one by one.

When I was happy to eat, I even forgot to calm down and the food was clattering.

Li Shimin turned his head dissatisfiedly.

"Father, my son thinks these locusts are too hateful, I want to eat more."

Well, Li Shimin accepted this answer.

Then I picked up one and chewed it hard.

"Well, eat one but one."

Chengqian can finally let go of the big food, "Why don't your father issue an edict to let the people of the world catch locusts. This will definitely reduce some locusts and the disaster will be smaller."

Li Shimin didn't want to say that the prince was ignorant. During the big locust plague, it was hundreds of millions of dollars, overwhelming. Nothing is useful when eating one or two, and it's a drop in the bucket.

Li Que said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is right. Your Majesty, why not issue an edict to let the people in the world catch locusts, encourage everyone to eat locusts, and even issue an edict, and the people can use locusts to exchange food for the government."

"One stone of locust has dried and one stone of food!"

Li Shimin took a breath.

There will be a severe drought next year and then a major locust plague. The court also needs to stockpile grain and prepare for disasters. At this time, what kind of locusts are you trying to exchange for food and one stone? What are you going to do?

"Your Majesty, I have said before that locusts are dried and then ground into powder. They are also good feed. They can be fed chickens and ducks, and they can even be cooked directly. This is also food. They are quite nutritious!"

Li Shimin was still a little unable to directly equate locusts with food, let alone exchange for one stone of food for another stone of locusts to do such things.

"Your Majesty, if everyone comes to catch locusts and everyone regards them as a kind of food, even if they are just valuable things that can be exchanged for food, then a lot of them will be caught. As for the money and food exchanged for locusts, the Li family is willing to pay."

"Will the Li family come out?"
Chapter completed!