The Multiverse Starting from White Deer Plain

Two feet and three inches of rain fell in Guanzhong, causing a severe drought in Guanzhong. The severe drought in Guanzhong will not kill people, but the resulting reduction in food production will starve to death. Therefore, if you want to accomplish this meritorious deed, you can start by praying for rain, or you can start by solving the food crisis.

And there are many ways to solve the food crisis...

Spells are not necessarily required.

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After April, no one noticed that this year's spring rain became sparse and some small water veins gradually dried up. Only fertile fields irrigated by rivers were spared, while dryland seedlings located on plateau slopes were severely short of water. From April to May, it rained only three times, and it ended in less than an hour.

"We can only look at May. If it doesn't rain in May, this year will definitely be a disaster year. There will always be locust plagues after severe droughts..."

In Hanyuan Hall, all the ministers were discussing.

Since Li Shimin came to the throne, he has worked hard to govern, be wise and love the people. The ministers in the political affairs hall are also not simple. Needless to say, Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and others are all capable ministers.

Therefore, as soon as there are drought seedlings in Guanzhong, these wise ministers will discover them and prepare preventive measures.

Knowing that a drought is about to happen is not a fantasy. For example, there is a farmer's proverb: "If the north wind blows in the field, drought will occur.", "If there is wind and cold in the winter solstice, it will be sunny for a week. If there is no rain in the winter solstice, it will be sunny for a week. If there is frost in the winter solstice, there will be drought in the coming 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, it will cost a lot to transfer grain from various places... …”

Fang Xuanling said worriedly.

Guanzhong is the granary, which the Qin, Han, Zhou and Sui Dynasties all relied on to unify the world. But after the unification, Chang'an, as the capital, not only supported a large number of clans and powerful people, but also had a large number of slaves, servants, tooth soldiers, etc. who served the powerful people. In addition, not to mention the common people and merchants living near Chang'an. . The heavy troops in the north and south offices of Chang'an alone are not a small number.

Therefore, the emperor often went to Luoyi to eat in times of disaster to relieve the food pressure in Guanzhong.

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

"Order high-ranking officials in the court to submit memorials..."

"Discuss this drought."

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

If you listen to one side, it will be dark; if you listen to both, it will be bright.

This is what he has always insisted on doing.

Every once in a while, he would ask officials from the DPRK and China to submit memorials to discuss political affairs. Not only to solve government affairs problems, but also to select talented officials.

"Your Majesty is holy."

All the ministers were silent and saluted.

As Zuo Shiyi from Menxia Province and a close minister of the emperor, Bai Gui naturally had the obligation to submit memorials.

In later generations, there have been relatively complete response methods to droughts.

All he has to do is select a copy and play it.

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

Advanced management experience is a science and will never become outdated.

By completing this, Bai Gui will be able to leave his name in history and write a book.

Drought is severe, but if the water used for irrigating plants follows traditional agriculture, the water lost by plants through transpiration will be more than 90% of the water absorbed by the roots.

In feudal society, although it could not achieve the high degree of water utilization achieved by drip irrigation technology in a certain desert country in later generations. However, it is feasible to preserve some food and reduce production losses.

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

This is just a method mentioned by Bai Gui in his memorial.

Since part of the grain supply has been preserved, the production reduction will not be too severe. Then the second step is to try to reduce the number of people who starve to death due to drought, and this can start from food rations...

Multiple methods, several pronged approaches. Even if there is a severe drought in Guanzhong this year, there will definitely be many fewer people dying of starvation than in previous years.

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late at night.

Li Shimin watched the piles of memorials until late into the night.

"Pedantic, pedantic!"

"Why, if there is a bad situation in the river, move the people to the east of the river. If there is a bad situation in the river, the same is true." King Hui of Wei only had a small part of the Wei State, and could not capture the whole of Yuzhou. He could use this small country with a few people. But the Tang Dynasty How can such a big country immigrate to other places for food when there is a severe drought in Guanzhong?"

"This is the recipe for chaos."

He angrily threw a memorial to the ground and cursed angrily.

Study to death, this is study to death.

The words seem reasonable, but for the country, this kind of behavior leads to disasters that are more terrifying than natural disasters. When the people are separated from the jurisdiction, they are like wild horses running wild. Once someone instigates them, it will be a large-scale rebellion.

To put it ten thousand steps back, even if the people are as safe as sheep, they will not leave their homeland until the last step. Once you leave, the wealth accumulated by your ancestors will disappear in an instant.

This is different from the rich and powerful who live elsewhere.

"Isn't this what your Majesty often says? This method won't work, but why should your Majesty be angry with this? If the memorials in the court are not of the scholarly spirit, but are the same, then it's your turn, your Majesty. Worried..."

"Now that we have this twist, it proves that Your Majesty, you are running the country well."

A lady walked into the hall, picked up the memorial, and put it into the pile of approved memorials on the documents. Then she walked behind Li Shimin, rubbed Li Shimin's shoulders, and said softly.

Li Shimin was still angry at first, but when he heard this, his depression disappeared and he felt much better, "Guanyin, you are right. If the memorials in the court are all the same, it will be my turn to worry."

Guanyin Maid is the nickname of Empress Changsun.

He then continued to review the memorials sleeplessly.

"Eh? This memorial?"

Li Shimin concentrated on a memorial, repeatedly trying to figure out the meaning of the memorial sentence by sentence.

Occasionally, when he sees a place where he is at a loss of interest, he will slap his thigh and shout "good luck".

As a queen, Empress Changsun was well aware of the dangers of political interference in the harem, but this time she was also attracted by Li Shimin's demeanor. She came around, took a closer look, and whispered softly: "The method of dealing with disasters is nothing more than avoiding natural disasters, To manage man-made disasters. I dare not speak nonsense about natural disasters. No one is responsible for the misfortune of my wife... Although we need to rely on heaven's help to manage the crops, we can also do it manually. We collect the rain and dew that transpire in the morning and irrigate them again... …”

"One stone of food can feed a hundred men for a month for a good general. If it is mediocre, it can only feed half of it. To reduce disasters and save people, rations should not be used to feed the people. When rescuing the people, the same goes for the food in the warehouse. …”

Strategies for controlling drought are all listed in the memorial.

Clearly organized and not just empty words.

Li Shimin read the thousands-word memorial one by one until he reached the end, still feeling unfinished.

"The Supplementary Collection of the Menxia Province Zuo and the Memorial by Bai Gui."

he repeated.

"This son is not simple. This memorial is the first among all the officials in the court."

After a while, he read it again and said to Queen Changsun.

"When I read this memorial, I was also very happy."

After saying that, Empress Changsun walked down from Her Majesty Dan, walked to the palace, gathered her palace clothes, bowed to Li Shimin, and said with a smile: "I congratulate Your Majesty, you have gained another great talent as Prime Minister and Assistant Minister."

"Queen, you are right."

"This son... is a talented minister and assistant."

Li Shimin stroked his beard and laughed.

This memorial is like a timely gift to the Tang Dynasty today. At the same time, Bai Gui's display of such talent is a great blessing for the future of Datang.