This was all part of Li Shimin's plan.
To be precise.
He had long wanted to deal with these people.
These guys had so many properties in their families. He did not believe that they only had so little food.
Except for Zhangsun and the others who had taken out some of their family's food, the rest only had a few dozen dans.
Li Shimin was not confused.
Before doing this, he had already asked Fang Xuanling to carefully check the land situation of each official's family. Therefore, in his heart, these people had long been clear about them.
Li Shimin frowned slightly.
The officials in the hall who had not spoken yet could not help but feel something.
"Although my family has three hundred mu of fertile land, before the locust plague, the women in my family sold almost everything that could be sold in order to free up space. Therefore, I only have three hundred dans of food left …"
"I am willing to donate two hundred dans to help the people of Chang 'an tide over this crisis!"
At this moment, a fifth-grade official in a green court robe said respectfully.
This person was Minister Zhou of the Honglu Temple.
Li Shimin could not help but nod.
"Good, you are very good! If everyone was like you, would the Tang Dynasty be in trouble? "
Minister Zhou could not help but be overjoyed when he heard this.
"This is what I should do!"
Hearing Minister Zhou of the Honglu Temple say so, the person who had said a few dozen dans could not help but blush. He could not help but curse Minister Zhou in his heart.
However, after seeing Minister Zhou's situation, the people behind him could not help but feel a fire in their hearts.
At this moment, this group of old foxes could not help but feel a fire in their hearts again.
This was an excellent opportunity to climb up the ranks. How could they let it go? Someone had tested the water for them. No matter what they did, they could not donate less than this small Minister Zhou of the Honglu Temple, could they?
To put it bluntly, that little amount of food was nothing to them. If they donated too much and won the Emperor's favor, they would be promoted, and then …
Wouldn't they get everything back?
At this thought, all the officials could not sit still.
"I am willing to donate one hundred and seventy dans!"
"I am willing to donate one hundred and ninety-two dans!"
"Two hundred dans!"
"I bid three hundred shi!"
When this voice rang out, everyone was in an uproar. Even Li Shimin raised his eyebrows.
It was the Minister of Rites, Li Xiaogong!
When he saw the playful look on Li Shimin's face, he couldn't help but say, "This old minister was wrong. It's 500 stones!"
"Commandery Prince Hejian is indeed a member of the royal family. I am very pleased that you have such courage!"
"Very good, very good. It is the blessing of the Tang Dynasty to have you! What's there to worry about? "
Five hundred stones!
This …
There was no lack of Li clan relatives in the imperial court. At this moment, under the leadership of Li Xiaogong, no one could sit still.
However, there was no lack of stingy people among them. Even though they had learned from the mistakes of others, they still donated as much as they could. What was this?
In times of famine, food was more useful than money. Now, even if you were rich, you might not be able to buy food even if you took out a thousand strings of coins.
No one was stupid. What was this food?
It was life-saving money!
If they donated it at this time, it would be like throwing the money into the water. How could they pay it back?
No one knew how long this famine would last. Food was the foundation of whether a big family could survive or not. Who would be so stupid? Who would donate all their food?
To put it bluntly, how long had Li Tang been the emperor?
Didn't the previous emperors and dynasties all change in a few years or a dozen years?
It was their duty to donate a little. No matter how the imperial court changed, it was still the right way to maintain one's family. This was the idea that everyone had.
Li Shimin could also think of it.
He could also foresee it.
He didn't intend to take much from these officials. At least the food in Chang 'an, plus Zhang Feng's 20,000 dans, could be said to have solved this problem.
The reason why he asked was that he wanted to see how many people there were!
However, after this test, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Which official in the imperial court didn't he know?
Who could escape his eyes?
He knew the family background of Zhangsun Wuji and the others. At the first time of the locust plague in Chang 'an, Wei Zheng, Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Cheng Yaojin, and the others had already taken out a large amount of food to suppress the food price. Li Shimin was clear that they could donate so much this time. This was basically their entire family background.
After a lot of things, almost 2,000 dans of food had been donated at the super meeting. This was enough.
At least Li Shimin could see these people clearly.
At this time, Li Shimin recorded the names of all the officials who donated food in front of the Minister of Internal Affairs. Li Shimin said, "Today, I don't ask you to donate a lot, but … I know that every one of you has difficulties. I don't ask you to donate a lot. I only ask that this disaster is not fought alone!"
"But …"
"I learned something yesterday. On the abandoned mountain, someone took out 20,000 dans of food and prepared to give porridge!"
Boom!
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