"Your highness, if the skin doesn't exist, how can the hair attach? If the entire Chen Nation were to be in turmoil, how would Your Highness be able to protect your assets? Then the one who suffered the most is still you!”Luo Jun persuaded.
What Luo Jun said made sense, and Liu Chong understood this very well. However, would giving the refugees some charity and letting them temporarily survive the famine solve the problem at its root? The answer was no. If he gave it to them this time, then in the future, as long as the year was not good, they would come again. This way, year after year, if he, Liu Chong, could come out to help, then what about next year? Who would come out? Every year, not only would the food reserves decrease, but more and more people would need relief.
"Your Highness, it's already the seventh month and there are still two months before the autumn harvest. As long as there is enough grain in the treasury after the autumn harvest, there is no need to use the grain in your residence. If you can't take out 100,000 dan at once, you can take out 80,000 dan first. It'll just make them suffer a little.”Seeing Liu Chong hesitating, Luo Jun thought that the price was too high. In fact, he was very clear about the family background of the Chen residence. It was not a problem for the Prince to take out 100,000 stone grains. However, it was difficult for anyone to bear to give so much food to these refugees for free. Therefore, when they saw that he was hesitating, they immediately reduced the amount by 20,000 dan. Although it was much less, he should be able to survive by eating porridge and digging wild vegetables.
The atmosphere in the hall fell silent. It was so quiet that it was terrifying. Only the breathing of the two could be heard. In this silent atmosphere, Liu Chong frowned. Suddenly, he raised his head and swept his gaze across Luo Jun's face, wanting to see something from his expression.
Suddenly, he said," Minister Luo, I'm sure you know the current situation. It's much worse than when our Great Han Dynasty was just established. The royal family's prestige has been swept away, and the warlords from all walks of life have been fighting. Our Chen State is located in a place where there are four wars. Other than the Guanzhong region in the west, which was divided into smaller forces due to Dong Zhuo's rebellion, the vassals in the east, south, and north are all like wolves and tigers. In the east, there is Liu Bei of Xuzhou. Although he is sometimes famous for his benevolence and righteousness, it is not easy for him to control a state. In the south, Yuan Shu's family is four generations and three dukes. Now that he has annexed the rich land of Jianghuai, he has many soldiers and is not to be trifled with. As for Cao Cao, who is closer to our north, he has many fierce generals under his command. Last year, he subdued the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and gained hundreds of thousands of soldiers, not to mention Yuan Shao, who was a little further away. These dukes are all powerful, and all of them have one or more provinces. The fall of our Chen country is only a matter of time! Every time I think of this, I worry day and night!”After saying that, Liu Chong's face was already filled with melancholy.
Hearing Liu Chong suddenly say these words, it was Luo Jun's turn to be shocked. His impression of this wangye had risen to another level. To be honest, Liu Chong's performance today made him feel that he was in a new light. However, as a minister who was still loyal to the Emperor, although these questions often troubled him, he was not like some people who either sided with a certain vassal or established their own sect. He did not have that many thoughts. He only wanted to be a pure official. Since the Emperor had handed the Chen Kingdom to him and made him the Minister of Chen, all he wanted to think about was how to govern the Chen Kingdom well. As for other things, he could not think about them, and he did not want to think about them.
"Your Highness, that's not right. Although there are many vassals in the world, as long as the Emperor regains power as soon as possible and favors the wise and alienates the villains, when the time comes, he will raise the banner of righteousness, and the righteous people in the world will definitely respond. Your Highness, you can still be your own rich husband, Prince Taiping.”
Seeing that Luo Jun was still stubborn, Liu Chong was too lazy to waste his breath on him. It was better to take the opportunity to tell him his purpose. He shook his head slightly and sighed helplessly."However, Minister Luo, how can you allow others to sleep beside your bed? You have tens of thousands of soldiers in your hands, so you can naturally advance and retreat freely. There's no need to worry. This king only has more than a hundred guards in the entire wangfu. This concerns the lives of his family, so this king can't help but worry!”
Hearing Liu Chong's words, Luo Jun also understood. If he didn't make some concessions today, it would be very difficult to complete his mission of asking for food, so he replied,"The guards in your highness 'residence are indeed a little lacking. This lowly official can take out a thousand of the county soldiers to be your highness' guards.”
What? If you arrange for someone to be my bodyguard, wouldn't that mean that you have no freedom? Liu Chong thought that the Minister's plan was really shrewd and quickly rejected,"Minister Luo is stationed in Yangxia and is a strategic location. One more person is one more insurance. This king does not dare to ask Minister Luo to transfer soldiers from there. However, this king wants to find another dangerous place in the country to build a fort and defend himself. He also wants to recruit more than a thousand warriors as guards. What do you think, Minister Luo?”
"Build a fort to defend itself?" Liu Chong's whimsical idea startled Luo Jun. In fact, most of the powerful families in the country had built tungsten fortresses on their own land outside the city to avoid being disturbed by refugees. However, if the prince did the same, there was indeed no precedent.
"Yes, the cost and manpower are not needed for the Minister to worry about, and we can also solve the refugee problem for the Minister.”Liu Chong added.
In fact, the news about the refugees brought by Luo Jun was not bad news for Liu Chong. On the one hand, he could recruit warriors from them. These people did not have any foundation in the Chen Kingdom. On the other hand, he also needed manpower to build a base for the training of the guards. Hiring refugees to complete this work would naturally cost much less than hiring civilians.
"You can even solve the refugee problem? I'd like to hear the details!" Luo Jun didn't understand. How could he solve the problem of food for these hundreds of thousands of refugees?
Liu Chong quickly expressed his idea of using work as a form of relief. Luo Jun was dumbfounded and could not help but feel a trace of admiration for Liu Chong.
"This plan is wonderful. Not only can the refugees exchange their strength for food, but it can also change the habit of free relief in the past. It can also reduce the recruitment of the people in the country.”The original disdain in Luo Jun's eyes had long been thrown out of the clouds, replaced by admiration.
Liu Chong couldn't help but feel a little proud. He suddenly thought of this method. From his point of view, it was better to do less without sowing. No matter what, he had to put in the corresponding effort.
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