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Hell with that.
Home the Emperor responsible. He should have invested in the necessary institutions during the fat times to prepare downturns.
Damn straight he lost the Mandate of Heaven and the people should hold him appropriately accountable.
Damn, you right tho
I don't think food could be preserved as well back than and as effective as it can now + The food yield from a single farmer isn't enough to have significant rations.
Grain is pretty easy to store, and the big issue is the fluctuations of pre-modern harvests. A good year might be nearly triple an ordinary year, while a bad year might be half or less of an ordinary year. And farmers have precious little control over that.
Rice and wheat are common crops because they do last several years kept in the proper conditions. Hence why granary construction is important.
Food storage is like the whole point of agriculture.
Additionally now we better understand how much of an impact human activity has on climate.