《资治通鉴·唐纪·唐纪三十九》
当时，战乱之后全国粮食匮乏，关中一斗米价值一千钱，老百姓摘取麦穗来供给禁军，宫廷厨师也没有可供二个季节用的存粮。
时兵火之后，中外艰食，关中米斗千钱，百姓挼穗以给禁军，宫厨无兼时之积。
Back then, after the war, grain was in short supply throughout the country. A bushel of rice was sold for a thousand coins in Guanzhong. The common people harvested wheat to feed the imperial army, and the imperial cooks did not have food stores that could last for two seasons.
<s>[INST] Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 时兵火之后，中外艰食，关中米斗千钱，百姓挼穗以给禁军，宫厨无兼时之积。 [/INST] Back then, after the war, grain was in short supply throughout the country. A bushel of rice was sold for a thousand coins in Guanzhong. The common people harvested wheat to feed the imperial army, and the imperial cooks did not have food stores that could last for two seasons.</s>
Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 时兵火之后，中外艰食，关中米斗千钱，百姓挼穗以给禁军，宫厨无兼时之积。
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Back then, after the war, grain was in short supply throughout the country. A bushel of rice was sold for a thousand coins in Guanzhong. The common people harvested wheat to feed the imperial army, and the imperial cooks did not have food stores that could last for two seasons.
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