Heaven's Martial Fate

Chapter 970
It has to be said that although Jia Rong's behavior was bold, it aroused great enthusiasm and interest among the best female students.

Think about it, they can think about how to properly deal with the current drought in Zhili like the cabinet elders, how can they not be excited?
Even if they just try it, it will stir their hearts.

They are all extremely talented, and each of them is very high-spirited in learning.

If they compete in stereotyped articles, or let them immerse themselves in the romance, it may be difficult to arouse too much interest.

But right now, the things that Jia Rong entrusted them to do, not to mention the positive meaning, just because of their reluctance to admit defeat, also made them not easily neglect.

Not to mention Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai, the two leaders, but Yingchun, who has always been tame, showed rare enthusiasm in this matter.

After greeting Master She, he wrote a letter to Lian Er in Tongzhou.

No matter what kind of emotional entanglement there is between Lian Er and Ying Chun, they are always half brothers and sisters. This is an indelible blood relationship.

It is rare for Yingchun to write a letter in person, even if Lian Er is upset, he will not turn a blind eye.

However, the content of the letter called him, and I felt very puzzled.

It was a routine greeting first, and then it went straight to the topic: Want to find out, Tongzhou's means of dealing with the drought?
What else can I do?
While Lian Er was puzzled, he still wrote back to Yingchun, telling her a series of measures Tongzhou Yamen had taken to deal with the drought, the most important thing was to open warehouses to release grain.

Fortunately, Tongzhou is the end of the canal. There are more than [-] grain warehouses here, and the grain reserves in them are quite rich.

Coupled with the Tongzhou Yamen's own grain reserves, it is still very easy to deal with the flood of refugees brought about by the drought.

Although he didn't know what Yingchun's intention was in asking this, but he felt Yingchun's kindness, and with his current state of mind, he naturally wouldn't be awkward.

They all have children, and they have been in the officialdom for many years, and they have long since lost the willfulness and impulsiveness of being a dude.

In addition, I have to say that Yingchun is definitely a first-class beauty, and she is probably only slightly inferior to Qin Keqing and Wang Xifeng in terms of appearance.

Moreover, after training in women's studies, her gentle temperament and ability are quite outstanding, so she might be able to marry into a noble family in the future.

From a utilitarian point of view, Lian Er may need the help of Yingchun's husband's family in the future, and it is best to ease the relationship at this time.

Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your son, right?

Wang Xifeng is too strong, and sooner or later he will suffer a big loss. Lian Er can see this, and there is nothing he can do about it.

If the son has an aunt with a kind personality and a gentle temperament, he may be able to help him a lot during his growth.

After Yingchun received Lian Er's letter, the content in it made her a little disappointed.

As a talented Go player, Yingchun's vision is definitely not as simple as it appears on the surface.

Didn't they all say that those who are good at Go are all very good at layout, and they all have a long-term vision.

After the careful training of the women's school, especially the precious training opportunities given by Jia Rong, Yingchun's ability at this time is also quite good.

She could see very clearly that there were many loopholes in Tongzhou Yamen's disaster relief method, and any problem could lead to catastrophe.

That is to say, the Tongzhou Yamen has enough food and supplies, otherwise Lian Er's life will be quite difficult right now.

To be honest, Lian Er can be regarded as a local official who has made a difference.

He was less than thirty years old at this time, and with the backing of the alliance of interests of the four major families in Jinling, his future was quite bright.

As long as his performance in office is not bad, after the end of his term, there will be no problem at all to go further.

Even if there are forces that want to snipe, they have to weigh the consequences.

Since the future is bright, Lian Er does not have the faults of those traditional civil servants. He is quite diligent in his tenure and has done some practical things.

It has to be said that although Lian Er is a standard scumbag academically, his ability in dealing with people and handling chores is absolutely superb.

As long as you turn your eyes to the people a little bit, it is enough for the people of Tongzhou to live a better life than before.

Coupled with the assistance from outstanding graduates of ethnology, Lian Er's performance in Tongzhou and his reputation among the people are not bad.

At least, when the drought came, he actively responded to the imperial court's order and made quite safe arrangements for the influx of refugees caused by the disaster.

Due to the drought in the entire Zhili territory, there have been many refugees. The performance of officials in other prefectures and counties is not so satisfactory.

Either because of ability, or mentality, or because of interests, etc., many prefectural and county officials even ignored the drought and the flood of refugees caused by the drought, as if it had never happened at all.

What they have done the most is to send officials to block the official roads entering and leaving the jurisdiction, as well as other main passages.

It seems that as long as the entry of refugees is controlled, the drought will not exist.

As for disaster relief, that is nothing.

Anyway, the entire Zhili area is in a mess, and it has been hit a lot because of the drought.

In fact, the drought did not only occur in Zhili, the situation in the adjacent hinterland of the Central Plains is also not optimistic.

What is really fatal is the Guanzhong land and the water-scarce areas in the west, and the situation is probably even worse.

If the local government did not take strong measures, it would not be too surprising if there was an uprising.

These are relatively important information, and Jia Rong immediately provided them to interested female students.

He wanted to see if they, who were the luck characters in the world of Red Mansions, could think of a better and more complete disaster relief plan.

In fact, Jia Rong's request was a bit embarrassing.

Even the court and the cabinet can't come up with a better solution, let alone a group of young ladies who don't touch the spring water?
Of course, Jia Rong didn't hold out much expectations.

In fact, there are many ways of disaster relief, which can be found in books and classics.

As long as it fits the current environment and situation, the loss can be minimized. It depends on whether the female students can discover and extract it.

In fact, the drought in the Northland is indeed a bit serious, but it has not yet reached the point where it is really fatal. At least the main rivers in the Northland have not stopped flowing.

The situation in the capital was very stable. The refugees outside the city were either hired to leave, or relied on the porridge sheds of various families to barely survive, and they did not make much noise.

But as time went by, the area affected by the drought became wider and wider, and the number of refugees flocking to the capital was increasing.

In order to avoid accidents, the prefectures and counties around the capital have begun to consciously intercept the refugees flocking to the capital.

You really can't count on the integrity of local officials. In this process, many tragedies and evil deeds have occurred. This is the normal state after natural disasters.

It can only be said that the imperial court's control over the local area is really not very good.

The house leak happened to rain all night, and the northern land was in a state of continuous drought, but the south has been rainy since the Qingming Festival in March.

Heavy rain, medium rain and light rain kept falling, and the water potential of rivers everywhere began to increase.

Even the planting of early rice has been greatly affected.

The key point is that if the rain does not stop, floods may break out in many places in the south.

When I received the report today, my mood fell to the bottom for a while.

He never thought that Dagan would encounter such an accident this year.

Regardless of whether it is a drought or a flood, it is not impossible for a field that basically depends on the weather to reduce or even lose its harvest.

This is definitely a severe test for the imperial court and local governments.

If one is not good, there may even be a situation where wars are everywhere.

It is absolutely unacceptable for such a thing to happen today. This is a very heavy blow to his historical evaluation.

But the cabinet ministers were invited to discuss it, but there was no good solution.

Still the same sentence, the basic water conservancy construction is not in place, and it is useless to hold Buddha's feet temporarily in case of floods.

Of course, if you really want to say that there is nothing to do, then you will underestimate the wisdom of the cabinet veterans, it's just that they are too lazy to expend energy.

As for the life and death of the ass, what does it matter to them?

Unless many local tyrants and gentry were seriously damaged by the flood, it is estimated that the cabinet elders will pay more attention and attention. The reality is so cruel.

The final result of the discussion is almost the same as when encountering such things in the past. The key is to control and appease the refugees, and the rest will naturally recover slowly after the floods pass.

As for after a flood, the number of peasants who lost their land in the south increased, and the land controlled by local tyrants and gentry swelled, it was not the court's business.

For such a situation, he is naturally very disappointed now, but there is really nothing he can do.

Having been the emperor for so long, most of the time he was in a state of intrigue. Just fighting for the control of the court from the emperor has consumed too much energy today.

To be honest, I am not very familiar with the court and local practice, and my ability is also very average, and I haven't really been trained.

Otherwise, if he has a better idea, he can just state his attitude directly, so why invite the cabinet elders to discuss this time?
At this time, Jinmen Daotai and Tongzhou Zhizhou jointly played a concert, providing a better disaster relief method for the imperial court and the present.

Maybe, the imperial court can turn disadvantages into advantages, take advantage of this year's natural disasters, consolidate internal foundations, and at the same time help more disaster victims.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is work in lieu of relief, which is not a rare thing.

Since there are historical records, there was no natural disaster in the Central Plains in that year?
There are actually various means of disaster relief, and work-for-relief is no exception.

You must know that the imperial court usually has labor service available for dispatch, which is less expensive than labor relief, but it must be consumed during special periods.

In the memorial, Wang Ziteng and Lian Er jointly proposed to organize the victims with food relief, and to build the local water conservancy facilities properly when the drought was severe and the rivers were shallow.

After seeing it today, one can imagine the complicated mood.

Such a move, I believe the cabinet elders could not have thought of it, but no one mentioned it before, it is simply not a son of man.

Such a feasible proposal was naturally passed directly by today.

Of course, under the old 'cautious' suggestion of the cabinet, today it is only approved to be tried out in Jinmen and Tongzhou.

The reasons given by the elders are also very good. The suggestion is indeed a good suggestion, but no one knows if there will be any problems if it is implemented.

In order to avoid the situation of doing bad things with good intentions, it is better to be cautious.

Wang Ziteng and Lian Er were not in the mood to pay attention to the subtle battle between the cabinet and the present, and acted soon after receiving the permission of the present.

Then, the cabinet bosses who wanted to watch the excitement were dumbfounded.

If you want to do a good job in cash-for-work, the most important thing is to have a capable and considerable number of grassroots management personnel.

Otherwise, if tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of refugees gather together, a big mess may break out if they are not careful, and the consequences will be bad.

The reason why the cabinet didn't make such a suggestion before is because it doesn't trust the local government's ability to organize and mobilize, except for some selfishness.

One is not good, the court kindly uses work as relief, and it is likely to become a large-scale free labor when it arrives in the local area, and it becomes a carnival for the local tyrants and gentry to expand, that is not good.

It is a customary rule that the imperial power does not go to the countryside. Who knows what the chaos will be like in the villages below the county level?
The most important thing is that the local tyrants and gentry who have mastered the power of management and discourse at the grassroots level will also direct the dissatisfaction and anger of the people at the bottom to the government and the imperial court.

Such a thing, any big boss who knows the local government and the situation has to guard against it.

Who knew that Prince Teng of Jinmen Daotai and Zhizhou Lian of Tongzhou made a move, which greatly exceeded the expectations of the cabinet and the court.

Because of the drought, there were about [-] to [-] refugees gathered in the border of Jinmen and Tongzhou, and they were well organized without much time.

It's not that the government offices in Jinmen and Tongzhou suddenly broke out, and the abilities of the officials have improved to such a point, but that the foreign aid they invited was very powerful.

The students of the Jia Clan School in the capital, as long as they were not the students who took the imperial examination this year, and those who were too young, were all mobilized and became the grassroots managers of the many refugee groups in the two places.

According to the family leader Jia Rong, the head of the Ning Mansion, and the first-class general Jia Rong said at the mobilization meeting, this time they are a very good internship opportunity.

While being able to understand the sufferings of the people, it is also possible to exercise one's own organizational skills, and to improve various abilities during the internship process.

If you perform well, even if you fail the imperial examination in the future, you will still have the opportunity to receive the special light of ethnology, and it is not impossible to obtain official status.

That's it, a large group of young ethnicity students, with their entourage, plunged into the refugee group, and quickly adapted to the new environment and the identity of the intern.

Coupled with some other auxiliary personnel, a total of [-] refugees were reluctantly organized, and started the construction of farmland and water conservancy with great enthusiasm.

With enough relief food in hand, and tyrannical force to suppress Xiaoxiao's generation, things went quite smoothly...

(End of this chapter)