Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 462 Who can stand on the sidelines
Zhang Zhao was very busy. In fact, Liangguo was not immune to the terrible flood, drought and locust disaster that swept across the Central Plains.

Among them, Qinzhou and Qingzhou, which are close to Guanzhong, were the most seriously injured, especially Dong Zhiyuan, who has always been rich, in Qingzhou, whose production reduction reached a terrifying 60.00%.

At the same time, Wei, Lan, He, Xia, Wei, Hui and other states were also affected to varying degrees. Even Liangzhou suffered from drought for more than two months, and the water level of Macheng River dropped significantly.
However, despite the disaster, Liangguo's disaster situation was not particularly serious.

Because before that, Zhang Zhao built and repaired a large number of water conservancy facilities in order to restore agricultural production in Longyou, Hexi, and mobilize people from various states so that government power could sink to the county.

At the same time, the overall cleanliness of Liangguo officials is relatively high, there is no way not to be clean!In the countryside of Liangguo, there are a large number of warriors who own hundreds of acres of land.

Officials didn't dare to fish them at all, they had knives in their hands. Although it did cause difficulty in governance and troubles in rural security, it did avoid the situation in Jin.

Therefore, the degree of disaster is lower than that of the Central Plains, and there are water conservancy facilities that can ensure irrigation and water storage during floods, and there are no man-made disasters caused by official exploitation.

Liangguo was relatively mildly affected by the disaster, and the disaster relief work in Qinzhou and Qingzhou, which were the most serious, had already started when Zhang Zhao came back.

At that time, Zhang Zhao was not around, and no one dared to open public and private storages to transfer food. It was Cao Sanniang who encouraged Nineteenth Niang to issue a decree to start disaster relief.

As a result, the government, wealthy families, and even local wealthy households and merchants all donated heavily. Except for the hundreds of people who died due to flash floods, almost no one died of starvation.
Don't underestimate the mere people who don't starve to death. In disaster years, people basically don't starve to death. In this era, they are extremely dazzling existences.

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While Zhang Zhao was continuing to dispatch disaster reports from various places, Zhang Xichong and Fan Zhi joined hands to ask for an interview.

Zhang Zhao knew what they were here for, and they probably wanted him to help the disaster victims in the Central Plains.

This is not a cost-effective deal. People's hearts are valuable and worthless.

If the value of money can be mobilized, it is an earth-shaking power, but at the same time it is extremely difficult to mobilize.

However, Zhang Zhao is still inclined to help, there is no way!This is a life-and-death test for millions of people. No matter how you look at it, it is difficult for Zhang Zhao to turn a blind eye to it.

In the Juxian Hall of Yongxun Palace, Zhang Zhao not only let Zhang Xichong and Fan Zhi come in for an interview, but also summoned the right minister Song Shantong, the servants of the four ministries of officials, households, criminals, and workers, and related people, and simply held a meeting. Xiaochaohui.

Seeing that Zhang Zhao had summoned so many people, Zhang Xichong and Fan Zhi smiled at each other with a little more admiration in their eyes. They knew that Zhang Zhao must have made up his mind, that's why he summoned so many people.

After all the people arrived, Zhang Zhao seated them one by one, and also served fragrant tea and fruit cakes.

He did this intentionally. In this civil and military way, it is abnormal for anyone to be more expensive than anyone else, so in Zhang Zhao's case, he tried his best to improve the courtesy of civil servants in a small way, trying to make their status a little higher.

Song Shantong and other Liang people are used to it, but Zhang Xichong, Fan Zhi and some former officials are very useful.

Sometimes a little respect is likely to be rewarded to make people feel more at ease.

As soon as everyone sat down, Fan Zhi presented the letter in his hand to Zhang Zhao.

"Reporting to the Heavenly King, Zhao Ying, the National Army Jiedu of Huazhou Township, has some friendship with someone, and he secretly sent someone from Huazhou to write a letter to a certain place, saying that the locust plague and drought of the National Army in Huazhou Township are extremely serious.

This summer, more than [-] households have become refugees, and the autumn grain production has been reduced by more than half, and the harvest is not enough to pay the court and supply the soldiers of the town. "

Zhang Zhao was a little surprised, because Zhao Ying used to be Shi Jingtang's favorite minister, and was officially a bachelor of the Imperial Academy.

Even after Shi Chonggui succeeded to the throne, Zhao Ying was also at his side, so why is he now the envoy of the National Army of Huazhou Town?
Zhang Liecheng, who had just returned from the Central Plains, stood up and said to Zhang Zhao: "My lord, Zhao Xuanhui was framed by Feng Yu's slander in April this year. He was displeased by the Jin Lord, and he was immediately sent out to serve as the military governor of the Huazhou Township."

Zhang Zhao nodded to show that he understood, this is in the Five Dynasties, if the martial arts are released to the outside world, it is a happy thing, because the release of the martial arts is similar to entrusting the country.

But the literati can't do it, because they can't handle the soldiers in Jiezhen, and they are often coerced by the upper and lower after they are released, and their lives are miserable.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhao asked Fan Zhi, "Is this Zhao Xuanhui unable to control the generals of the Zhen Guo army?"

Fan Zhi smiled wryly and nodded, "Heavenly King, a scribe like Zhao Xuanhui has no experience in leading troops, and he has never controlled the Zhen Guo army.

As soon as Huazhou's autumn grain was harvested, the soldiers of the Zhen Guo Army snatched most of it. Zhao Xuanhui said it well, and they agreed to allocate [-] shi to the court. "

Zhang Zhao frowned, "In this case, what do people in Huazhou eat? They don't even keep a grain of autumn grain? Why are they so cruel?"

"What can I eat? It's nothing more than grass roots and bark. If it doesn't work, I can just eat it!" Song Shantong, Zhang Zhao's uncle and right minister, said with a long sigh.

Guo Tiance on the side frowned, and suddenly asked: "Xueshi Fan, this letter from Zhao Ying, can I ask you for help? Did you say anything else?"

Fan Zhi shook his head lightly, "Aside from explaining the situation, he didn't mention anything else, not even talking about old times."

Guo Tiance immediately turned his head and said to Zhang Zhao: "Heavenly King, someone has read the dossier of the Brocade Envoy, Zhao Ying, who has always been known for being cautious.

He would not write such a letter to Fan Xueshi for no reason, and he didn't mention any other requirements, which seemed to be scruples.

This Huazhou is backed by the Jinghe River and the Weihe River, and Huashan Mountain is in front of it. Tongguan Pass is on the left and Lantian Pass is controlled on the right. It is important to occupy Chang'an. "

Zhang Zhao's eyes lit up, "You mean, Zhao Ying has the heart to seek refuge, but she is too cautious to reveal it. If we can help the people of Huazhou survive this catastrophe, he will definitely come to vote?"

Fan Zhi didn't think of this before, but now that he thinks about it, it is indeed possible.

Zhao Ying's temper, apart from being cautious, is actually a bit timid. This manner fits well with Zhao Ying's style of conduct.

"Heavenly King, what Xueshi Guo said is indeed possible. Back then when Emperor Shi Jin raised troops in Jinyang, everyone agreed with it. Only Zhao Ying showed fear. In addition, this person is very careful, and his actions are indeed very similar to him."

Zhang Zhao got up abruptly, "The catastrophe in the Central Plains, thousands of miles of scarred land, the entire state of Jin, everyone is guilty, but the people are innocent.

Although my Great Liang was also affected by disasters this year, I still have surplus food. I have decided to take the displaced people from the Central Plains to Hexi for resettlement. The Secretary will calculate how much food can still be allocated? "

While Fan Zhi was a bachelor of the Qionglin Academy, he also served as the servant of the household department. The data was almost in his mind, but he thought about it for a while, and then his face became sad.

"Heavenly King, our Great Liang has been fighting all these years except for the year before last.

The public funds are still sufficient, and there is not much millet in Taicang, and it has to be reserved for the next war. There is really not much food that can be allocated to rescue the refugees, let alone relocate people thousands of miles from the Central Plains. come over. "

"Ahem!" Speaking of this, I, King Zhang, became a little embarrassed.

Although the scale of his troops is not large, the frequency of battles is not low. It is true that the government's annual spring and autumn taxes are basically collected and quickly spent.

As for his personal internal money, it is indeed a lot, but Zhang Zhao will not use it lightly, it is better to distinguish between public and private.

This has to make these courtiers get used to it. The scene of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty being extorted from his court by his courtiers is vivid.

"Why should the Heavenly King worry about money and food? Although the public treasury and Taicang don't have much money and food, there are quite a lot of folks in Da Liang.

Over the years, thanks to the completeness of water conservancy facilities and the deployment and promotion of doctors in rural agronomy, the folks have a lot of grain.

I have heard that beans and wheat are used to feed livestock around Liangzhou, so why not raise food from the people? "

Looking at Zhang Xichong, Zhang Zhao didn't understand, "What the left minister means is that we want to learn from the state of Jin and borrow food from the people?"

"Of course!" Zhang Xichong nodded, but seeing Zhang Zhao's expression was not very good, he quickly said: "However, our borrowing of grain is completely different from Jin's borrowing of grain.

Now the price of grain in Daliang is so low that it cannot be sold in many places. The common people keep a house full of grain, but they can't exchange much salt, tea and sugar.

It is better for the Ministry of Households to borrow grain from the people, and then purchase a horse of salted sugar tea from the Hexi Chamber of Commerce at a low price, and use the salted sugar tea to pay for the grain price.

In this way, the common people get benefits, and we only need a little more than half the price to get hundreds of thousands of shi of grain. "

Zhang Zhao nodded lightly, this is a bit like a protective acquisition for later generations.

In this way, the problem can indeed be solved. The people can sell more than they can eat, and the government can pay half of the money to get things done.

However, there will still be a victim in the middle, and that is the merchants.

Doing this is equivalent to saving their intermediate links. When the time comes, the demand for salt, sugar and tea in the market will be saturated at once, and merchants who sell these three types will probably lose a lot of money.

As a traditional literati, Zhang Xichong has always had limited affection for merchants, so he didn't consider their interests at all. However, Zhang Zhao still had to consider the influence, and he turned to look at Cao Wantong.

"Notify the Chamber of Commerce to limit the amount of salt and sugar tea sold to local vendors in Longyou, Hexi. When the time is right, let the wind out to remind you. It's fine if you lose a little. Don't let people jump into the river because of it."

"I know, the big merchants selling salt, tea and sugar in Longyou, Hexi are all from the chamber of commerce. The king of heaven has ordered it. It's nothing to lose a little money."

This is the benefit of the government's control of the supply of goods, and the businessmen from all over the world are tightly controlled.

It's just that the corruption within the Hexi Chamber of Commerce is another problem. It is said that some people have already messed it up, but Zhang Zhao has never freed up to clean it up.

But at this time, Song Shantong, the prime minister of the right, disagreed again.

"The daily consumption of this salt-sugar tea is limited, and it is estimated that three to 400,000 shi of food can be raised, which can only save the current emergency.

When the victims arrived in Daliang, they basically had nothing to live on. They had to eat for at least half a year before they could survive, and where to resettle them was also a difficult problem. "

Song Shantong was actually most worried about the latter, because Liangguo's Hexi Longyou Dao was Zhang Zhao's core area and source of force, and there were hundreds of mu of soldiers' homes everywhere.

If a large number of these victims were resettled to Longyou, Hexi, I am afraid that they would eventually become servants and tenants of these government soldiers, which would be bad.

It is an advantage that there are many Fubing families on hundreds of acres of land, but if they grow too savagely, they can't get anywhere quickly.

Zhang Zhao knew what this uncle meant just by looking at Song Shantong's hesitant expression. I, Zhang Tianwang Khan, were also afraid of the imperial guard election law!

Moreover, he is not willing to make the population of Hexi Longyou, especially Lianglan, Hewei and other prefectures too dense.

It is in his interest to form small landlords with hundreds of acres of land in these places, because this can provide him with stable military support at any time.

Although there is still a surplus of land, Zhang Zhao actually left it to the descendants of these soldiers. At least within three generations, there must be enough land for estate analysis.

If it is distributed to the refugees now, it will not be worthwhile to keep the quality of the soldiers if they are kept all at once.

Moreover, there are quite a few Hu people in these places, and if too many miserable Han refugees are put in, it will reduce the halo of the Han people.

Therefore, Zhang Zhao is more willing to give the brave Han people land to these places than the refugees.

"This matter is actually not difficult." Fan Zhi took out a thick stack of memorials from his wide sleeve.

"Heavenly King, I have a plan to resettle these refugees and provide them with enough food for half a year."

"Oh? Tell me quickly!" Zhang Zhao beckoned to Fan Zhi in surprise. Fan Zhi was also a famous figure in history, and he should have two brushes.

"There are tens of thousands of Long family members in Suzhou who have not yet moved back to Yanqi, why not take this opportunity to move them all away.

Most of the Yellow-headed Uighurs in the south of Ganzhou will also move back to Kucha, and they can also move together.

Ningyuan is sparsely populated, and tens of thousands of people can also be relocated along with the caravan.

The Tuoba Yanchao Clan of the Lingzhou Party has been restless around Lingzhou, so it is better to take this opportunity to move several tribes to Juyanhai.

In this way, one Suzhou, half of Ganzhou, and half of Lingzhou can be freed up, enough to accommodate the victims.

And these relocated people have a lot of property that they can't take away, so we can distribute it to the newcomers.

And they can go to Yanqi, Qiuci, and Ningyuan to make up for it.

These three places also have enough food this year, especially Ningyuan is rich and rich, and they can afford it completely. "

Zhang Zhao's eyes lit up, it really was a solution, in fact, Fan Zhi saw it very accurately, the Liang Kingdom's court didn't have food, there was!Big ones!

The Kingdom of Khotan, especially Ningyuan, has vast land, sparse land and rich land, so there is an inexhaustible amount of food, but it is too far away, and it is impossible to transfer to Longyou, Hexi.

Fan Zhi's method was to move the Long family, Uighurs, and some party members from Longyou, Hexi, and let them go on the road with only rations, and then compensate them when they arrived in Anxi, and then use the Central Plains to fill the vacancy they moved.

good idea!Not only solved the problem of money and food, but also increased the number of Han people in Longyou, Hexi and Lingwu.

(End of this chapter)