Datang Library

Chapter 154
In the city of Zhuojun, the capital of Youzhou, the new general Chai Shao is worrying about one thing!
There was a severe drought in the north this year, and the entire Youzhou and the entire Hebei Road were disaster areas. A few days ago, there were refugees on the west side of Youzhou. Fortunately, the local Cui family agreed to the court to open a warehouse to release grain!
Now that ten days have passed, Cui's grain release has ended, and the grain and grass in the court have arrived. Originally, Chai Shao shouldn't be anxious, but it is precisely because of this that Chai Shao is a little worried!
We have sent various food transportation teams to various places for disaster relief, but the bad thing is here. When the disaster relief team went, it was fine and went very smoothly. The local people lined up to welcome them!
But when the convoy came back, the common people refused to let them go, saying what would we eat if we left the convoy?
In the end, a big joke was made. When the convoy came back, people from all over the country followed the convoy.

Although the food transport officer had clearly told them that food was being delivered in a steady stream and would be delivered every few days, the refugees didn't believe it. In this catastrophic time, where did the court get so much food?Never heard of it before!

Since the imperial court said so, it means that there is food in the state capital, and everyone should block the state capital and guard the big granary in the state capital, at least it is better than starving to death at home!

So I don't know whether it was intentional or a coincidence. When people from all over the country saw the refugees fleeing for refuge, those who couldn't make it through also joined in one after another. The team became bigger and bigger. Several big cities in Hebei Province were surrounded by refugees in three days. No, people don't make trouble, just wait for the meal to be sent by the government to eat!

In this way, refugees gathered in various places again, causing Li Er to be shocked!

Didn't you just appease the refugees?The warehouses have already been opened to release food, why not only did the refugees not decrease after ten days, but they gathered more and more?And it's like the smoke of war everywhere, as long as it's a big city, it's surrounded by refugees?Could it be that someone is interfering with it?

For this matter, Li Er immediately sent his confidant elite messengers to investigate, but the answer he got made Li Er dumbfounded!

Among the people, there are many old people who have gone through troubled times. Everyone has never seen anything. Drought, locust plague, war, plague, as long as people over 30 years old, basically these kinds of sufferings have been experienced!
It was just ten years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and there were still five years of fighting in the world. Before the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there were disputes at the end of the Sui Dynasty. There were constant wars for years. At that time, everything was obtained by fighting. During the period, there were countless natural and man-made disasters, who cares about the common people?Who cares about natural disasters?

When natural disasters come, the harvest is not good?As long as it is not under your own rule, and the people who die in your territory are not the people in your own territory, which way will the anti-king take care of it?

If there is an accident in our own territory, well, in order to survive, we can fight and snatch it, and we don't have to worry about it, it's nothing more than a matter of victory or defeat!
So no matter what, it is the lower-class people who suffer from the disaster!
When natural disasters meet war chaos, whoever manages the life and death of the people, sells children and daughters, trades children for food, etc., as long as they can survive, basically anyone will do it!
Even in times of natural disasters, when there was no war, the imperial court faced a catastrophe, or prayed to the heavens, or opened warehouses to release grain everywhere!
But the food is also very limited. Basically, the imperial court can’t hold on within a few days. In the end, everyone still has to flee, escape from the disaster-stricken hometown, flee to the place where there is food, water, and rich harvest, and survive the disaster year. Going back to the hometown again, this is the unanimous view and opinion of the old people!
This year is good, who has ever seen a catastrophe year, the imperial court sends food to the village, so that every household can survive the disaster by staying at home?No one believed it. Instead of believing such a ridiculous lie, it would be better to escape early while still having rations!

So big cities all over the country were besieged, Li Shimin's case was not used for the first three days, and it was full of memorials discussing this matter!
From Li Shimin's point of view, this matter is good or bad. The bad thing is that the people still don't trust the Tang court!
The good thing is that the people are not completely unbelieving, at least they are still trying to believe, otherwise they would not have fled to the vicinity of the big city, but fled south collectively all the way!

Regarding this matter, Li Shimin has nothing to worry about, so let it be, the common people like to be closer to the city!Anyway, there is food everywhere!Of course, if all the people in the periphery gathered together, it would save the trouble of transporting food!
But the emperor thought so, but the besieged chief officials didn't think so. So many people gathered together, and they had to feed them every day. The so-called much ado about nothing, what if these people gathered together and caused trouble?
There are more and more people, what if someone gets a disease and eventually a plague breaks out?Therefore, after receiving the emperor's edict, knowledgeable officials wrote the matter again!For example, Chai Shao!
When Chai Shao was worried about this, his servants came to report that a student from Zhongnan Academy asked to see him!

When the visitor appeared in the City Lord's Mansion, Chai Shao was stunned!
This, isn't this his own son?
It turned out that these two were the Chai brothers sent to Youzhou by Bai Fan, Chai Zhewei and Chai Lingwu!

The two were originally responsible for teaching the use and maintenance of pressurized wells in various parts of Youzhou, and followed the court to pay attention to the disaster situation and help the people!
Now that the disaster has come to this point, there is no need to dig wells anymore, only to appease the people!

But the people are all old people who have experienced disasters, so they don't listen to the words of the court. In the end, the two saw that they couldn't stop the refugees from gathering, so they could only come to the state capital!

Since the two entered school, they rarely saw their father. My mother passed away early, and my father had to lead troops to fight again. Shao was sent abroad, and the two children haven't seen their father for more than half a year!

Chai Zhewei is 15 years old and Chai Lingwu is ten years old!
After two months of experience, the two of them lost their bookishness and became more mature and capable. Even Chai Lingwu, who is only ten years old, has the mature temperament of an unusual child!
The first time Chai Shaochu met, he almost didn't recognize them. Are these two really his two playboys?
"The child pays homage to the father!"

The two immediately knelt down and kowtowed to their father!
Chai Shao came back to his senses, hurried forward to pull up his two sons, looked around and looked around, and was very happy after watching it!
"Okay, okay! Zhongnan Academy is really a treasure place for nurturing talents. Mr. Bai is really amazing. I haven't seen you for a long time, and I almost don't recognize my father!

At this moment, you look like you are no longer the old Chang'an dandy, and you can see that you have grown up!That's right, it's from my Chai family!

I heard that the imperial court sent you out to practice for two months, so hurry up and tell your father what you have gained! "

The three of them sat down, and Chai Zhewei said, "At first, Master sent us out, saying that we were to defend China from national calamity, but it took two months before I realized what suffering is, and how difficult it is for the people to survive. My child feels quite ashamed of our muddle-headed life in Chang'an!
It’s just that the second brother doesn’t want to play anymore, and he will take the initiative to help the people when they are in trouble. In the past two months, he has met many children of the same age, and he will take the initiative to teach them how to read when there is nothing to do!

Thinking about it, this is the true meaning of Master sending us out, not expecting us to do great things, but to let us experience ordinary life and cherish everything that is hard-won! "

Chai Shao nodded and said, "That's right, you are able to let go of your dignity and blend in with the common people, instead of looking down on the suffering common people, I am very pleased as a father. After all, you are the talents of my Tang Dynasty, and you are no longer the dandies you used to be." !very good!"

Chai Lingwu said, "This is how we usually get along with people in the academy. We do everything by ourselves. When we see old people, we have to salute and say hello. When we see children, we have to take care of them. Master said that there is only an age gap between people. No matter what they do, the people outside are as kind as the gardener grandpa and the cook lady in the academy!"

Chai Zhewei also said, "That's right, we are used to this in the academy, and if you let the boy scold and instruct others, the boy can't do it anymore! It always feels very bad! It's very awkward!
In the academy, the master never asked for a servant girl, and everything was done by himself, but the boy felt that the master was the most carefree person in the world!The child is very envious! "

Seeing that even his youngest son can think and do this, Chai Shao is completely convinced. Zhongnan Academy, just based on this fact, should be regarded as the best in the world!

"Father, the child is here to solve the difficulties for the father. It is not a solution for the refugees outside the city to gather like this. Their safety must be guaranteed!"

"Oh? You have a solution? Tell me quickly!"

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