Yin Fu Daojun

Chapter 49 Scheme
After Xie Duan rushed to the county yamen, as expected, many people had gathered around the yamen, and their emotions were not very stable. Compared with the situation of the grain hall before, the situation was not a little bit more serious.

He went to the yamen to ask for an explanation, and went to the grain hall to make trouble, and even went to the county guard's mansion, completely ignoring the consequences, obviously wanting to make things big. How can ordinary people have such awareness?

He wouldn't believe it if there was no one manipulating behind the scenes.

It's just that I don't have time to find out who is going to do this. The most urgent thing is to appease the troublemakers first.

The gate was already blocked. Apart from the rioting commoners, there were also many spectators. The gate of the yamen was closed, and there was not a single yamen servant outside. It is estimated that they did not want to have any conflicts with them.

Xie Duan no longer hesitated at this time, jumped up, and immediately flew to the stone steps at the gate of the yamen. A little unstable, I couldn't help but backed up until I stepped down the steps.

The people in the audience looked at the gentle scholar in front of them, their faces full of surprise, but for a while, no one dared to step forward.

"My neighbors, be safe and don't be impatient, just listen to me!"

He raised his voice, and repeated what he said in the food hall before, and with the assistance of the chief secretary at the back, and finally invited the county magistrate, after some persuasion, the siege was finally resolved.

However, the time is only three days. Within three days, they must take action, whether it is to the refugees outside the city or to the people in the city, they must have an account and must handle the matter properly.

In the hall of the county government office, Li Qing had his hands clasped behind his back, with a gloomy expression.

"Opening the righteous storehouse and distributing the surplus grain for disaster relief is a kind act. Moreover, the free storehouse is under the jurisdiction of the government, and the county has the right to do so! The people of Changshan County have always been simple and reasonable. Even if they know it, they will never be so ruthless. Who is secretly inciting people to riot?"

It's obviously too abnormal for things to develop to this point.

Especially seeing the emotional changes of the rioting people, not only blame the government, but also resentment and distrust.

Based on this alone, he thought that someone was causing trouble on purpose.

It's just that the people are innocent, they are also deceived and used by others, and become other people's pawns. If you use force against them, you will first fulfill the wishes of the people behind the scenes, and second, you will also lose the hearts of the people.

"Brother-in-law, don't worry, the Skynet is fully restored, and he will be caught sooner or later! The most important thing to do now is to ensure the relief of refugees outside the city, and at the same time appease the dissatisfaction of the people inside the city."

Xie Duan stood aside at this time and spoke to him.

"Having said that, but there are only three days, how can there be a plan for both? They made troubles because they were unbalanced. They blamed the county for breaking the precedent and opening warehouses to release food and relieve refugees from other places."

Li Qing frowned, looking rather helpless.

He should have thought of this result when he decided to open the righteous storehouse to release grain, but let him watch the living people starve to death in front of his eyes, but he didn't do anything, it was unavoidable to worry.

He was born in a scholarly family and received a good education since he was a child. After becoming an official, he was not a corrupt official, a stupid official, a bad official, or an honest official.

At most, he is just an ordinary parent official who pleads for the people.

Seeing the change in his demeanor, Xie Duan also knew what he was thinking, so he stopped beating around the bush and hurriedly expressed his plan.

"If there is no way, I will not promise the three-day period! Brother-in-law, I wonder if you have heard of the method of 'relief with work'?"

He was unhurried, calm and comfortable, and talked to him.

"Relief from Work? What is Relief from Work?"

Li Qing looked puzzled and didn't know what it meant.

"The so-called work for relief is to replace relief with work!"

He didn't know this method, but it was within Xie Duan's expectation. He had already made a conclusion from the Master Registrar's answer before.

In the face of refugees, they used porridge and food. Although it has been the case since ancient times to provide disaster relief from the imperial court, it cannot be said that this method must not work, but the disadvantages of it are obvious.

Simply distributing food will make the refugees more dependent on the government, waiting for food relief every day to save their lives, and cannot solve the problem at the root.

Second, some people who are not refugees will pretend to be refugees and mix in to receive relief food. After all, there are cheap and not greedy.

If it is more serious, it will directly lower the local economic level.

It is precisely because of the imperfection of the ancient disaster relief system that once a disaster occurs in some places, it will be a huge expenditure for the court.

Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan combined the current situation and proposed the method of "relief with work", which was widely used, and finally achieved three goals with one stone.

Hearing Xie Duan's words right now, Li Qing couldn't help being greatly astonished.

"Replacing relief with work! Do you mean that you want the refugees outside the city to serve as laborers and help the local people to do things, so as to receive relief food? In this way, first, it can calm the dissatisfaction in the hearts of the people, and second, it can also allow the refugees to live If we continue, we will not even damage the economic roots of the county in the end, so as to achieve the goal of killing three birds with one stone!"

The more he went on, the more incredible he felt, and he was completely immersed in it at the end. This kind of relief method is too advanced.

"Exactly! Although this method may not be acceptable to all the people, it can at least eliminate the imbalance in their hearts!"

The Master Registrar stood aside and listened, and couldn't help but interject at this moment.

"Mr. Xie, this method may be feasible! But what if those refugees are unwilling? After all, the previous relief method was porridge and food, and now it is suddenly changed, I am afraid that I will not adapt to it."

Hearing this, Xie Duan just smiled.

"For real refugees, as long as they have a stutter and can survive, they can do anything, just work in different areas, let them eat according to their abilities, what's wrong with it?"

As soon as these words came out, Master Master thought about it and felt that there was some truth, so he didn't say any more.

"There were only more than 200 refugees outside the city a few days ago, but since the opening of the warehouse to release food, the number has increased sharply. Among them, there are many locals who are fishing in troubled waters, but they are suffering from no good countermeasures."

"If the method of 'relief with work' comes out, even if this phenomenon cannot be completely eliminated, it will allow them not to receive food in vain."

After hearing what he said, Li Qing nodded his head, expressing his agreement, and then while deliberating in his mind, he planned the overall plan.

The number of refugees is not too many, but there are not many. If they all gather in one place, it is easy to cause an epidemic, but they can still live on hungry stomachs. Once the epidemic spreads, sorry, they all have to die.

Therefore, since he decided to give relief, he separated the refugees. The four city gates, east, west, north, south, all sent people to build huts. The number of people living in each hut should not exceed 20.

It has to be said that in this respect, he is still very experienced.

"Relief with work is wonderful! I will draft the documents immediately, and I will go to the Sheriff's Mansion in person to report the matter to the Sheriff's Lord. If your plan can be implemented smoothly, it may cause a lot of trouble. benefit the place.”

Li Qing showed a long-lost smile, feeling quite excited.

In fact, the method of substituting work for relief first appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period. There is a story in "Yanzi Spring and Autumn", that is, "Qi Hungry Yanzi used to relieve the people because of the battle on the road", which has already begun to take shape.

Just because there is no complete system, there are very few people who know how to implement this method in all dynasties. It was not until Fan Zhongyan put forward the idea of ​​"relief with work" that it was widely spread and widely used.

(End of this chapter)