Poor family mother and son

Chapter 986 The court has memory

Four years ago, there was indeed a locust plague, and the locust plague affected several state capitals, but Yibin Mansion, which was the first to report the locust plague, did not suffer much loss.

As soon as these were mentioned, everyone thought of Chu Qing, so the court was even more silent.

At that time, no one paid attention to Chu Qing's suggestion. Of course, few people knew that the reminder at the beginning of the locust plague came from the "Cotton Affairs Daily Record" that Emperor Qingde had peeped in advance, that is, work notes.

However, it is well known that Chu Qing was the first to implement methods to suppress locust plagues, such as raising chickens and ducks, and later exchanging locusts for food.

Later, everyone knew that Chu Qing used his own warehouse to store grain to stabilize the local grain price.

However, everyone thought about it for a long time, and those were just internal troubles. As for foreign troubles, it seemed that Voss didn't move much that year, right?

Only a few people know about the movement of the country of Voss, and most of the ministers don't know.

At that time, the country of Vos was facing a food crisis, and wanted to launch a surprise attack on New Lun, but Chu Qing used food to stir up civil unrest in Voss, thus quelling the foreign invasion invisibly.

This incident was reported in detail in the report of the secret investigation department. For this reason, Hu Hengqiu even had a good meal with the emperor to analyze and praise Chu Qing.

Because many people don't know about the previous foreign aggression, someone said at this time: "The country of Voss is not a big problem, they only run out of food every spring;

As long as we quickly control the disaster and let the victims pass through this year smoothly, there will be no troubles. "

There are quite a few people who agree with this statement, but the problem still exists: "Only talking about controlling the disaster situation, repairing dikes requires manpower and money, and searching and rescuing victims requires manpower and money;

Not to mention building temporary shelters for disaster victims, it requires manpower and money;
Not talking about money, just manpower, how to organize?

Everyone should be aware of the current situation. There are countless casualties among the people, and those who survived are displaced. Where do you organize the manpower to do these things? "

Some censors and officials of the Ministry of Rites have forgotten the pain of being sprayed yesterday: "There is a saying in the "Hanshu": 'If you do not respect ghosts and gods, and the government orders go against the times, the water will lose its nature'. The minister thought that the emperor should sacrifice to the sky! "

Those who dare to make such a suggestion are civil servants who can truly "admonish to the death", otherwise, who would have nothing to offend the emperor?
The emperor of this dynasty is different from previous dynasties. He will turn his face when he mentions "sacrificing to heaven" and "sinning himself".

Sure enough, the emperor's face turned dark. Originally, he only wanted to slap anyone who mentioned topics related to the prince and the abolition of officials. It seemed that these people should also be included in the slap list.

Fortunately, some officials lingered on the previous question: "It's not difficult to organize manpower. I remember when Chu and Linyang Hou hired disaster victims to build bridges and pave roads..."

Immediately, someone echoed: "Yes, back then, Marquis Linyang also suppressed the price of grain, but it didn't cause much trouble."

It's a pity that Chu Qing wasn't there, otherwise, he would have sighed: "My sister is here, but the court only condemns me; when my sister is not there, the court is full of legends."

But with such a mention, the ministers have more ideas.

Grain prices, grain merchants, granaries, officials, and all related people and events later developed into a "cleaning" of the Jiangnan officialdom, cutting off how many minions of the courtiers present, they all remembered.

Immediately, a courtier mentioned: "When there was chaos amidst chaos, do you still remember the 'chicken and duck plague case'?

Now that the flood is happening, the north is fine, it has been frozen for a long time, but the south is now full of dead chickens and ducks, and the south is warm and humid, fearing another plague will break out! "

This is for rhythm.

That Chu Qing didn't have any good effect. She fiddled with raising chickens and ducks, and it seemed that she used chickens and ducks to restrain locusts, but it planted new disasters. In the end, the plague spread throughout her life.

In the end, she made a lot of chicken and duck money herself, but after several years, hasn't the chicken plague and duck plague never stopped?This is a hidden danger!
But the rhythm is not easy to follow. Even if Chu Qing doesn't advocate it, chicken plague and duck plague will happen as well. If there are too many animals, if they are not taken care of well, the plague will be inevitable.

So for a while, no one immediately echoed this argument.

Liu Ju, Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, took a look at the "old enemy" and "old partner", Si Yazhi, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and said: "The opinion of the minister and the Minister of the Ministry of War is that the reports from various places have been delayed to Beijing due to road blockages. It has been many days since the news;

Therefore, the focus of disaster relief this time is on drainage and dredging of roads, so the required manpower can be dispatched from the local garrison;
The focus of disaster relief lies in two areas: civilian resettlement and food assistance;
These can refer to the practice of Linyanghou in the past, mobilizing the affected people to contribute to building resettlement houses, instead of letting them passively wait to be resettled in the displaced;

At the same time, the distribution of relief food is paid in the form of wages, so that they are not fed in vain, but also inspire their courage to live;

Mobilize wealthy households to donate money and materials at the same time. If you have money, you can contribute money, and if you have strength, you can contribute. Lin Yanghou said in the past: when one party is in trouble, all parties support;

It is possible to record the good deeds of good people who have made great contributions in the local county annals and give them honor;

It is tragic to be hit by a disaster, and it is painful to lose a loved one, but once people get busy, they can always get rid of some negative emotions;

In this way, it can also reduce the pressure on the treasury and achieve a greater rescue effect. "

It has to be said that no matter how many courtiers have selfishness, there are always people who do practical things.

Liu Ju's speech can be said to be a good start for everyone, because what he proposed are all practical methods, but they are a little rough.

That's right, I talked with the emperor for most of the night last night, and my thoughts were entangled in calculating the relief food and other aspects, and I didn't think clearly about more things.

Even though he was allowed to rest in the side hall, he couldn't sleep well. He fell asleep with problems, and he was always looking for solutions in his dreams. When he had a thought, he got up and took notes.

So Mrs. Liu not only failed to rest well, but went to wait for Si Yazhi to discuss countermeasures with Si Yazhi.

The result of the two people's discussions, speaking out at this time, is equivalent to proposing a disaster relief program for everyone, and then supplementing the details can be perfected.

As a result, everyone's thinking direction was quickly unified by Liu Ju's speech, and they began to add details one after another——

"Just now I said that the manpower needed to drain waterlogging and clear roads can be dispatched from the local garrison. This is a good way;

Each state capital has garrisons, the smallest number is two thousand, and at the county level, depending on the county level, there are also ten to one thousand people;

These are available manpower. In addition, there are government servants in various prefectures and counties. Regardless of whether they are in the establishment or not, they are also a great force when they are concentrated. "

"That's right, if manpower is insufficient, they can also be seconded to neighboring state capitals and deployed according to the severity of the disaster."

"Master Liu said that drainage and dredging of roads are the focus of disaster relief, so that should also be the focus of funding, right?
Simple drainage can only solve the immediate difficulties, but the real money is spent on repairing dikes and dams, cleaning rivers and canals, etc. Is there still money to help the victims? "

*Note: Waiting for Leaking Courtyard: The place where hundreds of officials gather in the morning to prepare for pilgrimage.

(End of this chapter)