I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 368 Dark Clouds in Nanjun

Three days later, Liu Che's decree was conveyed by messenger to Luoyang, where there was another important granary besides the Capital Cang.

To respond to this incident according to flood disaster standards, sufficient food must be mobilized to provide relief to the victims, so that this natural disaster will not trigger civil unrest.

The main granaries of the Han Dynasty were basically in the north.

Qidi is far away from the possible disaster sites in the south. Therefore, transporting food to provide disaster relief will cause too much damage on the road and take too long. I am afraid that by the time the food arrives, the people who lack food will have already died of hunger.

The grain from the capital warehouse in Guanzhong can be transported along the river to Shu, and then to Nanjun and Jiangxia County.

As for Luoyang Granary, it is mainly responsible for supplying Lujiang County and Yuzhang County.

Although according to common sense, it would be more convenient to transport grain from Luoyang to Nanjun and Jiangxia counties, this area is responsible for the Jingshi warehouse in Guanzhong, and the Jingshi warehouse has to transport the grain to Lujiang and Yuzhang counties, and the loss is no less than that of Qi. The granary transports grain southward, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Therefore, in the decree issued by Liu Che, he deliberately gave instructions in advance and gave relatively reasonable arrangements.

As the envoy left Chang'an, Chen Luo and Cao Shou, who were in charge, officially set off.

He and Cao Shoubing separated into two groups.

He marched towards the land of Bashu ahead of the grain in the capital's warehouse.

The current situation of the disaster in the south is still unclear. We need to go to investigate the severity of the disaster in various places so that we can arrange a special relief plan based on the specific disaster content.

Along the way, whether on the carriage or in the cabin, Chen Luo kept writing pamphlets, recording ways to deal with floods and rescue afterwards.

When he gets to the place, he can distribute them directly to local officials so that those people can understand the purpose of their actions and directly achieve a higher degree of organization without spending too much time and effort on training.

In areas that have not been affected by the disaster, warnings are provided to local pavilion chiefs and elders to pay attention to danger warnings and move quickly if there are signs of flash floods or mudslides.

In lightly affected areas, if the floods have receded, special personnel will be arranged to organize people to clean houses, bury livestock and poultry carcasses, purify drinking water sources, and provide food for the transition period.

As for the more severely affected areas, when local people are temporarily unable to return to their places of residence, the authorities need to carry out centralized rescue, unified arrangements for accommodation management, distribution of food, and arrangements for doctors to patrol the camps to treat patients...

As for Cao Shou on the other side, he went to the Luoyang Granary and was responsible for urging the other party to quickly transfer grain to the south.

You must know that if no one is responsible for supervision, sometimes trivial matters may be delayed due to officials' slack.

The grain team dispatched by Luoyang, for example, was stuck for two days in the outbound process and another two days in loading. Gradually accumulating, the grain team in Luoyang may not be able to leave for ten days and a half.

If something unexpected happens in the middle, the grain from Luoyang Granary may be delayed until it can be transported to the south in two or three months.

This is also the reason why Chen Luo went out of his way to establish some friendship with Cao Shou.

Individual heroism fighting alone is powerless in the face of natural disasters. Only by uniting as one can we successfully resist.

Cao Shou who went to Luoyang did not say he had bad intentions. As long as he did nothing, without the supply of Luoyang's granary, the number of victims who would starve to death would increase exponentially.

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Ten days after the two left Chang'an, several urgent documents were sent to the palace by messengers and presented to the meeting hall.

"Your Majesty, Yuzhang County is in emergency. The river embankment collapsed, swallowing up thousands of acres of farmland on both sides of the river, sweeping through dozens of counties, and even killing villages."

"Your Majesty, Nanjun is experiencing a flood that has not been seen in a century. I ask for help."

"Your Majesty, the dragon beasts are making a noise in the clouds, and Jiangxia County has found peace. The victims are all over Jiangling City."

"Your Majesty..."

Within a short period of time, several counties in the south submitted letters. Although there were differences in the words, the actual content was the same. They all suffered from floods and needed help from the court.

After all, one county alone may be able to deal with small and medium-sized accidents, but in the face of such a large-scale disaster, there is no suitable response plan.

Not every county is like those in the Sanhe area and Qidi, which have rich reserves of money and grain to withstand external disasters.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, such large-scale floods were enough to bring several small countries to their knees and overthrow their societies.

This also reflects the superiority of the unified dynasty.

With the existence of the central government, when a local disaster occurs, at least there is a thought in their hearts, knowing that the court will provide support for themselves and the local people. When officials come forward to comfort the victims, they will at least have some confidence.

Seeing this envelope of documents, all the officials in the court looked anxious.

When Liu Che sent Chen Luo to the south to provide disaster relief, there were actually no other voices in the court.

After all, the southern counties did not show signs of being affected by the disaster, which made people wonder whether Chen Luo's trip to the south was to provide disaster relief or for show.

Seeing Chen Luo taking up the official position of six hundred stones from the beginning, some people will inevitably be jealous.

Now that Chen Luo is going to perform "disaster relief" again, won't he be able to reach a higher level next?

However, Liu Che handed down the decision directly and did not give opponents much time.

Of course, those people were still aggrieved and waited until there was no flood or Chen Luo's performance was poor, then they would come out and kick him in the face.

As a result, before there was any news about Chen Luo, the southern counties were in panic, and documents requesting help from the imperial court arrived in Chang'an.

If it hadn't been a very critical situation, those county guards would not have used such straightforward words. The ministers in the court temporarily put aside their intrigues and considered the crisis in the south first.

Prime Minister Wei Wan stood up leisurely and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the south is in crisis today, and Chen Yilang is still immature in his actions. Is it necessary to send another experienced minister to take his place in order to properly resolve the worries of floods in the south? "

When he made this suggestion, he won a lot of approval.

Chen Yilang was still too young to be able to handle such a terrible flood, so he suggested that someone else should handle it.

These voices of approval are not entirely directed at Chen Luo. In fact, quite a few people are thinking about the country.

This flood has affected several counties and requires quite complicated maneuvers. This may be a bit reluctant for a young man in his twenties. It may be more suitable to be replaced by a minister with rich management experience.

Even Wang Zang just lowered his head silently in this situation.

Logically speaking, he should support Chen Luo, who belongs to His Majesty's faction, to be the person in charge of dealing with the flood. However, if Chen Luo cannot deal with the aftermath properly and make the people live in peace, then letting Chen Luo take charge of the matter will actually harm him even more. .

On the other hand, Zhao Wan stood up.

He bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, I believe that changing generals before battle is a taboo for military strategists.

Chen Yilang didn't do anything wrong. He just left Chang'an ten days ago. It seemed inappropriate to replace him before he arrived at the disaster area.

Moreover, I think some of the arrangements Chen Yilang made in Chang'an City in advance are quite appropriate. If his actions in the south are consistent with the situation, replacing him will be even more detrimental to morale. "

The reason why he stood up and spoke was because Chen Luo was his direct subordinate.

If the direct subordinates did not make any principled mistakes but were attacked a lot, and if the superior officer himself did not stand up, then the Censorship Department would probably become estranged and lose its cohesion.

As for another reason, Zhao Wan believed in Chen Luo.

The ability shown by the other party in the position of Yilang made all colleagues stunned. Among those who just raised objections in the court, who can do this?

Two completely opposite opinions came together, and finally everyone's eyes fell on Liu Che, waiting for him to make a decision.

"Chen Yilang warned me in advance that there might be floods in the south, so I asked him to go to the disaster relief. As for you who are worried that Chen Yilang is not stable enough, isn't there Marquis Pingyang here?" Liu Che laughed, He expressed his position and ended the debate among the officials in the court.

Boyu had this opportunity because he earned it himself.

If you think you have the ability to take the lead, why didn't you tell me in advance where the disaster would happen?

Liu Che appoints ministers, and the main one is trustworthy.

If Chen Luozhen didn't do things well, he would naturally blame him and impose punishment later. But now that Chen Luozhen's team had just set off, he sent someone to call him back and let others take his place...

Isn't this just fooling around?

What's more, disaster relief is an urgent matter.

Chen Luo has been setting off for at least ten days now, and it is estimated that he will arrive in the Bashu area in another three to five days to learn about the disaster-stricken front line.

If it were temporarily replaced by other ministers to handle the matter, they would have to spend more than ten days on the road to get to the flood scene.

The time wasted in between is enough to do too many things.

Therefore, Liu Che believes that there is no need to change coaches before the battle.

Liu Che's words also put an end to the debate among the people in the court.

Now that His Majesty has decided so, what else can he say?

But if Chen Boyu really messes up this matter, then they will write a letter of impeachment.

Moreover, compared with Earth Dragon Turbulence, floods, droughts and locust plagues all last for a long time and have a large impact, making them very difficult to deal with.

Since Chen Boyu has no experience in governing at the local level, it is not easy to perform well in dealing with flood disasters.

So all kinds of thoughts emerged in the hearts of the court officials at this time.

"Dismiss the court." Liu Che gently rubbed his brows and announced with a wave of his hand.

He sat on the dragon chariot and when he left the meeting hall, he cast his eyes towards the south.

Boyu, I choose to believe in you, and you must not let me down.

There is a lot of pressure on him to withstand in the court, but if Chen Luo performs well, it will give him greater power to appoint personnel.

It proved that the people Liu Che appointed could get things done.

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In the spring and March of the fourth year of Jianyuan, there was a great flood in the south. The emperor overriding all opinions and sent the Councilor Chen Luo and Pingyang Marquis Cao Shou to rescue the people.

They opened warehouses to help the people, camped on high slopes on the outskirts of the city, buried dead pigs, isolated the sick, and treated them with doctors, and the epidemic gradually disappeared. ——"Book of Han: Chronicles of Emperor Wu"

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The flood that occurred during the Jianyuan reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the first disaster relief record with detailed records in the history of our country.

In the face of horrific natural disasters, the ancient Chinese government responded in a timely manner and formulated a complete disaster relief plan. In the end, it successfully survived the disaster. Compared with other civilizations in the world at the same time, it was like a miracle. ——"The Big Man Under the Microscope"

(End of this chapter)