Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 498 Righteousness

The wind in February is chilly. Although the high-hanging sun is dazzling, the cooling between heaven and earth is very biting. With the earthquake, the ancient city of Jinan seems to be far away from its past prosperity.

"Futai, there are too many victims pouring into Jinan City right now."

Somewhere outside Jinan City, Wang Yongji looked serious and followed Yuan Keli, "Just by repairing Jinan city walls and city defenses, it may be difficult to accommodate victims of this scale. If these victims are allowed to gather in Jinan City for a long time, There may be a shortage of food supplies everywhere, I'm afraid..."

"Why don't I know this?"

Yuan Keli stopped, with a tired look on his face, and sighed softly: "But if we don't do this now, how can we maintain the stability of Shandong?"

"Xiuzhi, right now Shandong, especially prefectures and counties such as Jinan, Yanzhou, Dongchang, etc., are holding on and frightening things everywhere. The army led by Cao Wenyao can do that."

"But when it comes to specific disaster relief matters, and even organizing large numbers of victims to build large-scale projects in various places to implement the work-for-relief policy, they are still far behind."

"What we have to do now is to wait for His Majesty to dispatch a group of officials to rush to Shandong urgently to maintain the overall situation, so that the disaster relief work in Shandong will not be so troublesome in the future."

"But when will this wait?"

Wang Yongji said: "Shandong is not the only one affected by the disaster. The neighboring Henan Province and even the Huaihe River border have also suffered from the disaster."

"According to the news from Shen Yourong, when the Earth Dragon turned over, there were riots in many camps in Dengzhou Prefecture."

Yuan Keli calmed down, looked at Wang Yongji and said: "Shandong suffered such a catastrophic disaster, and the last place that cannot cause chaos is Dengzhou Mansion. If the many groups detained there dare to escape, the consequences will be disastrous."

"And according to the news from Cao Wenyao's department, as well as the news from various places, there are actually a large number of bandit forces in severely affected places such as Yanzhou, Jinan, and Dongchang. I always feel that there is something not simple behind this."

Yuan Keli, the governor of Shandong (Zhu Youxiao's special edict has not yet been issued), is now able to maintain stability in Shandong, which is already very remarkable.

Yuan Keli felt deep in his heart. Previously, in this land of Shandong, I don't know how many people were arrested and killed, and everything revolved around the water transport case.

Even during this period, the remnants of the White Lotus, the remnants of oral smuggling, and the construction of hidden stakes were implicated. Yuan Keli did not expect it to be so complicated.

People's hearts are not ancient.

“In troubled times, we should use important scriptures!!”

"The most troublesome thing right now is not how to appease the victims. The most troublesome thing is that in some places, rumors have begun to appear, and they can say anything. For the stability of the place, this cannot be ensured by Cao Wenyao and others by shocking all places. "

"How's it going over there in Dengzhou Mansion?"

How to reflect Shandong’s difficulties?

One sentence can show that there are still many local magistrates, magistrates, county magistrates and other local officials in Shandong, as well as a large number of assistant and second-level officials who are still vacant. As for the number of unqualified officials, there are even more.

Wang Yongji said: "However, they were all suppressed in time. Now Shen Yourong has sent troops to all the camps in Dengzhou Prefecture to impose martial law, and even issued a strict order. If there is a riot in any camp, the commander of the army there will be held accountable. "

Yuan Keli said with sharp eyes: "No matter what, chaos must not occur in Shandong, especially water transportation. This is not only related to the stability of the capital and Beizhili, but also the stability of Shandong."

"Under this situation, even if His Majesty sends people to Shandong to handle disaster relief matters, the price of food will not be suppressed."

The bustle in the world comes because of profit, and the hustle and bustle in the world all goes away because of profit. Yuan Keli is too clear about human nature.

Even in the past period, Shandong has experienced a great change. I don't know how many people were arrested and killed, and even some clans with strong foundations were uprooted.

But once new changes occur, in the face of absolute interests, some people will take risks!

After all, the free money is too tempting, not to mention that during a major disaster, land prices will be severely depressed. Who can withstand the annexation of large amounts of land at low prices?

In addition to money and land, people are extremely valuable wealth.

Whether it is a young boy or a young girl, it has always been favored by some people.

There has always been a certain trend under the Ming Dynasty. If children and emaciated horses could be trained, the prices they sold would be beyond ordinary people's imagination.

"Xiuzhi, please go to Dengzhou Mansion."

Yuan Keli pondered for a moment, looked at Wang Yongji and said: "In the next period of time, I will arrange manpower to transport the victims of Yunju to Dengzhou."

"After you arrive at Dengzhou Mansion, get in touch with the Liaodong Governor's Mansion. In addition to dealing with the groups who want to be sent to Liao for atonement, you also need to deal with the accommodation of these victims."

"Futai, this matter is too big."

Wang Yongji looked surprised, "Shunting those groups who believe in cults to various parts of Liaodong to atone for their sins will put a lot of pressure on Liaodong."

"Now you have to divert another group of victims. I'm afraid that if the Liaodong Governor knows about this, he will definitely..."

"Hong Chengchou doesn't know how. He hopes that the population under his rule will be as large as possible."

Yuan Keli narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated. Just to reclaim the wasteland under its control requires a large population, not to mention the mining of the mineral deposits and the preparation of corresponding industries. These are things that require good people." People get involved.”

"Those who are able to go to Dengzhou Prefecture and cross the sea by boat to Liaodong will be carefully screened, and they will mainly be people who do not have land in their names. These people go to Liaodong. As long as they are hard-working and willing to work, they may not be eligible. We cannot take root in Liaodong."

"Then what should the court think? All the princes in the court know about this..." Wang Yongji was still a little worried and looked at Yuan Keli and said.

"I can't take care of that much anymore."

Yuan Keli clenched his hanging hands tightly and said resolutely: "If this matter is delayed for one more day, I don't know how many people will die. Even if I am misunderstood by Your Majesty, I will do this well."

"The people of the Ming Dynasty are really suffering. They are obviously hard-working and willing to work, but they live in such poverty. If we officials turn a deaf ear and turn a blind eye, then will they still have a way to survive?"

"Some people have to do some things after all. If I don't do it, who else will do it? I believe Hong Chengchou also knows this. As for me, it depends on you whether some of the victims in Shandong can go to Liaodong alive. The next thing to do in Dengzhou Mansion, I’ll leave it to you!”

When talking about this, Yuan Keli saluted Wang Yongji.

"I will definitely live up to Futai's great trust!!"

Upon seeing this, Wang Yongji hurriedly stepped aside, and then bowed to Yuan Keli in return.

(End of this chapter)