Princess of the auxiliary country

The more she thought about it, the more she felt like it could really work.

He immediately came to his daughter's side, took her little hand, and spoke solemnly with a smile.

"Daughter, can you tell me in more detail what you just said?"

Huo Junyao smiled and nodded.

"First of all, we ordered people to go to the prefectures and counties of each state and ask the imperial court to organize people to conduct a census of the people in the areas under their jurisdiction. If anyone is found to be affected by the disaster, they can organize rescue."

"At the same time, we also cleared out the temporarily unused houses and warehouses under the name of the imperial court, so that the people can live in them first to avoid the wind and snow."

"The Ministry of Industry has sent more people to build the fireplace. This thing is very simple. The blacksmiths can make it as long as they see the real thing."

"You don't need to make too many. Just send one to each state and county and order them to recruit blacksmiths to make it immediately."

"In this way, the problem of people's accommodation and heating can be greatly alleviated."

"If there are not enough vacant houses and warehouses, then we can mobilize local wealthy squires or big businessmen to requisition their idle warehouses."

Hearing this, the eldest princess frowned and said, "Can these people agree? My daughter, you don't know how bad these people are. In the past years, when the country was in trouble, these people made a lot of money."

"It cannot be tolerated that they refuse to agree. The court can offer courtesy first and then attack. For those who are unwilling, it can promise to rent and pay according to the market price."

"If you are still unwilling, then there is no need to be polite. Let's investigate the background of these people directly. I don't think anyone who can do such a thing is a good person. Once you check them out, they will be sure. If the crime is relatively big, just take them down. , confiscated the property."

"The money and food received can also help relieve some of the pressure on the court."

The eldest princess nodded. This method is good, but it also has problems.

"This is not difficult. As you said, they may not be good people."

"But there is collusion between government and businessmen in many places, and I'm afraid it won't be easy to handle."

"This is also simple. Let the emperor issue an edict and place the responsibility for disaster relief directly on the officials of the various states. If a large number of victims die or riots occur in the areas under their jurisdiction, local officials will be directly held accountable."

"Just like how we dealt with those wealthy squires who were unwilling to cooperate, we conducted a direct investigation. If we found that there had been corruption and perversion of the law in the past, we immediately confiscated the property."

"Many of these corrupt officials have a lot of money and food in their families."

"As long as the court's attitude is tough, these local officials will not be afraid. After all, if one person fails, the whole family will be punished. When they are in danger themselves, will they still take care of the wealthy squires?"

"At that time, the emperor only needs to find a few examples and clarify the code. When others learn the news, how dare they act dishonestly?"

The method is indeed good, but the eldest princess is still a little worried.

"Would this cause them dissatisfaction and incite riots?"

"So this edict must be clearly written. It only targets those who do not cooperate with the court and deliberately obstruct disaster relief. And as I said just now, it is not forced requisition. We will also give money."

"Be polite before fighting. It is best to communicate the content of the edict to all state capitals so that the people know that the court is making comprehensive plans for them. If there is any obstruction, the people will attack on their own initiative without the instigation of those bad people. them."

"As long as the court stands upright and truly stands on the side of the people, there is a saying."

"The eyes of the people are sharp."

"They may be illiterate and have little knowledge, but they can still see clearly who is sincerely helping them."

The eldest princess nodded repeatedly, feeling that what her daughter said was very reasonable. As long as the court publicizes and implements the disaster relief steps, the people will naturally believe in the court after seeing what the court does.

And those who want to obstruct it are bound to be unlucky.We can even take advantage of this opportunity to clean up and rectify some bad habits in various states.

"As long as things go smoothly, the court doesn't actually need to spend much money. As for the food just after the autumn harvest, there should be no shortage in the hands of the people, the prefectures, and the court, and it should be enough to provide disaster relief."

"But you still have to be careful."

At this time, the eldest princess took the words of her daughter, a little girl under 15 years old, very seriously.

When I heard her say that I needed to be more careful, I quickly asked.

"When I lived in a mountain village, I also encountered famines. I heard some things from people at that time."

"Many times, the court's disaster relief food has accurately arrived at the disaster area, but the Yamen would hide it at the beginning."

"Why conceal it? Is it corruption? Those dog officials are so bold that they even dare to embezzle grain for disaster relief?"

The eldest princess raised her eyebrows. Disaster relief food is something that affects the lives of tens of millions of victims. If local officials are greedy, some victims will lose their lives.

"It is certain that they are greedy for ink, but they dare not be completely greedy. They also have to control it so that a large number of victims will not die. Otherwise, they will not be able to explain to their superiors, and they will also lose their heads."

"However, what these officials did is far more despicable than embezzling disaster relief food."

Speaking of this, a stern look flashed in her eyes.

In the memory of the original owner, such a thing did happen. At that time, many people in the village she was in were affected, and even their families were destroyed, and the disaster spread to future generations.

Many of them were people who helped the original owner or were very kind to the original owner, so the original owner has always been very angry about this. Even if the original owner is no longer here, Huo Junyao still feels angry when thinking of these.

Seeing her like this, the eldest princess' face turned cold. It seemed that her daughter had experienced far more suffering than she imagined.

"Mom doesn't know much about these things. Can you have a good talk with me?"

"After the disaster relief food arrives, those officials will conceal it and tell the public that the disaster relief food has not arrived yet."

"The food has not arrived, and the people are hungry. With no other choice, they can only go to the local rich and wealthy people and ask them to borrow food."

The eldest princess was a little surprised and felt that she couldn't believe it.

"Will those people be so kind as to lend food?"

Huo Junyao smiled coldly and continued, "Of course they will borrow it, because that is why they collude with officials."

"They don't borrow for nothing, they need to have a mortgage, such as the land in the hands of the people."

"Then the grain they loaned out is also calculated according to the nine out and thirteen out."

The eldest princess knew about nine departures and thirteen returns, and instantly understood how these people operated.

"Every year, people don't have much food left in their hands. If we do this, there won't be much left. If there is some disaster in the coming year, food production will decrease."

"We simply can't afford to pay it back. Then these people will directly confiscate the fields that were originally used for mortgage."

"Because it was a collusion between officials and businessmen, and there was a deed, even if the people knew they were being harmed, they would have no way to appeal."

"Without the fields and food that they depend on for survival, there is still a way to survive. They have to wait to die, beg, or sell their children and daughters. A family is now in dire straits, and it will be difficult to recover."