Wanli 1592

Chapter 573

Shen Li deeply understood a truth.

The loss caused by the war is not the biggest loss. The secondary damage to the warring area caused by the collapse of management and the invalidation of the law after the war is the most terrible, and it often brings a devastating blow to the war area. This damage is almost irreversible.

For example, the most terrifying lesson of the ancients - after a catastrophe, there must be a catastrophe.

Fortunately, it is a severe cold season, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune. In case of midsummer, there is nowhere to hide the corpses everywhere, and they can only rot, breeding a large number of terrible germs, causing a terrible plague. Many more people died directly because of the war.

But it is also because it is the severe cold season in early spring, and it is expected that the cold spring will be bone-chilling, and more people will freeze to death right now.

The city destroyed by the war cannot provide shelter for the refugees. The icy cold wind will cause the refugees to freeze to death. If the imperial court cannot properly accommodate these refugees, the number of people who will die of freezing will surely exceed those killed by the war. dead people.

There is also a more serious food problem. The current food shortage problem has not been resolved. Last year, the entire Northland had a large-scale reduction in production, and there was a serious shortage of food. The food transferred from the south of the Yangtze River was given priority to the officials and the army. Right now, the rations of the refugees in the capital area are barely enough. It can be solved, if there are tens of thousands of 10,000+ refugees in Shanxi, then...

As soon as Shen Li's words came out of his mouth, several big bosses gave him a look of displeasure.

Serious!
Which of you present are not elites trained from the grassroots?Would they not know?
No one will fail to think of this joint, but everyone is not willing to think about it yet.

In other words, we always have to wait until we have achieved our political goals before considering these things.

It's not that they are too cold-blooded, but that under the persecution of the political environment, they have long been unable to think about problems normally. Just imagine, the imperial court is fiercely contested, and the Jin Party naturally has to fight for enough relief food and disaster relief funds for their hometown, but Daming Are you the only one affected by the disaster in Shanxi?

Everyone is affected by the disaster, but you are a little bit worse, but I am not immune to the disaster. The government's disaster relief funds and active food are always limited. If you want to take all the flowers, what should we do?
And what's more, if the Jin Party wants to do things, if they are done, doesn't it mean that they are going to revive again?The part of the food that originally belonged to us will help our political opponents recover and then come to fight for power with us...

How can such a thing be done?Is this something that humans can do?It is necessary to wait until the Jin Party is completely overthrown, and then go to clean up the mess in Shanxi, so that everyone can get certain benefits, and those people and places that have been rescued can become their own help.

It is very realistic in official circles, why should people and places that cannot be helped be saved?Praise benevolence pacesetter ah?

Instead of helping the enemy revive, it is better to let us revive ourselves. As for those common people...

Sorry, I only blame you for being born in Shanxi!
Political animals can do anything for political purposes. Their integrity value has long since fallen below the limit of creatures. There is no intelligent creature whose integrity value is lower than that of political animals. They are all the same, and no one compares to the other. noble.

Shen Li may have his own conscience and pursuit, but he is not Wang Yangming, he can't maintain his original ideal in the dark, he has come to this position, there is no pusher behind him, no dirty political transactions, no It is impossible for one's own interest group.

The limit he can do is to show a little bit of his kindness on the basis of ensuring the interests of the people behind him.

This is his last conscience.

He couldn't bear to see the people of Shanxi bleeding into rivers because of this conspiracy. The people of Daming were too miserable. He just wanted to let them relax, at least... to save his own life, right?
However, just such a request may be difficult to meet, because there are too many people who are more ruthless than him, and there are seven or eight in front of him.

It seemed that Shen Li was speaking for Yang Junmin, and Shi Xing felt uncomfortable.

"Then this is also the matter of Yang Shangshu. He has been in charge of the household department and the world's money warehouse for so many years. The deficit in a year is higher than that in a year, and the income in a year is less than a year. This year eats next year's grain, and next year eats it later. Year's grain! How long can we eat without food?

At present, the chaos in Shanxi has not yet subsided, and there will inevitably be many refugees. The post-war reconstruction task is arduous, and the money and food needed are astronomical. Where does this money come from?Where does food come from? "

Shen Li frowned.

"Shibutang, you are the Minister of the Ministry of War, don't worry about the affairs of the Ministry of Finance!"

Shi Xing smiled coldly and nodded.

"Okay! Mr. Shen Ge, I don't care about these things. This is a matter of the Ministry of Household Affairs and civil affairs. It is not my turn to take care of it! But I am the Minister of the Ministry of War, and I will take care of military affairs! I am afraid that the number of Ming soldiers lost after this battle is not high. A few, once the war is over, regardless of the outcome, the meritorious soldiers will always be rewarded, and the soldiers who died in battle will always be compensated! This is the most basic! How to calculate this money?"

What Shi Xing said sounded like Yang Junmin, but in fact he wanted Shen Li to stop talking nonsense. Now it is a critical moment, so don't jump out, otherwise you will be attacked together!
How could Shen Li bear this temper?
"Japan's compensation silver will arrive soon! 65 taels of silver, isn't it enough for you?!"

Shi Xing laughed dryly twice.

"Mr. Shen Ge, let alone the 65 taels, the 65 taels in the third quarter of next year have already been reserved for 63 taels. The 65 taels will sail from Japan to Tianjin to be loaded and unloaded on the land of Ming Dynasty. If it is transported to the capital, it will not enter the national treasury, it will be directly taken away by someone, and then it will disappear!"

Shen Li's face froze, and then he seemed to want to say something, but he didn't say it after all, so he could only look at Yang Junmin helplessly.

Yang Junmin's face was pale. Of course, he knew that the account books of the Ministry of Accounts for these years were a bad book. If we really want to spread it out, it is estimated that except for Hai Rui who has been dead for a long time, no one in the whole court can get rid of this bad book. Account, everyone has more or less problems.

Originally, I thought that an extra 260 million taels of silver could improve Daming’s financial situation, but I never thought that with the increase in income, the appetite of these corrupt officials would also expand. Their adaptability of appetite is simply the best in the world. The extra silver was swallowed in minutes.

All kinds of excuses and excuses are all things that I can't refuse, and I can't refuse at all. This kind of thing has become an unspoken rule in the officialdom since decades ago. How can I object?

Yang Junmin is very clear about many things that can't be done by himself, but there is no solution to this matter right now, because he really has no money in his hands.

(End of this chapter)