Zhu Biao in the Pingliang Prefecture was discussing with Zhang Fan how to arrange for the victims. Disaster relief food had been delayed for so long, causing too many people to starve to death. As the population decreased, it became increasingly clear that food was sufficient.
Therefore, we are fully capable of supplying more food to the victims, but we cannot let them lie down and wait for the next meal after they are full. Shaanxi and Gansu are suffering from drought all year round, and it is impossible for the court to mobilize a large amount of food for disaster relief every year. This year is no problem. There is no big border area.
During the large-scale war, Zhu Biao spared no effort to borrow food, but what if there were natural disasters and wars in the future?
Therefore, it is better to take some preventive measures now. It is rare that labor and food are still sufficient, so we can use work as relief. The court will provide food and pay appropriate wages.
Zhu Biao currently has several warehouses filled with money. If this money is not spent, it is no different than a stone. Only when money is circulated can it generate value and restore the hope for the future for the victims who have been squeezed out.
In providing disaster relief, the court can only ensure that the victims will not starve to death, but if they want to be fed and clothed, then go to work and spend the wages you want. People are ignorant, but the yearning and pursuit of a better life is instinctive. As long as
When the imperial court provides a path, people will naturally work hard.
Zhang Fan said softly: "Building water conservancy projects, opening canals, paying low taxes, using large amounts of stockpiles, giving land and houses, and using tools to combat droughts are all methods used to control droughts in the past dynasties."
Zhu Biao nodded and said: "Since we have enough labor, we might as well repair the water conservancy. I have already issued an order to ask the court to send officials who are proficient in water conservancy as soon as possible. You can also inform other governments to organize the victims to work, no matter what you do,
Just don’t be idle.”
Zhang Fan took the order and left, while Chen Bingxian and others began to adjust the price of salt and grain in Fucheng. Blindly providing disaster relief was useless, and the state capital must be put back on track.
Chen Rongyan is still calculating the land deeds for the confiscated acres. There are too many. The clerks and shopkeepers of the Zhang and Chen families are very busy. It is easy to calculate the silver, but it is not easy to calculate the real estate. The acres of the same size are also rated as fertile land.
Good farmland and poor farmland, as well as shops and houses, all depend on their location. You need to see them in person to calculate their value.
Of course, these things are of no use to Zhu Biao. He wants to leave the land to the government and return it to the people with preferential support policies after the disaster is over so that they can cultivate and support their families. As for the shops, the Chen family will give priority to choosing.
Judging from the current situation, most of the gentry and common people in Shaanxi and Gansu have been extorted by officials with exorbitant prices for grain. Those who have not been extorted are their accomplices. Naturally, their homes have been confiscated. In this way, I am afraid no one in the local area can
The shop was propped up.
All classes of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce need to redistribute their interests. Zhu Biao's daily official duties are countless. Fortunately, he has been experienced in local government affairs for a long time. In addition to his special status, there are many policies that can be issued directly without going through the court, and can be reported later.
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At this time, the Marquis of Xuanning, Cao Liangchen, and the Marquis of Dongping, Han Zheng, had also escorted General Zhaoyi, General He Chengding, and Wang Liu back to Pingliang Mansion. The two founding Wuhous came out, so the Qingyang Guards naturally did not dare to resist, and their subordinates were implicated.
There are also hundreds of partial generals and lieutenants.
If Zhu Biao had not issued an order long ago not to investigate the issue of the soldiers below, it would be normal for this number to increase several times. The imperial laws were actually much stricter on the generals than on the civil servants.
Just when Zhu Biao was about to order severe punishment, his father suddenly sent an imperial edict. Zhu Biao quickly led people to place incense and receive the edict. The general content of the edict was to order the prince to escort all the officials involved to the capital, and the emperor would personally judge them and admonish them.
Hundreds of officials.
Zhu Biao naturally followed the order. He naturally understood his father's good intentions. There were too many officials involved in the case. Even if they only captured those in Shaanxi and Gansu, including members of the small clan, there were already
We have attracted more than 8,000 people, and I am afraid that the number will not be less than this number in the future.
If Zhu Biao ordered the execution of nearly 20,000 people, then Zhu Biao's killing name would probably not be smaller than that of his father. After all, Zhu Biao had never executed criminal officials in one go.
This is not a good reputation. After all, Zhu Biao is too young and has not yet reached the level of a weak boy. Even if he is a famous teacher, if so many people are executed suddenly, he will probably be demonized, and it will be extremely disadvantageous to the civil and military officials.
, after all, the dead people are just like them, they are all officials of the imperial court, and it is inevitable that the rabbit dies and the fox grieves and hurts its own kind.
But Lao Zhu was different. He was the founding emperor who emerged from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. His majesty and murderous aura could be understood by others, and the civil and military officials did not dare to say anything.
Zhu Biao did not care too much about his own reputation, but he was not so stubborn that he wanted to disrupt his father's plans. As far as the country was concerned, it really needed a gentle prince to keep the civil and military officials in peace.
Official heart.
So in the end, Zhu Biao executed only one Fang Liangpin. After all, this guy was not going to die soon. It would be too easy for him to let him die in the prison car. There was no need to call anyone to watch the execution, and he would just be full of maggots.
He was cut in half on the execution platform, and the dignified Pingliang magistrate pissed and urinated. He whined a few times and died from the pain. He was really afraid of pain.
Afterwards, Cao Liangchen was ordered to escort the prisoners back to the capital. To be honest, this group of people needed a lot of food when they arrived in the capital. But they were just prisoners after all, so they wouldn't be given much food. As long as the main prisoner didn't starve to death, it was enough. The rest might be
Many people will starve to death on the road, which can be regarded as tit-for-tat.
We don’t know about other prefectures, but even though Pingliang Prefecture has a good food supply, many people still die every day. The messy things they ate in order to survive some time ago are now starting to gain momentum.
There are also rotting corpses in dark corners of the city spreading diseases through huge mosquitoes and flies. It is said that after a major disaster there will be a major epidemic, this is also a problem that must be overcome as soon as possible.
Fortunately, no matter whether there is flood or drought, doctors and doctors will not starve to death. Nowadays, imperial doctors are taking the lead in treating the epidemic, and the victims are eating a big pot of rice, so they can take medicine together.
Naturally, Zhu Biao could not go out and stayed in the government office all day to take charge of the overall situation. Due to the large gap of officials, it was very difficult to implement many policies. It was easy to let the victims line up to eat, but it was much more difficult to get them to do other things.
, the responsible officials all complained.
Zhu Biao knew this well and did not criticize the officials below him too harshly. He had led the Fengyang people to relocate. To put it bluntly, he could only play the piano to a cow. After all the effort, they still had no reaction at all. Still,
He looks at you like a stupid goose.
It’s not necessarily that I really don’t understand, but no one moves and they just go with the flow. If everyone doesn’t move, then I won’t move either. There are so many people anyway, and the whip can’t fall on me.
