Facing Zhu Su's unrealistic statement, Wei Guan said anxiously: "Don't do it to the east of the palace!"
"It is easy to allocate grain and grass to feed the victims at this time."
"But there are already so many grains and grasses stored in the mansion. It must be noted that only thin water can flow long. If the east of the palace really goes eastward, this will be the same as draining the river and fishing.
"What's more, we don't worry about the scarcity but the inequality... If we don't feed them with thick porridge now, and then eat porridge later when the food and grass are insufficient... How can the people be willing to accept it? If someone with evil intentions climbs up and shouts, the city will be destroyed.
There must be a riot!"
Why wait until then? The originally empty-eyed team of victims began to make a little noise following Zhu Su's loud orders. When Wei Guan's rebuttal came out, the victims became even more restless. They should have been quite excited.
In order to express gratitude to Wei Guan, the two officials Ru Taisu and the victims of the disaster suddenly received an angry look from Wei Guan.
"Didn't Governor Wei say that there is actually enough food and grass in the city?" Facing Wei Guan who looked anxious, Zhu Su remained unmoved.
"That's fine. Since there is plenty of food and grass, why can't the people eat freely?"
"Only when you are full can you do things and fight against natural disasters."
"If you can't even get enough to eat, you can starve in that hut in the end of the month and resign yourself to fate. How many people will die by then?"
"Then... is there enough food and grass in the city, but it is not among the people waiting for him!" The old prefect was so anxious that he jumped a little. "The master of the palace doesn't know how difficult it is to get food from those people! Ru Yushi gave up his official reputation.
Without begging, I offended many people, but only raised enough food..."
"Ru Taisu or Ru Taisu, I am the king or not. Do those rich people dare to do the same thing as me?" Zhu Su was still very confident.
"Besides..." He pursed his lips towards Wei Guan's back.
"I have spoken out. If Mingyue doesn't have porridge that can't be poured out with chopsticks, those people are afraid that Mingyue will complain and Mingyue will attack my prefecture."
"Given the people's plans at this time, shouldn't Master Wei also follow the good deeds?"
Wei Guan looked back and saw that there were many victims behind him. He was glaring at him angrily. His heart froze. It didn't matter whether he was traveling or not. The prince in the east of the fifth palace was among the victims.
If anything, his small frame as the prefect of Suzhou would not be able to bear it.
If you hesitate too much, you can stamp your feet and ask the servants to go to the treasury to allocate grain and grass.
"Whoa whoa!!"
The victims spread the news, and when they heard that Mingyue had enough to eat, everyone cheered.
Zhu Su looked at those people's faces finally getting shiny, and nodded silently: That's how they become popular.
As before, although he was not alive, he was still like a walking corpse.
How can such energy and energy be used enough?
"Diandong, alas, Diandong!" Seeing that the victims were all excited, Wei Guan finally couldn't say anything else. He approached Zhu Su and complained in a low voice:
"The emperor's move is arbitrary! It must be that I don't want the people to have enough to eat..."
"Is it true that if the master of the palace is not a master, he doesn't know how valuable firewood and rice are!"
"And don't forget the Taihu water bandits... That month, those water bandits mingled with the victims and incited them to attack the warehouses in the county."
"If the victims had not had enough food and drink to gain strength, how could they be willing to live in a corner of the city?"
"Diandong's decision... No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no big chaos!"
Wei Guan beat his chest and complained endlessly. Just now he felt that Dong Cuo of the Five Palaces was treating him as a courtesy, and he thought he would be able to listen to his opinions.
But it didn't take long for that person from the Fifth Palace to open his mouth and put a big hole in the disaster relief situation of Suzhou Prefecture!
The key is no, no, no, no, no, just say it loudly among the victims without discussion.
The prefect, who had used public opinion to coerce him in disguise, had no choice but to agree!
As expected, the prefect, Wei, was not simply a good man who refused to let the victims have enough to eat. As expected, he was also worried that the victims would be sat idle until the end of the month and be exploited by the remnants of Zhang Shicheng.
Once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years. As expected, Suzhou Prefecture did not simply resettle those refugees with good intentions. By placing them outside the city, I am afraid there is also a reason to control them nearby, fearing that they will be used by the rebels again.
exist.
"Prefect Wei, uh, don't worry..." Zhu Su scratched his head when he saw Old Wei jumping to his feet anxiously.
"What I'm worried about is nothing more than the lack of food in Suzhou's treasury."
"Don't worry, don't forget, the largest businessman in Suzhou, Shen, is my boss."
"Is it very difficult for me to deal with the wealthy merchants in the city who are hoarding money?"
"Besides, as I said, I am worried that the victims will be overfed and cause trouble, so I have thought of a way." Zhu Su found a man and walked eastward, and said to him.
"Suzhou Prefecture is in full swing. Isn't it true that there is a shortage of labor?"
"Why do you let those victims sit here for nothing, but don't think of making good use of them?"
"If those tens of thousands of people can mobilize, why worry about Taihu Lake floods and Kunshan floods that cannot be controlled?"
"Prefect Wei, have I ever heard of 'relief with work'?"
With confidence on his face, Zhu Su threw out those four powerful words.
"Work...in exchange for relief?" Wei Guan was stunned, and a light flashed in his eyes.
But after thinking about it for a while, he shook his head:
"Replacing work with relief is a good method for disaster relief that has existed since ancient times. How could I not know this, veteran minister?"
"As far as the east of the palace is concerned, why have all the dynasties known about this good recipe, but always abandoned it?"
"Uh... Work-for-relief, has it been around since ancient times?" Zhu Su, who was originally full of confidence, was dumbfounded.
"No, there was such a good recipe in ancient times, but it couldn't be widely used in the world. There is no other reason."
"In fact, the money required for this method is too high!"
“In disaster years, everything is in short supply, so they choose to work as a substitute for relief. The money and food consumed is not even several times what is needed in an ordinary month!”
"Alas! How can the Suzhou government office raise so much money and food?" Wei Guan shook his head and sighed, quite frustrated.
"How much money and food is wasted?" Zhu Su scratched his head in embarrassment.
He originally believed that using work for relief was a good way to provide disaster relief only in later generations. In many time-travel novels he read in his previous life, as soon as the protagonist, a time traveler, said the four words "work for relief", he would often win an instant victory.
There was a wave of amazement, which made countless court officials, emperors and princes exclaim, "There are such great talents in the world."
Is it really one of the useless tools for the protagonist to pretend to be bluffing in the court?
But Wei Guan said that using work as a source of relief has been around since ancient times, and it is not feasible?
Looking at Yao Guangxiao with doubtful eyes, Yao Guangxiao immediately bowed slightly and answered for Zhu Su:
"Dongdong, what Governor Wei said is true."
"It is recorded in "Yanzi Chunqiu" that during the reign of Duke Jinggong of Qi, Yanzi once implemented the method of "replacing relief with work". The results were quite fruitful."
"However, the money and food consumed by this method is indeed huge. Throughout the dynasties, only those as wealthy as the Song Dynasty have implemented the method of working for relief many times."
"Even so, what was done in the Song Dynasty cannot actually be regarded as a true 'relief with work'. If the victims are not organized into an army, there will be a risk of 'redundant troops'."
“Those who work hard consume more food than ordinary people in a normal month. If we want to allow the victims to work for relief, we need to have far more food and grass than usual. We also need to allocate human legs, manage the movements of the victims, and resettle the victims.
To calm his mind and body."
"It even takes care of the old and the weak, diagnoses and treats diseases, and burns and buries the dead. Each and every one of them is equivalent to taking care of the birth, old age, illness and death of tens of thousands of out-of-work people during this period."
"The cost is huge. The tens of thousands of victims are indeed beyond what the government can afford."