Qiu Chan told him roughly the situation of her mother's family and her husband's family, so as not to reveal the truth when the thieves came to interrogate him.
"It's just students boarding here. Although they are uncles and nephews, after all, there are differences between men and women..." Yi Haoran began to worry again.
"Sir... don't worry, until the streets are calmer tomorrow, I will ask someone to bring a letter to announce the funeral..."
Only then did Yi Haoran remember that Qiu Chan's late husband was still lying in the coffin in the hall. He quickly got up, twisted three sticks of incense on the table, went to the coffin, prayed silently, and put the incense on it.
Since there is a funeral, Qiu Chan's relatives naturally have to come to help with the funeral. For a middle-class family like this, and during the war, even if the spirit cannot be held until July 7th, it must at least be sent after March 7th. During this period, the spirit stays at home with the spirit.
He will not cut off people. As an "elder", he will stay here to help with the funeral. It will not arouse suspicion, nor will it cause material criticism of "a lonely man and a widow" living in the same room.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
As soon as he relaxed, he started to doze off. Qiu Chan said: "Cousin, please go to the study at the back to rest..."
"No, no need," Yi Haoran waved his hand, "niece, please help yourself. I'll just take a rest here." He was determined not to go to the back room.
Qiu Chan knew that he was avoiding being with her as a "lone man and a widow", so she said: "There is still a spirit here, cousin..."
"It's okay." Yi Haoran looked at the black coffin under the dim light and said, "I have been on the battlefield and crawled out of the dead. What is parked here is the body of my niece-in-law. There is nothing to be afraid of.
I’m not taboo about this either. Even if I’m staying here to keep vigil for my niece and son-in-law.”
Qiu Chan secretly praised him as an upright gentleman. She missed the sleeping child in the back room, so she went back.
Yi Haoran stopped her again: "If the thief leaves anything behind, he must put it away. Either bury the offending things or burn them tomorrow when cooking."
"From the slave province."
After taking care of him, Yi Haoran leaned his head against the wall and immediately fell into sleep.
As soon as Zhu Quanxing left with the large army, Xie Erren felt a little guilty. After all, this pole was not as solid as the barrel of a gun. Moreover, in his opinion, the garrison of this mere company was too small.
"You don't feel it when you stay at the rear, but you feel that a stable life is hard-won when you reach the front line." Xie Erren said with emotion as he looked at Wuzhou City after the disaster.
However, in front of elders or naturalized citizens, Xie Erren appeared "calm and confident". He set up a temporary military control committee in the Wuzhou government office and started work immediately.
Before Xie Erren set out, he received the seal of "Wuzhou Municipal Government" and specially engraved a large personal seal. He was waiting to stamp it. He immediately notified people to prepare a notice to calm the people.
This Notice of Peace of the People was compiled by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and is divided into two parts. The first half is a fill-in-the-blank article in a fixed format, using half-literal sentences, explaining that the Senate is "to punish the people and punish crimes" and "to restore the Song Dynasty".
The people are asked to "keep their own business and do not need to panic and flee". When using it, just fill in the specific city name.
The lower half is blank. These are various administrative orders filled out by the military control commissions in various places based on local conditions. In fact, these administrative orders are similar. The content is nothing more than the implementation of curfews, household registration checks, recruitment of stragglers, officials and government officials, etc.
"Old civil servants" have a deadline to report, etc.
Xie Erren had practiced calligraphy in the old days, and a calligraphy calligraphy stroke was still acceptable, so he didn't bother to copy it by naturalized citizens or retained personnel. After looking at it carefully, he stamped it with "Wuzhou"
There are two big seals: "Regional Office" and his "Wuzhou District Director Xie".
"Immediately find someone to copy fifty copies of the same, stamp it and hand it over to the aftermath bureau, asking them to send people to post it all over the city!"
After issuing the announcement, it was time to start the actual work. His secretary had already changed the official case of the Wuzhou Prefecture into his desk, and put official paper and stationery on it, just waiting for him, the "Wuzhou Prefect of the Great Song Dynasty"
Come and give orders.
When it comes to work, the top priority right now is naturally the aftermath. However, the aftermath work is complicated. The "County Administrative Leadership Work Manual" compiled by the Civil Affairs Office lists relief to the victims, city repairs, municipal rectification, household registration, and rectification.
Public security, market stabilization... and a lot of other things.
Various requests and reports continued to pour into the lobby of the Wuzhou government office that he used as his office. Unlike Guangzhou, Wuzhou had a large team of veterans. At the end of the two-Guangzhou strategy, the myriad of things could only pile up.
Let Xie Erren make a decision. On the good side, he is a "sacred dictator". On the bad side, it is not easy for anyone to stay calm when facing the complicated aftermath of the government affairs alone.
What's more, the number of naturalized civilians under Xie Erren, including a company of the Fubo Army and his personal secretary and orderlies, was only 130. There were only about 20 cadres with real administrative training.
It's quite a stretch.
He remembered that he had heard in the government affairs class before departure that administrative matters must be prioritized. There is no certain standard for what is "urgent" and what is "slow". It all depends on the specific situation the administrative head is facing at that time.
What is Wuzhou's top priority? Xie Erren thought about it and realized that there were many things to do, but the most important thing was to maintain social order and stability.
Unlike Guangzhou, which opened the city without blood, although Wuzhou successfully prevented the fire that burned the city, many places in the city were still looted and burned by insurgents. A large number of houses were destroyed, and many people were displaced. They dragged their children with them.
The elderly and the young are crowded together on the streets and in temples, etc. Not only do they suffer from hunger and poverty, but they can also easily lead to epidemics and various public security problems. In particular, there are many broken soldiers who have taken off their uniforms, which is a major hidden danger to social stability.
, must be resolved as soon as possible.
Xie Erren thought over and over again and listed three "urgent tasks."
The first is to clean up and rescue refugees, maintain public order, and ensure social stability; this is a top priority to stabilize people's hearts and needs no elaboration.
The second is to repair the city defense facilities to ensure the safety of the city. After Wuzhou was besieged, the city walls were damaged, and there were not many defenders left. Even if the Ming army was unable to counterattack for a while, they must be careful to prevent surrounding bandits from taking the opportunity to plunder. Especially in the Xijiang River Basin.
There is another potential danger: the Bapaiyao riot. Zhu Mingxia hurriedly brought the main force of the First Brigade back to Zhaoqing for this reason. During the Datengxia Yao riot in the seventh year of Tianshun, the leader Hou Dagou once led 700 people
He attacked Wuzhou at night, rushed into Wuzhou City, killed the chief envoy Song Qin, and captured the commander-in-chief Chen Jing. His combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.
The third is to restore Wuzhou’s internal and external transportation and make Wuzhou, the commercial logistics center of Guangdong and Guangxi, operational again. Wuzhou is located at the junction of Guangdong and Guangxi, at the intersection of Xijiang, Xunjiang and Guijiang. It has been the throat of Guangdong and Guangxi and the transportation of Lingnan since ancient times.
The hub is also the "water gateway" of Guangxi, extending in all directions. It is said that "holding the key to western Guangxi connects the blessed land of eastern Guangdong". It regulates the gate of Xijiang, the golden waterway. Although the war is now in full swing, as long as the war subsides,
, this golden waterway will flow.
However, these three incidents all involve the issue of grain money. However, Wuzhou's grain stocks suffered heavy losses, especially the private grain stocks of rice merchants, which suffered heavy losses after being "requisitioned" and robbed several times. Most of the public grain stocks were looted and shipped.
Gone. How much money is left? The special search team of the Grain Planning Institute is doing an inventory. The specific number will not be known until a few days later.
It is unrealistic to ask Lianqin for grain. Lianqin's transportation of grain from Sanshui to Wuzhou is itself limited by transportation capacity, and grain storage is tight. Now, if he does not "transfer" grain from Wuzhou, it will be considered as supporting his work.
It is inevitable that we have to take action on the local wealthy people again and ask them to "be kind and charitable". Xie Erren thought to himself.
Having made up his mind, he immediately called Zhao Toyota
"You go and notify the people in the aftermath bureau and ask them to come to my place for a meeting at 1 p.m."
"Yes!" Zhao Toyota turned around and was about to leave, but Xie Erren stopped him again and asked:
"Is Permit still in town?"
"Chief Xu is interrogating prisoners in a prison camp outside the city, not in the city."
"Send someone to invite him to my place for dinner tonight and discuss some things!"
In fact, he had nothing special to discuss with Xu Xu. It was just that it was the first time that Xie Erren was in charge of work and administration alone. There were no other elders around him, so he felt somewhat unsure.
Although Xu is from the Navy, he is still a soldier. He can be asked to give his opinion on Wuzhou's defense and security.
The three cobblers are like Zhuge Liang, and they are always right when they brainstorm. Xie Erren thought.
At this time, Xu Xu was secretly meeting Luo Yangming in a ruined temple outside the city.
Luo Yangming was allowed to send someone to call him out of the shop in the name of "handling the aftermath." Everyone in the family was sweating coldly for him: This is a job for the deputy master, and it has never been a good word since ancient times.
It's hard to say if you lose your life.
At this moment, the abbot's room in the dilapidated temple was in a happy mood. After Xu Xu saw the "lone wolf", he praised him very much. Luo Yangming was very embarrassed that he had not been in the "green zone" for a long time, and he was not satisfied with Lingao's words.
The terminology is somewhat unfamiliar.
"...I won't say any more. Your commendation will be issued by the center soon. In fact, compared to this commendation order, your contribution to Wuzhou will be remembered and praised by others even if it lasts decades or hundreds of years.
"Xu Xu said, "What are you going to do next?" He looked into the eyes of the middle-aged businessman in front of him, "The center gives me the right to deal with the situation. If you want to go back, we can help you make arrangements: whether you are coming back or not.
High, you can go to any place under the control of the Senate, such as your hometown Sanshui. You don't have to worry about moving, residence and work. If you are willing to continue doing business, I can help you open a store; if you are willing to stay and work locally, I will
It can be arranged.”
Luo Yangming shook his head: "I don't want to go back. Going to Sanshui will only make me sad. Besides, A Tao doesn't want to go back."——
Next update: Volume 7 - Guangzhou Governance Chapter 335