Chapter 56 Refugees
Empress Changsun and Li Shimin had dinner in the Lizheng Palace, Empress Changsun knew that Li Shimin had no way to stop Li Lizhi now, and for Wei Hao, he still had a change now, at least the consequences of the marriage of this close relative were reminded by Wei Hao first.
On Wei Hao's side, Wei Hao has just asked those craftsmen to complete the embryo, and tomorrow will start coloring, those paints Wei Hao has been prepared, and Wei Hao has also completed the determination of the painting pattern with those painters.
The next day, Wei Hao arrived at the ceramic workshop, and when he was on the road, Wei Hao found some people who dragged their families, many of whom were fleshless and looked as if they had been hungry for a long time.
"What's going on?" Wei Hao sat on the carriage, looked at the people outside, and asked.
"Childe, this is probably a refugee!" The subordinates who followed Wei Hao on horseback outside explained to Wei Hao.
"Refugees? Where are the refugees, and now the four seas are leveling, and there are still refugees? When Wei Hao heard this, it was even more strange.
"Childe, we don't know about this, why don't you go and inquire?" When the subordinate heard Wei Hao ask, he looked at Wei Hao and got up.
"Okay, you go and ask, ask where you came from, why you came, and how many people came!" Wei Hao nodded, and the subordinate immediately rode over,
Wei Hao put down the curtain and let the groom continue to rush forward, just arrived at the ceramic workshop, and the people who went to inquire also came: "Childe, inquire clearly, the drought in the northwest has not fallen since last year, and now I have fled to Chang'an, I heard that there are tens of thousands of people!"
"Tens of thousands? Tens of thousands of people can't be arranged in those places, what do they eat? When Wei Hao heard this, he felt very strange, tens of thousands of people only have the living expenses, not much, along the way, after passing through so many cities, there is no city to leave them.
"Childe, tens of thousands of people are a lot. When my family fled, no one gave us food, and the roots of the trees had to be gnawed off along the way! The subordinate looked at Wei Hao and said seriously.
"Well, okay, get busy, I'm going to color those ceramics today!" Wei Hao nodded and said, such a thing, it is not his turn to take care of it,
This is the capital, there are more officials than yourself, and there is an emperor above.
And at this moment, on the side of the palace, Li Shimin naturally knew that those refugees were coming, and he had received a notification before, so now there is no problem in dealing with it, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs has also begun to allocate food to soup porridge.
"Your Majesty, those refugees still need to settle down, Qin Tianjian said, in the northwest, there may be a blizzard this year, if those refugees go back, there is no tile, and they will die when they go back, and the winter in Chang'an is not easy, how to settle these refugees, please come up with the regulations of the Ministry of Civil Affairs!" Fang Xuanling stood up and said to Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, so many refugees, if it doesn't matter what, then the people around Chang'an will have no peaceful days, even if they have to be sent home, they will have to spend this winter, and this winter, there are almost 6 months left! 6 months, need to consume a lot of grain and grass,
Moreover, as the servant said, if the restlessness is good, then the surrounding people will not have a peaceful day, but how to settle down, the Ministry of Civil Affairs is really unable to do so, so it can only provide money and food for disaster relief! Dai Xuan also stood up and arched his hand.
"Well, guys, is there a way?" Li Shimin looked at the ministers and asked, he had known about the drought in the northwest for a long time, and he had also sent people to relieve the disaster, but there were still people who fled. You look at me, I look at you, those ministers.
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing, that is, the grain and grass of more than 40,000 people is also a big expense, according to the calculation of two cents a day for one person, it is more than 80 yuan a day, and more than 2,000 yuan a month.
If they are outside Chang'an City, then in winter, most of them will freeze to death, and now it is only more than two months away from winter, in addition, so many refugees are outside Chang'an City, it is really inappropriate, Chang'an is the capital after all, the center of the world, if there are refugees, let other foreign countries see it, how do you think of my Datang? Dai Xuan stood there and continued.
"Your Majesty, you can let those refugees go to Luoyang, the population in Luoyang is not large, and those refugees can fill the population of Luoyang in the past!" The eldest grandson Wuji stood up at this moment and arched his hand and said.
"No, Luoyang's population is not large, if so many refugees pour in, it will cause chaos in Luoyang, in addition, Luoyang's materials are difficult to feed so many refugees, and there is also the problem of winter, and when you arrive in Luoyang, you can't survive the winter!" Fang Xuanling immediately stood up and refuted the opinion of the eldest grandson Wuji.
"The key is to survive the winter, everyone, you have to think of a way!" Li Shimin was also very worried and said, Li Shimin is not worried about such a little grain and grass, not to mention the court's assistance, that is, those rich people in Chang'an will give porridge, which can also reduce a lot of pressure on the court, but no one is short of cold materials.
At noon, Wei Hao returned to the city, and now at the gate of the city, there are many more guards, which is to prevent refugees from entering the city.
As soon as Wei Hao arrived at the gate of the city, he saw someone giving porridge.
"Is this a soup kitchen in the court?" Wei Hao looked into the distance and asked.
"Childe, it's not, it's from other mansions, the court gives porridge twice a day, and the next meal will take an hour!" The subordinate said to Wei Hao.
"Oh, you can also give porridge in various prefectures?" When Wei Hao heard this, he immediately asked.
"Yes, a lot of soup kitchens!" The subordinate said to Wei Hao.
"Let's go, go home!" Wei Hao immediately lowered the curtain and let the groom go home, and as soon as he got home, Wei Hao began to shout: "Dad, Dad!" ”
"What's wrong?" Wei Furong heard Wei Hao shouting like this, and immediately came out of the living room, thinking that something was wrong.
"How much food do we have left?" Wei Hao immediately asked.
"Why do you ask this? Our family's grain is hundreds of loads, what are you doing? Wei Furong looked at Wei Hao incomprehensibly and asked.
"Take it out, disaster relief, there are a lot of refugees outside!" Wei Hao said to Wei Furong.
"Disaster relief? What's the matter with you, that's the court's business, really, take it out to our house and drink the northwest wind in winter? Wei Furong knew this as soon as he heard it, there were refugees from outside the city, of course he knew.
"Dad, I'm an earl now, the court is in trouble, we need help, really, don't stare at those grains, hundreds of loads of grain, how much is it worth? Isn't a load of grain more than 40 yuan? Wei Hao looked at Wei Furong with disdain and said, when Wei Furong heard it, it made sense, his son is now an earl, and he should also pay attention to his image.
"Son, our family's food can't be taken out, once Chang'an encounters a famine, our family still has a lot of long-term workers, and we need to save them at that time." Wei Furong looked at Wei Hao and said.
"Then buy food, come here, take out 2,000 yuan and buy food!" Wei Hao waved his hand and shouted.
"You loser! 2,000 yuan to buy food, how much do you want to buy? When Wei Furong heard this, he gritted his teeth and scolded Wei Hao.
"Dad, there are a lot of refugees outside, and many of the national governments have gone to disaster relief, your son and I can't lag behind, so it's decided, if you don't agree, I'll transfer money from the restaurant!" Wei Hao looked at Wei Furong and said.
"Then you can't buy so much at once, besides, other mansions won't spend so much money on disaster relief!" Wei Furong said to Wei Hao anxiously, this son is too loser.
"Then buy first, buy more, our family is also going to disaster relief, remember for me, those porridge must be thicker, otherwise the people will not be able to eat, and people will be in trouble, we can't help it!" It was opened to me, and anyone who wants to drink it can do it! "Wei Hao thinks about it, so much food, there is no place to put it, right?
Wei Furong had no choice, thinking that it was better than losing to others, and it was not bad to give his son a good reputation, so he asked the housekeeper to buy it with 200 yuan, and in the afternoon, Wei Hao's family also began to give porridge outside the city.
Wei Hao took the carriage to the ceramic workshop, and not long after arriving, Li Lizhi came over, but her face was not very good.
"What's wrong?" Wei Hao walked up to Li Lizhen and asked.
"Doesn't that see so many refugees outside the city?" Li Lizhi sighed and said.
"Little things, don't worry, they won't starve to death, I will let my father go to the disaster relief!" When Wei Hao heard this, he waved his hand and said to Li Lizhen, Li Lizhen heard it, but he was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Wei Hao to send someone too.
"What are you looking at me for?" Wei Hao looked at Li Lizhen and said.
"Eating is not a problem, in the past two years, the grain has been harvested, that is, some places have been affected, the key is to keep out the cold, and now the court has no way, and how to settle those people in the future is also a problem, whether to let them return to their hometowns, or to move to other cities, there is no conclusion now." Li Lizhi looked at Wei Hao and said.
"It's called a problem, right?" Wei Hao said disdainfully.
"What do you say? What do you know, what about tens of thousands of refugees, now the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are worried, and they don't know how to arrange those people, in winter, if there are not enough cold materials, those people will freeze to death! Li Li looked at Wei Hao angrily and said, thinking about why Wei Hao started to blow everything, and he didn't look at anything.
"Manchu civil and military? That's it? That's because Your Majesty didn't ask me, ask me, tens of thousands of people are not easy! Wei Hao also looked at Li Lizhen with disdain, and thought in his heart, why didn't Li Shimin see him?
"You, you, you say?" Li Li pointed at Wei Hao angrily and shouted.