Chapter 130: A Great Drought in the World

Even Hebei is not without problems.

Although Hebei's irrigation system is relatively perfect. Because of the irrigation system, many tidal flats in Hebei have been developed. But it's not that there are no such places in the entire Hebei region.

Even if there is no Hebei, Henan, Shandong, and Lianghuai are not?

Locusts have wings.

The whole north, and Hebei, had a good harvest in May, probably a normal year, but in this case. Hebei's grain is particularly important.

From this year to now, Zhu Qizhen has exempted one or two million stone of grain tax, and even ordered that Shandong and Henan be exempted from grain tax this year.

Large-scale relief efforts have not yet begun.

However, the household department has already begun to transfer grain to be resettled along the canal, and when necessary, it can be quickly transferred to various parts of Shandong and Henan.

Faced with such a situation, Zhu Qizhen had a deep sense of powerlessness.

is also the same, Cao Naicai persuaded Zhu Qizhen to make concessions on the issue of the clan. I'm just afraid that something will happen.

As soon as Zhu Qizhen thought of the drought, he couldn't help but say: "How is the drought now?" ”

Cao Nai said: "Your Majesty is benevolent, although there are many droughts in various places today, they have not caused major disasters, and there are only a few problems, which are more prominent. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Say." ”

Cao Nai said: "On the issue of displaced people, the minister has found displaced people in dozens of county reports, ranging from hundreds to thousands. If it is not appeased, I am afraid that something will happen, but the problem of pacifying the displaced people is not very easy to handle. Local officials drove the displaced people to Linxian County, and even drove each other from the two places, allowing the displaced people to starve to death in the wilderness. ”

"There are only a few people who have actually implemented the attachment of displaced people."

The word "escape from famine" has been removed from the minds of many people in later generations, but it is the best response for many people in the face of natural disasters that are difficult to resist.

The family abandoned their homes and fields and begged everywhere. This has created a large-scale problem of displaced people.

Even Zhu Qizhen ordered the exemption of Shandong and Henan's taxes this year, in fact, there is also a reason for this, that is, to do everything possible to let the people stay where they are.

After all, although the Yellow Book of the Ming Dynasty is not necessarily accurate, there is at least one basis.

When the imperial court distributed relief food, it also knew where to transport more and where to transport less. However, the people became homeless, which made the imperial court completely lose control over the number of people affected by disasters in various places.

It is likely that even if the imperial court sends enough relief food to the disaster area, some of the victims will not be able to eat it. Because the imperial court distributed relief food according to the population base of each county.

However, the number of displaced people gathered was inconsistent with the food distributed by the imperial court.

Not to mention the homeless and the natives

The problems of competition for food.

It can be said that the exile is a nuisance, and for the magistrates it is a source of cholera.

The Ming Dynasty had a policy of dealing with displaced people, that is, they were registered on the spot, that is, when the displaced people arrived somewhere, the local officials had the obligation to settle these displaced people locally, allocate wasteland, and let them live in the local area.

Yu Qian did just that in Hebei.

Within a few years, Hebei reached the number of 1 million households.

But for the ordinary magistrates, they would never do this, the displaced people had nothing, and to settle them, they needed rations, wasteland, food and clothing, and so on.

Not to mention that it has always been a difficult thing to open up wasteland, and many small people simply do not have the ability to open up wasteland independently.

And it's not just about helping displaced people settle down.

For the displaced people, many of them do not want to stay in the field for a long time, they always want to go home, once the situation improves. It's easy to give up your new home and go back to your hometown.

At this time, the local magistrate sat down.

There are problems in everything that is done, and there will be no problems if there is no problem.

Therefore, the policies issued by the imperial court were not implemented by a few magistrates at all. As long as a few prefectures and counties, there are only a few thousand people.

But Jinyiwei estimates that at least 200,000 people have been displaced by the drought.

When Zhu Qizhen heard Cao Nai say this, he was inevitably worried in his heart, and said, "What is your opinion? ”

Cao Nai said: "The minister is incompetent, and now he can only send the imperial history to inspect the prefectures and counties, and strictly investigate such incidents." ”

Zhu Qizhen listened and was a little disappointed in his heart.

He always felt that if Yang Pu was still there, he might give himself a different answer. He secretly said in his heart: "Qingzhang the Yellow Book of the World, this thing cannot be avoided." ”

It is not clear how many people are down there, it is not clear how much land there is underneath. It's just that taxes are levied according to the original system of the imperial court, and even the tax figure is also Chen Chen's figure.

It's as if all policies are built on a castle in the air.

Emperor Taizu regarded the Yellow Book as the top priority in governing the country, but now this Yellow Book has become a piece of waste paper.

If nothing else, how did these homeless people come to be?

It can't grow out of the ground, only when the household registration escapes, there are homeless. Yu Qian resettled at least 100,000 displaced families in Hebei. However, such a large number of hukou losses have not been reflected in the yellow books of any province.

It is as if there are hundreds of thousands of people in the world out of thin air.

Zhu Qizhen thought about cash-for-work, but he didn't think about how much it would cost, just talking about the following administrative capacity, the Hebei Water Conservancy Project, was Yu Qian.

Zhu Qizhen was relieved to hand over all this to him, and now the local officials, Zhu Qizhen smashed one million taels, and he really didn't know that hundreds of thousands of taels could be used on the river work.

Zhu Qizhen

After thinking about it, he said: "Just come according to what Mr. thinks, select a group of personnel from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Household Department, Zhili, Shandong, Henan, Lianghuai, Huguang, no one is missing." Each county was inspected. Don't slack off. If there are not enough people, the people of Hallymin can also use it. ”

Cao Nai said: "The minister obeys the order. ”

Cao Nai paused slightly and said: "Your Majesty, this year, the minister estimates that at least more than 5 million stone money and grain will be exempted, and there will be more than 5 million stone money and grain to be spared for disaster relief. There is even an increase. ”

"As a result, the granaries along the canal are empty."

"The war in the western part of the strait, can you stop for a moment? This year, Liaodong reported that the drought in the Songhua River area was also very serious, and the minister thought that this year's disaster year was not only in the imperial court, but also in the tile. How about Jianzhou Jurchen let it go? ”

Zhu Qizhen also knew that what Cao Nai said was correct.

This year, the drought in the grasslands of the north and south of the desert is also very serious. There is little rain. The tile thorns increased their tributary trade with the imperial court, and there was even some internal chaos.

There were also riots in Hamiwei.

What kind of riot is specific, Jin Yiwei has not yet sorted out the cause and effect, anyway, this riot was quickly quelled by the tile spur.

The relationship between the imperial court and Yili and Qinghai and Wu Sizang suddenly became closer, not because the Ming Dynasty suddenly had strength, but because the tile spur focused on internal affairs and seemed to be negligent externally.

Moreover, the vassals everywhere benefited from trade with the Ming Dynasty, which was especially important in difficult times.

But Zhu Qizhen thought about it, and still chose to continue to pacify the Jianzhou Jurchen Department.

Zhu Qizhen said: "This battle began to transfer troops last year, and now it is ready to be sent, and the grain and grass of various departments have been transported in place, even if they do not go on the expedition today, these grains and grass cannot be transferred back and forth, and the consumption is too great." ”

Grain is a material that is transferred back and forth twice, and it is estimated that the freight exceeds its own value.

"Moreover, it is also the tile spur that has been affected, and the more the court cannot show weakness. Otherwise, I really don't know what the tile spur would do. Zhu Qizhen said with a gloomy face.

Cao Nai listened and said, "Your Majesty is wise, but the minister thinks badly. ”

Zhu Qizhen glanced at Cao Nai, and said secretly in his heart: "It's not necessarily that Cao Nai didn't think of it, it's just flattery." ”

The economic situation of the grassland is different from that of the Han land, and when the Han land encounters a disaster, it is natural to grit its teeth and get through, while on the grassland, it is easy to want to send troops to rob.

Therefore, the more this is the case, the less the imperial court can show weakness to the north.

The assembly of the army cannot be concealed, and if the war that began preparations last year is abandoned due to the disaster in Kannai, it is likely that Mr. Ya will have a different idea.

For example, Da Ming was distracted by disaster relief and could not use soldiers. When the time comes, it may be the time for the Tile Spur to go south.

Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "Calculate the time, the ice and snow in the Northeast have also melted." Has Guo Deng already sent troops? ”