One day later, a holy decree against the earthquake was announced to the world, and the "Beijing Daily" was also published in the same periodical, and the interpretation was indicated.

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said:

Since I have been at the extreme, I am afraid of falling day and night, guarding the law of my ancestors. Seeing the posting today, the earthquake in Shandong, Henan, and Huguang provinces is not an official who bends the law?

Officials break the law, the common people suffer, I hate it deeply!

In the future, all officials in the department and the department must reflect bitterly, humbly fulfill their duties, and seek stability.

Officials of the ministries and departments should not be greedy for the money of the victims, do not touch the food of the victims, and do not seek disaster relief from the public.

If you dare to commit a crime, you will be punished severely! ”

The earthquake in the second year of the Apocalypse is a historical inevitability.

Because of Zhu Youxiao's timely actions, to a large extent, many people who originally "deserved to die" lived.

On the second day after the arrival of Zhao Yanzuo, the governor of Shandong, Wang Zaijin, a scholar of the Cabinet University, as a minister of the Imperial Mission, led a group of down-to-earth and hard-working officials from Yongdingmen to Shandong for disaster relief.

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Shandong, Yuncheng.

In the land of Qilu in the first month, thin rain and mist are falling in the sky, and emerald green spikes are drilled out of the moist soil.

The old people all sat on the ground and sighed that if it weren't for this earthquake, this year would have been a bumper year.

Since the earthquake, the Guangrou Qilu Plain has been like a wind and clouds, and there is no spring ploughing, and barren villages and ruined walls can be seen everywhere.

A group of people rode horses from the direction of Baoding Mansion, repeatedly confirmed, looked at the mess in front of them, and looked at each other.

"Here... Is it Yuncheng? ”

Wang Zaijin went into battle lightly, and did not erect tall chess cards and wear bright official uniforms like those previous Qincha.

On the contrary, he and the officials accompanying him were in the dust, all panting, and they looked like Qincha, just like the footmen passing by.

Hearing his questioning, one of the accompanying officers took out the map and replied affirmatively:

"Elder Ge, this is Yuncheng, Shandong."

When he said this, he didn't believe it himself.

In front of Yuncheng, the city pass is dilapidated, and you can see from a distance that most of the houses in the city have collapsed, and thousands of people are building barracks with the help of officers and soldiers, carrying stones with numb expressions.

"Elder Ge, you have finally arrived, if it is ten days and a half months later, the last general will not know what to do."

It was Yang Zhaoji, the chief soldier of Datong, who came up.

When he heard the news that Wang Zaijin was about to come to Yuncheng, he was really relieved.

This guy is in his early forties this year, and it is the time when the dragon spirit is fierce.

That time Wei Liangqing died at the dock in Suzhou, he led his troops and horses into Yangzhou, hunted down and killed a group of chaotic parties, and maintained order.

After the earthquake in the three provinces, Yang Zhaoji was the most trusted and prestigious general of the imperial court, so he was ordered to lead his subordinates to move to Yuncheng.

Listening to his words, Wang Zaijin sighed, Mingren put away the map, stretched out his hand to catch the thin rain and mist in the air, and said:

"If it weren't for this earthquake, now would be a good time to resume farming, and this suburb should be full of farmers who come and go..."

Yang Zhaoji touched the scene, and also nodded:

"This year's earthquake has affected not only Shandong Province, but also Henan and Huguang, which should have been a bumper year, but I am afraid that it will become a disaster year again."

"Alas, since Jiajing, natural disasters in my Ming Dynasty have become more and more frequent, what's going on..."

Wang Zaijin dismounted, and said as he walked:

"What is the current situation in Yuncheng?"

"Yuncheng is quite stable, and after the last general received the order, he led his headquarters to come in the starry night, and he was meeting horse thieves who were plundering here."

"The last general led the men to defeat these horse thieves and destroy their lair." Yang Zhaoji mentioned the disaster, and when he talked about the battle, the light in his eyes fell again, and said:

"In the past few days, the last general will take someone to check, and the emperor still said lightly..."

Wang Zaijin tied his horse to the barracks, turned around and asked:

"How ——?"

Yang Zhaoji opened the door for him and followed behind:

"Three out of ten people in Yuncheng died, eight or nine out of ten bad houses, although the horse gang was eliminated, there were always bandits blocking the road and robbing disaster relief materials, which could not be prevented."

"The last general has sent his subordinates to suppress the bandits within a radius of ten miles."

"But these bandits are very slippery, and when they see the officers and soldiers, they throw their swords and guns, pretending to be disaster victims, and the subordinates of the last general are all border troops transferred from Datong, so there is no way to tell the difference."

"This is still Yuncheng, presumably it must be in Defu and other places, and the people's hearts are turbulent, and it all depends on you Lai Ge!"

Wang Zaijin nodded and said:

"I'm tired that Yang Dashuai sent people to call all the famous squires in Shandong, and they are indispensable for disaster relief."

"Okay, I'll go."

Seeing Yang Zhaoji leave, Wang Zaijin looked solemn.

The night before he left Beijing, he didn't sleep all night.

The minister of the Qin Mission, who is always responsible for this disaster relief, is an opportunity to make contributions to the society and leave a name in history, but it may also be the beginning of the abyss.

The ministers listened to it very strongly, and the power was great, and the local officials were afraid, but the courage on their shoulders was also extremely heavy, and they needed to carry more condemnation and attention.

Before leaving Beijing, Wang Zaijin decided to take away a large number of low-level officials in Beijing based on the experience of the Guanzhong earthquake that had occurred in the Jiajing Dynasty.

During the Jiajing Dynasty, there was a great earthquake in Guanzhong, and the imperial court only learned of the news that a large number of local officials had died in the epicenter after a month, and the result was that there was no government to maintain the local government, and there was chaos, bandits, and many undue losses.

In the current earthquake in the three provinces, there will certainly be a large number of officials who will die in the line of duty, and if we want the local administrative offices to continue to operate, we must bring a large number of vital officials to take up their posts on the spot.

When I arrived in Yuncheng today, the situation was even worse than Wang Zaijin expected!

Almost all of the Yuncheng officials died in the line of duty, not counting the hundred generals and other generals who defended the city.

These Beijing officials who rushed to Yuncheng have become a new force for disaster relief, and they can maintain normal order in the disaster area.

Wang Zaijin Zheng wrote this note, which is to suggest that the Emperor of the Apocalypse link the implementation of disaster relief for local government officials with the evaluation and promotion of officials.

In his view, this will greatly mobilize the enthusiasm of low-level officials for disaster relief, and can also encourage officials to write letters and advise on the gains and losses of disaster relief policies and reassure the people.

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The minister arrived in Yuncheng, and within a few days, the news spread.

When an ordinary person collapses a house and kills a family member, the originally stable life is about to be changed, and many people may not be able to recover for the rest of their lives.

But those squires and celebrities are different, they have several or even a dozen houses, mansions, acres of land under their names, and property, and there are countless of them.

Although the impact of the earthquake was great, it was not so fatal to the squires and celebrities in these places.

Wang Zaijin listened to Yang Zhaoji's brief introduction to the situation in Yuncheng, and the first thing that came to mind was to use the power and influence of these squires and celebrities to restore production and stabilize the displaced people.

These people are scattered all over Shandong, and it is not easy to invite them all.

At an extraordinary time, doing extraordinary things, Wang Zaijin asked Yang Zhaoji to salute first and then soldiers in the name of setting up a banquet.

It's naturally okay to come voluntarily, if you give him a shameless face, it is a tie-up, and you have to tie him up to Yuncheng.

Let them see with their own eyes what kind of life the victims are living!