Chapter 126: Disaster Relief
This typhoon is rare in the past years, and the doctors of Gantang have specially checked the ancient books, and the last time there was such a big typhoon, it was the period of Qin Shi Huang.
Moreover, the scope of this typhoon is wider than that of the first emperor, more than a dozen counties near Sheyang County have been affected, nearly 300,000 victims' homes have been destroyed, and they can only huddle in Jiangdu County to eat relief food to survive.
The situation was urgent, Li Jun had to choose someone to be responsible for disaster relief matters among the eight Shangshu, and the most suitable candidate for this was Lu Hang, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, on the one hand, because he was Gong Qing's master, and the master-apprentice relationship was deep, Gong Qing was martyred because of this incident, and he, who was a master, had to be concerned; On the other hand, when Lu Hang was a county punctual in Hedong, he dealt with disaster relief matters, and he did a good job.
Lu Hang soon entered the palace, and it could be seen that Lu Hang had just cried a lot, with tears in the corners of his eyes, and his spirit was not very good.
Li Jun sighed and said, "Lu Qing, you should have heard the bad news, Gong Qing is doing a good job, he is a man, I am very relieved." ”
"With Your Majesty's words, the inferior Jiuquan can also go away with a smile." Lu Hang wiped the corners of his eyes and said.
"Gong Qing was martyred, my heart is very painful, but now is not the time for children to grow up, there are still nearly 300,000 victims in Jiangdu County waiting to be fed, waiting for the relief of the imperial court, I am looking for Lu Qing today to discuss this matter." Li Jun continued.
Lu Hang nodded and said, "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, and the minister is also ready to go to Jiangdu County." ”
Li Jun walked down and held Lu Hang's hand and said, "Lu Aiqing, don't say anything, when you come back this time, I will seal you with a thousand households." ”
"Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness, and the minister also promised Your Majesty that these thousand feudal vassals will be used to support Gong Qing's father and family." Lu Hang bowed his hand.
Li Jun immediately helped Lu Hang up and said: "Lu Qing, there is no need to be like this, this is what Lu Aiqing deserves, as for Gong Qing's family, I have another reward." ”
"Please Your Majesty don't stop the minister, otherwise the minister will be at peace." Lu Hang asked again.
Li Jun sighed and said: "Since this is the case, then I will not force it, everything is up to Lu Qing's will, Lu Qing must remember two things when he goes, the first is to take care of the people, arrange the reconstruction work, including the salt fields, there must be no robbery, let alone provoke a civil uprising, if there is an official who takes the opportunity to embezzle the royal law, I will give Aiqing Shang Fang the sword, you can cut it first and then play." After speaking, Li Jun took out his usual saber from behind him, and then handed it to Lu Hang.
Lu Hang immediately knelt down and said, "The minister accepts the order." ”
Li Jun continued to instruct: "The second thing is that the grain and grass should be transported from the south as much as possible, and the grain and grass in Ludi and Kanto will not be moved if they can be moved, and Hang Aishan will still use it?" ”
Lu Hang frowned and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's very difficult, the south is not developed enough now, the land is scarce and the people are sparse, and there is not much grain and grass." ”
Li Jun also knew that his holy decree was a bit difficult for a strong man, so he immediately changed his words: "Aiqing, just now it was just a suggestion I made, and Aiqing himself grasped it, now there are too many places in Jiangdu that have been affected, and Aiqing is still concerned about stabilizing the people's hearts." ”
"No, the minister remembered." Lu Hang replied very seriously.
After Lu Hang left, Li Jun was still not sure, so he called Yuan Zhan and Zhang An into the palace. ”
Yuan Zhan immediately asked, "Your Majesty, is there any new news from the Northern Liao?" ”
Li Jun nodded and said, "Just yesterday, I received a letter from Yelu Chu, and the Emperor of Northern Liao, under the urging of the prince of Northern Liao, has promised to form an alliance with Northern Jin to attack Hangai Mountain. ”
Zhang An said angrily: "This Northern Liao people really don't see the Yellow River and don't give up, when my Datang finds an opportunity, I will definitely clean them up." ”
During this critical period, Zhang An's temper was committed again, and Li Jun said with a little dissatisfaction: "Okay, now is not the time to discuss this, two Aiqing, I just want to know, can the grain and grass of Hang Aishan be supported?" ”
Zhang An heard Li Jun's impatience, and cautiously retreated, at this time Yuan Zhan stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the impact will definitely be there, but it depends on the size of the impact, in the plan, we are preparing the grain of Ludi, Kanto, Liaodong, and Yandi to supply Hangaishan, but now it seems that I am afraid that the grain of Ludi and Kanto will have to be left behind, and the minister roughly estimates that we can fight for half a year before, but now we can only fight for four months at most, otherwise the grain and grass will be poor." ”
Hearing Yuan Zhan's words, Li Jun felt very uncomfortable, he had brave and good fighters, handsome BMWs, and sophisticated weapons, just because there was not enough food, he couldn't fight, and he couldn't eat the fat in his mouth.
Thinking of this, Li Jun's heart became even more annoyed, and he smashed his hateful fist on Zhuo's case and said angrily: "Then I have to fight, this time I will fight for at least five years." ”
"Your Majesty, don't be angry, just now the old minister analyzed our own situation, how is the enemy army? The old minister hasn't said it yet? Yuan Zhan immediately persuaded.
Hearing this, Li Jun's eyes lit up and said, "Yuan Qing, it's me who is too impatient, you continue." ”
Yuan Zhan smiled and coughed and said, "Your Majesty, we can support it for four months, but the old minister estimates that it would be good if Beijin and Beiliao can support it for three months." ”
"Judging from the national strength of Beijin and Beiliao, isn't it like this?" Li Jun asked.
Yuan Zhan nodded and said: "What Your Majesty said is very true, compared with the two countries, Northern Liao is rich and Northern Jin is barren, if the main force we fight against this time is Northern Liao, maybe it will really be dragged down by Northern Liao, but as seen by the old minister, the people of Northern Liao don't really want to fight this time, so the main force of our battle should be Beijin, as for Beijin?" There is no need for Lao Chen to say more, the people of Beijin were short of grain and grass last year, and they borrowed grain and grass from my Datang to barely survive this winter. ”
"Haha, Aiqing is really an old man who seeks the country, with Aiqing's words, I will be relieved, this year's pain in Beijin, it is estimated that it will be much more peaceful in the future, and then the people of Beijin are estimated to attack Beiliao, when the time comes, I will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and wait until a suitable time to completely destroy these two countries." Li Jun said with a laugh.
Yuan Zhan said playfully: "Your Majesty, you have to hurry up, the old minister still hopes that he can get this great credit and then retire, and then the old minister can also go to Xiao Wangzhi to show off." ”
Li Jun nodded and said, "I will do what Aiqing wishes." ”
At this time, Zhang An, who had not interjected beside him, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, although this is the case, you can't be careless, the minister feels that the court has to find a way to collect grain, just in case." ”
"What Aiqing said is very true, I will think about it."