Chapter 247: Cash-for-Work
At this time, it has been more than a month since the extermination of Xiang Yu's rebels, and the time has also reached November, and the weather is already a little cold. Since returning to Xianyang, Li Chen began to have a high fever, and the doctor didn't know how much he had found, but the illness just didn't improve.
Li Chen's illness can be regarded as a busy time. Although the two rebels of Xiang and Liu have been wiped out. The local bandits and rogues must also be exterminated, and the administrative units of the occupied counties in the six counties have basically become sparse. Officials need to be appointed, and the people need relief. As the saying goes, it is easier to fight and it is difficult to defend the country, and this logistical matter is not much easier than fighting a war.
Relief for the victims is a big deal, the people take food as the sky, and the people are the easiest to satisfy, as long as they have a stutter, they will not have any trouble. But if they don't have enough to eat, then there will inevitably be chaos. Whether Daqin can shoulder the responsibility of relieving the victims of the disaster, this answer is yes.
In the previous life, Daqin was a country that died because of wealth, and as a civilization that cultivated and warned, Daqin's reserves of grain were definitely beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Daqin has food, and he also gives food. But there is a good saying, Shengmi endou Mi hate. How to give food for this disaster relief has become a science.
Xianyang City, Afang Palace, the early dynasty has already opened the pot for disaster relief.
There are a total of six counties in the affected area, and there are not many of them, but there are many young masters. Among them, the areas that were more affected by the disaster were not the slightest harvest, and it was not a complete harvest, but the harvest was not as good as in previous years.
However, in the case of the hardest-hit areas, such as the abundant areas, the lower equals, these places obviously experienced a bad harvest, and then they experienced a war disaster. There is no harvest in the fields, and this autumn planting has not caught up, which means that these areas have no harvest not only this season, but also the next season. Whether it is the abundant area or the lower phase, it is a large county in the plain area. There are hundreds of thousands of victims in every county, and if this one is not good, if it makes a fuss, it is a big deal.
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, let's give porridge, and put two bowls of gruel for each person every day. In this way, the victims will not have enough to eat and will not starve to death, so there is still no strength to toss around. An official suggested.
It's just that as soon as he said this opinion, it was rejected.
"If the method of soup soup is feasible in a short period of time, it can be abundant, and the people in the lower areas will not receive it for almost a year. If you can't eat enough for a long time, even if you don't die, this person will be useless. Hubu Shangshu Wang Qi said.
"But if you are full for no reason, the people will inevitably develop laziness, which is not good for the people." Another official stepped forward to retort.
In the court, it was you, me, and him, and no one could convince anyone, and there were endless arguments.
"Father, does the son have an immature idea?"
Just as the ministers were arguing, Fusu suddenly spoke.
"Say?"
The First Emperor said flatly, for his son, the First Emperor looked much more pleasing to the eye, and Fusu was no longer as weak as before.
"Father, since we must ensure the necessities of the people's lives, we must not let them get something for nothing. I think it should be done in cash-for-work. Fusu said confidently.
"Cash-for-work?"
Looking at Fusu, who was not submissive in front of him, the first emperor's heart couldn't help but be very satisfied. Cash-for-work is another strange word, it would not be surprising if Li Chen, a bastard boy, said it, when would Fusu be able to say such a thing.
"Father, the implementation of cash-for-work can achieve three goals at the same time."
"First, since the people are unable to obtain the necessary income and basic livelihood security through farming. We can help the people affected by the disaster to obtain the necessary income and living security through the construction of the project. In this way, the people received money and food through manual labor, which was also a matter of necessity. ”
"Second, whether we are in the form of infrastructure construction or in the form of exploiting natural resources, in short, the labor paid by the people will be converted into something beneficial to Daqin. For example, Master Li once said that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. If a concrete road is built in the East Sea area of Surabaya, the county will be able to communicate with each other, even though these places will appear to have been affected. In the long run, it will inevitably promote local economic development. Li Shi also said that there is coal in the ground in Surabaya County, which is a substitute for charcoal. In my opinion, whether it is charcoal mining or road construction, it is a good cash-for-work project. ”
"Third, the people affected by the disaster are paid for their labor, and a lot of energy is already consumed in daily labor, so naturally there will be no chaos."
Fusu said eloquently.
It really made the jaws drop of the court's officials, when would Fusu, a nerd, come up with such a perfect plan. It seems that Li Chen has made up lessons for this kid, nine years of compulsory education is not enough, and he actually secretly makes up classes, which is terrifying.
Disaster relief is not an easy task, and people need more than just food. What they need is hope, hope to live. No matter what the disaster is, as long as they have the slightest hope of survival, they will not think about rebellion.
It is very important to understand the psychology of the people affected by the disaster, if you simply put out the food every day, let the people take the food for nothing. Instead, they will think, what if you don't come tomorrow to put the food. They will think that their food problems will be solved before the project is completed. If this happens, it can reassure the people.
In the past, Fusu couldn't think of such a way anyway, and it was really Shibei who would be impressed in three days.
This idea of cash-for-work was completely thought up by Fusu himself, perhaps because he had read too many cross-era books in Li Chen's study, so that Fusu also had cross-era thoughts. But then again, Fusu is also an extremely smart person.
Genomics is definitely an extremely scientific course, and if the first emperor can become the emperor, he must be a masterpiece in the world, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the emperor chooses a concubine. The child born from the combination of the best among men and the best among women, how could Fusu not be smart in the case of excluding the old king next door. This is also the reason why the princes and princesses of the past generations have both beauty and talent, because their genes are optimized from generation to generation.
So, to draw conclusions.
Li Chen's painstaking pursuit of winning the moon is definitely not because of any beauty. He is contributing to humanity and optimizing human genes.
Good a great person.