Chapter 457: Darkest Hour 2.0
In the face of nature, human beings have always seemed fragile and small. The flood has already taken shape, and millions of victims in Gyeonggi have dragged their families and small bags, or led cattle and horses, and flocked to Bianjing City for refuge.
This is because the resources of the capital are incomparable elsewhere, as early as June, seeing that the river water is soaring, the flood may become bigger and bigger, Han Qi, Bao Zheng, Fubi and others are shirtless together, mobilizing the military and civilians to participate in the protection of the homeland, plugging loopholes everywhere, and raising the embankment, so that the defense of the three layers inside and the three layers outside, Bianjing City is still safe for the time being.
As early as March, when Dayan left Beijing, Cao Ji listened to the words of the persecuted delusionals, so he mobilized a large number of resources to triple the cement production capacity of the coal yard, and purchased Ye Qinghua's cement and began to build facilities to prevent floods and droughts.
Although the Bianhe River is basically lost, the coal yard base built on the side of the Bianhe River is impregnable, blocking most of the water, and the few leaking in are not a disaster, and the pumping system driven by countless steam engines is continuously pumping water to several large water towers built by surprise, and by the way, it is reserved for industrial water.
At the same time, the capacity of Bianjing City is limited, and it is impossible to really accept all the evacuees, and now Uncle Bao is anxious and gives many good policies, in short, Cao Ji opened to accept and protect refugees, and Bao Zheng promised a number of preferential conditions in the future.
Blessings are unequaled!
Now that the Great Song Volunteers are out to fight, some areas of the country have been hit by disasters and flooded Beijing, and the latest military report from the front says: Di Qing, the commander of the Volunteer Army and a surprise attack on Dumen Mountain with 500 elite cavalry, has died of illness!
The opposition is shaken!
The emperor and Fan Zhongyan's favorite general died of illness in the darkest moment of the Great Song Dynasty. For this reason, Zhao Zhen cried bitterly, and also felt the mentality of a late hero, and under the internal and external torment, Emperor Zhao Zhen couldn't afford to be sick.
The house leak happened to rain overnight, and now the internal politics are unstable, the capital is in chaos due to the flood, and the people are impetuous, but no one knows how to spend this period......
"Look at it like this, this time Da Song is afraid to become the biggest loser."
At the head of Taiyuan Mansion, Wen Yanbo, the former prime minister and current governor of Taiyuan Prefecture and the transfer envoy of Hedong Road, looked at the sky after the rain and the sky, and muttered to himself with extremely complicated thoughts.
Originally, the Great Song Dynasty had already seen the direction, and as long as there was another five to eight years of peace, it would be able to overlook the world. But Wang Yan has pros and cons, the emperor is wise, and his evaluation of him is that he can do things and cause great trouble.
At the beginning, Wang Yan made a surprising plan to predict the flood, robbed the landlord, and built the heirloom project Fukang Canal, which was the use of Wang Yan, but unfortunately no one listened to him at that time, and the Fukang Canal was finally stillborn, and now the water is flooding Gyeonggi.
The disadvantage is that Wang Yan has made a big disaster, and a discerning person knows at a glance that the "Great Song Volunteers" plan of Zhang Fangping, Fubi, Wang Anshi and others is planned and promoted by Wang Yan behind the scenes.
"Xianggong, I can already see Dafeng in Hedong, why are you so worried?" The staff next to him said.
Speaking of this, Han Qi is also a very hateful guy, but this iron head is the same as that Wang Yan, he can cause trouble and do things. Wen Yanbo picked up a bargain this time, Hedong went through Han Qi's administration, and tried to absorb some of Wang Yan's ideas, and now the construction is good, there is a coke industry, a cement industry, and the river is very well built.
There is also a mature feed industry, so much so that an efficient breeding industry has been derived. In addition to the fact that Han Brain Shell walked a tightrope to rub the edge ball in the border tuntian, he was proud of the development of the aquaculture industry with a good "fertilizer", so he fed back to agriculture, so that the output efficiency of many lands has been improved.
Taking a deep breath, Wen Yanbo said painfully and happily: "Thanks to Han Qi and Wang Yan's clothes, I didn't expect that this blink of an eye has built Hedong to such an extent, and we will indeed have a lot of money this year." However, millions of people in Gyeonggi have been hit by the disaster, and the volunteers have been thrown into the Hahuang war zone, how can we get this visible food through the crisis? ”
Saying this, Wen Yanbo was not ambiguous, turned around and ordered: "Concentrate all the agricultural products that can be transferred, and prepare the grain transportation team, and only wait for the time when it is needed to deliver the materials to the Beijing Division as soon as possible. ”
He also said: "In addition, the Hedong government made an appointment with grain merchants, and tried to borrow grain from them as much as possible, so that it could be shipped to the west at any time to support the logistics of the volunteer army." ”
The confidant said: "Xianggong has always disliked Di Qing, and he also opposes the ...... of the Volunteer Army sending troops."
Wen Yanbo interrupted: "After all, it's the Great Song Army, what kind of volunteer army with its own lunch box, you just listen to their nonsense." In short, if something happens to them, it will not do me any good. ”
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"The Great Demon King is amazing!"
"Yes, as expected, the Divine Crane is the Divine Crane, not only the predicted flood, but also because of him, this time the food security of my Jingshi is not as serious as imagined."
"Really? Now millions of victims are flocking to the capital, but they do not listen to persuasion, and even violate the rules to let the victims into the city, and those mobs may make trouble at any time, and now the landlords and grain merchants who have grain in the capital are already facing a great enemy, and they have sent private soldiers to guard the granaries tightly. ”
"That's just an illusion, it is true that some people's lives and property have suffered losses, but this time the landlords and grain merchants who are counting on getting rich may not succeed."
"This brother, please explain a thing or two."
So, the scholar who was a jack-of-all-trades shook his head and said: "Because, the fields in the Gyeonggi territory have been scattered, and at that time, Shenji Yan served as the Si Nong Temple, and cut off a lot of the fields from the landlords, and scattered them in the hands of the common people to the greatest extent." ”
Someone asked: "But this time the disaster and the grain rotted in the ground, whether it is in the hands of the people or the landlords, is there a difference?" ”
"There is a difference." "If it is in the hands of the landlords, usually speaking, they will plant whatever the price is high, and my Song Dynasty tradition is to eat rice, and the price of rice is the highest, so they will grow rice." If the rice is usually ripe in autumn, of course it will rot in the ground due to the heavy flood. However, the company started by relying on feed made from miscellaneous grains for the development of aquaculture. At that time, the grassroots in the coal yard were eating his feed to get through the difficulties. ”
Therefore, there is a grapevine that before leaving Beijing, Da Yan, who has won the trust of the people, wants to ensure the comprehensiveness and safety of food categories, so he encourages many people to plant miscellaneous grains, and sets up a subsidized agricultural policy for planting miscellaneous grains. There is no need to popularize science about how high the prestige of the Great Demon King was among the people at that time, and when the land of Gyeonggi was scattered and many people believed in Wang Yan, there were wheat growers, more soybeans, and all kinds of by-products, all of which were within the scope of grain subsidies. So tell me, when will these grains be harvested? ”
Whoop -
So far, applause is everywhere.
If this is the case, the disaster in Jingshi this time will not be as serious as everyone thinks, because those miscellaneous grains are basically ripe before the flood, and because it is the people's own fields, the flood is about to start, and everyone will die to grab the harvest, and how much can be saved.
"No wonder, at that time, Bao Zheng invited the Japanese army to be scattered all over Gyeonggi, and once frightened everyone's hearts, it turned out that seeing that the flood might expand, he sent people to help the people collect grain and transport it to the Jingshi grain depot for preservation?"
"It's impossible to transport it into the capital, why haven't many people seen it?"
"Of course you can't see it, stupid, the first to prepare to defend against the flood and drought offensive was the little uncle Cao Ji, now the coal yard is the safest, at that time, seeing that the food was in danger, Bao Zheng rented it...... No, the coal yard warehouse was requisitioned, and the Japanese army was sent to continuously store grain in the coal yard. ”
"Bao Zheng is insidious, and the people are stupid, they are willing to hand over their food to Bao Zheng for storage at a critical time?"
"You pretend to be blind, of course there is something wrong with Bao Zheng, but the people really trust Bao Zheng, those grains are just stored by Bao Zheng on his behalf, and he gave a receipt, which is still regarded as the property of the people, and he doesn't want their storage fees. Of course, the condition is that when needed and to ensure that the people do not starve to death, they will be sold to the government for overall planning. ”
"Isn't this set of Han Qi's "New Grain Reserve Strategy" at that time?"
Next, the old rule is that all groups in the entire capital fry the pot together. There is always a lot of controversy about Wang Yan, basically as many people scold him, there are as many iron fans as there are to support Da Yan.
Fortunately, the final news confirmed that this time, due to the policy of Wang Yan, the last chief executive of Sinong Temple, a large amount of grain subsidies were given to the Gyeonggi territory, so nearly 60% of the land was produced as by-products such as wheat and soybeans.
Although this grain is not as efficient as the agglomeration of the landlords, it is characterized by being scattered among the people. It is true that the homes were flooded, but the grain merchants who had hoarded countless grains and were waiting to sell them at high prices were basically washed and slept, and could not sell them for the time being.
The remaining grain, according to the agreement between the people and Uncle Bao, was sold to the government at a low price. This grain will not even be transported out of the coal yard, it will be allocated from the books and coordinated, and directly produced as compressed feed in the little uncle's factory, which will be used to help the people who planted rice this time.
The conclusion is: This seems to be a big Song pill, but it is actually far from being as bad as it seems on the surface, and it is still early to "become the biggest loser".
I am afraid that the rumors of becoming the biggest loser were overwhelming before, and the ghost knew who the people who took advantage of the situation to bring the rhythm, but Fu Bi, who has always liked to maintain stability, sent Zhang Congxun, a big yin person, to secretly arrest some backbones in the early days of his speech. The reason why the Imperial City Division arrested people is because the emperor is critically ill now, and the military power of Gyeonggi is in the hands of Bao Zheng.
Those who were arrested had no good fruit to eat, and they were brought in by Zhang Congxun, which was completely different from the number of entering Kaifeng Mansion.
If it was a normal time, Bao Zheng would talk to Zhang Congxun and ask to transfer those people to Kaifeng Mansion, but unfortunately now Bao Zheng is too busy to be busy. I had to let those guys suffer and suffer. Some of them must have taken the money of the Xixia Yipintang to speak, trying to intimidate the victims and lead the victims to smash and loot in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, but Bao Zheng thinks that this kind of person is a minority, and Zhang Congxun's turtle son's arrest area has expanded by at least thirty times, but all Xiucai who has had similar remarks are basically locked up in a small black house now.
It is rumored that Hedong and Hebei have not been hit by disasters and that the grain situation is very good, so when the situation in the river is not bad, the shipping from Hedong and Hebei will go south and bring grain to some disaster-stricken areas in the south to stabilize grain prices.
Hedong and Hebei are blessed by Han Qi and Zhang Fangping, two masters of Tian.
However, the most important food security in Gyeonggi was the blessing of Wang Yan, the last chief executive of Sinong Temple, and now it has really become a lifesaver for the Great Song Dynasty.
In this regard, many people believe that if there is no Great Demon King, this time the Great Song Dynasty is really a pill.
No matter who you are, you can always think of what was good when you are in the darkest crisis. During this period, the prestige of the gods was unparalleled in the Gyeonggi realm, and it was almost mythologized......
In front of the Shangqing Palace, under the sunset, Zhao Zhen dragged his sick body against the side door, looking at the west. At this time, the rain has completely subsided, but there is a process of swallowing the water that permeates the Gyeonggi territory, and no one knows exactly when it will fade.
In that remote Hehuang region, the Great Song Dynasty had already invested the first phase of the Volunteer Army, and under the auspices of Di Qing, it moved back to the disadvantage and won the first battle, which was a rare military victory in the Great Song Dynasty.
Seeing that this would be a beautiful beginning of the rise of the Great Song Dynasty, it was not a disaster, the Beijing division was in an emergency, and what was worse was that Di Qing, the supreme commander of the Volunteer Army, died of illness.
"This sincerity is in danger of survival." This is what anti-war officials like to say now.
Zhao Zhen is very sure that the Great Song Dynasty is no longer what it used to be, and if the Volunteer Army wins the Battle of Hehuang, it will reverse many unfavorable situations in the Great Song Dynasty, and the benefits are unimaginable.
But now the specific crisis is imminent, after losing Di Qing, if you continue to join the volunteer army, what should you do if you lose the battle?
The spirit is very poor, but these are things that cannot be avoided as an emperor and must be weighed and thought.
Han Qi supported the fight to the death, on the grounds that although the disaster was affected this time, the food situation was not as bad as imagined. Han Qi was embarrassed to praise his political achievements in Hedong, but he praised the "wisdom and martial arts of the official family" and enabled Wang Yan's policy in Sinong Temple, so he ensured that the Great Song Dynasty tightened his belt this time, and he could barely fight in the Hehuang area.
These words sounded really reassuring, but while Zhao Zhen was happy, he also had to face Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi's suggestions to make peace, withdraw the Great Song Volunteers from the Hehuang area, and stop aid.
Yes, now Fubi is anti-water and anti-war again. The reason is that while the Hehuang region is in a confrontation, my Great Song Dynasty did not lose, Di Qing's residual power is still there, and the news of his death has not yet reached Western Xia, so far to stop profit, Western Xia should be acceptable. Otherwise, if it drags on, it will not be easy to think about and negotiate conditions once the next battle is lost, once it is damaged, and the morale of the army is weak.
Objectively speaking, although Fubi is a little obscene, he is not alarmist. Of course, the Hehuang region is important, but he is not Zhao Zhen's son, under the difficult conditions of the death of a famous general of the Great Song Dynasty, the instability of the army, and the internal disaster, Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo proposed to stop profits, and even Han Qi did not come out to scold.
Han Qi's low-key statement, in addition to further expanding the scale of the volunteer army, also suggested that Wang Yan should be used to take over the mess in the Hehuang area. Han Qi said that he was not sure that the child could win, but the calf rarely suffered, at least he would not lose the family of the volunteers, even if it lasted for two years, it would be the legacy of the Great Song Dynasty, and it would be the core interest in the future.
Zhao Zhen thinks maybe. But when I have a hunch that my body is getting worse and worse, I am still a little reluctant to let the prodigy go to the war zone, and I need to think carefully......