The monthly court meeting was held as scheduled at the end of the month.

The rare gathering of principal officials from various ministries, monasteries, and institutes is not only a summary of January's work, but also an overall arrangement of next month's work.

Li Ze hated it so much that he had nothing to do, so he called all the officials together for a meeting. In normal times, each party does its own errand, and if there is an indecision, it is reported to the next level, and each finds its own subordinate yamen to deal with it, and each yamen has great autonomy. There is a meeting to talk about it, and I don't know how many things can be done.

Li Ze is a prime minister who pays more attention to results.

After Li Ze took charge of the court outline, the first thing to solve was those that did not have five or six chapters, thousands of words at length, and finally implemented the real things that needed to be solved, Liao Liao was only more than 100 words, since he was at the court meeting, and tore up the concerts of a local magistrate in public, such a concert has never appeared again.

Li Ze has one request: to say something and be straightforward.

Li Ze had not yet arrived, and in the entire hall, the officials gathered together in groups of three or five, talking in low voices, some smiling, and some with sad faces.

Guo Fengxiao of the Ministry of Industry is naturally the core figure today, and around him, there are many officials around, most of whom are inquiring about the newly implemented public transportation regulations in Wuyi, and Guo Fengxiao is introducing it to everyone with a smile on his eyebrows. After a month of the implementation of the new policy, the positive side is becoming more and more obvious, the originally crowded streets of Wuyi have now been greatly alleviated, and even the streets are much cleaner and orderly.

Because of the success in Wuyi, the possibility of this policy being promoted to the outside world is increasing, and this is a huge piece of fat that everyone is salivating.

The auction of four public lines in Wuyi City alone has earned nearly two million yuan of silver, which would be a huge amount of money if it was extended to the entire northern city. Even if those remote cities with few people are not counted, places like Zhenzhou, Yizhou, Zhaozhou, Dingzhou, Cangzhou, Dezhou, Dizhou and Hedong Prefectures are also remarkable.

When you add to this the kind of long-distance passenger transport between cities, the prospect is even more enticing.

Places like Yizhou, Zhenzhou, and Zhaozhou, which are close to Wuyi, immediately sent capable officials to Wuyi to inspect and study, and Dayou immediately copied Wuyi's set of completely plagiarized and learned the past framework.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I know that many people are asking you about this matter, and if it is done locally in various cities and towns, the Ministry of Industry has no opinion, and only needs to comply with the guidance of the Department of Public Transport Management in general. But the connection between cities and places is not a trivial matter, which involves the balance and negotiation between places, so this matter still needs to be discussed in the long run, everyone now asks me, and I can only say a word without comment, sorry, sorry! Guo Fengxiao hugged his fists and made a move.

But whoever has achieved this level of official in the imperial court, who has not had a few protégés and few close friends! A new piece of fat appeared, and it was natural to hold the principle of having fast hands and slow hands, so let's inquire first.

In the laughter and scolding of everyone, Guo Fengxiao returned to his seat with a smile.

With a soft sound on the side door, Zhang Xun stepped into the door first, and the chatter in the room stopped even later, and all the officials returned to their seats and stood up.

Zhang Xun stood behind the side of the first big case, and behind him, Li Ze followed and walked out.

"I've seen Li Xiang!"

All the officials crossed their hands and saluted, and Li Ze smiled and clenched his fists in return, "Everyone, please take a seat." ”

After all the officials sat down, Li Ze knocked on the table and said, "Everyone is here today, no one is bad, then the meeting will start now!" First of all, let's listen to Sinong Temple talk about the impact of this year's drought on us as a whole. ”

Liu Xin, the secretary of Sinong Temple, opened the file in front of him and said: "Li Xiang, everyone, this year's drought has lasted for a long time and affected a wide area, which is really rare in the past ten years. It is already an indisputable fact that the output of the entire agriculture has decreased this year. Fortunately, over the years, under the leadership of Li Xiang, the imperial court and the local government have been constantly building and renovating water conservancy facilities to minimize the impact of the drought as much as possible. ”

"Tell me about the specific data!" Li Ze interrupted him and said.

"Yes!" Liu Xin's face turned slightly red and said: "On the whole, this year's grain harvest will be reduced, and the overall grain output will be reduced by more than 30%. ”

Immediately, there was a gasp in the room.

"Of course, places like Zhenzhou, Zhaozhou, Dingzhou, Yizhou, Cangzhou, Dizhou, Shenzhou, and Jingzhou are less affected, and the reduction in production will not exceed one percent, while Hedong, Hezhong, Zhaoyi, and Weibo areas have reduced production by about two percent, and the more serious ones are in Ansui area, Pinglu area, Yingzhou, Mozhou, Pingzhou and other places, and the output reduction is more than forty percent." Liu Xin continued.

"Si Nong Temple's response!" Li Ze knocked on the table and said.

"It sounds scary, but it's not too much of a concern." Liu Xindao: "For several years, the rule of the imperial court has actually been smooth, with bumper harvests year after year, and the regular liquidations in various places are full. In our investigation, the people actually have quite a lot of food in their hands. Sinong Temple made a rough statistics, believing that only about one-third of the reserve grain that is often closed needs to be released to successfully survive the autumn harvest. And the constant closing of more than half of the positions will not have much impact on the imperial court. ”

"In addition, the southern and northern deserts and other areas outside the mouth are ready to send tens of thousands of livestock of all kinds to the mainland, and after these meat foods enter the mainland, they will also play a huge role in stabilizing prices. On the whole, this drought has certainly had an impact on us, but we are fully capable of coping with it. ”

"Good." Li Ze nodded with satisfaction: "You have all heard it, although we have suffered a disaster, we don't have to worry about anything at all, this is the result of your hard work over the years." ”

"Thanks to Li Xiang's leadership!" Since Li Ze himself started the rhythm of praising everyone first, then everyone might as well come and pat his ass. Besides, this is indeed a real political achievement, it has not rained for several months, and the production in such a vast area has been reduced so seriously, but the imperial court has more than enough power to deal with it, and this is indeed Li Ze's good governance.

"Okay, let's stop slapping each other's ass." Li Ze said with a smile: "Although we know that we will not be in danger of running out of food, the common people do not necessarily know that all yamen, including all localities, must find ways to calm people's hearts and let the people know that we are not short of food." Although grain has now been liberalized, it is still necessary to stabilize grain prices, but instead of using administrative orders, it is necessary to use market means. ”

All officials nodded in agreement.

The stability of the human heart is undoubtedly the most important.

Sometimes, rumors can kill people, and rumors can also ruin the achievements of countless people who have worked hard for many years. Especially at such a moment, it is not excluded that people with ulterior motives will impose some means.

"After every great plague, there will be a great plague!" Li Ze turned his head to look at Jin Yuan, "Tian Qing is not here, Jin Shaoqing will tell me the specific situation." ”

Jin Yuan cleared his throat and said: "After the catastrophe, there will be a great epidemic, this is almost an iron law, like this large-scale drought, the riverbed that was buried under the water before is exposed, a large number of wetlands, tidal flats have dried up, from the common sense of our doctors, there will be some plague breeding in it, and if one is not properly dealt with, it will cause plague." ”

"The second thing to note is that after such a drought, there is a high probability of locust plagues." Jin Yuan's words made the room a little commotion: "The Imperial Medical Department has specially sent a team to do field research, and it is true that there are many such places, and a large number of locust eggs have been found, and the locust plague is terrible, and everyone knows it." ”

"Say countermeasures!"

"The Imperial Medical Department has sent official letters to all states, prefectures and counties, asking them to burn large quantities of lime and then sprinkle the lime on these bare riverbeds, dry tidal flats and wetlands to kill as many insects as possible. All localities should mobilize the masses as much as possible, pay attention to cleanliness and hygiene, remove garbage, do not drink raw water, and so on. ”

Li Ze turned his head to look at Zhang Xun: "After the meeting, a letter of urging was issued in the name of the Prime Minister's Office, telling officials everywhere that they must act in strict accordance with the official letter issued by the Imperial Medical Department, and if there is any mistake, they will be severely punished." ”

"Yes." Zhang Xun stood behind Li Ze, but he wrote it down in his notebook like a fly.

"Li Xiang, the Imperial Medical Department also requires local medical centers to be equipped with medicinal materials to deal with plague servitude, and requires local pharmacies to make Qingwen Pill and other over-the-counter medicines for backup, our strategy is that we would rather prepare than use them, and not have them when they are not available." Jin Yuan continued.

"That's it!" Li Ze looked at Jin Yuan appreciatively and said: "These things, as long as one of them appears, there will be a big mess, so it is better to believe it than to believe that it is not." It doesn't matter if you waste a lot of money because of this. ”

"It's not necessarily wasteful." Jin Yuan said with a smile: "Judging from some of the information we have learned so far, the Guanzhong region is afraid that it will definitely suffer a disaster, if our side responds appropriately and there is no disaster, then these things, when the time comes, can be sold at a good price." ”

"So you still have this idea."

"Li Xiang, when the time comes, we can not only make money, but also win people's hearts, and more importantly, this is also saving lives! No matter from that aspect, Xia Guan thinks that it is good. Jin Yuan said seriously.

"Yes!" Li Ze looked at Xia He and said, "The household department has given the Tai Medical Department a certain amount of support in terms of funds. Yang Kai, the Supervision Yuan always pays attention to the situation on the other side, and if there are any signs, make a good job of laying the groundwork in advance. ”