Emperor Hongzhi saw that the three pavilion elders were unanimous, so he said to the three cabinet ministers, "Since the three cabinet elders agree to Liang Zhizhou's request, then this concert will be approved." ”

After speaking, he opened the fold and wrote the word "quasi-play" on the fold with a red pen. After the approval was completed, Emperor Hongzhi was still unsatisfied, thought about it and wrote on the fold, "Thousands of miles as an official, do not forget your hometown, and be a model for state officials." Twelve-word comment. Then he went on to write, "Juzhou Zhiyuan, a leader in life, a master of science. Twelve-word comment.

After that, Emperor Hongzhi handed the fold to Liu Jian, and then said, "I heard rumors from the local people in Juzhou, and He Zhiyuan got a gift in his dream, so he created a scientific school. And said that he will be the marquis and worship the prime minister in the future and become the pillar of my Ming Dynasty. What I have seen and heard, I feel that the folk rumors are not false. ”

Liu Jian replied, "Emperor Shengming, He Zhiyuan's son is indeed extraordinary, he made such achievements at a young age, and it is commendable that when the people encounter disasters, he always helps." This is a great good! ”

At this time, Fu Ning, who was standing on the side, said, "Your Majesty, the cement invented by He Zhiyuan is really a good thing, the houses built with it are very strong, the slaves and maids have walked through the cement road twice, and the carriage is very light when walking on it, and it is not afraid of rain or fire." It would be great if there were a few such roads in Beijing. ”

Li Dongyang heard Fu Ning say this, and his heart moved. Asked Fu Ning: "May I ask Father-in-law Fu, is the cement really as you said to build a house very strong?" ”

Fu Ning replied confidently, "Our family has seen those houses built with cement, and it is useless to chop them with knives and axes, the entire wall is one, and several strong men can't knock it down." ”

After Li Dongyang got Funing's exact answer, he said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, if the cement is really as Fu Gonggong said, it is really a weapon of the country." If you use it to build a city wall, not afraid of flooding or fire, what can the enemy do to me? Therefore, Lao Chen suggested sending people to Juzhou to bring some cement to the capital for testing, if successful, first promote the use of cement to strengthen the city wall in the trilateral city to defend against the invasion of the northern Tartars. ”

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he said happily, "What is the opinion of the two elders?" ”

All three of them had heard of cement, but they didn't know much. However, if it is really as Fu Ning said, there is indeed a huge military journey, which will be of great benefit to the consolidation of border defense. Liu Jian and Xie Qian immediately replied, "This method is very good, you can give it a try." ”

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi immediately issued an order to let Juzhou send people to send ten trucks of cement and send ten craftsmen who can use cement to Beijing for testing.

Three days later, the emperor's reply was sent to Juzhou together with the edict asking for cement and craftsmen. When Liang Wensheng saw the emperor's twelve-character comments on himself, especially the comments of "state official model", Liang Wensheng's heart was as sweet as eating honey, and his future career was enough to be smooth sailing and smooth progress.

After he saw the setback, he immediately sent someone to invite He Zhiyuan, and how to resettle the victims still needed to be discussed with him. He simply summoned Tongzhi Zhuang Wenxuan, Ji Jiude, the household secretary, and Han Guangyi, the workshop secretary, to discuss the resettlement of the victims and the sending of craftsmen to Beijing.

Half an hour later, He Zhiyuan came to the second hall of the state government, and Zhuang Wenxuan, Ji Jiude, Han Guangyi and Liang Wensheng were already waiting here. After all, they were all in the same courtyard, and He Zhiyuan was several streets away.

After everyone sat down politely with each other, Liang Wensheng took out the recital approved by the emperor and showed it to everyone, and everyone inevitably congratulated and complimented Liang Wensheng and He Zhiyuan.

After that, everyone got down to business and began to discuss the resettlement of the victims. First of all, Liang Wensheng said to everyone: "At present, all workshops in our state are short of labor, and Shaanxi Chaoyi was affected by the earthquake, according to the report, it is estimated that there are about 100,000 victims in Chaoyi and surrounding states and counties, a few days ago I asked the imperial court to move 50,000 victims to settle here, on the one hand, to solve the pressure of the imperial court for disaster relief, on the other hand, but also to alleviate the problem of labor shortage in our state. This is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone, our household department and the Ministry of Industry are the first to take the brunt of the preparation, from tomorrow to prepare for the resettlement of the disaster victims, this matter is also very concerned by the emperor, solved well, everyone has merit. At that time, I will naturally spare no effort to ask the court for credit, and everyone's future will be bright. ”

After hearing this, everyone was both happy and under pressure, last year's 50,000 victims in the state almost made the people of the whole yamen half busy, and then fortunately He Zhiyuan's workshop digested more than 20,000 people, so they were able to be successfully resettled, and now there are 50,000 disaster victims, and it is a cold winter, and it is even more difficult to resettle. However, fortunately, the current Juzhou is much stronger than half a year ago in terms of financial and material resources, so everyone is still confident that it will be settled.

Next, Zhuang Wenxuan said, "My lord, Mr. He, I must have considered the resettlement method of the victims before writing the recital, Lord Liang might as well say it, and we will definitely do everything possible to follow it." ”

Ji Jiude and Han Guangyi also said, "Although Lord Liang orders, we will definitely follow them." ”

Lord Liang and He Zhiyuan glanced at each other, He Zhiyuan understood, and immediately said, "This time to resettle the victims, Hejia Town and Yizhou Luoquanzhuang Coal Mine can resettle about 6,000 Ding Zhuang, about 30,000 victims. However, this requires the workshop to cooperate with the conscription and conscription to build a straw shed for the victims to live in. As long as the victims have a place to live, other matters will be solved by our Hejia Town. ”

Liang Wensheng nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, and the others were also relieved after listening to He Zhiyuan's words, Hejia Town, a disaster victim of 50,000, solved 30,000 at once, and the rest of the victims were easy to arrange. Just six or seven cement workshops can be settled.

Liang Wensheng saw that everyone was relaxed, and then said, "The 50,000 victims will arrive in our state in about a month, and the first thing we have to solve during this period is the problem of food and accommodation. 50,000 victims are 50,000 mouths, Ji Si, how much surplus grain is there in the warehouse in my state now? ”

Ji Jiude roughly calculated and said, "Lord Huiliang, there are about 40,000 stone of grain in the warehouse of our state now, plus the grain stored by the grain merchants in the city, there are still 60,000 stone in total, if you don't count these 50,000 disaster victims, these grains are enough for our state to last until the summer grain harvest." If we add these 50,000 victims, we will need about 50,000 stone of grain by May this year. ”

Liang Wensheng immediately said: "Take advantage of the cheap grain price now, and your household should hurry up and go to Jiangnan to buy grain." Ensure that there is an adequate supply of food in our state. ”

When Ji Jiude heard that he was going to Jiangnan to buy grain, he was a little stunned, and asked tentatively, "Lord Liang, will the Lu family make trouble from it again if we go to Jiangnan to buy grain this time?" ”

He Zhiyuan immediately replied first: "Ji Sihu, this time you don't have to worry at all, last year my eldest brother just went to Yangzhou to serve as the Lianghuai Salt Patrol Imperial History, and the canal and waterway from Nanjing to Suqian are all under the jurisdiction of the Salt Patrol Imperial History, and the safety of our grain ships is still guaranteed." ”

"Then will the Lu family attack behind Yangzhou?" Ji Jiude still asked uneasily.

"It's okay, the Lu family is now too busy to take care of themselves, where do they still have the heart to lay a black hand behind others." He Zhiyuan said again, then thought about it and said, "I'll write a letter to my eldest brother and bring it, and he will naturally help you then." ”

When Ji Jiude heard this, he hurriedly thanked him, and this was what he was looking forward to. With the support of the Salt Patrol Imperial History, he didn't dare to do it behind his back with the courage of the Lu family.

In fact, the largest grain merchant in Juzhou City is the state government, followed by the Zhouji grain store, and then the He family. The former Liu family and the Zhang family no longer ran a grain business after the grain shortage last year. For example, the last time I bought 100,000 stone of grain from Jiangnan, the cost of transporting it to Juzhou was about six yuan and five cents per stone, while the retail price from the official warehouse was one or two silver and one stone, and there was a profit of three dollars and five cents in the middle. There was a profit of 35,000 taels of silver for 100,000 stone of grain, and some of the silver was handed over to the local treasury, and a small part went into the pockets of officials at all levels as a reward, so of course they were willing to go to Jiangnan to buy grain.

Next, Liang Wensheng said, "There are more things in the workshop this time, first of all, we must recruit people to build straw huts around Hejia Town and around the cement workshop for the victims to live in at different times." When the victims arrive, a survey is carried out to mark the craftsmen and find out what skills they have. ”

When Han Guangyi heard Liang Wensheng say this, he immediately understood the meaning, and then asked: "What do you mean, do you mean that you are going to assign those craftsmen to work in various workshops in Juzhou?" ”

Liang Wensheng nodded and replied, "That's right, we have many workshops around the week, and these skilled craftsmen are all treasures." Don't you think that during this period of time, the development of our state is inseparable from these craftsmen? ”

As soon as these words came out, including He Zhiyuan, they were also surprised. He Zhiyuan didn't expect Liang Wensheng to have this idea, it seems that Liang Wensheng's view of the craftsman has changed a lot.

Then Liang Wensheng instructed: "For these craftsmen, they are being treated preferentially in terms of food, housing and wages. We must treat them like our people, and we will not allow the slightest discrimination. ”

Ji Jiude immediately assured, "Lord Liang, rest assured, I will treat all the victims like my own surname in the state, and there will be no discrimination at all." ”

In fact, deep in Liang Wensheng's heart, he also wanted to leave all these displaced victims behind, and now with the emperor's twelve-character comment, he can completely let go of his hands and feet. There is no need to take into account the thoughts of the local magistrates in my hometown, since they can't resettle these victims, then I will settle them. As long as the victims are willing to stay, why should I let them go back? This is his political achievement, why should he be afraid of this and that?

He Zhiyuan saw the change in Liang Wensheng's attitude from Liang Wensheng's treatment of the resettlement of disaster victims today. He would also like to see this change in attitude, so that the problem of labor shortage in Juzhou has been greatly alleviated.

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