On the third day of the sixth month of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, in the middle of the night, the land dragon turned over. The earthquake destroyed the walls of the city and the dwellings, and the cliffs cracked.

On the fourth day of the first month, the dragon in Anyi, Shanxi turned over, from the northwest, the sound was like thunder, the officials and the people all fell down, and people crushed the dead.

Puzhou and Ronghe people were crushed to death.

Linjin, Yuanqu, Jiezhou, Qinyuan, Yangcheng, Huguan, Xiaxian, Yuanqu in Shanxi Province; Tongguanwei, Shaanxi Province; Hanoi, Wuzhi, Shenchi, Shaanzhou, Ruxiang and other prefectures and counties in Henan Province have all been affected.

This time, the earth dragon turned over across dozens of states and counties in three provinces, and there were continuous earthquakes, and there were earthquakes on the ninth day of the first month, and another earthquake on the thirteenth, and even dozens of days.

According to the description, the epicenter intensity (Io) was VIII, and the magnitude (M) was 6.

This earthquake, in the original history, did not set off any waves in the Ming Dynasty at all.

If the earth dragon turns over, won't some people die!

In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the decisive battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty ended with the capture of Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou, and the fall of Shanhaiguan Gate, which shook the government and the opposition; Zhang Xianzhong conquered Shucheng, Luzhou and other places, and the momentum was huge; Li Zicheng's troops surrounded Kaifeng, and Zuo Liangyu and other reinforcements were defeated.

These things, for the monarchs and ministers in the Ming Dynasty, everything is much more serious than the turning over of the earth dragon.

However, on this plane, Jianyu is having a headache to straighten out his interior; Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's bones were cold, and the people of the Ming Dynasty were basically in a state of living and working in peace and contentment, although the days in many places were still very hard, but they were no longer the desolation of the military disasters and natural disasters of previous years.

Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen attached great importance to disaster prevention and relief in various places, so when the earthquake occurred, the officials affected by the earthquake in Qin, Jin, and Henan provinces began to provide disaster relief at the same time, and at the same time rushed to the Beijing Division.

At the beginning, Emperor Chongzhen didn't care very much.

He attaches great importance to disaster prevention and relief, and one side effect of this is that the local government tends to talk about the disaster situation in general. In this way, the catastrophe was dealt with by the magistrate, and that was a great merit. And in case the disaster relief is not in place, if something goes wrong, there is something to say. It would be even better if we could get more supplies from the imperial court.

For this situation, Emperor Chongzhen of course forbade it, and ordered the local capital procuratorate and factory guards to inspect and verify. However, human nature is like this, and this is always the case.

Therefore, this time, Emperor Chongzhen thought that this earthquake should not be good. At least in his impression, the big earthquakes seemed to be on the Nishikawa side.

However, in the following days, a steady stream of messengers rushed to Beijing to report the earthquake. As soon as these messages were put together, it was found that the earthquake had spread to the surface and had been happening for many days.

At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen immediately paid attention to it.

Generally speaking, disasters such as earthquakes occur in the middle of the night, and the harm is very great. If the treatment is not effective, it may also be accompanied by other natural disasters, such as landslides, subsidence, dammed lakes, mudslides, etc. What's even more terrifying is that if no one takes care of the aftermath and the corpses are not disposed of in time, it is likely to cause a plague.

In the Wenhua Palace, Emperor Chongzhen occupies the throne, and the two rows below are the eunuchs and civil officials of the six departments of the Cabinet and the ceremonial supervisors.

I only heard Emperor Chongzhen say solemnly: "The earth dragons involved in the three provinces of Qin, Jin, and Henan have turned over, and I have sent someone to supervise the disaster relief situation." Here, I thought of a matter that must be discussed! ”

The eunuchs and civil officials below listened to it, and they had no objections, they knew that the emperor attached great importance to the disaster, and this time, it was estimated that he would promulgate a decree on disaster relief.

In fact, since the founding of Taizu, the Ming Dynasty has always attached great importance to disaster prevention and relief. Emperor Chongzhen's disaster prevention and relief in the early stage was mainly to restore and strengthen a series of previous systems.

In terms of famine, the Ming Dynasty had a set of strict regulations, namely: disaster survey, disaster report, exemption, relief, grain accumulation, donation, prize and so on.

Among them, the disaster survey stipulates that the local governor must personally go to the scene to investigate the disaster situation. From the beginning, the disaster report emphasized that there was no fear of time limit and no concealment, and later, it emphasized timeliness;

Exemption and relief are the core of disaster relief, which mainly refers to the exemption of taxes or changes to the victims of disasters, so that the victims no longer pay; Or give money and food to the victims, free of charge or for compensation, so that they can tide over the difficulties.

As for the accumulation of grain, it began in the Hongwu period, and reserve warehouses were set up in various places to store grain and rice. Donation means that those who donate grain to the warehouse can be rewarded by the imperial court, and the reward is similar to this.

Before Wanli, in the Ming Dynasty, in terms of disaster prevention and prevention, most of the local officials were slacking off and concealing; But the emperor was still very active. Even the legend of Emperor Zhengde, who is absurd, and Emperor Jiajing, who only seeks immortality, attach great importance to disaster prevention and prevention.

The most serious earthquake in history, involving 870,000 casualties, occurred during the Jiajing period. The imperial court also worked hard to relieve the disaster, and even sent to the disaster area, Zou Shouyu, the left attendant of the household department, was infected with the plague in the disaster area and died.

However, at the beginning of the Wanli period, the neglect of the Wanli Emperor included such a major matter as disaster prevention and disaster prevention, and because of this, the national fortunes of the Ming Dynasty took a sharp turn from the Wanli period. After the end of the Ming Dynasty, it became very common to even deceive superiors and subordinates and treat human life as a mustard.

For example, Yang Wenju was ordered to bring 300,000 silver for disaster relief, but he ate, drank and had fun all the way, and the magistrate was also happy to flatter and entertain, as for the victims, they had long forgotten about it.

In addition, state and county officials will find out in advance when and where the surveyors are passing by. So, they put on a posture of soup soup and disaster relief at that place where they had to pass; Pile up storage materials, rice, salt, vegetables, fried beans, and hang yellow flags on high poles, and write "Fengxian Porridge", surrounded by villagers who came to find them. If the official is not there, everything will not move; As soon as the official arrived, he rang the bell and scattered the porridge; As soon as the official left, he immediately packed up his things and left.

All this, once or twice, many times, began to accumulate in the Wanli period, and when it came to the Chongzhen period, all the accumulated evil consequences broke out together, and it was strange that the Ming Dynasty did not die!

At this time, I heard Emperor Chongzhen say to the ministers below: "The territory of the Ming Dynasty is vast, if a natural disaster occurs in a place far away from the Beijing Division, such as this time the Earth Dragon turned over, and when the Beijing Division reacts, it will be too late." The Guanzhong earthquake during the Jiajing period and the rampant plague in the disaster area were also a manifestation of the untimely disaster relief. Therefore, I absolutely want to discuss the details of my Daming disaster relief with you, and then issue it to the world and let the local officials follow it, so that the disaster relief can be more timely and reduce the impact of the disaster on my Ming people! ”

In this regard, the officials and eunuchs at the bottom will naturally not object.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen conducted a further discussion on the disaster prevention and relief system established since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. After a whole day of deliberation, or under the leadership of Emperor Chongzhen, the existing system was supplemented, and the main differences were:

First, the county government and other local officials have been given a specific level of disaster situation, which is more specific than before, and it is clear that disaster relief can be given first and then played. This was also present in the Ming Dynasty at the beginning, but later the magistrates did not dare to do so. This time, Emperor Chongzhen gave a specific basis and emphasized it.

Second, the military of the garrison was involved in disaster relief. In the past, for those in power, the military was quite sensitive. Moreover, the duty of the army is to farm and fight.

However, in the past few years under the leadership of Emperor Chongzhen, there have been some local guards and troops who have been ordered to participate in the disaster relief. Now, Emperor Chongzhen took advantage of this large-scale earthquake to officially add a new disaster relief function to the guarded army. And the relevant details are also clear: that is, under what level of disaster, the local commander can first mobilize what level of guard army for disaster relief.

Third, the details of disaster relief, including plague prevention and control and other follow-up measures, are also refined, forming a rule of law, so that the local government of the Ming Dynasty can have a law to follow, so that when something really happens, they don't know what to do, which not only misses the golden time for disaster relief, but also leads to the expansion of the impact of the famine.

Most importantly, the local government is also held accountable for its actions in disaster relief, with both rewards and punishments. If a natural disaster occurs, if the treatment is effective, you can take this opportunity to add points; Of course, if the treatment is not effective, it will be deducted points or even punished.

Fourth, it is clearly stipulated that in the process of disaster survey, there are two lines: light and dark, and there will be inspections to see the disaster relief situation; There will also be factory guards secretly investigating, as for whether the factory guards are in waves or several waves, whether it is the East Factory or the Jinyi Guard, this depends on the emperor's intentions.

Fifth, the two links of donating and awarding to encourage the people to participate in disaster relief were also emphasized by Emperor Chongzhen. Donating grain, or making a significant contribution to disaster relief, is the highest honor to receive an audience from the Emperor.

Being able to meet the emperor is not just as simple as honor, the local government knows that you are going to see the emperor, and it is afraid that you will talk nonsense, and it will inevitably be treated preferentially; If you suffer from injustice, it is also a very powerful way to meet the emperor. This new measure is definitely an effective means to encourage the wealthy.

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From this kind of measures, especially compared with the Ming emperors of the past dynasties, the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty and the people all know that the emperor cares about the people, cares about the people, and is anxious about the people's anxieties, and is absolutely a true love for the people like a son. As soon as the new regulations were announced, Emperor Chongzhen's prestige was refreshed.

When Emperor Chongzhen was busy with this matter, it was rare for the city of Shengjing to become festive.

The army that fought against Korea returned, not only bringing back a lot of grain, grass, gold, silver, jewelry and other wealth, but even bringing the Korean monarchs and ministers.

It is rare to have a big victory, and Huang Taiji naturally wants to publicize it, and he actually went out of the city to meet the triumphant division in person. Of course, he is out of the city, and in the Shengjing City, those who can go out of the city will naturally go out of the city.

This time, the leader of the army to North Korea was Hauge and Yue Tuo. Under the attention of the whole city, the two of them stepped forward to salute Huang Taiji and loudly reported the results of the Korean War.

With each prayer, Huang Taiji's personal guards shouted in unison, repeating it so that everyone could hear it.

This time, Haoge and Yue Tuo copied the whole of North Korea. The royal palaces of Joseon and the homes of civil and military officials were not spared. As a result, more grain, grass, gold, silver, and jewels were obtained than ever before.

Every time the data on the loot was released, these people in Shengjing City were a little more excited. The joy of victory diluted the horrors of these days, and also recalled the impression of "invincible Qing Dynasty" that they remembered.

Subsequently, truckloads of grain and grass materials were transported into the city under the attention of everyone. Even the gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin, etc., were all deliberately lifted off the lid so that everyone could see it clearly.

There are so many cars, one car after another, and everyone is very excited to see it. This time, Daqing made a lot of money.

Subsequently, the Korean monarchs and ministers were escorted to the front of Huang Taiji, and there was no need to reprimand them, and the Korean lord Li Ju knelt down first, his face was pale, and he bowed his head and shouted: "Joseon lord Li Ju, knock to see His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, long live, long live, long live!" ”

The other Korean courtiers, all the same, shouted along with them. As for those who had backbone among the Korean courtiers, they had already been killed by Jianyu before they came.

Seeing these Korean monarchs and ministers kneeling on the ground, bowing to the Qing Emperor with a very low posture, this made these people in Shengjing feel proud again.

This triumphant ceremony restored Huang Taiji's prestige, which had been somewhat damaged before, and restored his people's confidence in him.

All of them have raided the Korean monarchs and ministers, and Huang Taiji will naturally not treat them with a gentle strategy, on the contrary, at this time, he is going to kill chickens and monkeys to warn other tribes.

Therefore, seeing the Korean monarch and ministers kneeling on the ground, Huang Taiji sank his face and shouted: "Even if you are disrespectful to me three times and twice, Yang Feng Yin is violated, and you secretly collude with the Ming Kingdom." I have always treated you with great favor, and I only hope that you can feel my sincerity, repent and reform, and truly take the Qing Dynasty as the suzerain. ”

"However, the Qing Dynasty suffered a dark loss before, and you think that the Ming Kingdom is even more powerful, and you even openly colluded with the Ming Kingdom." Huang Taiji shouted, "The emperor of the Ming Kingdom is mediocre, and the traitors in the court are in charge, and he has been beaten by the Qing Dynasty so that he has no power to fight back. Occasionally, it is short-lived, but it is just a return to the light. Now wait for yourself to see, you North Korea may withstand the wrath of my thunder, where is the Ming Kingdom? Can there really save you North Korea and dare to confront my Qing Dynasty? ”

At this time, in order to survive, Li Liang didn't want to lose his face, of course, he hurriedly apologized, and scolded Mingguo while admitting that he was wrong. The North Korean officials kneeling behind him felt the anger of Huang Taiji, and they were all as servile as their kings, thinking that they could live.

Although North Korea is weak, it is a country after all, and it must have a higher status than ordinary tribes. But at this moment, the performance of these Korean monarchs and ministers to the Qing Dynasty was so subservient that Jianyu's side suddenly felt very happy!