The road was opened, and the materials and personnel in the rear were also continuously sent to Xinzhou, which also made the disaster situation here finally stabilized, the ruins of Xinzhou City After such a long time of search and rescue, the people who could be rescued were rescued, and the people who could not be rescued were probably unable to hold on at this time, although Li Zhang was unwilling, but there was no way, after all, in the face of this kind of natural disaster, the power of human beings is too small.

After temporarily stabilizing the situation in Xinzhou, Li Zhang rushed to Daizhou in the north of Xinzhou, which was also within the scope of the earthquake, but in comparison, the situation in Daizhou was much better, after all, the center of the earthquake was in Xinzhou, so the damage suffered by Daizhou was significantly smaller, but some houses collapsed, resulting in hundreds of casualties, and the communication with the outside world has always been smooth, so even if Li Zhang does not go, Daizhou can already save itself.

However, in order to prevent corruption among officials, as well as the fact that some people are making a fortune, Li Zhang still deliberately went to Daizhou to inspect it, and the result really made him discover some situations, and immediately disposed of a group of illegal businessmen and corrupt officials, which shocked a group of people, so that no one dared to stretch out his hand at this time.

Then Li Zhang returned to Xinzhou again, because the situation here is too serious, especially the entire Xinzhou has been destroyed, half of the city has been flooded, and because of the terrain changes caused by the earthquake, the original Xinzhou site has subsided, even if the river is dredged, I am afraid that this place will become a low-lying lake, so I can only find another address to rebuild.

If it is an ordinary small city, there may be no value of reconstruction after destruction, but it is different here in Xinzhou, Xinzhou is surrounded by mountains, in the middle is a rich basin, and there is Fenshui through the basin, which makes the land here very fertile, especially here is full of coal mines, coal was not worth much before, but now it is more and more common to use coal for heating, and some workshops have also begun to use coal as fuel, so the demand for coal is also increasing.

Not to mention that Xinzhou is not far from the border, it is also an important garrison of the Great Song Dynasty, and the food and materials produced can also supply the front line, so Xinzhou City definitely needs to be rebuilt, but for such a big thing as the construction of the city, even Li Zhang can't call the shots, so he can only write to Zhao Zhen, and the court will make a decision, and then officials from the Ministry of Industry should be sent to guide and supervise.

Li Zhang stayed in Xinzhou for another half a month, and when all the victims were completely settled, Zu Zhizhou and some surviving officials were almost able to govern, and then he decided to return to the capital to resume his life, after all, his mission to Xinzhou had been completed, and other officials were naturally responsible for the next.

For Li Zhang's departure, Zu Zhizhou and Wang Dujian were also very reluctant, but they also knew that Li Zhang could not stay in a small place like Xinzhou all the time, so they could only see Li Zhang off, and the surviving people also spontaneously came to see off when they learned that the Dingbei Marquis was leaving, and some of them were rescued from the rubble by Li Zhang, and they were even more grateful to Li Zhang.

So when Li Zhang left, the surviving people also saw off Li Zhang, and waited until Li Zhang walked out far away, and the people had not dispersed, in fact, if you really want to talk about it, Li Zhang may not have done as much as Wang Dujian and Zu Zhizhou, but Li Zhang brought hope to these people, which no one can replace.

Of course, what Li Zhang didn't know was that after he left, when Xinzhou City was rebuilt, at the request of some Xinzhou people, as well as with the support of Zu Zhizhou and Wang Dujian, they set up a shrine for Li Zhang in the city.

However, although the relief of the Hedong earthquake is over, the impact of this incident is far from over, and even this earthquake is actually just the beginning, Li Zhang had a premonition long before leaving the capital.

When Li Zhang was still on the way, he got the news from the capital, Song Qi, Han Qi, Su Shunqin, Ye Qingchen, Zhang Fangping, Zhang Guan and others took the opportunity of the Hedong earthquake to write to the imperial court, pointing out all kinds of shortcomings of the Great Song Dynasty, and criticizing the current politics, and this earthquake is a warning from God to the Great Song Dynasty, if there is no change, the Great Song Dynasty will have greater disasters in the future.

In fact, among Song Qi and Han Qi, I am afraid that few of them believe in such a thing as heaven and man induction, for example, with Li Zhang's understanding of Han Qi, he definitely doesn't believe it, but this does not prevent them from speaking out through this earthquake, because it is indeed time for change within the Great Song Dynasty.

Don't look at the successive victories of the Great Song Dynasty in recent years, first the Northern Movement of the Party, and then the recovery of Yanyun, and then the defeat of the Liao Army, but these military victories can not cover up the internal contradictions of the Great Song Dynasty, don't look at the Great Song Dynasty is less than 80 years old, but the internal problems of the Great Song Dynasty have accumulated to a very serious point.

For example, the most serious is land annexation, almost all dynasties in history have died in land annexation, and the Great Song Dynasty is particularly serious, because the Great Song Dynasty not only did not inhibit the annexation from the founding of the country, but connived at the merger of heroes and generals. Land sales and pawn sales are quite common, the trend of land concentration is accelerating, and the number of peasants losing their land is increasing.

"The rich have a land of hope, but the poor have no place to stand. Those who are powerful have no land to plant, and those who have land have no power to cultivate", these are the best portrayal of the land problem in the Great Song Dynasty. In addition, the burden of the people of the Great Song Dynasty is also extremely heavy, in addition to various taxes, there are also conscription and servitude, etc., the Great Song Dynasty is the best era for scholars, but their "good" is based on the blood and sweat of the people.

In addition to land and taxes, the bureaucratic organization of the Great Song Dynasty was huge, but it was extremely inefficient, because an official position could be shared by several people, which also caused officials to pass the buck to each other, and officials at all levels were also passable, but the treatment of officials in the Great Song Dynasty was high, which caused an extremely serious burden on the finances of the Great Song Dynasty.

It is precisely because of these various problems that Fan Zhongyan later launched the Qingli New Deal, but unfortunately the New Deal failed to solve the fundamental problem, and soon failed, which also led to more acute contradictions within the Great Song Dynasty, and the result was that the more radical Wang Anshi reform was brewed, but unfortunately this change still failed, and it also brought a more serious consequence, that is, the Friends Party, which was also one of the reasons for the later demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Song Qi, Han Qi and others saw all kinds of problems within the Great Song Dynasty, and after defeating the party and the Liao State, the external threat was temporarily lifted, so they wanted to take this opportunity to sweep away all kinds of shortcomings in the country in one fell swoop!