Disaster?

This seems to be a little strange to today's Datang, because since Chen Shuozhen's uprising, he has rarely heard of any major disasters, and it has always been smooth and smooth.

But to put it a little superstitiously, in fact, at the beginning of this year, there were already signs of this.

I remember that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, I didn't even say a happy New Year, but there was bad news from the South China Sea, and then Yang Feixue gave birth and almost lost her life.

It seems that since the beginning of this year, this bad news has not stopped.

Han Yi sighed on the first day of the new year that this year was an eventful year, and the result really made his crow's mouth right.

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Households.

"You're here."

Zhang Daxiang, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Han Yi and hurriedly stood up.

"What the hell is going on?"

"Our household department has just received the news, Henan, Hebei many prefectures and counties, since the end of spring to now, just a few light rains, although the drought is not very eye-catching, but this year's harvest is a certain lack of harvest, how much will be lost, it is still uncertain."

Han Yi said: "I want specific information, which states and counties, and how many people are involved." ”

"Here's a list of the affected states and counties." Zhang Daxiang handed a piece of information to Han Yi and said: "There is no specific news on how many people are involved, but I estimate that 200,000 households should be involved." ”

Han Yi was surprised: "So many? ”

Zhang Daxiang said: "Because the population of Henan and Hebei is originally very large. ”

This Henan and Hebei are the Yellow River Basin, which is the origin of the Central Plains culture, and the population is of course very concentrated.

Han Yi asked again: "What is the situation of the local grain stockpile?" ”

Zhang Daxiang said: "According to the data at the end of last year, there are some grain stocks in all the states and counties there, but there is not much, because in the past two years, most of the grain in Chang'an has come from taxes from Henan and Hebei. ”

At this moment, an official walked in, "Qi Shang Shuling, the queen sent someone to ask Shang Shuling to go to the political hall immediately." ”

"So fast." Han Yi frowned slightly.

Zhang Daxiang reminded: "I have been waiting for you for a long time. ”

"Yes, I came back from outside the city." Han Yi smiled bitterly and said, "You go and prepare the information on household registration, land, and taxes in the affected areas for me." ”

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When they came to the government hall, all the important ministers had arrived, after all, he had rushed back from outside the city, and he had spent a lot of time on the road, but each of them was also wearing civilian clothes, and today was a holiday, so this happened suddenly, and they didn't have time to change their clothes.

"Wechen see the queen."

"Sit down!"

After Han Yi sat down, Wu Meiniang asked Han Yi: "Do you know about the disaster in Henan and Hebei?" ”

Han Yi said: "The minister also just heard about it. ”

Wu Meiniang said: "According to the current news from there, the disaster is not very serious, but if it continues not to rain, the consequences may become very serious, and we must take precautions to prevent the further spread of the disaster." ”

Zheng Shanxing immediately said: "This natural disaster is difficult to prevent, the imperial court should immediately issue an order to reduce or reduce taxes in the disaster area, reduce the burden of the local people, appease the people, and not cause panic in the local area, and at the same time, let the government prepare to open the granary and help the people at any time." ”

Han Yi said: "It is appropriate to issue an order to exempt taxes and appease the people, but according to the information of the Ministry of Households, the government's relief alone cannot help those people tide over the difficulties." I think that there must be some surplus food in the people's homes now, which can support some time, and the imperial court should not feel excessive panic about this, and should quickly send a special envoy there to understand the disaster situation clearly, so that the imperial court can prescribe the right medicine and prevent the local landlords and officials from making huge profits from it. ”

Wu Meiniang nodded and said, "Then I don't know who to send?" ”

Zheng Shanxing said: "Just let me go." ”

Lu Shigua said: "I'll go with Zheng Shilang, and I can also bring some medicinal herbs over." ”

Wu Meiniang nodded slightly, because both of them were top scholars in Shandong, and they were more prestigious over there, so it was indeed more appropriate for them to go, and she said quite seriously: "A flood in Qingxi County last time triggered Chen Shuozhen's rebellion, and the losses caused by the turmoil were much more than those caused by natural disasters. And Henan and Hebei are the center of our Central Plains, if these two places are in chaos, the consequences will be much greater than Chen Shuozhen's rebellion, and even cause chaos in the world, although the current disaster is not very serious, but you must be cautious to face it, not only to prevent the spread of the disaster, but also to prevent the emergence of man-made disasters, what is the situation, immediately send a fast horse back"

"Wechen obeys."

Wu Meiniang said: "Just in case, we must let the surrounding states and counties prepare food, and be ready to send food to the disaster area at any time." ”

Since there is not a lot of information available at present, and the ancient disaster relief, there are only a few tricks back and forth, there are really not many things to talk about, and it is already very good to be able to do your best and obey the destiny of God.

After the meeting, Han Yi immediately returned to the household department.

And Zhang Daxiang has already found all the information for Han Yi.

"Shang Shuling, do you think this matter will be related to the queen?"

Han Yi just picked up the information and was about to read it, when Zhang Daxiang suddenly came to say this.

Han Yi listened to it and said with a smile: "What kind of nonsense are you, the queen doesn't have such great ability, she may not be able to make it rain?" ”

Zhang Daxiang shook his head and said, "You can't say that. ”

Han Yi smiled: "Then what should I say?" ”

"Most of these natural disasters are caused by the immorality of the rulers." Zhang Daxiang said: "When Your Majesty presided over government affairs, there were almost no natural disasters all over the country, but when the queen presided over government affairs, it was a continuous disaster, and the last crisis was purely because of the queen, and now the queen has just come out to preside over government affairs, but there is a crisis again, is this really a coincidence, I still don't believe it." ”

Don't look at him usually quiet, but he actually hates Wu Meiniang very much in his heart, because he was born in the Guanlong Group, and he is naturally hostile to Wu Meiniang, and in his political concept, he is very unhappy with Wu Meiniang.

"Nonsense."

Han Yi glared at him angrily, suddenly frowned, and said, "Who said that this natural disaster was caused by the ruler's immorality?" ”

Zhang Daxiang said: "Since ancient times, everyone has thought so! ”

Han Yi frowned and said, "Is this true?" ”

Zhang Daxiang was a little surprised: "You don't know this? If you don't believe it, go out and ask, anybody will say that. ”

Han Yi really didn't know that there was such a statement.

But in fact, this is not difficult to understand, because many dynasties are destroyed because of natural disasters, but natural disasters are just a fuse, and they are eventually overthrown, this emperor pays attention to the destiny of heaven, is to represent the sky, who wants to change the day, first of all, this concept has to be denied, those who rebel will of course blame the natural disaster on the ruler's head, then his rebellion can be said to be the way for heaven.

Han Yi frowned, and after a while, he suddenly said, "You send people to Luoyang and Bianzhou to see, how much grain is there?" ”

Zhang Daxiang said: "There should be a lot of grain over there, but most of them are merchants, because since the last time the reform of the Yulu system, the officials' Yulu has been converted into currency, and the imperial court's demand for food has been decreasing, plus the previous crisis has caused great damage to the states and counties of the canal generation, and all the states and counties need to be restored, as well as the construction of colleges and roads, in that crisis, Henan and Hebei have not been hurt much, so the food of the imperial court in the past two years is mainly from Henan, Hebei and other places. ”

Han Yi pondered for a moment and said, "Then you will send someone to investigate who the food belongs to." ”

"Yes."

In Han Yi's view, the past two years have been the time when the Tang Dynasty took off, but it is impossible for him to include natural disasters. However, once a natural disaster occurred in this ancient world, it was very terrible, there was no way to predict the consequences, and anything could happen.

This is also a major blow to the new deal, when Han Yi was promoting the new deal, he explained several times that the pro-business policy can be a regional natural disaster, if the disaster really occurs today, if it can't be stopped, the new deal will be questioned by everyone.

But the problem is that this point in time is too wonderful, if there is a natural disaster in Yangzhou, Bozhou, Bianzhou, etc., as long as it is not the kind of disaster that breaks out in most of the Central Plains together, then the food can still be supplied, because the food itself in this generation of regions is active, the problem is that Henan and Hebei are still in a self-sufficient small peasant society, there is no commercialization, and the policy center of Han Yi has always been in Jiangnan, so it is not the turn of the northern region, and there is no reason to let them be commercialized. Han Yi didn't mean to let the states and counties forcibly commercialize, he was playing a conspiracy to guide Datang to this road, and Henan and Hebei would not have the recovery and supply capacity of commercialization.

This is especially a headache for Han Yi.

Not only him, but the entire imperial court immediately changed its policies, and all policies related to the New Deal were stopped first, and all personnel were devoted to disaster relief.

Because Henan and Hebei are too important for the Central Plains Dynasty, it can be said that they are the heart of the Central Plains, and once there is turmoil, it may affect the whole country, which is very terrible.

Fortunately, the current disaster is not very serious, not as terrible as the drought in Guanzhong, everyone is confident that the crisis can be alleviated, but just when the court is going all out, the people are suddenly rumors.

As Zhang Daxiang said, today's people generally believe that natural disasters are because of the immorality of the rulers, and the genius uses this to punish the rulers, but the object of everyone's discussion is not Li Zhi, but Wu Meiniang.

Li Zhi is still a very benevolent and kind monarch in the hearts of the people, and he is loved by everyone. It just so happened that during this period, Li Zhi was recuperating from his illness, and Wu Meiniang officially came forward to preside over government affairs, all of which was really a coincidence, you must know that the culprit of the previous crisis was Wu Meiniang, which is a sure thing. In addition, Wu Meiniang is a woman again.

What is even more terrifying is that this is what the intellectuals think, and this argument was put forward by the intellectuals, and rumors are also spreading in the DPRK and China.

The little prestige that Wu Meiniang had built up with great difficulty in front of her immediately became precarious again, and if she didn't get it right, she would even ruin her political career.