When Wen Tiren said this, he remembered the emperor's previous decision, and immediately added: "There is a lot of food shortage, and now it can only be transferred from Beijing." However, according to His Majesty's policy, the imperial history can be sent to supervise the place, and the surrounding state capitals of Yongping will first provide grain, and the neighboring state capitals will make up for it, and finally the Beijing division will make up for it. ”

After a pause, Wen Tiren thought about it carefully, but still shook his head and said, "But on the Jingshi side, the food is definitely not enough." Jingshi is the foundation, food must not be lacking, and chaos must not be caused! ”

When Hu Guang heard this, he clapped his hands and decided: "Then let the prefectures in the south of the capital also give grain in turn, and send Yushi, Dongchang and Jinyiwei to supervise!" ”

If you want to talk about the personnel who sent the supervision, Wen Tiren said that it was the imperial history, and Hu Guang also believed in the factory guard. However, you can't just use the factory guard for everything, so Wen Tiren said that the imperial history has not been ruled out, and it should still be used, so as not to eat dry rice without doing things.

When the emperor said so, it was naturally impossible for others to have an opinion, so the matter was decided.

This food matter can be considered to be settled, and there is another thing that has not been resolved. Wen Tiren thought about it, so he reminded: "Your Majesty, what about this labor? If we requisition the people and send more laborers, I am afraid that the current situation will cause even greater disasters! ”

A very heavy burden on the people of the Ming Dynasty is hard labor. Now, if you have to send more labor after suffering a military disaster, it is very likely that the people who could barely survive will also join the ranks of bankruptcy, and even lose their families because of this. This is by no means alarmist, but a highly probable fact.

Hu Guang thought about it for a while, and immediately remembered something, and immediately instructed: "Didn't there be about 3,000 prisoners in the Battle of Changli?" All of them were escorted to Yongping, and they didn't care about the damage, so they used this batch of labor to build houses. For the time being, it is not required to cover well, so that the people can have a place to shelter from the wind and rain! ”

He originally wanted to use cement to help the people of Yongping rebuild their homes, but after thinking about it, cement has just been tested, and the mass production of the rebuilt blast furnace has not yet begun.

Another reason is that cement is a new thing, and there is a process of how to use this cement skillfully. If you want to use Yongping soon, it will be very time-consuming to explore the process in the middle. With the current financial resources of the imperial court, it is really impossible to spend!

Therefore, Hu Guangti did not mention the matter of cement. Let the captives build it as simple and familiar as possible, and then rebuild it with cement when the opportunity is ripe.

After listening to the plan given by the emperor, Wen Tiren was the first to speak up and agree: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, originally this catastrophe was brought by those captives, and now letting them rebuild Yongping is to give them a chance to atone for their sins." The minister seconded the proposal! ”

"The minister also seconded it!" Zhang Zhifa followed suit.

Naturally, others would not have an opinion and agreed. As for the human rights of those captives? What are human rights and can they be eaten?

The labor to rebuild Yongping would not be enough if it were only these captives. However, with these captives as the main force, so many old and weak people can be regarded as able to go down with some strength.

This matter is considered to be over, Hu Guang still has a lot of things in his heart, and when he was about to mention it again, he saw that the head of the household department Shangshu Bi bowed solemnly and said: "Your Majesty, how should the grain control policy of the Beijing division be distributed?" Please make it clear to Your Majesty! ”

He was assigned by the emperor to do this, only a general idea, and he didn't know how to do it. I had been holding it in my heart for a long time, and when I saw the opportunity, I immediately asked.

When Hu Guang heard this, he thought that this matter was one of the things he was going to discuss next, and since he proposed it, let's talk about it first.

Therefore, he immediately instructed: "The food ration of the Jingshi should be based on the number of people, but it is necessary to distinguish between adults and children, and ration according to the smallest amount. The goal now is not to starve people to death, but also to have as much food as possible. ”

Speaking of this, Hu Guang paused and then said: "Anyone who has surplus grain shall not be rationed. If there is bread and he comes to receive it, he will be punished tenfold. ”

When Bi Ziyan heard this, he smiled bitterly in his heart, and hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that it is difficult to distinguish between those who have surplus food in this family, what should the minister do?" Is it for the factory guard to provide the list? ”

Wen Tiren listened, interjected and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is extremely difficult to master, even if the factory guard provides the list, I'm afraid it will lead to chaos." ”

It is not good for him to directly point out that if someone in the factory guard makes a fuss about this matter and deceives the superiors and subordinates, even if the East Factory and Jinyiwei act together and supervise each other, as long as something happens, they will be taken advantage of by the dissatisfied people in their hearts to make trouble. For this kind of thing, Wen Tiren couldn't be more clear in his heart.

Hu Guang heard the meaning of Wen Tiren's words, and if he thought about it carefully, it was indeed difficult to operate, so he knew that he was thinking a little simple.

He pondered for a moment, then pondered, and said, "You see, this is good, for whoever receives the ration must be named by name, and then when the disaster has passed, he will have to be repaid by labor, and he cannot be impersonated or let someone else do the work for him." ”

If you do this, those who have a head and a face, and do have surplus food at home, it is estimated that they will not be able to let go of this figure, and they will sweat like ordinary people for a little food.

But perhaps these families sent their servants out to receive food in order to add to the chaos or to save money in the house.

After Hu Guang finished speaking, Bi Ziyan had no opinion this time, after all, there was no precedent for free rationing of food before, and this kind of food was very operable for him, so he immediately responded: "Your Majesty is wise, this is much better than paying back food in the future." ”

Those rich families knew that if they could pay back the grain in the future, they might not be able to let people receive the grain this time, adding chaos to the court.

Wen Tiren listened on the side, and then added: "When receiving food, except for those who are seriously ill and paralyzed and cannot come in person, the rest of the people must receive it in person. ”

Hu Guang listened and nodded in goodness. Seeing that no one added anything, he reminded Bi Ziyan and said: "Take advantage of this opportunity, the household department must do a good job in population statistics." If you are not a registered person, you must register this time and cannot omit it. ”

During the Ming Dynasty, there were many hidden households, even in later generations, there were also hidden households, but not for tax evasion, but for superbirth, and the reasons were different.

At this time, food rationing can be regarded as a relatively accurate count of the population, which is also a good thing. For the imperial court, the more people who are registered, the more taxes will naturally be paid, which is a good thing.

After Hu Guang finished speaking, seeing that no one had anything to add to this matter, he became serious, looked at the courtiers below and said: "After Jianyu is out of the customs, the war in the land of Gyeonggi will basically end." All yamen of the imperial court should count the situation of war damage and the situation of military disasters in various places, and they must have a comprehensive grasp of them, and they must be rewarded for meritorious service, punished for guilt, and relieved for disasters! ”