The Empress's words are clearly an eviction order.

Ye Qiange shook his head.

In the next moment, Xu Yichan retracted her gaze, ignored him, picked up the brush, and waved it on the fold.

"Why is it a grant for disaster relief?"

As he was writing, a voice came out.

"Why haven't you left yet?"

Xu Yichan's voice was slightly cold, and she just said that she would not take it as an example, how long has it been that someone has committed a crime against the wind again, and he is still so blatant.

Where does this put me?!

"Seeing that it was almost time to eat, I simply finished my meal and left."

Ye Qiange sweated wildly, his eyes rolled a few times, and when he saw Gong E preparing a meal, he had an idea.

"Humph!"

Xu Yichan glared at him fiercely, looking suspicious, quite unconvinced of Ye Qiange's reason.

Ye Qiange shrugged, under the fierce gaze of the empress, he had a kinship.

"Listening to your tone, it seems that I am quite dissatisfied with the flood in Tanzhou City and the fact that I have allocated funds for disaster relief, so I don't know what you think?"

"Dissatisfaction doesn't count, and I don't dare to be a high opinion." Ye Qiange smiled, "It's just a little clumsy." ”

Xu Yichan wiped away the coldness on her face, her eyes were gloomy, and she looked like she was listening carefully.

"Seeing His Majesty's endorsement, it is to allocate 200,000 taels for disaster relief."

He smiled lightly, 200,000 taels of silver, which seems to be a lot, but if it is used for disaster relief, it is very little, it is a drop in the bucket.

Regardless of the layers of deductions, for practical use, how much silver still fell into the hands of the victims.

The construction of embankments and the construction of flood control and drainage fortifications alone is absolutely not enough for 200,000 taels of silver.

Xu Yichan nodded.

"Man-made disasters can still be extinguished, natural disasters can not be done, but where floods and droughts, and even locust plagues and snow disasters, the imperial court has no other way than to allocate funds for disaster relief, and the floods can still resist one or two, but if the flood is serious, the result is still the same."

She said helplessly, for the arrival of natural disasters, even the emperor, who is known as the proud son of heaven, can not help, can only watch from the wall.

"Not really."

Ye Qiange nodded thoughtfully.

Natural disasters are nature's way of demonstrating its power.

It can only be prevented, then defended, and the damage minimized, but it cannot be stopped.

It's really frustrating.

Even if the science and technology of later generations are developed, in the face of natural disasters, they can only admit that they should evacuate or evacuate, and they must evade and evade.

"But there are things that can be done to reduce the impact and damage of natural disasters."

"Jiangnan generation, Hunan and Chu, is the water town Zeguo, heavy rainfall, long river flood season, is a frequent flood place, in this case, it should be a great water conservancy, drainage and flood discharge, build dams, water storage and irrigation, even if there is a drought, you can also worry-free." Ye Qiange told the story.

Xu Yichan sighed, "Water conservancy, this is a hundred years of plan, the imperial court has always attached great importance to it, the emperor has repeatedly increased the money, to control the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, although it is a small effect, but the disaster is bad, it is still the same, it is difficult to completely cure it." ”

Ye Qiange's expression was solemn, if it was as Xu Yichan said, how could floods be frequent?

His eyes twinkled.

Interestingly, it seems that someone must have embezzled the appropriations of the imperial court.

He was not surprised by this, but to his surprise, they did nothing, and under the guise of asking the court for disaster relief, and then continued to be greedy for ink!

It's madness!

"Now that the floods are imminent, there is no other way but to provide relief."

Although Xu Yichan was angry, she was more helpless.

"Disaster relief is a must, but we can't wait for the dam to overflow."

Ye Qiange frowned, he wanted to offer advice, but if he thought about it carefully, I am afraid that if he said it, it may not be effective.

Even if Xu Yichan adopts it, a group of ministers in Jiangnan will not accept the implementation.

A cold light crossed his face, a swarm of moths, which sooner or later would be cut off.

Thinking that the emperor was far away, he would be able to do whatever he wanted, unscrupulous, and it was not enough to exploit the people, so he actually hit the emperor with his idea.

Insatiable!

Extremely daring!

"What's your plan?" Xu Yichan raised her eyes and asked.

"It's not a good idea, it's just a bold move." Ye Qiange smiled and said.

Xu Yichan had a doubt on her face.

Ye Qiange continued, "This flood is about to break out, and it would be great if we could reduce losses and casualties. ”

"The most urgent task now is to organize manpower to build levees or dig drainage ditches."

"There aren't enough people." Xu Yichan shook her head, slightly disappointed.

"I'm afraid it's not that there are not enough people, but that there is not enough silver."

Ye Qiange poked it, looking playful.

Xu Yichan nodded lightly, and her tone was awe-inspiring again, "No amount of silver can be exchanged for enough manpower." ”

Ye Qiange was taken aback, "The situation in Jiangnan has reached this point?" ”

Xu Yichan was silent, which was a tacit acquiescence.

Ye Qiange gasped, only to feel that the road was long, and there was a long way to go.

"I know where to find this manpower, but I don't know if Your Majesty dares to use it?"

After pondering for a long time, Ye Qiange spoke.

"In this world, there is no one I dare not use." Xu Yichan was quite curious.

Ye Qiange looked at Xu Yichan and spit out two words, "City Defense Army." ”

"You mean to ask the city defense army to go to flood control?!"

Xu Yichan's eyes widened sharply, and she said with surprise on her face. The idea of pulling soldiers to repair water conservancy is not bold.

"No."

Immediately, she shook her head, frowned and pondered for a moment, then said resolutely.

"Why not?"

"Since ancient times, there has never been a mention of soldiers participating in flood control, and such an approach may provoke criticism and be inappropriate."

Ye Qiange's forehead fell off the black line.

It was too hasty, and the Empress refused too simply.

In later generations, soldiers were not only involved in flood control, but also in post-disaster relief.

"As far as I know, there are four battalions in Sanxiang and one place, with tens of thousands of people, all of them eat imperial food and get military salaries, and there is no war to fight at the moment, so what's wrong with pulling them to repair the river embankment?"

"Besides, those ministers in Jiangnan are the most reluctant to pay for recruitment, and now that there are free soldiers available, Your Majesty only needs to give an order, presumably they don't dare to disobey."

"It's-"

Xu Yichan began to loosen, according to Ye Qiange, there is indeed a lot to do.

"And a lot of silver can be saved for this."

Ye Qiange said softly, and then said no more.

Xu Yichan squeezed her eyebrows, and only after a cup of tea did she speak, "This method is quite bold, and throughout the ages, there has never been such a routine in all dynasties." ”

"However, it is undeniable that this law is adapted to the conditions of the time, and in special periods, it should be treated and used in special times."

Ye Qiange smiled.

"It's just that you can't save money." Xu Yichan looked at Ye Qiange and stood up from her seat.

"Why?"

"Because, if some people don't continue to feed, they will be hungry, and when they are hungry, they will find a way to let you feed them - for example, tens of thousands of soldiers will not be able to prevent flooding in time, and the embankment will burst......"

Hiss!

Ye Qiange took a sharp breath of cold air.