[There have been some things at work in the past two days, and I only rushed out of this chapter when I came back. The next update will be until noon tomorrow, and I ask for your forgiveness. 】

In the next two days, Han Gang took Wang Bian out of the city in the name of playing. But now it's the ninth winter, and it's still a winter under a great drought, and there is not even the most rewarding snow scene in winter. The so-called play naturally becomes a visit to the people.

Wang followed Han Gang to the camp campers outside the city, and also saw Jing 16, who commanded the people to dig deep wells. I went to the Yellow River again, saw the Yellow River in winter, and guarded the thousand-mile embankment by the river.

The shallow Yellow River, which is only in the center of the riverbed, gives Wang Pan the most intuitive understanding of the current drought. And on the tidal flats of the Yellow River, countless locust eggs made him feel palpitations. On the contrary, he returned to the camp again, and the homeless people in the camp did not look very bad, not like the skinny image of the homeless people he had painted in his mind.

The homeless people knew whose credit they were to their current stability, and saluted respectfully to Han Gang on the side of the road.

His gaze swept over the homeless people who knelt down, and Wang Bei turned his head to Han Gang and smiled: "Yukun, your credit is not small!" ”

"Saving the needy and helping the needy, where righteousness lies, is also the duty of the younger brother." Han Gang Zhengse said: "If the treatment is improper, it is all the responsibility of me, a pro-people official." If a county is not governed, the county officials are responsible. If a state is not governed, the state officials are responsible. If a country is not governed, it is the responsibility of the father-in-law. ”

Wang Jian's face changed slightly, "Yukun, this is a natural disaster!" Aren't you going to say something about celestial induction!? ”

"The sky is not afraid. I've never believed in that. However, the response to the disaster is a responsibility that the government cannot shirk. Han Gang raised his hand and pushed the simple shack that had just been rammed, it was indeed quite sturdy, and praised the homeless person who was in charge of ramming. He turned back and continued to say to the king: "The dog eats people and does not know how to check it, and it is painted with hunger but does not know how to make it." When a person dies, he says, 'It's not me, it's not me.' How is it different from stabbing someone and killing him, saying, 'It's not me, it's also a soldier.'" ’”

In the year of the harvest, the rations were wasted and the livestock were raised in captivity without knowing how to hoard, and when the disaster occurred, the road was starved and did not go to the warehouse for treatment. When others died, they said, "It's not my responsibility, it's that the year is bad." This is no different from killing people with a sword, and then shirking responsibility and saying, "I did not kill people, but I killed them by the sword." ”

Meng Ke said these words when he saw King Liang Hui, and the king naturally didn't remember it.

In Meng Ke's point of view, it is the responsibility of the government to save the people, and it is the fault of the officials who cannot be treated, and the responsibility cannot be shirked. Blaming it on the years is like a murderer blaming the murder weapon, which is of course a big mistake, and it can't be justified no matter where you go. As the inheritance of the Simeng school, whether it is Guan Xue or Wang Xue, they all have the same view.

He nodded and said, "I don't mean that Yukun, what you said to the sages is already doing it." ”

"The little brother can't afford to be praised by Brother Zhongyuan." Han Gang said half-jokingly, "When you really encounter a disaster, you will still shirk the responsibility, even the younger brother will not be willing to put all the losses caused by the natural disaster on himself." ”

Yukun laughed. In order to settle the displaced people and treat the wounded, how much effort Han Gang put in, Wang Fang has seen it in his eyes for the past two days. If Han Gang was a person who shirked responsibility at will, he didn't need to do so much at all. Many of them should actually be presided over by the Kaifeng Mansion, not Han Gang, the magistrate.

"Save the needy, treat the people as if they were injured, and the people in front of you have to settle down with your strength. It's a great merit......"

Han Gang shook his head: "It's just that the junior brother is already busy arranging more than a thousand homeless people." When spring begins, the river ice melts and thousands of displaced people cross to the south. When the time comes, it will not be possible to rely on the power of one county alone. ”

"Kaifeng Mansion ......" Wang only said one sentence and then denied it, which is of course impossible. It is too late for the prefect of Kaifeng to govern the capital, how can he have extra energy to be as busy as Han Gang. If it were just a simple disaster relief, the displaced people would never have lived as smoothly as they see it now. "I don't know what means you have to Yukun?"

"Nope. This requires the whole court to work together, but it is not something that the younger brother can solve alone. Han Gang looked in the direction of Tokyo City to the south and sneered, now the monarchs and ministers of the court are afraid that they have not yet focused on disaster relief.

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In order to deal with this group of profiteers who are related to him, Zhao Ji has almost forgotten the drought that is still going on these days.

Thirty-seven profiteers who were imprisoned were all unforgivable. Regard the current disaster as an opportunity to make money, shake the country's capital and fulfill its selfish desires. Da Song belongs to him Zhao Ji, and of course Zhao Ji can't sit idly by and watch like this. Wang Anshi's thunderbolt method, Zhao Ji also felt happy in his heart.

But when people are caught, trouble follows. Of course, it was a pleasure to kill all 37 people, but this dry food merchant was too closely connected with his own family, and it affected his whole body. They were imprisoned under the pretext of causing civil unrest, and no one dared to intervene at that time. Now that Jingzhong has settled down, more and more people have come to intercede. Even King Pu, and his own uncle, came to intercede for one of the grain merchants, and he couldn't afford not to give this face.

Just let one of them go, and the rest must not be held responsible, otherwise it will be difficult for people to be convinced. But it is even more impossible to let it go, and the edict will definitely be sent back, and neither the prime minister nor the ruling party can sign it. And secretly ordered Kaifeng Mansion and Yushitai to let go of their hands during the trial, and I didn't know how many scholars and doctors in the Dao Dao would nod. In many cases, scholars and physicians valued their own principles more than the orders of the Son of Heaven.

It wasn't until Wen Yanbo's recital was delivered to him that Zhao Ji woke up, compared with the case of the grain merchant who had been imprisoned for raiding his house, the current disaster situation required him to pay more attention.

Wen Yanbo, who sentenced the Daimyo's Mansion, said in his recital that nearly 100,000 displaced people had gathered outside the Daimyo's Mansion, and that Beijing's Changping had been difficult to support after several months of distribution, and that it was urgent for Beijing to transfer grain to replenish it. And Wen Yanbo's tone was very big, and he asked for 600,000 stones at once.

The concerts of the former prime minister and the privy envoy can be directly presented to Zhao Ji's desk. And Zhao Ji also said that if it is a piece about the disaster in Hebei, it must not be delayed, and it must be submitted directly to him. When this piece was delivered, Zhao Ji was at the feast. Wang Yan and Lu Huiqing, the two attendants, are saying the truth for the Son of Heaven, 'Officials do not have personal relatives, and the law does not leave love'.

Both of them have bright tongues, quoting scriptures and classics to package the theories of Legalism in Confucian principles, and Zhao Ji nodded again and again. It was only when the urgent report came in from Hebei that Wang Yan and Lu Huiqing had to stop.

After Zhao Ji took the piece and read it, his brows furrowed tightly: "The sleigh car on the Yellow River is not easy to walk, and the waterway is not passable!" ”

The sleigh ride is easy to walk on the frozen Bianhe River, but the water under the ice of the Yellow River never stops. How could Zhao Ji take risks in such a matter? In case the cart carrying grain gets stuck at the bottom of the river, it will not cry when the time comes. But the good thing about the sleds is that they will not stop running on the Bianhe River in winter.

From a sample car sent into the palace, Zhao Ji also understood the advantages of this wheelless vehicle, even if the ice and snow are thick, the sled car can also walk on the ground. Whether it is in people's livelihood or in the military, it is a rare weapon. It's a pity that if it weren't for this catastrophe, it might have been buried in the mountains of Kansai and the pile of old papers in the government hall.

"Lu Qing and Wang Qing, if you want to transport 600,000 stone of grain to the Daimyo as soon as possible, what can you do?" Asking, Zhao Ji informed Wang and Lu of the requirements in Wen Yanbo's recital.

After Wang Yan heard this, he immediately said: "Kaifeng and Daming, the two capitals are separated by five hundred miles. Transporting grain from the capital to Daimyo was only possible by land. can be transferred for 500 miles, and there are countless losses on the road, and I am afraid it will be difficult to save the emergency. According to Weichen's opinion, it is better to send it to the three counties of Jiuhuazhou by the Yellow River, so that the displaced people can go south to eat. It can save most of the loss on the road when transporting grain to Beijing. ”

Zhao Ji shook his head: "All the way south, I'm afraid there will be many homeless people on the road who will be difficult to support." ”

"If they are forced to go south, and the displaced people and the government have nothing to prepare, of course it will be so. However, if the states and counties along the way are prepared in advance, then there will not be much of a problem. 'If the people of Hanoi are fierce, they will move their people to the east of the river, and move their millet to Hanoi; The same is true of Hedong', King Liang Hui can do it, how can he not do it with the benevolence of His Majesty? ”

In Wang Yan's view, this winter's disaster is hopeless. In the first month of the year, there was still no snowfall, and the wheat in the fields was irretrievable. Even if spring wheat is replanted, there will not be too many that can be kept until autumn. Moreover, Wen Yanbo is still sentenced to the Daimyo's Mansion, with him, even if the grain is sent over, the Hebei refugees will definitely go south.

Even if the future of the Hebei refugees going south to Kaifeng cannot be changed, the best way to deal with them is to control the refugees in their own hands, in case someone takes advantage of the opportunity to commit treachery. It doesn't matter if there are many displaced people or if they don't mess up, then there is no problem.

As a result of his previous successes, Wang Yan has learned the benefits of controlling public opinion. Moreover, even if there are 108,000 displaced people who come to Kaifeng for relief, as long as they honestly wait for the catastrophe to pass, the Son of Heaven will not be too worried - if he does not look at the tragic situation, for the emperor who is in the ninth fold, it is just a number.

Zhao Ji didn't think as deeply as Wang Yan, but he also felt that it was a good thing to be able to control the displaced people in advance, but he still shook his head, "It's still not appropriate." ”

Lu Huiqing didn't say a word, just watched Wang Yan's performance. In his opinion, Wang Yan's calculation is too unrealistic—it is said that the three counties of Huazhou should actually be Hakuba County, where Hangang is located—is too close to the city of Tokyo.

Think about Kou Zhun, how much effort did he make to get Emperor Zhenzong across the river back then? If Huazhou is still there, and the displaced people remain in Baima County, the Son of Heaven will not be too worried. But now that Huazhou has been incorporated into Kaifeng Prefecture, and the displaced people have crossed the Yellow River to enter the boundary of Tokyo, how could the Son of Heaven agree?!