Zhang Ke led dozens of entourage guards to walk in the refugee settlement outside Tianjin, and from a distance, there was no end in sight, all of them were dilapidated sheds, and a few people in a family, or even a dozen people, helped the old and the young, huddled together. There are even more wretched ones who don't even have sheds, so they just lay a mat or straw leaves, and rest on the ground.

Fortunately, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, so that there will be no freezing to death, but seeing that the rainy season is coming, the living conditions are worrisome, and if it is not done well, there will be the spread of diseases, and large-scale deaths will be inevitable at that time.

Chen Minqing, who had just served as the prefect of Tianjin, followed closely behind Zhang Ke, his brows furrowed.

"Lord Wang, since last year, a large number of refugees have poured in, including Shandong, Henan, and even Zhili and Shanxi, and the number is increasing. At first, he opened a porridge factory and distributed medicines and clothing, but he soon couldn't hold on. ”

Chu Haitian couldn't help but ask, "Why is that?" The prince has allocated a lot of grain from Liaodong, as well as grain from the south of the Yangtze River, and tens of thousands of displaced people can't cope with it? ”

Chen Minqing's face turned red, and he said with a wry smile: "General Chu, if it is tens of thousands, I won't be worried, but hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and even millions of people, I just have the ability to reach the sky, and I can't resist it." ”

Chu Haitian never expected it, and exclaimed in fright: "How can there be so many? ”

Chen Minqing explained: "When refugees from all over the country heard that there was food in Tianjin, they all gathered here, not only refugees, but also many idlers, black households, and tenant farmers, who could not afford the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes of the imperial court. Think about those days, it's like a tide of people, uncountable! ”

The common people have always been blind, and whenever there is a disaster, the government is dedicated to disaster relief. And the people flocked to it. It won't be long before the food is gone. As a result, thousands of hungry people gathered outside the city, and the slightest spark would cause a popular uprising, and local officials would lose their posts and be dismissed.

Therefore, there are often paradoxical situations, the more you care about the people, the more you do, and the more you may incur disaster.

As a result, everyone became ruthless, turned a blind eye to the victims, and drove them to other places. Dead friends do not die poor.

Chen Minqing has just become an official, and he wants to make achievements, so he will cause big trouble.

Fortunately, he was backed by the Yizhou soldiers, and if nothing else, he first wrote a letter asking for help to Hong Shiki.

Hong Fuyi is Zhang Ke's teacher, although he is now dedicated to teaching, but his status is very special, the old man analyzed the situation and immediately found Li Zhizao and others. As soon as everyone discussed, they immediately called in the reserve grain to help Chen Minqing solve the urgent need.

In the letter, Mr. Hong sternly reprimanded the lower official, and the lower official suddenly realized. Politicians should not only know how to accommodate the people, but also think long-term. In accordance with the instructions of Lord Hong, the lower officials issued orders to all refugees who rushed in. You have to work to get food. Or build a city, or build a ship. Or pave the way, in short, it can't be earned without work. Moreover, it is necessary to draw out strong men to serve as soldiers, and then organize them to open up wasteland in Liaodong and Mongolia. As a result, many opportunistic guys have run away, and the rest are honest people, willing to sweat and work. In a few months, more than 300,000 people have been sent to Liaodong, and now there are less than 100,000. ”

"Well, you're doing a great job." Zhang Ke nodded and said: "The people should really be taken care of, but they can't be connived at, especially those treacherous people, they must be screened well." ”

"What the prince said is, but Lao Tzu said that its government is boring, its people are pure, its politics are inspected, and its people are lacking, in the final analysis, it is still too exploitative. Everyone worked hard and worked hard, but they couldn't eat and wear, so they naturally gave birth to a treacherous heart. ”

Zhang Ke's eyes lit up, Chen Minqing was one of the few non-commissioned officers in Liaodong, Hong Fuyi was very appreciative, and now he looked at it, and he really had some insight.

"People's feelings, this king has an errand for you, I don't know if you want to take it?"

"Lord Wang, the lower officials are willing."

Zhang Ke smiled: "Don't worry, this errand is quite hard." ”

"No matter how hard it is, as long as the prince tells you, the lower officials are willing to do it."

"It's not enough to just do it, but you have to succeed, do you have confidence?"

Chen Minqing thought about it for a while, and said with a wry smile: "The lower officials are not completely sure, but the lower officials are willing to learn, just like the resettlement of refugees, and the lower officials don't understand, but after consulting the seniors, don't you make a difference?" Therefore, Xia Guan thought that with the wise leadership of the prince, he would definitely be able to succeed. ”

"Hahaha, the people's feelings, you are not praising the king, you are praising yourself!" Zhang Ke smiled and said, "Okay, since that's the case, I will appoint you as the governor of Kyushu." ”

Kyushu!

Chen Minqing was stunned, did the Ming Dynasty have this place? Kyushu, could it be the entire Central Plains, this official is too big, right?

Seeing that Chen Minqing was surprised, Zhang Ke smiled and said: "Don't think about it, the governor of Kyushu is in charge of the Kyushu Island of the Japanese Kingdom, and we have already taken it down." ”

Chu Haitian on the side said with a smile: "Lord Chen, I can't hide it, I am the head town of Kyushu appointed by the prince, and the two of us are going to join forces to govern the Japanese invaders!" ”

According to my father's letter, Kyushu Island has fallen into the hands of the Ming army, and the Japanese navy is far behind the Ming army, and it is not easy for the Tokugawa shogunate to counterattack, and the most important thing is to quickly control Kyushu Island, gain a firm foothold, and then continue to expand its power.

When it comes to governing the place, Dad is definitely not good, dealing with those small groups of widows, Dad is old after all, and he can't bear a lot of trivial things.

Therefore, Zhang Ke picked Chen Minqing and Chu Haitian, one article and one martial arts, and went to Wadao as his father's assistant, as for Li Dan and Ming Ruxin, they were also appointed.

Speaking of Chen Minqing and Chu Haitian alone, the two of them had the opportunity to be alone for the first time, and they were extremely excited. They collected information from all sides, studied hard along the way, and when they arrived in Nagasaki, they could be regarded as half of the "Japanese national experts".

The first thing Chen Minqing did when he took office was to post a document telling the people of the Wa Kingdom that the Celestial Empire came to conquer the Bu Ministers, and it was only aimed at the Tokugawa Shogunate, not the ordinary people of the Wa Kingdom.

Because of the war damage to the Japanese people, the Celestial Empire will find a way to compensate, if everyone is willing to go to the Celestial Empire to settle down, they will get twenty acres of fertile land, and they can also be tax-free for three years.

As soon as the conditions came out, not to mention the poor people of the Wa Kingdom, even those middle and lower-level samurai were tempted, the unfortunate place of the Wa Kingdom, the output was too limited, and it would be a step to the heavens to reach the Celestial Empire!

As soon as the news went down, people rushed to sign up, and soon Li Dan's fleet went south with the first batch of Japanese people, and their destination was also the Celestial Empire, but it was not the mainland, but the island of Taiwan.

This is Chen Minqing's strategy of vacating cages for birds, bringing the people of Wadao to the island of Taiwan, which is still a wild island, and using their labor force to reclaim fields in the land of smoke and miasma. However, the remaining reclaimed and mature fields on Wajima were used to settle the displaced people of the Ming Dynasty, which was definitely a good thing to kill multiple birds with one stone. (To be continued......)