Chapter 58: Disaster Relief Strategies

When Jingzhao merchants heard the news that they would be rewarded for their disaster relief, their hearts were boiling! Royal exclusive or royal use, what kind of temptation is such a signboard, that is, the iron coupon Danshu equivalent to the noble house! With the handwriting of the Son of Heaven, what a huge business opportunity it contains, how much benefit it will have to the business, and how much benefit it will get, this is all visible! What's more, the Jingzhao guards or the government will give more preferential treatment to these merchants for the sake of the imperial book of the Son of Heaven, and dare not easily raid and interrogate their shops, which is an excellent protection! Jingzhao merchants are dispatching one after another, just to get the emperor's imperial book, so that it can be hung on the door of the shop.

Because of Shangguan Changzhi's suggestion and Emperor Changtai's approval, the second prince who opened the palace and left the palace also expressed his willingness to donate half of the family wealth of the second prince's mansion for disaster relief; Although the three princes are far away in northern Xinjiang, the long history of the Three Princes' Mansion also seconded Shangguan Changzhi. Several princes have shown their love and compassion for the people, and Emperor Changtai is naturally very satisfied, thinking that although heaven is unkind and has this great disaster, it is also the great love of the princes in the world. It is not easy to think of the prince's mansion, it is not the amount of money, it is enough to have such a mind, so the princes do not need to donate half of their family wealth, and each government can donate three thousand taels. For the rest, the court officials and the people of Jingzhao were mobilized to fund, and they worked together to minimize the damage to the disaster in Hanoi Province and survive the natural disaster together.

The princes naturally said that the emperor's grace was immense, especially Shangguan Changzhi was even more proud. He didn't have to spend much money, but he had accumulated the name of benevolence and compassion, so that his purpose had been achieved, and seeing that many of the courtiers had shown him praise, he felt that this move was the right move.

Shangguan Chengyou was naturally resentful in his heart, the limelight of ** was robbed by Li Guifei, his mother was sulking, but he didn't expect that the limelight of the previous dynasty was also robbed by the third child, and now it was his turn to secretly feel pain in his heart! Why didn't he think that this disaster relief was a great opportunity to make a name for himself?

In just two days, the household department received 500,000 taels of silver donated by merchants, plus 6,000 taels donated by the three princes' mansions, and a total of 150,000 taels donated by the ministers of the imperial court, ** concubines, and the people of Jingzhao. Before the Midyear Festival, the household department had raised more than 700,000 silver taels, which did not include quilts, clothes, grain tents and other items donated by merchants and ordinary people. In short, the current predicament of Hanoi Province can be temporarily alleviated.

Many officials in Jingzhao breathed a sigh of relief, and the most relaxed of them was the household officials, and Zheng Pucun, the secretary of the household department, couldn't help but feel sorry for the five princes, Shangguan Changzhi. Thanks to the idea of the second prince, the household department was able to raise so many silver taels and materials so quickly. Due to the urgency of the disaster, the household department also acted quickly, and it did not take long for these silver taels and supplies to be transported by land to Duong Valley, Taiqian and other places in Hanoi.

Along with these supplies, they arrived in Hanoi Province with the reputation of Li Guifei and Shangguan Changzhi Renai. Needless to say, there are certainly traces of the Five Princes' Mansion operating in it. Shen Ning has only been worried about Shen Huashan's going to Hanoi Province to control the water recently, and he doesn't care much about these famous disputes in the court.

Love knows its evil, hates it and knows its good, no matter what the purpose, Shangguan Changzhi's suggestion has indeed brought happiness to the people. At this point, Shen Ning also had to admire Shangguan Changzhi. It seems that he is indeed a person with vision, and there are many capable people in the Five Princes' Mansion, as long as he is distracted, he will be on the throne, and it is indeed so.

Quietly feeling the undercurrent of this Jingzhao, she once again warned herself not to despise him.

Although the disaster situation in Hanoi Province has been temporarily alleviated and relief materials have been sent to Hanoi Province, the number of displaced people has not decreased much, but has increased one after another. It can be seen that relief materials are not a long-term solution, and Emperor Changtai ordered a good strategy to recruit and appease the displaced people.

Because of Shen Huashan's appointment as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and because of Shen Yu's compassion, the Shen family attaches great importance to disaster relief, and has donated a lot of silver taels and materials. The two properties of Longjing Zhai and Huanlai Drunk both donated 10,000 taels in the name of Shen Zeyuan, which is not much. The Shen family secretly sent 50,000 taels to Hu's Anhetang and donated it in the name of Anhetang, together with the 50,000 taels donated by Anhetang itself, so in this disaster relief activity, Hu's Anhetang donated a total of 100,000 taels, and Jingzhao's other two merchants, Zhenbaozhai and Qianqiu Qianzhuang, became one of the three merchants in Jingzhao who obtained the imperial book of Emperor Changtai.

The Shen family, together with the Yuan family of the Ministry of Industry and the Jiang family of the household department, set up a porridge shed on the west side of Xianghe Street for the homeless people to eat, and Shen Zeyuan and Yan Shang personally supervised the matter. The rice used in the porridge shed was not brown rice, but real white rice, and the rice porridge was so thick that the homeless people flocked to it, and even the beggars of Jingzhao were moved by the wind. For this reason, Jingzhao Mansion dispatched a lot of guards to maintain order in the porridge shed. The righteous deeds of these three families also won the unanimous praise of the people of Jingzhao, and the court officials also looked at Shen Huashan, Shen Zejing and others differently, only Shen Huashan and Shen Zejing were worried about the matter of the river in front of the stage, and there was not much smile on their faces.

In Shen Zejing's study, Shen Ning also served, continuing to read the books on water control, Shen Zejing also knew that this daughter had been busy with this matter recently, and sighed in his heart that this daughter was sensible and also told her about Emperor Changtai's recruitment and resettlement of displaced people.

In fact, since Changtai, there have been many natural disasters, and a relatively complete set of disaster relief and relief models has been explored. The procedures for household review, nuclear disaster, and opening a warehouse have been completed, and there are various disaster relief measures, such as exemption, that is, exemption from money and grain taxes in case of disasters, which is the most important disaster relief measure in Changtai, and these are effective.

However, the key is the intensity of enforcement, and it is impossible to say how many officials are sincere in carrying out these procedures, and how many officials want to take advantage of natural disasters to make a fortune. The corruption of the rule of officials makes it impossible to effectively implement these policies, and even more, the more serious the disaster, the more greedy the officials are, and the more miserable the people! Under this vicious circle, there will be more and more displaced people, and Emperor Changtai's good policy to appease the displaced people is an inevitable choice under the crisis.

Shen Zejing knew this, as early as when Shen Huashan told Huang Yi to close positions and pay attention to the review of accounts, he also felt that these disaster relief measures were difficult to implement. "The people are not trapped in disasters, but in the harshness of greedy officials." He paced in the study, feeling something.

"I heard my mother say that the key to housekeeping is to be wise. If someone in the family is in trouble, they will send him more gifts and stickers to Beppu so that they can get more rewards, father, now that there is a disaster in the imperial court, can you do the same? Regarding the disaster relief strategy, Shen Ning didn't have a specific way, so he could only explore and ask Shen Zejing like this. Men don't pay much attention to the affairs of the inner house, in fact, the inner house is the court, maybe Shen Zejing listened to the way to get along.

Shen Zejing listened to Shen Ning's words and was silent for a long time, thinking about the possibilities, but he couldn't do it for a while. Shen Ning didn't say anything else until she returned to Qingzhuju, and Shen Zejing's study was always lit.