"Did the emperor ever know the cause of the riots?" Qin Shu didn't answer directly, but asked.

"I not only sent three groups to inspect the imperial history, but also the spies in the palace......" Speaking of this, Jun Qian frowned and was a little annoyed, "You have also read the latest letter, and the letter says that it is the instigation of the thief...... Hum! ”

The news in tonight's letter directly proves the power of the public opinion rumors that Qin Shu said at noon.

"Your Majesty, this is not the most fundamental reason, it is just a fuse or appearance." Qin Shu shook his head, raised his eyes lightly and looked at the letter paper on the case, "Actually, the people are very hardworking and easy to satisfy, all they want is to be fed and clothed, have surplus food and savings at home, and live a small life, even if there are people instigating them, they will never rebel...... The only thing that can make them rebel is that they have nothing to eat. ”

"It can't be!" Jun Qian's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, "The relief food I allocated has arrived in the disaster area, and the officials and ministers have finished reporting their work......

"The emperor's relief food has already arrived in the disaster area...... However, it does not necessarily reach the victims. ”

"What do you mean?" Jun Qian's eyes narrowed dangerously.

"Come to think of it, it's the middle link of disaster relief that has gone wrong." As he spoke, Qin Shu picked up the letter and handed it to Jun Qian, "The first strategy is to register the disaster victims, and the purpose of this is to approve the number of disaster victims, so that the capitation relief can be carried out to ensure that the disaster relief money and food can be implemented to everyone...... But will every victim really be able to register smoothly? ”

"You mean, local officials concealed, falsely reported, and lied about the victims?" Qin Liang, who had been standing on the side and had not spoken, his hands trembled a little, "But, how dare they, the emperor has sent so many inspectors to inspect the imperial history, is it ......?"

"It's not that the inspectors of the imperial history are colluding with local officials." Qin Shu directly blocked what Qin Liang wanted to say, and said, "Instead, inspect the imperial history and the Qin messengers sent by the emperor, and can only supervise important local officials and cannot manage the small officials such as Xu officials, who are large in number and are not registered, and do not directly distribute relief money and food to the victims, but distribute them layer by layer...... Don't underestimate the local officials, they use the small power in their hands to take advantage of the opportunity to seek personal gains, and the phenomenon of petty officials and big corruption is extremely serious, and the inspection of the imperial history and other forces are beyond their reach, and they can't be found at all. ”

Jun Qian looked thoughtful.

"Second, the Apocalypse implements private ownership of land, and land can be bought and sold at will, and in the event of natural and man-made disasters, those small farmers who have one acre and three points of land in hand will sell the land to large landlords and local gentry...... The landlords and squires took advantage of the fire to rob and buy back large tracts of land at a very low price. Qin Shu continued, "Small peasants rely on the small amount of money obtained from selling their land to survive natural disasters, but when the money is spent, the small peasants who have no land to grow can only go back and lease the land of the landlords and squires at a high price, and they are exploited, and even directly sell themselves as slaves and become the private property of the landlords and squires."

The landlords and gentry, in order to reduce the poll tax paid to the imperial court, would hide the population. ”

As a result, some of the victims were forced to become slaves of large families, and were not registered, but were listed on the official register as people who had died as a result of natural disasters...... directly became an unrelieved black household. ”

What Qin Shu said made Jun Qian's face darker and darker when he heard it.

"That's the loophole in the first policy." Qin Su then continued, "The second strategy is the persuasion system, so that the wealthy families can give relief to the victims of the disaster free of charge, or sell grain to the victims at a reduced price...... I can only say that no matter how much money and food people have, it is someone else's own, so why force others to pay for food? ”

"It is benevolence and morality for the rich to help the victims, but it is not an obligation...... If the wealth of the rich is forcibly cut in the name of the imperial government in order to relieve the victims, then I can only say that this strategy will be infinitely harmful. ”

Qin Shu's words made Jun Zhen deafening.

Yes, why, because you are poor and you can't survive a natural disaster, should I cut my flesh to help you?

I have a good heart to save you, am I wrong not to save you...... It's morality, not obligation.

"One of the loopholes in the second strategy is that the wealthy family will inevitably complain about the emperor...... But that's not the most important thing, the point is that local officials will rely on this to use chicken feathers as tokens! Qin Shu said coldly, and then looked at the night outside the window, word by word, "Many local officials use this as an excuse to secretly hide the money and grain originally allocated for disaster relief, and then force the local wealthy families to contribute money and grain for disaster relief, so that the local rich squires are naturally dissatisfied, and it is inevitable to provoke the victims to riot!" ”

What I just said was just a local official, and now it has involved the local officials transferred by the imperial court.

"You mean my officials are in their pockets?" Jun Qian's eyes narrowed.

"The richer the warehouse, the bigger the rats, and it's hard to guard against." Qin Shu lowered his head and stopped talking.

"Go on." Jun Qian's face was covered with dark clouds.

"The third strategy is to set up porridge sheds, and the major yamen set up porridge cooking places to give porridge to the victims, but there are still a large number of victims starving to death, and the remaining rabbits and foxes are sad and rioting, why is this?" Qin Shu looked calm and asked Jun Qian rhetorically.

Before Jun Qian could answer, Qin Shu continued: "The problem is still with the local officials and local officials...... As for the situation, Qin Su couldn't be more specific, after all, if there is no investigation, there is no right to speak, please ask the emperor to send a spy to investigate in person...... It's best to let the spies dress up in disguise and get in with the victims to experience for themselves what kind of life the victims live. ”

"Someone's coming!" When Qin Shu's words fell, Jun Qian called someone in.

Two guards entered the house and crouched on the ground to be ordered.

"Tell the people from the dark department to rush to Lingdong, pretending to be a disaster victim to inquire about the situation of the government's soup kitchen...... I want to get the latest news as quickly as possible. ”

"Yes."

Two guards with knives, who were not of low rank, stepped back.

"The fourth is to reduce and reduce taxes, Qin Su can only say that this policy cannot solve the immediate problem...... Moreover, the tax exemption decree issued by the emperor is already after the time of taxation this year, and local officials have already collected taxes from the victims. Qin Shu waved his hand, "The emperor's tax exemption order is equivalent to promulgating it in vain." ”

"Fifth, the construction of permanent positions and local water conservancy projects...... The local officials in charge of related affairs used their power for personal gain and profiteers to act in cahoots, deducting the stored grain and selling it in exchange for money to enrich their own pockets, and the act of benefiting the people naturally became a joke...... As for the construction of local water conservancy projects, the emperor, the victims of the disaster can't even eat enough, how can they have the strength to work? ”

Jun Qian and Qin Lianggu were stiff.

"Your Majesty, can you imagine how those scrawny people carried huge rocks and built those houses and water conservancy projects?"

Qin Shu sighed, "The five strategies for calming disasters seem to be perfect but they can't be implemented, and they even give the rat a chance to be greedy for ink...... In fact, it is five strategies to harm the people. ”