Chapter 52: The Power of the Family
As soon as the army was deployed, Cushman & Wakefield's disaster relief plan began to be implemented.
If it was an ordinary disaster relief, then Cushman & Wakefield would not have to plan for such a long time, and it would be enough to distribute the grain directly, but this time it is different, Cushman & Wakefield will have to make a big move.
Gao Wei not only has to solve the disaster, but also to repair the main river traffic up and down the Northern Qi Dynasty, open a few canals, and repair a few water conservancy roads, so as to make the north-south traffic more convenient, and at the same time ensure that some areas in the north that are prone to drought can ensure the transportation of water, and the convenience of the waterway in Yuzhou must be well utilized.
And these victims are the most suitable labor force.
A month ago, Cushman & Wakefield gave instructions using "cash-for-work", and Zhao Yanshen quickly issued the order, and within a month, the displaced people in various places had been scattered and disorganized, living outside the cities of the major counties. The large-scale displacement riots of the past have abated a lot.
With the support of Zhao Yanshen rummaging through the cabinets in the treasury and the family, Cushman & Wakefield gathered all the money and food needed for the implementation plan.
The beginning of spring is the time for implementation.
The hardest hit areas this time were northern Jianghuai and Shandong.
First of all, Cushman & Wakefield wants to divide the displaced people into three parts.
It is also the vast majority, which is also divided into two batches, the first batch went north to Youzhou, Pingzhou, Yanzhou and Shuozhou reclamation, the second batch moved to the Jianghuai generation in principle, Gao Wei is ready to move the displaced people mainly to Yuzhou and Hezhou, where the waterways are developed, and the land utilization rate is far from saturated.
That is, some of the people who are unwilling to go to other places to reclaim famine, Gao Wei will distribute these displaced people to various places, let them build water conservancy, dig canals, repair city walls, etc., and when the drought is over, they can naturally return to their hometowns.
If they are willing and pass the selection, they will be sent to the Yecheng camp by the officials who distributed the victims, and after training, they will be transferred to Jinyang, Luoyang, Youzhou and other places to guard the border.
Of course, due to the conditions, their treatment is slightly inferior to that of the regular army, but they can be regularized after three years in the army.
The maximum and reasonable use of the power of the victims, can not only avoid the disaster victims to gather and rebel, but also can build water conservancy and transportation, the terrain of the Northern Qi is good, especially the Jianghuai, there are many rivers, if the Northern Qi can dredge the river, open a canal to connect the river, then its value will be immeasurable.
Gao Wei, the candidate needed for this disaster relief, has already been selected, Shandong Road, presided over by Wang Gao Rui of Zhao County, and Gao Wei, who is located in Yuzhou, chose Bai Jian.
Bai Juyi is the descendant of Bai Jian, although Bai Jian's reputation is not obvious in history, but he is indeed a person with very strong business ability, his biggest advantage is not that he is smarter than others, but that he is old and conscientious.
Gao Wei deliberately removed him from the cabinet, just so that the disaster situation can be quickly stabilized, although Bai Jian is not as good as Tang Yong and Yuan Wenyao's political talents, but Bai Jiansheng is experienced, and Gao Wei also inspected for a long time before Bai Jian was included in the list.
There are naturally those who are responsible for the overall situation of the prime minister, Gao Wei thought hard for a long time, and finally selected Hu Changji, Hu Changjie died early in history, but I don't know why Hu Changwei is still alive and well, maybe the Hu Changjie in history is actually depressed and died.
Cushman & Wakefield also inspected Hu Changwei, what did Hu Changwei say, his business ability is average, but he has a long-term vision and balance ability - that is, the ability to coordinate the overall situation is not weaker than Zhao Yanshen, and he can let every colleague who cooperates with him play to his strengths.
Cushman & Wakefield did not choose some young and radical courtiers, but preferred old ministers, which is enough to show Cushman & Wakefield's attitude of seeking stability.
Young courtiers such as Yuan Wenyao and the like, although they are very talented and do have their own unique views on government affairs, they lack experience after all, and their personalities are not stable enough.
In addition to Yuan Wenyao, there are more than a dozen officials from the family Gao Wei is very optimistic, so Gao Wei assigned them all tasks with a stroke of the pen to Gao Rui and others to assist in disaster relief, especially the most serious Gao Rui, if there is the help of the family, it will be much less difficult.
The Maison's influence in the region is no joke.
Before the imperial examination was prevalent, the influence of the family was unparalleled, as the saying goes, the dynasty of flowing water, the family of iron.
The name of the family is sometimes more useful than the decree.
Among them, there are six of the famous seven wang and five surnames in the Northern Qi Dynasty, Boling Cui, Qinghe Cui, Fanyang Lu, Zhaojun Li, Xingyang Zheng, Taiyuan Wang, and one is Longxi Li, Li Yuan has to go to Longxi Li with a shy face to recognize relatives, and people don't necessarily want to see him, so you can imagine how high the status of the family is.
And the more than 10,000 private soldiers who "donated" can get a glimpse of the huge energy that the family has.
The reason why Gao Wei can use them as knives this time is because before Gao Wei took power, the power of the family in the court was very weak.
The children of the family were oppressed and excluded by the Xianbei lords, and the Northern Qi Dynasty itself was close to Xianbei, and many management departments were replaced by Xianbei people who did not understand government affairs.
Those Xianbei people don't know how to manage people's livelihood, not to mention, they also occupy official positions in vain.
The children of the family are also facing an employment crisis, and Cushman & Wakefield needs a strong force to help him.
Disaster relief, talents, checks and balances. There's no better help than the Sago, so the two hit it off.
The ability of the children of the family is indeed worthy of recognition, and some of them were delegated to local officials, and soon the mess left by the previous Xianbei officials was put in order.
However, the threat to the growth of the family is not without it, that is, the family has a long and deep-rooted heritage.
Some of them can even be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and generations of eunuchs came from the family and created such a behemoth today.
In the era when the imperial examinations were not yet widely held in the world, the Maison had a monopoly on almost all political resources.
It is not that no one has tried to break the monopoly of the family, such as the recommendation system of the Han Dynasty and the nine-product Zhongzheng system of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but the implementation has been carried out, and these policies for selecting talents have eventually become a competition field for the children of the family.
Cushman & Wakefield is also worried about the consequences of the family's big sitting, but he can only choose the family for now.
There is no him, because most of the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty today are from the family, and even if there are a few poor families, there are few who are not attached to the family.
Not because the family used despicable means, but because the poor students faced a very embarrassing situation, that is, there were no books to read.
At that time, books were very valuable, and there could never be such a luxury in the Hanmen, and most of these books were pinched in the hands of the family.
If the children of the poor family who do not have books to read are not attached to the family, then there are no resources for learning.
Not to mention, you want to befriend someone, but do you have this connection?
Not all poor students will be so lucky.
First of all, in terms of knowledge, poor students have fallen behind the children of the family, and knowledge determines a person's ability from one side.
Therefore, even if the poor students are given a fair chance to compete, the poor students will not be able to compete with the sons of the family.
In the Sui and Tang dynasties, when the imperial examination was first opened, most of the people who were promoted were children of families, and there were few opportunities for the poor to be lifted.
At least Cushman & Wakefield has not yet found a capable and outstanding scholar.
However, it is not impossible to balance the family and maintain a balance between the poor family and the family in the court......
Why don't you have a imperial examination?
Cushman & Wakefield thought about it, and in the end he just sighed lightly, and it was not yet time to turn his face with the family......
[So, it's always okay to be smaller, right?] 】