The imperial court's disaster relief action was very fast, and it only took three days for the first batch of grain to be shipped. Imperial Doctor Chao Cuo took 5,000 elite soldiers and 150,000 stone grain to Yanzhou and Yuzhou.

At the same time, Huai'an also had an army of 3,000 people escorting 100,000 stone of grain to Qingzhou. At the same time, there are also inspectors of the imperial history and embroidered clothes to follow.

Chao Cuo was born in a family of eunuchs, he has been very smart since he was a child, and he has been used as an inspector of the imperial history to inspect the world during the first emperor's period, and he is very aware of the means of deception by officials around the country, and the greed of the nobles and heroes.

Therefore, although he was born in a family of eunuchs, he repeatedly wrote books to suppress the noble and powerful eunuch families in various places. He knew very well that the growth of local noble and powerful families would crowd out the living space of the small people and threaten the stability of the imperial court.

In the past decades as an official, there have been twenty or thirty noble, heroic, and official families at his disposal. It can be said that he is very trusted by the royal family, and he is also very capable, if nothing else, he is likely to be the next prime minister.

"Ziqi, you only need to follow the steps in the court, and after a few years, the old prime minister will become a minister, and you will naturally be promoted to prime minister, why bother to wade into this troubled water?" Chao Cuo's back is straight, there seems to be infinite light in his eyes, the whole person seems to exude a brilliance, and his eyes seem to have crossed thousands of mountains and rivers.

"Yuande, in this life, there are always some things that must be adhered to. When some people die, it is like a leaf falling, silently, and some people die, the whole world mourns it, and the Taishi sets up a biography for it, and the people praise it from generation to generation.

I learned the way of Legalism from my teacher when I was a child, and then entered the palace, and after entering the office, I inspected the world, I knew the hardships of the people, and saw countless shortcomings. How can you do nothing? In this way, how can you be worthy of your teacher, your majesty, and what you have learned? ”

When Chen Shuo heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then indifferent. There must be no one who is unwilling to pursue this highest honor in life.

"What's more, this time there is a great drought in the Central Plains, and my hometown is also among them. Although I am not a material, but my hometown is in trouble, how can I sit idly by? ”

"This farewell, you cherish."

The problems of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Qingzhou are not particularly serious, Yanzhou and Yuzhou are the essence of the Central Plains, and Qingzhou is the first Huaiqi land, which has been a rich area since ancient times.

The land here is flat, the degree of development is extremely high, and the population is extremely large. It is precisely because there are so many people here that in the event of various natural disasters, the food that is often closed is simply not enough.

Once someone pulls the flag at this time, a large number of people can be gathered immediately, and it will take a lot of time to calm down. When the time comes, it is very likely that this essence will be destroyed.

Fortunately, the imperial court issued an edict that those who joined the bandits in order to survive and did not commit serious crimes, as long as it was not a serious crime such as murder and arson, were pardoned, made them surrender, and food was distributed.

The royal family knows the situation at the bottom, there is a great drought in the world, there is no harvest in the fields, the stock of the people is exhausted, and there is not much food for disaster relief in various places. At this time, those who want to live can only steal and rob.

After seeing that the relief food from the imperial court arrived, as long as the imperial court pardoned their sins, these people would soon surrender, and the rebellious people would immediately disperse.

The rule of the great cadres here is still very stable, and the counties and counties have not been lost, and they are trying their best to maintain order around them and restrain the people. A few rebellions were quickly extinguished after the Great Army felt it.

Although the number of displaced people is increasing, the situation is rapidly stabilizing after the relief food from the imperial court. Nobles, heroes, and eunuchs from all over the country also cooperated and donated some food.

After all, if there were really some desperate guys who gathered a large number of displaced people to attack their manor, they would not be able to withstand it. In addition, the person who came this time was wrong, and these nobles, heroes, and eunuchs knew that they were ruthless masters, and they did not dare to act recklessly.

At the same time, in addition to official disaster relief, the imperial court also encouraged merchants from all over the country to transport grain to be sold here.

The taxes of the imperial court are not high, and as long as the local governments do not collect all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the people still have some spare money in their hands. Chao Cuo's disaster relief this time, to minimize the loss, whoever dares to play tricks on him, Chao Cuo will dare to kill his whole family, and the three clans will be exiled.

It is imperative that these victims be bathed in the imperial grace of His Majesty the Great Qian.

When the mighty and majestic cadres arrived, the local nobles, heroes, and eunuchs all felt trembling, and the peasants and soldiers from all over the country were also summoned, and then they received military orders and led a group of soldiers back to the counties.

Chao Cuo summoned grain merchants from all over the Central Plains in the Yamen, as well as wealthy families such as Haoqiang and Xungui, and then collected grain from them according to the average grain price of the previous three years.

Those merchants who dared to hoard goods and sell grain at high prices were directly ordered to raid their homes. In the case of having learned from the past, there was no one who was a wealthy man who insisted on touching him, and they honestly sold grain to him.

The court is willing to talk to you calmly, and it is best to accept it decently, after all, the court will not always be so calm. There is a large army guarding it, and those who dare to make small moves are making jokes about their three clans and want the three clans to have fun.

Chao Cuo originally only had 150,000 stone of grain, which was not enough to provide relief to the millions of victims in the two states, but he bought hundreds of thousands of stone of grain from these wealthy families, and the food in his hands was immediately abundant.

Immediately after that, Chao Cuo began to repair water conservancy facilities in various places and repair the Chidao Canal in exchange for work, and at the same time began to migrate some displaced people to Fuso, Hehuang Valley, Liaodong, Jiangnan and other places in the Ryukyus.

The population of the Central Plains was too concentrated, and it was very difficult for the imperial court to relocate the population here, and only in this year of great calamity could the people be relocated in large numbers.

Under Chao Cuo's strong rule, order was quickly restored in Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and at the same time, the situation in Qingzhou and northern Xuzhou was already under control. The imperial court specially asked the Marquis of Zhenhai to lead the navy to Qingzhou, bringing a large amount of fish, meat and rice.

At the same time, the Marquis of Zhenhai ordered that anyone who could transport grain to the disaster area, whether it was Haoqiang or a merchant, could get salt according to the proportion.

There is a Changlu salt field here in Qingzhou, and the salt production is extremely large, and it can be easily exchanged for a large amount of grain with salt. At the same time, Wang Chi, the Marquis of Zhenhai, migrated a large number of people from Qingzhou to Jiangnan, as well as Ryukyu and Fuso.

The imperial family attaches great importance to overseas, but it is a pity that the people of Daqian would rather go to the Western Regions, southern Xinjiang, and the land of Hehuang than go overseas, so until now, the population of Daqian on the Great Ryukyu Island is less than 10,000, and as for Fusang, the population has just reached 3,000.

Now that there is a great drought in Qingzhou, it is just the right time to migrate some of the population to overseas and enrich Ryukyu and Fuso.

(End of chapter)