Thuan An Province October

At this time, the sky is dark, the embankment is built with large stones, looking at the embankment, the water is surging, stirring up splashes on the embankment, and there is no way to retreat.

The water vapor came across the embankment, and the wind swept through the farmland outside the embankment.

Su Ziji stepped on the platform to climb the earthen embankment, and took a look at the winter wheat replanted in the field, some green seedlings have grown, although the planting time is a little earlier, but the growth is acceptable, presumably there will be no grain harvest next year.

"When the harvest is smaller, it should be acceptable to the people. Seeing that the peasants who greeted him were quite stable, Su Ziji secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The people's livelihood is gradually peaceful, and there are no major problems caused by the floods caused by the previous embankment burst, which makes Su Ziji feel that the disaster relief during this period has not been in vain.

When he walked back, Cen Rubai, who followed, sighed with emotion and said: "Childe, after the flood, the people's livelihood can be settled so quickly, and most of the credit is due to you." ”

It's not that Childe closed the embankment the next day, so people began to provide disaster relief in an orderly manner, and I'm afraid that the follow-up will not be so smooth.

Childe proposed cash-for-work, which was equivalent to the government paying food to the victims of the disaster to rebuild their homes.

Even orphans and widows, as long as they can move, can find some light work, so that they can work to get food.

The medicinal soup is boiled thick every day to distribute to the people in the disaster area to prevent diseases after the flood.

Where the flood passed, Su Ziji made people spread rumors, saying that the locust god was dead, the evil spirit was not gone, and the water could only be drunk after boiling, Cen Rubai began to be puzzled, but it can be seen that with the passage of time, many places have developed epidemics after the flood, and it rarely appears here in Shun'an Mansion.

Originally, it was like a great enemy, and they felt that after the flood, they might usher in the frequent plagues in the disaster area, and the officials who fled to do things under the pretext of doing things were all reprimanded by Su Ziji afterwards, and those who should be replaced were replaced.

Such a resolute and resolute method made Cen Rubai also admire it very much.

Su Ziji listened to Cen Rubai's words, but just shook his head: "Actually, it's not enough. ”

In the previous life, when encountering a disaster, the parties were much faster than the government of this world. In terms of disaster relief, there are mature response procedures, unlike here, when encountering this kind of flood, the imperial court sent people to rescue at most, solved the root cause of the flood, and did not go to disaster relief at all.

But the real natives such as Cen Rubai couldn't understand the "modesty" of their son-in-law, and smiled: "Son, you are too modest, I dare to guarantee that your method of cash-for-work, if you write to Your Majesty, you will definitely make Your Majesty's heart happy." ”

This Su Ziji did not refute, but sighed: "In fact, the use of work for relief has existed for a long time, but it cannot be popularized, let alone form a tradition." ”

"It's all about money!"

Seeing that Cen Ru Baishang was a little confused, Su Ziji wrenched his fingers and said.

"The first is that the imperial court itself has limited income. ”

Naturally, this is because there are all kinds of disasters in all parts of the country, and some places even come from time to time, and disaster relief is provided every time, so where does the imperial court have so much silver?

"The second is the strong stem and weak branch. ”

Cen Rubai immediately understood, all provinces, counties and counties, have to hand over the silver, there is actually not much money in the local area, in this kind of thing, the court deducts the responsibility on the locality, the local government has money to give, if there is no money, shut up, consider yourself unlucky, want to get silver from the court, it is difficult.

And how many local governments can have money for disaster relief?

Just like Shun'an Mansion, once there was a flood in the past, the first thing to do after the disaster was to cooperate with the water control yamen to repair a water conservancy, and then a sum of silver to help farmers replant crops.

Hiring manpower and building facilities is a huge expense.

The method of "work for relief" used by Su Ziji now can actually be combined with disaster relief and employment, but where does the money come from?

Without money, other counties can't learn if they want to.

"The third is the expansion of disaster energy. ”

Hearing this, Cen Rubai couldn't help but be silent, yes, every disaster year, the people have to sell their fields to survive the famine, and the official gentry and landlords can expand it once.

Cen Rubai smiled reluctantly: "Son, the imperial court has already made a decision, and the hundred hectares of land registered every year are proof of this." ”

Don't take the imperial court for a fool, one of the responsibilities of the local government is to split up the huge amount of land, and all the people who are registered in the hundred hectares of land will be demolished by the second generation, and if they are not demolished, they will decline.

In fact, due to the fact that there are many children and grandchildren, the next generation does not need to be divided, it is naturally divided, and it is rarely completely passed on to one person.

But even so, there are still many people who work tirelessly to expand their fields.

Thinking of these, Cen Rubai was not only not annoyed in his heart, but also glad that he chose that day, not to choose to follow his son to do things, where is the surprise now?

When you think of this, Childe is better than most people.

He is actually not very concerned about personal glory and wealth, and because of this, it is even more difficult to be subdued, but now, Cen Rubai can clearly hear the fast-beating heart in his chest, and a kind of ambition slowly spreads in his heart.

"Meritorious service, meritorious service to the people!"

"When he was the prince, he took refuge in his eyes, isn't it because the prince gave hope that he could refresh politics, and Lin Guogongzi was the same. ”

"Now the son, although his status is lower, Corporal Lixian is even more promising. ”

Looking at the side face of the young man who took a step forward, Cen Rubai thought that although the son was young, he might not be able to reach a high position within a few years.

Watching the other party step by step ascend to a high position, govern one side, and make merits in one place, it must be a very pleasant thing.

At this time, the two of them had walked to the ox cart, Su Ziji got on the car, in fact, the fourth is still there, this is backward thinking, for most people, the understanding of the economy is a problem of more and less of you.

In the eyes of many people, it is very distressing to hand over the money for work.

But it goes without saying.

"Mr. Shum. ”

Su Ziji asked Cen Rubai, who also sat down: "What news is there in the capital recently, and it seems that many days have passed since the last time?"

This refers to the natural transmission of the wild people.

Usually in half a month, a letter will come over, and Su Ziji will be told the urgent news of the capital written in code, but this time it has dragged on a little longer, and he has not received the news for a month.

Cen Rubai also affirmed Su Ziji's words: "It is true that I haven't received a letter for a month. ”

"A month. Su Ziji rubbed his fingers and thought thoughtfully: "I'm afraid something has happened in the capital." ”

"You mean, Brother Lu?" Cen Rubai was slightly stunned.

"It may or may not be. Su Ziji frowned: "But something must have happened in the capital, which made them a little constrained." ”

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