Zhao Xin waved his hand when he heard this, "Our monarchs and ministers are discussing, and if we have something to say, what punishment will not be punished."

I probably know the situation outside, and if I really want to talk about punishment, then I have more sins than you. ”

Saying that, he couldn't help but sigh, "In the past few days, I have insisted on going my own way and left Beijing for Bingzhou.

After returning to Beijing, I have been locked up in the palace for the past two days and ignored political affairs, and I don't need you to say it, I also know that you must have complaints in your hearts.

probably thought that I was really deaf, but at this moment, I left behind the disaster and the people and didn't ask, and only drunk and dreamed of death in the palace!"

"Your Majesty's words are serious, and the ministers are terrified!"

Hearing Zhao Xin say it so bluntly, Liu Muzhi and the others suddenly panicked, and hurriedly stood up together, even Qiao Sanniang couldn't help but turn a little pale.

Although the emperor's behavior during this time did make them have some complaints in their hearts, they didn't dare to say such words.

The emperor himself said it so bluntly, which made them even more uneasy.

Zhao Xin didn't care, waved his hand, and sighed: "Actually, it's not that I don't want to relieve the disaster, and it's not that I don't want to fight the drought.

Don't I know that if we can effectively fight the disaster and drought now, we can keep some people in their hometowns and recover the losses to a certain extent?

But I can't do that, and I can't do it.

Because if I really give them the money and food to go to the disaster relief, I dare to guarantee that ninety and half of the money and food will go into the hands of those officials and families.

Far from being left behind in their hometowns, the losses were even greater.

When the last bit of capital in our hands is gone, at that time, both I and the people will be fish and meat on their chopping board. ”

Hearing him say this, Liu Muzhi and the others couldn't help but move in their hearts, and then they were gloomy.

Because Zhao Xin's words broke their current predicament.

Indeed, as Zhao Xin said, although they still have millions of stone money and grain in their hands now.

But if you really want to use these money and food for disaster relief, then there is no doubt that these money and food will be empty in the end, and there will not even be a shadow.

But......

"Now that this catastrophe has been formed, there is no hope for this autumn's harvest, and the imperial court can't ignore it. ”

Kou Zhunren frowned.

Wang Xuance also said: "Recently, all the ministers of the court have asked the court to help the victims, and there are also proposals to take advantage of this rain to remove the dead seedlings in the field and replace them with new seedlings.

The excerpts of the states and counties requesting the imperial court for disaster relief are also like snowflakes. ”

Zhao Xin didn't answer directly when he heard this, but smiled slightly and asked, "You haven't been impeached recently, have you?"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh bitterly when they heard this.

Kou Zhunren said: "It's okay for the ministers, there are indeed a lot of excerpts to impeach Mu Zhi." ”

Yu Qian frowned and said, "Those people are doing this, I'm afraid that as Your Majesty said, they are forcing us to give them the little money and food in our hands!"

These families are really wolf ambitions!"

He didn't know much about the political struggles between individuals.

But this kind of group struggle is more clear than others.

Because in his previous life, it was he who single-handedly saved the Ming Dynasty from peril, and at the same time completely consolidated the position of the civil gentry group.

Let the Ming Dynasty completely change from imperial politics to civilian politics.

It was from that time that the Ming gentry group began to completely override other social groups.

From this point of view, his position at that time was similar to that of the current family.

It's just that he has more responsibilities than those families, and the mind of the family and the country.

And the gentry group at that time was not as degenerate as it was later.

To some extent, it can be regarded as the backbone of society.

But when a social class completely overrides other class groups, and completely controls the power and interests of this society, it is not far from complete degeneration and becoming a scourge.

At this time, Great Qin was the same, but their positions were different.

At this time, he was not one with those wealthy families, but one with the emperor.

Moreover, at this time, these wealthy families in Daqin have no righteousness at all in Yu Qian's eyes, and they have no responsibility for the people of the country.

In this regard, Zhao Xin didn't say much.

After thinking about it, he smiled slightly: "Since this is the case, then let's give it to you."

But they couldn't give it as they wanted. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at Zhao Xin, knowing that he must have something to do.

"Mu Zhi, how many homeless people are there in Jingshi now?"

Zhao Xin turned his head and asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the specific number of displaced people cannot be answered, because the number is increasing dramatically every day, and it is impossible to count it.

However, before the minister came, he roughly estimated that now there are no less than 30,000 displaced people gathered in the land of Jingshi. ”

Liu Muzhi said solemnly.

Although the rest of the people knew that the number of displaced people was increasing day by day, they were still frightened and gasped when they heard this number.

Kou Zhunren hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this matter must not be neglected, such a large number of displaced people gather in Beijing, once they are taken advantage of by the gangsters, it will inevitably cause a catastrophe!"

Everyone else nodded along in the same way.

Then he asked Liu Muzhi: "Does Sinong have any arrangements for this?"

Liu Muzhi nodded, "The minister has already ordered a tent to be built along the Luoshui River in Cuiping Mountain in western Beijing to temporarily accommodate the homeless.

However, because there are too many displaced people and the rapid rate of surge, only sick and weak women and children can be given priority at present.

In addition, the minister has ordered Taicang to set up twenty porridge sheds in the Junma Temple in the west of the city, but these can only ensure that fewer people will starve to death. ”

Everyone couldn't help frowning when they heard this.

Such measures can indeed only be said to be better than nothing.

For example, twenty porridge sheds may sound like a lot.

But 20 porridge shacks are a drop in the bucket compared to tens of thousands of displaced people.

How much porridge can be put in a porridge shed that doesn't stop for twelve hours a day?

How many of them received it repeatedly, and how many people didn't receive it at all?

It's impossible to manage.

This kind of porridge can only be said to slightly alleviate the grievances of the displaced people and minimize the possibility of riots among the displaced people.

If you really want to say how useful it is, it's really very little.

But everyone also knows that this kind of thing is no wonder Liu Muzhi.

If we really want to achieve completely effective management of tens of thousands of displaced people, everyone can have food, not to mention how much food they need a day.

Management is also a huge difficulty.

However, everyone knows that this thing will definitely not go on like this.

Tens of thousands of displaced people, and this number is still increasing dramatically every day, if it is not effectively solved.

Then once one or two ambitious villains come out of it, it will be a riot at any time.

So for a while, no one in the study spoke.

Zhao Xin also frowned, he didn't expect that the matter would be more serious than he imagined.

Although the two factories in the east and west and Jinyiwei all reported every day, he also knew that there were a lot of displaced people in Beijing, but he always thought that there should be thousands of people, at most more than 10,000 people.

"Why are there so many displaced people, isn't it only July now?"

Zhao Xin finally couldn't help but ask.