Chapter 867: The vanguard of both treatment and relief! I want to sacrifice to the earth dragon!
Qin Wangzheng September 1st.
Xianyang Palace, Qilin Palace.
In the main hall, the ministers gathered together, and Lu Buwei stood under the high platform and spitted.
“Every time there is a natural disaster, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Guizhou leaders die as a result. This is not only the tragedy of all the people, but also the tragedy of our great Qin!”
"The great prosperity of a country lies in the system, grain, utensils, generals, ministers, and kings, but even more important is Dingkou!"
"Relieving the victims with court money and grain is definitely not the right thing to do. It’s a reward for the victims, but a pity for the country’s strength!”
“The truth is that by admonishing the king to provide relief to the victims, he is not only seeking benevolence for the people, but also seeking prosperity for our great Qin!”
After roaring, Lu Buwei quickly moistened his lips with saliva.
Nearly half a month has passed since the earthquake in Zheng County.
During this half-month period, Ying Chengyu went deep into the front line, Lu Buwei maintained logistics, and Ying Zheng faced pressure from all parties. The three of them worked together to continue to do their best to rescue the victims.
But Ying Chengyu only has to live and die on the front line, while Ying Zheng and Lu Buwei have many things to consider.
Regarding the dispute over this disaster relief, the DPRK and China have been arguing for nearly half a month but there is still no outcome!
Feng Quji said in a deep voice: "I know that Xiangbang is thinking about our Qin Dynasty."
"However, I also hope that Xiangbang is not just thinking about our Qin Dynasty temporarily, but also You should think about our great Qin forever.”
"Did the suffering of the disaster victims contribute to the great Qin Dynasty?"
"No merit!"
"In the fourth year of the Qin Dynasty, the Prime Minister ordered each county to set up Changpingcang to deal with natural disasters."
“During the locust plague in the past, the grain stored in our Daqin granary was not enough to help the victims, so the prime minister ordered all the people to donate grain in exchange for titles, and then used this grain to help the victims!”
“This move certainly saves the lives of the victims! It cost the lives of many disaster victims, but made the people feel lazy. They didn’t know how to save themselves when the disaster happened, but just waited for the government to provide relief! ”
Feng Quji said heartbrokenly: "There is a proverb in our Qin Dynasty that says: Treat disasters, and feed them with food. Relieve disasters, and suffer the consequences!"
"In the past, all the people of our Qin Dynasty would consciously prepare for natural disasters. From this, The habit of hiding food in the mountains arose, and a prosperous town could even store three years' worth of food to deal with natural disasters."
"But this time the earth dragon in Zheng County turned around, the food stored by the people in Zheng County was only a mere amount. It’s enough for several months.”
“Thanks to the help from Zheng County Granary and the counties in Guanzhong, Zheng County can hold on until next year’s autumn harvest.” Cang, it’s only been eleven years!”
Feng Quji was not opposing for the sake of opposition, nor was he dissatisfied with Lu Buwei.
It is a collision between two ideas of governing the country!
From the perspective of Da Qin's current legal concept, any behavior of getting something for nothing should not be allowed, including orphanages, almshouses, and relief to victims, etc. should be abolished, and only those established for the imperial court should be abolished. Only by doing merit can you get money or food from the court.
The risk of natural disasters and the losses caused by natural disasters have nothing to do with the imperial court. They should be borne by the victims themselves. Besides bearing the losses, the victims must not forget to pay taxes to the imperial court, let alone flee privately. .
The fundamental purpose of "disaster control" in Feng Quji's words is not to help the victims, but to prevent people from fleeing privately, resulting in loss of productivity or causing large-scale rebellion!
This idea of governing the country directly prompted every old Qin citizen to work or fight desperately regardless of age, and did not dare to relax for a moment. As a result, the national power of the Qin Dynasty soared, and the leader of the Qin Dynasty became warlike.
At the same time, the people of the Old Qin Dynasty had to make more preparations for their lives, and then developed a series of habits of storing food in cellars in ravines and protecting wild beasts in the mountains for disaster years.
Although letting the victims rescue themselves will indeed cause more casualties, I don’t know how much food this will save Daqin and how much people’s power it will seize!
If every time Great Qin encounters a natural disaster, all efforts will be made to rescue it like this time.
Da Qin’s granary simply cannot bear it!
What's even more frightening is that the Great Qin Chang Pingcang has only been established for eleven years, and the ability of the people of the Great Qin to save themselves has not yet deteriorated significantly.
As the ability and will of the people of Qin to save themselves continue to weaken, God knows how much people, money and food will be spent on disaster relief in the future!
Our Daqin is so poor!
Feng Quji’s words were heartbreaking, and Chunyu Yue’s righteousness was awe-inspiring: “In the past, the state of Zou was at war with the state of Lu. Thirty-three officials of the state of Zou were killed in the battle, but the soldiers sat back and watched the officials being killed without doing anything and no one fought. When he died, Duke Mu of Zou asked Mencius for advice. "
"Mencius said: In the bad years and the famine, your people, the old and the weak, have turned to the ravines, and the strong have scattered in all directions, and there are thousands of them! The king's warehouses are full and his treasury is full, and there is no one to complain about it. This is because the superiors are slow and the inferiors are weak. Zengzi said: "Beware of it! Beware of it! What is wrong with you is what is wrong with you." On the contrary, if you are a benevolent person, you will die if you love him!”
"During the famine in the Tsou Kingdom, all the granaries of the Tsou Kingdom were overflowing, and the treasuries were piled with treasures, but they sat back and watched the old and the weak abandon their corpses in the ravines, while the young and the young fled in all directions! This is actually what officials from all over the country are doing to the head of Guizhou with contempt!"
“As Zengzi said, how you treat others will be how they treat you.”
“If officials from various places slight and harm the head of Guizhou, the head of Guizhou will naturally choose the opportunity to retaliate against the officials everywhere, and even the imperial court!”< br>
Chun Yuyue faced Ying Zheng and solemnly raised his hands and said: "If the king implements benevolent government and provides relief to the victims, the leader of Guizhou will naturally get close to his superior and be willing to die for his superior."
"Otherwise, the leader of Guizhou will commit suicide. Will rebel against me, Da Qin!”
Yuan Shou also stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "In the past, Liang Kingdom Hanoi suffered a natural disaster. King Hui of Liang moved the people of Hanoi to the east of the river and moved the millet of Liang Kingdom to Hanoi. King Hui of Liang thought that his country governance was far better than that of his neighboring countries, and his country had a small population. But the population did not increase more than that of neighboring countries. King Hui of Liang was puzzled and asked Mencius. "Mencius thought that disaster relief was like two armies fighting. The soldiers of neighboring countries fled in front of the battle, but Liang Guo's soldiers stopped running." The soldiers fled in the face of the battle and stopped at fifty steps. What King Hui of Liang said was actually the fifty steps and the hundred steps." And win!”
Mencius can be said to be a pioneer in disaster relief in China and a milestone in both treatment and relief!
In an environment where the vast majority of kings and scholars believed that the country should deal with disasters rather than provide disaster relief, Mencius successively persuaded many kings such as Zou Mugong and Liang Hui to implement disaster relief strategies, and successfully persuaded Qi Wang opened Tangyi warehouse to provide relief to the victims and single-handedly influenced the social atmosphere.
As heirs to Meng's Confucianism, Dr. Chun Yuyue and other doctors have been crazy about helping Ying Chengxuan carry the banner in recent days, as if they had been beaten to death!
Not waiting for more Confucian scholars to come out to help, Feng Quji asked in a deep voice: "Where do the money and food for disaster relief come from?"
"Doctors think that relieving the victims can help The victims are grateful to the court and are willing to be driven by the court, and I think so too.”
“But governing the people by law can also make the victims willing to be driven by the court.”
“This is the case today. In this era of great strife, every ounce of our country’s national strength should be used to protect the country. How can we use money and food to help the victims?”
"If our Da Qin's money, food and people's strength are used to relieve the victims, the money and food we have left in Da Qin will not be enough to cope with the war in troubled times!" "Does our Da Qin want to increase taxes to prepare for disaster relief?!"
With one sentence, all the doctors choked and fell silent.
Easy policies, reprieves, and tax reductions and exemptions are also the political ideas of Meng's Confucianists. They cannot abandon their ideas of tax reductions and exemptions just to help the victims!
Lu Buwei asked without hesitation: "Why not?!"
Feng Quji was stunned: "Xiangbang, what did you say?"
Lü Buwei, who also supports tax reductions and exemptions, lenient policies and suspended policies, actually thinks that increasing taxes is no big deal? !
Lu Buwei said in a deep voice: "Because of the many craftsmanships developed by our Great Qin Lord Chang'an, our Great Qin's yield per mu has doubled and doubled again!"
"Even if it is just an additional increase every year, Taxes are enough to support the counties and counties in Daqin to provide relief to the victims."
"I think that additional taxes can be added to supplement the Changpingcang of each county, and then be used by the people. Yu Min! ”
Lu Buwei said loudly and with unprecedented generosity and extravagance:
"Today's Qin Dynasty is full of disaster relief!"
These confident words shocked all the courtiers in the hall and lost their voices.
Yes.
We, Da Qin, have become rich!
Feng Quji, Sima Chang, Gan Yun and other ministers had to take a deep breath, ready to regroup and find another angle to argue.
But before they could think it through, a loud shout suddenly sounded outside the Qilin Hall.
"Mr. Chang'an reports urgently!"
On the high platform, Ying Zheng, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly raised his head and shouted: "Pass!"
The palace door was slowed down Slowly pushing it open, the fierce man couldn't wait for the palace door to be fully opened before he walked into the palace.
Ying Zheng also ignored the fierce husband's rudeness and asked directly: "Is Mr. Chang'an okay?"
The fierce man suddenly raised his hands and said: "Return to the king, Mr. Chang'an is fine and unharmed!"
"Chang'an Jun's urgent report is here!"
Before the ruthless man spoke, Zhao Gao had already strode towards the ruthless man, grabbed the bamboo tube presented by the ruthless man and ran back to Ying Zheng. On the other hand, the mud seal letter had been verified on the way, and there was even time to open the mud seal before presenting the bamboo tube to Ying Zheng with both hands.
Ying Zheng grabbed the bamboo tube with his hand and poured out two bamboo slips from the bamboo tube.
After hiding the thinner bamboo slip in his sleeve, Ying Zheng unfolded the thicker bamboo slip and eagerly turned his eyes to the familiar words on the bamboo slip.
"Color!"
"Big color!"
After scanning a few lines, Ying Zheng couldn't help but laugh heartily.
But as he watched, the smile on Ying Zheng's face slowly faded, and in the end he even frowned tightly!
The entire Qilin Hall was silent, and all the courtiers were in a state of confusion because of the change in Ying Zheng's expression.
Finally, Lu Buwei couldn't bear it and asked: "May I ask your Majesty, does Chang'an Lord need the help of the imperial court to rescue the victims?"
Lü Buwei couldn't help but feel impatient.
It is true that Ying Chengyu is too important to Great Qin now!
Ying Zheng finally handed the bamboo slip in his hand to Zhao Gao and said in a low voice: "My thoughts are with you all, dear friends."
Zhao Gao hurriedly took the bamboo slips and recited aloud: "Report to your Majesty!"
"On August 17, the fifteenth year of the Qin Dynasty, there was an earthquake in Zheng County, and the minister Chang'an Jun's son Cheng Xi refused to obey the order. , Yiyi led his family soldiers and military school disciples to go deep into the disaster area to rescue the victims."
"King Lai did not give up, and sent Lieutenant General Yi to lead a hundred ministers and two thousand guards to protect the safety of the ministers."
" On August 18, I arrived in Zheng County and saw that the ground in Zheng County was cracked, springs were gushing, the city was collapsed, and the lives were in ruins. I immediately ordered my subordinates to rescue the victims. "
"August 20. On the third day, all the victims from the four villages and eleven miles under the jurisdiction of Zheng County arrived in Zheng County and concentrated on providing relief.”
"On August 24th, I sent my subordinates to Tong County, Xiagua County and other counties to provide relief to the victims."
"On August 28th, the victims of the disasters in all counties have gathered at the county seat. "
"The earthquake in Zheng County affected a total of 13 counties, affecting a total of 636,851 people, including 39,105. People died, 8,522 people were missing, and the rest were properly accommodated."
"But I thought it was still insufficient."
"My Majesty, I request you to send guards and lead the people to rebuild their homeland, distribute enough food to the victims to survive, and give them grain and seeds. Depending on the severity of the disaster in each township, the taxes, taxes, and corvee will be reduced or exempted from one year old to three years old in the worst, so that the capital of Guizhou can rest and recuperate. "
"I invite the king again to build an altar in Zheng County."
"I invite you to worship the earth dragon in Zheng County!"
(End of this chapter)