As soon as he returned to Jiyang from Xiangyang, Yang Quanqi received an official document from the Shangshu Province, asking all states, counties and counties to provide relief to the victims. Yang Quanqi convened everyone for discussion.
Jin established three provinces: Shangshu, Zhongshu, and Menxia to jointly handle government affairs. The Shangshu Province is in charge of administrative power. It has six Shangshu departments including the official department, the temple department, Duzhi, Zuomin, Duguan, and Wubing (after crossing the river, Duguan was removed and became the fifth department). The highest official is Shangshu Ling; He leads hundreds of officials and controls part of the local administration. The highest official is Zhongshu Ling. His official position is under the Shangshu Ling and his power is above him. The province under his command participates in major national affairs and is responsible for reviewing edicts, signing memorials, and refuting edicts. The power of memorial is given by the highest official, Shi Zhong Ling.
As for the Three Dukes who no longer have real power, they serve as honorary positions and serve as advisors to the emperor to place powerful officials. Most of the powerful ministers used Sangong to record the secret affairs, add Zhongshu and subordinates, or add generals, and control the military affairs at home and abroad. In the tenth year of Taiyuan (385), Sima Daozi, king of Langya, served as the governor of Yangzhou, recorded Shangshu affairs, and oversaw military affairs at home and abroad. He also held the post of Situ.
"...The corn in the warehouse is not enough for a thousand stones. This amount of corn is not even enough for the official's salary, so there is no food for disaster relief." Yang Shangbao, a member of the army of Cang Cao, said.
After Yang Quanqi took office, he appointed his younger brother Yang Shangbao to take charge of money and grain. Wei Ren, the former governor of Xinye, squandered the money and grain stored in the warehouse. Faced with the empty warehouse, Yang Shangbao was full of resentment.
The chief clerk, Chen Shen, stroked his beard slowly and said: "Prefect Yang, don't be impatient, you must always think of a way. How can we neglect the decree of the court? Who can bear the responsibility for the investigation?"
Yang Shangbao snorted angrily and said, "Does Master Chen have any idea? Otherwise, we should squeeze out some corn to help the victims, and the official salary will not be paid for the time being."
The New Year is coming soon, and many people are pointing to their salary to celebrate the New Year. Of course, Chen Shen will not open his mouth to be such a bad person.
Chen Shen looked at Yang Quanqi and said, "Prefect Yang, there are still more than 10,000 stones of corn in the army. Can you provide some of the disaster relief first?"
"No", several shouts sounded at the same time, all from the Yang family.
Chen Shen secretly thought that the Yang family controlled the army and had long regarded the general's food as their own, so no wonder they firmly opposed it.
Yang Siping said loudly: "Master Chen, Xinye is the gateway for Hu soldiers to go south. Once the war breaks out, can you afford to suffer a mutiny caused by the lack of food in the army?"
There are 3,000 troops stationed in Xinye County, plus 500 Yang family troops, with an average monthly salary of three shi, and the food reserves are only enough for more than a month.
Chen Shenpi smiled and said: "I am just suggesting that it is up to the eunuch to decide whether it works or not."
Yang Quanqi was secretly worried that Chen Shen and Wei Ren secretly divided the warehouse and reaped a lot of benefits. Now that there is no money or food for disaster relief, not only can he not share the worries, but he can only watch the excitement and make sarcastic remarks.
Yang Anxuan listened absently to the quarrel in the lobby, which was nothing more than "no money, no food."
Yang Anxuan was full of criticism of the court's disaster relief strategy. He asked for disaster relief with a blank letter. He had no money or food and no reduction or exemption of taxes and duties. How could he provide disaster relief. Build a bitch tree memorial arch, and then just pick two or three damn ghosts to perform surgery to quell public anger.
"An Xuan, what do you think?" Yang Quanqi interrupted Yang Anxuan's reverie. Opposite Yang Anyuan showed jealous eyes, and his father relied more and more on the third child.
I thought that when my eldest brother went to Xiangyang to take up a post, he would be able to take over the Yang family army smoothly, but unexpectedly the third brother showed up.
First he guessed the court's will, then he killed thieves on the way and was promoted to military prince, and in Xiangyang he won the favor of Governor Xi. If he continues like this, he will have to compare himself to others.
From Luoyang to Xinye, and then from Xinye to Xiangyang, along the way Yang Anxuan saw the miserable conditions of the refugees. He said categorically: "Disaster relief must be provided. There are official documents from the court. As a prefect, my father must put the people first."
"You said it's easy. Where does the food come from? You can do it." Yang Anyuan sneered.
Yang Anxuan was too lazy to answer him and said: "There is nowhere to raise food for the moment, so we can only use military rations for emergency relief."
"No." Yang Siping blew his beard and glared: "Military food is related to the survival of the new people. Once Qin and Yan find out that there is no food, disaster will never happen."
"Uncle, don't worry." Yang Anxuan said: "My nephew does not want to misappropriate military rations. He is just using them temporarily for emergency relief. It will be returned in less than ten days."
Yang Quanqi's eyes lit up and he said, "Just tell me."
Yang Anxuan said: "There are thousands of hectares of fertile land in Xinye County. The weather was good last year. The big families should have food in stock. My father might as well send someone to borrow food. I think those big families understand the meaning of death and coldness, and they will definitely help."
Yang Quanqi nodded slightly. He also thought of borrowing grain from a big family. It's just that good money is hard to give away, and it's not easy to get food from the hands of aristocratic families. He had just been appointed the governor of Xinye, so it was not easy to forcefully collect grain. If he offended the powerful officials in the county, even if Governor Xi helped him, it would not last long.
"The next thing is to buy grain. The weather in Jiangnan has been good in recent years, so there should be grain reserves. Father might as well send someone to buy grain."
Yang Shangbao sighed: "There is no money in the treasury, how can I buy grain?"
Yang Anxuan said: "Xinye is located on an important transportation road, with constant business trips and many merchants in the city. If we can persuade merchants to donate or pay taxes in advance, it should not be difficult to raise money to purchase grain."
"No." This time it was Chen Shen's turn to be anxious. He had been an official in Xinye for many years, and his family power was deeply rooted here. There were gold shops, grain shops, cloth shops, restaurants and many other shops in the city. Yang Anxuan's idea was Cut his flesh and drink his blood.
Yang Siping smiled and said: "An Xuan is right. All the merchants in the city are extremely rich. Two days ago, my wife went to Fuyufang and bought a string of southern beads. She actually spent five thousand yuan. Wow, it's really a huge profit. .”
Chen Shen frowned secretly. Fuyufang was his family's property and was managed by his younger brother Chen Hai. Could it be that Yang Siping had heard some rumors and wanted to use this matter to beat himself up.
He glanced sideways at Gongcao Shi Cenhui. Cen Hui understood, cupped his hands and said, "This year's commercial taxes have been collected. If we apportion the taxes again, I will be afraid that the merchants will refuse and cause trouble, which will be detrimental to your official reputation."
"Yes, yes", a group of officials in the hall echoed. As a local snake, he is more or less involved with the merchants in the city, and most of the merchants are from aristocratic families.
Yang Quanqi frowned and waved, "We will discuss this later. An Xuan, please continue."
Yang Anxuan continued: "Chief Xi asked his father to recruit troops and repair the city to prevent the Hu soldiers from going south. My father could select young and strong men from the victims to add to the army and train them to increase the strength of the army. Since these people have joined the army, it is natural to provide them with military food. . My father can write a letter to inform Governor Xi how many soldiers he has recruited, and ask Governor Xi to allocate some grain and grass to serve as military rations."
"That's right," Yang Siping said with a smile, "An Xuan's idea is the best of both worlds."
"In addition, my father might as well use work as relief and let these refugees repair cities and houses, level roads and dig ditches. As long as the spring comes and the flowers bloom, these people will be the people under my father's rule." Yang Anxuan said confidently.
Yang Quanqi nodded and smiled, saying: "What An Xuan said makes sense."
Yang Guang said disapprovingly: "The victims are mostly old, weak, women and children, what can they do?"
"The old and the weak, women and children are also the common people in the world, how can they see death without saving them." Yang Anxuan said sternly.
Yang Guang said sternly: "Are you accusing me of not saving my life?"
Seeing Yang Anxuan being scolded, Yang Anshen showed a proud smile. It seemed that the beauty he gave to his uncle had an effect. The uncle did not like the third child.
Seeing his eldest brother angry, Yang Quanqi had no choice but to scold him with a straight face: "An Xuan, don't be rude and don't apologize to your uncle."
Yang Anxuan bowed and saluted. Yang Guang flicked his sleeves and turned sideways with an angry face, refusing to be bowed by Yang Anxuan.
Regarding what Yang Anxuan said, everyone in the hall had their own opinions and got into a quarrel.
Yang Quanqi slapped the publican hard and said: "The disaster relief work cannot be delayed. We will first use 1,500 shi of military grain to provide disaster relief, and start giving porridge outside the four city gates tomorrow. Each city gate will have 5 shi of corn per day, twice in the morning and evening." "
Each city gate has five stones, which is twenty stones a day. Twenty stones of corn can be boiled into porridge to feed more than 2,000 people, and fifteen hundred stones can feed more than seventy days. Spring will almost begin by then. Once the weather warms up, there will be wild vegetables and other things in the fields, so the victims will be able to get through it.
"The yamen posted notices to recruit young men to join the army, and also recruited manpower to repair the city and level the official roads. They were given two liters of corn per day (3). Every county followed this example to provide disaster relief."
The prefect had an order, and everyone agreed in unison.
Yang Quan looked forward to Chen Shen and said: "Master Chen, you have been an official in the county for many years and are familiar with the situation. I will leave it to you to borrow food from large families and collect donations from merchants. I am new here, and I hope Master Chen will do his best." Fuyou, when I raise money and food, I will ask Governor Xi to take credit for Master Chen."
Chen Shen looked troubled. A few days ago, he received a letter from Wang Xu, the internal historian of Langya. The letter asked him to secretly restrict Yang Quanqi. If he followed the order, he would definitely offend Wang Xu and even the Wang family.
Therefore, Chen Shen said with a bitter face: "The lower officials are not very talented and have little knowledge. I may not be able to take on this important task. I hope the eunuch will choose another capable person."
Yang Quanqi looked at Chen Shen coldly. This man was so ignorant that he would shirk his efforts and wait until the New Year to deal with him slowly.
With a heavy face, Yang Quanqi taught him a lesson unceremoniously: "Eating the emperor's salary is the first thing to be loyal to the emperor. Since Master Chen is an official of the court, he should face the difficulties and relieve the country's worries. Forget it, since Master Chen is in trouble, he should ask the big family I will make other arrangements for borrowing food, and it will be the responsibility of Master Chen to raise donations from merchants in the city."
Chen Shen had no choice but to bow and respond.
Yang Quanqi said coldly: "When I was in Luoyang, I governed affairs according to military law, with clear rewards and punishments. My colleagues must do their best to serve the king. If anyone shirks his duties and ruins the disaster relief work, I will definitely punish him severely."
Everyone responded in unison, and Yang Quanqi waved his hand to dismiss the Yamen.
Yang Anxuan turned around and was about to leave. Yang Quanqi stopped him and said, "Anxuan, come with me. I have something else to ask you."
Yang Anyuan deliberately dilly-dallyed, hoping that his father would also call him to stop, but Yang Quanqi turned around and walked back without looking at him at all. Yang Anyuan could only stomp his feet bitterly, walk a few steps out of the lobby, and chase his uncle Yang Guang.
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The inner hall on the left side of the back door of the lobby is where Yang Quanqi works and entertains guests on weekdays.
After Yang Quanqi sat down, he said directly: "An Xuan, the method you just said in the lobby is good. But borrowing food from large households and soliciting donations from merchants will definitely arouse resistance, so we need to think of a foolproof strategy."
Yang Anxuan felt that Yang Quanqi was relying more and more on him, and said: "There is no foolproof strategy. It is just a matter of using tactics. We cannot just watch the victims starve to death."
Yang Quanqi sighed and said: "They say Jianghuai is a prosperous place, but I didn't expect that like Luoyang, there are victims of disasters everywhere. When will this troubled times end?"
Yang Anxuan also sighed softly and said: "Do your best and obey the destiny. This time, we will borrow food from large households for disaster relief, and try our best to treat them as kindly as possible. Father, you might as well go out and visit in person. I think these people will give father some face."
Yang Quanqi nodded and said: "It's not difficult to raise food from big households, but I ordered Chen Shen to collect donations from merchants. I'm afraid he will go against his will, and my father wants to take the opportunity to cure him. Huh, there's no blood, so I thought Yang was doing well. bully."
Yang Anxuan said: "The Chen family has been rooted in Xinye for many years and has a close relationship with the aristocratic families in Xinye County. To rashly disturb Chen Shen will hurt the foundation of Xinye and easily cause dissatisfaction in the court. This matter should be dealt with slowly."
Yang Quanqi frowned and said: "This Xinye Governor is much more difficult than when I was in Luoyang. Disaster relief is the first major task since I took office. If I can't do it well, it will be disgraced. Governor Xi will also think that I am incompetent."
Yang Anxuan rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the merchants in the city have bought a lot of goods to prepare for making a fortune before the new year. We might as well let the victims go to the shops to beg. If those merchants can't do business, they will naturally ask to come to the government. , then father can handle it calmly."
"Haha, yes, Xuan'er's plan is very clever." Yang Quanqi twitched his beard and said with a smile, "I will follow my father to visit the Xinye clan some other day."
Coming out of the inner hall, Yang Anxuan stood under the eaves and looked up at the sky. The sky is covered with thick clouds, and a snowstorm is coming.
