Therefore, each output is estimated by the county government based on the situation reported by the village. This number has a lot of water content, especially in some counties, this number will be changed to make this number more accurate. Bigger.
Seeing the words recorded on it, Zhao Feng couldn't help but shook his head, sighed and said to Yu Ruhai.
"Sir, you and I both know that there have been disasters everywhere this year, and the grain production is definitely not enough."
"But the imperial court's annual taxation has standards, which need to be linked to the population of each place. But now we don't even know how many people and places there are in the entire server, so how can we get an accurate number?"
When Yu Ruhai heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, nodded, and said.
"Of course I understand the issue you are talking about. Even disasters have occurred in various places this year. I don't know where the disaster was the most serious. I can only listen to the one-sided words reported by these county officials."
"Although the imperial court has issued a large sum of money for disaster relief, the money has not yet reached my hand. Liu Cang came just now and insisted that this money enter the treasury first, and then they can carry out disaster relief."
As Yu Ruhai said this, his beard twitched in anger.
"They thought I didn't know what they were thinking. They clearly wanted to use the government's money for disaster relief to fill their hungry stomachs!"
Hearing this, Zhao Feng couldn't help but frown and asked Yu Ruhai.
"Since the prefect knows that they intend to enrich themselves, isn't there any other solution?"
Yu Ruhai sighed, waved his hand and said.
"How could there be any other solution? Each county's disaster situation is different. I can't possibly distribute the money equally to every county, right?"
"As long as this money goes into the treasury, they will have all the means to get it out."
"They can even say that they gave the county 10,000 taels of silver, but in fact they only gave 3,000 taels of silver. The remaining 7,000 taels of silver were divided between them and the county government."
"This kind of thing can't be prevented, that's why every disaster relief operation is so complicated, because you can't guarantee that the money can be delivered to every disaster-stricken people!"
Yu Ruhai sighed deeply as he said this, while Zhao Feng listened and seemed to understand.
It is actually not difficult to solve this matter. It is nothing more than distributing the money to the people affected by the disaster.
But when they use money to provide disaster relief, it is impossible to give the money directly to the people so that the people can buy food. Instead, they must first give it to the county governments in various places, who will purchase the food in a unified way and then distribute it. To those affected by the disaster.
In this way, there are many places that can be manipulated. Whether it is the price of food, the quality of food, or the amount of silver used, there can be a lot of moisture.
Of course, the main reason is that they did not register properly. If all the money can be registered according to very strict registration measures and accounts can be drawn up, it will be easy to check it out.
This year's drought has affected many people in various places. If the court's disaster relief funds really go into the Liu family, how many people will die of cold and hunger in those people's pockets.
Winter is about to enter. If there is no way for these people to receive relief, many innocent people will die tragically.
Thinking of this, Zhao Feng couldn't help but frown and think for a while. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he said to Yu Ruhai.
"Master Prefect, I have a clever plan here. I wonder whether I should tell it or not?"
Yu Ruhai looked at Zhao Feng in surprise and said hurriedly.
"Master Zhao, if you have something to say, please speak quickly. I'm worried that I don't have a good solution!"
"This money is on the road now, and it will arrive at our government office in a few days. If there is no other way, this money will definitely go into the government treasury."
Zhao Feng smiled slightly and said directly to Yu Ruhai.
"Master Prefect, the solution I want to talk about is to provide relief through work!"
"There are indeed many people affected by disasters in various places, but these people do not mean that they will not have food to eat immediately, but they need to prepare food for the winter."
"In this case, I think it is better for the prefect to let them come to work in the city, and then pay them the money used for disaster relief as their wages!"
"This will not only allow all the money to go somewhere, and put it all into the hands of the people affected by the disaster, but also use the labor to carry out some projects in the government office."
After hearing Zhao Feng's words, Yu Ruhai frowned and thought for a while, and then immediately took a breath of surprise.
"Mr. Zhao, this is a good idea!"
"If it is true as Mr. Zhao said, the people affected by the disaster will definitely rush to come and work."
"But can so many people really be managed?"
"There are tens of thousands of people affected by the disaster this time. With such a large number of people, it may be difficult to get them to follow orders uniformly, right?"
Zhao Feng smiled and said to Yu Ruhai.
"This is also very simple. You just need to break it into parts. You can find some trustworthy people as contractors and let them manage these disaster-stricken people. Not only will it be convenient for management, but you only need to control these contractors. Just make sure they don't line their own pockets."
After hearing this, Yu Ruhai pondered for a while, nodded in admiration, and said.
"Great, Mr. Zhao, this is indeed a brilliant idea!"
"If it is really possible to use work as a substitute for labor, not only will this money not need to enter the government treasury, but it can also be directly distributed to the people affected by the disaster as advance wages to them."
"The most important thing is that every sum of money can be registered, so that it can be counted correctly. Even if it is put into the treasury, the Liu family will not dare to touch this money!"
Zhao Feng nodded and said to Yu Ruhai with a smile.
"It is true, and through this time, we can also know how many people were affected by the disaster, and how they were affected by the disaster."
"At the same time, these people can also help the government to complete some livelihood projects, such as building roads and bridges. If they can't, they can also be asked to reclaim wasteland and cultivate the fields, which can be regarded as public property of the government."
"This not only solves the problem of disaster relief this year, but next year we can also count all the fields, including the population of the entire state capital. When the tax comes next year, we won't have to watch them make up these things. I’m worried about the text!”
