The flood was far more serious than imagined. More than 200,000 victims fled from the disaster area into Guanzhong. After losing their homes, they instinctively gathered in Daxing, the capital of the Sui Dynasty, as if they had hope of survival in Daxing. , you can get relief from the court. As for whether they have food and shelter, they are not at all a concern for the victims.
This is the inexplicable trust, belief, and recognition that Chinese people have for existences such as "the only", "the only one", and the "supreme"; Daxing City was not only the capital of the Sui Dynasty, but also the place where Emperor Yang Jian was in power. People took it for granted that Yang Jian was in all aspects All of them have super abilities. If not, how can we explain that he can stand out from the many generals and ministers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty? How to explain that he can end the chaos that has divided us for hundreds of years? How to explain that he managed the impoverished Sui Dynasty to prosperity? Who knows that although Emperor Yang Zhengjiang has his own abilities, he also has the right time, place and people!
It's a pity that most people don't understand this truth. In their view, since Yang Jian is the unique Ninth Five-Year Supreme, he must be wise and powerful. Since he is wise and powerful, he must always be wise and powerful.
The wise and powerful people who shrouded Yang Jian, as well as the various political orders that actually benefited the people, blinded too many people. Only a few people knew that Yang Jian would also grow old and be subject to heavy constraints. Even his court and army would also be affected by it. There was no food and he was forced to go to Luoyang to eat. He was not an omnipotent god who could make everyone in the world dare not disobey with just one order.
Therefore, whenever natural disasters occur in various places, a large number of victims will blindly leave their homes and come to Guanzhong to seek a paradise. Unfortunately, after they came to Guanzhong with no property or land, they discovered that Guanzhong and Daxing were not the paradise they imagined.
The Guanzhong Plain does have a suitable climate, dense rivers, abundant rainfall, prosperous crop growth, and extremely high grain yield.
But it has nothing to do with them?
After arriving in Guanzhong, they had a brand-new title of refugees!
With no land, no house, and no household registration, he could only rely on the family members and suffer the most cruel oppression and exploitation. They worked their hardest, but still had little to eat and no warmth to wear.
The large number of refugees in Guanzhong are the low-cost and cheap labor of the aristocratic families. The aristocratic families rely on their hard work to obtain a large amount of labor with very little survival rations.
In this wave of victims, there were actually not many victims from the twelve remote states in Henan Province who were affected by the disaster. They were mainly from Yuzhou and southern Bingzhou. They also lost their homes in the rare flood.
The porridge shacks and tents prepared by the two counties in Daxing City could not meet the needs of the victims, and the hungry victims began to rush into the city. Although the court originally intended to keep the victims outside the city, the victims still broke through the soldiers' obstruction and poured into Daxing City.
The order in Daxing City was in chaos. Beating, smashing and looting broke out in Xinchangfang, Xuanpingfang, Shengdaofang and Shengpingfang, which are close to Yanxing Gate of Mingdong Lower Gate. Hungry people smashed open grain shops and vegetable shops and looted Dozens of shop servants and hungry people were trampled to death during the looting of grain and all edible food. In addition, when the victims asked for help from Qinglong Temple in Xinchangfang and Longhuani Temple in Shengdaofang, the two temples closed their doors and refused to allow them. When any "believer" stepped in, many believers were unwilling to help when they saw the "Buddha". They were so hungry that they finally attacked the two major temples where the "sacred" was located. As a result, they were called monks who were actually rogues. The nursing home killed dozens of them.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of victims marched towards Dongshi. At this time, tens of thousands of Twelve Guards soldiers stationed in the imperial city were ordered to suppress the riots of the victims.
All the gates in the city were closed urgently, and conflicts broke out between hundreds of thousands of victims and the army on the "Yanxingmen-Yanpingmen Hengjie". The soldiers held the victims with shields, then beat them with sticks and whips, and even treated those who were particularly cruel. The victims were stabbed with knives and spears, and they brutally suppressed the unarmed victims. They firmly suppressed the victims in the vertical and horizontal streets of Xinchangfang, Xuanpingfang, Shengdaofang, and Shengpingfang to prevent them from attacking other places.
The scattered streets were filled with victims fleeing in all directions. They were terrified and crying loudly. Young mothers held their children and wept beside the wall. The white-haired old man knelt in front of the soldiers and begged. East Fourth Square Chaos.
Outside the Chinese Palace, hundreds of Beijing officials were anxiously waiting for the emperor's decision at the door. Inside the palace, Yang Jianzheng was with Yang Guang, Yang Ji, Yang Xiong, Yang Su, Su Wei, Xue Zhou, Niu Hong, Wei Chong, Xiao Jue, and Li Yuantong. , Cui Zhongfang, Yu Wenkai and other important ministers urgently discussed disaster relief matters.
"Everyone, serious riots have occurred among the victims who have poured into the capital. I have ordered the military to impose martial law and deterrence, and decided to pacify them first, and then implement the work-for-relief method. However, there are too many victims. How much food is needed? Relief and how to completely resettle the victims afterwards are all big problems. I have a headache now. If I have a good solution, feel free to speak out." What happened in the capital made Yang Jian's heart twitch.
In fact, the imperial court was not indifferent to the lives and deaths of the victims, nor was it reluctant to release food to help the victims. In fact, Yang Jian had already ordered Taicang to be transported for relief. However, Taicang is far to the northwest of the imperial palace, and Daxing City is too large. Coupled with insufficient transportation capacity, the food moved to the location is far from meeting the needs of the victims.
On the other hand, disaster relief has been carried out by officials since ancient times and has nothing to do with the army. Faced with a huge wave of victims, the officials in the capital will not be able to accommodate so many victims in a short while, and the cooks will not be able to cook enough food in an emergency. There were more than 100,000 victims, and there was no armed force to deter them, so some ill-tempered victims and scoundrels took the opportunity to cause trouble. With these people taking the lead in causing trouble, it evolved into the current riot.
But the crucial reason is the officials of the Yongzhou Prefecture Mufu (corresponding to the Beijing Municipal Government). The cause of the riots was the Yongzhou Prefecture’s failure to prevent and provide disaster relief in a timely manner. When 200,000 refugees poured into the capital, the Yongzhou Prefecture failed to They ignored and let things go, without taking any resettlement measures. When the number of refugees increased, they did not ask for instructions to send troops to control, and they did not take any disaster relief measures. As a result, large-scale food grabbing incidents broke out among the victims.
The Yongzhou Mu was the emperor's son-in-law Li Changya. He was originally from Liaodong and was the son of the Northern Zhou general Li Lun. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he married the princess of Xiangguo. After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, he successively served as the Minister of Sanqi, the Minister of Internal History, and the Mu of Yongzhou.
Although Yang Jian has not pointed out that Li Changya should take full responsibility now, Li Changya is the shepherd of Yongzhou, but he does nothing. If he is not responsible, who is responsible? What made Yang Jian even more angry was that when the eunuch went to the princess palace to announce his decree and summoned Li Changya into the palace, his daughter Princess Xiangguo said that after Li Changya left Furong Garden yesterday, he took a group of literati to visit Lishan Mountain and has not returned yet. This is undoubtedly overwhelming. Li Changya's last straw. Hundreds of thousands of victims waiting for food are just outside the city, but you, a majestic Yongzhou shepherd, go to play. This is not as simple as dereliction of duty.
However, the top priority is to stabilize the situation first, not to pursue accountability.
"Reporting to the sage, the victims of the disaster in Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and Bingzhou in the south are at least millions. I calculated that a person needs at least one bucket of rice a month to survive. One million people is one hundred thousand dan. And this disaster At least until tomorrow's spring grain harvest, the imperial court must invest at least 600,000 shi in grain relief to enable the victims to successfully survive this disaster. Even though the work-for-relief method can be implemented in various places, this grain is Indispensable.”
The speaker was Shangshu Zuopushe Yang Su, who was also in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Rites. The people's livelihood matters were also under his jurisdiction. He cupped his hands and said: "Sage, there are two victims who have entered Guanzhong now to beg for a way out. There are more than 100,000 people, and if the subsequent victims are included, Guanzhong alone will have to prepare about 200,000 dan."
"Only 600,000 dan?" Yang Jian's frown relaxed, and he whispered reassuringly, "I thought it would cost more than 10,000 dan!"
When Yang Jian was the Prime Minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he had already shown the importance of national finance. After the founding of the Sui Dynasty, he checked the household registration and formulated a series of household registration, land equalization, and taxation systems, which brought unexpected financial revenue to the Sui Dynasty. The population in Guanzhong is sparse and floods occur frequently in the Central Plains. However, no matter how the Sui Empire went to relieve the victims, no matter how much it built the Great Wall, official roads, and canals, the treasury was always full, as if there was endless money, and it was distributed during every year and festival. Rewards were given to all officials and soldiers, starting from Zhuque Gate and extending to the southern suburbs of the capital. Three million pieces of cloth were distributed at once. In this way, the wealth hoarded in Daxing was still not spent.
When the rent collected from various places arrived in the capital, all the granaries were full. Sinong Temple, which supervised the national granary, even complained that if the taxes were collected again, there would be no place to put them, so Yang Jian built four major granaries in one go. These four major granaries were Guangtong Granary in Yongzhou, Changping Granary in Shaanzhou, and Yuzhou Granary. Heyangcang and Liyangcang in Weizhou. This solved the problem of grain storage.
So Yang Jian said, "It's only 600,000 shi?" It wasn't to make a fool of oneself, nor to show off. It was because the Sui Empire, which implemented the land equalization system and rent-to-rent system, was so rich that it made Yang Jian numb. .
"Sage, before the victims trigger a sharp rise in food prices, we must provide disaster relief as quickly as possible to calm the panic. Otherwise, if rumors of food shortages spread among the people of Daxing City, it will cause food prices to skyrocket, and the situation will be serious. .”
Yang Su continued to make suggestions to Yang Jian. His body was now on a roller coaster. It had gotten better a few days ago, but in the past two days it had taken a turn for the worse and he was bedridden. However, the situation was urgent today and Yang Su had to drag his sick body here. Advise Yang Jian.
"I want to know how long it will take for the victims to calm down." Yang Jian is the supreme emperor. He does not need to consider how to provide disaster relief. He only wants a result. He only needs his ministers to tell him how to solve the problem.
"I have three solutions that can help the victims get relief quickly." Yang Su tried his best to stabilize his physical condition and said slowly: "The first solution is to resettle the victims by region, with the prefecture as a big camp, and the big camp. According to each county, the central government was stationed in each small camp. Only by seeing familiar people among each other can the frightened victims feel at ease. Then, a respected person from each township in the small camp was selected to cooperate with the officials in managing and relieving the people in their hometown. , this can minimize the recurrence of chaos; in addition, the army will be sent to supervise, and those scoundrels who cause trouble will be severely punished, or even killed on the spot. During relief operations, corruption often occurs. I agree with Niu Shangshu's opinion, Let the charity warehouse be put in first, and the official warehouse cannot put grain easily. During the relief period, Yushitai officials must be present to supervise the officials in the disaster relief."
"As for the riots caused by the victims, one of the reasons is the inability of the Yongzhou Mufu. Another reason is the serious lack of help from officials. The weather is hot now. As long as it doesn't rain, it doesn't matter whether the victims have tents or not. The key is that there is a serious shortage of cooks and they can't respond in time. Solving the problem of feeding hundreds of thousands of people. But now there is a big conflict between the government and the people, the army and the people. The victims do not trust the government. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, they cannot hire cooks from among the victims. This has to be done by the government. recruit."
Yang Su took a rest, adjusted his breath, and then said: "Sage, I believe that resettling the victims is not only the government's responsibility. Princes, ministers, and wealthy people should also step forward to share the government's worries. The saint can issue a decree and call for Princes, ministers, and wealthy private households will participate in the porridge relief. If the families of the princes, ministers, and families are involved in the relief effort, the ten families that have provided the most relief and the longest relief time will be selected and rewarded. The names of the people with the highest official positions in these ten families will be announced to the world, so that their good names will be known throughout the world. As we all know, wealthy people also select ten families and reward their heads. If they have business registration, they can be given civil registration. In this way, wealthy businessmen will surely compete to give porridge to the victims, which not only solves the problem of insufficient manpower in the court, but also It can also save the court's investment. In addition, the porridge relief areas are placed outside the resettlement camps for the victims outside the city to guide the victims out of the city and set up tents for them to live in as soon as possible, so that the city can be kept safe. This is what I want The second solution.”
Yang Jian paid great attention to the selection of officials. He not only enforced the rule of law and severely punished corrupt officials, but also rewarded good officials. He successively praised Liang Yanguang, the governor of Qizhou, Fan Shulue, the governor of Xiangzhou, Fang Gongyi, the magistrate of Xinfeng County, and so on. Liu Kuang, the magistrate of Linying County, was promoted to the governor of Juzhou because he ranked first in the world in performance evaluation; Linghu Xi, the governor of Bianzhou, ranked first in the official performance evaluation and was awarded 300 pieces of silk... All of the above people were praised by the world. . At the same time, officials all over the world were asked to learn from him. After these people became famous all over the world, they all received reasonable promotions.
But today, there are less than thirty people enjoying this kind of treatment, so officials are very much looking forward to this kind of treatment. Yang Su knew that the princes and ministers were not short of money, but what was lacking was a good reputation in the world, while the businessmen were not short of money, but were short of equal status with the common people, so he did what he liked and proposed this idea. Wealthy private households participate in disaster relief programs.
These two plans really pleased Yang Jian Longyan, and he said happily: "Yang Pushe's two plans are in my heart, and I have adopted them all. Yang Pushe, please tell me about the third plan."
When Yang Su saw that Yang Jian agreed to his plan, he couldn't help but cheer up and said quickly: "My third plan is to prevent the victims of Guanzhong from rioting. Today, there is no land left in Guanlong. If they are allowed to stay here for a long time, , even if there is no trouble, they will slowly become a gangster and be hidden by the rich. And the newly acquired Yizhou and Tingzhou need a large number of Han households to supplement them. So instead of letting them sit in Daxing and wait for relief, they don't need to be around. By providing relief on the road, the number of victims in Daxing will be reduced, and the risk of riots will be eliminated. More importantly, the situation in Guanzhong will be quickly stabilized without affecting the price of food in Guanzhong."
As soon as Yang Su's third plan came out, not only Yang Jian approved it, but also Yang Guang, Yang Ji and many important ministers agreed. Su Wei said: "Sage, Yang Pushe's plan can be said to achieve multiple goals with one stone. I deeply agree with it."
Yang Guang also happily said: "Yang Pushe's three major plans are good relief strategies and can be recorded in the annals of history. However, it is necessary to send more people to help along the way and deliver more medicine to prevent the victims from dying on the way. At the same time, the government and government agencies along the way can be ordered. The government soldiers and state soldiers are responsible for dispatching and supervising to avoid causing harm to the local area. Moreover, before the grain is released, the inspector from Sili Tai must be present to supervise the local disaster relief, so as to prevent local officials from using inferior goods to line their own pockets."
"King Wei, these people will be the people under your rule. What do you think?" For Yang Jian, he was worried about local chaos. Since he had a way to send away the victims, he didn't have to be upset.
"I have no objection. But I have a few points to add." Yang Ji really has no objection. At this moment, Yang Ji only has sincere admiration for Yang Yangsu. Each of these three plans exists independently, but when combined together , but it was a once-and-for-all plan, and if they moved immediately, they could avoid the court spending a huge amount of money on the move afterwards. But the most powerful thing is the step-by-step supervision method that has been adopted, so that local governments, executive officials, and local armies are always under the supervision of the imperial governor to provide relief. Even the victims who seem to be vulnerable groups, after discovering that something is wrong, They can also allow the highly respected people they select to report directly to the censor.
"you say!"
"First, as Yang Pushe said before, the victims are hostile to the government because of this conflict. The top priority is to stabilize the victims. Only in this way can they avoid rebellion midway. If they are sent to Liangzhou in a hurry, I'm afraid it will also cause unnecessary trouble. I hope to wait until the court divides their areas and their emotions stabilize before sending them away. Secondly, there are few civil servants in Liangzhou. I suggest that officials and the army divide the areas for the victims. At that time, the students of the Imperial College and the reserve officials were asked to register the household registrations of the disaster victims. After arriving in Liangzhou, they could be allocated directly to avoid another step; thirdly, during the migration process of the victims, the students of the Imperial College and the reserve officers could take care of the victims along the way, which was regarded as a gift to them. It is a training opportunity, and those who perform well are definitely more capable than those who perform mediocrely. When the court needs to hire people in the future, these talents can be given priority instead of mediocre people who have high ambitions and low abilities." At this point, Yang Ji added: "The fourth point , and the most important point is that the court must give justice to the victims."
"The first three points are fine and reasonable. I approved it. But what about the fourth point?" Yang Jian asked doubtfully.
Yang Ji saluted and said in a deep voice: "Those who were trampled to death in the riots can be ignored if the culprit cannot be found. But there are people who maliciously kill people in public. These people have violated the national law, so they must pay for their lives. In the end Being taken to the victims and beheaded in public can also calm some of the grievances of the victims."
Yang Jian asked: "Are you referring to the guardians of Qinglong Temple and Longhuani Temple?"
"That's right." Yang Ji nodded and said, "Killing to pay for one's life and debts to pay for money are completely justified."
After hearing this, Yang Su immediately stood up and saluted: "Sage, King Wei is right. Buddhists are also human beings and people of the Sui Dynasty. Killing people must be punished with their lives and must be punished according to law, otherwise Buddhists all over the world will follow suit."
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
"..."
None of the important officials including Yang Xiong, Su Wei, Xue Zhou, Niu Hong, Wei Chong, Xiao Jue, Li Yuantong, Cui Zhongfang, and Yu Wenkai believed in Buddhism. They regarded temples that were like places of lawless taxation, filth, and lawlessness. Extremely hateful, even if I had the opportunity to scare the monkeys, I would not miss it.
"Accurate!"
"The saint is wise."
"Sage!" Seeing that the results had come out, Yang Su hurriedly said: "The minister's three plans, as well as King Wei's supplement, are all to stabilize the victims first. I beg the saint to agree and urgently use the army to mobilize food from Taicang to relieve the victims. , and at the same time posted notices calling on the princes, ministers, and wealthy private households to provide porridge and disaster relief immediately to prevent the situation from expanding."
"Precisely!" Yang Jian glanced at Yang Su, who was skinny and sallow, and sighed: "Yang Pushe is not in good health, so he should go back home to rest first! The rest of the matter will be taken care of by the six ministers and ministers."
"Thank you for your concern, saint, but I'm worried! Even if I go back home, I won't be able to sit still." Yang Su smiled bitterly, handed over his hand and asked for orders: "I beg the saint to let me sit in charge of Shangshu Province."
"Forget it, Yang Pushe is recuperating in the official office of Shangshu Province while paying attention to this matter." Yang Jian looked at this ancient Sui military god, and felt extremely compassionate in his heart. Everyone has been strong all their lives, but now they are all old.
"Thank you, saint." Yang Su saluted with clasped fists.
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