Liu Wenjun and other officials, none of them expected that the imperial envoy would come so quickly. They had just calculated that today was the first day to welcome the imperial envoy. This is also a theoretical number.
That is to say, after the imperial court receives an emergency report, it can dispatch an imperial envoy as soon as possible. Moreover, the imperial envoy traveled quickly day and night. It is estimated that it will take another three or four days to welcome the imperial envoy.
Not long after a group of officials left Kaifeng City, they saw the imperial guard of honor. At first I thought it was dazzling! This group of officials still failed to catch up with the real world.
This place is almost fifty miles away from the Henan boundary monument!
Li Miao would not make a fuss over such trivial matters. This time the imperial court appointed imperial envoys a little faster. Besides, it was true that he came too quickly.
I wonder who else would rush to the disaster area day and night except myself. Even if I want to rush, my body can’t bear it! It will definitely not be much better than Shi Xiangyun's original situation.
Li Miao first exchanged a few words with Liu Wenjun and Zhou Tongwen, which was considered a greeting. One of these two people is the governor and the other is the governor. They are both high-ranking second-rank officials. Li Miao also gave me enough face!
Next, Li Miao began to read out the imperial edict. The imperial edict is actually very formal, that is, Li Miao is fully responsible for disaster relief and resettlement matters in Henan. Local officials in Henan unconditionally cooperated with the imperial envoy Li Miao's actions.
In addition, the imperial edict also emphasized the role of Shang Fang's sword. For officials below the fourth rank in Henan, Li Miao had the right to kill them first and then report them.
In fact, the power of Shang Fang Baojian is already great. The emperor also sincerely hopes that Li Miao can successfully complete the disaster relief and resettlement mission in Henan.
The disposal power of officials below the fourth rank is quite large.
At the very least, Li Miao, the chief official at the prefecture and county level, can make a decision with just one word with the Shang Fang Sword in his hand! In fact, it requires officials at the prefecture and county levels to actively cooperate with the imperial envoys in disaster relief and resettlement affairs.
Li Miao still saw Liu Wenjun's expression of joy after hearing the imperial edict read out. Of course Li Miao understood why Governor Liu looked happy.
Because on the issue of disaster relief, Li Miao, the imperial envoy, no longer supervises disaster relief and resettlement as usual. Instead, it has full authority to handle disaster relief matters.
In other words, Liu Wenjun, the governor of Henan, was just cooperating with the imperial envoy.
In other words, the same goes for liability after the fact. Li Miao completely became a scapegoat.
How could Liu Wenjun be unhappy? At least your life was saved, how could you not be happy? Liu Wenjun was even thinking about who helped him a lot this time. Think about how to thank people afterwards?
Where there is life, there is hope. Liu Wenjun thought that the black gauze on his head would definitely not be saved this time. How should we recover in the future?
Li Miao shouted several times, "Master Liu, Master Liu..." Only then did Liu Wenjun react, and Li Miao also saw that Liu Wenjun was absent-minded. He must have been so happy that he began to have wild imaginations.
"Mr. Liu, please leave a few key officials to report on the disaster situation and disaster relief matters. Now let's go to the Yellow River Project site together. Let's talk while walking!" Li Miao said calmly.
Liu Wenjun did everything he could and made arrangements quickly. Seven or eight senior officials and local officials from the affected areas were left behind. All other officials returned to Kaifeng Mansion to wait.
Zhou Tongwen, the governor of Henan, must stay. Zhou Tongwen and Liu Wenjun had many overlapping responsibilities and powers, so they naturally had various conflicts. Criticizing each other is also normal.
This was also deliberately arranged by the imperial court to facilitate the imperial court to better control the place. Zhou Tongwen, the governor of Henan, does not gloat now. Although the probability of him being promoted to governor of Henan is quite high.
But we must also ensure that there will be no major chaos in Henan after the disaster. Otherwise, he will also be unlucky!
Although the governor and the governor are not subordinate to each other, the governor is half a grade higher than the governor. Therefore, Zhou Tongwen can only lag behind Li Miao and Liu Wenjun, half a position. Along the way, Tongwen was also worried.
While everyone was walking and talking, Jia Huan and Ding Ding Wenming, another servant of the Li Mansion, were recording on the side. This made the officials who reported the situation nervous.
A group of officials who were questioned were also extremely serious in their descriptions of the disaster and disaster relief. I’m afraid something will end up on paper! These officials would consider many questions for a long time before answering.
This is what Li Miao wants. Otherwise, there is no chance of hearing the truth. Li Miao wanted to record the main matters during the disaster relief process, including the conversations with officials.
To be cautious, Li Miao asked the officials who reported the disaster to read the conversation again and sign their names after confirming that it was correct.
Although there is no need to sign, some officials still resisted.
Li Miao explained to the officials calmly. "This Henan disaster relief minutes will record the main contents of the Henan disaster relief. In order to ensure the seriousness of the disaster relief minutes, all parties involved will sign."
"Of course, for the main parties who are unwilling to sign, the reasons will be stated in the minutes." Although Li Miao said it lightly. But all the officials knew that Li Miao was definitely not easy to fool.
The contents reported by the officials are beginning to be close to the truth. The content reported by some officials is obviously not very valuable. There are a lot of words like approximate and approximate. At first glance, it is inaction.
It was less than ten miles from the place where the imperial envoy was received to the scene of the Yellow River bursting its banks. It was quite difficult for everyone to walk. The atmosphere at the scene was even more depressing, mainly because of the conversation records, which made the officials feel very uncomfortable.
Many officials had to work due to physical reasons and the weather was still relatively hot. I was already sweating profusely and panting. There are also some officials who are anxious. I didn't expect Li Miao to do this.
From the reported situation, we can directly see the meticulousness of the post-disaster work. It can be seen whether these officials are competent.
Among the remaining local officials, Li Miao asked local officials around the Huangfan District. This is where a large number of disaster victims gather. The victims gathered in surrounding prefectures and counties on both sides of the Yellow River Flood Zone.
As for the more than ten prefectures and counties affected by the disaster, they have actually existed in name only. The area under their jurisdiction has become a yellow flood zone, so asking questions is in vain. Several county magistrates also died due to criticism, and even the county seat was destroyed.
Of course Li Miao would not do useless work. As for soothing their injured hearts, there is no need. Now everything else is trivial compared to disaster relief. Rescue victims and epidemic prevention and control are the most important things.
In fact, Li Miao didn't even need to go to the scene to observe, he had already observed it clearly through his spiritual consciousness. The dam that burst this time in Kaifeng Mansion was five or six miles wide, and the water of the Yellow River 20 meters above the ground poured down.
No wonder the Yellow River changed its course this time, it turned out to be such a big breach. Plus the water flows downwards. In the distance, I saw a yellow waterfall five or six miles wide. The scene is spectacular.
Fortunately, the location of this breach was located twenty-five miles downstream of Kaifeng Mansion. If you are upstream of Kaifeng Prefecture, or near Kaifeng Prefecture.
Then the historical city of Kaifeng will become an underground ruin. We are waiting for the archaeological excavation in a few years.
The water of the Yellow River comes from the sky and pours down from the plateau where it originates. Carrying a lot of sediment. It didn't slow down until the gentle areas of Henan. It is also accompanied by a large amount of sedimentation.
Therefore, the Yellow River channel in Henan is also rising year by year. The water of the Yellow River, which is ten to twenty meters high, is simply a Tianhe. It is always threatening the safety of people's lives and property in Henan.
The water of the Yellow River poured down along the breach. The power can be imagined. It is said that water and fire are merciless, but the water of the Yellow River here is already similar to a mudslide. The yellow mud soup rolling down is a spectacular sight!
The power is not comparable to that of ordinary floods. The destruction is even more breathtaking.
The hardest hit this time were the prefectures and counties downstream of the breach. The county seat was washed away, and the casualties were even more severe. There is no way to count it now.
It may not be easy to count in the future. Even the statistics don't mean much.
Li Miao's most critical tasks now are disaster relief and epidemic prevention and control. Stability for disaster victims is paramount. The prevention and control of the epidemic is paramount. This requires prefectures and counties where disaster victims gather to open warehouses to release grain.
There are still six or seven days before the arrival of large amounts of disaster relief supplies. Of course, some disaster relief materials will definitely arrive in advance.
In other words, local governments must ensure food supplies for disaster victims for at least four to five days.
Judging from the current situation, the local government is doing a pretty good job. At least the government is opening warehouses to release grain. The victims can be guaranteed two meals of porridge a day.
In the past few years, Henan has had bumper grain harvests year after year, and the government's granary has plenty of grain on its books.
Li Miao also knew what was going on. As long as there is 20% of the grain in the granary, Li Miao doesn't have to worry. In other words, Li Miao only asked the victims to have porridge to drink within these four or five days.
Li Miao doesn't put the cart before the horse. Go take care of the corruption in the granary. The main purpose of Li Miao's imperial mission was to provide disaster relief and resettle the victims. As for official corruption, it has nothing to do with him.
In terms of epidemic prevention and control, Henan officials have not done enough. They only knew how to organize the recovery of bodies and then bury them.
The victims were still drinking raw water. People nearby have also been drinking raw water. This is also due to their knowledge. These officials do not know about viruses and bacteria.
Through the collected information, Li Miao learned that there are currently about 1.7 million disaster victims. Since the authorities recovered the bodies in a timely manner, no epidemic has been detected yet.
In Li Miao's view, the epidemic has not yet broken out on a large scale. So many people and animals died, such hot weather. And people drink raw water directly. How could there be no epidemic?
Therefore, Li Miao held an impromptu on-site office meeting at the embankment burst site. It was recorded by later generations as "Henan Disaster Relief Site Office Meeting". It is of far-reaching significance to this disaster relief in Henan.
It clarifies the rights and responsibilities for disaster relief and resettlement. In particular, it made demands on Henan officialdom. And require people to take responsibility. In fact, Li Miao did not have high demands on the entire government.
Li Miao's opening remarks were simple, "This disaster relief in Henan is something I fought for myself."
Then the servants of the Li Mansion began to distribute Li Miao's "Emergency Guidelines for the Imperial Court to Rescue Henan Disaster Victims". Make sure that there is one person for on-site officials.
When the officials on site read it, they all had their own thoughts. Most officials are thinking about how to make a fortune.
