Qin Huaidao told everyone the precautions on behalf of the Ministry of State one by one. The fact that these people could be selected showed that they were not easy to deal with. As he explained, most people understood their rights and responsibilities, and the remaining few did not.
Yes, Liu Yong will be responsible for re-education.
After the oral teaching was completed, Qin Huaidao was still worried. The Ministry of Representatives was the core part of the entire state affairs reform. If they were unable to play their role, it was very likely that this policy would be in vain.
Therefore, after returning to Ganlu Hall, he re-wrote a manual called "Representatives of the Ministry of State Affairs". After writing it, he handed it over to Chang'an Daily to print it into a volume and distributed it to all the representatives in turn.
Even if you don’t remember it, you can still read it from time to time.
After solving this problem, he was about to take a rest, but was interrupted by Luo Wu.
Seeing that Luo Wu's face was in a hurry, he forced his tired body to ask: "I see you are so panicked, why? Did something big happen?"
Luo Wu cupped his hands and replied: "Your Majesty, Wang Xuance is back."
"Wang Xuance?" Qin Huaidao raised his eyebrows, thinking that Wang Xuance should be promoting the paper money policy all over the country at this time, so how could he have time to return to Chang'an? I'm afraid something might happen. Thinking of this, he hurriedly said: "Summon him into the Ganlu Palace quickly."
"promise."
Within a moment, he saw Wang Xuance entering the palace in a hurry.
Before Qin Huaidao could give him a seat, the Han Dynasty Minister of Currency took the initiative to speak: "Your Majesty, there is something wrong with the Yellow River. Feng, the river engineer of Henan Prefecture, sent a seal to report it. The flow rate of the Yellow River has increased several times in recent days, and the sediment has increased. It is possible that heavy rains have occurred in the upper reaches, and floods may occur.
possible."
"Flood?"
When Qin Huaidao heard these two words, he immediately became energetic.
He has been busy with the military and people's livelihood affairs all year round, but he has neglected one issue, that is, since ancient times, floods in the Yellow River have been more severe than tigers.
On the river in the Henan Fu section, Feng Jizhang personally told him that during the Zhenguan period, the number of people who died of floods in the Yellow River was no less than those who died in wars. From this point of view, we can see how terrible the floods in the Yellow River are.
What's even more frightening is that there are very few means to control the Yellow River. They only rely on continuous construction of dams to raise the water level of the river to prevent disasters. If the water is controlled in this way, the pressure will be greater the further downstream, until the moment the dam breaks, the flood will be monstrous.
This is the end of the people below the river.
"Damn it, I forgot about this." Qin Huaidao was just feeling upset about this, when another letter from Lanzhou Prefecture came.
After Qin Huaidao got it, his expression became more and more solemn.
The news in the letter was not optimistic.
Wang Xuance saw this and asked Qin Huaidao: "Your Majesty, I wonder if the news from Lanzhou Prefecture is related to the flood?"
Qin Huaidao nodded solemnly: "Lanzhou Governor Chen Wang wrote a letter saying that Lanzhou had picked up a kappa while driving on the Yellow River. He was good at water and could sense the speed of the river and the amount of sand with his hands. He suggested that the people downstream should be evacuated in advance, otherwise there might be dangers.
disaster."
"Is this?" Wang Xuance's worry came true. He said: "A few days ago, I had a person from Longyou Dao in Henan Prefecture come to exchange banknotes. He once mentioned that it has been rainy in the north recently. If we send people to evacuate downstream now,
, I don’t know if it’s too late.”
Qin Huaidao sighed: "The governor of Lanzhou is also a strange person. When the memorial came up, he had already sent people to evacuate the lower reaches in advance. He said that if there was a flood, please ask me to absolve him of the crime of arbitrarily doing so. If it hadn't been
If there is a flood, he should come to Chang'an to take the blame."
Wang Xuance nodded and praised: "It's quite decisive."
After all, floods in the Yellow River were a serious matter, and Qin Huaidao did not dare to be careless. He ordered Wang Xuance: "Wang Xuance listens to the order. You should immediately send an order to the Ministry of Industry to prepare measures to deal with the floods in the Yellow River, and then take people to personally go to the lower reaches of the Yellow River to prepare for the floods in the Yellow River."
Ten million taels of banknotes will be used for people's migration."
The biggest advantage of exchanging silver for banknotes is that there is no need to use cash. If only banknotes were available, the court would have a lot of room for maneuver.
If there is not enough money, he can print out banknotes and spend them first, and then offset them when the banknotes are available for payment.
As for unlimited printing of money, even if Qin Huaidao doesn't understand finance, he also knows that unlimited printing is not advisable. In addition to the proliferation of money, the credibility of the court will also be greatly reduced. In ancient times, where information was extremely limited, credibility was gone.
It would be difficult to establish.
Of course, it is necessary to take some measures before a catastrophic disaster occurs.
After receiving His Majesty's order, Wang Xuance bowed to Qin Huai and said: "I have received the order."
It so happened that the banknotes brought out before were not finished yet, so there was no need to reprint them. All one had to do was bring people and carriages to transport the batch of banknotes to various government offices downstream for ordering and distribution.
After receiving the order, Wang Xuance quickly left the palace.
There is a small village in the lower reaches of the Yellow River.
The people in the village work at sunrise and rest at sunset. Today, an old man and a young man are walking towards the fields. Summer rice is a good time to grow. He brought his granddaughter to weed. Originally, the rice yield was
There isn't much. If weeds are allowed to grow, the yield will be so low that you won't even be able to eat it.
The little man carrying a hoe walked toward the fields while humming and jumping.
"Grandpa, do you think we will catch a hare today?"
Grandpa Xiao Man'er: "What are you talking about? Grandpa has never caught a hare since he was so old. You, a little girl, still want to catch a hare? Grandpa is saying that you are naive or innocent?"
The little girl jumped lightly on the mound, holding the hoe and clenching her fists vigorously: "Grandpa didn't catch him, which means he didn't want to catch him. If the little man wanted to catch him, he would definitely be able to catch him."
"Besides, if the hare can't think about it and bumps into the big tree at the edge of the field, then the little barbarian can pick it up."
Hearing this, Grandpa couldn't help but smile kindly.
"Little Man'er, there is no such thing as picking up rabbits for free. If you spend all your time guarding the big tree picking up rabbits, your life will be wasted. Do you understand?"
"knew."
Little Man'er jumped forward and continued to move forward. The two of them soon arrived at the edge of the farmland. The water brought from the Yellow River was particularly yellow today, and there was much more sediment than usual. Grandpa frowned and blocked the opening of the field bank without thinking.
Too many, so I took the little man'er to pull weeds in the field.
The Yellow River embankment not far away is constantly being impacted by flowing water. The soil on the embankment is being washed away crazily, becoming thinner and thinner, and there is a risk of the dam breaking at any time.
Inside Chang'an.
Qin Huaidao knew very well that once a major disaster occurred in the Yellow River that had not been seen in a century, it would be a disaster not only for the people, but also for the entire Han Dynasty.
Therefore, he must make multiple preparations.
He notified his secretary to supervise the drafting of the decree, and ordered all state-level military forces to prepare for first-level combat readiness and be ready to deploy along the Yellow River for disaster relief. He then ordered the Ministry of Civil Affairs led by Fang Xuanling to prepare food and materials in the shortest possible time.