Thousands of miles south of the Yangtze River, half of the hundreds of thousands of people in Chengze are victims of the flood. The people who survived the flood not only had to bear the pain of losing their loved ones, but also faced a severe survival crisis, being displaced, hungry and cold, and crying endlessly.
The people of Jingnan are luckier than most of the disaster victims. At least they don't have to bear the pain of losing their loved ones.
"Our first priority at the moment is to resettle the people and victims of the disaster. We should build more temporary houses in the flood refuge areas, including thatched houses. Having a shelter from the wind and rain will give the people a sense of security. If the people can
Without rescue, potential unrest will be formed under the instigation of some well-intentioned people. There are countless examples of riots by victims in history. In the final analysis, the rescue is not timely."
Zhu Ping'an summoned all the subordinate officials in the county government, organized them into several groups, and arranged for them to be responsible for resettling and rescuing the victims in different flood avoidance areas. Before leaving, he emphasized to them the purpose and significance of rescuing the people.
"Don't worry, your Majesty, this is a critical period, and we will do our best to complete the tasks assigned by your Majesty."
Zhang Tongsheng, Liu Fuzi and other subordinate officials accepted the order one after another. They also knew the importance of rescuing the people after the disaster. In addition, they were also natives of Jingnan, so they were naturally very concerned about resettling the villagers.
"There is another point that must be paid special attention to. As the saying goes, there will be a great epidemic after a major disaster. After a flood, houses, ditches, livestock pens, etc. are all submerged. All kinds of filth and stolen goods are spread everywhere. Rats and mosquitoes are overflowing.
It is easy to breed a variety of epidemics and spread among the crowd. While relocating the people, you must do a good job in epidemic prevention. First, plan toilets in the flood avoidance area and strictly prohibit people from urinating anywhere. The victims must use the planned toilets.
Second, the source of water is well water drawn from deep veins, followed by well water seeping from rivers, and ditches third. It is strictly forbidden to drink raw water, which must be boiled before drinking; third, the people must be ordered to
Disaster victims should keep clean and hygienic, change clothes frequently, and take a bath once every two days. Herbs such as Perrin can be mixed into the bath water to prevent plague; fourth, if civilians or victims are found to have fever, dysentery and other diseases, they must be isolated
Fifth, if there are any troublemakers among the victims who cause trouble, they will be severely punished. Well, that’s all I can think of for now. If you have good measures and suggestions in practice, please report them to me in time.”
As a modern person, Zhu Pingan fully understands the importance of post-disaster epidemic prevention and instills modern epidemic prevention experience into them.
"As commanded."
Zhang Tongsheng and others accepted the order one after another. They didn't think so much, and they couldn't help but be more impressed by Zhu Pingan.
"County Lord, food and grass are indispensable for relocating and rescuing the people. The autumn harvest grains stored in the people's homes have been basically soaked by the floods. The rations they carried with them during emergency evacuation are limited and have basically been exhausted. If the supply of food and grass is insufficient, the people will be hungry.
Lulu, in order to fill my stomach, I might change.
Master Liu raised his hand and said that he was more worried about the food problem. Historically, people rebelled mostly because they had no food to eat, could not survive, and were desperate. For example, the Yellow Turban Uprising during the Three Kingdoms period.
"Yes, Lord County, this is the same as marching before the soldiers and horses use food and grass."
When Master Liu mentioned the food problem, everyone else felt the same way and were also worried about the food problem.
The reason why they are so worried about the food problem is because they all know that in order to cash the bounty for the young men who defended the city, Zhu Ping'an, the county magistrate, not only emptied his own personal pockets, but also stored grain in the county government warehouse of 12,000 stones.
All the money was converted into silver taels and the bounty was cashed in for everyone. Everyone in Jingnan knew about this incident. Everyone praised the county minister and said that he was true to his words and praised the county minister full of praise.
It is indeed commendable for the county magistrate to do this! But what if we are flooded now?! In the year of famine, food is so important. The county magistrate converted the grain stored in the warehouse into silver taels and gave it to everyone to cash in the silver reward. What about the grain in the warehouse?
Isn’t it gone?! Now is the time to use food. How can we not worry?
"Don't worry, Mr. Qian, please tell us how much grain is left in the warehouse now."
Zhu Ping'an knew what everyone was worried about, so he smiled calmly and said to Qian Dianli on the side.
"Everyone, our county government warehouse currently has a total of 20,000 shi of grain." Qian Dianli was the only one among the people who was not worried about food. After Zhu Pingan finished speaking, Qian Dianli stepped forward and said to everyone.
"What, twenty thousand stones? Didn't the county magistrate convert all the grain stored in the warehouse into silver taels and give it to the young man who defended the city to cash in the reward?" Hearing this, everyone opened their mouths in surprise, and the surprise was beyond words.
After many years of saving, the Jingnan warehouse had only accumulated 12,000 shi of grain. They thought that there was no grain left in the warehouse, but they didn't expect that there were 20,000 shi of grain. One shi of grain is about 150 kilograms, and 20,000 shi of rice is the same.
3 million catties. For a county, twenty thousand shi of grain storage is a huge amount. Generally speaking, if the county government warehouse stores 10,000 shi of grain, it has reached the standard. If the warehouse stores 20,000 shi of grain, it can achieve this
The few counties are all big ones that have been famous for a long time. There are no more than fifty in the entire Ming Dynasty.
"Mr. Qian, is it true or false?"
Happiness came too suddenly. After the surprise, everyone was a little doubtful and couldn't believe it.
"How can this be false? After the autumn harvest, the county magistrate said that he would accumulate grain to prepare for shortages. Taking advantage of the abundant and cheap rice, he ordered me to purchase 20,000 shi of rice in the warehouse and store it in the warehouse as a grain reserve for the county government in case of emergencies.
Take precautions before they happen. Half a month ago, when the continuous rain started, the county magistrate ordered my warehouse to be prepared for flood prevention and waterlogging. We followed the county magistrate’s instructions and made sufficient preparations. It is no exaggeration to say that my warehouse is here
Not a single grain of rice was lost in this flood." Qian Dianli vowed to everyone.
After receiving the confirmation, all the subordinate officials relaxed their minds. The ancients said: If you have food in your hand, you will not panic.
After all the subordinates left, Zhu Pingan sighed. Food is a big problem.
Although after the autumn harvest, he drew on the experience of previous dynasties in accumulating grain to prepare for famine. Taking advantage of the abundant and cheap rice, he used the confiscated silver reward from Eunuch Qian and others to purchase 20,000 shi of grain and stored it in warehouses to prepare for famine.
Although 20,000 shi of grain is 3 million jins, it seems like a lot.
However, due to this flood, for the people of Jingnan County, there is not much food.
Jingnan is a large county, with a total of more than 60,000 people including the mountain people.
Since Jingnan's flood control measures are more effective than those in neighboring counties such as Taiping County, and flood refuge areas have been set up, many victims who were displaced in Taiping County and other neighboring counties recently fled to flood refuges near Jingnan after hearing the news.
District. According to preliminary statistics, there are currently between five and six thousand people, and this number is still increasing. As the news spreads, the number of people fleeing to Jingnan every day may double.
Based on the calculation of six taels of grain per person per day, these 20,000 shi of grain can only last for about a month.
This is still an optimistic estimate.
One month may seem like a long time, but in ancient times, the court's response time for disaster relief was not as good as in modern times.
Of course, this is not the most important thing.
What Zhu Ping'an was most worried about was the court's inability to provide relief for floods in the south of the Yangtze River. In recent years, disasters have occurred frequently during the Ming Dynasty, and there have been severe droughts in Shaanxi.
There was a drought and famine in Datong in the Xuan Prefecture. The imperial court was already in embarrassment when it came to providing relief. Zhu Pingan had inspected the Taicang bank and knew how empty the Ming treasury was. Although he uncovered the Taicang deficit case, Emperor Jiajing fined a large sum of money.
Money, but my hands haven't warmed up yet, the payment and military supplies of the Japanese soldiers from the north and south are already beckoning. Now, I'm afraid that the imperial court wants to provide disaster relief, but for a while it has more than enough ambition but not enough power.