Zhu Pingan rubbed his brows. Although the result was expected, he was still a little disappointed when the dust settled.
Disappointment won't solve the problem, it will only add to it.
Zhu Ping'an only rubbed his brows, then cheered up again and sent someone to summon a group of subordinate officials from Jingnan to come to the county government office.
"That's the situation. In the short term, don't expect the court to provide disaster relief. Once rescue comes, we can only save ourselves."
Zhu Ping'an read the reply letter from Taizhou Prefecture in front of all the subordinate officials and told everyone the truth.
"Ah?! What?! You want us to save ourselves?! We just suffered a flood and suffered heavy losses. How can we save ourselves?"
"How could this happen?! This flood involves most of the south of the Yangtze River. The scope is so wide and the severity of the disaster is rare in decades. How can the imperial court just stand by and watch! Isn't it afraid that ineffective disaster relief will lead to civil unrest?!"
"When other places were hit by disasters, the imperial court mobilized grain and grass from our south of the Yangtze River to provide disaster relief. Why couldn't the court mobilize grain and grass from other places to provide disaster relief when we were in the south of the Yangtze River? Is it possible that we were adopted?!"
After hearing the reply letter from Taizhou Prefecture asking for self-help, all the subordinate officials were disappointed, worried and angry.
"Okay, everyone. The imperial court also has its own difficulties. In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has been troubled and disasters have occurred frequently, such as the drought in Shaanxi for consecutive years, the floods in Beizhili in the first half of the year, the drought in Jiangxi, and the famine in Datong in Xuanfu. Things have come together.
The imperial treasury has consumed a lot of money, and for a while, it is difficult to raise money for disaster relief. Before the court can raise money and food for disaster relief, we can only save ourselves. We eat the emperor's salary, and we should be loyal to the emperor, share the worries of the saint, and serve the people.
When it comes to solving problems, why fear the Tao?"
Zhu Pingan slapped the table, interrupting everyone's disappointment and indignation, and said to everyone with firm eyes.
Everyone's reaction was as expected by Zhu Ping'an. This is also human nature. However, as the helmsmen of Jingnan, how can we have such a negative attitude? It is still up to us to steer this big ship of Jingnan out of trouble.
"What the county magistrate said is absolutely true, but we in Jingnan suffered heavy losses in this flood. Countless houses were damaged and property losses were immeasurable. With the current situation, we may not be able to carry out self-rescue."
Under the guidance of Zhu Pingan, although the subordinate officials cheered up, they still couldn't help but feel worried when they thought about the difficulties.
"We in Jingnan worked together and took precautions before the floods occurred. Compared with other counties, our Jingnan suffered much less damage from the floods. To carry out self-rescue, our burden is already greater than that of other counties.
The county is much lighter. If we can't bear the burden of 'self-rescue', then other counties and counties can just collectively hang themselves on the southeastern branch. What we have to do is to face the difficulties and overcome them, rather than being overcome by them.
"Zhu Pingan twitched the corner of his mouth slightly and teased everyone.
Well, that's true. Let's not talk about the distance, let's talk about the neighboring county Taiping County. The losses they suffered were ten times that of Jingnan.
All the subordinate officials were completely cheered up.
After seeing all the subordinate staff cheering up again, Zhu Pingan nodded with satisfaction. This is the state that those in charge should be in the face of a disaster. Next, Zhu Pingan asked each subordinate staff to report on the situation and make a thorough understanding of the disaster situation.
, and also gave everyone a clearer understanding of the current situation in Jingnan.
"Returning to the county, the flood refuge area in the northern suburbs under my jurisdiction currently accommodates 26,233 victims."
"Back to the county, the Dongshan Flood Refuge Area under my jurisdiction accommodates a total of 11,562 victims."
"Return to the County Zun"
The subordinate officials in charge of the five major flood avoidance areas and the subordinate officials in charge of the county first reported on the situation of the victims. There were a total of 64,673 victims in the five major flood avoidance areas, and a total of 26,453 people in the county.
The total number of victims was more than 90,000. When they heard this number, everyone couldn't help but feel a lot of pressure.
"Qian Dianli, Zhang Dianli, please tell everyone about the current storage of grain and silver in the warehouses and warehouses."
Next, Zhu Ping'an asked Qian Dianli and Zhang Dianli to tell everyone about Jingnan's family background.
"Going back to the county, as of this morning, I still have 17,286 dan of grain in my warehouse."
The warehouse administrator Qian Dianli got up first to report.
"Well, in just the past five days, nearly three thousand shi of food have been consumed?!"
When the subordinate officials heard this, they couldn't help but expressed surprise. They didn't expect that the food would be consumed so quickly.
"Everyone, this is because there were relatively few victims who fled in the past few days, and the food consumption was small. Judging from the current daily increase in the number of victims, the daily food consumption will increase by hundreds of dan in the future. According to preliminary estimates, our warehouse currently has
The grain storage can only last for about twenty days. After twenty days, there will be no grain available in my warehouse." Qian Dianli, the warehouse administrator, couldn't help but said to everyone with a worried look on his face.
"Well, what can we do if we don't have food? The most important thing for disaster relief is food."
All the subordinate officials were very worried.
Only Zhu Ping'an looked calm, "Zhang Dianli, please tell everyone how much silver is left in the warehouse."
"Returning to the County Lord, there are currently 380 taels of gold and 12,656 taels of silver in our county government's warehouse." Zhang Dianli, as the warehouse clerk, is very familiar with the county government's deposits of gold and silver.
, stood up and reported back.
These deposits of gold and silver were mainly obtained from the confiscation of the properties of Zhang Xian Cheng, Chief Yao, Li Dianshi and others. Some time ago, more than 10,000 taels of silver were spent on preventing floods, dredging ditches, purchasing building materials, building and repairing dams, etc.
.Currently, the county government treasury stores gold and silver, and this is all that is left.
After hearing the amount of gold and silver deposited by the county government, the subordinate officials felt a little more at ease. The county government's finances were relatively good.
"If you have any ideas, it's okay to say it." Zhu Ping'an said to everyone.
"Your Excellency, I suggest you withdraw the gold and silver from the warehouse to purchase food. Food is the basis of disaster relief."
Old man Liu, the official of the ceremonial room, suggested.
"I second the proposal." Zhang Dianli, the official in charge of the office, agreed.
"Liu Dianli, Zhang Dianli, you don't know the price of food." Liu Fuzi, the housekeeper, shook his head and sighed, "Currently, the price of food in Jingnan is rising three times a day, in the morning and at noon.
The price was different from that in the evening. Before the flood, that is, five days ago, the price of one stone of rice was only 400 Wen. By this morning, the price of one stone of rice had risen to 1,200 Wen. In just five days, the price of rice
The price has tripled, and the price is still skyrocketing. I can guarantee that as we speak, the price of food has risen again. In other counties, such as Taiping County, Linhai County, etc., the price of food has increased sharply.
The prices are also the same, and the prices have all increased ridiculously. With all the money and silver deposited in our county government, we can only buy about 10,000 shi now."
"Then you have to buy it." Old Man Liu and others said.
Hearing this, Mr. Liu, the household administrator, couldn't help but sigh, "Even if we want to buy it, someone has to sell it somewhere. Now every grain store in the county sells grain in limited quantities, and the grain sold every day is very limited. It only takes about a while to sell one stick of incense when the door is opened. Those who arrive late will not be able to buy food no matter how much money they take. The situation in other counties is also the same, and it is not even as good as our situation in Jingnan."
"These evil-hearted profiteers, regardless of the life and death of the people, are driving up food prices. They all know that it is difficult to make a fortune for the country, and their consciences have been eaten by dogs. They sell limited amounts of food every day, not just to drive up food prices!"
"These black-hearted grain merchants who are raising prices like crazy should be severely punished. I say, county magistrate, we should bring these black-hearted grain merchants to justice. It is best to chop off a few heads in public and kill chickens to scare the monkeys, so that grain prices can be suppressed. "
When all the subordinate officials heard this, they couldn't help but be filled with righteous indignation. As they spoke, they wished they could tear these profiteers to pieces.