"Is this Wagang?"
In the south of Baima County, Huazhou, Wu Huaiyu took his son Chengsi to Wagang. It is close to the Yellow River. The mountains are majestic and dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack. It has a radius of hundreds of miles and fertile land.
"Well, this is the famous Wagang."
Wagang still exists, but Wagang Village is no longer there.
Zhai once asked Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji and others to recruit troops and set up camp here, and plundered the merchant goods on the canal and Yellow River. They rose rapidly in the turmoil of the late Sui Dynasty. Later, they went north across the Yellow River to capture Liyangcang, grew stronger, and then sent troops to attack
Luoyang,
Li Mi established the Wei Kingdom in Jinyong City in the north of Luoyang, and launched a protracted offensive and defensive bloody battle with Wang Shichong of Luoyang.
At that time, Wagang produced countless heroes. Li Mi, who won the title of Wagang heroes, even called himself the leader of the Central Plains Alliance.
However, the wind always blows away with the rain.
The Wagang in front of you is full of tents and shacks, and countless victims have gathered here.
We didn’t come to the mountains to rebel, because the terrain here is high and we can avoid floods and winds.
chaos,
Very confusing,
Although the officials and soldiers of Huazhou are doing their best to maintain the situation, this is the largest resettlement site for disaster victims in Huazhou. There are a large number of people covering the mountains and slopes, and there are not well-trained soldiers. It is really difficult to manage.
soon,
Huaiyu saw Li Ji, Duke of Wei, among the victims. He was the governor of Puzhou Shifeng. He was next door to the east. Li Jing was wearing military uniform and holding a stick in his hand. He was very tired.
Neither teacher nor student expected to meet here.
"Thank you for your hard work, teacher."
Li Jing smiled bitterly, "Everywhere is in a mess, but everyone has worked hard. Fortunately, the early warning was early, food supplies were transferred in time, and the people were mobilized and relocated."
A lot of food was transferred to the Wagang resettlement site. Although a lot of food got wet due to heavy rain and rush, it was at least still edible.
"I brought some medicine,"
"These are the things we lack most right now." Li Jing said. "Hurry up and distribute them."
The two men didn't have much time to chat, so they quickly began to arrange the distribution of medicines and arrange for doctors. Fortunately, Huaiyu had proposed to set up medical doctors in various states and counties to recruit official medical students. Although the number was not large,
But even in Xia County, there are twenty medical students, in Xiazhou there are forty, and in Shangzhou there are even sixty.
In the face of major disasters and epidemics, these official medical students have played a great role. Otherwise, due to lack of medical treatment and medicine, an outbreak of epidemics would be very terrible.
"Suddenly there was such a big disaster, so many people gathered for temporary resettlement, but there were still too few official and private doctors,"
"Especially the lack of medicine."
Li Jing took Huaiyu on a tour of the resettlement camp.
Huaiyu found that the resettlement camp looked chaotic, but it was actually managed.
For example, when so many victims were resettled, Li Jing still divided them into zones, and each camp had management personnel, and they were separated from each other and kept a distance.
In each small camp, different areas are divided. For example, toilets are dug and unified in the downwind. Not only are men and women separated, but people are also assigned to manage them. Every hour, a layer of soil must be filled in the toilets.
Because of the lack of lime, otherwise it would have to be filled with quicklime for disinfection.
Open defecation is strictly prohibited in the campground. Even if it is inconvenient for children and the elderly, they can use the toilet and go to the toilet regularly to dump.
And water,
There are springs on the mountain, but they cannot supply so many people, so a lot of domestic water still has to be drawn from the river water below, and the water needs to be boiled before drinking.
Sewage cannot be dumped carelessly.
There is also a special canteen area for eating, which is actually a few straw huts for cooking and distribution. When it doesn't rain, everyone squats in the open space to eat. When it rains, they take it back to their own residence.
Each small camp cooks uniformly and is not allowed to make private fires to cook.
Food is also distributed uniformly.
The victims choose healthy people to take turns cooking.
Li Jing implemented militarized management here,
There are many rules, such as washing your hands before meals and after using the toilet, washing your feet every day, and even not urinating or spitting in public, etc.
The victims even formed a team and temporarily appointed team leaders, team leaders, team leaders, battalion commanders, etc. Everyone supervises each other and helps each other. If someone is sick, they must report it immediately.
Access to the camp is strictly controlled and no one is allowed to come in or out at will. People in the same team must supervise each other. Anyone who sneaks out of the camp, even drinks raw water, urinates anywhere, etc. must report it immediately, otherwise he will be punished with jail time.
Relying on these militarized management,
Li Jing managed the large refugee camp in Wagang fairly well in a short period of time.
Once people's hearts are at peace, it will be easier to manage.
The victims were pinned to death in this camp every day, and the young and middle-aged were assigned to training, patrolling, and transportation work. Women, children, the old and the weak were not allowed to leave the camp except to eat, drink, and sleep. They were not even allowed to wander around.
Feel free to chat with others,
To avoid trouble,
What if you are too bored? Some literacy classes will be held in each small camp to teach you how to read a few words, or talk about history, Confucian classics, etc.
It’s not that there is any educational purpose, it’s purely to prevent these people from holding it in for a long time and feel uncomfortable.
"Teacher is truly worthy of being the Military God of the Tang Dynasty. He can manage so many common people like soldiers in a short period of time."
"Actually, it's just a matter of setting up the rules first and then strictly enforcing them. It's not that complicated."
Li Jing had no choice. There were so many victims, and if they were not strictly managed, things would get messy. So he implemented military management and even collected all the victims' food for unified management. They did not allow the victims to make their own fires to cook, and all the food was uniformly distributed.
, get meals every day.
One dry and one dilute, two meals a day,
No matter what your status is, you are treated equally in this camp.
Of course, there are some changes for some officials and powerful officials with status and status. They are arranged in another camp and the rules are different. Of course, many of them bring slaves, food, tents, etc.
thing,
Some people even have manors and villas on the mountain, and they just moved there in advance. These people only need to register and contact them, and there is no need for any management.
As for the powerful country gentry who entered the resettlement camps, they could not afford to pay to enjoy better conditions.
"Actually, the current situation is very similar to a besieged city during a war. It requires a city defender with a clear and calm mind who can coordinate resources and effectively dispatch them. Otherwise, civil strife will inevitably occur."
Whether it is a siege or a disaster, the first problem that arises is not the lack of resources, but the problem of distribution.
"How long will it take for people to return home?"
Li Jing sighed, "Although the heavy rain has stopped now and the water level of the Yellow River has receded, it will take at least half a month for the flood areas on both sides to subside."
"But even if the water recedes, the people won't be able to go back for a while."
Huaiyu nodded, the water receded, but his home was gone. If he wanted to return home, he had to rebuild his home first, which was not easy.
There is silt left after the flood, and many houses may have collapsed. Even if they have not collapsed, it will be very dangerous for a while.
These require the government to organize post-disaster reconstruction, and there is a long way to go.
There may even be some people who may have to spend this year in resettlement camps.
"Actually, most of the people are very grateful to the saint for being grateful to the imperial government. At least everyone's lives have been saved, and now they still have food to eat, and they don't have to become hungry people and thieves."
So I would rather be a peace dog than a person in troubled times.
If we were to encounter such a major flood in the last years of the dynasty, the imperial government would not be able to take care of it, and the vast majority of the people would have no choice but to let it fend for themselves.
Without relief, many profiteers and evil gentry will take the opportunity to expropriate and exploit the people, so the victims can only move around and become refugees. Because of hunger, the refugees will become thieves and bandits.
Some bold and ambitious ones may even gather refugees to rebel, attack cities and seize territory, and claim kingship and hegemony.
In those troubled times, whether it was refugees or thieves, human lives were like grass and grass. It was really like a dog's life. Many families were broken up, wives and wives were separated from each other in tragedies.
The medicines and medicines brought by Wu Huaiyu were of great help to the resettlement site for the Wagang victims.
Too many disaster victims gather together, and all kinds of diseases come. If there is not good management, infectious diseases may even break out at any time.
However, the disaster areas have inconvenient transportation and lack of medical treatment and medicine. Everyone can only endure and wait.
To be continued...