Chapter 163 Comprehensive control, Liaozhou is the dawn
Chapter 163: Comprehensive control, Liaozhou is the dawn
Governor's Mansion.
Du He and others come in.
"How is the flood situation?"
Fang Yuan invited Du He and others to sit down and asked.
He asked people to inquire about the situation of the flood every day.
But I guess they don’t understand it as clearly as Du He and others.
"The leakage should have stopped, but it has affected many places."
"Nowadays, refugees are fleeing in all directions, and many are coming towards Liaozhou."
Du He said in a deep voice.
Everyone looked at Fang Yuan.
"How is Liao Fengmao doing now?"
Fang Yuan nodded and continued to ask.
"Seriously injured and unconscious, he was sent to Fang Mansion when he entered the city."
Du He continued to answer.
But he is a little curious, wondering if Fang Yuan doesn't care about the refugees coming here?
"Thank you for your hard work, go back and rest first."
"Let's discuss the business cooperation in a few days."
Fang Yuan pondered for a moment and said.
"You...don't you care about the refugees coming here?"
Qin Huaiyu couldn't hold back and asked.
Several people were also curious and wanted to know what Fang Yuan was thinking.
"Is it useful to care?"
Fang Yuan shook his head and laughed.
Hedong Road is too close to Henan Road.
It is completely expected that refugees will come here.
"Then do you plan to open the city gates to take in those refugees?"
Qin Huaiyu continued to ask.
This is also what Du He and others want to know.
"The city gates will not open, but refugees must still be accepted!"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
The city gate cannot be opened. If it is opened, the risk will be great.
Fang Yuan, who has been a refugee, knows how crazy hunger can make a person.
If the city gate is opened, a large number of refugees will flow in, which will destroy the city's survival structure.
"Then how do you accept them?"
Qin Huaiyu asked in confusion.
How can we accept refugees without opening the city gates?
"You will know later."
Fang Yuan is not going to elaborate.
This is the result of discussions at the second meeting he held.
After Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan glared at the first meeting of the team last time, the second meeting was held.
At the second meeting, almost everyone in the city was called, and the magistrates and registrars from the other four counties were called over for discussion.
"Okay then."
Qin Huaiyu saw that Fang Yuan did not explain, so he did not ask further questions.
As long as they are accepted, their hard work in bringing the refugees here will not be in vain.
"Are you guys trying to make an effort?"
Fang Yuan suddenly asked.
He is still quite short of manpower.
The five of them are all sons of the Duke of the country. With their status, they can help with many things.
"If you need any help, just ask!"
Du He said first.
Based on the relationship between Fang Yuan and his sister, he has to support Fang Yuan at critical moments.
"I want to accept those people, but Liaozhou City is destined to not have that much food."
"I have asked for some food from two places, but the journey is long and I need some manpower to escort me."
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
With the floods and the flood of refugees, many people are bound to want to hoard food and raise prices.
At this time, food is money. If you dare to transport it on the road, you are afraid of being robbed at any time.
The security team has other matters, and Fang Yuan urgently needs more manpower to help.
"I'm willing to escort!"
Changsun Chong spoke immediately.
Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin also nodded heavily.
After hearing Fang Yuan's words, they were truly sure that Fang Yuan really wanted to save those refugees.
This is consistent with their thinking. They also want to save so many refugees, and the more they can save, the better.
"One place is in the hands of Zhao Yingcai, the governor of Langzhou."
"One is in the hands of Wang Changrong, the Wang family of Jinyang, Bingzhou."
"You allocate your own manpower to escort them back to these two places. If you have manpower, you can mobilize it from the Royal Commercial Bank."
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
The road here in Langzhou is long and dangerous.
Bingzhou is close, but there is a conflict between Fang Yuan and the governor of Bingzhou, and the other party may cause trouble.
"Okay!"
"We'll leave in the afternoon!"
Du He and others looked at each other and said in a deep voice.
"It doesn't take less than half a day. You can rest for 10,000 nights before setting off tomorrow."
Fang Yuan looked at their dusty appearance, shook his head and said.
It can be seen that they have gone through a lot, there is mud in many places on their clothes, and their eyes are black.
There is not much difference between morning and evening. After a night’s rest, you will have more energy to do things.
"Okay, let's leave first!"
The five people stood up and saluted Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan also stood up and escorted them out to the gate of the Governor's Mansion.
"I underestimated Fang Yuan!"
"He is an accomplished official!"
Qin Huaiyu sighed.
Along the way, he saw too many officials who did not want to lend a helping hand.
Although he can understand the considerations between them, Qin Huaiyu still despises their behavior.
How can an official only think about making no mistakes but seeking no merit?
If everyone was like this, what would Datang look like?
"Indeed!"
Changsun Chong and others nodded solemnly.
Soon, several people arrived at the Royal Trading Company.
As soon as they entered the Royal Commercial House, they saw the soldiers in the house collecting food, carrying large and small bags and stacking them.
"What are you doing?"
The expressions of Du He and others changed slightly.
When refugees are about to appear, will we start stockpiling food and raising prices?
The Royal Trading Company was founded by the emperor, how could something like this happen?
If the royal merchant houses are like this, then aren’t the other aristocratic families and merchant houses in Liaozhou City even more exaggerated?
"Back to you gentlemen, we are responding to Governor Fang's comprehensive control policy."
"The young lady was just worried about the young masters. If the young gentlemen are free, please go see the young lady first."
When Nie Jiazhong saw it was Du He and the others, he immediately said respectfully.
"Comprehensive control policy?"
"Okay, we get it."
Du He and others looked at each other.
But he did not continue to ask Nie Jiazhong.
Just ask Du Miaoyan directly later.
Soon, several people saw Du Miaoyan in the lobby.
"Duhe?!"
Du Miaoyan was stunned at first, then overjoyed.
Seeing that Du He and others were back, she breathed a sigh of relief.
The dam of the Yellow River in Henan Province burst, and she was worried about the situation of Du He and others.
"Sister, what does comprehensive control policy mean?"
After a few familiar words, we started to get to the main topic.
"Fang Yuan requested that all the aristocratic families and trading houses in one city and four counties in Liaozhou should not raise the price of food!"
"We also strongly require all aristocratic families and merchants to sell at least 30% of their grain to the governor's office, and the governor's office will purchase it at a price 10% higher than the market price."
Du Miaoyan said seriously.
After saying this, Du He and the four others were shocked.
"Oh my God, this is a big deal!"
"Do all the aristocratic families in the city agree?"
"Will Fang Yuan be counterattacked because of this?"
Qin Huaiyu and others were greatly shocked.
Unconsciously, I started to worry about Fang Yuan.
The comprehensive control policy is terrible, it is simply a dictatorship.
If it is not handled well, one city and four counties in Liaozhou will come back to bite Fang Yuan.
This is a policy that even His Majesty the Emperor must consider twice before implementing it.
"I definitely won't agree."
"But at the meeting, Fang Yuan directly slammed the table and warned them that anyone who dares to cause trouble during the disaster relief period will be held accountable afterwards."
Du Miaoyan couldn't help but chuckle.
Thinking of Fang Yuan's domineering attitude that day, she felt a little depressed.
He is such a domineering man. With one sentence, no one in the city dared to refute him.
With Fang Yuan's reputation in Liaozhou, it is no problem to overwhelm one city and four counties.
But it’s doubtful if we can get them to actually act in accordance with the policy.
"It's so domineering."
When Qin Huaiyu saw Du Miaoyan's smile, she felt a little pale and a little bitter.
There is no doubt that if I were the governor, I would not be able to do such a domineering thing.
I am indeed inferior to a man like Fang Yuan. Du Miaoyan and Fang Yuan are a couple, and I should not miss them anymore.
Changsun Chong and others also sighed that Fang Yuan's cognition and senses had deepened a little more, and they began to admire Fang Yuan.
"Sister, Fang Yuan asked us to go to Langzhou and Bingzhou to escort two batches of grain, saying that we need the manpower from the Royal Commercial Bank."
Du He thought of the business and said.
"Are you going to escort me back?"
"Have a night's rest first?"
Du Miaoyan said in surprise.
But after thinking about it, I thought it would be a good idea for them to escort me back.
Several of the prince's sons personally led the team, but no one should be so bold.
"Sister, why do you feel so similar to Fang Yuan?"
"He also asked us to rest for one night before setting off."
Du He looked Du Miaoyan up and down and smiled strangely.
After not seeing each other for just a few days, Du Miaoyan's heart was already focused on Fang Yuan.
"As you said, go down and rest quickly."
Du Miaoyan blushed slightly, glared at Du He and said.
"Hehe, brothers, let's go have a rest."
Du He chuckled, stood up, and left with Zhang Sun Chong and others.
As soon as they left the living room, they discussed where to go to rest, and finally decided to go to the White Tiger Club.
Early the next morning, Du He and others set out with fifty people each from the Royal Commercial Bank.
As soon as they came out of the city gate, they noticed a few refugees staggering towards them.
"Let's go."
"Go back quickly!"
Changsun Chong took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.
He knows that more and more refugees will come here in greater numbers.
Although Fang Yuan has implemented a comprehensive control policy, there is definitely not enough food in the city.
And I don’t know if the aristocratic families and trading houses in the city will really respond to Fang Yuan’s policy.
"Brothers, take care!"
Several people said goodbye to each other and left in two groups.
Changsun Chong and Cheng Chumo led the team to Bingzhou, while Du He, Qin Huaiyu and Yuchi Baolin set off for Langzhou.
After they left, more refugees appeared on the concrete road, walking hard towards Liaozhou City.
"The refugees are coming!"
"Close the city gate and notify the governor!"
The captain guarding the city saw the appearance of refugees from a distance.
He stood on the city wall and looked further, and saw refugees from a distance.
Under the rising sun, the refugees staggered like zombies.
"Are the city gates closed again?"
"Is there no place willing to take us in?"
"God, what kind of world is this? What kind of world is this?"
A middle-aged refugee walking at the front collapsed on the ground.
Looking at the slowly closing city gate, his eyes slowly lost color.
After passing through so many places, the gates of the city were closed, unwilling to admit them.
They are hungry, just want a bite of food, and just want to survive. Why is it so difficult?
More refugees approached, more refugees noticed that the city gate was closed, and their hopes were shattered again.
They have been walking for several days and have eaten everything they can along the way. If they continue like this, they will only starve to death.
"Open the door, please open the door."
"We don't want to cause destruction. We just want to have food to eat. We can work."
Some refugees refused to give up and went to the city gate, patted the door and begged.
More refugees rushed to the city gate and beat the city gate.
The more radical ones are to rush directly into the city gate.
There are also those who are dejected, with their eyes silently preparing to leave.
In such a short period of time, hundreds of refugees have gathered at the gate of Liaozhou City.
"The governor has an order, please listen carefully!"
Suddenly.
Loud shouts sounded from the city wall.
The refugees slowly became quiet and looked towards the city wall.
After walking through so many cities, all they got was silence and no one responded.
Suddenly there is a place that responds to them, which makes them seem to see a spark in their despair.
"The Governor has ordered that Liaozhou City provide food and shelter for all refugees!"
The captain guarding the city said loudly.
The words fell, but no one from the refugees spoke.
A moment later, cheers of excitement rang out, and they were moved to tears.
"Now listen to the order, everyone step back a mile!"
"If you don't listen, we in Liaozhou will not rescue you!"
The captain who defended the city shouted again.
When the people heard this, they all obeyed the order.
Now that there is a chance to survive, what is this requirement?
Not long after, each of the refugees retreated a mile behind, looking eagerly at Liaozhou City.
After a moment, there was a roar, and the closed door slowly opened again.
At the same time, five carts carrying gruel were rolled out.
"Line up, line up in five lines!"
"Anyone who causes trouble and does not follow the rules will not be given porridge."
Huang Dada took care of this matter.
The person responsible for guarding the porridge is also a state official.
Today is the first disaster relief, so be careful.
At Huang Dada's call, the refugees lined up with gratitude.
Although some people were so hungry that they couldn't help but want to rob, but the state officials wore weapons to scare them.
"Dad, shall we line up?"
In the distance, the boy Xiaobai looked at this scene and asked the man next to him.
Their family was the one who wanted to leave just now, thinking that Liaozhou City would not accept them.
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"Stay for a few days first."
The man pondered for a moment and touched the dry food in the bag.
There was not much dry food left. After walking for six or seven days, the family of four had almost enough food.
Let’s stay here for a few meals to regain our energy first.
The man thought that Liaozhou City's disaster relief was only for a few days.
Because they were the ones fleeing at the front, they are not the real victims.
There are tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of victims behind them. Once they come, a small city like Liaozhou cannot defend itself.
"Okay."
Xiaobai didn’t think that much.
He pulled his sister and walked quickly towards the team.
From such a distance, they can smell the aroma of porridge.
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Imperial Palace Study Room.
Li Shimin is having a big fire.
The news coming back from various states and counties made him angry.
"Asshole, it's all a piece of shit!"
"Order that all states and counties must accept refugees!"
"Whoever refuses to listen, I will hold them accountable afterwards!"
Li Shimin roared.
Angrily kicked the desk away.
After he discussed the plan with Du Ruhui and others, he ordered all states and counties to accept refugees.
But the order was issued, but no state or county obeyed the order and acted.
Their reason is that the water of the Yellow River may harm them, and they are now preparing to retreat and cannot accept it.
Another reason is that they have just experienced locust plagues and droughts, and now there is no food in the prefecture and county. Once those people are admitted, the people in the city will have great opinions.
In short, the reasons are very good.
But Li Shimin knew that they were just evading responsibility.
"Your Majesty, the top priority is to continue purchasing food from various places."
Du Ruhui is also here.
Seeing Li Shimin so angry, he sighed in his heart.
In fact, this situation is to be expected, and those states and counties will most likely not obey orders.
From the moment the meeting was first held, Pei Ji wanted to be held accountable. Who dared to interfere?
The influx of countless refugees will cause huge disasters to the local area and cause big problems to their management.
In this case, it is best to protect yourself wisely, and would rather not have this achievement than have an unknown crisis.
"We are expediting the acquisition."
"Those fuckers are raising prices again!"
Li Shimin said angrily.
Every time there is a natural or man-made disaster, those families that control a large amount of food will increase their prices, and this time is no exception.
Fortunately, Fang Yuan's invention of fine salt and tea made him a lot of money, otherwise the treasury would be empty now, and disaster relief would not be even a thought.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin thought of Fang Yuan in Liaozhou.
Liaozhou was also where he issued his orders. I don’t know if Fang Yuan followed his orders.
If you don’t obey orders...
Li Shimin felt sad just thinking about it.
Fang Yuan is the Ying Mengxianchen who helped him solve the crisis of sinners and edicts.
At this moment,
"Your Majesty, a letter from Miss Du!"
Eunuch Wang De came in from outside.
This time, he didn't dare to show any signs of neglect.
The moment I received the letter, I brought it to Li Shimin.
"Bring it up quickly."
Li Shimin quickly took the letter.
I even opened the envelope nervously.
Hope is a good thing... Li Shimin thought in his heart.
"Okay, okay, okay!"
Li Shimin quickly read the letter and was so excited that he said yes again and again.
"Your Majesty, what is a good thing?"
Du Ruhui suddenly asked curiously.
"Look!"
"Fang Yuan is indeed my worthy minister of Meng!"
Li Shimin happily handed the letter to Du Ruhui.
"Hiss!!!"
"Comprehensive control policy, isn't Fang Yuan worried about the objections of those aristocratic families?!"
Du Ruhui finished reading, but he was more worried.
Disaster relief is a good thing, but such comprehensive control is likely to cause dissatisfaction among local families.
The more chaotic the situation, the more power the family will need. Their slightest jump may cause a big shock and have a great impact on the local political power.
"Keming, you think too much."
"Liaozhou is different from Chang'an City. The aristocratic families there have been shocked by Fang Yuan."
"If he dares to do this, he won't worry about the backlash from those aristocratic families. Don't worry."
Li Shimin looked deeper.
He is very concerned about Fang Yuan's information.
Fang Yuan feels that he is not a reckless person.
He dared to do this because the conditions in Liaozhou were mature.
"What your Majesty said is absolutely true."
"Then should we support him?"
Du Ruhui thought about it and thought so.
Fang Yuan doesn't look like a reckless person, he must be thoughtful.
"We must support you!"
"But the imperial court hasn't collected enough food yet!"
"Let him hold on, besides, he didn't ask the court for help!"
Li Shimin thought for a while, shook his head and said.
He also wanted to support Fang Yuan immediately, but the imperial court was really short of food.
The priority now is to ensure that there will be no problems with food for the army.
"Then praise him in the name of the court and build momentum for him!"
"Let other states and counties follow Fang Yuan's example and learn from Fang Yuan in disaster relief!"
Du Ruhui thought for a moment and said in a deep voice.
To build momentum for Fang Yuan, you can’t pay in vain and gain nothing.
"As it should be!"
Li Shimin nodded solemnly, thinking that this was the way to go.
Allowing more states and counties to provide disaster relief and save more people can also be regarded as reducing Fang Yuan's burden.
Soon, the imperial court issued an announcement praising Fang Yuan, and publicized Liaozhou Governor Fang Yuan's disaster relief deeds to three prefectures and counties in Henan Province, Hedong Province, and Hebei Province.
Li Shimin and Du Ruhui have good intentions.
However, the states and counties that originally did not provide disaster relief still did not provide disaster relief.
The homeless victims rushed to Liaozhou one after another after learning about Liaozhou's disaster relief.
Liaozhou has become the dawn of hope for the victims.