The situation in the palace was not optimistic. Several side halls had collapsed. Fortunately, the main hall was fine and Qin Jiyan could summon the ministers to discuss matters normally.
Before Qin Jiyan returned to the palace, he had already informed Feng Shoufu, Jiao Cifu and others to enter the palace to discuss post-disaster handling matters.
There was no time to breathe. As soon as Qin Jiyan arrived at the palace, the eunuch came to report, "Your Majesty, Feng Shoufu and Jiao Cifu are waiting in the meeting hall."
"Well, let them wait." Qin Jiyan walked down the dragon's door and walked quickly towards the palace.
In the palace, the palace maid had already prepared the dragon robe. As soon as Qin Jiyan entered, someone came forward to take off his coat and hold up a towel to wipe his face.
Qin Jiyan came all the way and was tired. No matter how energetic he was, he could not help but show signs of fatigue. The palace maid hurriedly served the ginseng tea on the side. The temperature of the ginseng tea was just right. Qin Jiyan drank it all in one gulp, and then
After closing his eyes and calming down, he opened his arms so that the palace maid could change his clothes.
After putting on a brand new robe and combing her hair again, Qin Jiyan looked more energetic, at least without the dust of traveling for days.
After glancing at the bronze mirror, Qin Jiyan turned around expressionlessly and walked towards the meeting hall.
In the meeting hall, Feng Shoufu and Jiao Cifu were already waiting. In addition to them, there were General Feng, the new Minister of Household Affairs, the Admiral of the Nine Gates, and others.
As soon as Qin Jiyan came in, everyone hurriedly knelt down and saluted. Qin Jiyan walked all the way to the dragon chair and sat down on the dragon chair without shouting, and then said coldly: "No courtesy!"
Qin Jiyan always treated his officials kindly and never made things difficult for them in terms of etiquette. This time, he waited for them to kneel for a long time before calling out. You didn't need to guess that Qin Jiyan would be very unhappy.
Feng Shoufu and Jiao Cifu sighed in unison, and then lowered their heads at the same time, wishing they could pretend they didn't exist.
"Tell me, what happened to the earthquake? Didn't the people from the Ministry of Industry give any warning in advance? What were the people from Qin Tianjian doing? Apart from the capital, where else had the earthquake happened?" As soon as Qin Jiyan opened his mouth, he just said
Ask about the earthquake.
Now, the biggest problem in Da Qin is the earthquake. If this problem is not solved, everything else will be in vain.
Feng Shoufu glanced silently, knowing that only he could reply to these words, "Returning to the Lord, the earthquake came very suddenly. The Ministry of Works did not have any warning in advance, and the Qintian Supervisor did not find any abnormalities. According to the latest news,
The capital was not the center of the earthquake. Jixian County, a hundred miles away from the capital, was the center of the earthquake. Several villages were directly buried."
The most serious earthquake in the capital was at the city gate, which was closest to Jixian County and the imperial palace was right on that line.
"Have anyone been sent to Jixian County to deal with the disaster?" Jixian County is not far from the capital. It is normal for Qin Jiyan to ask this, but...
"If you go back to your Majesty, the matter happened too suddenly. I am currently discussing it." It has been less than two hours since the earthquake occurred, and the chaos in the capital has not been sorted out. How can they have time to deal with the affairs of Jixian County?
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"Discuss? Discuss what? By the time you finish discussing, the people will either freeze to death or starve to death." Natural disasters are inseparable from time to time, and natural disasters will occur if they are not dealt with.
After the earthquake, the houses collapsed and all the food orders were buried. With no place to live and no food to eat, what would happen to those people?
Of course it's robbery! What's even more terrifying is cannibalism.
In order to avoid this, once a disaster occurs, the country must immediately dispatch people and material resources to rescue the victims.
Qin Jiyan secretly took a breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said: "Immediately open a warehouse, transport grain to Jixian, and deliver disaster relief materials. Go to the Ministry of War, clean out all unused tents, and send them to Jixian to ensure the safety of Jixian."
The people will have a place to sleep tonight. Taiyuan Hospital has also made preparations and arranged for people to go to Beijing and Jixian early tomorrow morning to treat the injured people. "Food, shelter, clothing, and illness. These are the things that the people are most concerned about. If these are not solved,
, that is, a riot may occur.
Civil strife is something Qin Jiyan doesn't want to see.
"I obey the decree." The title of chief minister should be granted very quickly.
He has been the chief assistant for so many years and has encountered many natural disasters. Of course he knows how to deal with a small earthquake, but...
Without the emperor, he couldn't handle it even if he knew how to handle it.
There are some orders that only the emperor can give, but he cannot.
As soon as Feng Shoufu agreed, the new Minister of Household Affairs was about to cry, "Your Majesty, we don't have much food in the granary. I'm afraid, I'm afraid..." He didn't say the next words, but everyone present understood that it was
What's the meaning.
Their granaries in Da Qin are out of food!
This is not a secret. The ministers of the third rank and above in the court know something about it, but they don't know how serious the food shortage in Da Qin is. Only a few of Qin Jiyan's confidants know that Da Qin's granary is almost out of food.
"If you don't have food, you will find a way to collect it. I know that those wealthy businessmen from aristocratic families have food, so let them take out the food." The noble families have so much food that they can't eat it all. It piles up in the granary and gets moldy every year, but ordinary people have no food.
Edible.
"Your Majesty, I, I, I..." The newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs was troubled and could not express his sorrow.
He himself comes from a wealthy family, and he knows very well the ways of the wealthy family. Even if those people have food, they will say they don't have it. He will never take out the stored food.
There are many reasons for not taking it out. One is to hide wealth. After all, they want the emperor to know that they are richer than the national treasury. What does the emperor think?
The other is to save life. No matter when and where, you can survive if you have food. Those nobles in the world have been baptized by war. They know very well how valuable food is in troubled times. Without food, they cannot rest at ease.
But the Minister of Hubu had no way to tell Qin Jiyan all this.
There are some things that can be done but cannot be said. Of course, Qin Jiyan doesn't want to hear it, "I don't need to hear your reasons. I just want to know whether you can do it? If you can do it, you can continue to sit in this position. If you can't do it, I will
Let someone else do it."
At the beginning, Qin Jiyan would choose someone from an aristocratic family to be the Minister of Household Affairs because of this consideration. There was no food in Daqin's granary. If he wanted to get food from an aristocratic family, he would have to choose someone from an aristocratic family to do it.
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Most of the people in the world are in-laws, and they have a close relationship with each other. Although neither one will suffer, both will be prosperous.
Aristocratic families have been suppressed, and there are fewer and fewer people who can hold high positions, and fewer and fewer people who can hold real power. This Minister of the Ministry of Revenue happens to be one of them. If he doesn't do well and is demoted from his official position, what will happen to the world?
If the gate valve is in the middle, it will lose a big boost.
Qin Jiyan believed that in order to keep the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, people from well-known families would definitely provide food. It was just a matter of how much... r562