The first thousand two hundred and fifty-eight chapters would rather believe
During normal meetings, Li Xuan would give these ministers ample time to argue. Many times he would not even say a word, waiting until the ministers finished their argument and made a conclusion before saying a few words.
However, when it comes to important matters, he will skip these and enter a state of great contrast. That is, he will say it himself and the ministers will listen.
This time, although Li Xuan also said a few words and asked the ministers how to respond, and gave the ministers a few minutes to speak, Li Xuan directly stopped the debate among the ministers.
When are you still making noise like this? What the hell!
Time is of the essence. The heavy rain has gradually moved to the north. If we wait a few more days, it is estimated that heavy rain will begin in the Huaihe River Basin, and then in Henan and Shandong areas. In this way, floods will come in ten days and a half.
Li Xuan doesn't have time to listen to their quarrel.
He immediately raised his hand on the spot!
When Li Xuan raised his hand, all the ministers sat upright and consciously closed their mouths.
These ministers are all veterans who have been in the court for many years. When they see Li Xuan's actions, they know that the Holy Emperor is about to speak. They should do it quickly and take notes at the same time. If they miss a sentence or two, they will do something about it.
If you make a mistake, things could get serious.
Li Xuan looked around and saw more than twenty senior and second-rank officials and seven or eight generals of the army and navy. The lieutenant generals all raised their heads to look at him, and then they lowered their hands.
Then he slowly said: "This time's weather forecast may be a false alarm, but it may also happen, and once it happens, it will affect tens of millions of people in several provinces and regions, so it is better to believe it."
It’s hard to believe whether it exists or not!”
"All yamen and local yamen in Gyeonggi Province must attach great importance to this matter and take various measures to prevent and control floods!"
Li Xuan continued to speak slowly: "The cabinet needs to organize disaster relief supplies immediately, especially food and medicine!"
"The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Supervisory Office, as well as the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry and other agencies jointly dispatched personnel to send flood control supervision teams to various provincial roads to supervise the local government's active flood prevention and follow-up disaster relief matters!"
"Prepare another disaster relief fund, no less than five million taels, for possible subsequent disaster relief expenditures!"
"At the same time, people in dangerous areas must be relocated in advance to avoid widespread casualties!"
Li Xuan's speaking speed was not very fast, and what he said was very simple, but the ministers below would write it down without hearing a word, because at this time, the Holy Emperor Li Xuan had already directly issued the task, and he could not handle it.
Well, just wait until you throw away your black gauze hat.
Even more serious, if something goes wrong at work, it is possible to lose your property and your life.
After Li Xuan finished these words, he turned his attention to the military generals and said: "Whether it is an enemy invasion or a natural disaster, in times of crisis, imperial soldiers should bravely stand up and play their role.
This time the military should actively participate in flood control and fight against floods to protect our country!"
Li Xuan didn't say it very carefully, because he didn't need to say it too carefully. Flood control is a systematic project. Even though he, Li Xuan, has the knowledge of later generations, he can only give a rough idea, and the specific measures are still
It is necessary to combine the times and regions and adapt measures to local conditions.
So Li Xuan's words are actually just a general outline. Li Xuan doesn't care how to do it specifically, but he wants to see results.
After saying this, Li Xuan did not stay in the conference room, but quickly went out, leaving the ministers to discuss on their own.
After leaving the conference room, Li Xuan summoned officials from the Survey and Statistics Section of the Hanlin Academy and asked them to focus on the situation in the northern regions, especially the four provincial highways of Henan, Shandong, North Anhui Province, and Jiangbei Road.
Report any signs of disturbance immediately.
Natural disasters will bring terrible consequences, which not only affect people's livelihood and economy, but may also cause unrest.
In such chaotic times, there will always be some careerists trying to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.
And Li Xuan naturally would not allow this to happen!
In the afternoon, a group of ministers also walked out of the conference room one after another, and as the head of the ministers, the minister on duty in the Royal Study Room, the scholar Liu Bagou also submitted emergency measures for flood control to Li Xuan.
On the whole, most of the measures were formulated based on Li Xuan's requirements, and only the details were improved.
After Li Xuan looked through it for a while, he nodded and said, "That's it!"
After receiving Li Xuan's formal approval, the Tang Empire also acted quickly!
First of all, messengers were dispatched to the provincial highways and state capitals in the north, especially the key areas of Kaifeng, Xuzhou, and Huai'an, on a 300-mile express basis, and even 500-mile express on some sections.
They will carry weather reports and cabinet documents, requiring all local governments to immediately start flood prevention and relief work without any neglect.
This is to send warnings to local governments in various northern regions. After all, these days, the only one that can make complete weather reports is the Royal Institute of Technology, while in other places, weather forecasts can only rely on the experience of the elderly.
Judging, no matter how experienced they are, it is difficult for them to judge that this rain may last for more than a month.
On this afternoon, the Post Office sent more than a hundred riders to the provincial highways on the north bank of the Yangtze River. They galloped along the post roads. These knights did not spare the horses' physical strength at all, and used the highest speed towards their respective destinations.
And go.
These knights wear special and eye-catching red uniforms, and also carry a small yellow flag with a big black spot in the middle of the flag. At the same time, each knight wears a saber and a pistol. If you encounter an unsightly person on the road,
Even if there is no obstruction, the knight has the right to shoot and kill directly.
Although the Postal Service is already an independent agency and will also undertake private commercial business, there are no active military personnel serving as military messengers.
However, this independent agency is still jointly managed by the cabinet and the military. Among the large number of staff in the Postal Department, the vast majority are still retired military personnel.
Especially these knights, they are basically all retired cavalry from the army!
The personnel stationed at each station are basically retired officers and soldiers!
Envoys from the Postal Service are allowed to possess weapons and have the power to fire directly on those who block military messages. Their power is greater than that of major bodyguard companies that are also controlled by the military.
After all, before telegraph communication was developed, the post system of the Tang Empire would be the most important means of communication. It could quickly deliver messages and documents to various places through the three-hundred-mile express or even the five-hundred-mile express.
If it weren't for the fact that the scale of the post station system was getting larger and larger, management was becoming more and more difficult, and at the same time, in order to balance costs, the business volume of carrying civilian letters and goods was constantly increasing, making it difficult for the military to directly manage this organization.
There will be no co-management between the cabinet and the military, but it will always be under the management of the military.
These postal knights from the Post Office filed out of Jinling City and ran to various places. Of course, they did not say that they went directly to Shandong or Henan in one go.
They often directly arrive at the next station, and then hand over the letters that need to be delivered to the relay knights, and use the relay method to continuously deliver them forward.
While transmitting information to various parts of the north through the post system, the ministers on duty in the imperial study room also transferred relevant officials from various departments, and then formed four flood control and flood control supervision groups, which went to the four provincial highways of Henan, Wanbei, Jiangbei, and Shandong respectively.
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Although they cannot run hundreds of miles in a day, they are all working hard and will switch to carriages along the way, so the speed will not be too slow.
This is also due to the fact that the Tang Empire has always invested heavily in transportation construction. It is hard to say in some small and remote places, but in important areas, such as between big cities, there are relatively complete official roads.
connected.
The official roads of the Tang Empire were naturally based on the official roads of the pre-Ming Dynasty. The official roads system of the Tang Empire was expanded and built based on the official roads, post roads and other roads of the pre-Ming Dynasty.
The standards of official roads in the Tang Empire were actually not very high. First of all, there were no high requirements for the width of official roads. The ordinary width was two meters, and the width of some important official roads could reach four meters.
The width of this road is not random, but is well-founded. First of all, ordinary official roads must be able to pass carriages, and some important official roads must be able to pass two carriages at the same time.
The specifications of the carriages in the Tang Empire were basically unified. The Tang Empire did not formulate any carriage specifications in its early years. Instead, during the Unification War, in order to better maintain the military's logistics carriages, unified standards were formulated.
That is a carriage pulled by two horses side by side, with a wheelbase of 1.4 meters.
Subsequently, this wheelbase standard was also applied to all official carriages.
The official's leading role was very obvious, and then private carriages gradually changed to this standard.
So today, except for special vehicles, most of the two-horse carriages in circulation, whether two-wheeled or four-wheeled, have a standard wheelbase of 1.4 meters. Of course, this is only limited to new construction
The wheelbase of the vehicle, if it is an old vehicle, is uncertain.
At the same time, the Tang Empire did not impose a rule that the wheelbase of all carriages must be 1.4 meters. This 1.4 meters was only the government and military's own wheelbase standard for single-horse and double-horse carriages pulling side by side.
That's it. In fact, both the government and the military have heavy transport vehicles and artillery vehicles with three or even four horses abreast. The wheelbase is more than 1.4 meters, and a very small number of vehicles can even reach a wheelbase of three to four meters.