Since the beginning of the year, Li Xuan has been turning into a workaholic. At the beginning, it caused a lot of people to worry. It also made the ministers very tired, and there were even some complaints among the harem.
But as time went by, everyone gradually got used to Li Xuan's high-intensity and efficient way of working.
Now that Li Xuan was relaxed all of a sudden, people around him immediately felt that they were not used to it!
On the first day, a group of ministers also breathed a sigh of relief. If they continued to work at such a high intensity, they were probably getting old before they got old, so they happily went home from get off work early that day to play.
But the next day, the situation becomes a little different. First, their biological clocks that have lasted for several months will wake them up on time at five or six o'clock.
Then?
Then I just can’t sleep!
They are used to getting up early and going to work at the Yamen. Now they don’t have to go so early. They are not used to it!
Some people choose to open their eyes in a daze and wait for dawn, while some people simply get up in the dark, and after washing up, they keep looking at the sky, waiting for the time to go to work.
At this point, many officials get up early and wait hard for the time to go to work. Once the time comes, they can't wait to go out to work.
As a result, when they arrived at the Yamen, they found that they were not the first ones to arrive, but there were already many people inside!
When Qian Mengjiu walked into the Imperial Study Room, he suddenly realized that he was the last one to arrive. He immediately said, "Why are you here so early!"
The answers from a group of people were different, but they all had the same meaning: they got up when they couldn't sleep. After getting up, they had nothing to do anyway, so they came to the Yamen to work first!
Hearing this answer, Qian Mengjiu was speechless!
But he didn't say anything, because he himself was like that. Although he came a little late, he still spent a lot of time at home in the early morning.
This man is used to suffering and being tired, but he is not used to enjoying happiness all of a sudden!
The ministers outside were not used to it, but Li Xuan was not used to it. He slept quite well, and even took the time to watch several "Palace Dances" last night.
What is court dance? The dance performed by people in the thigh era cannot be seen outside. The dance that can only be seen in the palace is not a court dance!
In addition, everyone in the palace also noticed the changes in Li Xuan. Queen Mother Bai saw Li Xuan for several days in a row, and finally noticed something was wrong. In the past ten days and a half, she did not see Li Xuan coming to say hello.
Why do you come here every day lately?
I immediately asked if something had happened?
Regarding this, Li Xuan was a little speechless, feeling that I came here to say hello at my leisure and made Empress Dowager Bai worried!
I immediately explained a few words, saying that I had nothing to do, I was just tired and wanted to slow down the pace of work!
But even so, Queen Mother Bai was still worried, thinking that the ministers outside were bullying her son, or causing something to upset her son.
The next day, he called Liu Bagou over. Without asking any questions, he just scolded him and said, you ministers of the imperial court, please don't do anything stupid and make my son upset.
If you don't want to go to court, you should do your work honestly. Otherwise, don't blame me for sending aunt to whip you.
Liu Bagou looked confused after being scolded!
However, although Liu Bagou was the minister on duty in the Royal Study Room, a bachelor and the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and was powerful outside, and was called the de facto chief minister of the cabinet of the Tang Dynasty, he was well-behaved in front of Empress Dowager Bai.
Just like a Mianyang.
There was no way, the fighting power of the old lady under Queen Mother Bai was too fierce. As early as when he was in Huangzhushan, Liu Bagou had seen the fierce fighting power of the old lady under Bai Tianhou many times. Many times, Liu Bagou had only one feeling.
:Invincible!
Then I will comfort myself: I am a gentleman, and I will not give women the same knowledge!
Some minor disturbances caused by Li Xuan's slowing down his work pace soon dissipated. In the first few days, everyone was just not used to it. After a few days, they got used to it and returned to normal working conditions.
However, even after returning to normal working conditions, it was actually quite busy. According to relevant regulations, although officials in the Tang Dynasty officially worked from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., they had a lunch break for meals.
But in fact, when the Tang Dynasty was just established, many affairs were busy. Even if they didn't work overtime, it was quite tiring to be busy from morning to afternoon. What's more, just because Li Xuan didn't work overtime, it didn't mean that they didn't work overtime either.
Work overtime.
Officials in the Tang Dynasty continued to work much longer than those in the Ming Dynasty.
When the time comes to June, the temperature is getting higher day by day, and the weather is changeable. The sun is still shining in the morning, but it will rain heavily in the afternoon.
The stormy weather also caused a lot of trouble to the production work of the Tang Dynasty, and even caused great losses to people and property.
On the eighth day of June, Gaozhou Prefecture spent 500 miles to rush to report, saying that the prefecture was hit by a violent storm, many ships capsized in the port, many houses were damaged, many farmlands were flooded, and no less than 200 people were killed or injured.
Immediately, areas near Gaozhou Prefecture, including the southern coastal areas of Zhaoqing Prefecture, and Leizhou Prefecture also reported that the area was hit by violent storms, rivers surged, farmland was submerged, and many houses were damaged.
After receiving the report, Li Xuan did not delay at all. This violent storm was not an ordinary wind and rain, but a super-large typhoon that could be felt even in Zhaoqing!
Two days ago, Zhaoqing was hit by a violent storm, and the water level of the Xijiang River rose rapidly!
The Tang Dynasty was located in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, and the coast of Guangdong faced quite a lot of typhoons every year. Last year, the Guangzhou Prefecture was hit by a very violent typhoon. However, at that time, the city of Guangzhou was still under the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
It has little to do with the Tang Dynasty.
But even the coastal areas of Guangdong, which are accustomed to typhoons, were shocked by the typhoon that hit the western part of Guangdong this time.
Immediately, Li Xuan summoned all cabinet ministries and instructed to carry out disaster relief work. Relief food should be transported to the disaster-stricken areas immediately, and personnel should be dispatched to help the disaster-stricken areas resume normal life and production as soon as possible.
The people in ancient times had a very low tolerance for disasters. The heavy rainfall brought by this typhoon will cause water levels in various places to rise rapidly, and then flood farmland. After a heavy rainfall, field production will decrease.
There may even be plagues and so on.
And a very important point is that it is summer now, and the summer harvest is not long away. Now that these nearly mature grains have been flooded, this will inevitably lead to local food shortages and even famine!
If it were an ordinary small-scale disaster, it would be fine. The local government could handle it on their own. However, this time it has affected almost the entire coastal area of western Guangdong and even penetrated deep into the interior. Relying on local handling alone may cause trouble. Therefore, the cabinet
We must take responsibility for disaster relief!
Soon, the Tang Dynasty responded to this typhoon disaster:
Including ordering several strategic reserve granaries of the local government to immediately open the warehouses to release grain to relieve the people who have no food and clothing!
In addition, grains were urgently transferred from other regions of Guangdong and Guangxi to the disaster-stricken areas to provide relief to the victims while curbing the rise in local grain prices.
Then, according to Li Xuan's instructions, it was forcibly stipulated that local grain dealers should not take this opportunity to sell and drive up the price of grain. The price of grain was limited to twice the previous year. If it exceeded this price, it would be considered treason!
At the same time, Li Xuan issued an edict that day, announcing the exemption of agricultural taxes for the current year in several counties that were severely affected by the disaster. However, this exemption from agricultural taxes for the current year was not a one-size-fits-all approach. It directly exempted the entire local county from agricultural taxes.
Agricultural taxes are only exempted for victims who have suffered actual damage in disasters.
Nowadays, the political power of the Tang Dynasty has been directly established at the village level, and the grasp of the situation at the grassroots level is relatively accurate.
These measures were immediately delivered to the disaster-stricken areas at the speed of 500-mile horses. At the same time, cabinet officials such as the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Agriculture directly sent several senior officials several times as ministers to the local areas to preside over disaster relief!
And these are just administrative measures!
Li Xuan also did not forget that after a natural disaster, it is the period most likely to cause social unrest and even rebellion. Therefore, when the cabinet meeting was held, he had already given the Army's Second Mixed Regiment and Sixth Infantry Division immediate support.
Send troops to the disaster-stricken areas to prevent civil unrest!
While the government was still making a fuss about disaster relief, an infantry battalion under the Second Mixed Regiment stationed in Leizhou Prefecture was already on a light march to Huazhou, the most severely affected area in Gaozhou Prefecture.
However, their mission is not to provide disaster relief. They are not good at this kind of thing. Moreover, because they marched lightly and quickly, they did not carry any food or other disaster relief materials. Their only mission was to suppress the place and prevent any disasters.
Civil unrest first appeared.
Not only Gaozhou, but also several disaster-stricken areas in nearby prefectures and counties, the military also urgently dispatched troops there, and the troops originally stationed there were put on alert and directly entered a state of combat readiness!
As an emperor who started out as a rebel, Li Xuan naturally maintained the most severe and high-pressure attitude towards any possible rebellion under his rule. To put it simply, he was to guard against any rebellion in advance, and once there was a rebellion, he would suppress it with lightning speed.
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Speaking of which, the Tang Dynasty's attitude toward rebellion under its rule was similar to that of the Ming Dynasty. They resolutely suppressed them and never tolerated them!
Of course, the current mobilization of the military is just a precautionary move. It has only been a few days since the disaster hit the area, so there will not be unrest immediately, but Li Xuan has to take precautions!