Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2037, Disaster Early Warning and Prevention Mechanism
In the study room of the Qianqing Palace in the capital, Emperor Hongzhi was summoning the main ministers to discuss the matter at hand.

"Your Majesty, according to the memorials played in various places, my Ming Dynasty is experiencing unprecedented cold weather at this moment!"

"Countless cattle and sheep froze to death on the northern grasslands, and the herdsmen suffered terribly, and even many herdsmen were directly frozen to death!"

"The four provinces of Western Regions, Central Asia, Black Earth, and Hezhong received calls saying that the temperature this year is more than ten degrees lower than in previous years, and the temperature in Lindong City in the coldest Northwest Province has reached more than [-] degrees below the order. Prisoners in the city were frozen to death."

"Countless cattle, sheep and livestock froze to death in the three provinces of Central Asia, Hezhong, and the Western Regions, and suffered heavy losses."

"A large number of houses in the Liaodong area were crushed by snow, hundreds of thousands of people were frostbitten, and thousands of people were frozen to death."

"The entire Bohai Sea is frozen, and the port of Tianjin is frozen, making it impossible for ships to pass, causing a large number of factories and businesses to stop working, and commerce and trade have been greatly affected."

"Many places in the south have also encountered extreme cold weather. A large number of livestock have been frozen to death, and countless people have died of freezing or frostbite."

"In addition, a call from Huangjinzhou said that the Great Plains in the central part of Huangjinzhou encountered all the previous major cold waves, and a large number of herdsmen's cattle and sheep were frozen to death, causing heavy losses."

The current chief minister of the cabinet, Han Wen, informed Emperor Hongzhi and the ministers of the latest situation.

This year's winter is really too cold. All parts of Daming have encountered unprecedented cold and heavy snow, which has had a great impact on the production and life of Daming people.

"Everyone, let's talk about it."

Emperor Hongzhi also spoke to the crowd after listening.

"Your Majesty, I think that the imperial court should quickly mobilize food, clothing, fodder, etc. for disaster relief, so as to ensure that all parts of Ming Dynasty can survive the winter smoothly."

Mao Ji stood up and said.

In fact, it is an old routine. Naturally, when there is a disaster, it is time for disaster relief, disaster relief, and relief for relief.

Now the Ming court is not short of silver, it has plenty of silver.

Moreover, when Liu Jin was the Minister of the Ministry of Households, he had already established a sound financial system, and he had budgets for various expenses. Among them, a special part of the funds was reserved for disaster relief. This part of the funds was reserved every year. Some years have not been used up and have been accumulated.

"Your Majesty, disaster relief is for disaster relief, but I think this kind of extremely cold weather not only has a great impact on herdsmen and farmers, but also has a greater impact on our large industries and commercial firms."

"The weather is cold, and the snow and ice on the road will inevitably have a great impact on traffic, which will easily lead to vehicle skids and accidents, blocking traffic and business exchanges."

"Traffic is the lifeblood of my Ming Dynasty. Only when the traffic is normal and there is no hindrance between places, can the disaster relief supplies be delivered quickly."

"Because there was heavy snow and snow accumulation in the northern region in the past, a certain system has been formed for road clearing, and there are also a lot of related machinery and equipment."

"However, in the Guanzhong and southern regions, there is often a lack of relevant systems and equipment, which will seriously affect the transportation and exchanges between various regions."

"The minister thinks that the most urgent task is to order the local governments to dredge the main roads between the various places as soon as possible. Every morning, the snow and frost on the roads must be cleaned regularly to ensure the smooth flow of traffic."

After pondering for a while, Zhong Fan stood up and expressed his opinion.

Disaster relief is definitely necessary. Although the losses in the northern regions are horrendous, the areas that really need to be paid attention to are in the customs and the southern regions. Snow and frost on the roads will inevitably lead to traffic interruptions, poor communication, and seriously affect factories, businesses, workshops, etc. .

"Ok!"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly after listening.

These officials of the practical school can always think of more things than the officials of the conservative school.

"Your Majesty, the weather this year is extremely cold. Judging from the telegrams sent from all over the Ming Dynasty, the cold wave has spread to a very wide range this year. Not only is the northern region extremely cold, but even the lakes and rivers in the southern region have a lot of freezing conditions."

"It snowed heavily even in Qiongzhou, and it was extremely cold in Guangdong."

"Such a wide range of severe cold weather not only has a huge impact now, but it is very likely to lead to corresponding famines in the coming year."

"In the eleventh year of Hongzhi, there was an extremely cold weather in the northern region, and the heavy snow froze the wheat for the winter. In the second year, there were famines in the three northern provinces."

"This year's weather is even worse than that of the previous year. The weather is colder and the area is wider. It is very likely that the winter wheat in many provinces in the northern part of our Ming Dynasty will freeze to death, and the grain harvest will be wiped out next year."

"That's why I think that not only do we have to overcome the current difficulties, but we also have to prepare for the famine in the coming year. We will build warehouses in various places and stockpile food. Once there is a famine, we can quickly provide relief and stabilize people's hearts."

"In addition, often times of famine will inevitably be accompanied by the appearance of plague and plague. I think we should make relevant preparations now, so as not to be at a loss and be in a hurry."

Han Wen thought about it and expressed his own opinion. After following Liu Jin for many years, he finally learned a lot. Looking at the problem is not only about the present, but also about the longer term.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded when he heard it.

This reminded him of the outbreak of schistosomiasis in the Jiangnan area, which spread to several provinces in the south, and hundreds of thousands of people were infected. There was no way to do it. Later, he got an effective prescription from Huguang by offering a reward, coupled with reasonable prevention Only then did the epidemic be brought under control.

Major disasters, whether it is floods, droughts, or locust plagues, snowstorms, etc., will inevitably be accompanied by other disasters, among which the most notorious ones are plague and plague.

Once this thing spreads, it is unknown how many people will die, especially now that the population of Daming is slowly concentrating in the cities, if it spreads in big cities, many people will die by then.

This kind of invisible and intangible plague and plague, which can spread quickly and kill people, has been talked about in almost all dynasties.

All the ministers kept discussing the matter in front of you, one by one.

"Everyone will act according to what has been discussed, not only to get through the current cold winter, but also to ensure the production and life in the coming year, and at the same time to prevent possible plagues, plagues, etc.."

Emperor Hongzhi and the ministers had been discussing for several hours, carefully discussing some relevant details and specific measures, and then let everyone leave to deal with these matters.

Generally speaking, the current Daming is still very good. Even if there is such a terrible large-scale cold weather, the court can handle it with ease.

If you want money, you can allocate money at any time, and it's not just a little bit. The huge sum of several million taels or tens of millions of taels is enough to show the wealth of the Ming court.

There are enough materials for supplies. Daming's grain reserves are very large and sufficient. There are many production areas, and the grain output is very large. The grain produced in one year is enough for the people of Ming Dynasty to eat for ten years.

A large amount of grain is also used to make wine, feed livestock, etc. At the same time, a large amount of cultivated land is idle in rotation.

In addition, Daming's industry has also developed. The development of the industrial revolution has made Daming's industrial production capacity very large, and its productivity is amazing, and its technological level has also been developed.

The most important thing is that the transportation conditions in Daming are extremely good. Railways have been built to various places, and there are even more roads. It is possible to quickly mobilize manpower and material resources for disaster relief.

So even in the face of such a terrible cold weather, it is enough to do a job with ease, and you can also consider what will happen next year and prepare for possible disasters.

"Your Majesty, this is Liu Jin's memorial to you!"

When the ministers left, Xiao Huangmen delivered a memorial to Emperor Hongzhi.

"Haha, Liu Jin finally remembered me, and knew that he had written a memorial for me. It's really rare."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately laughed.

It has been more than a year since Liu Jin went home and Ding You kept his filial piety, but during this period, he didn't write a telegram or memorial to himself, which is almost the same as resigning from office and going home.

If I didn't know clearly that Liu Jin was living a happy life at home every day, I would have wondered if Liu Jin had disappeared.

Although Liu Jin has always been a lazy person, you still come here occasionally to send a telegram, write a memorial, etc. It's good to make some connections.

You must know that these ministers in the government and the opposition will write memorials if they have anything to do, report things if they have something to do, ask how they are, or say that they have any special food or things in their local area.

In short, I tried my best to show my face, check in, and leave an impression on myself, so that I could remember that there was such a person.

Luckily for Liu Jin, it took more than a year to make some memorials for himself, and he almost forgot about Liu Jin.

"I would like to see what he wrote."

Emperor Hongzhi picked up the memorial written by Liu Jin and read it.

"Establish a disaster early warning and prevention mechanism?"

When Emperor Hongzhi opened it, his eyes lit up slightly. It really was the usual style, only talking about things but not feelings.

(End of this chapter)