The Reincarnation of Lu Bu at the End of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 676

There was a severe drought in Guanzhong for several months, and the number of people who starved to death every day was estimated at hundreds of thousands.

If this continues, most of the population will be lost before the next year.

Therefore, this has become a top priority right now.

Hearing Lv Bu's inquiry, Chen Gong, who is the chief historian of the mansion, stood up and cupped his hands: "My lord, I have been planning this matter with all the Caos in the mansion for several days, and I am about to wait for my lord to come back and report it in detail. Since my lord mentions it first, let the palace be slow." Take your time."

"Please tell us." Lu Bu nodded, he felt much relieved when Chen Gong said this.

Chen Gong's ability is not to mention, whether it is domestic affairs or foreign affairs, or making suggestions, his experience and courage are first-class.

Lv Bu trusted, and Chen Gong was of course grateful. He said seriously: "There has been a severe drought in Guanzhong for several months, and the locust plague has crossed the border, causing countless bad effects. However, the Ming emperors of all dynasties have always put the people as the root, so the lord wants to become a hegemony. Naturally, we can’t just ignore death. I’ve summed it up, and there are three most urgent priorities right now: refugees, famine, and plague.”

Lu Bu let out a 'hmm', and looked at Chen Gong solemnly: "Tell me about the solution."

Chen Gong said 'yes', and continued: "First, the refugees can temporarily gather outside the city and let them work hard, such as building roads, drilling wells to fetch water, etc., in lieu of work; second, the imperial court Open warehouses to release food, relieve refugees, so that they can survive this disaster year..."

"Wait a minute, hasn't the imperial court opened Taicang to help the refugees?" Lu Bu interrupted Chen Gong's speech and asked wonderingly.

Chen Gong immediately shook his head with a wry smile, suppressing a little resentment in his tone: "Your Majesty doesn't know, His Majesty entrusted the relief to Hou Wen, the imperial servant. less than one in ten."

Chen Gong went to see it at the beginning, and the rice porridge distributed by the imperial court was actually bowls of rice soup, not even half a grain of millet.

Chen Gong went to Yang's mansion to mention this matter with Taiwei Yang Biao, but Hou Wen has been favored recently, even if he sued, it would have no effect.

Most of the officials are virtuous, they only care about their own interests, and they don't care about the life and death of the people.

In their eyes, the people are nothing more than untouchables, and life and death have nothing to do with them.

Lu Bu frowned and waved his hands slightly: "Okay, I know about this, you can continue."

Chen Gong had no choice but to put aside the topic just now, and continued: "Since the severe drought in Guanzhong, corpses have been scattered everywhere on the roads, and no one has buried them. In addition, the climate is hot now, and diseases are prone to occur, so there is no room for carelessness. So I suggest that, in addition to In addition to letting people bury the corpse, my lord can also order people to invite Dr. Zhang to come and distribute medicine to prevent the spread of the disease."

"What Gongtai said is very reasonable, let's do as you said!" Lu Bu nodded solemnly, deeply agreeing with this.If a large-scale epidemic breaks out at this juncture, the speed of death will definitely be several times faster than it is now.

After confirming Chen Gong's plan, Lu Bu waved the crowd to retreat and each performed his duties.

"Sir, stay."

When the crowd had dispersed, Lu Bu called to Xi Ce to stop.

Xi Ce turned around, Fox asked: "General, what can I order?"

"What do you think of the public platform's proposal?"

Lv Bu didn't play around in circles, even though Chen Gong was a vassal of the two dynasties, with excellent ability and resourcefulness, he still relied more on drama in his heart.

The reason is probably because, when Lu Bu was poor and most in need of help, tricks appeared in front of him.

Since Lü Bu came to ask, the joker answered truthfully, "What Chen Changshi said just now can solve the immediate urgent need. But even if these are solved, there are still many long-term problems."

"what is the problem?"

"Aristocratic families and wealthy businessmen drove up the price of grain, so that the grain was sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars a stone, and the common people could not afford to buy it. This is one of them."

"Drought in Guanzhong for several months, land mergers in various places were serious. The poor people either sold them cheaply as slaves and became hermits, or turned into bandits and plundered rampantly. This is the second."

"There is no one to take care of the land, the weeds are overgrown, and a lot of waste is waiting to be built. This is the third."

"The plague of locusts is rampant, and farmers dare not hunt and kill them. Rumors spread that this is a punishment from heaven to the general. Many people in Guanzhong believe it. If things go on like this, the general will be disadvantaged. This is the fourth."

Lu Bu didn't feel it at first, but what Jing Xi Ce said was really a headache.

"Then, do you have any clever tricks?" Lu Bu looked at Xi Ce and humbly asked for advice.

"The first three points are not difficult, but the last locust plague, I didn't think of an idea for a while."

Xi Ce shook his head and said, the people are in awe and fear of the gods, asking them to hunt and kill locusts, without a strong argument, it will not work at all.

Since ancient times, the most pitiful and ignorant people have always been the common people.

The food sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars was due to Dong Zhuo’s random minting of coins, which caused the value of the currency to plummet and prices to soar.

Therefore, in order to reduce the price of grain, the only way is to re-mint coins, unify the currency measurement, and then let the imperial court intervene in the market for comprehensive regulation.

As for the land annexed by the aristocratic family, as long as Lu Bu has military power, he will not worry about taking it back.

However, these are long-standing problems, and there is no rush for this moment.

"The biggest problem right now is the problem of food. Madam sold a lot of property in order to help the refugees, but even so, it is still a drop in the bucket."

The tone of the joke was a bit dignified. It was easy to say the words 'relieve the victims', but it was simply impossible for Lu Bu to save so many refugees by himself.

"Sir, there is no need to worry about food. I have already sent people to Guanzhong, Hanzhong, Bingzhou and other places, ordering the well-known local wealthy families to rush to Chang'an to discuss matters within half a month."

Lu Bu said firmly, of course it would not work to rely on his family, but what if these aristocratic families are willing to help?
Since Liangzhou was at war, Lu Bu did not send anyone to inform him for the time being.

"Oh, that's right. On the way back a few days ago, I got news that Liu Yan, the shepherd of Yizhou, died of a sore on his back. I have sent Xin Ping to offer condolences. By the way, I will check the situation of the Yizhou family for me. .”

Lu Buru said as usual, once Liu Yan died, for him, there was a great hidden danger missing.

As for Liu Yan's son Liu Zhang, Lu Bu intends to continue to let him serve as the shepherd of Yizhou. If Liu Zhang is not obedient, he can replace Zhang Lu of Hanzhong at any time.

Feeling the royal aura emanating from Lu Bu, Xi Ce smiled in relief.In the future, even without his own insinuations, Lu Bu will not easily step into the traps set by others.

After discussing the business, Lu Bu and Xi Ce began to discuss the daily routine.

"I heard that the husband's family is happy?"

　Thanks for Tang’s planning. The drought management plan in this chapter is all the materials she provided me. Let me say it here, it’s really hard work.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)