Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 489 Relief for work

On the night of the sixth day of February in the second year of Tianqi, earthquakes were felt in many places under the jurisdiction of Gyeonggi, especially in the south of Hejian Prefecture, the east of Zhending Prefecture, Guangping Prefecture, and Daming Prefecture. On the same night, earthquakes were felt in Yanzhou, Jinan, and Dongchang under Shandong Province. The government, all the departments of the Tianjin mobile team that had been ordered to station before, all sent their knights to rush to the capital to report the disaster!

As soon as the new year arrived in February, the Ming Dynasty experienced an earthquake that affected a wide range of areas. This also destined that the second year of the Apocalypse would be an extremely extraordinary year!

"According to the celestial phenomena observed by the Qintian Monitor, this sudden earth dragon's turn is very likely to occur in Yanzhou, Jinan, Dongchang and other places under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province."

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting firmly on the dragon chair, looked around the ministers gathered in the palace and said in a low voice: "I think this disaster is not simple. One is that it happened by coincidence. The Water Transport Case supervised by the Integrity Commission in Shandong , I just found out a lot of hidden scandals, and such a disaster happened, I feel like God is sending me a warning!!"

"One is that this earth dragon's turnaround involves more than just the above-mentioned prefectures and counties. Otherwise, the earthquake would not be felt in the capital. Under a major disaster, chaos will inevitably occur. If the court cannot effectively provide disaster relief, the local people affected by the disaster will feel resentful. That’s never a good thing for the place!!”

The ministers gathered in the palace showed different expressions.

Compared with disaster relief, no one expected that the emperor would closely link this disaster with the Shandong water transport case.

In fact, some astute people wanted to take advantage of this matter as early as last night when they felt the earthquake, but they never expected that the emperor would reveal it in advance.

Take other people's path and leave others with no way to go!

Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the dragon chair, glanced at the ministers gathered in the hall. There was no change on his face, but there were some thoughts in his heart.

As a unified and centralized dynasty under feudal autocracy, the Ming Dynasty was destined to have a corresponding market for feudal superstitions.

Without him.

Does the emperor want the young man to be responsible for disaster relief?

As the emperor called his name, Lian Guo, who was in charge of emergency response, and Ma Shiying, who was in charge of disaster relief, quickly walked out of the court class, but the two of them attracted the attention of many people.

Zhu Youxiao remembers this earthquake in the beginning of the second year of Tianqi deeply because it affected so many areas. In addition to Shandong, it also included Luoyang and Yanshi, Henan Prefecture, Henan Province. Qi County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Weishi. More than thirty prefectures, prefectures and counties in three provinces including Guide Prefecture, Shangqiu, Suizhou, Luyi and Yangwu, as well as Xuzhou, Xiaoxian, Peixian and Fengxian, are all involved.

Perhaps Zhu Youxiao doesn't know whether many places in the above-mentioned boundaries have been affected by earthquakes, but he still knows about large areas.

Zhu Youxiao must find a way to solve the scope of an earthquake of this scale. When it comes to post-earthquake treatment, resettlement and other matters, he must be firmly in hand, and he must not ask untrustworthy people to take responsibility.

This is also the beginning of the scene.

The ministers such as Zhu Guozuo, the first assistant of the cabinet, Qian Qianyi, the second assistant, Sun Ruyou, Bi Ziyan, Wang Xiangqian and other ministers inevitably had different ideas in their hearts.

"I have appointed a special department to deal with the early warning matter, but the most important thing right now is disaster relief!!" Zhu Youxiao's sharp eyes scanned the ministers gathered in the hall, and his tone was sonorous and powerful, "Emergency and disaster relief departments should be cleared! !”

The transformation and progress of thought are closely connected with science and technology. As far as the current level of science and technology of Ming Dynasty is concerned, there are destined to be some phenomena that are beyond explanation, and we can only rely on the theory of ghosts and gods to get closer.

"For this disaster relief matter, I am determined to give the Young Mansion full authority to supervise the matter." Looking at Lian Guoshi and Ma Shiying, Zhu Youxiao said with a serious expression: "The cavalry sent to various places to investigate the disaster situation have not reported back to the capital. Before the news comes out, the Cleaning Department, which you two are in charge of, will sort out all the disaster relief matters for me."

"I have only one request. No matter how many areas are affected by this earth dragon's rise, the people affected by the disaster must have enough to eat, be cured of their illnesses, and have houses to keep out the cold. At the same time, this disaster relief cannot be like before. We are just providing disaster relief for the sake of disaster relief, and we must meet all the needs of the disaster-stricken areas.”

"Damaged city walls, houses, etc., affected water conservancy, roads, etc., we must use this disaster relief, actively mobilize these victims to rectify it, and go all out to minimize losses!!" "I obey the order."

When practicing state affairs, Ma Shiying immediately bowed in response.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report."

After Bi Ziyan heard this, he walked out of the class and bowed.

"explain."

Zhu You's speech is concise and concise.

"This earth dragon's turn is too sudden, and there is not much time before spring plowing." Bi Ziyan said: "Even if work-for-relief is implemented in the disaster-stricken areas, for the disaster-stricken people, this year's life will be very difficult." I am sorry, but I sincerely request that your majesty can reduce or reduce some taxes to effectively reduce the pressure on local governments."

"allow!"

Zhu Youxiao said without hesitation: "This matter will be handled by the Ministry of Household Affairs. After summarizing the severely affected areas, it will be exempted from land tax and capitation tax for three years. At the same time, in the name of the Ministry of Household, we will make it clear to the above-mentioned prefectures and counties that if During this period, whoever dares to collect local taxes privately or impose excessive private taxes will not be tolerated by the imperial court!!"

"Your Majesty is holy."

Bi Ziyan immediately shouted.

Originally, according to Bi Ziyan's idea, it would be a great thing to be able to reduce taxes in the disaster-stricken areas for one year. Unexpectedly, the emperor directly reduced the taxes for three years. This is absolutely great for the disaster-stricken areas, especially the people who were affected by the disaster. good thing.

But how did Bi Ziyan know that in response to the frequent disasters that followed, Zhu Youxiao had already thought of a response policy. Depending on the level of the disaster, he would reduce or reduce taxes for one to five years, so as to reduce the pressure on the people at the bottom, so that When local disasters occur, the wave of land annexation can be curbed.

The people at the bottom of Ming Dynasty were really suffering.

Zhu Youxiao knew this.

After a year of hard work, after paying taxes, they don’t have much food left for themselves. They even have to plan the seeds to plant in the coming year. This means that many times, they can only eat thin food. Once an uncontrollable disaster occurs, then What awaits them is the sale of their land at a low price, the sale of their children and daughters, or even the destruction of their families in serious cases.

Zhu Youxiao wanted to have a clear idea, that is, if there is a local disaster, pressure must be put on the court and the government, and strict supervision must be carried out during this period. If anyone dares to have a wrong idea in disaster relief, there will be absolutely no Secondly, confiscation of homes and genocide is inevitable.

However, this will definitely be a serious challenge to Ming Dynasty's fragile central finance.

But if you want to force financial changes, this is the path you must take. Otherwise, there is no urgency in being an official. If you encounter problems and just think about shirk and pass them down, then it is impossible for Ming Dynasty to change. ! !

(End of this chapter)