Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 97 I hope that on that day, others will see me as a human being

"What Hu Weiyong and the others mean is that Si Zuo, the chief envoy of Shanxi Province, replaced the [-] kilograms of grain sent by the court for disaster relief with [-] kilograms of bran, increasing the quantity and saving more people, right?" Yang Xian looked at Liu Bowen and said.

Liu Bowen nodded, and it was precisely because Hu Weiyong and the others were holding on to their righteousness in this matter that he had nothing to say.

Yang Xian smiled and pointed out the key to this matter.

"Teacher, the most important thing you need to know now is whether this leftist political strategist really exchanged [-] jins of grain for [-] jins of bran, or did they embezzle [-] jins of grain and then take the remaining [-] jins of grain? Another [-] kilograms of bran were distributed for disaster relief, which is the most critical point."

"If it is the latter, once it is verified, it will be cut down directly. If you dare to use the food for disaster relief, you will not regret death."

After listening to Yang Xian's words, Liu Bowen came around the corner. Why didn't he think of this?

"But what if it's the former? Does it prove that what the other party did is right." Liu Bowen asked.

Yang Xian did not rush to give an answer, but said: "One pound of rations for three pounds of bran, in absolute terms, can allow more people to survive instead of feeding a small number of people. In relative terms, due to The value is diluted. In all aspects of distributing disaster relief food, it is more difficult for corrupt officials to commit corruption, so the proportion that can eventually be distributed to the victims will indeed be higher. In addition, the value of bran is smaller outside the disaster area, so it is also inhibited Stop the reselling of disaster relief materials and keep profit-seekers away."

"Xiwu also agrees with this approach?" Liu Bowen couldn't help but ask after hearing Yang Xian's words.

Yang Xian shook his head and said: "I'm just saying that this is done at a limited cost and at the expense of reducing the livelihood needs of the victims. It can even be said that the victims are treated as livestock and the court's order of rule in the disaster area is maintained."

The victims did not starve to death on a large scale, nor could they walk, let alone make trouble.

Natural disasters did not turn into man-made disasters.

If the higher-ups don't want the bad reputation of bran disaster relief, they can just use it by borrowing the head of the chief envoy Si Zuo Shen.

This is indeed the best choice for adults like Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong, who are sitting in the Zhongshu Provincial Office.

After all, for the court, the driving force for disaster relief ultimately comes from political needs rather than people's livelihood needs.

However, Yang Xian did not agree.

Yang Xian looked at Liu Bowen and said, "I can't say that the leftist's approach to political participation is wrong, but I don't agree with it, because in my eyes, disaster victims are also human beings."

"I hope that one day, when I become a disaster victim, others will treat me as a human being and serve me a bowl of white porridge instead of bran porridge mixed with sand and rat droppings."

"If this cannot be done, it is not the fault of the victims, it is the incompetence of the court and the incompetence of the civil and military officials of the dynasty."

"That's enough, Xiwu." Liu Bowen interrupted Yang Xian, then stood up and saluted Yang Xian.

"Teacher, this is..." Yang Xian could only stand up.

"A master is a teacher, and Xiwu Ke can be my teacher in this matter." Liu Bowen raised his head and looked at Yang Xian, his eyes filled with relief.

Because this student of his has implemented his ideas with practical actions.

If he had not come to Yangzhou, he would never have believed that there was actually a staple grain yield of four to five thousand kilograms per mu in this world.

"You did it. The potatoes you planted not only gave the victims their lives, but also gave them their dignity as human beings." Liu Bowen said with excitement.

To be honest, it was Liu Bowen's idea to let Yang Xian run hundreds of miles back and forth overnight to buy Kunkun who announced the dawn.

It was also he who advocated letting Yang Xian fight for the position of Yangzhou magistrate.

The original intention was for him to make some achievements here so that he could rise to the top in the future. At the same time, it also had the intention of giving Yang Xian some experience.

But now, Liu Bowen thinks that as a teacher, he does not understand himself as a student well enough.Yang Xian's great talent can serve as the prime minister and assistant of a country.

This idea coincided with Zhu Biao's, but Zhu Biao valued Yang Xian more and believed that he could be the national counselor of the Ming Dynasty.

"How is the disaster relief plan going?" Liu Bowen asked.

Yang Xian answered: "Teacher, I think you have already eaten potatoes. The potatoes in Yangzhou have matured a few days ago. At this time, under the arrangement of His Royal Highness, some of them have been transported to the disaster area. During the next period of time, Ying Tian The potatoes planted before the Nei Zhufu should also mature one after another."

"By then, when the supplies shipped to the disaster area are sufficient and sufficient to overflow, all problems will be solved."

This is productivity.

The improvement of productivity can solve most of the problems of this era.

The dry and vast land.

The victims formed a long queue, and everyone looked numb.

These people had not had enough to eat for who knows how long, and their strength had long been gone. No one knew where they would end. They just followed the team in front and kept walking numbly.

It seems that there is hope of living in this way.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the front. The victims walking in front raised their heads, with a look of astonishment on their faces at first, and then surprise.

"Master Yang Xianyang, the Lord of the Ming Dynasty and the prefect of Yangzhou, has been ordered to provide disaster relief. The porridge shed is not far ahead." The soldiers on horseback looked at the victims and shouted three times in succession.

Then he turned the horse's head and ran forward without looking back.

When these victims heard that there was porridge to drink not far ahead, the hope of survival immediately burst into their eyes.

Then, like crazy, he ran forward as hard as he could.

It's just that they really don't have the strength, and their running doesn't look any different from walking.

The disaster relief food in Sanjin Land was simply not enough to keep them alive.

Therefore, these victims fled all the way south.

There is no doubt that no state or county can accommodate such a huge army of refugees.

Along the way, the gates of all cities were quietly closed, and only porridge sheds were set up outside the city.

In this year of great disaster, the disaster situation in the south is indeed much lighter, but they can only have enough for their own people to survive. The food reserves in the granaries of each state and county are relatively limited.

Each state and county can only provide so much food for disaster relief, and these disaster victims have already known this all along the way.

Therefore, they thought that the soup kitchen ahead was no different from every city they had ever walked through.

There was only so much to eat, and since I went late, there might not even be any rice soup left.

the other side.

In the Yangzhou government office, Liu Bowen watched as Yang Xian took out a map of the state capital and then drew two lines on it with a pen.

(End of this chapter)