Feng Gouqing, after abandoning, walk alone in the world

Chapter 591 What should you do?
The disaster victims soon poured into the vicinity of the capital, because Su Mianyue didn't deliberately give an order, the first batch of disaster victims entered Yanjing smoothly, but the latter who wanted to enter the capital were stopped by the city defense soldiers.

This has been the rule since ancient times. The disaster victims flooded into the capital in large numbers. No one can guarantee what the consequences will be, so the only way is to stop it.

In recent days, the morning court has been discussing how to deal with this matter.

The appearance of so many victims has caused panic. If they cannot be resettled in a timely and secure manner, there will be more harmful rumors, and even the victims may do some radical things.

The most important thing is that plagues are prone to appear after disasters. Those victims have died along the way, and even those who are still alive are sick. No one can guarantee whether their existence will spread the virus.

However, the courtiers have not come up with an effective solution for three days in a row. One is that there are several wars in Yan State that urgently need food and grass rescue, and the other is that the number of these victims is too large. , and there are still disaster victims who continue to move towards Yanjing.

"Quiet!" Seeing Su Mianyue's brows slightly frowned, Ji Xiang hurriedly yelled, his sharp voice made the hall completely quiet.

The red-faced officials who were arguing about the resettlement of the victims only remembered that they were in the Golden Luan Hall. These days, their voices became louder and louder every day, and the chaos was similar to that of a vegetable market. up.

"Your families are really the pillars of the country. Nearly ten thousand people are eating grass roots and bark outside the city, but you have the strength to argue loudly here. I would like to ask a question, your family has too much food and is full. Really?" Su Mianyue's question was a bit vulgar, but her anger was obvious.

All the officials knelt down to plead guilty, but Su Mianyue snorted coldly: "The emperor entrusted the government affairs to the palace, and entrusted the country and the people to the noble families. This is how you repay the emperor's trust and trust. How can the emperor feel at ease when he is fighting abroad?"

"The minister is guilty, and the minister is terrified." All the ministers hurriedly pleaded guilty again.

"Heh, if you want to apologize, go to the border in person, and if you are afraid of losing your head, go outside the city and ask the people who are waiting to feed their stomachs to survive, what should you do!" Su Mianyue dropped the teacup beside her, and all the officials His body trembled but he didn't dare to answer.

Whether it is going to the border to plead guilty, or asking the people what crime they deserve, they are all sent to die, and no one will hit the gun.

"In three days, do you know how many people who counted on the imperial court to give them a way out were starved to death? Although Yanjing is not cooled, it is not possible for those poor people to survive. You are arguing here, but you can't come up with a solution If you have a constructive proposal, you don't even know the real situation of the victims, or even how many victims there are, so what's the use of the imperial court supporting you with your salary?" Su Mianyue's voice became a little harsher.

Right Prime Minister, as the head of all the officials, had no choice but to go out against the wind and said: "Queen Empress, please calm down. I think that the matter of disaster relief needs to be carefully discussed, but the problem of food and clothing for the people must be solved first. If it is delayed for a day, it will not be resolved." How many people have lost their lives, let the empress decide."

In the past three days, the right minister has always insisted on resettling the victims first, at least so that everyone can survive with a bite to eat, but the people below have expressed their opinions and have never made a rescue plan.

Su Mianyue's anger was slightly extinguished, she knew what to do, she felt sorry for seeing many people starved to death in the past few days, but if she didn't do this, she wouldn't be able to find out who was behind the scenes, so it was She signaled the right minister and Ji Qin not to stand alone.

Ji Qinzi came out as a prince and proposed: "The grain depot is the foundation of victory in the front line. Although I can't defend my home and country, I am willing to contribute a small amount to the prosperity of the country. There are several Zhuangzi under my name. I do have some food in reserve, and I would like to donate tens of thousands of tons of food to help the common people tide over the crisis temporarily."

Ji Qin's words caused an uproar, not to mention the value of the tens of thousands of grains, what Ji Qin did was to force them to bring out the grain, otherwise he would be disloyal to the emperor and the people.

The minister on the right said in agreement: "The minister seconded the proposal and is willing to donate [-] dans of grain."

The two leading figures had already set an example, and the other ministers could not remain silent, and many people immediately followed suit.

However, the lower the official rank, the less donations there are, and there are also children from poor families who blushed and donated several hundred catties of food, but everyone did not mean to laugh at it, and they all knew that the donation could only be donated by their whole family.

Su Mianyue was quite satisfied with this result, and seeing that Eunuch Qing had recorded the words of the courtiers, she said, "Your family is interested, this list will be kept by the palace, and rewards will be given after the emperor's class teacher returns to court. "

"The ministers and others share the worries of the king, and dare not ask for rewards." The right minister took the lead, and all the officials hurriedly bowed.

Su Mianyue just smiled and said nothing.

After scraping off the skin of these people, who will do their best if they don't give them some sweetness?I'm afraid that these people will find ways to make up for it from other places, and it will be the common people who will suffer at that time.

"The number of victims cannot be determined for the time being, and I don't know how long the food donated by your family will last. After the morning court, your family will order people to transport the donated food to the household department, and store the relief food separately." Su Mianyue said in a brisk tone. After a few minutes, he paused and continued: "In order to ensure that more victims can survive, the limit is temporarily limited to three bowls of porridge per person per day. The Palace will also donate [-] tons of sweet potatoes, which will be used together with rice grains as disaster relief food. "

The yield of sweet potatoes is high, and [-] dan is not too much, but with sweet potatoes, some rice can be saved, so it is not difficult to wait until next year's autumn harvest.

As for the food tax paid by the people in other areas not affected by the disaster, it must be used at the border.

"Si Nongqing, I have ordered you to assist the household department and other yamen in this disaster relief matter. I believe that you are better able to do a good job if you come from a farming family. Don't let me down." Su Mianyue made a separate call to prevent anyone from taking advantage of troubled waters. The food left the common people hungry. "The number of victims is so large that it is inevitable that there will be an epidemic. The imperial hospital will arrange manpower to go to the doctor, and a notice will be issued in the name of the imperial court to mobilize doctors and pharmacies in Kyoto to help. Those who make meritorious deeds will be rewarded by the imperial court." .”

After explaining these things, Su Mianyue gave everyone a two-day deadline, asking them to come up with a feasible disaster relief plan, otherwise they would resign and return to the field.

After the early court, Su Mianyue ordered Ji Qin and the right minister to be invited to the study, and after being seated, she went straight to the topic and asked, "Did you find any abnormalities in the past three days?"

"Almost all the victims were old and weak, women and children, and only a few victims were in good health, but no abnormalities have been found for the time being." Ji Qin replied, showing that he really paid attention to this matter.

The Prime Minister on the right frowned and said: "What I found is consistent with the prince, but I always feel that something is wrong. Why are the victims of the disaster all old and weak women and children? Even if there is a disaster, it stands to reason that most of the people who can survive are young and middle-aged That's right, and the few middle-aged people among the victims are in good health, and they don't seem to have come out of the disaster area."

"My Palace has already sent people to investigate. It was not their intention that the disaster victims gathered in the capital this time, but someone secretly arranged it. As for the whereabouts of those young and middle-aged men, we have no way of knowing for the time being. Those disaster victims have kept their mouths secret." Su Mianyue His voice was slightly cold, and he looked at the two of them and said, "Recently, the capital is not peaceful. You are the emperor's most trusted ministers, and my palace also relies heavily on you. Now is an extraordinary period, and the court must be vigilant. Once there is a riot or other things that we don't expect I'm afraid it will affect the stability of the country."

(End of this chapter)