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"How do you think the court should deal with these disaster victims?"

"50, there are too many victims, what should I do..."

"That's right, the national treasury is already in a hurry after years of wars. How can there be so much money to settle these victims?"

The ministers began to discuss.

But no one could come up with a charter.

"What's the best strategy for Mr. Shoufu?"

Emperor Zhengqing began to order generals.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the old minister thought that they should be stopped by state and county officers and soldiers. Now that the capital is empty of troops and the treasury is not rich, how can they accommodate so many disaster victims? If these disaster victims are allowed to enter the capital, in case they are instigated by people with ulterior motives, wait for the opportunity Wouldn't the capital be in danger if there was chaos?"

Emperor Zhengqing's pupils shrank.

What He Shanbao said, even he was not sure what he was thinking?

If it is said that he is loyal and wholeheartedly thinking of him, he is worried that someone will take the opportunity to rebel against him... Anyway, Emperor Zhengqing doesn't believe it.

If it is said that he harbors evil intentions, does he mean to stir up a civil uprising on purpose, what good will it do him?

"No!"

Fang Shou frowned and objected.

"Refugees can be avoided but not blocked, and blocking will stimulate popular uprisings.

Now Russia is at war with our Great Chu, but the capital is still stable, and the surrounding prefectures, prefectures, and counties should be ordered to set up porridge sheds to resettle the victims.

The household department should also provide money and food to set up porridge factories and grass sheds outside the city for the victims of the disaster to recuperate.After the war is over, the refugees can disperse. "

Second assistant Yang Pu said: "Master Fang's words are inappropriate...

This is not tens of thousands or tens of thousands of refugees, but nearly a million!If it is all supported by the imperial court, how can the imperial court have so much food and silver?

Now the national stockpile of grain is only more than [-] shi, if it is all eaten by the victims, what will the [-] soldiers in the capital and the soldiers at the border pass eat?

Furthermore, it is impossible for the imperial court to run out of food so that there is no food for emergency use..."

"Isn't this an emergency?"

"Refugees are a big issue, but how can it be bigger than the front line of the border? If the army runs out of food and hundreds of thousands of enemy troops rush into Dachu, the victims will be far more than the current refugees."

Fang Shou said angrily: "Then why are we letting it go like this? That would cost the lives of nearly a million ordinary people!"

"You can't ignore it, but you can't ignore it like Mr. Fang said..."

Yang Pu said.

"Hmph!" Fang Shou snorted coldly, and stopped talking to him.

In fact, if there were not too many victims this time, he would not have argued with Yang Pu.His main achievement lies in his academic studies. He did not expect to be promoted to the cabinet by Emperor Zhengqing in his later years.In these years, he rarely had disputes with anyone in the court.

Just when the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were discussing how to deal with the huge number of refugees, Zhang Ziwen, a member of the criminal department, suddenly came out and said: "My minister Zhang Ziwen has something to say!"

"Play." Emperor Zhengqing said.

"The minister wants to impeach Tu Fei, the grain official in Taicang stationed in Tianjin. He has been serving vegetarian meals, embezzled and dereliction of duty. He has resold Taicang grain all the year round and filled his own pockets, so that the Tianjin sub-warehouse named [-] shi new grain has only a few hundred shi new grain, and the rest is accumulated. Some of the old grains that have been more than ten years old have already become so moldy and rotten that they have become filthy and corroded the warehouses.

Such actions are truly heinous.

The minister also wanted to impeach He Jichai, the prefect of Tianjin, for his greed for power, corruption and bribery, and to serve as a protective umbrella for corrupt officials like Tu Fei. Openly threatening the humble official who was ordered to run a business...

These officials with obvious crimes are really a cancer of our Great Chu Dynasty. I ask Your Majesty to punish these two people so as to rectify the court discipline! "

Emperor Zhengqing's face was extremely ugly, and said: "Is there such a thing?"

Lin Ruhai came out and said: "There is such a mistake in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and my minister is really guilty of negligence that cannot be shirked. Your Majesty, please come down!"

"Lin Aiqing doesn't need to be too harsh on herself. Even if this happened, it was caused by a traitor and has nothing to do with Aiqing. Aiqing has only been in charge of the household department for more than a year, and the affairs of the household department are cumbersome and complicated. It is impossible to cover everything. The punishment is No, it’s better to review what Zhang Ziwen said.” Emperor Zhengqing was already angry just now, but he didn’t expect Lin Ruhai to take the initiative to plead guilty, which caused Emperor Zhengqing’s anger to dissipate, and comforted him in turn. ...

It really made all the ministers feel bad.

If other people make mistakes, have you ever seen Emperor Zhengqing speak so softly?

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your innocence." Naturally, Lin Ruhai was not so short-sighted as to insist that Emperor Zhengqing punish him.

Originally, what happened today was discussed between him and Zhang Ziwen.

"Taicang is known as the four major granaries of 'Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang' in the capital. These four granaries store more than 70 shi of grain all year round, and can even reach more than 100 million shi in good years.

If these grains are not used up, they can be stored for up to three years. That is to say, in addition to the new grains of the year, the remaining old grains will be stored twice at most before being completely discarded and cleared out of the warehouse.

Therefore, most of the previous officials of the household department will deal with the old grain at a discount of [-]% or [-]% to the grain merchants before the new grain is put into the warehouse in the third year.

This was an unavoidable loss to ensure that the treasury had fresh grain available at any time.

This is not only the case with the national treasury, but also with local official warehouses.

However, many corrupt officials took advantage of the loopholes in this system to resell the new grain and put the old grain in the warehouse to make up for the inspection from above.

Even if there is one that shows a flaw, it's just a little money stuffed, and it's over.After all, new grain came in in the second year, and when the Shangzuo said that the old grain had been disposed of, no one knew it!

Ever since Weichen became the Minister of the Household Department, he has also noticed such things, but every time he wanted to investigate, someone would fill in the loopholes.Coupled with the tense war with Russia this year, they did not delve into this matter.

Because Wei Chen personally inspected, Taicang's four major warehouses in the capital are compliant, and there are indeed enough new grains.Last year, the grain storage in these four warehouses alone was not exhausted, and Weichen did not go to Tianjin, Shuiqing and other affiliated warehouses to check in person.

It was because the war lasted for more than half a year, and seeing countless disaster victims pouring into the capital, Wei Chen was eager to count all the grain in the treasury, including the six subsidiary warehouses.

Among them, Zhang Zhuangyuan was sent by Weichen to Tianjin. Unexpectedly, after Zhang Zhuangyuan came back, he reported the matter truthfully to Weichen.Weichen never expected that the people below would be so courageous and greedy that they haven't let a new grain go into the warehouse for more than ten years...

This can no longer be described with the word corruption, it has reached the level of insanity!

However, the imperial court is at the time of food supply at this time.Today, the four major warehouses in the capital have a total of only 15 million shi in Dagu, and a total of 18 shi in sorghum!Originally, there should be a total of [-] million shi of grain on the books of the six auxiliary warehouses. In this way, the national treasury only has more than [-] shi of grain. If Shuiqing, Tongzhou, etc. are like Tianjin, the court will immediately fall into a shortage of grain. situation...

Since Zhang Zhuangyuan's trip to Tianjin has already happened, I dare not send the cadres of the household department to investigate, and implore your majesty to go and investigate thoroughly with the brocade army! "

As soon as Lin Ruhai's remarks came out, it was obviously premeditated. Not only did he want to go along with Zhang Ziwen's words, punish the prefect of Tianjin and the grain manager Tu Fei attached to the warehouse in Tianjin, but also completely announce the bad policy of exchanging old grain for new grain to the world!

At this moment, I don't know how many old cases will be brought up and how many people will be involved.

All the courtiers and workers were terrified, and many officials who had been involved in the matter were trembling.

"Okay, good to you guys!!

If I remember correctly, he, He Jichai, is the nephew of your chief minister, right?