Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

Under the disaster relief provided by the imperial court at all costs, in this land of Shaanxi, which has been drought for several years, in various prefectures and counties, construction projects in full swing can already be seen everywhere.

The only thing that is different from the past may be that it is not the local officials who control the money and food, but the Ministry of Households allocates funds, the Ministry of Industry coordinates, and then, under the leadership of officials sent by the Ministry of Industry, construction is carried out in various places.

The emperor's instructions are very clear, one water conservancy, two roads.

But now, the Wei River is almost dry, and it is undoubtedly the best time to manage it.

Therefore, after the joint survey by the Ministry of Industry and the Daheng Institute of Engineering, almost immediately, they decided to take advantage of the opportunity of drying up to control the Weihe River, which had flooded many times, and at the same time choose a place to build a reservoir and water conservancy.

In the past, river management was nothing more than repairing dikes and planting trees to prevent soil erosion.

And now, nothing more than that.

However, the dry Weishui is obviously much easier to manage than the flooded Weishui, and it is much easier to build reservoirs and water conservancy facilities.

Coupled with the assistance of the Daheng Institute of Technology, the systematic use of gunpowder, and the breaking of rocks...

The most important thing is that the emergence of cement can greatly improve the effect of governance.

Of course, in this year of catastrophe, such a project would cost a huge amount of money and food.

Hundreds of thousands of victims gathered along the Wei River in the disaster-stricken area. Under the direct coordination of the Ministry of Industry, they worked day and day.

If such a large-scale recruitment was done in the past, there must have been a lot of public dissatisfaction, but now, under the years of drought, the fields have dried up, and the water source is so scarce that it is difficult to supply people with drinking. It is impossible to supply it on a large scale. farmland.

The common people couldn't live any longer. Facing the disaster relief project in charge of food and housing, although they worked hard, at least they could survive.

And under the strict order of the emperor, there are layers of supervision, at least, as in the past dynasties when large-scale projects were carried out, it is difficult to see such a waste of life.

In addition, the emperor allocated money and food at almost any cost, and after the reform, the fields that have been allocated to households, and the tax exemption policy for disaster-stricken areas...

All these, but also in this difficult year, barely maintained the stability of the disaster area.

And this large-scale engineering scene is not only in Shaanxi, but in today's Daheng world, Sichuan, Shandong, etc., in all famine-stricken areas, large or small projects have started disaster relief.

Compared with the previous imperial court's attitude towards the disaster area, today's Daheng and today's emperor, even though they are in financial constraints, still maintain a disaster relief effort that is rare in history!

The so-called take it from the people and use it for the people.

In the case of taxation, countless homes were ransacked, and the huge amount of money and food obtained was also consumed like running water under this large-scale disaster relief project that is rare in history.

Under such a large-scale disaster relief project in the north, it is naturally impossible for the emperor to sit on the fact that the food in the official warehouses in various places is exhausted. Under the will of the emperor, drought-resistant crops such as sweet potatoes and corn have never been available. At the same speed as before, it spread to the land suitable for planting in Daheng Tianxia.

The Ministry of Households, the inner court commercial firm, purchased grain from all over the world almost without restriction.

In Ningbo Port, the most sought-after cargo is grain!

Whether it is a Xiyi merchant or a hypocrite merchant, as long as the grain is transported to Ningbo Port, there is almost no need to consider any sales. The Ningbo Shipyard will directly buy it at the market price, and then directly transport it to the north by water or sea. !

Such a scene is also true in the major towns bordering on the pseudo-ming!

Although the puppet Ming Dynasty banned grain from entering the north many times, under the impetus of interests, just like the sea ban in the Ming Dynasty, it can stop ordinary people, but cannot stop vested interests!

There are even quite a few false generals who directly sell off their military rations...

Water transportation, sea transportation, large ships full of grain, transported grain from north to south almost day and night, supporting the determination of the emperor!

Under such a large-scale acquisition, even the price of grain in Jiangnan has more than doubled!

In the rich and prosperous Jiangnan, under this kind of food madness, food shortages have appeared in many places!

And under the various big strategies that are constantly raging, the war preparations to pacify Jiangnan are also proceeding in an orderly manner.

A war to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops, a war to subdue half of the world, obviously cannot be completed in a month or two.

From the beginning of March in the fourth year of Zhaowu, the emperor made a strategy of attacking the south and defending the north, and now in July of the fourth year of Zhaowu, preparations for this war are still in full swing.

According to the past practice, even if hundreds of thousands of troops are mobilized by the long-war Daheng military system, it will take more than a month at most to complete the war preparations.

After all, strictly speaking, Jiangnan has been in a state of war from the very beginning, and there has never been a truce. Even under the overwhelming situation in the north, Jiangnan's heavy troops have not been mobilized.

Later, with the return of the emperor's personal conquest, some troops and generals were dispatched, food, grass and military equipment were allocated to complete the hoarding of heavy troops against the puppet Ming Dynasty.

All kinds of pre-plan drills, with heavy troops all over the south of the Yangtze River, have already been drilled for an unknown number of times.

But this time, the pure and capable military system was mixed with the civil service system. This pure and capable military system was naturally brought to the bottom of the valley.

The entire military system has also fallen into a rough adjustment period.

And to pacify Jiangnan, the focus is on maintaining stability and eliminating danger!

War preparations are preparations, and when to fight depends on when the navy can completely seal off the sea area.

Up to now, after several months of stumbling and preparing, the invincible sharp-edged warfare has slowly become ready to go.

Just wait for the running-in of this system that is tending to the right track to be completed, and the good news for the Navy will come.

Daheng's hundreds of thousands of troops will sweep across the south of the Yangtze River with the momentum of thunder, and dominate the mountains and rivers!

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Chapter 551 Fierce Cooking Oil! 3000

Beijing.

It was mid-July, and the sun was scorching, but the Daheng Capital City was still steaming wantonly.

Although there are continuous disasters in various parts of the world, they obviously cannot affect the prosperity of this capital.

The streets are full of traffic, and there are endless vendors on both sides of the street, and the sound of hawking and drinking can be heard endlessly.

Merchants and travelers lined up at the gate of the city to transport goods from all over the world to this capital, which is the center of the world.

"It looks like prosperity, but it's like a fire cooking oil..."

The Son of Heaven strolled through the city tower, looking at the bustling scene inside and outside the city, and sighed quietly.

Beside the emperor, Jing, Liao, and the two princes in armor, also looked at each other, not understanding what the emperor meant.

The emperor did not explain, but the solemnity between his brows increased a bit.

In the past, although the imperial court ruled the world, it was limited to the corrupt ruling system of the pre-Ming Dynasty, and did not have a detailed understanding of the specific conditions of various places.

That is, muddle along!

At the end of the second year of Zhaowu, the big tax case was raised, which lasted for a whole year, swept the whole world, and completely destroyed the original order. At the same time, the reform was carried out. Today, the reform has been going on for a year, and the new order , has basically been established.

Under this new order, the imperial court's dominance over various places will naturally rise to a brand new state.

What followed, of course, was that the entire world, the specific situation of nearly a thousand counties, was clearly placed in front of him, the emperor.

There is no doubt that even though the big tax case at the beginning caused a huge blow to the economy and people's livelihood of the whole world, with the reform of the abolition of business registration and the encouragement of business policies, there are still four years of Zhaowu. The huge amount of wealth invested by the imperial court in the world has also brought up the declining business and economy of Daheng from the bottom with an unprecedented force.

The restrictions on cement have long since been lifted, and various dignitaries have entered the market one after another, and private commercial firms have also taken advantage of the general trend of this era to develop rapidly.

And under the deliberate leadership of the emperor, the commercial firms headed by the inner court, except grain, iron, salt, and armaments, which are related to the pillar industries of the country, the rest of the industry is also slowly shrinking one after another.

The market left behind by the contraction of the Royal Commercial Bank will naturally be slowly swallowed up by private commercial firms. The Daheng economy, which is so multi-pronged and waiting to be revived, is naturally slowly recovering.

Coupled with the education pilot and the deepening of major reforms, the situation in the world seems to be in good shape.

But in fact, if we delve deeper, the current Daheng world is already in a state of raging fire!

The development of commerce benefited from the imperial government's policy encouragement for commerce, and also benefited from this large-scale disaster relief project.

With policy support and infrastructure to drive commercial development, while providing relief to the victims and maintaining stability, it also preserves the fundamentals of the land and increases the court's business tax revenue!

This seems to be a good thing to have both fish and bear's paw.

But among them, there is a fatal loophole.

That is the disaster victims!

After nearly a year, the population statistics of Daheng have been completed. Excluding most of the south of the Yangtze River occupied by the pseudo-Ming, the population of Daheng is more than 890 million people.

But now, most of the north is under the influence of natural disasters. The only difference may be whether the natural disasters are serious or not.

The people directly or indirectly affected by natural disasters accounted for nearly half of the total population of Daheng!

Such a horrible disaster situation, the reason why Daheng can still support it now is because of its sound and effective ruling system and disaster relief at any cost!

Of course, there is the most important reform subfield!

This is the most important measure for disaster relief and stability maintenance.

However, the distribution of fields to households also requires planting. The less disaster-stricken areas are better. The people have fields and hope. No matter how small-scale the disaster relief strategy is, it can barely maintain a stable place.

However, in the severely affected areas, the land was divided, but it was difficult to plant it under successive years of drought. This is tantamount to the responsibility of the imperial court.

Until now, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Industry, there are more than 350 million young and strong people participating in projects in various places!

Among them, there are nearly 100 million young and strong, who are located in places that have been severely affected by disasters, such as Shaanxi, which has been droughted for years, and most of the fields are difficult to grow.

According to the current disaster relief policy formulated by the imperial court, one of them is naturally engineering disaster relief, which will remain stable for the time being.

The second is to promote drought-tolerant crops such as corn and sweet potatoes on a large scale.

Even if these drought-tolerant crops have a limited ability to withstand drought, it is obvious that if they can alleviate the disaster in a place, they can at least ensure the stability of the people in a place.

As for the places that cannot be alleviated, it is necessary to rely on the continuous engineering relief of the imperial court, or the orderly relocation of the people.

With such a strategy, one can imagine how great the pressure of disaster relief is!

There are more than 350 million young and strong people participating in the project, behind which there are at least 300 million disaster-stricken families in need of relief, and the number of people involved is at least nearly [-] million!

According to the imperial court's policy of disaster relief and stability maintenance, the projects in various places not only cannot squeeze the people's power, but also need to treat the young and strong victims of the disasters participating in the projects well!

Only in this way can the ultimate goal of maintaining stability be achieved!

Involving more than 350 million young and strong people, according to the current disaster relief policy of the imperial court, it is not only necessary to ensure that the young and strong participating in the project can have enough food, but also leave a surplus of food, which can maintain the stability of the millions of families behind it, and provide great relief to the imperial court. Promote drought-tolerant crops on a large scale, or relocate people in disaster-stricken areas, leaving time.

It is conceivable that such an intensive disaster relief effort will consume such a terrifying amount of money and food!

According to the rough statistics of the Ministry of Household Affairs, if we want to continue to maintain this huge project disaster relief strategy, we need to invest 800 million shi of grain in just the fourth year of Zhaowu![-] million taels of silver!

Of course, according to the calculation of the Ministry of Household Affairs, as long as it lasts until the autumn harvest, places that can grow drought-tolerant crops will harvest in succession, and the people will have land and food, and the pressure will naturally be reduced a lot.

The money and food that needs to be consumed will also be reduced a lot.

But no matter what, the Son of Heaven knows that this Little Ice Age is far from over, and the disaster situation has not stopped, that is to say, for many years to come, Daheng will need to maintain a high consumption of disaster relief investment!

In order to maintain the stability of the country amidst these natural disasters!

Obviously, under such natural disasters, the people at the bottom are always affected.

The upper and middle classes enjoy the commercial dividends brought by the times and eat a lot, while the people at the bottom are still struggling for a bite to eat in the midst of natural disasters!

And if this continues, resources and channels will naturally be monopolized by the middle and upper classes.

After all, with so many ordinary people, even if they survive, they have to rely on the relief of the court, so what else is there to talk about?

read?Practice martial arts?

Which one does not need money and food support?

And the upper class dignitaries will be affected by the disaster?The middle-class landlords and gentry, even if they don't stare at the ground for food, can still take the assets of the family and find another way.

And the people...

According to the emperor's expectation, the common people will be able to get rich gradually if the land is divided and the agricultural tax is not high. Coupled with the education system he plans to roll out, the common people at the bottom will naturally have a way out.

But now, nearly half of the people in Daheng are affected by the disaster. According to the trend of natural disasters in later generations, there may be more people affected by natural disasters in the future!

The gap between the rich and the poor will only get bigger and bigger, and now most of Daheng's wealth is related to the powerful, that is to say, a new interest class is slowly taking shape!

But the people at the bottom will only become more and more serious with the impact of natural disasters, and it is difficult for the poor to have a noble child!

Under the circumstances that it is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son, this new interest class will only become more and more stable, and in the end, the class will be solidified!

Obviously, today's Daheng is prosperous like brocade, but it's like... a raging fire cooking oil!Such as... a castle in the air!

While thinking about it, the dignified look on the eyebrows of the emperor became more and more intense.

The ultimate root cause is obviously still above this unstoppable natural disaster!

What he can do is to adopt various disaster relief measures as much as possible to reduce the number of people affected by the disaster and improve the people's ability to resist disasters.

Of course, there is also the need to spread the education system!

The people at the bottom are unable to support a scholar, so the imperial court will come to help!

Take it from the people and use it to the people!

Then let the rich first, to drive the rich later!

It is enough to form a benign smooth channel, and the solidification of class can also be confined to a small area.

To do this, the most important thing is money and food.