Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1454 Jingyang
Dark clouds filled the sky, and the rain was violent.

The pouring rain covered the entire city of Chang'an. The water levels of the rivers in Guanzhong soared, and many embankments were in danger of breaking.

Floods are merciless. Once the river breaks its embankment, the homeland will become the ruins of Zeguo, and the people who live on the land will have to leave their homes and become homeless refugees.

In the Yamen of Jingyang County, Wei Yifang, the magistrate of the county, was sitting in his study, his brows were full of worries, his mood was as gloomy as clouds and rain outside the window.

Ever since Kuai Ma sent the documents from the imperial court to the Yamen, Wei Yi was frightened and out of control.Not only was he worried that the water level of the Jing River would soar and break the dam due to the torrential rain, and that he, the county magistrate, would be the one to blame, but he was also worried about the upcoming officials of the "disaster relief government", especially Fang Jun, the minister of the Ministry of war...

The grievances and grievances between Fang Jun and the Wei family are really incessant and chaotic. Although they are not regarded as political enemies, Wei Yifang knows that the other party has no reason to treat him kindly.

The heavy rain was pouring, and the Youwuwei army had already set out from Chang'an. Since Kuai Ma delivered the documents, the army must have followed.Dozens of officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Shangshu gathered together will arrive as scheduled, which makes Wei Yifang very upset.

All right, why did such an "emergency disaster relief office" pop up?

This is simply killing people!
If the cover could not be covered and was lifted, would Fang Jun sacrifice Shang Fang's sword and kill himself, a corrupt official, first and then play?
Thinking about it this way, even though it was raining like a gust of cool wind, Wei Yifang still had a layer of white sweat on his back...

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Dark clouds hung low, the sky was gloomy, and the rain blocked the sight. Five thousand well-trained Youwuwei troops went upstream along the Weishui River, turned north after reaching Xianyang, and went straight to Jingyang along the official road beside the Jinghe River. .

The rain was too heavy. Fortunately, a layer of cement was paved on the official road. Although there was water everywhere, there was not much mud. The army was advancing quite fast.

Just on the side of the official road, the Jinghe River is rolling and the water is rushing, and there are bursts of roars between the turbulence of the water...

Fang Jun rode his horse and Cheng Yaojin paralleled at the front of the team, the coir raincoat on his body couldn't stop the rain, the clothes inside were all soaked, and when the wind blew, a coolness flooded his whole body.

Fang Jun wiped off the rainwater, saw a shadowy person coming towards him, and asked loudly, "How far is it?"

Cheng Yaojin set up an awning to prevent the rain from pouring into his eyes, looked up for a moment, and replied: "It's less than three miles away, and the road will be there in no time. The people ahead should be people from Jingyang County, right?"

Before the words were finished, the scouts in front rode back and reported: "General, the county magistrate of Jingyang County is here to greet you."

A group of people approached behind him, and one of them jumped off the horse, trotted two steps to Cheng Yao's golden horse, crossed his hands and saluted, "Xiaguan Jingyang County Chancellor Dou Zhili, I have met Lu Guogong and Fang Shilang .”

Cheng Yaojin sat on the horse and let out an "um" through his nostrils, which was barely audible in the wind and rain.

Fang Jun glanced at the county magistrate, wondering if he was a child of the Dou family, but he didn't care, and asked, "How dangerous is the river embankment?"

Dou Zhili was not dissatisfied with Cheng Yaojin's contempt, and immediately replied after hearing the words: "If you go back to the servant, the situation is not stable. Just an hour ago, a wave of flood peak passed by, and the water has already overflowed the embankment. The people and officials in the county are all guarding the dam, and the danger has passed. However, the heavy rain has not stopped, the water has not receded, and the dam has shown signs of collapse in many places.

Although the yamen servants around him held up umbrellas over his head, their official robes had already been soaked by the rain, and their skirts were covered with dirty muddy water. They looked embarrassed and haggard.

The disaster was raging, and Fang Jun didn't bother to ask for more details. He said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty cares about the people of Jingyang, so he assigned us the 'Disaster Emergency Command Yamen' and the Youwuwei army to help build the dam, and we will have more money and food later. When the supplies arrive, please ask Dou Xiancheng to arrange staff to choose a place within the county to settle them properly."

Dou Zhili was overjoyed immediately.

When he saw the document before, he thought it was just the imperial court dispatching a large army to help fight the danger, but now he knows that there are more supplies coming together, which can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need.

Now there are thousands of young and strong people in the city gathered on the dam of the Jinghe River. Although everyone is defending their homes to fight against floods and rescue dangers, as a county government, they must also arrange necessary supplies such as medicine and food. Do you bring meals at home?
However, for some reason, Wei Yifang, the magistrate of the county, repeatedly refused his suggestion to open the free warehouse to get food for the rescuers. The reason was that it was not appropriate to open the free warehouse without an explicit order from the court, and it was only advisable when the disaster was uncontrollable. Relief victims with food.

This made Dou Zhili both puzzled and angry!
"Yi Cang" has been in use since the former Sui Dynasty and has been used until now.

In the third year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the former Sui Dynasty, Changsun Ping was conscripted as Duzhi Shangshu.He saw that many counties and counties in the world suffered from floods and droughts, and the people refused to give them. He ordered the folks to produce millet and wheat below a stone every autumn. The difference between the rich and the poor, etc., stored them in the lanes to prepare for the unlucky year. .

When harvesting, collect grain from households and store it in preparation for relief in famine years.Because it is located in Lishe and managed by local people, it is also called Shecang.Later, the method of accumulation and storage was determined, and the upper, middle and lower taxes were allowed, and the upper household was no more than 1 shi, the middle household was no more than 7 dou, and the lower household was no more than 4 dou.

Since then, states and counties in the world have started to set up righteous warehouses, and whenever there is a famine, they will open warehouses to provide relief.

When the Tang Dynasty was established, the concepts of righteous warehouses and social warehouses were gradually separated. The righteous warehouses were set up by the governments at the prefecture and county levels, and the social warehouses were set up by the society (25 households are one society).

Different from the Changping warehouse established by the state with the main function of stabilizing rice prices, the righteous warehouse is more like a non-governmental behavior, ensuring that the poor among the people in a region receive appropriate relief, and it can also make all the people feel safe in times of disaster. As for no rice to eat.

Although Jingyang is not rich, the land is rich and the people live in peace, the weather is good and there are few natural disasters. Over the years, a lot of food has been hoarded in the righteous warehouse.At present, the Jinghe River flood is imminent, and it is very likely that the river will break its embankment in the next moment. Not to mention that Jingyang on the river bank will be razed to the ground, and even Xianyang not far away will be in danger. If the righteous warehouse is not opened at this time, will it have to wait until Is it okay to feed the rice grains to the fish after the flood breaks the embankment?

But the official rank crushed people to death, even though he said it out loud, the county magistrate Wei Yifang didn't let go, and he couldn't do anything about it.

Facing the hungry people on the embankment who were still rushing to repair the embankment, Dou Zhili felt ashamed but had nothing to do, so he hurriedly left the embankment in the name of the Shangguan. The eyes of the common people asking and probing one after another...

Now that with the arrival of Fang Jun, the food problem has been solved, how can Dou Zhili not be overjoyed and ecstatic?
"Don't worry, Fang Shilang, the officials will personally arrange the placement of the people, and I will guarantee that the food will be safe!"

Dou Zhili replied with an excited expression.

Fang Jun wiped the rain off his face, and said: "Don't gossip, take me to the embankment to see how the situation is. There are many officials from the Ministry of Industry, and they are all experts in river embankment management. Hands are much stronger than the people under your hands!"

When Dou Zhili saw Fang Jun's resolute actions, he naturally wouldn't refuse, but he pondered for a while and said, "It's just that the county magistrate is still waiting for the arrival of the angels in the yamen..."

"You said the magistrate of Jingyang County is still in the yamen?"

Fang Jun was greatly surprised, and raised his thick eyebrows: "Why didn't he go to the embankment to organize rescue? As a parent of a county, how could he not come to the front line to stabilize the army's morale and lead the people of the county to fight the flood and rescue when the natural disasters come from the sky? risk?"

Dou Zhili's heart skipped a beat, he swallowed, and replied hesitantly: "This... the county magistrate has to take control of the overall situation in the middle, after all, to visit the front line in person, and we, the lowly officials, can just go there..."

These words seem to be defending Wei Yifang, the county magistrate, but in fact they are full of resentment...

Fang Jun didn't know if he heard the hidden meaning, and suddenly became angry, and said angrily: "A mere county magistrate, can he pretend that he is the prime minister? Still in the middle? Damn! Where is Liu Ji?"

The last sentence was yelled out behind his back.

All the officials around you are sweating profusely... Listening to this tone, why does it seem that the dignified secretary and servant Yushi is your follower?
Dou Zhili was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak, he was delighted at the success of his trick, but also horrified at Fang Jun's power...

That's Liu Ji!

Who among the civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty was helpless and fearful of his mad dog-like demeanor?
Liu Ji in the crowd behind is so angry, do you need to be so defiant?
(End of this chapter)