Chapter 1183: Flood

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With too much power, rebellion is a matter of time.

If the Jiedu Envoy of the Tang Dynasty had too much power, rebellion would occur.

A province, and no military power, and no ability to rebel.

Zhang Yu also divided the army into several provinces, and stationed them in the barracks next to the main road. Once they need to be mobilized, they can be mobilized quickly.

Not being stationed in the city makes it impossible for them to collude with administrative officials.

With the separation of the military and the government, the conditions for rebellion are greatly reduced.

Problems in one or two provinces will not lead to overall collapse.

Zhang Yu just wanted to use the relatively mature system of later generations to deal with possible rebellions.

After discussing with the cabinet for several days, Zhang Yu discovered that transportation is still a major factor restricting the governance of this era.

For example, overseas trips may take several months or even more than a year. If the local chief executive does not have great power and wants to go to the capital to ask Zhang Yu for instructions, then let alone day lilies are cold, even volcanoes are cold.

Overseas chiefs can only be rotated once every few years to minimize corruption or rebellion.

Zhang Yu dealt with government affairs for half a month, and this Zhang Yu's regulations on the royal family were also announced.

There are more than 20 regulations that no one expected.

Zhang Yu was so cruel to his own children and grandchildren.

In fact, Zhang Yu is very smart. In a dynasty, there will always be problems in the royal family. Zhang Yu directly asked them to leave the royal family, so that they would not threaten the court, and they could live in relative peace.

Regardless of whether others understand Zhang Yu's approach, he will forcefully advance it.

For several months, Zhang Yu sat in the capital.

All innovations have been relatively smooth. Although there are problems, they can be solved without major problems.

However, trouble finally came.

From the south, come on a fast horse.

There was a flood in the south,

Floods became catastrophes, and large areas were affected, resulting in many refugees.

The cabinet quickly issued instructions after receiving the information and reported to Zhang Yu.

"How's it going?"

After Zhang Yu received the news, he also attached great importance to it.

"Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced, and there is no way to count the number of deaths. It is estimated that there are hundreds of thousands." Zhang Zhao reported.

This is a catastrophe, a very serious disaster.

There was a catastrophe, and there were heavy casualties.

This made Zhang Yu's rhythm messed up.

Originally, various innovations were steadily promoted, and the results were very good, and many things could be resolved, but such an opinion suddenly appeared.

The floods were relentless, just along the Yangtze River, flooding many places.

Local officials have started disaster relief and resettled refugees.

But Zhang Yu also found a big problem.

The cabinet called an emergency meeting.

"My lord, there may be relatively big problems in this disaster relief." Ju Shou said: "Local officials have no right to mobilize military rations, and the army has no right to use general rations for disaster relief."

Zhang Yu and the others had built many granaries in various places before, but most of them were used as military rations.

At the beginning of the war, it was necessary to transfer grain and grass from different places, so Zhang Yu built a large number of granaries in various places.

Under such circumstances, the granaries in various places are full of military rations, and there are also grains and grasses stored by the government, but not many.

Zhang Yu and the others did not expect such a sudden crisis this time.

"Your Majesty, have we divided the area too much? If the flood is divided according to the previous plan, it will affect three provinces. It will be difficult to do it at that time. Now it is in Yangzhou, so we can do it together."

"Once it is really divided into three provinces, officials will not dare to cross borders, or try to blame each other, and may suffer heavy losses." Tian Feng said.

This time, we don't know how much damage the disaster will cause, but I am afraid that the efficiency will be affected to a certain extent.

Local officials do not have enough food to call, and there is no army to use. I am afraid that many unexpected things will happen.

Zhang Yu thought for a while and said: "The strategy of separating the military from the government remains unchanged, and the army will not be stationed in the city. This will not change."

Innovation is in full swing, and Zhang Yu will never give up at this time.

Zhang Yu's firmness made the cabinet heavy.

Zhang Yu's innovation is not bad, but somewhat beyond what this era can bear.

For example, the floods this time were all in Yangzhou, but according to Zhang Yu's division, this place may be divided into three provinces.

At that time, it cannot be carried out in a unified manner, and some unnecessary things may occur at that time.

Local officials have too few resources to mobilize, and it is also very unfavorable to deal with this sudden situation.

Zhang Yu took a deep breath and said, "Local officials now have no food and no army, but they have money in their hands, and they can even go to banks for loans. If they are smart enough to buy food, many problems can still be solved."

Zhang Yu was also worried, not knowing what was going on.

"My lord, my subordinates request to go south to check the disaster situation, and do things cheaply." Zhang Zhao came out and said.

Zhang Zhao has been in Jiangdong for a long time and knows a lot about the situation there.

"Okay, then there is trouble, you still can't mobilize the army, but I can give you an imperial edict, you can mobilize the army rations, you can mobilize all the retired troops and the police." Zhang Yu said.

"I will also let people bring my imperial decree and let the army assist you."

Since the military and government are to be separated, don't destroy it lightly. Even if the matter is urgent this time, Zhang Yu didn't want to make an exception.

After making an exception, it will be difficult to handle.

Tian Feng, Jushou, Guo Jia and others suggested that Zhang Yu divide China into fifteen or sixteen provinces or prefectures. The places close to the capital can be divided into smaller ones, and the places far away from the capital can be divided into larger ones.

But Zhang Yu was unmoved and insisted on his division plan.

Zhang Yu's division plan was also well thought out.

He is not in a hurry to achieve it all at once, but will slowly move towards this goal, and it will be achieved within a few years.

Once the division is completed, there will be many benefits in the future.

Local officials failed to command the army, and the transfer of military rations was also a big problem. The problems exposed this time are not trivial.

"The food is easy to handle, just build another batch of granaries, and the military rations will be supplied separately."

"There are other options for local officials not being able to mobilize troops."

After thinking about it, Zhang Yu said: "We will build a disaster relief army. Fire and flood or other rescue missions will be completed by this team. Their main weapon is a wooden stick, which can stop the mob."

"Cooperating with the police team, it should be able to complete most of the tasks. This army is mainly used for disaster relief. Of course, it can also be armed as a regular army when necessary, but in that case, the empire is already very dangerous."

Zhang Yu wants to build an army that combines the fire brigade and the armed police, mainly borne by ex-soldiers, and by paying them wages, it is also easy to accommodate these retired troops.

Zhang Yu came up with a plan. It’s hard to say what the plan will be. It still needs to be tested, but the cabinet can no longer force Zhang Yu to stop innovation.

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