Chapter 867: The Pioneer of Both Medical Treatment and Relief! I Want to Offer Sacrifice to the Earth Dragon!

Qin Wangzheng September 1st.

Xianyang Palace, Qilin Palace.

In the main hall, the ministers gathered together, and Lu Buwei stood under the high platform and spitted.

"Every time there is a natural disaster, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Guizhou leaders die as a result. This is not only the tragedy of all the people, but also the tragedy of our great Qin!"

"The great prosperity of a country is more important than the system, food, utensils, generals, ministers, and kings, but even more important is Dingkou!"

"Using the court's money and food to help the victims is not a reward for the victims, but a pity for the country's strength!"

"The truth is, I am admonishing the king to provide relief to the victims not only for the sake of benevolent government for the people, but also for the prosperity of our great Qin!"

After roaring, Lu Buwei quickly moistened his lips with saliva.

Nearly half a month has passed since the earthquake in Zheng County.

During this half-month period, Ying Chengyu went deep into the front line, Lu Buwei maintained logistics, and Ying Zheng faced pressure from all parties. The three of them worked together to continue to do their best to rescue the victims.

But Ying Chengyu only needs to go through life and death on the front line, while Ying Zheng and Lu Buwei have many things to consider.

Regarding the dispute over this disaster relief, the DPRK and China have been arguing for nearly half a month but there is still no outcome!

Feng Quji said in a deep voice: "I know that Xiangbang is thinking about our great Qin."

"Of course, I also hope that the Prime Minister will not only think about our Great Qin for a moment, but also think about our Great Qin forever."

"Did the suffering of the victims contribute to our great Qin?"

"It's useless!"

"In the fourth year of the Qin Dynasty, the Prime Minister ordered all counties and counties to set up Changpingcang to deal with natural disasters."

"During the locust plague in the past, the grain stored in our Daqin granary was not enough to help the victims. The prime minister ordered all the people to donate grain in exchange for titles, and then used this grain to help the victims!"

"Although this move has saved the lives of many victims, it has made all the people feel lazy and lazy. They don't know how to save themselves when disaster strikes, but wait for the government to provide relief!"

Feng Quji said heartbrokenly: "We in Da Qin have a proverb: Treating disasters is hard, eating well. Relieving disasters and flattering people are suffering!"

"In the past, all the people of the Qin Dynasty would consciously prepare for natural disasters, which led to the habit of hiding food in the mountains. A prosperous hometown could even store three years of food to deal with natural disasters."

"But this time the earth dragon in Zheng County has turned around, the food stored by the people in Zheng County is only enough for a few months."

“It’s all thanks to the Zheng County Granary and the assistance from the counties in Guanzhong that Zheng County can hold on until next year’s autumn harvest!”

"It's only been eleven years since Da Qin established Chang Pingcang!"

Feng Quji was not opposing for the sake of opposition, nor was he dissatisfied with Lu Buwei.

It is a collision between two ideas of governing the country!

From the perspective of Da Qin's current legal concept, any behavior of getting something for nothing should not be allowed, including orphanages, almshouses, and disaster relief, etc., should be abolished. Only those who have made meritorious service to the court can be punished by the court. Get money or food.

The risk of natural disasters and the losses caused by natural disasters have nothing to do with the imperial court. They should be borne by the victims themselves. After bearing the losses, the victims must not forget to pay taxes to the imperial court, let alone escape privately.

The fundamental purpose of "disaster control" in Feng Quji's words is not to help the victims, but to prevent people from fleeing privately, resulting in loss of productivity or causing large-scale rebellion!

This idea of ​​​​governing the country directly prompted every old Qin citizen to work or fight desperately regardless of age, and did not dare to relax for a moment. As a result, the national power of the Qin Dynasty soared, and the leader of the Qin Dynasty became warlike.

At the same time, the people of Lao Qin had to make more preparations for their lives, and then developed a series of habits of storing food in cellars in ravines and protecting wild beasts in the mountains for disaster years.

Although letting the victims rescue themselves will indeed cause more casualties, I don't know how much food this move can save Daqin and how much people's power it can seize!

If every time Daqin encounters a natural disaster, it will go all out to rescue like this time.

Da Qin's granary simply cannot bear it!

What's even more frightening is that the Great Qin Chang Pingcang has only been established for eleven years, and the ability of the people of the Great Qin to save themselves has not yet deteriorated significantly.

As the ability and will of the people of Great Qin to save themselves continue to weaken, God knows how much people, money and food will be spent by Great Qin on disaster relief in the future!

Our Daqin is so poor!

Feng Quji spoke heartbreakingly, and Chunyu Yue rebuked with awe-inspiring righteousness: "In the past, the state of Zou was at war with the state of Lu. Thirty-three officials of the state of Zou were killed in the battle, but the soldiers sat back and watched the officials being killed without doing anything and no one died in the battle. Duke Mu of Zou asked for advice. Yu Mencius!”

"Mencius said: In the bad years and the famine, your people, the old and the weak, turn into the ravines, and the strong ones are scattered in all directions. There are thousands of them! However, your warehouses are solid and your treasury is full. There is no one to complain to. This is the superior. It's slow and useless. Zeng Zi said: "Be careful! What's wrong with you is contrary to you." You, the people, will do the opposite! Come on, it’s a long time to die!”

"During the famine in the Tsou Kingdom, all the granaries of the Tsou Kingdom were overflowing, and the treasuries were piled with treasures, but they sat back and watched the old and the weak abandon their corpses in the ravines, while the young and the young fled in all directions! This is actually what officials from all over the country are doing to the head of Guizhou with contempt!"

"As Zengzi said, how do you treat others, and how do they treat you?"

"Officials from various places have treated the head of Guizhou with contempt and cruelty, and the head of Guizhou will naturally choose the opportunity to retaliate against the officials from various places, and even the imperial court!"

Chunyu Yue faced Ying Zheng and solemnly raised his hands and said: "If your Majesty implements benevolent government and provides relief to the victims, the head of Guizhou will naturally get close to his superior and be willing to die for his superior."

"Otherwise, the head of Guizhou will rebel against our great Qin!"

Yuan Shou also stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "In the past, Liang Kingdom Hanoi suffered a natural disaster. King Hui of Liang moved the people of Hanoi to the east of the river and moved the millet of Liang Kingdom to Hanoi. King Hui of Liang thought that his country governance was far better than that of his neighboring countries, and his country had a small population. However, the population did not increase more than that of neighboring countries. King Hui of Liang asked Mencius in confusion.

"Mencius believed that disaster relief is like two armies fighting. Soldiers from neighboring countries stopped at 100 steps when fleeing from the battlefield, while soldiers from Liang State stopped at 50 steps when fleeing from the battlefield. King Hui of Liang's words are really a case of laughing at someone who is 50 steps away from the enemy!"

"To treat without relief is to desert the battlefield. Only by combining treatment and relief can we win the battle!"

Mencius can be said to be the pioneer of disaster relief in China and a milestone of both treatment and relief!

In the general environment where most kings and scholars believed that the country should treat disasters but not provide disaster relief, Mencius successively advised many kings such as Duke Mu of Zou and King Hui of Liang to implement disaster relief strategies, and successfully persuaded King Qi to open Tangyi warehouse to provide relief to the victims, which influenced the social atmosphere with his own strength.

As the inheritors of Mencius' Confucianism, Chunyu Yue and other doctors have been crazy about helping Ying Chengjiao to carry the banner as if they were injected with chicken blood in recent days!

Without waiting for more Confucian scholars to come out to help, Feng Quji asked in a deep voice: "Where does the money and grain for disaster relief come from?"

"You all think that providing relief to the victims can make them grateful to the court and willing to be used by the court. I also think so."

"But governing the people by law can also make the victims willing to be used by the court."

"Today's world is a time of great contention. Every bit of our Great Qin's national strength should be used to preserve the country. How can we use money and grain to provide relief to the victims?"

"If our Great Qin's money, grain and people's strength are used to provide relief to the victims, the remaining money and grain of our Great Qin will not be enough to cope with the war in troubled times!"

"Does our Great Qin have to add more taxes to prepare for disaster relief?!"

With one sentence, the choked doctors were speechless.

Lenial policies and suspended sentences, tax reduction and exemption are also the political propositions of Meng's Confucian scholars. They cannot abandon the proposition of tax reduction and exemption in order to provide relief to the victims!

Lü Buwei asked without hesitation: "Why not?!"

Feng Quji was stunned: "Prime Minister, what did you say?"

Lü Buwei, who also supported tax reduction and exemption, lenient policies and suspended sentences, actually thought that increasing taxes was no big deal? !

Lü Buwei said in a deep voice: "Due to the many craftsman-made products developed by Chang'an Jun of my Great Qin, the per-acre yield of my Great Qin has doubled and doubled again!"

"Even if it is just the additional taxes every year, it is enough to support the relief of disaster victims in the counties of my Great Qin."

"This prime minister thinks that additional taxes can be added to supplement the Changping warehouses of the counties, and then take it from the people and use it for the people!"

Lü Buwei said loudly with unprecedented generosity and extravagance:

"Today's Great Qin can provide disaster relief!"

This confident words shocked all the court officials in the hall.

Yes.

Our Great Qin has become rich!

Feng Quji, Sima Chang, Gan Yun and other ministers had to take a deep breath, ready to regroup and find another angle to argue.

But before they could think it through, a loud shout suddenly exploded outside the Qilin Hall.

"Chang'an Jun has an urgent report!"

On the high platform, Ying Zheng, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly looked up and shouted: "Send it!"

The door of the hall was slowly pushed open, and the brave man could not wait for the door to be completely opened and walked into the hall.

Ying Zheng did not pay attention to the brave man's rudeness and asked directly: "Is Chang'an Jun okay?"

The brave man bowed his hands and said: "Reporting to the king, Chang'an Jun is fine!"

"Chang'an Jun has an urgent report here!"

Long before the brave man opened his mouth, Zhao Gao had already strode towards the brave man, grabbed the bamboo tube presented by the brave man and ran back to Ying Zheng's side. On the way, he had already checked the seal and seal, and even had time to open the seal and then present the bamboo tube to Ying Zheng with both hands.

Ying Zheng snatched the bamboo tube and poured out two bamboo slips from it.

After hiding the thinner bamboo slip in his sleeve, Ying Zheng unfolded the thicker one and cast his eyes on the familiar words on it.

"Cheers!"

"Great!"

After scanning a few lines, Ying Zheng couldn't help laughing.

But as he watched, the smile on Ying Zheng's face slowly faded, and finally he even frowned!

The whole Qilin Hall was silent, and all the court officials were in turmoil because of the change in Ying Zheng's expression.

Finally, Lu Buwei couldn't help but bowed and asked: "May I ask the king, does Chang'an Jun need help from the court to treat the victims?"

Lu Buwei couldn't help but feel impatient.

It's really that Ying Chengjiao is too important to Daqin now!

Ying Zheng finally handed the bamboo slips to Zhao Gao, and said in a low voice: "Remember this for all of you beloved ministers."

Zhao Gao hurriedly took the bamboo slips and read aloud: "Report to the king!"

"On August 17, the 15th year of Qin Wangzheng, there was an earthquake in Zheng County. The minister, Prince Chengjiao of Chang'an, refused to obey orders and led his family soldiers and military school students to the disaster area to provide relief to the victims."

"Thanks to the king for not abandoning me, he also sent Langzhong Jiang Yi to lead a hundred assistant ministers and two thousand guards to protect my safety."

"On August 18, I arrived in Zheng County and saw that the ground in Zheng County was cracked like a picture, the ground was gushing, the city was collapsing, and the people were suffering. I immediately ordered my subordinates to rescue the victims. . "

"On August 23, all the disaster victims in the four townships and eleven miles under the jurisdiction of Zheng County arrived in Zheng County for centralized relief."

"On August 24, I sent my subordinates to Tong County, Xia Gua County and other counties to provide relief to the disaster victims."

"On August 28, the disaster victims in various counties were all concentrated in the county seat."

"This earthquake in Zheng County affected thirteen counties, affecting a total of 636,851 people, including 39,105 people who died and 8,522 people who were missing. The rest have been properly resettled."

"Yes!"

"But I think it is still not enough."

"I ask the king to send guards to lead the people to rebuild their homeland, distribute enough food for the victims to live, give them grain seeds, and exempt taxes and labor service for one year or three years according to the severity of the disaster in each village so that the people can rest and recuperate."

"I ask the king again to build an altar in Zheng County."

"Allow me to worship the earth dragon in Zheng County!"