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Chapter 166 Can Humans Be Eaten?

When Wen Tiren said this, thinking of the emperor's previous decision, he immediately added: "There is a large shortage of food, and now it can only be allocated from the capital. However, according to His Majesty's policy, you can send a censor to supervise the place, and the surrounding states of Yongping The government will provide food first, and then make up for it when it is close to the state capital, and finally the capital will make up for it.”

After a pause, Wen Tiren thought about it carefully, then shook his head and said, "But there is definitely not enough food on the capital's side. The capital is the foundation, and there must be no shortage of food, and there must be no chaos!"

When Hu Guang heard this, he clapped his hands and decided: "Then let the prefectures in the south of the capital also provide food in turn, and send censors, Dongchang and Jinyiwei to supervise!"

As for the personnel sent to supervise, Wen Tiren said it was the censor, and Hu Guang believed in the factory guard even more.But you can't just use the factory guard for everything, so Wen Tiren said that the censor didn't rule it out, and he still needs to use it, so as not to have nothing to do.

If the emperor said so, it is naturally impossible for other people to have an opinion, so this matter is settled.

The food matter has been settled, but there is another matter that has not been resolved.Wen Tiren thought about it, and then reminded: "Your Majesty, what should we do with the labor? If we recruit more laborers and send more labor, the current situation may cause even greater disasters!"

A very heavy burden for the people of Ming Dynasty was hard labor.Now, if additional labor is required after the military disaster, it is very likely that the people who were still barely able to survive will join the ranks of bankruptcy, and even their families will be ruined as a result.This is by no means alarmist talk, but a fact with a high probability.

After hearing this, Hu Guang thought for a while, and suddenly remembered something, and immediately instructed: "Didn't there be about [-] prisoners in the Battle of Changli? All of them were taken to Yongping. Don't worry about the damage, just use this group of labor to build a house. Not for the time being. Just ask how good the building is, so that the people can have a place to shelter from the wind and rain!"

He originally thought of simply using cement to help the people of Yongping rebuild their homes, but then he thought about it, the cement has just been tested, and the reconstruction of the blast furnace has not yet started mass production. There must be a difference between the experiment and the initial production. No need.

Another reason is that cement is a new thing, and how to use it proficiently is a process.If you want to use Yongping immediately, it will take a lot of time to fumble in the middle.With the current financial resources of the imperial court, it really can't afford it!
Therefore, Hu Guangti did not mention cement.Let those captives build it in the simplest and most familiar way first, and then rebuild it with cement when the opportunity is ripe.

After listening to the plan given by the emperor, Wen Tiren was the first to agree with it: "Your Majesty's words are very true. Originally, the catastrophe was brought about by those captives. Now letting them rebuild Yongping is just to give them a A chance for redemption. The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister also seconded the proposal!" Zhang Zhifa followed suit.

Naturally, the others would not have any objections and followed suit.As for the human rights of those captives?What are human rights, can they be eaten?
It is not enough to rebuild Yongping if it is only these captives.However, with these captives as the main force, with so many old and weak people and some effort, it can be regarded as a victory.

This matter has been discussed, and Hu Guang still has a lot of things in his mind. When he was about to mention it again, he saw Bi Ziyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, how should the grain control policy of the capital be distributed? Please make it clear, Your Majesty!"

He was assigned by the emperor, but he only had a rough idea, and he didn't know how to do it.I had been holding back for a long time, and when I saw an opportunity, I immediately asked.

When Hu Guang heard this, he thought that this matter was one of the things he would discuss next, since it was brought up, let's talk about it first.

Therefore, he immediately instructed: "The capital's food rations are based on the head, but it is necessary to distinguish between adults and children, and to ration the least amount. The goal now is not to starve to death, but to save as much food as possible." .”

Speaking of this, Hu Guang paused and said again: "Anyone who has surplus food in his family shall not be rationed. If there is food and comes to pretend to claim it, he will be fined ten times!"

When Bi Ziyan heard this, he smiled wryly in his heart, and quickly asked: "Your Majesty, it may be difficult to distinguish between those who have surplus food in this family. What should I do? Do you want the factory guard to provide a list?"

After hearing this, Wen Tiren interrupted and said, "Your Majesty, this is probably extremely difficult to grasp. Even if the factory guard provides the list, it may cause confusion."

He couldn't directly point out that if someone in the factory guard made a fuss about this and deceived others, even if Dongchang and Jinyiwei worked together and supervised each other, as long as something happened, the dissatisfied people would take the opportunity to take advantage of it. thing.For this kind of thing, Wen Tiren couldn't understand it very well.

Hu Guang heard the meaning of Wen Tiren's words, and after thinking about it carefully, it was really difficult to operate, so he knew that he was thinking a little too easily.

He thought about it carefully for a while, and then said in deliberation: "Look, this is good. Anyone who receives the ration is specified in the name of the person, and then after the disaster passes, he will be paid for his labor. Others do it for them."

If you do this, those who have a head and a face and do have surplus food at home probably won't be able to let go of this figure, and sweat like ordinary people for a little food.

But maybe these families sent their servants out to collect food in order to add to the chaos, or to save the family's surplus.

After Hu Guang finished speaking, Bi Ziyan had no objection this time. After all, there was no precedent for free food rations before, and this was very operable for him. Food is much better."

Those rich people knew that if they could pay back the food in the future, they might ask people to receive the food this time, adding chaos to the court.

Wen Tiren listened from the side, and then added: "When collecting food, except for those who are seriously ill and paralyzed and cannot come in person, the rest of the people must collect it in person."

Hu Guang listened and nodded his head.Seeing that there was no one to add, he reminded Bi Ziyan: "Taking this opportunity, the Ministry of Household Affairs must do a good job of population statistics. If you are not a registered person, you must register and compile the register this time, so you can't miss it."

During the Ming Dynasty, there were many hidden households. Even in later generations, there were also hidden households. However, they were not for tax evasion, but for superbirth and the like. The reasons were different.

At this time, it is also a good thing to be able to count the population more accurately after food rationing.For the imperial court, it is a good thing that the more the number of registered persons is counted, the more taxes will naturally be collected.

After Hu Guang finished speaking, he saw no one to add anything to this matter, so he became serious, looked at the courtiers below and said: "The war in Gyeonggi will basically end when the prisoner leaves the customs. The situation of damage and the situation of military disasters in various places must be fully grasped, rewards for meritorious service, punishment for crimes, and relief for disasters!"

　This chapter was rushed out this morning, and it was too late to modify and upload at 7 o'clock.The chapter at 21 o'clock in the afternoon has to be written after get off work, and it is estimated to be published around 00:[-]. I will try to stabilize and update the original time as soon as possible.In addition, I am going to modify the previous article, that is, to modify the golden finger, slightly modify the unfinished tasks in the chat group system, and change them to tasks issued by the system. Rewards are generally given achievement points, and those who are unqualified have no achievement points, and if they are extremely poor, they will be obliterated. In this way, there may be more readers. Everyone has read it, so you don’t need to look back, as long as you know this.If you have good suggestions, welcome to put forward.

　　
　
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