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When Wen Tiren said this, he remembered the emperor's previous decision and immediately added: "There is a huge shortage of food. Now we can only allocate it from the capital. However, according to your majesty's plan, you can send a censor to supervise the place, and the surrounding prefectures of Yongping The government will provide food first, then the neighboring state capital will replenish it, and finally the capital will replenish it."

After a pause, Wen Tiren thought carefully, then shook his head and said, "But here in the capital, there is definitely not enough food. The capital is the foundation, there must be no shortage of food, and there can be no chaos!"

When Hu Guang heard this, he clapped his hands and decided: "Then let the states south of the capital also provide food in turn, and send the censor, 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 guards more. However, we can't just use factory guards for everything, so Wen Tiren said that even the censor did not rule it out. We still need to use them, so as not to do nothing and have nothing to do.

When the emperor said this, it was natural that no one else would have any objections, and the matter was settled.

Now that the food matter has been settled, there is another matter that remains unresolved. Wen Tiren thought and reminded: "Your Majesty, what will happen to this labor force? If we recruit civilians and send more laborers, the current situation may cause even greater disasters!"

A very heavy burden for the people of the Ming Dynasty was labor. Now, if additional labor is required after the military disaster, it is very likely that the people who could still barely survive will become bankrupt, or even lose their families as a result. This is by no means alarmist, but a fact with a high probability.

After hearing this, Hu Guang thought for a moment, suddenly remembered something, and immediately gave instructions: "Didn't there be about three thousand prisoners in the battle of Changli? They were all taken to Yongping. Don't worry about the damage, just use this labor force to build houses. Not for the time being. Just ask for a good building so that the people can have a shelter from wind and rain!"

He originally thought about simply using cement to help the people of Yongping rebuild their homes, but then he thought about it. The cement thing had just been tested and the mass production of the reconstructed blast furnace had not yet started. There must be a difference between the test and the test. The initial output was definitely satisfactory. Can't meet demand.

Another reason is that cement is a new thing, and there is a process for how to use this cement skillfully. If you want to go to Yongping immediately, the process of groping and so on will be very time-consuming. With the current financial resources of the imperial court, it really can’t afford it!

Therefore, Hu Guang did not even mention cement. Let the captives build in the simplest and most familiar way first, and then rebuild with cement when the time comes.

After listening to the plan given by the emperor, Wen Tiren was the first to speak out in agreement: "What your Majesty said is absolutely true. Originally, this catastrophe was caused by those prisoners. Now allowing them to rebuild Yongping is to give them a A chance to atone. I second my proposal!"

"I also second the proposal!" Zhang Zhifa followed suit.

Others naturally had no objections and agreed. As for the human rights of those prisoners? What are human rights? Can we eat them?

The labor force to rebuild Yongping would not be enough if it were only these prisoners. However, with these prisoners as the main force, so many old and weak people can still be defeated if they put in some effort.

The matter was finally discussed, and Hu Guang still had a lot of things in his mind. Just when he was about to mention it again, he saw Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Household Affairs, bowing and saying: "Your Majesty, how should the grain control policy in the capital be distributed?" Please make it clear, Your Majesty!”

He was assigned by the emperor, and he only had a rough idea of ​​how to do it. I had been holding it back for a long time, and when I saw the opportunity, I asked immediately.

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

So, he immediately gave instructions: "The food rationing in the capital will be based on head, but adults and children must be distinguished and rationed according to the minimum amount. The purpose now is not to starve people to death, but we must also save as much food as possible .”

At this point, Hu Guang paused and then said: "Anyone whose family has surplus food is not allowed to ration food. If you have food and pretend to take it, you will be punished ten times!"

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

After hearing this, Wen Tiren interjected: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is extremely difficult to master. Even if the factory guard provides the list, I'm afraid it will lead to chaos."

He couldn't point it out directly and said that if someone among the factory guards made a fuss about this matter and deceived the superiors and subordinates, even if Dongchang and Jinyiwei acted together and supervised each other, as long as something happened, those who were dissatisfied would take advantage of it. thing. Wen Tiren understands this kind of thing very well.

Hu Guang heard the meaning of Wen Tiren's words, and when he thought about it carefully, it was really difficult to operate, so he realized that he was trying to be simple.

He thought carefully for a while and then said after careful consideration: "You see, this is good. Anyone who receives the ration will be given the name of the person, and then when the disaster is over, they will be repaid for their labor. They can't pretend to be someone else, and they can't let others do it." Others do it for you.”

If you do this, those who have a good reputation and have a surplus of food at home may not 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 cause trouble, or to save money at home.

After Hu Guang finished speaking, Bi Ziyan had no objection this time. After all, there was no precedent for free food rationing before, and this was very feasible for him. He immediately responded: "Your Majesty is wise, this is better than in the future." The food is much better.”

Those rich people knew that if they could pay back the food in the future, they might let people collect the food this time, causing trouble for the court.

Wen Tiren listened on the side and then added: "When receiving food, except those who are seriously ill and paralyzed and cannot come in person, everyone else must receive it in person."

Hu Guang listened and nodded in praise. Seeing that no one added anything, he reminded Bi Ziyan: "Taking this opportunity, the Ministry of Household Affairs must do a census. If you are not a registered person, you must register it this time, and you can't miss it."

During the Ming Dynasty, there were many hermit households. Even in later generations, there were still hermit households, but it was not for tax evasion, but for reasons such as rebirth, etc. The reasons were different.

At this time, food rationing is carried out, which is a good thing to be able to count the population more accurately. For the imperial court, the more registered people there are, the more tax revenue will naturally come from it, which is a good thing.

After Hu Guang finished speaking, seeing no one to add anything to this matter, he became serious, looked at the courtiers below and said: "When Jianlu is released, the war in the capital will basically end. All the yamen of the imperial court will be responsible for statistical war. The situation of damage and military disasters in various places must be fully understood, and rewards should be rewarded, punishments should be given, and disaster relief should be provided!"

This chapter came out this morning, so I didn’t have time to revise and upload it at 7 o’clock. I have to write the chapter at five o'clock in the afternoon after get off work, and it will probably be posted around 21:00. I will try to stabilize it and update it at the original time as soon as possible. In addition, I am going to change the previous article, which is to change the golden finger. I will slightly change the tasks that cannot be completed in the chat group system and change them to the tasks released by the system. They will be dealt with according to the completed excellent, generally unqualified and extremely poor. There will be extra for excellent. Rewards are generally given in terms of achievement points. Failure to pass will result in no achievement points, and extremely poor results will be erased. In this way, we may get more readers. Everyone who has read it does not need to look back. It is enough to know this. If you have any good suggestions, you are welcome to make them.