Under the propaganda of the army, it has spread all over the city in less than half an hour, spreading the homeless people in the city to help the old and the young, and to go to the east gate and build the spring gate porridge shed. Displaced people from outside the city also rushed to express their willingness to settle down in Hebei Province!

Yang Tong, who was beautiful at home, suddenly laughed.

In ancient times, what was the standard of prosperity?

How to maintain the power of brilliance for a long time and how to go to the next level?

The ultimate answer is population.

In the era of cold weapons, whether it is a prosperous economy or a foreign war, population represents almost everything.

As long as there are people, you can be invincible! This is an eternal truth!

Henan Province has a longitudinal and horizontal water network and developed agriculture, and it is also an important grain production area of the Great Sui. And because the eastern capital is the economic center of the Great Sui Dynasty, the transportation hub, so the population here is very dense, now there are rebellions, everywhere are homeless, as long as there is money and food, then can pull up hundreds of thousands of troops overnight.

However, Hebei Province, which was responsible for the transportation of materials for the three expeditions to Goguryeo, was sparsely populated, and because of the wars, there were many people who died of war disasters and hunger and cold.

If the displaced people in Henan County are looted, there will be five or six million, to say the least.

Only when there are people can there be an army; Only by having people can produce food and feed the army.

However, for the current Great Sui, the displacement of people is a huge social problem, and in the absence of reasonable and effective management and distribution, local officials are reluctant to dare to accept the displaced people. I'm afraid that if I don't manage it well, these homeless people will rebel against you.

For him, a common person is a source of taxes, a source of food, and the foundation for the Sui Dynasty to be strong and brilliant again.

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Qin Wangfu!

Yang Gongren was full of praise: "Your Highness's method of 'cash for work' is more active than that of hard labor, because 'cash for work' is voluntary, while forced labor is compulsory." If the imperial court were to open up and repair canals, walls, roads, and canals, it would cost far more than that. If it is carried out according to His Royal Highness's law, what the court pays is actually just rations. ”

"More importantly, it can not only provide relief to the victims and repair the river city, but also disperse the victims and find something to do for the victims, so that there will be no chaos!"

Yang Shidao thought so.

Since ancient times, as long as the court is not mediocre, it has basically attached importance to disasters. Putting aside all kinds of so-called Mandate of Heaven and the like, it is these victims that the court is most wary of.

Every time there is a major drought or flood, or an earthquake disaster or something like that, the people lose the materials they need to survive, and they will go into exile everywhere, and the objects of concentration are, of course, the rich towns, such as Chang'an and Luoyang!

These hungry and complaining victims have nothing to do. Once together, negative emotions such as pessimism are quickly formed. At this time, if someone instigates... The consequences are unimaginable!

Whether the riots can be suppressed or not is two words, once the victims gather together and break out, it will be a catastrophe that can shake the country's foundation!

However, after the introduction of Yang Tong's 'work-for-relief' policy, all problems will be easily solved, first with porridge to save lives, then life-saving food to appease the emotions of the displaced people, then to shape the future with resettlement, and finally to solve the worries of the victims with 'work-for-relief'!

In the end, the imperial court only invested some life-saving food and grain seeds in the early stage. As for the 'cash-for-work' salary, it is the income of the victims who sell their labor, and under normal circumstances, others are asked to pay more.

This method is beneficial to both the country and the people, both sides take advantage, the victims not only did not drag down the imperial court, but also can build a place for the imperial court, after settling down, it can bring considerable taxes, why not?

The eyes of Yang Gongren and Yang Shidao brothers were full of joy and surprise.

Since getting married, Yang Tong's innocent childishness has disappeared, and the wisdom he shows is impressive.

The corners of Yang Tong's mouth quietly curled, obviously very pleasant.

If it is an ordinary disaster relief, Yang Tong does not have to go through a lot of trouble and directly open several large granaries, but this time Yang Tong not only has to solve the disaster and seize the population, but also rebuild Hebei Province, repair the cities, rivers and roads in the territory, and open a few canals to ensure that some areas prone to drought are no longer short of water, and ensure that some embankments that are prone to floods are taller and stronger, and also make the city walls stronger and the transportation more convenient......

And these large numbers of victims are the most suitable and cheapest laborers. As long as the victims are in place, the foundation can be solidified one by one.

He wants to make the most rational use of the power of the victims, not only to avoid the people from gathering and rebelling, but also to build water conservancy and transportation, the water network of Hebei Province is vertical and horizontal, if the canal is opened to connect the river, then the value will be immeasurable.

"Your Highness, have you ever thought about where to place the victims?" Yang Shidao asked.

"First settled in Qinghe and Zhao County! When the fields of these two counties are full, the other counties will be considered. A flash of excitement flashed in Yang Tong's eyes.

The gate lords and scholars of the Hebei Dao family were washed in the blood of the bandits over and over again, the Qinghe Cui clan, the Zhaojun Li clan, the Boling Cui clan, the Fanyang Lu clan, and the Bohai Gao clan were almost dead, and the remaining main force had already moved away from the ancestral land, and a large number of vacated fields had long been deserted, so it was naturally going to be returned to the government! And Yang Tong didn't want these big family gate lords who threatened his rule to return to his rule, so not only did he have to fill the traditional forces of these big lords with disaster victims, but also reset the household registration and real estate title deeds.

"Mr. Gongren, you first take a group of reserve officials to the north to sort out the county officials. As for the vacant officials, they were appointed from among the reserve officials and prepared to accept the displaced people. A probationary period of one year, after which he will be appointed after one year if he or she can make any achievements. If nothing is done within a year, not only will he be removed from his post, but he will also be removed from the title of reserve officer. ”

"Mr. Shidao, you also take a group of people to the north, and your task is to nationalize the idle land, and also to recover all the land that was annexed after the turmoil, and hold the local officials accountable. You start with Qinghe, then Zhaojun, Bohai, and Boling. Each of you brought 3,000 soldiers in case anything unexpected happened. ”

"Whoa!" The Yang brothers were moved to respond.