"The Tartars dug up the embankment on the north bank of the Yellow River! North Zhili to the south, southwest Lu suffered! Dozens of county towns have been reduced to yellow flood areas, more than 50,000 people have been killed, and more than 1 million people have been displaced and homeless! Ten days after Bahai dug the Yellow River embankment, the news reached Nanjing. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Because the nearest road from Kaifeng to Nanjing was still in the hands of the Qing court, it was difficult for the spies and agents of the Qiongzhou Army to transmit the news, and by the time the news was sent to Nanjing, it was already ten days later.

"Lose your conscience! How many people will this kill? The Tartar puppet dynasty also claims to love the people, it is all deception! Wang Yu's generals and military advisors all scolded indignantly.

"The first priority should be relief!" Wang Yu stood up and said.

"How to save? The road to the disaster area was still controlled by the Qing court, and the relief grain had to be transported to southern Lunan and northern Zhili, and it was necessary to detour to Huguang, which was a long way. By the time we arrived, the victims had already starved to death! Don't expect the Tartar court to come to the rescue! Wang Yuyou shook his head and said.

"I hope that Wu Sangui can help the people in distress!" Wang [Fu] ministers.

"Will Wu Sangui be saved? It seems that the food we allocated to Wu Sangui is not very abundant. Wang Yu asked.

Wang [Fu] Chen arched his hand and said: "Dashuai, the last general believes that Dashuai Wu will definitely come to the rescue!" Although Wu Dashuai opened the Shanhai Pass in the early years and let the dogs enter the customs, Wu Dashuai's army has not harmed the people! And when Wu Dashuai was in Yungui, the people of Yungui supported and loved Wu Dashuai! ”

Wu Sangui's army reputation is not bad, compared to the reputation of King Sanshun, Li Chengdong and others, and Wu Sangui has indeed not done anything to slaughter the city. Of course, it would be impossible if the army of that year did not harm the people, more or less there were disasters, but Wu Sangui's army was relatively good.

"Immediately send someone to contact Wu Sangui and ask him to take out military rations to relieve the people first! Here in this domain, I can send him an additional batch of military rations right away! Wang Yu turned his head and gave an order to his own soldiers.

"No!" The pro-soldiers retreated.

Wang [Fu] Chen said: "Dashuai, haven't you been suffering from a shortage of manpower? The people in the Yellow Flood Area are in distress, we should immediately go north and open up the road from Nanzhili to the Yellow Flood Area, so as to save the people to the south of the Yangtze River! ”

"The immediate Northern Expedition also takes three months to prepare! Fight all the way, two months is fast! By the time we arrived, five months had passed, and by that time the people had already starved to death! Let's allocate food to Wu Sangui first! In addition, let Wu Sangui send the people to Huguang! Wang Yuyou stroked his beard and said.

Just as Wang Yu was discussing with his subordinates and staff how to rescue the victims, someone outside came to report: "Qi Qi Dashuai! Wu Sangui's messenger has arrived! ”

"Let him in!" Wang Yu said.

The letter sent by the messenger said that the Qing army dug the embankment of the Yellow River, millions of people suffered, the official road was destroyed, and the road of the Wu army's northern expedition was blocked. Outside the pioneer camp of the Wu army, tens of thousands of disaster victims poured in every day, Wu Sangui took pity on the people, took out military rations for his own use, set up porridge sheds to give porridge, and rescued the people in fire and water. At the end of the letter, he wrote that Wu Sangui's own food was not very abundant, and he took out military rations to help the people, but the soldiers of the three armies had insufficient food, and the rescue of the people was also insufficient, so he could only support it for more than ten days. If there is no food to help the people, I am afraid that the people will starve to death.

"Wu Sangui is here to ask for food! For his sake, for the sake of rescuing the victims, I want food for him! With a stroke of his pen, Wang Yu generously ordered the Wuchang granary to allocate 100,000 stone of grain to Wu Sangui.

"100,000 stone of grain is not a small amount! From Wuchang to Kaifeng, there is no water road to go along the way, all by land. It will take a month for this grain to arrive, and how many auxiliaries and civilians will be needed to transport the food? Along the way, people chewed horses, how much food could be left? Yao Qisheng asked a question.

"Let's organize more people to deliver food! From Wuchang to Kaifeng, there is also a waterway to go. First take the Han River to Xiangyang, then take the land route to Luoyang, and then go down the Yellow River, so that you can transport 5,000 stone of grain to Kaifeng within half a month. Wang Yuyou said with a slight wrinkle.

"Mobilize Jiangnan and Huguang to rescue the disaster area! To levy 200,000 people and a large number of livestock to transport grain, a large amount of silver was required. As for the silver, let the Jiangnan gentry donate the silver! Wang Yu said. He recalled that in his previous life, it was really a time when one side was in trouble and all sides were supporting.

Yao Qisheng snorted and sneered twice: "Most of the gentry in Jiangnan are rich and unkind, and they are counting on them to rescue the people?" When the Ming Dynasty was in trouble, which rich man ever gave out money? Not only that, but these rich guys are also thinking about tax cuts all day long! Da Ming is bad in their hands! Counting on them? It's too easy to think about! ”

Wang [Fu] Chen sneered: "What's so difficult about that? Put a knife around the necks of these fellows, and see who will give food out of money? ”

"No!" Wang Yuyou shook his head, "If we use a knife to forcibly levy, then what is the difference between us and the Tartars?" In this way, the people's hearts will be pushed to Wu Sangui's side! Wu Sangui rescued in the disaster area and won the hearts of the people in the disaster area. If we forcibly requisition grain in Jiangnan, I am afraid that the gentry will turn their faces. ”

"Then what is Mr. Wang's good plan to collect money and food?" Wang [Fu] asked the minister.

Wang Yuyou stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Why do you need to use a knife to collect silver and food?" Aren't we issuing banknotes? Just adjust the banknotes and let them depreciate a little, and you will earn money from them! ”

"No!" Wang Yu was taken aback, after all, he came from a later generation and knew that inflation was actually a two-edged sword, and the country could solve the financial problem through slow inflation, but too fast inflation would cause the people to distrust the country, so Wang Yuyou could not use this trick.

"This can't be, that's not okay, how do you collect grain?" Wang [Fu] Chen shook his head, "The handsome man is too soft-hearted!" These profiteers in Jiangnan, the last general has long looked at them unpleasantly! ”

Wang Yu thought about it for a long time, and suddenly had an idea in his mind: "There is a way!" Without a knife or depreciating our banknotes, we can make the Jiangnan gentry obediently take out the silver and hand it over to us! ”

"What's the solution?" Everyone asked in unison.

"Issuing the Northern Expedition Lottery! Set up a jackpot so that people will come and buy our tickets. As long as the lottery tickets are sold, won't we get money? Wang Yu said with a smile.

"Lottery?" All the people looked at each other, not understanding what Wang Yu meant.

Wang Yu took a long time to introduce the issuance and use of lottery tickets. Wang Yuyou and Yao Qisheng, who were here, were both very smart readers, and after listening to Wang Yu's explanation, they immediately understood.

"Great idea!" Wang Yuyou shook his fan and said with a smile.

Yao Qisheng also touched his beard and smiled: "In this way, the problem of disaster relief money will be solved!" ”