"Lord Duan!" Yang Chaoying turned to look at Duan Zhijie, and was a little grateful to Duan Zhijie.

With a stick in his hand, isn't he here to help?

At such a critical moment, Duan Zhijie can stand up, and such a character is already commendable.

"Lord Yang? These people are ...... "Duan Zhijie is an official of the imperial court, how can he be so ignorant?"

Seeing that Yang Chaoying was unscathed and still chatting with others, Duan Zhijie was now confused.

He threw down the stick in his hand and looked at the other two people who were talking to Yang Chaoying.

When he saw Hu Maoshen's face, he immediately realized that it was Master Hu who came to the rescue.

Duan Zhijie trotted forward, thinking about Hu Maoshen and saluting, "Xiaguan meets Master Hu!" ”

Hu Maoshen nodded, "Duan Langzhong doesn't have to pay much attention!" ”

He was not surprised to see Duan Zhijie here, it should be Min Feng and they have already arrived in Hangtianfu.

Duan Zhijie is Langzhong of the Ministry of Works, and he happened to be assigned by the Ministry of Industry to inspect the river embankment in Jiangnan.

It's just that the movement was so big just now, but Duan Zhijie didn't appear until the matter had calmed down, and the others had disappeared until now.

You don't have to guess, you can know that these people must be greedy for life and afraid of death, and they must be hiding in the government at this time!

"You should have seen this too, originally Lord Gu of the Hanlin Academy. However, he has been promoted recently, and now he worships the right Shaoqing of Dali Temple. ”

Duan Zhijie was suddenly horrified in his heart, it turned out that Gu Chengyu was one level lower than him.

Unexpectedly, the other party came from behind, and now he is two grades higher than him.

It's just why did Gu Chengyu appear here? Could it be that the emperor sent him to assist Hu Maoshen in dealing with the flood?

He felt that it was very possible, otherwise the emperor would not suddenly promote the other party to three levels, but this holy family was too strong.

Other people's promotions are all level by level, but Gu Chengyu is good, just like a sesame seed that bursts into bloom in an instant, it suddenly jumps up.

"Xiaguan meets Master Gu! Congratulations to Master Gu for his ascension! Duan Zhijie suppressed the turbulent waves in his heart, and the expression on his face was very sincere.

Gu Chengyu didn't have time to care what Duan Zhijie would think in his heart, after greetings, he had to start arranging such a disaster victim.

"Duan Langzhong doesn't have to be polite!"

After greeting a few people, Gu Chengyu said to Yang Chaoying: "Lord Yang! These victims have been wandering outside the gate of Hangtianfu for several days, and they can be suppressed once, twice, but not necessarily after that. ”

The truth of what Gu Chengyu said was understood by several people present, and these victims have not yet reached the point of exhaustion.

It's summer, and there are plenty of wild vegetables outside the city to satisfy their hunger, but what will happen to the victims when all the wild vegetables are dug up?

Do you really watch them starve to death? The imperial court has not yet issued disaster relief money, but the bellies of the victims cannot wait.

When the end of the road really comes, those victims will inevitably risk their lives. Anyway, you have to die, it's better to eat a full meal before you die.

"What Master Gu said is reasonable, but the official is also very helpless! The embankment of Hangtianfu is still leaking, and there is no surplus food in the city, let alone money. With so many victims, how can my little Hangtianfu be stuffed? ”

The people of Changtianfu are about 80,000 people, and they are considered to be the central government according to the number of people and taxes.

Among them, the villages in the lower reaches of the Tianya River have a total of about 40,000 people.

Excluding the people who were drowned, there are at least 20,000 people left. With so many people, it is absolutely impossible for Hang Tianfu to eat it.

"Master Gu! Before you came, I didn't know if the emperor had a charter for disaster relief? ”

Yang Chaoying looked at Gu Chengyu with hopeful eyes, which made Gu Chengyu suddenly a little speechless.

In fact, before he left, the emperor talked to him alone.

The emperor bluntly said that the emptiness of the treasury was known to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Even if the silver from the tea tax rushed into the treasury in the past two years, the imperial court owed a lot of military salaries before.

The treasury has silver, so the salary must be repaid first, right?

In addition, at the beginning of this year, various embankments were strengthened and repaired, and the treasury, which had just had some silver deposits, became empty again.

Every year, there are also royal family members' salaries, weddings, funerals, etc., which are all expenses.

The tea tax has only been in place for more than two years, and it will take a few more years to improve the emptiness of the national treasury.

Therefore, the emperor revealed his tone to Gu Chengyu before. The disaster relief money must be accounted for by the household department before it can be finally confirmed.

As for how much silver there is, it's a headache.

Gu Chengyu heard the helplessness and gloom in the emperor's words, and he understood that there might not be much money for disaster relief.

can only paraphrase that sentence, these days, even the emperor has no surplus food!

The emperor is the ninety-five, the most noble person in the world, and he can't do whatever he wants with silver.

"The silver taels for disaster relief must be reviewed by the household department, and I am afraid that it will take a few days."

Gu Chengyu had actually thought of countermeasures before he came, but after he implemented it, he had to rely on Yang Chaoying.

Yang Chaoying was very disappointed when he heard this, as an official of the imperial court, how could he not know the emperor's difficulty?

But disaster relief is not trivial, even if it is to borrow money, the household department can also get it.

"But Master Gu also saw that how to settle these victims is indeed a problem. Since ancient times, plagues have been rampant. With so many people staying together, if anyone were to catch the epidemic, the speed of infection would definitely be extremely fast. These victims were all ordinary people, and they were also human beings! ”

Yang Chaoying frowned, in fact, he didn't dare to say anything. The people outside the city were infected with the plague, and the people inside the city were not spared.

The epidemic is extremely difficult to control, once infected, if it cannot be cured, then you can only wait for death, and it is not that such things have not happened in the previous dynasty.

At that time, the people of a county town were infected with the epidemic, and the imperial court ordered the city to be closed.

As long as you were in the county seat at the time, whether you were infected or not, you were all locked up in the county seat, and in the end the county town became an empty city.

The epidemic is so terrible, and most of the epidemic is incurable.

"This official came here this time to solve this matter, although the emperor let this official be fully responsible. But this official is not familiar with the place, and even if there is a plan to implement, it depends on a lot of you. I also hope that all of you here can help each other, and we will work together to solve this matter satisfactorily! ”

Hu Mao thought so, and he nodded in agreement. In the face of the flood, those personal grievances have to be put aside.

"Don't worry, Lord Gu, you just have to tell me if you have something!"

Yang Chaoying heard that Gu Chengyu was about to take over this mess, and he hurriedly nodded like garlic.

Even Duan Zhijie's heart was very excited, and when he entered the city, he was shocked by the tragic situation of the victims.

I can't go back to my home, I have no silver or food in my hands, and everyone is skinny!

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