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Chapter 103 Refugees

After taking the memorial, Li Xiu read it for a moment, without exception, every memorial was a matter of submitting a memorial to the refugees.
Obviously, being able to submit the court means that the scale of refugees is definitely not small.
As for the source of refugees, Li Xiu was too lazy to see it. After staying in the refugee group for so long, Li Xiu naturally knew very well why the origin of refugees was.
Either natural disasters or man-made disasters.
Sometimes, the horror of man-made disasters is even greater than that of natural disasters!
In this era, even in the prosperous era recorded in historical books, refugees are absolutely indispensable.
Now, it is the end of the dynasty, with many ills and many refugees, so it is not unusual. In addition, with the arrival of the Little Ice Age, natural disasters are constantly occurring everywhere, and the people who have lost their way can only choose to leave their hometowns and eventually become refugees who are not covered in clothes and cannot feed themselves. In addition, people all have the mentality of following herds, so naturally they have formed wave after wave of refugee groups.
The corrupt administration has made most local governments reject refugee groups and even further oppress them. In this desperate world, the path of life for those poor people is wiped out bit by bit until a little spark bursts out and people's desire for life explodes.
So, the sparks instantly set off.
In order to eat in one bite, to survive! Plus, with the guidance of ambitious people.
This created those peasant army called rebel bandits!
With the plunder of these peasant troops, the local production and construction have been further damaged. Even if they are encircled and suppressed in time, or are incorporated, the damage caused cannot be recovered in a short time.
If it is not handled in time and the scope of the impact is expanded, the larger the area of ​​damage will be, and the peasant army will become more formal and elite in this process, which will cause greater damage to the crumbling Ming Dynasty.
History has clearly explained everything. The foundation of the Ming Dynasty's already decay was that it was corroded bit by bit in front of the endless peasant army, until it finally collapsed! The country was destroyed and the king was destroyed.
From then on, this land of China opened up a dark and tragic history that lasted for hundreds of years.
As the thoughts circulated, Li Xiu slowly put down his memorial: "If the court's disaster relief is not good, within ten days, civil rebellion will definitely occur!"
"However, it takes several days for the fast horses to reach the capital in various places, even if it is in northern Zhili. This time, it may be said that the civil unrest has begun. As a result, the disaster victims gathered in northern Zhili may be a ball of gunpowder and will explode at any time. If it cannot be finished, the capital will be turbulent. Your Majesty, you must prepare in advance."
In the words, Li Xiu couldn't help but wonder. In this period of history, there seemed to be no major turmoil near the capital. The peasant uprising broke out in full swing. It was only a year or two later, why has it reached such a situation now...
Zhu Youjian was not surprised when he heard Li Xiu's words. He nodded, but was helpless. Many facts were like this. Even though he knew the consequences would be caused, he wanted to change them, but he had many resistances.
The same is true for this disaster relief!
Zhu Youjian was silent for a while before looking at Li Xiu, and said, "I have ordered the Ministry of Revenue to arrange relief as soon as possible, but even if I squeeze out a little bit of relief money and grain and distribute it, there may not be much that actually comes to the hands of the victims..."
"The civil rebellion is probably inevitable!"
Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian paused for a while before looking at Li Xiudao: "Can the Yongwei Camp be used to be of great use now?"
Hearing this, Li Xiu pondered for a moment before saying:
"Your Majesty, will you lead the army to suppress the civil unrest?"
"right."
Zhu Youjian nodded: "As Brother Li, you said just now, there are too many victims, and a little carelessness will cause great turmoil. Once there is a change, it must be resolved in a short time. Although I have issued an order, the ethics of officials from all over the country are really not confident."
"Besides, the garrisons in various places have long been deteriorated, and their combat effectiveness is worrying..."
"But once the Yongwei Camp leaves... and the civil and military officials from the outside may not be so easy for the Yongwei Camp to leave Beijing."
"Brother Li, you don't have to worry. Wei Zhongxian can't jump around. If the civil and military officials of the outside court are too hindered by their resolutions..."
After listening to Zhu Youjian’s story, Li Xiu immediately realized that he had ignored that Zhu Youjian had just ascended the throne. At present, whether it was the eunuch party, or Donglin, or other civil and military officials in various sects, they wanted to leave a good impression in front of the new emperor so that they could be more respectful to the new emperor!
"That's the case..."
Thoughts flashed, Li Xiu pondered for a moment before slowly speaking out: "There will be two proposals at the end!"
"Brother Li, just say it!"
"First, regardless of civil unrest or not, the victims must need to be resettled. Otherwise, even if a group is suppressed, the next group will appear, and the damage caused to various places will be far beyond the amount of money and food that can be compensated."
"Your Majesty can send capable personnel to regain the land of the imperial village. With the current land of the imperial village and the reclaimed wasteland, it can easily accommodate hundreds of thousands of victims."
"Besides, the imperial village is under the direct jurisdiction of Your Majesty, and the life and death of the eunuchs are in the control of Your Majesty. No one can stop Your Majesty. In this way, it is also easy to concentrate on doing things. As long as Your Majesty sends capable personnel to strictly supervise and supervise, kill them if they should be killed, and releases relief money and food, and not one ten will be saved!"
"In addition, the imperial court strictly ordered all places to provide relief and resettlement of disaster victims, so some problems can be solved. In this way, a two-pronged approach can be used to solve many of the sources of the disaster victims."
"Second, I want to take this opportunity to select young and strong people from the victims to join the Yongwei camp..."
After the words came, Zhu Youjian was silent for a long time before saying, "The problem of the imperial village is easy to solve, but whether it is to resettle the people or take the opportunity to expand the Yongwei camp, money and food are a big problem."
"If you provide relief to the people, there is no good solution. However, if you choose the strong to enter the Yongwei camp, you don't need much money or food."
Hearing this, Zhu Youjian was a little surprised. You must know that the Yongwei Battalion adopted a recruiting system, and coupled with the special status of the emperor's personal army, the monthly military pay was not a small amount.
"The last general's idea is that the organization of the Yongwei Battalion remains unchanged. The young and strong selected this time are all used as auxiliary soldiers and do not pay military salaries, but they are trained as regular soldiers. Then, the Yongwei Battalion adopts an elimination and promotion system, and every month is eliminated and promoted. In this way, it not only stabilizes the morale of the army and maintains combat effectiveness, but also saves the military salaries of the auxiliary soldiers. It only requires three meals a day, which saves a lot of expenses."
"If you need it in the future, you can expand your army and prepare for war anytime and anywhere!"
"Okay, I agree with the matter of Yongwei Camp. Brother Li, please let go. I will find a way to resettle the victims."
After saying that, Zhu Youjian looked outside the hall and said, "Taizi, take it over, and practice it well. In this palace, Brother Li, don't worry, I will arrange it..."
"I will obey the order."
Chapter completed!
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