In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, in autumn and August, there were severe winds and rains in Lulong, Qian'an, Yutian and other places in the capital, and many people froze to death.
Yang Lian, who was presiding over rent reduction matters in the capital, was immediately appointed by the emperor as a disaster relief envoy and went to provide disaster relief.
Yang Lian made a rough investigation and found that those who froze to death were mainly farmers in Lulong, Yutian and other places.
In Qian'an, only 13 elderly people froze to death, while in the other two counties, more than 700 people froze to death.
He asked the Qian'an County Magistrate with great confusion.
The county magistrate of Qian'an was still the same magistrate Liu Zhongzheng when Qian'an New District was built.
His performance in the past two years had been excellent, so the officials wanted to move him up.
Unexpectedly, he strongly opposed it, thinking that Qian'an had been promoted from lower county to upper county.
County, I have already been promoted, and I want to work here for another three years and complete everything before leaving.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs has always been relatively tolerant of officials with excellent performance appraisals, so they followed his wishes.
Liu Zhongzheng proudly said to Yang Lian: "Master Imperial Envoy, a total of thirteen old people froze to death in Qian'an.
As you know, it's hard to say whether the old people froze to death or not.
Maybe they have reached their longevity.
Others No one has suffered from frostbite.
This is mainly due to two aspects.
First, our diet is good.
Now that everyone is rich, they are willing to eat eggs, and occasionally chop a few pounds of meat.
If you eat well, your health will be good.
Second, the agricultural cooperative collects chicken, duck and goose feathers from farmers and makes a kind of cotton coat called down jacket. , the cold protection effect is better than cotton clothes.
These two aspects are why we are better than Lulong."
Yang Lian didn't believe that there were clothes that were warmer than cotton clothes.
Liu Zhongzheng asked someone to bring a down jacket and said: "Your Majesty, please see, this is a down jacket for children.
The cooperative said that the production capacity was insufficient, so it was first made for children."
Down jackets are warmer for children in our county than for adults.”
Yang Lian looked at the down jacket carefully, touched the inside, and after a while took out his hand and said, "It's really good.
Bird feathers that are usually useless can be of such use.
It's really amazing."
Liu Zhongzheng raised his hands to the west and said: "I heard that the method was proposed by the emperor.
After this method is popularized, the world will not be cold.
The emperor is truly worthy of being a saint."
Yang Lian asked again: "Does your county need food relief after the disaster?"
Liu Zhongzheng immediately put on a sad look and said: "Of course we need to put out grain.
With such a heavy wind and rain, even people will freeze to death, not to mention the crops.
This year's poor harvest is a foregone conclusion.
As for whether we can harvest it?"
It’s hard to say whether it’s 10% or 20%.”
Yang Lian scolded: "Stop talking nonsense.
I have seen it in the fields.
Of course, the harvest will be damaged, but it is still no problem to harvest 60 to 70%.
And you generally have grain in your home.
Let me tell you first.
If you get more relief I will still help you with the grain distribution.
Make a roster and check every grain.
If you distribute any grains that do not need to be distributed, don’t blame me if the yarn falls off.
There are a lot of people coming.”
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
Seeing that Yang Lian had seen through it, Liu Zhongzheng had no choice but to put away his sadness and said: "Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, please rest assured.
Although I love the people like my own son, I will never give out more relief grains."
Yang Lian sighed and said: "Actually, there is nothing we can do.
Although you have suffered a disaster, your foundation is stronger than other counties.
If so many people in Lulong and Yutian freeze to death at once, the harvest in the future will only be worse than yours.
Maybe we have to transfer food from here.
If all places are like you, how can this little storm cause such a big thing?"
When Yang Lian arrived in Lulong County, the scene he saw was completely different from that in Qian'an.
He came to Shanhang Village, the worst-hit village.
Nearly 30% of the families were having funerals, and a sad atmosphere filled the air.
The accompanying Lulong County Magistrate said: "A total of thirty people froze to death in Shanhang Village, mainly the elderly and two children."
Yang Lian asked: "Is it very windy and rainy here?"
Magistrate Lulong said: "It's not bigger than other places.
The main reason is that the villagers here are relatively poor and don't have enough clothing to keep out the cold.
The weak villagers are prone to freezing to death.
There is also a family who lit a fire to keep warm, but the house was set on fire.
Yes, two people were burned to death.”
Yang Lian said: "I can understand the lack of clothing, but since we live close to the mountains, at least there is no shortage of firewood.
Why not collect more firewood to keep warm?"
Magistrate Lulong said: "On weekdays, the villagers are busy with work, and even the children have to help the family with farm work.
There is not much firewood to begin with, just enough for cooking on weekdays.
When there is a storm, it is too late to collect firewood, so we have to bring it."
Wet firewood cannot be used, so " Yang Lian sighed.
He saw that every family in Qian'an New District had a large firewood shed, which was filled with straw and firewood.
The farmers there went up to the mountains to pick it during the slack season.
The fields of each family in Qian'an New District were larger than those in Shanxing Village.
There are more cows, but two or three families share one cow, while Shanhang Village only has three cows in the whole village, and they all belong to the only landlord's family.
It's no wonder that they don't even have time to cut firewood.
However, Yang Lian always felt that something was wrong, because everyone had nothing to do in winter, and no one went to collect more firewood.
It was only enough for cooking on weekdays, which also meant that they did not consider the possibility of sudden cold weather.
On the other hand, it also shows that they usually have no plans for their lives and just muddle along, and the reason for all this is that they cannot see the hope of life.
The most important thing before him now is the issue of rent reduction.
In the north, the land rent has basically been achieved at 40%, but now that there has been a disaster, the rent should be reduced on this basis.
In this way, the land rent may be reduced to 30% or even less than 30%.
At this time, the landlords have already accumulated All the resentment burst out at once.
Originally, the landlord charged 40% of the land rent, which was usually very good.
After paying the tax, there were still three or four bushels left per acre of land.
But there is a Liao salary, nine cents of silver per acre, which has been collected since the forty-sixth year of Wanli.
But in the Tianqi Dynasty, not only was it collected, but it was also stipulated that no debts were allowed.
Nine cents of silver was actually only nine copper coins, but because the collection period was short, the landlords were very unhappy because the money was also paid by the landlords.
Although it is not much, the landlords always feel that this money should also be provided by the tenants who rent the land.
Because of the strong policies of the imperial court, farmers from all over the country were constantly moved to Taiwan and other places to cultivate wasteland, resulting in a shortage of tenants in some areas, so the landlords had to agree to a 40% rent reduction.
I was already extremely unhappy, but at this time, the tenants suffered a disaster, and the court wanted to put the losses on the landlords.
This made the landlords' old and new grudges well up in their hearts, and they were dissatisfied with the rent reduction and the Liao pay.
When it broke out, most of the landowners said directly: "We have already obeyed the imperial court's wishes to reduce rent.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
Now it is not just the tenants who are affected by the disaster.
We are also affected by the disaster.
We cannot accept any further rent reduction
.
":