After a while, officials above the fourth rank came to the palace in a hurry.
There are still occasional aftershocks, but they are not as intense as before.
Zhangtai Palace and Xianyang Palace were built very solidly and there were no problems at the moment. Zhao Qingrui saw that the earthquake outside was no longer a threat, so he decided not to stay outside any longer.
Li Si and the others came in and were relieved to see that Zhao Qingrui was fine.
They simply couldn't imagine what would happen if something happened to His Majesty.
"Everyone, there is an earthquake in Xianyang City now. Is anyone among you injured?" Zhao Qingrui looked at the civil and military officials standing below and asked with concern.
"Your Majesty, there are some small cracks on the walls of my house." An official from the Ministry of Rites stood up and said with lingering fear.
"A beam broke in my house and fell on a servant."
One after another, they talked about their respective situations.
Zhao Qingrui had an idea in mind. The damage was not serious. Most of the officials whose families had problems had lived in Xianyang before. Their residences were not within the demolition area, so they did not have to relocate.
That is, the old houses, these houses had some problems after the earthquake.
Zhao Qingrui had silently sensed it before and found that the earthquake intensity was around magnitude 5 or 6, not too strong.
I don't know where else the earthquake occurred, or where the epicenter of the earthquake was.
Thinking of this, Zhao Qingrui began to feel depressed and started to miss everything in modern times.
"Your Majesty, on the way to the palace, I saw some of the conditions in Xianyang. There were no major problems in the new city. Only some small places collapsed in the earthquake, which can be simply repaired. So far, I haven't heard of any deaths, only a few injuries." Li Si reported to Zhao Qingrui what he saw on the way to the palace.
Others chimed in, adding a few things they had seen.
Zhao Qingrui knew that the intensity of the earthquake was not high, and this part of the newly built Xianyang City was built according to the highest standards. If there was a small earthquake, those buildings would collapse on a large scale. She would definitely drag out all the builders and chop them into pieces.
After briefly summarizing these situations, Zhao Qingrui began to discuss post-disaster matters with them.
Just as everyone was discussing how to provide treatment and compensation to those severely affected, Wang Wensheng, the head of the Sixth Department of the Inspectorate, stood up and said loudly:
"This is a punishment from heaven, a punishment from heaven on Your Majesty."
Zhao Qingrui's face darkened. She had been working hard to enlighten the people and develop science and technology in recent years, just to let everyone know that there is no God in this world and everything is based on science.
You could hear a pin drop in the Qilin Hall. Everyone looked at Wang Wensheng. This guy was too brave.
If you dare to say these words at this time, you must be crazy.
I have learned a lot of new things in recent years. We all know something about the principles of earthquakes. The idea of divine punishment is pure nonsense.
"You are talking nonsense in front of the palace. Take him away, give him twenty lashes with the cane, and send him to the book repair office." Zhao Qingrui had a cold face and was too lazy to talk nonsense with him.
She has a lot of things waiting for her to do now, so she has no time to deal with these people.
She didn't believe in these gods and witches at all, and this man was looking for death.
Soon, the guards came in and dragged Wang Wensheng out.
It’s another book repair shop, and everyone has gotten used to it.
Anyone who made a mistake in the court was sent to work at the Book Repair Office.
It is easy to get into that place but difficult to get out, so everyone stays away from it.
As for those officials who committed serious crimes, Daqin still needed a lot of areas to build, and these people were sent to contribute to Daqin's infrastructure.
Your Majesty is not a soft-hearted person, and he is recruiting talents into the court every year. Those who are incompetent will soon be eliminated to make room for the capable ones.
Wang Wensheng is considered an old man. He has worked in the court for many years and was promoted by Ying Zheng.
Seeing that Zhao Qingrui dealt with the man calmly, many people in the court became accustomed to it and continued to discuss what to do next.
After a long discussion, the matter was finally settled.
By the evening, the situations in various places were finally brought to Zhao Qingrui's desk.
Zhao Qingrui took the report and the worry on his brows eased a little. Fortunately, the disaster was not serious. Xianyang was the worst hit. Several counties nearby could also feel the obvious tremors, but those farther away did not feel anything.
The earthquake was not that big. At most, some corners collapsed, some old houses collapsed, and cracks appeared in the walls.
These problems are not big and it is easy for the court to solve them.
Seeing this report finally made her feel relieved.
As for the number of people who died in the earthquake, a simple count shows that there were only more than a hundred people, not many.
The arrangements for disaster relief were already being carried out in an orderly manner. Zhao Qingrui held up his face and recalled the disasters recorded in the Han Dynasty.
During the Han Dynasty, there were 186 documented large-scale natural disasters in its 210-year history, including 32 floods, 38 droughts, 35 earthquakes, 20 locust plagues, 19 wind disasters, 5 frost disasters, 10 hail disasters, 13 epidemics, and 13 freezing disasters.
It's really a disaster. It seems we need to make more preparations.
Food and other things must also be well stored. Zhao Qingrui spread out the map and her eyes fell on America and Africa. These two places were important to her. Even if she wanted to arrange for princes to go to these places, she had to send people she trusted.
These are not far from the present-day Qin Dynasty, but the current climate is still somewhat unpredictable.
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