"Why hasn't the idiot king appeared yet? Does he really want to watch a hundred thousand disaster victims starve to death right in front of him?"
"Miss, I think he's at his wit's end, right?"
"Hmph, that's even better! We'll wait another half hour. If the tyrant emperor still doesn't take action, we'll order the people to start a rebellion."
Start a riot, start a disturbance. Someone has to be the first to step forward.
This woman had a pair of phoenix eyes, willow-shaped eyebrows, and a unique appearance. She looked confident of victory, as if the Baili Tang, whom she hated, was already her prisoner, and she was using a red-hot iron block to burn his fat "pig belly", making a "sizzling" sound!
The person next to him took two steps back unconsciously - he felt the cold murderous aura emanating from the young lady!
In the room, Baili Tang suddenly shuddered - another villain wanted to harm me!
"Your Majesty!" Liang Qiuyu was a little worried.
"My beloved, if I cannot return to the palace safely and must flee for my life, are you willing to wander the world with me?"
"Really? That's so..." That's great. She almost blurted out those two words. She didn't mind whether this man was Baili Tang, whether he was more than ten years older than her, or whether he had an ordinary appearance. She just liked being with this man, nothing else.
Liang Qiuyu was frightened by her own absurd idea. She was the heartless woman. In just a few days, she had completely forgotten Brother Ahai.
Baili Tang felt warm in his heart. If it were his previous blind date, he would say: I have no house, no car, and no savings... Mr. Yu, I'll treat you to this meal, for nothing.
Half an hour has passed.
"Come on, my love, it's time to go out."
When the people outside saw Baili Tang coming out, they said, "Thank God, Your Majesty, you've finally come out. We admit that Concubine Liang is a stunning and extraordinary woman, but please take it easy!"
The dragon body is important!
"My dear ministers, can you think of any way to resolve this crisis? Each of you needs to come up with a different solution. If you can't come up with one, you will be punished!"
Zhang Dongzheng, a shrewd man, quickly replied, "Your Majesty, I have an idea. We can ask the people of Xiyun County to raise funds!"
Baili Tang nodded and signaled the next one.
Meng Fang: "I believe we can organize the victims to return home and repair their homes. The floodwaters have receded by two-thirds!"
Lord Wang: "Your Majesty's order, the people of the world dare not disobey, just Your Majesty's order..."
Baili Tang: "Ten punishments!" How dare you be perfunctory to me!
Lord Wang quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I haven't finished speaking yet. I think Your Majesty could first go and comfort the people, set up tents and distribute porridge, so that the victims can truly feel Your Majesty's care."
Baili Tang: "Remember the ten fights first. I will punish you once more later."
Next, no one dared to say a bunch of nonsense to Baili Tang, and everyone expressed their own opinions.
However, in Baili Tang's opinion, none of these can fundamentally solve the problem.
Baili Tang has two classic examples in his mind on how to deal with disasters.
One is from history books, and the other is from watching TV.
Let's start with something I saw on TV: In the TV series "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan," Emperor Qianlong ordered Heshen to provide disaster relief and purchase 100,000 kilograms of rice. Heshen, however, replaced the rice with 100,000 kilograms of wheat bran. This infuriated Ji Xiaolan, who was speechless for a long time.
Heshen explained to Ji Xiaolan: "In today's world, corrupt officials are rampant. Master Ji, can you guarantee that all 100,000 kilograms of rice will reach the victims?" If it were simply 100,000 kilograms of rice, less than 10,000 kilograms would reach the victims. But if it were wheat bran, perhaps 100,000 kilograms would reach the victims, ultimately helping ten times as many people.
What I need to do is to ensure the survival of the disaster victims. Therefore, given the same amount of disaster relief funds, using cheap wheat bran instead of rice becomes an inevitable choice.
Of course, this case is not suitable for this purpose.
There is another disaster relief case recorded in history books, which is Fan Zhongyan, who wrote "Worry about the world before you worry about yourself, and be happy about the world after you are happy about yourself."
This person's disaster relief work is even more interesting.
Shen Kuo of the Northern Song Dynasty recorded in his Dream Pool Essays: ...Since the people of Wuzhong liked to race boats and perform Buddhist rituals, Fan Zhongyan encouraged the people to hold more competitions. He would go out with his entourage every day and feast on the West Lake.
From spring to summer, city residents traveled in pairs, enjoying the mountains and rivers. Fan Zhongyan also summoned the abbots of various temples and told them, "During famine years, laborers are paid the lowest wages. Temples can take advantage of this opportunity to vigorously build civil engineering projects."
Later, Fan Zhongyan was impeached: "Hangzhou Magistrate Fan Zhongyan has no sympathy for the famine-stricken government, indulges in pleasure without restraint, and engages in large-scale construction projects for temples, government offices, and private individuals, wasting the people's financial resources. Please, Your Majesty, depose him!"
Fan Zhongyan submitted a memorial to the emperor: "This action...is to mobilize surplus funds to provide relief to the poor. Those engaged in trade, catering, artisans, and laborers, who rely on government and private sources for their livelihoods, number perhaps tens of thousands daily. There is no better measure for famine relief than this."
This is the famous "work-for-relief" disaster relief method in Yu Tang's previous life. Baili Tang plans to borrow this method, but he will upgrade it!
"Your Majesty! Something terrible has happened! Tens of thousands of disaster victims are heading towards the palace. I'm afraid it won't be long before they surround the palace!" A soldier came in to report.
Baili Tang: "Sir Wang!"
"I am here!"
"You take the lead. If you handle this improperly, you will receive ten more lashes."
"Your humble servant... obeys your command!" Your humble servant wants to cry, wuwuwu, why is it your humble servant?
Soon, Lord Wang returned home in defeat. With so many victims, it was unclear whether General Meng and his men could withstand them. Fortunately, he returned alive. Everyone in the house heard the words, "Let Baili Tang come out."
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