jdhmnovel Chapter 937 Solved a Problem
Chapter 937 Solved a Problem
The fourth day of August.
The imperial court set up a checkpoint at the city gate and asked the refugees outside the city gate to line up for registration. The scene was grand and bustling.
Pei Jun was worried that after the refugees gathered, someone would take the opportunity to cause trouble, so he specifically asked for protection from the imperial guards.
In the past two days, the refugees have received messages from the government, so after the court set up checkpoints, they have been particularly active and orderly.
Who among those who fled here didn’t lose their families and be separated from their wives and children?
Now that the court is willing to give them travel expenses and food, they are of course willing to return home.
It had drizzled when the late emperor's funeral procession took place a few days ago. Maybe it was raining in their hometown as well when they took the silver and returned.
Of course, there are a very small number of these people who are here to cheat money.
Anyway, after they received the silver, they left Beijing, went to other city gates, and finally came back.
Kyoto city looks prosperous when viewed from the city gate. After seeing the golden nest, why would you still yearn for the shabby countryside?
Even though I want the money, I won’t leave!
After learning from the last lesson, Hong Xiu dressed up as a young man, stood in front of the porridge stall, looked at the long queue not far away, and sighed: "The weather is getting colder, we have to take the money and leave quickly. What do you think, should we prepare some dry food for them to eat on the road?"
These days, thanks to the girl's foresight, they were able to buy a lot of food at a low price and stockpile it.
Otherwise, with the little food in the government office, the porridge the victims were drinking would have been so big that their shadows could be seen in it.
Number Three crossed his arms, looked into the distance, pouted, and shook his head helplessly: "I have to knead the dough overnight again. However, I have a suggestion..."
Hongxiu turned around and looked at him: "What?"
"Add some sorghum flour, maybe more."
What they want is to be able to return home alive. As long as they can fill their stomachs, no one will mind whether it is sorghum flour, buckwheat flour, or white flour.
"Row."
After Hongxiu adopted No. 3's suggestion, she asked someone to buy sorghum for grinding into flour.
On the seventh day of August, Pei Jun personally distributed silver, money and grain seeds at the city gate, two taels of silver and half a bushel of grain seeds to each person, and they received them according to the list.
They received a number when they registered, and the officials had already exchanged small change for silver at various banks. The grain shops in the city also prepared the grain seeds and handed them over to the government on time. The distribution of silver and the loading of grain seeds were carried out simultaneously.
Those who received the relief went to Hongxiu and other porridge stalls with smiles on their faces to collect relief food. After receiving the relief food, some of them even knelt down and kowtowed to express their gratitude to them.
After leaving the capital, I will never see these kind people again.
In order to ensure that these people could leave Beijing safely and return home, groups of officials escorted them back home.
As for when to let them return on their own, it depends on the conditions on the road.
Hongxiu had arranged people to knead the dough and steam the buns overnight, but they were so busy that they were so tired that they couldn't even lift their hands.
Fortunately, within two days, all the thousands of refugees at the city gate were successfully returned home. Even though there were more refugees arriving later, they were only a small number.
Emperor Ping Zhao's heroic act of selling official positions not only dispersed the refugees and prevented the outbreak of vicious incidents, but also added nearly 200,000 taels of silver to the national treasury.
Emperor Ping Zhao was in a much better mood after resolving a worry. However, he was a little worried because there was no news from Yuzhou Prefecture.
A total of four groups of people were sent, so why is there no movement at all?
Especially the Duke of Weiguo, who brought 20,000 soldiers from the Xu family. Could it be that he still couldn't deal with those civil servants?
"Your Majesty, there is news from Yuzhou Prefecture."