Normally, it is a natural disaster for floods and droughts. Because the people in Jiangnan are simple and rich, most of the scholars in the past would pay for relief, and wealthy families would take out rice and flour to cook porridge. At the meeting, the gentry asked for the grace of the holy people, and they would either reduce or suspend the collection of money and grain, and the court distributed money and grain to help the victims.

Even if the gentry refused to submit the book, the people would submit the public memorial. Even if the gentry refused to submit the book, there would be a public memorial on the two courts and governments.

Unexpectedly, with the departure of the government officials this year, the Hangzhou officialdom and the rural gentry were appointed by the countryside victims without food, and the people did not say anything. If it weren't for the border censors or officials passing by here, the court would have thought Hangzhou was fine.

Xu Hao could not guess the reason, but he could not understand it in secret these days. He found that the officials and the grain runners were like wolves and tigers. Not only did they not help the people, they instead asked for taxes everywhere.

After the explanation of the Xia family and the letters from Yu Shiji, I realized that over the years, Jiangnan has owed too much tax grain, and Huzhou alone has owed a total of 600,000 stones.

In Hongwu's later years, the governments in various places had a large deficit every year, which made the deficits grow bigger and bigger. Although I was exempted from taxes for one year last year, what should I do if I owe it in previous years? The debts left by the previous official were not wanted to be recognized by the next official, so I followed the example for three years and continued to be left for the next one.

Over time, local officials are afraid that the court will pursue the matter and implicate their colleagues and superiors. Therefore, no matter who is the official, they can only cover up the truth when they are afraid of being attacked. There is no grain stored in the warehouse. They are afraid that people will starve to death and look for the fault of the wealthy and big families, and force them to take out their food, so who will pay for the food and provide relief?

For ordinary people, millet is sold for eight taels of treasure money, but the government still refuses to calm the price of grain. Isn’t it impossible to support children? It just so happens that the boy is sold as a tenant farmer, and the daughter is more beautiful and sold to be a thin horse in Yangzhou, or as a slave or a servant.

What is even more hateful is that some people are unwilling to accept the case and go to the government to file a complaint. Generally, the cost of lawsuits in this famine is reduced and a complaint is handed over. Regardless of whether there is any compensation or not, they are detained for money on business trips, or summon witnesses or other things. When the case is tried, they often fined thirty or forty taels of silver, rice and silver, grain and wood, bricks and tiles, and adobe. The deadline is stated to be three days.

Even if you pay it on the fourth day, it will not work. People are forced to sell houses, land, and children. If they cannot sell it, they will force the people in charge to death. Worry, whether the widows and orphans will starve to death one after another? If they die clean, they can estimate the housework and extinguish their property. After the price is limited, they will force their neighbors to pay.

Therefore, every little thing in Hangzhou is going to do, and many families are forced into such fields. I wish someone would rise up. Who would submit a public memorial?

Xu Hao was angry and angry. The difficulty of administration was this. Even if all these officials were killed, the next group would emerge. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang killed tens of thousands of officials so radically, how many years have passed since then, the administration is so bad?

In dealing with officials, few people have been able to do all the evils of Zhu Yuanzhang, even if Zhu Di cannot do it, let alone Zhu Gaochi. Of course, killing cannot completely solve the problem.

Besides, Xu Hao cannot interfere in local political affairs without authorization, and he cannot come to the door to slap in the face and then send someone to arrest him in the street. Such recklessness is only counterproductive, and he may even shoot himself in the foot if he doesn't do it well.

Moreover, because the court has sent officials, it is not Xu Hao's turn to come and take rats to meddle in other people's business. Hangzhou officials have been greatly restrained in the past few days and have actively assisted officials of the Ministry of Revenue to provide disaster relief.

Therefore, Xu Hao chose to continue to hide behind the scenes. He is very familiar with disaster relief. Anyway, the illegal officials cannot escape, so there is no need to worry about settlement.

The 10,000-stone grains sold in the name of the Xia family, the price is not six cents and eight cents per dou? The Xia family only needs one cent, two cents and one liter. Only twelve copper coins are converted into.

Each person is only allowed to buy one liter a day, and is not wary of those yamen runners taking the opportunity to get benefits. How could Xu Hao's cheapness be so easy to cheat? One is counted as one, and no one can escape in the future.

Cereals are a cheaper type of grain crops. It would be nice to fill the stomach if you want to get a disaster. Xu Hao never thought of spending money to buy a large amount of rice and wheat for people to eat. He urgently bought tens of thousands of stones of grain from Shandong and other places and sold it at a cost price. Even if the loss and freight are added, it would not cost much.

With the Xia family setting up four grain shops in the southeast, southwest and northwest, and with the court's relief and crackdown on illegal grain merchants, the grain prices in the city have dropped significantly.

Mrs. Xia walked out of the pain of losing her son and sat in the store every day. People flocked to buy food. Some of them said: "You only have 12 yuan in 68 yuan in grain. Why not even get rid of these money and help the poor quickly? For a good reputation and government rewards, it is not as good as you have now."

Mrs. Xia smiled and said, "I was born in the Mu family in the capital. I have received many graces from the imperial court. What reward do I need? The wealthy and wealthy families and the villagers are unwilling to donate some relief. What reputation am I, an old widow, greedy for? The Xia family has no savings, and sells a few dollars to preserve their vitality. When the year is over, I will make up for the original amount and prepare for the next waste year."

The people nodded frequently after hearing this. Everyone said that Mrs. Xia was right. Xu Hao and Mu Ningxue in the distance looked at each other and smiled, thinking that the nurse was a person who could live a life.

The Xia family is not easy to fool. Although they don’t know that Xu Hao plans to settle the score after the autumn, facing the people who buy the grain, there are the people who resell and make profits. They recognize them and do not sell them to him. The victims also help to identify them. At this time, similar people are rats crossing the street. Once they spread, who will not despise them? They gradually disappeared.

Some people asked, "I have a lot of people in my family, and one liter is not enough to eat. Can I sell more?"

The family said, "If there are so many people in your family, ask them to buy it themselves so that they can check it out." Seeing that Xia's family was right, the people lost their opinions.

In short, hungry people have a low grain to eat, and if they have food, they have the strength to do work and help others, and if they get wages, they can buy millet. Hangzhou has been the most developed agricultural economy since the Tang Dynasty. The textile and other industries have not become depressed due to famines. Instead, because the sea ban was opened last year, the workshops have increased their staff. This is one of the reasons why most victims can survive despite the government's resentment.

Of course, there are also people who cannot find short-term workers or disabled or widows. The twelve copper coins a day are astronomical for them. In this regard, Mrs. Xia did not have to worry about her sister-in-law. She invited a few people from the village to make friends with her tribe, and set up a porridge factory in the east, west, south and north.

In this regard, it is almost the same. There is no need to let the hungry people have enough food. One meal a day is enough. Each person has a big sap and four bowls are enough for the whole family to survive.

With such a few days, Hangzhou City returned to its peaceful appearance within a few days. Public security was rapid and stable, and few people gathered to cause trouble. Tourists from all over the country could enjoy their peace of mind. The stability of people made the operation of all walks of life return to normal.

There was a juren named Wu in the city who had been the magistrate of Shaanxi. When he heard Mrs. Xia's righteous deeds, he sighed: "This kind of beautiful deeds. If we don't do it, we will teach a woman who has three strands of combing her hair and two pieces of clothes to do it. She is so shameless."

The Wu family followed suit and took out the hundreds of stones of grain from the house. They also cooked porridge for free while making twelve liters.

Several other families were kind-hearted and rich people who participated in the event. Mu Ningxue then sent people to each family and said, "Each family has limited staff, and they have to eat grain and cook porridge. They can't take care of each other, and there is no support for many rice and grain. Now, with the help of Wu and others, a good thing has been achieved. The Xia family is very grateful.

I was afraid that someone would have bad intentions, so I bought this place and then went there. After eating the porridge here and then went there, the inspection would not let everyone down. It would be better to plan the area and take care of each place. People should not be allowed to spend money, and they would save the lack of clones."

The Wu Juren said happily: "Your grandma is very worried. I didn't think about this festival, so I should do it like this." Several other companies agreed. Each company was responsible for selling grain, the Xia family specialized in running a porridge factory, responsible for cooking porridge for fifteen days, and the other five companies delivered three days of grain every month.

In fact, with the support of Xu Hao and the court, the Xia family could insist on long-term relief with the help of the Xia family. Whenever the other families had lost their food, the Xia family helped buy grain from the government at a fair price. It was not an extra penny for each family. It was because the several families had no idea of ​​seeking help from their fellow villagers and united and persisted. After only two months, many people who disagreed changed their views.

Gradually, other villagers also wanted to do some good deeds or make a name for their reputation, and were moved by the fact that they had no selfishness. So they spontaneously gathered together to discuss and unite to calculate the matter with great care. Finally, they discussed combining everyone's grain and continued to be led by the Xia family to save the wasteland.

Many rich families in the city were also moved and they came out to donate rice, silk and money, all attached to the rice shops and porridge factories of the Xia family and others.

As a result, like Mrs. Xiao in the old family in Xiaojia Village back then, Mrs. Xia has increased her reputation and is respected by the whole city.

From the first day of October this year to the first day of May next year, in a total of seven months, the city's wealthy households worked together to feed tens of thousands of hungry people miraculously because they only used 38,670 stones of rice and more than 186,000 stones of millet.

Among them, Xu Hao only used 10,000 stones of rice and 80,000 stones of grain, which was only a drop in the bucket for the Xu family. He completed a feat of saving people and achieved a beautiful talk on relief.

In June, the heavens were beautiful, but it was a pleasure to collect wheat and rice from all over the south of the Yangtze River and seize the autumn seedlings. Xia Yuanji, Yu Shiji and officials reported to the court one after another, and Zhu Gaochi and the ministers were very happy.

Good will be rewarded, evil will be rewarded, and those who have made meritorious will receive the reward they deserve. The six ministries sent a large number of officials and Jinyiwei to thoroughly investigate illegal matters such as local grain storage, and severely punish officials and evil people who reported the people to harm one side.

In the face of the truthful report of the food owed, Zhu Gaochi issued an order without hesitation to all exempt him. In September of the following year, the land rent of flooded land in all continents was exempted from the total of 3.38 million stones. This move immediately shocked the world. Military and civilians from all over the country praised Emperor Hong Xi's benevolence, righteousness and wiseness.

The emperor also issued an order to praise a family in Hangzhou who contributed money and effort and gave the plaque to the Great Good House. This was a great honor in ancient times, and the Wu Juren and others were all happy.

There was a joyful atmosphere everywhere in Hangzhou city, and everyone smiled. All the heavy burdens that had been put on their bodies over the years were gone. There was no need to sell their children for the tax they owed. Moreover, the money, grain and taxes this year were also exempted. The court purchased grain at a higher price.

The occupied land was returned to the people one after another, and those who died in vain were cleared. This time, the Jinyiwei's efficiency was really surprising. No one expected that in just one month, thousands of cases were resolved, hundreds of officials were sent to prison, and illegal income was handed over. Most of them were demoted to civilians and returned to their original hometowns to farm.

Everyone believes that in time, with the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, it will not be difficult to restore the vitality of the past in a short time and reappear the prosperity of Hangzhou Paradise.

At this moment, few people knew that Xu Hao, who lived in seclusion near the Xia family, silently played a huge role in this disaster relief.

Xu Hao stood in the long-famous Lingyin Temple, looking at the beautiful scenery of West Lake, with a smile on his lips.

Yu Shiji, the commander of the Du Yu, felt the spring breeze blowing on his face. From beginning to end, he showed up on behalf of Xu Hao. Facing the intention to cover up the truth, he prayed to report to the entire Jiangnan officialdom in the court with small numbers, and resolutely said: "I can't do anything to deceive the emperor and the sick people!"

At this time, Yu Shiji wanted to restore the original appearance of West Lake, but Xu Hao shook his head. It was indeed a beautiful thing, but for Hangzhou, which was severely damaged, more than 4,000 acres of land should not be lost. It would be better to stay for a few more years. It would not be too late to wait until the national strength recovers and then clear the West Lake.
Chapter completed!