Chapter 34-Post-Disaster Problems
The Divine Martial Army was one of the 10 Great Imperial Guards. Now that Li Shimin had ordered the 10 Great Imperial Guards to save the people, Cheng Yaojin, the highest commander of the Divine Martial Army, naturally couldn't stay here any longer.
After telling Li Shimin, Cheng Yaojin left first.
Looking at Cheng Chuwen, Li Shimin said hopefully,"Brat, you were the one who came up with the idea of letting the army rescue the trapped civilians. What should we do next?”
At this moment, Li Shiming was calm enough and had some thoughts.
However, he had never experienced an earthquake and had no experience in disaster relief. Moreover, Cheng Chuwen's suggestion of the army to save the people was very good.
Therefore, Li Shimin wanted to listen to Cheng Chuwen's thoughts before making a decision.
"Open the granary, save the people, and at the same time, prevent the epidemic.”
Cheng Chuwen explained," Now that the people have suffered heavy losses, and their houses have collapsed, they probably can't dig out any food. The imperial court wants to open the granary. We can't let the people who have been affected starve to death.
If they watched the people starve to death, then it would be useless no matter how many soldiers they had. It would not bring any prestige to the court and might even have a negative impact.
The other is epidemic prevention. After a great disaster, there will definitely be a plague. This is an old saying, and it is also the experience of the sages who have used countless lives to sum up. We should not ignore it.”
In fact, Cheng Chuwen still had many plans in his heart, but he knew that it was useless for him to say them in the Great Tang. If he couldn't meet the conditions, he might as well not say them.
Plague was a disease that would make people's faces change when they heard about it in this era. Even Li Shiming was no exception, especially when he was in Chang 'an.
"You're a doctor, so you know how to prevent the plague. What do you think I should do to prevent the plague from spreading?" Li Shimin quickly asked.”
Cheng Chuwen cupped his hands and said," Gather all the doctors in Chang 'an. Whether they are military doctors, imperial doctors, or civilian doctors, gather them all together."
I've trained the doctors of the Divine Martial Army, so I can let them accompany them and guide them to epidemic prevention.
At the same time, he told the Ten Great Imperial Guards to dispose of all the corpses. Whether they were human or animal corpses, they had to be buried in time and not exposed to the wilderness.
Then there's drinking water and hygiene."
Cheng Chuwen said a lot. Li Shimin listened carefully and did not dare to interrupt.
After a full ten minutes, Cheng Chuwen finished speaking. Li Shimin then turned to his personal eunuch and said,"Did you remember what this brat said just now? Immediately draft an imperial decree and send it out.”
"Yes, sir!"
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Although the Ten Great Imperial Army had a large number of soldiers, they had no experience in disaster relief. In addition, their coordination was not very good, causing the disaster relief process to be rather chaotic.
But overall, the process was pretty good.
After seven days, the collapsed houses in Chang 'an were basically cleaned up. The living people were basically rescued, and the corpses were buried according to Cheng Chuwen's method.
Li Shiming was relieved that there was no plague in this disaster.
"This little bastard is still the most reliable.”
Li Shi Min sighed. Then, he saw his personal eunuch rushing in, panting heavily,"Your Majesty, Lord Fang has calculated the losses.”
"Quick, let me take a look."
Li Shiming snatched the data over, but he was immediately stunned. The data this time was different from the previous ones. He couldn't understand a single word.
However, he soon understood that he must have learned the statistics method from Cheng Chuwen.
As expected, the personal eunuch said softly," Lord Fang said that the King of Wei and Fang Yi 'ai worked together to make the statistics. They used the statistics method that Cheng Chuwen had learned from Shelley."”
As he said that, the eunuch started to tell Li Shimin how to look.
Soon, Li Shiming understood what these numbers meant. He couldn't help but gasp,"The losses this time are so small?"
At this moment, it was not appropriate for anyone to say this, but the personal eunuch agreed."Yes, because Cheng Chuwen's methods were very effective, many people who were buried were rescued in time.
They had mobilized so many doctors to open the granaries and release the grain. As long as the commoners were rescued, they would basically not die. Now, most of the commoners who died were directly crushed to death.”
"Yes, if it wasn't for this little rascal, the number of people who died would be at least several times more than now.”
Li Shiming sighed and started to worry again.
Although the number of people who died this time was several times less than before, the number of collapsed houses was much more than before.
With so many houses collapsed, the people were homeless and wandering on the streets was also a big problem.
Moreover, if they couldn't settle down these people and resume production as soon as possible, the imperial court would have to continue to distribute grain. This was all money. The imperial court wasn't very rich right now, so it wouldn't be able to last for long.
After thinking for a while, Li Shimin felt that this matter should be discussed, so he said to his personal eunuch,"Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Cheng Yaojin!"
After naming a few names, Li Shimin said,"Let Cheng Chuwen come too. He has a lot of ideas and good things.”
"Yes, sir!"
The personal eunuch immediately obeyed the order.
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