"Lord He!"
Liu Hao mused for a moment before he slowly opened his mouth and said,"I still need to think about this matter carefully. If there's a need, I still need to go and see these refugees!”
Tens of thousands of refugees were in the capital, and if they were not careful, they could cause a great disaster.
Wang Jie could be considered to have pinpointed He Shen's weakness and wanted him to solve the problem of these refugees. The capital was under the feet of the emperor, and this was related to the face of the Qing Dynasty.
Even Qianlong requested that this matter be resolved.
This was related to whether He Shen could sit firmly in the Military and Political Affairs Office, and at the same time, it was related to his future.
The political struggles of the ancients could not be underestimated.
He Shen nodded slightly and looked at Liu Hao with a look of approval. At this moment, Liu Hao still did not refuse. Clearly, he was just doing things.
It was not a problem for his confidant to be greedy, but he must have the ability to resolve this matter.
"Lord He, is there a time limit for settling these refugees?”Liu Hao asked.
"It will expire at the end of this year!" He Shen looked at Liu Hao and slowly said,"However, don't worry, I will ask the Ministry of Revenue to give you 100,000 taels of silver!”
A hundred thousand taels?
Liu Hao narrowed his eyes slightly and said,""Don't worry, Lord He. I'll do this. However, I still want to take a look at this part of the information!”
"No problem. I'll arrange a warehouse for you to be on duty. You can take a look at all the information!”He Shen nodded and slowly said,"If you have any needs, just let me know!”
He Shen knew his own business. He was a capable minister, but he was limited to amassing wealth, diplomacy, and possibly military capabilities.
However, to ask him to settle the refugees was completely in He Shen's blind spot.
Who knew how to arrange it.
Only the heavens knew how to make these refugees settle down. How could there be wasteland reclamation in the capital?
Wasn't this a joke?
If he couldn't do it, he could only let Liu Hao do it!
For now, he could only try his best.
Liu Hao took a deep breath." Don't worry, Lord He. I'll draft a plan in a few days!"”
He Shen nodded.”
After that, Liu Hao was led by a servant to a storeroom on duty. The storeroom was clean. If it was winter, there would be ice and charcoal. Although it was not as air-conditioned, it was quite comfortable.
Very soon, the officials sent a portion of the information to Liu Hao.
Liu Hao looked at the information in his hand and could not help but frown.
Disaster!
This year, a huge drought suddenly struck the entire northern part of Hebei. Coupled with the fact that the imperial court's disaster relief efforts were not good, this led to the birth of a large number of refugees. A considerable number of refugees had left their homes. These refugees were aimless, and a large group of refugees had come to the capital.
Liu Hao took a deep breath and could not help but frown.
However, he did not know how they had dealt with these refugees in history.
Pacify them? Or was it a direct and brutal suppression?
If it was a brutal suppression…
Liu Hao suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. How could the defenseless disaster victims resist the imperial court's army?
There were some things that Liu Hao did not want to think too much about. In this era, there were simply too many ways to deal with these refugees.
In particular, the Qing Dynasty had completely absorbed the lessons of the Ming Dynasty. What would their attitude towards the refugees be like?
After reading the information, Liu Hao asked He Shen for leave to go out of the city to see the refugee problem in the capital.
In his previous life, Liu Hao was a basic civil servant. It was not a problem for Liu Hao to visit the basic level.
The words " the people are in dire straits " sounded like simple words, but when Liu Hao saw the starving people everywhere, he was still shocked.
Before transmigrating, no matter what, it was not a problem to have a full meal. However, this was the prosperous era of the Kangxi Empire, the peak of the prosperous era, and there were actually such refugees.
Liu Hao could still feel his heart twitching.
These refugees could be said to be extremely poor. The farther away they were from the capital, the weaker their control over the place, the more miserable it was.
There were tens of thousands of people!
Even though Yongzheng had set up stalls, this did not stop the landowners from annexing the land and hiding it.
The more famine there was, the more food they would hoard, and the higher the price of food would be. When the famine came, the people of the world would have no food or clothing, and they could use the little food they had to devour the land and expand their influence.
A large number of people had left their homes, but this did not affect the landlord and aristocrats from continuing to annex land. In this prosperous era, it became more and more serious.
The more land was annexed, the more refugees there were. They had no food and no land to survive on. The only thing they could do was escape. During the escape, those who were lucky might meet some kind landowners who would reward them with a mouthful of rice and rent an acre of land.
The unlucky ones would starve to death or become bandits.
Apart from this, Liu Hao also noticed that there were people preaching among the refugees.
The uprising of the White Lotus Society!
Liu Hao couldn't help but take a deep breath when he thought of the uprising of the White Lotus Society in the late Qianlong period.
Liu Hao couldn't help but think of the sophistry of He Shen and Ji Xiaolan in the movies.
Have you ever seen a person die of bloating from eating Guanyin clay?
The roots and grass had been gnawed away!
Only by saving the officials could they save the people. Only when the officials were full could they take care of the people.
People who were about to starve to death were not human.
No!
They were humans!
In his previous life, Liu Hao had never seen a human tragedy, but in this life, he had.
Moreover, it was during the prosperous era of the Kang and Qian Dynasties.
The golden age of hunger!
"What's your name?" Liu Hao looked at a beggar in front of him and slowly asked.
Me?
This beggar was only eleven or twelve years old. At this moment, he was looking at Liu Hao with a curious gaze. After a long time, he said slowly,"My surname is Qin!"
"My name is Qin Su!"
"Qin Su, good name!" Liu Hao inhaled a deep breath of air. After which, he slowly opened his mouth and said,"Where is your home?"
"My home is over there!" Qin Su pointed in a direction.
Liu Hao looked in the direction he was pointing at, but he couldn't see anything.
"Come with me!" Liu Hao pulled Qin Su up, but he frowned slightly. It was actually a girl, but she was so dirty that he couldn't tell.
Qin Su was stunned for a moment and subconsciously grabbed Liu Hao's hand.
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