Wang Anshi took a step forward.
"Your Majesty, the treasury has been slightly relieved, so it's time for disaster relief."”
He was the Minister of Works and was in charge of various projects, craftsmen, land reclamation, irrigation, transportation, and other government decrees.
Now that natural and man-made disasters had occurred in Great Xia, there were many places that needed money.
Apart from the raiders in the west of the river, the rest of the disaster relief needed a lot of post-disaster reconstruction.
"Yes." Xia Ji nodded and looked at Bao Zheng."Have you counted the money we seized last night?”
Bao Zheng replied,"Your Majesty, a portion of them have been counted."”
As he spoke, he told her about his gains from last night.
This time, they had paid a total of 74 million taels of silver. There were also a large number of antiques, antiques, and rare treasures waiting to be sold.
Don't think that this is a lot of money.
The Nine Regions was vast and boundless, and its storage of silver and gold was also an astronomical figure.
In addition, Great Xia had gone from prosperity to decline, which led to the purchase of silver not being as exaggerated as imagined.
Ordinary people would earn hundreds of taels of silver each year just by farming.
The money for this disaster relief was also very tight.
Fortunately, there was still a lot of money that had not been seized.
Even so, a large amount of money had been transferred by these corrupt officials.
The only thing that could really be collected was probably to maintain the disaster relief.
"Well done."
Xia Ji narrowed his eyes.
He did not expect these officials to be so corrupt.
One had to know that this was only a small part. The real big part had yet to come out.
For example, He Shen who went back to check the accounts.
However, Xia Ji didn't mind.
Now that he had money, many things were much easier to solve.
Moreover, the news of him entering the arsenal last night was not concealed.
After the Minister of Revenue, Pei Ju, found out about this, he would naturally distribute this matter.
He did not have to worry about the phenomenon of pocketing again.
Xia Ji looked at the Minister of War, Yu Qian.""Are you here for disaster relief?”
Xia Ji could understand if Wang Anshi came over.
However, when Minister of War Yu Qian came over, he was somewhat surprised.
Other than using the army to suppress the bandits, there was no need for anything else.
Moreover, this was a small matter to the Ministry of War.
Yu Qian also stood out under Xia Ji's gaze.
However, his brows were tightly knitted together, and he did not look as happy as Bao Zheng and Wang Anshi.
Yu Qian frowned and said,"Your Majesty, although there is a disaster relief fund now, there is a shortage of manpower."”
He was here to ask for someone.
Now that Great Xia was weak, it wasn't just the treasury and granary that were empty.
Even their military strength was insufficient.
On one hand, it was because of the prophecy that " Great Xia would only last for 800 years ", causing many people to move to the territory of the seven vassal kings.
On the other hand, in order to strengthen themselves, the seven vassal kings had won over a large number of Xia generals.
When those deva generals left, they also took a large number of Great Xia's troops with them.
As a result, even if they did not lack money and food, manpower was a big problem.
If he wanted to recruit soldiers from the commoners, it would be very difficult.
After all.
Great Xia had been stable for too long, and the commoners had to pay a large amount of taxes every year.
One of them was exemption from military taxes.
If they were to recruit soldiers now, it would cause the reputation of the Human Emperor to suffer a great loss.
Hearing Yu Qian's words.
Xia Ji also felt that this was a tricky situation.
However…
Although it was tricky, if it was handled well, this could be an opportunity for Great Xia to change.
Thinking of this…
Xia Ji looked at Yu Qian.”
"It can be suppressed, but…" Yu Qian nodded.
He explained his current situation.
Those that could be suppressed, such as the raiders in the west of the river and the cults in the north of the desert.
Even if Great Xia's military strength was currently weak, they could still do it.
However, a locust plague, flood, or drought couldn't be suppressed.
It required a large amount of manpower and material resources to support it.
With just their current military strength, they couldn't split up.
In such a situation, if it was an ordinary person, they would have given up long ago.
However, Xia Ji only needed to think about it for a moment to come up with a solution.
He looked at Yu Qian and said,"It is enough to suppress the raiders. There is no need to mobilize too many people in those places where natural disasters occur."”
Hearing this, Bao Zheng, Wang Anshi, and Yu Qian were all stunned.
Wang Anshi said," Your Majesty, although man-made disasters are not as good as natural disasters, if we leave them alone, the hearts of the people will dissipate. This is not conducive to the long-term survival of Xia."”
Bao Zheng also said,""Your Majesty, please reconsider. Great Xia cannot suffer too many losses.”
The seven vassal kings all had ulterior motives.
If Xia Ji didn't care about the natural disasters and only went to suppress the man-made disasters…
It was very likely that there would be a lot of rumors.
At that time, there would be a further loss of population.
This would make it impossible for Great Xia to make a comeback.
Therefore, he wanted to stabilize Great Xia.
Now, apart from suppressing those raiders and cults, there was no other way.
He had to deal with the natural disaster as soon as possible.
Therefore, both Bao Zheng and Wang Anshi were very anxious.
They finally saw the hope of Great Xia rising again in Xia Ji.
He would never allow Xia Ji to make a wrong decision.
Xia Ji smiled when he saw the two of them.""Who said that I don't care about those natural disasters?”
Wang Anshi, Bao Zheng, and Yu Qian were all stunned.
Could it be that the Human Emperor had a way?
" Right now," Xia Ji said calmly," the problem we have to face is nothing more than a lack of manpower. This is not as difficult as you think.”
"There's a saying that goes,'what is taken from the people is used by the people'. This is originally meant for those in power, but this saying doesn't apply here.”
"Now that natural and man-made disasters have occurred everywhere, countless people have lost their homes and are homeless.”
Hearing this.
Bao Zheng, Wang Anshi, and Yu Qian were puzzled.
However, they seemed to have grasped something in their hearts, but it was not clear.
Although these people were considered manpower, they were already refugees. Why were they still asked to work?
If anything went wrong, it would cause a large number of people to resist.
Even civil uprisings.
At that time, Great Xia would probably collapse even before the seven kings made a move.
However, none of them interrupted Xia Ji and waited for him to continue.
This Human Emperor had not even entered the court, but he had already displayed the bearing of a Human Emperor from ancient times.
Perhaps he really had a way.
Xia Ji continued," My method is very simple. Man-made disasters will naturally be suppressed by the army. As for natural disasters, we will gather a small amount of manpower, money, and food. Then, we will hire these refugees and let them carry out post-disaster reconstruction.”
"Food and lodging are provided every day, and the salary is 10% more than normal.”
"In that case, the natural disaster can naturally be resolved!"
Xia Ji said.
Bao Zheng, Wang Anshi, and Yu Qian were all shocked.
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