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Chapter 11 Relief for Work

After gently putting down the memorial, Yang You slowly stood up, and his originally happy expression began to disappear, replaced by a sad expression.

"No one is willing to leave his hometown and live under others' roofs. The people are displaced. What they want is nothing more than a meal to live. The people in the Daxing area are kind-hearted and try their best to help the people who are affected. I am not only pity the suffering of the refugees, but also glad that I have such kind people in Daxing and are proud of having such people."

"His Highness Dai Wang pity the people is really a blessing for great prosperity." Wei Wensheng congratulated.

He didn't know the content in the comments, but just habitually took the lead to avoid taking the initiative.

Yang You nodded and continued, "I want to provide relief to the victims, but I cannot let down the hearts of these kind people. After worrying day and night, I finally got along with each other with the best of both worlds."

Oh! The officials raised their curiosity. What can a thirteen-year-old child do? Although the officials are usually respectful to Yang You, they don’t have much awe of him. After all, his age is there.

"Work for relief." Yang You said firmly.

Ministers are familiar with the word "work-for-relief". Work-for-relief originated in the Zhou Dynasty. The earliest records of the text are found in the book "Book of Rites". The "Book of Rites·Monthly Orders" include "In the month of spring, granaries are distributed, poverty is given, and poverty is rewarded." "Book of Han·Food and Memorandum" contains "the granaries of counties and countries are used to boost poverty". "Book of Later Han·Zhidi Ji" contains "Fangchun precepts and relief for ills and disasters". From this, it can be seen that from the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Zhenzhen" was changed to "relief".

Looking at the previous poverty alleviation and disaster relief, the main measures taken include tax reduction, exemption, levy, relief, lending, settlement, pension, etc. Reducing tax and exemption, that is, tax reduction and exemption; calming the disaster, that is, the distribution of grain at a fair price in the year of disaster; relief includes grain relief, money relief, material relief, porridge relief and work relief.

However, these disaster relief is generally carried out in the affected areas. In the Daxing area, a large number of disaster victims enter. How to carry out labor-for-relief?

Looking at the confused eyes of the ministers, Yang You couldn't help but feel proud and said, "In a short time, it was the time when the people of Daxing were serving labor service. Over the years, the people of Daxing have been suffering from labor service and are unwilling to do it. Now a large number of refugees have entered the Daxing area, and what they want is just a meal for.

When Yang You said this, he paused and looked at the ministers underground. Many ministers understood that the corvee service in the Sui Dynasty had always been very heavy, and the people in the Daxing area were mostly rich, and most of them were unwilling to perform corvee service.

"His Royal Highness Dai means that this year, the corvee service in the Daxing area will be exempted from the corvee service in Daxing area, and these refugees will replace the people in Daxing to serve the corvee service." Gu Yi said in surprise.

In fact, he submitted this memorial to help Yang You. He deliberately did not point it out directly, which also meant to test Yang You. Sure enough, Yang You did not disappoint him, and took this creativity for himself without hesitation to increase his prestige.

Maybe everyone knows what's going on. No one will tell it and pass it on to the people. Everyone is grateful for the kindness and righteousness of His Highness Dai.

"What Master Gu said is very much. It is not that he is exempt from corvee service, but that he is paid for money. After all, we have no money in Panku, Daxing, and we still have to support so many victims. However, I promise that the corvee service in Daxing will be exempted from the Daxing area within three years." Yang You said.

"But the Great Sui law stipulates that 60-year-olds can take money to serve as a service, and now all are allowed to take money to serve as a service. There is no precedent!" A white-haired official from the Ministry of Rites said.

As soon as he finished speaking, he was despised by all the officials around him and was not allowed to pay all the money for service. Then you pay for the money for the refugees! If one more person pays, you will support one more refugee. Do you want the Ministry of Revenue to pay for the money and go to drink the northwest wind together next month? This official from the Ministry of Rites knew that he had said it was wrong when he saw the faces of the people around him, and slipped back to the team in shame.

"This matter is decided like this. If the emperor blames it, I will take it all my strength," Yang You waved his hand and said Dayi Lingran.

"I vow to advance and retreat together with Your Highness Dai." Wei Wensheng took the lead, and all the officials agreed collectively.

"This time, five canals will be built to clear the moat outside Daxing City. More than 20,000 refugees will not last long." Su Sheng frowned. Su Sheng was the magistrate of Daxing County and knew the amount of labor service this year.

"It's better to take the opportunity to repair the official road of Daxing. The official road of Daxing has been very damaged in recent years." Ping Honggui took the opportunity to ask for a smooth official road.

Recently, he has been in charge of four-wheeled carriages. Four-wheeled carriages have high requirements for road conditions. If the official road is repaired, four-wheeled carriages will definitely be popular. At that time, the Ministry of Works will definitely make money every day, and the opportunity to turn things around will come.

Yongfeng Warehouse can be built quickly.

There are still several bridges to be repaired in Wannian County.

The county government of this prefecture is about to be renovated.

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Before they knew it, the officials discovered that there were so many things to do in Daxing area. If all these things were done, the refugees would not be able to complete them even next year.

However, every time they said something, Yan Juncheng's face turned a little darker. He would definitely not be charged more for the money and would probably be used up in a month. In the end, the Ministry of Revenue would have to pay the bill for so many projects.

"Your Highness the King of Dai, the relief of refugees is related to the country and the country. The old minister begs General of Dai to take charge of disaster relief matters." Wei Wensheng said solemnly.

"Please take charge of the disaster relief matters on behalf of His Highness the King." All the ministers asked for their orders

It turns out that doing good deeds was not an easy task in ancient times. If you want to be a good person, you will be almost done by building a bridge, paving a road, and relieving an orphan and widowed mother. However, if you want to help the victims, you will be accused of accidentally winning people's hearts.

Yang You also knew that this time he was inevitable, and he could only resist the burden.

Gu Yi looked at Wei Wensheng in front of him and cursed him in his heart. Although there was no direct evidence that Wei Wensheng was planning, once His Highness Dai King focused on the matters of refugees, he would have no time to take care of the things in the court. In this way, the entire court was his world. However, Gu Yi didn't care. His Highness Dai King had begun to wake up, how many years could Wei Wensheng be in power?
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