The road was opened, and the materials and personnel from the rear were sent to Xinzhou continuously, which finally stabilized the disaster here. After so long search and rescue, the ruins of Xinzhou City were rescued, and the people who could be rescued were probably unable to hold on at this time. Although Li Zhang was unwilling to accept this, he had no choice. After all, in the face of such natural disasters, the power of human beings is too small.

After temporarily stabilizing the situation in Xinzhou, Li Zhang rushed to Daizhou in the north of Xinzhou, which was within the range of an earthquake. However, in comparison, the situation in Daizhou was much better. After all, the center of the earthquake was in Xinzhou, so Daizhou suffered significantly less losses. It was just that some houses collapsed, causing hundreds of casualties, and communication with the outside world has always been smooth. So even if Li Zhang did not go, Daizhou could already save himself.

However, in order to prevent corruption among officials and some people from making money from the national crisis, Li Zhang deliberately went to Daizhou for inspection. As a result, he discovered some situations. After immediately dealing with a group of illegal businessmen and corrupt officials, he shocked a group of people, so that no one dared to reach out at this time.

Then Li Zhang returned to Xinzhou again because the situation here was too serious, especially the entire Xinzhou was destroyed, half of the city was flooded, and due to the changes in the terrain caused by the earthquake, the Xinzhou site was sinking. Even if the river was cleared, it would probably turn into a low-lying lake, so we could only find another address to rebuild it.

If it is an ordinary small town, it may not have the value of reconstruction after being destroyed, but Xinzhou is different. Xinzhou is surrounded by mountains and a rich basin in the middle. Fen River passes through the basin, making the land here very fertile. Especially the underground here is full of coal mines. In the past, coal was not valuable, but now it is becoming more and more common to use coal for heating. Some workshops have also begun to use coal as fuel, so the demand for coal is getting bigger and bigger.

Not to mention that Xinzhou is not far from the border, it is also an important garrison in the Song Dynasty, and the grain and food produced can also be supplied to the front line, so Xinzhou City must need to be rebuilt. However, for such a big thing as the construction of the city, even Li Zhang cannot make the decision, so he can only write a letter to Zhao Zhen, and the court will make the decision. At that time, officials from the Ministry of Works should be sent to guide and supervise.

Li Zhang stayed in Xinzhou for another half a month. After all the victims were completely resettled, Zu Zhizhou and some surviving officials were almost in charge, so he decided to return to the capital to report. After all, his mission to Xinzhou had been completed, so naturally other officials were responsible for it.

Zu Zhizhou and Wangdujian were also very reluctant to leave Li Zhang's departure, but they also knew that Li Zhang could not stay in a small place like Xinzhou, so they could only see Li Zhang off. When the surviving people learned that the Marquis of Dingbei was about to leave, they also came to see him off spontaneously. Some of them were rescued by Li Zhang from the ruins by themselves, and they were even more grateful to Li Zhang.

So when Li Zhang left, the surviving people also saw Li Zhang off one after another, and they waited until Li Zhang walked out far away. The people had not dispersed yet. In fact, to be honest, Li Zhang might not have done more than the things that Wangdujian and Zushizhou did, but Li Zhang brought hope to these people, which no one could replace.

Of course, what Li Zhang didn't know was that just after he left and was rebuilt Xinzhou City, at the request of some Xinzhou people and the support of Zu Zhizhou and Wang Dujian, they built a temple for Li Zhang in the city. It was incense until hundreds of years later, and later became a major attraction in Xinzhou. Of course, these are all later stories.

However, although the disaster relief matter of the Hedong earthquake has ended, the impact of this incident is far from over. Even the earthquake is just the beginning. Li Zhang had a premonition before leaving the capital.

The incident did not go beyond Li Zhang's expectations. Just when Li Zhang was still on the road, he received news from the capital. Song Qi, Han Qi, Su Shunqin, Ye Qingchen, Zhang Fangping, Zhang Guan and others took advantage of the opportunity of this Hedong earthquake to write to the court, pointing out the various shortcomings of the Song Dynasty and criticizing current affairs. This earthquake was a warning from God to the Song Dynasty. If there was no change, the Song Dynasty would inevitably suffer greater disasters in the future.

In fact, among the people like Song Qi and Han Qi, there are probably few who believe in the response of heaven and man. For example, with Li Zhang's understanding of Han Qi, he definitely doesn't believe it, but this does not prevent them from speaking out through this earthquake, because it is indeed time for change within the Song Dynasty.

Although the Song Dynasty has won consecutive victories in recent years, first drove Dangxiang to the north, then recovered Yanyun, and then defeated the Liao army, these military victories cannot cover up the internal conflicts of the Song Dynasty. Although the Song Dynasty has been established for less than 80 years, the internal problems of the Song Dynasty have accumulated to a very serious level.

For example, the most serious one is land annexation. In history, almost all dynasties have been destroyed by land annexation, and the Song Dynasty is particularly serious because, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, not only did not suppress annexation, but instead condone heroes and generals annexed land. Land transactions and rituals are quite common, the trend of land concentration is accelerating, and the number of farmers losing land is increasing.

"The rich have a land that can be seen, the poor have no land to stand. The strong have no land to plant, and the fields have no power to cultivate." These are the best portrayal of the land problem of the Song Dynasty. In addition, the burden on the people of the Song Dynasty was also extremely heavy. In addition to various tax burdens, there were also corvee labor and labor service, etc. The Song Dynasty was the best era for scholars, but their "goodness" was based on the blood and sweat of the people.

In addition to land and tax burden, the Song Dynasty had a huge bureaucratic organization, but it was extremely inefficient, because an official position might be shared by several people, which also caused officials to shirke each other, and officials at all levels were also just getting by. However, the treatment of officials in the Song Dynasty was high, which also caused an extremely serious burden on the Song Dynasty's finances.

It was precisely because of the above problems that Fan Zhongyan later launched the Qingli New Deal. Unfortunately, the new Deal did not solve the fundamental problem and it soon failed. This also led to the sharper contradictions within the Song Dynasty. As a result, the more radical Wang Anshi reform was brewed. Unfortunately, this reform still failed and brought a more serious consequence, that is, the cliques, which was one of the reasons for the later destruction of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Song Qi, Han Qi and others saw the various problems within the Song Dynasty. In addition, after defeating Dangxiang and Liao Kingdom, external threats were temporarily lifted, so they wanted to take this opportunity to eliminate all the domestic disadvantages in one fell swoop! .
Chapter completed!