Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 72, Relief for Work

"Relief for work?"

Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang were all taken aback when they heard it. These four people are all well-read poems and books. been there.

This is the first time they have heard of work-for-relief, but they have never heard of it before.

"What is work-for-relief?"

Liu Jian pondered these four words carefully, thought for a while and asked Liu Jin.

"The so-called work-for-relief means that in times of famine, when providing relief to the victims, we should not only distribute food, but also find ways to organize the victims to build large projects, such as building embankments, dredging rivers, building City defense or something."

"The advantage of this is that on the one hand, it plays a role in disaster relief. On the other hand, after the victims have a job, they will be more secure and keep themselves safe, which can reduce the occurrence of illegal things."

Liu Jin replied, this work-for-relief is very famous in later generations, and anyone who has studied history knows it, but in ancient times, there was no awareness of work-for-relief in all dynasties.

Relief for disaster victims is relief for disaster victims. This major construction project is a major construction project, and it has never been linked together, because the common people in ancient times not only had to pay taxes, but also had to perform corvee every year. The so-called corvee means working for the imperial court for free. For major projects, the imperial court will conscript the people to serve in corvée, without spending a penny at all.

"So that's it. This is a very novel method, and it is also very effective. In times of famine, people's hearts are moved. If we can organize the construction of large-scale projects while providing disaster relief, it will be able to soothe people's hearts better."

"It's really a good idea."

Xie Qian pinched his mustache, and appreciated this work-for-relief.

"It's true. I went to Shaanxi for disaster relief before. During the famine, I ate the last meal without the next meal. The simple distribution of food for disaster relief is often the worst. It is best to supplement it with other means, such as tax exemption, It would be better to be exempted from corvee.”

"In the famine area, there are often robbers and robbers everywhere, and people's hearts are unstable. After the food is distributed, the victims have nothing to do after they are full, and it is easy to breed troubles and develop dependence."

"It's really a good way to use work for relief. I don't know which expert can come up with such a good way."

Liu Jian also nodded along with him, expressing his appreciation.

"Relief for work?"

Emperor Hongzhi heard that the two elders were very appreciative, and he silently remembered it. After thinking about it, he asked, "Then what should we do with the refugees in front of us?"

"Our Xishan Coal Industry is very short of manpower. Our honeycomb coal is becoming more and more popular. When every household in the entire capital uses honeycomb coal, the demand will be very huge. Millions of honeycomb coal will be burned every day."

"These people in Xishan Village in front of us are far from enough. More people are needed. Now we recruit these refugees to work in our Xishan Coal Industry, feed them every day, and give them a few pennies. Relief with work is almost the same.”

Liu Jin pointed to the extremely busy areas of Xishan Village, and said with a smile: "I originally wanted to discuss with you, Mr. Zhu, that our recruitment expansion is just right now, so we can save ourselves from recruiting everywhere."

"This is a good thing. Of course I have no opinion. If possible, recruit as many people as possible."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, a smile finally appeared on his face, and there was a good solution to the problems of these refugees.

When he looked at Liu Jin, his eyes were full of admiration. The Liu Jin in front of him not only solved the problem of ordinary people’s heating in winter, but now he can even solve the problem of refugees. .

"How should I reward him?"

In his mind, Emperor Hongzhi was thinking about rewarding Liu Jin, and solved a few troubles for himself one after another. Hongzhi was not a mean and ungrateful person, and he always insisted on the principle of business with merit.

"Unfortunately, he is still a scholar. If he is an official for the court, he can give you several consecutive promotions."

"Let's wait until next year's autumn to see the situation. If he can go to high school, in the next year's palace examination, no matter what, I will reward you with a Jinshi."

Emperor Hongzhi was already thinking about giving Liu Jin a prize in his mind, and he was very satisfied with Liu Jin.

"Don't worry, our Xishan Coal Industry needs a lot of people now, and if there are enough people, I plan to promote this briquette to other places. Naturally, the more people there are, the better."

Liu Jin nodded, but now there is a shortage of manpower. As for the number of people, Liu Jin is not afraid. There are all kinds of ways to get rich in his mind, and he can find a way out casually, such as burning cement, burning glass, There are ways to make money, and these also require a lot of manpower.

"That's good, that's good. I don't care about spending more money. Anyway, our Xishan Coal Industry is quite profitable. I, the major shareholder, don't have any opinions."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he nodded again and again. When he went out, there were hundreds of refugees at the West Bianmen, and there were probably no fewer at the gates of other cities.

Adding up all these city gates, there are probably thousands of refugees. With so many refugees, Emperor Hongzhi also estimated that Xishan Coal Industry would spend a lot of money on labor relief, so he also told Liu Jin not to Reluctant to spend money, he, the major shareholder, has no objection, just spend it.

"Haha, it is said that it is work for relief. In fact, not only do we not spend much money, but we can also make money. With work for relief, they are helping us make money by doing things for us. The more people we recruit, the more we earn. more."

As soon as Liu Jin heard what Emperor Hongzhi said, he immediately understood that Emperor Hongzhi still didn't really understand the deep meaning of using work for relief.

"There are too many people here, and they will be poor just to eat, but can they still make money?"

Li Dongyang doesn't quite believe it. People are cheap and things are expensive in this era. In the era of extremely scarce resources, manpower is the least valuable, and everything else is very valuable, especially food, especially in times of famine.

"Of course, talents are the foundation of everything, and there are people who have everything. Don't just see what people consume, but also see the value that people can create."

Liu Jin replied confidently.

"Talent is everything, talent is fundamental~"

"Mr. Liu is really knowledgeable, every word is perfect, today's trip is really worthwhile."

Liu Jian savored Liu Jin's words carefully, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but praise Liu Jin.

　Please collect, please promote~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)