Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 90
The fleeing people present persuaded the weeping mother and son to stop crying. When natural disasters come, how can manpower return to heaven? What is the use of crying? Can crying solve the problem? Then there will be crying outside the city!
Wang Ping'an looked down at the crying mother and child. He couldn't bear it, but he didn't discourage him. He said, "Cry, cry out all the grievances in your heart this time, just cry out, otherwise you will get sick if you hold it in your heart!"

The people looked at Wang Ping'an. They were all newcomers and didn't know him. They only thought he was a son of a rich family. Isn't it unreasonable!
Wang Pingan said to the people: "You are living in hardship now, and you have anger in your heart. If you can't vent it in time, and you have no food and clothing, then as long as you are disturbed by a little cold, you will get seriously ill. In the current situation where there is a lack of medical care and medicine In the same situation, minor illnesses will also kill you!"

This kind of thing happened in every dynasty and every generation under the circumstance of insufficient medical facilities in ancient times, which is by no means an exaggeration.Minor ailments like colds, if they are normal, can be cured by taking some medicine, or even pass without taking medicine.But if you put it in front of you, outside the current Xuzhou City, even if it's just a cold, it will kill countless people!

But the people present didn't understand these things, they had never read medical books, they didn't understand the reason, they were all angry when they saw Wang Ping'an say such "bastard words", just now they saw his carriage knocking down the child, they all rushed Accusing, some people even wanted to come up and push and argue with Wang Ping'an!

Wang Ping'an suddenly shouted: "I told you to cry, it is for your own good! Think about it, although you are not the people under the rule of Xuzhou, since you have escaped from the disaster, since you have arrived in Xuzhou, the local officials are obliged to provide relief. Let me give you a bowl of porridge to drink? If you just hold back like this and no one makes a sound, how can the government not procrastinate in doing things? So you have to cry loudly so that all the officials in the city can hear them. I will step up and take out food to help you, why can't you even understand such a simple truth!"

It doesn't make sense to say anything else, you just have great abilities, even if a god from the sky descends to earth, in this case, if you tell what is going to happen, just rely on lip service and don't show benefits, you will still be the same It doesn't make sense!But if you tell the benefits of doing this, it will immediately make sense, and everyone present will understand!
The common people immediately understood, suddenly realized!Yes, why didn't we think of this!
Immediately, many people burst into tears. They were already in dire straits, and now that they knew the solution, there was no reason not to cry!

The coachman squeezed over with a pale face, pulled Wang Pingan, and said in a low voice: "Master nephew, aren't you causing trouble for the master! These refugees are fine, let's turn a blind eye to them, and ignore them later. After a few days, they saw that there was no hope for them to stay in Xuzhou, so they left. Now you say this, and they cry again, we don’t want to do disaster relief, they won’t leave!”

Wang Pingan said angrily: "What are you talking about, isn't the government obliged to help the victims? If my uncle comes back and I tell him this, guess how he will fix you?"

The coachman's face turned green, and he thought: "Even if Lord Inspector comes back, it's not me who is afraid of repairing it, but you!" He said with a bitter face: "Master nephew, it's better not to tell the master. What you said makes sense. It makes sense, but what the villain said is also the truth, you will understand later!"

What the coachman said was really true in the early Tang Dynasty, or in the entire feudal society.As for things like disaster relief, the truth inside is really twisted, and it is generally difficult for people who are not in the bureaucratic system to understand.

In the early Tang Dynasty, although the politics were clearer than that of the former Sui Dynasty, some things were still handled according to the old rules.Local officials, except for a few exceptions, few people will take the initiative to provide disaster relief. This is not talking about the disaster-stricken local area, but the surrounding area.

Unless it is unavoidable, local officials rarely distribute food in advance until the last moment.The reason for this is simple. If food is distributed to the fleeing people, more refugees will be attracted to come here, and the local government cannot bear the pressure.At the same time, these people will also stay in this place for a long time, and even after the disaster, they will delay leaving for a period of time, which will affect the farm work in their hometown!
It is very particular about how to provide disaster relief.

At the beginning of the catastrophe, when the people fled, the magistrates here would never distribute food. People can bring more or less food with them, just eat their own food, no need to distribute it!
After a period of time, the food on the people's bodies has been eaten, and the food will be distributed at this time. If the food is not distributed and the people leave here, there will be refugees, and as soon as the refugees are born, there will be bandits immediately, and the consequences will be severe. serious.But at this time, the distribution of food should not be too much, because if there is too much, more refugees will be attracted, and the local area cannot bear it, so the porridge should be thinner so that the people do not leave. No matter what chaos will arise, the people will not die on the way because they are rushing.

After a period of time, the people can no longer hold on physically or mentally. At this time, they can no longer put gruel, but thick porridge, because if they put gruel again, there will be a large number of people. die.There is a standard for the thick porridge. This standard is "insert chopsticks and not fall", which means that after the porridge is cooked, insert a chopstick into it, and the chopsticks cannot be horizontal!
After another period of time, the disaster period is almost over, and it is time to put porridge again, because if thick porridge is added, some people will refuse to leave, delaying the time to return home, thus delaying farm work. If there is no harvest this year, don't you have to come out to beg again next year?Therefore, the porridge should gradually become thinner, forcing the people to leave.

Regarding how to provide disaster relief, the rulers have already summed up a complete set of handling methods, as long as they follow this method, there will be no accidents!
But then again, the same test paper, answered by different people, will have different results!
Officials all want to delay the deadline for food distribution, and want to transfer the pressure to other places. In this way, the timing is not accurate, and the critical point is not pinched, which will lead to rebellion.The rulers of the Tang Dynasty summed up their experience with the demise of the former Sui Dynasty, and Li Shimin also said something related.

Should Xuzhou release food now? It should be released. If it is not released, then there will be refugees and bandits!But the problem is that Niu Zhenghong is not in Xuzhou at this time, he has gone to Luoyang, and the officials who stay behind can delay as much as they can. The meeting will be held as soon as the meeting is held, and the discussion will be discussed, and the situation will not be dragged beyond recovery. Don't expect them to do practical things!

Therefore, what Wang Pingan did today will not only save Niu Zhenghong's life in the future, but also save the lives of countless people in the villages outside the city, ensuring that Xuzhou will not be looted.If there are really rogues, then Niu Zhenghong doesn't have to think about how to keep his official position, he just needs to think about how to keep his head, and no matter how he thinks, the final result will definitely not be able to keep it!
But the benefits of what Wang Pingan did today are not visible now, but it will cause strong dissatisfaction among the officials left behind in Xuzhou, and this dissatisfaction will continue until Niu Zhenghong returns from Luoyang!

Even if the officials were like this, how could a little coachman see this, and the nerd who scolded countless times in his heart looked down on Wang Ping'an!
Wang Pingan also looked down on him, flicked his sleeves, and said: "Go and remove all the gifts my aunt gave me in the car and distribute them to the people. If you handle it well, I won't tell my uncle what you did today. If you do That's not good...hmph, go if you want!"

The driver bit the bullet and said: "The villain dares not try his best, but what about you, my nephew, the villain still has to send you back?"

Wang Ping'an said: "I'll go back by myself!" He asked the people to select a few highly respected people, go to the carriage to collect things, and then distribute them to avoid looting.

Squeezing out of the crowd, he walked back to Wuli Village, his home.

(End of this chapter)