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Text no, 228 Make welfare a fact!

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    make welfare a reality!

    In the blink of an eye, time passed day by day, Wan Mingzi and the others had been gone for some time, and Li Shimin also passed down the news of the locust plague next year in an edict.  Because the people of the country were afraid of the locust plague, they were panicked for a while. Fortunately, after the edict was issued as the locust plague was about to happen, Li Shimin also issued an edict on what to do this year before the locust plague occurred and what to do.

    As officials at all levels explained, the people also understood that this locust plague was actually not that terrible. It was not the emperor's bad behavior that caused heaven to follow people's wishes, but a test given by heaven to the people of the Tang Dynasty. As long as they survived this  If the locust plague occurs, the Tang Dynasty's national power will flourish, and everyone's life will get better and better. If it fails to pass this test, it will repeat the tragedy of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

    The Tang Dynasty was only a few years old, and the Sui Dynasty before the Tang Dynasty was also a few years ago. Basically everyone knows about the chaotic situation in the Northern and Southern Dynasties before the Sui Dynasty.  Everyone became nervous when they heard that the locust plague would have such huge consequences if it could not be overcome.  Fortunately, we knew in advance that a locust plague would occur next year, and we still had one year to prepare.  Otherwise, they might be caught off guard by the locust plague.

    Since you have a year to prepare, what else do you have to be afraid of?  The locust plague, doesn't it just eat the banker?  Please plant more this year and save more to write.  Next year when the locusts come, everyone will have something to eat and won¡¯t starve to death, besides.  Didn¡¯t the emperor ask for a new plow from heaven?  It is said that the new plow is twice as good as the original plow, it is labor-saving and efficient.  The emperor also agreed that he didn't care how many fields he could cultivate as long as he had the ability, and he also provided the fertilizers needed for the fields.  There are many fields here.  The farm tools are ready and there is fertilizer.  If we grow less food, we will be sorry for ourselves.  After all, the less food you grow, the more likely you are to starve when locusts attack.  So all the farmers are working hard and quietly waiting for the farming time to come.

    Not to mention those strong laborers, women who weave at home have also temporarily put down their weaving shuttles recently.  Weaving can be done at any time, but raising chickens is more important now!  Didn't you hear what the imperial edict said?  If you raise chickens, you can let the chickens eat the locusts after the locust plague comes, and then the locusts will be eliminated.  And you can raise chickens without spending food.  Kill two birds with one stone.  But then again, every family raises chickens, so the prices of eggs and chickens are probably not going to be high next year.  But what does it matter?  After all, people will not starve to death. Eating a few eggs on this day is still nutritious. In the past, you had to wait until the Chinese New Year to eat eggs. Next year, I am afraid I will have to eat eggs until my mouth is full of oil.

    In addition to women, there is another type of people who are the busiest.  This type of person is the carpenter. Ever since Li Shimin issued the drawings of the Quyu plow, all craftsmen who can do carpentry work have been gathered together by the government, and you are not allowed to do anything else, just make the Quyu plow, at least  It must be done before spring plowing.  Drive out all the plows and plows.  The craftsmen worked three shifts a day, and the finished plows were already piled up.  Just waiting for farmers to come and buy.

    "Compared with the energetic people, Tianxian Palace can be said to be deathly silent. Three groups of people have gone back and forth, and the original number of more than 2,000 Taoist priests has dropped to 1,000.  A few days ago, Sun Simiao temporarily put aside the compilation of Taoist Chinese medicine. He took the Taoist priests out to collect medicines. He said that there will be a locust plague next year. They must collect enough medicinal materials this year, otherwise they will eat all the medicines when the locusts come next year.  .  There will be no place to cry when the time comes.  As a result, a large number of people were lost.

    However, Huang Junming still agreed with Sun Simiao's reason.  After all, Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese herbal medicine, and Chinese medicine all focus on wild medicinal materials. What are wild medicinal materials?  Except for wild animal medicinal materials, the rest are plants, and these plant medicinal materials also account for a huge proportion in traditional Chinese medicine. Huang Junming doesn¡¯t know how many people will be affected by the locust attack next year. After all, in Huang Junming¡¯s opinion  , after more than 1,400 years, the locust plague that can still be mentioned in modern times is definitely not a small thing.  Everything must be planned in advance. If you wait until something happens, you will have to figure out how to deal with it.  The daylilies are cold.

    Huang Junming has not been idle in recent days. Every pilgrim who came to offer incense received a small gift from Tianxian Palace. It was nothing more than a small mirror the size of a palm or an ordinary glass.  As expected, a businessman came over during this back and forth. After several discussions, the businessman sold the glass products from Tianxian Palace on his behalf. In addition to the normal taxes, 10% of the money sold was left to the businessman.  The rest belongs to Tianxian Palace.  Tianxian Palace put the money and the incense money received together.  The first train of social welfare was launched with great fanfare.

    ??In the nearly four months since the Chinese New Year, the Taoists of Tianxian Palace, with the help of grassroots officials in the Tang Dynasty, have helped many people, including orphanages and nursing homes that are being built around Chang'an.  But it cost a lot of money.  Li Shimin personally nodded and agreed to Tianxian Palace's social welfare work. Naturally, local officials did not dare to embarrass themselves, so the orphanage and nursing home were often in the same place.A relatively good location.  It's spacious enough and convenient for living.

    The design and construction of nursing homes and orphanages were all specially hired by Huang Junming from the Ministry of Industry. In order to cope with the locust plague next year, apart from the construction of cement roads and the repair of city walls, the Ministry of Industry has no other tasks.  Everyone is idle to death.  I heard that Huang Junming hired people to build orphanages and nursing homes.  After discussion, several giants from the Ministry of Industry decided to give Huang Junming this face. First of all, Huang Junming was doing good things for the people.  Secondly, Huang Junming didn¡¯t ask the Ministry of Industry to help him for free, he paid for it.  People in the Ministry of Industry have long expected that the court will definitely cut back on food and clothing this year in order to prepare for next year.  If you go out and do good deeds, you can still get some legitimate extra money, so why not do it?

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Spring plowing is about to begin, and there are not one or two orphanages or nursing homes for the elderly to be built, and a considerable number of workers are required. For this, Tianxian Palace also has a solution, a Quyulili is sold for fifty cents on the market.  Although it is already quite cheap, some families still have a headache because of the fifty cents.  Huang Junming thought very well. Spring plowing actually only takes a few weeks. As long as someone helps Tianxian Palace build an orphanage and a nursing home, if you work for five days, the plow will be given to you!  If you still have time after spring plowing, you can come and work for ten cents a day.  That¡¯s quite a bit of extra money¡­ and there are still three thousand words left!  come on!  !  !  !  (To be continued)

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