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    Zhang Ke was walking with dozens of entourage escorts in the refugee settlement outside Tianjin. Looking from a distance, as far as the eye could see, they were all shabby shacks, with a few or even a dozen people in a family, supporting the elderly.  Carrying young children, they are crowded together and even more pitiful ones do not even have a shed. They just lay out a mat or straw leaves and rest on the ground.  Fortunately, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, so people will not freeze to death. However, the rainy season is coming, and living conditions are worrying. Diseases may spread, and large-scale deaths will be inevitable.  Chen Minqing, who had just become the prefect of Tianjin, followed Zhang Ke closely, his brows furrowed.  "Your Majesty, since last year, a large number of refugees have been pouring in, including people from Shandong, Henan, and even Zhili and Shanxi. The number is increasing. The humble staff initially opened a porridge factory and distributed medicines and clothing, and soon they  I can¡¯t hold on any longer.¡± Chu Haitian couldn¡¯t help but ask, ¡°Why? The prince has allocated a lot of food from Liaodong, as well as grain from Jiangnan, and he can¡¯t cope with tens of thousands of refugees?¡± Chen Minqing¡¯s face turned red.  He smiled bitterly and said: "General Chu, if there are tens of thousands of people, I won't worry about it, but there are hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people. Even if I have extraordinary abilities, I can't resist them." Chu Hai Tianwan  Unexpectedly, he was so frightened that he exclaimed: "Why are there so many?" Chen Minqing explained: "When refugees from all over the country heard that there was food in Tianjin, they all gathered. Not only refugees, but also many idlers and black households.  The tenant farmers couldn't afford the excessive taxes imposed by the imperial court. As soon as they heard that Tianjin would be able to survive no matter how much food was distributed, they all came here. Thinking about those days, there were so many people that they couldn't count. "  Blind.  Whenever there is a disaster, wherever the government is dedicated to providing disaster relief, the people will rush there.  It won't be long before all the food is eaten.  As a result, tens of thousands of hungry people surrounded the city. A spark would cause a civil uprising, and local officials would be dismissed from office.  Therefore, very paradoxical situations often occur. The more you care about the people, the more you do, but it may lead to disaster.  Simply, everyone becomes ruthless.  Turning a blind eye to the victims and driving them to other places will kill fellow Taoists but not the poor Taoists.  Chen Minqing has just become an official.  If you only want to achieve results, you will get into huge trouble.  Fortunately, he had the Yizhou soldiers on his back, so he didn't say anything else. He first wrote a letter asking for help to Hong Fu.  Hong Fu was Zhang Ke¡¯s teacher. Although he now concentrates on teaching, his status is very special.  The old man analyzed the situation.  Find Li Zhizao and others immediately and discuss it with everyone.  The grain reserves were immediately mobilized to help Chen Minqing solve his urgent needs.  "Lord Hong sternly reprimanded the official in the letter. The official suddenly realized that politicians cannot just accommodate the people, but also think long-term. The official followed the instructions of Mr. Hong and issued an order to treat all refugees who came.  , You have to work to get food, whether it's building cities, building ships, or paving roads. In short, you can't get something for nothing, and you have to recruit strong men to serve as soldiers, and then organize them to open up wasteland in Liaodong and Mongolia.  The opportunistic guys have all run away, and the rest are honest people who are willing to work hard. In a few months, more than 300,000 people have been sent to Liaodong, and now there are less than 100,000. " "Well, you.  "It's a good job." Zhang Ke nodded and said: "The people should be taken care of, but they should not be tolerated, especially those who are cunning and unruly. They must be carefully screened." "What the prince said is true, but I said that his government is boring.  , Its people are honest, its government is in check, and its people are in short supply. In the final analysis, it is too exploitative. Everyone works hard and works hard, but they can't have enough food and clothing, so naturally they have a cunning heart." Zhang Ke's eyes lit up.  Chen Minqing was one of the few non-commissioned officers in Liaodong, and Hong Fu was very impressed. Looking at it now, he really had some knowledge.  "People's feelings, I have an errand for you. I wonder if you want to take it?" "My lord, I am willing." Zhang Ke smiled and said: "Don't worry, this errand is quite hard." "No matter how hard it is,  As long as the prince tells me, I am willing to do it.¡± ¡°Just doing it is not enough, but it also needs to be successful. Do you have the confidence?¡± Chen Minqing thought about it and said with a wry smile: ¡°I am not sure, but I am willing to learn.  , Just like the resettlement of refugees, I don¡¯t understand it, but after asking my seniors for advice, don¡¯t you try to do something about it? So I think that with the wise leadership of the prince, I will definitely succeed. ¡°Hahaha, it¡¯s not like that.  When you praise me, you praise yourself!" Zhang Ke smiled and said, "Okay, in that case, I will appoint you as the governor of Jiuzhou!"  Chen Minqing was stunned, was there such a place in the Ming Dynasty?  Kyushu, could it be the entire Central Plains? This official is too big, right?Seeing Chen Minqing's surprise, Zhang Ke smiled and said, "Don't think too much. The governor of Kyushu is in charge of the Kyushu Island of Japan. We have already taken it." Chu Haitian on the side smiled and said, "Master Chen, I'm telling you the truth.  I am the head of Kyushu appointed by the prince, and the two of us must work together to control the Japanese pirates! "According to Dad's letter, Kyushu Island has fallen into the hands of the Ming army, and the Japanese navy is far behind the Ming army. The Tokugawa shogunate wants to  It is not easy to fight back, but the most important thing is to quickly control Kyushu Island, establish a foothold, and then continue to expand its power.  When it comes to governing a place, my father is definitely not good at dealing with those small groups of Japanese pirates. After all, my father is old and cannot bear the numerous trivial matters.  Therefore, Zhang Ke picked Chen Minqing and Chu Haitian, who were both civil and military, to go to the island as his father's assistants. As for Li Dan and Ming Ruxin, they had other appointments. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? They collected information from all sides and studied diligently along the way. By the time they arrived in Nagasaki, they were considered to be half of "Japanese experts".  The first thing Chen Minqing did when he took office was to publish a notice and publish a document, telling the people of Japan that the Celestial Empire came to conquer Buchen, and it was only targeting the Tokugawa shogunate, not the ordinary people of Japan.  Because of the Japanese people who were damaged in the battle, the Chinese Empire would find ways to compensate them. If everyone was willing to settle down in the Chinese Empire, they would get twenty acres of fertile land and be exempt from tax for three years.  As soon as the conditions came out, not to mention the poor people of Japan, even the middle and lower-level warriors were tempted. The output of Japan, an unlucky place, was too limited. It would be a step to reach the heaven in one step!  As soon as the news came out, people rushed to sign up, and soon Li Dan's fleet took the first group of Japanese southward. Their destination was also the Chinese Empire, but it was not the mainland, but the island of Taiwan.  This is Chen Minqing's strategy of vacating the cage and replacing the birds, bringing the people of the Japanese island to the still wild Taiwan Island, using their labor force to cultivate fields in the smog-stricken land.  The remaining cultivated fields on the island are used to house the refugees of the Ming Dynasty, which is definitely a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.  (To be continued. (.))
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