Another World Da Ming: I use a hundred lives to become holy

Chapter 385: Work-for-relief

"The emperor is destined to be transported by heaven, and the edict says..."

After King Zhou returned to his fiefdom, Kaifeng Mansion, he immediately posted the imperial list and took the initiative to announce the news to the people.

"Frost disaster? When did it happen? Why didn't we know?"

The people in Fucheng basically make a living by doing things in Fucheng instead of farming, so they still don't know what happened.

But the surrounding people who go to the city to buy New Year goods are different.

They originally thought that there was just a food problem at home, and they had discussed it at home before entering the city. They had to keep their mouths shut and not let the news leak out.

Moreover, the whole family is dispatched to avoid one person buying large quantities of food and arousing suspicion.

Now the imperial list has come down first, and the prince, King Zhou, has also stepped forward.

"It's over, it's over. The price of food is going to go up. I wonder how much we can buy with the little money we bring?"

"Didn't you listen to what the prince said just now? And it's also written on the imperial list that the grain store will not increase prices, there is enough food, and the government's relief grain will arrive soon."

"Do you believe what the above says? The food is not safe until it reaches your own rice vat!"

"This is also true, let's go buy it quickly!"

There was absolutely nothing wrong with the first step taken by King Zhou and others, but the people did not dare to gamble and swarmed to the grain store in the city.

The news quickly spread back to Prince Zhou's Mansion.

"Inspector Zhao, what should we do now?"

"Even if we have enough food, we can't stop people from buying like crazy."

Zhao Zheng's eight puppets have dispersed and went to eight prefectures to take charge of Taicang personally.

The patrol vest naturally stayed with King Zhou to respond to emergencies at any time.

"Let them buy. We must withstand this first wave of buying."

"Anyway, what they scanned was the inventory of various grain stores, and it had nothing to do with the grain stored in Taicang."

"Taicang will not be able to start distributing grain until this first wave of buying is over, and our grain prices are lower than those in these grain stores!"

"Your Majesty, now we should prepare our response measures."

"Wait a minute! Mr. Zhao, did you just say it was lower? Since ancient times, how can anyone still charge money for disaster relief?"

Hearing Zhao Zheng's words, King Zhou thought he was crazy and quickly reminded him.

"And Mr. Zhao, if the price here in Taicang is lower, what will happen if they all buy it up again?"

Zhao Zheng shook his head, asked the person next to him to find a piece of paper, wrote a few words on it, and handed it to King Zhou with a smile.

"This is?"

Zhu Zie was a little confused and looked at the paper handed over by Zhao Zheng.

"The great talents in Prince Zhou's palace are now ready to go. With this ticket, the surrounding people can send their children to attend classes."

"Ticket? This piece of paper?"

"Why do you need to create this ticket specifically?"

Zhu Zhi thought that to start the class, he only needed to let the literati in his family give lectures. Who knew there was another step in the middle.

"Yes, a piece of paper, but once this paper is stamped with your royal seal, it will no longer be a piece of paper."

"Although the price of food in Taicang is lower, we still have to restrict purchases. This ticket gives them confidence."

After Zhao Zheng finished speaking, he stood up. Fine snow had begun to fall from the sky outside. People said that auspicious snow heralded a good year, but this year's snow did not mean auspiciousness at all.

"confidence?"

King Zhou felt that his brain had turned into a ball of mush.

There is a charge for distributing food for disaster relief.

You need a ticket to attend the class.

After rounding up, doesn’t it mean that they are paying for classes? Then how can people think that they are doing good things?

Now King Zhou's mind is filled with the pie that Zhao Zheng drew for him. He wants to be famous throughout the ages and be famous forever!

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the money will be returned to them after the disaster."

"All the talented people in the prince's residence are going to give lectures. They can't just give lectures directly in the yamen. The yamen is really too small, but you can't just find an open space."

"Master Zhao, you mean we have to recruit laborers to build a new school? This! This!"

It was okay if Zhao Zheng didn't explain. Once he explained, King Zhou felt even more confused. It wasn't until Zhao Zheng added another sentence that he suddenly figured it out.

"Yes, labor! But it's not free labor. Your Majesty, do you still remember the money we had to collect just now to buy food?"

"This! This! Master Zhao, Xiao Wang is convinced."

Things that Zhou Wang Zhu Zhi had not figured out before were all figured out with Zhao Zheng's words.

Let the people buy the grain stored in the grain shops first, giving them the first confidence that there is no shortage of grain.

Then Taicang will distribute grain again, but they will have to pay for it, but they will also be given a ticket that allows their children to attend classes.

This operation may arouse public resentment. After all, the court is still trying to make money after the disaster occurred.

But as long as they put up a recruitment notice next to the food distribution in Taicang, and as long as they participate in building a new school, the money can be returned.

Although it was such a big detour, King Zhou finally realized that Zhao Zheng wanted to work for relief!

So now, there is only one problem.

How to ensure the reliability of this process and how to make the people realize that they are actually doing good things and the court is actually doing good things.

"This problem is actually the least of your worries."

When Zhao Zheng heard King Zhou's worry, he couldn't help but smile.

"why?"

King Zhou, on the other hand, didn't know how shocking his plan to be famous would be in the eyes of the people.

"The prince will just post another notice at the city gate when the time comes. The prince will know after that."

"Maybe some people will ask, if they don't have children at home, can they come to school?"

"The prince will solve this problem by himself when the time comes."

Zhao Zheng stepped out of the main hall of the palace, leaving King Zhou alone to think.

How should a person deal with something he has never encountered before?

The best way is to ask people who have experienced this kind of thing, or who will experience this kind of thing.

So Zhu Zhi couldn't figure it out for a while, but he also wanted to know whether he could be safely remembered forever, so he asked his housekeeper to find a random person on the street.

……

"Grass people...grass people..."

There was no rice at home, so he went to the city to buy grain, but was suddenly arrested and taken to the palace.

This common man thought that when he paid the tax and grain, he did not tell the grain chief that there was a problem with grain this year, and his whole body was trembling.

As a result, the King of Zhou said that the court would not pursue this issue, and also said that his children could study for free, and all he had to pay was a little labor.

Building a room for your child will make him educated?

"Your Majesty! You are truly the great master of Qingtian! Common people are willing to die for your Majesty!"

This common people's reaction deeply shocked Zhou Wang Zhu Zhi.

Zhao Zheng is not here.

Now he really couldn't figure out this new problem.