Chapter 220 Revitalizing Bianliang

In the second year of the Qingli calendar, at the end of October, Bianliang City in the gentle countryside encountered a once-in-century earthquake. It is not recorded in later history books. It can only be seen in Su Su's family diary "Su's Spring and Autumn". This huge earthquake is the most famous Tokyo earthquake in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, also known as the national death of the calendar, the day of mourning for the whole country. Later, Emperor Renzong designated this day as National Memorial Day and ordered all states and counties in the Song Dynasty to lower their flags at half-mast as a souvenir.

At that moment, the sky collapsed and the earth cracked, the mountains and rivers shook, the vegetation changed color, the wind and clouds shed tears, the earth cried, the people whined, and in an instant, tens of thousands of creatures were annihilated, how many bones and flesh were separated, and several degrees of yin and yang were separated, which became the national death.

Many parts of the outer city of Bianliang City were seriously damaged and collapsed. Only the halberd gate collapsed at the riverside of the south city, and the other two doors were intact, but there were huge cracks in the wall, which could not be made up for in a short time.

The North City has been completely destroyed and has completely lost the role of barrier against the enemy. The three gates of Fengqiu Gate, Xinxingzao Gate and Quzhou Gate no longer exist, and it is difficult to dig under the gravel. Only the Chenqiao Gate is still standing, and the Liao envoy still passes from here and has not changed.

The foundation of Dongcheng collapsed, and it is only a matter of time before the destruction is destroyed. The people living nearby have fled.

The West City suffered the lightest disaster, except for the damage of several watchtowers on the outer wall.

As for the people in the city, there are many homeless people, and there are countless people who have lost their wives and children. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Household, the earthquake caused 200,000 casualties, and there were countless deaths. Since the National Death, Nanxunmen has not been closed. The funeral procession for 12 hours a day is connected without interruption. According to the preliminary statistics, there are 80,000 deaths.

It accounts for a tenth of the total population of Bianliang...

As for the inner city, it has not been spared. In the four urban areas of the left one box, the right box, the left second box and the right box, hundreds of ministers' mansions were destroyed to varying degrees, and even Lv Xiang's mansion collapsed. At the time of the earthquake, the prime minister was sleeping on a high pillow in the study. Fortunately, the gardener who trimmed flowers and plants passed by the study at night and rescued him, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

At the time of the earthquake, the bells and drums in the palace rang in full swing. Empress Cao was desperate to pull Renzong out of the hall. Li Shun held the dragon robe and phoenix clothes and then caught up with him and rushed out of the hall. At this moment, life and death were decided. Queen Cao's bedroom sank into the ground in an instant, and the huge crack was like a door to hell, devouring several buildings in the harem.

The concubines of the harem were frightened. They rushed out of their residence and ran to the trees in the yard to hide. Many people fell into the abyss and disappeared from the world. The servants who had the courage to be the savior helped the old and the young to go between the dangerous buildings during the earthquake. They suffered heavy casualties, and the vitality of the inner ministry was seriously injured. In just one morning, half of the senior officials of the internal affairs department disappeared. It is known that Shi Zhicong urgently recruited the chief officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to discuss countermeasures, hoping to find a solution to the problem of the shortage of internal service in the palace in a short time, and to appoint new people to be promoted.

There are many maids and maids in the harem, such as making beds, folding quilts, sweeping, chore, washing, drying, brewing, watering, and cooking. There were also a large number of casualties in this earthquake. In the case that the steward and assistant of the imperial kitchen were known to be missing, a girl from the countryside, Muling risked her life to kill her companions. She rescued the collapsed house and replaced the panicked imperial chef with more than fifty maids to put out the fire and save people in danger. Her deeds also bravely put out the fire in the wine cellar, saved hundreds of jars of aged 'big inner wine', grabbed the lambs who rushed into the palace back to the sheep pen, and found a sufferer in the rubble pile. The injured Miao Cairen, this Miao Cairen is the daughter of His Majesty Renzong's wet nurse when she was a child. She may be too shocked and has amnesia. Even Her Majesty Renzong, who she looks forward to seeing every day, doesn't remember. He mistakenly regarded Changsun Muling as his sister, and Changsun Muling thought she was a little maid of honor, so he took her to his residence after waking up.

Three days after the earthquake, there was a light snowfall in Bianliang City, and the weather began to turn cold.

The repair case of the three divisions, together with the officials of the Ministry of Industry, have been sleepless for three consecutive days and nights, and have formulated a fold to repair the Bian beam, which is called: Revitalize the Bianliang.

The folded son was sent from the three divisions and handed over to Lv Xiangye through the three provinces of Shangshu, Zhongshu and the door. The process seemed to be complicated but in fact it was very fast. In a long time, Lv Yijian received the "Revitalization of Bianliang Zhezi" by the Three Divisions and the Ministry of Industry.

The content is nothing. First, it is a long story about the disaster-prone of our country. Officials should reflect on themselves. This is God's punishment, and it also implies that Emperor Renzong wants to grant amnesty to the world and relieve the victims, and then the specific reconstruction steps are roughly divided into three steps. From the inside out, the homeless people of Bianliang are first to join in the reconstruction of the city. In the army, it is preliminarily estimated that 300,000 people will be recruited and strive to complete the repair of the outer city within half a year.

Then there is the reconstruction of the inner city, which is quite controversial.

The governors of the three divisions who repaired the case felt that the interior should be repaired first, and all the manpower should be concentrated here first, and then the outer city should be repaired. However, the people of the Ministry of Industry feel that their lips are dead and their teeth are cold. Bianliang can't be without a city for a day. The repair of the outer city first is the top priority, and the inner city can be slower.

However, after all, the arm can't hold the thigh. The backstage of the Ministry of Industry is Zhongshu Province, and the backstage of the Sansi repair case is the Sansi Yamen.

In terms of strength, the three divisions are still strong. After all, the money bag is in the hands of Yao Zhongsun, the three divisions, and there is little opposition from the officials of the Ministry of Industry.

In order to unify opinions and eliminate differences, Zhezi was handed to Lv Yijian. He thought for a moment and felt that Yao Zhongsun was obedient to him on the surface, but he was always contrary to him secretly. It was an example of sending military weapons to the area of Huanqing Road some time ago. Yao Zhongsun actually suspended Cao on the pretext of the earthquake. The ship was changed to collect and send bricks, wood and stone to Beijing day and night from state and county.

"This old fox"

Lv Yijian threw the memorial to the ground angrily, walked a few times in the yard to relax, and then leaned over to pick up the memorial and bounce off the dust on it.

Then, I saw the method proposed by Yao Zhongsun, the three divisions. It is said that the reconstruction of the inner city and the outer city can also be carried out at the same time, but the pressure is a little. There is not much tax left in the national treasury this year. If the construction starts at the same time now, I'm afraid that the money and grain of Bianliang is not enough to support it. There is also the reconstruction and repair of the outer city and inner city streets. I'm afraid it's impossible for the repair of a private house to be borne by the court.

Therefore, the three envoys suggested that the inner city should be first, and some people should be sent to clean up the outer city first, and should not be built immediately. When the inner city is completed, it will be too late to repair it after winter.

"Bow, it's simply a great rebellion." After reading the memorial, Lv Yijian gasped and almost wanted to tear up the memorial.

"Yao Zhongsun, do you really think there's nothing you can do!"