The next day, Zhao Bing, who was intertwined with excitement and frustration, summoned Deng Wenyuan, the Minister of Justice, and Gong Xingqing, the Minister of the Dali Temple, to inquire about the organizational structure and operation of the judicial system of the Song Dynasty, and listened to their opinions on rebuilding the judicial system. The biggest problem now is that after the national chaos, there were laws and imperial edicts or were either lost or abducted by the Mongol Yuan, which made the judgment unfounded and the judgment standards were different. On the other hand, there was a lack of qualified law enforcement officials, and now there was no successor, especially in the local area, which led to the incompleteness of the judicial system.

Zhao Bing asked them to write what they said and prepare to discuss in court discussions. At the same time, they strengthened the collection of relevant classics and documents scattered among the people, and recompiled them into books as soon as possible, and combined with the precedents of recent years, compiled them into books as the basis for law enforcement. The cultivation of legal talents is not a matter of one day or one night. Now they can only select, train and recruit old officials who are proficient in legal affairs from the ongoing officials; at the same time, they tilt towards the judicial subjects in the imperial examinations, increase the admission rate, and increase the number of legal subjects in the Imperial College. Take multiple measures to complete the establishment of the judicial system within three years.

Deng Wenyuan and Gong Xingqing were extremely excited after hearing this. With the support of the emperor, there would be much less resistance in the advancement of the matter. Being ordered to reorganize the judicial system is not only the emperor's trust, but also their glory, and will leave a strong mark in the history books of the Song Dynasty. The two promised to submit a letter to request an order in the near future and start writing a detailed plan, which will be implemented immediately after being approved by the court.

After the two left, Zhao Bing took a step forward as he thought that he had always wanted to change the "governing the country with Confucianism" to "governing the country with Confucianism and law". He was inevitably a little happy. After all, Confucianism restricts people's behavior with morality and lacks coercion. Only by governing the country with law can we ensure the establishment of the national system, the implementation of government orders, and the long-term stability of the country. Even if the descendants of the Zhao family appear as a foolish monarch, the country will not be destroyed in one day.

But joy is always short-lived, especially the emperor in a high position, who later reported it to the palace. Yesterday, heavy snow caused disasters in several counties in the capital, collapsed thousands of houses, and nearly 100 people were displaced. Hundreds of people were frozen and killed on the streets and on the way. The local government asked to allocate money and grain to help the victims and repair the houses. However, there is no news about how many places affected by the snow disaster in the surrounding areas have been sent to the capital, and it is estimated that it is still on the way.

Zhao Bing immediately passed an order to convene the ministers in Beijing and the Minister of Revenue to the palace to discuss matters. Everyone knew that the key to disaster relief was to be fast, and only in this way could the casualties and property losses be minimized. Therefore, the meeting was very fast, and the measures for disaster relief were quickly determined, so that the local government would open the granaries and release grain first, and resettle the victims as much as possible. The Ministry of Revenue sent officials to the disaster area according to the preliminary reports, and reported the follow-up situation, and then allocated the second batch of grain funds.

At the same time, the official documents were issued to the snowfall areas to inquire about the situation, and authorized local governments to open the granaries first in emergency situations, mobilize the state troops to rescue disasters, and strive to reduce the losses to the lowest point. The Ministry of War also ordered the Ministry of War to strengthen the management of post roads and stations, cooperate with the local government to quickly clear post roads, repair destroyed roads and bridges, and ensure the transportation of disaster relief materials.

After resigning from the court, Zhao Bing was in a heavy mood. This was just a heavy snow that caused tens of thousands of people in the capital. Although there was little heavy snow in the winter in Jiangnan in the past, so it was not prepared enough, it also showed the lack of disaster relief system in the court. As far as he knew, the Yuan Dynasty in history was due to frequent disasters, and there were major floods and locust plagues every three or two years. The Yuan court's inability to rescue disasters led to continuous civil unrest, seriously weakening its rule. In the end, a large flood in the Yellow River detonated a large peasant uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

The reason why Zhao Bing ended the war decisively under the good situation of the Northern Expedition was actually because of this consideration. The current finances of the imperial court have always been tight, and once there is a major disaster, it is impossible to relieve the disaster, which will cause chaos in the people. At that time, natural disasters and man-made disasters occur at the same time, and if they are not done well, they will lead to a destruction of the country. Therefore, he ended the Northern Expedition, in order to have rest with the people, alleviate the opposition between the two, and accumulate strength and win time for the imperial court.

At the same time, the Huanghuai region, which is the most severe disaster, was dumped on the Mongol Yuan, which was like an irregular time bomb, and might explode at any time. However, if a natural disaster occurred in the Yuan court, if the Yuan court wants to maintain stability, it must provide disaster relief, and it will gradually exhaust its capital and be unable to threaten the south of the Yangtze River. If it is not rescued, it will be natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the people will be lost, which is the time for another Northern Expedition...

"Wang De cleaned up the snow in the garden!" Zhao Bing returned to the inner court, was already indifferent to the snow scene in front of him, and was concerned about Wang Dedao.

"The weather is cold in the official family, and the snow can be kept for two days. It's better to be kept in the future..." Wang De saw that His Majesty was in a heavy mood today, thinking that keeping this snow can also allow the little emperor to relax.

"No need, there is a heavy snowfall in the Jingji area alone, and hundreds of people are frozen to death on the streets. As the king of a country, I am very ashamed. If I still have the leisure to appreciate the snow, wouldn't it be the same as a fool?" Zhao Bing sighed.

"The official family is kind-hearted and caring for all living beings in the world is a blessing for the hundreds of millions of people in the Song Dynasty!" Wang De praised after hearing this, and waved his hand to ask the palace servants to clean up the snow.

It was already noon after returning to Tanbo Pavilion. Zhao Bing had something in his mind and started to review today's memorial. He thought that the country had decided that there were too many things to do, but he was too tired to do, so he couldn't help but feel a little anxious and exhausted both physically and mentally. After drinking a few cups of hot tea, he gradually calmed down. Although the state affairs had to be dealt with one by one, he couldn't be anxious. However, due to this, he still couldn't get rid of his heavy mood for a while, and he couldn't help but distract himself from the disaster relief matter.

Zhao Bing knew that ancient China had a long time to establish a "national welfare system". The "six policies for maintaining interest" recorded in the "Book of Zhou" (one is to be kind, two is to care for the elderly, three is to care for the elderly, four is to care for the poor, five is to care for the poor, six is ​​to be lenient and ill), and the "nine-benefit teachings" promoted by Guan Zhong in Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period (one is to be old, two is to be kind, three is to care for the orphans, four is to care for the sickness, five is to ask about the illness, seven is to be connected to poverty, eight is to be resilient, and nine is to be connected to the extreme), which is probably the earliest record of welfare policy.

However, national welfare became a systematic system, which was completed during the Song Dynasty. The development of the welfare system in the Song Dynasty was not only far beyond the previous generations, but also far from the dynasties afterwards. It was a relief system covering "from cradle to grave" and covering "birth, old age, sickness and death". Of course, the Song government did not engage in national welfare, but the government's relief was only the poor.

The Song government divided the national population into different households according to the amount of household property of residents. Households are not only the basis for determining the tax amount of households, but also the reference standard for the country to define relief objects. For example, during the Southern Song Dynasty, if a family with a fifth-class household in rural areas and a seventh-class household in urban areas is born and unable to support it, the government will give a subsidy of 4,000 cents.

In fact, the improvement of the social welfare system in the Song Dynasty was during the Chongning period. What was even more ridiculous was that the famous tyrant Huizong Zhao Ji and the treacherous prime minister Cai Jing in history were organized. The "charity welfare undertakings" provided by Huizong to the people of the Song Dynasty were mainly to provide charitable welfare for the poor, disabled and sick, and then founded three major welfare institutions that had never been seen in the previous generations of Jukaiyuan, Anjifang and Luzeyuan. Specifically:

(1) The nursing home provides basic living security. The main responsibility of the institution is to "provide food, clothing and accommodation to those who cannot make a living, especially widows and widowers who do not have adult children, as well as orphans and abandoned children." According to the regulations at that time, adults can receive raising rice every day, children can reduce their children by half, and there is a small amount of cash of ten yuan a day, and there is a daily heating fee of five yuan a day in winter.

(2) Anjifang provides basic medical insurance. The institution is equivalent to a treatment hospital set up for the poor. Anjifang's management regulations "requires physicians to record the number of patients they treat and the number of deaths, and based on these records, reward and promote the most successful officials. For example, an official who takes in 500 to 1,000 patients a year and has a mortality rate of no more than 20% of the patient can receive a reward of 50 cents a year." At the same time, the institution accommodates and isolates patients, which also has the function of preventing the spread of the plague.

(3) The Luze Garden aims to provide a place for burial for urban poor people, that is, cemeteries. The burial objects include: poor people who have no money, no burial place, and no relatives after death; exposed dead bones in the wild; coffins of those who died in a foreign land; those who have died for many years and have no relatives; those who have no name; beggars who died. The government arranges personnel to collect corpses and remains for unified burial, with the purpose of avoiding diseases and plagues, throwing corpses and wilderness, and at the same time reflecting the government's compassion for the people and the emperor's "compassion". Therefore, Luze Garden is the country's funeral welfare system and a kind of benevolent policy for the state and local governments.

The benevolent policies of Zhao Bing, such as Huizong and Cai Jing, were rarely mentioned in later generations. Even if they mentioned them, they would deliberately hide their achievements, as if they were very taboo. He thought that people were doing this to highlight their confusion and treacherousness. With these "great achievements", it made it difficult for everyone to hate them anymore. However, foreign scholars gave Song Huizong a very high evaluation.

In the article, he did not deny that Song Huizong had shortcomings such as "vanity" and "overconfidence", but he still believed that Song Huizong was still a great emperor, with the reason: "As an emperor, Huizong should be praised for his ambitions and support for many noble undertakings. The national school education system at that time, as well as charitable assistance provided to patients and homeless people, were all very amazing innovations. This is obviously very different from the impression that most Chinese people have of Song Huizong.

After Zhao Bing took over Jiangnan, he also wanted to restore these three "benevolent policies", but many ministers responded, and they were not very concerned about implementing them. So far, they have only built several medical hospitals in various parts of the capital to help the poor. The other two items have been stagnant and are still on paper...
Chapter completed!