As we all know, Fan Zhongyan was a generation of famous ministers in the Northern Song Dynasty, and he often hung the people, the country and the world in his heart, and also said".The worries of the world are worried, and the joys of the world are happyThe famous sentence of the ages; According to historical records, Fan Zhongyan is also a very honest and thrifty **, and he doesn't like others to be extravagant and wasteful.
Fan Zhongyan. In 1050, Fan Zhongyan became the prefect of Hangzhou, and in the same year a famine broke out in the Jiangnan region, leaving millions of victims without food. In the face of such a situation, all parts of the Yangtze River opened granaries to help the victims, and at the same time called on the victims to be frugal and thrifty together.
Fan Zhongyan was the only one who did not open a warehouse to release grain, not only that, but he also ignored the disaster victims, and ate, drank, and enjoyed the West Lake with the wealthy landlords in Hangzhou. For a while, there was an uproar, saying that the worries of the world were worried, and the joy of the world was happy? Not only did the people of Hangzhou complain, but the ministers of the imperial court also discussed, and Song Renzong, who supervised the imperial history, demanded that Fan Zhongyan be dismissed.
Soon Song Renzong's decree reached Hangzhou, asking Fan Zhongyan to give an explanation, and Fan Zhongyan immediately wrote that he was hereMake a fortune, which can make Hangzhou save the day in this famine.
Disaster victims in film and television dramas.
Soon the complaints of the victims ceased to exist, until the end of the disaster, the imperial court found that the entire Jiangnan areaOnly Hangzhou survived the famine unsurreptitious, while the rest of the world was full of starvation and bones. Why did Fan Zhongyan eat, drink and have fun, but instead made Hangzhou survive the famine? What does he mean by having a surplus of wealth?
In fact, Fan Zhongyan knew from the beginning that the granary of HangzhouThere is too little food, and there are so many people who are affected by the disaster that there is not enough to eatIn any case, the province will not be able to make it safe for all the people affected by the famine. What to do? Fan Zhongyan thought of a good way, he gathered all the rich people in Hangzhou, the landlords and even the abbots in the temple.
He called on the landlords to build new houses, renovate the yamen, and the abbot to rebuild the temple, not only that, but Fan Zhongyan also persuaded the wealthy in Hangzhou to spend a lot of money to hold various cultural activities, such as dragon boat racing; Why? The answer is simpleIf everyone is allowed to be frugal, the result is that the rich do not dare to consume during the famine, and the victims can only drink the northwest wind every day
The victims received food.
Song Dynasty dragon boat racing.
On the other hand, if the rich are encouraged to build and spend on a large scale, then the victims will reap huge benefits. For example, if a rich man wants to build a mansion, then he will definitely hire people to help, and the victims will work for the rich man to earn income, and then use the income to buy food.
A large number of victims buy food, and the boss will definitely hire some victims to help him cook, so that the hired victims have income, and so on. Fan Zhongyan explained to Song RenzongAs long as the imperial court provides enough jobs to the victims during the famine years, the victims can support themselves through work, and they can survive the famine without the need for the imperial court to release grain
Fan Zhongyan's operation was used again by Roosevelt in the United States in the 30s of the 20th century, and the famous "Roosevelt's New Deal" was born. However, Fan Zhongyan's approach was too advanced in the Song Dynasty, and many people didn't understand that he also put all kinds of pressure on him, but fortunately, Fan Zhongyan was persistent enough and successfully persuaded Song Renzong, which saved the people of Hangzhou.