In the first month of the second year of Chongzhen, in the capital, the palace, and the imperial study.
Zhu Youjian was reading the memorial attentively, his brows furrowed.
Wu Zhiwang, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi Province, reported the Guyuan mutiny. The soldiers who participated in the mutiny robbed Guyuan's property and then attacked Jingyang, Fuping, and Sanyuan. The guerrilla general Li Ying was also captured...
This memorial made him feel as if he was on a jumping machine.
This was the memorial from December last year, but he didn't see it until the first month of the year, because there were so many memorials on hand that he couldn't finish them all. He couldn't finish them at all.
Thinking of his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang's ability to handle state affairs, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.
"The border troops actually rebelled. It's really not possible to be in arrears with pay for a long time.
Zhu Youjian couldn't help but sigh.
The confidant eunuch Cao Huachun whispered: "We still have to find a way to get some money, otherwise..."
Zhu Youjian: "But where can I get money?"
Cao Huachun reached out and handed over a memorial: "Your Majesty, you may wish to read this memorial."
"oh?"
Zhu Youjian opened the memorial and looked at it carefully. This was a memorial handed over by the Criminal Division to Liu Mao during the incident. Shuzhong suggested that the Yi Delivery should be strictly rectified and the standards for the use of Yi Delivery should be redefined. After eliminating these shortcomings, the station expenses can be saved hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year.
Get rid of the indiscriminate use of Kanhe fire cards to save the people from poverty!
After Zhu Youjian read it, he was a little confused: "Just by rectifying the postal service, can we save hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year?"
Cao Huachun whispered: "The cost of the post station is indeed very high. When officials of all sizes travel on the road, they often extort drivers and horses at will, and even squeeze them. Even if the post station provides more supplies than actual needs, the excess will The money was broken into money and put into private pockets...and the post station reported the money to the court, and finally it was spent by the national treasury."
Zhu Youjian frowned deeply: "So, these guys defraud the national treasury of hundreds of thousands of taels every year?"
Cao Huachun whispered: "Exactly."
Zhu Youjian was furious: "This is unreasonable. In this case, we must immediately rectify the post station, control the expenditure of the post station, and do not allow them to continue such nonsense.
Cao Huachun: "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. After rectification, these hundreds of thousands of taels of silver will be returned to the national treasury. You should be happy."
Zhu Youjian thought about it carefully, yes, this shortcoming was not discovered before and the money was gone. But now that it has been discovered, the money is back. From now on, I will have hundreds of thousands more silver to deploy every year. Isn't it a great kindness? This stretched financial situation can be greatly alleviated.
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian felt as if he was on a jet plane.
I was just happy for a few minutes...
"Report! Urgent report!"
A eunuch ran into the royal study and handed over an urgent military report.
Open it and see: "Luochuan, Chunhua, Sanshui, Lueyang, Qingshui, Chengxian, Hancheng, Yijun, Central, Shiquan, Yichuan, Suide, Jiazhou, Yao, Jingning, Tongguan, Yangping Pass, Jinsuo Pass and other places, thieves looted...
When Zhu Youjian saw this long list of place names, he felt as if he was on a jumping machine. He was furious: "What is going on? Why write so many place names? Why don't you just write me one sentence, Suitinghe?" Shaanxi is in chaos."
Cao Huachun was the Great Khan.
Zhu Youjian roared: "Are Wu Zhiwang, the governor of Suiyan, and Hu Tingyan, the governor of Shaanxi, living for nothing?"
Just after he finished shouting, another eunuch ran in from outside and yelled hurriedly: "Reporter Wu Zhiwang, the governor of Suiyan, has died of illness. It is urgent to appoint a new governor.
Zhu Youjian: "!!!"
He frowned, thought for a long time, and said, "Ask Yang He to come see me."
Chengcheng County began to erupt with an atmosphere of prosperity.
After Daoxuan Tianzun manifested himself once in front of all the people, he began to appear frequently. First, he brought rain to Chengcheng County in front of all the people. Then he sent his spokesperson Mr. Wang to talk to the county magistrate. Together, we began to revitalize all walks of life in the county.
Just like the development route of Gaojia Village, the first to benefit are the craftsmen in the official workshops.
Tianzun directly increased the wages of all craftsmen.
This was against the ancestral system, but Liang Shixian had no objection and immediately followed the instructions.
In fact, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, people of insight had already realized the shortcomings of the craftsman system and had long been willing to reform it. Liang Shixian just did not have the ability to reform it. Now with the material support given by Tianzun, he can I dare to treat the craftsmen favorably.
At the same time, Tianzun released a large amount of grain, filling the county's granary.
Liang Shixian immediately opened an official grain store and sold grain at the price of non-disaster years. In just a few days, the price of grain, which cost a thousand dollars per dou of rice, was brought under control and returned to the price of grain in normal years.
For this reason, Liang Shixian was really happy. According to insiders, Liang Shixian stood in the backyard of the county government office and laughed a few times: "Common people, I have helped you bring down the price of food.
Once food prices return to normal, people no longer have to spend all their income on buying food and can have spare money to buy other items. As a result, all walks of life begin to rise again and slowly regain their vitality.
Fabric shops have opened, clothing shops have opened, teahouses have been visited, porcelain and earthen pots have been bought, handicrafts have been sold, and opera troupes have been watched...
The speed at which the county town came back to life exceeded everyone's expectations.
In this lively atmosphere...
A Taoist priest, leading three people, just walked into the gate of Chengcheng County.
The Taoist priest is Ma Tianzheng, and the three people behind him are Song Yingxing and his two servants.
The four of us had walked a long way and were tired and hungry.
This journey was not easy. The four of them encountered small groups of thieves several times. Fortunately, these days, Taoist priests are still easy to eat. When thieves see Taoist priests, they are too embarrassed to rob them. Even if there are occasionally one or two incompetent thieves who come for real. , Ma Tianzheng used Quanzhen swordsmanship, but he couldn't resist it.
"Mr. Song, this is Chengcheng County." Ma Tianzheng breathed a long sigh of relief: "When we get here, we are not far from Gaojiacun. There is only more than thirty miles to go. Let's rest here today. , let’s set off again tomorrow.”
Song Yingxing couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he walked into the county town: "Great! I'm really tired from walking. This Shaanxi is really a terrible place, with famines and thieves everywhere. Oh, if it weren't for Taoist Master Ma to take care of me, I wouldn't be able to Can’t get here.”
Ma Tianzheng: "This is what a poor man should do."
Just as the two of them were talking about this, they saw a large group of people walking slowly on the street of the county town. At the head of them was a mother and son, Mr. Bai and Mrs. Bai. Beside them, there was also a contractor, Teng Yifeng. .
He was respectfully saying to Mr. Bai: "Mr. Bai, I heard that you have a wonderful way to carry heavy objects. Our road construction team here encountered a very large stone and need to move it from the middle of the road. Please help. Help."
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