Shu Liang's secret memorial was brought up.
Zhu Qiyu frowned. There was no problem with Yu Shan's growth line, but there were shadows of Shanxi merchants on Yu Shan's road to success.
With the money of Shanxi merchants opening the way, how could Yu Shan be demoted to be the companion of Prince Tan's palace?
It shows that Shanxi merchants did not prosper in the Zhengtong Dynasty, so they invested in down-and-out officials like Yu Shan. Unexpectedly, Zhu Qiyu unexpectedly ascended the throne, and Yu Shan was unexpectedly reused.
However, Yu Shan was timid and was good at dancing between King Mobei and Emperor Jingtai. In the end, they were both different people.
Even if Yu Shan dies, he will leave his name behind.
It can be seen that he also hates merchants in his heart, but he was entangled by Shanxi merchants after being funded by merchants when he was most impoverished.
According to Dongchang's information, the problem lies with the Yi Cheng of the town's border office.
This person's name is Zhang Guang, from the Zhang family in Pingyang.
The military supplies smuggled in from Shuima Station to Xuanzang Line were always sold as stolen goods, and it was Zhang Guang who sold all the stolen goods.
The Zhang family in Pingyang cannot afford such a large sum of military funds.
Therefore, all Shanxi merchants entered the market and bought military supplies at low prices.
That explains it.
Where did the merchants in Xuan Town get the weapons to trade with Mobei?
In fact, the reason why Shanxi merchants can become bigger and stronger mainly depends on smuggling. The most lacking thing in Mobei is ordnance. As a smuggler, they can make a lot of money.
so.
Shu Liang was in Shanxi, but he couldn't find any evidence of Shanxi merchants' collaboration with the enemy.
The reason is that the military supplies are not sold from the border towns, but from the delivery station. Therefore, when Shu Liang took charge of Shanxi, the military supplies disappeared under his nose.
As soon as Shu Liang left Shanxi, the smuggling line began to move again.
Therefore, Yu Shan would rather die than confess.
Once you admit it, the sky will fall.
I don’t know how many people will be involved!
There are so many people in this court who look like humans, but they are actually the lackeys of businessmen! He is a lackey of the Mobei people! He is the executioner of the Han Dynasty!
Shu Liang's memorial contains both evidence and speculation.
So Feng Xiao didn't dare to say anything.
Zhu Qiyu slowly leaned back on the chair, with a solemn look in his eyes: "I thought Yu Shan was loyal, but I didn't think his loyalty was to me."
"My eyes are not good at seeing people."
"I can't tell who is a human and who is a ghost."
"So I'm worried, if I close my eyes today, will I open them tomorrow?"
Plop!
The entire palace attendants in Qianqing Palace knelt down in fear.
The emperor is talking nonsense again!
"How should I determine who is a human and who is a ghost?" Zhu Qiyu pursed his lips and thought deeply.
But I can't think of a clue.
"Feng Xiao, go and summon all the Shanxi merchants in the capital to Xihua Gate. I will go see them."
Feng Xiao trembled all over: "Your Majesty, will you alert the enemy?"
"What do you think we will get when Dongchang goes to copy it? Humph, they are much smarter than us. Without evidence, I can only hold my nose and admit it."
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were gloomy: "They all came here. I will talk to them in person. They have made such great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, so I should also summon them in person. Do you think that's right?"
Why do these words sound so awkward?
"They should thank the emperor for his grace." Feng Xiao didn't care what those merchants thought.
The merchants are all dead, but they are not as important as the emperor's hair.
"Go and deliver the message."
"My servant obeys the order." Feng Xiao accepted the order and left.
Zhu Qiyu looked around: "Get up, you are my caring people. As long as you are not bribed by anyone, I can see the sun tomorrow."
As soon as the palace man got up, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground.
"You must know that the wealth of you, and even your whole family, is tied to me."
"Slave, please understand!" The palace people agreed in unison.
Zhu Qiyu asked them to get up.
Then he read the memorial handed over by Shu Liang again and sighed.
"Zheng Youyi."
"The slave is here!" Zheng Youyi came into the palace from outside. There was sweat on his forehead. He didn't know whether it was because of fear or because of the hot weather.
"I plan to build the West Factory, and you will be the factory supervisor."
Zheng Youyi opened his mouth wide.
The West Factory corresponds to the East Factory. Looking at the majesty of Mr. Shu in the East Factory, he has foreseen himself!
"Your Majesty, how can I, this slave, be so virtuous and capable as to take on such an important task?" Zheng Youyi couldn't believe it, and the big pie fell on his head.
He is just a bearer!
If you don't even know a word, how can you be the factory supervisor of the West Factory?
"Zheng Youyi, are you loyal to me?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.
"Your Majesty asked this slave to die, and I didn't even blink!" Zheng Youyi said with emotion.
"That's fine, you can learn what you don't know, but not everyone has loyalty."
Zhu Qiyu helped him up with his own hands and said calmly: "I will use anyone who is loyal to me, regardless of the style."
"As long as you are loyal to me and if you do something wrong, I will take care of you."
"People are not afraid of making mistakes. They correct themselves after they make mistakes. Ability comes from honing. I believe you have this ability."
"Admiral Xichang, it's not difficult."
Zhu Qiyu patted him on the shoulder: "Xichang is temporarily responsible for my safety. You have the right to intervene in anything that may threaten my safety. No matter who it is, even if it is a factory guard, you can investigate!"
Is this power greater than that of factory guards?
The emperor gave his life to Zheng Youyi.
However, when it comes to real power, Xichang is not big.
But the emperor said it was temporary. When all the factory guards left the capital, the West Factory would naturally expand its power.
"Your Majesty, are you recruiting eunuchs?" Zheng Youyi asked.
"Recruit a small group of eunuchs from within the Qianqing Palace, and then recruit a group of men and women from outside. We will recruit people according to the Dongchang structure."
Zhu Qiyu said: "Temporarily, you will be responsible for my safety. From now on, you will be responsible for supervising the factory guards."
Factory guards must have restrictions.
The West Factory is used to restrain the factory guards so that they will always be in his hands and will not be bribed by others to betray him.
This is his temporary thought.
"My slave obeys the order!" Zheng Youyi still didn't understand much.
Zhu Qiyu was in a hurry to build the West Factory. The main reason was that the factory guards had to leave the capital at any time to serve him. The only eunuchs left in the capital were the eunuchs, and the eunuchs were all eunuchs. It was enough in the palace. If he left the palace, it would not be safe. The law absolutely guarantees it.
As for Tiqi, after Lu Gao went to Tiqi, it had a new atmosphere, but in the end it could not be reused.
He already has the intention of dismantling.
Another point is that he doesn't believe Lu Gao.
He only trusted the eunuchs around him.
Zheng Youyi left the Qianqing Palace with the envious eyes of others and set about establishing the West Factory.
At this time, Feng Xiao came back: "Your Majesty, the sky is getting dark, please see those merchants tomorrow."
He was worried about something happening in the dark.
"Let them wait outside Xihua Gate. I'll see them again tomorrow in the afternoon." Zhu Qiyu responded.
"Your Majesty, the sky outside is cloudy and it might rain."
"What?"
Zhu Qiyu was startled and rushed out of the door.
Beside the setting sun, groups of black clouds appeared, sometimes covering the sun, sometimes converging toward the center of the sky.
"Is it really going to rain?"
A smile appeared on Zhu Qiyu's face: "Is anyone in Qintian Prison still alive?"
Feng Xiao swallowed his saliva: "No, no."
"Their lives are really bad."
"It's their own fault as well, for fooling me into thinking I'm a fool."
"It says it will rain every day. It's really a weather forecast. It's never accurate."
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were cold: "Don't recruit people for the time being. What's the use of raising corpses?"
"My slave obeys the order!" Feng Xiao kowtowed.
"Instruct the Agricultural Bureau to prepare more water storage equipment and store some rainwater. When the rain stops, we can water the crops. No rainwater can be wasted."
Zhu Qiyu watched the dark clouds gathering more and more, with a smile on his face.
At this time, Gu Youzhi trotted over and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang Ge would like to see you."
"Quick announcement."
I saw Zhang Feng coming over with joy, and after bowing and saluting: "God bless the Ming Dynasty, it will finally rain!"
"Although the rain is late, it has arrived. It's a good time!"
Zhu Qiyu's bad mood disappeared as dark clouds gathered: "Zhang Qing, what's the emergency?"
"Your Majesty, I have received a report from Xuanzang. This is Xuanzang's loss."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Qiyu's face sank.
Xuanzhen is being rebuilt, and the materials for reconstruction are what he saved from his teeth.
I don’t know how much we have lost this time!
After opening the memorial, Zhu Qiyu's good mood was immediately thrown out of the sky.
Several raids by Wala cavalry resulted in losses of tens of thousands of taels of silver.
"Are you looking for me for this matter?" Zhu Qiyu's face tensed up.
"Your Majesty, this is not a bad thing!"
Zhang Feng said with a smile: "You repelled the attack of Wala again. This is a great achievement."
Zhu Qiyu frowned, who could he show to whom he was deceiving?
What kind of merit do I lack?
"Your Majesty, don't you want to be gentle with the Seven Guards of Kansai?"
"Isn't this an opportunity?"
"The Seven Guards of Guanxi were robbed by the Ming Dynasty and bullied by Wala until they were in panic all day long."
"My Ming Dynasty can take this opportunity to send envoys to the Seven Guards of Kansai to exaggerate their achievements and be gentle to their people."
Zhang Feng said this.
It's really possible.
He coveted the land of Guanxi Qiwei, while Zhang Feng coveted the population of Guanxi Qiwei and settled them in the Hetao. The Hetao had manpower, and construction saves money and effort.
"Zhang Feng, Zhang Feng, you have become bad too!"
Zhu Qiyu laughed loudly: "However, as the deputy minister of the cabinet, you should become bad! Be good! It is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty, hahaha!"
Zhang Feng pursed his lips and was happy.
"Then with the ability of Gansu Town, can we take back the land of the Seven Guards of Guanxi?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.
"Ah?" Zhang Feng was stunned. When did I let you take over his territory?
Knowing that the emperor would be wrong, he immediately smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you also said that you will wait until you find crops that can be grown on barren land before advancing the territory outwards."
“The essence of Kansai Seven Guards is the people, not the land.”
"After all, the capital of the dynasty was not built in Xi'an, so there is no need to worry about the safety of the western border."
"The top priority is to Huairou the people of Guanxi."
Zhu Qiyu was choked so much.
"Zhang Feng, Zhang Feng."
Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly: "That's all, I will pass the order to Kou Shen and ask him to send people to contact the Seven Guards of Guanxi. If there are tribes willing to join, they will be placed in Gansu."
Zhang Feng laughed: "Your Majesty, if he is placed in Gansu Town, then Xifan will come and leave whenever he wants. He will never truly return home."
"If it is placed in the Hetao thousands of miles away, Xifan will be at our disposal."
"Although the initial resettlement will be more troublesome, in the long run, it will be in the best interests of the country and the DPRK to resettle it in the Loop."
I didn't realize it before, but Zhang Feng also had eight hundred tricks.
"Just as you say!"
Zhu Qiyu was very satisfied with this strategy: "I guess Kou Shen will write a memorial to complain to me. Alas, I will accept it."
Zhang Feng smiled secretly.
Click!
A thunder fell from the sky and the wind picked up.
"It's really going to rain!"
Zhang Feng choked and said: "The crops have been dry for more than 20 days. I hope this rain will be heavier and the crops will be watered thoroughly!"
"I have asked the Agricultural Bureau to take out storage tools to collect rainwater. Spring rain is as precious as oil and cannot be wasted." Zhu Qiyu said.
"Your Majesty has the world in mind, which is a blessing to the people of Li!" Zhang Feng bowed deeply.
"Zhang Feng, you are a capable person. In my hands, I will make you a famous minister like Xia Yuanji, and your name will go down in history."
"I thank Your Majesty for your grace!" Zhang Feng knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
The wind became stronger and stronger, and thunder and lightning flashed.
"Okay, get out of the palace quickly, the rain will come soon." Zhu Qiyu told him that only if I am alive can I give you a stage to display your talents.
Zhang Feng obviously understood.
As soon as Zhang Feng left the palace, it started to rain.
"Your Majesty, please go back to the palace. It would be a big deal if you get hurt by the water." Feng Xiao's face was full of anxiety.
The weather was sultry these days, and he wished he could soak in the rain for a while.
But he still entered the palace as he was told.
Feng Xiao advised him to take a hot bath to avoid catching a cold.
Zhu Qiyu couldn't stand his nagging, so he went to take a bath.
There was lightning and thunder outside, and it was raining heavily.
There was a burst of joy in the capital.
After a long drought, there is rain. The most worrying thing during these days is that farmers are finally hoping for rain, and the crops in the fields are finally saved.
"Feng Xiao, are you still here?" After taking a bath, Zhu Qiyu was disposing of the memorial.
"Go back to your Majesty, I'm still on my way down."
"Okay, great!"
Zhu Qiyu looked excited: "I hold the lamp a lot, the light is a little dim. I finished reading these memorials and then I rested my head."
When he was laying down his pillow, Zhu Qiyu walked to the door and looked at the pouring rain with a cheerful smile on his face.
"The crops were watered thoroughly this time."
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile on his face: "It seems that the harvest can still be saved."
However, the rain fell outside as if it hadn't stopped all night.
When Zhu Qiyu woke up early, he heard the sound of rain outside: "Feng Xiao, is it still raining?"
"Go back to your Majesty, it's still raining. It's been raining all night." Feng Xiao's face showed concern.
"Is it raining heavily?"
Zhu Qiyu put on his clothes and walked to the door of the palace to take a look. The door was slightly open and he stretched out his hand. Raindrops as big as peas hit his hand.
"So big? What time will it be?"
Feng Xiao counted on his fingers: "About six hours."
The good mood of the early morning was immediately forgotten.
Zhu Qiyu glanced at the sky. The dark clouds were thick and didn't look like they were going to stop.
"Go to court."
He had a meal after exercising, but the rain outside showed no sign of letting up.
The weather seems to be a joke on Daming.
In the past twenty days, people in several provinces were hoping for rain soon.
The result finally came, but it didn’t stop.
Braving the rain, we entered Fengtian Hall.
The ministers holding umbrellas and wearing raincoats entered the palace one after another.
"Your Majesty, this rain has no intention of stopping!"
Zhang Feng's face was full of worry: "After a severe drought, if there is a severe flood, I'm afraid there will be a major epidemic!"
"Shut your crow mouth!" Hu Bi glared at him.
He wiped the rain off his body and walked slowly into the hall.
"Old Master, what do you think?" Zhu Qiyu was also worried that if the heavy rain fell for a few days, the crops would be completely destroyed.
"Your Majesty, I don't understand the celestial phenomena, but based on years of experience, I'm afraid the rain will stop for a while." Hu Hui responded with a wry smile.
It’s over!
The seedlings planted in spring were all ruined this time.
"God, you are kidding me!"
Zhu Qiyu sighed: "At the beginning of the year, I made a lot of plans. I wanted military households on the border to put on cotton clothes and rush to plant cotton."
"We also gave saplings to the people, hoping to increase their income and protect the soil and water."
"Now it seems that everything is in vain."
"Even if the saplings were not killed by drought, they were killed by the heavy rain."
"Don't even think about cotton. The seedlings in the field must have been washed away by the heavy rain."
"The most important thing is food!"
"When this heavy rain passes, what else can we plant? Can we make up for it?"
Zhu Qiyu had no time to complain.
What's the use of complaining?
It has already happened, can the past be changed by just complaining?
It's better to think of a way to make up for it.
"Your Majesty, I can only plant another crop of beans."
Hu Xi whispered: "But the rain must stop first. If it rains for a few days, even if a wave of bean sprouts are temporarily planted, they will be washed away by the heavy rain."
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "I'm afraid it won't work."
"No one knows when this rain will stop."
"Stop, will you do it again?"
"Just go out and buy it."
Ye Sheng had a different opinion: "Your Majesty, buying food will last for a while, but it won't last for a year."
"Besides, it's not okay to leave acres of land uncultivated. The land needs to be maintained."
"It's better to wait until the rain stops, and the central government will send people down to see what can be planted, and then replant a batch."
"The central government exempted me from this year's grain tax."
"After autumn, relief will be given to severely affected areas as appropriate, and food cannot be distributed to every household."
What Ye Sheng meant was to mainly ensure food for the central government, provide relief as appropriate, and give up some things that should be given up.
Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly: "Ye Qing's words make sense."
"Annan is a big grain-producing country, right?"
"It is better for Ming Dynasty to reconcile with Annan. Even if it gives up some land, it can buy some grain from Annan and transport it to Beijing by water."
"Just get through this disaster year."
But as soon as Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, the courtiers were stunned for a while.
"Your Majesty, Annan is a major grain-producing country?" Hu Hui looked surprised.
"Isn't it?" Zhu Qiyu remembered that Southeast Asia is a grain-producing area.
"I only know that Champa rice is very productive, but I have never heard that Annan is a major grain-producing country."
Hu Xi was confused: "Your Majesty, please allow me, veteran, to go back and check the archives of the Yongle Dynasty. If Annan is a major grain-producing country, why did the Xuande Dynasty give up?"
In fact, the Red River Plain was not yet developed in this era.
But it was still richer than other regions, and it did produce grain, but it was not at all the region that produced a terrifying amount of grain like in later generations.
"Annan is a major grain-producing country." Zhu Qiyu was very sure.
Seeing the emperor's vow, Hu Hu was actually a little moved: "If Annan is really a big grain-producing country, I support your majesty in taking back Annan!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes lit up.
"But as far as I know, Annan is extremely poor. If it had not been Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizong would not have wanted to take it back."
"In the Xuande Dynasty, the court spent huge amounts of money on Annan every year."
"Moreover, the people of Annam have not yet surrendered and often rebel, putting great administrative pressure on them."
"That's why the court gradually retreated."
"If Annan is really a big grain-producing country, then the Ming Dynasty can use the whole country to conquer it. What's the difficulty?"
"When the time comes, I will personally go to govern Annan and see who dares to rebel!"
Hu Hui was in high spirits.
Daming has confidence.
The main reason why Ming Dynasty abandoned Annan was that the administrative costs were high and there was no sweetness.
If Annan produces grain and the Ming Dynasty annexes Annan, wouldn't it be easy to capture it?
"The old lady is domineering!"
Zhu Qiyu stood up: "I am very sure that Annan is a major grain-producing country. The grain in Annan can support half of the Ming Dynasty!"
What?
The courtiers looked at each other in shock, all searching for memories about Annan's records.
Is Annan really the chosen place?
Then why did Xuande Dynasty give up?
The courtiers were all fooled by the emperor.
"Old Master, is Annan really the treasure land that His Majesty said?" Zhang Feng asked in a low voice.
Hu Xi also forgot: "I will check the archives after the court."
Zhang Feng murmured in a low voice: "If Annan is a major grain-producing country, how could the Xuande Dynasty give up?"
yes.
Even if the court fights for power and gain, not all of them are fools.
Why are the border areas constantly being abandoned, but the two capitals and thirteen provinces refuse to be discarded? Because driven by interests, the two capitals and thirteen provinces have been cultivated by the Han people for two thousand years. The land is mature and very rich. The border areas are all poor areas, and there is no oil or water to swallow them. .
In the final analysis, there must be benefits.
"It's not terrible to lose it. As long as it's profitable, it's not difficult to get it back!" Hu Hui said with high spirits.
Zhang Feng nodded in agreement.
"His Majesty!"
Wang Yue limped out of work and knelt on the ground: "As far as I remember, Annan is extremely poor. Although rice can be harvested twice a year, when the rainy season comes, the fertility of the land is washed away by the rain, causing the land to be damaged. Extremely barren.”
"Weichen remembers that in the first year of Hongxi, one acre of two-crop rice in Annan produced 22 kilograms per acre, which was only enough for an adult to eat for more than a month."
"In Wei Chen's memory, there is absolutely no record of Annan's extremely high yield per mu."
"not at all!"
Wang Yue was knowledgeable and knowledgeable and had an excellent memory.
Fengtian Palace whispered, Wang Yue is right, the Celestial Empire is not a big food country, why does the Annan Kingdom produce so much food?
It is right for Annan people not to have full stomachs.
Everyone in Fengtian Temple thinks so. They wear glasses and look at the world condescendingly, so they close the door to the world and become arrogant inside the country.
Zhu Qiyu was confused. If Annan was barren in this era, how did Southeast Asia become a big food country?
"I will know after I go back and look it up." Hu Hui asked the emperor to step down.
Both the monarch and his ministers were embarrassed.
When Hu Bi heard about the big food country, he almost sent troops to attack it.
This is the first time I have seen Hu Xi lose his temper like this.
“Buying food is a top priority.”
Zhu Qiyu ended awkwardly.
Fengtian Palace was at a deadlock, and Geng Jiuchou coughed: "Your Majesty, the Toungoo Dynasty has repeatedly raided the border of Yunnan, and the people on the border of Yunnan are suffering unspeakably."
"Another Battle of Luchuan?" Zhu Qiyu sneered.
A few years ago, everyone celebrated the three expeditions to Luchuan.
But now, the emperor is ashamed of Luchuan.
"We spent a lot of effort to defeat a small Luchuan. What's there to brag about?"
"Looking at the results after winning, I can't even speak of it!"
"I will not fight an uncertain battle."
"Just grab the edge, tell Wang Wen, just be patient for the time being."
"Wait until I defeat the Tatars."
"We will continue to train troops in Yunnan and teach Luchuan and Taungu a lesson. I will push the Ming Dynasty's territory to the seaside in one go!"
"Now that the court has no money and food, it is not appropriate to start provocations."
These words entered the hearts of the courtiers.
It would be the most terrifying thing if the emperor went all out to be militaristic.
In order to fight the war, regardless of the people's rest and recuperation, in the end, except for the emperor who gained the reputation of being the only emperor through the ages, the people's lives were worse than dogs.
That is the emperor that officials fear most.
Fortunately, although the current emperor is violent, he knows how to show mercy to the people.
"The goal of the court this year is to let the people live a stable year and suffer less."
"Accumulate strength and enhance national power."
"As for Yunnan, Wang Wen sent an order to speed up the construction of Chi Road, and vigorously treated the native people under the rule of the chieftain, turning the land into Han."
Zhu Qiyu paused slightly:
"Gentlemen, is Luchuan really difficult to fight?"
"Absolutely not!"
"With the strength of the Ming Dynasty, if we can attack a hundred Luchuans in the mainland, there will be no problem!"
"But in Yunnan, a single Luchuan can make the Ming Dynasty fall."
"I dare to say that if we attack Luchuan again and use Ming Dynasty's elite troops, we will still be unable to defeat Luchuan."
"What's the reason? Have you ever thought about it?"
"Because although Yunnan is under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army is actually fighting away from home, and those chieftains are not of the same mind as the Ming Dynasty."
"The top priority in Yunnan is not Luchuan, but the rapid Huairou toast."
"Use the chieftain's strength to drive out Luchuan and guard the border."
"Wait until next year, I will start cleaning up Yunnan again. I can only turn the land into Han Dynasty and completely turn Yunnan into the territory of the Ming Dynasty."
"When the time comes, the melon will naturally mature and fade away. I will give Luchuan some color to see."
"If the Ming Dynasty doesn't take action, it will be fine. If it takes action, it will be destroyed and the country will be destroyed!"
"I am worried about the shortage of people to manage the Yellow River. When I destroy a country, I will expel its citizens and build the Yellow River for the Ming Dynasty!"
“I want to use other countries’ money to control our rivers and use their people to repair our rivers!”
"Send an order to Wang Wen to establish good relations with all the chieftains, so that their children can go to the Central Plains and appreciate the style of the Central Plains."
"Give me lots of rewards, and bow your head when you should bow your head to Luchuan, and be as gentle as possible."
"It is not a shame to lie down in order to accumulate strength."
"The shame is that I can't stand up!"
"Lie down, okay, but you have to stand up!"
Zhu Qiyu said sternly: "I endure humiliation and survive today in order to beat them to death tomorrow!"
"My lords, there must be no chaos in the southwest, northwest, and Guangdong and Guangxi."
"Now the court's thoughts are all in the north. Even if we bow our heads to the pirates, we must bow our heads."
"I don't want to waste our people's energy and let the common people suffer by going to a militaristic war."
"While I am governing the country, I will fight the war step by step and eat away at the enemy bit by bit."
"Let the people of the Ming Dynasty live a good life and eat away all the enemies around them. These are what I, the emperor, should do."
Listen to Zhu Qiyu's long speech.
The courtiers of Fengtian Palace knelt on the ground and shouted long live the mountain.
Hu Bi's face was filled with relief. He would only feel uncomfortable if the emperor resorted to violence.
Why do civil servants dislike war?
The people who suffered in the war were the common people. The sages and sages they learned told them to love the people as their own children.
Although they are unwilling to do it themselves, they hope that the emperor can do it.
"It's still raining heavily outside."
Zhu Qiyu sighed: "I really don't know when it will stop."
This man is also strange.
I was looking forward to raining a few days ago, but this time it rained, but I was looking forward to when it would stop.
"Retreat from the court. I will go back to Qianqing Palace to handle government affairs. It's raining heavily today. If there is anything you need to report to the palace, I will watch it at any time."
Zhu Qiyu stepped down from Danbi.
"I will respectfully send you off to Your Majesty!"
After leaving the palace, several eunuchs held umbrellas, and Zhu Qiyu boarded the imperial chariot and returned to Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Qiyu glanced through the window: "It's a troubled time. The border is not stable. We have to use our hands to slowly break the situation."
I dealt with government affairs for two hours.
During the break between Zhu Qiyu's activities, Feng Xiao said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the Shanxi merchants are still waiting outside Xihua Gate."
"ah?"
Zhu Qiyu was forgotten by them and couldn't help laughing: "Let them go back. When the rain stops, I will summon them again."
They were kept in the rain for ten hours, but they were driven back without even seeing the emperor's face.
"This Prince Chu's palace is restless."
This is a sign of prosperity.
Nianfu took people to the Chu Prince's Mansion to search the house, but found Lonely.
There was nothing valuable in the Chu Palace.
"Where's Zhu Wei?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"Go back to the emperor, he has been escorted out of the capital to Fengyang." Feng Xiao reported back.
"Death."
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were sharp: "It is decreed that everyone in the Prince of Chu's palace will be punished with death!"
Feng Xiao was startled and hurried to deliver the order.
"Send an order to Nian Fu to arrest all the families who are related to the King of Chu and make them pay a total of ten million taels of silver. Those who cannot make up the money will be sent to the Hetao to work as coolies."
hiss!
Feng Xiao took a breath. For ten million silver, the emperor had clearly cut off a family that was related to the King of Chu.
This is revenge!
The Prince of Chu's Mansion was evacuated, where could the property go?
It must be the home of his relatives. This generation of King Chu has no sons, and his brothers are all in the capital, so it must have gone into the pockets of his wives and concubines.
If you dare to touch my things, you are so impatient!
Nian Fu did not write about the other princes of the Chu vassal. I think those people did not dare to openly oppose the court.
There must be some secretly hidden, but it's probably not bad, so it's over.
What is the difference between doing something as obvious as King Chu did and seeking death?
Then it will help you?
"You personally go to the Zongren's Mansion to convey the decree. Because of the greed of the Chu Palace, they demoted Dong'an King Zhu Jihuan and Daye King Zhu Jijian to the rank of generals. They retained their general titles but canceled their clan titles."
Zhu Qiyu was even more ruthless.
The two younger brothers of the King of Chu were demoted and their Zonglu was reduced. How could they make a living?
The emperor doesn't care.
Previously, a policy was issued to allow generals to participate in the imperial examination.
If you want to survive, you have to take the imperial examination and become a Jinshi, otherwise you will have to starve to death.
Because the King of Chu had no sons, he punished his younger brother.
Very reasonable.
"Send the message to Nian Fu. From now on, there is no need to report such small matters. You can deal with them how you want." Zhu Qiyu asked Huai'en to write a secret reply in person.
Deliberately experience Wynn's ability.
Hua En is indeed smart and talented, so he intends to promote him to the position of eunuch in charge of rituals and seals.
The rain was pattering outside.
Zhu Qiyu was disposing of the memorial under the lamp.
After a long time, Feng Xiao whispered: "Your Majesty, has the rain become lighter?"
Zhu Qiyu put down his pen and ink and walked to the window: "How long has it been raining?"
"Back to your lord, it's been nearly thirteen hours."
"Pass the order to the household department to pay attention to flood disasters and prepare the capital for flood prevention." Zhu Qiyu asked people to quickly pass the order and asked Geng Jiuchou to take action.
The household department is already busy.
The heavy rain lasted for thirteen hours, and some homes were washed away by the water. The damage in central Beijing was better, but many homes outside Beijing were doing well a few days ago, but they were washed away by the heavy rain.
Rivers in Gyeonggi Province are swollen.
"Quickly send people to guard the Jinshui River. The Jinshui River must not rise!" Geng Jiuchou said sternly.
The Jinshui River is related to the Forbidden City. Once the water rises, the palace will be flooded.
He cannot bear this responsibility.
At the same time, people were sent to the palace to request the imperial edict, and water troops were deployed to guard the Jinshui River to protect the palace.
Zhu Qiyu received Geng Jiuchou's request and nodded slightly: "Tell him that there is no need to worry about the palace. The drainage of the palace has been carefully designed and nothing will happen. On the contrary, the people along the river may be affected."
"Order the Ministry of Household Affairs to send people down to see where disaster relief is needed."
Zhu Qiyu cared about the people.
At night, the rain stopped.
It rained for a full fifteen hours.
"I hope it won't happen again." Zhu Qiyu was filled with worry and tossed and turned.
It was very trendy in the hall.
The bedding is also damp.
He felt that the eighth year of Jingtai was a troubled year, with everything going wrong.
After defeating Oara, the Tatars came.
Luchuan and Dongxu swept across the border.
There are changes in Guangdong and Guangxi.
The country is not stable either, and Xuanzhen, Shanxi, Shandong, Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi still need to be plowed out.
Food problems will be even greater this year.
If relief is not provided in time, countless people will become refugees and eventually become skeletons.
Population is a national strength, so we should preserve it as much as possible.
This year has been really rough.
In the midst of random thoughts, I drifted off to sleep.
The next day, I went to court.
Zhu Qiyu went to Xihuamen.
Many Shanxi merchants were kneeling at the gate of the palace.
I knelt all night the day before yesterday and endured the rain all night, but the emperor didn't come.
It took more than ten hours to water.
I had a fever when I got home.
Today I dragged my sick body to visit Xihua Gate.
Squeak, squeak!
The gate of Xihua Gate opened and the royal chariot came out.
Zhu Qiyu stepped down from the royal chariot and sat on the dragon chair in the doorway. The merchants outside the door could not see the emperor's face.
"I have seen the contribution you have made to our country."
Zhu Qiyu said slowly: "So I have given you a quota for the imperial examination. Can you recommend it? Who will participate in the imperial examination?"
In one sentence, the Shanxi merchants who wanted to unite directly fell into pieces.
For this quota, everyone can break their heads.
Merchants, who doesn’t want to become a private household and have the qualifications for the imperial examination?
Otherwise, why do they invest heavily in scholars? Even if those scholars look at them strangely, they still stick to others like dog-skin plaster.
Picture what?
Isn’t it just an official position?
"Because of your contribution, Xuanzang and Hetao can be rebuilt."
"It's all your credit."
Zhu Qiyu said nicely.
Shanxi merchants subconsciously thought that the emperor was rewarding them.
"Pingyang Zhang, is there anyone here?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"Zhang Chang, a common man, comes to see Your Majesty!"
An old man walked out on his knees, with neither joy nor sorrow on his face.
"What is your relationship with Zhang Renxiao?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"Your Majesty, the common people are uncles of Zhang Renxiao's generation, but uncles from distant branches." Zhang Chang said very little.
"Pingyang Zhang's family is also outstanding among Shanxi merchants."
Zhu Qiyu affirmed: "It's just that I heard a name recently, Zhang Guang from the border town, do you know him?"
I’m so sleepy, I owe a thousand words, I’ll make up for it in the next chapter!
(End of chapter)
