In the late spring of the 20th year of Shiwei Wanli, after the rebellion was put down, the world was peaceful.
On the way to the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum, Zhu Yijun saw beautiful mountains and forests, especially after a spring rain, they became even more lush and lush.
This made him sigh inwardly. In the past, Pan Jixun had done a good job in cultivating forests and controlling floods on three sides, and the ecology in the Yansui area was well maintained.
It is said that before Zhu Yijun sent Pan Jixun to the three sides to cultivate forests and control floods, Yansui's press officials and factory guards said in the memorial, "Droughts occur frequently in Yansui, and the mountains and forests are destroyed, leaving them bare and unable to store soil."
But now, what Zhu Yijun saw was not as serious as what he had said in his previous memorial.
certainly.
This is also related to the change of the national strategy to foreign development. As a large number of Yansui poor people have been relocated overseas, and a large number of military and civilian incomes have increased, they can survive without cutting down forests. Even for heating, more and more coal is used for heating. Naturally, This will slow down the rate of internal resource loss and ecological damage, and the ecology can be repaired in time.
Zhu Yijun went to the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum. Although there were many officers and soldiers accompanying him, and they stayed overnight at dawn along the way, which inevitably required manpower, he still served the soldiers and civilians in vain and spent money like water.
This also prevented the people from complaining, but they only wanted to be responsible for the emperor's food, drink and fun, and even bribed the officials below to get a job serving the emperor!
only.
Although most officials are happy with this, not to mention receiving kickbacks and enjoying the adulation of the people, it is a big hassle for many officials who rely on connections rather than ability to get to their positions.
Because all local officials with some connections are basically the children of generations of eunuchs. While they don’t care about money, they also don’t care about political achievements. They prefer to be quiet and do nothing. Anyway, with their background and connections, they will be able to get something soon. A person with good test scores can be promoted, but it will be faster than one who works hard.
However, now that the emperor comes, such officials have to participate in recruiting civilians, collecting money and food, mobilizing people, repairing roads and bridges, and strengthening security. In short, all kinds of things have suddenly increased, and the requirements for management capabilities have suddenly increased. There are many, and it is easy to make mistakes if you are not careful. One mistake can lead to a big mistake, and if you make a mistake in front of the emperor, it will be difficult to cover up even if it is covered up, and it will even be amplified!
After all, there are so many officials in the country, many of whom are capable. A small mistake may cause an official to never be promoted to Beijing.
Therefore, officials who came from a noble family were very unhappy with the emperor's patrol. Even if the emperor did not use the people's power in vain and troubled the local area, it did make it easy for them to be proved that apart from their good background, they were useless in other aspects.
certainly.
The emperor's tour is an opportunity for capable but poor officials, an opportunity to prove their ability to handle emergencies, an opportunity to let the emperor remember themselves, and an opportunity to break the shackles of relationships and jump directly to the dragon gate again.
But now, because the imperial court has implemented new etiquette, it is not good for the right-wing, but good for the common people. Therefore, most of the officials who can serve as local officials are still common people or small landowners. Therefore, they are still happy to see the emperor going on inspection tours, and they are very happy to see them. Actively mobilize the military and civilians to serve the emperor's patrols.
Ordinary gentry who were mainly engaged in industry and commerce were also very happy to see Zhu Yijun going on tour as if he was throwing money around.
For example, when Zhu Yijun was temporarily stationed in Ganquan County, Sun Zhen, a gentry who made paper in Ganquan, smiled and said to his in-law Zhu Wanyuan:
"Today's people are really benevolent. Although they personally patrol the border, they will inevitably use people's power and disturb the local area, but they will also benefit the local area and show kindness to the people. If the horses are accidentally damaged, the young crops will have to be compensated. Even if they need paper, they will have to temporarily use my workshop. , even if you pay more to buy it, it can’t be considered as harming the people and disturbing the people.”
"It's naturally a good thing for your government. It can also increase sales because it can be said that this paper was used by His Majesty."
"It's a good thing for me. Your Majesty saw three pieces of household woodware in my carpentry workshop and ordered the purchase. As a result, no less than ten distinguished families have come to order this type of woodware."
Zhu Wanyuan also laughed and started talking.
Although ordinary industrial and commercial gentry such as Sun Zhen and Zhu Wanyuan were very happy that the emperor had taken the path and temporarily stayed in their hometown, there were also local gentry who were not happy about this, and most of these gentry were large landowners and rural eunuchs with extensive land.
"Both the Ningxia Rebellion and the Shaanxi Rebellion were put down, and even the Hetao was recovered. Sure enough, there was no such big defeat as Tumu Fort. The era of great chaos in ethics and religion must continue."
On his way to the emperor's banquet, Zhou Shice, a large landowner in Ganquan County who had served as an imperial scholar, expressed his disappointment with the outcome of the Ningxia Rebellion and the Shaanxi Rebellion in front of Jia Xikun, the mayor of the same town who had passed the imperial examination.
Jia Xikun chuckled and said, "I have already expected this ending, so I didn't even expect these traitors to succeed in arresting the enemy!"
"These rebels don't even think about it. An emperor who was taught by Zhang Taiyue to really regard Wu Bian Qian as an innocent son would die in civil strife?"
"You know, in the past, Jianwen died due to civil strife because he not only cut down the vassal vassal, but also began to only focus on civil servants, making the military people pay more attention to Chengzu. Now, how many military people don't care about His Majesty?"
"What Zi Ce said is, let's see what happens to the prince in the future."
Zhou Shice smiled and replied without saying more. He just followed a group of local officials into the procession, preparing to listen to the holy teachings.
Zhu Yijun had already met Zhang Yingwang, the magistrate of Ganquan County, and said to Zhang Yingwang:
"According to the results of the examination, you were responsible for dereliction of duty and laziness last year, which led to the infestation of thieves, and the cabinet's punishment for you was dismissal. Moben sent it to me, but I haven't approved it yet, because I thought you would have to do it anyway. When I came to Ganquan County, I just wanted to hear your own opinion."
Zhang Yingwang, the magistrate of Ganquan County, hurriedly raised his hands and replied: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. The thieves born last year were actually captives who were imprisoned. I have organized soldiers and civilians to arrest and imprison them. My superiors said that I was derelict in my duties and lazy in government. I may have mistakenly heard that the captives were thieves." .”
"Send a guard in uniform to go to the county jail to have a look, but they are thieves."
Zhu Yijun gave Zhang Jingxiu an order at this time.
Zhang Jingxiu raised his hand and said yes.
Zhang Yingwang breathed a sigh of relief here. He couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that His Majesty came here and was cautious enough. Otherwise, if he had to deal with it according to the test results of his superiors, he would have to pack up and go back to his hometown. There are families whose clansmen have gained fame and are unlikely to be revived again.
In other words, the pinnacle of his Zhang family's official career is probably to reach the county magistrate level.
After Zhang Jingxiu left, Zhu Yijun continued to ask Zhang Yingwang about the population and price data of Ganquan County.
While Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Yingwang, he looked at the various exquisite woodware, porcelain and jewelry purchased by his subordinates from the market in Ganquan County.
In order to promote industrial development, Zhu Yijun would purchase some local industrial products wherever he went. In order to promote the development of local industry and commerce, it would be best to directly promote the emergence of good industrial products in the local area, such as Zhangqiu's iron pots, Qianshan's paper and Jingdezhen's porcelain are both famous throughout the country, which will lead to the emergence of more local workers.
Anyway, for Zhu Yijun, it doesn’t cost much to buy some local products.
And while Zhu Yijun was asking Zhang Yingwang about the situation in Ganquan County and looking at various earth objects, he heard a faint noise coming from outside.
"what happened?"
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but ask.
Soon.
Tian Yi, the eunuch who was responsible for the ceremony, came back and said: "There was a fight among the people who were preparing to transport the earth for the emperor. They said that they all got orders from the county to transport the earth, and then they started arguing, blaming the other party for grabbing the order, and then A fight broke out, and the Marquis of Nanchang had already dispatched his troops."
"His Majesty!"
"This matter is related to me. Please let me handle it. I promise that we can resolve this matter within half a quarter of an hour and avoid more casualties."
At this time, Zhang Yingwang took the initiative to ask for help.
Zhu Yijun asked: "How do you plan to deal with it?"
Zhang Yingwang replied: "Your Majesty, I have long been worried that my subordinates will make mistakes when recruiting civilian husbands, so I specially invited Li Zheng from nearby areas and elders from the countryside to accompany me to deal with it. After all, I will issue orders from here to the town. There are still several levels in the process, and there will inevitably be mistakes. For example, I may call another li with more people to apply because I think there are not enough people in a certain li, but maybe my subordinates have already notified the nearest li. Li Li was prepared, so that both Li Li arrived in front of the emperor."
"Then you go deal with it."
Zhu Yijun heard what Zhang Yingwang said was reasonable and agreed to his proposal.
Strangely enough, before Zhang Yingwang appeared, the people fighting between the two sides turned a deaf ear to the orders of the emperor's personal guards and the persuasion of the experienced officers and training officers of the personal guards. Even Liu Wei had ordered the firearms soldiers to prepare to fire. These People are still fighting each other.
But once Zhang Yingwang brought Lianglizheng and the elders, the people on both sides became honest.
These common people were beaten and kicked roughly by their respective leaders and elders, and all of them were instantly stunned like eggplants beaten by frost.
"It's shameful to have a fight near the Emperor's palace!"
"But Mr. Sun, it was obviously the nephew of the imperial family in the county who asked us to help the emperor, so we came here, but who would have thought that those in Shangshui had to inform them from the county."
"My nephew is just a messenger. Can he represent the county? Has he produced the county's order?"
"That's not true."
"Nothing said!"
The one who was dealing with this fight was Squire Sun Zhen. At this time, he was scolding his fellow villagers with hatred. Many of them were his descendants from the same clan. Even if they were not from the same clan, they were still related by marriage, so he casually No matter how you yell and scold, these people are convinced.
On the other side, the people in Sheung Shui also have their elders in Li Zheng Township educating them.
In the end, this small incident that suddenly occurred was quickly calmed down, and because it was handled in a timely manner, no one was actually killed. Only a few people were injured. The most serious ones were fractures, and they just needed to rest for a while.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun summoned Zhang Yingwang again and said, "You really responded to such emergencies. You have put a lot of thought into your administration. It is not considered dereliction of duty and laziness."
Zhang Yingwang became jealous after hearing this.
(End of chapter)
