My own ideas were too simple and ideal. Fortunately, there were ministers like Cheng Guoxiang who discovered the problem. More importantly, he spoke out and dared to remonstrate, and reminded him in time.
"I take it for granted, but although it is difficult to implement, I still won't give up. I can think of other ways!"
"This matter is not urgent. The Ministry of Household Affairs will do what I just said. We will build a breeding factory and look for suitable bulls from various places. We will breed calves first."
Seeing that the emperor had finished speaking, Xu Guangqi hurriedly stepped forward and said:
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
"Mr. Zi Xian, it's okay to say so!"
After receiving the emperor's permission, Xu Guangqi leaned over and saluted with his hands in his hands:
"Your Majesty, the treasury's money and food are quite tight now. Your Majesty also ordered ministers and others yesterday to use the gold and silver from the treasury to go to the south of the Yangtze River to buy grain. If you want to build factories, the money required will inevitably be very expensive. If this continues, wouldn't it be a double conflict? conflict?"
"It costs a lot of money to purchase materials, recruit corvee laborers, and craftsmen. Without hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, I'm afraid it won't be possible. As I see it, I can only choose one of the two!"
"What Mr. Ge said is absolutely true, but I have already made plans and calculations, but there is no need to conscript this corvée."
"Wang Banban, take out that drawing and show it to all your ministers!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Chaofu quickly made a gesture, and His Majesty Dan's two young eunuchs ran forward with the drawings, and then unfolded them in front of these ministers.
What this drawing depicts is the simplest kind of enclosure. It is easiest to choose a place to surround with wooden fences and then set up a wooden shed inside. You can let the cows out during the day and lock them in at night. That kind of thing basically functions as a shield from the wind and rain.
"I know that the treasury is in dire straits, so I have suppressed the cost to a minimum. Then the Ministry of Household Affairs only needs to prepare the wood and choose the location. As for the construction, we can leave it to the Engineer Battalion!"
"Let the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development handle this matter directly with British Public Transport. There is no need to report it here."
The ministers also believe that this is the best way at the moment. Your Majesty is not the kind of person who spends money extravagantly.
Zhu Youxiao gently tapped the imperial case with his finger and said:
"The common people are pedantic and ignorant. They can be restrained by laws. The Ministry of Punishment, the Chief Minister, quickly came up with a charter based on this matter and compiled a law into the Ming Dynasty Code. After it is completed, it will be reported to me!"
"This law cannot be too harsh, but it must also be effective enough to make people consciously abide by the law. It is up to you to grasp the appropriateness. The more important point is that everyone can understand and understand it. Don't Correct those words of Wen Zou Zou."
"I obey the decree!"
"Da Sima, the Ministry of War also immediately began to check the military merits of Xuan Dajun. The silver reward that should be paid must be reported every penny. The military merits that should be recorded must not be left behind. All must be recorded!"
The Nine-Border Army Town must not be in chaos. If the Nine-Border Army is in chaos, the entire Ming Dynasty will be affected.
The core members of the rebel army in the history of the late Ming Dynasty were deserters from Jiubian. The Ming court was in arrears all year round, and people continued to flee every year.
Except for the fact that the court has no money, those civil servants really play a key role. As long as the court transports money outside, only 60% will be left before leaving the capital. When it comes to the local censors and military generals, they are dividing the wave. The real Very few Xiangyin found their way into the hands of the sergeants.
The late Ming Dynasty was another troubled period. In addition, all the wars with the slaves in Liaodong ended in disastrous defeats. The imperial court had no time to take care of these border towns. The lives of the border troops were getting worse day by day, and they could not even eat. Who would risk their lives for you when you are full?
Even if Emperor Tianqi in history had not died, with his own talents, the uprising would still break out, because it was just the general trend. As long as the issue of armaments was not resolved, the uprising would not disappear. Zhang Xianzhong was just a rebellion by the border troops.
Although Wei Zhongxian made a military noise, he also engaged in corruption. It can be said that he was the most ruthless person.
He didn't even let go of Mao Wenlong's monthly salary of 10,000 yuan from Dongjiang Town. It can be said that he was greedy to the extreme. For such a gangster, there is nothing else in his eyes except money. The so-called loyalty to the emperor and serving the country is simply joke.
As for the fact that he collected taxes from wealthy merchants, this was true, but the effect was minimal and basically negligible. The Ming Dynasty's treasury did not have a bumper harvest because of this, and the emperor's internal funds were not filled up because of this. .
His efforts were too small, and the reason why he collected taxes from these people was not for the emperor and the court, but more to satisfy his own selfish desires and revenge.
Wang Zaijin replied solemnly:
"Your Majesty, during this Northern Expedition, I discovered many shortcomings of the frontier army. Although the army has not been defeated in this war, if it is not corrected, the frontier army will become increasingly unusable!"
Zhu Youxiao nodded with a smile on his face. A pragmatic person like Wang Zaijin was still very rare in the environment of the late Ming Dynasty.
In history, he was the leader of Liaodong strategy after Xiong Tingbi, and his strategy was surprisingly consistent with Xiong Tingbi. The general content of his report to the emperor was "reject slaves and appease captives, blockade and guard the pass"!
When he took office, he clearly knew that the Liao Dynasty had collapsed and the Ming Dynasty was unable to fight against the Jiannu in Liaodong, so he proposed to use Shanhaiguan as a stronghold to set up a defense line, wait for opportunities within the pass, and seize the initiative in the war. And his idea However, they encountered strong opposition from Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan.
Sun Chengzong even used his status as the emperor's mentor to report to the emperor that Wang Zaijin was not good enough and requested to be replaced. Compared with Wang Zaijin, Sun Chengzong obviously gained the emperor's trust, so Wang Zaijin was sent to Nanjing for retirement soon after.
But just a few years later, everything went as Wang Zaijin expected. Jiannu attacked frequently, making the Ming army outside Shanhaiguan and in western Liaoning cry for father and mother.
Huang Taiji once again launched a decisive battle in the fourth year of Chongzhen, the Battle of Daling River.
The Ming army was defeated in this battle, and Jiannu once again achieved a great strategic victory. In one battle, the Ming army's elite who had the last chance to counterattack outside the pass were eliminated.
Before the defense line that Sun Chengzong spent a lot of money to build came into effect, it was trampled under the feet of Huang Taiji like a chicken and a dog, without even a brick left.
The so-called Guan Ning Jin defense line did play a lot of roles in the early stage, but who is Huang Taiji? After they tried several times and found that it didn't work, they immediately avoided the important and took the easy. No matter how strong the city in front of you is, I won't hit you in the front. I will go around and hit you directly in the rear.
During the Chongzhen period, the slaves invaded five times, and went straight into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty's capital, and even reached the Yangtze River. However, the Guanning cavalry and Guanning brocade defense lines built by the court at a cost of tens of millions of taels were useless.
The Guan Ning army led by Yuan Chonghuan only dared to follow Huang Taiji's horse and eat ashes, and Jiannu didn't even bother to catch him.
"The assistant minister is worthy of being my humerus minister. The border army really needs to be rectified. Since the assistant minister has this idea, he can submit a report and I will look at it carefully!"
If it weren't for the fact that the current emperor was proficient in martial arts and knew military affairs, Wang Zaijin would never have mentioned this matter today. Otherwise, even he, an assistant minister in the cabinet, could not withstand the pressure from the repeated denunciations of those civil servants and military generals.
The military affairs have been discussed for the time being, but there are still a lot of political affairs waiting for Zhu Youxiao to deal with.
"Everyone, the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province reported that due to the heavy snowfall in various parts of Shaanxi Province this year, there is a shortage of grain and farming. Let's discuss this matter today. Get a charter first, so that if something happens, the court will be prepared! "
For things like disasters, we must prepare for rainy days. Natural disasters will magnify the harm of man-made disasters infinitely. Nowadays, transportation information is extremely inconvenient. If we really wait for a major disaster to break out and refugees spread everywhere, by the time local messengers arrive in the capital, people will already be there. I don’t know how much I starved to death.
"Your Majesty, I suggest that you first escort a batch of grain to Shaanxi as a precaution. In addition, I would like to request your Majesty to order the imperial censors from various northern provinces to immediately report to the cabinet the actual situation in the areas under their jurisdiction. "
Since Song Yingxing became Minister of the Ministry of Industry, this can be said to be the first time that he has spoken out at a meeting. When he first took office, he had been studying and understanding the responsibilities and affairs of the Ministry of Industry. After all, he had never been an official. , don’t know much about these.
Seeing that the emperor had no intention of asking, Xue Zhen, the Minister of Punishment, asked:
"Da Sikong, can you explain to us why?"
Song Yingxing first saluted the emperor and then said:
"I know a thing or two about celestial phenomena. I have been paying attention to the blizzards for several months this year since the beginning of the year. I would like to ask Your Majesty and all of you, is this winter longer than in previous years? Is there more snow than in previous years? "
Upon hearing Song Yingxing's words, all the ministers present looked thoughtful. This is indeed the case this year, but what does this mean?
Zhang Ruitu asked still puzzled:
"Da Sikong, can you be more specific?"
Zhu Youxiao, who was at the top, said:
"What Da Sikong means is that since there is a natural disaster in Shaanxi, other provinces in the north may also be affected to some extent. Da Sikong is afraid that not only Shaanxi will be affected by this disaster this year!"
"Your Majesty is wise, this is indeed what I mean. Based on my limited knowledge, I guess that this year may be a year of great disaster. The imperial court should prepare early to prevent it, so as not to be in a hurry and cause refugees all over the world!"
"Da Sikong's words may have been overstated. Judging from the current situation, except for the disaster in Shaanxi, everything else is normal. Otherwise, other governors and chief envoys would have already sent reports to Beijing."
Wang Shaowei, the Minister of Personnel, still doesn't believe it. If it is true that this year is a year of great disaster as Song Yingxing said, there will definitely be precursors like those in Shaanxi. However, they have not found it yet, which inevitably makes them question it.
Being questioned by others did not make Song Yingxing change his statement. He only replied:
"Da Situ, this is not my lie, but it is a fact. This year's cold winter is so severe that it is impossible for only Shaanxi province to be affected. Why don't Da Situ think about it? Maybe the disaster in Shaanxi has reached the point where the local government cannot control it. Where is the situation?"
"Perhaps the report from the local government is on the way at this time, or is it that you don't dare to report it?"
As soon as Song Yingxing said these words, he immediately woke up the dreamer. In this situation, it is impossible for other places to be alone.
The reason why there are no reports in other places may be that it is not too serious yet and the local government can still control it. In this case, it is not ruled out that local officials conceal it and fail to report it. After all, this kind of thing has happened before.
For the sake of their own official careers and selfish motives, these people are very likely to ignore the people. After all, even if something like this happens, even if it is beyond human control, they will inevitably suffer. And they are of the same class and are all civil servants. It can be said that I understand it very well.
Zhu Youxiao, who listened to it with great interest the first time, also supported Song Yingxing's statement. This kind of thing is simply a common occurrence.
"Da Sikong Ruizhi, I am so impatient and rude!"
Even Wang Shaowei, who was questioning, felt that what Song Yingxing said was completely correct, and his words were indeed realistic and not false.
Zhu Youxiao also secretly thought in his heart that Song Yingxing is indeed a great person. No one can compare with him in this era. It is no exaggeration to say that his mind contains everything, which is probably no worse than an encyclopedia. Otherwise, he would also write There is no such book as Tiangong Kaiwu to confer gods.
"Da Sikong's worry is not unreasonable. This matter concerns the common people of the world. This is a big matter and cannot be careless. No matter what the situation is, the court should be fully prepared."
"The cabinet quickly drafted an edict, and the Supervisor of Ceremonies stamped it with his seal. He quickly sent a message to the provincial officials in various parts of the north, asking them to immediately report the specific local situation back to Beijing. If there is any delay or negativity, they will be imprisoned and will not be tolerated. !”
"Tell the local officials that I have given them special rights in this matter. As long as it is about the disaster, they can report it beyond their level. If the governor and the envoy do not care, the prefecture and county magistrates have the right to submit the report to Beijing themselves. , but remember, this is the only time, and only for this matter, let them deal with the actual situation."
Seeing that the emperor attached great importance to this matter, all the ministers immediately shouted in unison.
Zhu Youxiao raised his hand slightly and said to Wang Xiangqian:
"After the imperial edict is drawn up, Yuan Fu quickly sends officials to hand over the edict to Beizhen Fusi, so that they can set off immediately with the edict!"
After finishing speaking, he said to Wang Chaofu beside him:
"Wang Banban, tell Xu Xianchun that this matter must be handled well. In order to prevent local officials from violating the law, we should send more Tiqi who are responsible for delivering the order. They will go to the local area and understand the real situation with the people!"
"According to the order!"
The monarch and his ministers discussed other political matters in Qianqing Palace. Basically, they were not major matters, but some things required the emperor's nod before they could be sealed, so it has been postponed until now.
After the important matter was discussed, Zhu Youxiao stood up, turned his neck, stretched and said:
"Nothing else, just come here today!"
This meeting had been held for more than two hours, and Zhu Youxiao also felt a little tired. Seeing the tired look on the emperor's face, the ministers also left in time.
The climate in the north has turned warm now. It can be said that this period is the most comfortable time of the year. Zhu Youxiao took a short rest on the dragon throne like this.
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