Chapter 44: Soothing people
When He Xi was about to tell Princess Anqing her thoughts, Princess Anqing suddenly seemed to have figured it out, shed tears and said, "It must be Zhu Yunwen who did something, it must be true."
He Xi said: "There is no evidence from Nanjing. Wei Guogong has also gone to pay homage to his remains. If there is anything, Wei Guogong will not fail to tell him."
"What does the imperial edict say?" Princess Anqing said, "This must be Zhu Yunzhen's handiwork, Zhu Yunzhen, you are such a beast."
He Xi thought: "Perhaps there was no edict from the beginning?" He Xi did not think that Zhu Yunwen really killed Zhu Yuanzhang because it was unnecessary. Before Zhu Yuanzhang died, he had almost acquiesced in Zhu Yunwen's reserve position. In this case, why did Zhu Yunwen kill Zhu Yuanzhang?
To ascend the throne early?
But He Xi then thought about it and realized that some things were really hard to tell, especially things in the palace. Things were planned in a dark room and accomplished in an instant, so it was difficult not to find out. Many impossible things may be possible.
Did Zhu Yuanzhang really die normally?
He Xi didn't dare to be 100% sure.
What's more important is that, firstly, this conclusion is beneficial to He Xi, and secondly, the current Princess An'an is obviously in a state of emotion.
He Xi could feel that Princess Anqing felt guilty in her heart.
He Xi wonders. Princess Anqing blames herself for two things. If she had not raised Zhu Xiongying by her side, Zhu Xiongying would not have been at odds with the Crown Princess Lu, so much so that Lu supported her son in seizing the throne. As a result, another aspect of today's chaos is that He Xi played a disgraceful role in this situation.
Now this disgraceful role has been given to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Anqing's deep inner emotions always needed a place to vent. Is this the time to be reasonable?
no.
He Xi said: "You didn't tell me, I haven't thought about it yet, but now that I think about it, there must be something wrong with it."
After receiving He Xi's affirmation, Princess Anqing burst into tears. He cried loudly to vent the emotions in his heart, and then fell asleep. After He Xi settled Princess Anqing, he issued an order to summon people from all walks of life to meet.
There are many things about He Xi, it can be said that there are many, many things.
The first person to meet is Yang Shiqi.
After Yang Shiqi met with He Xi, he directly reported the situation in the granaries in various places. No nonsense at all.
But Yang Shiqi knew that He Xi had been going to Beijing to store food.
Yang Shiqi previously thought that this was probably just in case. Beijing was the core pillar of the northern Ming Dynasty. To feed so many soldiers and horses, food was very important. But at that time, Yang Shiqi felt that something was wrong, that is, the food from Korea, plus the food from Liaodong, could actually be supplied to Beijing.
Historically, Beijing consumed four million shi per year. But today's Beijing is different from the past. Today's Beijing is just a companion capital. There are not so many soldiers and horses to maintain. Not to mention that the current guard station is still relatively powerful. Not only does the court not need to allocate food, but it can also turn over seed and grain land. . ..
In this way, plus additional Liaodong development, Korean grain, and Hebei local grain, if there is a food gap in Beijing, of course there is. Even if there are some grain producing areas, it is impossible to change the current situation of insufficient food in the north. If nothing else, Monan just eats Ming Dynasty grain.
These are all needs.
But Yang Shiqi felt that there should not be so many.
Because it is uneconomical.
As mentioned before, there is loss in grain storage. Not to mention the loss every time it is dried, just pretend that there are no mice, no mold and insects, but even so, after a few years, it will become old grain. If it is old for many years, it will be Can't eat.
The consumption here is very large.
Yang Shiqi felt that it was right to collect grain, but it should also be supplemented within a certain range. There was obviously more food in the previous settlement.
Now compare it to what He Xi did? If Yang Shiqi didn't know that He Xi had been prepared, he wouldn't be Yang Shiqi.
It's just that things have become like this, Yang Shiqi and He Xi have such a close relationship, Yang Shiqi has no second choice at all, he still
Why bother with this matter? Since we have already boarded the pirate ship, the most important thing is victory, and we successfully transformed the pirate ship into an official ship. Everything else is sections.
But Yang Shiqi didn't say it, but He Xi had to.
Because we need to unify our thoughts.
Although He Xi spread many new theories, He Xi did not dare to touch the important issues of loyalty and filial piety. First of all, the concept of loyalty and filial piety has changed from a Confucian concept to a universal value of the Ming Dynasty. If you deny it, you are simply alienating yourself from the people.
Not to mention, loyalty and filial piety cannot be denied even thousands of years later, but can it be denied now?
In the same war, whether it is just or not is very important to people's support. Perhaps ordinary soldiers don't care about these at all. After all, they fight as soldiers just for a meal, and more for fame and fortune. What is just or unjust is not important to them at all.
However, for civil servants like Yang Shiqi, it is very important.
He Xi must unify his thoughts with them, and at least let them firmly believe that his cause is just.
After He Xi and Yang Shiqi finished talking about food, He Xi said, "Brother Yang, are you curious as to why I am hoarding so much food in the north? Did I have a premeditated plan?"
Yang Shiqi said: "I'm not curious. Because you and I have been one in life and death for a long time. No matter what you do, I will follow you to death?"
He Xi laughed loudly after hearing this and said: "It sounds very touching. But I don't need it. What I need is comrades who share the same mind and work for the same cause, not someone who just follows what others say."
"There are some things here that are not allowed to be told outside, but I will explain it to you clearly. You have also checked His Highness's imperial edict to supervise the country. Is it true or false?"
Yang Shiqi said: "Really."
He Xi said: "Before I came to Beijing, the late emperor had already determined the position of His Highness. He asked me to assist His Highness in reforming the law in Beijing first, and then promoting it throughout the world. He even had the intention of moving the capital to Beijing. You all know these policies. , without the late emperor, how could I have carried it out till now?"
"I stored food to prepare for many big things, such as building a large-scale construction project in Beijing, but I was not prepared enough. Of course, I was also prepared. After all, we were in Beijing, and King Xia was in Nanjing? I was worried that I would not have time to react. timely."
"I just didn't expect that something would happen."
He Xi said: "Do I even doubt it?"
Yang Shiqi said: "Sir, are you suspicious?"
He Xi said: "I suspect that Your Majesty was planning to call His Highness back to Beijing this year. But I didn't expect that something like this would happen."
There is no need to say this clearly.
Yang Shiqi's face turned pale. The smarter the person, the easier it is to figure it out. There was too much aftertaste in He Xi's words. Fighting in the palace, killing ancestors, usurping the throne. In an instant, Yang Shiqi thought of a lot, and even the arrangements and combinations were different, forming countless possibilities.
But that possibility was enough for Yang Shiqi to eliminate some barriers in his heart.
As Yang Shiqi said, everything about him has long been with the He Xi Gang. He Xi fought hard, and he could only keep up. However, when He Xi gave this explanation, Yang Shiqi also felt that it might be true. Yang Shiqi felt that He Xi might have concealed some details, but in general, the facts should be like this.
Otherwise many things cannot be explained.
For example, there was no posthumous edict in Nanjing, but there was a genuine edict to supervise the country in Beijing.
There is no need for He Xi to emphasize that many people already have doubts about this matter. Human nature has been the same from ancient times to the present. Most people don't care about sincerity, only care about what they want to see.
Yang Shiqi said: "This official will definitely follow you and bring order to the world."
He Xi said: "It is not just about bringing order to order, but also about inheriting the late emperor's will and carrying out the reform to the end. I suspect that this one thing is an important inducement for the reform. They even dare to do such a thing. So once," He Xi He sighed and didn't say anything, but it seemed that he had already said it. He continued: "When the time comes, it won't be a big deal if our corpses are gone and our knowledge cannot be passed down. Where the world goes is the most important thing."
"If the world is left in the hands of those old men, I won't be willing to do it even if it lasts only three hundred years."
